[scimc-news] Santa Cruz Indymedia Update For Sunday February 11th 2007

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Santa Cruz Indymedia Update For Sunday February 11th 2007
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* Upcoming Events
* Sit In At Farr's Office to Demand Cut Off The War Funds!
* "True Compañeras": Women's Participation in the Popular Movement of Oaxaca
* Santa Cruz Olive Harvest Delegation to Palestine/Israel
* Free Skool Marks Two Years of Learning Outside the System

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UPCOMING EVENTS

February 16th  7:00 PM: Granito de Arena in Watsonville (Screening)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/11/18361436.php

February 17th  8:30 AM: G.E.N.T.E. (Getting Educated Now To Empower) (Conference)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/02/18355944.php

February 17th  6:00 PM: Amnesty International Annual Spaghetti Dinner + LiVe MuSiC! (Party/Street Party)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/06/18358929.php

February 22nd  7:00 PM: Film Benefit - Peace Villages in Colombia (Screening)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/06/18358346.php

February 22nd  7:00 PM: ACLU-Interrupted Life Panel Discussion at Louden Nelson Center (Panel Discussion)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/08/18359481.php

More Events On Santa Cruz Indymedia's Calendar:
http://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=60

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Sit In At Farr's Office to Demand Cut Off The War Funds!
Protest To Bring The Troops Home Now!

On Friday, February 16th, there will be a sit-in at Representative Sam Farr’s office to demand, "Cut Off The War Funds!" Sam Farr has voted a number of times for the billions of dollars that have been used to wage war and murder hundreds of thousands in Iraq. He has promised to vote against the $93 billion emergency war appropriations bill that Bush has forwarded to congress, but Farr still consistently supports and votes for massive general appropriations for the military budget. These are votes for war.

Read more
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/11/18361059.php

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"True Compañeras": Women's Participation in the Popular Movement of Oaxaca
An account of the important role of women in the Oaxacan social movement

Women have not only acted as participants in the ongoing popular movement in Oaxaca, but have also profoundly shaped the course of its history. They have created some of the most powerful stories and moments in the past nine months, and have helped tell them. Stories of women who have built the movement are everywhere in Oaxaca. 

Read more
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/11/18361110.php

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Santa Cruz Olive Harvest Delegation to Palestine/Israel
Reports from Travels with the Palestinian Authority

Scott Kennedy of the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz co-led a delegation to Israel and the West Bank of Palestine from November 4–18, 2006. Ken Carlson of Santa Cruz was also on the delegation which was cosponsored by the Washington, DC based Interfaith PeaceBuilders and the Middle East Program of the national American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).  

Read more and listen to an interview with Scott Kennedy   
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/10/18360306.php

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Free Skool Marks Two Years of Learning Outside the System
Blurring the Line Between Teachers and Students

Two years ago this spring, Free Skool Santa Cruz started as an idea between friends. It was a resuscitation of an old idea: interactive and informal learning in a non-institutional, non-hierarchical setting outside of the monetary economy. And in two years, Free Skool has offered over 260 different classes on everything from DIY-philosophy such as bike repair and knitting to more academic subjects such as local and radical history.

Read more
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/02/18355680.php


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