Saturday, September 24th, 10:00pm - 5:00am
Esther Short Park, corner of 8th and Esther, downtown Vancouver
Sponsor: Vancouver for Peace
Would you like to be part of our second annual Vancouver Peace and Justice Fair? What will this event look like?
During the day, there will be many simultaneous activities. On stage there will be a series of events: music, poetry, skits, games. Around the park groups will have exhibit spaces for tables. Children's activities will happen throughout the day. The John Denver Memorial Peace Cloth, hundreds of feet of contributed quilting for peace will be displayed. Check out our website for stage line-up and how to have an exhibit space.
www.vancouverpeaceandjusticefair.org

Sunday, September 11th, 12:00pm - 6:00am
Holladay Park (between Lloyd Center and MAX)
Phone Contact: (503) 223-4464
Sponsored by the Community Language and Culture Bank
The Global Portland Festival offers Portlanders a time to honor the common humanity that brings us together. A day to eat, dance, sing, connect, and thrive. This year's event will feature world music, dance, children's activities, forums, food, and much, much more. Join us as we celebrate unity in diversity under the theme "Hope Begins When Fear Ends". Admission is free and open to all. Come rain or shine for the festivities! For more information, or to volunteer call (503)223-4464, or visit www.clcbank.org

The United States Government, from federal down to municipal, seems to have only one way of taking on a problem: shoot! I question their use in situations that require oddball concepts like, oh, saving lives, maybe?

How, exactly, is a huge military-style vehicle and a buttload of guys with guns supposed to change matters for the better? The National Guard came in calling their rescue effort a "military operation" in which they were going to "take the city back" -- from the residents, presumably, because one thing is sure: nobody went into the disaster area once they heard a hurricane was coming.

So, now the U.S. is occupying Afghanistan. And Iraq. And now: New Orleans. Oh, yeah, that progressiopn makes perfect sense. Right?