 
Wednesday, October 08 2008 @ 11:14 AM
Come! - Join several area churches, Palo Alto and East Palo Alto families, Intel volunteers, Stanford students and YCS to support the Ravenswood District in East Palo Alto for national "Make a Difference Day!"
October 25, 2008 - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m...
Sunday, October 05 2008 @ 07:32 AM by Craig Wiesner
Imagine seeing a flyer in church one Sunday inviting you to a special concert by an African boys choir. Proceeds from the concert go to the boys' village to help build new schools. You go to the concert, pay $20 for your ticket and donate another $100 after you hear their incredibly beautiful voices. You go home feeling good from the wonderful music and knowing that you've helped poor people in Africa get a new school. Or did you?
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Thursday, September 25 2008 @ 03:07 PM
Co-op America is once again teaming up with our allies at Global Exchange to support reverse trick-or-treating, the new Halloween tradition of children handing Fair Trade chocolate back to their neighbors. The candy is attached to a card that includes information about social and environmental justice issues in the cocoa industry and how Fair Trade chocolate helps farmers across the world in cocoa growing communities...
Thursday, September 25 2008 @ 12:23 PM
From the Rev. Jim Wallis (SoJo.net): This week, with the news of the U.S. financial crisis dominating the headlines, the United Nations General Assembly opened its annual meeting. The threat to the entire global economy has created alarm and fear that those in poverty, both in the U.S. and around the world, will be left behind and forgotten. World leaders, including U.N...
Thursday, September 25 2008 @ 10:52 AM
From our friends at People for the American Way: It's more important than ever that Americans get to hear the two presidential candidates discuss, side by side, what they would do to solve our nation's problems. But the McCain-Palin campaign is trying to politicize the financial crisis and use it as an excuse to postpone both tomorrow's presidential debate AND the only vice presidential debate...
Monday, September 22 2008 @ 01:50 PM by Craig Wiesner
The burma shave for this Friday's vigil reads:
LOCKHEED LOBBIED FOR A WAR NOW ITS STOCK EARNS 6 TIMES MORE Most people don't want war with all its death, destruction, and suffering. There is a small but powerful minority, however, that not only becomes war but actively promotes it - the war profiteers that come in two breeds... read more
Sunday, September 21 2008 @ 06:44 AM by Derrick Kikuchi
The International Day of Peace is on September 21st of each year and calls for a full day of peace and ceasefire throughout the world. On September 21st, 2007, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon rang the Peace Bell at United Nations Headquarters in New York calling for a 24-hour cessation of hostilities, and for a minute of silence to be observed around the world...
Friday, September 12 2008 @ 09:27 PM by Craig Wiesner
First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto and multiple other peninsula /
Wednesday, September 10 2008 @ 01:31 PM
The folks at the Rebuilding Alliance are looking for individuals or organizations that would host (provide venue, promote, and be hosts at) fundraisers for their speaking tour to save a Kindergarten and help a Palestinian village thrive. They'll have speakers (the head of the Al Aqabah Village Council and the Director of the Kindergarten) available in the Bay area from October 7-17...
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Wednesday, September 10 2008 @ 01:09 PM by Craig Wiesner
Dr. Marcus Borg (author of The Heart of Christianity) will be the Robert McAfee Brown lecturer at First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto from November 7-9. All events are open to the public and childcare will be provided. We invite you to join us for what promises to be an incredible weekend. From The Heart of Christianity: |
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