WELCOME BACK! WEEKLY EMAIL!
laura taylor
CASJ WEEKLY EMAIL: JAN 14-20th
WELCOME BACK!
SPECIAL EVENTS! (i.e. WE NEED HELP!)
JAN 14th- 18th: PLEASE HELP TABLE FOR CASJ ! 12-4 everyday!
Email laurag...@gmail.com with times you are available. ANYTIME. REALLY...
Also send us an email to help plan RADICAL RUSH, next week Jan 21-26th!
Are you a club coordinator and want to get the WORD OUT ABOUT YOUR CLUB?
Email us and we can help! ca...@american.edu
PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR!
Activist Training Saturday January 26th as a part of radical rush! Featuring our own Joe Eldridge, Christine Gettings and fellow students Nicole Davis and Rachel Harlich!
11 AM- 3 PM FREE LUNCH! McDowell Formal Lounge
THIS WEEK! (…meeting times are being arranged by club reps, please contact your club coordinator for the new semesters meeting time!)
CLUB COORDINATORS: please email ca...@american.edu with your new meeting time for the semester so we can send it out!
MONDAY JAN 14th:
FIRST DAY OF CLASSES
CASJ COLLECTIVE MEETING AT 5 pm
TUESDAY JAN 15th:
WEDNESDAY JAN 16th:
ACTION TO SAVE THE ALBERTA
TARSANDS! (environmental destruction for OIL)
SAVE the DATE: Wed, January 16th,
SAVE the time: 5:45pm
Location: Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
The Boreal forest is one of humanity's greatest defenses against climate
change, but it is being desecrated to fill the pockets of the US and Canadian
governments, as well as Big Oil Companies.
The Canadian province of Alberta is in possession of a rare natural resource
known as the Alberta Tarsands, which can produce a very small amount of
low-grade petroleum only after undergoing an extremely energy intensive and
wasteful process. This process produces three times as many greenhouse gases as
conventional oil production through extreme localized degradation, and is being
referred to as the most environmentally destructive petroleum endeavor of all
time.
Ed Stelmach, premier of Alberta, will be
making his first visit to the US
on Wednesday, January 16th, to sell us his dirty energy. Join Forestethics, Oil
Change International and other activists to show Stelmach and the US government
that we cannot afford and that we will not tolerate this environmental
degradation.
If you plan on attending please contact: Meghan
(267-934-6757)
MHy...@riseup.net
If you have any questions regarding the action or the Alberta Tarsands please
contact Meghan at Mhy...@riseup.net or Nadine Bloch at Nad...@priceofoil.org
ALSO, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AN ACTION AT THE SENATE DURING THE DAY, PLEASE CONTACT MEGHAN!
THURSDAY JAN 17th:
The People's Meeting
January 17, 2008
The John A.
Wilson District
Building
1350 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW
6:00pm
Stop all of the closings of neighborhood schools. Attend this meeting led by the people…
Mayor Fenty and Chancellor
Michelle Rhee have absurdly planned
23 simultaneous meetings on one night to 'hear' community concerns
"This format is
disingenuous and it disenfranchises residents" - Councilman Harry Thomas Jr.
THE PEOPLES MEETING
IS A BOYCOTT OF THE DC COUNCIL's ATTEMPT TO IGNORE RESIDENTS CONCERNS ON THE DC
SCHOOL CLOSURES!
FRIDAY JAN 18th :
CELEBRATE!
Empower DC's 4th Anniversary
& Year-End Celebration
Friday, Jan. 18th
6:30-8:30 PM
Charles Sumner School
1201 17th St, NW
17th & M Sts * Street Parking *
$5 Parking in garage across from YMCA on RI Ave
Suggested Donation $10 – No One Turned Away
Family-Friendly Event
Children's Room Also Available
Light refreshments
The Event Will Include
Highlights of our work in 2007
Special performances
Fun, Friends & Fellowship!
Whether you are new to Empower DC, or have been with us all along…
you won't want to miss this event!
Meet other members, hear about our successes and get inspired!
RSVP to Empower DC (202) 234-9119
SATURDAY JAN 19th
TWO EVENTS WITH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING GROUPS IN DC:
1)
ONE DC Annual Celebration
"By the People, for the People, Celebrating Our Victories"
Food, Music, Fellowship, & the formal unveiling of our formal membership structure and first ever annual report.
Saturday, January 19
6pm - 8pm (we will begin PROMPTLY at 6pm!)
Panorama Room
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
1600 Morris Rd SE -- nearest the Anacostia Metro (transportation provided) and W2/W3 Metrobus
2)
JOIN THE MOVEMENT TO SAVE PUBLIC PROPERTY
Schools, Libraries are NOT for Sale!
Attend a Community Forum on
Changing DC Law to Save
Our Public Property
Saturday Jan. 19, 2008
11 AM – 1 PM
light refreshments served – potluck items welcome
The Reeves Center
14th & U Sts, NW – 2nd floor
id required to enter building
Directly Following the forum will be a March along streets of Columbia Heights/Adams Morgan
and a Rally in front of the home of one of our City Council targets
RSVP/ More Info to Empower DC
Find out:
What does current DC law say about public property disposition (sale, giveaway)?
What does the People's Property Campaign propose for new DC law?
What does the People's Property Campaign legislation, bill 17-0527 recently introduced by CM Thomas say?
How can you get involved in shaping this bill and getting it passed by DC Council?
Empower DC * People's Property Campaign
1419 V St, NW Washington, DC 20009 * (202) 234-9119
SUNDAY JAN 20th:
1 pm: Food Not Bombs! Food Not Bombs has moved locations, please be in touch with Nicole Davis at 732-804-0051.
6 PM Kay Basement: Patriots for Peace! First Meeting of the
semester…. We have some great events planned at the moment including a film
screening, a sit-in for our constitution, a massive teach-in, a trip to North Carolina to
protest at the Blackwater Headquarters and many peace vigils in between. The
first peace vigil of the semester will be Monday the 21st at 5 pm at the usual
Ward location. Our first meeting is going to be a week from today, Sunday the
20th at 6 pm. We have a lot of work to do in order to acheive all of our goals
this semester. We could really use your help in planning our events, and to get
the word out about our club. We have high ambitions this semester, and we
really hope you want to be a part of that. If you have any questions please
feel free to contact Rachel or Colin
Colin- ch0...@american.edu
Rachel- klei...@gmail.com