[imc-st.louis] Fwd: "St. Louis Activist Hub" events for the week of Oct 26-Nov 1

[Ben West]

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Adam Shriver sent a message to the members of St. Louis Activist Hub.

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Subject: St. Louis events for the week of Oct 26-Nov 1

(for a blog version of this message, go to
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://blog.showmeprogress.com%2FshowDiary.do%3FdiaryId%3D1868)

These are exciting and busy times, so I won't spend much time on the
preamble this week.  But for anyone interested in learning more about
the important ballot initiatives that will be on our ballots Nov. 4th,
I've included a little information at the end of the message.

This weeks events:

Sunday, Oct. 26 A TOWN CALLED KOZARAC
Fontbonne University will be hosting a screening of a film about the
genocide in Bosnia with filmmaker and journalist Ed Harriman.  The
film runs from 2 to 4 PM at the University Library, building 5 (on
Wydown Blvd).   The facebook page is here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=37828756958

Also Sunday,  UNCONVENTIONAL TOUR: MAKING WAVES
The St. Louis Community Arts and Media Project is hosting a screening
of the film "Electile Dysfunction" with a Q & A from the filmmaker as
well as speakers and hip hop performances.  You can find out more at
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://stlcamp.org%2Fevent2008%2Funconventional_tour_making_waves_2008
.

Monday, Oct. 27 You know, I can't really find anything for Monday.
That's OK though, because we all know that you should be canvassing or
phone-banking anyway:
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://pol.moveon.org%2Fobama%2Foffice.html
.

Tuesday, Oct. 28.  PANEL ON FEMINIST POLITICS
Webster University is hosting a panel on Feminist Politics, with state
reps Maria Chappelle-Nadal and Jeanette Mott-Oxford as well as Profs.
Ann Geraghty-Rathert and Michael Erickson speaking.  It's at the
Sunnen Lounge from 6:30 to 9:30, and you can RSVP at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=44607370768

Also Tuesday: AUTHOR OF BEYOND THE GREEN ZONE AT LEFT BANK BOOKS
Dahr Jamail, a journalist in Iraq, will be at Left Bank Books at 7 PM
to discuss his book "Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an
Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq."  Details are at
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://leftbank.booksense.com%2FNASApp%2Fstore%2FIndexJsp%3Bjsessionid%3DbacxoDzn7MxSTde5h_30r%3Fs%3Dstoreevents%26eventId%3D387210

Wednesday, Oct. 29:  GREEN JOBS PRESS CONFERENCE
Join 1Sky as they ask the Presidential Candidates to promise to create
green jobs.  1Sky will be delivering signed hard hats to the campaign
offices and will be meeting up at 4811 Delmar Blvd (at the Missouri
Career Center) at 2 PM.  Find out more at
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.insteadofwar.org%2Fsite%2Fcalendar%2Fevents.php%3Fid%3DE4649

Also Wednesday: UNDERSTANDING ISLAM: SAY NO TO HATE
Last week I mentioned that Islamophobic author Daniel Pipes was in
town to spread his unique brand of fear-mongering.  This week, there
will be an academic and expert response to the "scholarship" of Mr.
Pipes.  The event will be at  7 PM at the Friedman Lounge on the South
40 at WashU, and you can RSVP at
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=31135443562 .

Thursday, Oct. 30: MADELEINE ALBRIGHT SPEAKS
The former Secretary of State will be at Christ Church Cathedral (1210
Locus) speaking about her new "Memo to the President".  The event
starts at 7, and you can find out more at
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://leftbank.booksense.com%2FNASApp%2Fstore%2FIndexJsp%3Fs%3Dstoreevents%26eventId%3D386443
.

Friday, Oct 31: DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION AT WASHU
The school of social work is hosting a night of "celebration and
consciousness-raising about issues that impact our immigrant
communities."  The festivities kick off at 6 PM and you can get the
full scoop at http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.insteadofwar.org%2Fsite%2Fcalendar%2Fevents.php%3Fid%3DE4526
.

Saturday, Nov 1: BLACK BEAR BAKERY BREAKFAST
St. Louis's own worker-owned collective bakery is expanding its menu
for November.  There are too many changes for me to list, so your best
bet is to go down there for breakfast starting at around 9 AM.  Check
out the Black Bear web site at
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.blackbearbakery.org%2F .

BALLOT INITIATIVES INFO:
Proposition M (for St. Louis County residents) is a very small (1/2 of
one percent) sales tax increase that is needed to preserve and
hopefully expand the Metrolink system in St. Louis:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29459899134 . This is obviously
crucial for St. Louis's ability to be both an urban and an
environmentally-friendly city.  Proposition C is also an important
step for our environment, requiring that Missouri utilities start
getting 15% of their electricity from renewable sources:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=28335129766 .  And Proposition B
establishes a Missouri Quality Homecare Council, which is necessary
both to improve workers and clients' well-being and to allow workers
to unionize in the future:
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://ballotpedia.org%2Fwiki%2Findex.php%2FMissouri_Proposition_B_%282008)
.  I don't really know much about Proposition A, but you can read more
about it here:
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://ballotpedia.org%2Fwiki%2Findex.php%2FMissouri_Proposition_A_%282008).

If anyone else has important information that people should know for
the elections, please post it on the wall or the discussion boards.

Have a fun and meaningful week,

Adam
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