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Update on WWA Activities

This is a quick update on WWA activities in Johnson County, TN. Most of our energy now is geared toward stopping a poorly run quarry from expanding it's permit to triple it's mining operations and, more than anything, stop the quarry from producing asphalt yards away from the banks of Doe Creek. Doe Creek is a Tier ll stream deserving of it's special classification under TDEC's (TN Dept. of Environment and Conservation) definition of pure public waters. Fundraising for legal expenses now involve... [ more ]

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Watauga Watershed Alliance - TN


Resource of the Month: Tennessee Toxic Spill

“The worst man made environmental disaster since Chernobyl”
Resources on the Tennessee Toxic Coal Ash Spill

Early in the morning of Dec. 22nd, there was a massive spill of coal ash in Harriman, TN at the Kingston steam plant. Reportedly, as much as 2.6 million cubic yards, or nearly 500 million gallons, of ash and slurry spilled into a tributary of the Tennessee River when an earthen retaining wall was breached at the Tennesee Valley Authority’s coal-fired ... [ more ]

Posted on Jan 07, 2009 by Peace Through Justice Network (PTJN)


Fighting the uphill struggle

When an agent for Tennessee's Department of Pollution Control-Mining, a division of TDEC (Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation) lifted his gaze up to the citizens sitting before him and said, "it gives me no great pleasure to inform you this will more than likely destroy a corner of your community," I felt something well up within me that seemed inappropriate at the time; Hope.

Being a self-avowed environmentalist in Johnson County, TN is an emotional ... [ more ]

Posted on Jan 08, 2008 by


LPAC Honored in LEO

The Louisville Peace Action Community made the Louisville Eccentric Observer's top ten list of "things we love about Louisville." Check out what they had to say here. [ more ]

Posted on Sep 20, 2007 by


KY Anti-War Movement Highlighted in The Nation

The October 1 issue of The Nation featured an article by Bob Moser highlighting Kentucky's anti-war movement. Read the article here. [ more ]

Posted on Sep 20, 2007 by



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Advocate TODAY! Help save MiND TV





Several months ago, we learned that Governor Rendell zeroed out funding for Pennsylvania's eight public television stations in his FY2010 budget. At that time, the stations began a campaign to mobilize the public to let the governor and all of the state legislature know that public tv plays a very important role ... [ more ]

Posted on PAActionNetwork by PA Action Network


Emergency Action Alert: Coup in Honduras!

[This action alert comes to you from the Alliance for Global Justice and its member projects, the Nicaragua Network, the Campaign for Labor Rights, the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, and the Respect for Democracy Campaign.]

EMERGENCY ALERT: COUP IN HONDURAS!
Demonstrate at Honduran Consulates or US Federal Buildings Sunday or Monday
[See list of consulates below!]

MOBILIZE YOUR COMMUNITY NOW!
Demand Obama Denounce the Coup and Demand Return of President... [ more ]

Posted on CRIpjen by American Friends Service Committee - CT (AFSC)


6/30 - 7/6/09 Peace/Justice Feature

Hi folks:

NOTE: The next two Features (July 5 and 12) will be put out by my intern Andrew Kimmel. So email events to him at andkimme@iupui.edu We are assuming that events for the first Sat. (July 4) will occur on the second Sat.;
let Andrew know if this is not so or if any monthly event is taking a summer hiatus.

The Peace/Justice Feature for this week (Tues-Mon) focuses on:

1) The Indianapolis Peace Institute and our community of students living... [ more ]

Posted on Network4Peace by Northwest Indiana Code Pink


OH UU posts CommUUnity in Challenging Times

The Economy has experienced a major meltdown in recent months. Savings and jobs continue to vanish and the recession feeds on itself. Congregations and congregants are and will be affected. Major restructuring is needed, and The Great Turning is an important part of that change!

As a part of that turning to Earth Community, what is the role of our community - our church - in helping to mitigate the impact of what is surely to come to some or many of us? How can we ensure that, ... [ more ]

Posted on OhioPeaceNetwork by Unitarian Universalist for a Just Economic Community (UUJEC)


19 NH community organizations elect Martin Luther King Coalition officers

The Martin Luther King Coalition is made up of 19 NH community organizations having missions that reflect the principles of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In addition to those listed above, the following organizations are members of the Coalition: the American Friends Service Committee-NH, represented by Arnie Alpert; the Arab- American Forum, represented buy Nabil Migalli; the Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, represented by Jess Riendeau; Global Citizens Circle, represented... [ more ]

Posted on NHVpjen by Martin Luther King Coalition - NH


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