Upcoming events and RMPJC Meetings at Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center Boulder Colorado HUGE list:
Feb 25th
Friday, February 25 BOULDER DOCUMENTARY FILM PREMIERE: The Economics of Happiness at Unity of Boulder, 2855 Folsom Street at 7 p.m. Features a chorus of voices from six continents joining together in a powerful message: we need to relocalize, to bring the economy home. $5. An audience discussion will follow the film.
Saturday, February 26 BOULDER Protect the Clean Air Act Rally at 1 pm at the Municipal Building, corner of Broadway and Canyon. The purpose is to draw attention to the attacks happening in Congress on the Clean Air Act, the E.P.A. and their authority to regulate carbon pollution. Local experts, activists and leaders will speak.
Saturday, February. 26 DENVER Solidarity march with public employees in Wisconsin who are trying to preserve their right to organize unions. At 12 noon at the State Capitol, 1313 Sherman.
Saturday and Sunday Feb. 26 and 27 BOULDER Our Local Economy in Transition. This two-day conference explores the most pressing issues that we face as a community. 9-5pm at the Millennium Harvest House; $50 in advance; $60 at the door. More info: http://www.transitioncolorado.org
Sunday Feb. 27 BOULDER Left Hand Movie Night! Showing of Michael Moore’s documentary “Capitalism: A Love Story” at 7 p.m. at Left Hand Books, 1200 Pearl Street in Boulder (Bdwy and Pearl in basement). Free. Everyone welcome
Monday, February 28 DENVER The Colorado Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee will hear testimony on the Colorado Senate Bill 168 which establishes the Colorado Health Care Cooperative, a health care system owned by all residents of Colorado which would ensure that access to quality, affordable heath care for all Coloradans and would control health care costs. For summary of the bill, go to ) 1:30 to 5 PM in the Colorado Capitol Building, Old Supreme Court Chambers (2nd Floor). Rally on the West Steps of the Colorado Capitol from 11:30 AM to 12:10 PM. The rally will include speakers, music and street theater. Want to testify or be a health care speaker? Prepare at a Special Workshop for Health Care Speakers and Senate Committee Hearing Speakers Saturday, February 26th – Noon to 3 PM Location: The Kirk of Bonnie Brae. More info: 303-277-8306 email: info@HealthCareForAllColorado.org or dick@healthcareforallcolorado.org
Tuesday, March 1 BOULDER Boulder Municipal Court Judge Linda Cooke will report to the Boulder City Council on the state of the court. Please come to the public comment section of the Council meeting at 6 p.m. (get there by 5:30 p.m. to sign up) and ask the council to rescind the city’s homeless “camping” ordinance and to fund programs to ensure everyone has a place to sleep year round in Boulder. The Council is located in the Municipal Building at Canyon and Broadway.
Thursday March 3 BOULDER Trial of homeless person for “camping”. Jury selection starts at 9 a.m. and testimony begins around 10:30 a.m. Interesting and a good support for homeless and their cause to stop ticketing people for sleeping out doors when they don’t have a home. At the Municipal Court at 6th and Canyon.
Thursday, March 3 BOULDER “Art, Science and Rocky Flats”, a presentation by Denver artist Barbara Donachy & Metro State Chemistry Prof. Niels Schonbeck continues the Rocky Flats Nuclear Guardianship series, 7:30 PM, Thursday, March 3, at Naropa University’s Nalanda Campus, 6287 Arapahoe at 63rd St, Boulder Info: http://www.rockyflatsguardianship.org.
Friday, March 4, BOULDER Award-winning journalist Amy Goodman, host of the daily, grassroots, global, radio/TV news hour Democracy Now will speak on the role of independent media in promoting social justice at 7pm at the University of Colorado, MATH 100, 2300 Colorado Avenue.. Free and open to University of Colorado at Boulder students; $5 for community members.
Friday, March 4 BOULDER “American Muslims and Citizenship”, Lecture by Professor Abdullami Ahmad An-Na’im of Emory Law School. Ahmad An-Na’im is the author of “Islam and the Secular State” and teaches courses in international law, human rights and Islamic law. At 4 p.m. at the Canyon Theater, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave. www.boulderlibrary.org 303-441-4941. Free.
Saturday, March 5 and Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12 BOULDER The Peace and Social Justice Committee of the Boulder Friends Meeting presents Mary’s Joy, a dramatic reading of a new play about Mary Dyer, hanged in Boston June 1, 1660 for being a Quaker. At the Friends Meeting House, 1825 Upland Ave March 5 at 2pm; March 11&12 at 7pm, Donations benefit the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center and Universal Arts Boulder. Seating Extremely Limited – no late seating WARNING! SOME MATERIAL MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AUDIENCES – Discretion Advised Details:universalartsboulder.wordpress.com
Sunday March 6 BOULDER Veterans for Peace meeting will be feature Dr. Leroy Moore who will give us an update on what’s happening at Rocky Flats, as well as “A Call to Guardianship” which is a series of lectures and workshops over the next 4 months. At the Arborwood Condominiums Clubhouse at 3250 O’Neal Circle. Potluck dinner at 6pm, speaker at 7.
March 6, BOULDER “9/11 WTC Debate: Collapse by Fire? or Explosive Controlled Demolition” Richard Gage, AIA, 23-year architect in the Bay Area and founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth will debate Chris Mohr, Denver investigative journalist. The question: What brought down the three World Trade Center skyscrapers? 5 pm at the University of Colorado at Boulder, UMC room 235.
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Sunday, March 6 -Tuesday March 8 BOULDER/ DENVER Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh will speak in Denver and Boulder as part of his North America tour to promote his recent book, titled “Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment.”. A long-time peace and justice activist, he teaches in Bethlehem University in the occupied West Bank. His book provides a comprehensive overview of Palestinian resistance going back to the beginning of the Zionist project in the 19th century until today.
Qumsiyeh events In BOULDER on Monday, March 7
“Popular Resistance in Palestine and the Arab World: Winds of Change,” lecture at the University of Colorado, Boulder (Eaton Humanities Building, Room 250), 4-6 pm. o
Book signing, Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl Street (Boulder Mall), 7 pm
Qumsiyeh events In DENVER March 6-8:
Sunday, March 6, Lecture at Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia at Montview Boulevard, Park Hill, Denver. Sponsored by Sabeel. 3-5 pm.
Monday, March 7, University of Colorado at Denver Auraria campus, Tivoli 320C. 12:30-2:00 pm.
Tuesday, March 8, University of Denver, Korbel School, Cyber Cafe. 6-8 pm.
Tuesday, March 8, LeRoy Moore speaks on Rocky Flats: Local Hazard Forever, Best Western Lodge, Nederland. 6 PM meal of soup and bread; 7 PM presentation (come for both or only for the presentation). Sponsored by Mountain Forum of Nederland.
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Sunday, March 13 BOULDER Potluck for Peace This is a fun and informal social event for people who are bringing peace into the world. Come meet others in our community who care about peace, like you do; 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm; Boulder Mennonite Faith Community 3910 Table Mesa Drive, Bring a dish of your choice that feeds 8 people. Bring a plate, utensils, cup and drink Event will be held rain or shine. Wheelchair Accessible. RSVP: By March 10th. Please send an email to smalloy@indra.net Questions? 303-588-4452 Please indicate how many people are coming with you. Sponsored by Bldr. Co. Peace Group, RMPJC & Vets For Peace. Please bring your own reusable table service & dish/food in a washable/reusable container. Donations for facility rental welcome.
Sunday, March 13 BOULDER “My Experience with Immigration Policy” with Journalist, Author and First Lady of Colorado. Thorpe is the author of “Just Like Us”,. At the UU Church of Boulder at 5001 Pennsylvania Avenue at 7 p.m. Free.
Sunday, March 20 BOULDER Jacqueline Muller, long time Boulder resident who went to the city of Hebron, Palestine in 2008 and participated in the activities of Library on Wheels for Nonviolence and Peace, will show her documentary film about young people exploring gender and social issues as well as nonviolent methods to deal with conflict on 9 am, First Congregational Church Corner of Pine and Broadway.
April 8 WASHINGTON D.C. Pentagon Action for Peace: A Call to action by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance. Contact info:Joyfirst5@gmail.com
Wednesday, April 13 BOULDER Our U.S. Courts, part of the Boulder Public Library Court Series, Main Branch Boulder Library, Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave. 7 p.m. Info: elturkg@boulderlibrary.org or 303-441-4941.
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RMPJC COLLECTIVE MEETINGS:
The RMPJC invites you to help create a more peaceful, just and sustainable world by joining one of our collectives or by volunteering in our office. Our collectives discuss issues and take action at the local, state and national levels.
Economy/International Collective meets the first and third Mondays at 7 p.m. at RMPJC.
Middle East Collective meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 7 p.m. at RMPJC.
Move to Amend meets the 2nd Wednesday at 7 p.m. at RMPJC. This group is working to get a City Council resolution passed that would support amending the U.S. Constitution to say that corporations are not persons and are not entitled to the rights of persons.
Citizens for Pesticide Reform meets as needed and works extensively by email. Contact Betty @ (303) 444-6981 for meeting info and how to get involved.
Everybody Eats. Call Dave Georgis for details 303 499-2175.
Nuclear Nexus. Call Judith Mohling (303) 447-9635 for meeting info and how to get involved.
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Other groups the RMPJC works with:
Homeless Organized for More Equality. Every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. in the administrative building of the First Congregational Church at Pine and Broadway, 3rd floor.
Lafayette/Louisville Peace and Justice Group Next meeting: Sunday, Feb.27, 1-2:30 p.m. at the Cannon Mine Coffee Company at 210 S. Public Road in Lafayette.
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.
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Carolyn Bninski
RMPJC
303-444-6981x2
Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?-Martin Luther King
City of Boulder page on Boulder Channel 1 Visitors Channel
Feb 25th
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Boulder Channel 1 brings you the entire news and information about and for visitors and community of Boulder on the new page : City of Boulder
Boulder Channel 1 brings you the Elevations Credit Union’s : Boulder, Colorado State of the City 2011 Report
City of Boulder Colorado, State of the city 2011 Mayor Susan Osborne & CM Jane Brautigam TV special
Feb 24th
Jan. 27, 2011 – State of the City of Boulder Colorado emphasizes sustainability, economy and opportunities in 2011
City Manager Jane S. Brautigam and Mayor Susan Osborne delivered the State of the City in the Library Theater this morning, outlining the highlights of a year that included two major wildfires, award-winning construction and improvement projects, a commitment by voters to continue funding valued city services and a decision to explore supply-side energy options.
Both Brautigam and Osborne spoke of challenges, difficult decisions and collaborative leadership in the face of recent wildfires and a still uncertain economic future.
Speaking of the devastating Fourmile Canyon Fire, Brautigam said, “Firefighters from around the nation set up operations at the new regional fire training center. More than 1,100 firefighters responded, including 70 city firefighters. A significant amount of city resources were used to protect Boulder County and city residents. During the Fourmile Canyon Fire, city staff supported around-the-clock emergency operations and services to the community. While 169 homes were destroyed, not a single life was lost in any of last year’s fires.”
The mayor emphasized partnerships that formed in 2010 with local government, the business and technology communities and residents. Collaborations, such as the bid to bring Google ultra high speed Internet to the city, and a spirit of shared innovation helped Boulder stand out, both at home and abroad.
“Our international reputation as an innovator continues to make Boulder a destination city and enhance our economic sustainability,” Osborne said.
Standing in front of a backdrop of video and photographs from the year past, the city manager told the audience that Boulder was able to maintain a flat budget for 2011 but must continue to “be prudent in how we manage resources.” The city will continue to look for ways to close a gap between expenditures and revenues to maintain long-term sustainability.
Both speakers looked ahead to 2011 with optimism, particularly about the community’s commitment to charting an energy future that draws more power from renewable sources, promotes local decision-making, stabilizes rates for consumers and puts customer service and reliability in the forefront.
“We heard the community’s desire to lead by example, and to more fully explore Boulder’s energy options before entering into another long-term franchise agreement,” Brautigam said.
The mayor thanked voters for their support.
“We asked voters to approve a replacement tax on Xcel for five years to provide the time needed to analyze, discuss and make decisions as a community about our energy future. This may ultimately mean a renewed partnership with Xcel to meet our community goals, municipalization to provide our community with more direct control over its energy decisions and investments, or possibly a different option that we have yet to develop. . . . It was a tremendous vote of confidence from this community, and we are grateful for the overwhelming support that was shown for the Utility Occupation Tax. Without your support, the city would have eliminated 50 positions this year and significantly reduced city services and programs,” she said.
