A message from SFU Against Goldcorp and Gentrification:

To all of you who came out chanting, singing, marching, making music,
and making our voice heard,

Thank you for making our rally such a huge success!

We had over 100 people show up and listen to speeches, take over
Hastings and Granville Street, and crash the Board of Governors'
meeting. Even though the Board of Governors locked themselves in, we
delivered the hundreds of petitions through their locked doors. The
voices of the Solidarity Notes Choir, the music of Carnival Band, the
poetic mutterance, and choruses of chants forced the members of the
Board to break up their meeting and leave while the crowd called on
the Board to listen to our four demands on the naming of the Goldcorp
centre, the gentrification of the DTES, and the privatization of
public education.

This is just the beginning! We are hosting a forum on Canadian mining
and imperialism this Tuesday at 7pm at Harbour Centre
(http://nogoldcorpsfu.wordpress.com/open-pit-imperialism/) and will be
holding a planning meeting soon after to discuss what's next.

Thanks again and we look forward to seeing you at the forum, at our
next meeting, and in the streets.

-SAGG

Here are links to some of the media coverage we received:
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/photo/board-nailed-goldcorps-dirty-money/5878
http://www.theprovince.com/news/students+rally+against+Goldcorp+million+donation/4181485/story.html?cid=megadrop_story
(check out the response of Dan MacLachlan, SFU's PR and Media
Relations director in the comments section!)
http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/175691--sfu-students-gather-to-protest-corporate-donations