[GreenNotes] GreenNotes - 11/15/2007

Thu Nov 15 10:43:28 PST 2007

Please circulate widely. Contact us to include your announcement in GreenNotes.

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PROGRESSIVE EVENT CALENDAR

* Nov 12 - Music and film at the Greenhouse. New location!!!

* Nov 13 - League of Women Voters Immigration Study - Part Three: Current Federal Immigration Policy

* Nov 15 - St. Joe Valley Greens meeting at new location

* Nov 15 - Conversations about Race XI featuring Ray Suarez - "Sustainable Communities: Immigration"

* Nov 18 - Portage Avenue Salon

* Nov 20 - November meeting of the Community Forum for Economic Development - Special guest: Rosemary Mandrici, Portage Township Assessor.

* Dec 01 - Safer, More Compassionate World Forum.

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MUSIC AND FILM AT THE GREENOUSE

Monday, November 12th. 7pm sharp. (Show starts early!!) Potawatomi Greenhouse, 2105 Mishawaka Avenue, (574)-235-9442. All ages welcome. 

Film projected amongst the eaves of an antique botanical conservatory, jazz beside an indoor waterfall, opti-pop played under a date palm, folk in a desert dome-- what more could you want? Please pass this email on to anyone that you think would be interested, which should cover anyone with a pulse considering the stellar lineup and the lush setting. If you want events like this to continue, we need your support. Our advertising budget is basically zilch, so WORD OF MOUTH IS CRUCIAL!

Visit the greenhouse myspace at:
http://www.myspace.com/potawatomimusic

and look for our announcements in Arts Everywhere:
http://www.artseverywhere.com/?app=eventDetail&id=3437

If you are a musician, artist, poet, filmaker or generally creative person and have an idea of what sort of creative public event in the spirit of the greenhouse you would like to see there, please contact me, I will try to respond as quickly as possible.

Contact Thom Klepach at <teklepach at gmail.com>.

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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IMMIGRATION STUDY

League of Women Voters Immigration Study - Part Three: Current Federal Immigration Policy

Discussion to be held Tuesday, November 13, 5:30 PM, at the Downtown South Bend Public Library, Dickinson Conference Room. These discussions are open to the public; both men and women are invited to participate.

For more information on the LWVUS Immigration Study:
http://www.lwv.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=LWVUSImmigrationStudy

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ST. JOE VALLEY GREENS NOVEMBER MEETING - NEW LOCATION

The SJVGreens will meet tonight at 7:00 PM in room 2170 on the second floor of Weikamp Hall at IUSB. This meeting is primarily devoted to a recap of the recent political campaigns and to plan for future campaigns.

Ordinarily, Greens meet the 2nd Thursday of the month, and we will return to our normal schedule in December. Our meeting location may or may not change. We usually meet at the GLBT Center.

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PORTAGE AVENUE SALON THIS SUNDAY

Come one, come all to the Portage Ave. Salon THIS SUNDAY from 7pm onwards. 

Come for good conversation, company, and community, especially after the 
invigoration of the Step It Up Rally!

BYOB & a veggie-friendly dish to share (optional).

The address: 611 Portage Ave.

Yours, Lily & Karl

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COMMUNITY FORUM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NOVEMBER MEETING

Tuesday, November 20, from 7 - 9 PM at the office of the Minority Health Coalition, 915 N Bendix Drive (in LaSalle Square). The main 
topic for discussion will be "How Residential Properties are Assessed". Special guest: Rosemary Mandrici, Portage Township Assessor.

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SAFER, MORE COMPASSIONATE WORLD FORUM

Saturday, December 1, from 1 - 4 PM, Student Activity Center, Rooms 221-225, Indiana University South Bend. This forum will address ways we can fight terrorism without guns and bombs. It will include a moderated panel of experts followed by small group discussions.

Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the South Bend Area and IU South Bend's American Democracy Project and Office of International Studies.

For additional information, contact Elizabeth Bennion: ebennion at iusb.edu.

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GREEN TV SCHEDULE

* Nov 15: Social Security: The Phony Crisis, 1/3. 

Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (cepr) explains why Social Security is no more endangered than it ever was. The Bush administration has cooked up a phony crisis. None of the President's proposals will improve the Social Security program. The administration would introduce inefficiency, risk and instability into an otherwise healthy program. The goal may be to transfer more of the nation's wealth to the richest Americans, to cut taxes on corporations and to begin to dismantle the most popular and successful government program.

* Nov 22: Social Security: The Phony Crisis, 2/3.

* Dec 06: Social Security: The Phony Crisis, 3/3.

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WHATS NEW AT SJVGREENS.ORG

* It Happened! ENDA Passes House.
http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/endaPassed.shtml

* Landfill Expansion(s) Enabled By Zoning Change
http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/megaLandFill.shtml

* Conversation on Race XI with Ray Suarez
http://www.iusb.edu/~sbocm/nov07/suarez.shtml

* More Green Wins, High Percentages on Election Day 2007
http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/gpusElectionDay2007.shtml

* How the Military Can Stop an Iran Attack
http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/stopIranWar7.shtml

* Threats (CAFOs, Cloned Foods); Successes (Organics, Diversified Agriculture)
http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/threatsSuccesses.shtml

* Comcast Caught Interfering with Customer Internet Traffic
http://consumerist.com/consumer/bittorrent/damning-proof-comcast-contracted-to-sandvine-315921.php

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INDIANA BALLOT ACCESS HISTORY: "WORSE, WORSE, WORSE, WORSE"

Speaking to ballot access petition deadlines and other thresholds in Indiana:

"Even more dramatic, the deadline was on September 1 until 1986. Also the number of signatures before 1983 was only one-fourth what it is today. The number of votes for a party to remain on was also only one-fourth of what it is today, until 1983. It was one-half of 1% for Secretary of State, to both get on and stay on, back then. Indiana only required 500 signatures before 1933. And the original deadline back in 1889 was 20 days before the general election. The trend has been worse, worse, worse, worse in your state."

-- Richard Winger, Ballot Access News

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KEY VALUES OF THE GREENS

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

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