Presentation by Sierra Club members includes the 20 minute video "This Land is Your Land" which documents a century of National Forest Management.  There will be a short meeting following the presentation for volunteer activist attendees interested in the Sierra Club's End Commercial Logging campaign.  The presentation will be at Borders Books & Music, 1149 Lancaster Ave. in Bryn Mawr at 7:30 pm.

From April 17-21 trade ministers will be meeting to negotiate the expansion of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the entire Western hemisphere - a trade agreement called the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).  According to the Pennsylvania Fair Trade Campaign, the FTAA would increase downward pressure on wages, living standards, the environment, public health laws, and public services.  In conjunction with the protests occurring at the FTAA meeting in Quebec City - there will be a demonstration in Philadelphia on the west side of City Hall at 10:00 AM.  Bring your banners, bring your voices, bring your friends.  Contact the Pennsylvania Consumer Action Network (PCAN) for more information, www.pcan.org, email: stopftaa@pcan.org, 610-478-7888.

Earth Day

Celebrate the Earth and gather on the grass of Merion Green for vegan and vegetarian foods, homemade "greenbooks" and the formal introduction of Bryn Mawr's new pond! Read an account of Bryn Mawr College's transition to organic groundskeeping and their new pond by student Hannah Stutzman - (*here). Pond tours will be conducted throughout the day. "Garbologist" Bill Rathje (an urban archaeologist) will be coming to speak to the college about what gets thrown into our landfills, and the work he does in his field of "garbology."  Read more about garbologist Bill Rathje - (*here).  The fair will be from 1 PM to about 5 PM.  Bill Rathje will speak at 4 PM.  (*Campus Map)

Earth Day

Maggi, Pierce, and E.J. will perform at the Point in Bryn Mawr.  Opening for them will be Craig Elkins of Huffamoose.  This is a special event sponsored by The Point for Earth Day, from which a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Sierra Club.  Local Sierra Club leaders will be there with environmental information for all who come.  The Point is located  at 880 W. Lancaster Ave. in Bryn Mawr, 610-527-0988. The concert starts at 8 pm and advance tickets are $10, available at The Point or on-line at www.ticketweb.com or by calling the Sierra Club at 215-592-4063.

Join the Green Party of Philadelphia to picket the SEPTA Board.  Protest the strain this puts on people who depend on public transportation and demand that SEPTA fight for adequate funding for public transportation so fare hikes aren't needed.  For more information, contact the Green Party of Philadelphia at http://www.gpop.org 

Join the Green Party of Philadelphia to picket the SEPTA Board at today's SEPTA meeting.    For more information, contact the Green Party of Philadelphia at http://www.gpop.org 

This event features two leading thinkers on the subject of biotechnology, Paul Root Wolpe, on the faculty of the Center of Bioethics of the U. of Pennsylvania, and Brian Tokar, a faculty member at the Institute for Social Ecology and Goddard College in Plainfield, VT.  There will be introductory lectures followed by audience dialogue.  More information can be found in the latest issue of Progressive Health magazine (available free at entrances to area grocery stores), or by calling 610-640-2788.  

• Admission to the event is $7 in advance, $10 at the door ($5 for CAPHA members).  Advance registration is recommended because seating is limited.  Send registration with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to CAPHA, P.O. Box 775, Paoli, PA 19301.

• The forum will be held beginning at 2:15 PM in the Lennox Art Center at the Agnes Irwin School, Ithan Ave. near Conestoga Rd. in Rosemont, PA (near Villanova).

Directions

 

Car
Directions from I76 East or West:
Take Exit 25A to 476 South. Go 2.4 miles to Exit 5 (St. Davids/Villanova). Follow directions below.
From 476 North or South:
Take Exit 5 and go East on Route 30 (Lancaster Pike). After 1 mile, turn right onto S. Ithan Avenue. The School is located one-half mile on your left.
From Route 1 (City Line Avenue) and Route 30 (Lancaster Avenue):
Go west on Route 30 5.5 miles. Turn left onto S. Ithan Avenue. The School is located one-half mile on your left.

Train
The Villanova stations for SEPTA Regional Rail Lines (R-5 Paoli Local) are located 1.5 miles from the School, and the Norristown High Speed Line (P&W), one-half mile from the School.

Read past writings by Brian Tokar on GE Food at http://www.purefood.org/ge/geFactSheet.htm or http://www.greenlink.org/affinity/101196/biotech.html 

A Greens / Green Party USA (G/GPUSA) endorsed Petition by the Black Radical Congress to make police brutality and misconduct federal crimes.  To obtain the petition, go to http://www.blackradicalcongress.org/organizing/campaigns/petition.doc

This begins a weekend of events to draw attention to the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal as well as other issues such as the death penalty, the prison-industrial complex, racial profiling, police brutality, the Phila. DA race, globalizations, militarization, and more.  The FREE MUMIA ENCAMPMENT opens at 5 PM, to be followed by a Hip Hop Concert in the evening.  For more information, contact the International Action Center at 215-724-1618, email philnpc@op.net; or contact the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal at 215-476-5416, or email icffmaj@aol.com.

See above.  Today is a march and rally beginning at 1 PM from the Philadelphia City Hall.  Use contacts above (May 11) for more information.

See above.  Today is the 16th anniversary of the infamous 1985 bombing and burning of the MOVE house by the Philadelphia police.  There will be a Justice for MOVE march and rally at Clark Park.  Use contacts above (May 11) for more information.

Join an action to protest against the Star Wars missle defence program, the militarization of space, and nuclear weapons.  The protest will take place in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, DC and will include speakers, music, art and activisim.  Reservations are now being taken for the Philadelphia Area bus which will depart at 9 AM from the Friends Center located at 15th & Cherry streets.  The bus will depart from Washington at 6 PM for the return trip to Philadelphia.  Cost is $20 for the round trip bus ride sponsored by the Abolish Nuclear Weapons Working Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.  For bus information and reservations, please call Joan Broadfield at 215-241-7230 (9 to 5 weekdays).  For more information on the National Action and related events, such as the Congressional Education Days June 11th and 12th, visit Project Abolition www.projectabolition.org or call 202.667.4260 x240 or email kcrandall@disarmament.org.

The Center for Constitutional Rights and a wide array of organizations are sponsoring a National Pro-Democracy Convention at the Annenberg Center on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.  With the Voter's Bill of Rights as a primary focus, the National Pro-Democracy Convention will be a vehicle to gather up and galvanize the disparate and disaffected constituencies and movements outraged by the flawed presidential election to build a permanent  force for real democracy.  

The Convention will include a range of important activities:

• Preceding the convention, there will be a Training Institute for anyone interested in intensive work towards election reform.

• The kick- off event for the Convention will be a National Town Hall Meeting, where national leaders will speak out about Election 2000 and offer recommendations for democratic reforms.

• Throughout the convention, there will be continuous information and discussion around the principles outlined in the Voters' Bill of Rights and strategies for strengthening the pro-democracy movement.

For more information visit www.pro-democracy.com or email: demconv@ccr-ny.org

The IAC (International Action Center) is hosting a program on the death penalty, directly relating to Mumia and going back in history to the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti.  Several anti-death penalty speakers will be present.  The program will begin at 6 PM at the Friends Center in Philadelphia located at 1515 Cherry St.  For more information call 215-724-1618 or email philnpc@op.net.  

The IAC will hold a demonstration to demand that evidence of Mumia's innocence be heard.  The demonstration will begin at 1 PM at Philadelphia's City Hall (15th & Market Sts.).  For more information call 215-724-1618 or email philnpc@op.net.

The IAC (International Action Center) continues its weekly discussion series with a discussion and video on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).  These organizations will be the target of major protests to be held in Washington, D.C. at the end of this month (see below).  Discussion will be held at 7 PM.  For more information call 215-724-1618 or email philnpc@op.net.

(see above)

On Saturday, while protests are aimed at the World Bank and IMF, also protest the Bush administration's policies that exacerbate problems caused by these organizations.  The IAC's "Beat Back the Bush Attack" protest is scheduled for 10 AM in Lafayette Park and around the White House.

Another major action on Saturday has been organized by the LASC (a coalition of over 40 Latin American solidarity organizations in the U.S.).  The LASC will conduct a protest march against U.S. military andeconomic intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean, especially in Colombia. The march is expected to start at 10:30 a.m. from Upper Senate Park near Union Station and make its way to the White House to  join with the IAC protest around 2 p.m.

If you are interested in going to Washington, D.C. on the 29 to protest the IMF, bus tickets are available departing from Philadelphia. The cost is $20.00 round trip. They must be paid for in advance. Organizers need to know how many people are going ASAP, contact Elizabeth Fattah ( mead@sas.upenn.edu ) regarding tickets or the IAC (see above).

The IAC has an annual fall flea market in October.  They need used books, records, tapes, CD's, clothing, small furniture, household items, toys - you name it - for this sale that helps keep their office open. Call if you need items picked up or to schedule a drop off.  For more information call 215-724-1618 or email philnpc@op.net.

Join the more than 150 protests to be held internationally - endorsed by groups worldwide, including the Greens/Green Party USA. There will be two regional protests at Lockheed Martin sites (a major defence contractor) held by the Brandywine Peace Community.  At 10 AM - 12 PM there will be a protest at Lockheed Martin in Moorestown, NJ.  At 3 PM - 5 PM there will be a protest at Lockheed Martin in Valley Forge, PA.  Find more information online or call 610-544-1818 or email brandywine@juno.com.

This month there will be a showing of "STAR WARS RETURNS", a recently released video written and narrated by Karl Grossman, investigative reporter and journalism professor. For more information call 610-544-1818 or email brandywine@juno.com. Typically every 2nd Sunday of the month a Brandywine Peace Community Potluck Supper is scheduled.

10/19/01 Flyer :  "While we have much sympathy for the families and friends of those who died in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, our grief is not a call for war.  We oppose the current bombing of Afghanistan, and call for its immediate halt. War is simply not the answer.  We repudiate anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and all other forms of racism, especially the racial profiling instigated by police and other government security forces.  People must be allowed to speak their minds. New laws threaten to severely restrict everyone's basic democratic rights.  Funds are needed here at home for jobs, education, healthcare and social security. Our communities should not lose any funding to pay for this war."

At 12PM noon, a rally in Love Plaza 15th & JFK, Philadelphia followed by march to 5th & Market (site of pro-war news media & Liberty Bell).  Initiated by Philadelphia A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism).

For more information call 215-724-1618 or email philnpc@op.net.