SD Peace & Justice Alerts

[sarahlee]

SUNDAY, March 6
Sioux Falls, 1:00 - 2:45 pm,
500 S Grange Ave
~ Interfaith Task Force Against the Death Penalty meets to finalize Good Friday Vigil plans and to strategize year's work. All interested in working with the Task Force are welcome.
Still needing American Baptist and Presbyterian cooperators.

Sioux Falls, 3:00 - 4:00 pm,
Fed Courthouse steps,

~ P&J Chapter peace vigil (1st Sunday during winter; every Sunday resumes April 3)
All are welcome. Bring signs, pets,kids, music, informed conversation, friends.
Final planning for March 19 public witness.

Warning! Jeanne feels a (short) poem coming on.
(P.S. Ask about Pastors for Peace Cuba opportunity)

MONDAY, March 7
Rapid City, 7:00 pm,
Mother Butler Center steps,

400 S Phillips Avenue
~ P&J Chapter presents The Revolution will not be televised an exciting documentary about the effort -- supported by George W. Bush -- to overthrow duly-elected President Hugo Chavez in oil- rich Venezuela (and how the Venezuelan people won in the end). Followed by discussion about America's role in the world.
Bring friends. After seeing this film, they will thank you.

TUESDAY, March 8
Rapid City, 7:00 pm, Elks Club, 512 6th St ~
Alaska Coalition presents "BEING CARIBOU" -- a stunning film and the perfect antidote to Senator Thune's toxic contention that God made ANWR for drilling -- grizzlies, polar bears, musk oxen, and caribou be hanged (along with Gwich'in people).
This film conveys the value of true wilderness.
(See also Saturday Sioux Falls entry)

Nationwide, all day long, 202-224-3121 ~
That's the Capitol Hill switchboard. The operator will connect you with any Congressional office.
Call Senators Johnson & Thune and Rep. Herseth to express concern that the Presidents proposed budget is mercilessly cutting human
needs funding in favor of war making and tax cuts for the wealthy. Give our DC Three an avalanche of calls. For talking points, click on
http://www.actionsspeaklouder.org/callinday


SATURDAY, March 12
Sioux Falls, 7:00 pm, Outdoor Campus,
Sertoma Park ~ Alaska Coalition presents
the documentary "BEING CARIBOU"


Looking AHEAD, March 13-19

EQUAL JUSTICE COMMISSION HEARINGS ~
Tuesday, March 15 --
Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Council Chambers 9 am - Noon
Ft.Thompson CommunityHall 1:30 - 4:30 pm
Wednesday, March 16, Lake Andes 4-H Building 9am-3pm
Thursday, March 17 Sioux Falls Multi-Cultural Center, 515 N. Main Ave.9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
SATURDAY, March 19 ~ Major witness in solidarity with global protest of war and occupation in Iraq in both Sioux Falls and Rapid City -- Stay Tuned

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Scott Hed of Alaska Coalition say, ". . . get some calls in to Thune's offices telling him not to waste our money on a trip to the Arctic Refuge that won't give him any idea of what this place is about (they only do a fly-over...and in winter no less) and that he should fight harder for renewable fuels."

Senator John Thune
Sioux Falls field office
320 N. Main Avenue, SF 57104
605/334-9596 fax[phone]

Washington, DC 202/224-2321 fax [phone]
http://www.thune.senate.gov (Click "Contact Us")