TWB Announcements:
1. Hurricane Relief and Donations Needed
2. Patricia Hill Collins lecture CANCELLED
3. Come see TWB at Word On The Street: Sun Sept 26

Community Announcements:
4. Margarita Aguilar Ruiz Event and Book Launch Oct 1
5. Tayeb Salih Lecture Oct 4

TWB Announcements:
1. In the aftermath of the devastation created by the Category 5 storm Hurricane Ivan, Toronto Mayor David Miller, with Councillors Bas Balkissoon and Michael Thompson, are urging City staff to join with other Toronto and area residents to offer assistance to those in need in the Caribbean countries hit by the hurricane.

In addition to the volunteer efforts of many of Toronto's communities, the City of Toronto has set up donation bins across Toronto where people can donate the following:

• Non-perishable food items, Bottled water, water containers
• Clothing , Baby supplies: diapers, formula, etc.
• Medical supplies (such as over-the-counter medications like aspirin and tylenol)
• Lanterns, flashlights, batteries, Sheets, pillows, pillowcases, beds/cots
• Tarpaulin, plastic sheeting, tents.

Donations can be made at these locations:

• Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Dr.
• · Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall
• North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge St.
• York Civic Centre, 2700 Eglinton Ave. W.
• East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Ave.
• Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W.
• Metro Hall, 55 John St.
• Toronto's 81 Fire Halls
• Toronto Emergency Medical Services Headquarters, 4330 Dufferin St.
• EMS Northeast Service District, 2430 Lawrence Ave. East
• EMS Northwest Service District, 50 Toryork Rd.
• EMS Southeast Service District, 1535 Kingston Rd.
• EMS Southwest Service District, 100 Turnberry Ave.

Lastly, people can help by donating cash to the Canadian Red Cross. Those wishing to make a financial donation can call 1-800-418-1111. See www.redcross.ca for more information. Hurricane Ivan began on September 5 as a Category 4 hurricane but soon grew to become a Category 5 storm (the highest possible), sustaining 225 kilometre an hour winds. People have lost their lives, and homes and property have been destroyed. It has affected Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba, the Cayman Islands and Florida.

For more information and a list of international aid links, visit the City's Web site at www.toronto.ca/tocares.

2. Patricia Hill Collins, who is listed on our Fall 2004 events poster for a lecture on Thursday November 4 has unfortunately had to cancel due to a scheduling conflict.

3. Come and say hi to TWB Staff at Word on The Street.
Sunday, September 26, from 11am to 6pm.
This year in a new location: Queen’s Park between Bloor and Wellesley. Our booth is #168 , on the east side of queen's park north of St. Joseph Street . We will have sale bins, and selected new books on sale just for the day!

Community Announcements:
4. Margarita Aguilar Ruiz talks about: Politics Patriarchy Women Murder and HIV/AIDS in Chiapas, Mexico and reads from her absorbing, painfully beautiful and politically charged third work of fiction: With Faith Eroded

Friday October 1st at 7pm
Wetmore Hall, New College , University of Toronto,
21 Classic Avenue, Toronto

With Faith Eroded is one of the most profound literary voices to come out of Mexico, a book which touches you in several places at the same time. Margarita Aguilar Ruiz has worked in the State Programme for Prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in the Health Institute of the State of Chiapas. She has written several novels dealing with social problems and public health: HIV/AIDS, violence against women, gender inequality, sexual and reproductive rights, and respect for sexual diversity.

Also speaking will be:
Grahame Russell, co-director of Rights Action.
Barbara Williams, coordinator of Canadian Chiapanecas Justice for Women. Susan Angelakis, translator of With Faith Eroded, is a Canadian who has lived and taught English in Chiapas, Mexico for a number of years.
Admission $20 includes a copy of Margarita’s beautifully designed book, With Faith Eroded, Mexican and Caribbean food, and music by Santerias World Beat Music. A good deal anywhere. Asking your support. Cash bar

Tickets on sale: The Toronto Women’s Bookstore, Pages Books and Magazines, Other Eye Books: 416-762-7961.
This event is supported by the Canadian Chiapanecas Justice for Women, Caribbean Studies and Equity Studies, New College, University of Toronto, Other Eye Books, the Toronto Women’s Bookstore, and Pages Books and Magazines.

5. Monday, October 4, 2004 6pm
Chancellor Jackman Program for the Arts ( U of T) Presents:
The Literature of Africa and its Diaspora featuring Tayeb Salih, novelist, short-story writer and broadcaster. Salih is the author of Seaons of Migration to the North, a work described by Edward Said as one of the six finest novels in modren Arabic literature. Salih’s publications include The Wedding of Zein & Other Stories, Bandanshah and many others. William Doo Auditorium, New College

45 Wilcocks Ave (Two blocks south of Harbord St on the east side of Spadina Ave.)
Monday, October 4, 2004 6pm Free admission. All are welcome.