Sunday, July 7, 2013           1:30  to 5:30 pm

E.P. Foster Library,   651 e. main st., ventura

admission free

Check-in will begin as early as 1:15 and we will begin promptly at 1:30. Snacks and beverages will be provided. Register at  The Pachamama Alliance For more information, call 805-340-7073

Whistle blower -- Truth Teller

June 1, 2013                                  12 noon - 4 pm

http://www.bradleymanning.org/

"If you had free reign over classified networks... and you saw incredible things, awful things ... things that belonged in the pubic domain, and not on some server stored in a dark room in Washington DC ... what would you do?" "God knows what happens now.  Hopefully worldwide discussion, debates and reforms ... I want people to see the truth ...because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public."  

Defence Secretary Robert M. Gates has called the effect of Wikileaks' releases on US foreign relations "fairly modest".  Yet the Obama administration has chosen to persecute the whistle-blower rather than prosecute the war criminals who were exposed.

Sunday, June 2                    3:00 - 5:00 pm

E.P.  Foster Library   Topping Room,        651 E. Main St.

Angela Johnson Meszaros, General Counsel at Physicians for  Social Responsibility-Los Angeles, will speak on current fracking activity in California, what we know and what is happening in Sacramento. This meeting is co-sponsored by 350 Ventura (a 350.org affiliate) Admission free. Read Dr. Dodges commentary on fracking here: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/jun/01/robert-dodge-with-fracking-first-do-no-harm/?partner=RSS http://lasvegas.informermg.com/2013/06/02/fracking-first-do-no-harm/

A BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP connect informally with others who care about green living & values

WHEN:        1st and 3rd  (and occasional 5th)  Mondays  at  5:00 p.m. WHERE: Java Joe’s Coffee Shop, 2950 Johnson Drive, Ste. 125  (805) 642-4332

More info, contact Janette at 652-1213 or janettedw@sbcglobal.net

Selection for May-June 2013:

Humanizing the Economy by John Restakis

May 20: ­ Chapters 1-4        June 3: Chapters 5-8      June 17: Chapters 9-11

For a sort of Cliff Notes version of Humanizing the Economy, see: http://www.slideshare.net/NFCACoops/humanizing-the-economy-john-restakis-53112

  "The Food Commons model is a new economic paradigm and whole system for regional food." Larry Yee, Co-founder, and Coordinating Committee Member of The Food Commons (TFC) will present and discuss TFC at Citizens for Peaceful Resolution’s monthly general public meeting on Sunday, April 7th.  The Food Commons is a nonprofit organization that has developed a model for actualizing the food "revolution" in communities everywhere by creating the physical, financial and organizational infrastructure necessary for thriving regional food systems. The model is innovatively bold in scope and potential. Once built, it is a whole system, fully integrated and connected.  If you are interested in food, justice, environmental sustainability, equitable and functional social systems, check out the recently updated http://www.thefoodcommons.org/

Sunday, April 7, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., E.P. Foster Library's Topping Room

Missed the meeting? Watch Larry Yee's presentation at UCLA.

Larry Yee currently serves as the Co-founder and Coordinating Director for the Food Commons.  In 2008, Larry retired from a 32-year career with the University of California where he was the director of the Ventura County UC Cooperative Extension office and the UC Hansen Trust, which operated the UC Hansen Agricultural Center.