[Imc-saltlake-discussion] Weekly Peace Calendar

[weeklycalendar at utahpeace.org]

This calendar is a service provided by People for Peace and Justice of Utah
www.utahpeace.org - With these activities every Thursday:

Weekly sidewalk vigil:

Thursdays, 5-7 pm Federal Building, 125 South State Street, SLC Bring signs!
(Some signs provided)
(NOTE:  In case of inclement weather, please bring your own signs if you decide
to vigil in rain or snow.)

Public Meetings:  1st and 3rd THursdays, 7:30pm
Jubilee Center, 309 East 100  South


www.utahpeace.org, info at utahpeace.org, or 502-8556


Please visit www.utahpeace.org/calendar.html to view events happening in our
community.

Here are other events calendars of events in our community:

Utah Activist Calendar:http://cal.uarc.com/display.pl
Our Community Connection online
calendar:http://www.ourcommunityconnection.com/events.php
CATALYST online calendar at www.catalystmagazine.net/events Amnesty
International Events

Calendar:www.amnestyutah.org/events.htm
Middle East Center, U of U, Calendar:www.mec.utah.edu/Calendar/calendar.html
Women's Resource Calendar, U of U: www.sa.utah.edu/women/calendar/jan2005.html
Salt Lake City Film Center Events: www.slcfilmcenter.org Diversity
Utah:www.diversity.utah.edu/annualevents.html
Progressive Utah Discussion
Forum:http://www.livejournal.com/community/progressiveutah/
Utah Policy:  www.utahpolicy.com
Utah Events:  www.utah.com/database/events

News Sources:
www.commondreams.org - Common Dreams
www.truthout.org - Truthout
www.zmag.org - ZNet
www.democracynow.org - Democracy Now!

Have a great week!
(Please send questions/calendar items to weeklycalendar at utahpeace.org)

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Highlighted Announcements and Events:

- People for Peace and Justice of Utah is resuming its meetings at the Jubilee
Center, 309 East 100 South.  Meetings are held

on Thursdays at 7:30pm.  The first Thursday of the month is dedicated to
planning events with the other THursdays dedicated

to committees and meetings with specific programs.  Check the website in the
near future for a listing of those events.
Info on meetings:  info at utahpeace.org or 502-8556

- Nov. 13-Dec. 31, 2005: Buy Local, Organic, and Fair Made--Boycott Wal-Mart and
the Chains.  Sign the pledge at:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/btc.htm

- City Academy (www.cityacademyslc.org), a public charter school is offering
courses through its 21st Century Community

Learning Lab for the larger community - adults and students.  Info on courses
currently being offered can be found at:

www.centercityschool.org/CommLearning.htm

Course offerings will be expanded in the next semester, so please keep checking
back on the above link.
Info:  utenix at yahoo.com

- Thursday, November 3 - Sunday, November 6:  6TH ANNUAL AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL - See details in events listing

below.

- The Green Party of Utah (www.gput.org) and Free Speech Zone
(www.freespeech-zone.com) have organized weekly November FREE

film screenings.  See details at: www.gput.org/films.shtml and in the events
listing below.

One of those movies will be "WalMart:  The High Cost of Low Price" on Saturday,
November 19.  See details from the film

makers on the movie and how WalMart has started a smear campaign at: 
www.walmartmovie.com/fear_and_smear.php
Here is the link to th etrailer on the movie, that WalMart wants the movie
makers to take down:

www.walmartmovie.com/teaser_qhi.php
Please send this to everyone you know!

- Buy Nothing Day - Friday, November 25 - see details in events listing below

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Events:

Wednesday, November 2
Community Forum on the Implications of Tax Cuts for Economic Growth and the
Safety Net
3:30-5:00 PM
Salt Lake City Main Library Auditorium
200 East 400 South

Background
As the federal budget process got underway last spring, the accepted wisdom
seemed to be that in order to restore the

nation's economic health, finance the war on terror, and pay for greater tax
cuts, spending had to be dramatically reduced.

Congress followed the President's lead by adopting a budget reconciliation
process that requires deep cuts in the safety net

programs.  For example, Medicaid is facing a minimum $10 billion cut, food
stamps could see a $3 billion reduction, and CSBG

and CDBG could lose up to 50% of their funding.

There appears to be momentum to offset one-time $200 billion-plus
Katrina-related relief and recovery spending by making even

deeper cuts in mandatory and discretionary spending.  At the same time, there
has been no move to reduce or eliminate the tax

cuts.  In fact, efforts are being made to repeal the estate tax (at an estimated
cost of $1 trillion over the next decade)

and substantially reduce the assistance provided to low-income working
individuals and families through the EITC.

Also of consequence are several issues before the 2006 Utah state Legislature
including: education and transportation

spending, the equity of the personal income tax, the proposed removal of the tax
on corporate income, business inputs, and

food, to name a few.

Please join the Family Investment Coalition for what we hope will be the first
part of an ongoing conversation about tax

policy and its implications for Utahns.

Panel (moderated by KCPW’’s Lara Jones)
Policymakers, business leaders, and economists will gather to debate: 1) the
role/function of taxes in society; 2) the

relationship between tax cuts and economic growth; 3) how to balance tax cuts
and deficit spending, and 4) their vision of a

"wise" tax policy which would fairly and equitably distribute the burden, while
continuing to provide crucial services and

supports to individuals, families, and communities.

rsvp (IMPORTANT!)
Send email to andrew at utahissues.org or call Jerry at (801) 521-2035 ext 120.
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Wednesday, November 2
World Dance 2005 in a Persian Garden, 7:30pm
Kingbury Hall, U of U campus
$10 $5 students/seniors

Featured guests Mohammad Nejad music ensemble and Vocalist Shahla Sarshar.
485-5824 www.easternartists.com
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Thursday, November 3 - Sunday, November 6

6TH ANNUAL AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
at THE CITY LIBRARY, 210 E 400 South (Thursday's opening films will be at the
Trolley Regency Theaters, 602 E 500 South - all

other films will be at the City Library)

Fourteen films.Four days.One world.One voice for human rights.

Presented by Amnesty International, the SLC Film Center and the City Library.
Highlights include discussion with filmmakers following the acclaimed Korean
documentary "Seoul Train"?and the harrowing

Iraqi-war story "Pulled from the Rubble".  Not to be overlooked are the
astounding African films "Darwin's Nightmare", "The

Swenkas", and the inspirational "War Games". The festival opens Thursday,
November third with the immigrant saga "Wetbacks:

the Undocumented Documentary", followed by the unforgettable true story
"Innocent Voices".

Tickets are available at the Library Store 524-8238. For more information, call
the Salt Lake City Film Center at

801-746-7000 Or, you can visit the website www.amnestyutah.org

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Friday, November 4, 7:30pm - Free Film:
"Mission AGainst Terror"-Free the Cuban Five
Free Speech Zone
2144 South Highland Drive, Suite 130

Imprisoned in U.S. jails, five Cubans suffer life sentences plus 68 years. Their
crime? Protecting their people against

Miami-based terrorist attacks. On August 9, the appeal court ordered a new trial
to be held outside of Miami, a great victory

which is their first step to freedom.

This docudrama charts Cuba's 45-year struggle to resist overthrow by ten U.S.
presidents, and the campaign of the Cuban

people, together with 246 groups in 82 countries, to seek and win justice for
these five heroes. Film length: 1 hour. English

subtitles.

Info: www.gput.org/films.shtml, gpu at gput.org or 502-8556
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Saturday, November 5
"In the Box" Encore @ Mo Diggities (a private club for members) - 7:30 pm
3424 S. State at 7:30 pm. $10 cover.

The GLBT Community Center and Mo Diggities present "In The Box" Encore: a
multimedia presentation featuring the art of Daisy

Johnson and the solo debut of Lisa Marie’s new musical release, Awake. This is a
fundraiser is for the Lynn E. Stewart

memorial fund and the evening will kick off Transgender Awareness month. Look
for special VIP green room tickets.

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Friday, November 11
Veterans Day rally and march from the city/county building  at 2:00 p.m.  The
march will end at the tower theater.
Info:utahrallyforpeace at hotmail.com
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Friday, November 11
Veterans for Peace chapter 118 is sponsoring the visit of winter soldier Scott
Camile from Florida for the premiere of the

film WINTER SOLDIER at 4:00 p.m.
Film info:   www.wintersoldierfilm.com
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Friday, November 11 at 8:00pm and Saturday, November 12 at 4:00pm
GEMINUS: the other in the mirror - A new dance project by Erin Kaser
Post Theater, University of Utah - Ft. Douglas Blvd  - Salt Lake City

After graduating from the University of Utah in 2004,Erin Kaser has had the
opportunity to perform in New
York and Oregon, as well as locally with several different groups. She is
presenting her new
choreography in a brief performance that reflects a vision from the past through
an image of the future.

GEMINUS, a short dance project, brings together six local artists as they
consider the dualities of self-identity. Through

her choreography, Erin peers into the worlds we create for ourselves and finds
that
sometimes the things that we forget are the things that make us who we are. The
four dancers both examine
the former and future self while playing on life's humor and senselessness. Join
us, and take a moment to
pause and remember that random chance can still create the most simple
solutions.

Choreography by Erin Kaser
Performed by Erin Lehua Brown, Lorin Hansen,
Kiersten Lewis, and Jersey Reo Riemo
With music by Tristan Moore


Tickets are $5 at the door
Call 801-596-7035 for more information.
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Saturday, November 12
Vegan Cooking Class, 12:00 noon
Wild Oats Fort Union  6930 S. Highland Dr.

FREE With Ching Farm Animal Sanctuary vegan foods are ones that contain no
ingredients from animals. discover how tasty vegan

foods can be this afternoon and learn how to prepare them at home. hosted by the
ching farm animal sanctuary.

pre-registration recommended - you will guarantee attendance.

801.733.9455 www.wildoats.com
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Saturday, November 12, 7:00pm - Free Film:
"This Divided State"
Free Speech Zone
2144 South Highland Drive, Suite 130

The film follows Micheal Moore's controversial decision to speak at the Utah
Valley State College, where a heated debate

between protestors and supporters argue Moore's First Amendment freedom of
speech rights.
Info:  www.gput.org/films.shtml, gpu at gput.org or 502-8556
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November 18
"National Stand Down Day"
End The Iraq War - Demonstrations and Nonviolent Resistance at Recruiting
Stations Across the Country
www.iraqpledge.org
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Saturday, November 19, 7:00pm
"WalMart: The High Cost of Low Price"
Free Speech Zone
2144 South Highland Drive, Suite 130

Everyone has seen Wal-Mart's lavish television commercials, but have you ever
wondered why Wal-Mart spends so much money

trying to convince you it cares about your family, your community, and even its
own employees? What is it hiding? WAL-MART:

The High Cost of Low Price takes you behind the glitz and into the real lives of
workers and their families, business owners

and their communities, in an extraordinary journey that will challenge the way
you think, feel... and shop.

Info:  www.gput.org/films.shtml, gpu at gput.org or 502-8556
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Friday, November 25
Buy Nothing Day
The Salt Lake Radical Cheerleaders, Pom Poms Not Bomb Bombs
(www.pompomsnotbombbombs.org) , are planning to be at the Gateway

in Salt Lake City on Nov. 25 at noon, the day after one of the biggest
consumption days in America "Thanksgiving", to educate

consumers on the benefits of buying locally and not succombing to the pitfalls
of mass consumerism.

We plan to sing "carols".  We have a list of carols with lyrics for those who
want to participate.
Information:  502-8556 or radicalinfo at pompomsnotbombbombs.org

Info on BND:  http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/
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Saturday, November 26, 7:00pm - Free Film
"Affluenza"
Free Speech Zone
2144 South Highland Drive, Suite 130

Af-flu-en-za n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results
from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An

epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit of
the American Dream. 3. An unsustainable

addiction to economic growth. 4. A television program that could change your
life. Affluenza is a one-hour television special

that explores the high social and environmental costs of materialism and
overconsumption.

Info:  www.gput.org/films.shtml, gpu at gput.org or 502-8556
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