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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040320 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Global Day of Protest Against War UID:20081201T000511EST-ZJGaXxpFEL@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-DF1uBmkUVu@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 Hammerskjld 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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-aCRZVvX55k@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040501 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:May Day 2004 UID:20081201T000511EST-M3v4F70iel@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART:20040407T160000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Student Activism Council First Meeting UID:20081201T000511EST-ZrOnLteRZi@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040520 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Memefest Visual Arts Competition UID:20081201T000511EST-A07UFGDfAJ@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040520 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Memefest Communications Competition UID:20081201T000511EST-wXfRczmlKj@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040715 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:San Francisco Peaks\, Flagstaff\, Arizona\, United States SUMMARY:All Peoples Power Summit UID:20081201T000511EST-uThDSr3vpM@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\, womens 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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050619 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Phnom Penh\, Cambodia SUMMARY:Youth Human Rights Delegation to Cambodia UID:20081201T000511EST-CbOk8h8eHc@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 dont 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 \nIts 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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041019 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Energy Independence Day! UID:20081201T000511EST-hNDgVK03ge@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050102 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Guatemala SUMMARY:Guatemala Human Rights Study Tour for Young Leaders (January 2005) UID:20081201T000511EST-o7EZBVDbAf@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041203 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Bhopal disaster anniversary/Global Day of Action UID:20081201T000511EST-FhSjSVhS92@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\nVictorias 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 worlds 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 Victorias 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 Victorias 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 Victorias Secret catalogs and the destructio n of Endangered Forests in the Canadian Boreal\, the third largest forest wilderness in the world. Victoria s Secrets 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 Earths 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 ias 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 Victorias 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 Victorias 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\, Victorias Secret parent company\, click on the take action button.\n\n \n Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-nv90p0mBVC@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART:20050706T080000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Edinburgh\, United Kingdom SUMMARY:United Kingdom G8/No War Protest UID:20081201T000511EST-pghdlrzvKT@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART:20050120T070000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:Turn Your Back On Bush UID:20081201T000511EST-SdfU23fZVB@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-ceOuAGzTOZ@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-2tzNMcvC5l@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-nKOaTg4K05@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 ones 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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART:20050408T150000 GEO:39.166800;-84.538200 LOCATION:2624 Clifton Avenue\, Cincinnati\, Ohio\, 45221\, United States SUMMARY:Global Three: Reclaiming Community and Environment UID:20081201T000511EST-3c2diNNmob@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050617 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, United States SUMMARY:Biodevastation/Biodemocracy 2005 UID:20081201T000511EST-WNhuA0gfUb@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050305 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ciudad Juarez\, Mexico SUMMARY:International Women's day delegation Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua UID:20081201T000511EST-XbtgRLV3l6@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050312 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ciudad Juarez\, Mexico SUMMARY:Alternative Spring Break to Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua UID:20081201T000511EST-2tBbul0xl8@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050320 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chiapas\, Mexico SUMMARY:Delegation to Chiapas UID:20081201T000511EST-stJBnOiTTb@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050611 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chiapas\, Mexico SUMMARY:MSN/USFT Delegation to Chiapas\, Mexico UID:20081201T000511EST-V8vuVl0iLN@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050730 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ciudad Juarez\, Mexico SUMMARY:Delegation to Juarez UID:20081201T000511EST-GeFNOUMWjE@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-dpV2LLSgsB@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050401 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Fossil Fools Day UID:20081201T000511EST-aevFLTjPdN@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050807 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Caracas\, Venezuela SUMMARY:16th World Festival of Youth and Students UID:20081201T000511EST-IEEUejc7hV@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050624 GEO:40.739000;-73.983500 LOCATION:United Nations\, New York\, New York\, 10010\, United States SUMMARY:Design Science Lab UID:20081201T000511EST-2dcfk7pfHZ@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-wv5JWA6cHk@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051006 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Darfur Fast UID:20081201T000511EST-sPDvczUVKr@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART:20051021T090000 GEO:43.077800;-89.413300 LOCATION:UW-Madison\, Madison\, Wisconsin\, 53706\, United States SUMMARY:Democratizing Education Convention UID:20081201T000511EST-GZPVjhE1v5@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-mPzbLZnpEw@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051002 GEO:38.989600;-77.153800 LOCATION:10101 Ashburton Lane\, Bethesda\, Maryland\, 20817\, United States SUMMARY:World Farm Animals Day UID:20081201T000511EST-RC9LwoV7Zv@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051110 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Korea Peace Day 2005 UID:20081201T000511EST-X1AtovVdHb@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 flowingTo 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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-OB2L2iGe8P@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. Weve put together a downloadable day of action kit with everythi ng youll need\, including event how-tos\, 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\nPSIf you havent already\, dont forget to visit our action cen ter to send a message to Kimberly-Clark! \n\n\n Geographical Scope: Inte rnational DTSTAMP:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051103 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Your Town\, United States SUMMARY:Day of Action - Dont let them flush our forests down the toilet! UID:20081201T000511EST-u62XWPZmFx@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060127 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Cuernavaca\, Mexico SUMMARY:Social and Environmental Justice in Latin America UID:20081201T000511EST-WBKSSMdNgr@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 theyre 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 youre 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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051202 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Bhopal Anniversary Actions UID:20081201T000511EST-s6VDvNtijX@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-w3XIpMXC6x@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060124 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Caracas\, Venezuela SUMMARY:World Social Forum 2006 - Venezuela UID:20081201T000511EST-3zH2BvsU4F@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060311 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Potential Delegation to Venezuela UID:20081201T000511EST-e5rbs3vhM5@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-oPmG0UzxG1@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART:20060715T110000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Paknajol\, Kathmandu\, BA\, 19531\, Nepal SUMMARY:Volunteer workcamp July 2006 Nepal UID:20081201T000511EST-SE9krP1DGr@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 nations 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. Smiths poetry has garnered praise from Amiri Baraka and Mumia Abu Jamal\, won standing ovations in venues l ike NYCs Nuyorican Poets Caf\, 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\, Smiths 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 Greensboros 102 JAMZ Sunday Morning Show was the highest rated in the shows 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 Smiths podcast In the Raw with Monte Smith visit http://blog.badpoetryin motion.com. Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-SGnDdfVdHg@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-us1277v8Wp@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060308 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Women Say No To War - Int'l Women's Day UID:20081201T000511EST-SeoORUuv3e@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 Canadas Boreal Fore st is an area over 12 times the size of California\, representing 25 perce nt of the worlds 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 Victorias Secret\, which gets at le ast 25% of the paper for its catalogs from the Boreal Forest. Other materi als for Victorias 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 were 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 ctorias Secrets destructive practices. Geographical Scope: Internation al DTSTAMP:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060411 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:International Day of Action against Victoria's Secret UID:20081201T000511EST-OuIFpXMksJ@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-AsUPxC63NX@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060401 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Fossil Fools's Day 2006 UID:20081201T000511EST-j7kmgRR09O@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060623 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Houston\, Texas\, United States SUMMARY:Southern Girls Convention 2006 UID:20081201T000511EST-RPKHmNMm5k@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 worlds 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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART:20060408T140000 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, 60606\, United States SUMMARY:Reclaim the Commons Counter-Biotech Convergence in Chicago UID:20081201T000511EST-rRWJexVsU1@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-hBpPU4U0wz@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-CUUUUv7cWU@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060608 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:World Ocean Day UID:20081201T000511EST-FXhl1XedN4@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060811 GEO:39.957300;-75.187000 LOCATION:Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19143\, United States SUMMARY:United Students Against Sweatshops Summer Retreat UID:20081201T000511EST-V7GgDK8R7n@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-ESxRb0zPSN@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-oMZAG0m7Im@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 years 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 worlds 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 Childrens 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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-xdkKzXsNII@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-uMNdPCW4FT@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 GNs 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 Bushs 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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061001 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Keep Space for Peace Week UID:20081201T000511EST-hgvgHxLXbi@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-AEO8W9lstf@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-3u0sVnsRRw@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART:20070518T100000 GEO:46.978100;-122.702000 LOCATION:Olympia\, Washington\, 98507\, United States SUMMARY:The International Free of Kings Conference UID:20081201T000511EST-VplcHBdMUp@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-H5dAEBsOHV@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070131 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Sydney\, Australia\, Australia SUMMARY:Oxfam International Youth Partnerships - Application Deadline UID:20081201T000511EST-ctcdWiATFr@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-CT7lNHSu6u@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-NdVTUPB9Rk@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-JIJZPdBlPe@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-1S5eAclXRK@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:20081201T050511Z DTSTART:20070214T000000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Everywhere That You Are\, United States SUMMARY:Armband Wearing UID:20081201T000511EST-V9hpLe7Vcf@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 Español 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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-mwcvi6IJhE@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-DSb5a8ufil@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-fjBU8TIfcg@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:20081201T050511Z 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:20081201T000511EST-W9HzNfmUEr@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 Col