Regular Events
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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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 Thursday - 5:30-6:30pm
PPJ Weekly Sidewalk Vigil
Bring signs, some provided
Vigil
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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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Ching Farms (Animal Sanctuary) Cooking Classes
2nd Monday of each month-Downtown Wild Oats
(400 S 645 East) 7-9 pm
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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EarthSave monthly cooking demo and potluck
2nd Wednesday of
each month
(435) 647-0961
EarthSave
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Historical Dates and Events
April 2
1917 Jeannete rankin seated in U.S. House of Representatives; only member to vote against World Wars I and II.
1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated at age 39, Memphis, TN
April 12
1935 60,000 students strike against war throughout the U.S.
April 15
WAR TAX RESISTANCE DAY
1967 First mass draft card burningas 200,000 march in NYC and 80,000 in San Francisco.
April 16
2000 Mass rally and civil disobedience against World trade Organization, Washington, DC
April 17
1961 U.S. launches the Bay of Pigs invasion of cuba
April 20
2002 75,000 march in Washington, DC, to protest war on terrorism, and Israel's war on the Palestinians
April 20
EARTH DAY (first observed 1970)
April 24
1965 20,000 U.s. Marines invade the dominican Republic
April 26
1986 Major nuclear power accident in chernobyl, Ukraine, sends radioactive cloud around the world.
April 30
1975 Vietnam war ends/Vietname reunited
1977 1,415 arrested in occupation of nuclear power plant, Seabrook, NH
Peacebuttons Peace History calendar
Promoting Mormonism, Anarchism, and Pacifism since 2007.
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UTAH EVENTS
See photos of Utah's events surrounding:
Tuesday April 1, Wednesday April 2, Thursday April 3
Nuclear Power and Nuclear Waste Panels
Next week, the stars will align to bring two national experts on nuclear power, weapons, and waste to the Salt Lake area and three opportunities for you to hear them speak. Dr. Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, and Christopher Paine, nuclear program director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, will both be in town speaking at the following events.
April 1st: Nuclear power debate and waste panel
It was supposed to be the debate of the century: Rep. Aaron Tilton (R-Springville), Viagra salesman by day¹, nuclear powerbroker by moonlight, and Dr. Arjun Makhijani, national nuclear expert and president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, together in one room debating the future of nuclear power in Utah.
That is, until we heard today that Rep. Tilton decided to back out, three days before the scheduled event. He did not provide a reason, nor a replacement.
But Utah Valley State College has lined up a suitable replacement for Rep. Tilton and the debate will go on as planned.
Utah Valley State College Environmental Ethics Conference on Public Health and the Environment
What: Nuclear Power Production in Utah
Who: Dr. Arjun Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, and a nuclear proponent TBA
Where: Utah Valley State College, Losee Center, Room 243 (LC 243)
When: Tuesday, April 1st, 1:00-2:15 pm
Afterwards, stay for a panel discussion on nuclear waste:
What: Nuclear Waste Storage in the Great Basin
Who: Judy Treichel, Executive Director, Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force, Steve Frishman, Geologist, Nevada State Agency for Nuclear Projects, John Urgo, Outreach Director, HEAL Utah
Where: UVSC, LC 243
When: Tuesday, April 1st, 2:30-3:45 pm
There are also many other worthwhile talks scheduled as part of this conference.
The nearest visitor parking is Lot L (campus map )
April 2nd: Nuclear power and weapons panel
What: Nuclear Power's Role in Decarbonization and Disarmament: Asset or Obstacle
Who: Christopher Paine, nuclear program director of the Natural Resources Defense Council, Dr. Arjun Makhijani, Dr. Robert Reynolds, sociologist at Weber State University, and Dr. Kent Udell, chair of the University of Utah Mechanical Engineering Department
Where: University of Utah, Room 1110 of LNCO (SE of Olpin Union and East of Orson Spencer Hall, with parking in the lot East of Olpin Union)
When: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2:30-4:00 pm
The discussion will focus on the role of nuclear power in addressing climate change and the intersections between nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Panelists will discuss the problems of uranium mining and milling, nuclear proliferation, the health impacts of radiation, radioactive waste disposal, and the risk of nuclear materials falling into the wrong hands.
Presented by the Nuclear Research Interest Group, the Tanner Humanities Center of the University of Utah, and Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (UCAN).
April 3rd: The U.S. nuclear weapons complex
What: “Raise your voice,” an event presented by the Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Who: Christopher Paine, NRDC; Mary Dickson, playwright, downwinder, and activist; Pete Ashdown, founder and owner of Xmission; and Tony Guzman, steering committee member of Think Outside the Bomb
Where: Sprague Library, 2131 South 1100 East, SLC
When: Thursday, April 3rd, 6:30-8:30 pm
The panel will discuss the federal government’s plan to revitalize the U.S. nuclear weapons complex, called “Complex Transformation,” and provide an opportunity for you to submit a comment on the Complex Transformation Environmental Impact Statement (the public comment period ends April 10th).
More information on this event.
wednesday, April 2 - Sunday,April 6, 2008
Jewish Film Festival
Details available at Salt Lake Film Center
Friday, April 4, 2008
Environmental IssuesLecture/Discussion series presentation:
Utah's Food Security - Getting to a Sustainable Utah Food System
7:00-9:00 pm
First Unitarian Church, 569 S 1300 E, SLC
How far does food travel before it reaches your plate? What chemicals are added, what fossil fuels are burned to deliver your food to you each and every day? Was it always this way? Is this sustainable in light of global warming and peak oil? What are our alternatives in Utah (local farms, community supported agriculture, community gardens, food co-ops)? Join us as we explore food security and the sustainability of the Salt Lake Valley and Utah food systems. Guest speakers and panelists will include Jen Colby, Coordinator, Office of Sustainability, University of Utah; Lance Christie, a founding member of the Natural Resources Defense Council, President of the Association for the Tree of Life, and author of The Renewable Deal: A Political Policy Program to Obtain a Sustainable, Ecologically Restorative, Just and Comfortable Future; and a panel of representatives from Great Salt Lake Resource Conservation & Development (Community Supported Agriculture Project), S.E.E.D. [Sustainable Environments and Ecological Design], Slow Food Utah, Utah Food Bank, Utahns Against Hunger, and Wasatch Community Gardens.
This presentation is part of the Environmental Issues (First Friday) Lecture/Discussion Series co-sponsored by Post Carbon Salt Lake and the Environmental Ministry of the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Cost of Freedom Tour - Mike Palacek
Cup of Joe, 7pm
Author and former Federal prisoner for peace, Mike Palacek is promoting his two latest book projects: as co-editor of [Cost of Freedom - The Anthology of Peace and Activism] and as author of [Iowa Terror] - a novel based on the official lies of 9/11.
Monday, April 7, 2008
7pm EL MÉTODO (THE GRÖNHOLM METHOD) (Argentina)
City Library Auditorium, 210 East 400 South
Directed by Marcelo Piñeyro
115 min (2005) Not Rated Spanish with English Subtitles
Seven candidates to a high executive position on a multinational company show up for a selection test in a financial district skyscraper. Under a claustrophobic climate of distrust and lack of scruples, alliances will be created, disputes will occur, secrets will be revealed, their pasts will be uncovered and this way, one by one, the candidates will be eliminated from what will become a cold struggle for survival, a clear mirror of the heartless business world in any capitalistic country form our global economy.
Spanish Language Series
Free and open to the public
Salt Lake Film Center
Saturday, April 12, 2008
THE KITE RUNNER (USA)
City Library Auditorium, 210 E 400 S
Directed by Marc Forster 122 min (2007) Rated PG-13
Based on the international bestseller by Khaled Hosseini, THE KITE RUNNER is a profoundly emotional tale of friendship, family, devastating mistakes and redeeming love. In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day's victory, one boy's fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after 20 years of living in America, Amir returns to a perilous Afghanistan under the Taliban's iron-fisted rule to face the secrets that still haunt him and take one last daring chance to set things right.
http://www.kiterunnermovie.com/
Free and open to the public
Salt Lake Film Center
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
7pm KUED Diverse Voices screening
City Library Auditorium, 210 E 400 S
Details available soon at Salt Lake Film Center
Saturday, April 19, 2008
3pm MUSASHI MIYAMOTO (Japan)
City Library Auditorium, 210 E 400 S
International Film screening
Cosponsored by the City Library, the SLC Film Center and the Salt Lake City Arts Council.
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki (1954) 92 min Not Rated
Based on Eiji Yoshikawa's book MUSASHI MIYAMOTO, chronicling the life of the 17th century warrior of the same name, Inagaki's film version (in three parts) is an engrossing tale of a young man's turbulent journey through old-world Japan. Mifune (in a role similar to that he would play in THE SEVEN SAMURAI) is Miyamoto,the young man who dreams of battle, yet finds himself on the wrong side of a civil war. His chance at redemption comes from a loving woman and a wise priest who puts him on the path to enlightenment...and the way of the samurai.
Salt Lake Film Center
Monday, April 21, 2008
7pm THE NIGHT OF TRUTH (Burkina Faso)
City Library Auditorium, 210 E 400 S
Directed by Fanta Regina Nacro
100 min (2004) Not Rated Dioula and French with Subtitles
Winner of Grand Prix - 2005 Fribourg International Film Festival
Winner of Best New Screenwriter - 2004 San Sebastian Intl. Film Festival
This award-winning feature debut by one of Africa’s most talented female directors takes place in an unnamed country where the government and the rebels have finally embarked on a path to peace after a decade of atrocities. A celebratory feast is planned, but with each side haunted by memories of the past, will the night of truth bring understanding or revenge?
New Face of Africa Series
Free and open to the public
Salt Lake Film Center
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Human Rights Torch Relay Rally
Time, TBA
City County Buidling at Washington Square
Ceremony, speakers (including local peace activist Deanna Taylor)
The Human Rights Torch Relay is an international campaign that seeks to bring an end to all human rights abuses against the people of China, while highlighting the persecution of Falun Gong - the most severely persecuted group in China today. During the run up to the 2008 Olympics, the HRTR will host events in 37 countries across six continents to present its message: The Olympics and crimes against humanity cannot coexist in China.
The Tibetan, Burmese, and Vietnamese communities, the Darfur Support Network (Sudan), Chinese democracy groups, student groups, former Olympians, and representatives from sports and politics are among the relay participants. The HRTR was initiated by the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG).
Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26,2008
This is a free public conference for anyone who cares about animals. This conference is for sharing knowledge, public education, networking, discussing strategies and tactics, and energizing the community to fight against animal cruelty.
The conference is free and open to the public, however we ask that anyone who has definitive plans to attend, please register on the Web site. This will help us keep an approximate head count to better serve our patrons.
ideos, discussions, workshops, and nationally recognized speakers will cover a wide range of animal protection issues.
Some of these topics will include:
* Increasing penalties for cruelty to companion animals and passage of Henry's Law
* Abuse of animals in laboratories and factory farms
* Harms of climate change and environmental catastrophes for people, animals, and ecosystems
* Strategies to fight the pet overpopulation crisis
* The controversy surrounding "The Green Scare" and more militant forms of animal activism
View the list of speakers which will include Brian Barnard, legal resource for animal advocates in Utah for a over a decade
Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, 2008
EARTH JAM
Celebrating Earth Day for 18 years
LIBERTY PARK
700 East 1300 South - Salt Lake City, Utah
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Downtown Sustainability Festival
Live Green, the 5th Annual Downtown Sustainable Living Festival will be held at Library Square from 10am to 6pm.
Learn about the green resources in your community.
This year's event features:
-Alternative Transportation Exhibitors
-Locally-Grown Yard and Garden Plant Sale
-Sustainable Building Products & Businesses
-Community Advocacy Groups
-Eco-activities for kids
-Food Vendors & Squatters Beer Garden (e2 business)
-Pedal-Powered Music Stage with Shake Your Peace
-Conversation Cafe, discussing regional issues
Presented by the Downtown Alliance
Locally-grown Plant and Garden Sale
Buy your plants from local growers. Find a selection of hanging baskets, heirloom melons, herb plants, bedding flowers, hand-picked native seeds. Master Gardeners will be available to answer all of your green questions.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Details coming soon....
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Stop the Killing - No More Atrocities - Protect Civil Liberties
- We stand against violence and all
forms of terrorism, including war.
- We defend the rights of all people
living in the United States.
- We advocate a U.S. foreign policy that is in the interest
of all people everywhere.
- It is crucial that we defend the Constitutional Rights and
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Announcements
Moab City Leads the State in setting a pace once again!
Last Tuesday, March 11, Moab City became the First city in Utah to pass a resolution in favor of a U.S. Department of Peace! Moab was the first 'Blue Sky' community in the U.S.! What a great example to other cities about the possibilities! Please take a minute to write our Mayor to thank him for taking a stand & being the Swing vote - Moab City
Although we are few in number in our state, we are willing to work for Peace! We have an upcoming presentation to young people in Moab on April 4th. The subject is 'building a non-violent culture'. We are available to speak or present to your group about the campaign or Peace related subjects. We appreciate the opportunity to share.
Please contact us - we'd love to hear from you! INFO
Celebrate the birth and life of the peace symbol, which will be 50 years old in 2008!
"Iraqi Children's Campaign"
Sign the petition for
All about PEACE. Thinking PEACE. Teaching PEACE.
Loving PEACE.
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ACTION ALERTS
Why Weapons are In Iraq: Hightower flash video
More info
War is illegal - Sign this statement
End the U.S. occupation of Iraq Petition
Act to Stop Torture
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Articles
MAY DAY: A Call To Action,
by David swanson
Where Are The Iraqis in The Iraq War?,
by Ramzy Baroud
Bush Totally Out of It on Iraq,
by Matthew Rothschild
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News Sources
Air America Radio
Common Dreams
Democracy Now!
Truthout
War Times
ZNet
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Events outside of Utah
Peace Vigils Around the U.S.
April 1, 2008 - Fossil Fools day
On April 1, 2008 young people from around the world are rising up to
show the world that we refuse to fool around with climate change and
our future. Led by the Energy Action Coalition, Canadian Youth
Climate Coalition, and Rising Tide, on April 1 we will take collective
action to turn the tide away from fossil fuel dependence and towards a
clean and just energy revolution. On this historic day of action we
will tear down the dirty energy that stands in our way, while building
the better world we need.
We Are Fed Up
We have had enough of fossil fuel tomfoolery - empty promises and
lackluster leadership from our governments and dirty energy companies.
We have had enough of coal companies that destroy communities, poison
our air, and spew global warming pollution. We are sick of oil and car
companies keeping us dangerously addicted to oil. We know that tar
sands development in Canada must be stopped. And we will kick every
politician out of office who refuses to show bold, political
leadership in fighting climate change. Join us in making April 1 a
day the fossil fuel industry never forgets! Sign-up for an action in
your community today.
We Are Hopeful
Climate change is our generation's biggest challenge, but also our
biggest opportunity. We can make sure that as we move away from
dangerous fossil fuels we are building not only a cleaner, but also a
more just future. We will help ensure that the clean energy revolution
leaves no one behind and creates hundreds of thousands of new, green
jobs. Join us in building a more just future. Plan an action to spur
green job creation in your community today.
We Are Powerful
Together we can build a more just and sustainable future. We are
calling on communities across Canada and the US to show the fossil
fuel industry and bad politicians that we mean business by organizing
a Fossil Fools Day action today. Ideas include, but are by no means
limited to: rallies at gas stations or representative offices,
Critical Mass bike rides, office occupations, Billionaire's for Tar
Sands/Coal demonstrations, spank the bank visits, high-powered
projections of solutions on the side of dirty energy factories, Board
of Trustees meeting take-overs, hold a clean energy camp at a dirty
energy site, do solar installations, make spoof videos and websites,
offer alternative, clean energy bus rides, do some coal mining of your
own at a coal company's headquarters...
This April 1st join with people around the world to end the fossil
fuel age and stand up for a new energy future. Get more information by
visiting the website now.
See you in the streets!
The 34th Anniversary,
International Indian Treaty Council Conference
April 3 – 6, 2008
Chimaltenango, Guatemala
"Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
Upholding Self-determination and Free Prior Informed Consent for Indigenous Peoples"
International Indian Treaty Council/Consejo Internacional De Tratados Indios
“WORKING FOR THE RIGHTS AND RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES”
"Trabajando por el reconocimiento y los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas"
Informaton
SOA Watch Strategy Meeting & Lobby Days
This SOA Watch Strategy Meeting and Lobby Days will take place on the heels of one of our most successful legislative campaigns in recent years. During this election year, it is very important that we get our message out to the candidates and members of Congress.
Sunday, May 4th 2008 - Strategy Meeting: Join SOA Watch activists from around the country in Washington, D.C. for a day of planning, brainstorming and discussions around our work to change oppressive U.S. foreign policy.
Monday, May 5 & Tuesday, May 6 - Lobby Days: SOA Watch activists flood the halls of Congress to meet with their representatives and gain support for legislation to shut down the SOA/WHINSEC.
Last year's Meeting & Lobby Days
Join fellow activists, media makers, educators, journalists, policymakers and concerned citizens in calling for real and lasting changes to our nation's media system.
2008 provides us with a great opportunity to put the issue of media reform in the national spotlight. Join us in Minneapolis and help us build this critical movement.
Peace Action Week May 4-10, 2008
Peace activists from across Ohio are making plans for Peace Action Week. People are
working on setting up teach-ins, peace protests and vigils in their communities and at
colleges. We are in the process of setting up teach-ins at the University of Cincinnati,
Columbus State, Ohio State University, Ohio University, Case Western University, Wright
State University, and Sinclair Community College. We are in touch with Kent State
students who are planing a wide range of activties. We are encouraging students and
activists across Ohio to support their efforts. Below is their most recent update. We are
looking for people who can speak about the need for peace to be on panels at teach-ins.
Peace & Solidarity, Logan Martinez David Hurwitz
937-275-7259 / loganmartinez at hotmail.com / david.hurwitz at wright.edu
Kent State update?
On May 1st we're going to be holding an afternoon concert on campus to gain student
participation on the fourth. On the 2nd and 3rd, the Kent chapter of
Anti-Racsist Action is holding a conference on the Kent campus
focusing on sexism and the war in Iraq, and how women are affected
both in the U.S. and overseas. Kent State Antiwar Committee (KSAWC) will be leading one
or two discussions during the conference, though the topics are not yet
certain. On the evening of the 3rd, the May 4th Task Force will be
holding an event but exactly what it will be has yet to be decided.
The annual candlelight vigil will then begin on the evening of the 3rd
and continue through the morning of May 4th until the annual
commemoration ceremony begins at noon. Following the ceremony, KSAWC's
main action will begin, which is the antiwar march across campus and
through downtown Kent. This is the part we are trying to
build for most. Once the march reaches downtown Kent, we will be
joining forces with a "Peace Parade" being put together by another
local organizer. The Peace Parade is in honor of Bill Shultz, a Kent
councilman who recently passed away. He was a supporter of many
progressive issues in Kent and was arrested alongside the students at
the Tent City protests. Anyway, his last wish was to have a New
Orleans style wake, so his good friend Jeff St. Clair is putting
together the Peace Parade with a Dixieland band and all, which will
join us in the march through Kent. After the march there will be a speak-
out.
If your organization is at all interested in offering an endorsement in support of our
actions please feel free to contact me.
Thanks. We hope to see you in May.
In solidarity, Lisa Mirkovich Kent State Antiwar Committee (KSAWC)
lmirkovi at kent.edu / 330.242.5100
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