Report on Gaza
Anna in Palestine
Posted: Thursday January 1st, 2009
We received this report from our friend Anna Balzer on the situation in Gaza.
Click here to read the full story
EMERGENCY RALLY TO SAVE GAZA
Posted: Monday December 29th, 2008
Upcoming Event: Tuesday December 30th, 2008.
EMERGENCY RALLY TO SAVE GAZA
TUESDAY, DEC. 30, 2008, 12:00 noon to 3:00pm
DALLAS, TEXAS
IN FRONT OF JFK MEMORIAL ON THE GRASSY KNOLL (Near Houston at Elm Street, downtown Dallas) - From Denton take I-35 South, to Commerce St, East Exit 428 E (about 40 miles and takes about an hour)
The exit ramp will loop around and there will be a three way split under a bridge, take the Main Street lane to Lamar, turn left and left again at Elm.
This is a national emergency day and demonstrations will be taking
place in cities across the nation. "Save Palestinian Day".
Bring signs if you wish.
For more info contact,
Diane Wood
dianewood71@yahoo.com
817-800-4249
Support Equality Rally
Stop the Hate
Posted: Tuesday November 11th, 2008
Upcoming Event: Saturday November 15th, 2008.
Saturday, Nov. 15, 12:30 pm
Denton Courthouse on the Square
(between Elm & Locust, Hickory & Oak)
We are joining with national rallies across the nation in support of Equality.
As you know, Propostion 8 passed by a narrow majority in California as well as discriminatory propositions passing in Florida, Arizona, and Arkansas.
Please bring signs
For more info, email: peaceactiondenton@gmail.com or info@stonewalldemocratsofdentoncounty.org
Anne Wright - Oct 2
Voices of Conscience against Violence
Posted: Saturday September 20th, 2008
Upcoming Event: Thursday October 2nd, 2008.
Thursday Oct 2, 7:00 pm
Held at: Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2200 N. Bell (at Sherman Dr/FM 426), Denton
Colonel Ann Wright, retired from the Foreign Service within the US State Department the day before the US invasion of Iraq. Her opposition to the invasion, her concern over a lack of effort in the Israeli-Palestinian process, the lack of policy in regard to North Korea, and the curtailment of civil liberties within the US led to her resignation. Since retirement, Ann Wright has been prominent in the movement opposing the occupation of Iraq, and investigating and speaking against violence within the ranks of the U.S. military.
Co-sponsored by Peace Action Denton, Peace Studies Program at UNT, and Trinity Presbyterian Church.
Free and open to the public.
For more info, email: peaceactiondenton@gmail.com
Grassroots Media Justice Tour - Oct 22
Posted: Saturday September 20th, 2008
Upcoming Event: Wednesday October 22nd, 2008.
Grassroots Media Justice Tour -
Wednesday, October 22
Sharing Knowledge and Tools for Spreading Justice
Wed, 10/22, 2-3:30 pm
WORKSHOP: Creating a Web Presence: DIY & Low-Cost strategies.
Using freeware, getting a domain name, making your page, to blog or not?, SEO, getting noticed, tracking. TWU campus, ACT 503 (ACT is the Academic Clock Tower, the tall building with a clock on it)
Wed 10/22, 8 pm,
J&Js Pizza (on the square, 118 W. Oak)
Speakers: Hadassah Hill, Jordan Flaherty, and Jesse Muhammed
Hadassah Hill's alter ego, Axon D'Luxe is a solo performing artist who explores the blurry lines between choice and situation, identity and representation, science and spirit. Hill is a Brooklyn-based queer femme writer, performer and designer for $pread Magazine.
Jordan Flaherty will be showing new grassroots video and images from New Orleans, and talking about the links between the struggle for justice in the rebuilding of New Orleans, and struggles people are facing everywhere around housing, health care, and criminal justice.
Jesse Muhammad will be sharing his first-hand experiences as a journalist that helped bring the story of the case of the Jena Six to a national audience, and as an organizer who helped to mobilize tens of thousands of demonstrators to come to Jena, as well as his other work on the intersections of media and social justice.
All events are free but donations will be accepted and appreciated!
The grassroots media justice tour is sponsored by: Bitch Magazine, $pread Magazine, Left Turn Magazine, ColorLines Magazine, Free Speech Radio News, and Make/Shift Magazine
Co-sponsored locally by: Peace Action Denton, TWU PRIDE, Querencia Community Bike Shop, and TWU Bridges
Contact Ellen with any questions or for more information, ellsquid@gmail.com. More information and speaker bios also available at: http://aidandabet.org/roster/grassrootsmedia/.
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