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Snow update --- CCPJ General Meeting Rescheduled to Sun Feb 14
Submitted by CCPJ on Sun, 2010-01-31 17:44. CCPJ EventsDate
02/14/2010 - 4:30pmLocation
Friends Meeting House at 1104 Forest Street, Cville
Sponsor
CCPJ
Description
Please join us for our monthly meeting. Find out what's going on locally and nationally in the area of Peace and Justice. Offer your ideas, and participate in events and actions.
Everyone is welcome. There will be a post-meeting potluck after wards. Nourish yourself with good food and conversation.
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C'ville Peace Demonstrations are continuing over the Winter
Submitted by CCPJ on Sun, 2010-01-31 16:41. MiscEvery Thursday, Downtown, in front of the Federal Building from 4:30 to 5:30
The Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice needs your help and participation! For years we have held a weekly demonstration in front of the Federal Building on Ridge St. to protest wars, bombings, and occupations. This is a critical action performed by the peace center, it shows Charlottesville that there are still people out here opposed to the militarism projected globally by the United States. » read more »
Blocking War Funding Just Got Easier
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2010-02-02 01:10. IraqBy David Swanson
Last June we were handed an opportunity to block the funding of our illegal, murderous, counterproductive, catastrophic, and hated wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The president insisted on an off-the-books "emergency supplemental" bill, and the Senate added an IMF bailout to the bill, leading all the Republicans in the House to commit what for years they'd called treason: they all voted No on war money.
So, we only needed 39 Democrats to vote No, and we could have stopped the thing, at least temporarily. We had a week-long knock-down drag-out fight, with the White House telling freshmen Democrats they would be "dead to us" if they didn't vote Yes. And we still persuaded 32 Democrats to vote No. » read more »
Now We Impeach Jay Bybee
Submitted by davidswanson on Sat, 2010-01-30 10:53. IraqBy David Swanson
No one disputes that Jay Bybee's name is at the bottom of memos that were, and to some extent still are, treated as laws which legalized aggressive war at the pleasure of a president and a variety of acts of torture. For many months the House Judiciary Committee has had two excuses for not impeaching Judge Bybee, even while proceeding with the impeachments of a judge for groping and another judge for petty corruption. The private excuse has been that impeaching Bybee would be opposed by Fox News. The public excuse has been that the Justice Department has not yet released its Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) report on the crimes of Bybee and his former colleagues. » read more »
Charlottesville's Foruth Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes for SARA!
Submitted by SARA on Mon, 2010-01-25 11:56. NewsCan men walking in red patent leather pumps or gold lame heels offer any kind of promise for a safer world?
You bet they can!
Last year, over 60 men marched against sexual violence in our community. This year, we’re expecting over 100! » read more »
Martin Luther King National Day of Service
Submitted by CCPJ on Wed, 2010-01-13 20:47. Civil RightsDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said:
"We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny"
These words are the foundation of Dr. King's concept of "Beloved Community." On January 18, people across the country will come together to improve lives, bridge social barriers, and move our nation closer to the "Beloved Community" that Dr. King envisioned.
Find out more about the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service » read more »
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