• ~ a grassroots movement advocating nonviolence and justice




    Be sure to visit these peace friendly businesses:


    411 South 800 East, SLC
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    (This indie coffee shop is located on the 2nd floor, south end, historic Trolley Square, 600 East 600 South.)


    REGULAR EVENTS

    Every Sunday


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    Every Monday
    UARC Weekly Meeting

    Utah Animal Rights Coalition
    7:00-9:00pm
    All our welcome to attend. Paid members of UARC are allowed to vote on matters, but everyone has a voice.
    Coffee Under the Bridge 511 W. 200 S. (near the Gateway Mall)
    Eric Waters 801-560-8238
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    Ching Farms (Animal Sanctuary) Cooking Classes
    2nd Monday of each month-Downtown Wild Oats
    (400 S 645 East) 7-9 pm
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    Every Tuesday - all day
    NO DRIVE TUESDAYS
    Leave your fuel powered vehicles at home
    Bike, walks bus, or take TRAX
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    Every Wednesday
    The Salt Lake Bicycle Collective hosts Ladies-Only bike night every other Wedensday night, from 5 PM to 9 PM at the SLC Bike Collective (2312 South West Temple, look for the yellow Schwinn above the door) It's a change for women together, work on their bicycles, and socialize. For details and updates go online to http://www.slcbikecollective.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    EarthSave monthly cooking demo and potluck
    2nd Wednesday of
    each month
    (435) 647-0961 EarthSave
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    EarthSave
    2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month -
    The Salt Lake Bicycle Collective hosts Ladies-Only bike night every other Wedensday night, from 5 PM to 9 PM at the SLC Bike Collective (2312 South West Temple, look for the yellow Schwinn above the door) It's a change for women together, work on their bicycles, and socialize. For details and updates go online to http://www.slcbikecollective.org
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    First Thursday of each month - 5:30-6:30pm
    PPJ Weekly Sidewalk Vigil

    Bring signs, some provided
    Vigil
    2009 Thursday Vigils
    July 2
    August 6
    September 3
    October 1
    November 5
    December 3
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    Every Thursday -9:00pm

    ESTE pizza 166e 200s
    Come meet up and ride every Thursday for an evening of mobbing bikes, trick comps, footdown, pizza, polo, and so much more...
    Contact: tomhucktom at gmail dot com
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    Every Friday
    Peace Vigil, 5-6pm

    in front of the Tabernacle in downtown Logan
    Info: 435-797-5237 or Logan Vigil
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    First Friday of every month, Environmental Ministry of the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City. Lecture Series
    Speakers, films, and events.
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    Third Friday of every month, Take Action! - Iraq Moratorium
    The slow-motion train wreck that is the occupation of Iraq grows daily more of a nightmare. In 2006 America voted to bring it to an end. But our politicians have failed to grasp the strain on our military and the depth to which America's influence in the world has fallen. We must force them and our media to recognize just how angry America is, and how massive the anti-war sentiment in this country has become.
    The Iraq Moratorium will be an escalating monthly series of actions demanding an end to the war. Starting on Friday, September 21 and on the third Friday of every month thereafter, we will take the time to show our President and Congress that our troops must be brought home, now!

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    Last Friday of each month
    Critical Mass Bicycle Ride
    5:30pm
    Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City
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    Every Friday
    Poetry Slam

    Wildhorse Coffee, Salt Lake's newest Indie Coffee Shop
    2nd floor, south end, historic Trolley Square.
    600 East 600 South, SLC
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    Every Saturday, mid-June through mid-October
    Downtown Farmers Market

    8:00 am to 1:00 pm
    Food, plants, homemade arts & crafts.
    Pioneer Park, 300 South and 300 West, Salt Lake City
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    2nd Saturday of each month-Ft Union Wild Oats
    (6930 South Highland Drive) 12-2 pm
    2nd Sunday of each month-Sugarhouse Wild Oats
    (1131 E Wilmington Ave) 5-7 pm
    4th Thursday of each month (but not in November)
    -Sugarhouse Wild Oats 7-9 pm
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    Every Sunday, mid-June through late October
    Peoples Market

    International Peace Gardens in Salt Lake City (1000 S 900 W). From 10am - 3pm
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  • Other Community Calendars

  • Historical Dates and Events

    NOVEMBER
    November 1
    AMERICAN INDIAN MONTH
    1797
    First African Free School established in New York

    November 2
    1920
    Imprisoned Socialist Party leader Eugene V. Debs receives 1 million votes for president.
    November 5
    1855
    Birth of Eugene V. Debs in Terre Haute, IN, socialist and anti-militarist

    November 8
    1897
    Birth of Dorothy Day, Catholic anarchist and pacifist, born in Brooklyn, NY
    1972 Trail of Broekn Treaties march occupies Bureau of Indian Affairs office, Washington, DC
    2004 U.S. begins assault on Fallujah in Iraq

    November 9
    1984
    U.S. activists sail shrimpboat into Port of Corinto to confront U.S. warships threatening Nicaragua
    1989 Berlin Wall falls due to nonviolent protest

    November 10
    1924
    Society for Human Rights, first gy rights organization in U.S., founded in Chicago
    1938Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass; Nazi repression mounts in Germany

    November 11
    VETERANS'/REMEMBRANCE DAY
    November 12
    1815
    Birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, women's suffrage leader
    1991 Indonesian troops massacre 150 nonviolent demonstrators, Dili, East Timor
    November 13
    1839
    First U.S. anti-slavery party (Liberty Party) founded

    November 15
    1969
    More than 500,000 demonstrate against Vietnam War, Washington, DC

    November 16
    1980
    Women's Pentagon Action, Washington, DC
    1988More than 100 nations offer recognition to Palestinian government-in-exile

    November 19
    1915
    Joe Hill, labor activist and Wobbly songwriter, executed, Utah
    1923War Resisters League founded, NYC
    November 22
    1998
    7,000 protest at School of the Americas, Fort Benning, GA; 2,319 people are arrested for trespassing

    November 24
    1947
    U.S. House of Representatives cites 10 Hollywood leftists for contempt of Congress

    November 29
    1999
    Mass protests against corporate globalization and the World Trade Organization begin in Seattle, WA
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Share your heart, your home,

your country with a young person from abroad.

Become a Host Family!

Host Families……

…are good with young people.
…are curious about other countries.
…take pride in their own communities and would like to share what they value with others.
…have open minds and generous hearts.

Vicky Wason, returned Peace Corps volunteer and local community coordinator, is seeking families to host exchange students from Malaysia starting January 16, 2010.  The Malaysian students go through a long application process and are selected for their leadership skills.  They have good English skills and are well prepared to attend an American high school.  We also need a host family for a girl at East High school from Italy—immediately.
A PAX student expects just the chance to be a “son” or “daughter” in an American family. A PAX student’s needs are simple – a bed of her own (many students share a bedroom), a quiet place to study, and an extra place at the table for meals normally taken at home.  Student return home in June 2010.  The Malaysian students will attend a local charter school. Below are the students that need homes.  You can learn more about the US State Department program at www.yesprograms.org and our program at www.PAX.org.

PAX is also hiring, so if you think you would like a part-time job working with exchange students, let me know.  The program is all about PEACE through understanding. We are looking for someone in the Salt Lake area, Alpine, and Tooele area as well as Nevada.

Contact Vicky right away if you are interested in applying to host or to work part-time.

YES302  Khaled Amru     MALAYSIA        M
http://pax.org/asp/pax.asp?st_id=14614&p=1622

YES307  Emeline MALAYSIA        F
http://pax.org/asp/pax.asp?st_id=14619&p=7350

WEI001  Chiara  ITALY   F
http://pax.org/asp/pax.asp?st_id=13643&p=4358

Peace,

Vicky Wason

Vicky.wason@slcc.edu

801-908-0388 home

November 2009

Friday, November 27, 2009

Annual Community Coat Exchange

If you need a coat, please come get one. If you have a coat, we know people who can use them.

Website: http://www.coatexchange.org
Every year people all over the United States spend the day after Thanksgiving getting ready for the holiday season by patronizing retail businesses for gift buying. We perceived a need for a project for the same day that would be useful and meaningful, as well as educational, and that focuses on concerns about the ecological and psychological consequences of our consumer culture and the impact of our consumerism on society.

To that end, a new community-oriented project was born: The Community Coat Exchange. Patterned after a similar event in Rhode Island, the Coat Exchange is a collection and distribution of winter coats and other clothing items. The event is held between 10 AM and 2PM the day after Thanksgiving.

The idea is for folks to bring donations to any of the drop off centers (see right sidebar for partners and drop off centers) before Thanksgiving or to the event itself. At the event, no questions are asked: If you need a coat, come get one. If you want to exchange a coat, bring the coat you want to donate and take one in exchange. If you have a donation of coats, we know people who can use them.

Left over coats are donated to the Crossroads Urban Center Thrift Store, a project of the Crossroads Urban Center which advocates for low income and homeless people. The Crossroads Urban Center Thrift Store gives clothes away to poor people and also sells clothes and other goods in its retail shop to the general public to help fund the Crossroads Urban Center programs.

Please contact us if your organization is willing to support this annual event as a partner (obligations of co-sponsors are to publicize the event to your network).

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2009 Community Coat Exchange Partners
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DROP OFF/COLLECTION SITES:
City Academy – http://www.cityacademy.org
555 East 200 South, SLC, 801.596-8489
Free Speech Zone http://www.freespeech-zone.com
411 South 800 East, SLC, 801.487-2295
Highland High School – http://highland.slc.k12.ut.us
2166 South 1700 East, SLC, 801.484.4343
I.J.Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center- http://www.slcjcc.org
2 North Medical Drive, SLC, 801.581.0098
The Oakley School -drop off center – http://www.oakley-school.com
251 West Weber Canyon Road – Oakley, Ut, 435.783.5001
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Blue Sky Institute- http://www.blueskyinstitute.org
Crossroads Urban Center – http://www.crossroads-u-c.org
Misty Fowler – http://saintless.com
People for Peace and Justice of Utah – http://www.utahpeace.org
Utah Amnesty International – http://www.amnesty.org
Westminster Roots and Shoots – http://www.westminstercollege.edu/biology/index.cfm?parent=4012&detail=4781
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To donate, volunteer, or obtain further information, please contact us at:

801-631-2998

info@coatexchange.org

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There are multiple ways you can donate coats – and it’s easy!

1. Bring Coats to one of the drop off centers (see right sidebar)

2. Contact us for a pick up

801-631-2998; info@coatexchange.org

3. Bring your coats to the event itself!
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Media:
SLUG Magazine:
http://www.slugmag.com/articles/1940/Fighting-Back-at-Black-Friday.html
CATALYST:
http://www.catalystmagazine.net/pdfs/2009-11/calendar_0911.pdf

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Un(Packing) Gender Conference

Human Rights Campaign of Utah – 9am – 5pm:  Salt Lake City Library,
200 East 400 South

Join HRC Utah in our support of TransAction, the youth-led advocacy group and program of the Utah Pride Center. TransAction has a month-long series of events in November to celebrate Transgender Awareness Month.

The month of events will culminate with a day long gender conference called Un(Packing) Gender on November 28th from 9am to 5pm. The conference will be held at the Main Public Library, and is free and open to everyone.

HRC Utah will have an information table to distribute transgender resource materials, including: Coming Out As Transgender, the Corporate Equality Index and Transgender Americans: A Handbook for Understanding. Additional resources on transgender legislation, workplace, news, laws, articles, FAQ and publications are available on HRC’s website.

Conference Session Topics Include:
•Transgender 101
•Shaving and make-up how to’s
•Privilege and community
•Gender non-conforming in the news
•Gender and philosophy
•Parents, partners, and family members of transgender persons
•Safe sex and HIV prevention for transgender persons
•Plus – Lunch-time clothing swap!

Pre-register for the conference by emailing your name and contact information to transactionutah@gmail.com

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Nationwide Convergence on Fur Farm Capital – Morgan, Utah

10:00am – 5:00pm

On November 28th, activists from across the country will converge on Morgan for Fur Free Saturday. Morgan is the largest fur farming town in the country, with 15 active mink farms. For the first time, the animal rights movement will bring the tears and rage for the millions killed every year for fur to the belly of the beast: Morgan, Utah. This convergence will climax in a one-mile march through the heart of this fur farm capital, past two of Morgan’s mink farms.

The mere threat of this protest has already generated enormous media coverage, and Morgan County’s mink farmers and police are scared. Morgan has responded by amending their protesting ordinance to outlaw protesting within 1000 feet of a mink farm. Activists responded by filing two lawsuits, charging the ordinance is unconstitutional. The protest will continue.

Morgan is clearly a town contemptuous of the constitution and steeped in the tradition of murder. Two lawsuits and numerous news headlines later, activists remain committed to march on Morgan November 28th, and are calling on activists nationwide to join them.

We will meet at Coffee Garden on 9th South and 9th East in Salt Lake City at 10 am and carpool up to Morgan.

This event is likely to be legend.

More info at the Fur Free Utah website: www.furfreeutah.com

Contact: peteryoung@furfreeutah.com

We want as many out of town activists as possible to attend this event. All activists arriving from out of town will be provided with a place to stay.

ALSO:

The day before Morgan, on Fur Free Friday, we will be protesting throughout downtown Park City, Utah. Known as “Black Friday,” this is the busiest shopping day of the year and there will be plenty of shoppers in Park City on this day. We will use the occassion, a traditional day of protest against the fur industry, to demonstrate against Park City’s multiple fur stores.

We will meet at Coffee Garden on 9th South and 9th East in Salt Lake City at 10 am and carpool up to Park City.

December

Saturday,  December 5, 2009

Fairboundaries 5000 signatures in a day-9:30am – 12:30pm

Davis County, Einstein Bagels in Layton

Come help the real take back Utah cause. Help end partisan gerrymandering in Utah. In just 3 hours you can help reinstate free and fair elections in Utah.

We’ll be meeting at Einstein Bagel’s in Layton at 9:30 on Dec. 5th, training briefly and dispersing to gather signatures (weather permitting).

Join us for fun and a great sense of accomplishment!

Saturday,  December 5 (10am) and Sunday, December 6, 2009 (5pm)

Holiday Boutique 2009 via The Artists’ Project

Original Art and Crafts to buy as holiday gifts!
The Pioneer Craft House,  3271 South 500 East, SLC
We will be featuring original artwork at original (or affordable) prices. It’s not just another Holiday Boutique!
Save your money and join us in celebrating the spirit of the holidays by helping you spend it while shopping for something unique, handmade, and personal for those who have been good this year on your holiday shopping list.
Again, stunning, original, and fun artwork and crafts…
All sales support our artists and The NAMI Utah Artists’ Project…

 

Dates: Saturday, December 5th and Sunday, December 6th, 2009
Times: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: The Pioneer Craft House
Address: 3271 South 500 East, North Building, SLC

Contact: liz at 801-323-9900 or via liz@namiut.org

Want to submit art and crafts for this boutique? Sensational! Contact liz…

January

Through January 15, 2010, 5pm

Submission Call for Literary Journal: Seeking Writing of all Genres!

Join some of the most gifted artists of all time: writers with a mental illness…

Email submissions to: shirleyp@vmh.com
Mail submissions to: Consumer Affairs, Attention Shirley, Valley Mental Health, Room 319, 1020 South Main Street, SLC, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Hello Artists and Writers,

Would you like to be published?

Announcing our Call for Writing Submissions…
and an upcoming publishing of a Literary Journal via the Consumer Affairs Office at Valley Mental Health and The NAMI Utah Artists’ Project!

We are looking for original writing of all genres: poetry, short stories, essays, and short plays (one-acts) of 1,100 words or
less by those working and living with mental illness!
All works must be original and be created by someone with a mental illness…

Please note the deadline for submissions – January 15th, 2010!

To get your submission form for submission guidelines and with which to submit your writing, contact Shirley Pedler at 801-536-6537 or via shirleyp@vmh.com…

Questions? Please contact either Shirley (see above) or liz (801-323-9900 or via liz@namiut.org)!

All writing may be submitted via email to:
Shirley Pedler at shirleyp@vmh.com

Writing can also be submitted by mail to:
Consumer Affairs: Attention Shirley Pedler
North Valley Mental Health – Room 319
1020 South Main Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
(Please do not submit your only or original copy of any work; we are unable to return submitted works.)

Join the ranks of some of the most gifted writers of all time – writers with a mental illness:
Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Walker Percy, Samuel Johnson, Ernest Hemingway, Anne Sexton, William Styron, and so many more…

We encourage writers to submit their writing and look forward to hearing from you in the near future! This is a new and exciting project… that we will release with much celebration!