2006 November
2nd Edition

In this issue...

Activism

Washington County Peace Vigil p2
Schumacher Furs p2
Counter-Recruitment Vigil p2
Vancouver Critical Mass p2
Vigil for Peace Oak Grove p2
Stand for Peace p2
Portland Critical Mass p2
Oregon City Peace Vigil p2

Food Not Bombs p3


Politics

Eastside Democrats p2
Socialist Party of Multnomah County p2
Veterans for Peace Chapter 72 p2

Neighborhood Associations p3
Natural Area Acquisition p3
Basic War Tax Resistance p3
The Other Oil War p3


Civics

Planned Parenthood's Sexy Tuesdays in Portland p3
NW Socialist Conference p4
NW SDS Conference p4
Copwatch Training p4
Logic/Illogic of Empire p4
County Budget Advisory p4


Community

Iraq fir Sale p5
Lost Boys of Sudan p5
Military Families Speak Out p5
Sacred Space Denied p5
Behind the Mask p5
G8 Summit Benefit p5
Better World Nepal p5
Standing Silent Nation p5
ArchaeologyFest p5
Third Friday Ceili Music p5


Environment

Groundwarter 201  p6
Hollywood Farmers' Market p6
Hike to Endangered Mt. Hood National Forests p6
NW RAGE Seed and Plant Swap p6
The World is Hot p6


Didn't Fit on Any Other Page

SHIFT Cascadian Martial Art p8

An Urgent Message from the Holy Land - Voice of the Palestinian Christians


Sunday, November 19, 9:00am - 10:00am
Central Lutheran Church, 1820 NE 21st Ave
Speaker: Rev. Canon Richard Toll
Sponsors: Lutherans for Justice in the Holy Land and Friends of Sabeel - North America  (503) 284-2331
A report on the Palestinian Christian community surviving Israeli occupation in the West Bank and living under discriminatory policies within Israel. The Rev. Richard Toll, representing Sabeel in Jerusalem, following his mid-November return from the Holy Land will speak.

Fur Free Friday March


Friday, November 24, 11:30am - 1:30pm
Corner of SW 9th and SW Morrison in front of Schumacher Furs
Phone Contact  Connie at (503) 249-9996 x3
Sponsor: In Defense of Animals
Mark your calendar for the annual Fur Free Friday police escorted March! Starting (and ending) at Schumacher Furs, IDA will host a peaceful, police-escorted anti-fur march in the streets of downtown Portland, which will pass all the downtown stores that sell fur.
This Fur Free Friday marks the 1-year anniversary of highly publicized, weekly demonstrations outside the Schumacher Fur Store. After the march, activists can join IDA in a Fur-Free Party on the sidewalk outside Schumachers--complete with vegan cake--to celebrate this hugely successful, ongoing anti-fur campaign. And then come back to Schumachers, 811 SW Morrison, every Saturday from 1-5PM for our weekly outreach!

ACTIVIST CALENDAR p. 7
November 2006

"Fierce Grace"


Saturday, November 11, 7:30pm
Friends Meeting House, 4312 SE Stark
Phone Contact: (503) 788-7311
Sponsor:  Living Earth
This documentary traces the life of Ram Dass from his childhood through his years at Harvard with Timothy Leary, to India and through the decades before his stroke in 1999 -- which he calls the "fierce grace" of his guru -- and a couple of years into his life post-stroke.
The film is by turns reverent, hilarious, thoughtful, moving, and full of love for its subject. Ram Dass's transformation from acid-guru Dr. Richard Alpert to American yogi spiritual teacher, to beloved elder and friend-on-the-path (given the name Ram Dass by Neem Karoli Baba) has influenced millions of people's lives.
Requested donation $5-$10 at the door, no one turned away.
Doors open 7:00 pm
Film begins at 7:30 pm
Tea, sweets and friendship afterward.
http://www.livingearthgatherings.org