WEEKLY EMAIL April 28 - May 4
Community Action and Social Justice Coalition
CASJ WEEKLY EMAIL APRIL 28- MAY 3
MAYDAYMAYDAYMAYDAY!!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NEW COURSE AVAILABLE:
The American Peace Movement
HIST-380/680 & SIS-303/603
Tuesdays and Thursday at 5:30 p.m., beginning May 19
*Explores the ups and downs of the peace movement, from an insider's perspective, during three turbulent periods: nuclear testing, the Vietnam War and the early Reagan era.
*Taught by Dr. Sanford Gottlieb, veteran of 34 years in the peace movement as director of the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy and two other arms control groups, and senior producer of the Center for Defense Information's weekly TV show; author, "Defense Addiction" and "Red to Blue: Chris Van Hollen and Grassroots Politics" (forthcoming in 2009).
*Guest lectures by prominent journalists and activists.
*Part of American University's Nuclear Studies Institute.
Who makes the decisions about war and peace? What influences them? Is Iraq a replay of Vietnam?
What goes on behind the scenes in antiwar groups?
Sign up today and find out!
MORE COURSES YOU MIGHT LIKE:
American Culture in the Nuclear Age HIST 348/648 & SIS 303/603
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Beyond
(Study Abroad in Japan) HIST 384/684
Nuclear Weapons and American Democracy SIS 303/603
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RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization, is seeking volunteers from the DC area. If you're a student, read on to learn more!
By becoming a volunteer for the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline, you can be a part of this generation's most innovative source of support for those impacted by sexual violence. The Online Hotline provides live, secure and anonymous help to the growing number of people who prefer communicating via the Internet.
For more information on volunteering, or to register for the May 17-18 volunteer training session in Washington, DC, please visit: http://www.rainn.org/get-involved/volunteer-for-RAINN/ohl-volunteer
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Submissions to adbusters for pay on mental breakdown of the world-- You got stories? Share 'em.
Adbusters #78:
Mental Health For Dummies
Our next issue
is all about the dumbing down of our mental environment. We will be showing how
two-thirds of Americans between 18 and 24 cannot find Iraq on a map, how many cannot identify the three branches
of government, and how some think the Vietnamese bombed Pearl Harbor to start the Vietnam war, while trying to decipher
why people are becoming so disconnected from reality.
Email us your wildest comments and craziest, funniest and dumbest stories about
the world's mental breakdown to: <edi...@adbusters.org>.
Please keep it to 200 words or less. As always, we'll print the best and pay 50
cents per word. Also, don't hesitate to send us a poem, a picture, a spoof or
anything that stirs your soul.
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HERE WE GO! THIS WEEK:
Monday, Apr 28
9 am-2 pm
PUPPET BUILDING FOR MAY 1 IMMIGRANT RIGHTS RALLY/MARCH:
St. Stephen’s Church: 1525 Newton St
NW
The idea is to have an Uncle Sam with Uncle Sam Business Men
on stilts who use a NAFTA/Free Trade sign to beat down some sympathetic people
puppets. Then Uncle Sam entices them with money and sends big ICE puppet dogs
after them. But then the people will rise up and scare the dogs who run around
the Uncle Sams and make the main Uncle Sam fall down.
Contact Janelle (646-734-6705 or janel...@aol.com) for more info.
5 pm Patriots for Peace Vigil, meet on Nebraska side of Ward building
8 pm Student Advocates for Native Communities, Ward Lobby
9 pm AU Solidarity Meeting in Kay Basement
Tuesday, Apr 29
10 am – 1 pm
MORE PUPPET BUILDING FOR MAY 1 RALLY/MARCH:
St. Stephen’s Church: 1525 Newton St NW
(See Monday, Apr 21)
8 pm Student Campaign for Burma, Kay Basement
Wednesday, Apr 30
Evening (TBA) MORE MORE PUPPET BUILDING AND REHERSAL
(See Monday above)
St. Stephen’s Church: 1525 Newton St NW
Contact Janelle (646-734-6705 or janel...@aol.com) if interested in participating!
8 pm Eco Sense, Ward 203
8:30 pm Justice Not Jails, Ward Lobby
Thursday, May 1: MAYDAYMAYDAY
MAY DAY IMMIGRANT RIGHTS DEMONSTRATION/RALLY/MARCH
12:30 pm Meet at the Capitol South Metro station to join demonstrations at the DNC and RNC
4:00pm Rally at Malcolm X Park followed by a march around Mt. Pleasant/Columbia Heights
Contact Janelle (646-734-6705 or janel...@aol.com) for more info.
5 pm CASJ Collective Meeting
**No Students for Sensible Drug Policy meeting this week**
8 pm AU Animal Rights Effort, Kay Basement
Friday, May 2
Saturday, May 3
Get outside! It’s spring in the district!
Sunday, May 4
1 pm Food Not Bombs meets in Kay Basement to cook, serves at 3 pm in Dupont Circle
6 pm Patriots for Peace meeting in Kay Basement
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? CORRECTIONS? ADDITIONS? EMAIL JR3...@AMERICAN.EDU ASAP!
Until next week, yours truly, with love, xoxo, the folks at CASJc
Community Action & Social Justice Coalition
http://www.aucasj.org/
Kay Spiritual Life Center
4400 Mass. Ave, NW
WDC 20016
Phone: 202 885 3333
Fax: 202 885 3317
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