[CCPJ Update] October 4, 2011

[CCPJ News]

*Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice*
 *...a simple truth that “since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the
minds of men that the defense of peace must be constructed…”
*
WE are turning our community conversation toward peace and away from the
enmity and violence that dominate our lives. In these times of continuing
wars and public discord, envisioning peace seems like an impossible task.
But it is precisely in such times that the need for peace and non-violence
is greatest.

Email: ccpjnews at gmail.com

Mailing Address:
The Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice
P.O. Box 2012
Charlottesville, VA 22902
CCPJ Board members

William Anderson  wha at virginia.edu
Kirk Bowers engineer1950 at comcast.net
Brandon Collins  brandoncollins at comcast.net
Tony Russell  taorivertony at gmail.com

*Announcements:
*
*WEEKLY THURSDAY DEMONSTRATIONS
*
Join Us for weekly Thursday demonstrations from to 5-6 pm. Come join us at
the corner of McIntire, Main and Water Streets, in front of the Federal
Building.  Drop-ins welcome! If we quit making war, we could stop spending
$800 billion every year for the military budget and fix our deficits fast.
Wouldn’t that be better than throwing our seniors under the bus?!!

*RIDE SHARING FOR DC DEMONSTRATIONS*

If you are going to DC this weekend or in the near future, and have room for
others in your car or van, please let us know by sending an email to one of
our Board members above, or by contacting us via our
website<http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org/contact>
.

*Charter of Compassion
*
The Charter of Compassion is a cooperative effort to restore not only
compassionate thinking but, more importantly, compassionate action to the
center of religious, moral and political life. Compassion is the principled
determination to put ourselves in the shoes of the other, and lies at the
heart of all religious and ethical systems. One of the most urgent tasks of
our generation is to build a global community where men and women of all
races, nations and ideologies can live together in peace. In our globalized
world, everybody has become our neighbor, and the Golden Rule has become an
urgent necessity.

Watch the Video on the Charter for Compassion at
http://charterforcompassion.org/site/ .
*CCPJ Events
*
*CCPJ November Meeting:
*
*Time*: To be  announced
*Location*: Quaker Meeting House
               1104 Forest Street
               Charlottesville, VA

Agenda items for discussion this month-

No War Toys gift campaign.
Plans for upcoming year's events.

And anything you want to add! All are welcome. We have no requirements for
membership. We ask for a willingness to participate and Volunteer in our
programs supporting Peace and Justice.

Volunteers NEEDED to join us and participate in events. Please contact us
via email to let us know of your availability and interest in CCPJ. Drop us
a line at http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org/contact or just show up at our
monthly meetings!

*Volunteer needed* to help out with website maintenance. Please contact us
at our website <http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org/contact> for more
information.

*LOCAL AND STATE EVENTS*
*City Council Candidates Forum*

The League of Women Voters-Charlottesville/Albemarle will be partnering with
Andrea Copeland on "Speaking with Andrea" (Show on Channel 10) in a City
Council Candidates Forum. The event will be broadcast on TV10. Confirmed
candidates: Brandon Collins, Bob Fenwick, Kathy Galvin, Satyendra Huja, DeDe
Smith and Andrew Williams.

Time: Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Place:City Council Chambers, City Hall.

*Rivanna District Board of Supervisors Candidates Forum*

Westminster Canterbury will host a candidates forum for the Albemarle County
Board of Supervisors election. Candidates are Cynthia Neff and Ken Boy.

Location: Westminister Canterbury, 250 Pantops Mountain Road.
Time: 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

*OCTOBER 6 IS ALMOST HERE!!*

*"Stop the Machine! • Create a New World!"
*
*A Call to Action - Oct. 6, 2011 and onward
*
October 2011 is the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan and the
beginning of the 2012 federal austerity budget. It is time to light the
spark that sets off a true democratic, nonviolent transition to a world in
which people are freed to create just and sustainable solutions.

We call on people of conscience and courage – all who seek peace, economic
justice, human rights and a healthy environment – to join together in
Washington, D.C., beginning on Oct. 6, 2011 in nonviolent resistance similar
to the Arab Spring and the Midwest awakening.

On Oct. 6, 2011, a concert, rally and protest, A Wrench in the Machine, will
kick off a powerful and sustained nonviolent resistance to the corporate
criminals that dominate our government.

Forty-seven years ago, Mario Savio, an activist student at Berkeley, said,
"There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes
you so sick at heart—that you can't take part. You can't even passively take
part. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels,
upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And
you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it,
that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all."


Those words have an even greater urgency today. We face ongoing wars and
massive socio-economic and environmental destruction perpetrated by a
corporate empire which is oppressing, occupying and exploiting the world. We
are on a fast track to making the planet unlivable while the middle class
and poor people of our country are undergoing the most wrenching and
profound economic crisis in 80 years.

"Stop the Machine! • Create a New World!" is a clarion call for all who are
deeply concerned with injustice, militarism and environmental destruction to
join in ending concentrated corporate power and taking direct control of a
real participatory democracy. We will encourage a culture of resistance —
using music, art, theater and direct nonviolent action — to take control of
our country and our lives. It is about courageously resisting and stopping
the corporate state from destroying not only our inherent rights and
freedoms, but also our children’s chance to live, breathe clean air, drink
pure water, grow edible natural food and live in peace.

As Mother Jones said, "Someday the workers will take possession of your city
hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!"

We are the ones who can create a new and just world. Our issues are
connected. We are connected. Join us in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 6, 2011, to
Stop the Machine.

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Take the pledge and sign up to attend here. Let America know you are coming
to make history and a new world!
"I pledge that if any U.S. troops, contractors, or mercenaries remain in
Afghanistan on Thursday, October 6, 2011, as that criminal occupation goes
into its 11th year, I will commit to being in Freedom Plaza in Washington,
D.C., with others on that day with the intention of making it our Tahrir
Square,Cairo, our Madison, Wisconsin, where we will nonviolently resist the
corporate machine until our resources are invested in human needs and
environmental protection instead of war and exploitation. We can do this
together. We will be the beginning ..."

To join us as an individual or an organization or to learn more, contact
info at october2011.org
*Saturday, October 22:  Hotel Trail – Cold Mountain Loop Hike
*
This six to seven mile circuit hike in Amherst County starts in the
Mount Pleasant Scenic Area and crosses Cold (or Cole, depending on
your source) Mountain on the Appalachian Trail.  There are several
short climbs, with a total elevation  loss/gain of about a thousand
feet.  This is a moderate hike, and the summit of Cold Mountain offers
360 degree views of many well-known and loved peaks.  The open space
on Cold Mountain is artificially maintained, but it is unique in this
area, and I am impressed anew each time I see it.

Meet at 9:30 AM at the Mount Pleasant parking area.  Bring lunch,
water and clothing for the weather.  Call 434 263-6199 early that
morning for a recorded message if the weather is questionable.

Directions:  Take 60 west from Amherst; go about 18 miles and turn
right on Coffeytown Road; go a mile and a half and turn right on 755
(Wiggins Spring Road); follow gravel road (right fork at a Y) to the
parking area. From Lovingston, allow twenty minutes to Amherst and
another half hour to the trail head.

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