BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//69.73.141.125//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.2.6// VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:On 6th December 2008\, the Saturday midway through the UNFCCC\n Climate Talks (COP 14/MOP 4)\, in Poznan\, Poland \n\n For last year\\'s Global Day of Action on Climate see here\n\n\n This webpage has been set up to publicise and promote plans for demonstrat ions on climate change\, to coincide with the United Nations Climate Talks (COP14/MOP4) in Poznan\, Poland\, December 1st to 12th 2008.\n\nWe intend synchronised demonstrations around the world on Saturday December 6th 200 8 - in as many places as possible - to call on world leaders to take urgen t action on climate change.\n\nThe \\'Call to Action\\' for these demonstr ations and related events that will take place on December 6th 2008 is as follows:\n\n“We demand that world leaders take the urgent and resolute a ction that is needed to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate\, so that the entire world can move as rapidly as possible to a s tronger emissions reductions treaty which is both equitable and effective in minimising dangerous climate change. \n\nWe demand that the long-indust rialised countries that have emitted most greenhouse gases currently in th e atmosphere take responsibility for climate change mitigation by immediat ely reducing their own emissions as well as investing in a clean energy re volution in the developing world. Developed countries must take their fair share of the responsibility to pay for the adaptive measures that have to be taken\, especially by low-emitting countries with limited economic res ources. \n\nClimate change will hit the poorest first and hardest. All who have the economic means to act\, must therefore urgently and decisively d o so.”\n\nWe feel that there is an overwhelming need to create a grounds well of global opinion to push for the urgent and radical action on climat e change\, without which we risk a global catastrophe of unimaginable prop ortions.\n\nTo help build for these demonstrations please find the contact for your country\, below\, or if there is not yet one listed there contac t us at info@globalclimatecampaign.org Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20081201T050502Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081206 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Global Day of Action: International Demonstrations on Climate Chang e 2008 UID:20081201T000502EST-mwF5T1wuCu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:A very warm welcome to the website for the World Indigenous Peo ples Conference: Education 2008!\n\n \n\nPreparations are well underway fo r what promises to be a very special cultural and learning event.\n\n \n\n The World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education (WIPC:E) is a triennial conference of international significance that attracts peoples from aroun d the globe to celebrate and share diverse cultures\, traditions and knowl edge with a focus on world Indigenous education. The purpose of WIPC:E is to provide a forum to come together\, share and learn and promote best pra ctice in Indigenous education policies\, programs and practice. \n\n \n\nT o be held on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation\, Melbourne\, Austr alia from 7th - 11th December 2008\, WIPC:E 2008 will be a celebration of our diverse cultures\, traditions and knowledge. It will provide us with t he opportunity to showcase our efforts to provide educational experiences suitable to our individual and unique communities and will be a time to re joice in our strengths and capacity to uphold our traditions and knowledge systems. It will also be a chance to consider how we\, as Indigenous peop le\, would like to see education shaped into the future to meet our needs. It is Australia’s Indigenous peoples’ vision that WIPC:E 2008 will be solidly embedded in community knowledge.\n\n \n\nWIPC:E 2008 has the pote ntial to impact positively on the educational outcomes and lives of Indige nous people across the planet. Formal education provides us with a broad s et of options to shape our own futures and with tools to tell our own stor ies to the wider community\; our challenge is to balance the learnings fro m formal systems within our own traditions. WIPC:E 2008 hopes to explore s ome of the questions raised by living within competing knowledge systems a nd look beyond the horizon where complementary knowledge can be used to sh ape our own futures. \n\n \n\nThe Victorian Aboriginal Education Associati on Inc is proud to be hosting this prestigious event. We look forward to w elcoming you to our beautiful country and making your time in Melbourne an educative and memorable experience. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081211 DTSTAMP:20081201T050502Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081207 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Kulin Nation\, Melbourne\, Australia SUMMARY:World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education 2008 UID:20081201T000502EST-TkMJIWEmxV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.wipce2008.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Across the world there is excitement in the air with high hopes for 2009. On every continent millions will be looking for a new administr ation in Washington to change course. The world wants to see an end to U.S . unilateral bullying\, to “might makes right” militarism\, and to war s soaked in oil and blood while the planet is destroyed. \n\nWe share thes e hopes. And we know that whatever the result of the November elections\, turning them into realities will require broad\, creative and continuous a ction and pressure from the people of the United States. We cannot sit bac k and expect our elected leaders to change the course alone. Now\, more th an ever\, we must ensure a popular mandate to end the war in Iraq and chan ge the direction of our country. \n\nUnited for Peace and Justice is worki ng hard to galvanize and organize a re-energized movement for peace. We ar e convening our next National Assembly just six weeks after the elections to keep building on the momentum of this period and to quickly prepare our selves for the year ahead. Representatives of our 1\,400 member groups wil l have an opportunity to come together and plan effective and united actio n on new post-November terrain. \n\nWe believe that if the peace and justi ce movement aims high and works hard\, 2009 can be a breakthrough year:\n2 009 can be the year Washington is forced to recognize that “time horizon s” and “residual forces” are not enough\, that the U.S. must totally withdraw from Iraq. \n2009 can be a year of decisive change in U.S.-Iran ian relations\, with the “military option” and “regime change” tak en “off the table” and all outstanding issues resolved through negotia tion.\n2009 can see the end of the public assumption that Afghanistan is W ashington’s “good war”\; and instead of sending more troops\, the U. S. can begin the process of negotiating reconciliation and peace with all key Afghan and regional parties.\n2009 can bring a new level of popular de bate on the U.S.-Israeli “special relationship” and a change in Washin gton’s blank-check-for-Israel policies\, which are a prime obstacle to e nding the illegal occupation of Palestinian lands\, negotiating a just sol ution to the Israel-Palestine conflict and establishing a nuclear-free Mid dle East.\n2009 can be the year that the wrong-headed “war on terror” framework that now guides U.S. policy is discarded\, and the U.S. begins t o earnestly address the real causes of violence and instability by priorit izing international cooperation to end global poverty\, ensure equitable a ccess to life-sustaining resources\, and lead the world by example toward the total elimination of nuclear weapons.\n2009 can be the year that that the U.S. takes leadership in the fight against global warming and reduces key sources of international conflict by renouncing dependence on fossil f uels\, shelving plans for offshore oil drilling and new nuclear power plan ts\, and investing seriously in the development of safe renewable\, source s of energy.\n2009 can bring a massive reallocation of this country’s re sources away from militarism and war toward providing health care and educ ation for all while rebuilding the GulfCoast and the entire national publi c infrastructure.\n2009 can be the year the U.S. reverses course and moves to expand rather than curtail civil liberties and democratic rights\, bri ng accountability back to government\, ensure equal rights for all\, and a ggressively combat all discrimination based on race\, nationality\, religi on\, gender\, immigration status and sexual orientation.\n2009 can be a ye ar to end the racist demonization of immigrants and of entire peoples\, th e raids on migrant workers and an end to the new homeland security detenti on centers and racist border walls. \n2009 can be a year when global tra de agreements that rob the global south of their resources while imposing destructive social policies can be dismantled\, and when all future agreem ents include real labor and environmental protections.\n\nThis is an ambit ious agenda. It is also an urgent one\, for the interlocking crises facing this country and the world not only are harming millions daily but threat en the very future of the planet. There is no time to lose. We take heart from the fact that the U.S. public is demanding a change in this country s course\; large numbers – with new generations of young people in the forefront - are already mobilized and pushing\, both within and beyond the electoral arena\, in exactly these directions. \n\nIn the weeks immediat ely following the November balloting\, every political force in the countr y (and the world) will be taking stock of the results\, assessing the new terrain\, and making plans to weigh in and influence events in 2009 and be yond. The U.S. peace and justice movement needs to be in the very forefron t of both assessment and action. \n\nWe aim to intensify the effort to bui ld the broadest possible movement anchored in the communities especially h ard-hit by all the horrors that flow from war\, militarism and violence: c ommunities of color\, immigrants\, working and poor people\, women\, LGBT people\, active-duty military personnel and veterans\, and youth. We look forward to an exciting and energizing Assembly in which we assess how far we have come in five-plus years of organizing\, educating and mobilizing - and collectively determine plans to make 2009 a breakthrough year for pea ce and justice. \n\nWe invite you to join us in Chicago on December 12-14\ , 2008. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081214 DTSTAMP:20081201T050502Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081212 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:United for Peace and Justice 4th National Assembly UID:20081201T000502EST-ACsAbafdHl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3952 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:718-643-6510 Email:radioliam@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Monday\, December 15th!\nTELL YOUR FRIENDS! \nTHERE\\'S NO CHR ISTMAS IN DARFUR!\nat The Bell House \n149 7th St.\nPark Slope\, Brookly n\nF train to Smith & 9th\n\nDOORS OPEN: 7:30pm\n \nTickets are $25.00  and can be purchased in advance at Ticketweb: http://www.ticketweb.c om/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=647914\n \n Hosted by: LIAM McENEANEY\n\nWith:\nJOHN OLIVER\nfrom The Daily Show w/ Jo n Stewart\n\nGREG GIRALDO\nfrom \\'Lewis Black\\'s Root of All Evil\,\\' t he Comedy Central Roasts\, and his \\'Comedy Central Presents: Greg Girald o\\' specials\n\nTODD BARRY\nfrom his \\'Comedy Central Presents: Todd Bar ry\\' specials\, The Sarah Silverman Program\, and the movie The Wrestler\ n\nEDDIE BRILL\nfrom the Late Show w/ David Letterman & \\'Comedy Central Presents: Eddie Brill\\'\n\nANDRES DUBOUCHET \nis a writer for Late Night w/ Conan O\\'Brien\n\nKURT BRAUNOHLER\nfrom the popular Penelope Princess of Pets webseries and a top prize finalist at the Edinburgh Fringe Festiv al\n\nMusic from:\nA BRIEF VIEW OF THE HUDSON\n\nPLUS: The Comedy Nerd raf fle\, with prizes from The Onion\, Comedy Central\, Stand Up Records\, Com ix\, more...  Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20081201T050502Z DTSTART:20081215T193000 GEO:40.667500;-73.985600 LOCATION:The Bell House\, 149 7th Street\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11215\, Un ited States SUMMARY:Save Darfur! Benefit w/ The Daily Show\\'s John Oliver\, MORE UID:20081201T000502EST-3krV0G3Bzj@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=36955552942 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The 21st National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change will be held in Denver\, Colorado\, Jan. 28–Feb. 1\, 2009. Check this si te often for updates and details about the conference program.\n\nEach yea r the conference is held in a different region of the United States and at tracts 2\,500+ participants from within and outside of the LGBT community. It\\'s is well known for providing a unique environment where activists a nd leaders come together from diverse places and backgrounds to create a c ommunity that is both strengthening and inspiring to the participants. \n\ nCreating Change is for you if you are: an activist and organizer in your community\, campus or workplace\; a board member\, staff member or leader in a LGBT organization\, community center or foundation\; an elected or ap pointed official\; a change agent for justice\, freedom & equality for all . In other words\, Creating Change has something for everyone! Geographic al Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090201 DTSTAMP:20081201T050502Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090128 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Denver\, Colorado\, United States SUMMARY:21st National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change UID:20081201T000502EST-f2Ro9zDWAm@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.thetaskforce.org/events/creating_change END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Apply by December 22\, 2008\n\nEach training will feature inten sive skills sessions preparing participants to galvanize community support for reproductive justice in a faithful context. Trainings will be led by experts in the fields of organizing\, religion\, and reproductive justice. Session topics include event planning\, communications\, theology\, perso nal leadership development\, and more. Download a sample schedule and see what we\\'ve got in the works.\n\nSYRF Regional Trainings are completely f ree to accepted participants. We welcome both alumni of last year’s Inst itute and first time participants. We’ll have special programming for di fferent levels of experience. But whether you’re a newcomer\, very exper ienced\, or somewhere in-between\, be sure to complete an application soon – before all our spots fill up.\nApply for a Regional Training\nDownloa d a sample schedule (PDF)\nDownload resources from 2007-2008 trainings\nSe nd us an e-mail with questions\nFind out what people are saying about the SYRF RTI\nRead our Regional Training FAQs\nDownload the flyer\n\n\n\n \n\n Regional Training Institute Buzz \n\nSYRF Institute participants had rave reviews for last year\\'s trainings: \n\n\\'This was one of the most inten se and satisfying experiences of my young adult life-it incorporated every thing that is most important to me as a method of reaching a goal about wh ich I am very passionate. I met people that I never would have known exist ed\, and learned invaluable facts that I will use for years to come.\\'\n\ n\\'Thank you all so much for the wonderful opportunity to learn\, create\ , and inspire others. I have taken this experience to heart\, and I am bet ter for it.\\'\n\n\\'I absolutely adored the interfaith panel discussion a t the conference\, and the lobby experience during the 2nd day. These are both going to translate into practical skills I will be able to use in fut ure activism.\\'\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090202 DTSTAMP:20081201T050502Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090201 GEO:38.881800;-76.994500 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20003\, United States SUMMARY:Spirtitual Youth for Reproductive Freedom - DC Training UID:20081201T000502EST-oEgWGRVcAu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.syrf.org/web/guest/regionaltraininginstitute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:765-658-4865 Email:vrudolph@depauw.edu DESCRIPTION:The Power\, Privilege and Oppression Social Justice Conference is for any person who cares passionately about human rights\, social injus tice and oppression. Individuals with an interest in activism and social i nequalities who wish to share and further their knowledge and ideas as\n\n A major goal of the conference is to exchange ideas and methods in motivat ing and encouraging activism and change on individual campuses. The confer ence aims to provide a forum for thought provoking discussion\, ideas of a ctivism and an encouraging learning space for anyone looking to increase t heir knowledge about power\, privilege and oppression.\n\nPresentations wi ll be given by both faculty and students but specifically by activists and anyone with a vested interest in social change.\n\nThe 1st annual social justice conference is put on by The Compton Center for Peace & Justice at Depauw University in Greencastle\, Indiana. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090228 DTSTAMP:20081201T050503Z DTSTART:20090227T173000 GEO:39.652400;-86.873600 LOCATION:Compton Center For Peace And Justice\, 500 East Seminary Street\, Greencastle\, Indiana\, 46135\, United States SUMMARY:Power\, Privilege and Oppression Conference UID:20081201T000503EST-wA3KMn1hlP@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.depauw.edu/univ/compton/conference/stub.asp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Apply by January 30\, 2009\n\nEach training will feature intens ive skills sessions preparing participants to galvanize community support for reproductive justice in a faithful context. Trainings will be led by e xperts in the fields of organizing\, religion\, and reproductive justice. Session topics include event planning\, communications\, theology\, person al leadership development\, and more. Download a sample schedule and see w hat we\\'ve got in the works.\n\nSYRF Regional Trainings are completely fr ee to accepted participants. We welcome both alumni of last year’s Insti tute and first time participants. We’ll have special programming for dif ferent levels of experience. But whether you’re a newcomer\, very experi enced\, or somewhere in-between\, be sure to complete an application soon – before all our spots fill up.\nApply for a Regional Training\nDownload a sample schedule (PDF)\nDownload resources from 2007-2008 trainings\nSen d us an e-mail with questions\nFind out what people are saying about the S YRF RTI\nRead our Regional Training FAQs\nDownload the flyer\n\n\n\n \n\nR egional Training Institute Buzz \n\nSYRF Institute participants had rave r eviews for last year\\'s trainings: \n\n\\'This was one of the most intens e and satisfying experiences of my young adult life-it incorporated everyt hing that is most important to me as a method of reaching a goal about whi ch I am very passionate. I met people that I never would have known existe d\, and learned invaluable facts that I will use for years to come.\\'\n\n \\'Thank you all so much for the wonderful opportunity to learn\, create\, and inspire others. I have taken this experience to heart\, and I am bett er for it.\\'\n\n\\'I absolutely adored the interfaith panel discussion at the conference\, and the lobby experience during the 2nd day. These are b oth going to translate into practical skills I will be able to use in futu re activism.\\' Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090308 DTSTAMP:20081201T050503Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090307 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Austin\, Texas\, United States SUMMARY:Spirtitual Youth for Reproductive Freedom - Austin TX Training UID:20081201T000503EST-3BwgKeJj48@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.syrf.org/web/guest/regionaltraininginstitute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:shalalalo@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:WHAT:\nGlobal Young Greens (GYG) is a worldwide network where g reen youth organizations\, green political youth wings and individuals who want to see environmental sustainability\, social justice\, grassroots de mocracy and peace within our lifetimes converge.\n\nWHY:\nAt the last GYG informal meeting and formal Global Greens Congress (www.globalgreens.org) in May 2008 Sao Paulo\, Brazil\, an initial Indigenous presence was establ ished but we need to continue the momentum. At that Congress\, the few Ind igenous representatives in attendance proposed a resolution for the establ ishment of an Inter-Tribal Federation of Indigenous Greens which unfortuna tely did not pass. Surprisingly\, there were no Aboriginal representative s with the Australian Greens\, no Maori with the New Zealand Greens\, no F irst Nation with the Canadian Greens\, no Native Americans with the U.S. G reens\, and only 4 Indigenous attendants from Brazil! The 2 Taiwan Indigen ous members along with Brazil\\'s and one from Africa reminded the 1\,000+ greens from 80 countries that Indigenous people and Indigenous Issues can \\'t be ignored. \n\nAt the GYG informal meeting we also rehashed the U.N. PFII\\'s 2008 conclusions on the Indigneous-Climate Change situation duri ng an international panel discussion and were given the OK to establish a formal and on-going Indigenous Working Group within the GYG to cover all I ndigenous issues the world over. \n\nSince the Global Greens and Global Y oung Greens truly is a global movement--an international network of green people aiming to gain political influence in modern society\, Indigenous p eople need to be better physically represented in this movement and networ k. Furthermore\, the U.N.’s PFII should not be the only platform from w hich Indigenous people are vocal on an international level. The “green revolution” is here to stay and we need to “Indigenous-ize” it. \n\n HOW:\nThe 2nd GYG Congress will be of 8 days including arrival and departu re date to include trainings on various issues\, workshops and exposure vi sits. Funding is available. Youth leaders interested in being the initiato rs of an online Indigenous Working Group within the Global Young Greens\, please contact Janna Schonfeld on the GYG steering committee to do so. Yo uth leaders interested in participating in the next GYG Congress in Europe \, Summer ’09 contact any of the steering committee members.\n\nWe (the Indigenous community) are under represented in the Global Green network/mo vement but should be leading the way. Find a way to get your Indigenous c ommunity youth leader to Austria for this event where they can continue to speak out for the global Indigenous community and your own community.\n Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090906 DTSTAMP:20081201T050503Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090830 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Europe\, Austria SUMMARY:2nd Global Young Greens Congress UID:20081201T000503EST-WpDBLM74tG@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalyounggreens.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR