by Ellen Bierhorst
Bodies floating in 20 feet of water all over the city ... people just dying, mostly the poor. Day 7 and evacuation and relief efforts are in shambles. The Mayor of the city livid at the incompetence and inadequacy of the federal disaster response. This, despite the complete predictability of exactly this situation. In 2002 this was one of 3 major disasters ³modeled² by FEMA, the federal emergency people, part of the Homeland Security department.
People all over the country are terribly upset. Why is the government handling this so abysmally? Why has it taken George Bush so long to come out of his vacation and respond to this instead of staying in Crawford reading ³My Pet Goat² or whatever he has been doing?
So here¹s my take. No, don¹t drive to Louisiana and add to the chaos. Rather, stay here and think and talk and pray and cry, and write about what you think this means and what we should do. Send it to the media. Granny Dee: You must include yourself as one of the leaders.
This situation points out a deep and terrible sickness in our American culture. There is, yes, a way in which we all do really know that we are all in this together, all members of the same village, and we must care for one another. Your suffering IS my business because I cannot be safe if you are not. Period. And yet in another way, the group idea of our society is that this is a game of competition and greed. Competition. Greed. Individualism. Freedom means being able to get out there and win and have more stuff and more security as a result. This attitude denies the reality that in our urban culture today, we are all dependent on public water, power, emergency services, fire departments, and security, i.e. police. All of us. Even the super rich in their gated communities.
We see today a breakdown in public services of all kinds. The current Harper¹s Magazine has a big article on the gross inequality of education across racial lines in America today. It is a disgrace.
Way I see it, the Neo cons and the Ultra Rights have taken the notion that workers and the poor are inconvenient encumbrances. What¹s good for America is whatever is good for Haliburton and Exxon. Let the biggest shark be free to eat up all the little fish... that¹s freedom!
My ex, Monty Sher, has written an article about Lakoff (Don¹t think of an Elephant) and the tactics of the left today. He says it is a mistake for the left to be afraid to use spiritual language. I say Right On! Let¹s see that article, Monty!
Let the disaster in New Orleans serve as a terrible sacrifice that was necessary to wake us up. We are all in this together. We have a beautiful country here. I was just in Denver, gazing every day across the high plaines to the purple mountains¹ majesty. I flew back here to the midwest, astounded at the rich greenery of our salad bowl landscape. We have a fantastic diversity of folks gathered here. For the love of heaven, let¹s get this together and pull for a new vision of our society. John Wayne individualism is a myth. We are in this together. We can pool our intelligence and figure out how to make it good. For All Of Us!
Come to the Salon Monday. Let¹s grieve together, and heal. Let¹s heal together and move forward with hope.
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Saturday 3 September 2005
At the table Monday 29 August: Gerry and Marvin Kraus, Barbara Faiman, Neil Anderson, Londo, Steve and Lisa Slack, Leslye Goldman, Dan Hershey, Spencer Konocov, Pat Farcas, Caeli Good, Dallas Fish, Ray Ash, Janet Kalven, Mira Rodwan and David Rosenberg.
(Thank you David Rosenberg for taking and writing up the notes! ellen)
Ellen was absent, attending her daughter¹s wedding in Colorado. You will notice below that the notes were written in a different style than usual. The sentences do not necessarily connect with one another. The words are more of a stream of consciousness synopsis of the meanderings of this week¹s group mind. The points made may not even be completely accurate, correct, or representative of a group consensus. But hopefully what follows will be nourishing food for thought.
Announcements and Information Bytes:
Ø Pro Choice seems to have negative connotations now. Perhaps a better name is needed.
Ø Caeli continues to work on a local chapter calling for a national Department of Peace.
Ø Ray is making dvd copies of keynote speeches from Earth Spirit Rising conference. Contact him if you are interested.
Ø Mixed reactions to new movie at the Esquire, ³Broken Flowers².
Ø Caeli highly recommends ³Orwell Rolls in his Grave² and ³The Dali Lama & Ethics². They are available at a new rental business called Bug House Video located in Northside on Hamilton Ave. just south of Chase.
Ø Last Thursday CUFA held its Environmental Justice Forum. It was well attended by the public and even better attended by those running for office this fall. All candidates said that they support ³an environmental justice law², but who knows just what it will look like when it gets to City Council for approval. The devil is in the details stay tuned.
Ø A recent issue of Harpers Magazine has an excellent article on the state of public education called ³Still Separate & Still Unequal².
Main Topics of Discussion:
Ø Winburn campaign for mayor Winburn¹s television ad uses intense scare tactics showing criminals shooting at our neighborhoods and us. Pepper is running a strong anti crime campaign as well. Do we want a mayor that leads in the context of fear or vision? When Winburn was on City Council he used a shill to start running a ³night club² in a residential neighborhood. Eventually the neighbor¹s voices were heard and the business was closed. Also in his tenure on Council, Winburn was (in)famous for his long harangues which lacked content. It is rumored that the Lindner machine is financing Winburn as strategy to split the black vote thus helping Pepper and hurting Mallory. The actual facts of campaign contributions are supposed to be public record at the Board of Elections, but there are loopholes that muddle transparency such as running $ through your relatives and business employees. Also you can create as many LLCs as you want for $100 and each LLC is allowed to give $1000 to any political campaign. Once again, one of the biggest encumbrances to our democracy succeeding is the inability to get accurate and transparent information.
Ø Chemical spill in the East End The first interviews showed the fire chief on duty saying that styrene causes cancer. All following broadcasts to date have eliminated that statement and downplayed health risks. So is styrene a carcinogen or not? Officially it is not, but animal studies show that it most certainly is. It seems that there is a disconnect between public health rules and science. Chemicals are considered innocent until proven guilty, and testing is inadequate at best. And why didn¹t the emergency sirens go off when the leak was first discovered? Who controls that decision, and what are the criteria used to make it?
Ø Revive the Draft??? - Most folks that run in our circles are appalled at the prospect of bringing back ³The Draft². Jim Hightower¹s most recent newsletter (The Lowdown) suggests ala Michael Moore that politicians that support wars should have their families sent to the front lines. And has the volunteer army make progressives complacent about their level of objection to recent military ventures? Perhaps if all Americans were subject to military service, there would be sounder foreign policy. It was mentioned that recruiters are extremely aggressive in trying to fill their quotas. (Cindy Sheehan stated in an interview that her son was made false promises.) Parents were disturbed that their children could be pursued via phone, mail, and school. Some folks mentioned that when The Draft occurred for WWII and in peace time, it was a unifying experience for American youth. Several salonistas felt that some kind of national service would be useful in America.
*Smitherman noticed that the Enquirer changes its article titles about him depending on which neighborhood the paper was going to (i.e. favorable in the inner city and not in the west side and suburbs). Someone heard that Smitherman also gets death threats on the telephone intermittently. Leslye noted that when her husband was campaigning for Bush I against Ronald Reagan during the Hawaii Republican primary that they too got death threats. Arghhhh!!!
Don't miss the way cool article you want to read in blue section. It might be one of these:
- Paul Krugman on Katrina disgrace Blurb about the Sept. 23-25 Peak Oil Conference in Yellow Springs
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Announcements:
9/3
Progressive Alliance' Tim Swallow writes on Katrina disaster,
Here: https://www.progressiveallianceonline.org/community/forumdisplay.php?f=2
and provides many great links to info and pix
At the Progressive Alliance dialogue page. Click on the entry by Tim titled "Katrina".
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Can you give a bed?
9/3/05
Jody Grundy: "Offer to house disaster refugees!"
Dear Friends,
Please pass this clearinghouse help info on to your networks. More to follow. I attended a meeting of Cincinnati City Council with the Mayor of Cincinnati presiding. Big citizen attendance. Many resolutions of help were passed and best, plans for coordinated strategies to receive people in Cincinnati are underway. Additionally, we are sending 20 buses arranged by Vice Mayor Alicia Reese who also proposed that Cincinnati become a sister city to New Orleans which enlists us in a long term relationship with this city. We already have a lot of refugees from the disaster in our city and a plane load of 100 due to arrive tonight.
There will be a Hurricane Disaster coordinator established in Cincinnati for our services, which will be increasingly called upon in coming days as cities further north but in a path from the disaster area will be receiving many more refugees.
There are more details which will be forthcoming and I¹ll try to network them, please pass them on to your lists.
The United Way through Margaret Hulbert¹s suggestion will offer their information and referral 24/7 hotliine for housing coordination as well as for other services in Cincinnati. The deputy city manager, Scott Stiles, presented a thoughtful and comprehensive administrative plan for relief which had been requested by the mayor. This was affirmed unanimously by Council. Close coordination of United Way, Red Cross, Community Action Agency and other service agencies is already occuring here. Scott Stiles was appointed the contact person for the city until a Hurricane Disaster Coordinator is selected and named.
This emergency session of City Council was called by Councilmembers Laketa Cole, David Crowley, and John Cranley with all the rest of council pitching in. I felt proud of our city¹s action and all the outpouring of support from our city.
Pass this on and let¹s encourage every city to make some response as a city. This may be one of the most valuable ways we can build solidarity and prevent further ruptures in our suffering country.
Jody Grundy
------ Forwarded Message
From: Terry Grundy <Terry.Grundy@uwgc.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 12:08:07 -0400
To: "Jody Grundy (E-mail)" <grundyj@fuse.net>
Subject: FW: [OPAE] Do you have a spare bed?
Here's the housing for refugees clearinghouse...
-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Hulbert
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 5:54 PM
To: UWGC Team Members
Subject: FW: [OPAE] Do you have a spare bed?
Do you have a spare room, bed or couch to offer a family fleeing hurricane Katrina? <http://www.hurricanehousing.org/?id=5947-3021478-nQHEy_QJNk_7nX9TG6XI3A> <http://www.hurricanehousing.org/?id=5947-3021478-nQHEy_QJNk_7nX9TG6XI3A> Please forward this message to anyone in the Southeast (or in cincinnati...ellen) who can help.
Hurricane Katrina's toll on communities, homes and lives has devastated the nation. Now victims must face the daunting question of where to go next-and we can help.
Tens of thousands of newly homeless families are being bused to a stadium in Houston, where they may wait for weeks or months. At least 80,000 are competing for area shelters, and countless more are in motels, cars, or wherever they can stay out of the elements. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross are scrambling to find shelter for the displaced.
This morning, we've launched an emergency national housing drive to connect your empty beds with hurricane victims who desperately need a place to wait out the storm. You can post your offer of housing (a spare room, extra bed, even a decent couch) and search for available housing online at:
http://www.hurricanehousing.org <http://www.hurricanehousing.org/?id=5947-3021478-nQHEy_QJNk_7nX9TG6XI3A> <http://www.hurricanehousing.org/?id=5947-3021478-nQHEy_QJNk_7nX9TG6XI3A>
Housing is most urgently needed within reasonable driving distance (about 300 miles) of the affected areas in the Southeast, especially New Orleans. (But here in Cincinnati we can help as well. Refugees are streaming in here. ellen)
Please forward this message to anyone you know in the region who might be able to help.
But no matter where you live, your housing could still make a world of difference to a person or family in need, so please offer what you can.
The process is simple:
· You can sign up to become a host by posting a description of whatever housing you have available, along with contact information. You can change or remove your offer at any time.
· Hurricane victims, local and national relief organizations, friends and relatives can search the site for housing. We'll do everything we can to get your offers where they are needed most. Many shelters actually already have Internet access, but folks without 'net access can still make use of the site through case workers and family members.
· Hurricane victims or relief agencies will contact hosts and together decide if it's a good match and make the necessary travel arrangements. The host's address is not released until a particular match is agreed on.
If hosting doesn't work for you, please consider donating to the Red Cross to help with the enormous tasks of rescue and recovery. You can give online at:
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=859
As progressives, we share a core belief that we are all in this together, and today is an important chance to put that idea to work. There are thousands of families who have just lost everything and need a place to stay dry. Let's do what we can to help.
http://www.hurricanehousing.org <http://www.hurricanehousing.org/?id=5947-3021478-nQHEy_QJNk_7nX9TG6XI3A> <http://www.hurricanehousing.org/?id=5947-3021478-nQHEy_QJNk_7nX9TG6XI3A>
Thanks for being there when it matters most.
9/9/05
Paul Ravenscraft (Salonista) Leads Tantric Yoga do at Lloyd House Friday
Discover your ability to experience inner calm and profound joy, wherever you are.
Join us Friday evening, September 9, as we explore ways to release pent-up energy, reduce stress and re-vitalize our bodies.
You are invited to an Ipsalu Tantra Evening Experience on Friday, September 9, from 7:00-9:00 pm at the historic Lloyd House in Clifton. The address is 3901 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220. Use the main entrance; no need to ring the bell, just come in. The experience will be held within the zendo on the 3rd floor.
Parking:
Please park on Lafayette Avenue. Parking behind the Lloyd House is reserved for Lloyd House residents, as is the space in front of the entrance.
Invitation:
This program is open to newcomers as well as experienced explorers. Individuals are welcome; couples are welcome; those attending with friends or partners are welcome. Anyone who has never previously attended an evening tantra program is encouraged to contact me for additional information on this evening¹s program.
There will be a registration fee of $10 per person, paid at the door.
Wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing that will not restrict your movement. Please bring a pillow or mat for sitting, if you have one.
Please email me at corvus@fuse.net for any additional information.
Love, Light and Laughter,
Paul Ravenscraft
Ipsalu Tantra Kriya Yoga Certified Teacher, Apprentice Level
9/3/05
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8/24 (9/23) Get a Free Tree for your yard
CTM has learned that the Cincinnati Park Board¹s Urban Forestry Department and Cinergy are sponsoring once again a tree giveaway program to Cincinnati residents. Small trees will be provided free of charge to city residents willing to plant them within 30 feet of public rights-of-way and visible from the street. Large properties, including apartment complexes, churches and businesses may request multiple trees if space permits. Seven varieties of trees will be offered, including Kousa Dogwood, ŒRobinson¹ Crabapple, ŒNorwegian Sunset¹ Maple, Littleleaf Linden, Black Tupelo, London Planetree (sycamore) and Black Hills Spruce. To request a tree, an application must be filled out and the site approved by Urban Forestry representatives. To receive an application, call 861-9070 and ask for Randy or Aimee, or request one via e-mail at urban.forestry@cincinnati-oh.gov The applications must be received by September 23rd, and the trees will be available for pickup from our Avondale office on October 29th.
thru 10/1
Remarkable Photographs in Covington
showing at Ron Durham Gallery (http://www.rondphoto.com)
through Oct 1
610 Main Street, Covington Check web for gallery hours: also 859-291-5892
Lincoln Castricone
takes gorgeous panoramic photos of outdoors scenes including arresting Cincinnati shots, Monument Valley in Utah, etc. etc. and prints them on canvas. See http://www.imagesforalexis.com Must see. Ellen.
9/3/
Gerry Kraus (salonista) running for Council, has webpage up!
http://www.gerrykrausforcitycouncil.org/
7/16/05
2 Rooms Available at Lloyd House
Fabulous Clifton Gaslight Castle; warm, multicultural environment
2 miles from U.C. 1/2 mile from Mitchell Ave. exit I-75
Call Ellen: 513 221 1289
Third floor walk up. One room with sleeping loft, private bath, share kitchen
Room has ethernet for high speed internet connection: $10/mo. extra
Also available Sept. 1: third floor two room suite, private bath, beautiful teak bedroom set, etc. etc.
Share: third floor meditation/dance/yoga room
first floor TV/VCR/DVD, iMac w/ high speed internet, dining room, veranda
Off street parking, spacious yard, gardens, sauna, workout room
2 hours per month building maintenance/yard care/housmates meeting
Laundry (indoor lines for drying) free
Minimum age: 25
Monthly house contribution: $350; $430 (more if you use A/C, internet)
Available 1 September, 2005
Other housemates include: me, Neil Anderson (our fabulous massage therapist), Alan Bern (musician, doctoral student CCM).
No smoking in house.
I am looking for: rock solid good vibes 24/7. Also rock solid financial reliability. Also, prefer a person who will enjoy the Monday night Salon and is interested in building community here. Eventually want to explore sharing ownership and all responsibilities.
Please pass the word to any of your contacts who might know of folks looking for a place to live/work.
ellen
9/7
Our famous and wonderful Peter Block to lead this free series: Fabulous Experience!
The next Civic Engagement Series will take place on Wednesday, September 7 & 14 from 6-9PM at Memorial Hall in Over the Rhine. More details below. Please feel free to share this invitation with others that you feel may enjoy this experience!
Civic Engagement Series
A Small Group is a volunteer group that is working to increase the quality of civic engagement in Cincinnati. The public is invited to attend a two-part education and skill development series designed to provide the tools to change the nature of the conversation in the civic community.
- Participants will learn that community reconciliation requires a shift in the conversation, not more negotiations of interest of positions or a reworking of the past. We will focus on changing the public debate from problem solving to possibility,
- We will create a network of support among participants and share what has been tried since the last session and consulting on how to bring the ideas of engagement into practice.
- Participants will have the opportunity to apply what has been learned by engaging in discussions with community leaders involved in making a difference in their communities.
- The sessions are high interaction and one of the key benefits is the connection you will make with a great group of committed, powerful people working to make this city better for all.
The series will be led by Peter Block and members of A Small Group, and will be held at the Memorial Hall (1229 Elm Street) in Over the Rhine. The series is offered at no fee, other than your time, energy and good will, and we ask your commitment to attend both sessions, which will take place on:
Wednesdays September 7 & 14 6:00 to 9:00PM
or
Saturdays September 24 & October 1 9:00 a.m. to noon
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SATURDAY SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED.*
Peter Block is an author of several best selling books, an international consultant, and citizen of Cincinnati. His work is about empowerment, stewardship, chosen accountability, and the reconciliation of community. Peter¹s books are about ways to create workplaces and communities that work for all. They offer an alternative to the patriarchal beliefs that dominate our culture. His work is to bring change into the world through consent and connectedness rather than through mandate and force. He was featured in a CityBeat article September 3-9, 2003 (http://www.citybeat.com/2003-09-03/cover.shtml). Also learn more about the series and Peter Block on the following websites: ww.asmallgroup.net or www.peterblock.com.
A Small Group is a group of people committed to the creation of a restorative community. Our strategy is to discover ways to engage the disengaged and to offer powerful tools and strategies of civic possibility, civic accountability and civic commitment.
To sign up for the series contact Collette Thompson at 513-451-0166 or cert@fuse.net. If you have questions, contact Barry Morris at bmorris1228@cinci.rr.com or (513) 604-3988.
Reservations must be made by September 5, 2005. There are a limited number of seats so please make your plans as soon as possible.
9/17
Greetings Members & Friends of the Progressive Alliance! (Local Political Group)
In this email:
General Membership Meeting & Party Announcement
Business Info – Constitution, Election of Directors, Voting Eligibility, Speakers
Party Info – Food, Drink, Music, Dancing, Volunteers
<> The PA General Membership Meeting will be held Saturday, September 17 at the IBEW Hall at 1216 East McMillan Street, starting at 7:00 PM. See the PA website (http://www.paohio.org <http://www.paohio.org/> ) for details and a map. All members (paid and otherwise) and those with interest in the Progressive Alliance are invited to attend.
BUSINESS INFO
<> Constitution. The PA Governance Committee, under the guidance of Ron Harris, has drafted a constitution and ...https://www.progressiveallianceonline.org/community/).
You can also view, download and print a copy of the final draft at this link: Constitution <http://tinyurl.com/bhe8x> ....
...
<> Voting Eligibility. Members who have paid their $10.00 dues for 2005 are entitled to vote to ratify the constitution and to elect new directors to the board.
If you wish to participate in the voting on September 17, your dues payment must be received no later than August 17. Mail your check for $10, payable to The Progressive Alliance of Southwest Ohio, to:
Tim Swallow, PA Membership & Outreach Committee
30 Fairway Drive, Southgate, KY 41071
Tim Swallow <cincyworldcinema@fuse.net>
If you are not sure about your dues status, contact Tim directly at 859.781.8151 or via reply to this email.
<> Speakers. In addition to a brief update regarding PA progress and future projects, we are arranging for guest speakers to share some thoughts with you after the voting. Names will be announced when confirmed.
PARTY INFO
We expect the festivities to get underway circa 8:30 - plenty of time for socializing with friends and PA members!
Music will be provided by the Howard House Band, offering selections from reggae to classic rock, with a little swing thrown in to boot!
Dancing - we’ll push back the chairs in front of the stage and the dance floor is yours!
Food - we’ll provide finger foods – dips and snacks.
Cash bar - soft drinks, water, beer and wine, coffee and tea.
Volunteers – as with our successful events earlier this year, we need volunteer help. Please contact Sabrina Holloway at sabrinalou1971@yahoo.com for details. Your participation is requested!
If you can join us on September 17, please RSVP via reply email.
Tim Swallow <cincyworldcinema@fuse.net>
___________________________________________
The Progressive Alliance of Southwest Ohio
ProgressiveAlliance@fuse.net
www.ProgressiveAllianceOnline.org
M. Timothy Swallow
Voice: 859.781.8151
Fax: 859.781.8152
"A great democracy must be progressive or it
will soon cease to be great or a democracy."
~ Theodore Roosevelt
8/20 through 9/30
Cincinnati Earth Institute / Imago Events
and Announcements
... events related to its discussion course topics of simple living, sustainability, and globalization. Details follow below.
-- Healthy Children - Healthy Planet discussion course - NEW! and now available through CEI. Parents concerned about the health, development and happiness of their young children will want to do this course with other like-minded parents
-- 1st Friday Dinner Conversation at Imago Earth Center open to all; 9/2 topic will be the viewing and discussion of the popular video ?The End of Suburbia.?
-- Imago Executive Director Job Opening - the long-time non-profit Imago is currently seeking applications to fill its executive director job.
-- Music in the Woods - Saturday, 9/10 fun, toe-tapping musical event featuring Jake Speed and the Freddies and the Rumpke Mountain Boys to benefit Imago
-- Great Outdoor Weekend 2005 - weekend of 9/24-25 that offers a free sampling of the best nature and environmental activities in the Cincinnati Region.
-- Take Back Your Time Day - is a major U.S./Canadian initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine that now threatens our health, our families and relationships, our communities and our environment.
Healthy Children - Healthy Planet Discussion Course - NEW! and now available! This 8-week discussion course delves into the pervasive effects of advertising, media, and our consumer culture on a child?s view of the world. It provides ways to create meaningful family times and healthful environments for children, and ways to develop a child?s connection to nature. They say that our children are our future. As such, parents today must be more intentional and counter-cultural in raising their children to teach and expose them to a natural world that they can experience and fall in love with. This is a ?must take? course for parents wanting to raise their children to live lives that reverence, protect, and celebrate earth.
Four course sessions address cultural pressures, the impact of advertising on a child?s worldview, the link between diet and learning, and the impact of technology and media on a child?s development;
Three course sessions offer suggestions for creating meaningful family celebrations and rituals, finding balance between activities and unstructured time to foster creativity, and ways to promote and foster outdoor time to nurture a child?s inborn sense of wonder.
For more information or to suggest people/groups who may be interested in offering this course, call John Hoff at 513-631-5932 or email to info@cinciearth.org.
1st Friday Dinner Conversation
Date: Friday, September 2nd th at 6:00 PM
Location: Imago Earth Center, 700 Enright Avenue, Price Hill
Registration: none, except dinner buffet
Cost: none, except dinner buffet (suggested donation of $10/person)
Description: Following dinner, the popular video ?The End of Suburbia? will be shown that explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. A discussion will follow.
More Information: Call Louise Lawarre at 921-5124 or at llawarre@imagoearth.org
Imago Executive Director Job Opening
Imago, Inc. is an education organization focusing on Ecology and Spirituality. The work is important and exciting with a magnificent staff and council (board). Located in a 16-acre nature preserve. Salary is $15K/year for a 50% work schedule. Imago website: www.imagoearth.org. <http://www.imagoearth.org./> Deadline is August 8th. Send cover letter and resume to Jim Schenk, 700 Enright Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45205, or email to jschenk@imagoearth.org.
Music in the Woods - Imago's annual benefit
Date: Saturday, September 10th from 7:00-11:00 pm.
Location: Imago Earth Center, 700 Enright Avenue, Price Hill
Registration: Pre-order your tickets by calling Imago (921-5124) or email imago@imagoearth.org. To print off a reservation form, visit http://www.imagoearth.org/MusicInTheWoods-ticket.pdf
Cost: Pre-ordered tickets cost $12 each (or $10 each if 4 or more are purchased) while entry at the door costs $15 (no group discount available). Buy your tickets before the event and save! All proceeds from this event will benefit Imago.
Description: This event promises to be a fun-loving, foot stomping good time with the local musical talent of Jake Speed and the Freddies and the Rumpke Mountain Boys. In addition to the music, there will be a silent auction of services, vacations, and a few items donated by local businesses and individuals. This year's items include 5 days at a breath taking beachfront property in Nova Scotia, tickets to the Cincinnati playhouse, certificates to a local salon, and Imago themed gift baskets.
Great Outdoor Weekend 2005
Date: Saturday, September 24, and Sunday, September 25, 2005
Time: throughout the day; refer to program guide
Location: throughout the Greater Cincinnati area; refer to program guide
Cost: Free and open to the public!
Reserve these dates and join us during this fall weekend to experience a free sampling of the best nature and environmental activities in the Cincinnati Region. The Great Outdoor Weekend has been designed by a group of environmental education and outdoor recreational organizations. Visit www.CincyGreatOutdoorWeekend.org <http://www.cincygreatoutdoorweekend.org/> for more information and to view the program guide.
Take Back Your Time Day is a major U.S./Canadian initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine that now threatens our health, our families and relationships, our communities and our environment. Monday, October 24th is designated as ?Take Back Your Time? Day. For more information about this important subject, visit http://www.simpleliving.net/timeday/ and click the ?Why You Should Care? link. Collectively, we?re working more than ever in our past and on average, work more than 9 full weeks more than the European Union with about a third of the vacation time EU workers enjoy. The affects? More stress, worse health, diminished quality of life, less informed, less time for loved ones and greater environmental degradation. Check it out!
Cincinnati Earth Institute
www.CinciEarth.org <http://www.cinciearth.org/> ? info@CinciEarth.org
phone 513.207.0038
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Tri-State Treasures
Sincerely, Jim
~~~~~~~~~~Tri-State Treasures:
Italian Film Series & French Film Series @ Miami University [August-December @ 7:30 PM; Italian Films on Tuesdays, French Films on Wednesdays]: Professor Sante Matteo has curated the Italian Film Series to be shown on Tuesday evenings @ 7:30 PM at 46 Culler Hall. Professor Paul Sandro has curated the French Film Series to be shown on Tuesday evenings @ 7:30 PM at 100 ART, Miami University. Films are listed in the attached Word file & will be listed within the body of a dedicated email to follow. All films are free & open to the public. Directions to Miami campus are at www.miami.muohio.edu/about_miami/visitingmiami/; a campus map is at: www.miami.muohio.edu/about_miami/virtual_tour/campusmap/index.cfm. More info: Italian Film Series, 513.529.5932, matteos@muohio.edu; French Film Series: 513.529.5644 & sandrop@muohio.edu.
Tarot Card Readings & Reiki Healing Sessions [through Monday 5 September]: Enter autumn by learning what new directions are open to you, what options you need to consider, what opportunities for fun & growth await you. Pat Garry offers normal 45-60 minute taped sessions for only $50 - a 20% savings. Sessions are in her Walnut Hills home. Schedule session & more info @ 513.281.6864, patgarry@fuse.net, & www.patriciagarry.com.
Grand Finale Celebrates 30th Birthday [through Friday 9 September] plus Bring-Your-Own-Wines Sundays [through September]: To celebrate their birthday, Chef Larry & Cindy Youse at Grand Finale are offering a 30% discount on all lunch & dinner entrees (dine in only; not valid with other discount offers; not valid for Saturday Dinner & Sunday Brunch). Print & bring this email with you for groups up to 8 for the 30% discount. Reuse this email offer as often as you want. Also, Bring-Your-Own-Wine on all Sunday nights in September. No corkage fee. Reservations & more info @ 513.771.5925, grandfinale@cinci.rr.com, & http://grandfinale.info.
The Holocaust & The Children: The Strong Bonds of Family and Family Values in a Time of Crisis [Wednesday 7 September @ 4:30-6:30 PM]: The Center for Holocaust & Humanity Education at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion presents the 2005-6 Seminar Series for Educators & Community Leaders. This year's focus is The Holocaust & The Children. The current workshop for educators is The Strong Bonds of Family & Family Values in a Time of Crisis. This workshop features guest lecturer: Dr. Anna Ornstein, world-renowned child psychiatrist, Auschwitz survivor, & author of "My Mother's Eyes." Dr. Ornstein will lead a panel of experts to discuss her own mother-daughter experience as essential to hope & survival. A special tour entitled "Mapping Our Tears" is through the eyes of the children, open 11AM - 4PM Mondays - Thursdays & noon - 5PM Sundays. See the eyewitness testimonies of area Holocaust survivors, rescuers, & liberators. "My Mother's Eyes," DVDs, books, & other educational materials will be available. Recommended for educators, clergy, & social workers. Free & open to the public. In Mayerson Auditorium, HUC-JIR, 3101 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45220. More info from Sarah Weiss @ 513.487.3055, chhe@huc.edu, & www.holocaustandhumanity.org.
Civic Engagement Series [Wednesdays 7 & 14 September @ 6-9 PM]: The public is invited to attend a 2-part education & skill development series to provide tools to change the nature of the conversation in the civic community. The series will be led by Peter Block & members of A Small Group. Mr. Block is author of several best selling books, an international consultant, & Cincinnati citizen. He promotes empowerment, stewardship, chosen accountability, & reconciliation of community. His books focus on ways to create workplaces & communities that work for all, offering an alternative to patriarchal beliefs that dominate our culture. His work is to bring change into the world through consent & connectedness rather than mandate & force. A Small Group is a volunteer group working to increase quality of civic engagement in Cincinnati. Free; you are encouraged to attend both sessions. Limited space; reserve space by 5 September. At the Memorial Hall, 1229 Elm Street, Over the Rhine, Cincinnati, OH, 45202. More info @ 513-451-0166, cert@fuse.net, www.citybeat.com/2003-09-03/cover.shtml, www.asmallgroup.net, & www.peterblock.com.
Million Dollar Baby - Spiritual Cinema [Friday 9 September @ 7-10 PM]: Winner of 4 Academy Awards, the film tells the story of an aging fight trainer (Clint Eastwood), a woman from the other side of the tracks (Hilary Swank) who thinks she can be a boxer, & is narrated by a former boxer who is the trainer's best friend (Morgan Freeman). While the film is about a boxer, it touches on some of life's most sacred & emotionally-moving issues. Directed by Eastwood; 133 minutes; rated PG-13 for violence, some disturbing images, thematic material, & language. In Friendship Hall, New Thought Unity Center, 1401 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.961.2526, LouFreeman@ntunity.org, & http://ntunity.com/happenings/pages/content/funfridays.html.
Ed Kluska¹s September 2005 Meditation Classes [3 Saturdays starting on 10 September @ 10-11:45 AM]: A transformative meditation system for calmness, healing, & enlightenment: opening & balancing your energy centers / breathing & being in the now / loving & accepting what is. $75 prepaid. Limited to first 10. Details will be provided. Benefits: easy to learn; can practice it anytime & anywhere; can do sitting, standing, laying down, or while walking; delivers quick energy yet awakens peace & calmness; unleashes natural healing abilities; activates powerful spiritual presence. Contact Ed Kluska at the New World Bookshop, 336 Ludlow Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220, 513.861.6100, ejk@fuse.net, & www.NewWorldBookshop.com.
4th Annual Music in the Woods Benefit [Saturday 10 September @ 7-11 PM]: The Music in the Woods Benefit is always a good time and supports Imago's Environmental Education Programs. Music will be provided by 2 great local bands: Jake Speed & the Freddies, & The Rumpke Mountain Boys. The benefit will include the popular silent auction, specializing in auctioning memorable experiences rather than just stuff. This year's auction will feature cabins in beautiful places, artwork, admission to local attractions, and much more. Food, beer, & wine, games, & activities for the kids. Sit under the stars & listen to great music, surrounded by trees & friends. At Imago's Earth Center nature preserve, 700 Enright Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45205. More info @ 513.921.5124, lkallmeyer@imagoearth.org, & www.imagoearth.org.
Soul Progression @ Six Sundays At Six Acres - Evening Concerts [Sunday 11 September @ 7 PM]: Cincinnati's premiere R & B, Funk, Soul, Dance Band. Be ready to move & groove. The Six Acres B&B embraces history & elegance in this 1850s Colonial mansion that was part of the Underground Railroad. Concerts are from the spacious outdoor patio for an audience seated on the lawn in a uniquely scenic, wooded & serene setting. Bring your lawn chairs & blankets as seating is limited. Smooth grooves, tasty treats, & a cool new musical experience in Cincinnati. $15 admission includes appetizers & drinks. Shuttle parking provided from Twin Towers Retirement Community @ 5343 Hamilton Avenue. Six Acres B&B is @ 5350 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45224. More info @ 513.541.0873, info@sixacresbb.com, www.sixacresbb.com, & www.soulprogression.com.
Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center Anniversary [Monday 12 September @ 6 PM]: Help IJPC commemorate 20 years of working together towards peace & justice. In thanksgiving & celebration, they are hosting "Celebrating Justice, Building Peace." Marian Spencer will emcee, there will be inspiring music, & Tom Sparough will provide many entertaining moments. Good food & fellowship. And while you are visiting their website, check out all the terrific work this Tri-State Treasure does. At Mount Notre Dame High School 711 East Columbia Avenue, Reading, OH 45215. More info @ 513.579.8547, kristen@ijpc-cincinnati.org, & www.ijpc-cincinnati.org.
Authentic German Brass Band Performs [Thursday 15 September @ 6-10 PM]: Kick off Oktoberfest in style with the Blaskapelle Bidingen, a 17 person brass band from the Allgäu region of Bavaria, & help raise funds for the exchange programs with Cincinnati¹s sister city of Munich. Performing at the Newport Hofbräuhaus. Great Bier! Great Food! Great items to be Raffled! Fun for all with great, authentic Bavarian music. Gemütlichkeit! The Hofbräuhaus will donate 15% of your dinner/bar tab to the Munich Sister City Association of Greater Cincinnati if you present the attached flyer to your server, so please bring this flyer with you. At the Hofbräuhaus, 3rd & Saratoga (near Newport on the Levee at the end of the Purple People Bridge), Newport, KY 41071. More info @ 513.403.2653, Kinney2980@aol.com, & www.munichcincinnatisistercity.org.
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Huge March in Washington*
*And YES there will be a chartered bus leaving here Fri. night 10:30 pm, returning Sunday noon. Contact IPJC. See Email below. Ellen
against war in Iraq
Sept. 24
ACTION ALERT * UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
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Hold Bush & Congress Accountable for the Deaths, the Destruction,
the Lies, and the Toll on Our Communities
SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2005END THE WAR ON IRAQ - BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
Leave no bases behind - End the corporate occupation of Iraq
Stop bankrupting our communities - No military recruitment in our schools
Sat., 9/24 - Massive March, Rally & Festival
Sun., 9/25 - Interfaith Service, Grassroots Training
Mon., 9/26 - Lobby Day, Mass Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Disobedience
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More than two years after the illegal and immoral U.S. invasion of Iraq, the nightmare continues. More than 1600 U.S. soldiers have died, at least another 15,000 have been wounded; even the most conservative estimates of Iraqi deaths number in the tens of thousands. Iraq, a once sovereign nation, now lies in ruins under the military and corporate occupation of the United States; U.S. promises to rebuild have not been kept and Iraqis still lack food, water, electricity, and other basic needs. ....
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Cinti. Charters Buses for Peace Demo.
From: Ellen Bierhorst [mailto:ellenbierhorst@lloydhouse.com]
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 8:57 PM
To: info@ijpc-cincinnati.org
Subject: September mobilization against war
Dear Sr. Alice and friends,
Two things... for the demonstration against the Iraq war in September I am convinced that Cincinnati needs
1) Chartered bus service such as you folks have organized in the past.
2) Nonviolence training, especially for those interested in the civil disobedience action planned for Monday of that weekend.
Please let me hear from you about this. Can y ou organize a chartered bus(es)? How about training?
I hear that recent demonstrators in D.C have encountered extreme responses from police.
Thanks so much for all your work!
Ellen Bierhorst
Lloyd HOuse MOnday NIght Pot Luck Salon
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Hi Ellen,
Thanks for writing. Good news. We¹ve already chartered a bus and will charter another if enough people respond. Bus will be $65 and will leave at 10:30 or 11pm on Sept 23. There will be a send-off rally beforehand. Our bus will leave after the rally around 7pm on Sept 24 and return at 5am on Sept 25. We will not be there for the nonviolence training/lobbying training and Anti War fair on Saturday or the lobbying/cd on Monday. In terms of offering nonviolence training beforehand, I think that is a great idea. Alice is out of town this week, but I will forward your email and talk with her about it when she returns. Would you like me to add you to our peace events announcement only list serve?
Peace,
kristen
info@ijpc-cincinnati.org
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A r t i c l e s
9/3/05
And editorial by Paul Krugman on Katrina: our present national disgrace:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/02/opinion/02krugman.html?th&emc=th
Op-Ed Columnist
A Can't-Do Government
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: September 2, 2005
Before 9/11 the Federal Emergency Management Agency listed the three most likely catastrophic disasters facing America: a terrorist attack on New York, a major earthquake in San Francisco and a hurricane strike on New Orleans. "The New Orleans hurricane scenario," The Houston Chronicle wrote in December 2001, "may be the deadliest of all." It described a potential catastrophe very much like the one now happening.
So why were New Orleans and the nation so unprepared? After 9/11, hard questions were deferred in the name of national unity, then buried under a thick coat of whitewash. This time, we need accountability.
First question: Why have aid and security taken so long to arrive? Katrina hit five days ago - and it was already clear by last Friday that Katrina could do immense damage along the Gulf Coast. Yet the response you'd expect from an advanced country never happened. Thousands of Americans are dead or dying, not because they refused to evacuate, but because they were too poor or too sick to get out without help - and help wasn't provided. Many have yet to receive any help at all.
There will and should be many questions about the response of state and local governments; in particular, couldn't they have done more to help the poor and sick escape? But the evidence points, above all, to a stunning lack of both preparation and urgency in the federal government's response.
Even military resources in the right place weren't ordered into action. "On Wednesday," said an editorial in The Sun Herald in Biloxi, Miss., "reporters listening to horrific stories of death and survival at the Biloxi Junior High School shelter looked north across Irish Hill Road and saw Air Force personnel playing basketball and performing calisthenics. Playing basketball and performing calisthenics!"
Maybe administration officials believed that the local National Guard could keep order and deliver relief. But many members of the National Guard and much of its equipment - including high-water vehicles - are in Iraq. "The National Guard needs that equipment back home to support the homeland security mission," a Louisiana Guard officer told reporters several weeks ago.
Second question: Why wasn't more preventive action taken? After 2003 the Army Corps of Engineers sharply slowed its flood-control work, including work on sinking levees. "The corps," an Editor and Publisher article says, citing a series of articles in The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, "never tried to hide the fact that the spending pressures of the war in Iraq, as well as homeland security - coming at the same time as federal tax cuts - was the reason for the strain."
In 2002 the corps' chief resigned, reportedly under threat of being fired, after he criticized the administration's proposed cuts in the corps' budget, including flood-control spending.
Third question: Did the Bush administration destroy FEMA's effectiveness? The administration has, by all accounts, treated the emergency management agency like an unwanted stepchild, leading to a mass exodus of experienced professionals.
Last year James Lee Witt, who won bipartisan praise for his leadership of the agency during the Clinton years, said at a Congressional hearing: "I am extremely concerned that the ability of our nation to prepare for and respond to disasters has been sharply eroded. I hear from emergency managers, local and state leaders, and first responders nearly every day that the FEMA they knew and worked well with has now disappeared."
I don't think this is a simple tale of incompetence. The reason the military wasn't rushed in to help along the Gulf Coast is, I believe, the same reason nothing was done to stop looting after the fall of Baghdad. Flood control was neglected for the same reason our troops in Iraq didn't get adequate armor.
At a fundamental level, I'd argue, our current leaders just aren't serious about some of the essential functions of government. They like waging war, but they don't like providing security, rescuing those in need or spending on preventive measures. And they never, ever ask for shared sacrifice.
Yesterday Mr. Bush made an utterly fantastic claim: that nobody expected the breach of the levees. In fact, there had been repeated warnings about exactly that risk.
So America, once famous for its can-do attitude, now has a can't-do government that makes excuses instead of doing its job. And while it makes those excuses, Americans are dying.
E-mail: krugman@nytimes.com
7/16/05
At the Earth Spirit Rising Conference I saw Megan Quinn, salon attendee (at least one time!) and manager of Community Solutions, the group in Yellow Springs that sponsored that terrific Peak Oil conference David R, Mike M and I went to last November. The conference this year will be in September. Invisible salonista Judy Leever who heard about it here says she has already registered! The power of the Weekly! ellen.
Second U.S. Conference
on ³Peak Oil² and
Community Solutions
Peak Oil the point in time when world oil
Keynotes: Richard Heinberg, author
production will begin to decline forever.
Hear the latest on this vital issue and its
connection to economics. Also learn about
designing viable low-energy living solutions
and new forms of community.
of Powerdown: Options and Actions for a
Post-Carbon World and The Party¹s Over: Oil,
War and The Fate of Industrial Societies and
Michael Shuman, author of Going Local:
Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a
Global Age.
Friday evening, September 23
Register with the attached form or online:
through Sunday, September 25,
2005, Yellow Springs, Ohio
http://www.communitysolution.org
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