Great Basin Peace and Justice Network

The Great Basin Peace and Justice Network is your portal to northern Nevada groups

and individuals participating in peace and social justice activism.

This site serves as an information clearinghouse where we can gather to network our energies.

All groups and individuals that are listed here and members of the network are asked to respect and use non-violent communication.

All events and actions advertised here are non-violent.

For more information please email info@renopeace.org

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Network Groups

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NEW! - Click <HERE> for the Great Basin Peace & Justice Network CALENDAR - NEW!

Ongoing Meetings and Doings

Keep in Touch! Newsgroup & events lists!

Data from a Wasteful & Violent Society

Links

For more information please email info@renopeace.org

~ Network Groups ~

(Click on a group to be redirected to their website.)

Alternative Transportation Club, EAA

Conscious Community and Business Network

International A.N.S.W.E.R, Reno

Great Basin Community Food Cooperative

HOME, Healing Ourselves and Mother Earth

No New Mushroom Clouds Over Nevada, or Anywhere Coalition

Peace Action 2008

Reno AntiWar Coalition (RAWC)

Reno First United Methodist Church

Reno Free Store

Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace (SIAP)

Voices for Peace

Youth Militarization Awareness Project (Y-Map)

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~ Events - Take Action NOW! ~

Nonviolent events, campaigns, & actions sponsored by individual groups or coalitions of groups.
(Click on the event of your interest for more information.)

NEW! - Click <HERE> for the Great Basin Peace & Justice Network CALENDAR - NEW!

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Peace Action 2008 Organizing Meeting

Monday May 5 - 6:15 PM
First United Methodist Church
(209 West First Street - across from Java Jungle)

See Statement to End the War and Occupation of Iraq below

Organizating handout here

Proposed agenda:

(1) Introductions – current activities - 30 min
(2) Update on Peace Fair - Sept. 21 - 15 min
(3) Update on Heller meeting - 20 min
(4) Memorial Day support - 20 min.
(5) Use of Peace Action 2008 list serve - 15 min
(5) Next meeting
(6) closing

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Important off topic event posting follows -

Senior Citizen and Retirement Planning event sponsored by the Washoe County Senior Law Project and Senior Citizen’s Law School, Inc. This event is free.

As some of you know I have recently been thrust into the world of elder care. Below is an event that I believe many of you will find of value, I know I will! So please excuse this off-topic post.

A flier for this event has been posted at both the Great Basin Peace and Justice Network website <http://renopeace.org> as well as the Alternative Transportation Club, EAA website <http://ElectricNevada.org>. Please downlaod and print a few fliers and give them to an aging person, your pastor, your neighbor and/or post them at your favorite store, laundromat, work lunchroom, or school.

And thanks for all you do!

Be well,
Bob Tregilus
Web-editor / owner -
http://RenoPeace.org &
http://ElectricNevada.org

WHAT: "How to Survive Retirement: Solutions You Need to Know"

WHEN: May 13 - 15, 2008 from about 1:30 - 4:35 p.m. OR 5:20 - 7:55 p.m. each day

WHY: May, 2008 is Older Americans Month

WHERE: Reno Senior Center, 1155 East Ninth Street (& Sutro)

WHO: Washoe County Senior Services, Washoe Senior Law Project, and Senior Citizens' Law School

RSVP: For reservations call 328-2651

COST: Free

Click <HERE> for an offical event flier!

Details:

Day 1 of this 3-day program is produced by the Washoe Senior Law Project and Senior Citizens' Law School. This program presents life planning skills including advanced health care directives, instruction on living with memory loss, how to determine when intervention is needed, and guidance on long-term care planning.

Day 2 of this 3-day program is produced by the Washoe Senior Law Project and Senior Citizens' Law School. Topics to be explored include exploitation and abuse, guardianship, and elder care management.

Day 3 of this 3-day program is produced by the Washoe Senior Law Project and Senior Citizens' Law School. This program will introduce financial planning tools including wills, living trust, durable powers of attorney for money management, and reverse mortgages. Attendees will also learn about some behavioral and social aspects of elder care management.

WEBSITE: http://www.co.washoe.nv.us/seniorsrv/index.htm

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Peace Action 2008

Statement to End the War and Occupation of Iraq

The US/British war and occupation in Iraq has burdened us all for five years. No end is in sight. Costs of all kinds are staggering – billions of public dollars, thousands of combat dead and wounded, hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties — emotional and psychological costs to veterans, families, social services, congregations, communities – displacements of millions of Iraqis without infrastructure and security to go about normal living.

As social workers, mechanics, warehouse workers, teachers, businesspersons, cooks, etc. who live and work in Reno and Sparks, we are compelled to see this war not just as a political issue. We address it as a deeply personal and social issue of our common health and well-being. It is an issue for all who have been hurt directly by the war. It is an issue for all who have watched on helplessly and hopelessly to stop it. It is an issue for all who have fought the war. Our very characters as persons, nations and faith traditions hang in the balance.

With imperfect but growing clarity and conviction, we say, this war and this occupation must end now! We call for no more funding of military pursuits in Iraq -- no more arms, no permanent installations. We call for funding only to remove our troops and to rehabilitate Iraq. We call for bringing our military personnel home to be healed as quickly as possible. We call for renewed commitment to national humility and international cooperation.

Great Basin Peace and Justice Network - www.renopeace.org

Alternative Transportation Club, EAA
Conscious Community and Business Network
International A.N.S.W.E.R, Reno
Great Basin Community Food Cooperative
HOME, Healing Ourselves and Mother Earth
No New Mushroom Clouds Over Nevada, or Anywhere Coalition
Reno AntiWar Coalition (RAWC)
Reno First United Methodist Church
Reno Free Store
Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace (SIAP)
Voices for Peace
Youth Militarization Awareness Project (Y-Map)

Cost to us for 2008: taxpayers in Congressional District 2 (Heller) will pay $455.9 million for proposed Iraq War Spending for FY2008. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:*
•    103,949 People with Health Care OR
•    413,991 Homes with Renewable Electricity OR
•    10,848 Public Safety Officers OR
•    9,940 Music and Arts Teachers OR
•    139,845 Scholarships for University Students OR
•    35 New Elementary Schools OR
•    2,434 Affordable Housing Units OR
•    156,551 Children with Health Care OR
•    51,849 Head Start Places for Children OR
•    9,940 Elementary School Teachers OR

* Figures from the National Priorities Project- http://nationalpriorities.org

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~ Ongoing Meetings and Doings ~

NEW! - Click <HERE> for the Great Basin Peace & Justice Network CALENDAR - NEW!

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Peace Action 2008

Peace Action 2008 is a coalition of peace activists who are processing ways to influence elected officials and others to end the war in Iraq. Please review the meeting notes for more information on the process. You may also contact Peace Action 2008 coordinator, John Hadder, at 775.284.6234 or email him at hadder"AT"gbis"DOT"com

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Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace weekly Peace Vigil, Reno, Mondays

You're invited to join area peaceniks every Monday evening at 5:30 PM in front of the Bruce R. Thompson Federal Building & Court House at the corner of Virginia and Liberty Streets in downtown Reno.

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Voices for Peace, weekly Peace Vigil, Carson City, Mondays

Voices for Peace are people witnessing publicly for peace and justice. The back drop is the war in Iraq, but it is also a nation that seems to have a need to be reminded that acting as caring, merciful, and fair minded individuals is what we are made for. Many, but not all, attend the First United Methodist Church in Carson City. We would love to have more people join us. We meet in front of the Nevada State Legislature every Monday at noon.

Contact: Ed Skudlarek, 882-1847, epskud"AT"aol"DOT"com

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Molly Ivins Pots ‘n’ Pans Brigade, Tuesdays

Every Tuesday (starting February 6) between 11:00 and 11:30am, Bruce R. Thompson Federal Building, at Liberty and S. Virginia. We will be on the public sidewalk, where our Congressional representatives maintain offices, to raise a little hell with implements of cooking to end the war in Iraq. The late columnist, Molly Ivins, suggested this tactic in her last column in January. More here.

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Food Not Bombs, Sundays

Food Not Bombs - Free Vegan Meals - Serving times and location: Every Sunday, Noon at Fisherman's Park I, Galetti Way at Kietzke, and 3pm at Bicentennial Park (1st & Ralston) by the water.

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Poetry, Peace and Music 1st & 3rd Fridays of each month

Poetry Peace and Music happens from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. the first and third Fridays of each month at Dreamers Coffeeshop on the first floor of the Riverside Artists Lofts in downtown Reno. Music is provided by Lee Dazey, Kim Elise and Chris Good, and the microphones are open for you to perform, too. Call Chris at 843-8026 for more information.

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Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace meetings, monthly

The Sierra Interfaith Action For Peace is a network of peacemakers whose mission is to listen, respond, and work together for justice and peace. Sierra Interfaith Action For Peace has been serving our community for nearly twenty years and is an affiliate of Fellowship for Reconciliation. For more information, please call Patsy Gehr at 775.326.4739.

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Reno AntiWar Coalition meetings

Call 775.232.2823 for more information.

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Youth Militarization Awareness Project (Y-Map) meetings

For more information please contact Lee Dazey, 775.324.4027.

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RAWC Presents, Reno AntiWar Coalition television show

The Reno AntiWar Coalition does programming on Reno's community Access Television, Sierra Nevada Community Television, cable channel 16. Most of these shows are a two sided discussion of peace and justice issues. You can find air dates by going to The Media Center's website at http://sncat.org. Click on the Programming Guide, and look for RAWC Presents. If you have any ideas for upcoming shows, let us know by calling Lisa at 775.232.2823.

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~ Keep in Touch ~

For those who like to interact, post news stories, and generally discuss and debate please join the Washoeantiwar list. With this option you may receive several emails per day.
<< Click HERE for more information or to join! >>

For those who wish to be altered to local peace events and meetings please join the Peace Presence list. With this option you will generally receive less than one email per week.
<< Click HERE for more information or to join! >>

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~ Data from a Wasteful & Violent Society ~

Iraqi civilian casualty count:

For updated coalition forces casualty counts click > HERE <.

Cost of the War in Iraq:

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~ Links ~

A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Act Now to Stop War & End Racism

Antiwar.com

Culture of Peace News Network