Common Roots Cafe is teaming up with IATP to host a series of Local Food Access Discussions. Along with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy we will address some concerns within our diverse communities, including:
The lack of EBT/WIC at farmers markets (only one in the state of MN-Midtown Farmers Market on Lake St), how to increase awareness and participation from communities of color, and communities not traditionally at the table on food issues, what do we want/need more of in our community and of course- increase awareness of local food system in regards to health/wellness.
Community activists, community or organization leaders, those working with food and health issues, and people directly related to food accessibility issues are invited to join in the discussion. There is no long-term commitment to this group, but we hope that we can start a public dialogue that will influence positive changes in our community.
We are scheduled to hold our first meeting Tuesday, September 4th at 4pm at Common Roots Cafe.
You do not need to prepare anything, just show up! We'll be discussing your observations, concerns, and hopes for food access and local foods in relation to your community. A few appetizers will be available. Please forward this to people you know who may be interested, but RSVP so we can look for you!
Together we can strengthen our communities and implement a healthier food system.
We hope to see you on Tuesday!
Monique Askew, Common Roots Café
Carla Kaiser, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
If you have questions or ideas, you can reach Monique Askew at monique@commonrootscafe.com (612-871-2360), or Carla Kaiser at ckaiser@iatp.org (612-870-3432)
I look forward to seeing you soon!
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Please support UM workers strike -- events Weds & Thurs!
Sisters and Brothers:
I am glad to have reconnected with some of you and to have met some of you for the first time. There are others of you, obviously, whom I look forward to meeting. I wanted to encourage you to get involved in solidarity work on behalf of the University of Minnesota workers who are on the verge of an historic strike. For the first time, all four AFSCME locals are standing strong together. They are demanding wage and benefit increases that would enable them to maintain their standard of living,in the face of University management offers of a 2.5% increase. These workers, more than three quarters of whom are women, have been falling behind the cost of living, on the one hand, and well behind the compensation provided for administrators and faculty, on the other, despite their unionized status, since the early 1990s. They could well be poster children for the impact of neoliberalism, yet they are standing up now as poster children of the resistance to neoliberalism.
This struggle is an important opportunity for all of us to say NO! to further cuts in higher education, NO! to the corporatization and privatization of higher education, NO! to the protection of privilege which has shaped institutions like the University of Minnesota (and my own Macalester College) for far too long. It is important for a broad-based movement to cohere around these workers who are prepared to strike. Please come to this rally, come to the solidarity committee meetings on Saturday mornings (which are very action-oriented), and hit the uworkers website for more info. Thanks.
Love and Solidarity,
Peter Rachleff
Countdown to Strike
SUPPORT U of M WORKERS BANNERING IN SOLIDARITY!
Wednesday August 29, 2007 4:30–6 pm
Washington Ave. & Union St.
University of Minnesota, East Bank Campus, Minneapolis
Four AFSCME Locals (3260, 3800, 3801, 3937) representing 3,500 campus workers in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Crookston and Duluth voted last Thursday to authorize a strike. Come to the Wednesday, August 29 bannering to show campus and community solidarity with the AFSCME workers and to call on the University administration to offer them a fair contract.
Initiated by the U of M Strike Support Committee www.uworkers.org (612) 234-8774
Join us on Saturdays at 10 am at Strike Support Headquarters in the University Baptist Church,1219 University Avenue SE
PLEASE ALSO ATTEND:
Solidarity Rally will be held at Noon on Thursday, August 30, 2007 on the front steps of Morrill Hall on the U of M East Bank Campus.
I am glad to have reconnected with some of you and to have met some of you for the first time. There are others of you, obviously, whom I look forward to meeting. I wanted to encourage you to get involved in solidarity work on behalf of the University of Minnesota workers who are on the verge of an historic strike. For the first time, all four AFSCME locals are standing strong together. They are demanding wage and benefit increases that would enable them to maintain their standard of living,in the face of University management offers of a 2.5% increase. These workers, more than three quarters of whom are women, have been falling behind the cost of living, on the one hand, and well behind the compensation provided for administrators and faculty, on the other, despite their unionized status, since the early 1990s. They could well be poster children for the impact of neoliberalism, yet they are standing up now as poster children of the resistance to neoliberalism.
This struggle is an important opportunity for all of us to say NO! to further cuts in higher education, NO! to the corporatization and privatization of higher education, NO! to the protection of privilege which has shaped institutions like the University of Minnesota (and my own Macalester College) for far too long. It is important for a broad-based movement to cohere around these workers who are prepared to strike. Please come to this rally, come to the solidarity committee meetings on Saturday mornings (which are very action-oriented), and hit the uworkers website for more info. Thanks.
Love and Solidarity,
Peter Rachleff
Countdown to Strike
SUPPORT U of M WORKERS BANNERING IN SOLIDARITY!
Wednesday August 29, 2007 4:30–6 pm
Washington Ave. & Union St.
University of Minnesota, East Bank Campus, Minneapolis
Four AFSCME Locals (3260, 3800, 3801, 3937) representing 3,500 campus workers in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Crookston and Duluth voted last Thursday to authorize a strike. Come to the Wednesday, August 29 bannering to show campus and community solidarity with the AFSCME workers and to call on the University administration to offer them a fair contract.
Initiated by the U of M Strike Support Committee www.uworkers.org (612) 234-8774
Join us on Saturdays at 10 am at Strike Support Headquarters in the University Baptist Church,1219 University Avenue SE
PLEASE ALSO ATTEND:
Solidarity Rally will be held at Noon on Thursday, August 30, 2007 on the front steps of Morrill Hall on the U of M East Bank Campus.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Court of Women website is up
Hello Everyone,
I wanted to let you know that the Court of Women website is up and
the web address is http://courtofwomen.bravehost.com
We also have a Court of Women email address courtofwomen@gmail.com
The website will be maintained and we intend to add subsequent testimonies and other documents as they come in. We will be adding links to other websites such as the ACLU Women's Rights Project testimonies on the incarcerated girls in Texas prisons and more on Jessica Lenahan [Gonzales].
We will be linking to the "Feminism: Gender, Race and Class workshop without walls" that was organized by Theresa El Amin at the USSF and also the Women's Working Group website when they are both up.
If you have ideas of other links that you think the Court of Women should have please let me know. (Also, if you notice any mistakes please let me know as well. The texts have been proofread several times but mistakes seem to have resilience.)
There were no written testimonies furnished for the Gulf Coast Crisis session so we are impeded here but I have some to add that were sent to me recently from people who did not testify at the Court but which are still important to document on the website. I am expecting Loretta's Concluding Statement soon and will add that as soon as I receive it. You may notice that there are no written statements from Margaret on the Criminal [In]Justice System session so we will have a gap here. We are continuing to work on the site and if you have any questions or comments please let me know either at courtofwomen@gmail.com
We are also continuing work on the Court of Women documentary video and will let you know when this is ready, but that will be a while yet.
Pat
I wanted to let you know that the Court of Women website is up and
the web address is http://courtofwomen.bravehost.com
We also have a Court of Women email address courtofwomen@gmail.com
The website will be maintained and we intend to add subsequent testimonies and other documents as they come in. We will be adding links to other websites such as the ACLU Women's Rights Project testimonies on the incarcerated girls in Texas prisons and more on Jessica Lenahan [Gonzales].
We will be linking to the "Feminism: Gender, Race and Class workshop without walls" that was organized by Theresa El Amin at the USSF and also the Women's Working Group website when they are both up.
If you have ideas of other links that you think the Court of Women should have please let me know. (Also, if you notice any mistakes please let me know as well. The texts have been proofread several times but mistakes seem to have resilience.)
There were no written testimonies furnished for the Gulf Coast Crisis session so we are impeded here but I have some to add that were sent to me recently from people who did not testify at the Court but which are still important to document on the website. I am expecting Loretta's Concluding Statement soon and will add that as soon as I receive it. You may notice that there are no written statements from Margaret on the Criminal [In]Justice System session so we will have a gap here. We are continuing to work on the site and if you have any questions or comments please let me know either at courtofwomen@gmail.com
We are also continuing work on the Court of Women documentary video and will let you know when this is ready, but that will be a while yet.
Pat
World March of Women USA
Hello World March of Women USA,
We are starting to organize the World March of Women in the U.S. This email list comes from the World March of Women workshops at the USSF on "Change Women's Lives, Change the World", and the Women's Introduction to the USSF. If you do not want to be on this list please let me know and I will remove you.
Being connected to the World March of Women connects us to women in 163 countries and over 5000 other feminist organizations and individuals around the world. This is a connection we sorely need in the U.S. as we must be in solidarity with our sisters around the world if we are to change the world for the betterment of all of us, but especially women.
One of the first things we need to think about is what will our WMW-USA action for 2010 be. While this is a good way off still, we need to think about it so that we can begin planning. We are spread across the U.S. and so we have to consider how we will do this and what. Nkenge Toure has made two suggestions which are a Court of Women and efforts directed toward the ratification of CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women). She also suggested that we could combine these efforts, that is have the Court sessions directed toward the discriminations the treaty addresses. The action[s] need to take place between March and October 2010 so we have a good six month period for either multiple actions on the part of the entire WMW-USA (depending on our energy) and/or individual organizations affiliated with the March, which all of your organizations should be as well as individuals and you can do this at http://www.worldmarchofwomen.org/membres/devenez_membre/cmicarticle.2005-12-16.3499609806/en
or go to http://www.worldmarchofwomen.org/index_html/en?set_language=en and scroll down on the left to Become a Member.
We also need to create a WMW-USA Coordinating Body. We will be deciding on what this body will do and this will become evident as we proceed with creating our WMW presence in the U.S. Those of you who would like to be part of this in some way please email me and we can start the processes. A great deal of interest in the March was expressed during the workshop and there are many different levels of participation, so you and your organizations can engage as you see fit. Your ideas and activism are what will make the March in the U.S. a vital part of the World March of Women.
We have an email address which is WMW.USA@gmail.com (caps not necessary). This will soon be posted on the WMW website.
Pat Willis
We are starting to organize the World March of Women in the U.S. This email list comes from the World March of Women workshops at the USSF on "Change Women's Lives, Change the World", and the Women's Introduction to the USSF. If you do not want to be on this list please let me know and I will remove you.
Being connected to the World March of Women connects us to women in 163 countries and over 5000 other feminist organizations and individuals around the world. This is a connection we sorely need in the U.S. as we must be in solidarity with our sisters around the world if we are to change the world for the betterment of all of us, but especially women.
One of the first things we need to think about is what will our WMW-USA action for 2010 be. While this is a good way off still, we need to think about it so that we can begin planning. We are spread across the U.S. and so we have to consider how we will do this and what. Nkenge Toure has made two suggestions which are a Court of Women and efforts directed toward the ratification of CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women). She also suggested that we could combine these efforts, that is have the Court sessions directed toward the discriminations the treaty addresses. The action[s] need to take place between March and October 2010 so we have a good six month period for either multiple actions on the part of the entire WMW-USA (depending on our energy) and/or individual organizations affiliated with the March, which all of your organizations should be as well as individuals and you can do this at http://www.worldmarchofwomen.org/membres/devenez_membre/cmicarticle.2005-12-16.3499609806/en
or go to http://www.worldmarchofwomen.org/index_html/en?set_language=en and scroll down on the left to Become a Member.
We also need to create a WMW-USA Coordinating Body. We will be deciding on what this body will do and this will become evident as we proceed with creating our WMW presence in the U.S. Those of you who would like to be part of this in some way please email me and we can start the processes. A great deal of interest in the March was expressed during the workshop and there are many different levels of participation, so you and your organizations can engage as you see fit. Your ideas and activism are what will make the March in the U.S. a vital part of the World March of Women.
We have an email address which is WMW.USA@gmail.com (caps not necessary). This will soon be posted on the WMW website.
Pat Willis
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
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