[dfa-23] The San Diego Democracy for America February 3 Meetup & " List of Upcoming Events!"

Please support DFA and their upcoming events. Walter --- On Fri, 1/15/10, Carol Changus <cchangus@san.rr.com> wrote: From: Carol Changus <cchangus@san.rr.com> Subject: [dfa-23] The San Diego Democracy for America February 3 Meetup & " List of Upcoming Events!" To: dfa-23-announce@meetup.com Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 7:42 PM Announcing a new Meetup for The San Diego Democracy for America Meetup Group! What: The San Diego Democracy for America February Meetup & List of Upcoming Events! When: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 7:00 PM Where: Giovanni's Restaurant 9353 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92123 858.277.6700 Speakers will be Steven Hadley & Howard Wayne, Both Candidates for San Diego City Council for our Endorsement.Other Speakers: TBA KEVIN BEISER our San Diego DFA Endorsement Candidate, School Board, District B! CA Fair Elections, S.D. DFA Endorsement, Proposition on June 2010 Ballot, for the Public Financing Campaign for CA Secretary Office. [b] AGENDA FEBRUARY 3rd MEETUP & UPCOMING EVENTS Moderator: Carl Manaster, Our Impeachment Guy & Our Single Payer Healthcare Guy I. Announcements: A. Howard Dean's health care comments. B. New members: Peggy, Jonny, Christine, Joanne, Barbara, Amy, Sean, Elmer, Stu, Kevin, Ryon, Susie. II. Speakers: Steven Hadley & Howard Wayne, Both Candidates for San Diego City Council III. Discussion and Q & A session & Endorsements? IV. Review Candidates & Propositions for June & November 2010 Elections V. Round Robin: Everyone may speak on any issue for 1-2 minutes. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----------~----~ JANUARY 2010~HAPPY NEW YEAR~UPCOMING EVENTS *Saturday, Jan. 16, 9:00 a.m. to 12 Noon, 30th Annual San Diego Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade Meet at the Southwest corner of 13th and J Let us know that you can make it by or contact EQCA's San Diego field manager, Toni Duran, at toni@eqca.org or 619.886.4871 for questions. *Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 11:00 AM to Noon, Health Care Rally "Saturday Morning Fun-in-the-Sun for Single Payer." Rally at Nobel Dr. near I-5 entrance. Intersection of Hwy 5 and Nobel Drive. 3400 Nobel Drive, San Diego, CA 92122. Come & Join us. We have about 30 signs. " Info: www.meetup.com/SDCommunityCoalition/calendar/ 12297869/." Bring your own signs. Ideas for Signs: "Get the Profits out of Healthcare." "Universal Healthcare NOW" " " "No More Bankruptcies for Healthcare! " We will be educating & building our network for the California SINGLE PAYER initiative work moving forward. Sunday, Jan. 17, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Meet & Greet Fabio Marchi, Join us for a Fiesta with Fabio Marchi, candidate for San Diego County Supervisor Dist.#5. (appetizers & no host drinks). Location: Acapolco Restaurant, 1020 W San Marcho Blvd. (Restaurant Row), San Marcos 92078 - Directions at www.oldcalrestaurantrow.com/directions.htm TO RSVP! Contact: (760) 471-2150 Website: www.votefabio.com *Mon. Jan. 18, 6:30pm, "Committee for Progressive Radio(CPR) meeting" Location:San Diego County Democratic Office, 8340 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. #105, CA 92111. Parking in front of the office. No Stairs: Park around back.Special Guest: MARTIN ELDER "Activist San Diego" will update us on progress to get progressive Radio and our involvement in Common Cause's Media Reform Conference & our plans for 2010. Info Email: Mike@ThallerHome.com *Monday. Jan. 18, 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM, *22nd Annual All People's Breakfast* Celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Location: Golden Hall at the San Diego Concourse. Donation: $35.00 / Person. Call: (619)209-8241 Email: allpeoplesbreakfast2010@yahoo.com Website: www.allpeoplesbreakfastsd.org *Wednesday, January 20, 10am-12pm, Register New Citizens - Downtown, Volunteers are needed to register voters at the Naturalization Ceremony. Please RSVP if you will be able to volunteer. Reply to email: sdvoter+owners@googlegroups.com Training & supplies will be provided. All you need to do is to show up. Location: 3rd Ave and B Street . In the Plaza near Civic Theatre. Parking: We suggest you take the trolley. Free parking at Horton Plaza (2 Blocks away) Greg Bolian <sdvoter@gmail.com> *Wednesday. Jan. 20, 2010, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, Democratic Professional Club Presents Marti Emerald, Councilmember District. 7. Speaking on the state of the City from a Democrat's perspective and take Questions. Complex issues due to the budget issues will be addressed. Appetizers and refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Linda by email: lbrownpd@msn.com Cost: $10 for Non-Members payable at the door & Free to DPC members. Locaton: Linda Brown's Home, 1870 Sheridan, San Diego 92103 *Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, 6:00 p.m. ~ No-host cocktails, 7:00 p.m. ~ Dinner, " The Coalition for Reproductive Choice invites you to the thirty-seventh anniversary of Roe v. Wade." More than ever, we need to stand and be counted. I AM THE VOICE OF REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE! ~ Diverse community members will present artistic perspectives on reproductive justice. ATTORNEY MATT STEPHENS will provide an analysis update, prospects of a woman's right to choose in 2010 & beyond. ~ The CRC will announce and present, their 2009 Pro-choice Volunteer & Activist, DEFENDER OF CHOICE AWARD. RSVP or Info: 619.881.4595. Purchase info & tickets at- www.prochoicepower.org/roesandiego -$60 in advance; $65 after January 15; $20 student / low-income. *Friday, January 22, 7:30am - 11am, Register New Citizens Location: 1261 Third Ave, Chula Vista, CA . Greetings, Volunteers are needed to register voters at the Naturalization Ceremony Please RSVP if you will be able to volunteer and specify which location. Reply to email: sdvoter+owners@googlegroups.com. Training and supplies will be provided. All you need to do is to show up. Location: 1261 Third Ave, Chula Vista, CA, Homeland Security/Immigration & Naturalization Building. Greg Bolian <sdvoter@gmail.com> *Friday, January 22, 10am - 12noon, "Building A Sustainable Future Forum", Congressmember Susan Davis's Office is cosponsoring an interactive forum along with Congressman Bilbray. Local experts will come together at the UCSD to discuss and answer questions about what is being down in our community to cut energy costs, foster technological growth, and, personal sustainable practices. Speakers : Rene Trevino, Exe. Director for Navy Region Southwest; Jacques Chirazi, Program Manager of San Diego Clean Tech Initiative; Jennifer Green, Local Government Program Manager for California Center for Sustainable Energy; Russell Thackston, AsstVice Chancellor, Auxiliary and Plant Services, UC San DIego; and Kate Ziemba, Intern for Green Campus Student Organization, UC San Diego. PLEASE JOIN US! Location: University of California, San Diego, RIMAC Annex Dugout Conference Room. For more info go to website: http://www.house.gov/susandavis/events.shtml *Saturday, January 23. 10:00 AM til Noon. SD Democratic Women's Club. SDDWC Members, Community members are invited to meet the "Democratic Candidates for CA State Assembly," including Toni Atkins. Open to the Public & Free. All candidates for CA State Assembly should email: SDDEMWomen@aol.com or call (619) 582-5383 to be added to the Speaker's List. Location: City Heights Library, 3795 Fairmount Avenue, SD CA 92105. *Saturday, January 23, 12:00 - 2:30 PM, Honorable Lori Saldana campaign Fundraiser for San Diego County Board of Supervisors. Please join California State Assembly Speaker-Elect John Perez to support Hon. Lori Saldana and her campaign. RSVP & Contribute today, space is limited! VIP Reception: 12:00 PM & Luncheon: 1:00 PM Cost: $500 Host Level VIP Reception, $100 minimum for Luncheon. Location: Aquatera, 5777 Mission Center Road, SD, CA 92108, Call: (619) 239-1721 Email: kelli@kmstrategies.net Website: www.completecampaigns.com/public.asp?name=SaldanaL&page=1 *Saturday, January 30, 10AM til Noon, Please join us for Campaign Kickoff Rally for Toni Atkins, candidate for the 76th State Assembly District. Location: 'Ski Beach' on the eastside of Vacation Isle off of Ingraham Street in Mission Bay. There's plenty of parking and a playground nearby, so bring the kid! Food and drinks will be provided. If you'd like to attend, please RSVP by phone Call : Tim Orozco at (619) 884-3748 or Email: timrandyo@aol.com. Website: www.AtkinsforAssembly.com Free event. FEBRUARY 2010: *Wednesday, February 17, 10:00-12:00PM THRU*Saturday, February 27, 2010 SAN DIEGO DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CLUB presents BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION of AFRICAN AMERICA WOMEN LEADERS in SD County At City Heights Library, 3795 Fairmount Avenue, San Diego CA 92105. Contact (619) 582-5383 Email: email: SDDEMWomen@aol.com Free event. APRIL 2010 >Important Dates: *1. Saturday, April 10, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, 30th Annual Eleanor & Franklin D. Roosevelt Dinner, at Holiday Inn on the Bay, Downtown San Diego. Call: 858-277-3367 Email: info@sddemocrats.org Website: www.sddemocrats.org * 2. Friday, April 16 thru Sunday, April 18th. 2010 State Convention, Annual CDP Convention, Location: Los Angeles Convention Center. 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The Venus Project: World Lecture Tour

This is a movement worth monitoring and supporting. Walter Main site/Press Interviews/Mortgage Financing http://www.walterdavisenterprises.com http://www.agentonwheels.com Community Involvement http://progressiveconcerns.meetup.com/5/ Streaming Internet Television www.vmdirect.com/videoconsultant --- On Fri, 1/15/10, noreply@thezeitgeistmovement.com <noreply@thezeitgeistmovement.com> wrote: From: noreply@thezeitgeistmovement.com <noreply@thezeitgeistmovement.com> Subject: The Venus Project: World Lecture Tour To: wdavis@walterdavisenterprises.com Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 9:43 PM THE VENUS PROJECT World Lecture Tour 2010 Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows will be starting a World Lecture Tour in 2010, right after Zday. The reason for this tour is essentially to spread the word about the Venus Project and the Zeitgeist Movement. The success of the world tour will also help them maintain and work from the research center in Venus, Florida. The Venus Project envisions a global civilization where the methods of science and technology are applied with human and environmental concern so as to secure, protect, and encourage a more humane world for all people. Jacque and Roxanne will present the redesign or our culture offering a possible way out of our recurring cycles of boom and recession, famine, poverty, a declining environment, and territorial conflicts where peace is merely the interval between wars. The lectures are a challenge to all people to work toward a society in which all the world's resources become the common heritage of all the world's people in a resource-based economy. The Venus Project is an organization offering feasible plans for social change one that could attain a peaceful and sustainable global civilization. For more info on The Venus Project World Lecture Tour 2010 or to enquire about booking Jacque Fresco & Roxanne Meadows for a Lecture in your City/Region contact: HeatherOdom@thevenusproject.com The Venus Project is in the process of preparing a video clip, and flyers, which you will be able to download soon to advertise your Events. To download the poster go here [www.thevenusproject.com/world-tour-media/] Other materials will be posted soon. Jacque and Roxanne are happy to appear on TV shows, do interviews with journalists and radio shows while in the country hosting the Lectures, anything which will help spread the information of a Global Resource Based Economy. For our list of lectures and to help our friends and supporters who are organizing lectures go here [www.thevenusproject.com/world-tour-contact-emails/] -- If you do not want to receive any more newsletters, this link To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit this link Forward a Message to Someone this link

[SDCPJ] Sun, Jan. 17th, 4:30 - 7 pm >> Socialist Salon - Reframing the Fight for, Universal Health Care: Corporate or Public?

You are invited to join the discussion...

The Fight for
Universal Health Care
Isn’t Over
How do we re-frame the battle in class terms?
Fundamentally this is a struggle between supporters of
For-Profit, Corporate Health Care and
Socially-Supported Public Health Care;
if corporations win, working people lose.
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- Socialist Salon -
Discussions with Lefties
on Burning Issues
Sunday, January 17th, 4:30 - 7:00 pm

Location: 3442 47th St (From Euclid go 1 bl. West on MYRTLE to 47th St.)
Myrtle is about 6 block south of University Ave. 
Home Av becomes Euclid as you head East from I-805 or Hwy 94.
Home of Martin Eder
619-871-9354

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San Diego Socialist Unity Network is holding a series of forums to encourage deeper political discussions, which look strategically at our movement, the path to social transformation & a new social order. We use this opportunity to tackle many major issues of our times from a non-sectarian, left perspective in a challenging yet relaxed setting. 
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 READING TO MAKE THE DISCUSSION MORE FRUITFUL:  

• DSA has a good flyer on the current national situation: http://www.dsausa.org/pdf/HealthCare_Final_Weeks_flyer.pdf
• California single payer: Health Care for All http://www.healthcareforall.org/
• The American Medical Student Association. This is a very good organization. They have a page on Universal Health Care with links to several good documents: http://www.amsa.org/AMSA/Homepage/About/Mission/Priorities/HCFA/HealthCareReform.aspx Check out http://www.amsa.org/AMSA/Homepage/About/Mission/Priorities/HCFA.aspxand http://www.amsa.org/AMSA/Libraries/Committee_Docs/SinglePayer101.sflb.ashx . They also have very good power point presentations, in particular, the ones on Single Payer and on International Health Care Systems. http://www.amsa.org/AMSA/Homepage/About/Mission/Priorities/HCFA/PowerpointPresentations.aspx
• Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP): http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single_payer_resources.php and many links from this site. There is an embarrassment of riches here, especially the FAQ site: http://www.pnhp.org/facts/singlepayer_faq.php
• California Nurses Association. This material is more activist oriented, but it provides a good feel for the current struggle between single payer advocates and lesser alternatives. http://www.calnurses.org/
  

                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  San Diego Socialist Unity Network regular meetings alternate with Socialist Salons on the 3rd Sunday of each month.  The regular meetings are at the Activist Center, 4246 Wightman St., from 4:30-7 pm. You are invited to attend.   

****Coalition Monthly Meeting, Production Schedule, Broadcast Schedule**Important - Please forward

Please watch this and the other Progress in San Diego video to understand the current grant process we are managing,............. to be informed of our upcoming meetings.........upcoming productions......upcoming broadcasts. Walter Subject: ****Coalition Monthly Meeting, Production Schedule, Broadcast Schedule**Important - Please forward Community Coalition Monthly Meeting Television Production Schedule Bring at least one person with you! Monthly Community Coalition Meeting Sunday 17 Jan 2010 @ 11:00 A.M. Your support is needed and requested South Sudanese Community Center 4077 Fairmount Avenue San Diego, CA 92105-1607   Scheduled Time Activities Note Sunday 17 January 2010 11 AM to 2 PM Community Coalition Monthly Meeting Each group will get an opportunity to introduce themselves, state their mission and make important announcements. Bring membership forms and distribute your schedules. Activist San Diego Veterans for Peace A New PATH Drug Policy Alliance All of US or None Center for Policy Initiatives Women's Caucus for Art San Diego San Diegans for 911 Truth San Diego Non-Violent Peaceforce We will discuss Upcoming TV Production EPA Programs and grants Objectives for the year We will be soliciting input for grants and for stakeholders in the grant process. 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM Public Access TV Production Volunteers needed for training in the prodution process Thursday 21 January 2010 Debut Production of Love Vibrations Friday 22 January 2010 Progress in San Diego TV Production Featuring Miriam Raftery of East County Magazine Wednesday 27 January 2010 Truth to Power Public Access TV Production Friday 29 January 2010 Community Artist Connection Public Access TV Production Friday 6 February 2010 Community Issues: A Tapestry of Concerns Executive Producer Javan Jackson features spoken word, music and more. Executive Producer Walter Davis Interviews local activists making positive news Executive Producer Chad McKinney Interviews Local Entertainers Executive Producer Laura Thompson Interviews Local Artists Executive Producer Alyce Smith Cooper Interviews Local Leaders Progress in San Diego TV Broadcast Sundays 5:00 PM to 5:30 COX 18/23 17 January 2010 Jane Baek of YourTVNetwork 24 and 31 January 2010 Eugene Davidovich of Americans for Safe Access 7 February 2010 Jeenie Cresenzo del Rio Amikas Project 14 February 2010 Farhad Sorufar Solar Saves America Other TV Broadcasts Cox 18/23 Community Issues: A Tapestry of Concerns Sundays 6:00PM Community Artist Connection Thursdays at 9:30 PM Call me if you have questions Walter Davis 760-917-1251 197 Woodland Parkway Ste. 104-115 San Marcos, CA 92069 Phone: 760-917-1251 Fax: -- Unity in our efforts is our most intrinsic tool. Even if you are on the right track, you will be run over if you stand still.

[SDCPJ] Disturbing the Universe/William Kunstler movie; daughter/filmaker speaks January 16 Ken Theatre

One Week Only!

Starts Friday, January 15 at the Ken Cinema
Filmmaker and daughter of William Kunstler, Emily Kunstler In Person
Saturday, January 16 at 7:30pm!

Landmark Theatre:  http://landmarktheatres.com/Market/SanDiego/SanDiego_Frameset.htm

William Kunstler was one of the most famous and controversial lawyers of the 20th century. In the 1960s and '70s, Kunstler fought for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr. and represented the famed "Chicago 8" activists who protested the Vietnam War. When the inmates took over Attica prison, or when the American Indian Movement stood up to the federal government at Wounded Knee, they asked Kunstler to be their lawyer. To his daughters, filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler, it seemed that he was at the center of everything important that had ever happened. But when they were growing up, Kunstler represented some of the most reviled members of society, including rapists, assassins and accused terrorists. This powerful film not only recounts the historic causes that Kunstler fought for, it also confronts a man that even his own daughters did not always understand, a man who believed that, however unpopular, justice should serve all. Film website: http://www.disturbingtheuniverse.com/

[SDCPJ] "By Any Means Neccsary: America's tactics in the War on Terror"

Amnesty International UCSD invites you to a program, Thursday, January 28, 7-9 p.m., East Price Center Ballroom, UC San Diego.

Film Screening of "The Response" to be joined by director Sig Libowitz

Panel Discussion with

Jake Diliberto, Rethink Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans Against the War

Marjorie Coyhn, President, National Lawyers Guild San Diego, author of "Cowboy Republic"; Thomas Jefferson Law School

Tom Parker, Amnesty International Policy Director

Njambi Good, Amnesty Internationbal Washington D.C. Counter-Terror with Justice Campaign director

[SDCPJ] high school students need you!

Help us reach San Diego Youth who could wind up in Afghanistan!

Our peace work expands when we work with students to reduce the number of soldiers used to fight wars for the elites and the insatiable pentagon.

Local students forming a new generation of peace activism. THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

Thanks to Art for Peace & the SD Puppet Insurgency for the amazing fundraiser for the high school leafleting project .  

They threw their most successful fundraiser to date.  We have enough funds to step up our outreach!

Thank you also goes to the SD Coalition for Peace and Justice for their continued support!  

For further proof on the importance of our work - check out this article.  It includes info on the recruiters heavy hand at Grossmont high school in El Cajon.

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/12/gns_jrotc_123109/

Please contact me if you can pass out flyers for 1 hour in front of area schools

We are looking for volunteers at the following locations:

Grossmont high in El Cajon

In San Diego: Mission Bay, Patrick Henry, Crawford or Morse 

North County schools & South Bay schools

If you have a school you are interested in leafleting please let me know and we'll try to organize it.

We would like to leaflet the weeks of Jan. 18th & 25th.  Reply with school/location preference and best day and I will send you info for your team. 

Hope to hear from you soon & thanks for your activism!

Stephanie Jennings

for SDCPJ high school leafleting project

619-237-8870 - sjagitator@ucsd.edu

[SDCPJ] March 20, mark your calendars - 7th anniversary of Iraq War

7th Anniversary of Iraq War

Mark your calendars -
On March 20 the San Diego Veterans For Peace, in Conjunction with The San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice will hold a combined event culminating in a candlelight vigil along the embarcadero.   Mark your calendars to join many hundreds of people on that day.

Please contact forward this to everyone you know to help bring in the Spring Equinox with reflections on the cost of war, demonstrations for Peace, and a candlelight vigil.

Details are pending; we'll send out details as soon as they are firm.

Check these websites for updates and details on how your group can participate soon.
www.sdvfp.org
www.sdcpj.org



 

[SDCPJ] Critical Resistance events at UCSD; Thur. Jan. 21 , Friday Jan. 22 at 12pm

 

***please forward widely!*** Please join us next Thursday and Friday for 2 exciting events in San Diego to help build the power of this movement! Thursday January 21st at 6:30 pm a reception & benefit  Friday January 22nd at 12pm a roundtable discussion for more info, email crnational@criticalresistance.org, or call 510.444.0484 We hope to see you there!   Thursday Jan. 21st 6:30 to 8:30 pm "Why is California Choosing Prison Over Schools?" a reception and benefit for CR featuring special guest Ruth Wilson Gilmore Professor Gilmore is a scholar, author, and activist, a founding member of Critical Resistance, and a leading expert on California 's political economy. Price Center Thurgood Marshall Room UCSD there is no set donation amount for this event - please come to learn about our work, the prison industrial complex, and to give what you are moved to give     Friday Jan. 22nd 12pm to 2pm "Fee Hikes, Budget Cuts, Prison Expansion, and US" a roundtable discussion for scholars, students, activists, and workers what are organizers doing to link the fight for public education to the fight against the prison industrial complex? Cross Cultural Center Communidad Room UCSD   If you can't join us, please still help pass the word, and consider making a donation today! every dollar helps us build a new society - and economy - that values healthy communities over punishment, policing, and surveillance Critical Resistance 1904 Franklin St #504 Oakland, California 94612 www.criticalresistance.org

[SDCPJ] [Fwd: "Gaza And The Peace Process One Year Later"]

[SDCPJ] This SATURDAY - Al-Awda San Diego REFUGEE SUPPORT DINNER

[Please Forward Widely!]

The Most Urgent of Causes ...
That of Palestinian Refugees Languishing in the Camps
Has Now Been Brought to our Doorsteps Here in the U.S.

WE MUST NOT FAIL THEM!

 

 

Refugee Support Fund Raising Dinner

 

Four Points Sheraton

8110 Aero Drive

San Diego CA 92123
Saturday January 16, 2010, 6 PM

 

 

Listen to An Update From a Refugee Placement and Reception Agency Representative ...

Hear Background About Palestinians In Iraq ...

Find Out How Your Donations Help &

Why We Need Your Support!

Also Live Watani Music and Dabke

Three Course Dinner Includes:

Arabic Appetizers, Chicken Entree (Halal), Desert and Chocolate Fountain

 

Only $25.00 per person

Raffle Prizes and More!

For advance reservations go to:

http://al-awdacal.org/sdfundraiser.html

or call 760-918-9441 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Monday to Friday

 

Al-Awda San Diego
The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Tel: 760-918-9441
Fax: 760-918-9442
Email: info@al-awdasandiego.org
WEB: http://al-awdasandiego.org

 

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC) is dedicated to advocacy for the restoration of Palestinian human, national, legal, political and historical rights in full with particular emphasis on the right of Palestinians to return to their homes and lands of origin from which they have been dispossessed since 1948. PRRC is a not for profit tax-exempt educational and charitable 501(c)(3) organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States of America. Under IRS guidelines, your donations to PRRC are tax-deductible. To donate, please go to http://www.al-awda.org/donate.html and follow the instructions.

[SDCPJ] PLEASE FORWARD: ASD General meeting Mon. Jan. 18th focused on Zapatista solidarity [See Attached Flyer]

PLEASE FORWARD: 
ASD General meeting Mon. Jan. 18th focused on Zapatista solidarity  [SeeAttached Flyer]

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[SDCPJ] Cost of War updates -- $136 billion more -- before the surge

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. National Priorities Project Tallies Cost of War through September 30, 2010   $747 billion for Iraq $299 billion for Afghanistan   Congress has appropriated an additional $136.8 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the 2010 fiscal year.  National Priorities Project estimates that for this fiscal year, $64.5 billion is directed to Iraq and $72.3 billion to Afghanistan.  Bills that included war-related funding were the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act (H.R. 2892) passed on October 28, 2009; the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 3288) passed on December 16, 2009; and the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 3326) passed on December 19, 2009.   These new appropriations bring total war-related spending for Iraq to $747.3 billion and for Afghanistan to $299 billion, with total war costs of $1.05 trillion[1].  National Priorities Project (NPP) updated its Cost of War counters to reflect the new totals and to show the local costs of these wars to states and many cities.  NPP's trade-off tool allows you to explore what services could be obtained for your community with the same amount of money that Congress has appropriated for war spending.   These current year appropriations do not include funds to support the "surge" of 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan proposed by the Obama administration on December 1, 2009.  Conservative estimates suggest that it will cost approximately $30 billion to fund this surge.  Supplemental appropriations for this funding are expected later this year.   Since 2001, the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and related activities have been funded through emergency supplemental appropriations. In a clear departure from this practice, the Obama administration integrated the FY2010 war funding into the core budget appropriations process.  While this process purportedly allows for greater scrutiny and control over the allocation of tax dollars relative to the emergency supplemental funding process, it has – ironically – also become more difficult to ascertain the exact spending amounts directed to Iraq and Afghanistan.  Past supplemental bills outlined funding almost exclusively for war costs whereas departmental appropriations combine these war costs with all other departmental funds for the entire fiscal year.   War funding was found within three separate appropriations bills with the bulk of money in the Defense Appropriations Bill passed just before Congress left for their winter break.  In addition to defense funding, this bill was used to extend Food Stamp benefits (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP), unemployment benefits, and COBRA payments to continue health insurance coverage for the unemployed[2].   NPP will continue to follow Iraq and Afghanistan war funding including any supplemental bills to support the Afghanistan surge that has already begun as well as any other additional war costs.   For more information: 413.584.9556 or www.nationalpriorities.org. [1]Total war funding to date includes all approved funds for Afghanistan since FY2001 plus all approved funds for Iraq since FY2003. See also CRS Report RL33110 September 2009.  Please note that funding estimates for FY2007-2009 have been revised in this updated report on which our estimates are based. [2]The cost of these extensions was not included in the bill but NPP estimates place funding for these three programs at approximately $40-$45 billion. National Priorities Project (NPP) is a 501(c)(3) research organization that analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent. Located in Northampton, MA, since 1983, NPP focuses on the impact of federal spending and other policies at the national, state, congressional district and local levels. Find out more at our website. Click Here to unsubscribe from this list.   Click Here to never receive email from NPP. This email was sent from our office in Northampton, MA: 243 King Street Suite 109 Northampton, MA, MA 01060 United States  Forward this email to a friend you think may be interested in NPP's work.

 

[SDCPJ] 1/14-15 San Diego: David Swanson Book Tour

David Swanson will discuss and sign his new book
"Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect
Union."
http://tinyurl.com/daybreakbook

San Diego, CA
January 14-15, 2009

January 14:
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. PT at University of California - San Diego,
with student group, HERO, (Human and Earth Rights Organization).
http://www.HumanEarthRights.org

January 15:
7:30 pm
Matters of Controversy, A monthly series
First Unitarian Universalist Church
4190 Front Street
Hillcrest, San Diego 92103
(opposite UCSD Medical Center Hospital)
limited free parking in church ACE parking lot
- Donation Requested -
Sponsored by the Peace & Democracy Action Group of the First UU Church
For info: 858-459-4650
Direction: From Washington St, north on 1st St, 3 blocks, left 1 block,
Medical Center on your right, Church parking lot on your left
CONTACT THE ORGANIZERS:
Barbara Cummings
sdwalker33@sbcglobal.net
Tanja Winter
twinter@san.rr.com
Jeeni Criscenzo
jeenicdr@gmail.com

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[SDCPJ] SDCPJ Mon 1/11, 7pm, Church of the Brethren

San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice
General Meeting

Monday, January 11, 7 pm
Church of the Brethren
3850 Westgate Place, San Diego CA 92105

The agenda includes planning for March 20 (the anniversary of the Iraq invasion)
and plans for film showings of ‘Rethink Afghanistan’

I hope to see you there.

Rick Greenblatt

aak0001@hotmail.com

[SDCPJ] Mark Your Calendar - CCP (Creating a Culture of Peace) Nonviolence Training Mar 10-14

Friends of Nonviolence and Peace!

 

Save the dates Mar 10-14 for a CCP (Creating a Culture of Peace) Basic Training.  Please mark your calendar and share with your list and download attachment to post or handout!  For more information or to register, contact Carroll Boone, 619-697-3223, carrollboone@gmail.com.  May Peace Prevail in Our Hearts and Community in 2010!

[SDCPJ] Jan 20 LGBT Rights Rally @ Fed Bldg

What if China's Market Collapses?

Some experts say that China's market may collapse. What will that mean to us?
http://finance.yahoo.com/retirement/article/108534/contrarian-investor-sees-economic-crash-in-china?mod=retire-planning

Leanne Nurse Discusses EPA Community Outreach

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Leanne Nurse offers valuable information to community leaders on public participation and EPA outreach programs. Walter Davis interviews her on Progress In San Diego and the Citizens' Internet TV Network in San Diego, Sep 2009.

[SDCPJ] Al-Awda San Diego Refugee Support Fund Raising Dinner

[Please Forward Widely!]

The Most Urgent of Causes ...
That of Palestinian Refugees Languishing in the Camps
Has Now Been Brought to our Doorsteps Here in the U.S.

WE MUST NOT FAIL THEM!

 

 

Refugee Support Fund Raising Dinner

 

Four Points Sheraton

8110 Aero Drive

San Diego CA 92123
Saturday January 16, 2010, 6 PM

 

 

Listen to An Update From a Refugee Placement and Reception Agency Representative ...

Hear Background About Palestinians In Iraq ...

Find Out How Your Donations Help &

Why We Need Your Support!

Also Live Watani Music and Dabke

Three Course Dinner Includes:

Arabic Appetizers, Chicken Entree, Desert and Chocolate Fountain - All Hallal

Only $25.00 per person

Raffle Prizes and More!

For advance reservations go to:

http://al-awdacal.org/sdfundraiser.html

or call 760-918-9441 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Monday to Friday

 

Al-Awda San Diego
The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Tel: 760-918-9441
Fax: 760-918-9441
Email: info@al-awdasandiego.org
WEB: http://al-awdasandiego.org

 

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC) is dedicated to advocacy for the restoration in full of Palestinian human, national, legal, political and historical rights with particular emphasis on the right of Palestinians to return to their homes and lands of origin from which they have been dispossessed since 1948. PRRC is a not for profit tax-exempt educational and charitable 501(c)(3) organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States of America. Under IRS guidelines, your donations to PRRC are tax-deductible. To donate, please go to http://www.al-awda.org/donate.html and follow the instructions.