Community event:
A "Community Conversation: Islam-Community and Faith" will be held on Saturday, March 31, 2007, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the Moscow High School Auditorium, 402 East 5th Street, Moscow, Idaho. Two speakers, Dr. S.M Ghazanfar and Chaplain James Yee, will speak on Islam as a civilization and a faith respectively. There will be a panel discussion and refreshments. Free to the public.

Chaplain Yee is a former Muslim Chaplain for the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay. After being officially recognized twice for outstanding performance, Chaplain Yee was arrested and imprisoned
in a Navy brig for 76 days in September 2003 while being falsely accused of spying, espionage and aiding the alleged Taliban and Al-Qaeda prisoners. After months of government investigation, all criminal charges were dropped. For more information, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Yee
and
http://www.justiceforyee.com/

Community event

Earth Month Festival at Palouse Mall

Saturday, March 31, 2007, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Community Event:

Former US Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo, James Yee, will speak about human rights at Guantanamo on Friday, March 30, 2007, at 6:30 p.m. in the University of Idaho Commons Clearwater/Whitewater rooms.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 6 - 8:30 p.m.

The Faces of Homelessness series concludes at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1300 NE Lybecker Road, Pullman (332-1985). Each program is free and includes a documentary film, lecture, discussion, soup and bread.

Community event

Moscow school levy vote is today, Tuesday, March 27, 2007

community event:

Peace Party -- Free pizza / food

Sunday, March 25, 2007, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

1912 Center
412 East 3rd Street at Van Buren Street, Moscow, ID

Buttton making & peace activism

Sponsored by the Palouse Peace Coalition

http://www.palousepeace.org/

Community event:
The first annual meeting of the Moscow Area Hunger Alliance will be Saturday, March 24, 2007, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the University of Idaho Commons Whitewater / Clearwater Rooms. Become a founding member.

For more information and registration go to:
http://www.uidaho.edu/waronhunger

Rev. Kayle also has information.

The UUCP Social Action Committee plans to send representatives.

See also page 4 Moscow Area Hunger Alliance and page 6 Social Action Committee News in the March UUCP Newsletter, either printed or online at:
http://palouseuu.org/newsletter/index.html

Labels: hunger

Community event:
The Heat Is On: Community Discussions on Climate Change

March 22 Making a Difference: We Can Do More.

Thursday, March 22, 2007, 7:30 p.m., at the 1912 Center in Moscow, Idaho, corner of 3rd Street and Van Buren Street.

Panelists and participants will look at activities of the City of Moscow and other communities and next steps. Speakers:

Scott Fedale: Chairman of the Moscow Health and Environment Commission. He will speak to ongoing efforts of the City of Moscow to reduce energy usage/global warming emissions and also future plans in this area.

Michael Jennings of The Nature Conservancy will speak on legislative efforts of U.S. states to reduce global warming emissions and carbon trading.

Al Poplawsky, Chairman of the Palouse Group of the Sierra Club will speak on the Sierra Club Cool Cities Program to assist US cities in signing and meeting the "U.S Mayors Climate Protection Agreement."

Gary Macfarlane of Friends of the Clearwater will talk about the
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act. An act to be reintroduced into Congress again this year which proposes protecting large tracts of Northern Rockies roadless lands and corridors between them.

Nils Peterson, local activist will talk about how the City of Moscow Comprehensive Plan Revision might relate to development patterns, transportation options, and thus global warming emissions.

The event is supported by the Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse, the Palouse Group of The Sierra Club, and the Moscow High School Environmental Club.

This will be the fifth and last of five sessions.

More information is available at:
http://www.moscowclimatechange.com

Labels: climate change, global warming

Community event

Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.

The Faces of Homelessness series continues at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1300 NE Lybecker Road, Pullman (332-1985). Each program is free and includes a documentary film, lecture, discussion, soup and bread.

Community event:
On Saturday, March 17, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., the Palouse Peace Coalition will lead a rally and parade starting at Friendship Square, Main Street at 4th Street, in Moscow, Idaho, to mark the fourth anniversary of the U. S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, which President Bush ordered on March 19, 2003.

The Social Action Committee will meet Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at 7 p.m. in the church basement -- CORRECTION: THE LOCATION HAS BEEN CHANGED TO THE YELLOW HOUSE.

Community event:
Famed primatologist Jane Goodall will discuss the highlights of more than 45 years of research on the family and social life of chimpanzees in Tanzania as the featured speaker for the annual Lane Family Lecture in Environmental Sciences on March 8, 2007, in Beasley Coliseum, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. Doors open at 6 p.m. Goodall's address, "Reason for Hope," will begin at 7:30 p.m. Free Admission (tickets not required).

For more information, see:
http://www.wsu.edu/goodall/

Community event:
On Saturday, March 3, 2007, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist church building, 420 E. 2nd Street at Van Buren Street, Moscow, Idaho, radio station KRFP 92.5 FM Radio Free Moscow is having a fundraiser that includes a Cajun style dinner, dance music by Snake River Six, and entertainment by Fiddlin' Big Al and Silent Auction.

$20 for dinner and two drinks -- beer, wine, or soft drink.

$5 for dancing only

Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m.; Music starts at 7:00 p.m.

http://www.krfp.org

Local area event
Making a Difference: What Can We Do Now?

Thursday, March 1, 2007, 7:30 to 9 p.m., at 1912 Center at Van Buren and Third Streets, Moscow, Idaho.

Panelists will include community leaders and representatives from City of Moscow, Sierra Club, area businesses, public utilities, and the University of Idaho, addressing current efforts.

This is the fourth of five public meetings on global warming and climate change.

Coming up: The fifth and last meeting, Making a Difference: We Can Do More, has been rescheduled from March 8 to March 22.

The event is supported by the Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse, the Palouse Group of The Sierra Club, and the Moscow High School Environmental Club.

http://www.moscowclimatechange.com/

Labels: climate change, global warming