BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//69.73.141.125//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.2.6// VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Anti-War (or Peace) Protests in New York\, San Francisco\, Chic ago\, and around the world. Organized by United for Peace and Justice (htt p://www.unitedforpeace.org) and International ANSWER (http://www.internati onalanswer.org). Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040320 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Global Day of Protest Against War UID:20091107T000529EST-sI8ZHIc3h6@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2136 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:802-865-0415 Email:info@energyaction.net DESCRIPTION:This day of action is for students\, campaigns\, and non-\nstud ent organizations who are willing to apply their local work for clean\, su stainable\, and just energy together on April Fools' Day\, 2004. The Unite d States spends $20 billion a year to subsidize the coal and oil industrie s. Help us build a broad coalition of student and professional organizatio ns to expose the dangerous joke that our government is playing on the clim ate\, the environment\, and communities affected by mining\, burning\, and bad policy. Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040401 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:April 1st Student and Youth Day of Action for Clean Energy Solution s UID:20091107T000529EST-xd8RRECxFb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.fossilfools.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:646-322-9407 Email:massimo@sustainus.org DESCRIPTION:“\;I want to be a professional activist.”\;\n\n“ \;I don’\;t want to be a professional activist\, but I want to make a difference.”\;\n\n“\;I want to meet other young people and prof essionals that want to make a difference too.”\;\n\n“\;I want to join a delegation to the UN and tell governments what young people care a bout.”\;\n\n“\;By the way\, what is sustainable development?R 21\;\n\nSound like something you’\;d say? Join us at…\;\n\nThe 2 004 YOUTH SUMMIT on SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT \n\nA two-week\, pro-social ex travaganza with events open and free to young people from around the world during the 12th meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development ( CSD-12)\n \n\nFEATURING\nCAREERS FOR TODAY and TOMORROW: An exploration of the sustainable development job sector featuring organizations and compan ies from government\, civil society (NGO’\;s)\, the private sector\, science\, academia\, and international organizations.\n\nAGENTS OF CHANGE: A special opportunity to join the SustainUS delegation to the UN Commissi on on Sustainable Development. No experience is necessary\, but space is l imited. Contact J\;e\;r\;e\;m\;y\;@\;S\;u \;s\;t\;a\;i\;n\;U\;S\;.\;o\;r\;g\ ;\n for an application and more information. Be an ambassador for the fut ure!\n\nYOUTH IN ACTION: A journal of sustainable development best practic es\, compiled by SustainUS\, featuring…\;YOU. Share how you or someon e you know has made a difference: send submissions to S\;t\;e\; v\;e\;@\;S\;u\;s\;t\;a\;i\;n\;U\;& #83\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n.\n\nRegister here!\n\nTENTATIVE AGENDA\ nSunday\, April 18: SustainUS CSD-12 “\;Agents of Change”\; Dele gation meeting. Time and Location: TBA\n\nMonday\, April 19: CSD-12 conven es. Time 8:00 a.m. Location: UN conference building\n\nTBA: Concert for Pe ace. Location: Dag Hammerskjöld Plaza\, E 57th/1st Ave.\n\nTBA: Premiere o f “\;2 Weeks in Johannesburg\,”\; a full-length documentary on c onference culture at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development\n\nF RIDAY\, April 23 –\; CAREERS FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW.\nLocation: UN Ch urch Center. 777 UN Plaza\, NY\, NY\nTime: 1:00 Panel: What is Sustainabl e Development? What is SustainUS?\nTime: 2:00 Employer Panels and Presenta tions (themes tentative. select 1):\n- Government\, NGO\, Business \, and Int’\;l Organization Approaches to Sustainable Development\n- Intergenerational Perspectives on Sustainable Development\n- Economic\, Environmental\, and Social solutions to 21st Century crises\ n- Technological Improvements or Lifestyle Changes? Complementary or Supplementary Approaches to Sustainable Development\n- Internat ional Perspectives on Sustainable Development\n\nTime: 3:00 Open networkin g\, tabling\, and career fair.\n\n \n\nSaturday and Sunday –\; social and educational activities (field trips\, parties\, speakers\, discussion s etc.) Times\, locations\, details TBA\n\n\nTBA: Press Conference and rel ease of “\;Youth in Action”\; publication.\n\nFriday\, April 30: CSD-12 adjourns\, 6 p.m.\n\nFriday\, April 30: Party. 9 p.m. Location: TB A\n\nEmployers can register for the career fair here. E-mail SustainUS at C\;a\;r\;e\;e\;r\;F\;a\;i\;r\;@\;& #83\;u\;s\;t\;a\;i\;n\;U\;S\;.\;o\; 14\;g\;\n if you have any questions.\n Geographical Scope: Internatio nal DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040430 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040418 GEO:40.624600;-73.989900 LOCATION:New York City\, United Nations (CSD 12)\, New York\, New York\, 11 228\, United States SUMMARY:2004 Youth Summit on Sustainable Development UID:20091107T000529EST-bUV7DUE2KE@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.sustainus.org/youthsummit.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:An international holiday or day of action for workers celebrate d around the world. Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040501 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:May Day 2004 UID:20091107T000529EST-0jMOaf1jJL@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:sac@cesdep.org DESCRIPTION:Meeting for student activist organizers at irc.freenode.net cha nnel #cesdep. Time is EST. See web site\, sac.cesdep.org\, for details.\ n\nThe meeting is the first wednesday of each month. Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20040407T160000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Student Activism Council First Meeting UID:20091107T000529EST-VnJ0rdhjtL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://sac.cesdep.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:pauld@memefest.org DESCRIPTION:Memefest is seeking work from undergraduate or graduate student s of visual arts or design. Your project should communicate a social cause while taking into consideration ideas on collaborative expression and des igner identity. As for subject matter\, the field is wide open. From anti- corporate to pro-justice\, from 'culture jamming' to issue advocacy\, it's all up to you. Go to our website for details Geographical Scope: Intern ational DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040520 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Memefest Visual Arts Competition UID:20091107T000529EST-89HpBEKezF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.memefest.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:pauld@memefest.org DESCRIPTION:Memefest is seeking essays from students of communications or s ociology that confront issues of media and information control. Specifical ly works should respond to the predictions made in the essay 'Cyberwar is Coming'. Details and text can be found on our website. Geographical Scope : International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040520 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Memefest Communications Competition UID:20091107T000529EST-P0h6TXTokf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.memefest.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:928-226-0310 Email:summit@allpeoplespower.org DESCRIPTION:This summer young people from around the world will be gatherin g at the base of the sacred mountain known as the San Francisco Peaks for the ALL PEOPLES POWER SUMMIT: Building Communities of Hope\, Strength\, an d Sustainability. The mountain\, outside the town of Flagstaff\, Arizona\, is one of the most culturally significant places in the world\, being sac red to more than twenty-two different nations in the southwestern United S tates.\n\nFrom July 15-18\, 2004\, we will be holding three days of worksh ops\, trainings\, discussions\, dancing\, hip-hop\, and poetry. We will be discussing and educating each other about the injustices our lands and ou r peoples face. We will be promoting the creative talents and positive sel f-expression of all. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040718 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040715 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:San Francisco Peaks\, Flagstaff\, Arizona\, United States SUMMARY:All Peoples Power Summit UID:20091107T000529EST-OxR9B9k11W@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.allpeoplespower.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:845-657-2884 Email:jennifer@globalyouthconnect.org DESCRIPTION:CAMBODIA: 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS SERVICE AND LEARNING DELEGATION \n \nGlobal Youth Connect proudly announces that it is now recruiting partici pants for our 2nd Human Rights Service and Learning Delegation to Phnom Pe nh\, Cambodia from June 19 to July 24\, 2004 (5 weeks). The 2005 delegati on will integrate a human rights training workshop with substantive servic e projects which will involve volunteering for local NGOs working on press ing human rights and social justice issues including peace and reconciliat ion\, youth development\, HIV/AIDS\, women’s rights\, poverty and economic development\, and education. Participants will also have the opportunity to build collaboration and community with young Cambodian leaders.\n\nGYC is organizing this program in collaboration with our Cambodian partner\, Cambodian Volunteers for Community Development.\n\nWe invite interested yo ung leaders to apply. We are looking for participants who are between the ages of 18-25\, possess U.S. citizenship or residency\, or are studying f ull-time at a U.S. college or university. Most importantly\, applicants s hould wish to expand their knowledge and understanding of human rights and social justice. The deadline to receive applications is December 3\, 200 4.\n\nFor more information on the program details\, costs\, and how to app ly\, please visit our website:\n\nwww.globalyouthconnect.org/countries/cam bodia/2005/delegation.html\n\nBest wishes\,\n \nJennifer Kloes\nProgram Di rector\nGlobal Youth Connect\nP.O. Box 1484\nWoodstock\, NY 12498\nTel: (8 45) 657-2884\nE-mail: jennifer@globalyouthconnect.org\n\nACTING TOGETHER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS\, COMPASSION\, AND RESPONSIBILITY\n Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050724 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050619 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Phnom Penh\, Cambodia SUMMARY:Youth Human Rights Delegation to Cambodia UID:20091107T000529EST-wAwf5PuXZD@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalyouthconnect.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:203-772-4669 Email:info@energyaction.net DESCRIPTION:Update!! Today is Energy Independence Day! 258 groups will Decl are Independence today! Already the largest student clean energy day of ac tion in history!\n\nSet up a table to collect Declaration signatures today and register your action!\n\nhttp://www.energyaction.net/declaration/acti on.php\n\n\nOil prices are skyrocketing. Conflicts are mounting. Mercury i s causing brain damage. Global warming is hitting home. Russia is ready to sign Kyoto\, but the United States is nowhere to be seen. This October ou r generation is ready to stand up and declare a clean energy future!\n \nO n October 19th\, two weeks before the election\, the youth of the United S tates are challenging all candidates for elected office and leaders of our institutions to lay out their plan for a complete transition beyond dirty energy. \n \nSign the Declaration of Independence from Dirty Energy and h elp us reach our goal of 30\,000 youth declaring our freedom on October 19 th\, Energy Independence Day!\n \nhttp://www.energyaction.net/declaration/ declaration.php\n \nWhat else can you do?\n1. Meet with your group and sta rt planning an action for October 19th. If you don’t have a group use this day to launch your campaign!\n2. The Declaration is youth-written but mad e for everybody to sign! Send this message to all of your friends and netw orks with a personal message on top.\n3. Go to www.energyaction.net for a ction ideas\, tools for your action\, and to add your action\, however big or small!\n \nIt’s important to get as many people as you can to sign the Declaration right away so we can call our generation to action with the p ower of our collective voices!\n \nhttp://www.energyaction.net/declaration /declaration.php\n \nTogether we will fuel the clean energy revolution!\n\ n-- Crystal\, Nick\, Kathy\, Billy\, Kim\, Josh\, Kassie\, Arthur\, Lindsa y\nEnergy Action political team\n \nEnergy Action is a powerful new North American coalition of 17 student networks and progressive organizations co mmitted to leveraging our collective power and creating change for a clean \, efficient\, just and renewable energy future. The coalition facilitated 130 youth and student-led actions across the US and Canada on Fossil Fool s Day\, April 1st\, 2004 to prove that young people would no longer be foo led by fossil fuels and dirty energy. On October 19th\, two weeks before t he general election\, thousands of young voters will celebrate the 63rd an niversary of the first wind turbine to go online in the U.S. by staging a national intervention in the United States’ addiction to dirty energy. G eographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041019 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Energy Independence Day! UID:20091107T000529EST-bwLlxl4767@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.energyaction.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:jennifer@globalyouthconnect.org DESCRIPTION:Global Youth Connect invites young leaders (ages 18-25) interes ted in expanding their knowledge and understanding of human rights and soc ial justice to join us for a 2-week study tour to Guatemala.\nThis experie ntial education program will take participants to Guatemala City\, Antigua \, and Quetzaltenango to explore the range of human rights issues that are currently impacting Guatemala's development. We will explore the roots o f the violent conflict which held Guatemala in its grasp for almost four d ecades and learn how this legacy of violence has impacted the country and its people. Participants will meet with leading human rights defenders\, government representatives\, youth and others from local communities to le arn about the political and social challenges faced by Guatemalans. We wi ll also connect with young Guatemalans in Quetzaltenango in an interactive workshop designed to build cross-cultural understanding. Through hands-o n service activities\, participants will also have a chance to work side-b y-side with Guatemalans in finding positive solutions to social and econom ic concerns. We will consider the ways in which we can help raise awarenes s on the issues and provide collaborative support to Guatemalans who are a lready working to create change.\n Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050102 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Guatemala SUMMARY:Guatemala Human Rights Study Tour for Young Leaders (January 2005) UID:20091107T000529EST-oBWNZgfbnV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalyouthconnect.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:rbodanyi@studentsforbhopal.org DESCRIPTION:Dec. 3rd\, 2004\, markes the 20th anniversary of one of the wor ld's worst industrial disasters and corporate crimes\, the Bhopal disaster . Visit the websites listed for more information about 'THAT NIGHT'\, the chemical terror that followed\, and how to join the struggle for justice. Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041203 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Bhopal disaster anniversary/Global Day of Action UID:20091107T000529EST-uHGS4X4jE5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsforbhopal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:1-800-725-0087 Email:catalogs@forestethics.org DESCRIPTION:Join the December 2nd Day of Action to Expose Victoria's Dirty Secret and Protect Endangered Forests\n\nVictoria’s Secret prints 395 mill ion catalogs each year predominately on virgin paper from Endangered Fores ts. On December 2nd grassroots environmental activists can help stop the d evastation caused by these catalogs and challenge Victoria's Secret to sto p using paper coming from the world’s last remaining Endangered Forests an d switch to high post-consumer recycled paper.\n \nOn December 2nd\, we ne ed your help for the National Day of Action against Victoria’s Secret to e xpose their devastating impact on the world's Endangered Forests.\n \nOn D ecember 2nd\, individuals and community groups across the country will be taking action. Events are already being planned in cities coast to coast\, and your local action for our forests is very important to a successful c ampaign. Get out in your community for what you care about and have a lot of fun doing it!\n \nGet involved in the December 2nd National Day of Acti on to expose Victoria’s Dirty Secret of Forest Destruction. \n \nWhat Can You Do? Organize a demonstration at your local store\, create street theat er and performance art that fits the theme\, hold a lingerie party at the store\, educate shoppers with handouts and postcards\, organize a call-in day to the headquarters\, deliver an anti-award or letter signed by your c ommunity to your local store\, leaflet and collect postcard signatures at a busy city center\, organize a call in and many more idea. The opportunit ies for consumer pressure are endless and no local event is too big or too small. Take photos and we can share and support each others actions.\nTog ether we will demand that Victoria's Secret be accountable for the wastefu l deforestation caused by its catalogs and paper use. \n\nTo get involved\ , add your action to the list\, or get Fact Sheets\, Postcards\, or other materials for your event write to catalogs@forestethics.org or call 1-800- 725-0087. \n\nYou can also visit the action center on the website www.vict oriasdirtysecret.net to sign up for the day of action and view photos of r ecent protests. \n\n****************************************************** **************\n\nBackground\n\nTwo years of investigative research has re vealed a direct link between Victoria’s Secret catalogs and the destructio n of Endangered Forests in the Canadian Boreal\, the third largest forest wilderness in the world. Victoria ’s Secret’s paper usage is contributing to the demise of threatened mountain and woodland caribou herds in places like the Alberta foothills. Over twelve times the size of California\, the Canadian Boreal accounts for one quarter of the Earth’s remaining intact forests and is a critical regulator of our global climate. Energy for the campaign is building across the United States and in Canada because it is simply outrageous that catalogs are being made from this global treasure.\ n\nThe Forests of the Southern United States are also endangered by Victor ia’s Secret. The south is home to incredibly diverse natural forests and t he richest temperate freshwater ecosystem in the world\, yet 6 million acr es of the South's forests are logged every year\, primarily to make paper that ends up with companies like Victoria’s Secret. The paper industry is driving the destruction of Southern US forests and the conversion of natur al forests to intensively managed tree farms.\n\nWe are calling on Victori a's Secret to:\n\nEnd purchases from any company that is not identifying a nd halting logging in Endangered Forests in the Canadian Boreal\;\n\nMaxim ize post-consumer recycled fiber in catalogs (achieve 50% post-consumer re cycled in five years)\;\n\nEnsure that all suppliers are shifting to Fores t Stewardship Council certification\;\n\nEnd the use of any forest product s sourced from other endangered forests\, like key areas of the Southern U .S.\n\nWe need your help to send a strong message to Victoria’s Secret to stop causing the destruction of endangered forests. \n\nGo to the www.Vict oriasDirtySecret.net. To send a letter to the CEO of the Limited Brands\, Victoria’s Secret parent company\, click on the take action button.\n\n \n Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041202 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Your Local Mall\, Everywhere SUMMARY:Day of Action to Expose Victoria's Dirty Secret UID:20091107T000529EST-OVT4iuddoO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.victoriasdirtysecret.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:A Call out\,\n\nThe final plenary of the European Peoples' Glob al Action Conference\, which took place in Belgrade\, Post-Yugoslavia from 21st-29th July 2005\, is calling for a Global Day of Action on July 6th 2 005 - the opening day of the 2005 G8 \nSummit to take place at Gleneagles\ , Perthshire\, United Kingdom (Scotland\, around 40 miles/70 km from Edinb urgh).\n\nThey have called for people to join the convergences in Scotland being called for by the Dissent! Network in the UK www.dissent.org.uk) to disrupt \nthe Summit\, and for people to organise and take part in simult aneous actions in villages\, towns and cities around the world.\n\nThe Cal l Out will be published soon on: www.agp.org or www.pgaconference.org \nan d on the Dissent! Network website: www.dissent.org.uk\n\nIf you are in the UK and want to get involved in the Dissent! Network\, go to the Dissent! website and find out how to contact your nearest local group. \nIf there i sn`t one near you\, set on up!\n\nIf you are based outside of the UK\, con tact: infog82005@yahoo.com\n\nSPREAD the word? Geographical Scope: Intern ational DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050708 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20050706T080000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Edinburgh\, United Kingdom SUMMARY:United Kingdom G8/No War Protest UID:20091107T000529EST-eBtP5HAi3c@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.Dissent.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:jet@turnyourbackonbush.org DESCRIPTION:This simple nonviolent action is described on our website. Plea se sign our email list and help organize in your local community. Geograp hical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20050120T070000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:Turn Your Back On Bush UID:20091107T000529EST-xnUdbfHUU4@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.TurnYourBackOnBush.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:bamato@bsu.edu DESCRIPTION:Ball State University's 2005 conference theme is 'Extending Con nections.' Seeking paper\, poster\, and workshop presentations that illust rate the important role colleges and universities play in cultivating the awareness\, understanding\, and/or ability of students\, faculty\, profess ional staff\, and their many public constituencies to enhance the health\, integrity\, and long-term sustainability of the places where they live an d work. Abstracts are due February 11\, 2005\n Geographical Scope: Inter national DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050917 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050915 GEO:40.202300;-85.408200 LOCATION:Ball State University\, Muncie\, Indiana\, 47306\, United States SUMMARY:Greening of the Campus 6 UID:20091107T000529EST-Zr5amtouOa@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.bsu.edu/greening END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:\nRegistration is now open for the first-ever YP4 online course : the History of Student Activism 101! The syllabus and registration infor mation is available in the Student Union.\n\nThe course will cover the his tory of student activism in the U.S. from the early 20th century to the pr esent. We'll cover the student pacifist movement of the 1930s\, student ci vil rights activism of the 1950s and 60s\, and the myriad of movements and issues which mobilized students in the 1970s\, 80s\, 90s and today. We'll discuss student anti-war and anti-apartheid activism as well as students' ongoing efforts to change the structure and direction of colleges and uni versities themselves.\n\nThe course is six weeks and open to 15 participan ts only. Students will complete short readings\, participate in an online discussion forum and online chats\, and participate in a weekly conference call at 4 p.m. on Thursdays. The course will conclude with a short final project. Participants will earn a YP4 Academy certificate. To learn more\, go to academy.youngpeoplefor.org or email Rob Goodspeed at rgoodspeed at pfaw.org.\n Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050321 GEO:38.900700;-77.039900 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20036\, United States SUMMARY:'History of Student Activism' Online Course Begins UID:20091107T000529EST-14DnHVvlCm@69.73.141.125 URL:http://academy.youngpeoplefor.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:919-960-6886 Email:surgenc@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:STUDENTS OF THE CAROLINAS MEET MEXICO\nVisit rural Mexico and s ee first-hand the roots of migration\n \nMarch 11-19th\, 2005\n\n On the d elegation you will have the unique opportunity to:\n\n * Do something that makes an impact during Spring Break!\n\n* Stay with a Mexican family and learn about conditions in the rural sector that cause people to migrate to NC. \n\n* Meet with grassroots organizations and farmers about alternativ e and sustainable models.\n\n* Meet with labor organizers\, scholars\, pro fessionals and activists.\n\n* Learn about how NAFTA and free trade affect s the lives of small farmers and Mexican people in general \n\n* Learn abo ut ongoing struggles against current policies and corporate practices.\n\n * Develop a grassroots organizing strategy to advocate for a more just soc iety at home and abroad.\n\nThis trip is done in conjunction with Witness for Peace/CITCA which have been leading delegations to Latin America for m ore than 20 years. More info on them can be found at www.witnessforpeac e.org\n\nCost: The cost will be $800 plus airfare. Apply by Feb. 1\, 2005 \nFor info\, contact: Dr. Charlie Thompson\, Duke (919)660-3657 or Dennis Markatos-Soriano of SURGE\n(919)960-6886 surgenc@yahoo.com Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050319 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050311 GEO:36.004600;-79.054500 LOCATION:P.O. Box 1188\, Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, 27514\, United Stat es SUMMARY:SURGE/Witness for Peace Delegation to Mexico UID:20091107T000529EST-EM08mvXxOc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.surgenetwork.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:513-281-2672 Email:cincyglobal@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:GLOBAL THREE: RECLAIMING COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT\n APRIL 8 TO 10\, 2005 at THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI\n\nGlobal Three: Recl aiming Community and Environment\, is a conference designed to reclaim the human connections that make communities and our surrounding environment s trong. Through the conference\, people are provided with a space where inf ormation and skills can be shared while simultaneously having fun\, networ king\, and exposing one’s mind to diverse concepts. “Global Three..” appea ls to different interests and walks of life by utilizing a wide variety of methods to disseminate knowledge. These methods\, such as workshops\, di scussions\, speaking panels\, caucuses\, tabling\, actions\, films\, music \, art and much more are the cornerstone of the conference.\n\nTopics: Th e topics of Global Three: Reclaiming Community and Environment are not lim ited to a few words. The usage of the words community and environment are used as a springboard to dive into several issues such as community\, env ironmental\, economic\, social\, and political justice. Workshops providi ng action\, solution\, and empowerment are plenty. Other workshops will s imply focus on Art or Cooking. In the end\, there are workshops for radic als and reformists\, for moms and sons\, elders and kids\, etc. Global Th ree: Reclaiming Community and Environment is a conference for everyone and everybody. Confirm speakers so far are Derrick Jensen. Bands that have been confirmed so far are Requiem\, MC Homeless\, and David Rovics. If y ou are interested in teaching a workshop\, send your proposal to Paul at c incyglobal@yahoo.com\n\nREGISTRATION: THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE! Howev er\, registration is important because the Global Crew knows how much food and housing spaces to provide for conference attendees. To contact Sofia\ , the registrar\, please e-mail her at cincy_global_registration@yahoo.com . You may e-mail her your registration information by simply e-mailing her your name and location (for more info\, please check out the attached she et). If you are sending in a group registration\, list how many people ar e coming and their names (again\, check the attached sheet).\n\nHOUSING: T o reserve free housing for Global\, please e-mail Sofia at cincy_global_re gistration@yahoo.com. In the e-mail\, please note if you are coming in a group (and how many people are in the group who will need a space to stay at). Also\, please indicate in the e-mail if you are allergic to anything \, smoking\, recreational “fun”\, and/or bringing children/pets. Please r eserve housing as soon as you get this information so that you and your ho st can get in contact with each other before the conference. In addition\ , free housing will be available for late registers (day or week) of confe rence. The housing will be first come\, first serve and located at a near by venue or church. More info regarding this can be found at the conferen ce and website. \n\nCHILDCARE: Childcare will be provided in various form s throughout the weekend. For more info\, please contact Sofia at cincy_g lobal_registration@yahoo.com\n\nFOOD: Vegan/Vegetarian Breakfast and Lunch will be provided by the Global Crew on Saturday and Sunday. Keeping with the theme of community\, attendees are encouraged to bring food with them so that we can have a potluck on Saturday and Sunday evenings. It would a lso be great if attendees brought their own reusable plates\, cups\, and u tensils with them. \n\nTRANSPORTATION: There is a transportation board on the Global message board. If you can provide a seat or two or if you need a ride to global\, please make a post on the message board located on the Global webpage in the upper right handed corner. If one needs to be pick up from the Airport\, Amtrak\, or Greyhound stations\, please indicate tha t in the registration e-mail to Sofia at cincy_global_registration@yahoo.c om. Please let us know if you are coming via plane\, train\, or greyhound by e-mail by March 20\, 2005.\n\nTABLING: There is no fee for tabling\, w e just ask that you help out and volunteer with us. If you would like to table\, please e-mail Donald at yoshomon@yahoo.com with group info. \n\nOt her? Check out the website at http://www.geocities.com/cincyglobal or e-ma il Paul at cincyglobal@yahoo.com\n\nThanks\,\n- Global Three Organizing Cr ew Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050410 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20050408T150000 GEO:39.166800;-84.538200 LOCATION:2624 Clifton Avenue\, Cincinnati\, Ohio\, 45221\, United States SUMMARY:Global Three: Reclaiming Community and Environment UID:20091107T000529EST-uXHLkOeK5G@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.geocities.com/cincyglobal END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email:phillyrage@riseup.net DESCRIPTION:Grassroots resistance against the annual international conventi on of the biotechnology convention -- Come to Philadelphia and stay tuned for details! Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050622 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050617 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, United States SUMMARY:Biodevastation/Biodemocracy 2005 UID:20091107T000529EST-brNjO7GdfV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.biodev.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:773/583-7728 Email:msn@mexicosolidarity.org DESCRIPTION:During the past decade\, over 380 young women have been murdere d in a string of unsolved femicides that are largely ignored by the police and local officials. Rather than resolve the crime wave\, officials blame victims for dressing provocatively or for being out too late. Half of the victims are factory workers\, yet US-owned factory managers deny responsi bility for the security of their employees. Left with no political allies\ , women in Juarez organize on their own behalf. This delegation will meet these women and learn about their courageous work. Geographical Scope: I nternational DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050312 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050305 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ciudad Juarez\, Mexico SUMMARY:International Women's day delegation Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua UID:20091107T000529EST-9svmd03e5G@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/future.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:773/583-7728 Email:msn@mexicosolidarity.org DESCRIPTION:During the past decade\, over 380 young women have been murdere d in a string of unsolved femicides that are largely ignored by the police and local officials. Rather than resolve the crime wave\, officials blame victims for dressing provocatively or for being out too late. Half of the victims are factory workers\, yet US-owned factory managers deny responsi bility for the security of their employees. Left with no political allies\ , women in Juarez organize on their own behalf. This delegation will meet these women and learn about their courageous work. Geographical Scope: In ternational DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050319 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050312 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ciudad Juarez\, Mexico SUMMARY:Alternative Spring Break to Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua UID:20091107T000529EST-nzGB4v4Ez8@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/future.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:773/583-7728 Email:msn@mexicosolidarity.org DESCRIPTION:The establishment of regional autonomous governments - Juntas d e Buen Gobierno - last summer marked an important new phase in the develop ment of Zapatismo. The Juntas are in the process of consolidating politica l power throughout large areas of Chiapas as well as building the three fo undations of community development - health care\, education and economic development. Delegates will learn firsthand about the construction of the Juntas and ways that the international community can show solidarity with their development strategies. This help is more urgent than ever as econom ic conditions in the region worsen. The situation is particularly difficul t in Zapatista refugee camps. Earlier this year the International Red Cros s pulled out of Chiapas to move operations to Iraq\, leaving behind 8\,000 internally displaced refugees surrounded by the army and paramilitary for ces without access to food and medical care. Geographical Scope: Interna tional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050327 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050320 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chiapas\, Mexico SUMMARY:Delegation to Chiapas UID:20091107T000529EST-poxr9LSLSx@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/future.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415/621-8100 Email:msn@mexicosolidarity.org DESCRIPTION:This delegation will examine the impacts that globalization has had on women in Mexico and the leadership role that women play in the mov ement for social and economic justice. While the delegation will focus on women's issues\, it is open to women\, men and transgender folks. The goal of the delegation is to provide student activists and professors with an educational base to plug into ongoing fair trade campaigns in the US. The delegation will: learn about the impact of corporate-centered globalizatio n on indigenous and campesino communities in southern Mexico\, with a spec ial focus on women's issues\, meet with women's organizations\, including indigenous fair trade cooperatives\, collective projects and human rights groups\, to better understand how these organizations function in their po litical\, social and economic context\, examine the role that women play i n the movement for social justice and fair trade\, create strategies that strengthen solidarity between people working for social and economic justi ce on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Geographical Scope: Internation al DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050619 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050611 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chiapas\, Mexico SUMMARY:MSN/USFT Delegation to Chiapas\, Mexico UID:20091107T000529EST-Ud9tf7NWEe@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/future.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:773/583-7728 Email:msn@mexicosolidarity.org DESCRIPTION:During the past decade\, over 380 young women have been murdere d in a string of unsolved femicides that are largely ignored by the police and local officials. Rather than resolve the crime wave\, officials blame victims for dressing provocatively or for being out too late. Half of the victims are factory workers\, yet US-owned factory managers deny responsi bility for the security of their employees. Left with no political allies\ , women in Juarez organize on their own behalf. This delegation will meet these women and learn about their courageous work. Geographical Scope: In ternational DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050807 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050730 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ciudad Juarez\, Mexico SUMMARY:Delegation to Juarez UID:20091107T000529EST-drOxvUvNWu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/future.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@m4p.org DESCRIPTION:The Music for Peace Project is a global effort to fill the worl d with music as a call for peace. By coordinating a vast number of concert s worldwide between April 8-10\, 2005\, The Music for Peace Project will b ring popular and media attention to international peace efforts while buil ding a global community of active\, socially conscious artists. Dedicated to cultivating peace as both a means and an end\, The Music for Peace Proj ect creates a global celebration of peace and provides a voice for the vib rant community that believes in peaceful solutions for the future. \n\nLas t February\, the Musicians' Alliance for Peace sponsored 73 concerts in 13 countries in 50 hours during the first annual Music for Peace Project. T his international\, non-partisan call for peace included music from all ov er the world\, shared with audiences as diverse as the music itself. \n\nT o help us reach our goal this year of 500 concerts spanning every continen t in three days\, we are asking musicians worldwide to perform in the name of peace between April 8-10\, 2005\, or to dedicate a pre-existing concer t to the project. All you have to do is fill out a simple 30-second online form: any musician can participate. \n\nJoin here:\nwww.m4p.org \n\nMusic has the power to inspire compassion and foster understanding between cult ures while deepening the bonds that form our communities. Please consider joining this effort and help create a global community of musicians that c annot be ignored. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050410 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050408 GEO:40.922300;-72.637100 LOCATION:3305 Staller Center\, Stony Brook University\, Stony Brook\, New Y ork\, 11794\, United States SUMMARY:The Music for Peace Project UID:20091107T000529EST-9kaHaiMiXh@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.m4p.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:203-887-7225 Email:info@energyaction.net DESCRIPTION:An International Day of Action to highlight the benefits of a c lean energy revolution. Over 200 campus and community groups have already signed on. Check out www.energyaction.net for more information. Geograp hical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050402 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050401 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Fossil Fools Day UID:20091107T000529EST-5oMDXCSDuS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.energyaction.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:usnpc2005@riseup.net DESCRIPTION:What is the Festival? \n\nEvery few years\, tens of thousands o f young people from nearly every country in the world gather together unde r a banner of peace\, friendship and international solidarity at the World Festival of Youth and Students. \nAt the Festivals\, youth participate in forums and discussions on every issue facing our generation. The Festival is a space to exchange ideas and share experiences of the struggles again st war\, racism\, sexism\, privatization\, corporate globalization\, attac ks on workers’ right to organize\, and the destruction of our environment. We will assert our right to education and employment\, racial\, gender an d economic equality\, land reform\, and the independence and self-determin ation of nations. \nAs a space for dialogue and understanding\, the Festiv al reflects the diversity and richness of the international youth and stud ent movement and its demands. \n\n\nHistory of the Festival Movement \n\nT he festival movement grew out of the ashes of the Second World War\, when thousands of youth and students assembled in Prague\, Czechoslovakia in 19 48 to proclaim that the youth would never again allow the horrors of fasci sm to terrorize the world. Since then\, the festival has blossomed into an ongoing forum for progressive youth from all over the world. \n\n\n16th F estival in Caracas\, Venezuela \n\nEach festival offers an opportunity to learn about the history and particular struggles of the host country and r egion. This summer in Caracas we will have the chance to learn about the a chievements and victories of the Venezuelan people\, who have stood up to US economic and political attacks and intervention to fight for their soci al and economic rights. We will have a chance to express our solidarity wi th the Venezuelan youth and people in their struggle for self determinatio n. \n\nTravel to Venezuela and meet young people from around the world! \n \nDelegates will participate in: \n\nExchanges Between Delegations \n\nArt Exhibitions \n\nWorkshops \n\nPanel Discussions \n\nIntramural Sports Act ivities \n\nCultural Events and Performances \n\nParties \n\nand much more ... \n\nThe body organizing the US delegation to the Festival is called th e US National Preparatory Committee (USNPC). The USNPC is composed of doze ns of progressive youth and student organizations from around the country. The USNPC wishes to bring a broad\, diverse delegation to the festival to reflect the richness of cultures and experiences that exist among our you th. We invite young workers\, artists\, religious youth\, athletes\, music ians\, activists\, and students (high school and college age) to be part o f our delegation. We particularly encourage young People of Color\, LGBTQ youth\, working class youth and women to participate. \n\nEstimated costs for food\, accomodations\, and airfare are still yet to be determined. For updates and news about the festival email: \nfestival_updates-subscribe@l ists.riseup.net \n Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050815 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050807 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Caracas\, Venezuela SUMMARY:16th World Festival of Youth and Students UID:20091107T000529EST-DHUXutBKlN@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usnpc.net/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:718-290-9280 Email:medard@bigpicturesmallworld.com DESCRIPTION:The Design Science Lab will develop strategies for acheiving th e UN Millennium Development Goals. Participants will learn a methodology t hat will be used to develop strategies for reducing poverty\, hunger and o ther unmet human needs in environmentally sustainable ways. Results of the Lab will be disseminated throughout the world. Geographical Scope: Inter national DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050701 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050624 GEO:40.739000;-73.983500 LOCATION:United Nations\, New York\, New York\, 10010\, United States SUMMARY:Design Science Lab UID:20091107T000529EST-8VXMUmag2b@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.bfi.org/summerlab END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:607-857-0128 Email:orangefridayithaca@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:*Post Far and Wide*\nNational Day of Action to End the Occupati on of Iraq and Afghanistan and the “War on Terror”\n\nFriday\, September 3 0\nORANGE FRIDAY\nCall for Actions in Communities Across the Country\n\nTw enty-four hours to learn\, to mourn\, to organize\, to resist\n\nORANGE FR IDAY is a day of learning\, a day of reflection\, a day of resistance. Fo r twenty-four hours we skip class\, we skip work\, we leave our cars at ho me\, we buy nothing\, we fast. For one day we set our lives aside to exam ine and understand this occupation\; professors hand over their podiums to discussion about peace and justice\; teach-ins spring up across our commu nities\; businesses close their doors\; our cities shut down. \n\n\nWhy O RANGE?\nThe media and the government are pretending that there is no war. Every day we wake up without thinking about the occupation is a day we ig nore hundreds of deaths\, thousands of captives\, and millions of lives tu rned upside down. To date\, no unifying symbol calling for the end to thi s occupation has been cultivated. ORANGE is what our peace movement needs to be: bright\, bold\, and impossible to ignore. \n\nCall to Action\nCiti zens around the world are called to action on September 30\, 2005. \n• Co ordinate teach-ins and events in your hometown and organize resist busines s as usual. \n• Do not go to work or class\, do not drive a car\, buy not hing. \n• To plug into actions happening in communities across the countr y\, e-mail us \n• Sign the online pledge of resistance http://www.petition online.com/OFS30/petition.html\n• Check out the website www.studentpeacepr oject.net. \n Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050930 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Orange Friday - Day of Action to End the Occupations of Iraq and Af ganistan UID:20091107T000529EST-S5ZlvuBJiL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentpeaceproject.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:questions@darfurfast.org DESCRIPTION:Darfur Fast: for international solidarity with the people of Da rfur. Fast from a meal or luxury for the day and donate the money saved t o relief efforts in Sudan and Eastern Chad Geographical Scope: Internatio nal DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051006 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Darfur Fast UID:20091107T000529EST-g1uTCSCKOr@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.darfurfast.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:608-257-1606 Email:education@libertytreefdr.org DESCRIPTION:Register now for the DEMOCRATIZING EDUCATION CONVENTION\n\nWho: Undergrads\, Grads\, Faculty\, Staff\, and Community\n\nWhat: Plan nation ally coordinated actions in defense of higher education. Develop proposals for unity and a possible union of grads\, undergrads\, faculty\, staff an d community members. Learn and teach about organizing strategies and tacti cs\, higher education problems and solutions\, and the work of other membe rs of the campus community.\n\nWhy: Skyrocketing tuition. Massive cuts in public spending on education. Corporatization of research and services. Re newed attacks on academic freedom. Union-busting and sweatshop working con ditions. Elimination of affirmative action\, ethnic studies\, and liberal arts programs. U.S. Students dying overseas for an education. Higher educa tion is in crisis!\n\nWhere: University of Wisconsin at Madison\n\nWhen: O ctober 21-23\, 2005 Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051023 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20051021T090000 GEO:43.077800;-89.413300 LOCATION:UW-Madison\, Madison\, Wisconsin\, 53706\, United States SUMMARY:Democratizing Education Convention UID:20091107T000529EST-jRZxNCfuHW@69.73.141.125 URL:http://libertytreefdr.org/democratizingEducationConvention.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:212-868-5545 Email:david@unitedforpeace.org DESCRIPTION:Call for an end to Bush's outrageous war in Iraq!\n\nSaturday\, September 24\nMassive March\, Rally & Anti-war Fair\nGather 11:00AM at th e Washington Monument\n\nSun.\, Sept. 25 - Interfaith Service\, Grassroots Training\nMon.\, Sept. 26 - Grassroots Lobby Day and Mass Nonviolent Dire ct Action and Civil Disobedience\n\nContact david@unitedforpeace.org for h elp mobilizing your campus! We can provide leaflets\, merchandise and tran sportation (bus or airplane)\, just for Saturday or for the whole weekend. Feel free to email with any questions.\n\nEven if you can't attend\, you can help by emailing campus Listservs\, distributing flyers\, getting a st ory in your campus or local newspaper\, and making a public service announ cement on your campus radio or TV station.\n\nPhone: 212-868-5545 Geograp hical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050926 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20050924T110000 GEO:38.911900;-77.016700 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20001\, United States SUMMARY:End the War on Iraq! - Fall 2005 Mobilization UID:20091107T000529EST-T6pAdOuate@69.73.141.125 URL:http://unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=91 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:888-ASK-FARM Email:info@farmusa.org DESCRIPTION:WORLD FARM ANIMALS DAY\, on October 2nd\, is the one day a year when \ncaring people are conscience-bound to mourn and memorialize the \n pointless suffering and death of 50 billion cows\, pigs\, turkeys\, \nchic kens\, and other innocent\, sentient animals in the world's factory \nfarm s and slaughterhouses. The occasion is observed with events in \nall 50 st ates and two dozen other countries. The date marks the \nbirthday of Mahat ma Gandhi\, a foremost advocate of humane farming. \n\nLocal activists are encouraged to host events in their communities\, \nsuch as silent vigils\ , tablings\, and demos. Please contact FARM for \nmore information\, reso urces\, and materials.\n Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051002 GEO:38.989600;-77.153800 LOCATION:10101 Ashburton Lane\, Bethesda\, Maryland\, 20817\, United States SUMMARY:World Farm Animals Day UID:20091107T000529EST-6aG6urx5WO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.wfad.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:peaceday@asck.org DESCRIPTION:The first Korea Peace Day was held in 2003 at over 40 colleges and institutions throughout the United States. Korea Peace Day 2005 is si milarly dedicated to preventing the use of military force on the Korean pe ninsula and seeking diplomatic solutions to the current crisis. Events wi ll include workshops\, teach-ins\, cultural events\, and more. Each campus decides the format and focus of its events. To organize an event on your campus\, contact Ted Hughes at peaceday@asck.org. Sponsored by the Allian ce of Scholars Concerned about Korea. For more information\, visit www.as ck.org Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051110 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Korea Peace Day 2005 UID:20091107T000529EST-jEJfoBdbx3@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.asck.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:1-800-497-1994 Email:itstimetoriseup@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Day of Intervention : November 12\, 2005\nTell Ford to Get Seri ous About Breaking North America 's Addiction to Oil\n\nJoin us on Saturda y November 12 and Intervene at Your Local Ford Dealer! Sign up Now at www. jumpstartford.com. \n\n'Mr. Ford\, you and your company have a huge stake in keeping this war going and in keeping the oil flowing…To what lengths w ill companies like yours go to increase your bottom line? Mr. Ford\, are y ou willing to have the blood of more fine young Americans on your hands?'\ n\n— Cindy Sheehan\, in a letter to CEO Bill Ford Jr.\,\n\nTHE STAKES COUL DN'T BE HIGHER\n\nWith record gas prices\, the devastation of Hurricane Ka trina\, the Arctic melting faster than ever before\, even more deaths in I raq and the planet on the edge of climatic collapse we can't afford to wai t any longer to declare our independence from oil. It's time that we let F ord\, the worst polluter in the automobile industry\, know they must stop driving this chaos and destruction.\n\nSign up Now at www.jumpstartford.co m\n\n\nWhy Ford?\nOur dependence on oil endangers our environment\, our he alth\, our economy\, and fuels human rights abuses around the world. Autom obiles are the single largest consumer of oil in the North America\; if we want kick the oil habit\, demanding sustainable\, petroleum-free transpor tation is a good place to start. Among automakers\, Ford is the worst acto r. Ford has the worst fleetwide fuel efficiency and the highest average ve hicle greenhouse gas emissions of major U.S. automakers.\n \nThis year we are happy to be able to provide grassroots activists with even more traini ngs and resources than ever before. It couldn't be easier or more importan t for you to adopt a dealer today.\n\nAbout the Day of Action:\nWe are pla nning to have over 100 actions taking place in Canada\, U.S. UK and others . The day will highlight the connections to human rights\, alternative sol utions\, climate change\, air pollution and addressing Ford's poor fuel ra ting. Different groups will participate in street theater\, press confere nces\, adopt-a-ford dealer\, having conversation etc on the impacts of oil to our ecosystem and future. This day of action will also connect with t he tenth anniversary of the assissination of Ken Saro Wiwa\, a Nigerian ac tivist who was murdered by Shell Corp. So there is a lot opportunities to collaborate and to build further awareness on the ecological u-turn from o il dependence. For more info\, contact cleancars@globalexchange.org or 1- 800-497-1994.\n\nTwo of the things you can do to participate is to adopt-a -dealership and organize a demo or if you are a campus activist you can wo rk on passing a green fleets resolution. To adopt a dealer download a pack age at Jumpstart Ford: Adopt a Dealer or if you want more info on the gree n fleets program you can go to Jumpstart Ford: Green Fleets.\n\nIf you are planning to participate in the day of action contact Mike Hudema at itsti metoriseup@gmail.com or 1-800-497-1994. Sign up so that we (Ruckus Society \, Rainforest Action Network and Global Exchange) can support you. We can send you banners and flyers\, as well as help you brainstorm potential act ions.\n\nIn solidarity\,\n\nMike Hudema\nJumpstart Ford Organizer\nGlobal Exchange Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051112 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:All\, United States SUMMARY:Ford Day of Intervention - Nov. 12 - Declare Your Independence From Oil UID:20091107T000529EST-kBeulgkCSE@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.jumpstartford.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:usa@kleercut.net DESCRIPTION:Friends\,\n\nKleenex sells 180 billion sheets of tissue paper e ach year and NOT ONE of them has any recycled content. They can make a ti ssue that stops the spread of the flu but they can't make them out of some thing besides 10\,000 year old forests? Kleenex even goes as far as to bo ast on their website that their tissues are made from 100% virgin fiber. Kleenex and parent corporation Kimberly-Clark are felling ancient forests to flush them down the toilet. Phooey!\n\nMore than 90\,000 folks have sen t messages to tell Kimberly-Clark and Kleenex to change their ways. We kno w that Kimberly Clark is wiping out ancient forests for disposable tissues \, but we need your help to spread the word and STOP the destruction.\n\n* *\n\nJoin Greenpeace and other groups for an International Day of Action o n November 3rd. Visit the day of action events center at http://www.kleer cut.net/nov3events to find and RSVP for an event in your area\, or list yo ur own event! \n\n**\n\nIf you can commit to flyering for an hour at your local grocery store\, list it so others can join you. Every flyer\, post er\, phone call and petition signature turns up the heat on these tissue t yrants. We’ve put together a downloadable day of action kit with everythi ng you’ll need\, including event how-to’s\, flyers\, posters\, and petitio ns. \n\nOn November 3rd\, tell your neighbors\, your friends\, your family \, and your local grocery store shoppers that buying Kleenex is blowing aw ay one of the oldest and rarest forests on Earth.\n\nFeel free to email us a@kleercut.net if you have any questions or need advice. And be sure to c heck out http://www.kleercut.net for more info. \n\n\nSee you in the stre ets!\n\n\nPS…If you haven’t already\, don’t forget to visit our action cen ter to send a message to Kimberly-Clark! \n\n\n Geographical Scope: Inte rnational DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051103 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Your Town\, United States SUMMARY:Day of Action - Don’t let them flush our forests down the toilet! UID:20091107T000529EST-tGuxftttTx@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.kleercut.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:800/299-8889 Email:globaled@augsburg.edu DESCRIPTION:Explore socioeconomic\, environmental\, cultural\, social\, and political issues with a focus on gender in Mexico with travel to Guatemal a and Chiapas. Academic credit in 4 courses. Geographical Scope: Interna tional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060520 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060127 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Cuernavaca\, Mexico SUMMARY:Social and Environmental Justice in Latin America UID:20091107T000529EST-WCkzCXIiC2@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.centerforglobaleducation.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:401-829-6192 Email:rbodanyi@studentsforbhopal.org DESCRIPTION:Dow: Poison Without End \n \nThere are few deeds so dark as slo wly poisoning a person to death.\n \nThe Bhopal disaster\, Carbide's chemi cal waste\, and Dow's refusal to clean up continues to poison tens of thou sands and kill another person each day. Dow (and your college\, if its ass ociated with Dow) should be reminded of the names\, faces and stories of t hose its killing. \n\nDeliver oversize posters to Dow Board members\, Dow facilities\, and (if they’re associated with Dow) your college administrat ors that tell the story of a Bhopal survivor. Set these up on the campus g reen or in a central area and talk to people about what you’re doing the a fternoon of or before the delivery.\n\nFor poster drafts and more informat ion\, see www.studentsforbhopal.org Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051203 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051202 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Bhopal Anniversary Actions UID:20091107T000529EST-18rtUV5uxT@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsforbhopal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:646-920-8482 Email:zeeshan.suhail@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Students and young professionals wishing to make a difference i n the world are invited to apply for the Young Leaders Summit on the Futur e of Western-Muslim World Relations\, which is taking place on July 8th at the CUNY Graduate Center in downtown New York City. The summit will bring together young global leaders from across the world for a day of workshop s\, speakers\, and discussions on how young people can take positive actio n to improve Western-Muslim World relations. Students will hear from top e xperts and then have the chance to weigh in with their own view on the fut ure of this critical global relationship. Confirmed speakers for the summi t include:\n\n• Shamil Idriss\, Deputy Director\, United Nations Office of the Alliance of Civilizations\n• Andrea Bartoli\, Director\, Center f or International Conflict Resolution\, Columbia University\n• Sarah Leah Whitson\, Executive Director\, Middle East and North Africa Division\, Hu man Rights Watch\n• Joe Lauria\, U.N. correspondent for the Boston Globe and investigative reporter for the Sunday Times of London\n• Rev. Raewy nne J. Whiteley\, Author of 'Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catal og'\n• Laura Bagnetto\, Correspondent\, Saudi Press Agency\n• Masood H aider\, President of the U.N. Correspondents Association and U.N. Correspo ndent for the Daily DAWN\n• Abdelkader Abbadi\, UN Correspondent for The Independent in New York\, former Director of the Department of Political Affairs at the U.N. and former Deputy-Director of Security Council Affairs at the U.N.\n\nAt the Summit\, students will learn strategies for talking about global issues with Americans and techniques for organizing town hal l meetings in their communities as part of a national series on Western-Mu slim world relations called Hope not Hate. Students will also have the opp ortunity to meet and exchange ideas with a diverse group of young leaders\ , equipping them with the knowledge\, support and structure to implement t hese ideas in their neck of the woods. Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20060708T110000 GEO:40.745500;-73.978400 LOCATION:CUNY Graduate Center\, 365 Fifth Avenue\, New York\, New York\, 10 016\, United States SUMMARY:Young Global Leaders Summit: The Future of Western-Muslim World Rel ations UID:20091107T000529EST-2evGUxs1Sp@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.aidemocracy.org/usislam.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060129 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060124 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Caracas\, Venezuela SUMMARY:World Social Forum 2006 - Venezuela UID:20091107T000529EST-D6p09L65lf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.forosocialmundial.org.ve/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:surgenc@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:If we have enough interest\, we are excited to be a partner for a delegation to Venezuela March 11-19th\, 2006. It is a great chance to s ee US-Venezuela relations first-hand as we learn the real story and can sh are it with our communities. \nSURGE has partnered with Witness for Peace/ CITCA for delegations to Mexico each of the last two Spring Breaks and loo k forward to the opportunity this time around. Geographical Scope: Intern ational DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060319 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060311 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Potential Delegation to Venezuela UID:20091107T000529EST-oZswSjwsN5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.witnessforpeace.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:541-346-3828 Email:l-a-w@law.uoregon.edu DESCRIPTION:The Public Interest Environmental Law Conference is the premier annual gathering for environmentalists worldwide\, and is distinguished a s the oldest and largest of its kind. Now in its 24th year\, the Conferenc e unites more than 4\,000 activists\, attorneys\, students\, scientists\, and concerned citizens from over 50 countries around the globe to share th eir experience and expertise. The Conference is organized solely by the vo lunteers of Land Air Water\, a student environmental law society\, and is sponsored by Friends of Land Air Water\, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organizati on.\n\nThe four-day Conference includes over 125 panels\, workshops\, and multi-media presentations addressing the entire spectrum of environmental law and advocacy. Topics include: forest protection and ecological restora tion\, grazing and mining reform\, labor and human rights\, air and water pollution\, Native American treaty rights\, globalization and 'free' trade \, environmental justice\, corporate responsibility\, marine wilderness\, international environmental law\, water rights and dam removal\, oil and g as litigation\, genetic engineering\, and urban growth.\n\nEach day of the Conference culminates with keynote presentations from preeminent activist s\, scientists\, politicians\, philosophers\, and authors. Past keynote sp eakers include Ralph Nader\, David Brower\, Terry Tempest Williams\, Ward Churchill\, Vandana Shiva\, Paul Watson\, Winona LaDuke\, Gerry Spence\, R amona Africa\, Paul Hawken\, and several recipients of the international G oldman Environmental Prize. To view brochures from recent conferences\, pl ease visit our history page.\n\nThe Conference has become an event full of energy\, innovation\, and inspiration for all of us involved in the envir onmental movement. Whether you are a seasoned Conference attendee or a fir st-time participant\, we look forward to seeing you in March for what is s haping up to be the best Conference ever! Geographical Scope: Internation al DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060305 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20060302T120000 GEO:44.032400;-123.096000 LOCATION:1221 University Of Oregon\, School Of Law\, Eugene\, Oregon\, 9740 3\, United States SUMMARY:Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) UID:20091107T000529EST-W3mH28ERuA@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.pielc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:977 1 4700210 Email:info@infonepal.org DESCRIPTION:INFO is made up of a group of volunteers working for the well b eing of the Nepali community. We are looking for volunteers/students from your School/university/organization who can come to Nepal and help our peo ple by teaching English\, Awareness about Sanitation and the Environment\, Cultural Exchange\, and staffing orphanages\, as well as many other socia l aspects. While INFO has only been operating for five years\, we have alr eady had over 375 volunteers\, and our staff has had much experience in vo lunteering\, including the US Peace Corp\, UK SPW\, GVN and other organiza tions.\nIn July 15th we are going to run a Workcamp for 3 weeks and one we ek of Sightseen.\nPlease apply through our webpage www.infonepal.org Geo graphical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060815 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20060715T110000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Paknajol\, Kathmandu\, BA\, 19531\, Nepal SUMMARY:Volunteer workcamp July 2006 Nepal UID:20091107T000529EST-uj5r1csxmE@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.infonepal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:310-663-2392 Email:matthew@33third.com DESCRIPTION:Proletarian poets from all over the country will converge on do wntown Greensboro\, NC for the Red Bull Word Clash (RBWC)\, February 11\, 2006\, at the Carolina Theatre\, 310 South Greene Street. Poet welcome and registration begins at 5 pm\; the Clash begins at 8 pm.\n\nNow in its fou rth year\, the RBWC pits twenty of the nation’s rawest politically charged poets against each other in head-to-head battle for the $500 cash prize a nd the honor of winning the esteemed competition. \n\nFor a list of compet ing poets and where they are from\, visit http://tinyurl.com/awl4o.\n\nHos t and producer of the RBWC is NC agit-poet Monte Smith (www.33Third.com/mo nte)\, author of Don't Shoot the Hostages: Poetry and Social Commentary fo r the New World Survivalist\, Volume 2. Smith’s poetry has garnered praise from Amiri Baraka and Mumia Abu Jamal\, won standing ovations in venues l ike NYC’s Nuyorican Poets Café\, and is currently featured at www.softskul l.com as a showcase piece from the forthcoming Bandana Republic: An Anthol ogy of Poetry and Prose by Gang Members and Affiliates (Softskull Press\, July 2006). \n\nA noted speaker and workshop coordinator\, Smith’s empower ing and informative public tirades against police corruption\, poverty\, g lobalization and “the prison industrial complex” have turned him into a so ught after interviewee for television\, print and radio media who report o n the Hip Hop generation\, poetry\, social issues\, race relations and pol itics. \n\nis last interview on Greensboro’s 102 JAMZ Sunday Morning Show was the highest rated in the show’s history\, a real feat for a poet consi dering the station plays only “commercial” Hip Hop and R&B.\n\nSmith and M atthew Stibbe\, co-producer of the Word Clash and co-owner of the record r etailer 33third.com\, started the Word Clash four years ago to offer an an nual stage to those they felt were often shunned at conventional poetry ve nues for being “too threatening to the status quo”. Since its inception th e Word Clash has met with resounding public support\, quickly becoming a y early gathering not only for poets and poetry enthusiasts\, but also for a ctivists and community organizers. \n\nThis year\, as in previous years\, attendance is expected to be upwards of 1000 people.\n\nThe Red Bull Word Clash is free to the general public with beats and breaks provided by the legendary DJ Soundmachine (BDP/B-Boy Records) during intermissions. Honora ry returning judge for the RBWC is Def Poetry Jam co-creator Bruce George (www.brucegeorgemedia.com). \n\nAll media are welcome. This event is parti cularly suited for live news coverage\, live radio broadcasts and print fe atures.\n\nFor more information\, all press inquiries\, and for booking Mo nte Smith contact Matthew Stibbe at or matthew@33third.com. To hear Monte Smith’s podcast In the Raw with Monte Smith visit http://blog.badpoetryin motion.com. Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20060211T200000 GEO:36.055300;-79.831700 LOCATION:Carolina Theatre\, 310 South Greene Street\, Greensboro\, North Ca rolina\, 27401\, United States SUMMARY:Red Bull Word Clash Street Poetry Battle UID:20091107T000529EST-2B4ADWEdpN@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.redbullwordclash.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:512-302-6715 Email:info@deathpenaltyartshow.org DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Texas Moratorium Network\nDEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS : MARCH 20\, 2006\n\nThis is an international\, all-media\, juried art exh ibition on view May 6 through May 22\, 2006 at Gallery Lombardi in Austin\ , Texas and online for at least one year at www.deathpenaltyartshow.org. A rtwork must address the issue of the death penalty. Purpose of the juried art show is to foster the creation of new artwork on the death penalty\, t o celebrate artwork that may already have been created and to encourage an d enhance civic engagement and dialogue about the death penalty. We welco me submissions from artists who engage the issue from any and all viewpoin ts.\n\nJURORS are Annette Carlozzi\, Curator of American and Contemporary Art at the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Aus tin\; Lora Reynolds\, owner of Lora Reynolds Gallery in Austin. Lora Reyno lds Gallery presents contemporary art in all mediums by established and em erging\, national and international artists\; and Malaquias Montoya\, an a rtist and professor of art at the University of California\, Davis. \n\nFo r an easy online entry form please visit the website or contact the organi zers by email. Work in all media is eligible. \n\nPrizes totaling $1\,300 including $500 for Best in Show. Second Place - $250\; Third Place - $175\ ; Youth Award - $175\; (2) Merit Awards - $50 each. Viewers' Choice Award - $100 (Viewers' Choice Award will be chosen by people who attend opening night of the exhibition at Gallery Lombardi on May 6). To be eligible for the Youth Award\, artists must be 19 or younger.\n\nTwo-dimensional work m ust be suitable for installation\, ready to hang and must not exceed 84” i n any dimension. Sculpture should not exceed 84” including base\, and must be light enough for two people to handle. Videos/DVDs must be no longer t han 15 minutes. Fees: Up to 3 slides/JPGs/photographs/videos = $15/artist. Additional slides/JPGs/photographs/videos = $5 each. \n\nFor more informa tion\, contact: Scott Cobb at 512-302-6715 or Email: info@deathpenaltyarts how.org.\nWebsite:http://www.deathpenaltyartshow.org\nProspectus:http://ww w.deathpenaltyartshow.org/prospectus.html\n Geographical Scope: Internati onal DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060522 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060506 GEO:30.290100;-97.766300 LOCATION:910 West Third Street\, Austin\, Texas\, 78703\, United States SUMMARY:Justice for All: Artists Reflect on the Death Penalty UID:20091107T000529EST-zISTDAaCNp@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.deathpenaltyartshow.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:415-255-7296 x 229 Email:info@womensaynotowar.org DESCRIPTION:Just picture groups of women around the world rallying against the war at US embassies and other symbolic places-all on the same day! It would be hard for US leaders to ignore. It would be hard for the media to ignore. And it would fire us up as women to know that our actions were bei ng replicated by our sisters all over the globe. So what are we waiting fo r? Let's make March 8\, International Women's Day\, a time for flexing our collective muscle as women. Let's revive the dream of the women who came before us and carved out March 8 as a day for us to be a visible\, vocal a nd vibrant force for peace and justice! \n\nPlease join an already planne d action or create one or your own. See our website for further informatio n. For a list of organizing ideas specifically for students\, please visi t http://www.womensaynotowar.org/article.php?id=694. \n\nPlease join wome n all over the world - take action on March 8th and demand peace! Geograp hical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060308 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Women Say No To War - Int'l Women's Day UID:20091107T000529EST-BDOwpaHdbC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.womensaynotowar.org/article.php?id=728 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:1-800-725-0087 Email:catalogs@forestethics.org DESCRIPTION: Approximately 395 million catalogs are mailed by Victoria's Se cret each year--that's more than one million a day! Most of these catalogs end up in the trash or at best in the recycling bin--often without even b eing looked at. Paper for these catalogs is destroying Endangered Forests like the great northern Boreal Forest of Canada. \n\n Canada’s Boreal Fore st is an area over 12 times the size of California\, representing 25 perce nt of the world’s remaining intact forest. This globally significant fores t is one of the largest carbon sinks in the world\, making it vital to reg ulating our changing climate. Its lakes\, rivers and streams are also the largest freshwater system on Earth. For more information\, go to the Fores tEthics Boreal page .\n\n Despite its global importance\, over two acres of the Boreal are being logged every minute\, mostly through clearcutting. The tragic part is that the Boreal is being clearcut to make disposable i tems like catalogs for companies like Victoria’s Secret\, which gets at le ast 25% of the paper for its catalogs from the Boreal Forest. Other materi als for Victoria’s Secret products comes from other Endangered Forests--li ke their paper bags\, which are made from paper coming out of the Southeas t United States. \n\n Because of its immense buying power\, Victoria's Sec ret is in a position to help change the catalog industry toward sustainabl e paper purchasing. Unfortunately\, the company has refused to make such c ommitments to protect our Endangered Forests. So we’re calling for an Inte rnational Day Of Action on April 11th and we need your help. \n\n To get i nvolved\, add your action to the list\, and get fact sheets\, postcards\, or other materials for your event\, go to www.victoriasdirtysecret.net/day ofaction \n\n JOIN US ON APRIL 11th to protect Endangered Forests from Vi ctoria’s Secret’s destructive practices. Geographical Scope: Internation al DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060411 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:International Day of Action against Victoria's Secret UID:20091107T000529EST-TvzBTfB4wO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.victoriasdirtysecret.net/article.php?list=type&type=4 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:610-566-0156 Email:info@designsciencelab.org DESCRIPTION:The Design Science Lab offers a unique opportunity to develop s olutions to global and local problems. It features hands-on training exper ience in complex problem solving employing an approach pioneered by Buckmi nster Fuller and others called comprehensive anticipatory design science. \n\nUsing the United Nations Millennium Development Goals as a framework f or exploring key interrelated global crises\, the 10-day lab involves part icipants in the development of real-world solutions to the major challenge s facing the planet. Using present day technology and known resources part icipants develop affordable solutions to local\, regional and global probl ems. Working in teams\, participants acquire a shared language and set of perceptual tools for complex-problem solving\, enabling them to return to their communities equipped to take on their regions' most pressing concern s.\n\nAt its core\, the Design Science Lab recognizes the profound contrib ution 'ordinary' citizens can make toward solving our most pressing local\ , regional and global problems. Through direct experience\, participants c ome to understand that individual initiative can and indeed must make a di fference in creating a better world.\n\nA public presentation by Lab parti cipants of their design strategies is made to the United Nations and the l ocal community on the final day of the program.\n\nParticipants who thrive in intense\, collaborative environments are encouraged to apply. Geograp hical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060630 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060621 GEO:40.740900;-73.999800 LOCATION:United Nations\, New York\, New York\, 10011\, United States SUMMARY:Design Science Lab 2006 UID:20091107T000529EST-Lxu8Bf4uG0@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.designsciencelab.org/index.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:liz@energyaction.net DESCRIPTION:Join thousands of youth around North America and take action to break our oil addiction! Register your action\, find an action near you t o join\, search for actions around North America\, and find action ideas h ere. After you register\, we'll send you resources for your action includi ng: media guides\, draft press advisories and releases AND we'll send you information on trainings we're scheduling in the next few weeks on media. \nBelow are a few suggestions of actions for Fossil Fools Day\, but feel f ree to be as creative as you wish.\n Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060401 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Fossil Fools's Day 2006 UID:20091107T000529EST-uiBOA3VTWx@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.energyaction.net/main/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_u ser_op=view_page&PAGE_id=29 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:281-250-0566 Email:sgc_org@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:The Southern Girls Convention is an annual grassroots meeting d evoted to networking\, organizing\, educating\, and agitating\, to empower women and girls in the South. Open to everyone regardless of gender\, age \, or geographic location\, the 8th annual conference will be held this ye ar in Houston\, Texas from June 23-25\, 2006 and will feature workshops\, an arts and crafts fair\, film screenings\, discussions\, and free childca re\, housing\, and vegan food! Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060625 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060623 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Houston\, Texas\, United States SUMMARY:Southern Girls Convention 2006 UID:20091107T000529EST-Cm7mGZD5Gb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.southerngirlsconvention.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email:reclaimthecommons@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:The Biotech Industry Organization (BIO) is coming to Chicago th is April for their annual international convention and PR Extravaganza – B IO 2006. BIO is an organization of the world’s biggest agribusiness\, phar maceutical and bioweapons corporations.\n\nReclaim The Commons! is respond ing with four days of events\, from Saturday April 8th to Tuesday April 11 th\, to educate\, inform and link together people and movements that are w orking to reclaim our public space and common heritage from transnational biotech corporate interests. Please join us in Chicago -- check out our sc hedule of events here: http://reclaimthecommons.net/article.php?id=295\n\n Reclaim the Commons from BIO! Sat.: Festival in Federal Plaza\, 2-5 PM\, P anel Discussion at DePaul on GE and Human Rights\, 6:30 PM Sun.: Workshops \, 9am – 5pm\, Acme Art Works\, Concert\, 7:30\, Acme Art Works Mon.: Acti on in Solidarity with Farmers\, time/loc. TBA Tues.: Community Gardening P roject\, 9am-3pm\, Nelson St. & N. Califorina Ave.\, Parade! 4:30 pm\, Mer chandise Mart (N. Franklin at the river) | \n\nAnimal Rights Protest Sched ule\n\nSaturday\, April 8th @ 6:00pm\nProtest the Biotech Institute Openin g Reception & Banquet\nSheraton Chicago Hotel\n301 E. North Water Street\n This Banquet is sponsored by Abbott Labs\, one of Huntingdon Life Sciences ' (HLS) \nlarger customers. Lets let them and the other people who murder animals for a \nliving know that the torture Abbott pays for at HLS and th e torture they inflict \non the animals themselves is nothing to celebrate .\n\nSunday\, April 9th Starting @ 11:00am\nProtest the Biotech Career Fai r\nHyatt Regency Chicago\n151 E. Wacker Drive\nCome out to educate the nex t generation of Biotech workers to the \nreality of animal experimentation .\n\nTuesday\, April 11th from 8:30am to 10:45am\nMeet at the Corner of Ce rmak & Michigan.\nProtest the BIO convention at McCormick place as they ho lds a workshop\ndiscussing the threat posed to the Bio industry by the ani mal rights\nmovement. As they discuss us inside\, lets let them know that they can \ntalk all they like\, but we aren't going anywhere until every c age is empty!\n\nWednesday\, April 12th from 6:00pm to 10:00pm\nClosing re ception at the Chicago Theater\n175 N. State Street.\nLet's send them home with a clear message that we will never forget the animals nor will we fo rgive their industry for murdering them.\n\nPlease do everything you can t o make it out to these events\, this is a great opportunity to send a powe rful message to the people who are directly responsible for the torture of murder of millions of animals a year. Don't let the chance pass you by. C ome out and let the BIO convention know that they aren't welcome in Chicag o!!! Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060412 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20060408T140000 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, 60606\, United States SUMMARY:Reclaim the Commons Counter-Biotech Convergence in Chicago UID:20091107T000529EST-jm7p41XGrg@69.73.141.125 URL:http://reclaimthecommons.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:928-541-1002 Email:info@ecosainstitute.org DESCRIPTION:Summer Workshops and semester classes in sustainable design. We are looking for organizaed student groups to work with to help effect rea l change on their campus. Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060701 GEO:34.495800;-112.378000 LOCATION:212 B S.Marina\, Prescott\, Arizona\, 86303\, United States SUMMARY:Workshops In Sustainable Design UID:20091107T000529EST-UwdBEw7vLx@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ecosainstitute.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:970-963-8855 Email:laurie@solarenergy.org DESCRIPTION:Learn how to implement sustainable development projects with re newable energy. This workshop explores different applications for renewab le energy technologies in developing countries. Effective technology trans fer methods will be presented\, as well as setting up infrastructure and t he economics and financing of renewable energy projects. Case studies will be presented on solar cooking\, rural household electrification\, appropr iate building technologies\, rural health care and micro-enterprises utili zing renewable energy. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060623 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20060619T083000 GEO:39.476900;-107.388000 LOCATION:76 S. 2nd St.\, Carbondale\, Colorado\, 81623\, United States SUMMARY:Renewable Energy for the Developing World workshop UID:20091107T000529EST-1vEk3IuU8T@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.solarenergy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:June 8th is World Ocean Day! Created in 1992 at the Earth Summi t in Rio de Janeiro - although not yet officially recognized by the United Nations - World Ocean Day is our chance every year to celebrate our ocean s and take action to defend them. Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060608 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:World Ocean Day UID:20091107T000529EST-ewbF5U0G35@69.73.141.125 URL:http://oceans.greenpeace.org/en/ocean-defenders/world-ocean-day-2006 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-NOS-WEAT Email:organize@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:USAS's Summer Retreat! Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060813 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060811 GEO:39.957300;-75.187000 LOCATION:Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19143\, United States SUMMARY:United Students Against Sweatshops Summer Retreat UID:20091107T000529EST-GxVUTR87Vz@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:805-965-3443 Email:wparrish@napf.org DESCRIPTION:\\'Think Outside the Bomb\\' Conference in Santa Barbara\, CA\n October 20-22 - Apply Now!\n\nTOTB Conference From October 20-22\, the Nuc lear Age Peace Foundation will team up with various partner NGOs to host t he second \\'Think Outside the Bomb\\' national conference at the Universi ty of California\, Santa Barbara. The conference will bring together high school students\, college students\, recent college alumni\, and young non -profit professionals from throughout the western United States for a seri es of participatory discussion panels\, workshops\, and skills trainings o n building a nuclear-free world. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061022 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061020 GEO:34.420200;-119.706000 LOCATION:Santa Barbara\, California\, 93101\, United States SUMMARY:Think Outside the Bomb Conference- Apply now! UID:20091107T000529EST-WvUbohF3tE@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.thinkoutsidethebomb.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:202-265-7939 Email:reclaimthecommons@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Reclaim Our Fate! Reclaim The Debate! \nPeople's Summit on Clim ate\, Energy\, and Global Justice \n\nRising Tide North America and Mobili zation for Global Justice present:\n\nA FREE half-day Teach-In\, followed by Action Spokes Council Meeting and Benefit Concert\n\nSUNDAY July 9th\, noon-midnight (doors open 11:30 am -- see schedule below)\nAt the People's Media Center and AlFishawy Cafe 4132 Georgia Avenue\, NW Washington DC\n\ nOn July 9th in Washington\, DC\, join activists speaking out on Climate Change and the 'Energy Crisis.' As Global Justice movements plan worldwide protests opposing the July 15-17 2006 G8 Summit in Russia -- where world leaders including President Bush will meet to cement agreement on enforcem ent of wartime 'energy security' policies that threaten the Earth and comm unities everywhere with invasion\, ecological disaster and economic collap se -- we will gather to reclaim the deb8te and our f8te from domin8tion by the Group of 8\, eight of the world's largest consumerist countries. THEY want massive expansion of nuclear power plants worldwide AND trillions of dollars in new subsidies to the fossil fuel industries responsible for in creasing clim8te ch8os and wars...BUT WE WILL RECLAIM A DIFFERENT FATE!!\n \nSUNDAY July 9th\, noon-midnight (doors open 11:30 am -- see schedule bel ow)\n\nAt the People's Media Center and AlFishawy Cafe 4132 Georgia Avenue \, NW Washington DC\n(between Upshur & Taylor\, 3 blocks North of Petworth metro Station on the green line\, Bus #70/71/62/64)\n\n12 to 1:45 -- Clim ate Science 101 and Direct Action Strategies to stop Climate Catastrophe.\ nPresented by Climate Crisis Coalition and Rising Tide North America\n\n2 to 3:45 -- The Mountain Justice Movement to save Southern Appalachia's Mou ntains from Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining\, and Energy Alternatives that Don't Suck! Presented by Mountain Justice Summer activists and Energy Jus tice Network\n\n4 to 5:45 -- Oil and Empire\, Bombs and Poverty ... For Gl obal Justice\, Against War: Linking Our Movements\, Before It's Too Late! Discussion facilitated by local DC anti-war and global justice activists\n \nPLUS trainings (Legal\, Health & Safety\, Direct Action Tactics) for aff inity groups and individuals participating in non-violent direct action wi th the July 10-16 DC Gr8 Week of Resistance to the G8's Great Greed!\n\nTe ach-In organized by Rising Tide North America and Mobilization for Global Justice\,\nSponsored by Reclaim the Commons\n\nVisit www.rtc.revolt.org an d e-mail\nreclaimthecommons@gmail.com for more details\n\n*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*\nAND AFTER THE TEACH-IN!!\n6-midnight -- $5 vegetarian dinner- n-drink ( No Alcohol )\n\n6:30 pm -- Action Spokescouncil meeting for DC W eek of Resistance to the G8 **\n8-midnight -- Benefit Concert for 'Green S care' imprisoned environmental activists and for the July 15th Internation al Day of Direct Action against Climate Change **\nOPEN TO ALL! With Mosqu ito Death Squadron (art/experimental rock) and more bands TBA $5 donation suggested (no one turned away).\n\n** The Green Scare is a federal round-u p environmental and animal rights activists\, which The National Lawyer's Guild among others has condemned as unconstitutional. Officially called 'O peration Backfire'\, this wide-scale orchestrated investigation of activis ts uses paid informants\, warrantless spying on a range of organizations\, and threats of severe sanctions to leverage fear of conviction under unpr ecedented penalties for property crimes. 888-NLG-ECOLAW is a hotline estab lished to support these activists. Visit www.greenscare.org for more info on solidarity with Green Scare victims.\n\n** The G8\, or Group of 8\, is the seven wealthiest industrialized nations in the world plus Russia. They officially meet once a year to strategize policies and plan their joint d omination of the world\, and in recent years have been confronted by inten se popular demonstrations wherever they go. The political heads of these c ountries -- the U.S.\, Canada\, England\, France\, Germany\, Italy\, Russi a\, Japan -- are pushing the agenda of corporate globalization at the cost of the welfare of the people they claim to represent. We take to the stre ets when the G8 meets to reject their worldview of profit at any cost\, an d to reclaim our commons of autonomous political space. Authentic democrac y or corporate oligarchy? The choice is ours...\n\n*********************** ******\n\nRELCAIM THE DEBATE! RESIST THE G8! Visit www.rtc.revolt.org for frequent updates about global resistance to the July 15-17 2006 G8 Summit. Contact reclaimthecommons@gmail.com Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20060709T120000 GEO:38.911900;-77.016700 LOCATION:4132 Georgia Avenue\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, District of Columbia\ , 20001\, United States SUMMARY:Reclaim Our Fate! People's Summit on Climate\, Energy and Global Ju stice UID:20091107T000529EST-1UsVVxU6uF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://rtc.revolt.org/node/252 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:800-551-9029 Email:conferences@uiowa.edu DESCRIPTION:Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) announces its 2006 Nati onal Annual Conference: “Envisioning Sustainability: A new generation of t hinking for the next generation of living.” Hosted by The University of Io wa ESW Collegiate Chapter\, this year’s event expects over 500 students\, academics\, and professionals from around the country. The event will be h eld September 27-30 in Iowa City\, Iowa.\n\nBrendan Owens\, Director of LE ED Design and Construction from the US Green Building Council\, will be op ening the conference with his plenary session on the green design movement in the US. As a capstone to the conference\, keynote speaker Lester Brown \, founder and director of the Earth Policy Institute\, described as “one of the world’s most influential thinkers” by the Washington Post\, will en gage conference participants in building the roadmap towards a sustainable global eco-economy. \n\nAs a special treat for conference goers\, the Afr ican Children’s Choir will raise their voices in joy and celebration of ho pe for the future. Each child has lost one or both parents to poverty or A IDS\, yet they maintain a vision of a better tomorrow in each performance where they both entertain and educate audiences around the world.\n\nDaily themes are Developed World\, Developing World\, and Global Collaboration and Action. Session tracks are Business Solutions for a Sustainable World\ , Critical Issues in International Development\, Technology Benefiting Hum anity\, Education & Curriculum Change\, Outreach & Practical Action\, and Living and Working Sustainably. \n\nEarly registration at discounted rates closes August 1st for professionals and September 1st for students. ESW i s a national organization that mobilizes engineering students and professi onals to volunteer for sustainable development projects around the country and the world. For more information visit www.esustainableworld.org.\n\n# ##\n Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060930 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20060927T120000 GEO:41.733900;-91.555300 LOCATION:The University Of Iowa\, Iowa City\, Iowa\, 52242\, United States SUMMARY:2006 Engineers for a Sustainable World National Conference UID:20091107T000529EST-vj4ffC7CMK@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uiesw.org/conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-282-2486 Email:filmfest@countercorp.org DESCRIPTION:The CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival seeks to raise pub lic and media awareness\, promote critical thinking and analysis\, and enc ourage informed discussion and debate about how corporations actually oper ate\, and what they really add to -- and subtract from -- society\\'s \\'b ottom line.\\'\n\nBy \\'anti-corporate\\' films we don\\'t mean independen tly made (i.e.\, non-corporate) ones\, but rather films that examine the t rue nature of large corporations\, the roles they play in our society and communities\, and the effects they have on people and cultures around the world -- and the planet itself.\n\nWE ARE SEEKING VOLUNTEERS TO HELP PROM OTE AND ORGANIZE THE FESTIVAL. If you are interested in volunteering\, ple ase contact us at volunteers@countercorp.org.\n\nFor general information a bout the festival\, use the e-mail link below. Geographical Scope: Intern ational DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071020 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20071018T180000 GEO:37.748700;-122.415000 LOCATION:Victoria Theatre\, 16th Street At Mission Street (16th/Mission BAR T)\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:2007 CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival UID:20091107T000529EST-FGa3UaAAm0@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.countercorp.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The Bush Administration has now begun deployment of missile def ense interceptors in Alaska and California. Next we expect Bush to give th e green light to the Pentagon to begin deploying offensive weapons systems in space. For the past several years the GN’s Keep Space for Peace Week o f local actions has taken this issue to classrooms\, libraries\, TV and ra dio programs\, churches\, military bases\, aerospace corporation facilitie s\, and the offices of political leaders.\n\nWe encourage all concerned ci tizens to organize a local activity during space week in solidarity with g roups all over the world. Working together we must expand our opposition t o Bush’s dangerous\, costly\, and destabilizing nuclearization and weaponi zation of space. Keep Space for Peace Week will be co-sponsored by Women's Int'l League for Peace and Freedom.\n Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061008 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061001 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Keep Space for Peace Week UID:20091107T000529EST-Pv5nsRZ6Gf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.space4peace.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:541-346-3828 Email:askpielc@uoregon.edu DESCRIPTION:The Public Interest Environmental Law Conference is the premier annual gathering for environmentalists worldwide\, and is distinguished a s the oldest and largest of its kind. Now in its 25th year\, the Conferenc e unites more than 4\,000 activists\, attorneys\, students\, scientists\, and concerned citizens from over 50 countries around the globe to share th eir experience and expertise. The Conference is organized solely by the vo lunteers of Land Air Water\, a student environmental law society\, and is sponsored by Friends of Land Air Water\, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organizati on.\n\nThe four-day Conference includes over 125 panels\, workshops\, and multi-media presentations addressing the entire spectrum of environmental law and advocacy. Topics include: forest protection and ecological restora tion\, grazing and mining reform\, labor and human rights\, air and water pollution\, Native American treaty rights\, globalization and \\'free\\' t rade\, environmental justice\, corporate responsibility\, marine wildernes s\, international environmental law\, water rights and dam removal\, oil a nd gas litigation\, genetic engineering\, and urban growth.\n\nEach day of the Conference culminates with keynote presentations from preeminent acti vists\, scientists\, politicians\, philosophers\, and authors. Past keynot e speakers include Ralph Nader\, David Brower\, Terry Tempest Williams\, W ard Churchill\, Vandana Shiva\, Paul Watson\, Winona LaDuke\, Gerry Spence \, Ramona Africa\, Paul Hawken\, and several recipients of the internation al Goldman Environmental Prize. To view brochures from recent conferences\ , please visit our history page.\n\nThe Conference has become an event ful l of energy\, innovation\, and inspiration for all of us involved in the e nvironmental movement. Whether you are a seasoned Conference attendee or a first-time participant\, we look forward to seeing you in March for what is shaping up to be the best Conference ever! Geographical Scope: Interna tional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070304 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20070301T180000 GEO:44.038600;-123.056000 LOCATION:1221 University Of Oregon\, School Of Law\, Eugene\, Oregon\, 9740 3\, United States SUMMARY:Public Interest Environmental Law Conference UID:20091107T000529EST-fSlASCcnav@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.pielc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:membersonly@wesurge.org DESCRIPTION:SURGE 2007 - The Third Annual International Social Uprising\, R esistance and Grassroots Encouragement (S.U.R.G.E.) Film Festival\, Confer ence and Film Festival Network\n\n\nSURGE is dedicated to international an d unparalled outreach in order to promote progressive activism through Fil m\, Visual Arts and Music. Its mission is to strengthen the voice of inter national activists - while encouraging activists to continue working for a better world! The SURGE Film Festival was established to enable activists to present professional or Do-It-Yourself films and motion pictures and/o r music.\n\nYou will have the opportunity to see numerous films from aroun d the world\, attend educational panels\, meet filmmakers and hear from ac tivists from all over the world talk about the social movements in which t hey are involved.\n\nSURGE is the first international activist film festiv al which is not only an annual film festival and a conference\, but it is a film festival network.\n\nHow is SURGE different from other film festiva ls and networks? \n\n * SURGE enables people worldwide to bring the f estival into their area of the world through the SURGE film festival netwo rk! \n\n * SURGE is a non-competitive film festival so all participants are winners\n\n * Each and every year admission and ticket fees for pe ople to attend the SURGE film festival has remained free-of-charge! This e nables the largest possible audience\, from all different financial\, cult ural and ethnic backgrounds\, to participate in the film festival.\n\n * Registration fees to submit films into the SURGE film festival remain lo w. SURGE has made scholarships and fee-waivers available so no one is tur ned away for lack of funds. This enables the largest possible audience\, f rom all different financial\, cultural and ethnic backgrounds\, to submit films.\n\n * Yes\, SURGE accepts anonymous entries as we encourage whis tleblowers to expose injustice!\n \n * Any entries that include a scr eening fee or scholarship which are not included in the SURGE festival are still published along with all the other entries in our International\, S .U.R.G.E. Multilingual Film Festival Directory! This enables all entries t o receive exposure and networking with people from all over the world. Ge ographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070520 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070519 GEO:47.069300;-122.872000 LOCATION:Olympia\, Washington\, 98506\, United States SUMMARY:SURGE! 3rd Social Uprising\, Resistance & Grassroots Encouragement Film Festival UID:20091107T000529EST-U4C4e8k3Da@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.WeSurge.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:campus@freeofkings.org DESCRIPTION:This conference was named after the Free of Kings project. To l earn more about the Free of Kings project please our website. The Mission of this Conference is: \n\n-To network people from around the world who ar e working to create non-corporate social networking projects or non-corpor ate virtual community projects. \n\nand/or \n\n-To Create a Radical\, Co-o p (member-owned)\, opensource\, Free Speech\, Social Networking Website Wh ich Would Be Better than Myspace\, Youtube\, Livejournal\, Match.com and I ndymedia... Combined. \n\nAs many long-term activists know\, a project of such size and scale often becomes lost in a dreamworld.... and never actua lly becomes a reality. \n\nNevertheless\, we are hoping to move from the t alking stage to the reality stage by taking several goal-orientated steps. Perhaps\, as it often is with most projects which become a reality\, ther e is a need to sit down face-to-face to discuss the fine points of it with people from all over the world and to put into place the co-op structure. .. and then to begin a rough-draft or beta version of the project at the e nd of those discussions. \n\nPlease join us at our Conference. It is free of charge! \n\nThe conference offers free meals and free of charge admissi on.\n\nTo learn more about the conference\, \nyou can subscribe to our fr ee monthly email newsletter by visiting our website. Geographical Scope : International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20070518T100000 GEO:46.978100;-122.702000 LOCATION:Olympia\, Washington\, 98507\, United States SUMMARY:The International Free of Kings Conference UID:20091107T000529EST-cnGCsiaK6j@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.FreeofKings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-462-6610 Email:youth@gpac.org DESCRIPTION:Bridge the Gap: Gender Rights / Human Rights\, the 2007 GenderY OUTH Leadership Summit is fast approaching. The Summit is an action-orien ted\, three-day educational gathering of youth and students working to ge t gender recognized as a fundamental right. \n\nWe will be featuring a Ge nder Theory Institute where you can actively engage your favorite theorist s and activists in discussions about gender stereotypes. Panels will addr ess gender and race in hip-hop\, the emerging US human rights movements\, and the love - hate relationship between American feminism and queer theor y. \n\nAttendees can preview ground-breaking new documentaries from Acade my Award-winner Debra Chasnoff and Byron Hurt\, director of Beyond Beats a nd Rhymes! \n\nRegister for the 2007 GenderYOUTH Leadership Summit and con nect with other youth to share ideas\, pool resources\, and take action!\n \n Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070519 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070517 GEO:38.906800;-77.041500 LOCATION:National Education Association\, 1201 16th Street\, NW\, Washingto n\, District of Columbia\, 20036\, United States SUMMARY:2007 GenderYOUTH Leadership Summit UID:20091107T000529EST-d5AKTK8jEp@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.gpac.org/newweb/youth/summit/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: +61-2-8204-3900 Email:info@iyp.oxfam.org DESCRIPTION:International gathering of youth activist. Over 150 countries h ave participated in past partnerships. The program lasts for three years a nd is supported by Oxfam International. Geographical Scope: Internationa l DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070131 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Sydney\, Australia\, Australia SUMMARY:Oxfam International Youth Partnerships - Application Deadline UID:20091107T000529EST-p3HTeINeVO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.iyp.oxfam.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:joshwlynch@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:America\\'s youth are calling for five days of demonstrations t o jumpstart the second semester of the Campus Climate Challenge and put th e heat on a new U.S. Congress to begin an aggressive national power shift on global warming.\n\nRegister now to participate in the Climate Week of A ction -- http://www.climatechallenge.org/woa\n\nThe first 1\,000 campuses who register will be offered the chance to host a free campus screening of \\'An Inconvenient Truth.\\'\n\nRising to the Climate Challenge: Visions Of Our Future is a week to spotlight the importance of bold and immediate action on global warming. Strong climate policies on campuses and in Congr ess will help to ensure a future in which hope and progress wins out over the consequences of inaction in the face of our addiction to fossil fuels. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070202 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070128 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Campuses And Communities Everywhere\, United States SUMMARY:Week of Action - Rising to the Climate Challenge: Visions of Our Fu ture UID:20091107T000529EST-4NuhLsESlD@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.climatechallenge.org/woa END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:780-453-2638 Email:info@johnhumphreycentre.org DESCRIPTION:Join 500 + youth and young professionals 16- 28 years from arou nd the world to discuss major global issues and what our generation can do about them. REACH OUT\, SPEAK UP! Ignite Change Now – Global Youth Ass embly 2007\, a satellite project of the Youth Assembly at the United Natio ns\, welcomes you to Edmonton this summer (July 30 – August 4\, 2007). \n\n\nYou will experience educational keynote addresses\, break-out sessi ons\, leadership skills training and workshops based around UNESCO’s 8 P illars of Peace. This experience will help you build an understanding of critical local and global issues and strengthen your capacity to stimulate change. The Assembly will also feature a vibrant arts component to emphas ize that there are many ways to ignite positive change in your community ⠀“ be it through hip-hop\, film\, or poetry. Network\, experience\, learn …change! \n\nRegistration for this exciting event will open on January 15\, 2007 Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070804 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070730 GEO:53.543300;-113.512000 LOCATION:The Shaw Conference Centre\, Edmonton\, Alberta\, T5J 2X6\, Canada SUMMARY:Reach Out! Speak Up! Ignite Change Now - Global Youth Assembly UID:20091107T000529EST-eag81cWaxT@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.johnhumphreycentre.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:coordinators@lovingconference.com DESCRIPTION:Planning is underway for the 40th anniversary of Loving v Virgi nia (1967)... the US Supreme Court’s decision to legalize interracial ma rriage\, will be marked with an international conference on June 21 -24\, 2007 in Chicago\, Illinois. For the first time in U.S. history\, this even t wishes to bring together not only “interracial” couples\, “multira cial/ethnic” individuals\, and “transracial” adoptees\, it also inte nds to unite policy makers\, educators/students\, celebrities\, and advoca cy organizations representing all communities on critical issues that cont inue to fragment our nation at the Loving Decision Conference 2007: The Ne xt 40 Years of Multiracial Communities. \nThe following conference is bein g organized by several entities across the nation. The coordinating organi zation is the Association of MultiEthnic Americans (AMEA). The collaborati ng organizations also include iPride (CA)\, Multiethnic Education Program (MEP)\, Oregon Council of Multiracial Affairs (OCMA)\, MOXCHA (Canada)\, H oney Inc. (NJ)\, Biracial Family Network (IL)\, Multiracial Americans in S outhern California (MASC)\, The Topaz Club (nationwide)\, Interracial Fami ly Council (IFC)\, and the Loving Day Project (NY). \n Geographical Scope : International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070624 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070621 GEO:41.860000;-87.618700 LOCATION:Roosevelt University\, 430 S. Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60605\, United States SUMMARY:Loving Decision Conference 2007: The Next 40 Years of Multiracial C ommunities UID:20091107T000529EST-tECcOPLcEl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.lovingconference.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:forum@eco-res.org DESCRIPTION:EcoRes Forum Online E-Conference (http://www.eco-res.org)\nExpl oring the Ethical\, Political and Socio-Cultural Aspects of Climate Change \n\nThe EcoRes Forum announces the launch of a series of online e-confere nces focusing on the ethical\, political and sociocultural aspects of clim ate change. The series\, which will be offered free of charge\, starts off in April 2007 with a two-week dialogue on a topic of increasing urgency: expanding and accelerating an ecocentric philosophy among societies around the world. \n\nThe need for such a shift has long been recognized. Based on the UN\\'s Rio Declaration of Environment and Development\, in 1992 Al Gore observed\, \\'Our challenge is to accelerate the needed change in thi nking about our relationship to the environment in order to shift the patt ern of our civilization to a new equilibrium -- before the world\\'s ecolo gical system loses its current one.\\' (Earth in the Balance)\n\nTitled Fr om Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism: Making the Shift\, the e-conference wi ll bring together academics and activists\, scientists and social critics\ , researchers\, journalists\, community leaders and citizens\, all focused on looking for answers and actions to make this paradigm shift a reality. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070430 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070414 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Online Forum\, United States SUMMARY:EcoRes Forum EConference: From Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism: Mak ing the Shift UID:20091107T000529EST-zavJovzJjU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.eco-res.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@armsagainstwar.info DESCRIPTION:Be the event...at all time and in all places. Encourage discuss ion too with the wearing of a free armband and get the issue of ending the Iraq war visible.\n\nThe event is continuous - 24 hours a day if you like and is a campaign that unites all events\, campaigns\, actions\, strikes and protests against the war in Iraq.\n\nArms Against War gives protesters the opportunity to show unity in their desire for an end to the war in Ir aq. We wear a freely available\, no cost symbol of a white fabric armband (made from sheets\, t-shirts etc.) to show our unity. We do this so that w e can be visibly united worldwide in our protests and actions.\n\nThere is no cost\, nothing to sign\, nowhere specific to be - just the wearing of the armband to show a desire for an end to the war in Iraq. \n\nThe symbol has no words so can be worn in \\'no-protest\\' zones\, on TV\, during sp eeches etc. by individuals\, politicians\, celebrities and groups (alongsi de their own unique colours/symbols/slogans etc.) \n\nWe have no affiliati on to any religious\, political or other group and simply provide the idea of unifying imagery required to show just how many of us truly want an en d to the war in Iraq.\n...be seen!\n\nwww.armsagainstwar.info \n Geograph ical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090214 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20070214T000000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Everywhere That You Are\, United States SUMMARY:Armband Wearing UID:20091107T000529EST-DnSDlnoRMu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.armsagainstwar.info END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:773-583-7728 Email:msn@mexicosolidarity.org DESCRIPTION:Mexico Solidarity Network\n2007 Study Abroad Programs\ncontact: msn@mexicosolidarity.org\n\nSummer 2007\n8 credit\, 6 week programs desig ned for individuals interested in activism and grassroots work to explore social justice issues in Mexico. \n\nZapatistas and the Other Campaign J une 2-July 4\nChiapas\nSpend four weeks studying at Centro de EspaĂąol y Lenguas Mayas Rebelde Autonomo Zapatista and two weeks at Universidad de l a Tierra to learn about the Zapatista movement\, one of the most dynamic a nd innovative social movements in Latin America\, and the Other Campaign\, a national effort initiated by the Zapatistas to build a peoples’ movem ent “from the left and from below” that challenges traditional Mexican politics and institutions.\n\nMigration- Dynamics and Debates June 17-Jul y28\nToluca de Guadalupe- Tlaxcala\, Ciudad Juarez\, Washington\, DC\nLear n about the dynamics of undocumented migration and the debates around US i mmigration reform. Participants will trace the migrant path in Mexico from traditional sending regions to the border\, the destination and jumping o ff point for undocumented migration to the US. Once in the US\, students will visit the center of the debate on immigration reform in Washington\, DC.\n\nFall 2007 \n16 credits\, 14 week program focused on the context\, strategy and tactics of Mexican Social Movements.\n\nChiapas\, Tlaxcala\, Mexico City\, Chihuahua\, Ciudad Juarez\n\nThis course is designed to intr oduce students to Mexico’s rich and diverse economic\, political and soc ial context\, with special emphasis on grassroots and community-based init iatives\, understand the depth and scope of US-Mexico relations\, develop strong Spanish language skills\, improve grassroots organizing skills and develop strong intercultural skills based on a solid understanding of race \, class and gender dynamics.\n\nFor more information and fees visit our w ebsite at www.mexicosolidarity.org\n\n\n\n Geographical Scope: Internatio nal DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070617 GEO:41.971600;-87.702600 LOCATION:Mexico Solidarity Network\, 3460 W. Lawrence\, Chicago\, Illinois\ , 60625\, United States SUMMARY:Activist Summer Study Abroad in Mexico UID:20091107T000529EST-uv5vg3pgE6@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mexicosolidarity.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:chris.wells@dream-ride.org DESCRIPTION:Ride from Boston to Montreal to New York City to assist those i n the 3rd world improve\n1. Women\\'s rights and opportunity\n2. Health ca re\n3. Education\n\nCheck it out! www.dream-ride.org Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070817 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070813 GEO:40.102200;-105.385000 LOCATION:D.R.E.A.M. Ride\, P.O. Box 261\, Boulder\, Colorado\, 80306\, Unit ed States SUMMARY:East Coast Charity Bike Ride UID:20091107T000529EST-T9UUoFMoH2@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.dream-ride.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:312-560-9311 Email:saoirse-at-irishfreedomcommittee.net DESCRIPTION:Irish Freedom Committee\nCharlie Kerins Cumann\, Chicago\n \n\n Easter 1916 at the GPO (General Post Office)\nEaster Commemoration\nSunday April 22\, 2007\n1:00 PM - 3:00 PM\n\nMurphy\\'s Pub\n7414 West Madison\n Forest Park\, IL\n\nIrish Republican commemoration of the 91st Anniversary of the\nEaster Uprising\nApril 24\, 1916\n\nMUSICAL GUESTS:\n\nRenowned C hicago Irish Republican balladeer STEVE FITZGERALD and friends\n \n\n * Easter Statements from Irish Republican Political Prisoners and the Repu blican movement in Ireland\n * Greeting card signing for Irish Republic an POWs\n * Raffle to directly benefit families of Irish Republican pol itical prisoners:\n\n 1st Prize -- Stunning Hand-Painted Easter Upr ising handkerchief made by Irish Republican POW at Maghaberry Prison\n\n 2nd Prize -- Handmade leather wallet made by Irish Republican POW at Portlaoise Prison\n\n 3rd Prize -- Handmade leather belt made by I rish Republican POW at Portlaoise Prison\n\n RAFFLE TICKETS $5 each \, 5 for $20\n\nDirections:\n\nCTA Blue Line to Harlem\, walk 3 blocks nor th to Madison\, 4 blocks west to 7414\nSchedule and route map\n\n290 West to Harlem\, Right 3 blocks North to Madison\, Left 4 blocks West to 7414\n MapQuest\n\nMore Information:\n\nEmail Saoirse-at-irishfreedomcommittee.ne t (subst -at- for @) or\nPhone 312-560-9311\n \n\n Geographical Scope: I nternational DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20070422T130000 GEO:41.871300;-87.812300 LOCATION:Murphy\\'s Pub 7414 West Madison\, Forest Park\, Illinois\, 601 30\, United States SUMMARY:Irish Republican commemoration of the Easter Uprising UID:20091107T000529EST-McUPe6bE9o@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net/IFC_INFO/EVENTS/easter_2007_CHI.ht m END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Venue Change: Fifth Annual International Al-Awda Convention - U niting for the Return\n\nNEW VENUE: Embassy Suites Hotel - Anaheim South\, 11767 Harbor Boulevard\, Garden Grove\, CA 92840\n\nDATE: May 25-27\, 200 7\n\nThe host committee of the Fifth Annual International Al-Awda Conventi on announces a change in venue. The convention will now be held at Embassy Suites Hotel - Anaheim South\, 11767 Harbor Boulevard\, Garden Grove\, CA 92840. The convention will take place on the May 25-27 memorial day week- end. \n\nThe date of the convention commemorates the Nakba\, the 59th year since the \\'State of Israel\\' was declared on stolen Palestinian land\, and which led to the Zionist occupation of all of Palestine.\n\nThe commu nity-based local host committee currently includes the Southern California chapters of Al-Awda (Al-Awda Riverside\, Los Angeles and San Diego)\, Stu dents for Justice in Palestine at UCR\, The Palestinian American Women\\'s Association\, The Free Palestine Alliance\, The National Council of Arab Americans\, The Middle East Cultural and Information Center\, The Muslim S tudents Association at Palomar College\, The Muslim Students Association a t UCSD\, Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA\, The Muslim Students U nion at UCR\, The Arab Community Center of the Inland Empire\, Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid - Southern California\, Students for International Knowledge at CSUSB\, and The Muslim Students Association at CSUSB.\n\nTHE PROGRAM\n\nThe Fifth Annual International Al-Awda Convention promises to b e an amazing three-day event from speakers and workshops\, film showings\, to a Palestine Cultural Dinner Event. The opening will be held on the eve ning of Friday 25 May and include a moving event at which survivors of the Nakba\, the great catastrophe\, share their recollections of their first- hand experience in 1948.\n\nOn Saturday May 26\, the convention will devot e itself to political assessments\, and to developing the ongoing work of organizing right to return campaigns such as refugee support\, media work\ , student\, art/culture\, etc.\, in addition to our recruitment and outrea ch projects.\n\nOn Sunday May 27\, the convention will arrive at its resol utions based on the concrete recommendations of the various workshops.\n\n The Saturday evening Palestinian Cultural Dinner Event will include keynot e addresses as well as music by world-renowned maestro Dr. Nabil Azzam\, p oetry readings and more. A Naji el-Ali exhibition will also be on display in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of his assassination. The cartoon s for this exhibit were kindly provided by Khalid el-Ali\, his son. \n\nAm ong the confirmed convention speakers are:\nDr. Jamal Zahalka\, New Leader of Balad (National Democratic Assembly\, al-Tajamu\\' al-Watani al-Dimuqr ati) who will discuss the current situation of Palestinians living in the areas of their country occupied in 1948 in the context of the persecution of Dr. Azmi Bishara\, former leader of Balad.\nDr. Naseer Aruri\, former m ember of The Palestine National Council.\nLeila Al-Arian\, journalist\, da ughter of political prisoner Sami Al-Arian.\nElias Rashmawi\, National Coo rdinator National Council of Arab Americans.\n\nWHY VENUE CHANGE\n\nThe ho st committee decided to move the convention from the University of Califor nia at Riverside to the Embassy Suites Hotel - Anaheim South when new unac ceptable conditions were demanded by certain UCR administrators well after they had approved the venue. For example\, the administrators levied new administrative\, security and other fees in the thousands of dollars which the hosts of the convention at UCR viz. the Students for Justice in Pales tine would be expected to pay. Such prohibitive fees are highly unusual an d have almost certainly never before been levied at UCR on any other stude nt group. Additionally\, the university administrators insisted that Zioni sts be allowed to attend the convention\, and that they film the conventio n and its participants\, a remarkable attempt at intimidation.\n\nAll thes e new conditions and unreasonable demands were considered by the host comm ittee as an attempt to shut down the Fifth Annual International Al-Awda Co nvention. Hence\, the committee decided to move the convention to the Emba ssy Suites Hotel - Anaheim South\, 11767 Harbor Boulevard\, Garden Grove\, CA 92840 - The committee felt that this private venue would provide a saf er and more secure environment for our community and convention attendees. \n\nINVITATION\n\nWe urge all Al-Awda members\, groups and individuals who support our goals join us in our landmark Fifth Annual International Conv ention. It is extremely important to show those trying to silence us that they will not succeed. The convention is a superlative forum for right to return activists to listen to expert presentations and to share their own thoughts on how they would like to see our collective efforts and campaign s develop for the implementation of Palestinian refugee rights. With your support\, Al-Awda\\'s Fifth International Convention\, like its predecesso rs\, will be one of the largest annual gatherings of Palestinian Arab acti vists and their supporters Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070527 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070525 GEO:33.785200;-117.934000 LOCATION:Embassy Suites Hotel Anaheim South\, 11767 Harbor Boulevard\, Ga rden Grove\, California\, 92840\, United States SUMMARY:Uniting for the Return: Al-Awda\\'s Fifth Annual International Conv ention UID:20091107T000529EST-MRRPwiZTga@69.73.141.125 URL:http://al-awda.org/convention5/prog.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:(Important: This website is not the LINK website\, it is a desc ription of the LINK Symposium. To see the official LINK Symposium website please go to http://www.blueskylink.org - Thank you)\n\n\nLINK 2007 is a permaculture\, peak oil\, healthcare design and multicultural community sy mposium\, a conference\, that offers experienced instructors and workshops from all over the world and also offers participants hands-on instruction in an enjoyable learning environment. LINK strives to create a multicultu ral\, community inclusive event and welcome everyone to this public planni ng meeting for the LINK Symposium. The Symposium\, which will occur in Sep tember and October 2007\, will include Millersylvania State Park Environme ntal Learning Center access\, room\, board\, computer use\, all workshops\ , study materials\, resource binders\, a CD with seminar materials\, curri cula\, workshop tours\, the multicultural cruise and more! (Early bird dis count (before May 1st\, 2007) is $525. Late registration (after June 23rd) is $575.) \n\nSpeakers include Mike Pelly\, the president of Olympia Gree n Fuels (visit our website to hear the National Public Radio Interview)\, Dr. Bonnie Gifford and Fraanc Gifford of the Gesundheit Institute in West Virginia (as featured in the movie ‘Patch Adams’ with Robin Williams)\ , Chriset Palenshus (Evergreen College Center for Community-Based Learning and Action\; Women of Color Coalition\;)\, Alvina Wong (Evergreen College Independent Media Group) T (from the Olympia Ecovillage\, SURGE Film Fest ival)\, -Evan Schoepke - Raccoon Collective\, Eco City Olympia\, Beehive D esign Collective\, a tour of Garden Raised Bounty (GruB)\, and much\, much more! Visit our website www.blueskylink.org for a photo gallery\, printab le flyers and more. We hope that you will join us in this historic event! \n\nEvery one who attends at least 5 workshops receives a certificate thus we will also accept proposals form potential presenters at the Internatio nal Community Planning meeting which occurs through April and May. Look fo r more information about LINK and Design for a Loving Future Conferences i n newspapers and issues of Communities and Permaculture Activist magazine. Join us! \n\nNext International Planning meeting \nStart: Apr 22 2007 - 4 :00pm \nEnd: Apr 22 2007 - 4:30pm \nLocation: Freeschool\, 610 Columbia St reet\, Olympia \, WA 98501 \n\n\nNext International Planning meeting \nSta rt: May 6\, 2007 - 6:00pm \nEnd: May 6\, 2007 - 7:00pm \nLocation: Java Fl ow\, 207 Washington NE street (Directly across from the Olympia Downtown T ransit Center) \n\n\n\nNext International Planning meeting \nStart: May 17 2007 - 3:30pm \nEnd: May 17 2007 - 4:00pm \nLocation: Freeschool\, 610 Co lumbia Street \, Olympia \, WA 98501 \n\nIMPORTANT: These public meetings are short because we plan to have many private meetings over the next few months with those who express that they are greatly interested in voluntee ring to make this historic event as wonderful and educational as it will b e. Thank you.\n\nA great deal of work is involved in reaching out to peopl e of all cultures and we believe the conference and the goal of a better w orld is worth it. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071007 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071004 GEO:46.978100;-122.702000 LOCATION:Olympia\, Olympia\, Washington\, 98507\, United States SUMMARY:The International Love\, Imagine\, Network and Kindness (LINK) 2007 Symposium UID:20091107T000529EST-lFV6fk5mDU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.blueskylink.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:519-253-3000 Email: DESCRIPTION:HERMAN & CHOMSKY MEDIA CONFERENCE\n\nAlso featuring: Sut Jhally \, Amy Goodman\, Robert McChesney\, Judy Rebick\, John Downing\, Robert Je nsen\, Antonia Zerbisias\, Robert Hackett\, Sheldon Rampton\, Peter Philli ps\, Danny Schechter\, Linda McQuaig\, K\\'naan\, & more…\n\nThe year 20 08 will mark the 20th Anniversary of the publishing of the book Manufactur ing Consent: The Political Economy of Mass Communication (Edward Herman an d Noam Chomsky\, Pantheon\, 1988). In this book\, the authors (both of who m will be attending/participating in this conference) put forth a model\, the Propaganda Model (PM)\, as a way of understanding the way our mass med ia system interrelates with our economy\, political system\, and society i n general. Since putting forth their propaganda model\, there have been bo th praise and criticism of this model\, and there have also been many chan ges and technological advances in our entire communication and media lands cape. This May 2007 conference and Spring 2008 publication (of an edited s cholarly collection inspired by the conference) will\, through vigorous de bate/discussion and fresh insight\, make great strides in critically analy zing (revising/updating) the ongoing relevance of the Herman/Chomsky Propa ganda Model as a useful conceptualization for understanding 21st century m edia and society. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070517 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070515 GEO:42.290300;-83.044800 LOCATION:University Of Windsor\, Communication Studies Department\, Windsor \, Ontario\, N9B 3P4\, Canada SUMMARY:20 Years of Propaganda? Herman & Chomsky - Conference UID:20091107T000529EST-VlOdRo9pI7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uwindsor.ca/propaganda END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:734-677-9240 Email:jill@animalsandsociety.org DESCRIPTION:Join 17 scholars\, authors\, activists and artists united for p ositive social and political change on behalf of all animals worldwide. St udent scholarships available\; early registration discount. Keynote speake r Captain Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071007 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071005 GEO:35.966400;-78.839700 LOCATION:Sheraton Imperial Hotel And Convention Center\, 4700 Emperor Boule vard\, Durham\, North Carolina\, 27703\, United States SUMMARY:\\'Becoming the Change\\' Animal Rights Conference UID:20091107T000529EST-KEj5kfi1M4@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.animalsandsociety.org/conference07.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:msn@mexicosolidarity.org DESCRIPTION:Juarez-Chihuahua City-Chiapas program: Sep 8 - Dec 14: Earn 16 credits studying Mexican social movements in Chiapas\, Tlaxcala\, and \n\n Ciudad Juarez. The program focuses on the theory and practice of Mexican s ocial movements\, with important lessons for activism in the US context. T his hands-on course includes workshops with the Universidad de la Tierra\, the Zapatista movement\, families of femicide victims\, maquiladora worke rs\, El Barzon\, and urban barrio organizations. The Spanish language comp onent focuses on verbal communication skills. Geographical Scope: Interna tional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071214 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070908 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Mexico SUMMARY:Study Abroad in Mexico - Northern Program UID:20091107T000529EST-Vzkw5Phi31@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/site/studyabroad END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:msn@mexicosolidarity.org DESCRIPTION:Chiapas-Tlaxcala-Mexico City program: Sep 2 - Dec 15: Earn 16 c redits studying Mexican social movements in Chiapas\, Tlaxcala\, and Ciuda d Juarez. The program focuses on the theory and practice of Mexican social movements\, with important lessons for activism in the US context. This h ands-on course includes workshops with the Universidad de la Tierra\, the Zapatista movement\, the National Assembly of ex-Braceros\, the National U rban-Campesino Council\, and urban barrio organizations. The Spanish langu age component focuses on verbal communication skills. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071215 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070902 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Mexico SUMMARY:Study Abroad in Mexico Fall 2007 - Southern Program UID:20091107T000529EST-v06g5NN57W@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mexicosolidarity.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:845-338-2220 Email:contact@globalyouthconnect.org DESCRIPTION:Application Deadline: September 21\, 2007\n\nGlobal Youth Conne ct\, an international human rights organization\, is pleased to announce t hat we are accepting applications from young leaders (ages 18-25) for our Winter 2007-2008 International Human Rights Delegations. Program locations include: El Salvador and Rwanda. \n\nHuman rights delegations are a uniqu e\, first-hand opportunity to cross cultural boundaries and learn about th e daily reality of human rights as experienced in a complex and increasing ly globalized world. Each delegation weaves together three core sets of a ctivities: site visits to local organizations\, hands-on fieldwork project s\, and a human rights training workshop with local youth activists.\n\n\n El Salvador (January 1 -- January 13\, 2008)\nProgram Tuition: $1\,635\ n\n\nThis delegation will explore the roots of El Salvador’s 12-year civ il war\, the long-term impact of the war on Salvadoran society\, and the c ontinued persistence of long-standing economic and social inequities that have fueled conflict throughout this tiny nation’s history. \n\nDelega tion participants will come to understand current social\, political\, and economic problems faced by Salvadoran society within a broader historical context—including the impact of past and present U.S foreign policies o n the lives of Salvadorans. Delegation activities will focus in particular on the efforts of human rights activists and youth to recover from a tumu ltuous and devastating period of violence and repression\, and build a mor e just\, equitable\, and peaceful society. Spanish proficiency is required . \n\nTo read a report on our recent work in El Salvador\, please visit th e following link:\n\nhttp://www.globalyouthconnect.org/pdf/salvador_report 2007.pdf\n\nFor application and program information for the Winter 2007-20 08 program to El Salvador\, please visit the following link:\n\nwww.global youthconnect.org/participate Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080113 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080101 GEO:41.831100;-74.072100 LOCATION:15 Gage Street\, Kingston\, New York\, 12486\, United States SUMMARY:El Salvador -- Human Rights Delegations for Young Leaders -- Winter 2007-2008 UID:20091107T000529EST-8LDb5MIWL0@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalyouthconnect.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:845-338-2220 Email:contact@globalyouthconnect.org DESCRIPTION:Application Deadline: September 21\, 2007\n\nGlobal Youth Conne ct\, an international human rights organization\, is pleased to announce t hat we are accepting applications from young leaders (ages 18-25) for our Winter 2007-2008 International Human Rights Delegations. Program locations include: El Salvador and Rwanda. \n\nHuman rights delegations are a uniqu e\, first-hand opportunity to cross cultural boundaries and learn about th e daily reality of human rights as experienced in a complex and increasing ly globalized world. Each delegation weaves together three core sets of a ctivities: site visits to local organizations\, hands-on fieldwork project s\, and a human rights training workshop with local youth activists.\n\n\n Rwanda (December 29\, 2007 - January 13\, 2008)\nProgram Tuition: $1\,795 \n\nThis delegation will explore the roots of the 1994 Rwandan genocide\, how this legacy of violence has impacted the country and its people\, part icularly Rwandan youth\, and also how the country is attempting to rebuild today. We will examine issues of truth\, justice and reconciliation in th e context of post-conflict Rwanda and what is needed to strengthen local i nstitutions and programs dedicated to promoting a culture of respect for h uman rights. Participants will connect with young Rwandans and get involve d in a variety of collaborative projects aimed at promoting human rights a s well as meet with leading human rights defenders\, government representa tives\, international institutions\, youth and others from local communiti es to learn more about the political\, economic and social challenges face d by Rwandans today. \n\nTo read a report on our recent work in Rwanda\, please visit the following link:\n\nhttp://www.globalyouthconnect.org/pdf/ rwanda_jan2007.pdf\n\nFor application and program information for the Wint er 2007-2008 program to Rwanda\, please visit the following link:\n\nwww.g lobalyouthconnect.org/participate\n\nApplication Deadline: September 21\, 2007\n\nHow to Apply: We invite interested young leaders to apply. We are looking for participants who are between the ages of 18-25 and who po ssess U.S. citizenship or residency as well as international students stud ying full-time at a U.S. college or university. Most importantly\, applica nts should wish to expand their knowledge and understanding of human right s and social justice. Participants will become part of a growing global mo vement of youth acting together for compassion\, human rights and responsi bility.\n\nFor detailed information on program activities\, costs\, fundra ising/financial aid\, and application information\, please visit our websi te: \n\nwww.globalyouthconnect.org/participate\n\n Geographical Scope: In ternational DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080113 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071229 GEO:41.831100;-74.072100 LOCATION:15 Gage Street\, Kingston\, New York\, 12486\, United States SUMMARY:Rwanda -- Human Rights Delegations for Young Leaders -- Winter 2007 -2008 UID:20091107T000529EST-spcU6kjl1v@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalyouthconnect.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:617-426-8161 Email:antislavery@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:The American Anti-Slavery Group and Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey need your help in trying to reintroduce House Resolution 591 1\, the Eradication of Slavery in Sudan Act.\n\nYou can help make the abol ition of slavery in Sudan a reality by adding your voice and participating in the American Anti-Slavery Group\\'s Call-in for the Eradication of Sla very.\n\nThe call-in will take place tomorrow\, Tuesday\, July 3\, from 1: 00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.\n\nWe are targeting a few specific members of Congres s to try to gain original sponsors for the Eradication of Slavery in Sudan Act.\n\nGo to http://iabolish.blogspot.com/2007/06/american-anti-slavery- groups-call-in.html for a list of phone numbers for targeted Congresspeop le and a script of what to say. \n Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20070703T130000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:198 Tremont St. #421\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:Call-in for Eradication of Slavery in Sudan UID:20091107T000529EST-jHlGl521ed@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.iabolish.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Coinciding with the UN Climate Talks (MOP 3\, COP 13) in Bali\, \nIndonesia\, from the 3rd to the 14th December 2007 \n\n\nThis webpage has been set up to publicise and promote plans for demonstrations on clima te change\, to coincide with the United Nations Climate Talks(COP13/MOP3) in Bali\, Indonesia\, December 3rd to 14th 2007.\n\nWe intend synchronised demonstrations around the world on Saturday December 8th 2007 - in as man y places as possible - to call on world leaders to take urgent action on c limate change.\n\nThe \\'Call to Action\\' for these demonstrations and re lated events that will take place on December 8th 2007 is as follows :\n\n \\'We demand that world leaders take the urgent and resolute action that i s needed to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate\, s o that the entire world can move as rapidly as possible to a stronger emi ssions reductions treaty which is both equitable and effective in preventi ng dangerous climate change.\n\nWe also demand that the long-industrialise d countries that have emitted most greenhouse gases up to now take most of the responsibility for the adaptive measures that have to be taken\, espe cially by low-emitting countries with limited economic resources.\\'\n\nWe feel that there is an overwhelming need to create a groundswell of global opinion to push for the urgent and radical action on climate change\, wit hout which we risk a global catastrophe of unimaginable proportions.\n\nTo help build for these demonstrations please find the contact for your coun try\, below\, or if there is not yet one listed there contact us at\n\n in fo@globalclimatecampaign.org Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071208 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Third Annual International Day of Climate Action UID:20091107T000529EST-HrHr63FvbG@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:We are millions of women and men\, organisations\, networks\, m ovements\, trade unions from all parts of the world\,\nwe come from villag es\, regions\, rural zones\, urban centres\,\nwe are of all ages\, peoples \, cultures\, beliefs\,\nbut we are united by the strong conviction that\n \nANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE!\n\nWith all the richness of our plurality and diversity and our alternatives and proposals\, we struggle against neo-li beralism\, war\, colonialism\, racism and patriarchy which produce violenc e\, exploitation\, exclusion\, poverty\, hunger and ecological disaster an d deprive people of human rights.\n\nFor many years we have been resisting and constructing innovative processes\, new cultures of organization and action from the local to the global\, in particular within the processes a nd Charter of Principle of the World Social Forum from which this call eme rges.\n\nAware of the need to set our own agenda and to increase the impac t of these thousands of expressions and manifestations\, we are committed to strengthening the solidarity and convergence amongst our struggles\, ca mpaigns\, and constructions of alternatives and alliances.\n\nWe commit ou rselves to a week of action which will culminate in a Global Day of Mobili sation and Action on January 26\, 2008.\n\nWith our diversity which is our strength\, we invite all men and women to undertake throughout this week creative actions\, activities\, events and convergences focusing on the is sues and expressed in the ways they choose.\n\nACT TOGETHER FOR ANOTHER WO RLD! Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080126 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:World Social Forum - Global Day of Mobilization and Action UID:20091107T000529EST-8FJvCEntBI@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:619-287-2322 Email:rgibson@pipeline.com DESCRIPTION:Education activists\, anti-war activists\, parents\, students\, school workers and profs join together in a conference seeking to connect reason to power in opposition to the militarization of campuses\, the reg imentation of curricula\, and racist high-stakes exams\, building boycotts \, demonstrations\, and freedom schools. Geographical Scope: Internationa l DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080317 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20080314T090000 GEO:39.757800;-84.188500 LOCATION:Bellamarine Universtiy\, Louisville\, Kentucky\, 45402\, United St ates SUMMARY:Rouge Forum Conference UID:20091107T000529EST-kelAupXI8v@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.rougeforum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:415-422-5238 Email:pjsa@usfca.edu DESCRIPTION:6th Annual Conference of the \nPeace and Justice Studies Associ ation\nin conjunction with the Peace and Conflict Studies Consortium\nSept ember 11-14\, 2008\nPortland State University\nPortland\, Oregon\, USA.\nC onference speakers\, art exhibition\, authorial readings\, CANVAS training and free conference attendance for low-income/student volunteers.\n Geog raphical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080914 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080911 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Portland State University\, Portland\, Oregon\, United States SUMMARY:Building Cultures of Peace UID:20091107T000529EST-D5EDhHrRjW@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.peacejusticestudies.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:613-878-4053 Email:james@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:We are planning on having a few different groups of workers at the conference. There will be some excellent skill building workshops\, ca mpaign strategy time\, anti-oppression workshops and\, most importantly\, you all will get a chance to meet around 300 other student activists from throughout the US and Canada. Food and housing are taken care of\, and we are hoping to have a lot of money for travel scholarships. In order to g et a travel scholarship you have to register early\, so folks should get t hat taken care of at the website (www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org) \n\nA lso\, the Miami weather should be awesome :). Geographical Scope: Intern ational DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080210 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20080208T080000 GEO:25.558400;-80.458200 LOCATION:University Of Miami\, Miami\, Florida\, 33124\, United States SUMMARY:United Students Against Sweatshops Winter Conference UID:20091107T000529EST-tvSeABi6Sf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Scholars\, researchers\, educators\, artists\, and activists in terested in issues of social justice related to the arts and arts educatio n are invited to attend musica ficta / Lived Realities: A Conference on Ex clusions and Engagements in Music\, Education and the Arts. Organized arou nd the themes of complicity\, complacency\, and complexity\, the primary g oal of the musica ficta conference is to radicalize the notion of social j ustice as it currently circulates in music\, education\, and the arts. Par ticipants will examine ways in which the profession is implicated in vario us types of inequities\, injustices\, and oppressions while exploring appr opriate and viable responses through presentation/seminars and workshop/de monstrations. Focusing on connections between and amongst arts educators\, students\, researchers\, artist-educators\, and activists\, the conferenc e attempts to demonstrate communication and community-in-transit. Its form at is multi-dimensional\, with featured speakers\, small interactive prese ntation seminars\, workshop demonstrations\, performances\, and visits to schools and community organizations.\n\nSelected featured speakers include :\nDeborah Wong\, University of California-Riverside\nRinaldo Walcott\, Ca nada Research Chair\, Social Justice and Cultural Studies (OISE)\nRick Sur pin\, Independence Care System\, New York\, NY\nSherene Razack\, Centre fo r Integrative Anti-Racism Studies\, Sociology and Equity (OISE)\nEstelle J orgensen\, Indiana University\nSara Gould\, Ms. Foundation for Women and C hildren\, New York\, NY Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080127 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080124 GEO:43.663800;-79.397200 LOCATION:University Of Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 2C5\, Canada SUMMARY:Lived Realities:A Conference on Exclusions and Engagements in Music \, Education a UID:20091107T000529EST-i3DDWM4uTN@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.music.utoronto.ca/events/conferences/musicaficta.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: The 40th Annual Pacific NORTHWEST LABOUR HISTORY Conference wi th theme \\'INDIGENOUS\, IMMIGRANT\, MIGRANT LABOUR & GLOBALIZATION.\\' Sp eakers include Kent Wong\, UCLA\, and David Montgomery\, one of the great deans of US Labor History scholarship. Co- sponsoring organization\, Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA). info Pacific Northwest La bor History Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080608 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080606 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Simon Fraser University Harbour Center\, Vancouver\, British Colum bia\, Canada SUMMARY:40th Annual Pacific Labour History Conference UID:20091107T000529EST-ZvKXL6PUMB@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www3.telus.net/robbgibbs/PNLHA/home.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Claiming our Rights\, Envisioning our Future:\nCommunities Orga nizing for Justice\n\n\n\nBelieving that 2008 - and beyond -- holds great promise and great peril for those who organize and advocate for an immigra tion policy based on human rights\, dignity and justice\, the National Net work on Immigrant and Refugee Rights is convening a national conference in Houston Texas on January 18-20\, 2008. Join us in Houston to: \nShare st ories\, strategies and tactics for grassroots initiatives\nLearn new pract ices and skills in community organizing\, media & communications\, popular education and more \nHear about exciting work at the intersection of immi grant and refugee rights\, gender\, sexual orientation\, and across differ ent racial and ethnic communities \nExpose harmful trade policies causing forced migration worldwide\nHelp build a shared immigrant rights platform for this critical election year and together\, lift our voices for justice and human rights. \nTentative Workshops & Topics Include: \nLifting Immig rant Voices in the 2008 Elections \nRacism and Immigration: Bridging Commu nities in the Post-Katrina Era\nOrganizing and Communications Skills Devel opment \nBorder and Interior Immigration Law Enforcement\nGlobalization an d Migration: Addressing \\'Root Causes\\'\n Promoting the Human Rights of Im/Migrants\nImmigration\, Labor and Workers Rights\nImmigration Policy an d Legislation\nPopular Education for Transformative Community Organizing \ n\nCall for Workshop Proposals > (English | Spanish) \n\nSchedule and site \n\nThe conference will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday\, January 18\, 2008. It will adjourn on Sunday\, January 20 at 1 p.m. It will take place at the Hy att Regency Houston\, where participants will also be able to reserve room s at a discounted conference rate\, available until December 16\, 2007. G eographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080120 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080118 GEO:29.813100;-95.309800 LOCATION:Houston\, Texas\, 77001\, United States SUMMARY:National Network on Immigrant and Refugee Rights 2008 Conference UID:20091107T000529EST-PK1seUKGbV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nnirr.org/events/conference/2008/english.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:jan11@witnesstorture.org DESCRIPTION:Friday\, January 11\, 2008: The 6 year anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to GuantĂĄnamo.\n\nLast year on January 11th\, af ter 500 people processed from the Supreme Court to the Federal court\, 150 people risked arrest on behalf of the men in Guantanamo\, with 88 being a rrested inside the Federal Court in DC. Many of those arrested withheld th eir identification and took the names of men at Guantanamo. It was a very powerful day\, made possible by the contributions of many in the extended Catholic Worker family.\n\nThis year\, we again are working with many grou ps on a demonstration in Washington\, D.C. The day will begin with a rally at the National Mall co-sponsored with Amnesty International and the Nati onal Religious Campaign Against Torture followed by a “prisoner processi on” to the Supreme Court. Endorsed by Bill of Rights Defense Committee\, CodePink\, International Federation for Human Rights\, Network of Spiritu al Progressives\, Peace Action\, School of the Americas Watch\, Torture Ab olition and Survivors Support Coalition International\, United for Peace a nd Justice\, War Resisters League\, and other groups.\n\nCome to DC or org anize a vigil\, demonstration or speaker in your own community! Geograph ical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20080111T100000 GEO:38.895300;-77.027600 LOCATION:National Mall\, 12th Street NW And Madison Dr NW\, Washington\, Di strict of Columbia\, 20004\, United States SUMMARY:International Day of Action to Shut Down GuantĂĄnamo UID:20091107T000529EST-1TsKjlD7dN@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.witnesstorture.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:416-535-8779 Email:barryaw@rogers.com DESCRIPTION:Get ready – for \\'A World in Revolt\\'\nTri-national confere nce set for Toronto\, May 22-25\n You won\\'t want to miss this. Four day s of stimulating\, enriching political education\, discussions and debates on the biggest issues facing humanity. Get set for an exciting tri-natio nal revolutionary socialist conference titled \\'A World in Revolt: Prosp ects for Socialism in the 21st Century\\'\, to be held in Toronto\, Canada \, May 22-25\, 2008.\n Co-sponsored by Socialist Action-Canada\, SA-US\, a nd the Socialist Unity League (LUS) of Mexico\, the gathering will feature writer\, scientist and foremost Cuban proponent of Trotskyism\, Celia Har t. It will also showcase Esteban Volkov\, Mexico City-based grandson of L eon Trotsky\; Bryan Palmer\, Canadian biographer of the founder of America n communism\, James P. Cannon\; Gerry Foley\, international editor of SA n ewspaper\; Jeff Mackler\, SA National Secretary and co-coordinator of the campaign to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal\; Christine Gauvreau\, prominent U.S. eas t coast anti-war movement leader\; LUS leader Lalas\; plus socialist activ ists from Quebec\, Atlantic Canada\, Ontario Labour unions\, the feminist movement\, the NDP\, Palestine solidarity\, environmental struggles and ma ny other areas. “A World in Revolt” will be a magnet for Youth for So cialist Action members and veteran militants from across North America.\n Conference topics include: Prospects for Socialist Revolution in Venezuel a and Latin America\; Was Che Guevara a Trotskyist?\; U.S. Imperialism in Crisis -- the failing war in Iraq and the deepening crisis at home\; James P. Cannon and the Revolutionary Tradition in North America\; the Class St ruggle in Canada and Quebec\; Feminism\, Anti-Racism and Immigrants\\' Rig hts\; Palestine\, the Annapolis trap and the global boycott campaign\; Eco -Socialism or Barbarism?\; and Labour\\'s Retreat and its Coming Re-resurg ence.\n There will also be a special lunch time encounter with Celia Hart and Esteban Volkov.\n Just can\\'t wait to attend? Then now is the time t o take advantage of the early registration rates. Prior to the conference \, a four-day pass costs $30 (in U.S. or Canadian dollars). At the start of the gathering the pass price rises to $40\, or you can pay $6 per sessi on (there are nine sessions in all)\, or pay whatever you can afford (no o ne will be turned away). Please send cheques or money orders to: SA\, 52 6 Roxton Road\, Toronto\, Ontario M6G 3R4.\n Inexpensive housing is availa ble for conference participants at the University of Toronto\\'s New Colle ge\, located just five blocks from the conference site. Until March 1 onl y\, the cost is $25 per night for singles\, or $30 per night for shared ac commodation. \n To take advantage of this low rate\, please book your spa ce now by going to: www.torontores. com Just print the Reservation Form and fax/mail/email it to the office. You can also call in your room reser vation at: 416-946-0529 or 416-946-5317 .\n There is a section on the for m that asks for a Special Rate Code. In order to get the special rate\, s ubmit the Special Rate Code \\'SAC2008\\'\, or refer to this message about the Socialist Action Conference when calling in the reservation.\n Rememb er\, the deadline is March 1\, 2008 for visitors to book at the special ra te.\n Please pass along this information to folks who might be interested in attending. And when you have made your definite plans to attend\, just to facilitate coordination and preparations\, or if you have any question s\, please let us know by sending an e-message to: barryaw@rogers.com . Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080525 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20080522T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:252 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada SUMMARY:A World in Revolt - Prospects for Socialism in the 21st Century UID:20091107T000529EST-gUaFOPaeuX@69.73.141.125 URL:http://socialistaction.org/ca.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:cgiu@clintonglobalinitiative.org DESCRIPTION:From March 14 – 16\, 2008\, President Clinton will host the i naugural meeting of CGI U at Tulane University in New Orleans\, Louisiana. Hundreds of students\, university officials\, and global leaders will com e together to make a difference within CGI U’s four main focus areas: en ergy and climate change\, global health\, human rights and peace\, and pov erty alleviation. This meeting is about action. Before leaving New Orleans \, all attendees must make a commitment. No commitment is too small to mak e a difference\, bring about change\, or impact lives Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080316 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080314 GEO:29.952300;-90.123500 LOCATION:Tulane University\, New Orleans\, Louisiana\, 70118\, United State s SUMMARY:Clinton Global Initiative University UID:20091107T000529EST-Mcl9udvoXX@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.cgiu.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:On April 1\, 2008 young people from around the world are rising up to show the world that we refuse to fool around with climate change an d our future. The Energy Action Coalition is calling on communities across Canada and the US to join this global day of action and show the fossil f uel industry and bad politicians that we mean business. Ideas include\, bu t are by no means limited to: rallies at gas stations or representative of fices\, Critical Mass bike rides\, office occupations\, Billionaire’s fo r Tar Sands/Coal demonstrations\, spank the bank visits\, high-powered pro jections of solutions on the side of dirty energy factories\, Board of Tru stees meeting take-overs\, hold a clean energy camp at a dirty energy site \, do solar installations\, make spoof videos and websites\, offer alterna tive\, clean energy bus rides\, do some coal mining of your own at a coal company’s headquarters…\n\nGroups participating in Fossil Fools Day in clude the Energy Action Coalition\, Canadian Youth Climate Coalition\, Ris ing Tide North America\, the Australian Student Environment Network\, the Australian Youth Climate Coalition\, & Rising Tide UK\, & Rising Tide Aust ralia. Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080401 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Fossil Fools 2008 Day of Action UID:20091107T000529EST-BuJLlWUgrD@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:forum@eco-res.org DESCRIPTION:ENVIRONMENTAL & CLIMATE JUSTICE E-CONFERENCE\n\nYou are invited to join the EcoRes Forum from 11-24 April 2008 for \\'Environmental (In)J ustice: Sources\, Symptoms\, and Solutions\\'\, the second in a series of online dialogues focusing on the ethical\, political and socio-cultural as pects of climate change.\n\nAs experts call for swift action in response t o accelerating climate change\, the words “global warming” have become commonplace. Headlines and commentators tout the latest technological dev elopments\, politicians focus on greening their platforms\, and concerned citizens in MDCs check their house insurance and consider relocating to hi gher ground. Adaptation is underway. \n\nBut what about those who can’t make that choice? Those forced to cope with changes they can least afford\ , changes to which they contributed little? As the data continues to pour in\, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer\\'s warning is being confirmed – over and over again: “The most vulnerable communities in the poores t countries\, those who have contributed nothing to climate change\, will be the worst affected by its impact.\\'\n\nAs the growing numbers of unemp loyed\, displaced and dis-eased climate refugees and victims of injustice outpace projections\, one thing is clear: Our task\, our ethical responsib ility\, is to ensure that this indefensible discrimination does not contin ue. What will this require? Nothing less than incorporating fully the inte rrelated principles of environmental and climate justice across the board\ , at all levels\, in all decision-making platforms\, throughout all societ ies. \n\nThe purpose of this dialogue is to raise awareness among particip ants about environmental and climate justice: what these concepts mean\, u nderlying causes and symptoms of EJ/CJ injustice\, how this injustice may be rectified\, and related elements ranging from national immigration poli cy and international contraction and convergence proposals to xenophobia a nd racism.\n\nPANEL OF EXPERTS: Joining the Forum panel will be Drs. Julia n AGYEMAN (USA)\, Patrick BOND (South Africa)\, Robert D. BULLARD (USA)\, Michael DORSEY (USA)\, and Shirley THOMPSON (Canada)\, internationally kno wn and respected leaders in their fields. Additional panelists are being a nnounced throughout March. \n\nBREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS: Proposals for self-di rected breakout discussions and presentations on related subjects may be s ubmitted to forum@eco-res.org. Each selected presentation will be provided with a stand-alone webpage and unlimited discussion threads within the Fo rum website\, with limited server space provided for presentation material s. Deadline for proposals: 18 March 2008. \n\nNEW FORMAT!! EcoRes is pleas ed to introduce its new web-based e-conference format\, which will be host ed on the Forum website. Registration is required for participation\, with materials accessible as read-only for non-registrants.\n\nThe EcoRes Foru m e-conference series brings together academics and activists\, scientists and social critics\, researchers\, journalists\, community leaders and me mbers from around the world\, offering a unique opportunity to learn from and network with like-minded citizens. By offering the series free of char ge\, crossing cultural\, disciplinary and geopolitical borders\, and remov ing the financial and logistical barriers to participation often encounter ed by those whom climate change threatens most\, EcoRes continues to encou rage wide-ranging stakeholder participation\, with registrants from over 9 0 countries taking part in previous issue discussions.\n\nJoin us as we di scuss this urgent need for widespread political and societal transformatio n: For more information or to register for the April event\, visit the Eco Res Forum at http://www.eco-res.org.\n\nWe look forward to sharing this th ought-provoking discussion with you! \n\nThe EcoRes Forum Team\nhttp://www .eco-res.org \n\nOnline Registration Now Open: http://www.eco-res.org/reg ister.html Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080424 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080411 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Online/Virtual: EcoRes Forum SUMMARY:E-Conf: Environmental (In)Justice: Sources\, Symptoms\, and Solutio ns UID:20091107T000529EST-9Dmmu6ufGZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.eco-res.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:gieseghj@thestonerarmy.com DESCRIPTION:We will be gathering on the steps of city hall to let the world know what we feel about the injustice that is being done. Even if you are n\\'t a smoker\, come out and support the cause. Everyone should have the right to make the safer choice. Cannabis can save the world - do the resea rch.\nOrlando is the 211th city to sign up.\n\nWe are looking at getting c aravans from miami\, tally\, and st. pete so feel free to contact me if yo u are interested in that\, or trying to set one up from where you are at.\ n\nRemember: the more people you invite\, the more people are able to atte nd. Also\, inviting all of your friends can not only show you who else sup ports your cause\, but enables them to invite their friends who also suppo rt the cause. The more people\, the more the world knows that it is time f or a big change.\n\nInvite Your Friends.. Post On Group Boards.. Post On N etwork Boards..\n\nYou can reach me on AIM at TheStonerArmy\n\nOn Facebook at\nhttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8733955788\n\nOn MySpace at htt p://events.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&eventID=411826.3 8948 Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080529 GEO:28.566300;-81.260800 LOCATION:200+ Cities Globally\, Orlando City Hall\, Orlando\, Florida\, 328 16\, United States SUMMARY:Global Marijuana March UID:20091107T000529EST-lru4wAXrmM@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.TheStonerArmy.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:617-432-3998 Email:mclark@hsph.harvard.edu DESCRIPTION:OVERVIEW\nAs more research is conducted in developing countries \, ethical issues that reflect differences in cultures\, politics\, wealth \, standards of care\, individual and group rights\, and priorities are su rfacing with increasing frequency. The present ethical codes are not alway s sufficient for the broad new set of problems faced by funders of interna tional health research\, members of Ethical Review Boards\, government age ncies\, and researchers themselves. In total about 900 people have partici pated in various versions of the course offered in Mexico\, South Africa\, Nigeria\, India\, Pakistan and UAE.\n\nWHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND\nTo address current issues\, anticipate potential future problems\, and facilitate pro ductive communication\, this interactive program draws on the combined tal ents of leaders in the field. Participants from both developing and indust rialized countries have an opportunity to compare experiences\, receive ex pert advice\, and voice their concerns in five days of lectures\, case stu dies\, and panel discussions. Recognizing that current guidelines are both subject to interpretation and likely to create conflict\, the program enc ourages candid comments\, questions\, and open critique of available mater ials.\n\nKEY TOPICS\nEthical Guidelines for Research Involving Human Subje cts\nProposed Changes to International Guidelines\nCultural Absolutism vs. Cultural Relativism\nIndividual and Group Rights\nEthical Review Boards/I nstitutional Review Boards\nInformed Consent\nConfidentiality\nConflict of Interest and Scientific Misconduct\nStandards of Care\nResponsibility of Researchers to the Community\nIssues in Genetic Research\nResearch in Disa sters and Complex Emergencies\nRole of Medical Journals\, the Press\, and Others in Maintaining Ethical Standards\nStem Cell Research\nInnovative Th erapy versus Drug Testing\n\nWHO SHOULD ATTEND\nEthical Issues in Internat ional Health Research is intended for individuals involved in all areas of international health research\, including medicine\, anthropology\, epide miology\, education\, journalism\, political science and law\; government\ , foundations\, and industry officials with funding responsibilities\; and members of institutional and governmental review boards.\n Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080613 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20080609T080000 GEO:42.343100;-71.092700 LOCATION:Harvard School Of Public Health\, 651 Huntington Avenue\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02115\, United States SUMMARY:Program on Ethical Issues in International Health Research UID:20091107T000529EST-8xp7pu6COO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/bioethics/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:SIXTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL AL-AWDA CONVENTION TO MARK 60 YEARS OF PALESTINIAN NAKBA\nEmbassy Suites Hotel Anaheim South\, 11767 Harbor Bo ulevard\nGarden Grove\, California\, 92840\nMay 16-18\, 2008\n\nPalestine: 60 Years of Forced Exile - Time For Return\n\nThis year\\'s 6th Annual In ternational Al-Awda Convention is our most important one to date\, and is expected to be extremely well attended. DON\\'T DELAY! REGISTER TODAY!\n\ nThe convention will mark the sixtieth year of a devastating event in the long history of the Palestinian people. We call it our Nakba.\n\nConfirmed speakers include Bishop Atallah Hanna (Jerusalem\, Palestine)\, Supreme J ustice Dr. Sheikh Taiseer Al Tamimi (Jerusalem\, Palestine)\, Dr. Adel Sam ara (Palestine\, economist\, author\, founder of Al-Mashriq Al-A’amal Ce nter for Cultural and Development Studies)\, Dr. Salman Abu Sitta (writer/ researcher\, founder of Palestine Land Society)\, Dr. Ghada Karmi (London\ , academic\, researcher/writer)\, Dr. As\\'ad Abu Khalil (professor\, Poli tics and Public Administraion\, CSU Stanislaus)\, Dr. Saree Makdisi (profe ssor\, English and Comparative Literature\, UCLA)\, and Ramzy Baroud (Seat tle\, journalist\, former Al-Jazeera producer and editor of PalestineChron icle.com). Palestinian Legislative Council member Khalida Jarrar has also been invited.\n\nHost Organizations of this year\\'s convention include Al -Awda\, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition\, Palestinian American Wom en Association\, Free Palestine Alliance\, National Council of Arab-Americ ans\, Middle East Cultural and Information Center - San Diego\, The Arab C ommunity Center of the Inland Empire\, Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid - Southern California\, Palestine Aid Society\, Palestinian American Congre ss\, Bethlehem Association\, Al-Mubadara - Southern California\, Union of Palestinian American Women\, Birzeit Society\, El-Bireh Society\, Arab Ame rican Friends of Nazareth\, Ramallah Club\, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition\, Inter national Action Center\, Students for Justice in Palestine at CSUSB\, UCLA and UCR\, Students for International Knowledge at CSUSB\, Muslim Students Association at Palomar College\, UCSD\, and Mira Costa\, and The Arab Ame rican Council.\n\nINVITATION \n\nWe invite all members and supporters of t he implementation of the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes of origin and to reclaim their lands to join us in this landmark Al -Awda Convention on the 60th year of al-Nakba.\n\nMASS RALLY FOR THE RETUR N TO PALESTINE\n\nThe convention will culminate in a major mass rally and march to mark 60 years of Nakba and to call for The RETURN TO PALESTINE. T he demonstration will be held in solidarity and coordination with our sist ers and brothers who continue the struggle in our beloved homeland.\n\nDON \\'T DELAY! REGISTER TODAY!\n\nRegistration\nSponsorship\nAdvertising\nExh ibitors\nAccommodation\nDirections\nMedia\nHost Organizations\nPoints of U nity\n\nOrganizational endorsements welcome. Please write to us at convent ion6@al-awda.org \n\nFor more information\, please go to http://al-awda.or g/convention6 and keep revisiting that page as it is being updated regular ly.\n\nTo submit speaker and panel/workshop proposals\, write to info@al-a wda.org or convention6@al-awda.org Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080518 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080516 GEO:33.844800;-117.954000 LOCATION:Anaheim\, Califorina\, 92801\, United States SUMMARY:Al-Awda Convention 2008: The 60th Year of Al-Nakba UID:20091107T000529EST-Ae55ln3oct@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:802-258-0946 Email:educationalpraxisinc@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Educational Praxis\, a non-profit organization based in Vermont \, will host WE-learn projects in Tanzania\, Uganda and India this coming summer. Come experience how community workers and activists are working fo r social justice in these countries. WE-learn projects focus on building r elationships and solidarity between activists and diverse communities. Whe ther you are working with teachers in India or learning from health practi tioners in Tanzania you will be helping to create positive social change. \n\nThe projects in India\, Uganda and Tanzania are designed by people fr om those countries. \nThe money you pay directly goes towards the local pr ograms of the host communities\, coordination of the trip and your local t ransportation and accommodation costs. \n\nWe keep it real and affordable ! \n\nPlease call or email and get started on an experience that will chan ge your life forever!\n Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080815 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080607 GEO:43.024200;-72.517300 LOCATION:Educational Praxis\, Inc\, P.O. Box 409\, Putney\, Vermont\, 05346 \, United States SUMMARY:WE-learn Projects in India\, Uganda\, Tanzania UID:20091107T000529EST-VgjEWc6J1x@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.educationalpraxis.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:610-566-0156 Email:medard@bigpicturesmallworld.com DESCRIPTION:The 2008 Design Science Lab will be held at the UN and UN Inter national School June 16 - 23\, 2008. This year\\'s Lab is focused on energ y solutions to global problems. Participants will develop solutions to glo bal problems under the general umbrella of the UN\\'s Millennium Developme nt Goals. Participant\\'s are briefed at the UN by UN personnel at start o f program and their work is presented at the UN at end of session. There i s also an ONLINE Lab Extension from June 25 - August 29 for Lab participan ts and others\, who want to further develop their solutions so that they c an enter them in the $100\,000 Buckminster Fuller Challenge or get them in to a business plan or proposal format to in order to attract the funding n eeded to implement their solution. The Lab in NY and the online Lab are di rected by Medard Gabel of BigPictureSmallWorld. \n\nFor further informatio n: BigPictureSmallWorld: http://www.bigpicturesmallworld.com\nBuckminster Fuller Challenge: http://www.bfi.org \nDesign Science Lab in NY: http://w ww.designsciencelab.org \nDesign Science Lab Online: info@bigpicturesmall world.com Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080623 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080616 GEO:40.739000;-73.982000 LOCATION:United Nations International School\, 24-50 FDR Drive\, New York\, New York\, 10010\, United States SUMMARY:Design Science Lab 2008 UID:20091107T000529EST-bC1msnjlvU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.bigpicturesmallworld.com/colleges/designlab.shtml END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:613-878-4053 Email:james@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:United Students Against Sweatshops organizes two conferences ev ery year where students from all over Canada and the US are invited. We ge t together to talk about social justice issues\, mostly based around labor rights. This three day summer conference is an excellent opportunity for people new to USAS to come and learn about some of the campaigns that are being run to use student power to fight for human rights. See the website for more details and registration. Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080808 GEO:40.020900;-105.297000 LOCATION:University Of Colorado At Boulder\, Boulder\, Colorado\, 80302\, U nited States SUMMARY:United Students Against Sweatshops Summer Conference UID:20091107T000529EST-FzMjiZvmtw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usascanada.org/tiki-index.php?page_ref_id=20 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:734-663-0889 Email:info@nasco.coop DESCRIPTION:Put on by the North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)\, Action Camp is a week-long training program for leaders in democratically- run communities such as student organizations\, housing cooperatives\, and consumer or worker cooperatives.\n\nExperienced trainers utilize popular education and Theatre of the Oppressed techniques to facilitate interactiv e problem-solving. Action Camp is limited to 30 participants\, which crea tes a trusting environment for people to strategize around topics such as: \n\n+Effective member education on issues related to safe spaces\, sexual assault\, accessibility\, mental health\, class issues\, and diversity\n+A ccessible recruitment and retention of members and leaders\n+Building more inclusive cultures within our organizations\n+Inter-personal dynamics\n\n By networking and sharing with leaders who represent democratically-run co mmunities from campuses across the country\, participants leave Action Cam p with tools to challenge racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, classism\, ableis m\, & other dimensions of oppression in their communities and themselves.\ n\n$375 ($350 for members) includes lodging\, meals\, professional trainin g for five days. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080815 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20080810T160000 GEO:42.504200;-85.392600 LOCATION:Circle Pines Center\, 8650 Mullen Road\, Delton\, Michigan\, 49046 \, United States SUMMARY:NASCO Action Camp UID:20091107T000529EST-pJdUja3eIe@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nasco.coop/antiopp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:610-566-0156 Email:info@bigpicturesmallworld.com DESCRIPTION:Students are briefed by UN experts\, then develop designs and s trategies for solving critical global and local problems. This year\\'s fo cus is on energy. On last day of Lab work is presented to UN staff.\nThe L ab is not an academic exercise. Real world solutions will be developed. Ev ery effort will be made to get the most viable solutions implemented Geo graphical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080623 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20080616T090000 GEO:39.916100;-75.402500 LOCATION:Chestnut Hill College And UN\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19063 \, United States SUMMARY:Design Science/Global Solutions Lab 2008 UID:20091107T000529EST-UwhEDAtgkp@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.designsicencelab.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:kevin@twentyfirstcenturyhippies.org DESCRIPTION:The Fair Trade Fall Tour is a North American tour promoting the release of the book: Twenty-First Century Hippies: Activists in Pursuit o f Peace and Social Justice\, and the social justice folk music of Seth Mar tin.\n\nWritten by Canadian author Kevin Vowles\, Twenty-First Century Hip pies: Activists in Pursuit of Peace and Social Justice examines poverty\, war\, the environment\, HIV/AIDS and human rights\, take action plans\, an d the impact activists and twenty-first century hippies have on these issu es.\n\nThis book further explores and differentiates between activism and advocacy. It also details non-violence\, peaceful\, proactive\, planned mo vements and actions. Change over time\, various case studies of activists and organizations which have had a profound impact on peace and social jus tice\, conclude the book. The essence is that anyone can be the change th ey want to see. \n\nUp and coming American folk artist Seth Martin\, will be singing songs of social justice\, in particular US led wars of aggress ion\, at each venue. Seth Martin is a joy to listen to. You can learn more and listen to Seth at: www.myspace.com/sethmartinsmusic\n\nThe Fair Trade Fall Tour will specifically address the impact of fair trade on human rig hts\, poverty\, HIV/AIDS and the environment.\n\nAudiences include activis m groups\, book stores\, coffee shops\, schools and musical events. \n\nIf you are interested in booking a reading and performance\, please email ke vin@twentyfirstcenturyhippies.org to set up a date.\n\nMore information an d a preview of chapter one of the book can all be viewed on: www.twentyfir stcenturyhippies.org\n Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081123 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080910 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:North America SUMMARY:The Fair Trade Fall Tour UID:20091107T000529EST-0ipv5ItR8P@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.twentyfirstcenturyhippies.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:734-677-9240 Email:jill@animalsandsociety.org DESCRIPTION:Join scholars\, authors\, activists and artists to address worl dwide animal protection and environmental issues. Topics include animal co gnition\, pit bull rehabilitation\, vegetarianism and spirituality\, grass roots politics\, vivisection\, campaign economics\, marine mammals\, anima l rights history and more. Student scholarships are available\; registrati on includes vegan meals. Exhibitors welcome. Geographical Scope: Internat ional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081005 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20081003T180000 GEO:35.966400;-78.839700 LOCATION:Sheraton Imperial Hotel And Convention Center\, 4700 Emperor Blvd\ , Durham\, North Carolina\, 27703\, United States SUMMARY:Speaking Their Truth UID:20091107T000529EST-HrNVhRUnp0@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.animalsandsociety.org/stt END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:608-204-9011 Email:colleen@justcoffee.coop DESCRIPTION:2008 Travel Delegations\nPosted by matt at about 7am on Sunday March 9\, 2008\n\nLine up for morning tooth brushing\n\nUpcoming Delegatio ns\n\nJoin Just Coffee on any number of informative and inspirational lear ning delegations that are sure to be unforgettable! This year we will be t raveling to:\n\nChiapas\, Mexico: July 16-21\, 2008\nWhere we will meet wi th Zapatista and Las Abejas grower cooperatives Maya Vinic\; Mut Vitz\; an d Yachil\;\n\nNicaragua 2: July 25-30\, 2008\nWhere we will take a second trip to meet and stay with Just Coffee\\'s newest coffee growing cooperati ve\, the all female La FEM cooperative\; and\n\nEast Timor: August 15-22\, 2008\nWhere we will explore the factors playing a role in the 2006 confli ct and visit with local coffee growers to hear their concerns and dreams f or the future!\n\nFor more information or to sign-up for a delegation\, pl ease contact Just Coffee\\'s Delegation Coordinator Colleen Coy at: collee n (at) justcoffee (dot) coop. Thank you for your continued interest and su pport! Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080822 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080716 GEO:43.078600;-89.377300 LOCATION:1129 East Wilson Street\, Madison\, Wisconsin\, 53703\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Just Coffee fair trade delegations UID:20091107T000529EST-jvBvA76CEc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.justcoffee.coop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:support@congoweek.org DESCRIPTION:The Congo is the greatest humanitarian crisis in the world toda y where nearly 6 million people have died since 1996\, half of them childr en 5 yrs old or younger and hundreds of thousands of women have been raped all as a result of the scramble for Congo\\'s wealth. The United Nations said it is the deadliest conflict in the world since World War Two. Howeve r\, hardly anything is said about it in the media. 45\,000 people continue to die every month in the Congo. Figuratively\, Darfur happens in the Con go every 5 and a half month. Can you imagine 45\,000 people dying every mo nth and hardly a peep from anyone in the age of the Internet? This is lite rally what has happened and continue to happen in the Congo. There is a me dia white-out about Congo and no worldwide resolution to end the conflict and carnage there.\n \nTo help us bring the story of Congo to light\, I am hopeful that you will be able to participate and/or help in the following manner:\n \n1. Organize an event or a series of events speaking on the co nflict in the Congo. We can provide support for speakers\, movies\, and pr ograms.\n \n2. Connect us with people in your network who may be able to h elp us in this effort.\n\n3. Help us reach out universities and communitie s in your area or throughout the globe to participate. Any help you can pr ovide in this regard will be of great help. Our goal is to reach 1000 camp uses and 100 countries around the world to participate in Congo Week.\n\n4 . Participate in the CELL-OUT\, a six-hour cell phone usage boycott to rai se awareness about the conflict in the Congo. Visit congoweek.org or call us at 1-888-584-6510\n\n5. Contact your congressman to support bills in Co ngress on the Congo. H. Res. 795:”Condemning the ongoing violence in th e DRC” by Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]\, H.Res. 1227: “Condemning sexual vio lence in the DRC” by Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]\, and S. 3058: “Confl ict Coltan and Cassiterite Act of 2008” by Senators Sam Brownback and Di ck Durbin.\n\n6. Support groups in the Congo that are helping children get out of the mines and get back into schools.\n \n7. Make suggestions as to how we can make the event a grand success. Geographical Scope: Internati onal DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081019 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Worldwide SUMMARY:Break the Silence - Congo Week 2008 UID:20091107T000529EST-Tf4jo42R3W@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.congoweek.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Praxis Peace Institute is organizing a 5-day workshop/seminar w ith the Mondragon Cooperatives in the Basque country of Spain. The purpose of the seminar is to learn about worker owned and managed cooperative bus inesses from the leading consortium of cooperatives in the world. Basic Co operative Principles \nClick to enlarge\n\n\nThe Mondragon Cooperatives we re founded in 1955 and now encompass 264 businesses and employ more than 1 00\,000 worker-owners. Mondragon is a highly successful cooperative model with over 50 years of proven success. They have established research cente rs\, bank and credit unions\, a university\, youth cooperatives\, and smal l to large businesses. \n\nIn June 2007\, the Educational Director of the Mondragon Cooperatives\, Mikel Lezamiz\, spoke at the Praxis Peace Institu te conference in Dubrovnik\, Croatia. Due to the interest generated at the conference\, we decided to collaborate with Mondragon in offering an in-d epth educational opportunity for those who want more information on how to create cooperatives in their businesses and communities. Geographical Sc ope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081004 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080928 GEO:43.066700;-2.483330 LOCATION:Mondragon\, Pais Vasco\, Spain SUMMARY:Mondragon Seminar 2008 UID:20091107T000529EST-XMVOTBforC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://praxispeace.org/conference08.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:November 9 - 16: Join the 6th Week against the Apartheid Wall!\ nLatest News\, Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign\, Septe mber 2nd\, 2008 \n\n***To download the call in PDF format\, click here.*** \n\nAs part of the national and international mobilization to mark the 60t h year of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe)\, in which millions of Pales tinians were either slaughtered or displaced by the Zionist militias and a rmy\, the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and its Popu lar Committees call for the Sixth Week against the Apartheid Wall.\n\nSix years after the first mass protests started in the northern West Bank agai nst the Apartheid Wall\, Occupation bulldozers and military are still targ eting our land and people. We have continued to stand our ground\, halting the construction works with our own hands\, defending our land and mourni ng our latest martyrs - Ahmad Mousa (12 years) and Yousef Amira (17 years) from Ni’lin - that have given their lives in the struggle against the W all. We call on you to stand in solidarity:\n\nMOBILIZE AND RAISE YOUR VOI CE\nDURING THE SIXTH WEEK AGAINST THE APARTHEID WALL\,\nNOVEMBER 9 – 16 2008.\n\n\nThe Wall has almost been completed\, resulting in the confineme nt of Palestinians in the West Bank into segregated Bantustans. 60 years a go\, the depopulation or destruction of 531 Palestinian towns and villages \, ruthless massacres and the displacement of over 750\,000 Palestinians f rom their houses and lands has turned the majority of the Palestinian peop le into refugees and placed those remaining in their homeland under an apa rtheid regime. Today\, the Wall is threatening to finish the project of et hnic cleansing and land left that began in 1948.\n\nSnaking through West B ank\, the Wall has isolated 78 Palestinian villages\, separating communiti es and wrecking livelihoods. Some are trapped between the Wall and the Gre en Line\, where access is only allowed with permits through gates with res tricted opening hours. Most are imprisoned from three sides by the Wall\, settlers’ roads or settlements\, with the only exit controlled by the Oc cupation. 14 of these villages face imminent demolition and are in serious danger of being wiped off the map. \n\nThe Wall is also sealing the fate of thousands of Palestinian Bedouin. Having faced expulsions since 1948\, the Occupation is renewing the attack on them in order to clear the land i n the Jordan Valley and around Jerusalem for annexation. Occupation author ities are pushing more than 6\,000 members of the Jahalin Bedouin\, residi ng east of Jerusalem\, into rekuzim (“concentration”) camps in order t o make space for Jewish-only settlements. \n\nThe fight for Jerusalem has reached a critical stage\, with the Occupation consolidating and expanding the settlement ring around the city. Construction on the light rail\, whi ch will link Jewish settlements with the city centre\, is near completion. Home demolitions have increased sharply\, settlement construction is boom ing and Occupation forces regularly raid and close Palestinian institution s\, events and religious sites.\n\nAs the Occupation tightens its grip on the West Bank\, we must not forget the people of Gaza who are subjected to medieval siege and forgotten by the international community\, yet continu e to remain steadfast. They were the first to blow up the Wall\, and their actions exemplify the resistance and determination of the Palestinian peo ple.\nThe International Court of Justice has ruled that the Wall is illega l and has required that it be torn down and all laws and orders related to it be reversed. The Court has reminded the international community of the ir obligation not to render any aid or assistance to the Wall and instead to ensure the implementation of international law\, including the ICJ deci sion itself. To date\, the international community has not promoted any co ncrete move towards ruling’s implementation. \n\nInstead\, the United Na tions and the international community have turned a blind eye to or even a betted Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing. The US sponsored and intern ationally endorsed Annapolis process is to result in a “shelf agreement\ ,” meaning that while the Occupation will have no duty to change its pol icies\, it will have gained the signature of Palestinian negotiators compr omising our rights. \n\nThe only effective means to promote justice in Pal estine to date is the united Palestinian call for Boycott\, Divestment and Sanctions issued in July 2005. The global adoption of the call has so far provided much needed support for our struggle.\n\nWe ask you to support t he resistance of the people by mobilizing against the Wall and the aparthe id system it has created on ground. We call on whoever still believes in j ustice\, humanity\, liberation\, and resistance against tyranny to stand w ith us and: \n\nShow solidarity to the Palestinian struggle against the Ap artheid Wall\nExpose Israeli occupation\, apartheid\, and colonialism\nEnd global support for Israeli apartheid\n\nVisit our website and use our awa reness raising material to prepare your events and protests:\n\n“Palesti nian Villages and Town between Isolation and Expulsion”: a detailed stud y of the communities threatened with ethnic cleansing by the Apartheid Wal l. Download the PDF here or contact us at global@stopthewall.org for hard copies. To download the French version\, click here. \n\n“Palestinian Vi llages and Town between Isolation and Expulsion” – the factsheet: a sh ort summary of the most important facts and figures. To download the facts heet\, click here.\n\n“The Arab Jahalin: from the Nakba to the Wall”: an in depth study on the history of the Jahalin Bedouin\, from there expul sion from Tal ‘Arad until the present. Based on a number of oral histori es\, the Jahalin narrate their own struggle. To download the PDF\, click h ere. or contact us at global@stopthewall.org for hard copies.\n\n“On the way of return to Tal Arad - the Arab Jahalin”: a 25 minutes documentary on the Arab Jahalin and their struggle for dignity and return to Tal Arad . To obtain a DVD\, please contact us at global@stopthewall.org \n\n“Thr eatened villages – 6 years of struggle”: a powerful photo exhibit that illustrates the reality and struggle of the Palestinian villages threaten ed by the Wall and the Bedouin communities within the context of the ongoi ng Nakba. 36 photos\, including captions. To download the PDF\, click here . To obtain the hi-res photos of the exhibit and captions\, please contact us at global@stopthewall.org\n\nDevelop your Boycott\, divestment and san ctions campaigns. For more information\, materials and updates\, see: www. bdsmovement.net \n\nMobilize against the Occupation’s policies and its A partheid Wall!\nReach out to your media!\nReach out to your political repr esentatives!\nStop support Israeli apartheid! Geographical Scope: Interna tional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081116 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081109 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign Week of Action - 2008 UID:20091107T000529EST-w7xPL2A43h@69.73.141.125 URL:http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1724.shtml END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:206-221-3327 Email:aedens@u.washington.edu DESCRIPTION:The Convergence will be an awesome opportunity to meet and stra tegize with producers from various countries\, learn organizing skills in dozens of workshops facilitated by experienced organizers in the U.S. and abroad\, and network with over 200 students and youth movement leaders fro m around the world. The Convergence is open to anyone and everyone with a n interest in fair trade or social justice\, and we want to see you there! \nStudents are continuously creating new goals and new interpretations o f what Fair Trade is and should be: taking it beyond the limits of consume rism\, to critiquing and imagining alternative food systems\, to making fa ir trade more accessible\, to exploring participants\\' visions of trade j ustice internationally and in the US. The Convergence is a place to share experiences\, ideas\, and skills in a collaborative learning environment\, rather than sitting and listening to lecture after lecture. \nThis year\ , the convergence will explore various topics such as the relationship bet ween the Fair Trade model and domestic farmworker rights\; organizing arou nd Fair Trade products\; cooperative structures and functioning\; how stud ents can create more close-knit relationships with producers\; how student s can work together to build regional campaigns and leadership in the stud ent Fair Trade movement\; integrating anti-oppression into our organizing\ ; connecting students with newer Fair Trade certified products such as nut s and olive oil\; and much more. \nWe want you and your friends to join u s! Please visit www.usft.org/convergence to register. \nWe\\'ll see you in Seattle!!!\n Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081110 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081107 GEO:47.663800;-122.301000 LOCATION:University Of Washington\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98105\, United S tates SUMMARY:2008 United Students for Fair Trade International Convergence UID:20091107T000529EST-KKsaviuWGw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usft.org/convergence/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:united.for.education@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:For many years individuals\, groups and organizations across th e world have struggled against the rising cost of higher education\, the i ncreasing influence of profit-driven companies and corporations on univers ities and the privatization of education in general.\n\nWe call on student s\, teaching and technical staff and workers around the world to protest f or emancipating education systems accessible to all\, regardless of age or social origin\, on 5th November. Canadian students will stand-up against higher tuition fees on this day\; let\\'s unite in our struggle and shape an international students movement!\n\nPlease consider contacting us\, so that we can add \\'your\\' organization as a supporter of this internation al day of action. We also encourage you to send us a short explanation of why you are participating on this day of action: some organizations defend a public education system\, others are generally focussing on emancipatin g education\, others again struggle for free access to higher education †Ś All these goals are interlinked!!\n\nSo far eleven groups in five countr ies are officially supporting the Action Day\, and they also sign together a Call for this day. It can now be accessed in five languages (English\, German\, French\, Italian and Spanish) on: fading-hope.blog-city.com Geog raphical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081105 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Across The World\, Germany SUMMARY:International Day of Action Against The Commercialization of Educat ion UID:20091107T000529EST-VuDVcK98xC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.emancipating-education-for-all.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:905-523-0111 Email:conference@peacecafe.ca DESCRIPTION:“What can I do for peace?” is a common question on many min ds. Often\, this question is posed more in a negative despair -- or even a pathy -- at the seeming overwhelming forces advocating and acting with vio lence in our communities\, countries\, and globally.\n\nWhile the peace mo vement is portrayed often as a fringe movement engaging in intangibly idea listic goals\, there is now a growing awareness that everyone can be an en gaged citizen for peace education within their own professions and trades. \n\nViolent conflict is the greatest detriment to health in history and pr esently\; in terms of emotional cost\, monetary/ resource cost\, and a gre at environmental cost. It is clear that in a future where past and present unsustainable practices will lead to further resource and land conflicts\ , people will need to have the tools of social intelligence and conflict t ransformation to reduce the potential increase to the human cost of violen t conflict.\n\nThis year the conference seeks to highlight those who have integrated the values\, skills\, and knowledges of nonviolent social chang e into their lives and to inspire and engage with those who have the desir e to bring peace education into their work\, interests\, and personal live s.\n\nSee our website for more details on workshops\, such as: sustainable living\, gender and peace\, peace within yourself\, arts and peace\, busi ness and peace\, and more..\n\nREAD MORE AND REGISTER ONLINE:\nhttp://www. peacecafe.ca/\n\nhttp://www.peacecafe.ca/core.php?content=pec-08\n Geogra phical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081123 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20081121T000000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:McMaster University\, Student Centre 3rd Floor\, 1280 Main St. W\, Hamilton\, Ontario\, Canada SUMMARY:7th Annual Conference on Peace Education UID:20091107T000529EST-x0wzOf3elu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.peacecafe.ca/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:831-459-3619 Email:can.outreach@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:The Community Agroecology Network (CAN) is pleased to announce the visit of Internship Coordinators from several of our MesoAmerican part ner communities. El\nIntercambio: Bridging Global Communities will be held October 24 to November 4\,2008 at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) and continue Nov 6 –10 at the 5th annual United Student for Fair Trade (USFT) International Convergence in Seattle\, Washington.\n\nWe\\'l l be hosting a ton of different events throughout the Bay Area\, CA and in Seattle\, WA so be sure to check out our website for more info about an e vent near you! Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081110 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081023 GEO:36.980600;-122.046000 LOCATION:PO Box 3619\, Santa Cruz\, California\, 95060\, United States SUMMARY:El Intercambio: Bridging Global Communities UID:20091107T000529EST-ap38uNo4sK@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.communityagroecology.net 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:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081207 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Kulin Nation\, Melbourne\, Australia SUMMARY:World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education 2008 UID:20091107T000529EST-ANBVMbAZWV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.wipce2008.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:4 Years Strong\, 3 Documentaries Recorded\, 2 Ways To Join us\, 1 Mission: Networking and Working Together to Create A World That is Beyo nd Capitalism! \n\n\nThe Fourth Annual International Multiracial Alliance Building Peace Conference \n\nThe Mission Statement: \n\nA World Beyond Ca pitalism 2008 invites activists to come to the Pacific Northwest in Octobe r 2008 and engage in several days of educational discussion and visionary dialogue. \n\nWe believe in the need to reflect and imagine the future of the world beyond capitalism. We will emphasize the need for multi-lingual\ , long-term strategy through open dialogue and bridging political theory w ith non-violent practice. \n\nBy building on the increasing number of conf erences worldwide in which people from diverse backgrounds\, races and cul tures discuss subjects regarding world peace\, we hope to build solidarity among diverse organizing communities. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081026 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081025 GEO:46.978100;-122.702000 LOCATION:Olympia\, Washington\, 98507\, United States SUMMARY:A World Beyond Capitalism 2008 UID:20091107T000529EST-It0VRvv2MM@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.aworldbeyondcapitalism.org/awbc.html END:VEVENT 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:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081206 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Global Day of Action: International Demonstrations on Climate Chang e 2008 UID:20091107T000529EST-eVt0LWO015@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/ 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:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090830 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Europe\, Austria SUMMARY:2nd Global Young Greens Congress UID:20091107T000529EST-xdgiVGAws6@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalyounggreens.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090201 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090127 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Belem de Para\, Brazil SUMMARY:World Social Forum 2009 UID:20091107T000529EST-bVfzHc7hed@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:610-566-0156 Email:info@bigpicturesmallworld.com DESCRIPTION:The fifth annual Global Solutions Lab is being held this summer \, June 22-29\, 2009 at the UN in New York and Chestnut Hill College in Ph iladelphia\, PA. Students and young professionals from around the world l earn and use a powerful design\, planning\, and problem solving methodolog y that is based on the work of Buckminster Fuller and other scientists and designers. After they are briefed by UN experts from UNDP\, UNEP\, UNICE F\, and other UN agencies\, they develop designs and strategies for achiev ing one or more of the UN\\'s Millennium Development Goals. This year the focus is on developing a blueprint for a global green economy. \n\nStuden ts work collaboratively and intensely for seven days. Their work is presen ted to UN staff on the last day of the Lab\, as well as published in an an nual report. Further details and registration information are at: http://w ww.designsciencelab.com You can also download reports from previous Labs as well as see a short movie that describes the work at this same address Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090629 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20090622T093000 GEO:39.916100;-75.402500 LOCATION:UN In New York\, Chestnut Hill College In Phila.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19063\, United States SUMMARY:Design Science/Global Solutions Lab 2009 UID:20091107T000529EST-LBNVkbevkT@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.designsicencelab.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:There\\'s a great US and Canada Zero Waste Communities Conferen ce coming up in Detroit\, MI\, from February 6-9th. Detroit is home to th e world\\'s largest trash incinerator and they are close to finally gettin g it closed. \n\nWhile the conference is mostly about landfilling and inci neration of trash (and the \\'zero waste\\' alternative strategy)\, there is a lot of content that crosses over into the issues you\\'re all dealing with\, whether it be burning coal\, tires\, biomass or poultry waste... o r turning these various things into burnable transportation fuels.\n\nPlea se check it out\, consider attending\, and share this with anyone else you think may be interested...\n\n*Purpose: The purpose of this conference is to strengthen movements in the US and Canada for just and sustainable alt ernatives to waste incinerators and landfills. Join amazing activists from across the U.S. and Canada to work for jobs\, health and justice\, and ag ainst harmful incinerators and landfills. The conference will be hosted b y the Coalition for a New Business Model for Detroit Solid Waste. Twenty- two organizations (listed below) have come together as conference partners to collaboratively make this conference a success. \n\n*Register: Please register to attend the conference (and for scholarships if needed) at: htt p://www.no-burn.org/detroit \nDue to limited space at the conference\, we encourage you to register soon. The conference will begin with a welcome reception on February 6 at 7pm and end on February 9 at 4pm after an actio n/event coordinated by the local Detroit groups.\n\n*Conference costs: Reg istration is $75. It is our goal to not turn people away due to lack of f unds\, so don\\'t let this be an excuse not to come! The accommodation co sts for the event at a hotel in Downtown Detroit is $110 a night for a roo m with two double beds. For individuals willing to share a room with anot her person\, the total accommodation cost for the three nights (Friday\, S aturday\, Sunday) would be ~$165 + tax. \n\n*Scholarships: We will offer a limited number of scholarships to help cover conference expenses for indi viduals based on the criteria agreed upon by the conference partners. The criteria includes: Economic need\; racial\, class\, gender\, and other di versity\; geographic and organizational representation\; and commitment to the issues. People can apply for a scholarship (it\\'s easy) by clickin g on the registration link at http://www.no-burn.org/detroit.\n\n*For more information: The conference flyer can be downloaded on the bottom of the page at http://www.no-burn.org/detroit. If you have questions about the c onference\, please contact Dave Ciplet\, GAIA U.S. coordinator at dave@no- burn.org or (510) 883-9490 x102.\n\nConference partners include: Blue Ridg e Environmental Defense League ¡ BURNT ¡ Center for Health and Environme ntal Justice ¡ Coalition Retour A\\' l\\'expediteur ¡ Connecticut Coalit ion for Environmental Justice ¡ Detroiters Working for Environmental Just ice ¡ Ecology Center ¡ Energy Justice Network ¡ Fairfield County Enviro nmental Justice Network ¡ Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance (GAIA) ¡ Gras sRoots Recycling Network ¡ Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justi ce ¡ Indigenous Environmental Network ¡ Institute for Local Self Relianc e ¡ Michigan Environmental Council ¡ Prevent Cancer Now ¡ Rosedale Rec ycles ¡ Sierra Club Southeast Michigan Group ¡ Southwest Detroit Environ mental Vision ¡ Sierra Club\\'s Environmental Justice Program ¡ Toxics A ction Center ¡ Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090208 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090206 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Detroit\, Michigan\, United States SUMMARY:Zero Waste Communities Conference UID:20091107T000529EST-BDeZOxmwWf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=554 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:sustainvest@johnson.cornell.edu DESCRIPTION:The SustaInvest Student Management Committee is pleased to anno unce the commencement of the 2008-09 SustaInvest competition.\n\nSustaInve st is a portfolio pitch competition that calls for students to propose and defend a mock portfolio of sustainable investments worth $100\,000.\n\nSu staInvest is open to any graduate or undergraduate student at any institut ion. Judging criteria rewards thoughtful design of high performance\, sust ainability-driven investments. Portfolios will be judged for an understand ing of the interdependence among business\, society and the environment fo r a competitive advantage.\n\nThis year\\'s grand prize is paid registrati on at the 2009 Net Impact Conference at Cornell University and access to V IP networking events with industry leaders at the 2009 Net Impact Conferen ce. In addition\, there will be cash prizes.\n\nRegister here and complete Round One by Sunday\, February 15\, 2009. Finalists will be announced Mar ch 1\, 2009 and finalists will present to the Advisory Council March 27 an d 28\, 2009.\n\nBest of luck\, \nThe SustaInvest Student Management Commit tee\n Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090215 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090118 GEO:42.447400;-76.483700 LOCATION:Day Hall\, Ithaca\, New York\, 14853\, United States SUMMARY:SustaInvest: The Sustainable Investment Challenge UID:20091107T000529EST-hUju33Uznc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://sustainvest.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:780-453-2638 Email:info@youthassembly.ca DESCRIPTION:The Global Youth Assembly brings together 1000 youth (16-28) fr om across Canada and the world to be part of the change. Express yourself. Connect with like-minded youth\, artists and global citizens from around the world. Make new friends and partnerships. Become part of the movement and ignite change now!\n\nAre YOU part of the change? Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090802 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090730 GEO:53.521500;-113.480000 LOCATION:Northern Alberta Institute For Technology (NAIT)\, Edmonton\, Albe rta\, T6C 3B4\, Canada SUMMARY:Ignite Change Now! Global Youth Assembly UID:20091107T000529EST-PIvLcV2veU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.youthassembly.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Among the featured speakers are:\nGeorge Galloway\, British Mem ber of Parliament \nWilliam Ramsey Clark\, Former US Attorney General \nGh assan Ben Jeddo\, Al-Jazeera Beirut Burea Chief and Talk Show Host \nYvonn e Ridley\, Viva Palestina UK\, Respect Party\, Press TV and Free Gaza Move ment \nKhaled Dawoud\, Al-Jazeera Arabic NY-based Correspondent \nRon Kovi c\, author of Born on the 4th of July and joint leader of Viva Palestina U SA \nCindy Sheehan\, anti-war activist \nFernando Suarez del Solar\, anti- war activist \nDr. Jamal Nassar\, Specialist in Middle East Politics and D ean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at CSUSB \nDr. Hatim Kanaaneh\, Galilee Society and Ittijah founder and author of \\'A Doctor i n Galilee\\'\n\nStrategy & tactics discussions: Activist panels will inclu de experts in the following campaigns: Viva Palestina USA\, boycotts\, div estment and sanctions\, refugee support\, student/youth activism\, Al-Awda educational resources\, chapter building and registration among others.\n \nYouth program includes educational sessions such as Palestine 101 and le arning Dabke. \n\nFilm screenings to include the widely-acclaimed award-wi nning \\'Salt of This Sea\\' by Annemarie Jacir\, starring Suheir Hammad a nd Saleh Bakri and \\'Amreeka\\' by Cherien Dabis\, starring Nisreen Faour .\n\nDinner Banquet with Keynote address\, Fundraising plus Dabke Contest! Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090524 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090522 GEO:33.785200;-117.934000 LOCATION:Embassy Suites Hotel Anaheim South 11767 Harbor\, Garden Grove\, California\, 92840\, United States SUMMARY:Freedom for Palestine - 7th Annual International Al-Awda Convention UID:20091107T000529EST-HAcjGrCAta@69.73.141.125 URL:http://al-awda.org/convention7/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@arconference.org DESCRIPTION:Animal Rights 2009 is the world\\'s largest & oldest animal rig hts gathering\, hailing back to 1981.\n\nAnimal Rights 2009 is a forum for sharing knowledge\, reporting on progress\, discussing strategies and tac tics\, networking\, and \\'recharging our batteries.\\' \n\nKEY SPEAKERS: Karen Davis\, Karen Dawn\, Alex Hershaft\, Elliot Katz\, Dennis Kucinich ( by video)\, Elizabeth Kucinich\, Bob Linden\, Alex Pacheco\, Colleen Patri ck-Goudreau\, Brenda Shoss\, Will Tuttle\, Paul Watson\, Peter Young Geog raphical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090720 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090716 GEO:33.960000;-118.395000 LOCATION:5400 West Century Blvd\, Los Angeles\, Califnornia\, 90045\, Unite d States SUMMARY:Animal Rights Conference 2009 UID:20091107T000529EST-gElklVGird@69.73.141.125 URL:http://arconference.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:413-545-0743 Email:programs@populareconomics.org DESCRIPTION:CPE’s Summer Institute is a week-long intensive training in e conomics for activists\, educators\, and anyone who wants a better underst anding of economics. We focus on how economic systems impact our lives and work every day. Our trainings are highly participatory and build on the k nowledge and experience of our participants.\nNo background in economics i s required.\n\nAt the heart of the Summer Institute program are two core c ourses\, one on the U.S. Economy\, one on the International Economy. All p articipants must choose one core course. The core classes meet each day in the mornings. Below is a sample of topics. \n\nU.S. Economy\n\n * Econ omy\, race\, class and gender\n * Personal to global economic histories \n * Labor and the workplace\n * Roots of the Economic Meltdown & po licy solutions (eg. fiscal & monetary)\n * An intro. to international e conomics\n * Economic alternatives\n\nInternational Economy\n\n * Br ief history of the global economy\n * International trade\n * Intern ational production\n * International finance\, roots of the Economic Me ltdown and solutions\n * Creating a new world economy\nAfternoon and ev ening events: In addition to the core courses is a rich selection of works hops\, panels and discussion groups. We are also planning a special field trip to Bretton Woods where global economic structures such as the IMF\, W orld Bank\, and global trade agreements were hammered out after WWII. Ther e will also be time for relaxation\, recreation and networking.\n\nSpecial Track: After the Economic Meltdown:\nEach year\, we choose an issue area that we focus on in the workshops and panels as well as in the core classr ooms. Given the global economic crisis the clear choice was to focus on no t only understanding the roots of the crisis\, but how to get beyond it fo r the long term. This year’s special track will look at:\n• How did we get into this economic mess? Was it individual greed or the way the syste m is rigged?\n• What drives these booms and busts? Why do they happen on a regular basis?\n• Could the economic crisis have been avoided?\n• I s there a better way - one that puts people and planet front and center?\n • What is the solidarity economy all about?\n\nAfternoon and evening eve nts: In addition to the core courses is a rich selection of workshops\, pa nels and discussion groups. We are also planning a special field trip to B retton Woods where global economic structures such as the IMF\, World Bank \, and global trade agreements were hammered out after WWII. There will al so be time for relaxation\, recreation and networking.\n\nSpecial Track: A fter the Economic Meltdown:\nEach year\, we choose an issue area that we f ocus on in the workshops and panels as well as in the core classrooms. Giv en the global economic crisis the clear choice was to focus on not only un derstanding the roots of the crisis\, but how to get beyond it for the lon g term. This year’s special track will look at:\n• How did we get into this economic mess? Was it individual greed or the way the system is rigg ed?\n• What drives these booms and busts? Why do they happen on a regula r basis?\n• Could the economic crisis have been avoided?\n• Is there a better way - one that puts people and planet front and center?\n• What is the solidarity economy all about? Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090717 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090712 GEO:43.967000;-71.158900 LOCATION:World Fellowship Center\, Conway\, New Hampshire\, 03818\, United States SUMMARY:2009 Summer Institute\; After the Economic Meltdown: Building a Sol idarity Economy UID:20091107T000529EST-WVwF43dw5v@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.populareconomics.org/summer_new.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:editor@collegiatenation.com DESCRIPTION:The editors of collegiatenation.com are inviting current colleg e students to compete for 500.00 USD for the best series of reporting in o ne of the following areas:\n\n1) Homelessness (any population group). \n2) Homeless college Students.\n3) Unemployed college students.\n4) Any socia l areas that impact college students.\n5) Any topic where the plight of ot hers is profiled.\n6) Success stories. \n7) Other areas you request.\n\nTo win\, you must receive at least 500 comments from Citizens of Collegiate Nation. \n\nWrite us for further instructions and to answer any questions. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090901 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20090701T010000 GEO:26.049400;-80.408900 LOCATION:Www.collegiatenation.com\, Fort Lauderdale\, Florida\, 33332\, Uni ted States SUMMARY:Best Student Reporting Contest UID:20091107T000529EST-9PjmpKCuSL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.collegiatenation.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:707-486-4672 Email:bioregionalcongress@livingmandala.com DESCRIPTION:Amidst the hills and hollows\, tribes and councils new and old \nwill gather to share and collaborate finding ways to re-inhabit mother e arth.\n\nWhat: Founded 25 years ago\, Continental Congresses have brought together earth natives from all generations in sacred celebration and deep connection with the earth and our diverse human family. The 10th Continen tal Bioregional Congress (CBCX) will be a landmark event focused on unifyi ng and strengthening the global effort to preserve\, restore and enhance l ife. Individuals and organizations participating in the Congress will envi sion\, exchange and spark realistic\, restorative strategies for living in the bioregions of the Americas. \n\nWho: Hundreds of people from diverse bioregions and fields such as policy\, agriculture\, restoration\, art\, e ducation\, business\, and healing will participate in this year’s Congre ss as delegates. Thousands more will tune in to the proceedings of the Con gress online\, expanding the ripple effects of the inspiration and synergy catalyzed by this historic event. Audiences everywhere will benefit from getting a glimpse into Bioregionalism\, and the profound hope that it prov ides for the world in actualizing sustainable\, long-lasting positive chan ge.\n\nWhere: This year’s Congress will be hosted by the Farm\, a thrivi ng ecovillage founded in 1971 in Summertown\, TN. The Farm spans over 2\,0 00 acres\, houses many green businesses\, hosts bioregionally-related even ts year-round\, and provides a living model of sustainable development and consensus-based living. \n\nHow: This nine day residential event will in clude a bioregional certification curriculum\, small and large group discu ssions and activities\, a youth program and a toolbox of workshops and spe akers focused on building\, sustaining and re-localizing communities\, rei nvigorating culture and arts and organizing for ecological restoration\, e conomic prosperity and policy change.\n\nWhy: With the recent escalation o f ecological devastation and the current global economic and political cri ses\, the answers bioregionalism offers are more important than ever! The Bioregional Movement has been a catalyst for social and political change d efined by the decentralization of power to smaller units of population and land. Many global efforts have been seeded through this powerful traditio n over the years including the formation of the Green Party\, ecovillages and ecological and social restoration efforts. This year’s Congress wi ll include training on the Transition Town Movement\, and will be a powerf ul nexus for leaders from various ecological and social networks to synerg ize their efforts for maximum efficiency and effectiveness. \n Geographic al Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091011 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091003 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Summertown\, Tennessee\, United States SUMMARY:The Tenth Continental Bioregional Congress UID:20091107T000529EST-jZbtCVij7K@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.bioregional-congress.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:612-330-1118 Email:haasj@augsburg.edu DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to prioritize land conservation in a region w here the gap between rich and poor is worsening? What challenges do inter national trade agreements present those who seek national policies of sust ainable development? What are the relationships between deforestation\, wa ter pollution and indigenous peoples? This international travel seminar wi ll explore these and other questions by engaging in dialogue with Guatemal an individuals and organizations from diverse backgrounds and worldviews c oncerned with sustainable development and environmental justice. \n\nSpons ored by the Center for Global Education at Augsburg College\, an organizat ion that provides cross-cultural educational opportunities in order to fos ter critical analysis of local and global conditions so that personal and systemic change takes place leading to a more just and sustainable world. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100606 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100523 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Guatemala SUMMARY:Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development: Views from Latin America UID:20091107T000529EST-j5MRIVADZX@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.centerforglobaleducation.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:forum@eco-res.org DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join the EcoRes Forum from 19-28 October 200 9 for \\'Climate Change and You: Putting a Face on Global Warming\,” the third and final in this series of Internet-based discussions.\n\nMuch of what one hears about climate destabilization focuses on distant places and populations – seemingly surreal stories of submerging islands\, \nearth quakes and flooding in faraway lands\, polar bears on a distant ice floe. All of these scenarios are real. All of them are deadly serious. Yet there ’s a \nvery real\, very tangible personal side to climate change that so me of us have failed to fully consider. Climate change is happening\, but not just to “others.” Climate change is happening to me. It’s happe ning to you. \n\nHow will these changes affect our lives\, our livelihoods \, our health\, our children’s future? What personal choices and actions might we make to offset further change? How can we prepare for the change s we’re already \nlocked into? Are there linkages between the personal\, ecological\, economical\, social\, and spiritual aspects of these changes that we have as yet overlooked? If we are the ones we have been looking f or\, if the answers to this challenge lie within us\, what are the opportu nities\, responsibilities\, and implications of this time\, this Great Tur ning? \n\nWith registrants from over 90 countries\, this event offers each participant a unique opportunity to share your work with global citizens from all walks of \nlife\, from concerned individuals to academics and act ivists\, from community leaders to UN\, World Bank\, and IPCC representati ves. We invite you to join us in this final gathering of the EcoRes Forum\ , as we strive to empower \nparticipants by sharing knowledge\, exploring common interests\, and working together to chart our path forward. \n\nThi s final e-conference will have a dual platform\, with discussions ongoing via both email and online boards. Conversations take place 24/7\, as Speci al Guests and Participants take part at their convenience from around the world. Proposals for self-directed breakout discussions on related subject s may be \nsubmitted to forum@eco-res.org. Each selected presentation will be provided with a unique webpage and unlimited discussions threads withi n the Forum website\, with limited server space provided for presentation materials. Deadline for proposals: 21 September 2009\n\nFor more informati on or to register for the October event\, please visit the EcoRes Forum at http://www.eco-res.org. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091028 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20091019T100000 GEO:39.288600;-76.591200 LOCATION:Online: Www.eco-res.org\, Baltimore\, Maryland\, 21231\, United St ates SUMMARY:E-Conference: \\'Climate Change and You\\' UID:20091107T000529EST-sf9oTnhWzK@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.eco-res.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:We\\'re calling on people around the world to organize an actio n on October 24 incorporating the number 350 at an iconic place in their c ommunity\, and then upload a photo of their event to 350.org website.\n\nW e\\'ll collect these images from around the world and\, with your help\, d eliver them to the media and world leaders. Together\, we can show our wor ld and it\\'s decision-makers just how big\, beautiful\, and unified the c limate movement really is.\n\nTo help you take part in October 24\\'s inte rnational day of climate action\, we are:\nLifting public awareness on the need for an international climate treaty to reach 350\nAssembling a coali tion of hundreds of organizations committed to this vision of a more susta inable world \nConnecting you with others in your community and across the planet who are building this movement \nProviding on-line resources and t ools that make pulling together an event easy\nLinking your October 24 eve nt with hundreds of other actions at iconic places around the world \nLeve raging the day of action for meaningful political change Geographical Sco pe: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091024 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:International Day of Climate Action - 2009 UID:20091107T000529EST-t36JrxodKL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.350.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:416-789-2294 Email:mspencer@web.net DESCRIPTION:public forum\, Q&A with eminent speakers\, including some by vi deo link to Hiroshima\, Geneva\, and London. Saturday morning panel is esp ecially meaty\, with attention to US/Russia nuclear negotiations\, treaty compliance\, would-be nuclear powers such as Iran. Geographical Scope: In ternational DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091114 DTSTAMP:20091107T050529Z DTSTART:20091113T190000 GEO:43.709700;-79.445000 LOCATION:City Council Chamber\, Toronto City Hall\, Queen Bay\, Toonto\, On tario\, M6B 4B5\, Canada SUMMARY:Zero Nuclear Weapons Forum UID:20091107T000529EST-bUdJlOISED@69.73.141.125 URL:http://zeronuclearweapons.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR