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Israel-Palestine Film & Discussion, Wednesday, May 12

Sat, 08 May 2010 04:21:00 GMT

Israel Palestine Film Discussion group ROUTE 181: FRAGMENTS OF A JOURNEY IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL This documentary is made by two consummate film-makers. It's deceptively simple, but (IMO) so well made . Racheli. In March we showed the first part: SOUTH. In April we showed part II: CENTER. Now May 12 we will show Part III, NORTH., the concluding part of this extraordinary film. 7 pm Wednesday, May 12 at Sonora Co-Housing, 501 E. Roger Rd. (north side of Roger, 3rd driveway west of 1st Ave.) Film followed by discussion. *Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel. * By Michel Khleifi, a Palestinian, and Eyal Sivan, an Israeli Jew. The two movie makers traveled in the summer of 2002 along the imaginary line of the UN 1947 partition, and gave voice to people they encountered on their way. Best, Racheli. 407-1432 PS While watching all parts has a cumulative effect, each segment stands on its own. Missing either of the other two parts shouldn't keep you from coming to the final segment.

Important Message from WILPF

Sat, 08 May 2010 03:36:00 GMT

Dear Subscribers to the WILPF E-list: Call it Spring Cleaning...or Transition Time.... WILPF is happy to announce that our Tucson Branch welcomes new leadership. The Co-Leaders are Carole Edelsky, recently retired professor from ASU, and Jenise Porter, a new PhD in Education from U of A. Jenise will send out messages to the WILPF e-list starting fairly soon. If you have meetings or events you would like publicized on the E-list, please send full information (including a phone or e-mail address readers can contact for more details) to Jenise at <a href="mailto:jenisep@gmail.com">jenisep@gmail.com</a> This new team has promise to lead WILPF in great new directions! Besides smarts and political savvy, they each have a terrific sense of humor! Pat Birnie is fleeing Tucson's summer heat, leaving (tomorrow!) for Maryland, and returning in October. Have a good summer, ALL. See you in the Fall!!! Pat

Fw: Tune in to: COMPETITION, COOPERATION, AND CONSEQUENCES!!

Thu, 06 May 2010 04:31:00 GMT

On Thursday, May 6, 2010 the World Harmony: Can It Happen? TV program will present from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM. COMPETITION, COOPERATION, AND CONSEQUENCES! Featured guests: ANDREW ROTH, PHD. IN SOCIOLOGY, MEDIA SOCIOLOGIST (FORMER) ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PROJECT CENSORED AT SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (CALIFORNIA) KATHLEEN WILLIAMSON, J.D., LLM AND PH.D. ATTORNEY C RISTINA MEDVESCEK, MENTOR MEDIATOR WITH OUR FAMILY COMMUNITY MEDIATION PROGRAM AND CONTRACT MEDIATOR WITH THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE REDRESS PROGRAM The program can be seen on Cox Digital Channel 120; Comcast Channel 72; and on the worldwide web - Search www.accesstucson.org and click on: Access Tucson, next look for "NOW PLAYING" and click "Watch Online", and finally click "Watch Channels 72/Digital 120". You can also see this program rebroadcast from Noon - 1:00 PM on Saturdays, May 15, 2010 and on May 22, 2010 on Cox Cable Channel 99, Comcast Channel 74, and online by following the directions above and finally clicking "Watch Channels 74/99". INVITATION TO ATTEND ALL OF THE LIVE "WORLD HARMONY" SHOWS IN PERSON Come to Access Tucson (Studio A), 124 East Broadway (just east of 6th Avenue) and be in our studio audience. Please arrive by 5:45 PM to guarantee seating. Parking is free in the Access Tucson Parking Lot but if it is full, parking is free on the street after 5:00 PM. For more information, contact Stuart Thomas, Talk-Show Host and Independent Producer, at (520) 722-2837.

Fw: Phoenix Vigil Tonight. Border Action at Club Congress Saturday, May 15

Wed, 05 May 2010 22:45:00 GMT

Happy Cinco de Mayo to all! And in just 10 days, you have another reason to celebrate with us... Border Action Network Fundraiser! Saturday, May 15th, 2010 6 PM to 10 PM Club Congress in Tucson, AZ 311 East Congress Street Tucson, AZ 85701-1811 Suggested Donation: $10 (Click the flyer to see a larger version) Join us for a night of live music, fire dancing, and a silent auction featuring two JMStar scooters and art and sculpture pieces made specifically for Border Action Network. Funds raised at this event will help us fight SB1070, Arizona's new anti-immigrant law, in a variety of ways including voter registration drives, community organizing, legal action, education and outreach, and action campaigns. If you have an item you would like to donate for the Silent Auction, or if you would like more information about this event, please contact Jill at <a href="mailto:jill@borderaction.org">jill@borderaction.org</a>. We hope to see you there! For those of you in Phoenix , there is a Vigil and March this evening against SB1070! The Vigil is from 6 to 8:30 PM at Pilgrims Rest Church, followed by a March to the State Capitol. Here's the info: Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm Location: Pilgrims Rest Church 1401 E. Jefferson St African American & Latino Faith Leaders of Arizona Stand in Unity Against SB1070 Religious Service Against SB 1070 With Special Guests: Reverend Al Sharpton & Danny Glover Service from 6pm -730pm Followed by a march to the Arizona State Capitol Click here to RSVP to the Facebook Event

Fw: Pandora Academy - Lessons for Earthlings, Wedneday morning May 5

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:24:00 GMT

Wednesday May 5, 2010 - 9:30 am to 11 am Rio Vista Natural Resource Park 3974 N Tucson Blvd., Tucson, AZ (Please see NOTICE below) (North end of Tucson Blvd on the South bank of the Rillito River) Spirit guided donations will be accepted Pandora Academy: Lessons for Earthlings You don´t need sensory fibers in your ponytail in order to bond with your planet, other species, or each other. No avatar required, either. Experience intimate contact with all beings by rediscovering the 53 senses you share with the rest of the natural world, through which life-balancing information flows. Contact Dave Ewoldt, Ecotherapist and Paradigm Shift Coach <a href="mailto:dave@reststop.net">dave@reststop.net</a>, 520-887-2502 Sponsored by Natural Systems Solutions and Transition Pima Sustainable lifestyles, organizations, and communities NOTICE: if you look up Rio Vista Natural Resource Park, you will notice the address listed as 3861 N. Cactus Blvd., Tucson, AZ. This is the East entrance. Please go all the way to the end of Tucson Blvd. to the West entrance where there is a parking lot and a large shaded ramada. This is where we'll meet.

Fw: F-35 Meeting Tuesday May 4 (from Tucson Forward)

Tue, 04 May 2010 01:50:00 GMT

We dont want to lose our focus in these busy times as new issues like immagration come up. There will be long delays and non-answers to greet our concerns. This will be magnified in the summer as folks seek cooler weather outside Tucson. Let's keep our eye on the ball. Don't forget, the F-35 could come to Tucson. What can you do... 1.) M & C Council Agenda. Get the Mayor and City Council to put the F-35 on their agenda and begin to do their due diligence formal City request for fly-overs, staff research into noise impacts, staff research into effect on property values, identify who will be affected, etc. Send them E-mails and letters. M & C E-mail address are on the Public Input page of www.TucsonForward.com 2.) F-35 EIS. Track the study's progress and determine what we need to do to get ready to respond to the draft EIS. Remember you still have until May 17th to write to David Martin HQ AETC/A7PP 266 F Street West Randolph AFB, TX 78150-4319 Phone: 210-652-1961 3.) Wyle Operation Snowbird Study. Where are we on this study initiated in November 2009? There never was an EIS done to bring in these new, louder, less safe aircraft that began their overflights of the City prior to 2000. Citizens at the Ward 6 meeting had concerns about how the study was to be conducted and how independent it would be. The draft is now past due and the DMs presentation of the draft to the MCRC originally scheduled for May 3 has been postponed to allow adequate AF coordination of the draft. Ask your MCRC rep to find out what's up. If you don't have a MCRC rep, send us an E-mail at <a href="mailto:info@tucsonforward.com">info@tucsonforward.com</a> and we will forward it. * Don't Forget The Presentation On the F-35 Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 4th at 6:15 P.M. Who knows, Gov. Jan Brewer might be there. Voyager Catalina Room , 8701 S. Kolb Rd. (I-10 and Kolb, Exit 270, right turn south 1/8 of a mile, on the left hand side of the street). * The Tucson Weekly has a Best Local Activist/Advocacy Group category for their Best of Tucson awards. Voting ends at 11:59 P.M. on June 2. We can't think of any harder working dedicated group than you all at Tucson Forward. The Davids vs. The Goliaths. Give yourselves a well-deserved pat on the back and submit your vote for Tucson Forward at TucsonWeekly.com * We have a few "No F-35" buttons left. Let us know if you would like one. <a href="mailto:info@tucsonforward.com">info@tucsonforward.com</a>

Fw: Vigil for our brothers and sisters in Oaxaca followed by a Communithy Dinner

Tue, 04 May 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Vigil for our brothers and sisters in Oaxaca followed by a Community Dinner hosted by the Restoration Project at Casa Mariposa. Please join us in remembering Beatriz Carino and Jyri Antero Jaakkola. Beatriz and Jyri were a part of a convoy to give aid and were murdered last month by paramilitary in Oaxaca. Beatriz was the director of the Mexican human rights group CACTUS, and Jyri was a human rights observer from Finland. Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm Location: Casa Mariposa 340 S 3rd Avenue Tucson, AZ 85701 House Phone: 520-269-6597 Email: <a href="mailto:restorationproject340@gmail.com">restorationproject340@gmail.com</a> Vigilia por nuestros hermanos y hermanas de oaxaca seguido por una cena comunitaria coordinada por Casa Mariposa. Por favor acompañanos en recordatorio a Beatriz Carino y Jyri Antero Jaakkola. Beatriz y Jyri era parte de un grupo humanitario que fueron asesinados el mes pasado por paramilitares en Oaxaca. Beatriz era directora de una organización de derechos humanos llamado CACTUS en México. Jyri de Finlandia era un observador de los derechos humanos.

Fw: Fight Corporate Influence in Democracy...Tuesday in Tucson (Sponsored by MoveOn)

Mon, 03 May 2010 23:20:00 GMT

Tucson Community Forum: Make Democracy Work for the Rest of Us! Big corporations have stood in the way of the changes we need on Wall Street reform, health care, clean energy, and more. We're meeting up to discuss how we make Washington work for the 98% of us who don't have big-time lobbyists representing us in DC. Here are the event details: Host: David N. and your local MoveOn Council Where: Joel Valdez Main Library, Downtown (in Tucson) When: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at 5:30 PM What: MoveOn members are meeting up at a community forum in Tucson Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at 5:30 PM to talk about how our democracy is being overrun by lobbyists and big corporationsand what we can do about it. Can you make it to this community forum? Click here for more details and to RSVP: I can come. Sorry, I can't make it this time. For more info and to find other events in your area, click here. And don't worry, this email was sent through the MoveOn system, so your personal contact info is kept private. Want to support our work? We're entirely funded by our 5 million membersno corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here. PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, <a href="http://pol.moveon.org/">http://pol.moveon.org/</a>. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Fw: War Tax Resistance Gathering & Film in Tucson May 7 - 9

Sun, 02 May 2010 22:24:00 GMT

Please share widely with groups and people throughout Arizona and the U.S... Join us for the viewing of a new film about war tax resistance Death and Taxes produced by the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) with Tucson filmmaker Steev Hise and the Pan Left Collective Along with personal stories of war tax resistance after the film Friday evening, May 7 7 p.m. Pima Friends Meeting House 9 3 1 N 5 t h A v e ., Tucson, Arizona A simple vegetarian dinner will be served at 6 p.m. for $5 - reservations for dinner required by contacting Jack and Felice no later than May 5 at <a href="mailto:nukeresister@igc.org">nukeresister@igc.org</a> or 520-323-8697. This film will be the kick off of a national war tax resistance weekend gathering, with war tax resisters meeting in Tucson from across the U.S.: Disarm Now! War Tax Resistance and Peacemaking A War Tax Resistance Gathering and Mini-Conference May 7-9, 2010 Sponsored by the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) and The Nuclear Resister Saturday, May 8 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Pima Friends Meeting House 9 3 1 N 5 t h A v e ., Tucson, Arizona Workshops and panels will cover topics about the role of war tax resistance in seeking the abolition of nuclear weapons, ending the militarization of the border, and stopping the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. There will be a beginner's workshop on war tax resistance, stories of long time war tax resisters from around the U.S., and organizing strategies for peace and justice. The full schedule can be seen at <a href="http://www.nwtrcc.org/may2010schedule.html">http://www.nwtrcc.org/may2010schedule.html</a> Registration for Saturday only (includes lunch) is $10, and for Friday and Saturday (includes Friday dinner and Saturday lunch) is $15. The gathering begins with registration at 5 p.m., Friday, May 7 and ends Saturday evening. All are also welcome for NWTRCC's business meeting Sunday morning, May 9. Counselors' training for experienced war tax resisters will be held on Sunday afternoon, May 9. Please pre-register for the training by calling 1-800-269-7464. Registration and other information, including about housing and transportation for out-of-towners, can be found at <a href="http://nwtrcc.org/meetings.htm">http://nwtrcc.org/meetings.htm</a> Or please ask for details by mail: 1-800-269-7464 or <a href="mailto:nwtrcc@nwtrcc.org">nwtrcc@nwtrcc.org</a>

24 Hours left to comment on Water Station Approval

Sun, 02 May 2010 21:35:00 GMT

24 hours left to comment on water-station proposal Dear friends, So far, 169 people--you and the people you spread the word to--have used our web form to submit a comment on the government's draft permit allowing No More Deaths and the Tucson Samaritans to place water on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge for migrants. The deadline for comments is TOMORROW, Monday, May 3. Can we make two urgent requests? FIRST: If you haven't already told the government that this proposal is COMPATIBLE with the mission of the Refuge, won't you please do so today? <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/703/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2970">http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/703/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2970</a> We've been having website problems. If the link above doesn't work for you, please try one of these alternative commenting methods: (1) send an email using your default email program, or (2) see U.S. Fish and Wildlife's announcement for how to submit a comment by fax, email, or postal mail. SECOND: Please spread the word. We honestly have no idea many negative comments the government has received. This form makes it easy to email your friends and family: <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/703/t/9846/tellafriend.jsp?tell_a_friend_KEY=6846">http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/703/t/9846/tellafriend.jsp?tell_a_friend_KEY=6846</a> Here is some background information, including the documents published by Fish and Wildlife. About that last link: posting it on your Facebook profile is another great way to spread the word! It's really easy, just copy and paste the URL where it says "What's on your mind?" Here is the URL written out: <a href="http://www.nomoredeaths.org/index.php/Updates-and-Announcements/eactionbanwr.html">http://www.nomoredeaths.org/index.php/Updates-and-Announcements/eactionbanwr.html</a> Thank you so much for your support.

Fw: Join Us to Build an ANTI-WAR Movement in Tucson!

Sun, 02 May 2010 20:35:00 GMT

Join us in building an ANTI-WAR movement in Tucson!!! 5 pm Saturday, May 8, 2010 Sam Lena Library, S. 6th Avenue at 27th Street There will be a panel discussion to talk about the roots and consequences of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The panel members are: Alice Ritter, member of the Tucson Chapter of Veterans for Peace and also member of the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom. Bryan Casler, Veteran of the Iraq War Angela Stautenburgh, Student at the University of Arizona We welcome your participation and hope that together we can build an anti-war movement that will help bring our troops home and spread peace throughout the country. The government spends trillions of dollars on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or bailing out the corrupted banks. We want money for jobs, education and health carenot for war and occupation! No More Recruiters! No More WAR!!! Sponsored by Tucson Against the Wars Phone for further information 298-7498 or 302-4476 or e-mail <a href="mailto:tucsonAW@gmail.com">tucsonAW@gmail.com</a>