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The Great Basin Peace and Justice Network (GBPJN) is your portal to northern Nevada groups and individuals participating in peace and social justice activism.
This site serves as an information clearinghouse where we can gather to network our energies.
All groups and individuals that are listed here and members of the network are asked to respect and use non-violent communication.
All events and actions advertised here are non-violent.
For more information please email us at info@renopeace.org.
~ Network Groups ~
(Click on a group to be redirected to their website.)
Alternative Transportation Club, EAA
Conscious Community and Business Network
Great Basin Community Food Cooperative
Great Basin Resource Watch
HOME, Healing Ourselves and Mother Earth
Industrial Workers of the World, Reno chapter
Peace Action 2009
Reno AntiWar Coalition (RAWC)
Reno First United Methodist Church
Reno Free Store
Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace (SIAP)
Voices for Peace
Youth Militarization Awareness Project (Y-Map)
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~ EVENTS - Take Action NOW! ~
Nonviolent events, campaigns, & actions sponsored by individual groups or coalitions of groups.
Click <HERE> for the Great Basin Peace & Justice Network CALENDAR.
(Events section last updated 06/22/09. Calendar is maintained by the public.)
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~ Saturday, June 27th, 1:00-6:00pm + AfterParty!, River School, Reno ~
Get the Official Flier >HERE!< and help us promote this event!
GreenUP! Sustainability Fair this Saturday June 27 - and it's FREE! (until 6:00pm)
WHO: GreenUP! and The River School
WHAT: GreenUP! Sustainability Fair
WHEN: Saturday, June 27th, 1:00-6:00pm (Afterparty begins at 6:00pm and is $7.00)
WHERE: The River School, 7777 White Fir Drive, Reno (West 4th ST to Woodland AV (as if you were going to the Patagonia factory & outlet store by Mayberry Park), White Fir is the first left off Woodland AV follow this link for a map.)
WHY: Fun In The Sun! Sustainability! Strawberries! Electric cars! Booths! Kids Activities!
URGENT: Volunteers Needed! Please call or email Sasha Thurman at: (775) 720-4349 or sashaandco[AT]live.com.
Join Green Up! and local sustainable businesses at the River School in Reno. THE FAIR IS FREE! (AfterParty with Bourgeois Gypsies, belly dancers & drum and jam circle is $7.00.)
All afternoon enjoy: Local Organic Food from Area Farmers; Strawberry Tasting; Specialty Organic Strawberry Drinks Garden; Solar & Sustainability Tours; Electric Vehicles; Solar Cooking Demos; Edible Plant & Garden Sales; and Kids Activities.
Schedule of Events: All Day Recycled Art Show; All Day Food, Fun, & Exhibitors; 2:00 Awakening the Dreamer Introduction; 3:00 Matt Stein, author of When Technology Fails presents “Making Shift Happen”; 4:00 Trashion Show; 5:30 Belly Dance Hafla
Participating Exhibitors: Alternative Transportation Club & Electric Auto Association of Northern Nevada; Aspen Electric; Awakening the Dreamer; Bicycle Bananas; Body Art by Kim Allcock; Clean Energy Center; Eco Reno; Full Circle Compost; Great Basin Basket CSA; Great Basin Community Food Co-op; Grow For Me; GreenUP!; Heavenly Organics; Hungry Mother Organics; KAP Construction; Keith’s Kars; KidScape Productions; Kiwanis Bike Program; La Bussola; Local Food Network; Los Verdes Arborists; Mat Stein, Author; Mayberry Farm Strawberry Festival; Music Together; Nanadew Herb Farm; Nevada EcoNet; NV Energy Renewable Generations Program; Permaculture Northern Nevada; River School; Regional Transportation Commission; Sierra Green Building Association; Slow Food Reno; Sun Ovens, Reno; Sunrise Sustainable Resources Group; UNR Environmental Action Team; VOD Vegan Organic Deli; Walden’s Coffee House; Yoga Loka
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~ Sat & Sun, July 11-12th, 9-5:00pm, Boatworks Mall, Tahoe City, CA ~
Join the Sierra Green Builder's Association (SiGBA) for the Tahoe greenFEST in beautiful Tahoe City on the northshore of Lake Tahoe! Click here for the official brochure.
The Alternative Transportation Club & Electric Auto Association will have a booth - next to . . . drum roll please . . . the Tesla Motors booth! There will definitely be one Tesla Roadster on display, likely two, and possibly three. Because Tahoe City is on the I-80 corridor charging infrastructure <http://www.evchargermaps.com> we are inviting Bay Area and Central Valley EV owners to join us. Already an OEM Toyota RAV4 EV will be on display. A fellow from Northern California may be driving his lithium powered Corbin Sparrow to the event. Keith's Kars will be on hand with Zap Xebras as will Dr. Paul Guttman with his line of EV bikes and scooters for sale which benefit Space Science education in our schools.
Other activities include live music, raffles, beer & wine tasting, organic food, kayaking, shopping, and more!
Suggested donations are $10 individuals, $20 for families, but everyone is invited to attend as a SiGBA guest.
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~ Ongoing Meetings and Doings ~
Click <HERE> for the Great Basin Peace & Justice Network Public CALENDAR (Calendar is maintained by the public. Please report broken meeting links and incorrect meeting dates <here>.)
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Peace Action 2009
Peace Action 2009 is a coalition of peace activists who are processing ways to influence elected officials and others to end the war in Iraq. Please review the meeting notes for more information on the process. You may also contact Peace Action 2009 coordinator, John Hadder, at 775.284.6234 or email him at hadder"AT"gbis"DOT"com.
* Peace Action 2009 - Statement to End the War and Occupation of Iraq *
The US/British war and occupation in Iraq has burdened us all for five years. No end is in sight. Costs of all kinds are staggering – billions of public dollars, thousands of combat dead and wounded, hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties — emotional and psychological costs to veterans, families, social services, congregations, communities – displacements of millions of Iraqis without infrastructure and security to go about normal living.
As social workers, mechanics, warehouse workers, teachers, businesspersons, cooks, etc. who live and work in Reno and Sparks, we are compelled to see this war not just as a political issue. We address it as a deeply personal and social issue of our common health and well-being. It is an issue for all who have been hurt directly by the war. It is an issue for all who have watched on helplessly and hopelessly to stop it. It is an issue for all who have fought the war. Our very characters as persons, nations and faith traditions hang in the balance.
With imperfect but growing clarity and conviction, we say, this war and this occupation must end now! We call for no more funding of military pursuits in Iraq -- no more arms, no permanent installations. We call for funding only to remove our troops and to rehabilitate Iraq. We call for bringing our military personnel home to be healed as quickly as possible. We call for renewed commitment to national humility and international cooperation.
Cost to us for 2008: taxpayers in Congressional District 2 (Heller) will pay $455.9 million for proposed Iraq War Spending for FY2008. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:*
• 103,949 People with Health Care OR
• 413,991 Homes with Renewable Electricity OR
• 10,848 Public Safety Officers OR
• 9,940 Music and Arts Teachers OR
• 139,845 Scholarships for University Students OR
• 35 New Elementary Schools OR
• 2,434 Affordable Housing Units OR
• 156,551 Children with Health Care OR
• 51,849 Head Start Places for Children OR
• 9,940 Elementary School Teachers OR
* Figures from the National Priorities Project- http://nationalpriorities.org
Join the Peace Action 2009 organizing listserv - Click Here!
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Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace weekly Peace Vigil, Reno, Mondays
You're invited to join area peaceniks every Monday evening at 5:30 PM in front of the Bruce R. Thompson Federal Building & Court House at the corner of Virginia and Liberty Streets in downtown Reno.
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Voices for Peace, weekly Peace Vigil, Carson City, Mondays
Voices for Peace are people witnessing publicly for peace and justice. The back drop is the war in Iraq, but it is also a nation that seems to have a need to be reminded that acting as caring, merciful, and fair minded individuals is what we are made for. Many, but not all, attend the First United Methodist Church in Carson City. We would love to have more people join us. We meet in front of the Nevada State Legislature every Monday at noon.
Contact: Ed Skudlarek, 882-1847, epskud"AT"aol"DOT"com
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Molly Ivins Pots ‘n’ Pans Brigade, Tuesdays
Every Tuesday (starting February 6) between 11:00 and 11:30am, Bruce R. Thompson Federal Building, at Liberty and S. Virginia. We will be on the public sidewalk, where our Congressional representatives maintain offices, to raise a little hell with implements of cooking to end the war in Iraq. The late columnist, Molly Ivins, suggested this tactic in her last column in January. More here.
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Food Not Bombs, Sundays
Food Not Bombs - Free Vegan Meals - Serving times and location: Every Sunday, Noon at Fisherman's Park I, Galetti Way at Kietzke, and 3pm at Bicentennial Park (1st & Ralston) by the water.
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Weaver Gatherings, 2nd & 4th Mondays of each month
VISION
We are here for mutual support to practice the universal Virtues of Love, Integrity, Courage, Service, and Respect as a way to grow spiritually and to become a catalyst for the emergence of a new society.
I connect from my heart, to share my personal stories of inspiration and challenges in living the virtues everyday and learn from others as they share theirs.
We gather to support each other's passions to make a better world and weave the good already happening in our communities into a more unified power for change.
GROWING TOGETHER
We seek to transform the world through love and service leaving it better than how we found it rather than simply coping and conforming to it.
We support spiritual growth by sharing what works for us to build authentic relationships. We also set powerful intentions for areas of our life that we choose to grow further. Speaking simply and directly from the heart generates energy in the group whose power is greater than any individual, allowing miracles to happen.
WHAT WE DO
In the virtue stories section, we ask that you share personal stories about what has worked for you. The intention part of the meeting is used to share areas that you personally want to work on. Then we share the passions we have to make the world a better place--- and connect with each other to help realize them. We receive inspiration, inspire others, grow spiritually, and weave connections between us that radiate out into the total community.
Orientation for new people is at 6 PM. Contact 775-851-2993 or rflyer2[AT]yahoo.com for more info and directions. For details follow this link: Conscious Community.
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Poetry, Peace and Music, 1st & 3rd Fridays of each month
Poetry Peace and Music happens from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. the first and third Fridays of each month at Dreamers Coffeeshop on the first floor of the Riverside Artists Lofts in downtown Reno. Music is provided by Lee Dazey, Kim Elise and Chris Good, and the microphones are open for you to perform, too. Call Chris at 843-8026 for more information.
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Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace meetings, monthly
The Sierra Interfaith Action For Peace is a network of peacemakers whose mission is to listen, respond, and work together for justice and peace. Sierra Interfaith Action For Peace has been serving our community for nearly twenty years and is an affiliate of Fellowship for Reconciliation. For more information, please call Patsy Gehr at 775.326.4739.
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Reno AntiWar Coalition meetings
Call 775.232.2823 for more information.
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Youth Militarization Awareness Project (Y-Map) meetings
For more information please contact Lee Dazey, 775.324.4027.
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RAWC Presents, Reno AntiWar Coalition television show
The Reno AntiWar Coalition does programming on Reno's community Access Television, Sierra Nevada Community Television, cable channel 16. Most of these shows are a two sided discussion of peace and justice issues. You can find air dates by going to The Media Center's website at http://sncat.org. Click on the Programming Guide, and look for RAWC Presents. If you have any ideas for upcoming shows, let us know by calling Lisa at 775.232.2823.
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~ Keep in Touch ~
For those who like to interact, post news stories, and generally discuss and debate please join the Washoeantiwar list. With this option you may receive several emails per day.
<< Click HERE for more information or to join! >>
For those who wish to be altered to local peace events and meetings please join the Peace Presence list. With this option you will generally receive less than one email per week.
<< Click HERE for more information or to join! >>
For those who wish to help organize local "Peace Action 2009" events, please join the following listserv.
<< Click HERE for more information or to join! >>
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~ Data from a Wasteful & Violent Society ~
For updated coalition forces casualty counts click > HERE <.
To see more details on how your tax dollars are spent click > HERE <.
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~ Links ~
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Act Now to Stop War & End Racism
Antiwar.com
Culture of Peace News Network
Industrial Workers of the World, Reno chapter
Non-intervention.net
Peace Action West
Peace Resource Project
Poets Against the War
Quakers: Religious Witnesses for Peace
United for Peace & Justice
War Resisters League
Woman's International League for Peace and Freedom
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