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An Introduction to the
Citizens Climate Lobby
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Nevada City United Methodist Church
Our local Change Coalition is presenting an introduction to the Citizen's Climate Lobby on Sunday, November 17, at 3 p.m. at the Nevada City United Methodist Church at 433 Broad Street in Nevada City. This is a remarkably well-organized group of people-powered lobbyists who can help us organize around the country to promote policies with the potential of stabilizing the growth in greenhouse gas emissions. Find out more at Citizens Climate Lobby website.
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Nevada County Climate Change Coalition
Upcoming Meeting
6:30 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
246 S. Church Street, Grass Valley
Our local Change Coalition has organized several events, including an upcoming introduction to the Citizens Climate Lobby. We have an active Nevada County Climate Change Coalition FaceBook page. Our first face-to-face organizing meeting was on Tuesday, October 29, 2013, at the Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains, 246 S. Church Street in Grass Valley. We began at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8:00 sharp.
Join us to help organize a network of local groups that can: 1) Stay informed, educate, and update their members about issues and actions related to climate change; 2) Stay connected and coordinate actions with national and global organizations working for climate justice; 3) Plan local actions that will help raise awareness, defeat denial, spread truth, and limit greenhouse gas emissions locally and on a larger scale.
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Nonviolence Training to Resist the Keystone XL Pipeline
with Sharon Delgado and Susan Pelican
Sunday, November 24, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
246 S. Church Street, Grass Valley
Our local Change Coalition is presenting a nonviolence training for people who have or intend to sign the pledge of resistance to the Keystone XL Pipeline. Over 40,000 people have signed the pledge so far, and nonviolence trainings are taking place all over the country. Find out more about the Keystone XL resistance actions and sign the pledge of resistance.
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Beale Defendants Sentenced to Community Service
David and Jan Hartsough, Shirley Osgood, Janie Kesselman, and Sharon Delgado were sentenced on September 9 to 10 hours each of community service at their sentencing hearing on September 9. In their statements before sentencing each of the defendants testified about their motivations for taking nonviolent direct action at Beale. The judge said that there would be no point in putting them in prison or fining them, and affirmed that they had engaged in "civil disobedience" and were motivated by "strongly held religious and ethical beliefs." (To read the defendants statements go to http://sharondelgado.org/category/drones-2/.)
To find out about the monthly anti-drone vigils at Beale, go to Occupy Beale AFB The next one will be November 25 and 26.
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The Altar Show
November 6-16
Nevada County Fairgrounds
Earth Justice Ministries will work with Radical Art for These Times (RAFTT) to create an altar in memory of children who have died from U.S. drone attacks. We will use the panels that we have displayed at rallies, created by local people.
Earth Justice Ministries Board Member Don Baldwin will also create an altar in honor of bees, highlighting the importance of saving them. As creatures of God, they are intrinsically valuable, and reflect the wisdom and grace of God. As pollinators, they are also absolutely necessary to humans, other animals and plants, and to the whole interconnected web of life.
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Move to Amend
Speaker David Cobb
Banner Grange
November 11, 2013
National Move to Amend spokeperson David Cobb will speak at Banner Grange on November 11, 2013. The time is still to be decided. Come to our October meeting to help plan this event and to make decisions about placing a county inititative on the ballot.
Nevada County Move to Amend meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at the Nevada City United Methodist Church at 433 Broad Street in Nevada City. The next meeting will be October 8. Come early at 6 for a Facilitators Training/Review/Discussion. The goal of the coalition is to raise awareness and build momentum toward passing a constitutional amendment to abolish corporate personhood and declare that money is not speech.
Nevada County Move to Amend is seeking local organizations that are willing to partner with us as we work with groups around the country to make the "We the People Amendment" a reality.
To stay informed about what's going on with Move to Amend in Nevada County, check out the Nevada County Move to Amend website. "Like" and "Share" our Nevada County Move to Amend FaceBook Page..
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"The Call: Living Sacramentally, Walking Justly"
A Spiritual Growth Group for Women with Sharon Delgado
November 3, Sunday, 6:00 p.m.
6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Nevada City United Methodist Church
The Call: Living Sacramentally, Walking Justly" invites participants to grow spiritually and develop a deeper faith through reflection, sharing, and experiential learning. The themes for the sessions will be:
October 6: "God's Gift: Named and Claimed in Baptism"
November 3: "God's Gift: Nourished and Sustained in Holy Communion"
December 1: "Answering the Call: Living Each Day with God"
January 5: "Answering the Call: Following Jesus in Caring for God's World"
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New Educational CD by Sharon Delgado
"Climate Change: What do we know? What can we do?"
Recorded by Sun Sound Studios, Grass Valley, California.
This CD is available at Tomes Bookstore, through the Nevada County Library System, or online from Amazon.com. In this educational CD, Sharon Delgado explains in simple terms what scientists are telling us about climate change, explores the scientific consensus and controversy, and suggest effective ways to respond to the challenges of climate change in personal, communal, and systemic ways. Topics include: the greenhouse effect, the link between rising levels of atmospheric CO2 and global warming, extreme weather as a feature of our changing climate, scientific agreement and debate, the effects of industry lobbyists on climate policy, reducing fossil fuel emissions and stabilizing the climate, and changing the system that produces climate change.
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