Sunday, January 19, 2014

[SDCPJ] PLEASE FORWARD: ASD & KNSJ 89.1 FM Live Music & Performance Event - ARTS & ACTIVISM COMMUNITY MIXER

Activist San Diego and KNSJ 89.1 FM RADIO EVENT -

ARTS & ACTIVISM COMMUNITY MIXER

MONDAY * MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY *
JAN 2Oth 7PM * JOYCE BEERS COMMUNITY CENTER
Live Music & Performance Event

A sample of what to expect:

PERFORMANCES BY:

Yoshi - My mission is to spread love and raise consciousness through Hiphop music as well as my lifestyle, inspiring others and having fun doing so.

Poetiic - Anything Is Possible - she does nothing from selfish ambition, she is a profound yet humble performer and community host - Poetiic AIMS TO MOTIVATE and have fun in the midst of it all - Be entertained folks - hear ye' Poetiic!

PlayBir -: Street raised . Street made . Street sane . A standing icon for all who are helpless against thy self. : SobirLivin' .

Tara Nichole - An advocate for communication and compassion, while an artist, singer-songwriter, and motivational speaker. She teaches you to protect yourself, express yourself, and LOVE like you mean it.

NON-PROFIT SUPPORT & BOOTHS:

CCC - Community Coaching Center - Hosted by IncludeAutism.org

Include Autism is a not-for-profit, 501(c)3 organization dedicated to providing services that instill community-wide autism inclusion. Our focal program,Community Coaching (CC) program, takes Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and social skill training to a new level by providing a unique service that takes therapy "on-the-go", into the community. Community Coaching provides natural, hands-on opportunities for our program participants to develop adaptive, functional skills needed to become included in their community. For individuals and families that require additional support in the home setting in order to more safely and successfully transition to the more integrated community learning environment, Include Autism now offers an in-home ABA therapy option, Discovery Link. Our Autism Inclusion Training, Volunteer/Peer Pals, and Baseball Leagues offer the community opportunities to understand, accept, and include individuals diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder into their organizational communities.

phone (858) 603-9835
fax (619) 752-3168
email info@includeautism.org
P.O. Box 720072
San Diego, CA 92172

Designed Beanies 4 U | Trying to motivate people to show their unique side. Instead of the cookie cutter look.

My name is Lisa Guerrero the owner and designer of a unique one of a kind, hand crocheted beanies, slouchies, hats, headbands, baby blankets and more. I learned to crochet at the tender age of 8 years old by a family friend. I hurt my back 5 years ago so I've not been able to find employment. While I decided a few years ago I needed to make my own income. So I put what I've learned as a child towards my future and started making crocheted items. Now I don't make the old designs your granny wore but you'll find the up to date looks as well as my new designs. I listen to the client and give you what your looking for a unique look that's all yours.

Don't get caught wearing the same thing everyone else is wearing!!! Be unique, wear your team colors and stand out in the crowd. Match that outfit or toss on a slouchie in the rush of morning. Turn a bad hair day into a "wow" you look good with a headband, loose slouchie with holes, so even if its hot you get air flow and stay cool but look good.

I also have been trying to motivate the musicians to promote your name on a beanie not a big name like Nike. Yes they're great and you're wearing them on your feet, but there not paying you to promote their name. Get the public to recognize your name as an artist. I do custom orders as well.

Www.DesignedBeanies4u.com

Lisa Guerrero

760-707-4071

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A PEOPLE-POWERED RADIO.

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NETWORKING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE.

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TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS - EDUCATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT - AND CONSCIOUS SOCIAL LIVING

See you there!

:o)

Cheers,

Tara Nichole

*Co-writer to Dat Phan (1st Winner of The Last Comic Standing)

*Co-host at CCA Writer's Conference

*Specializing in quick, quality, custom songwriting.

* Certificate of Recognition from Clay Drayton (Motown Songwriter)

*Owner of Tara Nichole Galleries, with B.A. in Art, UCSB Songwriting"

Tara Nichole, a natural leader and lover of the arts, is a San Diego born singer songwriter and visual artist with over 400 songs written, and airing on NBC Morning News. "A creative force for now and for the future." - Dat Phan

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Saturday, January 18, 2014

[SDCPJ] SUPPORT SD Vets for Peace - SUNDAY MLK Parade!

TOMORROW, 1/19, come support and march with SD Veterans for Peace in the MLK Parade AGAINST WAR and the US global drone warfare!!

SD Veterans for Peace will be marching in the MLK parade pulling our Drone model. All like-minded people are welcome to march with us!

The parade starts at 2:00 PM on the 19th at the San Diego County Admin. building, in downtown San Diego.

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Friday, January 17, 2014

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

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[SDCPJ] Why we need YOU to join the Keystone Pledge of Resistance

Dear Friends,

Over the past few months SanDiego350.org has held 3 Keystone (KXL) Pledge of Resistance trainings to prepare participants for peaceful, dignified civil disobedience. Our goal is to pressure President Obama to live up to his inaugural statement "We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations" by rejecting the Keystone Pipeline and moving forward with a bold climate plan. Over 60 people have been trained so far in San Diego. Our goal is 100. This is part of a national pledge of resistance organized by Credo, Rainforest Action Network, and The Other 98%, which over 75,000 people across the country have signed.

It has been incredibly inspiring to join with a group of people who are deeply committed to climate action. Participants have spoken movingly about their concern for their children, grandchildren, and people around the country and the world who are already seeing significant climate impacts. Time is short for us to avert the worst impacts of climate and we believe it is time for climate activists to get out of their comfort zones and follow in the footsteps of Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, Alice Paul, Nelson Mandela and the millions of people who have successfully used nonviolent civil disobedience to advance just causes like civil rights and women's suffrage.

San Diego has been asked to be one of 3 groups that will hold its KXL civil disobedience action shortly after the State Department publishes the final Environmental Impact Report (assuming it echoes the draft EIS in recommending the project move forward). This early action is intended to show the seriousness of the national campaign and its participants around the country. No one knows when the EIS will be released, but it could be at any time now. We have a great leadership team that is working to get our logistics set up to be ready to go when our group is called.

Please take one or more of these three steps TODAY to help make this a successful campaign:

1) RSVP NOW: For our next training, this coming Saturday: January 11, 2014, 9:00am-1:30pm in La Jolla (location sent w/ confirmation)

2) DONATE / PLEDGE NOW: Make a donation to help cover fines (or a pledge to help with bail) for some of our courageous participants who need help with funds

3) SPREAD THE WORD: To others who may be able to participate or donate via email, social media, etc.

We can't do this without you! Please act today, and feel free to contact us with questions.

On behalf of the many awesome activists working on this project,

Masada Disenhouse
SanDiego350.org
619-335-1265
Masada@sandiego350.org

[SDCPJ] SDCPJ! Yes, meeting Monday night at Friends Center 7 PM! Call for agenda items

All! Happy 2014! Let's MAKE it happy with peace & justice ACTIVISM -

The San Diego Coalition for Peace & Justice WILL meet at the Friends Center building this Monday night, 7 PM. Please forward any agenda items to include! We need to chart a comprehensive course for 2014, and make our difference for peace AND justice. A proposed agenda will be distributed by e-mail Sunday evening.

THANKS ALL!

Craig

SustainUS Agents of Change Coordinator

Hi,

My name is Alyssa Tsuchiya, I volunteer with a youth sustainable development organization called SustainUS. Our organization is looking for ambitious youth to join our delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Could you please forward this message to anyone might be interested in applying to our program?

Thanks so much,

Alyssa Tsuchiya

Agents of Change Coordinator
SustainUS

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ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY!

Interested in and human rights and sustainable development? Apply to join the SustainUS delegation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women!

Organization: SustainUS

Position Title: Youth delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

Location and Hours: Remote prep work January - March 2014, and the conference takes place in New York City on March 10-21, 2014

Compensation: Participation is free. Delegates are required to fund own travel and housing costs. Fundraising support is provided, and scholarships are available.

Application Deadline: 5:00 pm EST on Sunday, January 19, 2014

Link to Apply: http://sustainus.org/apply- csw58

SustainUS is now accepting applications to join the Agents of Change (AoC) youth delegation to the 58th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW-58), which will be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City from March 10-21, 2014. The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is dedicated to promoting gender equality by identifying challenges and establishing standards for the social, economic, political, and civil rights of women. CSW-58 will address the theme: "Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls."

Selected delegates will have the opportunity to work with government officials, scientists, civil society representatives, and youth from around the world to review progress on issues related to gender equality and advancement of women. In the past, AoC delegates have presented case studies and policy statements on behalf of youth; participated in forums with fellow representatives of civil society; and met with government delegates, international organizations, and the US State Department.

Delegates should contribute something unique to our efforts to take part in the international policymaking process and increase youth participation in the global arena. SustainUS is committed to selecting a skilled, diverse, and passionate delegation. Applicants need not have previous experience with SustainUS or gender policy; we welcome newcomers!

For more information and to apply, please visit http://sustainus.org/apply- csw58

Applications must be received by 5:00 pm EST on Sunday, January 19, 2014. All applicants will be notified of the application results by late January. SustainUS will hold a live application Q&A session for interested applicants on January 12, 2014 at 8 pm EST.

--
Alyssa Y. Tsuchiya
SustainUS Agents of Change Coordinator

Twitter: @SustainUSAgents
Website: SustainUS.org

[SDCPJ] Tuesday, January 14, 2014, at 5:30 p.m PROTECT JOURNALIST ANABEL HERNANDEZ - Today in San Diego to protest at the Mexican Consulate

PRESS RELEASE

San Diego to protest at the Mexican Consulate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact #: Graciela Garcia 619-580-1938
Location: Mexican Consulate in San Diego, on Tuesday, January 14, 2014, at 5:30 p.m

FAILED HOMICIDE ATTEMPT AT THE HOME OF INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, ANABEL HERNANDEZ SPARKS PROTEST AT THE MEXICAN CONSULATE IN SAN DIEGO.

San Diego:

Anabel Hernandez, internationally recognized investigative journalist and author of Narcoland – a book that unveils the complicity of the Mexican government and big business with the drug cartels in Mexico – suffered a home invasion in her home in Mexico City. Fortunately Anabel Hernandez was not home when the invasion occurred, however, her neighbors were placed on the ground with rifles pointed to their heads and questioned about the whereabouts of Ms. Hernandez.

This event has sparked sympathizers in San Diego to protest at the Mexican Consulate in San Diego, on Tuesday, January 14, 2014, at 5:30 p.m., demanding the Mexican government take responsibility for the attempt and provide protection to Ms. Hernandez from becoming another one of the already 86 journalist that have been assassinated in Mexico.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

San Diego to protest at the Mexican Consulate

CONFERENCIA DE PRENSA

Donde: Mexican Consulate in San Diego, on Tuesday, January 14, 2014, at 5:30 p.m

ATENTADO DE HOMICIDE FALLIDO EN LA CASA DE LA PERIODISTA DE INVESTIGACION, RECONOCIDA MUNDIALMENTE, ANABEL HERNANDEZ, IMPULSA UNA PROTESTA ENFRENTE DEL CONSULADO MEXICANO EN SAN DIEGO.

San Diego:
Anabel Hernandez, reportera de investigacion reconocida internacionalmente y autora del libro Los Senores del Narco (version en ingles – Narcoland), un libro que detalla la complicidad del gobierno Mexicano y grandes negocios con los cartels de drogas en Mexico, inrumpieron su casa en la Cuidad de Mexico. Afortunadamente Anabel Hernandez no se encontraba cuando esta invasion ocurrio pero sus vecinos fueron arrojados al piso a punta de pistol e interrogados de el paradero de la reportera.

Esta situacion a motivado a sus simatisantes manifestar en frente del Consulado Mexicano en San Diego el Martes, 14 de Enero de 2014 a las 5:30 p.m. con las demandas de que el gobierno Mexicano se responsabiliza por el atentado y que le de proteccion a la periodista para que no se incremente la lista de 86 periodistas ya asesinados.

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  --   Martin Eder  619-871-9354 = Cell

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

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Contractors Reap $138 Billion from Iraq War, Cheney’s Halliburton #1 with $39.5 Billion | LeakSource

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Contractors Reap $138 Billion from Iraq War, Cheney’s Halliburton #1 with $39.5 Billion

In News on April 8, 2013 at 10:19 PM

03/18/2013

Eight days after the invasion of Iraq on March 19 2003, Paul Wolfowitz, then deputy defence secretary and a leading proponent of the war, told a Congressional committee: “We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon.”

A decade later, that assessment could hardly have turned out to be more wrong.

The US has overwhelmingly borne the brunt of both the military and reconstruction costs, spending at least $138bn on private security, logistics and reconstruction contractors, who have supplied everything from diplomatic security to power plants and toilet paper.

An analysis by the Financial Times reveals the extent to which both American and foreign companies have profited from the conflict – with the top 10 contractors securing business worth at least $72bn between them.

None has benefited more than KBR, once known as Kellogg Brown and Root. The controversial former subsidiary of Halliburton, which was once run by Dick Cheney, vice-president to George W. Bush, was awarded at least $39.5bn in federal contracts related to the Iraq war over the past decade.

Two Kuwaiti companies – Agility Logistics and the state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation – are the second and third-biggest winners, securing contracts worth $7.2bn and $6.3bn respectively.

The US hired more private companies in Iraq than in any previous war, and at times there were more contractors than military personnel on the ground.

“These numbers are staggering,” said Claire McCaskill, the Democratic senator who has led the charge to tighten contracting controls.

“In the last decade, we’ve seen billions in taxpayer money spent on services and projects that did little – sometimes nothing – to further our military mission,” she said.

But companies on the top 10 list defended their record. KBR “performed with honour and sacrifice in a hostile, complex, ambiguous and unpredictable environment”, said Marianne Gooch, a company spokeswoman.

She noted that KBR had prepared and served more than 1bn meals and produced more than 25bn gallons of drinkable water and 265 tons of ice.

Patrick Dorton, a spokesman for the International Oil Trading Co, a Florida-based company that secured contracts worth $2.1bn to transport fuel from Jordan to US forces in Iraq, said: “We are proud to have effectively supplied jet and convoy fuel in a war zone to the US military.”

The business environment for these contractors may be changing, with the war in Iraq over and the conflict in Afghanistan winding down, but these private companies remain.

There are still 14,000 contractors, including 5,500 security guards, in Iraq even though the last troops left in December 2011.

“Contractors are here to stay as real players,” says Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general of Iraq reconstruction. “The opportunities in this field are shaped by the unpredictable rhythm of when a fragile state will fail.”

The FT’s list of the top earners over the past decade is based on all federal government contracts awarded for performance in Iraq and neighbouring Kuwait since the invasion was planned.

Compiling such a list is tricky because some contractors operate under a variety of names to avoid scrutiny. That makes these figures conservative.

The list includes companies working in supplying support services, security, reconstruction and the oil industry.

“This is not my grandfather’s military industrial complex,” said Dan Goure, vice-president of the Lexington Institute, a national security think-tank partly funded by defence contractors. “There’s not a single munitions producer in this list.”

Instead, the US had created a fifth branch of the military, he said. “It’s called the private sector.”

The extensive use of contractors in both Iraq and in Afghanistan has been steeped in controversy.

A 2011 report from the commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan estimated that defence contractors had wasted or lost to fraud as much as $60bn – or $12m a day – since 2001.

Private contractors have been involved in some of the most shocking events of the Iraq conflict – from the Nisour Square shootings in 2007 in which Blackwater security guards killed 17 Iraqis, to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.

While the era of easy money may have ended for these contractors, that does not mean the boom times are over.

In 2011, the state department estimated that it would pay $3bn over the next five years on its private security contracts to protect its massive embassy complex in Baghdad alone.

Meanwhile, contractors are winning new business as oil companies ramp up their operations, especially around areas such as Basra in the south.

“It’s not like these companies have shut up shop and are going home,” says Stephanie Sanok of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “We are still sinking a lot of money into this and we are still trying to get our oil dividend.”

That means that companies that branch out into other areas could have an even better decade ahead.

Given the controversies that have surrounded the use of contractors in Iraq, many analysts say that there is little evidence that the defence department has learnt about how to best use them.

“While DOD is much better at using contractors than they were 10 years ago, they are still not sufficiently prepared to use contractors in future large-scale military operations,” says Moshe Schwartz, an analyst at the Congressional Research Service.

After a six-year wrangle, the Senate in December passed the National Defense Authorization Act, a sweeping overhaul of wartime contracting aimed at improving oversight and cracking down on waste and fraud.

It was pioneered by Ms McCaskill, who says she has “spent years shining a light on the massive waste, fraud and abuse in military contracting”.

Mr Bowen and the Commission on Wartime Contracting have also made specific recommendations for improvements.

But a Government Accountability Office report last year found that the Pentagon had taken or planned actions based on only half the CWC recommendations, while the state department and USAID had acted on only one-third of the recommendations relating to them.

“The reality is that the US is not well structured to carry out stabilisation and reconstruction operations on an integrated, inter-agency basis,” said Mr Bowen, the special inspector-general.

“That is the most serious and continuing problem. We must ensure we do not repeat the errors and weaknesses seen in Iraq.”

Via FinancialTimes

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Senate Republicans Kill Unemployment Insurance

Republicans are blocking unemployment benefits for over a million Americans -- even though they are actively looking for work. It's cruel, it's heartless, and it's terrible policy, since this sudden cut is expected to drive down economic growth, and lead to more unemployment (can you say, "counterproductive?")

Take action, keep up the pressure, and tell the Republicans to stop blocking unemployment benefits.

John Hlinko, Left Action

BREAKING: Senate Republicans just voted to kill an emergency extension of unemployment insurance for 1.3 million Americans.

Here's the back story: over the holidays, 1.3 million Americans who lost their jobs through no fault of their own also lost their unemployment benefits. Since then, President Obama and the Democrats have been fighting for an emergency extension.

Meanwhile, Republicans are set on denying these critical benefits to working families, while at the same fighting tooth and nail to protect the interests of millionaires and billionaires.

It's our job to call on Republicans in Congress to do the right thing and extend emergency unemployment insurance:

ADD YOUR NAME: Demand Republicans take immediate action to extend unemployment insurance >>

Listen, this is important. There are 2.3 million children right now living with parents who just had this vital lifeline cut. Denying this critical benefit while they're searching for work is just plain cruel -- especially when they'll got to the mat for special interests.

Thanks for standing with us.

DCCC Rapid Response

P.S. Here's President Obama's hard-hitting message to Republicans from his first weekly address of the year: "Instead of punishing families who can least afford it, Republicans should make it their New Year's resolution to do the right thing, and restore this vital economic security for their constituents right now." Click here if you agree >>

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Monday, January 13, 2014

[SDCPJ] Nonviolence Connections... A Force More Powerful

Join community and folks from the Peace Resource Center, Alternatives to Violence, Nonviolence Communication, and Nonviolent Peaceforce San Diego for social time, a movie, a discussion and... a mini scavenger hunt ?!

When: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:30 PM

Where: Peace Resource Center in the Friends Center building
3850 Westgate Place, San Diego, CA 92105

Come for an intriguing evening of connections and a deeper celebration of Martin Luther King Jr's birthday.

Explore the nonviolence in 1960's Nashville and your power with nonviolence today.

We'll spend time getting to know each other with some fun inquiry, dialogue, and light refreshments. The film is a half-hour from

"A Force More Powerful: Nashville, We Were Warriors."