The UUCP Hunger Ministry Group will meet Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at 7pm, most likely in either the Yellow House or the church basement. Contact Tracy Springberry for info.

Community event:

On Saturday, April 26, walkers (any and all Moscow, ID residents and visitors who want to participate) will gather at 12:00 noon at Friendship Square for music and speakers.

At 12:30pm, the walk will proceed to East City Park with balloons, banners, and flags.

The celebration will continue at East City Park with more music, speakers, games, activities, and student essay awards.

At about 1:30pm everyone is invited to join in a community meal. The main dish will be provided, but those who wish to contribute can bring a side dish or desert to the park at noon.

A shuttle will be available to transport people between the Park and Friendship Square.

The event will likely end at 4:00pm.

Those who want to contribute food side dishes can bring them to East City Park between 11:30am and 12:30pm.

Community Event:

The 18th Annual Paradise Creek Cleanup Day, Saturday, April 26, 2008, starts at 9am [another source gives the start time as 10am] at PCEI, 1040 Rodeo Drive, Moscow, ID. Contact Peggy Jenkins for info.

Community Event:

Local foods party at 1912 Center, Thursday, April 24, 2008, 5pm to 8pm

Community Event:

The Disability Awareness Association of Washington State University is sponsoring Euthanasia: A Disability Perspective with a panel of disability experts who have disabilities themselves. The proposed Death with Dignity initiative in Washington state will be addressed.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 7pm to 9 pm, Todd Hall 116, WSU

A reception will precede in the Todd Hall Atrium starting at 6pm.

All free!

Friday, April 18 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at the Unitarian Church of the Palouse, Haitian food, music, a slide show, skits, and a silent auction will be enjoyed by all. This is a great chance to learn firsthand about life in Haiti!

Admission is $5 and tickets are available at BookPeople or at the door. The event is being sponsored by the Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse, the Latah County Human Rights Task Force, and the Moscow High School Human Rights Club and International Club. Funds raised will go for travel expenses and human rights activities in Haiti.

Have you met Afelene Rosemond, teacher and human rights activist who is visiting Moscow from Haiti? She is from the rural community of Matenwa on the island of LaGonave off Haiti's coast. She arrived in Moscow January 8 and will stay until May 8. In Haiti, Afelene teaches preschool and is a member of a women’s group which uses popular theater to promote social change, especially surrounding issues of women’s and children’s rights.

While in Moscow, Afelene is learning English and has performed in a play at Lewis–Clark State College, and at the University of Idaho Women’s Center, and she is visiting preschool classes and dance classes for young children. Her goal is to be able to help members of her community interact better with people from the US who offer them assistance.

Her visit is being sponsored by Nancy Casey, who travels to Matenwa for several months every year. Also assisting the visit are Moscow High School teacher Leeanne Eareckson and her daughter Anne Gorman, who visited Matenwa last July, and Annie Cantrell, who is housing Afelene.

At the Aswea, food will include rice and beans and dessert. There will be songs by Afelene, informational posters about food issues in Haiti and particularly on LaGonav, and the program will include a short skit about those issues. The slide show will be about everyday life on LaGonav including the daily challenge of finding enough food to eat. The goal is for people to leave with a better understanding of Haitian life and thinking about possibilities of future exchange programs.

The Next Social Action Committee Meeting will be Tuesday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the Church Basement.

Highway clean-up will be Sunday, April 13. Meet at the Church at 1:00pm, after the Surprise Pals Potluck, and we will carpool to the site.

This will be the first clean-up on our new section of highway, so let’s have a good turnout. The more people we have the faster it will go!

Although the sign says "Unitarian Universalist Youth Group", this is multi–age activity, and SAC always helps. Youth junior high age and above may come without a parent, but we need drivers.

Younger children must be accompanied by a parent or designated adult. Please bring water and snacks to share, and gloves if you have them. We have the ever–fashionable orange vests and garbage sacks.

For more information, contact Margaret Dibble.

On the morning of April 12, UUCPers will gather at the Moscow Junior High School Cafeteria from 8:00am to 11:00am to make "pizza bottoms" for the Renaissance Faire Pizza booth. No experience necessary, just a willingness to work and be a part of this wonderful annual tradition. Contact Mary Jo Hamilton for more information.

Community Event

Tea and cookies will be served at a fundraiser at the 1912 Building at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday April 5, 2008, to raise money for building schools in Pakistan, as described in the book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.

This event is being sponsored by a coalition of local church groups, including UUCP Purple Paisley Quilters.

Community Event

THREE CUPS OF TEA author Greg Mortenson will talk April 3 at 7:30 p.m., I think in the Kibbie Dome???

For a free ticket email tickets AT uidaho DOT edu or call the ticket office at 208-885-7212.