[Imc-saltlake-discussion] Weekly Peace Calendar

Sun May 7 07:33:04 PDT 2006

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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
March - October:
5-7 pm

November - February:
5:30-6:30

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.)

Next Public Meeting:
Thursday, June 1, 7:30pm
Free Speech Zone, 2144 South Highland Drive, SLC

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

Other weekly vigils:
Logan - 5-6pm
in front of the Tabernacle in downtown Logan
Info:  435-797-5237 or rachelc at ext.usu.edu

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:

- The Bureau of Land Management is accepting public comments until May 8th on
whether or not Private Fuel Storage should be

allowed a right-of-way to transport high-level nuclear waste across public lands
into Skull Valley.  See the letter below the

events listing for details on how you can participate.

- STOP THE DIVINE STRAKE:  A Coalition of indigenous and activist groups have
planned An International Day of Action at the

Nevada Test Site May 28th in an effort to stop the June 2nd Divine Strake test. 
For more information and details, contact

Deanna at deesings at xmission.com  Details about the event will be published here
by next week.  Action alerts may come more

often throught this email address.  Read more about this test at: 
www.utah.indymedia.org

- Saturday, May 13 is World Fair Trade Day.  See the Fair Trade Resource Network
for more info at:

http://fairtraderesource.org/wftd/index.html#redirect
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Events:

May 10, Wednesday – 7PM – MO AND ME – with Salim Amin, filmmaker and Managing
Director of Camerapix and the Chairman of the

Mohamed Amin Foundation – Westminster College 1840 South 1300 East – Vieve Gore
Concert Hall SLCFC: The New Africa Series
Long acknowledged Africa's greatest photographer-cameraman, Mohamed Amin has
been photographing and filming the major events

of Africa, Asia and the Middle East since the 1950's. He is also the author and
publisher of more than forty high quality

illustrated books. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1943, and was chief
executive of the Camerapix group of television and

publishing companies. He died in 1996 Salim Amin is the son of the late Mohamed
Amin, the Managing Director of Camerapix and

the Chairman of the Mohamed Amin Foundation.  Salim Amin was thrust into the
role of Managing Director of Camerapix

Publishers at the young age of 26 when in 1996 when his father died in a
hijacked Ethipoian aircraft.
No one captured Africa’s pain and passion more incisively than Mohamed Amin.  He
was the most famous photojournalist in the

world, making the news as often as he covered it.  ‘Mo’ trained his unwavering
lens on every aspect of African life, never

shying from the tragedy, never ailing to revel in the success.  Through the gaze
of his camera lens, he showed the world what

some were afraid to see and what most people wished they could ignore.

Salim held onto his father’s dreams and ideals of training and developing local
African talent to tell the African Stories

with competence.  He will introduce the film and discuss the work that he is
doing to carry on his father's vision about

media courage of and about Africa.

SLC FILM CENTER - Please call 801-746-7000 with questions
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Saturday, May 13, 2006
3rd annual Sustainable Living Festival “LIVE GREEN”,
8:00am-6:00pm in downtown Salt Lake City’s Pierpont Avenue, from West Temple to
200 W.
http://www.downtownslc.org/events/live-green.htm
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Saturday, May 13, 2006
FREE FILM:  Shocking and Awful:A Grassroots Response to War and Occupation, Part
3
Free Speech Zone
2144 South Highland Drive

“Shocking and awful” is the way many people view the current situation (2004) in
Iraq and the United States. The war

continues to take its toll on Iraqi civilians, international aid workers,
journalists and U.S. troops. Here at home we are

seeing how waging a “perpetual war” is affecting our own lives as well.
# Globalization at Gunpoint
# The World Says NO to War
# Empire and Oil

Info:  502-8556, info at utahpeace.org
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Monday, May 15, 2006
7PM – Two short films and a Community Discussion About Current Questions and
Issues Concerning Recent Local Demonstrations

and the National Debate on Immigration City Library Auditorium - 210 East 400
South - SLCFC: Spanish Language Film Series-

Free
VICTORIA PARA CHINO– Director: Cary Fukunaga. – Not Rated– Short Film
Victoria Para Chino is a realistic account of a disastrous border crossing. 
VICTORIA PARA CHINO immerses us in the dangerous

and sometimes deadly attempt to cross the southern U.S. border.
UNO, DOS, TRES / ONE, TWO, THREE– Director: José  - Not Rated – 36 min.
UNO, DOS, TRES documents one of the greatest marches in Utah’s history with
around 40,000 people caught on video from all

angles.  The images captured in UNO, DOS, TRES demonstrate the force of the
Latino/a community when they come together as

one.

SLC FILM CENTER - Please call 801-746-7000 with questions
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
7PM - AGE OF AIDS – Produced by: Frontline – Panel Discussion after the
screening with: Stan Penfold, Executive Director,

Utah Aids Foundation; Dr. Kristen Ries, U of U, Infectious Diseases; Lynne
Meinor, Utah Department of Health - City Library

Auditorium - 210 East 400 South SLC - SLCFC: Fesitval/Series presented by KUED
with the SLC Film Center and the City Library

- Free
Over 25 years, roughly 70 million people have been infected with the virus and
22 million have already died of AIDS.  Why

humanity has failed to stop the spread of HIV is the central question of The Age
of AIDS. The series examines one of the most

important scientific and political stories of our time: the story of a
mysterious agent that invaded the human species and

exploited its frailties and compulsions, sexual desire and drug addiction,
bigotry and greed, political indifference and

bureaucratic inertia, to spread itself across the globe.   Filmed around the
world in 15 countries, The Age of AIDS features

interviews with major players in the battle against HIV/AIDS.

SLC FILM CENTER - Please call 801-746-7000 with questions
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Thursday, May 18, 2006
Legendary labor folk singer, Utah Phillips will perform a benefit concert for
UTJwJ on Thursday, May 18, 8:00 PM in the

Jeanne Wagner Theater located at 138 W Broadway.  Doors open at 7:30 PM. 
Tickets are $15 in advance and $17 on the day of

the show.  Tickets are available at Capitol Theater, Abravanel Hall, Rose Wagner
Center and ArtTix Outlets or call 355-ARTS.
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Saturday, May 20, 2006
1PM – INTERNATIONAL FILMS: Celebrating the Living Traditions Festival– City
Library Auditorium - 210 East 400 South SLC -

SLCFC: Festival/Series – presented with the City Library
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL – directed by Byambasuren Davaa -  PG (2003) -
Mongolian with English subtitles.
This Academy Award nominated, breathtaking blend of documentary and fiction
follows a four-generation family of nomadic

shepherds as they assist the births of their camel herd. After one camel rejects
her rare white colt, the family sends its

two eldest sons on a desert journey in search of a musician to perform a
lifesaving nomadic singing ritual. The graduation

project of two Munich film students, this magnificent film explores the beauty
and rhythm of the ancient way of life lived by

its real-life actors.
PROMISES -  directed by Carlos Bolado, B.Z. Goldberg and Justine Shapiro -
(2001) – 106 min. - English/Arabic/Hebrew with

English subtitles
This award-winning film, shot in and around Jerusalem, follows several
Palestinian and Israeli children for a period of three

years. The result is a powerful portrait of the deep-rooted conflict between
Israel and Palestine, painted by the words of

the children themselves. As filmmaker B. Z. Goldberg notes, "They live no more
than 20 minutes from each other, but they are

each growing up in very separate worlds." The filmmakers revisited the children
a few years later for a profound epilogue.

Promises was nominated for a 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary and a 2002
Independent Spirit Award.

SLC FILM CENTER - Please call 801-746-7000 with questions
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The Bureau of Land Management is accepting public comments until May 8th on
whether or not Private Fuel Storage should be

allowed a right-of-way to transport high-level nuclear waste across public lands
into Skull Valley.  Please take a minute to

submit your comments (click here to take action), then forward this email to
your friends and family.

The recent creation of the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area prevents PFS from
building a rail-line into Skull Valley.  The

company is now proposing to construct a waste transfer station along I-80 to
transfer high-level nuclear waste from train

cars onto trucks.  PFS needs approval from the BLM to go through with this plan,
but the BLM wants to hear from you first!

For more information and to send your comments, click here
http://www.healutah.org/PFSalert.html.

Thanks for taking action,

John Urgo
Outreach Director
HEAL Utah
68 S Main St, Suite 400
SLC, UT 84101
(801) 355-5055
john at healutah.org

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