[CCPJ Update] CCPJ Update January 1, 2008

[Sue Berres]

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM CCPJ!
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ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS - EVERY THURSDAY
Thursday, December 27, 2008         4:30 -
5:30  pm        Federal Building, corner of
Ridge and Water

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
January date not set

The January general meeting of CCPJ will
take place on either January 13
or 20, depending on the date of the
commmunity Martin Luther King
celebration.  Please watch next week's CCPJ
alert for the announcement of
the date.
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CCPJ BENEFIT PERFORMANCE - PLANNING MEETING
Thursday, January 03, 2008      6 PM
Cville Coffee Shop on McIntire Road

The Arts for Peace committee is looking for
volunteers to plan and work on its next
event, abenefit performance for CCPJ of
Lysistrata
at Live Arts.  The performance will be on
Saturday, February 16th, followed by a
discussion with
director Larry Goldstein and the cast.  In
addition,
there will be a poster/flyer retrospective
which will be up
for the entire run of this play.

If you would like to help plan and work on
this event, please come to our next meeting.

We welcome your creativity, intiative and
any and all help. Join us!

Sarah Lanzman
lanzman.sarah at gmail.com
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SILENT MARCH
Friday,  January 4, 2007         6:00 pm
Free Speech Wall, Downtown Mall,
Charlottesville

Greg Gelburd invites us all to join him in
silent protest of the current
administration's
policies:

There is power and strength in silence.  The
march will consist of walking on the
downtown mall,
without placards, signs or voices, once a
week, from the free speech wall to the Omni
and back. A
 ten minute walk. In silence, centering on
moving the world in the right direction.
Each week, on
 Friday's at 6 PM. Please wear something
white.

Greg Gelburd  979 4639

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STOP THE NEW COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN WISE
Tuesday, January 08, 2008         10 am
Richmond

The Sierra Club and Appalachian Voices are
providing vans and carpools to
Richmond for the SCC public hearing on Jan.
8.  Please join us and speak
out for clean air!

Dominion Virginia Power wants a new coal
fired power plant in Wise County
that will significantly increase greenhouse
gases and
mountaintop removal mining in Virginia.  A
coalition of
environmental groups is working to block
approval of this new plant, but we need your
help.

Please testify in person against the Wise
County power plant:

- WHEN:  January 8, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.
(speakers must arrive before 9:45
am)

-  WHERE:  State Corporation Commission
(SCC) Courtroom, 1300 East Main
Street, Richmond, VA .

-  WHAT:  Speak for 3 minutes to share your
concerns about why this coal
plant would be a bad deal for Virginia's
citizens.

For information about transportation and
"talking points" please contact:

Mike McCoy  (434) 293-6373
Mike at appvoices.org
Shirley Napps  (434) 296-8578
napps at alum.darmouth.org
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REGIONAL IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY GATHERING
Saturday, January 19, 2008        10:00 -
5:00   St. Augustine Catholic Church
4400 Beulah Rd. Richmond, VA 23237

In November, groups and individuals from
across Virginia gathered in
Charlottesville to begin coordinating our
efforts to defend the rights of
immigrants. Join us in Richmond as we
continue our plans to:
- Make immigrant voices heard during the
Virginia General Assembly
- Dispel myths and educate the public about
the positive contributions of
immigrants
- Reach out to new allies in the struggle as
we expand and strengthen our
network
- Plan an immigrants rights march
- Get to know each other, build community
and enjoy good food together

Lunch and Childcare will be Provided
Please Register in Advance

For more information:
(434) 906-0421
info at thepeopleunited.org
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DEMONSTRATE TO END THE WAR IN IRAQ
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Washington, DC

Announcing Demonstration and Nonviolent
Civil Disobedience in March 2008

Iraq Occupation 5th Anniversary U.S.
Mobilization Committee
http://www.year5.org

Join us on Saturday, March 15th for a
massive demonstration in Washington, D.C.,
at which we will exercise our rights to
assemble and speak
on behalf of the majority of Americans, the
majority of Iraqis, the majority of U.S.
troops, and
the majority of people around the world who
all say: U.S. Out of Iraq! This gathering
will
support the Iraq Veterans Against The War
Winter Soldier Testimonial.

We call on people from throughout the United
States, in solidarity with those planning
similar events around the world, to come
together in
massive numbers on March 15th and 19th,
2008, to demand an immediate end to the U.S.
occupation of Iraq.

The events we create will mark the end of
the fifth year and the start of the sixth
year of thiscriminal, unprovoked invasion
and
occupation. Over a million
Iraqis have been killed, and tens of
thousands of U.S. service members have been
killed orwounded. The occupation must end,
and
together we can end it!

SIGN ON & SUPPORT THIS CALL:
http://www.year5.org

(by signing, you agree to coordinate
announcements as part of the committee,
contribute to these
events, and not oppose or take actions that
hurt any of these
events)


David Swanson
david at davidswanson.org
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CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TO END THE WAR

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Washington, DC
Join us on Wednesday, March 19th, the
anniversary of the invasion, for massive
civil disobedience
 in Washington, D.C., and at the local level
all around the United States. On this day,
members
of Congress will be in their districts. We
will provide you with the resources you need
to engage
 in effective nonviolent actions at
locations of your choosing, including
congressional district
offices. On the same day the permanent
military-industrial complex will be at work
in Washington,
 and we intend to bring to bear on it the
most massive, most creative, and most
disciplined
nonviolent resistance it has ever seen.
Training sessions will be provided from the
15th to 18th.
 Toward these ends we have formed a
short-term committee.

SIGN ON & SUPPORT THIS CALL:
http://www.year5.org

(by signing, you agree to coordinate
announcements as part of the committee,
contribute to these
events, and not oppose or take actions that
hurt any of these
events)
David Swanson
david at davidswanson.org
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