From thebor at cagreens.org Sat Sep 2 09:45:20 2006 From: thebor at cagreens.org (Michael Borenstein) Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 09:45:20 -0700 Subject: [GP-Eldorado-n] GPCA convenes in Tahoe- You are invited Message-ID: <44F9B520.1E981B35@cagreens.org> Hi to everyone! We want you to know that you are invited to the Green Party's state meeting ("The Plenary"), which we are hosting for the very first time! It is two days, all day, Sept. 9th and 10th, in South Lake Tahoe (you can also come for just one day, or even drop in for an hour or two). We hope you will come and see your state Party in action and meet candidates and other Greens from all over the state. Go to our county website for more information and to register: www.greens-edc.org or call Michael Borenstein at 620-6659 or Gloria Purcell at 642-1162 for any questions. Online registration closes in a few days, so now is the time! We're excited to invite you also to join our Green candidates for dinner Saturday evening, Sept. 9th. You can talk informally with most of our candidates for state offices, and also with the candidate for Governor of Nevada. Peter Camejo, Donna Warren, Forrest Hill, Laura Wells and others, along with our own candidate for Assembly District 4, Jerry Fritts, will be there. Dinner is by reservation only; again, see the website or call us. We hope to see you there! For those of you in volunteer mode, we need people to help during the day, staffing our El Dorado County GP booth. Call us if you would like to do a shift. There will be other tables there to browse, also. As always, we do need money! The costs for the Plenary are all *up front*, and we are also planning an election mailing--if we have the funds! So please volunteer your money if you can, as much as you can! The new Post Office Box is 506, in Diamond Springs, 95619. From dianasum at directcon.net Wed Sep 6 19:46:23 2006 From: dianasum at directcon.net (Diana Stauffer) Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 19:46:23 -0700 Subject: [GP-Eldorado-n] 1000 Grandmothers protest at School of Americas Message-ID: <018a01c6d227$e54cc910$de2c5142@D81GRT31> Following is from Chico Peace and Justice about the School of Americas in Ft. Benning, GA and the planned protest in Nov. (Yearly happening). If you would like the attachments,(flyers and Holly Near Song) please let me know. I didn't want to send attachments to folks who aren't interested. Thanks, Diana Hello all, I have forwarded you the following message and attachment in hopes that you will help get the word out about the movement to get 1000 Grandmother's (and other people as well) to cross the line at the next School of the Americas protest. Feel free to contact myself or Caathy (contact info below) with any questions. Many thanks for all that you do, Devlin Donnelly Assistant/Interim Coordinator Chico Peace & Justice Center (530) 893-9078 www.chico-peace.org --- Catherine Webster wrote: > Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:50:02 -0700 (PDT) > From: Catherine Webster > > Subject: 1000 G's info for Devlin > To: chico-peace at sbcglobal.net > > > > LOOKING FOR 1000 GRANDMOTHERS TO CROSS THE LINE > November 17-19, 2006 > At the School of the Americas/WHISC, Ft. Benning, > GA > Most of you know that the School of the Americas > at Fort Benning, Georgia, is the place where Latin > American soldiers are trained by the U.S. military > in tactics that have resulted in assassination, > kidnapping, torture, and repression of their own > people. Graduates of the SOA (also known as > WHISC?Western Hemisphere Institute for Security > Cooperation) have been responsible for the murder of > Archbishop Oscar Romero and six Jesuits, their > housekeeper, and her daughter, the massacre of the > entire village of El Mozote in El Salvador, and > countless other acts of violence in Central America. > Currently, the largest group of trainees is coming > from Colombia, which is rapidly becoming the next El > Salvador. The SOA represents all that we wish to > fight against and change in our nation. It goes > against everything we, as women, want for our > families and our world. > > My name is Cathy Webster. I live in Chico, > California. Last November, one of the founders of > our local Peace & Justice Center, Helen Kinnee, died > at age 91 after a long life of working for peace. At > her memorial service, one of our young peace > activists sang Holly Near's song, "A Thousand > Grandmothers." I was so inspired by this song, and > by the arrest that same month of another local > grandmother, Dorothy Parker, at School of the > Americas, that an idea came to me: What if 1000 > grandmothers from around America and the world were > to take this song as their rallying cry and march > onto the grounds of the School of the Americas this > coming November with SOAWatch risking arrest in an > effort to shut down this training school for > terrorism? > > This summer HR1217, an amendment to a bill that > would cut Defense spending for the school and thus > effectively shut it down, was refused attachment to > the Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, even > though eight other attachments were accepted. But > the effort to effect the closing of the school > continues unabated (see http://www.soawatch.org ). > > Attached are two sheets that can be printed as a > front side and a back side handout to be reproduced > and circulated. > > Please respond to athousandgrandmothers at yahoo.com > with your interest, ideas, and comments. If not us, > who? If not now, when? Grandmothers are rallying > around the country to stand up for peace; let's do > the same at the SOA. > > Paz, Cathy Webster > > Website developing: www.1000grandmothers.net > Check it out! > > PS. If risking arrest and imprisonment is not for > you right now, your soulforce and presence at Ft. > Benning, November 17-19 is still needed! > CHICO PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER 526 Broadway Chico, CA 95928 530.893.9078 www.chico-peace.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Rating: PG - mild thematic elements Director: Davis Guggenheim Genre: Art House/Foreign, Documentary Synopsis: Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Otherwise, give us a call anytime if you would like to help out! For those of us who have been trained and have your equipment, we will meet at the Shingle Springs Drive 'Park & Ride' on the North side of the freeway at 8AM Saturday- hope to see you there! Thanks, Bob Moore -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dianasum at directcon.net Thu Sep 14 20:14:29 2006 From: dianasum at directcon.net (Diana Stauffer) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:14:29 -0700 Subject: [GP-Eldorado-n] Fw: DECLARE PEACE March across Golden Gate Bridge - can you join us? help spread the word? Message-ID: <000b01c6d875$405edd90$62315142@D81GRT31> If anyone will be in the SF area or wants to go here is info on the protest march. ----- Original Message ----- From: Suzanne Sam Joi To: dianasum at directcon.net Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 7:42 PM Subject: DECLARE PEACE March across Golden Gate Bridge - can you join us? help spread the word? Dearest El Dorado Peace & Justice Sistahs in Peace! CodePINK:Women for Peace is calling all Bay Area women and our allies to help kick off International Peace Day, Thursday, September 21st with an early morning rush hour March across the Golden Gate Bridge. We are heeding the call put out by Declaration of Peace to engage in a week of protests, marches, and non-violent civil disobedience to end this horrific war against Iraq. We will be naming this action a Celebration of International Peace Day & will carry banners that say "DECLARE PEACE" "It's time" and "RISE, WOMEN, RISE" (from Julia Ward Howe's original Mother's Day Peace Proclamation). We are planning on gathering before 8:00a.m. in the parking lots on both ends of the bridge; then we will proceed across the bridge towards each other. We are in the process of getting a permit for this march for those people who are not interested in civil disobedience. If you are interested in sponsoring this action with us, please respond to this email or call 510-524-2776 ASAP! We will be having a final organizing meeting Sunday, September 17th 6:00p.m. Please spread the word! Just show up on Thursday morning! In pink peace, power, protest, participation, CodePINK GGB Brigade www.bayareacodepink.org info at bayareacodepink.org work for peace; hold all life sacred; eliminate violence www.codepinkjournals.blogspot.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The film follows Franken as he blurs the line between political satire and concerned citizenry. www.godspokefilm.com Tower Theatre 2508 Land Park Drive Sacramento , CA 95818 916-442-4700 www.thetowertheatre.com NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection save to call for the impeachment of the current president. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dianasum at directcon.net Mon Sep 18 19:30:22 2006 From: dianasum at directcon.net (Diana Stauffer) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:30:22 -0700 Subject: [GP-Eldorado-n] Fw: Please forward: Free Picnic and Rally Sun., Sept. 24 at Camp Lotus Message-ID: <003c01c6db93$b9fb08b0$1b285142@D81GRT31> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 10:02 PM Subject: Please forward: Free Picnic and Rally Sun., Sept. 24 at Camp Lotus Hi Diana, Please forward widely. Thanks! People Before Politics Picnic & Rally Sunday, September 24, 1 to 6 p.m. at beautiful Camp Lotus in Coloma The last stop of the Haswell for Assembly Whistle Stop Tour is along the American River at Camp Lotus for a celebration of people-powered politics. Join us for an afternoon of FREE, barbecue picnic lunch (1 to 3 p.m.), live music and exciting guest speakers. Charlie Weiss, Station Manager for Air America 1320 AM will be the MC. Featuring: a.. Fresh farm foods from our own Foothills growers including apple pie from Apple Hill b.. Special guest speakers including Darrell Steinberg (future State Senator) and Jerome Waldie, retired five-term Congressman c.. Live music by the Mother Jones & Jim Dyar Bands d.. Special activities & games for kids! "It's refreshing to have a candidate like Rob who cares about both the environment and our communities. He truly understands the success of our economy depends on both." - Bill Center, owner of Camp Lotus and a former El Dorado County Supervisor "Camp Lotus by the south fork of the American River is a perfect spot for this event. We're at a critical juncture for our quality of life in this district. If we don't stand up and fight to preserve our natural resources and rural heritage now, it will be too late. The future of Lake Tahoe, the American River Canyon, the Sierra foothills, and our agricultural and ranch lands are hanging in the balance." - Rob Haswell, Democratic candidate for State Assembly, District 4 Bring your family and friends. 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Long read, but very worthwhile.Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: Frank To: Fdorrel at Addictedtowar.com Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 6:57 AM Subject: TRANSCRIPT: Hugo Chavez's Address to United Nations: Rise Up Against the Empire - What an incredible speech! Dear Friends, I just read Hugo Chavez's entire speech that he gave at the United Nations yesterday. I highly recommend reading it. He speaks so much truth and gives us hope that Peace is indeed possible on this Earth. Frank Dorrel www.addictedtowar.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Address to the United Nations Rise Up Against the Empire By HUGO CHAVEZ Counterpunch September 20, 2006 http://www.counterpunch.org Representatives of the governments of the world, good morning to all of you. First of all, I would like to invite you, very respectfully, to those who have not read this book, to read it. Noam Chomsky, one of the most prestigious American and world intellectuals, Noam Chomsky, and this is one of his most recent books, 'Hegemony or Survival: The Imperialist Strategy of the United States.'" [Holds up book, waves it in front of General Assembly.] "It's an excellent book to help us understand what has been happening in the world throughout the 20th century, and what's happening now, and the greatest threat looming over our planet. The hegemonic pretensions of the American empire are placing at risk the very survival of the human species. We continue to warn you about this danger and we appeal to the people of the United States and the world to halt this threat, which is like a sword hanging over our heads. I had considered reading from this book, but, for the sake of time," [flips through the pages, which are numerous] "I will just leave it as a recommendation. It reads easily, it is a very good book, I'm sure Madame [President] you are familiar with it. It appears in English, in Russian, in Arabic, in German. I think that the first people who should read this book are our brothers and sisters in the United States, because their threat is right in their own house. The devil is right at home. The devil, the devil himself, is right in the house. "And the devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the devil came here. Right here." [crosses himself] "And it smells of sulfur still today. Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world. I think we could call a psychiatrist to analyze yesterday's statement made by the president of the United States. As the spokesman of imperialism, he came to share his nostrums, to try to preserve the current pattern of domination, exploitation and pillage of the peoples of the world. An Alfred Hitchcock movie could use it as a scenario. I would even propose a title: "The Devil's Recipe." As Chomsky says here, clearly and in depth, the American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its system of domination. And we cannot allow them to do that. We cannot allow world dictatorship to be consolidated. The world parent's statement -- cynical, hypocritical, full of this imperial hypocrisy from the need they have to control everything. They say they want to impose a democratic model. But that's their democratic model. It's the false democracy of elites, and, I would say, a very original democracy that's imposed by weapons and bombs and firing weapons. What a strange democracy. Aristotle might not recognize it or others who are at the root of democracy. What type of democracy do you impose with marines and bombs? The president of the United States, yesterday, said to us, right here, in this room, and I'm quoting, "Anywhere you look, you hear extremists telling you can escape from poverty and recover your dignity through violence, terror and martyrdom." Wherever he looks, he sees extremists. And you, my brother -- he looks at your color, and he says, oh, there's an extremist. Evo Morales, the worthy president of Bolivia, looks like an extremist to him. The imperialists see extremists everywhere. It's not that we are extremists. It's that the world is waking up. It's waking up all over. And people are standing up. I have the feeling, dear world dictator, that you are going to live the rest of your days as a nightmare because the rest of us are standing up, all those who are rising up against American imperialism, who are shouting for equality, for respect, for the sovereignty of nations. Yes, you can call us extremists, but we are rising up against the empire, against the model of domination. The president then -- and this he said himself, he said: "I have come to speak directly to the populations in the Middle East, to tell them that my country wants peace." That's true. If we walk in the streets of the Bronx, if we walk around New York, Washington, San Diego, in any city, San Antonio, San Francisco, and we ask individuals, the citizens of the United States, what does this country want? Does it want peace? They'll say yes. But the government doesn't want peace. The government of the United States doesn't want peace. It wants to exploit its system of exploitation, of pillage, of hegemony through war. It wants peace. But what's happening in Iraq? What happened in Lebanon? In Palestine? What's happening? What's happened over the last 100 years in Latin America and in the world? And now threatening Venezuela -- new threats against Venezuela, against Iran? He spoke to the people of Lebanon. Many of you, he said, have seen how your homes and communities were caught in the crossfire. How cynical can you get? What a capacity to lie shamefacedly. The bombs in Beirut with millimetric precision? This is crossfire? He's thinking of a western, when people would shoot from the hip and somebody would be caught in the crossfire. This is imperialist, fascist, assassin, genocidal, the empire and Israel firing on the people of Palestine and Lebanon. That is what happened. And now we hear, "We're suffering because we see homes destroyed.' The president of the United States came to talk to the peoples -- to the peoples of the world. He came to say -- I brought some documents with me, because this morning I was reading some statements, and I see that he talked to the people of Afghanistan, the people of Lebanon, the people of Iran. And he addressed all these peoples directly. And you can wonder, just as the president of the United States addresses those peoples of the world, what would those peoples of the world tell him if they were given the floor? What would they have to say? And I think I have some inkling of what the peoples of the south, the oppressed people think. They would say, "Yankee imperialist, go home." I think that is what those people would say if they were given the microphone and if they could speak with one voice to the American imperialists. And that is why, Madam President, my colleagues, my friends, last year we came here to this same hall as we have been doing for the past eight years, and we said something that has now been confirmed -- fully, fully confirmed. I don't think anybody in this room could defend the system. Let's accept -- let's be honest. The U.N. system, born after the Second World War, collapsed. It's worthless. Oh, yes, it's good to bring us together once a year, see each other, make statements and prepare all kinds of long documents, and listen to good speeches, like Abel's yesterday, or President Mullah's. Yes, it's good for that. And there are a lot of speeches, and we've heard lots from the president of Sri Lanka, for instance, and the president of Chile. But we, the assembly, have been turned into a merely deliberative organ. We have no power, no power to make any impact on the terrible situation in the world. And that is why Venezuela once again proposes, here, today, 20 September, that we re-establish the United Nations. Last year, Madam, we made four modest proposals that we felt to be crucially important. We have to assume the responsibility our heads of state, our ambassadors, our representatives, and we have to discuss it. The first is expansion, and Mullah talked about this yesterday right here. The Security Council, both as it has permanent and non-permanent categories, (inaudible) developing countries and LDCs must be given access as new permanent members. That's step one. Second, effective methods to address and resolve world conflicts, transparent decisions. Point three, the immediate suppression -- and that is something everyone's calling for -- of the anti-democratic mechanism known as the veto, the veto on decisions of the Security Council. Let me give you a recent example. The immoral veto of the United States allowed the Israelis, with impunity, to destroy Lebanon. Right in front of all of us as we stood there watching, a resolution in the council was prevented. Fourthly, we have to strengthen, as we've always said, the role and the powers of the secretary general of the United Nations. Yesterday, the secretary general practically gave us his speech of farewell. And he recognized that over the last 10 years, things have just gotten more complicated; hunger, poverty, violence, human rights violations have just worsened. That is the tremendous consequence of the collapse of the United Nations system and American hegemonistic pretensions. Madam, Venezuela a few years ago decided to wage this battle within the United Nations by recognizing the United Nations, as members of it that we are, and lending it our voice, our thinking. Our voice is an independent voice to represent the dignity and the search for peace and the reformulation of the international system; to denounce persecution and aggression of hegemonistic forces on the planet. This is how Venezuela has presented itself. Bolivar's home has sought a nonpermanent seat on the Security Council. Let's see. Well, there's been an open attack by the U.S. government, an immoral attack, to try and prevent Venezuela from being freely elected to a post in the Security Council. The imperium is afraid of truth, is afraid of independent voices. It calls us extremists, but they are the extremists. And I would like to thank all the countries that have kindly announced their support for Venezuela, even though the ballot is a secret one and there's no need to announce things. But since the imperium has attacked, openly, they strengthened the convictions of many countries. And their support strengthens us. Mercosur, as a bloc, has expressed its support, our brothers in Mercosur. Venezuela, with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, is a full member of Mercosur. And many other Latin American countries, CARICOM, Bolivia have expressed their support for Venezuela. The Arab League, the full Arab League has voiced its support. And I am immensely grateful to the Arab world, to our Arab brothers, our Caribbean brothers, the African Union. Almost all of Africa has expressed its support for Venezuela and countries such as Russia or China and many others. I thank you all warmly on behalf of Venezuela, on behalf of our people, and on behalf of the truth, because Venezuela, with a seat on the Security Council, will be expressing not only Venezuela's thoughts, but it will also be the voice of all the peoples of the world, and we will defend dignity and truth. Over and above all of this, Madam President, I think there are reasons to be optimistic. A poet would have said "helplessly optimistic," because over and above the wars and the bombs and the aggressive and the preventive war and the destruction of entire peoples, one can see that a new era is dawning. As Silvio Rodriguez says, the era is giving birth to a heart. There are alternative ways of thinking. There are young people who think differently. And this has already been seen within the space of a mere decade. It was shown that the end of history was a totally false assumption, and the same was shown about Pax Americana and the establishment of the capitalist neo-liberal world. It has been shown, this system, to generate mere poverty. Who believes in it now? What we now have to do is define the future of the world. Dawn is breaking out all over. You can see it in Africa and Europe and Latin America and Oceanea. I want to emphasize that optimistic vision. We have to strengthen ourselves, our will to do battle, our awareness. We have to build a new and better world. Venezuela joins that struggle, and that's why we are threatened. The U.S. has already planned, financed and set in motion a coup in Venezuela, and it continues to support coup attempts in Venezuela and elsewhere. President Michelle Bachelet reminded us just a moment ago of the horrendous assassination of the former foreign minister, Orlando Letelier. And I would just add one thing: Those who perpetrated this crime are free. And that other event where an American citizen also died were American themselves. They were CIA killers, terrorists. And we must recall in this room that in just a few days there will be another anniversary. Thirty years will have passed from this other horrendous terrorist attack on the Cuban plane, where 73 innocents died, a Cubana de Aviacion airliner. And where is the biggest terrorist of this continent who took the responsibility for blowing up the plane? He spent a few years in jail in Venezuela. Thanks to CIA and then government officials, he was allowed to escape, and he lives here in this country, protected by the government. And he was convicted. He has confessed to his crime. But the U.S. government has double standards. It protects terrorism when it wants to. And this is to say that Venezuela is fully committed to combating terrorism and violence. And we are one of the people who are fighting for peace. Luis Posada Carriles is the name of that terrorist who is protected here. And other tremendously corrupt people who escaped from Venezuela are also living here under protection: a group that bombed various embassies, that assassinated people during the coup. They kidnapped me and they were going to kill me, but I think God reached down and our people came out into the streets and the army was too, and so I'm here today. But these people who led that coup are here today in this country protected by the American government. And I accuse the American government of protecting terrorists and of having a completely cynical discourse. We mentioned Cuba. Yes, we were just there a few days ago. We just came from there happily. And there you see another era born. The Summit of the 15, the Summit of the Nonaligned, adopted a historic resolution. This is the outcome document. Don't worry, I'm not going to read it. But you have a whole set of resolutions here that were adopted after open debate in a transparent matter -- more than 50 heads of state. Havana was the capital of the south for a few weeks, and we have now launched, once again, the group of the nonaligned with new momentum. And if there is anything I could ask all of you here, my companions, my brothers and sisters, it is to please lend your good will to lend momentum to the Nonaligned Movement for the birth of the new era, to prevent hegemony and prevent further advances of imperialism. And as you know, Fidel Castro is the president of the nonaligned for the next three years, and we can trust him to lead the charge very efficiently. Unfortunately they thought, "Oh, Fidel was going to die." But they're going to be disappointed because he didn't. And he's not only alive, he's back in his green fatigues, and he's now presiding the nonaligned. So, my dear colleagues, Madam President, a new, strong movement has been born, a movement of the south. We are men and women of the south. With this document, with these ideas, with these criticisms, I'm now closing my file. I'm taking the book with me. And, don't forget, I'm recommending it very warmly and very humbly to all of you. We want ideas to save our planet, to save the planet from the imperialist threat. And hopefully in this very century, in not too long a time, we will see this, we will see this new era, and for our children and our grandchildren a world of peace based on the fundamental principles of the United Nations, but a renewed United Nations. And maybe we have to change location. Maybe we have to put the United Nations somewhere else; maybe a city of the south. We've proposed Venezuela. You know that my personal doctor had to stay in the plane. The chief of security had to be left in a locked plane. Neither of these gentlemen was allowed to arrive and attend the U.N. meeting. This is another abuse and another abuse of power on the part of the Devil. It smells of sulfur here, but God is with us and I embrace you all. May God bless us all. 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When they opened Heaven's door, the man was perplexed to see what looked very much like the same scene: there was a group of people with spoons longer than their arms. As he looked more closely, however, he saw happy faces and full tummies, for there was one important difference: the people in Heaven had learned to feed each other. Story from The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore by Alan Cohen EMPTY BOWLS 2006 Hi to all of you long time Empty Bowls Friends and Supporters and to all of you new people who are on this list for the first time- It's that time of year again - Save the date Saturday, November 11, 2006 for this year's Empty Bowls Supper. As you may have noticed, unfortunately, the problem of hunger has not been solved since our last EB event. The gap between the haves and the have nots, here and all over the world, continues to expand. The priorities of our current government serve the interests of the rich and powerful, while ignoring the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable of our society. We continue to pour unprecedented amounts of money into the Bush administrations immoral war in Iraq at the expense of programs for human needs here and overseas. Sometimes it seems that there is so little that we can do to change the course of national policy, but all of those large and small things that we do to turn the tide have an effect. Sometimes we don't always see the effect immediately and sometimes we may not see it at all, but the positive ripples are there and the effort is always worthwhile. Empty Bowls is a small gesture that keeps us all connected to an understanding of how things really are for a large number of our fellow humans. It is also a way of remaining connected to one another here, in our local activist community. Hopefully, it helps to keep us dedicated, in the long term, to finding a real solution to the problems of poverty, injustice, and hunger in our world. It raises some small but significant amounts of money ($8000 last year) to support the efforts of direct aid organizations here and abroad. In recent years, it has also drawn a larger number of young people into our activist community which both strengthens and heartens the older activist community, and is the hope for the future of our ideals. This year, as always, the money will be divided between a direct aid organization in our own community, The Upper Room, and one in the global community, Mercy Corps with the donation designated for relief to Lebanon. Empty Bowls has three objectives: 1) To raise funds to feed hungry people 2) To raise awareness about the issues of hunger and inequality in our local and global communities 3) To remind people that through artistic creativity we can help to create positive social change. The basic idea is simple, as many of you know. Local potters, both professional and student, donate handmade bowls for use in serving a simple dinner of bread and soup. Guests make donations for their meal and can keep the bowl their soup was served in as a reminder that hunger exists all year long. We have moved the venue for this year's event to the Shakespeare Club in Placerville. We are trying it out as a venue because we seem to have outgrown all our previous venues. Hopefully it will be a warm and welcoming a place for this well loved community event. In the last few years we had some vendors at the event with Fair Trade items for sale and we will try that again this year as everyone seemed to really enjoy it. There will be a Peace Community table with all the peace stuff that anyone would want to buy, including the ever popular, Syracuse Cultural Workers Peace Calendar for 2007. You are receiving this letter because you are on my list of kitchen volunteers and cooks from past years or you have expressed an interest in being added to that list. Within the next week, we will post recipes for 4 different soups on the Peace and Justice Community website www.edpjc.org It is best if you follow the recipes pretty much as they are, because it makes the heating and serving of the soup much easier if one batch is much like another. If you are a baker and want to contribute bread, feel free to use your creative talents and do whatever suits you - it's hard to go wrong with homemade bread. Please e-mail me at turoffc at earthlink.net if 1.You do not want to be included on this list anymore 2.You will be making bread or soup and please indicate type of soup you are planning to make (Vegetarian Minestrone, Vegetarian Potato, Beef/Barley, or Chicken Noodle) - that way I can make whatever others did not choose so we will have the full variety 3.You are willing to help out in the kitchen the day of the event 4.You have tablecloths and/or bread baskets that we can use that night 5.You have any questions or suggestions 6. You have any other food item to donate (like apples or cider) If you would like to be involved, but do not want to cook or bake, please contact Rich Waters at 622 6900 or plomero at directcon.net or Maureen Dion-Perry at dionperry at internet49.com so they can hook you up with others areas needing help. Thank you very much for your support of this and other Peace and Justice Community events and see you on the 11th of November! - Carla (Turoff), Food Coordinator, EB 2006 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dianasum at directcon.net Fri Sep 22 23:03:17 2006 From: dianasum at directcon.net (Diana Stauffer) Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:03:17 -0700 Subject: [GP-Eldorado-n] CAMEJO 4 GOV: Let Peter Debate October 7! Message-ID: <022801c6ded6$10247470$1b285142@D81GRT31> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachel Odes" To: Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 4:53 PM Subject: CAMEJO 4 GOV: Let Peter Debate October 7! September 22, 2006 Dear Supporters, The debate between Phil Angelides and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the run-up to the November election promises to be a program the average California voter can fall asleep to. If Schwarzenegger has his way, he won't even have to defend himself in a REAL, non-scripted debate on October 7 in Sacramento. Instead, he can rely on the Hollywood production skills he's mastered throughout his long, mediocre career to craft as vacuous an image as possible, and then float into office on a raft of money. But it doesn't have to be this way. There's a candidate who can challenge politics as usual in the debates, just like he did in the 2003 recall debate where he broke new ground for progressive voices everywhere. Peter Camejo is that candidate, and he can help wake up California voters and make Phil and Arnold answer the questions we all want to ask them. California voters want to hear Peter in the debates. They said as much in an independent poll conducted by the Mexican American Political Association that showed 63 percent of likely voters favor the inclusion of Green Party gubernatorial candidate Peter Camejo in any debate. We need to take action to LET PETER DEBATE. Please call and/or write to the CA Broadcasting Association*, who is hosting the Oct 7th debate. Ask them to include Peter in the debate, and make sure to mention that 63 percent of likely voters favor the inclusion of Green Party gubernatorial candidate Peter Camejo in any debate. Also, call and/or write to your local media asking for Peter to be included in the debates. The voters have spoken; they want to hear a voice independent of the two corporate sponsored candidates. This is an urgent action request because the scheduled debate is only two weeks away. Your immediate action is needed to stimulate the debate organizers to include Peter Camejo. If we are successful we will hear Peter tell the truth about fair taxes, education, immigration, renewable energy, the failure of Three Strikes and the need for an immediate end to the war in Iraq, to the people of California on October 7. Thank you for your help. Jo Chamberlain Campaign Manager *California Broadcasting Association 915 L Street #1150 Sacramento, CA 95814 916.444.2237 infor at cabroadcasters.org --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: dianasum at directcon.net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2iT5E.a4CnJD.ZGlhbmFz Or send an email to: Votecamejo-unsubscribe at topica.com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^---------------------------------------------------------------- From dianasum at directcon.net Sun Sep 24 16:16:39 2006 From: dianasum at directcon.net (Diana Stauffer) Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:16:39 -0700 Subject: [GP-Eldorado-n] Fw: PROTEST>> Bush Fundraisers for Pombo & Doolittle Oct. 3 Message-ID: <02d201c6e02f$a0790bd0$1b285142@D81GRT31> Details (for the El Dorado Hills location)from the flyer are to assemble between 10:30 am and 11 am at the new El Dorado Hills Library next to the Serrano Visitor Center. We could meet at the Missouri Flat Rd. Park and ride to carpool to EDH. Be at the park and ride at 10 am. if you want to carpool from Placerville. As the flyer says: TAKE OFF OCT. 3rd. too important not to. Bush Fundraisers for Pombo & Doolittle >> Protest Bush Fundraisers for Pombo & Doolittle Dear Anti-Pombo Activists. Bush will be fundraising for Pombo and Doolittle on Tuesday October 3 in Stockton (breakfast) and El Dorado (near Placerville - lunch). We are planning protest rallys at both events. If there was ever a great reason to take off from work, this is it. This will probably be the only opportunity to protest Bush in California before the election. Remind the voters of the ties between Bush, Pombo & Doolittle. Please join us in showing Bush some Northern California hospitality. Visit Stop Pombo for maps and a detailed plan. Pass this on to your email list please. Here is a single page flyer promoting the protests, please print some and post them. Event organizers a.. Stevan Thomas - IBEW Local 6 - Democratic Candidate for Congress in the June Primary b.. Ellis Goldberg - Webmaster TriValleyDems.com Endorsed/sponsored by a.. Democracy For America b.. MoveOn.org, c.. NadiaMcCaffrey- Gold Star Families Speak Out, d.. Pete McCloskey - Former Republican Congressman and US Marine e.. Stella Lopez - President of the Latina Democratic Club f.. Swanee Edwards - Morgan Hill - Publicity Chair, South County Democratic Club, Member, Santa Clara County Central Committee, City Commissioner, City of Morgan Hill g.. Charmaine Jabr - City Lead for Morgan Hill for McNerney for Congress h.. Barney Rubin - Treasurer, San Ramon Valley Democratic Club i.. Avinash Chitnis - Tracy Democratic Club j.. El Dorado Peace and Justice - Placerville Ellis Goldberg 925 831 8355 home/office 925 451 4303 cell -- Ellis Goldberg 925 831 8355 office 925 451 4303 cell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: