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Tuesday, July 7^th, 2009. Benevolence Café Benefit for Mercy For Animals. Order a delicious vegan meal at Benevolence Café and 15% of your order will be donated to Mercy For Animals! Benevolence Café will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Encourage your workplace to order lunch from them on this day. At 6 p.m. join Mercy For Animals at Benevolence Café for a presentation on volunteering with us. Please come and meet other people who are interested in animal protection and vegetarianism. Thanks for supporting vegetarian-friendly businesses like Benevolence Café and for supporting Mercy For Animals. Meet other MFA supporters and hear a brief presentation at 6 p.m. Location: Benevolence Café, 41 W. Swan St. (near North Market), Columbus. Meet other MFA supporters and hear a brief presentation at 6 p.m. If you need more information, click here to e-mail MFA

Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 7:00 PM.　 Screening of "Flag Wars." A Documentary about Gentrification in Columbus, Ohio. Location: Sporeprint Infoshop, 172 e. 5th ave., cbus, oh; 614.299.INFO or email: info@sporeprint.info; web: www.sporeprint.info.

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009, 12:00 Noon – 1:15 PM. Columbus Metropolitan Club Wednesday Forum. Algae Energy. Featuring Ross O. Youngs, the founder of Univenture. The amazing potential of　Algae farming　to utilize CO2 emissions while　producing food　or fuel at the time!　　Location: Athletic Club of Columbus, 136 E. Broad. Click here for more information and to register.

Wednesday, July 8^th, 2009, 7:00 PM. Sierra Club Monthly Program. "The Role of Water in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict." The July program expands our focus on water issues to the international arena: 　Central Ohio Sierra Club Executive Committee member Doug Calem will speak about the role of water in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 　Doug lived in Israel for 17 years and spent three of those years as a community worker in Jewish-Arab relations. 　The program will examine the water issue in Israel/Palestine from historical, meteorological, topological, and political perspectives. 　This program had originally been scheduled for June. 　Unfortunately we lost the availability of the location and apologize for any inconvenience. 　We are thrilled that we can again provide the opportunity to hear from Doug about this pertinent issue.　 Location: Columbus Main Library Auditorium, 96 S. Grant Ave. For more information, please contact: marida@wideopenwest.com

Thursday, July 9^th, 2009, 7:00-9:00 PM. CANDLELIGHT VIGIL for IRAN! Join Together　in a rally and a candlelight vigil to commemorate the July 9, 1999 student uprising in Iran & to honor the memory of those who lost their lives during the recent events in Iran. This vigil is sponsored by the Iranian American Cultural Society. Location: Between W. Poplar Ave & W. Russell St. on West Side of High Street in the Short North. For more information, contact ida02am@yahoo.com

Thurday, July 9, 2009, 7:00 PM.　 Dealing with Body Image, A Feminist Discussion at Sporeprint Infoshop.　 Location: 172 e. 5th ave., cbus, oh; 614.299.INFO or email: info@sporeprint.info; web: www.sporeprint.info.

Friday, July 10^th, 2009, 6:30 Potluck, 7:00 PM Program. 20^th FRIENDSHIPMENT CARAVAN TO CUBA. The20th Friendshipment takes place in the context of a growing concern that termination of the nearly 50-year-old USA embargo of Cuba no longer be delayed! These caravanistas will meet with people from every level of Cuban society, learning about problems caused by the embargo (blockade!), and how Cubans have creatively responded even as they rebuild their island after devastating hurricanes. Sponsored by Pastors for Peace in Central Ohio. Location: First A.M.E. Zion Church, 873 Bryden Rd., Columbus, OH 43025, 614-252-2184. Note: Bryden Road runs east from Parsons Avenue just a few blocks south of East Broad Street . If want to contribute, your gift will help Pastors for Peace send friends and material aid to our brothers and sisters in Cuba. Checks made out to "IFCO/Pastors for Peace" can be sent to Mel Zwissler, PFP Treasurer, 8706 Glencanyon Dr., Powell, OH 43065 (761-1556). Please do not mention "Cuba" on your check! Let’s Become the Good Neighbors We Claim to Be! For more information, please contact Bill Lewis, Meetings Coordinator, 459-0634.

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 10-12, 2009. The National Assembly’s Second Open National Antiwar Conference – What Next for the Antiwar Movement? Iraq – Afghanistan – Pakistan – Palestine. How to End the Wars and Occupations and Bring the Troops Home Now! 　Stop the U.S. Wars and Occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan! Bring All the Troops Home Now!
No to War Against Iran!　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
No to U.S. Aid and Support for Israel’s Occupation of Palestine!
End the Siege of Gaza!
Trillions for Jobs, Pensions, Health Care, Homes, Education and the Environment! Not a Cent for the War Machine, or for Bailouts to Wall Street and the Banks! Speakers include Michael Zweig, Zaineb Alani, Christian Parenti, Gail Austin, Crhris Gauvreau, Monadel Herzallah, Brian Becker, Jorge Mujica, Sara Flounders, Ahmed Shawki, Michael Schwartz, Michael T. McPhearson, and Marilyn Levin.
Sponsored by the National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations. Conference location: La Roche College, 9000 Babcock Blvd, Pittsburg, Pa. For more information and registration form, see www.natassembly.org

Saturday, July 11^th, 2009. Wild Ones Fern Field Trip to Wahkeena Preserve in Sugar Grove, OH. Wahkeena has approximately 26 types of ferns. Guided nature hike with Tom Shisler, site manager. To carpool, meet at 9 am sharp at the Park and Ride on the east side of Indianola Ave. just south of Morse Road. Please donate $2 to driver.

Saturday, July 11, 2009, 9:00 AM – Noon. Pruning Conifers. Location: Dawes Arboretum, on Ohio Rt. 13, five miles south of Newark and 3 miles north of I-70, Exit 132. Curator of Conifers Jeff Bowman will take us to the Conifer Glen for outdoor work.　 $15, reservation required at 740-323-2355 or information@dawesarb.org.

Saturday, July 11, 2009, 6:30-11:00 PM. 4^th Anniversary of the Free Press Second Saturday Salon. Mark your calendars. For four years the Free Press and other community groups like the Central Ohio Green Education Fund and Ohio Honest Elections have brought together progressive activists on the second Saturday for socializing, music, progressive films, activist presentations, art, refreshments and organizing. Location: 1021 E. Broad St., (side door; parking in rear). 253-2571 or truth@freepress.org

Saturday, July 11^th, 2009, 5:00 PM – 2:00 AM. WCRS FM Fundraiser Features Great Local Bands at The Summit. Come show your support for independent media!　 WCRS FM 102.1/ 98.3 is Columbus' community radio and is a project of Simply Living.　 The event will be a night filled with music performed by Columbus locals!　 The Band Line-up: 5-5:30: Jewell; 5:45-6:30: Jesse Henery (from the Spikedrivers!) & friends; 6:45-7:30: Trains across the Sea; 7:45-8:30: Moons; 8:45-9:30: Happiness and Aeroplanes; 9:45-10:30 Burglar; 10:45-11:30: The Selectors; 11:45-12:30: Columbus Power Squadron; 12:45-2:00: roeVy.　 Location: The Summit,　 2216 Summit St. Columbus, OH 43201 (next door to Cafe Bourbon St.)　 For more information and to RSVP, see the announcement in the latest Community Market Update

Sunday, July 12, 2009, 11:30 AM. Frieda Gilyard of Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence to Speak at UU Forum. Frieda Gilyard will speak on the topic, "Break the Silence: The Faith community Responds to Family Violence." Gilyard collaborates with Pastors, Rabbis, Imans, ministry leadership and lay-people within the faith community, and with secular groups, to help break the cycle of violence against women within our society. Many abused women seek help first from their faith institution, and/or secular groups towhich they belong,　 because they see these as a safe places. The forum is free and open to the public. Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 West Weisheimer Road　 43214.　 Contact Community Leaders Forum, AEP (614) 296-6304.

Sunday, July 12, 2009, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. 　 Book Study: Disturbing the Peace. The Columbus Catholic Worker is sponsoring a book study with authors Jim Hodge and Linda Cooper sharing their book Disturbing the Peace: The Story of Father Roy Bourgeois and the Movement to Close the School of the Americas. The study begins July 12 and will meet for 4 weeks- every other week at 7:00-8:30 pm at the Catholic Worker
House located at 1614 Oakland Park Avenue. Participants are asked to purchase their own book online or at a local bookstore and to read the first 4 chapters before the first meeting.　

Please RSVP by July 9 to Frank:　 614-446-8714. The following synopsis is a description from the authors who will be leading the study:
Examine the life of a once gung-ho Navy Lt. who, after working with war orphans in Vietnam, abandoned his military career to become a missionary among the poor in Latin America where he saw grave human rights abuses. After learning that the United States Army had trained the killers of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and four US churchwomen, two of whom were his friends, he set out to close the US Army School of the Americas that has trained hundreds of assassins and dictators.
The larger story details how the SOA peace movement grew, drawing thousands of people from every faith and walk of life, including students, veterans, religious leaders, film stars like Martin Sheen and Susan Sarandon, death penalty foe Helen Prejean, and legendary musician Pete Seeger as well as the Indigo Girls. It's a movement that has challenged religious and government leaders much in the tradition of Dorothy Day. The movement prompted the Pentagon to close the school, only to find it re-opened under a new name.
Come explore this amazing story and the implications it has for us today.

The Columbus Catholic Worker House, 1614 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43224
www.columbuscatholicworker.blogspot.com

Monday, July 13^th, 2009, 7:00- 9:00 PM. Cindy Sheehan Speaks at Central Ohioans for Peace. Cindy Sheehan began her anti-war activism after her oldest son, Casey, was killed in Iraq on 04/04/04. She rose to international prominence when she camped on the literal doorstep of George Bush’s Crawford Ranch in August 2005. In addition to being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, she has received dozens of peace awards from all over the world and has published three books: Not One More Mother’s Child; Dear President Bush: and Peace Mom: A Mother’s Journey Through the Heartache to Activism. Cindy Recently published an Internet Booklet titled: Myth America: 10 Greatest Myths of the Robber Class and the Case for Revolution. Cindy is currently on tour with this book to spark the dialogue and activism we need to separate ourselves from oppressive Robber Class Systems. Her new book can be ordered for a minimum $10.00 donation at www.CindySheehansSoapbox.com and the book will be emailed to you. Her book tour in Columbus is sponsored by Central Ohioans for Peace and the Progressive Peace Coalition. This event is free and open to the public; donations to help Cindy’s speaking tour will be accepted. Location: Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. Directions: http://www.ColumbusMennonite.org/streetmap.htm. For more information, please see: www.centralohioansforpeace.org or contact doskin@yahoo.com

July 13-15, 2009. For Educators – Compassionate Communication of Central Ohio presents: "Creating Compassionate School Communities: Tools and Support for the Joy of Teaching and Learning."
Monday, July 13th: Registration 6:30pm; 7:00-9:00 Opening Session
Tuesday, July 14th: 9:00am - 5:30pm (lunch included)
Wednesday, July 15th: 9:00am-5:30pm (lunch included)
Early Bird discount (prior to July 1, 2009): $265
Group Discount (3 or more registering together): $255
Regular Tuition (after July 1): $290
We are honored to bring four nationally known trainers to our community who are dedicated to offering Nonviolent Communication "The Language of Life" to teachers across the country. It is our belief that Nonviolent Communication is the most powerful way for children and their educators to be in relationship - with each other and themselves. The modified Open Space format will provide participants with the opportunity to choose topics that they find relevant to them. Participants will also be able to request specific topics throughout the workshop. Our Teacher Team staff are all CNVC certified NVC trainers and include: Sylvia Haskvitz, John Cunningham, Jean Morrison and Kathleen Macferran. CEU's available through Buckeye Ranch; College credit being applied for - an extra fee per credit hour will be charged. This workshop will enable you to: Create safety and trust among students and between young people and adults; foster a culture of understanding and cooperation; dramatically reduce conflict; and create a learning environment where students enjoy their participation. Location: Broad Street Presbyterian Church, 760 E. Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43205. Contact Andy Workum at 614-558-1141 or ccco112@sbcglobal.net

Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 6:00 PM.　 Discussion on "Alternatives to Gentrification" at Sporeprint InfoShop.　　 Location: 172 E. 5th Ave., Columbus, Ohio, 614.299.INFO or email: info@sporeprint.info; web: www.sporeprint.info.

July 14^th, 2009, 7:00 PM. Critical Conversations: Health Care Reform. Old Worthington Library, 820 High Street, Worthington, OH 43085. Parking for the Old Worthington Library is available in the lot off of Hartford Street adjacent to the Library’s south entrance, in the Stafford Avenue lot (east of the Re-Max lot), along Stafford Avenue; and, by the Hartford Street baseball diamonds.

Saturday, July 18, 2009. Wild Ones Darby Plains Prairie Tour. Rick Gardner, Heritage Botanist at ODNR, will lead the group through 3 prairie remnants in the once expansive Darby Plains--Bigelow Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, and Pearl King Savanna. To carpool, meet at 9:30 am sharp in the parking lot between McDonalds and Roush Hardware on the southeast corner of Route 161 and Frantz Road in Dublin. Please donate $2 to driver.

Monday, July 20, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Central Ohioans for Peace Meeting. John Mack, 2009 Jefferson Awards nominee, on his volunteer work at the Chalmers Wylie Veterans Administration Ambulatory Care Center. He'll be joined by Walter Harris, Vietnam Vet, who will talk about his experiences, including his involvement in the 1968 Tet Offensive. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings of Central Ohioans for Peace take place at Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. Directions can be found at http://www.ColumbusMennonite.org/streetmap.htm　 For more information, see www.centralohioansforpeace.org

Tuesday, July 21^st, 2009, 6:00 PM. Greater Columbus Jobs with Justice. Greater Columbus Jobs with Justice is part of a national campaign for workers’ rights. JwJ’s mission is to improve working people’s standard of living, fight for job security, and protect workers’ right to organize. JwJ’s core belief is that in order to be successful, workers’ rights struggles have to be part of a larger campaign for economic and social justice. To that end,　we have created a network of over 40 local coalitions that connect labor, faith-based, community, and student organizations to work together on workplace, community and social justice campaigns.　 Monthly meetings are at 6:00pm on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Greater Columbus Jobs with Justice office at 27 East Euclid Avenue in Columbus.　 Call 614-314-3297 for more information.

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009, 12:00 Noon – 1:15 PM. Columbus Metropolitan Club Wednesday Forum. Dispatch Chats featuring Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Joe Hallet of the Columbus Dispatch. With support from The Columbus Dispatch. Location: Athletic Club of Columbus, 136 E. Broad. Click here for more information and to register.

Thursday, July 23, 2009, 7:00 PM.　 Discussion: Raising Our Kids with Radical Ideals. Location: Sporeprint Infoshop, 172 E. 5th Ave., Columbus, Ohio; 614.299.INFO or email: info@sporeprint.info; web: www.sporeprint.info.

Monday, July 27, 2009, 6:30-8:00 PM. 　 Whites Taking Action Against Racism: A Practice Group. In each one of us lies the　 seeds of action. In our communities we find support for those seeds to take root. Have you considered speaking up or taking action about racism but want information, support and community? Group facilitation will rotate among members and include time for information sharing, support and strategy building.This practice group meets the 4th Monday of each month.　 Location: Simply Living, 2929 North High St. For more information contact Carol Z　 a t (614) 447-2084, doro@copper.net.

Monday, July 27, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Central Ohioans for Peace Meeting. Our very own Pat Marida, chair of the Nuclear Committee for the Ohio Sierra Club, on the nuclear reservation at Piketon Ohio. She'll focus on the cleanup of the old gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment plant, and citizen actions trying to stop the plant from being converted into a new gaseous centrifuge uranium enrichment plant. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings of Central Ohioans for Peace take place at Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. Directions can be found at http://www.ColumbusMennonite.org/streetmap.htm　 For more information, see www.centralohioansforpeace.org

Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 7:30 PM.　 Special Event Movie "A Sense of Wonder: A Film about Rachel Carson."　 When pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in 1962, the backlash from her critics thrust her into a political maelstrom. Using many of Carson's own words, Kaiulani Lee embodies this extraordinary woman in a documentary-style film which depicts Carson in the final year of her life.　 Struggling with cancer, Carson recounts with both humor and anger attacks by the chemical industry, the government and the press as she focuses her limited energy to get her message of the dangers of chemical pollution to Congress and the American people.　 The 55-minute film is an intimate and poignant reflection of Carson's life as she emerges as America's most successful advocate for the natural world. Location: Drexel East Theater, 2254 E. Main St. in Bexley. Sponsored by the Central Ohio Sierra Club, Simply Living and the Free Press, the movie is free and open to the public, donations accepted.　

July 29, 2009 through Aug 06, 2009. Walk for a Nuclear Free Future. This event will start at the City Center Mall in Columbus Ohio on the corner of E. Rich St. and S. High St 8:00am Wednesday July 29th and will end at Horse shoe Mound Park in Portsmouth Ohio on the 4th of August. Also on the evening of August 4th at 7:00 PM we will be showing Climate of Change. 　On the 5th we will caravan to Knoxville TN and on the Morning of the 6th participate in the ceremony at the Y12 plant in Oakridge TN.
For information on events happening in Oakridge please Click Here
Background: The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, located near Portsmouth, Ohio, began operations in 1954 as part of a U.S. government expansion program for the production of highly enriched uranium to fuel military reactors, nuclear weapons production and for use at the Y-12 plant in Oakridge TN. In May 2001, USEC ceased uranium enrichment operations at Portsmouth and consolidated operations at the Paducah KY plant. In January of 2004 USEC announced the selection of Piketon just north of Portsmouth as the expected site for its future American Centrifuge Plant. This commercial uranium enrichment facility is planned to have an annual production level of 3.8 million SWU. Duke Energy, the French-owned nuclear reactor vendor AREVA and USEC Inc. have announced plans for a new nuclear power plant known as the EPR at the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Portsmouth nuclear reservation located in Piketon, Ohio.
This event is sponsored by Footprints for Peace. MORE INFO: http://www.footprintsforpeace.net

If you would like to participate in this event as a walker support car driver or a overnight host please
contact us. All FootPrints for Peace events are Drug & Alcohol Free.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 7:00 PM.　 What is Anarchism?　 Discussion at Sporeprint Infoshop.　　A discussion of definitions of anarchism in relation to various philosophical and social movements referred to as "anarchist".　 Location: 172 E. 5th Ave., Columbus, Ohio; 614.299.INFO or email: info@sporeprint.info; web: www.sporeprint.info.

Friday, July 31, 2009, 　3:00 PM. "LED Lighting for your Home and Business" Free Energy Seminar. Learn about light emitting diodes (LEDs) and why they’re superior to incandescent and fluorescent lighting.　 Many improvements in recent years has made LED a realistic alternative for both home and business use. See all the different shapes and sizes available and learn how LED lighting can save you money on energy, replacement and maintenance costs. Location: 1078 Goodale Blvd. Columbus, OH 43212. Call: 614-458-1162 ~ Email:　 green@wattworks.com or visit www.wattworks.com.　　

Saturday, August 1, 2009, 3:00 PM.　 "LED Lighting for your Home and Business" Free Energy Seminar. Learn about light emitting diodes (LEDs) and why they’re superior to incandescent and fluorescent lighting.　 Many improvements in recent years has made LED a realistic alternative for both home and business use. See all the different shapes and sizes available and learn how LED lighting can save you money on energy, replacement and maintenance costs. Location: 1078 Goodale Blvd. Columbus, OH 43212. Call: 614-458-1162 ~ Email:　 green@wattworks.com or visit www.wattworks.com.　

Saturday, August 1, 2009, 8:00 – 10:00 PM. Columbus Gallery Hop Vegan Advocacy Event. The first Saturday evening of every month brings lots of open-minded individuals to the art district of Columbus during "gallery hop." Please join Mercy For Animals in distributing life-saving information on the ethical and health benefits of a vegan lifestyle at this event. Where: Outside of G & Co., 721 N. High St., near the intersection of High St. and Buttles Ave. in Columbus. If you need more information, click here to e-mail MFA.

Saturday, August 1, 2009, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM and Sunday, August 2, 2009, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM. 2009 Peace School: Many Faces, One Community: Valuing Multiculturalism and Diversity." Peace schools have been an integral part of the Interfaith Center since its founding in 1982. Designed initially to help children envision a "Peaceable Future," our Peace School have grown to include parents and adults in order to strengthen our impact on children and families. This year the Peace School participants will explore how the many ways in which ewe are different from others in our community as well as the many things we have in common can help us build a more peaceful world. Who can participate? Parents and their children; children must have completed kindergarten, and must be accompanied by a parent or guardian during the entire event. Cost: $10 per person or $25 for families of 3 or more people. What to expect: Games, music, fun, and learning! Parents and children will be together from some activities; at other times they will be in separate classes. As part of our activities, participants will all prepare lunch together on Saturday. For more information, visit the website www.InterfaithCenter forPeace.org or contact Audra Teague, Program Coordinator, audra@interfaithcenterforpeace.org

To register for the event, contact Pat Rose at the Interfaith Center for Peace: pat@interfaithcenterforpeace.org or 614-294-9019

Monday, August 3, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Central Ohioans for Peace. Dr. Richard Tybout, retired OSU Economics Professor, returns to speak about his work in September 1945 as a chemical engineer assigned to study the amount of residual radiation on the ground in Nagasaki Japan for the Manhattan Project. Don't miss this great speaker! Unless otherwise noted, all meetings of Central Ohioans for Peace take place at Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. Directions can be found at http://www.ColumbusMennonite.org/streetmap.htm　 For more information, see www.centralohioansforpeace.org

Wednesday, August 5^th, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Central Ohio SPAN. Single Payer Action Network meeting. Location: Whetstone Library, 3909 N. High St. For more information contact alicyna@yahoo.com

Thursday, August 6, 2009, 7:30 PM.　 Clintonville Area Commission (CAC) Meeting. CAC meets the first Thursday evening of each month at the Whetstone Library, 3909 N. High Street, in the Multi-Purpose Room at 7:30 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend to learn about projects affecting the neighborhood.　 Individuals, neighborhood groups and contractors working in conjunction with the City of Columbus often present status reports regarding ongoing infrastructure improvements and current issues or concerns. More info online at　 http://www.clintonvilleareacommission.org/

Thursday-Sunday, August 6-9, 2009. 　 American Community Gardening Association's Annual Conference: Putting Down Roots.　　 The ACGA's 30th national conference will be held at their new HQ at the Franklin Park Conservatory. Covers all aspects of gardening and greening.　 40 engaging workshops, thematic tours (by bicycle and vans) visiting Columbus’ diverse community gardens and other green sites, a welcome reception, keynote speakers, a film festival, a banquet featuring locally raised food, networking, a silent auction, and more. All community gardeners welcome. Some scholarships are available, and one-day registrations are also available.　 Early Bird registration ends June 30.　 Scholarship applications due June 30.　 For details or to register, visit www.communitygarden.org or phone 877-275-2242.　　　

Saturday, August 8, 2009, 10:00 AM. Wild Ones Program. Location: Innis House at Inniswood Metro Park, 940 S. Hempstead Rd. in Westerville. Guy Denny will speak about the Heritage Garden at the Governor's mansion in Bexley. This garden uses many Ohio native plants and seeks to represent the 5 physiographic regions of Ohio. Denny is on the Governor's residence Advisory Commission and has 33 years of public service as a naturalist.

Saturday-Sunday, August 8-9, 2009. Plant Showcase and Sale at Inniswood Metro Park. From 10-5 Sat. and 12-5 Sun. Purchase plants from local nurseries, enjoy tours of the gardens with the Inniswood horticulturist and participate in gardening programs for adults and children. Experts will be available to answer your gardening questions. www.metroparks.net

Saturday, August 8, 2009, 10:00 AM – Noon. Identifying Plants. Location: Dawes Arboretum, on Ohio Rt. 13, five miles south of Newark and 3 miles north of I-70, Exit 132. Arboretum Director of Horticulture Mike Ecker will share tips, trivia and humor while showing the basic characteristics used in making accurate identification! $12 Reservation required at 740-323-2355 or information@dawesarb.org.

August 15 – 30, 2009. Annual Art Show at Dawes Arboretum. Location: on Ohio Rt. 13, five miles south of Newark and 3 miles north of I-70, Exit 132. Open 8-5 Mon,-Sat; noon-5 Sun. Free Visitors Center Joint art show between The Arboretum and Licking County Arts featuring watercolor, oil paint, fabric art, photography, sculpture and more.　 Opening night is Sat., Aug. 15, 6-8pm.　

Saturday, August 15, 2009, 4:00-8:00 PM.　 Sierra Club Summer Party at Fancyburg Park in Upper Arlington!　 The park is located just west of Kioka Ave between Fishinger and Zollinger Roads.　 The park provides for a self-guided Tree Trek, which includes a tour of 60 different trees in the park.　 Pamphlets including a map and descriptions of the trees are provided.　 The park includes a Dawn Redwood, a tree that was once thought to be extinct and known only through fossils. We have reserved a shelterhouse and grills.　 Please bring place-settings and a dish to share. Non-members welcome! Rain or shine!　

Sunday, August 16, 2009, 12:00 Noon – 4:00 PM. Whole Foods Grill benefits the Waste Not Center. Whole Foods at 3670 W. Dublin-Granville Rd. will donate half the proceeds from grilled items and drinks to the Waste Not Center. Every child will be given a pack of crayons.　 The Center receives donations of new and used materials and supplies from businesses and individuals and gets them into the hands of teachers, artists, and other nonprofits. The Center takes in and distributes over 50 tons of such materials each year. www.wastenotcenter.org

Monday, August 17, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Central Ohioans for Peace. Lance Shreffler leads us in a talk about "An Inconvenient Truth," either via DVD or book report. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings of Central Ohioans for Peace take place at Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. Directions can be found at http://www.ColumbusMennonite.org/streetmap.htm　 For more information, see www.centralohioansforpeace.org

Friday-Saturday, August 28-29, 2009.　 Speaking Peace: Introductory Workshop on Nonviolent Communication.　　 Compassionate Communication of Central Ohio (CCCO) is pleased to announce a 1.5 day immersion in the principles and practices of NVC: Speaking Peace: Foundations of Compassionate Nonviolent Communication (NVC).　 Led by CCCO director and Certified NVC Trainer, Jeff Brown and assisted by members of the local community. Friday evening and all day Saturday at Broad Street Presbyterian Church, 760 East Broad St. 43205; just east of downtown Columbus.　 For more info and to register: www.nvcohio.org.

Saturday, August 29, 2009, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.　 Wessie Fest Nature Festival at Otterbein Lake.　　　　　　 Enjoy outdoor fun with live native animals, children's activities, exhibits, native plants, music, and food.　 Located along the Alum Creek bikeway at Otterbein Lake, just south of Main St. in Westerville. Cars enter through 60 Collegeview Rd. To volunteer or have a booth/display contact Lindalee Brownstein at lindabrownstein@att.net 614-570-7342 or visit www.otterbeinlake.org.

Saturday, September 5^th, 2009, 8:00 – 10:00 PM. Columbus Gallery Hop Vegan Advocacy Event. The first Saturday evening of every month brings lots of open-minded individuals to the art district of Columbus during "gallery hop." Please join Mercy For Animals in distributing life-saving information on the ethical and health benefits of a vegan lifestyle at this event. Where: Outside of G & Co., 721 N. High St., near the intersection of High St. and Buttles Ave. in Columbus. If you need more information, click here to e-mail MFA.

September 7^th, 2009, 11:00 AM-6:00 PM. Ohio Green Living Fayre. This year the Ohio Green Living Fayre (3rd Annual) will be held at Zanes Landing Park in downtown Zanesville, OH. When the Fayre outgrew its old location - we looked around for a site in central Ohio (just a couple hours from everyone in Ohio) and found the perfect site. Located right on the Muskingum River, just north of the historic Y bridge - you can literally bike (located at the head of a 3-mile bike trail), bus (two blocks from the Greyhound terminal), drive (just off Interstate 70), or boat (dock available) to the event. Admission is only $5 per person (oh, so very cheap) and parking is free (even cheaper)! Find out more at http://ohiogreenliving.org/

Vendors & Sponsors Wanted: If you are interested in displaying your wares at the Fayre (last year about 1,000 attended - who knows how many this year), we want you there. This event is an all-volunteer educational event, so we purposely keep prices affordable (only $50 for a 10 x 10 space).　 We do ask, however, that you incorporate a demonstration aspect to your booth. Booth spaces for non-profits are free (after all, the point of this project is to raise money in support of non-profits focused on sustainable living). More info and applications can be found at http://ohiogreenliving.org/?page_id=79　or just respond to this e-mail that you are interested.Volunteers Wanted: Be part of this event. Give a bit of　your time (even if it is just the day of the event). To volunteer, contact Elyse at elyse.perruchon@gmail.com

September 10-13^th, 2009. The Dance of Compassionate Communication: 4-day NVC retreat. Join us for a special opportunity to deepen your practice of Compassionate Nonviolent Communication -- a 4-day residential retreat near Cincinnati, Ohio led by NVC trainers Gina Lawrie (U.K.) and Jeff Brown (Columbus, OH). The retreat will feature the NVC Dance Floors, a learning tool that incorporates movement, visual and kinesthetic learning. This year's retreat is designed for people with some prior NVC experience*, and will be an experiential, meaningful, and fun gathering! It will be hosted at Grailville Retreat Center in Loveland, Ohio, a beautiful, rural setting, yet a short drive from Cincinnati and just 1 ½ hours from Columbus, OH. Tuition is $385 during the earlybird period (until July 17), and $445 after July 17, plus a room and board fee:　 $355 standard lodging (double room) or $445 private room (limited number available). While we encourage participants to stay on-site, there is a commuting option that includes lunch and dinner, as well as an on-site tenting option that includes all meals: TENT OR CAR CAMPING:　 $130/person (includes all meals) COMMUTERS:　 $100/person (includes all lunches & dinners, but not breakfasts)
To register, email Mikki Fogg at mikki@zoomtown.com or call her at 513-791-6068.　 Please make checks payable to "Mikki Fogg" and send to: Mikki Fogg, 9904 Mistymorn Ln, Cincinnati, OH 45242. More information: http://www.cnvc.org/en/dance-compassionate-communication-2

Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 7:30 AM. Beyond Aid: Building Communities in the Developing World. Steve Hollingworth, Chief Operating Officer, CARE USA and Cliff Lenton, Global Health Expert, World Vision. Registration: 7:30, Program: 8:00 - 10:00 AM. Center for Workforce Development, Columbus State Community College. 315 Cleveland Ave.　 Sponsored by the Columbus Council on World Affairs www.columbusworldaffairs.org.

September 24-25, 2009. Resist the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh. Join Thousands at a Convergence of Action, Resistance and Hope. Pittsburgh will host the next summit of the G20, a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's largest economies who meet twice yearly to discuss and coordinate the international financial system. Around 1,500 delegates, including heads of state, will be here along with more than 2,000 members of the media, and thousands of police and security agents tasked with squelching dissent. This summit, and the predecessor meetings this past April in London, occurs on the heels of the worldwide financial meltdown that has been severely impacting hundreds of millions around the world. Since its inception, the G20 has been a tool used to promote a world vision based on the ability of capital to move as it pleases, at the expense of labor, human rights and the environment. Now that the system these leaders have forced on the world is in crisis
they continue to operate as if they have the answer. We know that they do not. To save countries, they propose we turn to institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), an entity that has historically imposed murderous structural adjustment programs on the world's poor. We must make it clear that the world need not be this way, and talk about our vision for a movement towards a new society based not on profit and coercion but rooted in meeting collective needs for both material comfort and the freedom to pursue fulfilling lives of opportunity and dignity.
In this effort we invite and encourage your participation!
In Struggle,
Pittsburgh Organizing Group www.organizepittsburgh.org
If your group would like to endorse this call, contact pog@mutualaid.org

September 24, 2009, starting at 10:00 AM through Friday, September 25^th, 2009, ending at 5:00 PM. Protest G20 Summit in Pittsburgh. Another world is possible -- but we must fight for it! BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE. JOBS & SOCIAL NEEDS--NOT WAR AND GREED. The third G20 summit is going to be in Pittsburgh, Pa., on September 24 and 25, 2009. The challenge before the movements for economic and social justice, as well as the antiwar movement, is that the next meeting of the powers that govern the world economy be met with a powerful mass mobilization demanding that jobs and social needs, and not war and greed, prevail--here in the U.S., and across the world.
The G20 summits are taking place in response to the greatest worldwide economic crisis since the 1930s. However, the purpose of these high-level meetings of governments and bankers is not to rescue the people of the world from depression-level unemployment, evictions, homelessness, poverty, social and economic inequality, and war. These summits are about fixing the economic and financial order that puts profits before people--and fixing that system by creating more poverty, misery and suffering.
Another world is possible, but we must fight for it.
What you can do:
Endorse: http://www.bailoutpeople.org/septg20endorse.shtml
Spread the word - forward this message to friends, fellow activists, community organizers, trade unionists, and student organizations. Ask them to endorse and participate.
Donate to help with organizing expenses: http://bailoutpeople.org/donate.shtml
Volunteer: http://www.bailoutpeople.org/septg20volorgcents.shtml
Become a local organizer or organizing center: http://www.bailoutpeople.org/septg20volorgcents.shtml

Sponsored by Bail Out the People Movement, Solidarity Center, 55 W. 17th St. #5C
New York, NY 10011, 212.633.6646. http://www.BailOutPeople.org; Email: bailoutpeople.org/cmnt.shtml www.approvedgasmasks.com

October 1-2, 2009. MACC Annual Conference. This is to announce and ask you to SAVE –THE – DATE 　for our 2009 Annual Training Conference titled, "New Shores: Health Messages for Emerging Populations"featuring the Somali Culture.　 The conference will be held October 1-2, 2009 at the Concourse Hotel and Conference Center at the Columbus International Airport. This training opportunity will provide information and strategies for communities with existing and growing Somali communities as well as prepare other communities and professionals for their migration or resettlement in the future. 　 See: Multiethnic Advocates for Cultural Competence Website at http://www.maccinc.net

October 3, 2009. Adopt-An-Area of the Olentangy. FLOW and Sierra Club Clean Water Campaign are partnering with individuals, groups and businesses to conduct river clean-ups and invasive plant removal along the Olentangy River. If you would like to lead efforts or join existing groups on scheduled work days, please　email Heather Dean at FLOW.

October 7^th, 2009, 7:00 PM. Citizens Grassroots Congress: Glen Ford Lecture. Glen Ford, editor of the Black Agenda Report will present: "Progressive Politics under a Black Corporate President," "The Missed Moment: How the Left Allowed the Financial Crisis to Pass It By," and other topics. About Glen Ford: Glen Ford worked as a newsperson at four local stations: in Columbus, Georgia, Atlanta, Baltimore – where he created his first radio syndication, a half-hour weekly news magazine called "Black World Report" – and Washington, DC. In 1974, Ford joined the Mutual Black Network (88 stations), where he served as Capitol Hill, State Department and White House correspondent, and Washington Bureau Chief, while also producing a daily radio commentary. In 1977, Ford co-launched, produced and hosted "America’s Black Forum" (ABF), the first nationally syndicated Black news interview program on commercial television.ABF made Black broadcast history. For the next four years, the program generated national and international headlines nearly every week. Never before – and never since – had a Black news entity commanded the weekly attention of the news services (AP, UPI, Reuters, Agence France-Presse – even Tass, the Soviet news agency) and the broadcast networks. While still host and co-owner of ABF, Ford in 1979 created "Black Agenda Reports," which provided five programs each day on Black Women, History, Business, Sports and Entertainment to 66 radio stations. The syndication produced more short-form programming than the two existing Black radio networks, combined. Ford was a founding member of the Washington chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ); executive board member of the National Alliance of Third World Journalists (NATWJ); media specialist for the National Minority Purchasing Council; and has spoken at scores of colleges and universities. Location: Capital University – Ruff Learning Center, Bridge of Learning Hall (on Pleasant Ridge between Main St and E. Mound). Map of Capital University http://www.capital.edu/Resources/Files/capital-campus-map.pdf　For information Contact Rick Wilhelm - rwilhelm2@att.net　　Home:　 614-274-1767　　 Cell: 614-460-9106

October 10-11, 2009. National March for Equality, Washington D.C. People will gather in Washington DC from all across America to let our elected leaders know that *now is the time for full equal rights for LGBT people. We will gather. We will march. And we will leave energized and empowered to do the work that needs to be done in every community across the nation. Sign up here and spread the word: http://www.nationalequalitymarch.com/
This site will be updated as more information is available. We will organize grassroots, from the bottom-up, and details will be shared on this website. Our single demand: Equal protection in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states.

November 13-15, 2009. "East Timor in the 21st Century: Global Rights and Responsibilities" - A conference to build understanding and solidarity. The conference will include panel discussions, workshops, film screenings, art showings, and strategic organizing discussions. Please join us in building solidarity with the East Timorese!
Call for Proposals: Are you interested in sharing what you know about East Timor? Is there a topic you want to learn more about? ETAN is seeking proposals and ideas for workshops, panels, speakers, art presentations, films and other ideas. Donations needed: ETAN, PO Box 21873, Brooklyn, NY 11202. Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Phone: 718-596-7668, Email: john@etan.org, Website: www.etan.org

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