GREEN
DOVE NETWORK, a non-profit
is dedicated to being a presence for peace, featuring articles,
reviews, poetry, art, current events and resources around Bloomington
and the state of Indiana. Green Dove links to groups and individuals
around the globe.
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"Those
of us who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those
who love war." Martin
Luther King Jr.
Click Here for Links to Martin Luther King |
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VITAL
Tutor Training Workshops
Offering reading support to Bloomington, IN and surrounding
areas. English as a second language
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Non-Violence Works
"In 1989, thirteen nations comprising 1,695,000
people experienced non-violent revolutions that succeeded beyond
anyone's wildest expectations... If we add all the countries touched
by major non-violent actions in our century (the Philippines, South
Africa, the independence movement in India...) the figure reaches
3,337,400,000, a staggering 65% of humanity! All this in the teeth
of the assertion, endlessly repeated, that non-violence doesn't
work in the 'real' world." - Walter Wink
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| March 3rd - "War
Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to
Death" - Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. - Monroe County Public
Library Auditorium, 303 E. Kirkwood Ave.Bloomington, IN |
| March 5, 4-6 p.m.,
Friday - Imagine Haitian Arts & Coffee Evening, Dowling
International Center, IU, Handmade Haitian arts & crafts
for sale. Proceeds benefit 3 small Haitian NGOs. For more info
& photos, see the attached pdf or visit www.imaginehaitian.org.
Please forward this announcement to anyone who might be interested! |
| March 9, Green
Drinks Indianapolis |
March 10 -11, Indiana
Building Green Symposium, Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis
Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN - Join hundreds of designers,
owners, operators and developers at the fourth annual Indiana
Building Green Symposium, 2010. This annual conference hosted
by the USGBC brings together leading professionals in a variety
of disciplines and all facets of the building industry to facilitate
and expedite the shift toward sustainable building practices
in Indiana. Get all the latest on applications and trends that
are turning green thinking into green building, and how it’s
enhancing the quality of life for people and planet.
Register
FOR REGISTRATION BY MAIL - Contact Liz Ellis
at 317-701-6837.
CHECKS MAY BE SENT TO - Indiana Building Green Symposium,
c/o USGBC Indiana, 9365 Counselors Row, Indianapolis, IN 46240-6422
(317) 819-7878
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| March 13 - Reiki
Couples Workshop, Reiki Peace and Wellness Arts, http://www.hartrock.net/reikiworkshops.htm
and healingart(at)gmail.com |
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March 19 - 2p.m. to 6p.m.
- Reiki Clinic: Reiki Peace
and Wellness Arts monthly Reiki Clinic (3rd Fridays) offering
Usui Shiki Rhyho Reiki wellness techniques to awaken
the body's natural ability to heal. It can help relax and
reduce stress, stimulate the immune system, help reduce pain
and improve recovery from dis-ease. Reiki
supports healing on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual
levels. For more information about what to expect, click
here - Sessions
are $20 by appointment only. Veterans are free. To register,
contact Patricia directly at 812-331-0886.
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March - World Day for Water 2010:
World Water Day (WWD) |
| March 25, Divine
Warrior Training Healing Circle- Reconnect to the Light Within,
"Meeting Our Challenges" - 6:00 – 8:00 pm
in Room 2B of the Monroe County Public Library, 303 E. Kirkwood,
Bloomington. For more information contact Tom Capshew at www.innerspark.org
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| March
26 - 7:00pm - Hart
Rock Poetry Series and
Open-mic - "Women's Words - Women's Voices"
with Deborah Pender Hutchinson and Anne Haines, followed
by an open-mic. Celebrating National Women's History Month at
Rachael's Cafe, 300 E. 3rd. St., Bloomington. For more information
contact poetry@hartrock.net |
| Mar. 26-28 - the
"Going Green Festival", Sustainable Indiana 2016
and Indianapolis Food, Farm, and Family Coalition will be featured
in the Earth Charter Indiana booth in on Fri-Sun. at Indiana
State Fairgrounds, E. 38 and Fall Creek Blvd. For more info,
visit sustainableearth.net or contact John Gibson at jgibson99@sbcglobal.net
or 295-9630. |
| Mar. 26, 5:30-7
pm, To commemorate the 7th anniversary of the Iraq war,
there will be a die-in and a reading of names of American soldiers
and Iraqi civilians killed in that war on , at Monument Circle
(north end), sponsored by American Friends Service Committee,
Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center, Bloomington Peace Action
Coalition, Women in Black, Indiana Peace and Justice Network,
Indy Artists' Peace Project, CODEPINK Central IN, Friends of
the Third World, Fort Wayne Peace and Justice Coalition, and
Central Indiana Jobs with Justice. Bring your own white sheet.
For more info, email Erin Polley at epolley@afsc.org |
| March 27 at 6 pm
[Nashville] Peace Vigil on the theme "War Is Not The Answer!"
on Sat. at Brown County Courthouse, Main and Van Buren Streets
sponsored by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
(Brown County branch). For more info, contact Tom Hougham at
878-4210 or annntom@hotmail.com |
| March 30, Sarah
Weintraub of the Zen Peace Fellowship will speak on "Being
Joy in Times of War." -: What is true joy? What is
it to open to life and death, to beauty and horror, to grief
and gratitude, to the true bright centers of our lives? How
can our socially engaged Buddhist practice be enlivening and
life-affirming? The talk will take place at 7 P.M. at Sanshin
Zen Community Zendo at 1726 S. Olive Street
Sarah Weintraub is the new Executive Director
of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Sarah grew up at the San
Francisco Zen Center, where her parents are teachers. She
has worked for peace and human rights in Colombia for the
past six years. She first lived there as part of a team of
international observers, and has continued to go back to work
on creative and political projects. After living in Colombia
she trained at Tassajara Zen monastery. She experiences her
activist work and Buddhist practice as expressions of the
same deep vow, and is honored to continue working for peace
and justice from the perspective of interconnectedness, in
her new position at BPF.
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| APRIL
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| Apr 3, Handmade
Market (all local) Sat 10am-4pm, KRC Catering, Bloomington |
| April 8 - Public, Apr 9-10-
E-waste Days:Business/Non-profits, IU Stadium purple lot. |
April 11 - 2 pm.,
Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando at MCPL Auditorium will bring
her acclaimed documentary and feature work to Bloomington and
IU with a kick-off on
Gloria Rolando on her first US tour since 2001. Films to be
screened on Sunday include Roots of My Heart (2001) about
a young womans search for her family roots which leads to the
discovery of the 1912 genocide in which thousands of members
of the Independent Party of Color were massacred. 51 minutes.
Subtitled in English
(Cherished Island Memories)Pasajes del Corazon y la Memoria
is a short history of Cubans and Cayman Islanders in The Isle
of Youth, Cuba. In Spanish only. 37 minutes.
A subsequent screening of her newest film 1912:Breaking the
Silence will screen on April 12th at the Black Film Center Archive
in the IU Main Library.
More info on Gloria and her films can be found at http://afrocubaweb.com
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| Apr 11, Julia Butterfly
Hill: 4:30 Woodburn Hall |
| April 12th - film 1912: Breaking
the Silence by Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando will
screen on at the Black Film Center Archive in the IU Main Library.
More info on Gloria and her films can be found at http://afrocubaweb.com
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| Earth
Day Activities and Events |
| April
17 through 19 - Earth Day Network |
| April
23 - 7:00p.m., Hart
Rock Poetry Series and Open-Mic at Rachael's - Celebrating National
Poetry Month - followed with an open-mic |
| 25th
- Earth
Day - A Call for Action on Climate Change |
| Earth
Day Bloomington -
Center for Sustainable Living |
| Earth
Day 2010- Indianapolis
- 11 a.m to 4 p.m., American Legion Mall |
| Earth
Day Indiana Festival Saturday, EVERY DAY Earth Day in
other ways |
| Check Celebrations
for other resources. |
The
Great Unleashing Workshop - Saturday
, April 24, 9:30am to 5:30pm, Bloomington, Indiana - Building
Community Resilience and Self-Reliance - for Transition at City
Hall, a day of celebration, education, and action. This day
will be followed by working groups addressing the details of
our future. Transition Bloomington is working to unite the people
of Bloomington to create a more resilient community, able to
deal with the challenges of peak oil, climate change, and economic
collapse. We expect that this process will also create a more
connected and joyful community. Everyone is invited!
Transition
Bloomington |
| MAY |
| Saturday,
May 1st, GLOBAL LOVE DAY, Annual
Event, Annually Inspiring People to Love Unconditionally! Third
Annual Global Love Day - Love Begins With Me. It's all about
LOVE in global proportions! The Love Foundation is once again
inviting people around the world to join together in celebrating
and expanding LOVE during a one day planetary event encompassing
all nations and all people. |
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May 15th, 2010 is Give Your Stuff Away
Day - on Curb Day - Nation-wide give-away event (Curb
Day) is Saturday, May 16, 2009 - On Saturday, May 16, 2009,
people all over will participate in "Curb Day" by
bringing unwanted (but still valuable) items to their curbs
for others to cart away for free. All of us own extra "stuff"
- things that have value, but not to us. Overall, there are
millions of items out there - good stuff, just wasting away,
cluttering households. In today's economy, especially, many
others would love to own these items.
Click
for information and guidelines for holding an event in your
community.
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| May 28, 7:00p.m.,
Hart Rock Poetry Series and Open-Mic at Rachael's - Celebrating
the "Mother in All" - with open-mic |
| JUNE |
| June 3-4, 2009 -
Indiana Recycling Coalition's 21st Annual Conference |
| June 5, 2008 - World
Environment Day www.unep.org/wed/2006/english/, commemorated
each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through
which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the
environment and enhances political attention and action. |
| June 25, 7:00p.m.,
Hart Rock Poetry Series and Open-Mic at Rachael's - "Men's
Words - Men's Voices" with open-mic |
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The City of Bloomington
Volunteer Network
is your source for information about
volunteering locally. For a complete listing, visit
or call 349-3433 |
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PEACE IN
IRAQ PEACE IN IRAN, PEACE IN AFGANISTAN, PEACE WE MUST MAKE BETWEEN
OURSELVES IF WE ARE TO HAVE A BETTER WORLD FOR OUR CHILDREN AND
OURSELVES!
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Reiki
Peace and Wellness Arts
Classes, Workshops and Appointments
Services and Tools to support peace in your body, mind and spirit.
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| What
is your peace story? What steps are you taking toward creating the
sustainable world you want to live and thrive in? |
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e'k, rangimarie, hedd, pace, tutquin, shanti, vrede, paquilisli,
MNP, Onai rahu, amani, kev sib haum xeeb, salam, shaantiM, hedd,
gutpela taim, lalyi, pesca, damai, raha, fred, eirni, pax, mir,
peace, heiwa, amn, nabad, rauha,paz, frid, paco, shAnti, paqe, danh
tu, ittimokla, rahu, paix, beke, shalom, mnonestotse, kapayapaan
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Should
any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment
insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not
hear of that party again in our political history. There is a
tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things.
Among them are...Texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician
or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they
are stupid. - President Dwight D. Eisenhower, November 8, 1954
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