[GreenNotes] Green Notes - 20070409

Mon Apr 9 18:21:59 PDT 2007

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PROGRESSIVE EVENT CALENDAR

* Apr 10 - Empowering the Community: Becoming an Agent of Change. Panel 
discussion,
           6 PM, Charles Martin Youth Center.

* Apr 11 - 20th Anniversary of "A Women's Circle" radio show. Features a 
concert by
           Holly Near with pianist Scot Woolley. Goshen College, 7:30 PM.

* Apr 12 - SJVGreens meeting. 7:00 PM, GLBT Resource Center, 100 Center, 
Mishawaka.

* Apr 14 - Bagfest. IUSB, noon to 4 PM.

* Apr 18 - St. Joseph County Election Board Meeting. 10 AM, 4th fl., 
Co.-City Bldg.

* Apr 27 - Anarchist Conference. Chicago, Apr 27-29, 
http://mayfirst.wordpress.com/.

* May 01 - March for Justice for Immigrants. Indianapolis, bus to Indy 
from South Bend.

* May 17 - Bike to Work Day. Begins 7 AM at Football Hall of Fame; mass 
bike rally at 5:30 PM.

* MPJC peace vigil - Every Monday and Saturday

* GreenTV every Wednesday evening, 10 PM, Comcast channel 99.

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EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY: BECOMING AN AGENT OF CHANGE

Panel discussion featuring Gladys Muhammad, Warren Outlaw, Jesse 
Whitaker, Nikki Gonzalez and Mark Geissler. Charles Martin Youth Center, 
802 Lincoln Way West, South Bend, IN.

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2Oth ANNIVERSARY "A WOMEN'S CIRCLE"

Exactly 20 years to the day that Wilma Harder began broadcasting her 
radio show "A Women's Circle", she and many others will celebrate the 
occasion appropriately, with a concert by singer-songwriter and activist 
Holly Near in Goshen College's Umble Center on April 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Harder, a 1983 Goshen College alum and owner of a jewelry studio, began 
playing women's music on the radio in 1986 on a late-night shift at WGCS 
91.1FM, the college-owned radio station. "I was tired of hearing only 
one or two women's voices per day on the radio, and thought I'd do my 
part to give women more exposure on the airwaves," she said. "Not only 
that, but I knew there was a lot of good women's music being written and 
sung that was not being played on the radio."

To honor the 20th anniversary of "A Women's Circle", singer and activist 
Holly Near will take to the stage at Goshen College, sponsored by The 
Globe, 91.1FM. An immense vocal talent, Near's career as a singer has 
been profoundly defined by an unwillingness to separate her passion for 
music from her passion for human dignity. She is a skilled performer and 
an outspoken ambassador for peace who brings to the stage an integration 
of world consciousness, spiritual discovery and theatricality. She will 
perform with pianist Scot Woolley.

Tickets are for reserved seating and cost $20 in advance, $25 at the 
door. They are available at the Goshen College Welcome Center by calling 
(574) 535-7566.

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SJVGREENS APRIL MEETING

The SJVGreens meet the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm at the 
GLBT Resource Center in 100 Center, Mishawaka. This month we meet on 
Thursday, April 12. See you there!

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BAGFEST

Bring your plastic shopping bags to Bagfest and recycle them. Noon to 4 
PM Saturday. Keynote speaker is Elizabeth Royte, author of "Garbage 
Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash."

- Noon to 4 PM, bag pile up, Administration Building cafeteria.
- 1 PM, panel discussion in Rm. 225, Student Activities Center.
- 3 PM, keynote speech, Rm. 225, Student Activities Center.
- Parking adjacent to the Administration Building.

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ST. JOSEPH COUNTY ELECTION BOARD MEETING

Although write-in votes for the 2006 Secretary of State race were 
tallied in St. Joseph County, the votes were never attributed to a 
specific candidate. In other words, if you voted for Bill Stant for 
Secretary of State, you were disenfranchised by the St. Jo. Co. Election 
Board. Your vote didn't count. Worse still, there were other declared 
write-in candidates for other offices whose votes were never attributed 
to them. Greens estimate that 400 to 500 voters in St. Joseph County 
were disenfranchised in all.

The St. Joe Valley Greens are pressing the St. Joseph County Election 
Board and the Indiana Election Division to acknowledge that citizens 
were disenfranchised in this and other counties, to find out how this 
happened and to ensure it never happens again.

If you are interested in grassroots democracy in Indiana, please join 
the Greens at the Election Board Meeting on Wednesday, April 18, 10 AM, 
4th Floor, County-City Building, downtown South Bend. Please come to our 
meeting on April 12, as we will discuss the issues in seeking to set 
things right.

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ANARCHIST CONFERENCE

"Finding Our Roots" is a conference in Chicago to discuss anarchist 
theory. The date: April 27-29. Within the last several years, 
Chicagoland anarchists and radicals have become disconnected and 
disorganized and there appears to be a lack of critical theory. We aim 
to change this!

http://mayfirst.wordpress.com/

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JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANTS MAY 1 MARCH

We invite all supporters of comprehensive immigration reform and earned 
legalization to join us for our peaceful march where families can feel 
safe and attend. We expect no trouble; we trust in the protection the 
police will provide. To further help, we will appoint and train our own 
peacekeepers to assist the police.  Wear white and bring the American Flag.

Our Message: We urge the U.S. House of Representatives to pass 
Comprehensive Immigration Reform along the lines of the Gutierrez-Flake 
bill, The STRIVE ACT OF 2007 (Security Through Regularized Immigration 
and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007).

We urge the U.S. Senate to pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform along 
the lines of the original Kennedy-McCain bill.

We urge that ICE, the immigration enforcement arm of the Homeland 
Security Agency, be ordered to suspend raids, at least until the House 
of Representatives, the Senate and the President have a chance to debate 
and pass comprehensive immigration reform.

Please join us as we march for Justice for Immigrants.

For more information contact:

(English): Lisa Kelly (317) 440-3769
(Spanish): P. Thomas (317) 430-6568
(Spanish):  Raymundo Reyes (317) 679-0043

Fr. Christopher W. Cox, C.S.C., St. Adalbert Parish - St. Casimar 
Parish, South Bend, IN, is organizing a bus to take supporters to 
Indianapolis for the march.

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BIKE TO WORK DAY

Greetings,

I'm the chairman of this year's Bike to Work Week campaign in Michiana 
and invite your station to cover our Bike to Work Day event the morning 
of Thursday, May 17th, 2007. From 7am to 7pm we will host a bike 
commuter welcome tent at the S. Bend Football Hall of Fame gridiron, 
followed by a major bike ride at 5:30pm along newly-painted bicycle 
safetly lanes in S. Bend. Our bike tents will welcome all bicycle 
commuters with free S.B. Chocolate coffee, food, free bike mechanics, 
drawings for new bicycle/accessories, live music, discount coupons for 
local restaurants/businesses, literature on bicycle safety and local 
bicycling groups (see attached flyer).

Last year, our first, people from all over S. Bend bicycled in and 
registered at our tent including Mayor Steve Leuke. Several local TV and 
radio stations also provided live coverage. This year's bigger event 
will be preceded by billboards, our internet website 
(www.southbendbikes.wordpress.com), a display at the St. Joseph 
County-City Building, radio and SB Tribune coverage. Our Bicycle 
Coalition story will also be featured in an upcoming In Michiana 
magazine article.

This is an exciting year for bicycle enthusiasts in Michiana: Mayor 
Leuke has committed to paint-striping 10 miles of local streets with 
bicycle safety lanes, an effort he promises to continue for the next 5 
years. By the time of this event, the new bike lanes will be striped, 
street-signed and open for public use.

Thank you for covering this important event in Michiana.

Sincerely,

Jeff Nixa, Chair
Bike to Work Week Committee
574-246-1682
wilson-nixa at sbcglobal.net

Melanie Myers, Marketing Coordinator
Paint the Town with Bicycle Lanes Committee
574-258-5483, ext. 239.
mmyers at federatedmedia.com

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KEY VALUES OF THE GREENS

 1. Ecological wisdom
 2. Social justice
 3. Grassroots democracy
 4. Nonviolence
 5. Decentralization
 6. Community-based economics
 7. Feminism
 8. Respect for diversity
 9. Personal and global responsibility
10. Future focus

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St. Joe Valley Greens, South Bend, IN
http://www.sjvgreens.org/
mailto: tbrown at sjvgreens.org or khardy at sjvgreens.org