LARRICK TO INTRODUCE NADER . . . Green Party US Senate candidate Steve Larrick will introduce Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader at a Nebraska appearance on Friday, October 10, 2008, 7:30pm, at the Scott Conference Center, 6450 Pine Street in Omaha. To let the corporate parties know you’ve had it with their crimes against the common good, pledge support for inclusive debates with participation by all legitimate presidential candidates here. A pledge of money is not required. Learn more about ThirdPartyTicket.com in a 1:20 minute video here.
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.
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.
SISTER HELEN PREJEAN IN NORTH PLATTE . . . Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking and The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions, will speak about the need to abolish the death penalty at McDaid Elementary School in North Platte on Monday, October 6, 2008, from 9:30 to 11:00am. The event is open to the public, and sponsored by the Grand Island Diocese in conjunction with a Teachers Convention.
KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE WEEK . . . International Days of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space, October 1, through October 8, 2008. For a list of nationwide protest actions, click here. No Weapons in Space; Stop Star Wars Reserach and Development; Convert the Military Industrial Complex; Fund Human Needs. Click here for Omaha, Nebraska Report. OMAHA EVENTS: TUESDAY, October 7, 2008, 7:30-8:30am, Lawful Nebraskans for Peace protest at “Strategic Space and Defense 2008” Conference, Qwest Center in downtown Omaha; 3:30-5:00pm, Mike Moore, former editor of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and author of Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance, on America’s coming war with its own values, Creighton University, Room 105 in the Skutt Center–free and open to the public; 4:00–5:30pm, Nebraskans for Peace lawful protest at the “Strategic Space and Defense 2008” conference, Qwest Center; 7:00–8:30pm, Mike Moore, speaking at Dana College in Blair, Nebraska, Durham Classroom Center–free and open to the public. (Ice Cream Social following.)
KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE WEEK WEDNESDAY, October 8, 2008, 11:00am–12:00 noon, Civil disobedience/nonviolent direct action (‘Die-In’) at the “Strategic Space and Defense 2008” conference, Qwest Center in downtown Omaha. For details click here. Wednesday, October 8, 3:30–5:00pm, Nebraskans for Peace lawful protest at the “Strategic Space and Defense 2008” conference, Qwest Center, downtown Omaha; 7:00-8:30pm, Mike Moore speaking at UN-O, Dodge Room in the Milo Bail Student Center–free and open to the public.
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 e-mail mark [at] weddleton [dot] com for more information.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LETTER-WRITING GROUP . . . Every second Wednesday, meet with social justice activists for a cup of fair trade coffee to learn about human rights violations around the world. Stop by Jones Coffee, 727 South 11th Street, Lincoln, any time between 7:00 and 9:00pm to join the letter-writing action. For more information phone Matt Gregory at 402.570.7840, or e-mail phylas [at] hotmail [dot] com.
WRITERS COLLECTIVE MEETING . . . The Nebraska Writers Collective will host a No Coast Poetry Slam Thursday, October 9, 2008, 7:00pm, at Meadowlark Coffee and Espresso, 1624 South Street. The event is free and open to the public.
WACHISKA AUDUBON OCTOBER MEETING . . . “Raptor Recovery after 32 Years,” a program featuring live birds of prey that have been saved by Raptor Recovery Nebraska, will be presented by Betsy Finch and RRN volunteers at the Wachiska Audubon General Meeting, Thursday, October 9, 2008, 7:00pm, in Room 03, lower level of the Union College Dick Administration Building, 3800 South 48th Street, Lincoln. Click here for more information about the program, and directions to the Dick Building. Visit the raptors in their habitat on Saturday, October 11, 2008, 2:30pm, when Betsy Finch will lead a tour of RRN’s Center near Elmwood, Nebraska. Click here for directions to the Center.
TRANSFORMING ENERGY . . . A free film, Transforming Energy, will be shown Thursday, October 9, 2008, 7:00-9:00pm at the UN-L City Campus Student Union, 1400 R Street, Lincoln. UN-L Economics Professor Hank Van den Berg will lead a discussion on global warming and alternative energy following the film. The film and discussion is sponsored by Nebraska Matters. For further information, e-mail info [at] nebraskamatters [dot] org.
SCIENCE AND THE MEDIA . . . Omaha-area reporters, producers, editors and news directors are invited to join the general public at a panel discussion, “A Vote for Science? (Science and the Media)” at 7:00pm, Thursday, October 9, 2008, at the Durham Research Center Tower on the campus of the UN-O Medical Center. Three area journalists, Robert Nelson, John Heaston, and Clay Naff, will join moderator Jim Bechtel of REASON–Rationalists, Empiricists And Skeptics of Nebraska–for the discussion. For more information, contact Jim Bechtel at 402.556.8312.
“A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY” . . . Renowned botanist Peter Raven, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, will speak Friday, October 10, 2008, 7:30pm, at Kimball Recital Hall, 11th & R Streets on the UN-L City Campus. There is no admission fee for this public event in celebration of the Nebraska State Arboretum’s 30th anniversary.
VEG FEST 3: SQUASH AND MORE . . . The Community CROPS annual celebration of gardens that brings families, friends and children together for food from local markets and neighborhood resources will be at Havelock Park on Saturday, October 11, 2008, 2:00 to 6:00pm. There will be demonstrations, contests, and other activities centered on food and gardening. Phone 402.474.9802 or visit the website linked above for more information.
SPRING CREEK PRAIRIE HIKE . . . There will be an evening prairie sunset hike Saturday, October 11, 2008, 6:30 to 8:30pm beginning from the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center. The Center is located 20 minutes southwest of Lincoln–follow SW 98th Street south out of Denton for three miles. The all-ages program will end with s’mores and hot cider by a campfire, weather permitting. There is a small fee for this guided hike. Pre-register by Friday, October 10, at 402.797.2301.
NEBRASKANS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY ANNUAL DINNER . . . The 2008 NADP Annual Dinner is Friday, October 17, at the Roy G. Story Student Center, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 5000 St. Paul Avenue, Lincoln. Social hour and silent auction begin at 6:30pm, followed by dinner and program at 7:30. Kathleen Hawk Norman is the Keynote Speaker. She was a jury foreperson who helped send Dan Bright to death row, subsequently discovered he was innocent, and spent the next six years working, successfully, to have him freed. She founded Jurors for Justice, and is the Director of the Innocence Project in New Orelans. Phone NADP at 402.477.7787 by Monday, October 13, 2008 for reservations.
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