Want to learn how to Protest with aplomb???? Boulder
May 7th
Saturday, May 7 BOULDER AND DENVER Marshal Training for iMatter march
On Saturday, May 14th, a very exciting event is going to happen in Denver – and we need your help! Young people have organized marches across the globe to take place May 7 – 14th, and the largest march is slated to happen in Denver on May 14th – sign up to march or to volunteer at the and get detailed information at: www.iMatterColorado.com
In addition, RMPJC is organizing the Marshals for the March and organizing the Recycle Crew – If you can help with either of these please call Betty ASAP at 303-444-6981.
Training for being a Marshal will happen on Saturday May 7th. 10 – Noon in Denver: AFSC Office, 901 – W. 14th Avenue (at Kalamath) This is also a retirement community, so please be respectful of the signs in the parking lot, and of the residents in the building. We will meet you at the door and go in together.
4 – 6 PM in Boulder: RMPJC Office, 3970 Broadway, Suite 105. At Broadway and Quince. Go East on Quince off of Broadway to the second parking lot on the right. pull into paring lot and park. Our door is directly in front of you as you turn into the parking lot. By bus – take skip to Quince, and follow above directions.
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Saturday, May 7 BOULDER Creative writing session for Children and Adults with Jack Collom, poet, author, teacher of children. 10 a.m. to noon at the Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe, Creekside Meeting Room.
Saturday, May 7 BOULDER Town Hall Meeting with State Senator Rollie Heath at Chautaqua Community House 10 a.m -12 noon.
Sunday, May 8 BOULDER Professor Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Chair of Middle Eastern Studies, University of San Francisco will address the recent and ongoing struggles for democracy in Arab Countries and the power of strategic nonviolent action(s) being employed in some of those struggles. 7:00 PM at the Friends Meeting House, 1825 Upland Ave, Boulder. Please call RMPJC, 303-444-6981 for additional information. Sliding Scale $5 – $20. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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For more information on RMPJC, call us at 303-444-6981 or visit our website at www.rmpjc.org or link with our facebook page at our website.
RMPJC is located at 3970 Broadway, Suite 105, Boulder. From Quince and Broadway go east and take a right into the second driveway into the shopping center.
Carolyn Bninski
RMPJC
303-444-6981x2
Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?-Martin Luther King
This is an email from the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center. We are sending you this email because you signed up to received information from us at one of our events. We will be sending you action alerts and events listings a few times a week.
19th annual water festival teaches students how to protect and conserve water
May 4th
More than 1,000 4th and 5th grade students from 44 classrooms in 17 Boulder area schools will take part in the 19th annual “Operation: Water Festival” from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, at the University Memorial Center (UMC) on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder, 1669 Euclid Ave.
The water festival engages students in hands-on activities that teach them where drinking water comes from and how to protect and conserve this valuable natural resource. Students attend a series of classes where they also learn about the history, geography and science of water, explore the Boulder Creek watershed and its geology, and investigate the animals and plants that rely on water for survival.
This year marks the sixth year of the Operation Water Festival pre-festival program where teachers and students complete pre-festival activities on fundamental water awareness, conservation, pollution prevention and flooding. The packet includes a complete teacher’s packet featuring teacher’s guides, student worksheets and trivia questions for each water topic. “Water Agents” receive a certificate upon completion of the activities.
A key benefit of the Operation Water Festival materials is the take-home water agent book. This book features homework assignments that encourage students to work with family members to complete the assignments. As a result, parents and siblings alike also learn about water protection and conservation.
Festival sponsors include the Keep it Clean Partnership, the City of Boulder, Northern Water, the UMC, the CU-Boulder Community Relations Office and the Federal Bureau of Reclamation.
For more information, contact Curry Rosato, City of Boulder watershed outreach coordinator, at 303-829-9316.
Boulder Global Wildfire Awareness Week: ‘Your Home…Your Responsibility
May 3rd
‘MISSOULA, MT, May 3, 2011 –/WORLD-WIRE/– The International
Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) announces Global Wildfire
Awareness Week, from May 1-7, 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere, with a
theme of “Your Home…Your Responsibility.
Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) announces Global Wildfire
Awareness Week, from May 1-7, 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere, with a
theme of “Your Home…Your Responsibility.
Wildfire affects residents, businesses and governments on every
continent and we are using our resources to link and assist those
groups,” said IAWF President Chuck Bushey. “This is a key time to
share wildfire prevention information with the world,” he added. The
IAWF’s full proclamation and a growing body of resources are available
on a new website — wildfireworld.org — orientated towards
homeowners, firefighters, communities and governmental organizations
throughout the world.
We are excited to globally link wildfire professional to share
information, research, and practical tools in the effort to reduce
wildfire impacts,” said Bushey. This dynamic site allows sharing of
community wildfire profiles, fire prevention materials and real-time,
global fire occurrence information. “The site will build as time
goes on and will become more vibrant with submissions from all parts
of the globe,” he continued. The Southern Hemisphere Awareness Week
kicks off October 1.
This initiative grows from IAWF’s mission to foster leadership and
communication for the wildland fire community. This bi-annual
campaign seeks to expand IAWF’s commitment to wildfire prevention
around the globe. As the Proclamation notes, “Our vision is a
global society that is not only vigilant but also knowledgeable on
how to live in fire-prone environments. We ask for your
participation, not only through this week, but throughout the
year.”
“Wildfires are a growing problem, globally and locally,” said
IAWF Board Member Ron Steffens. “The first year of Global Wildfire
Awareness Week we are building a clearinghouse of current, evolving
information.” The new site showcases community profiles such as
Greece, home to massive wildfires in 2010, and Washington state
(USA), with more profiles being added over the coming months. Fire
prevention and home safety evaluation resources are available along
with links to global wildfire news. Wildland firefighters are
encouraged to upload their “Community Profile” as we observe
globally how each local community prevents unplanned wildfires.
About the International Association of Wildland Fire.
The IAWF is a nonprofit, 501(c) (3) professional association
representing members of the global wildland fire community
(www.iawfonline.org <http://www.iawfonline.org/>
and http://wildfireworld.org <http://wildfireworld.org/>
) and is uniquely positioned as an independent organization whose
membership includes experts in all aspects of wildland fire
management. IAWF’s independence and breadth of global membership
expertise allows it to offer a neutral forum for the consideration of
important, at times controversial, wildland fire issues. IAWF produces
Wildfire magazine, the International Journal of Wildland Fire, and
FireNet.
1418 Washburn Street
Missoula, MT 59801 USA
www.iawfonline.org <http://www.iawfonline.org/>
Contact:
Paula Nelson,
Public Affairs Officer
publicaffairs@iawfonline.org
or 406-821-0042
