[CCPJ Update] CCPJ update, February 20, 2007

[sue chase]

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Tuesday, February 20, 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, February 22, 2007          4:30 - 5:30  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, March 04, 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)  MOVIE:  'RED STATE' WITH FILMMAKER MICHAEL SHEA
 Thursday, February 22, 2007

(2)  CCPJ FEBRUARY SALON - IMPEACHMENT: PROS AND CONS
 Saturday, February 24, 2007

(3)  SHARED LEADERSHIP STUDY GROUP MEETING
 Monday, February 26, 2007


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OTHER NEWS, CALLS TO ACTION, LOCAL AND REGIONAL EVENTS
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 (4)  VISITATION/PRESENCE at VIRGIL GOODE'S OFFICE
 Wednesday, February 21, 2007

 (5)  COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ON POVERTY: POVERTY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
 Thursday, February 22, 2007

 (6)  HISTORY AND IMPACTS OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY
 Thursday, February 22, 2007

 (7)  ACTION ALERT - DOMINION POWER
 Tuesday, February 27, 2007

 (8)  RIVANNA BARTER NETWORK CLOTHES SWAP at MONTHLY POTLUCK
 Sunday, March 04, 2007

 (9)  SIERRA CLUB PROGRAM
 Wednesday, March 07, 2007

 (10)  MARCH ON THE PENTAGON - MARCH 17 - BUSES FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE
 Saturday, March 17, 2007

 (11)  CONGREGATIONAL CONVERSATION
 Sunday, March 18, 2007


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DESCRIPTION: CCPJ SPONSORED EVENTS:
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(1)  MOVIE:  'RED STATE' WITH FILMMAKER MICHAEL SHEA

Thursday, February 22, 2007     7:00 pm

Sojourners Church (UCC),  1017 Elliott Ave. corner of Elliott and Monticello
Ave.

The Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice hosts the film and
filmmaker for a screening of the movie:  RED STATE.

Background:
Following the elections of 2004, filmmaker, Michael Shea set out across the
country to visit the "red states" and find an answer to the question that
haunts thinking people around the world: Why would anyone vote for George
Bush?

Mr. Shea interviewed hundreds of "actual" people - not pundits, politicians
or reporters - to
find out what they had to say about their country and themselves, and what
makes a Red State person Red.  The result of that journey is the thoughtful,
funny, and provocative documentary, RED STATE.

Michael Shea will be available after the film for a discussion.

Free and open to the public.

Sponsored By: CCPJ

Sue Chase  (540) 456-8176  schase at cstone.net

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(2)  CCPJ FEBRUARY SALON - IMPEACHMENT: PROS AND CONS

Saturday, February 24, 2007     7:30 pm

Call for directions

Please join us for a lively and interesting evening of dialogue and
discussion on the pros and cons of impeachment. The salon begins with an
icebreaker, then we move into small groups for dialogue on the topic, after
which two local experts will lay out the arguments for and against
impeachment as a basis for group discussion.

Call for an invitation or directions.

Susan Oberman  434 244-0374  oberman-s at earthlink.net

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(3)  SHARED LEADERSHIP STUDY GROUP MEETING

Monday, February 26, 2007       7:00 pm

Call for directions

A group of CCPJ activists invites you to join us in studying the concept of
Shared Leadership as presented in an article by Bruce Kokopeli and George
Lakey. Call Susan for a copy of the article and directions.

Susan Oberman  434 244-0374  oberman-s at earthlink.net


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DESCRIPTION:OTHER LOCAL / REGIONAL EVENTS
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(4)  VISITATION/PRESENCE at VIRGIL GOODE'S OFFICE

Wednesday, February 21, 2007      3:00 pm

Inside and outside Virgil Goode's Charlottesville office, located across
from Gravity Lounge, Downtown Mall.

Please join us this Wednesday (and consecutive Wednesdays as neccessary) to
urge Rep. Virgil Goode to publically pledge to vote against George W. Bush's
request for $93 BILLION in supplemental funding for the war in Iraq.

This is in solidarity with the Occupation Project initiated by Voices for
Creative Non-Violence (Kathy Kelly's group that was formerly Voices In The
Wilderness) in which other citizens around the U.S. are demanding no more
funding for Iraq and occupying representatives offices as needed.   Please
see www.vcnv.org

We will be outside Goode's office holding signs and expecting a response to
letters sent.
Please contact shell with any questions.

shell stern  882-1516  hopefull1 at excite.com

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(5)  COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ON POVERTY: POVERTY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Thursday, February 22, 2007       7:00 pm

Westhaven Community Center

The Poverty of Criminal Justice Moderators:
David Saunier & Jen Larson Sawin: Central Virginia Restorative Justice,
Shon Parker: Community Activist,
Phyllis Back: Charlottesville Albemarle Regional Jail,
Joy Johnson: Quality Community Council,
Christa Piermont: Restorative Community Foundation,
Jack Payden-Travers: Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Free and open to the public.

Sponsored By: Quality Community Council, Inc

434 997-3045  www.cvilleqcc.com

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(6)  HISTORY AND IMPACTS OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY

Thursday, February 22, 2007       7:00 - 9:00 pm

Harrison, Small Auditorium UVA

Speaker, Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, will talk about
the group's history and impact.    www.student.virginia.edu/~blkstu

UVA Black Student Alliance  924-7923  tdottin at virginia.edu

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(7)  ACTION ALERT - DOMINION POWER

Please make calls NOW - The vote may be today.

Dominion Power is pushing legislation in VA that would:
> massively increase elecricity bills
> subsidize nuclear power
> make you pay Dominion to build a new waste coal power plant in Wise
County, VA
> promote the controversial interstate power line in northern VA

Please contact your state legislators - 800-889-0229 and ask that they
oppose Delegate Hogan's bill #3068 and Senator Norment's bill #1416 to
"ReREGULATE" Dominion Power.

Both bills allow Dominion to pass on to consumers ALL costs of building a
large coal burning plant in SW VA.

The Senate version also allows Dominion to pass on to customers all costs of
eventually
dismantling old nuclear reactors  This legislation should not be considered
now as much more time is needed to study the issues involved. (Reregulation
can be a good idea if it is done right).

Stop Dominion's rush to ReREGULATE  to benefit their profit margin!

PLEASE NOTE:  for Charlottesville contact Delegate David Toscano at 804
698-1057  and  Senator Creigh Deeds at 804 698 7525.

Elena Day  434 296-2494 elena.day at gmail.com

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(8)  RIVANNA BARTER NETWORK CLOTHES SWAP at MONTHLY POTLUCK

Sunday, March 04, 2007            3:00 pm

2315 Crestmont Ave. Charlottesville

Rivanna Barter Network is hosting a clothes swap at our 1st Sunday of the
month potluck.

Come and meet some of the 20+ folks who have been trading goods and services
with the Rivanna Barter Network using Charlottesville's new, alternative
currency, the "rivanna".  Bring a dish to share, clothes to pass on and
questions about the barter network.

All Welcome!

Email:  monich58 at earthlink.net for directions
Call shell at 882-1516 with any questions.
See www.tradelocal.org/barter to sign up for the network

Sponsored By: Rivanna Barter Network

Shell 882-1516  hopefull1 at excite.com

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(9)  SIERRA CLUB PROGRAM

Wednesday, March 07, 2007         7:30 pm

St. Mark Lutheran Church, corner Ivy Rd. and Alderman Rd. Charlottesville

"Discover the Hidden Gems of Shenandoah Mountain and the George Washington
National Forest: Learn How We Can Protect Them."

David Hannah of Wild Virginia will talk about a new Forest Service plan for
this important
resource.  He will explain how citizens can protect our public lands.

Sponsored By: Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club

John Cruickshank  434 973-0373  jcruicks at peoplepc.com

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(10)  MARCH ON THE PENTAGON - END THE WAR - BUSES FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE

Saturday, March 17, 2007     12:00

Starting at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Two buses have been reserved for the March 17  Rally and  March on the
Pentagon against the War
in Iraq. The Rally and March marks the four year anniversary of the start of
the Iraq War.  It
also marks the March on the Pentagon 40 years ago during the Vietnam War.

To reserve a seat on the bus and ride up and back in comfort and good
company call Elena Day
296-2494.

Adults $25; Students or under 21 $15.

Buses will leave at 8 a.m. on March 17 and return by 8 p.m.  Location of
pickup and dropoff TBA.

Elena Day 434 296-2494  elena.day at gmail.com

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(11)  CONGREGATIONAL CONVERSATION

Sunday, March 18, 2007            10:30 am

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church UU, 717 Rugby Rd. Charlottesville

Please come support us as we ask the congregation to join in action to end
the Iraq War.

Sponsored By: TJMC Peace Conversations Group

Christine Black  434 964-1936  christineblack1 at aol.com


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