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Local News and Announcements... Don't miss anything...please scroll downDr. Rashad Zidan to speak 2 times in Columbia, 3/21/2006I just wanted to alert you to an opportunity to hear Dr. Rashad Zidan, a pharmacist from She will be speaking later today in two public forums: 1) Tuesday, today 3:30-4:30 Rock Bridge High School Planetarium, open to the public. Co-sponsored by RB and Hickman High School Amnesty International groups. 2) Tuesday, today, 8:15 pm. 113 A & S, University of Missouri-Columbia campus, Insights on the occupation from an If you can’t attend either of these events, there will also be three talk shows in the next two days when she will be appearing…. Tuesday, today… 5:20-5:45 Talk Show with Amy Miller, KSSZ-FM 93.9 FM "The Eagle" 6:05-7:00 Talk show. "Evening Edition" with Mark Haim, KOPN 89.5 FM. Wednesday, March 22 8:30 am, Talk show on KFRU- 1400 AM
0 Comments (perma-link) Email this: FOR Newsletter Mailing on Thursday & other volunteer chances--Care to Help?We hope you and your loved ones are faring well these days, and that you bore the humbling power of Mama Nature’s storms this weekend, in good shape. We wanted to let you know that your help would be most appreciated in any of the following activities with the Mid-MO Fellowship of Reconciliation… 1) FOR Newsletter -- Please share briefs on upcoming events you want us to publish word of and/or brief articles/poetry on peace, alternatives to the death penalty and/or social or earth-justice issues (possibly for the newsletter—last chance before going to press in a few days-- or at least we’d be glad to pass it along for e-mailing and the FOR website—space allowing and content appropriate). E-mail material ASAP or call; -- Please join us for a mailing party—putting together the FOR newsletter for a mass mailing: anytime from 7:00- 11:00 pm, (it will be a shorter span for all if you help us and lighten the load!) Thursday, 16 March 13, 2006 In Call Jeff at 449-4585 for more info or other directions, if you need for a ride, and/or with other questions, etc. 2) Can’t make it then? Friend, if you still want to help out (hey, you can even help out both times if you’d. Whatever the case, we’d love it!), you could also volunteer to help volunteering in other ways…. *Office organizing --Helping back-up computer files, making copies of files onto discs. --Organizing/updating e-mail lists and phone tree --Bookkeeping --Filing --Assisting/writing Thank You notes *Make “FOR” sign for tabling events *Creating productions/Acting in “Guerilla”: Theater skits/plays on pacifism, the death penalty, military recruiting, militarism, and other possible peace-oriented topics. *What do you think FOR needs to be doing? What special talents would you like lend to our efforts for peace with justice? Call me at 573-449-4585 if you can help out and/or to share your visions with others via the FOR e-mail network or other means. Take care and peace be with all, Jeff Stack Mid-MO FOR coordinator 0 Comments (perma-link) Email this: FOR volunteer help needed; Social justice & environmental stewardship-- activities & meetings in Mid-MissouriWe wanted to pass along news of several worthwhile endeavors under way 1) FOR Volunteer opportunities & needs; 1) FOR Volunteer opportunities & needs-- we'd be thrilled to get help in In the next week or so, we hope to put together a newsletter and will be Office organizing Helping back-up computer files, making copies of files onto discs. Make "FOR" sign for tabling events Creating productions/Acting in "Guerilla": Theater skits/plays What do you think FOR needs to be doing? What special talents would you Call Jeff at 573-449-4585 if you can help out and/or to share your 2) You are invited to a prayer day is planned entitled PEACE AND March 4, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., lunch included. Suggested donation is The facilitators for this event are Jim and Kathy McGinnis from the The presentation will be built around Micah 4: 6 "What is it that God 3) GRO - Grass Roots Organizing is working to put Medicaid Reform onto If you are interested in volunteering to be a circulator (and collect 4) MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE ENERGY KICKING OFF CAMPAIGN TO STOP CALLAWAY II: As you've probably heard, AmerenUE is considering building a second Our educational efforts focused on stopping Callaway II and promoting The new MSE will be holding an organizing meeting 6-7 p.m., Monday, We also are in the early stages of planning an Activist Teach-In on 5) STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY ORGANIZING AT MU: Any MU student 0 Comments (perma-link) Email this: War Resistance Reports & Mid-Missouri Peace Events, MeetingsIn this posting you will find information about a couple local Mid-Missouri events, plus reports on various nonviolent actions that have taken place, along with some upcoming events across the country—and means you too can undertake, locally-- to protest the ongoing occupation & war upon the Iraqi people, while supporting alternatives to imperialistic, anti-democratic policies of our government and its client states. You will note an outline with a brief of the various items included in this posting, followed in order after the outline by a larger reporting of the items.
2. Tuesday, March 7, “Forum Venezuela,” 7 p.m, Ellis Library Auditorium on the MU Campus, screening of the award-winning documentary "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," which offers a first hand look at the aborted coup that attempted to unseat Venezuela's democratically elected president Hugo Chavez, followed by a panel discussion; 3. Monday, March 6, at 7:30 pm, " 4. Buy Citgo gas, support 5. Sunday, March 19th "Stop the War—Exit Now!", 2 p.m. rally,
For items 2-9 above, see further details below….. 2) Forum Tony Pecinovsky and Kaveh Razani will also be guests on PW Director Mark Haim's Evening Edition from 6-7 p.m. that evening on 89.5 KOPN. 3) Colombia—“The Other War for Oil”: The MU Peace Studies Program is hosting Daniel Kovalik, a labor lawyer for the United Steelworkers who's done extensive legal and human rights work in Colombia. He will be giving a talk Monday, March 6, at 7:30 pm in the Reynolds Alumni Center Ballroom I. More on Union lawsuit against Coke marks unusual effort to aid labor in (April 29, 2003, article by Jeffrey Cohan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Staff Writer) On Dec. 5, 1996, paramilitary gunmen entered a Coca-Cola bottling plant in northwestern They found him. Then they shot him seven times. Javier Correa, left, president of Seven years later, a It's a novel attempt to bring the American justice system to bear on human rights violators in It's also an attention-getting effort to punish Coke, which was dismissed as a defendant March 31, and put multinational corporations on notice that they could be dragged into "We view the lawsuit as quite crucial to the struggle to bring peace to Kovalik and his clients, all affiliated with Federal Judge Jose E. Martinez allowed the case to go forward against two Coca-Cola bottlers: Bebidas y Alimentos and Panamerican Beverages, but not against Coke itself, saying the company does not set labor policies at independently owned bottling plants. Kovalik's team has asked The lawsuit alleges that Bebidas y Alimentos conspired with a right-wing paramilitary army to murder Gil and break the Sinaltrainal union at the company's bottling plant in A Coca-Cola spokeswoman declined comment. But the company calls the allegations "false" and "baseless" on its Web site, which goes on to say, "Because Colombia is in such turmoil, the Coca-Cola Co. and its local bottling partners have prioritized the safety and security of all employees and labor union officials." 4) . Buy Citgo gas: Support Of the top oil producing countries in the world, only one is a democracy with a president who was elected on a platform of using his nation's oil revenue to benefit the poor.1 The money you pay to Citgo goes primarily to And this winter Citgo is helping out less fortunate Citgo has stepped in to help out. They're selling heating oil at discounted rates to poorer communities in Find the Citgo station closest to your home address. Naturally, if you can get where you're going without a car, do so. And we'll continue to work for a country with more renewable energy options. Check out the following for more information… 1 Buy Your Gas at Citgo: Join the BUY-cott! 2 "Poor get chilly federal reception," 3 "OUT IN THE COLD: How Much LIHEAP Funding Will Be Needed to Protect Beneficiaries from Rising Energy Prices?" Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. 5) "Stop the War—Exit Now!" Rally, 2 p.m., Sunday, March 19th, Courthouse Sq. in downtown The Columbia Peace Coalition is joining peace groups across the nation holding events to mark the third anniversary of the Make your commitment today! We are asking each of you to attend. Moreover, we are asking each of you to become an organizer, inviting friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, fellow students, etc., to join you in attending. You can either sign up via our website by clicking the link http://peaceworks.missouri.org/StoptheWarExitNowCommitForm.html Other Ways to help out. We are currently working to paint 500 signs, 250 "Stop the War" and 250 "Exit Now." We have stencils, poster board, paint and brushes. We need more volunteers to help. We also have more than 2,000 leaflets inviting folks to come out on 3/19 printed for distribution. We invite you to stop by the Peace Nook and pick up a stack to distribute at your house of worship, at school, at your workplace, to friends, etc. We have plenty to share and will gladly print more if needed. Call the Nook at 875-0539 for more information. 6) Showing Appreciation for Noam Chomsky Our friend Ibtisam Barakat has contacted us looking for expressions of appreciation that can be passed on to Prof. Noam Chomsky. She has asked us to pass this on to all on our list who saw Chomsky or heard his talk on the radio, saying in part: You can write whatever you like. Some have suggested, however, to tell him a few words about how his words, presence, brave thinking, or his life of activism, has moved, touched, or inspired you.. Perhaps the more personal your words, the better.. from one human being to another.. not from an ordinary person to an icon or anything like that.. just from one person fighting for liberation of our minds and hearts and the healing of the world, to another who does the same.. And please include your first and last names under your paragraph of appreciation. Please send your Chomsky appreciation to me right away while Chomsky's words are fresh in your memory..... To make this project doable, I would like to set the date of 3/15 as the last day for completing this tiny project. Kindly help me turn this into a reality.. I thank you, and I wish you a beautiful day. Ibtisam Barakat e-mail to ibarakat@coin.org -- 0 Comments (perma-link) Email this: ArchivesMay 2003 June 2003 July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 August 2006 December 2006 January 2007 April 2007 July 2007 December 2007 May 2008 July 2008 December 2009 June 2010 December 2010 January 2011 October 2011 |
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