[imc-st.louis] Fwd: "Activists in St. Louis for summer '08" Updates for Week of July 6

[Ben West]

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Subject: Update for week of July 6

(blog version can be found here:
http://blog.showmeprogress.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1272)

Hi everyone, hope you had a great weekend. Please check out the
announcements after the calendar as well:  Chelsea is offering to
provide a nonviolent direct action training to people who are
interested, Ben is searching for a home for a doberman, and there's a
petition to save Anheuser-Busch.  Here are some of this week's events:

Monday, July 7:  The St. Louis Instead of War Committee has their
monthly steering committee meeting.  It's at 7 PM at the World
Community Center, 438 North Skinker.  Open to all!

Also Monday at 7 PM, Barbara Ehrenreich, author of "Nickled and Dimed"
and "This Land is Their Land", will be speaking at the St. Louis
Ethical Society.  Details at:
http://leftbank.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp;jsessionid=abceeLVZ5P-DIh0DWh5Rr?s=storeevents&eventId=378072

Tuesday, July 8: Via Joe on the Wall: "Especially for those of you who
live in the city (though certainly anyone's welcome to come), there
will be an Obama organizing meeting July 8th, in the evening in the
Shaw neighborhood (near Tower Grove Park and the South Grand area); it
is organized by veteran activist Martin Rafanan, who is most certainly
a man who knows how to get things done, so come with a realistic
assessment of your time availability and a willingness to make a
commitment, even if only a small one.

Get the details and RSVP at the link below, and please give me a call
(314-620-9930) as well, since I'm responsible for some of the
recruitment on this.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4g2fd"

Also Tuesday: St. Louis's Amnesty International chapter has their
monthly meeting at 7 PM at the Schlafly Branch of the St. Louis
Library.  Their website is at
http://www.amnesty-volunteer.org/usa/stlouis/ .

Also Tuesday, the St. Louis Animal Rights Team (START) is having their
bi-monthly meeting at 7 PM: details at
http://start.enviroweb.org/Calendar.htm

Wednesday, July 9: Day of Action for an Oil-Free President. Big Oil
has a new candidate for president: their friend John McCain. With 21
oil lobbyists running his campaign, John McCain won't solve our energy
crisis.  Come out and send a message that we want a president who
isn't in the pockets of Big Oil!  We'll be at the Shell Station on the
corner of Delmar and Skinker, just a few blocks from the Delmar
Metrolink station.  Several people, including members of this facebook
group, will be going out for dinner in the Loop afterwards as well.
Sign up at http://www.moveon.org/event/events/index.html?submit=1&search_distance=30&search_zip=63130&action_id=126

Thursday, July 10: Author Rachel Spangler will be speaking at Left
Bank Books at 7 PM. More info at
http://www.saucemagazine.com/calendar.php?c=&d=10&m=7&y=2008#

Friday, July 11: An interesting play "Beautiful Resistance" is being
presented by Playback Workshop Theater.  Details are at
http://www.art-stl.com/artszipper/Event.cfm?eid=B789CE5B-3048-7A03-390EF4D2C4F55F8C

Saturday, July 12: The Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis is
screening a movie from Jia Zhang-ke, considered by many to be the most
successful storyteller of change and discontent in contemporary China.
 I'm not sure what's going on with the times, so you might want to
contact the Contemporary if you're interested in going.  Details at:
http://www.art-stl.com/artszipper/Event.cfm?eid=4F2C3164-3048-7A03-39ADB6DF4349717E

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