HELP GREENS WITH GOODSEARCH . . . Now, each time you search the Internet (or shop online at a participating store), a donation can be made to Nebraska Green Party at no cost to you! To help NGP in this way, enter Nebraska Green Party where it says WHO DO YOU GOODSEARCH FOR? here. Every time you use GoodSearch, one penny will be donated to Nebraska Greens. Download the GoodSearch Toolbar here. To make GoodSearch your homepage, click here. THANK YOU for supporting Nebraska Greens.
Lincoln area: Congressional District 1
LINCOLN PEACE VIGILS . . . Lincoln peace vigils are held at the Federal Building, 15th and O Streets, every Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00pm. Special Thanksgiving thanks to all steadfast vigilers, new vigilers, and drivers who honk for peace during the weekly hour of peace activism. Contact Mark at 402.499.6672 or e-mail mark [at] weddleton [dot] com for more information.
THANKSGIVING: Thursday, November 26, 2009 . . . “Consider pausing this Thanksgiving, which for many in the U.S. is a major feast, to reflect on the 10 children who die of hunger every minute, and how your elected officials are spending hundreds of billions in public funds on war.” –From “Hungering for a True Thanksgiving” by Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 800 stations in North America.
RESERVATIONS DEADLINE FOR FREEDOM BREAKFAST . . . Reservations for the 17th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. “Freedom Breakfast” are due Monday, November 30, 2009. This year’s breakfast will be Friday, January 15, 2009, 7:30 to 8:30am, at Embassy Suites Hotel, 1040 P Street, Lincoln. The keynote speaker is Rev. Jessie Myles. For more information, and to rsvp, phone Nancy Knapp, 472.1663.
Omaha area: Congressional District 2
DEMOCRACY NOW! ACTION . . . Help bring Democracy Now! to UNO-TV. People in Omaha need access to independent media. Most print, radio, and television media is now controlled by less than six major corporations. Learn about how Cox has violated its contract with the City of Omaha here. Encourage bringing Democracy Now! to Omaha by writing Robert A. Franklin, PhD., Director, Media Operations, KVNO-FM/UNO-Television, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska 68182.
OMAHA PEACE VIGILS . . . Omaha peacemakers vigil every Wednesday, 4:30-5:30pm, at StratCom/UN-O, 6801 Pine Street, east of the Scott Technology Center on the Un-O campus. Free parking is available at the NE Corner of 67th Street and Pine in a student lot. For more information, phone Jerry Ebner, 402.502.5887. Every Saturday, 1:00-2:00pm, there is an Anti-War and Peace Vigil at 72nd and Dodge Streets. Contact Steve Horn at 402.426.9068.
THANKSGIVING EVE GREEN DRINKS . . . Omaha Green Drinks will meet Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at Whole Foods Regency, 10020 Regency Circle, in the education room across from the coffee bar, 5:30pm ’til close. Green Drinks is now organized in 641 cities worldwide. All are welcome to join the conversation at Omaha’s informal Green Drinks meet-up.
OMAHA PEOPLE’S FILM FESTIVAL . . . There is a People’s Film Festival every Wednesday evening, 7:00pm, at McFoster’s Natural Kind Cafe, 38th and Harney in Omaha. The event is always free and open to the public. This week’s film is Manufactured Landscapes. Food and drink is available. A lively discussion follows each showing. For more information, click here. The People’s Film Festival – Expanding Political Consciousness Since 2004.
HIKE STONE STATE PARK . . . Sunday, November 29,2009, 9:00am, a Sierra Club outing open to all outdoor enthusiasts will leave from Wolner’s Grocery in Aksarben Village, 72nd and Center, Omaha, for a 6-8 mile Day Hike around Mt. Lucia at Stone State Park in Woodbury County Iowa, just north of Sioux City off I-29. For directions, carpool arrangements, more information, and to rsvp, e-mail Bob Goetschkes, bobbygoetschkes [at] hotmail [dot] com or phone 402.614.4788.
DOROTHY DAY DOCUMENTARY . . . Dorothy Day’s life, faith, and leagacy will be remembered and celebrated with a special showing of “Don’t Call me a Saint” on Sunday November 29, 2009, 6:30pm at the Omaha Catholic Worker, 1104 North 24th Street. Co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, Day would have been 112 years old this year. For more information about her gospel of nonviolence and this free, open event, phone 402.502.5887, or e-mail omahacw [at] gmail [dot] com.
Greater Nebraska: Congressional District 3
BUY FRESH. BUY LOCAL . . . . Local markets are over for the year, but farmers, gardeners, and craftspeople still come together through The Nebraska Food Cooperative, an on-line, year-round farmers’ market and local food distribution service offering the best in local freshness. For ordering and pickup schedules, refer to the calendar here. Click here for Tomato Tomäto, Omaha’s year-round indoor Farmer’s Market at 156th & West Center. Shop for fresh foods grown in or very near your own community at Open Harvest, Lincoln’s member-owned natural foods retail cooperative in newly expanded space at 1618 South Street. Buying local grows family farming, grows the local economy, and is thousands of miles fresher.
We are no longer the alternative; we are the imperative. –Rosa Clemente