[CCPJ Update] CCPJ Update January 5, 2009

[Susan Berres]

Submitted by sue berres </user/440> on Mon, 2009-01-05 19:39. CCPJ 
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<http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org>
http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org

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*CCPJ Events*
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*CCPJ Demonstrations To End U.S. Funding Of Israel's Siege Of Gaza*

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

WHEN: Thursday, January 8, 2009 4:30 -- 5:30 pm
Saturday, January 10, 2009 12:00 -- 2:00

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

Signs will be provided.

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

WHEN: TBA 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

WHERE: Friends Meeting House, 1104 Forest Street, 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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*Events Sponsored by Other Organizations*
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*Culture Change: Real Solutions for Peak Oil and Global Warming*

WHEN: Thursday, January 8, 2009 7:00 pm

WHERE: Jefferson Madison Regional Library (Downtown), McIntire Room

Alexis Zeigler will be conducting a slideshow and discussion on the 
current state of peak oil and global warming research, as well as a look 
at real solutions. How might we consciously direct our cultural 
evolution into the future?

For more information, contact Alexis Zeigler at alexis at conev.org 
<mailto:alexis at conev.org> or 293-2383
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*Virginia People's Assembly Events*

WHEN: Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:00 am -- 4:00 pm

WHERE: Asbury United Methodist Church, 324 N. 29th St., Richmond, VA 23223

Come to the Virginia People's Assembly. Delegates from across Virginia 
will put together a People's Agenda to present to the General Assembly. 
Among other things, we will demand a moratorium on layoffs, cutbacks, 
evictions & foreclosures.

$5 donation requested to help cover cost of lunch & space, but no one 
will be turned away for lack of funds.

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WHEN: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:30 pm

WHERE: Kanawha Plaza opposite the Federal Reserve Building at 8th & 
Canal streets, downtown Richmond

Come to a rally to demand 'Bail Out the People, not the Bankers!'

Then we'll march to the General Assembly to say: 'Don't balance the 
budget on the backs of Virginia's working people!

For more information visit
http://www.defendersfje.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/rd-vpa.p... 
<http://www.defendersfje.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/rd-vpa.pdf>

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*Bike Extravaganza!*

WHEN: Friday, January 16th, 2009 6:00 -- 9:00 pm

WHERE: City Space (At the Charlottesville Community Design Center)
East End of the Downtown Mall

Did Santa bring you a new bicycle this year? Have you made a new year's 
resolution to exercise more? Even in the depths of winter you can warm 
up to the idea of bike riding!

Bring your family and friends and join us for an interactive, 
multi-media celebration of biking. Sample bike blended smoothies, get 
advice from the "bike doctors", see how many calories you'd burn biking 
to the store and back, make a garden box for your handle bars, raffle, 
snacks and more!.... Experience for yourself all the health, economic 
and fun benefits of bicycling in Charlottesville.

Sponsored by the Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation (ACCT), 
in cooperation with the City of Charlottesville

For more information, call 295-6554, email hopefull1 at excite.com 
<mailto:hopefull1 at excite.com> or visit www.a-c-c-t.org 
<http://www.a-c-c-t.org>
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*How Perfumes, Paints and Pesticides Can Make You Sick and What You Can 
Do About It*

WHEN: Friday, January 16, 2009 7:00 pm

WHERE: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, 717 Rugby Road
Social Hall

This program will focus on how everyday products are sickening us in our 
home and work environments and what steps you can take to safeguard your 
health. Group action on these public health issues can greatly improve 
our quality of life and the health of our children. We will view the 
short video "Contaminated without Consent", with discussion to follow.

Presented by Barbara Cruickshank, MS, Public Health Nurse and Deborah 
Judson-Ebbets, ecological Horticulturalist and Wholistic Health 
Practitioner.

Free and open to the public.

For more information call 296-9637
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*Quality Community Council (QCC) Inauguration Party*

WHEN: Tuesday January 20, 2009 6 pm

WHERE: Carver Recreation Center
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*Virginia Convergence of Students for a Democratic Society*

WHEN: Friday, January 30 through Sunday, February 1, 2009

WHERE: James Madison University (JMU), Harrisonburg, VA

For more information email: VirginiaSDSConvergence at googlegroups.com 
<mailto:VirginiaSDSConvergence at googlegroups.com>
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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. Please 
send information in email or a Word document. No pdf files, please.

To subscribe or unsubscribe to the CCPJ email list please use:
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