(Updates daily;
ongoing events at the bottom)
(Updates daily;
ongoing events at the bottom) Are
you a veteran of the Afghanistan or Iraq War? A family member?
I wanted to let you know about an online
survey to help pick the winning design for two new Colorado state
license plates honoring these veterans.
Veterans and family members--I need your help! Click
here to vote between the two leading designs
LOW
COST HEALTH INSURANCE
MANY FAMILIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR LOW COST HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
FOR THEIR KIDS BUT MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THAT FACT. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WANTS YOU TO KNOW THERE'S A TOLL FREE
NUMBER AND ONLINE INFORMATION ABOUT ENROLING IN THE CHILDRENS HEALTH
INSURANCE PROGRAM.
•Contact Info:
•Phone: 877-kids-now
•Contact Person:
•Web: www.insurekidsnow.gov
Come help Pete talk with voters and spread the word. Contact Lawrance at Volunteer@VotePeteLee.com to find out where to meet!
Article on 2007 week-long trip down the Smith River, started on May 10 is here
Report from Idaho on a Wounded Warrior Project trip
Website for documentary of Wounded Warrior Trip on Smith River
Protest Antlers Thursday August 26 2:30 - 3:30
The Stop the Whop Whop Campaign advocates that our community consider some alternatives to what is being promoted at Thursday's get together The Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments (PPACG), the cosponsor of the event, is an important cog in the local war machine boosters club. . They are part of the movement that sees Fort Carson growing to at least 40,000 troops in the near future. Current levels are about 26,000. This means more helicopter units, more Army Space Command forces, more Special Forces, more of everything Army, including increased pressure for a huge land grab in Las Animas County.
We say it is time to put on the brakes and start our city heading in a different direction. The world will be better off. The country will be better off. And we in Colorado Springs will be better off. We know it won't be easy. The military industrial complex has our city in its grasp. Government, business, the political structures, almost all elements of our society have adopted a tunnel vision that sees the future as being more of the same. More troops and more budget deficits. Enough is enough. We need some new thinking and planning. If you'd like to help, be in touch:
(719) 389 0644 bsulzman@juno.com
TALKING
TRASH
+ Recycling advocates will launch their year-long waste audit of Colorado
Springs Saturday at the Pikes Peak Ecofestival at Rock Ledge Ranch
on the eastern edge of Garden of the Gods Park.
+ From 9:30 a.m. to noon volunteers will sort through trucked-in residential
waste to determine how much recyclable material is being thrown away
and sent to landfills.
+ Anyone interested in taking part should wear jeans, a long-sleeved
shirt, heavy boots and safety glasses and bring a water bottle, garden
rake or shovel, hat and sunscreen.
+ Information: Jane Ard-Smith at janeardsmith@comcast.net or 351-2584.
HOPE WORLDWIDE
THE COLORADO SPRINGS CHAPTER OF 'HOPE WORLDWIDE' WILL BE HOLDING
THEIR 2ND ANNUAL CASINO NIGHT FUNDRAISER ON AUGUST 28TH. PROCEEDS
WILL BENEFIT 'HOPE PACKS' AND HOMELESS SUPPORT SERVICES. HOPE PACKS
ARE BACKPACKS PROVIDED FOR FOSTER CHILDREN FILLED WITH TOYS, BLANKETS,
AND OTHER COMFORTING ITEMS. ALSO, FOOD, SLEEPING BAGS, COATS AND
TOILETRY ITEMS ARE PROVIDED TO THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
•Contact Info: ADMISSION (INCLUDES GAMING CHIPS AND REFRESHMENTS):
$20 PER PERSON IN ADVANCE OR $25 AT THE DOOR.
•Phone:
•Contact Person:
Exhibit: "The Emma Goldman Papers"
A major figure
in the history of American radicalism and feminism, Emma Goldman (1869-1940)
was an influential anarchist of her day and an early advocate of free
speech, birth control, women's equality, and union organization. Deported
in 1919, she participated in the social and political movements of
her age, including the Russian Revolution and the Spanish Civil War.
The Emma Goldman Papers exhibit runs September 7-29, 2010, Coburn
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 12:30-5 p.m. Sponsored by the Colorado
College Cultural Attractions Fund.
12:30 p.m., Coburn Gallery, main floor of Worner Campus Center,
902 N. Cascade Ave., free
INDEPENDENCE CENTER PRESENTS
THE COLORADO SPRINGS INDEPENDENCE CENTER PRESENTS AN EVENING OF GAMBLING,
MUSIC, FOOD AND DRINK THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH. AT STARGAZER'S EVENT
CENTER. PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE CSIC'S INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM AND
THE CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO SPRINGS.
•Contact Info: FROM 5PM TILL 9PM TICKETS ARE $40 AND INCLUDE
Ò$200Ó IN CASINO CURRENCY. LIGHT APPETIZERS, CASH BAR,
FREE PARKING.
•Phone: For ticket info call Jill @ 719-471-8181 X 10 or e-mail
•Email: Jill@csicindliving.com
2010 RACE FOR THE CURE
ON SEPTEMBER 12TH IN THE GARDEN OF THE GODS PARK THERE WILL BE A FAMILY
FRIENDLY 5K AND 1K RUN/WALK TO RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORT THE KOMEN MISSION
OF A WORLD WITHOUT BREAST CANCER.
•Contact Info: 1805 NORTH 30THT ST., COLORADO SPRINGS 7AM
•Phone: 719-632-8887
•Contact Person: BETSY HINER
•Web: WWW.KOMENSECOLORADO.OCOM
Lecture: "Are the Trees Falling? How Pine Beetle and Wildfire Shape
Rocky Mountain Forests"
As part of
the 2010-11 Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Speaker
Series, titled, "Are Our Forests Dying: Forest Health in the Rockies,"
Colorado State University professors, David Theobald and Jason Sibold
will give the first lecture of the series. Their talk is based on
research from Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and Glacier
National Park in Montana, and will focus on how the endemic pine beetle
infestation and wildfire policy can impact our forests. Theobald is
a landscape ecologist who has spent his time trying to understand
the patterns of landscape change and its effect on wildlife habitat
and biodiversity. Sibold is a biogeographer who focuses on disturbance
ecology, specifically on how wildfires and outbreaks shape forest
ecosystems. Visit www.stateoftherockies.com for further
information and the entire series schedule. Sponsored by the Colorado
College State of the Rockies Project. Colorado College Co-Sponsors:
The Cultural Attractions Fund for financial support, Slade Sustainable
Development Workshop, and the CC environmental program.
7:30 p.m., Gaylord Hall, main floor of Worner Campus Center, 902
N. Cascade Ave., free
Lecture:
"Emma Goldman" by Candace Falk
Goldman biographer
and director of the Emma Goldman Papers Project, will uncover the
history and legacy of this influential American anarchist. Since 1980,
the Emma Goldman Papers Project at the University of California-Berkeley
has collected, organized, and edited tens of thousands of documents
by and about Goldman from around the world. The leading authority
on Goldman, Falk is the author of "Love, Anarchy, and Emma Goldman"
(1984). A reception and tour of the Emma Goldman Papers Project exhibition
in Coburn Gallery will follow the lecture. Sponsored by the Colorado
College departments of history, feminist and gender studies, general
studies, and the IDEA program.
3:30 p.m., W.E.S. Room, lower level of Worner Campus Center, 902
N. Cascade Ave., free
information
and resources for Counter Recruitment
Healthcare For All Colorado.org
WEEKLY Vigil on Mondays from 12 until 12:30 at Camp Casey, 804 N. Nevada, for
all political prisoners at Abu Ghraib, Gitmo, and worldwide
Weekly vigil Austin Bluff and Academy: Wednesday at 3PM
The PIKES PEAK COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY BUS ( SUS BUS ) NEEDS A RELIABLE & RESPONSIBLE
PAID CO-ORDINATOR - DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE?
JUST FYI:
We have checks coming in from CS INDY & CS UTILS which should total over @ 2 K + Other promises -
We need to Find a Key Per for events this summer - IF you know anyone willing to take on the task - we need:
An SUS BUS CO-ORDINATOR: 10 Key Points here below - We need for semi - year round except breaks like Dec 15 -
March 15 ( with exception of special dates if weather permits ) And EASE back into things between March 15 - April 15th
We are fine with someone coming on from July 15 to Dec 15th w reviews @ Sept 15th to see how we create & adjust;
SUS BUS NEEDS RELIABLE & RESPONSIBLE CO-ORDINATOR FOR PIKES PEAK REGION
A) Whose Tasks would be:
1) Getting Co-Sponsors to donate to the SUS BUS
2) Get Calendar of Events set so we know WHERE & WHEN we should be going & what they will pay us if we can get $$
3) Co-Ordinate drivers to get the bus to the event & Vols * ( Best ones are Green Business folks who want public exposure )
so we can have at least 2 people per event for "Staffing"
4) Keep track of rotating Displays on Loan & building up better displays as we make progress
5) Misc etc around keeping SUS BUS functional - with support of Sponsors, Board, Mechanics, & Other Vols etc
SUS BUS NEEDS RELIABLE & RESPONSIBLE CO-ORDINATOR FOR PIKES PEAK REGION:
B) Whose ( Independent Contractor ) income payments would be a combination of :
1) $100 a month - Base minimum for stirring up Business etc see 1 - 5 above with reviews quarterly to boost if possible
2) $20 per event for showing up & supervising etc w the Vols
3) 20% of any & all SALES & DONATIONS that come in at any event where SUS BUS is showcased
4) 20% of any & all Co-Sponsorships created by the efforts of this co-ordinator working with Community Funded donations
5) 20% of any DESIGNATED Grant money earmarked for the SusBus will go to the Co-ordinator for Operations income
IF you know anyone interested - please FWD & contact us ASAP - Contact Amy Porter at 634-6552 or cell 351-3187 - THANKS & please do FWD to others -
Best, Mark Joyous
is seeking volunteers for the Supervised Exchange and Parenting Time program.
Call 447-9898 ext. 1020 or visit casappr.org for more.
Make of this what you will, but I got this email from CASA today:
Visit our website at www.casappr.org.
Of course I wrote back to say in no uncertain terms I would not remove this entry for a group doing such great work, and don't need her permissioin to place this call for volunteers. I will continue to support the fantasic work done there (and hope you do too) and ignore this silly posturing from one member.
Front Range Wildlife is seeking animal care, rescue and transport, fundraising, event planning and other volunteers for Spring/Summer 2007. Call 964-7826 or visit frontrangewildlife.org to register.
Teller County Regional Animal Shelter, a no-kill animal shelter in Divide, seeks volunteers to walk or groom dogs, play with cats, run errands, work in the office and more. Call 686-7707 or visit tcrascolorado.com for more.
Big Brothers Big Sisters is seeking volunteers to serve as mentors to local youth as part of a new program. Go for walks, play in the park, watch movies, play board games, cook food and share other positive experiences with kids each week. Call 633-2443 or visit bbbscolo.org/pikespeak for more.
PBS Frontline reports on demand online:
http://www.rmpbs.org/media/frontlineVideo.html
Free meal every Sunday at 2PM at the back of Shove Chapel, 1010 N. Nevada
To volunteer, show up at 11:30am. We're also taking donations of food, (prepared or durable), household goods, dinnerware, cash, etc.
Donations are tax deductible. Contact Steve Bass: hipgnotist(at)yahoo(dot)com or Garrett Meek, g_meek(at)coloradocollege(dot)edu
Everyone is welcome to serve or eat. We serve mostly organic foods and have specifically refused to buy in to Bob Holmes' program for regulating the poor.
We do not proselytize, preach, coerce, or wheedle.
All we do is feed
people.
SHARE Colorado is a nonprofit organization that serves as a monthly food distributor offering grocery packages at half the retail price to everyone. For more info, call 210-3244 or order at sharecolorado.com.
contact [at] CSaction(dot)org
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