[GreenNotes] GreenNotes - 3/22/2008

Sat Mar 22 13:17:38 PDT 2008

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

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PROGRESSIVE CALENDAR

* Mar 23 - Portage Avenue salon
* Mar 25 - Kroc Institute public lecture
* Mar 26 - Kroc Institute public lecture
* Mar 29 - Prepare, Run, Win
* Apr 10 - Save Darfur Campaign
* Apr 12 - Green Michiana Recycling Fair
* Apr 20 - Progressive Town Hall
* Apr 26 - 3rd Annual Community Forum on Economic Development
* Apr 28 - Earth Day

Ongoing Events:

* YouTube video - GreenTV
South Bend's commemoration of the US's 5th year at "war."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L5tD-6ZJmSg

* MPJC peace vigil
Mondays, 5-6 p.m.
Jefferson and Main St. South Bend
574-289-2126 or http://www.michianapeacejustice.org.

* South Bend Equality Meeting (gender equality, human rights amendment)
1st and 3rd Monday of each month, 7pm
Unitarian Church on Northshore Blvd in South Bend

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:: PORTAGE AVENUE SALON

Dear Friends-

Please come join us for a couple hours of friendly conversation, good 
food, & a sense of community here at the Portage Ave. Salon (611 Portage 
Ave.) this Sunday from 7-9pm. Please BYO beverage, optional 
veggie-friendly dish to share, & friends.

Also, check out this YouTube video on South Bend's commemoration of the 
US's 5th year at "war." http://youtube.com/watch?v=L5tD-6ZJmSg

Please come if you can, & if you can't, well, there's always next Sunday!

Yours, Lily & Karl

:: KROC INSTITUTE PUBLIC LECTURES

Plan to attend the following events next week at the Kroc Institute for
International Peace Studies:

The 14th Annual Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C, Lectures in Ethics &
Public Policy

Featuring: Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Harvard University's Kennedy School of
Government

* "Beyond the 'Challenge of Peace': Pastoral Letter for Our Day"
Tuesday, March 25
4:15 - 5:45 p.m. with reception following in the Great Hall

* "The Hardest Case: The Politics and Ethics of Proliferation"
Wednesday, March 26
12:30 - 1:45 p.m.

Following the March 26th lecture, David Cortright, an expert on nuclear 
weapons policy and a research fellow at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for 
International Peace Studies, will respond.

Both lectures will take place in the Hesburgh Center for International 
Studies Auditorium.

Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, an internationally renowned theologian who 
specializes in Catholic social teaching and international relations is 
the featured speaker. Hehir is the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor 
of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at Harvard University's 
Kennedy School of Government.

For more information on these events and others at the Kroc Institute, 
visit <http://kroc.nd.edu/events>.

Kathy Smarrella
Events Coordinator
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
University of Notre Dame
0-105 Hesburgh Center for International Studies
Notre Dame, IN 46556

574-631-9370 phone
574-631-6973 fax
ksmarrel at nd.edu

:: PREPARE, RUN, WIN

Prepare, Run, Win: A Women’s Campaign College

Saturday March 29th from 8am to 2pm
Rooms 221-225 in the Student Activities Center (SAC)
Indiana University South Bend

Are ready to run for elected office?

* May consider running in the future
* Would like to work on a campaign and build their leadership
skills

Prepare, Run Win offers you up-to-the-minute information on the changing
face of women running for office. You will:

* Learn how to put together a “21st Century Campaign”
* Learn how to raise funds like a pro and how to master media relations
* Receive practical advice from experienced women politicians
and civic leaders.

The $25.00 registration fee covers the cost of the continental breakfast,
lunch and all workshop materials. Deadline to register is Tuesday, March 25.

* Make your check payable to: Indiana University South Bend
* Mail it to: Dr. Elizabeth Bennion, Department of Political Science
Indiana University South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Avenue
South Bend IN 46634

Please call Nikki Hutchinson (574) 239-2380 ext. 254 or Dr. Elizabeth
Bennion (574) 520-4128

IU South Bend American Democracy Project, IUSB Office of Campus 
Diversity, IUSB Political Science Club, League of Women Voters of the 
South Bend Area, Women Alliance, a Healthy Communities Initiative, Women 
Business Owners of
Michiana and Faulkner Strategies.

:: SAVE DARFUR CAMPAIGN

Save Darfur Campaign: April 10th 6pm-9pm in room 1001 of Wiekamp Hall
Indiana University South Bend.

Featured will be the documentary “Darfur Now.”

This call to action to help end the crisis of genocide in Sudan's 
western region of Darfur uses the struggles and achievements of six very 
different people to bring attention to the situation. Included in this 
group are a UCLA graduate in L.A., a Darfurian woman who joins rebel 
forces, a UN humanitarian in Sudan, and actor and activist Don Cheadle.

We will also have a guest speaker and African drumming group. 
Refreshments will be available for a donation to the Save Darfur 
campaign and a free will donation will be also be accepted.

This program is sponsored by the Political Science Club, American 
Democracy Project, Environmental Justice League, Sustainable Communities 
Committee, and International Programs at Indiana University South Bend. 
For more information, please contact Robin Beck at beck_robin at att.net.

:: GREEN MICIHIANA RECYCLING FAIR

A Sustainability Fair for Home, Garden and Road
Saturday, April 12, 2008; 10 am - 4 pm
Administration Building Cafeteria
Indiana University South Bend

[Attached is a flyer: GreenmichianaApr12.pdf. Please circulate.]

As part of our year‐long series of events related to Indiana University 
South Bend’s campus theme: Sustainable Communities, we are hosting a 
sustainability fair and recycling drive to raise public awareness of 
local “green” businesses, alternatives in construction, transportation, 
and gardening, ways to reduce waste and recycle more.

There will be over 30 businesses. Try out the commuter bicycles, 
electric cars, and enjoy the live music. Come learn about local 
resources for increasing the energy efficiency of your home, green 
decorating tips, gardening, and transportation.

The fair will mark the finale to a week‐long recycling drive for plastic 
bags and styrofoam (an expansion of the very successful BagFest last 
year in which over 72,000 plastic bags were collected). We will also 
provide information on materials that can be recycled in our area 
(examples: TVs, batteries, paint, and more).

Materials accepted for recycling (Drop off at Administration Building 
cafeteria)

* Styrofoam packing peanuts: collected April 8 - 12

* White expanded polystyrene (e.g. white Styrofoam coolers,
and Styrofoam used to package electronic equipment and other
products, expanded polystyrene #6; styrofoam plates and cups
CANNOT be accepted): collected April 8 - 12

* Plastic Grocery bags (must be clean): collected April 8 - 12

* Personal home computers will be collected by Free Geek Michiana
on Saturday.

Free Geek Michiana (FGM) accepts computer equipment for free, except for 
monitors. Monitors are $15, working or not. Please donate cash with the 
gift of your computer if you can. FGM’s primary mission is to keep 
computer components out of our landfill. FGM refurbs computer systems to 
distribute to low income families. Currently, FGM is preparing computers 
for a Parent Teacher Organization to give to 60 targeted households in 
the Perley primary school district in South Bend.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information about upcoming events click on Campus Theme Events at
http://www.iusb.edu/~sbtheme/

:: PROGRESSIVE TOWN HALL

The Progressive Town Hall at Fiddler’s Hearth Pub on Sunday April 20th at
4pm to discuss Education.

What, as citizens, can we do to improve our areas education system?

We pay taxes, some of us have kids in school, yet we feel at a loss when 
high dropout rates, gun violence, and overuse of busing take over our 
lives. Come to the Progressive Town Hall to discuss this issue with area 
leaders and educators.

This is your opportunity to ask the questions you’ve always wanted to 
ask and get answers.

:: 3RD ANNUAL COMMUNITY FORUM ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

"Uniting to Improve Our Quality of Life"

Saturday, April 26 2008, from 9 am to 4 pm
Indiana University South Bend, Weikamp Hall, 1001

No registration fee.
Box lunch will be available for $6.

To Register: Contact sjc.cfed at gmail.com
or leave a message for the Community Forum at 287-3834.

Presentations by:

* Ryan Dvorak,
IN State Representative from District 8
Chairman of the House Environmental Affairs Committee
"Reshaping Indiana - Growing Our Economy & Improving Quality of Life 
Through Intelligent Land Use"

* Marty Wolfson,
Community Forum for Economic Development
"Local Economic Development in a Global Economy"

Breakout Sessions on the Following Topics:

1 - Transparency in local government: the key to effective democracy
2 - "Blue-Green Jobs": creating good jobs with new technologies
3 - "Cool Cities": environmental initiatives in urban areas
4 - Tax Abatements and TIFS: what are they and how do they work for us?
5 - Transforming neighborhoods: building on our strengths
6 - The poor need not always be with you: poverty solutions
7 - Minority business bevelopment/employment issues

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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
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