People for Peace and Justice

deesings — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:34:15 +0000

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NOTE: PPJ will be on holiday hiatus December 21-January2. The next newsletter will be out January 3rd. Peace to all.

December

deesings — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:24:53 +0000

Monday, December 21, 2009

Film Screening: Sound of the Soul – 7pm – Salt Lake City Library

Directed by Stephen Oslo

Sound of the Soul is a glorious homage to the remarkable Fez festival of World Sacred Music in Morocco, which brings together a unique array of musicians from Muslim, Christian and Jewish backgrounds.

Thurdsay, December 31, 2009

ARTini – Salt Lake City’s Premiere New Year’s Eve Bash with High Roads for Human Rights

Acclaimed vocalist Joslyn Poole, DJ Jamil Hossein, and marvelous saxophonist David Halliday will join High Road for Human Rights Executive Director Rocky Anderson and distinguished guests for a New Year’s Eve art auction and benefit at Sterling Lofts.

RSVP AT – http://www.highroadforhumanrights.org/emailnewyear09

The night will feature a live and silent auction featuring outstanding donated works of art, including a signed original Salvador Dali cenograph, signed posters by Peter Max, and pieces by Gary Collins, Cheryl Collins, Pilar Pobil, Susan Swartz, Mikel Covey, Traci O’Very Covey, Chris Miles, and Gary Vlasic.

RSVP AT – http://www.highroadforhumanrights.org/emailnewyear09

The evening will also include hor d’oeuvres, a wide range of beverages, a martini bar, and lighting provided by Oasis Stage Werks. Event proceeds will help support High Road’s innovative efforts to protect human rights for vulnerable populations around the globe.

Additional information can be found at http://www.highroadforhumanrights.org/emailnewyear09

December 31, 2009
Event begins at 7:00 PM
$50 per person, RSVP required

Sterling Lofts
35 West Broadway
Salt Lake City

January

deesings — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:33:10 +0000

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…

The NAMI Utah Artists’ Project

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!