[CCPJ Update] CCPJ Update April 10, 2008

[Susan Berres]

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<http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org>
http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org

*Join Our Anti-War Demonstration This Thursday*

<http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org/thursday>

WHEN: Thursday, April 3, 2008, 5:00 -- 6:00 pm

WHERE: Federal Building, corner of Ridge and Water Streets, Charlottesville.

Map and more info: http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org/thursday
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*Come to Monthly CCPJ Meeting*

WHEN: Sunday, May 4, 2008 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

WHERE: Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 1042 Preston Avenue, 
Charlottesville

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. Everyone is welcome.

Pre-meeting potluck at 5:45. Nourish yourself with good food and 
conversation.

More information: 434-961-6278
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*CCPJ Salon: Your Federal Tax Dollars At Work: Tax Day Freak Show*

WHEN: Saturday, April 12, 2008 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Call Susan at 434-244-0374 or e-mail 
charlottesvillepeace at gmail.com <mailto:charlottesvillepeace at gmail.com>
for directions

Please join us for an informal discussion about and analysis of, how our 
tax dollars are being spent-- particularly the enormous proportion that 
goes to the military budget.

Salon Committee Mission: To create a series of informal events to 
discuss, disseminate and analyze information about critical political 
issues that impact us. Through dialogue and social interaction we seek 
to promote peace and justice, strengthen community, and inspire 
individual and collective action.
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*Fund Food Banks not War Crimes!*

WHEN: Friday, April 11, 2008 5:00 -- 7:00 pm

WHERE: On the public sidewalk outside the Jefferson Hotel at 101 West
Franklin Street, Richmond VA 23220

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is having a fancy 
fundraiser at The Jefferson Hotel. For a mere $1,000 you can break bread 
with Senators Webb, Reid, Schumer, Leahy, and Lautenberg among others. 
And for only $5,000, you can get your picture taken with them. 
Alternatively, you can join another group of Democrats and others 
outside the hotel on the public sidewalk for free where we will be 
collecting canned food for Project 1 (http://project1inc.com) and 
calling on the Democratic Senators to STOP FUNDING the occupation of Iraq!

Please show up, bring signs and non-perishable food items if you're able:

For more information contact: Chris Dorsey (804) 564-1491 or email 
rva4peace at gmail.com <mailto:rva4peace at gmail.com> or visit 
http://www.myspace.com/rva4peace
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*Do you know where your tax dollars go?*

WHEN: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:00 am -- 1:00 pm

WHERE: In front of the post office on the Downtown Mall

Join Food Not Bombs and friends to flyer War Resisters League pie charts 
and to say-- We want money for human needs, not war!

For more information contact Shell at 882-1516 or email 
hopefull1 at excite.com <mailto:hopefull1 at excite.com>
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*U.Va. Center for Politics Forum: The Presidency Reconsidered*

WHEN: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:00 -- 8:15 pm

WHERE: Newcomb Hall Ballroom, University of Virginia

Larry J. Sabato and the U.Va. Center for Politics cordially invite you 
to a lively discussion about the presidential selection process and the 
U.S. Constitution. Professor Sabato will host a panel of political 
experts to examine the recent presidential primaries, the upcoming party 
conventions, and Election Day 2008 as they relate to our founding document.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is available online.

For more information contact cfp-programs at virginia.edu 
<mailto:cfp-programs at virginia.edu> or visit 
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/programs/constitution/presidency.htm
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*Speak Out Against More Nukes at North Anna*

WHEN: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:00 pm (Open House at 6:00 pm)

WHERE: Louisa County High School

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting to inform 
the public that it will issue a new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
for Dominion's Combined Operating License (COL) application for new 
nukes at North Anna. It is expected that the NRC will state that the 
environmental issues referenced in the Early Site Permit will be 
considered final unless new information is available to reopen those 
issues. Dominion's position is that there is no new information 
available that would warrant these issues be reopened.

The key to making a difference at this meeting is to show "substantial 
changes" which have occurred re: the environmental issues to convince 
the NRC that they need to revisit the original Environmental Impact 
Statement.

Public comment should stress global warming issues, ongoing and 
ever-worsening drought conditions in central VA and the entire Southeast 
and the impact of drought on nuclear plants (threats of shutdowns, 
etc.).Stress that we have a water crisis throughout Virginia, that Lake 
Anna is not a sufficiently robust body of water to sustain any 
additional reactors and that it is already ecologically impaired.

Message should be site-specific as that is all the NRC is concerned 
about for the purposes of this meeting.

Carpools will leave the Albemarle County Office Building at 5:30 p.m.

For more information call 296-2494.

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*"MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE"*

WHEN: April 17, 18, 19, 2008 8:00 pm

WHERE: 219 West Beverley Street, Staunton (former Stonewall Jackson 
school building, across from Trinity Episcopal Church)

In 2003 a young woman named Rachel Corrie was killed in Gaza while 
attempting to block a bulldozer from destroying a Palestinian doctor's 
home. The actor Alan Rickman was incredibly moved by her sacrifice and 
all of its implications, and petitioned the Corrie family for permission 
to dramatize her life.

The family agreed and released to him all of her journals, e-mails, 
letters and even things as personal as voicemail messages. From this he 
put together an astonishingly powerful piece as a one-woman show.

The entirety of the performance are the words of this young woman 
activist as she realized she wasn't doing enough . . . . This is an 
incredibly rare opportunity to get inside the head of someone trying to 
change the world, of someone who honestly believes there is hope. The 
play embraces her passion, her dedication, and throws it out to you to 
carry on. A phenomenal celebration of life and living, and the ultimate 
love for a world that could be.

Advance tickets are available for $7 (Students and seniors - $5) at the 
Bookstack and Kronos Art Gallery, Staunton. Seating is limited.

For more information contact Hunter Mabry (540) 943-5682
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*Swami Beyondandanda's Wake Up Laughing Tour*

WHEN: Friday, April 18, 2008 7:30 pm

WHERE: Sojourners United Church, 1017 Elliot Ave, Charlottesville

TICKETS: $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Purchase at Quest Bookstore, 
619 W. Main (434) 295-3377. Or online at http://www.thequestbookshop.com/

We're living in serious times. And yet ... there's something funny going 
on. Which means there is more reason to laugh, and more need for it. The 
more unfunny occurrences that occur, the more important it is to fortify 
ourselves with heart-opening, mind-expanding comedy. Wholehearted 
laughter is the ultimate weapon of "mass-deconstruction" to blow apart 
the insanity that masks itself as "sanity" in this shrinking world that 
could use a good shrink.
For more information go to http://www.wakeuplaughing.com/
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*Help Increase the Peace Workshop*

WHEN: Friday-Sunday May 2, 3 and 4, 2008

WHERE: Living Education Center for Ecology and the Arts, 609 East Market 
Street, Charlottesville

The Help Increase the Peace Program, known as HIPP, is a 3-day workshop 
that teaches young people and adults communication skills for conflict 
resolution. HIPP confronts prejudice and renews our hope to be agents 
for positive social change. The training introduces alternatives to 
violence and allows participants to practice various options by modeling 
and role playing. Exercises include self-affirmation and discovery of 
how insensitivity can magnify problems. It's straightforward and fun. 
And it's happening here in Charlottesville.

Suggested donation: $30 - includes lunches and snacks (Scholarships 
available).
Participants should plan to attend all three sessions: Friday 6PM-9PM, 
Saturday 10AM-6PM, and Sunday 1PM-7PM

To register or for more information contact:
Raven Long at 434-960-7836 or ravenkwill at gmail.com 
<mailto:ravenkwill at gmail.com>
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*Third Annual Treehuggers Ball*

WHEN: Saturday, May 10, 2008 7:00 pm

WHERE: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, 717 Rugby Rd.

The Treehuggers Ball, featuring music from /Trees on Fire/, is a 
fundraiser to celebrate forest protection, community education and 
environmental awareness. The Treehugger's Ball is a benefit for The 
Living Education Center for Ecology and the Arts and Wild Virginia and 
features a raffle, silent auction, dancing, chocolate buffet, massage, 
food, and fun.

For more information call 434-971-1647 or visit 
www.livingeducationcenter.com <http://www.livingeducationcenter.com> or 
www.wildvirginia.org <http://www.wildvirginia.org>.

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*"Building a New World" Conference*

WHEN: Thursday, May 22, 2008

WHERE: Radford VA

Thousands of activists, academics, journalists, poets, musicians and 
policymakers will converge at the 2008 "Building a New World"
Conference. If you want to participate in building a new
world, sign up now. Hotel and dorm rooms are limited.

Sponsored by World Prout Assembly

Learn more at:
http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org/node/1254

For further information contact Garda Ghista at: wpaeditor at gmail.com 
<mailto:wpaeditor at gmail.com> or 859 781-4979.
skype - garda.ghista
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*Willie Nelson and Family to Play Charlottesville Pavilion*
WHEN: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:00 pm

WHERE: Charlottesville Pavilion

Willie Nelson, creator of the beautiful song "Whatever Happened to Peace 
on Earth" and founder of the Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute, and 
his peace activist family, will be performing.

For more information visit 
http://www.charlottesvillepavilion.com/calendar/show/65/
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*Donate Your Car to the Virginia Organizing Project*

The Virginia Organizing Project has been lining up interns to spend the 
summer registering voters all across the state. But they can't get the 
interns and voter guides to the people without transportation.

If you have a car -- used, but in good condition -- to donate, please 
contact Sally Bastian, VOP Grassroots Fundraising Coordinator, at 
434.984.4655 x229.

If you don't have a car, but would like to make a donation to the summer 
internship program, please go to www.virginia-organizing.org 
<http://www.virginia-organizing.org> and make a donation on-line, or 
send your donation to Virginia Organizing Project, 703 Concord Avenue, 
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-5208.
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This E-mail comes from the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice 
(CCPJ)
http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org
434 961 6278

CCPJ's work depends on your participation and on your funding.
Please contribute what you can here:
http://charlottesvillepeace.org/donate

To submit events to the CCPJ website: Please use the 'Submit Your Event 
for Listing' form at http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org

To submit events to this weekly email update, please send the following 
information to Sue Berres at Sue at TellMeAboutItTours.com:
title of event, date, time, location, *brief* description, sponsor, 
contact name/email/phone. Please put CCPJ in the subject line.

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