[CCPJ Update] CCPJ Update January 7, 2008

[Sue Berres]

CCPJ GENERAL MEETING
Sunday, January 13, 2008        7:00 - 9:00
pm   Trinity Episciipal
Church, 1042 Preston Avenue

Please join us for our monthly meeting.
Find out what's going on in the area of
peace andjustice, offer your ideas and
participate in events and actions.

All welcome!

CCPJ  961-6278
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ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS - EVERY THURSDAY
Thursday, January 10, 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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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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"WAR MADE EASY" FILM SHOWING
Sunday, January 13, 2008          2:30 PM
Senior Center, Rm. A, 1180 Pepsi Place

Produced by the Media Education Foundation,
this movie explores the U.S. involvement in
wars
since Vietnam, with historical footage of
major figures. It analyzes the media's
effect. Critics
have said that the movie has an impact
similar to to Al Gore's An Inconvenient
Truth.

Christine Black  971-5509
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EARTH FRIENDLY FRIDAY
Friday, January 18, 2008          7:00 pm
Social Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Unitarian
Church at 717 Rugby Rd. in Charlottesville.

"The Disappearance of the Honeybee" with a
video called the " Silence of
the Bees "  will be the topic for this Earth
Friendly Friday program, co-
sponsored by the Environmental Concerns
Committee of the Unitarian Church
and the Piedmont Sierra Club.  Comments by a
local beekeeper, Kathy Miller,
and discussion will follow.
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(6)  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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WEEK OF ACTION TO MARK 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF
IRAQ WAR
March 12-19, 2008         Washington, DC
Numerous peace and justice organizations are
making plans for a week of actions from
March 12th
to 19th to mark the end of the fifth year of
U.S. occupation in Iraq. Events will
culminate in a
national day of actions on March 19th, the
fifth anniversary of the invasion.

Details on these events and the
organizations involved are posted at
http://www.resistinmarch.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.

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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SILENT MARCH

Friday, January 11, 2008      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 at 6
PM. Please wear something white.

Greg Gelburd  979 4639
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