[CCPJ Update] CCPJ update, April 10, 2007
sue chase
schase at cstone.net
Tue Apr 10 08:58:28 EDT 2007
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
The following E-mail comes from theCharlottesville Center for Peace and
Justice
(CCPJ) (434 961 6278). CCPJ Web site:
http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org
Important: Please use the 'Submit Your Event for Listing' form to submit
your event to
the CCPJ web site and email list:
http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org/submit.php
Also: To subscribe or unsubscribe to the CCPJ email list please use:
http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org/emaillist.php
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CONTENTS:
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CCPJ REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS:
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ANTI -WAR DEMONSTRATIONS
Thursday, April 12, 2007 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Federal Building, corner of Ridge and Water St.
ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS - EVERY THURSDAY.
We encourage a LARGE PEACE PRESENCE on the FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
Mark your calendars! Come weekly if you can.
Bring your own sign or use one of ours.
CCPJ 961-6278
Mike: 245-9898
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CCPJ GENERAL MEETING
Sunday, April 15, 2007 7:00 pm
Friends Meeting House, 1104 Forest, off of Preston
Please join us for our monthly meeting. Find out what's going on in the
area of peace and justice, offer your ideas, and participate in events and
actions.
Pot luck dinner at 5:45, meeting at 7:00.
All welcome.
CCPJ 961-6278
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CCPJ RELATED NEWS--CALLS to ACTION and CCPJ SPONSORED EVENTS
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(1) IT'S A PARADE! JOIN THE CCPJ CONTINGENT IN THE DOGWOOD PARADE
Saturday, April 21, 2007
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OTHER NEWS, CALLS TO ACTION, LOCAL AND REGIONAL EVENTS
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(2) ONLINE PETITION URGING ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN PEACE TALKS
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
(3) DOC AND TALK: DOCUMENTARY FILM "HEARTS AND MINDS"
Thursday, April 12, 2007
(4) "CLEAN UP YOUR ACT": AN ACTION BY THE UVA LIVING WAGE CAMPAIGN
Friday, April 13, 2007
(5) CHARLOTTESVILLE STEPS UP TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING
Saturday, April 14, 2007
(6) FOOD NOT BOMBS 5th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Sunday, April 15, 2007
(7) A RADIO SHOW: "WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER" WTJU CHARLOTTESVILLE
Saturday, April 21, 2007
(8) TALK BY SR HELEN PREJEAN: "DEAD MAN WALKING.THE JOURNEY CONTINUES"
Thursday, April 26, 2007
(9) EDIBLE FOREST GRADENING WITH DAVE JACKE
Friday, April 27, 2007
(10) GOING AWAY PARTY FOR HELEN AND PAUL PRIEST
Saturday, May 05, 2007
(11) ONLINE "CLIMATE CHANGE PETITION" TO G8 SUMMIT ORGANIZATION - SIGN N
O W !
Thursday, May 31, 2007
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DESCRIPTION: CCPJ SPONSORED EVENTS
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(1) IT'S A PARADE! JOIN THE CCPJ CONTINGENT IN THE DOGWOOD PARADE
Saturday, April 21, 2007 line up at approximately 10:30 am
Downtown Charlottesville
Join the fun! and march for peace and justice.
EVERYONE WELCOME. Bring your family, kids, friends, pets for peace,
bicycles,
tricycles, signs, balloons, drums, flags. We'll have signs available, too.
Note: we will have a local CodePink-Women for Peace contingent marching with
us, join them if you wish wearing something pink and/or carrying pink
balloons, signs, etc.
The exact place to line up will be posted soon.
It's usually along Ridge St. near the Federal Building. Look for CCPJ's big,
blue earth flags.
Sponsored By: CCPJ
Sue Chase (540) 456-8176 schase at cstone.net
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DESCRIPTION:OTHER LOCAL / REGIONAL EVENTS
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(2) ONLINE PETITION URGING ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN PEACE TALKS
Posted until Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Please sign online petition
Petition to Israeli, Palestinian & international leaders: The
Palestinian-Israeli conflict lies
at the heart of a global clash threatening to divide us all. People from
every corner of the
world want a just and lasting peace in the Middle East - and the
international community can and must help bring all sides to the table.
Start Real Middle East Talks Now, and stay at the
negotiating table until we have peace.
Tell Israeli, Palestinian & Arab leaders to make an urgent date for real
talks on core issues
like the 1967 borders - and the Avaaz organization will put that message on
billboards in
Jerusalem where decision-makers will see it.
Time is short - sign the petition, act now.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/real_middle_east_talks/tf.php
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(3) DOC AND TALK: DOCUMENTARY FILM "HEARTS AND MINDS"
Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:00 pm
At mod, 19 Elliewood Ave, Charlottesville, VA
Join us for a weekly Screening and discussion of contemporary and classic
documentaries. This week, Hearts and Minds, An Academy Award-winning
documentary that casts a sharp eye toward the U.S. government's costly -- in
terms of lives, budget and honor -- all-out effort during the Vietnam War.
Director Peter Davis uses his own war footage, newsreels, presidential
speeches and interviews with the likes of Robert Kennedy, Gen. William
Westmoreland and Daniel Ellsberg to provide a compelling argument against
war.
Price: free.
Visit mod at 19 Elliewood Avenue in Charlottesville. Check out
www.get-mod.com or Call
434-963-4663 for more information.
Derek Breen 434 963-4663 dreamtupelo at gmail.com
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(4) "CLEAN UP YOUR ACT": AN ACTION BY THE UVA LIVING WAGE CAMPAIGN
Friday, April 13, 2007 11:30 am
South side of the Rotunda (the Lawn side)
UVA'a Board of Visitors will be meeting on Friday and we need lots of folks
to come out and make some noise to REMIND THEM THAT FAIR WAGES AND WORKER
RIGHTS SHOULD BE PRIORITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY.
We're asking everyone who comes to bring along some cleaning supplies -
sponges, mops, dustpans - which we'll be presenting to the Board as we ask
them to clean up their act and PAY THEIR WORKERS A LIVING WAGE.
Please email Kevin for more information. kevin at virginia.edu
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(5) CHARLOTTESVILLE STEPS UP TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING
Saturday, April 14, 2007 1:00 pm
Rotunda (street side)
Tired of feeling hopeless about global warming? Step Up on April 14 to join
the biggest day of action for the environment in 37 years!
Over 1,300 events across the U.S. will join Bill McKibben's StepItUp07
campaign in asking
Congress to cut carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
We'll start on the street side of the Rotunda at 1:00 p.m. We'll hear
fantastic speakers: City Council's Dave Norris, UVa Engineering's Dean
Paxton Marshall, scientists, environmental lawyers, clergy, and concerned
citizens. We'll get verbal and printed information on what to do *now* for
a better future for people all over the world. Then we'll make our presence
known by proceeding to a final gathering downtown.
Some signs available, but bring your own if you can. Come for the speakers,
come for the walk, but COME - big crowds are crucial to getting us in step
with a sane human future.
Rain location: Maury Hall auditorium (209). Maury is off the South Lawn to
the west - near the stone amphitheater and next to Minor Hall.
Co-sponsors with CCPJ: Piedmont Environmental Council, Student Environmental
Action, Blue Ridge Clean Fuels, and the Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club.
More info at <www.StepItUp07.org>
including other April 14 actions in Virginia (Nelson County, JMU, etc.)
Rose Jenkins 977-2033 (w) bugbee at virginia.edu
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(6) FOOD NOT BOMBS 5th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:00 pm
Tonsler Park, Charlottesville
Please help us celebrate 5 years of sharing free food, resisting war and
oppression and building community this Sunday.
Join us for an extra special Sunday meal at Tonsler park (at 5th and Cherry)
Activities to include: big, potluck meal (bring a dish if you can), Common
Ground Chorus,
Community art project, face painting, seed sharing, clothes swap, garden
planting and info. on war tax resistance.
Please call shell at 882-1516 or jennifer at 465-1111 if you can help or
have any questions.
Sponsored By: Food Not Bombs
Shell 882-1516 hopefull1 at excite.com
Jennifer 465-1111
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(7) A RADIO SHOW: "WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER" WTJU CHARLOTTESVILLE
Saturday, April 21, 2007 8:00 am - 10:00 am
91.1 FM WTJU Charlottesville
For the Folk Marathon edition of WTJU's Saturday morning radio show,
'Atlantic Weekly', Sumner Brown and Mark Haskins will be bringing you two
hours of peace songs in a show called, "War is Not the Answer."
If you have favorite peace songs you would like us to play, please contact
me as soon as possible and I'll try to get them on. Thank you.
Sumner Brown 295-5538 sumner at healthyself.org
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(8) TALK BY SR HELEN PREJEAN: "DEAD MAN WALKING.THE JOURNEY CONTINUES"
Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:30 pm
St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 401 Alderman Rd. Charlottesville
Sr Helen Prejean is the author of two books about the death penalty:
"Dead Man Walking: An Eye Witness Account of the Death Penalty in the U.S."
and
"The Death of Innocents: An Eye Witness Account of Wrongful Executions".
Sr Helen Prejean's talk is free and open to the public.
Following the talk Sr Helen will have a book signing and reception.
Moritorium petitions will be available to sign.
Sponsored By: St Thomas Aquinas Church
Sandy Cook 293-8081 reception at cstone.net
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(9) EDIBLE FOREST GARDENING WITH DAVE JACKE
Friday, April 27, 2007 7:00 pm
Rockfish Valley Community Center, 190 Rockfish School Lane, Afton, VA
Dave Jacke is the author of "Edible Forest Gardens". The event is part of
the Permaculture Design Course: "Sustainability Strategies for the Blue
Ridge".
The suggested donation for the event is $15, and the proceeds will support
the Blue Ridge Permaculture Network (www.rockfishcc.org).
Sponsored By: Blue Ridge Permaculture Network
For more information and to register contact:
Terry Lilley 434 296-3953 tygerlilley at juno.com
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(10) GOING AWAY PARTY FOR HELEN AND PAUL PRIEST
Saturday, May 05, 2007 2:00 - 4:00 pm
TJ Memorial Church UU, Social Hall, 717 Rugby Rd. Charlottesville
There will be a going away party for Helen and Paul Priest, who will be
leaving Charlottesville in May for a period of travel before returning to
live in England.
BRING: You are invited to bring finger foods. Beverages will be served.
WHO: This is a community-wide party to include friends of Helen's and Paul's
from the many orgainzations to which they have so generously contributed
their time and effort while living in Charlottesville.
Sponsored By: friends of Helen and Paul
Lee Willis 293-9820 leewillis1 at att.net
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(11) ONLINE "CLIMATE CHANGE PETITION" TO G8 SUMMIT ORGANIZATION - SIGN N
O W !
Posted until Thursday, May 31, 2007
Summit takes place in Heiligendamm, Germany June 6-8, 2007
This notice will appear in the update until the end of May. Please sign the
petition now.
>From a global online community comes a call to action regarding the earth's
environment. On March 19th, 2007, Avaaz presented a petition with 100,000
signatures to the G8 environment ministers - and THEY MADE CLIMATE CHANGE
THE #1 ISSUE FOR THE SUMMIT OF THEIR LEADERS THIS JUNE!
G8 or The Group of Eight is an international forum for the governments of
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the
United States, representing the nations whose businesses contribute to major
environmental degradation in myriad ways.
The 33rd annual G8 summit meeting will take place June 6-8 in Heiligendamm,
Germany.
To keep the focus on the climate issue by showing that the call for action
is growing, please add your voice by signing the petition at
http://www.avaaz.org/en/climate_action_g8
Sponsored By: www.avaaz.org
Please see the website to sign petition
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