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................................................... Section One: Table Notes ............................................................................ (Note: these notes were taken at the table and have NOT been approved or corrected by the speakers. Reader beware of inevitable misunderstandings and misrepresentations. E.B.)
At the table Wednesday 5 September 2007: Mary Biehn, Vlasta Molak, Mira Rodwan, Judy Cirillo, Bob Witanowski, Shari Able, Ellen Bierhorst, Ginger Lee Frank
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next Week, short pot luck due to Rosh Hashanah services.
Lloyd House costume Halloween party Oct 28, Sunday. Pot luck. 6 pm. Live band. Everyone welcome. Kids too.
Shari Ensemble theater “Rabbit Hole”, new play by David Abaire, regional premier. Sept 12 – 30. I have a two for one ticket. 13th – 20th Sept for the special deal. 751 0558, call me.
Vlasta tomorrow at five o’clock, new school of performing arts Elm and ...? SCPA ... Music, Eric Kunzel. Across from Music Hall. Students also will perform.
Mira Annual Peace Vigil to commemorate 9/11, with Steve Sunderland and me... Starts at St. Monica St Geo. Church (McMillan and Ravine St.) Sat. at 10:00, This week, the 8th. We will walk down Clifton Ave and stop at various denominations, to the fire house, Ending at the Mosque.
Vlasta Sept 18 Democratic Party spaghetti dinner at Galbraith & Vine, Williamsburg Apts. Party room. Todd Portune will speak. 7 pm. $7.00
Mira Luciano Pavarotti is dying.
Judy this coming Sun at 2 pm, discussion of religion, government and public policy. Church of the Nazarene including Right Wing Christian, a Muslim, Jewish, Catholic (Sr. Alice Gerdeman). “Day of Dialogue” 7951 Tylersville Rd. in Westchester. RSVP 579 8547.
Vlasta Monday night sustainability pot luck at my house. We’ll have speakers each week. Vegan. 6:30 – 10. Indoors. 8987 Cotillion Dr. 45231, see www.gaiafoundation.net
For more info. 521 9321.
And: Gaia feast restaurant (Vegan Kosher) planned for Findlay Market. But the managers of Findlay Mkt. are very hard to reach. Many of the vendors are seriously ticked off.
...CCCDC are impossible to reach.
New exec. Dir. Of OTR group is a young fellow ... Did not return my calls.
Citizens should complain.
The scuttlebutt at Findlay Mkt. is that they want the area to fail so that CCCDC can gentrify the area. Something fishy is going on. Contrary to the interests of the people of the city.
Now they want to build the jail, another fishy business.
New marijuana law, any amount of possession mandatory jail time.
Ginger NAACP and Green Party are opposing the jail. Strange that DeWine is the Commissioner against the jail. He’s the Republican.
(discussion of Sheriff Simon Leis ... General strong disapproval.)
TOPICS NOMINATED
Shari Why do conservative politicians seem to have such a difficult time with getting caught doing gay or illicit sex?
Vlasta Corporate welfare in Cinti. Reading the City council meetings minutes. Shocking. They went out of their way to spend over fifty million dollars on July 31, emergency ordinance to issue municipal bonds to build garages for Humana. Atrocious!
... Everybody on council except Crowley should be kicked out. Bortz is the worst.
WHY ARE ALL THESE REPUBLICANS BEING ARRESTED FOR SEX RELATED ACTIVITIES?
Vlasta: I think it is systematic. Republicans are more repressed, more hypocritical than Dems.
Mira some of the right wing religious people are coming out for environmentalism.
Ginger Recently at the Creationist Museum... Park naturalists at the state park say visitors coming from the Creationist Mus. Say that the geology talks of the rangers are “wrong”.
Vlasta Walter Mondale recently said on TV that Cheney has been running a secret imperial government. Running the government behind Bush’s back. They had their own security, intelligence, ...
Ellen What about Joe Biden?
Vlasta he voted for the Iraq war. As did Hillary and Edwards. Only Russ Feingold voted against the war.
Ginger why did they believe the lies about why we should go into Iraq, when we didn’t. ?
Shari seems to me we have Democrats who are willing to be openly gay ... The ting that concerns me about these Conservatives who are “in the closet” or openly antagonistic to gays is that it is such a waste. Of congressional time, senate time. Of their energies.
Ginger The Log Cabin Republicans is a gay republican group. What have they said about this Larry Craig.
(Why would gay people be Republicans?)
Ginger You could say the same thing about Black Republicans, or Female Republicans.
Shari Is there a thrill in denouncing what you are? J. Edgar Hoover.
Ginger Phil Burress, rabid anti-gay here in Cinti. Calls himself a recovering pornaholic.
Shari Huffington, ran for governor of California. When he lost, he came out the next day as being gay. Divorced Arianna Huffington, lives openly with his gay partner. He was a Republican.
Mira Any Democrats who are gay?
(Barney Frank.)
Are you democrats?
(Table: most are Dems. But some independents.)
~ End of Table Notes~
Hugs to everyone,
Ellen
P.S. Bill Bulloch sends this email about the discussion last night:
Section Two: Events & Opportunities
>
> PEACE WALK
>
> The Peace Village Peace Walk in memory of September
>11, 2001 will take place in Clifton on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2007.
>STARTING AT 10AM AT ST. MONICA/ST. GEORGE'S PARKING LOT ON FAIRVIEW,
>BEHIND THE CHURCH, WE WILL WALK DOWN CLIFTON AVENUE. WE WILL STOP
>FOR REFLECTIONS, PRAYERS, AND WATER AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS INCLUDING
>THE WESLEYAN FOUNDATION, THE FOUNTAIN ON C LIFTON AND LUDLOW, THE
>FIREHOUSE, ALSO ON CLIFTON AND LUDLOW, AND AT THE MOSQUE.
>
> SPEAKERS INCLUDE STEVE SUNDERLAND, PEACE VILLAGE,
>JEANNE SMITH, WESLEYAN FOUNDATION, PAUL DAVIS, BUDDHIST PEACE
>FELLOWSHIP AND OTHERS. SPEAKERS WILL MAKE VERY SHORT PRESENTATIONS
>CONNECTING THOUGHTS ABOUT 9/11 TO OUR PEACE WALK.
>
> THE WALK IS FREE, OPEN TO ALL YOUNG AND OLD PEOPLE,
>AND THE 5TH TIME WE HAVE MADE THIS JOURNEY. WE INVITE YOUR
>PARTICIPATION AS CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUES, MOSQUE, SCHOOLS, AND AS
>INDIVIDUALS.
>
> for more information, please call: STEVE SUNDERLAND,
>919.2538 or email: sundersc@email.uc.edu
Dear CeaseFire Cincinnati Supporters,
Yesterday there was a double shooting near Martin Luther King Park around 8:30 PM. According to District Four Police, a 23 year old woman and a 50 year old man were both shot. In response to the shooting, we are asking all members of the Avondale, North Avondale, and Cincinnati community to join us with one unified voice as we meet Saturday, September 8th at noon at Martin Luther King Park to spread the message – Stop the Shooting. We will begin to congregate in the Park at 11:45. There is also parking available at the Urban League’s Sickle Cell Building Parking Lot, located at the corner of Dana and Reading.
You may be aware that there is a group of seniors working diligently to reclaim the park for kids to play and for seniors to congregate. They are working to raise money for a swing set and partnering with the City to secure grills, chess tables, and garden space. The organizers of this group feel that shootings have the great potential to erase their hard work. One of the group’s organizers expressed her frustration that such a small group of people who are engaged in shooting and illegal activity have control over such an important community resource. “The park should be family-useable and friendly. Every kid should know the feeling of freedom that comes from being able to swing. We have to stand up and be clear that the shooting needs to stop and the park is being reclaimed,” she said.
Please join us if you agree.
Sincerely,
CeaseFire Cincinnati
(513) 675-4102
www.ceasefirecincinnati.org <http://www.ceasefirecincinnati.org/>
On Sunday September 9th Rohs Street Café will host Building a Local Food
Economy: a panel discussion exploring issues and potentials of our regional
food system. Being situated in a region rich in farming tradition,
Cincinnati restaurants and consumers have potential access to some of the
best and freshest food available. However as Americans our food travels
1,500 miles on average before it reaches our plate and farmers are leaving
behind their land at a rate of one every half hour. We will explore how
these issues contribute to climate change, community health, local
economies, etc.
How can we build on the richness of our regional farms while enjoying better
food? What obstacles must be navigated to create a network beneficial to
farmers, chefs and consumers? Our panel members will facilitate the
discussion of these questions. The panel will include Bill Cahalan,
clinical psychologist and local ecology speaker/activist; Martha Balint, an
experienced chef and founder of Local Matters in Columbus established to
provide the community with access to affordable, nutritious, fresh and local
foods; and David Rosenberg (salonista), owner of Wooden Shoe Gardens in Winton Place,
who has been involved in local food production since 1976 and helped to
found the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA).
The September 9th event will begin at 4pm at Rohs Street Café. Directions
and more information can be found at www.rohsstreetcafe.com <http://www.rohsstreetcafe.com> or by calling
328-7647. Rohs Street Café is a not for profit coffeehouse started in 2003
to provide the community with a place for music, art, justice and
community-building events.
Chanting and Drumming Event: “Kirtan”: 218 Ludlow Avenue, Clifton. Afternoon workshop 1 – 4 ($30 includes ticket to evening kirtan); evening kirtan 7 – 9 ($15). September 9, SUNDAY “An opportunity to chant your heart open through sacred call and response music in a group setting. ...sing, clap, dance, drum together to create deep connection to the secret places of your soul.” Mike Cohen ( http://www.mikecohenkirtan.com) holds a monthly kirtan in Columbus that draws 100 people. He will be here to lead us. Bring floor-sitting cushions etc. or sit on chairs provided. To register: Karen 513 272-2292. kjohnsberger@gmail.com
This kind of event Is my idea of heaven. I’m registered! Ellen
Plus, ... Bill Bulloch sends links for more about Kirtan (pronounced KEER-tun):
Ellen,
... links to two or our favorite Kirtan performers:
Deva Premal: http://www.mitendevapremal.com/music/satsang.htm (Try the “Gayatri” sample MP3 download)
Much of Deva’s music is devotional (same music as Kirtan but not in chant/response structure) but it is SO amazing I doubt you’ll mind.
Krishna Das: http://www.krishnadas.com/about.cfm (The last option at the bottom of the column on right, “Listen to KD”
Krishna Das is a more traditional Kirtan performer and deeply resonant and VERY down-to-earth. He explains that the reason he
sings and performs is to, “save his ass”.
I hope you enjoy the above and it helps give you a flavor of Kirtan. Most of our Tantra Kriya Yoga community (Mary and I included) are Kirtan and Devotional singing lovers. I’m looking forward to seeing you at the Kirtan workshop!
Namaste, bright blessings, and boundless prosperity and wealth in all forms,
BB
INTERFAITH LEADERS DIALOGUE ON RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT... MUSLIMS, JEWS, CHRISTIANS, FAR RIGHT...
Religion, Government and Public Policy: Where do we draw the line? Where do we cross the line? How do we live out our values personally and in our public institutions within a democracy?
Rick Scarborough, Founder of Vision America and leader of the national Patriot Pastor Movement, Mark Pelavin, Associate Director of the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism, Sister Alice Gerdeman ,Coordinator of Cincinnati's Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center, and Hadia Mubarak, Senior Research at Georgetown Center for Muslim Christian Understanding will join in discussion in an interactive Day of Dialogue on Sunday, September 9 from 2-5 pm at the Church of the Nazarene in West Chester (7951 Tylersville Rd.) The four diverse keynote speakers will hold a panel discussion on the above topic, followed by small break-out sessions to explore the role of religion in government and public policy. Small groups will be led by experienced facilitators, using an innovative process that encourages listening, ensuring that all voices are heard. This event is free and open to the public. For more information visit www.ijpc-cincinnati.org <http://www.ijpc-cincinnati.org/> or call Kristen at 513.579.8547. Reservations are encouraged.
Solar House in Cincinnati Open for Tour
From: "Christopher Davis" archtopus@gmail.com
Subject: Cincinnati Solar Decathlon Reception and House Tour: Wednesday,
September 12
Friend,
On Wednesday, September 12th, come see the future.
Solar technology is the future of our growing energy needs and our
response to environmental concerns. Our achievement of the goals of
environmental sustainability and clean energy is dependent on our
success integrating innovative technologies with design excellence.
We at the University of Cincinnati saw this and entered the 2007 Solar
Decathlon, the premier international competition in which 20
universities compete to design, build and operate the most efficient,
totally solar-powered house. At UC, this project has inspired
incredible collaboration, involving over 200 students and faculty from
programs in design, engineering, business and journalism.
Our house, named [re]FORM, is currently under construction in the middle
of UC's uptown campus. In October, we'll ship it to the National Mall
in Washington, D.C. where hundreds of thousands of visitors from around
the world will see the innovations that Cincinnati has to offer. Our
house is nearing completion, and soon you'll have an opportunity to see
it before we head to D.C.
On Wednesday, September 12, from 5:00 to 8:00pm, we're hosting a
reception and house tour.
This will be your chance to meet members of our team and see our
innovations in action. We'll take the opportunity to thank the many
individuals and companies who have supported our efforts and hopefully
to convince you to help us the rest of the way.
The attached invitation provides more information about the event.
Attendance is open to anyone, so please feel free to forward this to any
of your friends. If you have any questions or need directions to the
house, please let me know.
We're exceptionally excited about this project, and we look forward to
sharing our excitement and optimism with you on September 12th!
: :
Christopher Davis
Solar Decathlon
University of Cincinnati
Gregory Thorp, salonista in absentia, fabulous photographer: Opening and Show:
Carl Solway Gallery Opening Sept 14, Friday... Through Dec. 22
Opening reception 5 – 8
424 Findlay St.
45214
I am désolée that I cannot attend (Alexander Training Course) but for sure won’t miss the show. Gregory will be here...a great guy. Ellen
Hey Cincinnati! Come join in the best interracial healing effort in town, the “Voices of Freedom Choir”. It’s the chorus under Cathy Roma and Todd O’Neale, used to be called the Martin Luther King Chorale. Now under the sponsorship of the Freedom Center. Just went to the first rehearsal, and it was fine!
No audition, good neo spirituals music, great vibes, only two rehearsals a month now until spring. Main gig is the MLK day performance at Music Hall. Every second and fourth Tuesday evenings, 6:30 to 8:30 at the Freedom Center. You follow Walnut St. all the way down to the center, free parking on the street. Loads of fun. It’s a great way to build community solidarity. Get on down there. Ellen
Use Yahoo as your search engine and each search will cause $.01, one cent, to be donated to whatever non profit you select. I chose Common Cause, the national organization dedicated to campaign finance reform. Ellen.
Shirley Reischman wrote:
on 9/3/07 9:54 AM, Shirley Reischman at jereisch@fuse.net wrote:
> Last fall I set up my favorite organization (National Center for Homeopathy)
> as a valid not for profit on GoodSearch. http://www.goodsearch.com/
> The information below explains how it works. I think it would help if you
> could publish the information in your newsletters and send it to your e-mail
> lists. All you do is set up GoodSearch as your search engine. It's free
> and it's easy.
>
> For GoodSearch to succeed, it will take a major grassroots effort. Please
> spread the word to your friends and family and ask your favorite charity or
> school to include GoodSearch in its next newsletter and on its website.
> We estimate that each search will raise $0.01 for your designated charity or
> school (image and video searches are not included). The more people use
> GoodSearch, the more money will be directed towards your cause. The sky is
> the limit!
> Here's an example of how much your organization can earn:
>
> Charity or School Size Number of Supporters Average Searches Per
> Day Per Member Estimated Revenue/Year
> Small 100 2 $730
> Medium 1,000 2 $7,300
> Large 10,000 2 $73,00
>
>
sign up for getting Duke to go with green energy!
The public utilities commission of Ohio just OK'd Duke to sell renewable energy credits! This means you can "buy green" by adding a small amount to your monthly utility bill. You can get the minimum amount of 200 KW Hours with $5 and then purchase 100 KW hour increments after that.
Duke then buys electricity from renewable sources commensurate with the amount people have purchased. This increases the demand for renewables and moves the process along. (I did this. It does not reduce your power bill... the money you pay for “green” does not replace money you pay for your electricity. but I am giving them $5/month anyway. It’s a good thing. Ellen.)
Go to http://www.duke-energy.com/ohio/products/gogreen.asp to learn more and then call the 800 # to sign up.
Shirley Reischman to lead 8 week seminar on Exodus... Possibly at the Lloyd House
(This is bound to be terrific. Both Shirley and Clark are salonistas, wonderful people. Clark is pastor at the Swedenborgian church in Glendale. Shirley is Cincinnati’s only classically trained, Kentian homeopath. Has helped me enormously. Ellen)
Spiritual Growth Campaign [starting the week of September 23rd, lasting 8 weeks, 1.5 hours per week – exact days and times to be determined by participants]: Have you ever been held captive by your own ego, by an addiction or a negative attitude? Then this workshop is for you. We will explore the inner meaning of Exodus, emphasizing our own emotional and spiritual journey from slavery into freedom, using small groups and experiential activities. Open to all religious faiths. The cost for the workbook and materials is $25.00. Scholarships available. These workshops will be held at various locations in the greater Cincinnati area, including Shirley Reischman’s home in Pleasant Ridge. For more information, please call Shirley at 513-531-3060, jereisch@fuse.net or Clark at 513-772-1478, clark.echols@newchurch-cincy.org
Hi Ellen,I thought you might be interested in knowing about this upcoming workshop. I have Meir Schneider's natural vision training book and cds and find them very valuable. Something like what Nancy shared with us last year, but this is a man who taught himself to see, from growing up blind...
When you send the notice out to your group, you can add that if enough people are interested, I will do a group at Lloyd House. I would need a minimum of 4-5 people to do it there. There is no upper limit to the number that can attend. Peter Block has done small group workshops with several hundred people and they did fine.
Yours,
Shirley
Hi!
Jennifer Roig-Francoli
YOGA for the EYES with Meir Schneider
Saturday, Sept. 29
1 - 6:00pm
Shine Yoga Center
3330 Erie Ave.
$120
Call 513-533-9642 to register,
or email info@shineyoga.com.
Let Meir Schneider, PhD, LMT guide and teach you how to improve your vision naturally.
By utilizing simple, fun techniques and exercises, you will learn to:
·Relax the eyes
· Reduce eyestrain and tension
· Make reading easier
· Improve night vision
· Allow your eyes to adjust to different levels of natural light
· Reduce or eliminate the need for glasses
· Prevent and address vision disorders and diseases.
Fanchon Shur, salonista and movement maven cranking up for the season!
Dear students,
I am back from vacation. Let's get ready to sweat. The fall pure
movement classes have begun on Monday nights 6:30- 8pm and Wednesday
mornings 9:30- 11am.
While in LA I enjoyed studying with master teachers who combine
cardio stimulating aerobics with training for Krav Maga, a self
defense movement art created in Isreal. The stimulating cardio
aerobics reawakened my FFF The Power of Instinct program. After
doing FFF The Power of Instinct for 5 years in the most challenging
Over the Rhine Public school I had put the program aside. But now I
remember that this instinctual force when tapped has enormous
liberating, integrating power. The art is to tap that power while
paying attention to your body's alignment, release of tensions and
emotion.
Studios Join Together
This summer yoga studios in the Greater Cincinnati area have joined together to assist with co-promoting events and yoga in the city. The name of this new cooperative is "Yoganati" or the Greater Cincinnati Yoga Community. In October Yoganati will be hosting Bryan Kest from LA. For more details, please visit www.yoganati.org <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6q88gecab.0.edashecab.dri7hdcab.48&ts=S0274&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yoganati.org%2F> .
Ellen Bierhorst, Ph.D. Is a holistic psychotherapist with over 35 years experience. Specialty area: Optimizing Mental Health ~ “Better than well”. Also: healing trauma, strengthening families and relationships, alcohol and other addictions including food, and weight management, EMDR, GLBT, chronic pain and physical illness. Clifton. 513 221 1289 www.lloydhouse.com
Yoga Free at the Lloyd House
Weekly yoga practice session Wednesday mornings.
9:15 meditation
9:30-10:30 yoga exercises with Nina Tolley. However, Caveat! Nina insists I tell you that she is not a yoga teacher, only a student (though one with long experience) and cannot correct yor postures or prevent injuring yourself.
In the third floor meditation room, “the Zendo”. Bring yoga mat; cushion or whatever for meditating.
Advertisement:
Residential space available at the Lloyd House: third floor single room with bathroom ... Can be furnished; has double bed size sleeping loft; also queen size bed on floor, desk, rug. $350 monthly contribution. Call Ellen 513 221 1289
Also is available by the night for guests from out of town. Think “B & B” without the breakfast. , $55/night, $110 minimum.
Beautiful and Charming, spacious first floor office space at the Lloyd House, fully furnished including bodywork table, chairs, love seat, rugs, armchairs, wood burning (gas ignited ) fireplace. Rookwood even. Available by the hour. Share waiting room. Powder room. Outside entry. Terms: contribute 20% of gross to the house. Call Ellen 221 1290
Think about going to D.C. For major peace march on Sept 15.
Local organizer Marcia Oganowski has built a website for us: http://www.cincigotodc.org/
And I donated $70 to send someone. Maybe you will too. Better, go yourself.
(peace people join forces with pro impeachment people for this important march.)
Cindy Sheehan marches, soldiers speak out, and momentum builds for September 15th
We can organize, arouse public opinion and raise funds over the summer to bring a massive turnout on September 15 in Washington DC demanding Impeachment and an end to the war.
Marvin: anybody who owns their own property who is over 65 or disabled plus others… you are eligible for the homsestead tax exemption in Ohio. Apply for it before Oct 1. $400 reduction on RE tax every year. Get application online from Hamilton Co. Auditor website, or call the Auditor’s office Homestead.
Section Three: Articles
Contents:
- Julie Murray: the issue is Campaign Finance Reform !
- Psychologist protests torture
- Twenty Somethings want good city over $
Julie Murray: The issue is still Campaign Finance Reform!
on 9/3/07 9:49 AM, JuliMurray@aol.com
> I
> am taking every envelope I receive with a request for campaign finds - every
> one of them - including "Emily's List" and sending it back using their postage
> paid envelope and writing in thick black marker: "NO MORE MONEY FROM ME UNTIL
> YOU COME OUT CLEARLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY AS COMMITTED TO RADICAL CAMPAIGN
> FINANCE
> REFORM" - and I say it to anyone who calls...now, I think if more and more of
> us did that, they would begin getting the message and we could really change
> the face of American politics....
Psychologist Returns Award, protesting torture
Hi there,
Don't know if you've been follwoing this story, but one can only hope her example has an impact!
Kathy Schulz, PhD
DocKathy@fuse.net
********************************************************************
Below is an interesting letter written by Mary Pipher, author of "Reviving Ophelia." In the letter below, she expresses her rationale for returning her APA Presidential Citiation in protest of APA's role in interrogations at Guantanamo.
August 21, 2007
American Psychological Association, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
President Brehm:
I am writing to inform you that I am returning my Presidential Citation dated 2/02/06 and awarded to me by then President of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Gerald Koocher. I have struggled for many months with this decision, and I make it with pain and sorrow. I was honored to receive this award and proud to be a member of APA. Over the years I have spoken at national conventions many times and had enjoyed an excellent relationship with the APA and its staff. With this letter, I feel as if I am ostracizing a good friend.
I do not want an award from an organization that sanctions its members’ participation in the enhanced interrogations at CIA Black Sites and at Guantanamo. The presence of psychologists has both educated the interrogation teams in more skillful methods of breaking people down and legitimized the process of torture in defiance of the Geneva Conventions.
The behavior of psychologists on these enhanced interrogation teams violates our own Code of Ethics (2002) in which we pledge to respect the dignity and worth of all people, with special responsibility towards the most vulnerable. I consider prisoners in secret CIA-run facilities with no right of habeas corpus or access to attorneys, family or media to be highly vulnerable. I also believe that when any of us are degraded, all of human life is degraded. This letter is as much about us as it is about prisoners.
In our Ethics Code we agree to promote honesty and accuracy. Our involvement in these projects has been secretive and dishonest. Finally, as psychologists we vow to do no harm. Without question, we violate this oath when we allow people in our care to be deprived of sleep or subjected to sensory over-stimulation or deprivation.
I cannot accept the August 19, 2007 Reaffirmation of APA’s Position Against Torture (Substitute Motion Three.) Under this motion, psychologists will be allowed to continue working on interrogation teams that are not subject to the Geneva Conventions. This motion places our organization on the side of the CIA and Department of Defense and at odds with the United Nations, The Red Cross, the American Psychiatric Association and the American Medical Association. With this reaffirmation we have made a terrible mistake.
I know that the return of my Presidential Citation from Dr. Koocher will be of small import, but it is what I can do to disassociate myself from what I consider to be a heinous policy. All of my life I have tried my best to stand up for those with no voices and no power. The prisoners our government labels as enemy combatants are in this category.
I return my citation as a matter of conscience and in the hopes that the APA will reconsider its current unethical position. We have long been a wonderful organization that respected human rights and promoted tolerance, kindness, and peace. Nothing is more fundamental to our core orientation and professional service to others than our commitment to all people’s inherent dignity, safety and welfare. I hope my letter may be useful in restoring the APA to its long-respected and important stance as a beacon of integrity and kindness for all human beings.
Respectfully,
Dr. Mary Pipher
From: <KKlineCo@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 10:56:49 EDT
To: <ESpartan@aol.com>, <Viviankline@aol.com>, <EmilyM3977@aol.com>
Subject: Interesting article on our kids' generation
September 6, 2007
Life's Work
What Do Young Jobseekers Want? (Something Other Than the Job)
By LISA BELKIN
EARLY this summer, Joshua J. Pelton decided that he was meant to live in Orlando, Fla. So he quit his sales job in Detroit, packed his car with all the belongings that fit, put the rest in storage, and drove southeast daydreaming about sundrenched winters and packed nightclubs.
“I didn’t have much of a plan, but I knew I wanted to be here,” said Mr. Pelton, 24, who, in his emphasis on where he lives rather than what he does there, is typical of his generation.
Time was when applying for a first job meant papering the country with résumés and migrating wherever the best offer might lead. But this latest generation of graduates has already shown itself to be a peripatetic bunch — traveling more widely and moving farther from home for college.
Add to that the emphasis that Gen Y puts on quality of life — perhaps more than any group that has come before — and it would follow that Gen Y looks for work differently, too.
“To our generation, it doesn’t make sense to have a great job in a crummy city,” said Mark Van Dyke, 25, describing his decision to move three years ago from the suburbs of Chicago to Bellingham, Wash., where he worked low-paying retail jobs before finding one in marketing, at Logos Bible Software. It was all worth it, he said, because his new hometown is “on the Pacific Ocean but driving distance from snowboarding on Mount Baker.”
Sixty-five percent of 1,000 respondents aged 24 to 35 who were asked by the Segmentation Company, a division of the marketing consultant Yankelovich, said they preferred to “look for a job in the place that I would like to live,” rather than “look for the best job I can find, the place where it is located is secondary.”
They also told researchers that places must be safe, clean and green. The most-cited quality was tidiness and attractiveness (78 percent) followed by “will allow me to lead the life I want to lead” (77 percent).
Urban leaders are increasingly courting young workers, because as baby boomers retire, Gen Y will have to fill the gap. Across the country, cities are scrambling to become the place that recent grads want to be.
In the last decade only 14 urban areas nationwide saw more of these workers move in than move out: Las Vegas; Austin, Tex.; Phoenix; Atlanta; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Charlotte, N.C.; Salt Lake City; Portland, Ore.: Denver; Orlando; Nashville; Dallas-Fort Worth; Miami-Fort Lauderdale; and Greensboro-Winston Salem, N.C.
How to join that list? “That’s the question all our members are asking,” said Carol Coletta, the president and chief executive of CEOs for Cities, a Chicago-based association of urban leaders.
Her group financed the Yankelovich study, titled “Attracting College-Educated Young Adults to Cities.” Its advice? Spread the word that you are, in the words of the report, “clean, safe and green.” Those qualities won’t seal the deal, but without them, this age group won’t even look.
This philosophy is leading cities to market themselves aggressively to young workers. Orlando, for instance, paid for its own investigation to find out what they want. The results convinced the city council to authorize $1.1 billion in July to build an arts center, an event center and to upgrade a sports arena.
Boston’s mayor set up a task force to poll young adults about their needs, and intends to have their answers inform his development plan.
Memphis and Philadelphia, in turn, have created programs (called Mpact in Memphis and Innovation Philadelphia) that woo college students and young professionals, in the hope that they will feel socially welcome and politically connected, and stay.
Those who set their sights on a particular city, however, are not always looking for something that can be built or marketed. Many choose on a gut feeling.
Joy Portella had a “life epiphany” about two years ago, at 33, and decided to leave Manhattan, even though it is the center of her profession: international development. If she were deciding on just a “career move,” she said, she would have stayed in New York or moved to Washington, D.C. Instead she chose a counterintuitive path and headed for Seattle.
Her move was “liberating,” she said. “Before, all my moves had been initiated by things I had to do — jobs or academic programs.” She decamped to Seattle out of desire alone, and now has a job she loves as the director of communications for Mercy Corps.
Ms. Portella knew little of Seattle when she decided to make her move. But she did have a job offer, having spent a year searching from 3,000 miles away.
That is not true of everyone. Mr. Pelton arrived in Orlando with no job prospects. He had sent out résumés while still in Detroit, but received no response. “I found that it’s much easier to find a job when you are in that city,” he said. He now works in group sales for the Walt Disney World <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/d/d_disney_walt_world/index.html?inline=nyt-org> Resort, and said the city fulfilled his hope that he could reinvent himself there.
“I can do my regular job, then I can go be a pirate at Magic Kingdom, or watch fireworks every night of the week if I want,” he said. “Growing up in Michigan and staying there, I had an image. I was the good quiet kid who did well in school and was always responsible. Here, I like to be a little wild on the weekends and go to the clubs.”
Casey Blalock, 24, is about to take the same leap any day now, moving from San Francisco to Seattle without a net. “I’m not looking to reinvent myself or find the meaning to life by moving,” she wrote in an e-mail message. “But I do think I’ll get to know myself better. I plan on finding a new job, volunteering, cooking, reading, hiking and enjoying a crumpet down at Pike Place Fish Market.”
If it doesn’t work out, she knows she can always set her sights elsewhere. Because an age group mobile enough to pick up and move once is just as likely to do so again.
Alan Caudill, now 31, moved from Pittsburgh to San Francisco five years ago, when the Internet start-up that employed him was floundering and he and his wife of two months realized they had never loved Pittsburgh.
“San Francisco culture was more us,” he said. “I haven’t been to an Applebee’s, eaten fast food or drank a Coors Light since we moved here (and I’m finally able to get a real burrito).”
While Mr. Caudill has found a job he enjoys, in software management at another start-up, he has also found that he enjoys the adventure of starting anew.
“We’re thinking of doing it again,” he said. “In the next few years we’re debating moving either elsewhere in the country — we love D.C., and Manhattan, and have family in Cleveland — or Europe or Latin America.”
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