[WPC] WPC Activist Alert, January 15-25,2004
Washington Peace Center
wpc at igc.org
Sun Jan 18 07:47:12 EST 2004
ACTIVIST ALERT
Washington Peace Center
January 15-25, 2004
We are starting our 5th decade here at the Peace Center, working toward
the vision of a world at peace and a global order of social justice. We
are now located at the Flemming Center, along with several other
progressive organizations. If you have not recently sent a
tax-deductible donation for our work, please consider sending one to
help us to continue working for social change. Checks made to the
Washington Peace Center can be sent to us at 1426 9th St., NW, Ste.
#306, Washington, DC 20044.
Volunteers and Interns Needed at the Peace Center! Want to help end war
and create social justice? We really need volunteers with a wide range
of skills and interests to help with our programs, organizing, outreach
and office work. Won't you join us? Call 202-234-2000 or write us at
wpc at igc.org <mailto:wpc at igc.org>.
Job Opening: Full-time Coordinator still being sought for Washington
Peace Center to work in consultation with Board, interns and volunteers
on community organizing and outreach, national and local events,
information clearing house, educational series, and fundraising events,
as well as manage office, fiscal matters, publications and community
relations. The Coordinator to take a leadership role in carrying out the
Peace Center's mission. The ideal candidate will have significant
experience in grassroots activism and organizing campaigns for social
and economic justice. See full job description below. First deadline has
passed and candidates are being interviewed. If no one is hired, process
will reopen. Send resume, a writing sample and references to
PeaceCenterJobs at hotmail.com <mailto:PeaceCenterJobs at hotmail.com>
Accounting and Computer assistance sought by the Washington Peace
Center, volunteer or temporary paid basis. Seeking accountant familiar
with non-profit bookkeeping and reporting procedures and computer
technician familiar with website maintenance. Contact John or Polly at
wpc at igc.org <mailto:wpc at igc.org> or 202-234-2000.
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ANTI-WAR ACTIONS
King's Words Ring Loud
Monday, January 19 is Martin Luther King's birthday. In commemoration,
CODEPINK, Global Exchange and Black Voices for Peace created an
inspiring flash movie using an excerpt from a powerful Dr. King speech
with heart-wrenching images of the US occupation of Iraq. Check it out
at: http://www.bushflash.com/mlk.html#160;and send it to your friends
and family.
WALK IN THE STEPS OF DR. KING Monday, January 19, 12:00 noon Mall &
Goddard Blvds., in King of Prussia, PA, (off Rt. 76 behind the King of
Prussia Mall). Go where the business of war and militarism must be
confronted and stopped - the world's largest weapons corporation,
Lockheed Martin. Speakers to include: Yoko Nishimura from Hiroshima,
Japan; Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Shalom Center; and Phoebe Schellenberg,
Global Women's Strike. Nonviolent civil disobedience will take place,
and participants need to attend the preparation meeting on Mon., Jan. 12
at 7 PM, Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Sts., Phila, PA. Contact
Brandywine Peace Community at 610-544-1818 or brandywine at juno.com
<mailto:brandywine at juno.com>.
16 Words/9,500 Lives: A Vigil at the US Capitol to Remember Lost Lives
<http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?calid=6750> (Vigil)
Tuesday, January 20, 7:00-9:30 pm
US Capitol, 3rd Street, NW (between Constitution and Independence Aves.)
Candlelight vigil coinciding with State of the Union address to call
attention to the hundreds of American and Iraqi lives lost due to the
lies of the Bush administration. Sponsored by: Military Families Speak
Out, Veterans for Peace, Pax Christi Metro DC, Education for Peace in
Iraq Center, CODEPINK Women for Peace, D.C. Anti-War Network (DAWN),
Rhythm Workers Union, Northern Virginians for Peace, Iraq Pledge of
Resistance, St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Dorothy Day Catholic Worker.
For further information, contact: Stephen Cleghorn 202-488-4027 (H) or
jstephencleghorn at yahoo.com <mailto:jstephencleghorn at yahoo.com> (email).
Also contact Code Pink at 202-393-5016 or see www.codepinkalert.org.
State of the Union Address Tuesday, January 20, 8:30 pm
Plymouth Congregational Church, 5301 N. Capitol Street, NE
Watch the address. A discussion of the real state of the union will
follow. Contact: Code Pink 202-393-5016.
Prayer for Peace
January 22 (and ongoing monthly)
Contact Charles Cloughen, Jr at frcharles at comcast.net
<mailto:frcharles at comcast.net> if you are interested in hosting a Prayer
for Peace. Churches are needed to host a peace service on the 22nd of
each month, January through June 2004.
The Feminist Peace Network invites you to join with women everywhere in
taking a stand for peace and an end to the global pandemic of violence
against women. On International Women's Day we ask you to join hands
across the globe by focusing a part of your International Women's Day
(March 8) events on raising awareness about these critical issues. By
stating in your publicity statements that you are participating in this
effort, you make your own community aware that this is a worldwide
concern and not just the isolated voices of a few. Please let us know if
you would like to participate in this global effort. It would help if
you could e-mail us the details of your event (place, time, what will be
happening, contact information, etc.) We will collate this information
and post it on our website. Please mail information to
iwd at feministpeacenetwork.org <mailto:iwd at feministpeacenetwork.org> You
may also wish to join our IWD Discussion group. To do so please send an
email to IWD_Discussion_List-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
<mailto:IWD_Discussion_List-subscribe at yahoogroups.com>. Contact: Lucinda
Marshall, Founder Feminist Peace Network www.feministpeacenetwork.org
<http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org>
Defend the UN Charter, End the Occupation of Iraq
A national campaign to prevent the UN Security Council from approving
Bush's pre-emptive war doctrine against Iraq and other countries by lack
of censure. Talking points and UN Decurity Council member emails
available at www.endthewar.org <http://www.endthewar.org>. The National
Network to End the War Against Iraq is also working to Open the Door to
Peace: End the Occupation of Iraq - Bring the Troops home through its
Grassroots Peace Network campaign using door hangers to get the message
out to thousands of homes. See: www.endthewar.org/endtheoccupation.htm
<http://www.endthewar.org/endtheoccupation.htm> for a copy. Contact:
301-270-4858.
Interfaith Peace-Builders Delegation To Israel and Palestine
January 17-31
Join the Fellowship of Reconciliation in this delegation. The Fellowship
of Reconciliation (FOR) is the largest and oldest interfaith pacifist
organization in the country. Interfaith Peace-Builders delegations
examine the effects of United States foreign policy on the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. We offer support to people struggling
nonviolently for a sustainable and just peace in both Israel and
Palestine. Upon return to the U.S., delegates work to educate the public
and influence U.S. foreign policy. Meet with Israeli and Palestinian
peace and justice and human rights activists and organizations and
community builders. Discuss the U.S. role in the conflict with Israelis
and Palestinians. Hear perspectives from people across the cultural,
religious, and political spectrum. Visit and stay in Palestinian and
Israeli homes. See the effects of the occupation on Palestinians and
listen to Israeli concerns for security.We want people of all ethnic and
religious backgrounds; Jews and Muslims, Arabic and Hebrew speakers are
encouraged to apply. Mature, emotionally stable, flexible, and
respectful participants 19 years old or older. The cost of $1,650 for
the 15-day trip includes orientation, hotel and home stay
accommodations, breakfasts and dinners, local transportation, guides,
speaker/event fees, basic tips and gratuities. Domestic and
international airfares are additional. International airfares range from
$750-1400, depending on season and itinerary. Participants are
responsible lunches, drinks, spending money for gifts, and any
additional tips they wish to give to guides and drivers. There is a
supplemental room fee for a single room for hotel stays. Contact Joe
Groves, Program Coordinator or Gretchen Merryman, Assistant Program
Coordinator at FOR Interfaith Peace-Builders; 4545 42nd St. NW, Suite
209; Washington, DC 2001. Phone: (202) 244-0821; Fax: (202) 244-6396.
E-mail: middleeast at forusa.org
<http://sea2fd.sea2.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?mailto=1&msg=MSG1069450858.65&start=1806809&len=23570&src=&type=x&to=middleeast%40forusa%2eorg&cc=&bcc=&subject=&body=&curmbox=F000000001&a=7c3ae47eed6b1dd09effb4ba0f039296>.
Web site: www.forusa.org/programs/ipb/default.html
<http://www.forusa.org/programs/ipb/default.html>
General Assembly Of The Global Anti-War Movement
January 16-21
Mumbai, India
See http://www.jakartapeacecon.org/ The endless global "war on terror"
rages on in various countries, giving the US a pretext for its military
interventions across the globe and providing repressive governments an
excuse for clamping down on legitimate dissent. In the face of these
distressing developments, we call on the anti-war movement to come
together and act. We invite everyone to a general assembly of the global
anti-war movement during the World Social Forum (WSF) Strategy Sessions:
open discussions and debates on the movements' strategies, plans, and
priorities. Self-Organized Events: organizations are encouraged to
independently organize conferences, workshops, seminars, testimonials,
debates, and panels on more specific anti-war issues such as US bases,
nuclear weapons, anti-terrorist bills, regional conflicts, Palestine.
Activists' Meetings: open meetings among anti- war activists, social
movements, NGOs, etc. in attempt to deepen the links among them and
coordinate their actions. Closing Conference: for announcing and
affirming the movements' decisions on its plans and priorities.
Solidarity March: general march to close the WSF with a specifically
anti-war section This anti-war general assembly is among the many events
during the WSF, the biggest annual gathering of a growing global peace
and justice movement that's united against corporate-led globalization
and militarization and united behind the belief that "Another World is
Possible". For more information on the World Social Forum, including
background, program, logistics, accommodation and other details, go to
www.wsfindia.org <http://www.wsfindia.org> and
www.forumsocialmundial.org.br <http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br> For
more information on the WSF Globalization and War Assembly, visit
www.jakartapeacecon.org <http://www.jakartapeacecon.org> For more
information contact marylou at focusweb.org.
GLOBAL VIGILS FOR PEACE
February 15
Call for nationwide actions from the National Network to End the War on
Iraq's Grassroots Peace Network. See: http://www.endthewar.org
<http://www.endthewar.org/>. or call 301-270-4858, toll free:
1-888-END-A-WAR
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Martin Luther King Birthday Events
January 15-19
UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE [http://www.unitedforpeace.org
<http://www.unitedforpeace.org/> | 212-868-5545] is urging groups to
organize events for the 75th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
UFPJ urges you to honor the legacy of Dr. King by recommitting yourself
to the work we all must take up this year. If you organize an event, be
sure to post it on the calendar on the UFPJ website by visiting
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar_gxinput.php
East Coast Anarchist People of Color Conference
MLK Weekend, January 16-19
Flemming Center, 1426 9th Street, NW (9th and P Streets)
Childcare will be provided. Contact: (202) 271-5405 or e-mail:
bornguerilla at hotmail.com (www.illegalvoices.org/apoc)
Anarchist People of Color Benefit Concert
Sunday January 18, 9:00 pm
Warehouse Theater, 1017 7th St., (Mt. Vernon Sq. Metro, Green Line)
Come see Ricanstruction, Head-roc, Avant God Violence, Shambala, DJ,
Ayden, Artemas, APOC Spoken word artists and many more as we rock to
this Hip-Hop/ Punk fusion during the East Coast Regional Conference held
the entire weekend (Jan.16-19) @ the Flemming Center. Please Bring Valid
ID. $10 suggested donation for non-conference attendees (no one will be
turned away). The Belly of the Beast APOC Collective needs you to give
`til it hurts. If you have any additional questions please call (202)
271-5405 or e-mail bornguerilla at hotmail.com
<mailto:bornguerilla at hotmail.com>
RECLAIMING THE MLK, JR. HOLIDAY
Monday, January 19, 9:30 am - 6:30 pm
UDC, Van Ness Street and Connecticut Ave. NW
Renowned poet, author and activist Sonia Sanchez, and former United
Nations Weapons inspector, outspoken author and Bush administration
critic Scott Ritter, will help headline the rostrum of speakers at this
year's third annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Justice and Peace National
Workshop and Rally sponsored by Black Voices for Peace (BVFP), the UDC
Department of Criminal Justice and the University of the District of
Columbia (UDC). The event's activities will be held on the National
Martin Luther King Birthday Holiday to recall the true spirit of Dr.
King. The two noted personalities will join BVFP co-chair and founder
Damu Smith, BVFP co-chair and Spirit of Truth Center founder Rev. Dr.
Carolyn Boyd, and Rev. Graylin Hagler, a national BVFP spokesperson and
senior pastor of Plymouth Congregational church in Washington, DC., who
along with other speakers will also address the hundreds of attendees
expected at the event. Last year nearly 3000 persons were in attendance
from the District of Columbia and ten states. A MUSICAL AND CULTURAL
TRIBUTE FEATURING YOUTH AND ELDERS, will be held in the afternoon from
3:30 until 6:30 PM. in UDC's MAIN AUDITORIUM.
There will be an INTRODUCTORY SESSION from 9:30 until 10:15 am followed
by TWO SET'S OF MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON Workshops to be held from
10:30 am until 12:30 pm and 1:15 until 3:15 pm. Workshop leaders,
trainers and speakers from around the nation will be a part of this
event. There will also be VOTER REGISTRATION and an INFORMATION MARKET
PLACE featuring books and information on various issues. LOW COST LUNCH
AND DINNER WILL BE AVAILABLE. ADMISSION IS FREE AND YOUTH AND CHILDREN
SHOULD ATTEND. The National Rally, Workshops and Training's will focus
on current issues facing neighborhoods, the nation, and the global
community and how to apply King's organizing and philosophical legacy to
address them. These include the Bush administration's war in and
occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan; U.S. policy in support of Israel's
occupation of Palestine; the impact of U.S. foreign policy on peace and
stability in Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America; challenging racism
and defending against the assault on civil liberties, civil rights and
affirmative action; organizing for economic rights and essential human
needs in the face of massive cut backs in social spending and the steep
rise in military expenditures; organizing for media accountability;
empowering youth for leadership and organizing in the face of violence
and other challenges; organizing for positive messages and images in
popular culture to advance love, unity, justice and peace; and
organizing against police brutality and the prison industrial complex.
CALL THE BVFP 24 HOUR HOTLINE AT 202-232-5690 FOR 90 SECOND PRERECORDED
UPDATES
Women for Women International
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 9:30 AM
Women for Women International 1850 M Street NW Suite 1090
Please join us for a briefing by Manal Omar, Country Director of Women
for Women International - Iraq. Manal has been working to establish and
oversee Women for Women International's programs in Iraq since July
2003. She will share her experiences working in Baghdad and will be
discussing the current status of women in Iraq, steps being taken to
ensure women's participation in the reconstruction process, and how
Women for Women International's programs are already benefiting women in
Baghdad and the surrounding areas. Women for Women International - Iraq
is currently working with more than 620 women in Baghdad, Hillah and
Karbala. These women are receiving direct financial aid and emotional
support through the Sponsorship Program, as well as rights awareness
training and leadership workshops. In the next few months we will be
developing vocational skills trainings to provide women with the skills
they need to help them achieve economic independence. In addition to our
core programs, we are also working with other organizations and agencies
to develop and strengthen the capacity of local women leaders and
grassroots organizations through women's centers in Baghdad. We hope you
can join us for what is sure to be an interesting and powerful
discussion. Please RSVP to Hatice Dalkir by phone at 202-737-7705 or by
email at Hatice at womenforwomen.org <mailto:Hatice at womenforwomen.org> by
5pm Friday, January 16th.
SORRY STATE OF THE UNION ACTIONS
Tuesday, January 20
United for Peace and Justice calls on our supporters and member groups
to ensure that the real State of the Union is discussed in your
community on January 20. Our goal is to TURN UP THE HEAT and to engage
our communities and local media in discussing a different vision for the
direction of the U.S. and its role in the world. United for Peace and
Justice is preparing materials you will be able to use, available for
downloading from our web site by Tuesday, January 13th, and other items
will have to be shipped. Let us know if your group is planning an event
by writing to stateoftheunion at unitedforpeace.org
<mailto:stateoftheunion at unitedforpeace.org>. To help you get started,
here are some initial ideas: THEMES FOR THE NIGHT Let's face it. The
State of the Union is a depressing subject. To make this event uplifting
and inspire a new phase of movement building we've come up with some
ideas to turn up the laughter, add a bit of competitive spirit, and to
calm the nerves. We've also suggested a format for groups who want to
use the opportunity to engage the public and media in a bit more serious
discussion on the health of the U.S. Feel free to combine some of these
ideas and send in your own ideas to UFPJ at
stateoftheunion at unitedforpeace.org
<mailto:stateoftheunion at unitedforpeace.org>. 1.) State of the Union
Dessert Social: "To take the bad taste out of your mouth" Participants
bring a dessert dish as admission to the event (a dessert pot-luck).
People to take a bite of a dessert each time President Bush says
something that leaves them with a bad taste. 2.) Track the Lies Games.
Remember when the President tried to convince the public that we were
under imminent threat from Iraq in last years' speech? In sixteen words
Bush alleged that Saddam sought uranium from Africa and set in motion
the series of lies that led to war in Iraq. This year we can expect
another round of manipulated information, distortions, half-truths, and
propaganda from Bush again. Our website will soon include details on how
you might implement any of these ideas: a) Half-truth Bingo Night b)
Lie-O-Meter c) Tally sheets to track Bush's lies, distortions,
manipulations, half-truths etc. d) \"Bushit Watch\", \"Misstatement of
the Union Watch\", or "Sorry-Ass State of the Union". Small soft foam
balls to throw at the TV when people hear something they don't like. 3.)
People's State of the Union: a town hall style meeting or hearing. If
you are on the East Coast we recommend starting the event at 7:00pm (two
hours before the actual televised speech), West Coasters might have time
for direct responses following the President's speech. Invite people
from different constituencies to testify about their observations and
experiences over the last year. For example, you can have someone speak
about the state of health care, immigrant rights, workers rights,
international cooperation, or whatever issues affect your community.
Ministers For Racial, Social and Economic Justice (MRSEJ) are calling on
houses of worship to host events in key cities. MRSEJ is encouraging the
local faith community groups to designate someone to respond
theologically to the speech and then to open the floor to comments from
the audience. Contact them for more information by emailing
gshagler at earthlink.net <mailto:gshagler at earthlink.net> Location The best
place to hold your Alternative State of the Union Event is a place that
is accessible and comfortable for the broadest audience possible.
Remember to book a place that has a TV large enough for the numbers you
expect and is accessible by public transit. Here are a few ideas of
places to hold your events: -House Party. Invite your friends, family,
neighbors, and co-workers to your home to view the speech. Use this as
an opportunity to pull in new faces to your organization. -Church or
house of worship. To host a larger event partner with a church or faith
based group and reach out to the congregation and surrounding community.
-Community Center. Your local peace and justice center, a senior center,
youth center etc. -Bar. If you are choosing one of the fun themes for
the evening you may consider holding it at a neighborhood hot spot. This
can only be an option if the place is all-ages or if you are not
expecting students or youth. -Campus Student Center. Request a room
with a large screen TV. Additional ideas: - Partner with allied
organizations that work with poor people, immigrants, people of color,
faith communities, labor or other groups who your group has not worked
with much in the past. Some UFPJ groups will be supporting MLK day
events and this is a natural next step for collaboration with civil
rights and African American groups. - Use the event as an opportunity to
engage the audience directly in action. Have postcards or a petition for
people to sign on the spot. The UFPJ web site will have items you can
download by January 15th. - Have people join your organization on the
spot or at least sign up for your email list. Add an extra check box so
people can choose to join the UFPJ action alert list and send the names
to UFPJ at stateoftheunion at unitedforpeace.org
<mailto:stateoftheunion at unitedforpeace.org> - Use the event as a
fundraiser. Sell your organization\'s T-shirts, books, and build in a
fundraising mechanism to the night. Pass out a set of questions that
people could think about as they watch the speech and then discuss at
the end. - Ask for donations from local stores (such as CDs or gift
certificates) to pass out as prizes for the games. REGISTER YOUR EVENT
TODAY! Add what you are planning to the calendar on the UFPJ website by
visiting http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar_gxinput.php
OSAC to Host Non-Business Security Awareness Seminar
Wednesday, January, 21,
U.S. Department of State
Due to high threat conditions and increased incidents against "soft
targets" overseas, OSAC has been asked once again to provide a security
awareness seminar for non-business constituents. A half-day seminar
exclusively designed for the non-business OSAC constituent. Topics will
include Terrorist Operations and Countermeasures, Bomb Recognition, and
Embassy Resources. Please call (571) 345-2223 for more information.
Registration forms may be downloaded from the OSAC web site
www.ds-osac.org <http://www.ds-osac.org> and faxed to OSAC on (571)
345-2238. Hurry, seating is limited. Registration closes January 16, 2004.
The Seventh Annual National Conference on Organized Resistance
Friday, January 23 - Sunday, January 25
American University, Washington, DC
This annual event brings together activists from a variety of issues,
struggles, ideologies and backgrounds for a weekend of learning and
reflecting on the state of progressive movements occurring locally,
nationally, and worldwide. Last year, over 1,000 people converged on
Washington, DC for a weekend of experience, discussions, planning and
protest. Contact: www.organizedresistance.org
"Courage for Nonviolence,"
January 23-24
Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 2201 N. 35th St., Milwaukee. WI
Clergy and laity will receive the following benefits: -encouragement
from the sheer numbers of people who are committed to nonviolence as a
strategy for overcoming the evils in society; -information and training
from five educators and role models in nonviolence; -resource materials
on nonviolence; -exposure to the mission and work of peace agencies and
their representatives; -opportunities to network with advocates for
peace and justice from various parts of the state; -opportunities to
participate in a peace action (i.e. prayer vigil and march);
-opportunities to join a statewide movement of congregations and
individuals working for change in society through nonviolence;
-opportunities to engage in an intergenerational multi-ethnic interfaith
learning and growth experience. Through this conference, we hope to
increase the diversity of ethnicity, age and religious affiliation in
the peace and justice movement in Wisconsin. We hope to change the minds
of participants who might not yet be convinced that violence only leads
to more violence, that there are forceful effective alternatives to
violence in overcoming the evils in society, that a peaceful world is a
viable option for humanity. Please use the attached documents to
register for and publicize the event. Please forward this message to
your email contacts. One may also register online at www.wichurches.org
<http://www.wichurches.org>. Click on "events." Rev. Ken Pennings
Wisconsin Council of Churches 608-837-3108
Lessons From the 1960's: Choices, Consequences, and the Future
Saturday, January 24, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m
American University (Tenleytown/AU Metro, Red l, free shuttle bus
available to campus, across from Metro)
This will be a panel discussion with Heather Brown (organizer, former
SNCC activist, Womens' Movement activist), Elaine Brown (writer,
lecturer, former Black panther party leader), and Cathy Wilkerson
(teacher, activist, former Weather Underground member). This panel is
being brought to you by Positive Force as part of the National
Conference on Organized Resistance. Contact: www.organizedresistance.org
<http://www.organizedresistance.org/>. See: www.positiveforcedc.org
People's Summit 2004
Saturday, January 24
University of Baltimore School of Law, 1415 Maryland Ave (corner of
Maryland and Mt Royal), Baltimore, MD
A day long conference of community and activist organizations in the
Baltimore area, to be held Sat., Jan. 24 at the. The Summit will bring
together community and activist leaders to review successes and
challenges from 2003 and to plan and coordinate for 2004. Workshops will
be offered on topics such as your rights (both as a citizen and as a
protestor), legal observing, police brutality, organizing tactics and
nonviolent civil disobedience. Please RSVP to PeoplesSummit at hotmail.com
if you or a representative from your organization will be able to attend
this event. All interested community and activist groups are being asked
to send at least one representative to the Summit. Groups are encouraged
to present a brief (5 - 10 minute) introduction to their organization -
including its goals and any events to publicize. Space is available for
additional workshops. If your group would like to prepare a short
seminar, to share a skill or practice (organizing, puppet-making, media
relations, civil disobedience, street medic first aid, etc), it would be
a tremendous benefit to the conference and the progressive community as
a whole. People's Summit 2004 is being organized by the UB Progressives.
Email Patricia at PeoplesSummit at hotmail.com or ubprogressives at hotmail.com.
Three Minutes to Midnight
NPRI Symposium on the Impending Threat of Nuclear War
January 25-27
Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St., NW (Woodley Park/Zoo Metro, Red)
The Cold War is Over. The Nuclear Threat is Not. Twelve years after the
end of the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia each maintain 2500 nuclear
bombs on tenuous hair trigger alert. This chilling reality and other
critical nuclear issues will be examined in-depth at the Nuclear Policy
Research Institute's groundbreaking symposium. Join scientists,
policy-makers, military and medical experts from around the world for
three days of analysis, insight and strategy Covered in Depth: At this
landmark symposium, nuclear abolitionists, weapons designers and
supporters of nuclear weapons as a deterrent will come together for the
first time ever to discuss and debate the role of nuclear weapons in the
21st century. Terrorist threats to U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles
Accidental nuclear exchanges Terrorist and hacker intrusions into U.S.
and Russian early warning systems Stockpile Stewardship Program The
roles of business, science and the military in the proliferation of
nuclear weapons Nuclear planning and targeting after the end of the Cold
War Regional nuclear dangers: Korea, India/Pakistan and Israel
Re-examination of Nuclear Winter data in light of new targeting and
climate information. Helen Caldicott and William Arkin among the many
speakers. $125 Fee. Register online at
http://www.regonline.com/eventinfo.asp?EventId=10138. Nuclear Policy
Research Institute, Attn: Conference Registration, 1925 K Street NW,
Suite 210
Washington, DC 20006. Contact Information: Phone: 2028229800, Email:
info at nuclearpolicy.org
Paul C. Warnke Conference on the Past, Present & Future of Arms Control
Wednesday, January 28, registration deadline January 16
Georgetown University
Through this special event, the Arms Control Association, Georgetown
University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, and its Center
for Peace and Security Studies hope to honor the late Paul Warnke, who
was an outspoken and inspirational arms control leader and ACA Board
Member. The conference will underscore past arms control successes,
analyze current proliferation issues, and highlight upcoming security
challenges. We have assembled an exciting set of speakers and panelists,
including UN Under-Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs Nobuyasu
Abe, General Eugene Habiger, Senator Jack Reed, and other leading
experts. Registration for ACA members, Georgetown faculty, and
registered college students for the main conference is free of charge.
For others, registration will cost $25. The cost for each individual to
attend the luncheon address is $35. The conference will be held at
Georgetown University's Inter-Cultural Center (ICC) Auditorium, which is
a short walk from the main campus entrance at 37th and O Streets NW.
Please click on the following link for the conference agenda
http://www.armscontrol.org/aca/WarnkeConference.asp Please click on the
following link for registration information
http://www.armscontrol.org/aca/warnke%20registration%20form.pdf If you
have any questions concerning registration, please contact
202-463-8270x104.
Sowing Futures (Semilleros de Futuros)
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) seeks motivated young
people to join, the 2004 Mexico Youth Summer Project. Sowing Futures
offers a wonderful opportunity for youths from countries of the
Americas, Europe and the indigenous communities of Mexico to work
together -- sharing from their diverse cultures and experiences to
address the political, social, ecological, and economic challenges of
the present and future. The program runs for approximately seven weeks
beginning June 27, 2004. Participants must be between 18-26 years of age
and able to converse comfortably in Spanish. The application deadline is
Mar. 12, 2004, and a project fee of $1,250 is required, which includes
food, lodging and project materials. Scholarships are available for
people with demonstrated financial need. For more information: Jamie
Wick, Mexico Youth Summer Project, American Friends Service Committee,
1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, or contact via email at
mexsummer at afsc.org. A downloadable application is available on the AFSC
website at www.afsc.org/mexicosummer.htm.
ACTIVIST CAMPAIGNS
Feeling a Draft? The use of "Stop Loss" regulations in the war in Iraq
has resulted in some reservists being forced to remain on duty past
their contracted time of discharge, the equivalent of a draft. Rep.
Charles Rangel and Senator Hollingsworth have co-sponsored legislation
as well to set up "universal conscription" for young men and women,
claiming it will "share the sacrifice" more fairly and cause the rich as
well as the poor to serve in the military. It won't, but it will limit
the rights of conscientious objectors and give the current
administration an endless stream of warm bodies for their misguided "war
against terrorism". One new listserve on the topic can be reached at
StopTheDraft at yahoogroups.com <mailto:StopTheDraft at yahoogroups.com>.
Another is counter-recruitment at yahoo-groups.com
<mailto:counter-recruitment at yahoo-groups.com>. This is a national
network of counter-recruitment groups that held a national conference in
Philadelphia that are forming a national network to oppose militarism.
Several national organizations are addressing these issues also:Center
on Conscience and War at www.nisbco.org <http://www.nisbco.org>; Central
Committee for Conscientious Objectors at www.objector.org
<http://www.objector.org>; AFSC Youth and Militarism Program at
www.afsc.org/youth&militarism <http://www.afsc.org/youth&militarism>;
and the War Resisters League at www.wrl.org <http://www.wrl.org>. Also
check out www.youth4peace.org <http://www.youth4peace.org>
9/11 Victim's Civil Suit. Ellen Mariani, whose husband died in the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks when UAL 175 was flown into the
World Trade Center, has filed suit in US District Court alleging Bush,
Cheney, Ashcroft, Rumsfeld and other co-defendants had sufficient
warning to stop the terrorist attacks but failed to either warn or
protect the public. Philadelphia attorney Philip J. Berg, who filed the
suit on Mariani's behalf, says public support is crucial and posted a
petition. Concerned citizens are urged to read and sign the petition:
http://www.911forthetruth.com
ISRAELI COMMANDOS DEFY SHARON, JERUSALEM. Dec. 21 -- Thirteen reservists
from Israel's elite military commando unit stated Sunday in a letter to
the prime minister that they would no longer serve in the occupied
territories, joining other influential security officials who have
recently criticized Israeli military tactics and treatment of the
Palestinians. "We have long ago crossed the line between fighters
fighting a just cause and oppressing another people," three officers and
10 soldiers of the army's most secretive unit, the Sayeret Matkal, said
in the letter to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Read more at the
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee web page http://www.adc.org/
To support the resisters, contact Refuser Solidarity Network / P.O. Box
53474 / Washington, DC 20009-9474, 202-232-1100 or see
www.refusersolidarity.net <http://www.refusersolidarity.net/>. From an
RSN brochure: "It is time for American Jews to also find the courage to
speak out. We must act to break the cycle of violence that threatens so
many lives. Join the Refuser Solidarity Network. Together with the
refusers, we can work to end the Occupation."
Require Paper Records of Electronic Voting. Tell Representatives to
support Rush Holt's bill HR 2239, which would require paper records for
all votes cast on electronic voting machines. Call, fax, write a letter,
or pay a visit. Congressional switchboard: (202) 224-3121. US House of
Representatives: http://www.house.gov/. US Senate:
http://www.senate.gov. Write a letter to the editor, a guest op-ed
column, essay, or article More: http://www.verifiedvoting.com
http://www.verifiedvoting.com/fair_elections.asp
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/02/opinion/02KRUG.html?pagewanted=print&position
Democracy 2004 is a project of the Independent Progressive Politics
Network that builds upon its work over many years. Democracy 2004 pulls
together an overall map of the various initiatives and resources within
the progressive movement that can have a political impact in 2004, as
well as longer-term. We have undertaken this project to strengthen the
overall independent progressive movement at this critical time in our
nation's history. We want to increase our movement's ability to educate,
coordinate and work together with growing numbers of people in the U.S.
and create synergy and leverage for various progressive voices and
agendas. By election-day 2004, if we have all collectively done our work
well, we will significantly increase the turnout of progressive-minded
voters and present-day non-voters, particularly among youth, low-income
and working-class communities and communities of color. Here is our
latest list of developing campaigns and resources. We would like to hear
back from you if you have additional input or ideas. Our special
website, www.democracy2004.org <http://www.democracy2004.org>, contains
or will soon contain this information and serve as an on-going resource
for information. IPPN can be contacted at www.ippn.org
<http://www.ippn.org>, indpol at igc.org <mailto:indpol at igc.org> or
973-338-5398.
Where Your Taxes Go. Congress is getting ready to vote on a budget for
this fiscal year (FY 2004), which actually began October 1st. Because
the budget is so delayed, they have combined seven remaining spending
bills into one large, 400 page "omnibus spending bill," totalling nearly
$820 billion. To read more about the budget and other recent
Congressional actions, go to:
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/budgetupdates/budgetupdate120503.html?em
Several controversial provisions, unrelated to the budget, have made
their way into the spending bill, including: a change in media ownership
rules that would allow networks to own more TV stations, despite the
success of an earlier effort to stop the FCC from making such changes;
and a roll back of rules requiring people to be paid for overtime,
affecting 8 million workers and their families. To find out how to
contact your Congressperson, go to:
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/takeaction/index.html
A national campaign of anti-war phone tax resistance. What would you do
if George W. Bush came to your door, cup in hand, and asked for a
contribution to pay for war and occupation in Iraq? You can speak with
more than words - join Hang Up On War. Refuse to cooperate with the
policies of "pre-emptive war," and stand up for human rights and peace
by telling the Bush Administration "not with my money!"
http://www.hanguponwar.org.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
International Relations Committee Meeting
Sunday, January 18, 2-4 pm
1504 Girard St., NE
The IR Committee of the League of Women Voters will continue its
informal discussion of international affairs. This month's topic is
Afghanistan. The group will hear remarks from a speaker who has recently
been to that country, and Q&A and group discussion will follow. For
further information, please call Susan Rao (202-636-1688) or Anne
Porowski (202-364-0557)
Activist Potluck
Sunday, January 18, 5:00-8:00 pm
Towson, MD
The Towson global justice activist group is hosting a potluck. Please
come, converse, bring your friends and some vegan food. Contact Erin at
433-756-7344 or einodia at yahoo.com <mailto:einodia at yahoo.com>
"Living the Dream"
January 19 , 3:00 p.m.
Germantown Campus of Montgomery College, in the Globe Hall Auditorium.
Montgomery County's official 2004 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday
celebration. The keynote speaker will be the Reverend Donell Peterman,
founding pastor of the Joshua Group Ministries of Silver Spring.
Peterman served as a consultant to CONSERVE, a homeless advocacy group,
and coordinated worship services at the Central Union Mission, a
homeless shelter for men. The annual program will also include
presentations of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award and
the Children of the Dream Awards. The awards recognize County residents
and youth who have demonstrated a commitment to perpetuate the goals and
ideals communicated by Dr. King. Musical entertainment will be provided
and a reception will immediately follow the program. This free
celebration is open to the public and persons attending are asked to
bring a non-perishable food item, which will be distributed to needy
County residents. The Montgomery County Volunteer Center is
participating in this year's event with on-site service projects from
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., including making bag lunches for area homeless
shelters, and creating arts and crafts projects for patients and
residents of nursing homes and hospitals. For more information, call
Tina Clarke in the Office of the County Executive at 240-777-2500.
NUBIAN INTERNATIONAL HAND DANCE ASSOCIATION 3rd Anniversary
Monday, January 19, 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Cada Vez Restaurant & Nightclub 1438 U St. NW (Cardoza/U St. Metro, Green)
Featuring: This year we will be profiling "Women and Youth" in the dance
and we will be having several surprise performances so while we deeply
appreciate all of the support given to us in the past we still want to
encourage your involvement. Expect the best of the traditional and NON
traditional hand dance music, reggae, african, free style, line dancing.
Tickets are $30.00 and will include a full course meal. Hosted by:
Nubian Internationa Hand Dance Association (N.I.H.D.A.) Contact: DJ Dred
Muhammad, Your Hand Dance MUSICAL Rebel 202/726-1933.
Fun Training Exercises: Tools for Trainers (SALSA class)
Tuesday. January 20, 6:45-8:45 pm
IPS, 733 15th St. NW, Suite 1020
Ian Fisk will lead this session. Have to devise a training but need
pointers on how to presents the information in an interesting way? Or
maybe you already have a training that you want to make more interactive
and fun? This class will cover a series of games designed to get
participants to feel more comfortable interacting with each other, as
well as becoming more aware of what the other participants are
contributing. Ian Fisk who holds an MBA from Yale, for five years was
president of ITF Consulting, a firm that managed special events for
non-profit organizations and is a graduate of Training for Change's
advanced train-the-trainers. $30 fee. Visit us on line at
www.HotSalsa.org <http://www.HotSalsa.org>. Contact: netfa at HotSalsa.org
<mailto:netfa at HotSalsa.org> or call 202-234-9382 ext. 229.
ARSENIC IS NOT CHILD'S PLAY
Tuesday, January 20, 7-8 PM
Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave., NW (at Macomb Street)
Parents for Nontoxic Alternatives invites you to a FREE FORUM to learn
what you can do to minimize the cancer risk posed to our children from
wood decks, playsets, and other outdoor structures in our yards,
schools, and playgrounds. Speaker: Jay Feldman, Executive Director,
BEYOND PESTICIDES. Arsenic is a known human carcinogen. Over 90% of all
outdoor wooden structures in the US are made with pressure-treated
lumber that contains arsenic. It is estimated that "one of every 500
children who regularly play on playground equipment or decks made from
pressure-treated wood can be expected to develop cancer later in life as
a result of this exposure" (Environmental Working Group). In fact, EPA
is overseeing a complete phase-out of the pesticide effective this
month. But current wood structures remain and research shows that these
older structures expose us to just as much arsenic as new ones. Parents
for Nontoxic Alternatives works to promote the health of children in the
Washington DC metropolitan area by educating caregivers about
preventable child health and development problems associated with
exposure to toxic substances in our homes, schools, and communities.
CONTACT: Yanna Lambrinidou, 202-997-1834, pnalternatives at yahoo.com
<mailto:pnalternatives at yahoo.com>.
Palestinian Refugee Property: Unlocking the File
<http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?calid=6776>
Wednesday, January 21, 12:30-2:00 pm
Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave., NW
The issue of Palestinian refugee property lies close to "ground zero" in
the Arab-Israeli conflict. It has proven to be, and will remain, the
most contentious of all the nearly intractable final status issues that
divide Israelis and Palestinians. Michael R. Fischbach will explain the
property question as it relates to the Road Map, the Geneva Plan, and
even the U.S. occupation of Iraq. His many years of research have
demonstrated how the issue of the Palestinian refugees' abandoned
property in Israel can inform us about the wider conflict, particularly
why peace efforts have thus far failed. Fischbach's new book, Records of
Dispossession: Palestinian Refugee Property and the Arab-Israeli
Conflict, is the result of four years of research into archival
documents in six countries and on three continents, including into the
hitherto-unseen records of the United Nations Conciliation Commission
for Palestine (UNCCP) locked away in the U.N. archives in New York. This
is the first historical study of the property question, discussing not
only the diplomatic twists and turns surrounding the issue, but also
revealing for the first time the UNCCP's secret estimates of the
abandoned land's value as well as its secret plan for compensation.
Professor Michael R. Fischbach will speak about Palestinian Refugee
property and its relevance to the peace process, international law and
the US occupation of Iraq. Book signing will follow the lecture.
Sponsored by Palestine Center at www.palestinecenter.org
<http://www.unitedforpeace.org/www.palestinecenter.org>. Contact: Tareq
Bremer at rsvp at palestinecenter.org <mailto:rsvp at palestinecenter.org> or
call 202-338-1290
"Introduction to Fundraising Planning"
Wednesday, January 21
The Foundation Center, 1627 K Street, N.W, Third Floor
A successful nonprofit organization needs to cultivate multiple revenue
streams through sound financial planning. If your organization has never
developed a fundraising plan or calendar, this new, hour-long session is
for you. It provides an overview of the process of strategically
thinking through the components of a fundraising plan. You'll learn how
to: conduct an assets inventory, develop a case statement, identify
fundraising partners, prepare a fundraising plan and calendar.
Introduction to Fundraising Planning will show you how to analyze your
organization's situation and develop a fundraising plan that will
include a variety of revenue sources. This program is offered free of
charge. Space is limited. You can register by calling 202-331-1400.
DC Clean Energy Forum
Thursday, January 22, 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Charles Sumner School (Great Hall) 1201 17th St., N.W. (Farragut North
Metro, Red line)
Join the DC Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Chesapeake Climate Action
Network and DC Citizens United for Clean Energy for a discussion
concerning clean energy options. Speakers from the health, faith, clean
energy, environmental justice, and Latino communities will talk about
the environmental and health impacts of our current energy sources as
well as the potential for and benefits of clean energy in DC. "Clean
energy" artwork from local DC elementary students will be showcased and
an award will be given to a DC elementary school teacher who has done an
exceptional job of integrating environmental issues into her classrooms.
Website: www.chesapeakeclimate.org <http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org>.
Information at 301-920-1644 or ccan at chesapeakeclimate.org
<mailto:ccan at chesapeakeclimate.org>.
Guarding the Flame Women's Human Rights in Post-War Afghanistan and Iraq
Thursday, January 22, 6:30pm
Georgetown University Law Center, Gewirz 12th Floor 600 New Jersey Ave NW
Co-Sponsored by the National Capital Chapter of UNIFEM/USA and the Young
Professional for International Cooperation and the Human Rights
Committee of the United Nations Association Featuring: Andrea
Greenblatt-Harrison Senior Policy Coordinator Women's Edge Coalition
Mariam Nawabi Attorney Member, UN Legal Affairs Working Group Hali
Jilani Policy Analyst United Nations Association Prof. Lama Abu-Ode
Georgetown University School of Law Please contact Shari Gruber,
President, National Capital Chapter, UNIFEM/USA at sharigruber at aol.com
<mailto:sharigruber at aol.com> if you have questions regarding the event.
Fundraising Strategies 101 (SALSA class)
Thursday, January 22, 6:45-9:00pm
IPS, 733 15th St. NW, Suite 1020
SALSA class with Jeanne Jacob & Barbara Ciconte. Annual and capital
campaigns, direct mail, major gifts, special events, and planned giving
-- the fundraising universe is large and still expanding. In this survey
course, you'll learn what you need to implement an effective
fund-raising program and how to choose your approach, then gain specific
tools for success. Appropriate for beginners and those with some
experience in the field. $30 fee. Visit us on line at www.HotSalsa.org
<http://www.HotSalsa.org>. Contact: netfa at HotSalsa.org
<mailto:netfa at HotSalsa.org> or call 202-234-9382 ext. 229.
Develop A Website in 4 Evenings!: Part 1 of 4 (SALSA class)
Thursday, January 22, 6:00-8:00 pm (and consecutive Thursdays)
See Forever Lab, 1851 9th St. NW (U St./Cardoza. Green line)
Shed light on you and your organization with an informative website.
Using DREAMWEAVER along with Basic HTML, you will begin building a
website that's easy to create. This class is for novice Dreamweaver
users. [4 Sessions, 8 instruction hours] $175 total fee. Visit us on
line at www.HotSalsa.org <http://www.HotSalsa.org>. Contact:
netfa at HotSalsa.org <mailto:netfa at HotSalsa.org> or call 202-234-9382 ext.
229.
Containing conflict workshop
Fri, Jan 23, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Johns Hopkins University Washington Center, 1625 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Cost: $75 (includes continental breakfast) More information and to
register: http://www.mediate-facilitate.com
PUBLIC HEARING on Hazardous Materials Transport
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2:00 pm
JOHN WILSON BUILDING, 1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, N.W., COUNCIL CHAMBER, ROOM 500
The Committee on Public Works and the Environment, Chair Carol Schwartz,
announces a PUBLIC HEARING on Bill 15-525, the "Terrorism Prevention and
Safety in Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 2003. Councilmember
Carol Schwartz, Chair of the Committee on Public Works and the
Environment, announces a Public Hearing on Bill 15-525, the "Terrorism
Prevention and Safety in Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of
2003." The Hearing will be held on Friday, January 23, 2004, at 2:00
p.m. in the Council Chamber, Room 500, of the John Wilson Building, 1350
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004. This Hearing has been
scheduled to discuss Bill 15-525, introduced by Council members
Schwartz, Patterson and Catania, which would require shippers of certain
hazardous materials to obtain a permit and conform to routes, times and
other safety conditions when traveling into or out of the District of
Columbia, create conditions for permits and require the Mayor to issue
regulations to implement the provisions of the Act. The Committee
extends an invitation to the public to testify at the Hearing. Those who
wish to testify should contact Mr. Jim Slattery of the Committee on
Public Works and the Environment by e-mail at jim.slattery at dc.gov
<mailto:jim.slattery at dc.gov> or by telephone at (202) 724-8105 by
Wednesday, January 21, 2004. E-mail contacts to Mr. Slattery should
include the full name, title, and affiliation -- if applicable -- of the
person(s) testifying. Witnesses should bring 15 copies of their written
testimony to the Hearing. Representatives of organizations will be
allowed a maximum of five (5) minutes for oral presentation and
individuals will be allowed a maximum of three (3) minutes for oral
presentation. If you are unable to testify at the Hearing, written
statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official
record. Copies of written statements should be submitted to Ms. Phyllis
Jones, Secretary to the Council, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite
5, Washington, D.C. 20004, no later than 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, February
4, 2004.
BLACK EXPRESSIONS
Friday, January 23, 8:00 pm
Lincoln Theatre 1215 U Street, NW (Cardoza/U St., Green line)
Featuring: An evening of dance showcasing the brightest emerging Black
choreographers from DC to NY.! The evening celebrates all forms of
expression with a live DJ, art work in the lobby and special guests,
including playwright and poet Holly Bass. Featured dance groups include
Women @ Work, which combines the artistic talents of Christal Brown,
Shanni Collins and Jamie Philbert, Jennifer Archibald's Arch Dance
Company from New York which fuses street and modern dance, local artists
Boris Willis (VA), who was recently awarded the 2003 Kennedy Center
Local Dance Commission, City at Peace Artistic Director, Sandra L.
Holloway (DC) and Gesel Mason (MD), 2002 Metro DC Dance Awards winner
for Outstanding Artistic Direction. Their styles combine Hip-Hop,
Contemporary, and West African influences. Come and witness what the
next generation of Black choreographers has to say. Hosted by:
Mason/Rhynes Productions and Lincoln Theatre 202-328-6000. See:
www.thelincolntheatre.org <http://www.thelincolntheatre.org/> Tickets:
$20 General Admission, $15 seniors/children/groups of 10 or more
DANCE FOR JUSTICE
Saturday, January 24, 9:00 pm
2554 University Pl. NW, Unit B; (off Euclid, between 14th & 15th Sts.,
Columbia Heights Metro, Green Line)
You are invited to a fundraiser dance party to support the campaign for
police accountability and justice for Renford Grandison and his family.
In October 2003, city officials evicted Grandison's family from their
home with no warning and no recourse. 3rd district police illegally
searched their home, and then wrongfully arrested Grandison and his
son. Support the effort to hold the police accountable for these
actions and to work towards an end to police abuse and harassment.
Featuring: DJ Roulette, food, beer, and lots of wonderful people from
your community. $5 suggested donation.
Maryland School Funding Rally
Monday, January 26, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Annapolis, MD
The ACLU needs YOU to ensure full funding of the Bridge to Excellence in
Public Schools Act, also known as Thornton. Join with thousands of
concerned Marylanders to rally in Annapolis for adequate education
funding. The rally is being sponsored by the statewide Coalition for
Public School Funding. We need to demonstrate Marylanders' support for
full funding of Thornton to our elected representatives in Annapolis.
School districts across the state stand to lose over a half a billion
dollars in funding if the Thornton bill is not fully funded during the
2004 General Assembly. The Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act is
the product of a two-year study issued in 2002 by the Commission on
Education Finance, Equity and Excellence, which identified the level of
funding needed to enable students to meet state standards. Without full
funding of the Thornton bill, students will be held to standards that
they cannot be expected to meet. There are buses leaving from every area
of the state to carry people to Annapolis. If you are from the following
counties please follow these links to get your rally
information:Montgomery County:
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/info/pdf/RALLYFLYER1.doc. Prince George's
County: http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/notice2.html. Baltimore County and
Baltimore City: http://www.aclu-md.org Click here for more information!
<http://aclu-md.c.tep1.com/maabQksaa3vyNb3aVMce/>
Safeway Supermarkets Boycott
December 2003 and possibly ongoing, daily, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
13 Maryland Safeway outlets
Walk the picket lines at 18 Safeway stores in the DC area, and there may
be other picket sites. UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers union)
strikers from California and West Virginia are walking picket lines at
18 Safeway stores in the Washington, DC area to let the public know
about Safeway's attempt to destroy health benefits for 75,000 UFCW
members. Please join these courageous activists on the picket line to
show your support. Please shop at other UFCW-represented stores in the
DC area, including Giant, Shoppers Food Warehouse, Super Fresh, and
Magruders - NOT Safeway - and urge friends, co-workers and family
members to do the same. Contact: UFCW, Greg Denier, 202-466-1951, Jill
Cashen, 202-728-4797 press at ufcw.org <mailto:press at ufcw.org>
ARTS & CULTURE
Life in Shadows (Hidden Children and the Holocaust)
January 1, 2004 - May 12, 2004, 9:00 am-5:30 pm daily
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
"The exhibition Life in Shadows details remarkable stories of
desperation, tragedy, courage, and survival. In the face of brutal Nazi
policies, Jewish parents sought to save their children by placing them
with friends, strangers, or institutions. The United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum has assembled more than 100 artifacts, documents,
photographs, and oral histories from children who survived the Holocaust
in hiding."
Youth Or Dare Playwriting Contest
Saturday, January 16 deadline
Young Playwrights' Theater (YPT) announces the Youth or Dare Playwriting
Contest. This contest is an opportunity for young writers nationwide to
transform their words from the page to stage and share their imagination
with audiences all over the D.C. metro area. For the first time, YPT's
annual playwriting contest will be open to youth nationwide. Young
people aged eight to 18-years-old residing in the United States and
territories are eligible. Play submissions can be on any topic or
subject from comedies to tragedies, fantasy dreamscapes to realistic
social dramas. All play submissions should be between five and 20 typed
pages and in proper play format (guidelines can be found at
www.youngplaywrightstheater.com
<http://www.youngplaywrightstheater.com>). All submissions must be an
original work written by the applicant. Only one submission per
applicant is allowed. YPT cannot return scripts, so applicants should
send a copy, not the original. First prize is $100. The winning play
will be performed by professional actors at a theater in Washington,
D.C., during YPT's 2004 - 2005 season. All submissions must be
postmarked by January 16, 2004. The winner will be announced on Monday,
March 29, 2004, during the YouthInk: Power of Playmaking Festival at the
Kennedy Center's Film Theater in Washington, DC. For more information
and to download entry forms and guidelines, go to YPT's website at
www.youngplaywrightstheater.org
<http://www.youngplaywrightstheater.org>. All submissions should be
mailed to: Youth or Dare Playwriting Contest , Young Playwrights'
Theater, 2437 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009. For more
information on Young Playwrights' Theater or the Youth or Dare
Playwriting Contest, please contact their offices at (202) 387-9173.
The Coffee House
Tuesday, January 20, 10:00 pm (and every Tuesday)
WorkLife: Pulitzer prize winner Hedrick Smith calls The Betrayal of
Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans and Their Families,
"must reading" for anyone concerned about America and its economy.
Author Beth Shulman joins us to talk about the America's hardworking,
permanent underclass. The Coffee House now airs in the following places:
Montgomery (Ch. 21), Prince George's (Ch. 76) and Carroll Counties (Ch.
19) in Maryland, and Arlington County (Ch. 69) in Virginia. Contact:
Mark at markc at coffeehousetv.org <mailto:markc at coffeehousetv.org> or
301-608-9622.
D.C. POETS AGAINST THE WAR
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 6-8 PM
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street, N.W
The District of Columbia Public Library will host the poetry exhibit,
D.C. Poets Against the War, January 3 to 26, 2004, in Gallery A-6. The
exhibit commemorates the birthday of Nobel Peace Laureate, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. A reception, featuring readings of a few of the
displayed poems, will be held. Refreshments will be served. In the
tradition of our nation's great works of dissent and creative democracy,
the exhibit features the literary work of new and established poets,
ages 10 to 80, who question, protest and raise their voices against the
U.S. government's war on Iraq. The display includes poems by such
well-known area poets as E. Ethelbert Miller, Luis Alberto Ambroggio,
Kim Roberts and Rei Berroa, as well as an impressive array of emerging
poets. The poems are part of the book, D.C. Poets Against the War: An
Anthology (Argonne House Press 2003), edited by Sarah Browning, Naomi
Ayala, Michele Elliott and Danny Rose. The poetry display is accompanied
by the painting "To Life! ¡Por la vida!," a portrait of Martin Luther
King, Jr., by Venezuelan artist Armando Arce. All exhibits at the D.C.
Public Library are free and open to the public. For more information,
please contact Elena Tscherny, coordinator of exhibits and programs, at
(202) 727-1183 or DC Poets Against the War, info at dcpaw.org, www.dcpaw.org
MONTHLY OPEN EVENING WITH LABYRINTH, DIALOGUE AND POETRY
Tuesday, January 27, 5:30 to 9 pm
National Cathedral, Wisconsin Ave., NW (at Massachusetts)
The Cathedral stays open late the last Tuesday of each month to offer a
variety of free events that nourish your soul and stimulate your mind.
This month, the election of the first openly gay Episcopal bishop
prompts us to host a dialogue on the churches' controversy over
homosexuality led by Canon Theologian Michael Wyatt. Three widely
respected local poets, Emily Blair Chewning, Greg McBride and Rose
Solari, will inaugurate our new sacred arts program with a poetry
reading that reveals different glimpses of the divine experienced in
ordinary and extraordinary moments of living. The evening's offerings
include walking the labyrinth, with a backdrop of live music and sung
chant, a session of centering prayer and the services of Evensong and
Compline. The Museum Store stays open until 7:30pm and features a light
dinner menu. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO
http://www.nationalcathedral.org/register OR CALL (202) 537-2221.
BOOKS & FILMS
BROTHER OUTSIDER (film)
January 15-18
Erico Café, Griot Cinema
(MLK Remembered) Producers/Directors: Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer
Best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington,
Baynard Rustin was a master strategist and tireless activist. Rustin's
activism for peace, racial equality, economic justice and human rights,
brought Gandhi's protest techniques to the American civil rights
movement, and helped mold Martin Luther King, Jr. into an international
symbol of peace and nonviolence. Despite these achievements, Rustin was
silenced, threatened, beaten, imprisoned and fired from important
leadership positions, largely because he was an openly gay man in a
fiercely homophobic era. The U.S. today still struggles with many of the
issues Rustin sought to change during his long, illustrious career.
Erico Cafe www.ericocafe.com <http://www.ericocafe.com> or 202-518-9742
HIJACKING CATASTROPHE, 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
Sunday Jan 18, 3:00 pm, House Party
1202 Delafield Pl., NW
See details directly below. For this showing, contact Sible, home phone
202.829.2976.
HIJACKING CATASTROPHE, 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
Monday, January 19th, 7:00 PM
River Road Unitarian Church, 6301 River Road, Bethesda, MD
The Peace Action Committee of River Road Unitarian Church and the
Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship invite you to a presentation by Sut
Jhally, Executive Director of the Media Education Foundation, a leading
media reform scholar and activist. The evening will open at 7:00 PM with
a spiritual ingathering and celebration of MLK, Jr. led by Tara Brach of
the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and Lynn Strauss of the River Road
Unitarian Church. The film, narrated by Julian Bond, cuts through
militaristic media images and political spin to examine the forces
driving U.S. international and domestic policy in the wake of 9/11. The
documentary reveals how the administration has used the trauma of 9/11
and the war on terrorism to advance a radical and longstanding
neo-conservative plan. SUGGESTED DONATION IS $20 - NO ONE WILL BE TURNED
AWAY. For more information, please contact DON CHERY at dchery at aol.com
<mailto:dchery at aol.com>. Directions to River Road Unitarian Church, call
(301) 229-0400
Citizen King
Monday, January 19, 9:00 PM ET
PBS TV
Citizen King, a two-hour documentary from acclaimed filmmakers Orlando
Bagwell (Africans in Africa, Malcolm X: Make It Plain) and Noland Walker
(This Far by Faith, Africans in America), explores the last five years
in King's life by drawing on the personal recollections and eyewitness
accounts of friends, movement associates, journalists, law enforcement
officers, and historians, to illuminate this little-known chapter in the
story of America's most important and influential moral leader. Citizen
King airs on PBS nationally.
"Open Wide the Freedom Gates" (book signing)
Tuesday, January 20, 6:00 p.m., Reception 7:00 p.m.
UDC David A. Clarke School of Law 4200 Connecticut Ave., NW Building 38,
2nd Floor Red Line UDC/Van Ness Metro
Introduction by Charles Ogeltree, Jesse Climenko Professor of Law,
Harvard Law School Chair, University of the District of Columbia Board
of Trustees. Address and Book Signing by Dorothy Height. Admission is
Free Feel Free to invite friends, colleagues. About Dorothy Height
Social activist Dorothy Height was born in Richmond, Virginia, on March
24, 1912. At an early age, she moved with her family to Rankin,
Pennsylvania. While in high school, Height was awarded a scholarship to
New York University for her oratory skills, where she studied and earned
her master's degree. Height began her career working as a caseworker
with the New York City Welfare Department, but at the age of
twenty-five, she began her career as a civil rights activist when she
joined the National Council of Negro Women. She fought for equal rights
for both African Americans and women, and in 1944 she joined the
national staff of the YWCA. She remained active with the organization
until 1977, and while there she developed leadership training programs
and interracial and ecumenical education programs. In 1957, Height was
named president of the National Council of Negro Women, a position she
held until 1997. During the height of the civil rights movement of the
1960s, Height organized "Wednesdays in Mississippi," which brought
together black and white women from the north and South to create a
dialogue of understanding. Leaders of the United States regularly took
her counsel, including First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Height also
encouraged President Dwight D. Eisenhower to desegregate schools and
President Lyndon B. Johnson to appoint African American women to
positions in government. R.S.V.P. DJackson at udc.edu
<mailto:DJackson at udc.edu> See http://www.law.udc.edu/news/calendar.htm
for photos and other events.
RECONCILING HOMOSEXUALITY AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY
Tuesday, January 20, 7:30 pm
National Cathedral, Wisconsin Ave. NW (at Massachusetts)
Lecture by James Alison Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
considers James Alison's book "Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments
Catholic and Gay" among the very best theological books because it
leaves the reader "feeling that perhaps it's time you became a
Christian." This Tuesday, you have the opportunity to spend a rare
evening with Alison, a London-based leader in the reconciliation of
homosexuality and Christian theology. A Catholic priest and theologian,
James Alison invites gays and lesbians to "embody God's earth-shaking
mercy" to challenge theological notions that homosexuality is evil. FOR
MORE INFORMATION GO TO http://www.nationalcathedral.org/register OR CALL
(202) 537-2221.
Millenial Politics Book Club
Wednesday, January 28, 7:30 pm (and every other Wednesday)
Luna Books, 17th & P Sts., NW, 3rd Floor
Books on youth activism. Here is how the book clubs are structured. Each
month, we will decide a book that people across the country will read.
You will meet with the book club in your area and discuss the major
themes of the book. We'll even provide some questions for you, if you
need help getting the conversation going. In addition, once a month
these groups will meet and read a draft chapter of Millennial Politics.
And, provide feedback to the authors about what you would change. We've
even set up a discussion board online for people to talk about the books
and the chapters with other MP Book Clubbers from across the country.
And, we'll try to get the authors of the book to have on-line
conversations with members of the MP Book Clubs. Sound good? This is a
new kind of book club because we don't want you just passively reading
about youth politics, we want you to be actively helping write our
generation's autobiography on youth activism and politics. It is a
minimal time commitment, meeting twice a month for one hour and a half,
and doing some extra reading you'd probably want to do anyhow. Group
Organizer: Emily Dulcan.at dupontbook at millenialpolitics.com
TRAININGS
Free Hip Hop Dance Classes
Tuesdays 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Paul Robeson Study & Struggle Center, Columbia Heights Youth Club, 1500
Harvard St NW (Basement, All Souls Church)
Dance Instructor: Chitra Subramanian. These hip-hop/street dance classes
do not require any technical/dance-related background whatsoever. The
main purpose in teaching dance is to build confidence and individuality,
relax the body and mind, and most importantly build confidence through
hip-hop music and movement. Classes usually begin with a brief warm-up,
devote some time to freestyle movement to encourage creativity, and then
conclude with teaching simple but high energy choreography. Sponsored by
the Youth Leadership Support Network, for more information, Douglas
Calvin (202) 489-7892 douglas at worldyouth.org <mailto:douglas at worldyouth.org>
ONGOING VIGILS
Peace Vigil Every Friday
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
White House
The Dorothy Day Catholic Workers hold weekly vigils in front of the
White House, across from LaFayette Park.
Women In Black Vigil Every Friday
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm (resumes January 2)
Farragut Park, 17th & K Sts., NW, (Farragut North Metro, Red line)
Ongoing vigil to mourn the deaths in the conflicts between Israel and
Palestine and to seek peace. Participants wear black and maintain
silence. See: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womeninblackdc.
Stand for Peace
Sundays. noon to 1 PM
Spa Creek Bridge in Annapolis, MD
Signs are not allowed to be on a stick or pole. Contact Lucy at
410-263-7271 or mdbridgesforpeace at toadmail.com
<mailto:mdbridgesforpeace at toadmail.com> If you are interested in
standing on the Stoney Creek Bridge on Fort Smallwood Road in Pasadena
contact 410-437-5379 or depauw at magicalgodmother.com
<mailto:depauw at magicalgodmother.com>, call or write to say you will be
coming.
ACTIVIST JOBS
Peace Center COORDINATOR
The Washington Peace Center is seeking a full-time Coordinator to take a
leadership role in carrying out the Peace Center's mission. The ideal
candidate will have significant experience in grassroots activism and
organizing campaigns for social and economic justice.
S/he will also be highly motivated, have good common sense, coupled with
and ability to take direction form the board as well as collaborate
effectively with board members and other volunteers.
Other qualifications desired
Dedication and knowledge of progressive politics and a deep desire to
work for positive social change.
Background in small office and fiscal management and strong
organizational skills.
Experience and/or knowledge in fundraising. Proven track record is
preferable.
Ability to collaborate with diverse individuals and organizations.
Nonprofit management skills as well as ability to recruit and retain
volunteers.
Comfort with using computers and ability to learn new hardware and
software, if needed.
Strong oral and written communication skills (fluency in Spanish a plus)
As the staff person of the Washington Peace Center's volunteer core, the
Coordinator will have primary responsibility for office management,
budgeting, logistical support and guidance to the Center's volunteer
committees and staff. The Coordinator represents, along with other
members, the political perspectives of the organization in forums,
workshops, demonstrations and campaigns. The Coordinator will also:
Identify, recruit and develop the capacity of volunteers.
Strengthen the organization's networking and coalition building with
other peace organizations, civic groups and religious institutions with
an eye to building membership.
The Coordinator will have primary responsibility for implementing WPC
projects and activities including the Peace Letter, Activist Alert,
Youth Outreach Programs, resource guides, web page and other resources
that apply to our clearinghouse function.
Supervise other staff and volunteers.
Seek out public speaking and educational outreach opportunities for the
organization.
Resource Development: Work with board members to plan and implement
ongoing fundraising activities. Continually explore new avenues of
revenue generation for the organization.
The salary range for the Coordinator position is between $26K and $30K
annually. The Washington Peace Center is an affirmative action employer.
Application: Please send a cover letter or e-mail a resume, a writing
sample and references to PeaceCenterJobs at hotmail.com
<mailto:PeaceCenterJobs at hotmail.com> or send it by mail to: The
Washington Peace Center, 1426 9th St., NW, Ste. 306, Washington, DC
20001. Initial deadline has passed, if no one hired, position may
reopen. Submit by January 25 latest.
Nonviolent Peaceforce Job Description Development Officer, Major Donor
Program The Development Officer has primary responsibility for
maintaining and expanding the Nonviolent Peaceforce's US Major Donor
Program. He/she works with a staff team consisting of the Executive
Director, the Fundraising Coordinator and the Development Projects
Coordinator to accomplish major donor identification, cultivation and
solicitation. In addition, he/she will work with lead volunteers (board
members, affinity group members and others) for carrying out major donor
efforts. Responsibilities * Plan annual major donor program. * Set and
meet aggressive annual targets including average gifts of $ 25,000 and
over. * Manage major gifts volunteer committees. * Oversee and direct
all major gift prospect research. * Create a system to improve and
manage our accountability to donors. * Create events to educate and
support donors. * Participate in major donor visits. * Formulate
approaches to be used in reaching new groups of potential major donors.
* Draft case statement for Nonviolent Peaceforce, including financial
status and planning information. Qualifications * At least seven years
of successful fundraising for a nonprofit or political campaign or
organization; or capital development of a for profit business, of which
at least two years have been work with major donors/investors. * Written
and oral communication capabilities. * Ability to interact comfortably
with a wide variety of people. * Ability to work independently and as
part of a team. * Experience working with sophisticated databases. *
Experience training and supporting volunteers in major donor work. This
is a full time job. Salary is negotiable. The Development Officer will
be based in St. Paul, Minnesota, with travel required. He/she will
report to the Executive Director. Contact:
melduncan at nonviolentpeaceforce.org.
Children's Law Center (CLC) (Washington, DC) invites applications for
several full time staff attorneys to begin in the Fall of 2004. Staff
attorneys will represent children in abuse and neglect, adoption and
guardianship proceedings and may also represent some caregivers in
similar matters. CLC provides free legal services to at-risk children,
their families, and foster and kinship caregivers in the District of
Columbia. The organization's focus is on children in the child welfare
system, children with special education and health needs and children
who witness domestic violence. Applications should include a cover
letter, current resume, legal writing sample and list of references and
must be received by Feb. 13. Send to Matthew I. Fraidin, The Children's
Law Center, 901 15th Street, NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005 or
mfraidin at childrenslawcenter.org <mailto:mfraidin at childrenslawcenter.org>
or fax 202-467-4949.
The SpiritHouse Project's More Than A Bookstore.is looking for someone
to work part time who knows and loves books and can implement and
coordinate events. This position requires you to be organized,
reflective, friendly, reliable, honest and consistent in your work
habits. MORE THAN A BOOKSTORE is a bookstore that documents domestic and
international resistance struggles. Our categories include Global
cultural resistance, African American Resistance, Asian Resistance,
Latina/Latino Resistance, Radical Theologies As Resistance, USA
Imperalism and Violence, Same Gender Loving Resistance, and European and
European American Resistance. Our children's section has books from
around the world. Our selection is multiethnic and crosses race, class,
gender and sexuality. For more information please contact Ruby Sales at
202 548 7640. You may also submit your resume in a regular email file.
Please do not send attachments.
ACLU Capital Punishment Project (CPP), is looking for interns to work in
our Washington, DC office, starting immediately. HS, College, and Law
School students are welcome to apply. If you are interested, please send
your resume, a brief writing sample and 3 references. The internship
would be part or full-time. The internship is unpaid, but credit is
available. Job Responsibilities: 1. CPP web maintenance and writing 2.
Manage SADP member info and database 3. Administrative Support for CPP
4. Assist CPP staff members with various projects 5. Law Students: In
depth research and writing on legislation and reports. Contact: Josh
Noble, Coordinator Students Against the Death Penalty ACLU Capital
Punishment Project, 1333 H Street NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20005.
Call 202-675-2319 (p), 202-546-0738 (fx) or jnoble at dcaclu.org
<mailto:jnoble at dcaclu.org>
Grassroots Leadership, Community Internship. Project South: Institute
for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide - Washington Area Office
"Project South is a broad-based community-driven membership organization
that develops popular political and economic education and action
research for organizing and liberation. Project South develops
indigenous popular educators and movement leaders from grassroots and
scholar-activist backgrounds, bringing them together on the basis of
equality to engage in bottom-up movement building for social and
economic justice." Brief Description: The community intern will be one
of the people responsible for grassroots community outreach in the DC
area, with emphasis on the Columbia Heights neighborhood. The intern
must have interest in building an economic and social justice movement;
must be committed to the development of low-income grass -roots leaders,
and be willing to learn the use of popular education for movement
building. Tasks: Engage community members for participation in popular
education workshops, community discussion circles, book forums, etc. ·
Participate in staff training to develop presentation & popular
education skills. · Develop participatory action research skills
(including on the internet)...Assist in grassroots fundraising
activities. · Provide office coverage during the hours present at the
office. Duties to be performed during this time include answering the
telephone, returning calls, reading and responding to e-mail inquires,
filing, etc. Assist in the processing of local area mailings. We
encourage those community members most adversely affected by today's
realities to apply. Duration: 5 months (4 hours per week - 20 weeks) For
more information contact: Clark McKnight, Ingar Johnson or Tomas
Encarnacion @ 202.332.5333 or email us at projectsouthdc at earthlink.net
<mailto:projectsouthdc at earthlink.net>
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is looking for a new food
stamp policy analyst as well as a welfare/immigrant policy analyst.
Please check out the job announcements on our web page at:
http://www.cbpp.org/jobs.html We're very interested in someone with
experience at the state or local level. Please forward this e-mail to
anyone you know who might be interested. Thanks. Stacy Dean, Director
Food Stamp Policy Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 820 First
Street, NE Suite 510 Washington, DC 20008 or write to dean at cbpp.org
<mailto:dean at cbpp.org>
The UDC David A. Clarke School of Law is seeking a detail-oriented and
highly organized Development Director who is passionate about the public
interest and willing to go the extra mile to assure maximal support for
our diverse student body and unique clinical law program. The new
Director will work to evolve effective fundraising priorities and
strategies, to develop and maintain a donor database, and to create
fundraising materials and systems to evaluative our fundraising efforts.
S/he will also directly solicit gifts, contribute to publications and
our Website, and help plan and manage funding-related events. This
position will demand excellent & fast writing, a high degree of computer
literacy, and a high level of personal organization and attention to
detail. An undergraduate degree is preferred. Fundraising experience,
especially for higher education, and familiarity with the D.C. funding
community, are highly desirable. (We would, however, consider hiring a
fundraising "rookie" with otherwise outstanding skills and references.)
Candidates are asked to please specify their availability in your cover
letter. Candidates should see www.law.udc.edu <http://www.law.udc.edu>.
They should NOT bother sending us a form letter. This is a temporary
position. A permanent candidate will be competitively selected in the
future and the successful candidate for the temporary position will be
welcome to apply for the permanent position. The salary is $48-54K
depending upon experience. Please send resume, cover letter, and
references to Shelley Broderick, Dean, UDC David A. Clarke School of
Law, 4200 Conn. Ave., NW, Wash., DC 20008 or e-mail to Joe Libertelli
jlibertelli at udc.edu <mailto:jlibertelli at udc.edu>. Our application
deadline is 1/31/04.
ROCK THE VOTE SEEKS PROGRAM ASSISTANT Washington, DC office for Rock the
Vote, the music-industry backed organization that encourages young
people to participate in the political process, seeks a program
assistant for research, writing, database, phones, and administrative
work. Applicants should know have at least one year of professional
experience in Washington politics. For more information about Rock the
Vote visit http://www.rockthevote.com. Please send resume, cover letter,
writing sample to jobs at rockthevote.com <mailto:jobs at rockthevote.com>.
People of color strongly encouraged to apply. Salary in the 20s; full
health. Contact Rock the Vote DC Office , 1330 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 300 , Washington, DC 20036. Phone - 202.828.0138
Fair Trade Internship: Winter/Spring 2004Citizens Trade Campaign (CTC)
is a national coalition of environmental, labor, consumer, family farm,
religious, and other civil society groups based in the United States. We
are united in a common belief that international trade and investment
are not ends unto themselves, but instead must be viewed as a means for
achieving other societal goals such as economic justice, human rights,
healthy communities, and a sound environment. CTC is currently working
to build grassroots and Congressional opposition to the Central American
Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), and to promote alternatives to the
neoliberal model of corporate globalization. CTC provides national and
local organizations, grassroots trade activists, and ordinary citizens
across the U.S. an effective means to have their voices heard in
Congress while working at the local level, through a network of
state-based coalitions, to unify those voices, educate the public and
press, and hold elected officials accountable to their constituencies at
home. Intern responsibilities will include: Assisting with outreach and
education to grassroots field network Writing and producing
informational materials for grassroots campaigns Web support Assisting
with Congressional lobbying efforts Administrative duties Research
Attending trade-related meetings Organizing Congressional briefings &
meetings Qualifications: Great organizational skills Commitment to
social justice Excellent research, writing, and computer skills Ability
to work under pressure and meet deadlines Interest and general knowledge
of trade and globalization issues Spanish fluency a plus Time
commitment: Full time Start date: February 5 (flexible) Duration: 4
months (flexible)Compensation: $1,000/mo stipendLocation: Washington, DC
Application Deadline: January 23, 2004 (though applicants considered on
rolling basis) For more information visit www.citizenstrade.org
<http://www.citizenstrade.org/>To apply: Send resume, cover letter,
brief writing sample, and the contact information for two references to:
sruether at citizenstrade.org <mailto:internship at citizenstrade.org>, fax:
202 293 5308. Please include your preference for duration of internship.
Social Justice Coordinator All Souls Church, Unitarian seeks a highly
motivated, relational community builder to empower our church members to
work for justice in our community! Proven success in faith-based social
justice, grants administration, and volunteer management preferred.
Familiarity with the Columbia Heights/Adams Morgan/Mt. Pleasant
neighborhood desirable. Must be comfortable supporting the mission of a
diverse, liberal religious community. Starting salary around $30,000
plus benefits. Cover letter and resume to: becknerfund at yahoo.com
(subject heading "social justice search") And/or mail to: Social Justice
Search All Souls Church, Unitarian 1500 Harvard St., NW, Washington, DC
20009
The Mawonaj Collective is seeking one or more individuals to become part
of our team. We own and operate Café Mawonaj, a politically progressive
and artistic restaurant/coffee house located at 624 T Street NW, near
Howard University and U Street in Washington, D.C. Daily Operations
(cooking, cleaning, customer service, waitstaff, etc.),
Promotions/marketing, Web design, List-serve announcements and e-mail
correspondence, Event scheduling/artist liaison, Volunteer coordinator,
Delivery driver/sales representative. Politically progressive or
radical. We welcome all races, ethnicities, etc., but we especially
encourage African-descendants and other people of color to apply. For
more information, send a resume to <mawonaj at yahoo.com>
<mailto:mawonaj at yahoo.com>.
March for Women's Lives. The March for Women's Lives on April 25, 2004
promises to be the largest Pro-Choice March in history. This can only
happen with your help. The ACLU needs full-time and part-time volunteers
to work with the National March Headquarters. Why? To outreach to more
groups to co-sponsor and form delegations; spread the word about the
March and speak to local groups. We need you to leaflet, poster, phone,
e-mail, and answer FAQ's. Tell us your skills and we'll plug you into
the work that's needed. The more time you can offer, the more project
responsibility we can offer. For more information, please contact Linda
Bowker: March for Women's Lives, 1725 Eye St, NW Washington, DC 20006,
or info at marchforwomen.org, or 202-349-3838.
Major Gifts Officer. The Fund for Animals (www.fund.org
<http://www.fund.org>) seeks experienced and passionate individual to
raise funds for animal protection. The Fund for Animals is a national
progressive animal protection organization founded in 1967 by Cleveland
Amory. We use legislation, litigation and public awareness campaigns to
advocate on behalf of wildlife. In addition we have a sanctuary, Black
Beauty Ranch, a rabbit sanctuary and a wildlife rehabilitation center
all providing care and refuge to rescued animals. Send resume and
writing sample: tmeadows at fund.org <mailto:tmeadows at fund.org>. Contact:
301-585-2591, extension 309.
IN SEARCH OF FACULTY. The Maya Angelou Public Charter School in
Washington, D.C., is recruiting faculty for its new Evans Campus, which
will open in September 2004. We are looking for instructors to fill
critical positions and to help build a professional learning community.
Instructors are needed in core subject areas (English, math, science,
social studies), for electives, and for special education inclusion.
Faculty training and planning will begin in the summer of 2004.
Additional information about our program is available at our website,
www.seeforever.org
<http://65.54.246.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=c20c73a6fca72d0e698a99a52ca8567b&lat=1066318006&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eseeforever%2eorg>
If interested in learning more about the Maya Angelou Public Charter
School, visit website at www.seeforever.org
<http://65.54.246.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=c20c73a6fca72d0e698a99a52ca8567b&lat=1066318006&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eseeforever%2eorg>
. If interested in applying for a teaching position, send your resume
along with a cover letter by email to apply at seeforever.org
<http://by2fd.bay2.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?mailto=1&msg=MSG1066059120.140&start=1356104&len=13578&src=&type=x&to=apply%40seeforever%2eorg&cc=&bcc=&subject=&body=&curmbox=F000000001&a=d49ae41261704c58672bb189cc590207>
. Applications must be in MS Word, and sent by email attachment. No
phone calls or faxes, please.
Local Food Alliance Program Director. Community Harvest was founded in
1997 on the belief that ALL people should have access to fresh, healthy
foods regardless of ones neighborhood or socio-economic status.
Community Harvest is seeking an experienced professional to serve as its
Local Food Alliance (LFA) Program Director. This is a unique opportunity
to improve the lives of DC residents and regional farmers by providing
leadership in a growing and mission-driven organization. The mission of
Community Harvest is to create a locally rooted and sustainable food
system that meets the needs of both underserved communities and farmers
in the Washington, DC region. The organization manages a chemical-free
mini-farm, Urban Oasis Farm and Learning Center, in Southeast
Washington, DC run by volunteers and youth. The LFA Program Director is
senior position and reports to the Executive Director. The LFA Program
Director is primarily responsible for developing and implementing the
Local Food Alliance (LFA) program which links local farmers with
consumers in low to moderate-income communities in the Washington, DC
area lacking access to affordable, healthy foods. Web Site:
www.communityharvestdc.org <http://www.communityharvestdc.org/>. Please
send a cover letter and resume to: Tosha Link, Executive Director,
Community Harvest, 2437 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009. Fax:
202.667.9669. Email: tosha at communityharvestdc.org
<mailto:tosha at communityharvestdc.org>.
Community Organizing/Justice Work. The Direct Action & Research Training
Center is currently accepting applications among folks interested in
social and economic justice issues for their paid, four-month community
organizing training program. The DART Organizers Institute is a combined
classroom and field training covering such topics as:· Identifying and
training local leaders in:
Strategic planning and issue cutting, Researching and targeting decision
makers, One-on-One relationship building, Developing and training
leaders to take successful Direct Action on issues, Fund Raising for the
long-haul
The DART Center, has built coalitions throughout the country that have
won important victories on a broad set of justice issues including:
Education reform in low-performing public schools, Fair immigration
policies, Police misconduct, Living Wage campaigns & job training,
Affordable housing, etc.
The DART Organizers Institute combines a 7-day classroom orientation
with 15 weeks of infield training at a DART host organization. This is a
paid training program that includes: a $6,500 living stipend, all
transportation costs to the classroom orientation and host city, and
mileage reimbursement during the infield training. Room, board, and
tuition will also be paid by DART during the 7-day classroom training.
After successful completion of the program, DART will work to place
graduates into fulltime salaried positions.
The program starts June 14, 2004 and runs through the end of September.
Host organizations are located in several cities throughout Florida,
Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. Applications are being
accepted now. No experience necessary, only life experience, willingness
to learn, and commitment to a career in organizing. People of color and
Spanish speaking applicants are encouraged to apply. Applications are
being accepted now. To apply, applicants must send materials (resume and
completed application form) to: Ben MacConnell, the Recruitment Director
at: institute at thedartcenter.org <mailto:institute at thedartcenter.org>.
You can also call with questions: (785) 841-2680. To download our
applications or find out more about the DART center, or website:
www.thedartcenter.org <http://www.thedartcenter.org>.
Job sought. I am seeking 10-16 hours/week of low paying work that's (in
it's nature) a sort of tithe: for example, spending time with the
injured, disabled, damaged, ignored, dying, hard is okay. Maybe
children, adults, elderly, or animals. I'm open to ideas but
unfortunately, I must ask that it pay something. I would be open to
$5-$10/hr. I'm good with communication, admin skills, don't mind labor
(though I'm a lightweight), whatever I can do, so long as it's work with
integrity. Am looking in the Adams Morgan, Mt. Pleasant, Dupont Circle
area. Contact: Olivia at romans1136 at earthlink.net
<mailto:romans1136 at earthlink.net>
HOUSING BOARD
PROGRESSIVE HOUSEMATE SOUGHT
Activists and interns preferred. Large, sunny house in Hillcrest (SE off
Pennsylvania Ave.) in quiet, residential neighborhood. Shared floor with
living/dining area, den and kitchen. Large bedroom and full bath,
storage space. Working fireplace and central heat or A/C. Must have car,
free parking available. No smoking, pets or addictions. $500/mo. plus
utilities. Contact: John at 202-583-5347 after 11 am.
1-bedroom apartment opening up in activist house in Mt. Rainier (borders
DC on east, out Rhode Island Ave). Here are some particulars: Spacious
bedroom, medium-size dining/living room, decent bathroom, small kitchen
and tons of closet space; Well-lighted (southern exposure), hardwood
floors. On 2nd floor of 2-story house, washing machine in basement. Nice
yard/garden. 2 blocks from our magnificent Glut, the best (and cheapest)
food coop in town. 1/2 hour to downtown during rush hour. Looking for
someone to move in starting Feb. 1st to March 1st. $700/month, utilities
extra. Contact Bill at:
billfreese at prodigy.net <mailto:billfreese at prodigy.net> or 301-985-3011
LOW INCOME HOUSING RENOVATIONS
Low interest loans for low income housing renovations. The DC Department
of Housing and Community Development has reopened the application for
its Single Family Residential Rehabilitation Program. The program
provides low interest loans to low income residents to make renovations
to their homes to address building code violations and health hazards.
Applicants must have household income that is below a certain level,
based on a sliding scale for differing family sizes. For more
information, see
http://dhcd.dc.gov/dhcd/cwp/view.asp?a=11&q=581493&dhcdNav_GID=1577
OFFICE SPACE
St. Stephen's Church has available one 400-square-foot office for use by
a non-profit organization. This room is on the top floor of our 3-floor
building and is one-half of a suite that will be shared with Brainfood,
an after-school program that teaches life skills through the culinary
arts. The office is available immediately. For more information, price
information, or to see the space, please contact Brian Best
(brian.best at saintstephensdc.org <mailto:brian.best at saintstephensdc.org>).
SHARED OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE
Progressive office has inexpensive shared professional space available.
Ideal for small non-profits or business which needs basic office
presence and access to office equipment (fax, copier, spare computer),
small conference rooms & parking. Located in blossoming historic Mount
Rainier Arts District (15 minutes from Dupont Circle). E-mail
info at community-vision.com
<http://by2fd.bay2.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?mailto=1&msg=MSG1066319866.86&start=1721106&len=4206&src=&type=x&to=info%40community%2dvision%2ecom&cc=&bcc=&subject=&body=&curmbox=F000000001&a=5d8bedc6a1cdd0026a636ce02c5a9609>
or leave a message at (301) 209-1899 x101.
RESOURCES
UFPJ TEACH-IN VIDEO On May 31, 2003 United for Peace and Justice
organized an historic National Teach-In on Iraq, Preemptive War and
Democracy in Washington, DC, co-sponsored by the Washington Peace
Center. With upwards of 2,000 people in attendance, this inspiring event
brought together many of the most prominent and articulate voices of our
day, including: Arundhati Roy, former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney,
Howard Zinn, Damu Smith, Phyllis Bennis, Hussein Ibish, Kathy Kelly,
Rania Masri, Ralph Nader, Rev. Graylan Hagler, and, in one of his last
public appearances, Edward Said. The three hour video of the teach-in
includes all of the presentations made at this remarkable gathering.
Copies of the video are available for $40 each, or at a reduced rate of
$30 for student and low-income groups, and can be ordered from us at:
United for Peace and Justice Times Square Station PO Box 607 New York,
NY 10108
2004 National Election Guide: A Resource for Policy Makers, Community
Leaders and Concerned Citizens, created by the National Women's
Alliance. The Guide examines all the democratic candidates and President
Bush on 12 issue areas from affirmative action to tax cuts to education
to welfare reform. Before you cast your vote for the primary, or in your
attempts to mobilize individuals and communities to vote, this resource
will give you the background information required to make informed
decisions about the candidates. Designed to provide policy, community
leaders, activists, and citizens with progressive and timely information
regarding the candidates running for President in the national election,
The Guide has three main goals: Provide and analysis of key issues and
policies affecting the most vulnerable segments of our society--women of
color, low-income people, and communities of color; Present concise
information on the candidate's position on key issues; and De-mystify
the political process for voters through the inclusion of a hands-on
political education component, which addresses issues of
disenfranchisement and voting rights. One of our goals in creating the
Guide was for use in communities around the country to initiate
dialogues and conversations about the importance of political engagement
and action at the local, state, and national levels to create
progressive social and political change. NWA is organizing in
communities and neighborhoods across the country with the help of
community-based and grassroots organizations like yours. We would love
to come to your community or organization to talk about how we can work
together to increase political participation and action among
communities of color and low-income individuals, and to mobilize people
to vote in the Primaries. To order a copy of the guide, schedule a
training or a meeting, please feel free to contact us at 202.518.5411.
The Guide can be downloaded online at www.nwaforchange.org
<http://www.nwaforchange.org/>
Multicultural Pavilion (http://edchange.org/multicultural) is a web site
on social justice education for educators and activists, including a new
resource through which you can browse or shop for books and movies
related to diversity, multiculturalism, social justice, and equity
issues. The resource is called Transformations book store and can be
found here: http://www.edchange.org/transformations/
US Recycling has recently developed a new fundraising program called
Toner Donation. This program is for non-profit organizations, schools,
and churches that operates through the recycling of inkjet and toner
cartridges because 9 cartridges are discarded every second in the United
States. US Recycling buys empty inkjets and laser cartridges. We are
currently paying $1.00-$2.00 per inkjet (according to type). There would
be absolutely no cost for your organization to participate in our
program. US Recycling pays for all of the shipping and does all of the
sorting. We also write checks for the cartridges every fifteen days. You
can go to our website that we have developed for non-profit
organizations, www.tonerdonation.com <http://www.tonerdonation.com>, or
our website designed for schools which is www.tonerdrive.com
<http://www.tonerdrive.com>. You can also go to one of the above
websites and register and we will send a packet out for you today.
Contact: Ms.Brett Carney US Recycling Columbia, South Carolina (803)
454-0610 Office (888) 628-3639 Toll Free (803) 454-0611 Fax.
WHISPERS ON THE WIND: A FILM FOR PEACE Over several years, award-winning
filmmakers Ann Crawford and Arn Battaglene traveled the world asking
people how we can create peace in our time. >From Iceland to India, from
Rio to Rarotonga, Ann and Arn talked to teachers, housewives, street
children, authors and scholars, Russian babushkas, Tibetan monks, maids
and millionaires people from all walks of life. They also talked to
world peace leaders, visionaries, and activists like Rev. Michael
Beckwith, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jean Houston, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Don
Miguel Ruiz, Kiara Windrider, and Harry Wu, among others. Their amazing
answers have been woven together by a 20-year Hollywood veteran and
accompanied by the music of Gary Malkin, who has won numerous awards for
his movie scores, including 7 Emmys. The outcome is a beautiful,
inspirational documentary that will take you around the world and deep
into your own heart. As a result of talking to the people of the world
and making this movie, the filmmakers have started the Whispers on the
Wind Foundation. The movie contains wonderful answers, from the very
simple to the very erudite, as to how we can create world peace. The
Foundation is to be a tool to implement those answers, specifically in
the areas of diversity, economics, environmental protection, equality,
peace, and social justice. You can get a free copy of the movie with a
tax-deductible donation to the Foundation. Suggested donation is $50,
with $25 for low income. Picture your contribution working to create a
world where everyone is fed and housed, we glory in diversity, and we
live in peace. If you have no money, please order one anyway, the
message is what¹s important. Click on www.whispersonthewind.org
<http://www.whispersonthewind.org> -- winner of the Golden Web Award --
to get your video or DVD. Broadband is recommended. If you cannot access
the site, please call 415-459-3952 or send a check to IHC/Whispers on
the Wind, 1007 A Street, San Rafael, CA 94901.
2004 Palestinian Art Wall Calendar. We are a Toronto-based initiative
working on raising the profile of Palestinian art and artists. One of
our main objectives is to build bridges and networks between progressive
groups. We are writing you to ask for your help in our latest project.
We have produced a 2004 Palestinian Art Wall Calendar in cooperation
with the League of Palestinian Artists in Ramallah. The calendar
features 12 paintings from Palestinian artists. The calendar is being
sold online at http://www.resistanceart.com
<http://www.resistanceart.com/>, and through local distributors all over
the world http://www.resistanceart.com/localdistributors.html). Contact:
Resistance Art, 23 Lascelles Blvd, Apt 311, Toronto, ON M4V 2B9, Canada.
Tel: +1-416-485-8955. Fax: +1-416-485-9094. Website: www.resistanceart.com
Cuba Now, the digital magazine of Cuban arts and culture is available
online at (www.cubanow.net <http://www.cubanow.net/>). The current issue
features Saul Landau, Gore Vidal and others.
Spirit House Bookstore As part of our mission to unite peoples from all
walks of like in a common struggle to build up a non violent and just
world, SpiritHouse is opening a global justice and peace bookstore.
SpiritHouse is a national organization. The bookstore is a global space
that documents and presents the resistance struggles and cultures of
dispossessed communities around the globe. It also provides a common
space for diverse people to explore new knowledge and to share cultures
for the sake of social change. The bookstore will carry films also. The
bookstore will carry remainders, new and used books. Categories are
Middle East, Latin America, Asian Studies, African American Resistance
and Culture, Same gender loving resistance and culture, Radical
theologies, children's books, poets/writers from around the globe,
spoken word, movement history and African, and Caribbean studies. We
also carry world resistance, protest and affirmation music and are
looking for suggestions in this department. We are looking for writers,
scholars, poets, filmmakers, photographers who want to present their
work. We are also looking for outstanding CDs, radical literature, and
chap books from outstanding artists for new store. SpiritHouse can be
reached at 202 548 7640. or spirithousedc at aol.com
"PEACE BY PEACE: Women on the Frontlines," Filmed in Afghanistan,
Burundi, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Argentina, and the United States, the PEACE
X PEACE documentary, "PEACE BY PEACE: Women on the Frontlines," kicks
off an international tour with its world premiere at the UNITED NATIONS
on October 30, on the third anniversary of UN Security Council
Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. This feature-length
documentary was filmed over the past year by an all-female crew and
shows how women working to strengthen the cultural conditions of
harmony, equity, restorative justice, and democracy are possibly the
most powerful force today for local and global peace. Yet the
contributions they have made to build the foundations for peace have not
been recognized by a world trying to achieve peace without equal female
representation in peace negotiations or implementation. "PEACE BY PEACE:
Women on the Frontlines" is broken down into five chapters, each
representing a country and a component of peace building represented in
the film. In Afghanistan we explore "Ta'leem" (education); in Burundi,
"Ibiganira" (communication); in Bosnia-Herzegovina, "Rovnopravnost"
(equity); in Argentina, "La Democracia" (democracy); and in the United
States, Restorative Justice. These five components are what we came to
know as the main factors comprising substantive peace based on the
wisdom shared in the Original Dialogue of PEACE X PEACE. Woven between
the chapters are the words of "the wise women," our advisors: Noeleen
Heyzer, Executive Director of UNIFEM; Isabel Allende, activist and
author; Jean Shinoda Bolen, Jungian analyst and author; Susan Collin
Marks, Executive VP of Search for Common Ground; and Dr. Azizah
al-Hibri, Founder-Director of Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights.
Click here to explore "PEACE BY PEACE: Women on the Frontlines"
<http://peacexpeace.c.tep1.com/maabzJyaa1sfUbbTtDse/> For more
information and updates, email editor at peacexpeace.org with subject
heading DOC INFO. PEACE X PEACE is a nonprofit organization supporting
the efforts of women to build peace locally and globally, through
education, connection, and recognition. The PEACE X PEACE e-Newsletter
is delivered every three weeks via email and on our website,
www.peacexpeace.org. Visit the website for more information about PXP's
exciting projects. Read Edition 23 of the PEACE X PEACE e-Newsletter
<http://peacexpeace.c.tep1.com/maabzJyaa1seZbbTtDse/>
Books for a Better World, by Mike Palecek, former federal prisoner for
peace, congressional candidate, newspaper reporter. These books should
"... inspire us all, because they look beyond the false gods of our
time, the ruthless political leaders, the timid intellectuals, the stars
of People magazine, and tells the story of the bravest people in
America".- Howard Zinn. For more information, please visit:
www.iowapeace.com.
Production Mini-plants in mobile containers. Worldwide Partners program.
SN World Foundation will supply to countries and developing regions the
technology and necessary support for production in series of Mini-plants
in mobile containers (40-foot). The Mini-plant system is designed in
such a way that all the production machinery is fixed on the platform of
the container, with all wiring, piping, and installation parts; that is,
they are fully equipped... and the mini-plant is ready for production.".
More than 700 portable production systems: Bakeries, Water purification,
Dehydrated food, Steel Nails, Fruit juice preparation, Tire Retreading,
Reinforcement Bar Bending for Construction Framework, Sheeting for
Roofing, Ceilings and Façades, Plated Drums, Aluminum Buckets, Injected
Polypropylene Housewares, Pressed Melamine Items (Glasses, Cups, Plates,
Mugs, etc.), Mufflers, Construction Electrically Welded Mesh, Plastic
Bags and Packaging, Medical assistance mobile units, Sanitary Material,
Hypodermic Syringes, Hemostatic Clamps. SN World Foundation has started
a Co-investment program for the installation of small Assembly plants to
manufacture in series the Mini-plants of portable production on site,
region or country where required. One of the most relevant features is
the fact that these plants will be connected to the International Trade
System, with access to more than 50 million raw materials, products and
services and automatic transactions for world trade. Due to financial
reasons, involving cost and social impact, the best solution is setting
up assembly plants on the same countries and regions, using local
resources (labor, some equipment, etc.) SN World Foundation participates
at 50% (fifty percent) for investment of each Assembly plant. If you are
interested in being a partner in your country or region, you can send
your CV to: SN World Foundation (click here) Worldwide Partners Program
<mailto:tech at world-foundation.org?Subject=INTERESTED%20IN%20BEING%20A%20PARTNER>
WAR TIMES. The US captured Saddam Hussein and then declared an "Orange
Alert" over the holidays. Do you think the world is any safer thanks to
the "War on Terror"? Or do you agree with most of the people of the
world who fear that the current US administration is the truly most
dangerous threat to world peace? If the latter, War Times/Tiempo de
Guerras is a vital tool for your work for peace and justice. The new
issue, which will reach distributors around February 1, features: news
from military families whose members are directly at risk from the
"war"; an update on the threat to civil liberties in the US; Howard Dean
and the anti-war movement; and much more. ORDER NOW to receive prompt
shipment. We do ask distributors to confirm their order (in multiples of
25 please) to be sure you still want the paper. War Times is genuinely
free, but we ask for a donation of $7.50 per 25 copies you order.
Contact: distribution at war-times.org.
Buttons, bumper-stickers and more available from Peace Resources
Project, PO Box 122, Arcata, CA 95518-1122 or call 707-822-4229, catalog
online at www.peaceproject.com.
STONER FLUXX. Looney Labs, the game company that created the popular
Fluxx^(TM) card game, has announced the introduction of Stoner
Fluxx^(TM); a version of Fluxx being marketed as a fundraiser for the
legalization of marijuana and the drug peace movement. In publishing a
stoner version of its hit card game, Looney Labs hopes to give the drug
peace movement a little more of the two things it needs most: exposure
and funding. For each deck sold Looney Labs has pledged to donate $1 to
organizations seeking to reform American drug policy. "We believe the
public is ready to start openly talking about the need to end the drug
war, yet the topic of legalization has been so taboo that people have
been afraid to bring up the subject," stated Andrew Looney, co-founder
and Creative Director of Looney Labs. "We're hoping that a fun and easy
card game will be a good way to break the ice. Party games usually are."
Groups benefiting from sales of Stoner Fluxx, which retails for $13,
include NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws),
the Drug Policy Alliance, MPP (Marijuana Policy Project) and
StopTheDrugWar.com, among others. Stoner Fluxx is a fun new variation,
with a marijuana theme, that is clearly labeled as being for adults, not
kids. It's fun for 2-6 players and since the rules are learned as you
play, it's easy to jump right in. Enter the world of Looney Games at a
game store near you - for more information on Looney Labs and a roster
of game stores that sell them, visit www.looneylabs.com
<http://www.looneylabs.com>. Looney Labs, founded in 1996, is a
designer, producer and marketer of award winning specialty card and
board games. Known affectionately as That Hippie Game Company, Looney
Labs is the creation of two modern hippies named Andy and Kristin
Looney. Located in College Park, MD, this team has become well known and
well loved in the gaming industry, creating and producing a new
generation of games, including the totally unpredictable and wildly
successful family card game Fluxx Looney Labs mission is to create
innovative, attractive and above all, really fun parlor games (i.e.
non-electronic card and board games) that can be enjoyed primarily by
adults, but are often fun for children as well.
Bring Them Home Now! Veterans for Peace, Military Families Speak Out,
and other veteran organizations are working together on a national
campaign to bring the troops back from Iraq and end the war. For their
statement see : www.bringthemhomenow.org <http://www.bringthemhomenow.org>.
Campus Activism - the world's largest online database of student
activists, groups, events, and resources. Our website is an excellent
tool for activists - students and non-students alike. See online
database: www.campusactivism.org/ <http://www.campusactivism.org/>
Right Web News, a publication of Right Web: The Architecture of Power
That's Changing Our World. See: http://rightweb.irc-online.org/, a new
IRC initiative aimed at tracking and analyzing the evolving structure of
America's right-wing power elite. As someone who has been receiving
notices or ezines from other IRC programs--our Americas , FPIF, or
Present Danger programs--or as someone who is concerned about the
dangerous directions our country is heading both at home and abroad, we
thought this new publication would be of special interest to you. We are
asking that subscribers contribute $15 to cover the costs of Right Web
News, or become an IRC member. We hope you find this new IRC initiative
enlightening and useful, and we look forward to your feedback. Subscribe
at rightweb at irc-online.org <mailto:rightweb at irc-online.org>.
New Edition of The Referral Directory of Social Services in Metropolitan
Washington Now Available. Over 1,500 programs in Washington DC,
Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, and Northern Virginia. Program
hours and descriptions, contact information, eligibility requirements,
and more. 24 service categories, easy cross-referencing system.
Directories cost $60. For more information, please see our web site at
www.pcamw.org <http://www.pcamw.org> or call 202-223-0020.
SPAN in a Can. The national Student Peace Action Network has a booklet
of tools to help students organize for peace on their campuses and
beyond. See: www.studentpeaceaction.org
<http://www.studentpeaceaction.org>. Contact: SPAN 301-565-4050 x 322.
Millennial Manifesto tells the untold story of youth activism, politics,
and service in America by examining the issues, individuals, and
organizations that are shaping the modern youth movement. Written by
experienced youth activists Scott Beale and Abeer Abdalla, this is the
first book to identify a youth political agenda and to provide the tools
for people to get involved. The foreword is written by generational
experts Bill Strauss and Neil Howe, best-selling authors of Fourth
Turning and Millennials Rising. Buy your copy today and learn the good
news about this misunderstood generation. This is the perfect gift for
young people who want to get involved, for parents and teachers who want
to better understand their kids, and for politicians, corporations, and
nonprofits who are trying to reach this generation. There is an
incredible youth movement in this country that has gone unrecognized,
until now. Ten percent of the profit from this book support youth
activist non-profits. Contact: www.millennialpolitics.com
Catholic Worker Bookstore. The current offering of Catholic Worker Books
is now available on line at our website:
www.catholicworker.com/bookstore
<http://www.catholicworker.com/bookstore>. We can also send you a print
catalog on request. Email to bookstore at catholicworker.com
<mailto:bookstore at catholicworker.com>. Or, write to Catholic Worker
Bookstore, PO Box 3087, Washington DC 20010.
Wellstone Fellowship. Families USA is proud to announce the creation of
the Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice to honor the late Senator
Paul D. Wellstone of Minnesota. Throughout his Senate career, Paul
Wellstone was an advocate for social justice and an outspoken champion
for those who lacked a voice in the national arena. The Wellstone
Fellowship provides a unique opportunity to honor Senator Wellstone's
memory by promoting equity in health care. The Wellstone Fellowship is a
year-long, full-time, salaried position that will begin in September
2004. The fellow will be engaged in health care advocacy work in
Families USA's office in Washington, D.C., where he or she will learn
about Medicare, Medicaid, efforts to achieve universal coverage, and
other important health policy issues. Specifically, the fellow will be
engaged in Families USA's outreach to and mobilization of communities of
color. Through this work, the fellow will also learn about conducting
health care campaigns, and part of his or her time will be spent working
with state-based health care advocacy organizations. The ideal candidate
will have an interest in social justice work and working with
communities or color. Additionally, they are looking for an individual
who displays the potential to continue to contribute to social justice
work after their year of hands-on experience as a fellow. There is no
bias in favor of any academic discipline, though they prefer that the
fellow have a college degree as of September 2004. For instructions on
how to apply and a copy of the application form, click here:
http://www.familiesusa.org/site/R?i=8mAYVCOYPtcDRYvcWDDmjg. The deadline
for applications is February 6, 2004.
"Plan Colombia: Cashing-In on the Drug-War Failure", a new documentary,
will be made available to Justice Vision's subscribers for $20. We also
make available two six-hour compilations of full interviews. In English,
one features Noam Chomsky, Ramsey Clark, the late Senator Paul
Wellstone, Congressmen John Conyers and Jim McGovern, Prof. Alfred McCoy
(author of "The Politics of Heroin") and many others. In Spanish, the
other one features a wide range of Colombian personalities including
members of Congress, political, human-rights and religious figures,
members of the Colombian military as well as Guerilla leaders and
coca-farmers. Each of these compilations costs $ 15., both cost $ 20.
Shipping for one or several tapes is an additional $ 7. A Spanish
version of the doc will be available in early October. VHS is the only
format for sale now. All details are available at
http://www.plancolombia.org <http://www.plancolombia.org/>.
The Global Justice Film Project organizing kit is a resource package for
activists that deals with issues of globalization, international trade,
the World Bank and IMF, environmental justice, and immigrant and labor
rights. The kit is intended to help anyone - long-time organizers or
those new to activism - host film events on every scale, from living
room get-togethers to community events. We created the kit as an
organizing tool for the Season of Struggle (the mobilization around the
remarkable confluence of events this fall including the WTO in Cancun,
IMF and World Bank in Dubai, the Immigrant Workers; Freedom Ride, the
FTAA in Miami and the upcoming mobilization around the right to
collective bargaining). With this kit we hope to help activists increase
awareness and create dialogue about the vital issues highlighted by
these important events, and to make linkages between concerns both
global and local. The kit includes a BOOKLET listing recommended films,
books and other resources, and information on how to obtain them. Also a
packet of FACT SHEETS and TALKING POINTS to help organizers elucidate
those vital links, as well as a packet of issue-related NEWS ARTICLES.
The first 100 paid orders we receive will also get a FREE VHS copy of
the film Another World is Possible. The kit costs $15 for orders in the
US. Contact: 50 Years Is Enough Network, 202 463 2265 or www.50years.org
<http://www.50years.org>.
"The Ebon Run" is a unique, Black-oriented newspaper that allows the
people to be their own reporters, thus eliminating oppressive
censorship. Even though it's Black-oriented, it also includes articles
about people OF ALL RACES concerning subject matter that affects all
humans on a systematic basis. So, ALL PEOPLES are welcome to read
it--esepcially those concerned about the Black plight. The "Run" has
critical objectives to accomplish--such as publicizing info that could
save an innocent prisoner from death row, freeing innocent people from
incarceration, helping the poor overcome the disastrous effects of
racism so that they may obtain more autonomy and a better quality of
life, rendering info that helps people in general live better or have
more fulfilled lives, keeping the people informed about the overt and
covert actions of antagonists who are against Black progression, and, in
general, simply letting the people know what's going on out there so
that they may have the info necessary to make the soundest decisions and
judgements. The newspaper will also serve as a FREE SOURCE where anyone
and everyone may list good jobs available that they wish targeted toward
Blacks. Available at United Planning Organization, 301 Rhode Island
Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001-1826, (202) 238-4600.
The Emergency Food and Shelter Directory, an annually updated 144 page,
pocket-size. Directory will be used by social workers, clergy,
volunteers and others in public private and non-profit programs to help
at least 250,000 families and individuals get the help they need in the
coming year from one or more of the 360 agencies listed. The release of
the Directory is especially important at this time of year when families
and individuals are struggling to find food and shelter amidst the harsh
weather conditions. The Directory is updated annually and it is the
regions most comprehensive, compact guide to food pantries, soup
kitchens, homeless shelters, health care services for those with little
or no insurance. The Directory will help over one quarter of families
and individuals find the emergency food and shelter they need. Contact:
Stephanie Armstrong or Rev. Clark Lobenstine, (202) 234-6300;
stephaniea at ifcmw.org <mailto:stephaniea at ifcmw.org>; clarkifc at aol.com
<mailto:clarkifc at aol.com>
Colombians Speak Out about Violence and U.S. Policy. A new video.
Highlights: the plight of Colombia's 3 million displaced persons, the
courage of Colombians who work for peace & human rights, the harm done
by U.S. military aid, the 'war on drugs' that's really a war on farmers.
Taped in Colombia in March, 2003. during a delegation sponsored by
Witness for Peace and the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship (PPF). The video
has a more immediate feel and shows a different region of Colombia -- in
and around Barranquilla on the northern coast. We walk the arid streets
of "Kilometer Seven," a displaced persons camp that is a place of
despair. We listen to the painful stories of the people who have ended
up there and see no way out. Later we hear from courageous Colombians
actively involved in work for peace and human rights. They help us
understand the causes of Colombia's violence and misery. Finally, we
report the startling things told us at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota. The
result, as preview audiences have told us, is "powerful." This video
will stimulate North Americans to think hard about what's wrong in
Colombia, what's wrong with U.S. foreign policy, and what we can do
about it. Produced by Anne Barstow and Tom Driver. To order: Send email
with name and address to tfd3 at columbia.edu <mailto:tfd3 at columbia.edu>.
Put "Colombia Video 2003" in the subject line. You will receive the VHS
video together with a request for a donation (suggested minimum, $5.00)
to the Colombia solidarity work of PPF.
DC School Budget Map. DC Action for Children, the District's only
multi-issue children's advocacy organization, has developed a colorful
and easy-to-read and -understand map to the District's budget process.
"The District Budget Process - A Step-by-Step Guide" is available for
free to District residents, service providers, advocates, and others.
The map is available for free by mail or e-mail. Those interested in
receiving a copy should contact Angela JonesDC ACT at (202) 234-9404 or
at dcaction at dckids.org <mailto:dcaction at dckids.org>.
"Uncovered: the whole truth about the Iraq war". For specifics on the
distortions of intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq, review
the film "Uncovered: the whole truth about the Iraq war". This important
documentary presents live footage of the Bush Administration in contrast
to over 20 CIA, Pentagon, and former foreign service experts detailing
the lies and exaggerations used to justify a "preemptive" war that was
not necessary. This film is now being distributed by four major
democracy reform organizations including MoveOn.org and can be obtained
from www.truthuncovered.com <http://www.truthuncovered.com>.
Support for Homeless Veterans
January 28
http://www.tgci.com/fedrgtxt/03-28178.txt
The Department of Veterans Affairs announces funds to promote the
development and provision of supportive housing and/or supportive
services with the goal of helping homeless veterans achieve residential
stability and obtain greater self-determination. Eligible applicants
include state and local government entities, faith-based and
community-based organizations. Approximately $15 million is available.
For further information, contact Guy Liedke at 1-877-332-0334.
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