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Newsletter editors,

Here are some calendar items for September (plus a few earlier and/or  
later).  FEEL FREE TO PICK AND CHOOSE AND NOT USE EVERY ITEM.

Larry Dansinger

August 23: David Cobb speaks on "Move to AMEND: End Corporate  
Personhood," 7 PM, Frontier Cafe, Brunswick. Rosie Tyler Paul, 371-2077.

August 24: David Cobb speaks on "Move to AMEND: End Corporate  
Personhood," 7 PM, Ellsworth Public Library, Ellsworth. Bonnie  
Preston, 374-3636 or bonniepreston at earthlink.net.

August 24-31: Ninth Annual Burdock Gathering (sustainable living,  
music, swimming, camping, diy workshops). Sonia,  
mamaspitfire at riseup.net or http://sites.google.com/site/ 
burdockgatheringmaine/.

August 25: David Cobb speaks on "Move to AMEND: End Corporate  
Personhood," 1 PM, Free Library, Belfast (contact Martha Goodale,  
525-3532) and 7 PM, U-U Church, Rockland (Steve Burke, 691-0322).

August 25-29: National Veterans for Peace Convention, Holiday Inn by  
the Bay, downtown Portland. Maine Veterans for Peace,  
dudhe at myfairpoint.net or http://vfpnationalconvention.org.

August 26: Public program on "Lifting the Fog of War" w/Terry Tempest  
Williams and others in conjunction with Veterans for Peace  
Convention, 7 PM, First Parish Meetinghouse, 425 Congress St.,  
Portland. Maine Veterans for Peace, dudhe at myfairpoint.net or http:// 
vfpnationalconvention.org.

August 26: David Cobb speaks on "Move to AMEND: End Corporate  
Personhood," 6:30 PM, U-U church, 60 School St., Saco. Tarik Sivonen,  
229-3275 or Jacqui Deveneau, 284-3358 or jacquio50 at yahoo.com.

August 29: David Cobb speaks on "Move to AMEND: End Corporate  
Personhood," 2 PM, Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland.  
Jacqui Deveneau, 284-3358.

September 1: Showing of DVD featuring Ami Ayalon of Israeli navy, on  
ways to peace in the Middle East, 5:30 PM, Lecture Hall, Bangor  
Public Library. Joyce Schelling, J Street Eastern Maine, 944-4395 or  
jkschelling at gmail.com.

September 5: Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day (promoting citizen  
diplomacy) observed in New Hampshire. Seacoast Peace Response,  
ddiam42 at earthlink.net or www.portsmouthpeacetreaty.org.

September 6: Music w/Bill Morrissey, art show, and local foods dinner  
to celebrate Labor Day, 4 PM, Solidarity Labor Center, 20 Ivers St.,  
Brewer. Food AND Medicine, 989-5860 or martin at foodandmedicine.org or  
www.foodandmedicine.org.

September 10-12: Performances of "My Name is Rachel Corrie" and  
"Seven Jewish Children" as fundraiser for safe drinking water project  
in Gaza, 7:30 PM (10-11) and 3:30 PM (12), The Theater Project, 14  
School St., Brunswick. Call 443-2899 for more info.

September 16: Public Forum on "What Price Does Our Community Pay for  
the Military Budget?" presentations and community discussion, 7-9 PM,  
Frontier Cafe, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Brunswick. Mary Heath,  
imagine at gwi.net or call Selma, 725-7675.

September 17-19: GROW (GrassRoots Organizing Workshops) weekend to  
help people become organizers or improve their skills, noon  
(Friday)-4 PM (Sunday), Tanglewood 4-H Camp, Lincolnville. Call  
Jacqui at 934-1911 or Iggy at 415-4458 or rosc at psouth.net or http:// 
resourcesfororganizing.org.

September 19: Garden Concert w/political troubadour Tom Neilson, 2-4  
PM, Sternlieb's, 21 McKeen St., Brunswick. Call 443-9502 for details.

September 24-26: Common Ground Country Fair, Crosby Brook Rd., Unity.  
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Assn., 568-4142 or  
mofga at mofga.org or www.mofga.org.

October 1: Local action in support of national "One Nation: Working  
to Fund Jobs, Not War" event the following day, noon, Bangor. Details  
to be announced. Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 942-9343  
or info at peacectr.org or www.peacectr.org.

October 2-9: Keep Space for Peace Week (international week of protest  
to stop the militarization of space) in Maine and around the country.  
Global Network against Weapons and Nuclear Power n Space, 443-9502 or  
globalnet at mindspring.com or www.space4peace.org.

October 6: "Maine Women's Gala and Auction: Bidding to Break the  
Glass Ceiling" w/dinner, music, auction, evening, Holiday Inn by the  
Bay, 87 Spring St., Portland. Maine Women's Policy Center, 622-0851  
or info at mainewomen.org or www.mainewomenspolicycenter.org.

October 9: Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine's 21st annual  
Harvest Supper (potluck, awards, speaker), 6-8 PM, U-U church, 120  
Park St., Bangor. This is preceded by the Center's ACT (Active  
Community Teach-in), featuring Jo Comerford of National Priorities  
Project. Call 942-9343 or info at peacectr.org for details on both events.

NOTICES:

"Make Jobs, Not War" is the simple  message of bumper stickers being  
distributed thru the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine. $2 or  
any donation will get you one or more of these black on white  
messages. For larger numbers or just to get one: Peace and Justice  
Center of Eastern Maine, 942-9343 or info at peacectr.org.

The University of Maine's Women in Curriculum program has a lot of  
resources. They have a "bundle" of posters on gender roles and work,  
a second bundle of women in history (posters include Delores Huerta,  
Fannie Lou Hamer, Mother Jones, and Amelia Earhart), and a third  
bundle on "Lifelines--Stay in School" for teens and women trying to  
get  an education despite various difficulties. You can get a list  
and choose individual posters or the whole bundle. Donations are  
welcome; you can pick them up or have them mailed. For a list and  
more information, email angela.hart at umit.maine.edu or www.umaine.edu/ 
wic.

FEN (Forest Ecology Network) has a new DVD documentary on the  
Highland Mountains in west-central Maine to help the public see the  
land being proposed for an industrial wind power facility. According  
to FEN, "the Highland Mountain Industrial Wind proposal would cause  
irreversible ecological damage, result in no greenhouse gas  
reduction, create noise and visual pollution, decimate wildlife and  
habitat, and have a profound negative economic impact." For a copy of  
the documentary and more about the proposal: FEN, 628-6404 or  
fen at 207me.com.

"Save the hopper, use a stopper" (with a picture of a frog) is the  
slogan on a box of condoms produced by the Center for Biological  
Diversity in Arizona. The point is that less birth control means more  
humans, and human impact on the planet is dangerous to frogs and  
other living beings. Similar boxes (2 condoms/box) have slogans of  
"Wrap with care, save the polar bear," "wear a condom now, save the  
spotted owl," "cover your tweedle, save the burying beetle," and  
"wear a jimmy hat, save the big cat." To get some of these special  
message condoms, contact Larry Dansinger, 525-7776 or rosc at psouth.net. 
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