[Peace-discuss] RE: [Peace] agenda: Nov 28

[Joan Nelshoppen]

MessageThanks, Lisa, for including all the info about the Peace Bazaar
below.  I'm hoping AWARE folks will come to shop as well as table the AWARE
booth.  If anyone is interested, I could also really use some help settting
up for the Peace Bazaar on the weeknights before it.  Volunteer shifts are
available Wed and Thurs evenings 6:30 - 8:30 and also on Friday from 6 - 9
pm.  After set-up on Friday (usually sometime between 8:30 and 9) there is a
mini-Bazaar for volunteers.  Of course, there are also many volunteer
opportunities on Saturday the 4th.  Please e-mail me if you are interested.
Help would be very welcome!
Peace,
Joan

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[mailto:peace-bounces at lists.chambana.net]On Behalf Of Lisa Chason
  Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 5:34 PM
  To: Peace-discuss at lists.cu.groogroo.com; peace at lists.groogroo.com
  Subject: [Peace] agenda: Nov 28


  AGENDA for AWARE, Nov 28, 2004

  This meeting will feature a continuation of last week's discussion and
brainstorming around what is happening in the US and internationally - our
observations, interpretations, reactions, feelings, ideas, worries - and
start us thinking about what we want to be working on. We will devote the
first 45 minutes to this. The second half of the meeting will cover our
regular business as detailed in the agenda items below. Randall Cotton will
facilitate.



  *New white board and markers will be provided by Linda*

  Introductions (5)

  Discussion/ brainstorming (45)

  News of the Week (10)  - Carl Estabrook

  Current Projects (15)

  - Finances (Linda)

  - Petition to close the SOA, house bill 1258 (Durl)

  - Peace Bazaar, Saturday Dec 4, 9am-3pm., at the Community United Church
of Christ (6th and Daniel) - people are needed to staff AWARE table. Jan and
Durl will set up and take down. Organizers have said a donation is not
necessary but would be welcomed.

  - Further on tabling (Jan): Someone is needed to store the table, items,
etc. thru the winter. Right now the AWARE Farmers Market material and sale
items are in the Kruses' truck and car port. It is believed that David Green
has the canopy.

  - UPTV / Democracy Now! (Randall)

  - P4P - Ricky can't make it on Dec. 4. We need others to: Phone the
police;

  Take attendance; Have materials (poster board and markers) available at
the demo for making signs; Remind folks the Jan. 1 demo has changed to Jan.
8.

  Ricky says he doesn't have that many signs at the moment, but he does have
a couple of Earth flags (Ken's?), a George Bush as Pinocchio puppet, etc.,
if anyone wants to pick them up and bring them to the demo.



  Events of the Past Week (5)

  Upcoming Events (5)







  And this from the organizers of the Peace Bazaar:

  The 34th annual Peace Bazaar will be held Saturday, December 4th at
Community United Church of Christ (6th and Daniel) from 9 to 3. The Peace
Bazaar is an annual community event where we sell gifts (new and recycled),
works of art, toys, books, plants, UNICEF cards and calendars, fresh-baked
goods and much more. Funds raised go to groups promoting peace and social
justice. This year we will also have several alternative vendors joining us.



  Want to help? We are looking for donations of items to sell. Do you have
things that you don't want or need anymore but that are too good to be
thrown away? Would those items make a good gift or be something that someone
else could use? Consider recycling. (We will not accept donations of used
clothing, computer equipment, broken items or violent toys.) Donation
drop-off site is 412 W Oregon in Urbana. Please contact Joan Nelshoppen at
369-2853 or jnelshoppen at insightbb.com if you have questions about donation
suitability or if you need items picked up.  Please call first before
donating furniture or other large items.



  We're also looking for volunteers. Two hours of your time can make a big
difference for peace. If you are an artist or have talents you'd like to
share (are you a baker?!) we'd love to have you join us as well.



  Please come shopping on Dec. 4th! Treasures are waiting to be found and
your contributions do matter. Last year we were able to distribute $3720 to
eight peace and social justice organizations ($465 each).  Help us raise
even more this year!



  This year's local recipients include Community Day Care, El Centro por Los
Trabajodores, Frances Nelson Health Care Center, St. Jude Catholic Worker
House, and the Victim Offender Reconciliation Project. National and
international recipients include African Great Lakes Initiative, Calavera
Project (El Salvador) of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Champaign, Christian
Peacemaker Teams, Oxfam America (specifically for Sudan and Chad), and
Project Lakota (Pine Ridge Reservation, S. Dakota).



  The 34th annual Peace Bazaar is co-sponsored by the Urbana-Champaign
Friends Meeting, Community United Church of Christ, First Mennonite Church
Peace Institute, and McKinley Presbyterian Student Foundation.



  Be a part of this great event!  For more information about the 34th annual
Peace Bazaar, please contact Joan Nelshoppen at 369-2853 or
jnelshoppen at insightbb.com.














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