Dean ‘Din’ Jalonen – ACTIVISM CV

Bring Abousfian Abdelrazik home,– May to July 2009

Participated in public protest plus email campaign for Abousfian Abdelrazik is a Canadian man who was imprisoned and tortured by Sudan in 2003 at Canada's request and has been trying to come home ever since. The Canadian government was forced to bring him home after a June 4th court ruling found that his charter right to return to Canada had been violated and ordered that he be repatriated within thirty days.

Tent City (Tee Pee’s set up the grounds of Queens Park Toronto) – April 2008

Organized by Christian Peacemaker Teams – Din headlined the evening of musical entertainment at the protest. Hundreds of First Nations leaders and supporters gathered at a Queen's Park rally in Toronto, where speakers voiced their anger at the provincial government's failure to properly consult the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) and Ardoch Algonquin First Nations regarding mineral exploration on their traditional lands - and the subsequent jailing of their First Nation leaders. Secured the immediate release of Bob Lovelace and the KI Six.

Ardoch/Algonquin, No Uranium Mine Blockade – Sharbot Lake ON, Sept. 2008

The Canadian Federal government gave illegal permission to Frontenac Venture’s to mine for uranium of legally protected First Nations Land. Din attended a Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation there. He also co-wrote, with Marc Nadjiwan, ‘Sky (In The Name Of You) about the blockade.

Raise your voice for Native Land Rights – Sept. 2007

Volunteer. Queen's Park Friday, September 21. Christian Peacemaker Teams and Rainforest Action Network made a public witness at Queen's Park in Toronto calling for the new government to honour native land rights in Ontario. Over 200 Congress participants and local activists will piece together a 100 ft banner that was be photographed from a helicopter.

Peace & Release Coffee House’s - 2006

For abducted CPT Peacemakers James Loney, Tom Fox, Jim Loney, Harmeet Sooden and Norman Kember. Volunteer and performer.

CPT Delegation to Grassy Narrow’s Ontario - July 2004

2 week delegation participant. 2,500 square miles of forests, lakes and rivers north of Kenora, Ontario have sustained the people of Grassy Narrows First Nation for thousands of years. Today, increasing levels of clear-cut logging threatens to uproot their traditional way of life. They have had a logging blockade since 2001.

http://www.cpt.org/archives/2004/jul04/0026.html

CPT Fundraiser concert / Walk to Set Captives Free - 2004

Stand in The Flames benefit concert for Illegal Detainees in Canada, September 11, 2004. The concert raised awareness and one-thousand dollars for Christian Peacemaker Teams and The Campaign to Stop Secret Trials. I also co-organized the “Walk to Set Captives Free” the next day that brought 100 people out to challenge publicly the Canadian government’s unjust secret trials of five Muslims. On the Sunday Sept. 12 Walk To Set the Captives Free we were joined by Muslims, Jews, Pagans and Christians alike in a wonderful spirit of solidarity and brotherly/sisterly Love.

Artists Against War – 2003 to 2004

Played many shows in Toronto supporting the cause against the invasion of Iraq.

Iraq War - 2003 to present

Attended most protests against the invasion of Iraq.

Pope Squat – July 2002

An Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) squat on an unoccupied home in Toronto’s East end during World Youth Day, Toronto.

WTO protest New York, NY – 2001

Mass demonstration of the World Trade Organization.