[imc-st.louis] Fwd: Activists in St. Louis for summer '08: St. Louis events for week of July 14

Mon Jul 14 18:07:28 PDT 2008

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Subject: St. Louis events for week of July 14

(For a blog version of this update, please go to
http://blog.showmeprogress.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1310)

Wow, we just got mentioned on the Post-Dispatch's blog "The Platform."
 Check it out at
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-platform/editorial-writers-notebooks/2008/07/activists-in-st-louis-for-summer-08/
, and please don't be too frazzled by the right wing extremists who
post over there.  They quite literally are the people who are
convinced that Obama "hates America".

Anyway, it's another week with a lot of exciting opportunities to get
involved.  There's been a lot of chatter lately about tinkering with
the Arch Grounds, so I'll include some information about that after
the calendar.  For now, here are some of this week's great events:

Monday, July 14  I couldn't find a lot going on around town, but for
those of you with the TV, Channel 21 in St. Louis City will be showing
an episode of Green TV focused on "Environment, Race, and War" at 8:30
PM.  Two of the guests will be Nkhil Kothegal and Andy Heaslet,
leading me to believe that the revolution will begin somewhere North
of the Loop.  More info at:
http://www.insteadofwar.org/site/calendar/events.php?id=E4427

Tuesday, July 15  John McCain is going to be in town, and we will be
protesting his proposed continuation of Bush's policy of blind
military aggression.  The protest will go from 5 to 6:30 on the corner
of Ladue Road and S. Woods Mills Road.  See the facebook event at
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=19308047930 or the calendar
listing at http://www.insteadofwar.org/site/calendar/events.php?id=E4454
for more information.

Also Tuesday.  The sale of Anheuser-Busch can only mean one thing;
it's time to start drinking some Schlafly!  I'm mostly kidding, but
Tuesday's a great chance to drink Schlafly anyway as the Schlafly
Bottleworks will be hosting this month's installment of "Green Drinks"
at 6:30 PM.  Green drinks is a loose network of people who meet up
once a month to chat about the environment over drinks.  More info
about the event is at
http://www.saucemagazine.com/calendar.php?c=&d=15&m=7&y=2008#.

Wednesday, July 16 7 PM. This isn't activism per se, but given the
tight correlation I've observed between activists and future
journalists, I thought this event might be interesting to many of you.
 Don Marsh, host of "St. Louis on the Air," will be speaking about his
life and new book at the St. Louis County Library.  The full scoop is
at http://leftbank.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?s=storeevents&eventId=378087
.

Thursday, July 17 10 PM. Jesse Allen has helped out a lot of St. Louis
peace and social justice groups by organizing fundraisers for
righteous causes.  On Thursday, Jesse and his friends will be jamming
out for justice yet again over in Edwardsville, Illinios.
Edwardsville is a bit of a drive, but well worth it when you consider
the street cred. you'll get for being able to say you went to a bar
called the Stagger Inn.  The Stagger Inn is located at 104 E. Vandalia
in Edwardsville; you can find the facebook event at
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16663054309 .

Friday, July 18, 5 - 7 PM.  Enjoy a lazy Friday evening with veggie
grub and tales of activism at the Peace Economy Project BBQ.  It's at
the World Community Center at 438 N. Skinker and the facebook page is
at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=25194241977 .

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the Webster Film Series is showing "The
Unforseen," a documentary about Austin environmentalists' battle to
save Barton Springs.  Details are at
http://www.webster.edu/filmseries/content.html#unforseen .

Saturday July 19 starting at 9 AM.  Donate your junk for a good cause!
 Here's a message from Tarah: "Next Saturday, July 19, our Amnesty
International St. Louis Group is having a yard sale (at the World
Community Center, 438 N. Skinker, in between Delmar and Kinsbury).
Anywho- the money from our yard sale will be going to support the
Pretty Bird Woman House, the only Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
crisis Center for the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota, which
is in vital need of supplies (we'll be sending them gift cards full of
yard-sale money!).

If you have any things you would like to donate to the yard sale (old
furniture, clothing, books, whatever), just let me know. You can drop
it off at my place (or I can pick it up from you if needed) anytime
before next Saturday, July 19. Just let me know :) It's a great excuse
to clean out that garage/closet/shelf/junk! Anything that doesn't get
sold will be donated to Goodwill.

You can contact Tarah at tarahdemant at hotmail.com and find out more
about the cause at
http://www.amnestyusa.org/violence-against-women/maze-of-injustice/page.do?id=1021163&n1=3&n2=39&n3=1410

Also Saturday, another very cool charity event.  The St. Louis Young
Dems remind me that State Senator Jeff Smith is hosting a charity
basketball tournament and school supply drive starting at 10 AM.  You
can register to play and find out more about the wish list at
http://jeffsmith3on3.com/

Sunday, July 20  Those of you who know Hedy Epstein know what an
amazing woman she is.  On Sunday, there will be a party to mark the
beginning of Hedy's next courageous journey.  You can RSVP at
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16840152823 .

Finally, as mentioned above, there has been a lot of discussion online
about how to best connect the St. Louis riverfront to the rest of
downtown, in order to make St. Louis a more vibrant city.    Please
check out the video at
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-platform/editorial-writers-notebooks/2008/07/cultivating-grounds-for-change/
and consider taking action.  For some great background, check out some
of the excellent analyses at
http://ecoabsence.blogspot.com/2008/07/time-to-revise-memorial-drive.html
and http://stlrising.blogspot.com/2008/06/case-for-new-memorial-drive.html
.  And I really like Steve Patterson's suggestion of getting rid of
the I-70 connection altogether: http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/?p=3597

Have a fun and meaningful week,

Adam
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