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Feb 16, 2006

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:
You should be alert during the next days:
Do not open any message with an attached filed called "INVITATION" regardless of who sent it .
It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which "burns" the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list, that is why you should send this e-mail to all your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.
If you receive a mail  or attachment called "INVITATION", though sent by a friend, do NOT open it..permanently DELETE it making sure it is deleted from your deleted folder AND shut down your computer immediately.
This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.
SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, COPY THIS E-MAIL AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS AND REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US.


THE PREVIOUS VIRUS WARNING IS A HOAX!!!  See: http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp


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Dear Friends,


I hope each of you had a good Valentine's Day!


Please look through and consider taking action on as
many as you can of the following. 


Thankyou for any actions you take to save the planet!


          HUMAN RIGHTS * HUMAN RIGHTS

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOUR MOTHER DISAPPEARED? 
Please watch this it will just take a couple of minutes. It is of happier times...
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=19ac825ac4879efeb31ea
This is my missing mom and you can view her website at http://www.geocities.com/ruthhoffmanmissing
Debbie
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION asking the State Attorney General of Michigan to open a COMPLETE investigation. Help Debbie get SOME kind of closure!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/875659879


HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOUR DAUGHTER
 WAS TAKEN BY THE STATE?
Petition! Please help reunite this family!
From Kristi, http://www.care2.com/c2c/people/profile.html?pid=640795881
PLEASE HELP MY FRIEND SONJA!
THIS IS HER STORY AND SHE NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!
Dear Members,  
Please read and sign my petition, my daughter is caught in a government run system that is profiting from my third childs capture.
They have been using her for federal funds needlessly, and adoption bonuses and rewards
when she has a Mother, who can take care of her. 
She has two other sibblings that I was allowed to keep and raise.  My third child was the youngest one, she was more adoptable. She is the little girl in the above picture.
We love and miss her very much and we need your help to bring her home.
Please See Petition and Sign      http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/559465691
You can read full story here                             www.shreddedsociety.com   
Thank you for helping us to reunite.
Sincerely,
Mother of three, still have two, while the government has one.


SAVE NEW ORLEANS & END THE WAR!
http://tinyurl.com/8vfkd
( Or cut & paste:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/
organizationsORG/Peaceact/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2459 )

U.S. OUTSOURCING TORTURE? 
The United States is transferring individuals for detention and interrogation to countries with a substantial record of using torture.
http://tinyurl.com/cdyk9

JOIN THE MILLION FACES PETITION TO STOP THE PROLIFERATION OF ARMS (Making More Weapons)
http://www.controlarms.org/million_faces/en/index.php/register

STOP U.S. NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION (Making More Bombs)
Urge your Congressmen to support Lynn Woolsey’s resolution H. Res.373
http://capwiz.com/thenation/issues/alert/?alertid=7941236&type=CO

DEMAND GENUINE VOTING REFORM! 
Today, we call on our county election officials to demonstrate that their systems use paper-ballots that allow a) voters to verify their choices; and b) officials to conduct meaningful audits and recounts. Add your name to the call for accountability:
http://democracyforamerica.com/voting

SUPPORT THE LUBICON LAKE INDIAN NATION
http://wakeupweyco.com/?id=543

AUTHORITIES ISSUE AMBER ALERT FOR 16 MONTH OLD BABY
Authorities in Tennessee have issued an AMBER alert for 16-month-old Neveah McMinnis who was last seen with her grandmother, Harriet McMinnis on February 9, 2006 in Ashland City, TN. Now, police say the pair may be traveling in a 1992 Buick Century with Tennessee license plate EDA491.
http://www.amw.com/missing_children/brief.cfm?id=37516
http://www.amw.com/missing_children/amber_alerts.cfm

ZIMBABWEAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER FACES DEATH THREATS
http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/Tsunga 

STOP BIG TOBACCO FROM POISENING OUR KIDS!
(4 Actions)
1)  Join our Virtual Protest on February 27th!
On that day we'll flood the White House with phone calls urging President Bush to protect kids around the world from the dangers of tobacco. Sign up and add your name to our list of virtual protesters.
2)  Big Tobacco On Trial - The Final Days
The U.S. Department of Justice is trying to let Big Tobacco off the hook to the tune of $120 billion. At the very last minute in its tobacco lawsuit, the Justice Department suddenly slashed how much it wants the industry to pay for programs to help the nation's 45 million smokers quit. Profits and politics came before public health. Take Action Today! 
(More Info: http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/
index.php?CategoryID=10 )
3)  VoicesAgainstTobacco.org: Share your Story
VoicesAgainstTobacco.org is a living memorial to those whose lives have been touched by tobacco.
ALL 3 ACTIONS HERE: http://tfk.grassroots.com/act/
TOBACCO TAX for CALIFORNIA
4)  To get the tobacco tax initiative on the November 2006 ballot we need one million signatures by April! That's a lot of signatures in a small amount of time,
so we need all the help we can get to collect them.
[Please help us protect California's kids from Big Tobacco by signing up to gather signatures today! (We need your phone number so the campaign can get in touch with you.)  More Info: http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/index.php?CategoryID=18 ]
http://tfk.grassroots.com/ca/cataxvolunteer020806/index.jhtml?_requestid=153219
*YOUTH TAKING ACTION TO FIGHT BIG TOBACCO*
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/youthaction/

TOUGHER LAWS ON STREET DRUG USERS & DEALERS
Target: Norman Yoder, Mayor of Auburn, Indiana.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/778064877

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO TAKE ACTION!  SEND AN EMAIL TO THESE CORPORATE CROOKS!
Send a message to the five following "Anti-Valentines" companies to stop child labor, illegal toxic chemical use, union busting, and to pay their farmers a living wage.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/valentines/alert.htm

TELL BUSH & CONGRESS TO FUND AMERICA'S FUTURE FIRST!
On February 6, 2006, President Bush announced his proposed federal budget for Fiscal Year 2007. In an effort to "secure America", he proposes a dramatic increase in military funding - with significant cuts to social services like health, education, housing, and nutrition. These cuts fall disproportionately on women, children, the elderly, and the poor.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/445957839

HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE 
http://www.envirohealthaction.org/climate/
Action Center:
http://www.envirohealthaction.org/action/

BY MARCH 1
SENIORS NEED MEDICARE WITHOUT HEADACHES
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/354911740

WALK THE WORLD WITH US TO FIGHT HUNGER! http://www.fighthunger.org/signup06

CHRISTOPHERS BILL - THE JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM ACT 
In SC and other US states, children as young as 10 are being arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced as adults under mandatory sentencing mandates.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/429258617

OPPOSE NESTLE GREENWASHING THEIR IMAGE!
http://www.thegreenlife.org/greenlife.asp?id=1378&id4=ES


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ENVIRONMENT * ENVIRONMENT * ENVIRONMENT

BY FEB 17
TELL THE BLM TO PROTECT WYOMINGS RED DESERT
http://action.leaveitwild.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=29258

BY FEB. 18
STOP THE ATTACK ON OUE NATIONAL PARKS!
http://www.saveourenvironment.org/nationalparksbt.html

TELL BUSH TO PURSUE CLEANER, SAFER, ENERGY POLICIES
http://www.envirohealthaction.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2962

URGE EPA TO REDUCE MERCURY POLLUTION FROM CEMENT PLANTS
http://www.envirohealthaction.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2963

TELL THE EPA TO SUPPORT HEALTHY AIR STANDARDS
http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/particle_pollution?rk=N1zFsKs1zmh0E
More Actions for animals & the environment:
http://actionnetwork.org/EDF_Action_Network/home.tcl

TELL THE EPA TO STOP POISENING OUR FARMLANDS & COMMUNITIES 
The EPA is considering the approval of methyl iodide, a cancer-causing chemical, as an agricultural pesticide to be used on some of our favorite foods such as strawberries, tomatoes, and peppers.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/625424753

Tell ExxonMobil's New Owner to Change to Cleaner Technologies
There's a brand new CEO over at ExxonMobil -- Rex Tillerson. Rex may be more responsive and environmentally-conscious than the old CEO. That's why you need to let him know your views on energy and the environment as a consumer and a citizen ASAP.
http://action.foe.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2400&t=e2.dwt

TELL BUSH & CONGRESS THE 10 WAYS TO END AMERICA'S OIL ADDICTION!
If the President is serious about addressing our dangerous addiction, we believe there's no better time than the present to get started. So we're offering our elected officials 10 ways they can get started on the path to energy independence:
-Significantly raise fuel economy standards for automobiles and eliminate the SUV loophole;
-Follow the lead of 22 states including Texas and pass a federal renewable energy standard;
-Expand the use of current technology to increase energy efficiency and conservation;
-Make real, meaningful investments toward putting clean, cheap, renewable energy sources, like wind and solar power in use now (not just studying their use);
-No more secret, energy task forces where oil company lobbyists write our energy and environmental policies;
-Increase investment in public transportation;
-Put more fuel-efficient hybrid cars and trucks on the road;
-Provide greater tax incentives for car pooling;
-Increase "Green Building" tax credits;
-Stop the giveaways by Congress to Big Oil and gas companies already reaping sky-high, record profits.
-Take Action NOW: Tell the President and Congress they can take steps to break our dangerous addiction!
http://action.lcv.org/campaign/10_ways

PLEDGE TO MOVE AMERICA BEYOND OIL 
With every passing day, our last wild places and their wildlife grow more embattled by rampant oil and gas development, and our planet’s fragile web of life unravels even more from the impacts of global warming. The Move America Beyond Oil campaign is going to break Big Oil’s stranglehold on energy policy. Endorse the principles of Move America Beyond Oil by signing your Pledge now. We will use your signed Pledge to advance legislation that would cut America’s dependence on oil by 2.5 million barrels a day within 10 years.
http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/beyondoil/action.asp?step=2&item=53292

TELL CONGRESS TO OPPOSE ANY OIL DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARCTIC REFUGE!
http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/redfordarctic/action.asp?step=2&item=52387

TELL YOUR SENATORS TO SUPPORT A TOUGH GLOBAL WARMING BILL
http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/globalwarming/action.asp?step=2&item=52113

HOW CAN THE TIMBER INDUSTRY MEASURE ITS OWN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY?
http://action.ran.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=15085 
More Actions: http://action.ran.org/action/

INDUSTRIAL HEMP FARMING ACT OF 2005,
H.R. 3037 
 For the first time since the federal government began restricting hemp farming in 1937, a federal bill has been introduced that would remove prohibitions on the cultivation of non-psychoactive industrial hemp.
 Please write to your U.S. Representative to urge him or her to cosponsor H.R. 3037!
http://capwiz.com/votehemp/home/
(Help More: http://www.votehemp.com/what_can_i_do.html )

SPEAK UP FOR LAND CONSERVATION
http://ga0.org/campaign/land_conservation_2006



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      ANIMALS * ANIMALS * ANIMALS

VICTORY
Spotted Owl Victory a Wake Up Call
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada July 23, 2001 (Western Canada Wilderness Committee staff and volunteers are celebrating today after a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that overturned several logging permits in the habitat of an endangered Northern spotted owl near Yale, in the Fraser Valley.
http://www.naturalist.com/content/news/index.cfm?Objectid=F66B0127-8712-42B2-9D9964BA8DC8BEE5&method=display

STOP LETTING ANIMAL ABUSERS GET AWAY W/ MURDER! URGENT!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/689641656

ANTIBIOTICS IN CHICKEN FEED RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH  (Sent by Agnes, http://www.care2.com/c2c/people/profile.html?pid=911422242 )
Union of Concerned Scientists petition to convince Pilgrim's Pride, the nation's #2 chicken producer, to end the overuse of antibiotics in the feed of chickens that are not sick. This practice leads to the development of antibiotic-resistant diseases, and is a serious threat to human health!  ANN S.
http://ucsaction.org/campaign/1_27_06pilgrims_pride?rk=47_APQs1cRrEW

5 ANIMAL RELATED PETITIONS
(Shared by Agnes, http://www.care2.com/c2c/people/profile.html?pid=911422242 )
Please sign & Cross-Post Widely 5 New animal Related petitions.If you could forward them or bump them up on boards,it would be deeply appreciated and is needed for the "Causes".
Please Care & Thank you all in advance, Kym Cree
1) BULL TERRIER - WORLD DOG SHOW 2007
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/394005120
2) Make Diamond Pet Food Company Pay for the Pet Medical Bills They Created!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/287928856
3) Free Sea Shepherd's Ship - IMPORTANT !  FOR THE WHALES SAKE!!
(This Ship & its Crew PROTECT THE WHALES AGAINST JAPANESE WHALING)
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/308555848
4) Boycott Henderson Petland
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/184533197
5) Canada's animal cruelty laws have not been changed since 1982!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/699331695

HELP STOP EXTINCTION OF INDIGINEOUS PEOPLE, RAINFORESTS, & THE ORANGUTAN
(Sent by Mattttty Vegan, http://www.care2.com/c2c/people/profile.html?pid=887998709 )
  Watch out for Palm Oil or Palm Kernal Oil - the planting and extraction of these products threaten the Orangutan with extinction in as little as ten years. They also fuel the burning of tropical rainforests in the third world, as well as pushing indigenous people from their ancestrial homelands, which often ends in violence.
  Please read the ingredients to the products you are eating/using, and if they use palm oil, call or e-mail the company using feedback forms from their website. Feel free to copy this exact letter.
Sample Letter to companies who source Palm Oil:
  I've been consuming your products for many few years now.
However, you source Palm Oil in your product(s) _______, which disappointed me.
  This past September, a report was published by Friends of the Earth and orangutan conservation groups, which concludes that without urgent intervention the palm oil trade could cause the extinction of the orangutan, Asia's only great ape, within 12 years.
  Environmental groups have warned for years that oil palm plantations are associated with rainforest destruction as well as human rights abuse.
  Research by Friends of the Earth shows that the forest fires which ravaged the island of Sumatra in August, and continue to burn today, were mostly set by palm oil companies clearing land to set up their plantations. This practice also threatens indigenous people who are forced to give up their ancestrial homelands for palm plantations. This conflict often ends in bloodshed.
  If you type "palm oil AND orangutan extinction" in any search engine, you can research this on your own. However, the articles I just quoted from above can be found at: http://www.organicconsumers.org/Politics/
palmoil100305.cfm  and also http://www.orangutan.org.uk/press/view-press.php?id=0f2dd635db750f4d20e006ad86e66452
  I look foward to hearing that your company is either phasing out the use of, or looking for alternatives to palm oil, or taking steps to ensure that you do not buy palm oil from destructive sources in a timely fashion.



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(WHEN SENDING EMAIL TO DECISION-MAKERS,
I've heard it is much more effective if we can start off w/ our own words, and end the email w/ them too, if possible. 
For example, I say/ask something about how the issue will affect our/their kids, what kind of future they will have.)

Peace & Love to each of you,
Sandra

If not here, where?
If not us, who?
If not now, when?
 
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* HAVE YOU TAKEN THESE ACTIONS YET? *

THANK OR REPRIMAND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THEIR VOTE ON THE BUDGET CUTS BILL
http://www.capwiz.com/now/issues/alert/?alertid=8462376

PROTECT KIDS FROM TOBACCO
President Bush refuses to take action to protect kids around the globe from tobacco! The United States still has
not ratified the international tobacco treaty, called the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). This
groundbreaking treaty will protect kids all over the world from the dangers of tobacco. But despite the fact that over 115 countries have ratified this important treaty, the U.S. has not!
It's time for the White House to hear our message loud and clear - protect kids around the world from tobacco - so we're launching a Virtual Protest! Will you join us?
http://tfk.grassroots.com/TobaccoTreatyNow/

HELP ESTABLISH A UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF PEACE!!!
http://www.democracyinaction.org/peacealliance/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=902
CALL the Congressional Switchboard(both House & Senate):
800-426-8073, 800-614-2803, or 800-839-5276
-Senate toll-free phone numbers: 888-355-3588, 888-818-6641
-House toll-free phone number: 800-393-1082
-If you don't know who your CONGRESSPEOPLE are, or want all their direct phone and fax numbers, just submit the simple form on the right(look for the 3 boxes to fill in on the right side of page), TO GET ALL THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT DOWN TO THEIR DISTRICT OFFICES
http://www.millionphonemarch.com/impeach.htm

HELP PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD!
Whether by implementing innovative programs that empower people who face intolerable situations, or by spearheading campaigns to fight injustice in national capitals, Mercy Corps works on behalf of people in need around the world.
  As part of that mission, we highlight opportunities for our community of supporters to take action to help people create just, productive and secure communities.
  Oregonian Pat Rumer took Mercy Corps' "Be the Change" mantra to heart by attending the 2005 G8 Summit in Scotland to support debt relief and more aid for poor nations. 
*Join Mercy Corps and ONE to Make Trade Fair 
Mercy Corps supports the ONE Campaign in helping make trade fairer for all and lifting millions out of extreme poverty.
Read more >
*Make ONE Big Noise: Ask President Bush to Make Trade Fair 
Eliminating trade barriers and agricultural subsidies in the world's wealthiest countries would allow poor countries to generate nearly $300 billion per year in revenue for their own development by 2015.
Read more >
*The ONE Campaign 
Think there's nothing ONE can do to end global poverty and disease? Think again. Mercy Corps invites you to join with us in The ONE Campaign, a...
Read more >
http://www.mercycorps.org/getinvolved/advocacy

ONE Voice. ONE Goal:
FIGHT GLOBAL AIDS & POVERTY
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/547056893

BONO (U2) CALLS ON THE U.S. TO GIVE PART OF THE BUDGET TO THE POOR, QUOTING RELIGIOUS TEXT  at  a breakfast attended by Bush, top leaders. 
LIVE VOTE:  Should the U.S. take Bono's advice?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11146046/

STOP GLOBAL WARMING VIRTUAL MARCH
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/partners/?446185

"LEAVE NO SPECIES BEHIND" VIRTUAL MARCH
Join the Earth Day Virtual March to tell our representatives that the majority of the American people are UNITED in our demand that our animals and wild spaces not be offered up for sale to the highest campaign contributor.
http://tinyurl.com/8j4lj
(or copy & paste this: 
http://earthday.care2.com/campaigns/edvm/
register/ada791b08da7a0951d38f8f43f545478 )


* CHECK OUT THESE GROUPS AT CARE2!! *

You are invited to the "Communication Campaign to Care" (a get together through the Care2 Connect network that runs all year).
"Happy Caring to You!!!!  May we all find ways to care. This is a way that I have found to care through study of the research and my own attempts to
care. Please join us and let us know what you are doing to care and how we can add your ideas of caring to the effort so that we all can do them."
(Unconditional Caring, Host.)
Join to be a part of a group to address needs in 4 ways:
Globally
Locally
Sustainably
and with Unconditional Caring.
http://www.care2.com/c2c/gettogether/1932
Action Outline:
http://www.geocities.com/unconditionalcaring/outline.htm

FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HELP STOP HUNGER FOREVER!
http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/STOPHUNGER

HELP THE HOMELESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY!
Homeless Community Aid (HCA) is a group for discussing the Homeless Community in your various Countries, States, Cities and Towns. Come here to discuss and share unique problems in aiding them and brainstorming for solutions. Start your own HCA for your location and link here.
http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/HCA

FYI * FYI * FYI * FYI * FYI * FYI * FYI * FYI * FYI

HANDBOOK FOR BLOGGERS & CYBER ACTIVISTS
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542

IMPACT OF CONSUMER PURCHASES
Many Consumers put little, if any, thought into the social, environmental and nutritional implications of their purchases. This lack of concern has created a demand for products that are damaging to the Earth and our overall quality of life. As long as demand for these products exists, they will continue to fill our local grocery stores regardless of their harmful effects. The True Cost Tour is an audio tour that travels with you through a typical grocery store and reveals the "true cost" of several everyday products. Through environmental, societal, and nutritional lenses, the tour offers insight into these everyday products and seeks to empower the consumer.
http://truecosttour.org/home.html
http://truecosttour.org/resources.html

THE 10 BEST THINGS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING
So who says we don't have a sense of humor? This is our response to the announced "Celebrate Global Warming Day." While we think anyone who dismises global warming as harmless is a certified diaperhead, even we can think of a few things to celebrate:
The Ten Best Things about Global Warming:
10. Why pay for tattoos when melanoma's free?
9. No more pesky weeds. In fact, no more pesky plants.
8. Nile Encephalitis: not just for Egyptians anymore.
7. Furnaces convert easily into tornado shelters.
6. Helsinki: the new Riviera.
5. Middle East oil producers feel right at home— everywhere.
4. Golfers only need a putter and a sand wedge.
3. For those who can't get enough of global warming. One word: Venus.
2. Steaks, medium rare, on the hoof.
1. Three thongs and you're dressed!
Brought to you by GardenEarth.com and the authors of DEAD MARS, DYING EARTH - http://gardenearth.com/amazlink.html
http://gardenearth.com/topten.htm

JUST ONE...
If every household in the United States replaced JUST ONE box of facial tissue made from virgin fiber with a box made from 100% recycled material ones, we could save 163,000 trees.
If every household in the United States replaced JUST ONE roll of virgin fiber toilet paper with 100% recycled ones, we could save 423,900 trees.
If every household in the United States replaced JUST ONE roll of virgin fiber paper towels with recycled ones, we could save 544,000 trees.
If every household in the United States replaced JUST ONE package of virgin fiber paper napkins with recycled ones, we could save one million trees.

LIVING GREEN BELOW YOUR MEANS
A weekly column on saving money and environmental resources, brought to you every Wednesday or so by Jennifer Errick
http://www.newdream.org/living_green/

EVENTS * EVENTS * EVENTS * EVENTS * EVENTS

Upcoming Green Events
http://www.greenbiz.com/reference/events.cfm?CFID=4904149&CFTOKEN=12259868

Presidents Day
February 20 is Presidents Day. Don't you wish we had a president? Cindy Sheehan plans to travel to Houston to ask to speak with Bush's mother. Why not plan your own President's day event?


Regional Protests, Rallies, Vigils and Demonstrations by state
http://www.legitgov.org/peaceprotests.html

Info on national events, Bush/Cheney protests and e-activism
http://www.legitgov.org/action.html

STUDENTS CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER & HOMELESSNESS - CALENDAR OF EVENTS

We're excited to invite you all to join us for a spring semester filled with exciting events and new programs, all in our quest to alleviate and end hunger and homelessness in America. Please check out the program descriptions below, and also visit our recently updated website, with more information being posted each week.

2006 Spring Summit on Hunger and Homelessness
February 25-26, 2006
Travel to historic Boston to join 150 students from up and down the east coast for an amazing weekend filled with workshops, panel discussions, and fun networking opportunities. The Spring Summit will be an invaluable experience for all anti-hunger and homelessness activists, giving you the latest information about the issues and actions taking place. You will also be able to learn from some of the top anti-hunger and homelessness leaders from New England and in Washington, DC and meet other student leaders from across the East Coast. Register to attend the Summit at www.studentsagainsthunger.org/summit.

22nd Annual Hunger Cleanup
April 8, 2006
This spring, join thousands of students from around the country who are committed to alleviating and ending hunger and homelessness, by participating in the 22nd Annual Hunger Cleanup. The Cleanup is one of the largest student-run fundraising and community service a-thons in the country. Through the Cleanup, students will roll up their sleeves and grab paintbrushes, hammers, and rakes to volunteer at local hunger and homelessness relief agencies. Volunteer projects include painting local shelters, planting community gardens, and repairing and cleaning food banks. Not only will students offer much needed volunteer power, but they will also raise thousands of dollars that will benefit important local service agencies, as well as national and international hunger and homelessness relief agencies. Your school can either coordinate its own Cleanup or join an established local event. Register to participate in the Cleanup at www.hungercleanup.org.

Feinstein Challenge - March and April
Does your school currently organize a big food drive or fundraiser that benefits a local hunger relief agency? If so, we have a cool new opportunity for you that will significantly increase your impact. This spring, the National Student Campaign has teamed up with the Feinstein Foundation's annual spring Challenge to End Hunger, a $1 million giveaway to hunger relief agencies that run food and fundraising drives during the months of March and April. Each participating agency receives a portion of the $1 million based on the amount of food and money it collects during this time period. In other words, the more food and money an agency and school collects, the more money the beneficiary will receive from the Feinstein Challenge. So, organize dorm competitions or a neighborhood food drive, partner with a local elementary or high school, participate in the Hunger Cleanup, and dust off those BIG ideas you have been sitting on for years - now is the time to participate in one of the greatest grassroots fundraising efforts to end hunger in America. With just a little work, we can do even more to alleviate and end hunger in our communities! Learn more about the Feinstein Challenge at www.studentsagainsthunger.org.

To the Streets - National Sleep-Out and Day of Action - March 31, 2006
Join community members and students from across the country and Puerto Rico who will spend the night out on the streets to raise awareness and political will to combat the growing poverty in our cities, states and nation. This event is inspired by North Park University students who organized a sleep out in February 2005 that involved dozens of students who slept out in the snow and freezing rain and collected 4,000 signatures in support of affordable housing throughout the evening. This year, North Park students have teamed up with the National Student Campaign and Call to Renewal to make the event even BIGGER by encouraging students to organize small local sleep outs or join other schools, community groups, and individuals experiencing homelessness in large cities. Learn more at www.tothestreets.org.

Student Advocacy Project
The National Student Campaign created the Student Advocacy Project in response to growing student interest in linking community service and public policy. Students often wonder what their politicians in Washington D.C. or the state capitol can do to help people in need. The Student Advocacy Project educates students about important issues, and combines the resources of the anti-poverty movement and the grassroots power of students nationwide. Check out the Student Advocacy Project website for updates and action alerts at www.studentsagainsthunger.org/advocacy.

Spring Activist Training Tour
This spring, the staff of the National Student Campaign will travel to schools across the country to speak on various issues related to hunger and homelessness and to teach activist training session to strengthen organizing skills. Also, the National Student Campaign staff frequently speaks during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, social justice lecture series, brown bag lunch discussion, and other campus-wide events. Choose from our sample speaking topics and training session or create a program right for your campus at www.studentsagainsthunger.org.

Also, don't forget to check out our calendar of Upcoming Events and Job and Internship opportunities at
http://www.studentsagainsthunger.org


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