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Annual Dinner and Peacemakers Among Us Award There will be adequate sanitation at Pacem in Terris's Annual Dinner on Thursday, October 24. This event is Pacem's big fun-raiser of the year. Come find out who receives the PeaceMakers Among Us Award. Enjoy the culinary delights. (Check out the menu.)
The speaker will be Dr. Edgar S. Cahn, CEO & Chairman of TimeBanks USA. Dr. Cahn is the originator of Time Dollars and the President and Founder of the Time Dollar USA, as well as the co-founder of the National Legal Services Program and the Antioch School of Law (now the David A. Clarke School of Law). He is the author of No More Throw Away People: The Co-Production Imperative, Time Dollars, Our Brother’s Keeper: The Indian in White America, and Hunger USA.
Dr. Cahn is a compelling, eloquent speaker with a sense of humor who inspires audiences with a sense not only that social justice matters, but also that it calls for immediate action. For over four decades, his own life has stood as a model for action and as a testament to his abiding concern for the rights, welfare, and dignity of the disenfranchised. For more information and to make reservations, go here.
Outrage of the Week"At least let’s name this for what it is, sabotage of the democratic process. Secession by another means. And let’s be clear about where such reckless ambition leads." Bill Moyers On the Sabotage of DemocracyVideo of the week
Quote of the weekA couple tourists - alien life forms - returning from an eco-tour on Earth are chatting. One of them says, “The dominant life form on the planet has developed satellite-based weapons.” Excited by the possibility, the other one asks, “Do you think they are an emerging intelligence?” The first one responds, “I doubt it: they've aimed the weapons at themselves.”
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
Upcoming Events • Oct. 16, Weds. 4– 7:00 pm. Workshop: DE Dept. of Transportation, Public Workshop on the Wilmington – Newark Trail Study. Review plans for proposed new off-road bicycle and walking trail connecting the two cities, and register your comments. Doubletree Hotel, 700 N. King St., Wilmington, DE 1980. Further information: 800-652-5600. • Oct. 17, Thurs, 7:00-9:00pm, Talk: Climate Change and What You Can Do About It.Featuring short "turbo talks" on topics including solar, lifestyle changes, weatherization, and much more. First Unitarian Universalist Church 730 Halstead Rd, Wilmington, DE. • Oct. 18, Friday, 5:00-7:00pm, Event: Conflict Day Resolution Celebration. Learn about mediation, arbitration, conciliation and other creative, peaceful means of resolving conflict, as well as how to promote the use of conflict resolution in schools, families, businesses, communities, governments and the legal system. Wilmington University, New Castle Campus, DAC Auditorium 320 N. DuPont Highway, New Castle, DE 19720. Sponsored by Delaware Conflict Resolution Network. • Oct. 18, Friday 8:00pm, Concert: Master Players Concert Series "Mozart Celebration III" at the University of Delaware more info • Oct. 19, Saturday, 10 am-noon, Gardening Workshop.Informative, interactive event about gardening (with emphasis on organic methods), with expert gardener Carrie Murphy of the U of DE Agricultural Extension. At Brandywine Hundred Library (Room 209B), 1300 Foulk Rd., Wilmington, DE. Sponsored by Pacem's Wilmington in Transition. • Oct. 19, Saturday, 6-7:30 pm. Movie: The Power of Community. "Outdoor Movie on the Green." Presented by WIT and Edgemoor Revitalization Cooperative. 30 N. Canon Dr., Wilmington, DE 19809. Bring lawn chair or blanket. Popcorn will be provided! Contact: Cheri orLaura. • Oct. 21, Mon. 7:00 pm. Wilmington In Transition, Coordinating Meeting. Pacem in Terris office, 1304 N. Rodney St., Wilmington, DE 19806 (third floor). All are welcome. Join us and see where your interests in sustainable living take you. • Oct. 24, Thursday, 6:00 pm Pacem Annual Dinner: Great food, inspiring speaker, and you.More info. • Oct. 24, Thursday, 10am-3pm Conference: Restorative Justice: Positive Change for Prison and Beyond, Levy Court, Dover. Co-sponsored by Pacem in Terris.Details here. • Oct. 24, Thursday, 6pm. Movie:If you missed it when Pacem showed it this summer, you can catch it here: A Place at the Table. Coalition to End Hunger is hosting at Penn Cinema, 401 S. Madison Street, Wilmington. Oct. 26, Saturday, 3:00-6:00 pm,Summit: Complexities of Color, a summit on the role of race in contemporary society. Keynote speaker Marc Lamont Hill. In Mitchell Hall at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE. • Oct. 26, Saturday, noon-2:00 pm. Demonstration: Stop the Drone War Command Centerat Horsham Air Guard Station, Horsham, PA. Corner of Route #611/Easton Rd & County Line Rd. More information here. • Oct. 26, Saturday, 8:00am 4:00 pm. Active Parenting Leader Training Workshop. Limestone Presbyterian Church, 3201 Limestone Road in Wilmington. More inf and cost here. • October 30 Wed. 7:30 pm Conference: University of Delaware Center for Political Communication, National Agenda: Delaware and the Nation.Speakers report on how Delaware fits into the national portrait of politics and human development. |
Planetary UpdateMayors Leading an Urban RevolutionWith presidents and prime ministers failing to take meaningful action to avert a planetary-scale climate crisis, the mayors of cities and towns are increasingly stepping up to enact changes at the local level. ~*~ |
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