[CCPJ Update] CCPJ Update March 1, 2009

[Sue Berres]

Submitted by sue berres on Sun, 2009-03-01 14:37. CCPJ Newsletters

http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org

In this newsletter
CCPJ Salon
Healing the Wounds of War: Film Series
Stop the Farmville Immigrant Detention Center Benefit and Rally
And much more . . .

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CCPJ Events
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Join CCPJ’s Weekly Demonstration!



WHEN: Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:30 – 5:30 pm

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: Sunday, April 5, 2009 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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CCPJ Salon

WHEN: Saturday, March 7, 2009 7:30 pm

WHERE: Call Susan Oberman at 434-244-0374 for directions

Join us at a salon to discuss “Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts: What We
Don’t Know
What We Can Do”

"I know from personal involvement that the devastating invasion of Gaza by
Israel could easily have been avoided." Jimmy Carter, The Washington Post,
"An Unnecessary War" Thursday, January 8, 2009.

The CCPJ Salon is a gathering to connect people in the peace and justice
community. Our intention is to create dialogue on peace and justice issues,
to provide a space for interpersonal and group communication, and to further
both enjoyment, and action.

For further information contact Susan Oberman at susan.oberman at gmail.com

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Video of Last Week’s Virginia Healthcare in Crisis Public Forum

Couldn’t make the Healthcare Forum? View the video here:

http://charlottesvillepeace.org/node/1882
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Events Sponsored by Other Organizations
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Healing the Wounds of War: A Film Series

WHERE: Charlottesville Mennonite Church, 701 Monticello Ave.,
Charlottesville

March 1 - For the Love of Tomorrow, how one woman transformed relations
between Germany and France after World War II.
http://www.fltfilms.org.uk/love.html

March 15 - The Imam and the Pastor, the story of a Christian Pastor and a
Muslim Imam who were enemies yet became peacemakers in Nigeria.
http://www.iofc.org/imam-pastor

March 29 - The Radicals, a story of the beginning of the peace church
tradition in the midst of the Wars of Religion in the 16th and 17th century
Europe.
https://www.visionvideo.com/detail.taf?_function=detail&a_product_id=313...

6:00 pm snacks
6:30 pm movie begins

Each film will be followed by a brief discussion.
Childcare: Children’s movie with Adult present

For more information call (434) 293-8306 or email pastorcmc at embarqmail.com
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Creating a Butterfly Garden in Your Backyard

WHEN: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 7:00 pm

WHERE: St. Mark Lutheran Church in Charlottesville (corner of Alderman Rd. &
Ivy Rd.)

Deborah Judson-Ebbets. is an organic gardener and herbalist who will give
helpful hints on landscaping your yard to attract wildlife.

Sponsored by the Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club.

For more information contact John Cruickshank at 434 973-0373 or
jcruickshank4 at gmail.com
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Stop the Farmville Immigrant Detention Center – Benefit Dinner and Rally

A benefit to raise money for People United's campaign to stop the Farmville
Immigrant Detention Center:

WHEN: Friday, March 6, 2009 6:00 pm
WHERE: Friends Meeting House 1104 Forest St. Charlottesville

Dinner at 6:00 with members of the Charlottesville immigrant community,
followed by music and conversation. Here's to the Long Haul, Barling and
Collins and Alison Self will all perform.

For more information contact Luis Oyola at hackrawlin at gmail.com or
804-787-3367
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March and Rally to Stop the Immigrant Detention Center

WHEN: Saturday, March 7, 2009 12:00 noon
WHERE: Riverside Park - 5th and Main, Farmville, VA

For more information call (434) 906-0421, email info at thepeopleunited.org or
visit http://www.thepeopleunited.
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Community Night with Joel Salatin

WHEN: Saturday, March 14, 2009 7:00pm

WHERE: Montessori Community School at 305 Rolkin Rd on Pantops Mountain in
Charlottesville, VA

Creating a Local Food System that Works, with Joe Salatin

Joel Salatin, third generation alternative farmer, creator of Polyface Farms
and author of many acclaimed books, will be giving a community talk on Broad
Scale Agriculture: Creating a Local Food System that Works as part of the
Blue Ridge Permaculture Institute's Permaculture Design Course:
Sustainability Strategies for the Blue Ridge.

The suggested donation for the event is $15, and the proceeds will support
the Blue Ridge Permaculture Network.

Sponsored by Blue Ridge Permaculture Network

For more information and to register contact Terry Lilley at 434-296-3963 or
tygerlilley at gmail.com
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Sierra Club Forum: Visions for a Sustainable and Just Community

WHEN: Saturday, March 15, 2009 1:30 – 4:30 pm

WHERE: McIntire Room, Jefferson-Madison Regional Library

We wish to foster a public discussion of the requirements for a sustainable
and just community. If there is sufficient public interest, later forums
might be held, perhaps culminating in development of a new vision statement
for our community. We hope to build on the results of previous visioning and
sustainability efforts.

Invited speakers will discuss visioning as a process, some essential
elements of a sustainable community and justice and equity issues that arise
in the accomplishment of sustainability. Two discussion periods between the
audience and speakers are included.

We are asking speakers to imagine our community fifty years hence. We would
like speakers to explain why their subjects are important to the
accomplishment of sustainability and how their subjects would be dealt with
in a sustainable community. We are interested in possible conflicts between
different components of a sustainable community and how they can be
resolved. We urge speakers identify justice and equity issues they see
connected to their subjects.

Sponsored by the Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club

For further information contact Tom Olivier at tolivier at starband.net or
434-831-2408
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Action Alert: No New Nukes at Lake Anna

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking public comment on its
evaluation of the environmental impacts of issuing a Combined License (COL)
for a third nuclear reactor at the North Anna site. The NRC will accept
written comments until March 20.

Send and e-mail to NorthAnnaColaeis at nrc.gov. Note: corrected email address.

Send a letter to:
Chief, Rules and Directives Branch
Division of Administrative Services
Office of Administration
Mailstop TWB-05-B01M
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001

Talking Points:

NEW: The Virginia Dept of Environmental Quality's permit, which allows
Dominion to treat Lake Anna like a Waste Heat Treatment Facility and dump
water without an upper temperature limit into the Lake in violation of the
Clean Water Act, was revoked.

The North Anna Power Station is not currently in full compliance with the
federal Clean Water Act and a third reactor will add to the problems already
occurring with warm lake temperatures and downstream flow.

Since Dominion Power is choosing a new reactor model, application for the
COL should be put on hold. Once a new reactor model is chosen, then a new
environmental assessment should be initiated.

Existing wetlands, streams, and woodlands on the site, as well as
downstream, may be adversely affected by the construction and operation of a
new reactor.

The semi-permanent storage of radioactive waste at the North Anna site
presents health and safety threats to the people of central Virginia.

For more information view the documents at
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/north-anna.html.
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434 961 6278

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