REGISTER TO VOTE GREEN . . . Fill out the voter registration form here (pdf). Complete online, and print out a copy for your records. If you have questions about registering to vote, contact the Secretary of State’s office at 402.471.2555, or your local county election commissioner.

LARRICK IN FINAL PRE-ELECTION DEBATE . . . Steve Larrick will debate Republican Mike Johanns and Democrat Scott Kleeb at a Lincoln Independent Business Association luncheon meeting Tuesday, September 16, 2008, noon to 1:00pm, at the downtown Holiday Inn, 9th and P Streets, Lincoln. Doors open at 11:30am. To make reservations, phone 402.466.3419 by Monday, September 15. The debate will air live on KLIN 1400-AM radio.

FRIENDS OF WILDERNESS PARK CANDIDATES FORUM . . . FWP and Bluestem Sierra will hold a forum for candidates to the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District Board at meeting on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 7:00pm in the library of Lefler Middle School, 1100 South 48 Street, Lincoln. Questions may be submitted in advance to Mike Carlin, mcarlin at neb dot rr dot com.

ANTELOPE VALLEY PLANS AND TOURS . . . Representatives of the Joint Antelope Valley Authority and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the contractor and the construction team, will be present at a public meeting on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 4:00 to 7:00pm, 2143 O Street, Lincoln, the former location of Via Van Bloom Tour and Travel. A bus tour of the project will begin at 5:30pm, Thursday, September 18, with a presentation at Lincoln High School, 2229 J Street. Saturday, September 20, a bike tour will begin at the Auld Recreation Center in Antelope Park, 9:00am, and bus tours will start at 9:00 and 11:00am. For more information, or to make recommended tour reservations, phone 402.458.5901, or click here(keyword: antelope).

STROLLING ON THE BOULEVARDS . . . Well-known Lincoln Historian Ed Zimmer will lead an early evening walking tour of the Sheridan and Woodscrest neighborhoods on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, beginning at 6:30pm. Click here for details.

PAUL A. OLSON SEMINARS IN GREAT PLAINS STUDIES . . . The Fall Series of Seminars in Great Plains Studies begins Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 3:30pm, at the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q Street, Lincoln, phone 402.472.3082. Akim Reinhardt, Associate Professor of History, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, will present “American Colony: Pine Ridge Reservation in the 20th Century.” A reception will follow the lecture.

LINCOLN PEACE VIGILS . . . Join weekly peace vigils at the Federal Building, 15th and O streets in Lincoln, every Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00pm. Contact Mark at 402-499-6672 or mark at weddleton dot com for more information.

LUNCH AND LEARN . . . Thursday, September 18, 2008, the first in a Lunch and Learn Series sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Lincoln-Lancaster County, features Becky Gould, Executive Director of the Appleseed Foundation, and Patrick Jones, Un-L Assistant Professor of History speaking on Affirmative Action. The luncheon is at noon on the 20th floor of the US Bank Building, 13th and M Streets, Lincoln. Reservations are required by noon the Monday preceding the event. E-mail lwv-ne at inebraska dot com, or phone 475.1411.

EVERY CHILD MATTERS . . . In Nebraska, 63,022 children live in poverty. 45,000 do not have health insurance. 15,501 were reported abused or neglected in 2005. 29% of 4th Graders Scored below Basic Reading Levels in 2007. All state and federal candidates have been invited to participate in a survey regarding children’s issues. Survey results will be released to the public at a Rally for Kids organized by Voices for Children Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 10:00am, on the north steps of the State Capitol Building. Rain venue is the YWCA Georgian Room.  Speakers include Senator DiAnna Schimek, Dr. Will Austin, Associate Professor, UN-O College of Education, Dr. Tom Tonniges, Director of Boys Town Pediatrics, and Cindy Woodbury, Former Foster Care Youth.

ANGELA DAVIS AT MALONE CENTER . . . Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 7:00-9:00pm, Angela Davis will appear in Lincoln at the Malone Center, 2032 U Street (474-1110), speaking on behalf of Ed Poindexter and Mondo we Langa, wrongfully imprisoned for 38 years by the State of Nebraska. Ed and Mondo are recognized by Amnesty International as Prisoners of Conscience. The Nebraskans for Justice event is free and open to the public.

ANGELA DAVIS AT NEBRASKA WESLEYAN . . . Thursday, September 18, 2008, 7:00pm, Angela Davis will speak at the NWU Annual Visions and Ventures Symposium, O’Donnell Auditorium, 51st Street and Huntington Avenue, Lincoln. David has been deeply involved with social justice through activism, scholarship, and written work. Her most recent book is Are Prisons Obsolete? Her keynote address on prison abolition, open to the public, is titled “The Politics of the Imprisoned Flesh.” Read her Frontline interview here.

NEBRASKA STUDENT ORGANIZING CONFERENCE . . . Saturday, September 20, 2008, 9:00am to 5:00pm, UN-L students will host an activist training conference for leaders of social change in Nebraska communities and college campuses. Students from peace and justice, women’s rights,environmental, GLBT, civil liberties, election year campaigns, and minority and diversity advocacy groups will participate. Interactive workshops led by students and veteran community leaders will offer training in organizing skills. Contact Nic Swiercek for further details by phone at 402.659.1420, or e-mail psc dot unl at gmail dot com. Register online here.

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION . . . Saturday, September 20, 2008, 9:00am to 1:00pm, residents of Lincoln and Lancaster County may bring hazardous waste items to be collected at Veyance Technologies (Goodyear), 4021 North 56 Street, Lincoln. Items for disposal include thermometers, thermostats containing mercury, solvents, oil-based paint, paint thinner, pesticides including DDT, and CFLs containing mercury. Phone the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department for more information at 402.441.8040.

NEBRASKA GREEN PARTY CANDIDATES . . . Green Party candidates for 2008 in Partisan elections are Steve Larrick, U.S. Senate; and for Douglas County Board, District 1: Scott Hoffman. LaVerne Thraen has filed for the Non-Partisan OPPD Board of Directors Metro District, and Doug Paterson is a candidate for Public Service Commission District 2 in Omaha.

We are not the alternative; we are the imperative. ReShape ’08. Register Green. Vote Green.