| MUUSJA Event Update April 12, 2004 | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
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Hi Folks,
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format below. Hopefully, the index at the top will make it easier for you
to just go to what you are interested in. Peace,
Ann Lima
Metro Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance
Bringing together metro UUs to strengthen our pursuit of peace, justice, and
sustainability in our local and global communities
EVENT UPDATE
1 - Make Phone Calls Today and Tomorrow - ACT FOR IRAQI PEACE AND SELF-RULE
2 - Frontline Training in Wind Power/Earth Day at First Universalist
3 - Revolutionary Art Thing
4 - Femicide and Globalization
5 - Alliance for Sustainability Workshops
6 - White Bear Lake Neighbors4Peace
7 - Movie - SURPLUS
8 - Documentary - A FORCE MORE POWERFUL
9 - Peace Vigil on Lake St. Bridge
10 - Resisting Globalization, Resource Center
11 - Strategies Toward Self-determination: Venezuela's Alternatives to
Globalization
12 - "Life and Debt," WAMM Third Monday at the Movies
13 - "Killing the Dream" movie, Resource Center
14 - "Challenging Corporate Power: Asserting the People's Rights" by Betsy
Barnum
15 - West Metro Neighbors for Peace , Chante Wolf to speak on THE COSTS OF
WAR
16 - National Environmental Experts at FUS
17 - "Earth Day in the Twenty-first Century" - Bruce Babbitt at Humphrey
Inst.
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ACT FOR IRAQI PEACE AND SELF-RULE
Monday, April 12th, 2004
Dear Friends,
Please join FNVW and EPIC call the President, your US Senators and
Congressmember today or tomorrow. Urge them to:
- Hand over Pentagon control of the occupation to the UN, and support a
strong, unambiguous UN mandate to establish security in Iraq,
- oversee reconstruction that employs Iraqi labor and contractors wherever
possible, and carry out fair, national elections in Iraq in 2005.
- Hold immediate, local elections in Iraq - at the neighborhood, municipal
and provincial levels.
This is a course to peace, rather than "pacification". These steps will help
to correct one year of grave mismanagement of the US occupation, and address
the following causes of violence in Iraq:
Violent retaliation to insurgent attack kills more innocent civilians,
creates martyrs and fuels violent opposition to US occupation. Iraqis fought
British occupation after their "liberation" from the Ottoman Empire for 36
years, and will stop resisting occupation only when real steps are in place
that lead to authentic self-rule. US troops are not trained or prepared for
reconstruction or peacekeeping. They are combat troops. They are trained to
respond to attack with overwhelming violence. Historically, this creates as
many, if not more, guerrillas as it kills. The Pentagon's monopoly of power
in Iraq - from awarding contracts to appointing Governing Council members -
is a conflict of interest that vindicates suspicions that US policy in Iraq
is meant to advance US interests, and not the national interests of the
Iraqi people. The total lack of even local elections in Iraq permits
ordinary Iraqis no legitimate self-representation, and so turns them toward
violent militias and extreme religious leaders for representation.
We are asking you to call the President, your US Senators and you
Congressmember and urge them to change US policy in Iraq: to cease fire,
transition to UN oversight and control of the occupation and power transfer,
and establish legitimate, local elections that allow Iraqis immediate,
democratic self-determination .
The White House comment line: 202/456-1111 or at 202/456-2580.
The Capitol switchboard: 202/225-3121 or 202/224-3121.
Please call today. Iraqis and US troops need our help!
Thanks and Peace,
Phil Steger
Executive Director, Friends for a Non-violent World
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From: Chris Burda <cburda [at] earthlink.net>
Subject: Front-line training for FUC Earth Day Volunteers_Wind Power
Enthusiasts
Hello FUC Earth Day Volunteers and Wind Power Enthusiasts,
Are you ready to meet the public? Learn to talk with confidence about wind
power. If you're wind-smart already, come practice your stuff. J Drake
Hamilton from ME3 (Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy) has offered
to lead us in a hands-on training session.
What: Front-Line Training for Wind Power Enthusiasts
Date: Monday, April 19, 2004
Time: 7 PM-9 PM
Who: J Drake Hamilton, ME3 (Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy)
Where: First Universalist Church, 3400 Dupont S., Minneapolis
Enter ground-level entrance on Dupont
This front-line training is for anyone who would like to:
__ learn to converse with others about wind power
__ answer frequently asked questions about wind power
__ talk about the role of wind power in the race to stop global warming
__ explain how wind power relates to Minnesota jobs and homeland security
__ convince people to sign the Renewable Energy Objective petition
__ convince people to buy into Xcel's WindSource (a green pricing program)
__ explain the option of supporting wind power, but not green pricing
Get smart about wind power! Bring your friends. RSVP to Chris Burda at
cburda [at] earthlink.net so we prepare enough hand-outs.
See you there,
Chris Burda and Linda Littrel,
Co-Coordinators for "Spirit the Wind, Lighten Your Step
Linda Littrel
P.S. Volunteer at or just come to the April 25th Earth Day event (see
announcement below).
EARTH DAY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Respect the interdependent web of existence of which we are a part.
^ËUnitarian Universalist 7th Principle
You¹re invited to
Spirit the Wind, Lighten Your Step!
An Earth Day celebration for the whole family
April 25th 10 AM- 1PM, after services at 9 & 11
First Universalist Church, 3400 Dupont Ave. S., Mpls
Welcome keynote speaker: J. Drake Hamilton
10:20-10:45 and 12:20-12:45 Chalice Room
Global climate change expert and wind-power educator from Minnesotans for an
Energy-Efficient Economy (ME3)
Child care /activities provided outside library
Enjoy a whirlwind of energy-packed activities
10 AM-1 PM Social Hall
- Learn why Minnesota summers may become like summers in Kansas
- Discover how wind generators work
- How big is your energy footprint?
- Make pinwheels. Harness the wind!
- See your invisible heat-hand-print with an infra-red gun
- Stump the energy wizard
- Bike more; drive less
- Breathe deep for clean air
- Demand clean energy^ËWe¹ll show you 3 ways
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This event is brought to you by the Sustainability Circle of the Economic
Globalization Group and Metro UU Social Justice Alliance. For more info
and/or to volunteer call Chris Burda (612-827-1596) or Linda Littrel
(651-645-2718). See you there!
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April 12-16
Revolutionary Art Thing
Please join the Women's Student Activist Collective at the University of
Minnesota in celebrating Revolutionary Art Thing, our annual week-long
celebration of liberatory art!
This year, WSAC's Revolutionary Art Thing will focus on music and social
justice. During the week of April 12-16 we will have a series of events
examining the power of music in social change. All events are free unless
otherwise noted. Everybody welcome!
Monday, April 12, 12-1, Coffman Union, Room 202, RATH kick-off! Please join
us for a lunch break with lots of food and good times. We will be screening
the film "Grrlyshow," by Kara Herold (2000), which examines zines, music,
and alternative forms of media.
Tuesday, April 13, 12-1, Coffman Union, Room 319, lecture by Gwendolyn
Pough, U of M faculty member, who recently published: "Check it While I
Wreck It: Black Womanhood, Hip-Hop Culture, and the Public Sphere."
Professor Pough will address "the ways in which Black women use the
counter-public sphere of hip-hop culture to claim a voice for themselves and
influence the ways in which Black women are represented in the male
dominated space of Hip-Hop culture and the larger US society."
Wednesday, April 14, 8pm, Coffman Union, Room 202, Workshop "Punk on a
Shoestring" presented by Kim and Jenny of Eufio. In this hands-on event, we
will learn how to start a band.
Thursday, April 15, 7pm, the Whole, Coffman Union. Free for U students, $5
for non-U guests, 18 plus with ID. Please join us for an amazing line-up of
great local music. This showcase features local musicians: Ellis, Eufio,
Luke's Angels, Coach Said Not To, and Running on Empty. Join us!
All events take place in Coffman Union, 300 Washington Ave. SE, Mpls, 55455
Please contact the Women's Student Activist Collective for more information:
wsac [at] umn.edu, 612.625.1611, www.tc.umn.edu/~wsac
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From: Samantha Smart <speakoutsisters [at] earthlink.net>
Subject: Femicide/globe 4.12 7pm
The W.I.S.H. (Women In Struggle for Humanity) Discussion Series welcomes
Solidaridad para Mujeres who will share their experiences confronting
femicide and globalization on Monday, April 12 from 7-9pm at the YWCA of
Minneapolis-Midtown, 2121 East Lake Street.
This series is free and open to the public, however a photo ID is required
for entrance. Presented by Global Women's Network, the YWCA and Speak Out
Sisters!
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From: Alliance for Sustainability <iasa [at] mtn.org>
Subject: Sustainable biz 4.13 7:30am
Responsible Minnesota Business and University of Minnesota Net Impact
present: Morning & Afternoon Workshops: Profitable, Responsible,
Sustainable and Inclusive: A Minnesota Think Tank on Business Leadership in
the Emerging Economy And Evening Event: Strategies for Local Living
Economies Featuring Michael Shuman, Author of Going Local: Creating
Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age .
Join us for a high tech, thought provoking and conversational event
exploring issues and opportunities confronting business in the new
millennium. Learn and exchange best practices for socially responsible and
sustainable business that can enhance your bottom line. Explore how
economic trends towards sustainable abundance may affect business and
community. Meet people who think and work at the intersection of business
and social innovation. The Think Tank is a place to practice having a voice
and a vote in the emerging economy!
Audience Response Technology (A.R.T.) will demonstrate how all business
stakeholders (owners/investors, employees, customers and the community) can
cooperate to set an agenda for responsible, sustainable and inclusive
business in the 21st Century. The event will feature: presentations by
local and national business experts; participant dialogue; business
networking and social enterprise design. You will return to work with new
vision and inspiration, as well as with practical ideas and fresh solutions
for the next stage of your company's growth and development. Space is
limited! Pre-registration is highly recommended!
Tuesday, April 13
Registration & Breakfast 7:30 am
Think Tank Workshop 9:00 am-5:30 pm
Evening Session 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
Univ of Minnesota Law School Walter F. Mondale Hall 229 19th Ave S
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From: Suzanne linton <bahiabaubo [at] hotmail.com>
Subject: WBL N4Peace 4.13 7pm
White Bear Lake Neighbors for Peace
Tuesday, April 13 7pm
White Bear Unitarian Church, Maple St., Mahtomedi
Speaker: Leslie Reidel on e-voting and potential for fraud with the new
computer voting machines.
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From: ARISE! <paarise [at] mtn.org>
Subject: Surplus/film 4.13 8pm
There are two exciting speakers coming to Macalester College (1600 Grand
Avenue, St Paul) this coming week.
On Tuesday April 13, John Zerzan will be showing the film "Surplus:
terrorized into being consumers" and discussing "the New Anarchist Movement"
at 8pm in Olin Rice 250 (we'll have signs but it is the large building in
front of the wind mill).
And on Wednesday April 14 a member of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
will be speaking about radical community organzing and OCAP's
actions in Toronto (which if you don't know anything about you should
check out www.ocap.ca, they are incredible! )at 8:30pm in the Ruth
Stricker Dayton Campus Center.
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WAMM and Twin Cities Peace Campaign present: "A Force More Powerful," 3rd in
a series:
A Force More Powerful: the power of nonviolence, videos & discussion
Monday, April 26, 6:30 p.m., Hospitality Hall, St. Joan of Arc Church, 4537
Third Ave. S., Minneapolis. See these moving documentaries that show the
tremendous power of nonviolent action if effecting governments and nations.
Two vignettes will be shown, the first documenting the nonviolent campaign
against the legalized system of apartheid in South Africa, which eventually
ended that corrupt and immoral practice; a second vignette shows how
striking workers in Poland used nonviolent actions against an extremely
oppressive political system to gain unprecedented rights and eventually
emerged as the governing political party. The presentations will be followed
by discussion and practical applications to our peace work.
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Come to the Lake Street/Marshall Ave. Bridge ? Special Vigil
Wednesday, April 14 - 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Over the Mississippi River between Minneapolis and St. Paul
IRAQ AT THE BOILING POINT:
End the Occupation of Iraq and Bring the Troops Home Now!
The events sweeping Iraq in opposition to the U.S.-led occupation have led
to the White House and Pentagon ordering an escalation of U.S. military
action in Iraq. Hundreds of Iraqis have been killed. A large number of U.S.
troops have also died and there is no let up in sight.
The U.S. war in Iraq was never about terrorism, weapons of mass destruction
or democracy. The war was fought, and the occupation continues, due to U.S.
interest in controlling the oil and other resources of the region. The
Iraqi people do not want the occupation, and they have a right to
self-determination without foreign interference.
A weekly peace vigil is sponsored by Twin Cities Peace Campaign and Women
Against Military Madness. The April 14 special vigil has also been endorsed
by the Anti-War Committee, Iraq Peace Action Coalition, Pax Christi Twin
Cities, St. Joan of Arc WAMM/Peacemakers, Veterans for Peace Chapter 27,
Women?s Political Alliance and others.
We hope you can come and bring your friends.
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Resisting Globalization: Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba, and the Continent of
Africa?the Minnesota Connection: A grassroots peoples' summit.
Saturday, April 17, 9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., at Resource Center of the
Americas, 3019 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis. Please join us for critical
dialogue, reflection, and identification of a plan for collective action!
Sponsored by Women against Military Madness, Sin Fronteras Video
Productions, Resource Center of the Americas, University of Minnesota,
Insight News, University of St. Thomas Critical Pedagogy Doctoral Program,
Spokesman/Recorder, and the College of St. Catherine Diversity and Democracy
Initiative Committee
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Speaker: "Strategies Toward Self-determination: Venezuela's Alternatives to
Globalization"
Saturday April 17, 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Sabathani Community Center
Auditorium, 310 East 38th Street, Minneapolis. Sin Fronteras Video
Productions presents Jesus "Chuco" Garcia, Founder and Director of the
Afro-Venezuelan Network. Also performing on Saturday: Native American Drum
Group, Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc, Shvonne L. Johnson, Wain McFarland and
Ipso Facto. Jesus "Chucho" Garcia is the founder of the Afro-Venezuelan
Network and Afro-Latin American Strategic Alliance, which functions in all
of the countries of South American, and the Spanish speaking Caribbean.
Mr. Garcia is an activist for human rights, economic justice, and against
racism. In light of the recent alleged CIA plot to assassinate President
Chavez of Venezuela and the kidnapping of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide of Haiti, the visit of Mr. Garcia provides a space to learn more
about how the southern hemisphere views these recent turn of event with
insight as to their outlook on the future. Mr. Garcia offers a refreshing
and re-energizing perspective on war, globalization, and the specific
struggles of Venezuela and other Latin American Countries as they face the
policies of free trade led by the United States. Sponsored By: United Steel
Workers of America-Dist 11, Women Against Military Madness, Centro de
Derechos Laborales, Resource Center of the Americas, Friends For a
Non-Violent World, Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc, Insight Newspaper, The Minnesota
Spokesman Recorder, North Country Coop, and more. For more information
please visit www.sinfronterasvp.com
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"Life and Debt," WAMM Third Monday at the Movies
Monday, April 19, 6:30 p.m., St. Joan of Arc Church, Upper Room, Parish
Center, 4537 Third Ave. S., Minneapolis. Set to a reggae beat, Life and Debt
explores the role of the World Bank in the economic decline of Jamaica and
its connection to globalization, with parallels to other countries such as
Haiti.
Lively interviews with Jamaican people--laborers, farmers, business owners
and managers. Learn how free trade zones, imports and World Bank regulations
affect Jamaicans and their ability to make a living and provide human
services such as schools and hospitals. Voice over is by renowned author
Jamaica Kinkaid.
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Friday, April 16
RESOURCE CENTER: 6:30 p.m.
Movie - Haiti: Killing the Dream This powerful documentary traces the
history of U.S. imperialism and indifference in the Caribbean and South
America, portraying the poverty and violence that ravage Haiti. Film and
discussion in English.
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"Challenging Corporate Power: Asserting the People's Rights"
Tuesday, April 20, 2004--7-9 pm
2001 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis. Meeting Room upstairs from St. Martin?s
Table
(back entrance, outdoor stairs from parking lot)
Speaker: Betsy Barnum--Great River Earth Institute, Alliance for Democracy
Free--everyone welcome.
Speaker trained by the Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy. Campaign
sponsored by Women?s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).
Ongoing local study groups will be discussed.
Location: corner of Riverside and 20th Ave. S. near the University of
Minnesota west bank campus, across the street from North Country Co-op
grocery.
Organized by the Corporations and Democracy Committee of the MN Metro Branch
of WILPF. FFI 651-458-7090 or wilpf [at] earthlink.org
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West Metro Neighbors for Peace will host a discussion by Chante Wolf on:
THE COSTS OF WAR FOR ALL INVOLVED-
DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY.
Chante served in the Air Force 1980-92. Her background training was Air
Traffic Control and Top Secret Telecommunications, Cryptographic Security.
She served 7 of her 12 years in Spain and was deployed to Saudi Arabia
during the first Gulf War from January 15 - March 1991.She is currently the
Coordinator for Chapter 27, Veterans for Peace, Inc.
This event takes place at 7 pm on Monday, May 3 at the Unitarian
Universalist Church of Minnetonka, 605 Rice St., at the corner of Rice and
Walker streets, one block South of Wayzata Boulevard in Wayzata. All are
welcome.
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS AT FUS
Sierra Club is supplying two speakers to the First Unitarian Society,FUS of
Minneapolis as a part of the Earth Day 2004 celebration activities on
Sunday, April 25, 2004. Karen Harder, the chair of the Sierra Club Water
Committee, who is also on the board of Minnesota Environmental Partnership
and Minnesota Water and Soil Resources will speak about "FRESHWATER RELATED
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS IN THE TWIN CITIES" at the forum from 9:30-10:30 A.M. Douglas
Scott, a
nationally-known expert on the "wilderness act", will speak between
1:00-2:00 p.m. about " AMERICA'S WILDERNESS UNDER ASSAULT." Sierra Club
shall be honored that day by receiving "The Second Collection" at the 10:30
a.m. service. The planet of "Earth" shall be honored through music, poetry
and statements of reflection and hope. "Earth Needs Water" is the title of
the all-day program during which a vegetarian lunch shall be served between
12:00-1:00 p.m. at the price
of $7.oo for adults and $4.oo for children under 12 years of age. At 12:30
p.m., a film on the effects of human population on water and the environment
shall be shown at the lower assembly. Food shall be prepared for 150 people
by RSVP by April 23rd or first come basis.
Please call FUS for RSVP at 612-337-6608.
For questions call Jay Shahidi at 612-328-1913
Organized by: FUS Environmental Protection Committee
Sponsored by: Population Connection, Sierra Club, United Nations Association
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"Earth Day in the Twenty-first Century"
Address by Former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt
April 22, 3 ? 4 p.m.
University of Minnesota?s Humphrey Institute
Appointed Interior Secretary in 1993 by President Clinton, Babbitt made
protecting the beauty and integrity of our national parks and federal lands
his duty. During his tenure as Interior Secretary, Babbitt drafted plans to
restore the Florida Everglades, helped enact the massive California Desert
Protection Act, and negotiated the largest land swap in the history of the
lower 48 states in order to protect the new Grand-Staircase monument and
other parks in Utah.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please
contact Julie C. Lund at jlund [at] hhh.umn.edu or (612) 624-1190.
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