Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth, http://tinyurl.com/6c2zxx September 2-December 19, 2008, a semester-long exhibition featuring 35 portraits of individuals who possess qualities of courage, honesty, tolerance, generosity, wisdom, and compassion and whose contributions have had a lasting effect on American life.

Atrium Gallery
Gallery Hours

Summer 2008
Monday-Thursday 8:00am - 8:00pm
Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

Building hours vary during the summer, school breaks, holidays, etc. Please call 753-6500 to verify hours or check the building calendar for updates.

Patricia Wheeler: The Art of Protest http://tinyurl.com/6kw4w8 Sept. 2-Dec.19, 2008 Hall Gallery, concurrent with “Robert Shetterly’s American Who Tell the Truth

On October 4-12, 2008 we will again be organizing “Keep Space for Peace Week” which is an international week of local protest events to stop the weaponization of space. Use this link to view the poster http://tinyurl.com/692lyv and this link to see the flyer http://tinyurl.com/6oz8ew

This year the week is being co-sponsored by Europe for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom.

We ask local groups to hold an event anytime during that week and to let us know what is planned so we can keep an updated list of events around the world which we will share with the media.

Each year our poster features a different part of the world that is struggling against deployment of US Star Wars systems. Last year we featured US Star Wars systems in England and the Czech Republic. This year the poster features South Korean activism against “missile defense” deployments which are destabilizing the Asian-Pacific region.

We urge any graphic artists to feel free to adapt the Keep Space for Peace Week poster to your particular local needs.

Keep Space for Peace Week gives us a good chance to bring these Star Wars issues and U.S. plans for “global control and domination” via space technology to the public consciousness.

Our up-dated speakers bureau list for space week will be available soon.

Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.

Best wishes to all.

Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 652
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 443-9502
http://www.space4peace.org
globalnet [at] mindspring [dot] com
http://space4peace.blogspot.com (Blog)

Meet the Health Funders
Wednesday, October 8
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Coffee reception to follow
USM Glickman Library, 7th Floor, Portland, ME
http://www.mainephilanthropy.org/

Fee — $15 MPC Members / $25 Non-Members
Register Now

This program is co-sponsored by the Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF)

Who should attend? Staff and trustees of health care organizations and foundations

The Maine Philanthropy Center regularly hosts Meet the Funders programs to bring together the staff and volunteers of nonprofit organizations with private and corporate grantmakers for learning and networking. It is our belief that fostering this type of dialogue among funders and nonprofit organizations will strengthen the impact of philanthropy in Maine and can lead to specific outcomes.

On October 8, MPC will convene a panel of local and regional grant-makers to reflect on the current priorities and trends in health care funding, the major challenges facing the sector, and what the role of philanthropy should be in finding solutions to the delivery and accessibility of health care in this state. Senior staff from the following foundations will participate.
The Betterment Fund
The Bingham Program
Sadie and Harry Davis Foundation
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation
Jane’s Trust (invited)
Maine Health Access Foundation
Join us and make connections that could benefit your program or organization!

Maine Philanthropy Center
USM Glickman Family Library, PO Box 9301, Portland, Maine 04104-9301
(207) 780-5039 mpc [at] mainephilanthropy [dot] org

All classes will be held at Camden Hills Regional High School. FMI or to register call Adult Education at 236-7800, option 5.

Oct. 8 “Sustaining Rural Communities in Times of Change” will be taught by Kelly Callahan of Appleton for those who love the rural life of Maine and are concerned about the ability to live rurally, now that frequent drives to large town centers have become so costly. The six-week discussion group will begin Oct. 8 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 “What Is Your Energy Footprint?” will address how to cut energy costs and help the environment. The two-week session will be held on Oct. 9 and 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. Instructor Peter Kalajian, a science teacher at the Watershed School and a member of Camden¹s Energy Committee, will teach this course.

Oct. 15 “Wood Pellet Heating — What Is It?” is a one-night workshop on Oct. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m., taught by Liz Hanlon of Smith & May Masonry. The workshop is free, but participants should call to register.

Oct. 20 “Green Cleaning” Oct. 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m will be a one-night session — the focus will be on addressing the issue of indoor chemicals, with instructor Marlee Luehman, who has an all-natural cleaning business, Healthy Havens.

• The Gospel and Restoration vs
• The Rush to Punishment and Vengeance
• Implications for the U.S. at Home and Abroad

October 11-12 Spiritual Life Center in Winslow Maine

Featured Rev. Dick Snyder is Founder and Chair of the Board of the Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast; Former Maine Council of Churches’ Restorative Justice Advisory Board; Professor emeritus of theology and ethics and former academic dean at New York Theological Seminary, and author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Punishment

Join us in examining the roots, practices, and costs of the punitive orientation of our culture; the roots, practices, and results of restorative justice; the implications of the alternative for U.S. policy and practice at home and abroad; and some ways in which communities of faith can become involved.

Cost for the weekend is $120 (Saturday, 9am (after breakfast) - Sunday, 3pm).

To include Friday, 4:30 pm—Sunday 3pm, is $185 (or $200 to include dinner).

Costs for commuters vary. (Please indicate scholarship needs.)

To register, send a $25 deposit to: Mary Ellen Quinn, 91Baker Road, Winterport, ME 04994.

Mary Ellen can be reached at 223-4992.

For information call Bill at 773-6562

Full payment is required by Sept. 29.

October 11: Unite for Justice and Peace!
Stop the Wars!
Stop the Deportations!

Bring the troops home NOW! No attack on Iran!
Protect families, stop the deportations!
Defend civil liberties and our right to free speech!
Money for housing and health care, not for war!

The RI Mobilization Committee to Stop War and Occupation (RIMC), and other organizations in the RI area, are calling on all progressive forces in the area to converge on Providence on October 11 to unite for justice and peace!

The day of action will start at 12:30 PM at the Dexter Training Ground (Cranston Street Armory) on the West Side of Providence. After a short rally, we will march downtown to Kennedy Plaza, with stops at the following locations: Central/Classical High School, Crossroads; Beneficent Church; National Guard recruiting office; and Textron. We will then have a rally at Burnside Park starting at 3:30, with speakers addressing our demands for justice at home, and an end to the wars abroad. For a map, please go to
http://tinyurl.com/rimc-oct11-route

The protest action has been endorsed by the RI Mobilization Committee to Stop War and Occupation, American Friends Service Committee, RI Green Party, Olneyville Neighborhood Association, Committee of Immigrants in Action at St. Teresa’s Church, Jobs with Justice, RI Progressive Democrats of America, Move On/East Bay, Operation Iraqi Freedom, International Socialist Organization, and the Workers International League.

Antiwar actions are also planned on this date in other cities around the country, including Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City and Seattle. If you or your organization would like to assist in the planning and promotion for the October 11 event in Providence, please contact us at our email address below.

Endorsements: Please contact us if your organization would like to be included as an endorser for the October 11 event in Providence.

Event flyer: Please forward the attached flyer to your memberships and listservs, or print off copies and post in your local communities.

RI Mobilization Committee to Stop War and Occupation
For more information, write to: rispringmobe-request [at] lists [dot] riseup [dot] net
RIMC website: http://www.ristopwar.org/dnn/
National October 11 website: http://oct11.org/

When: Oct. 12, 2008
10am-noon

Where: Vernon Walker Game Management Area, Rt. 11

Why:
The Vernon Walker Game Management Area is almost 4,000 acre parcel of public land near the New Hampshire Border. Overlooked by Abbott Mountain, and with the Little Ossippee River running through the area region, Vernon Walker is home to diverse and abundant ecosystems, flora and fauna. Come enjoy the fall color change on a guided walk through Vernon Walker.

Part of the tour will include visiting the sites of some of the at least 15 test bore wells that Nestle Waters North America has drilled in Vernon Walker. These bore wells were drilled after an agreement with the area’s managing agency, Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW). However, the decision was made without a period for public comment, nor was a public hearing held on the issue. Nestle is looking for locations to expand its Poland Spring bottle water operation. The abundance of spring water in the area, and close location to its Hollis bottling plant, make the Shapleigh/Newfield area a prime location for a new source of water for Nestle’s spring water brand. Nestle came to Vernon Walker in the fall of 2005. It was not until early 2008, when Nestle recieved an unappealing price/gallon from the state did the company began engaging in conversations with the town of Shapleigh. Just last month, the town of Shapleigh voted to deny Nestle access to town land in March to sink additional test bore wells.

“We are inviting everyone to experience the uniqueness of this beautiful parcel of public land in Western, Maine,” says Emily Posner of Defending Water for Life. “Through these experiences, local communities can best understand how multinational corporations threaten the long-term health and sustainability of our natural resources”

info@defendingwaterinmaine.org

Bring water, a snack and shoes that can get wet

Defending Water for Life
207-930-5232
info [at] defendingwaterinmaine [dot] org
www.defendingwaterinmaine.org

Meg Perry Healthy Soil Project
a program of Common Ground Relief
www.commongroundrelief.org
504-913-5635

Embrace Portland: A Benefit for Victims of Hate Violence

Sunday, October 12th Portland, Maine

A community event to support the victim of last months anti-gay hate crime will be held on Sunday, October 12th at the North Star Music Café, 225 Congress Street, from 6-9:30pm.

Being held on the 10th Anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepherd in Wyoming, Embrace Portland seeks to increase public attention of hate and bias incidents in our communities. Featured speakers are Steve Wessler from the Center for Prevention of Hate Violence, Sarah Parker-Holmes from USM’s Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity, and Darlene Huntress from Equality Maine. Additionally, the event will present poets from Port Veritas, performance pieces from AddVerb Productions, and a performance by singer-songwriter, Vanessa Torres.

There will be an open forum for those in the community to share their thoughts about the violence that has occurred in Portland. This event will be ASL interpreted.

Due to the immediate and overwhelming response of the community, funds have already been raised to assist with the cost of the victims’ medical expenses and time lost from work. Therefore, any funds raised will be donated to a local charity of the victims’ choice.

Forced from Home: US Policy and The Roots of Migration
Gloria Alba Andino Lopez
from El Regadío, Estelí, Nicaragua

BAR HARBOR
Monday, October 13 — 4:00PM, Group Discussion — 7:00PM, Public Event
Gates Auditorium — College of the Atlantic
Jonah at palibonsai [at] yahoo [dot] com

ROCKLAND
Tuesday, October 14 — 7:00 PM
First Universalist Church — 345 Broadway
The Midcoast Peace and Justice Group
Steve Burke 207-273-3247, stevbee [at] midcoast [dot] com

PORTLAND
Wednesday, October 15
University of Southern Maine (location TBA) — 11:45AM
David Carey — davidcarey [at] maine [dot] edu
Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Church Hall — Sherman and Mellen Sts. — 7:00PM
William Slavick — 207-773-6562, billslavick [at] verizon [dot] net

With elections just around the corner, trade and migration are major concerns in the US. Congress is still considering NAFTA-style free trade agreements and ever tightening restrictions on migration. With US elections the fate of these issues hangs in the balance. It is vital that we give voice to those representing the voiceless.

Gloria Alba Andino Lopez from El Regadío, Estelí, Nicaragua is one of those voices. For over twenty years, Gloria has represented organized resistance against the detrimental impacts of neoliberal economic policy. As head of a farmer’s association called “La Union” in Regadío and participant in several women’s groups, Gloria is an advocate of micro-financing projects, women’s rights, the environment, and health care.

She speaks out about International Financial Institutions, DR-CAFTA and free trade agreements, the roots of migration, food security and food sovereignty, the marginalization of women, women’s rights, and many other related topics.

The Maine venues are free and open to the public.

FMI : Steve Burke — stevbee [at] midcoast [dot] com

To host an event or to provide logistical support, please contact:
Joanne, Regional Organizer at 802-434-2980 or email wfpne [at] witnessforpeace [dot] org

Calendar link www.witnessforpeace.org/newengland

During these difficult times we all need hope more than ever. For the past 14 years, each spring the HOPE Festival has brought together 70-80 organizations to celebrate our connections to the earth and to each other. Exciting performers and a fun children’s program have attracted up to 1000 people from the larger community to this free event. However, since we have lost our staff coordinator for this Festival, in order to continue we need volunteers who are willing to take on pieces of the following: coordinating volunteers, logistics, children’s program, food vendors and performers. We also need creative ideas that could generate new interest and broaden attendance. Come to a planning meeting to discuss how we can keep the HOPE (Help Organize Peace Earthwide) Festival alive on Thursday, October 16th at 6:00 p.m. We will have vegan snacks, but if you want to bring your own meal, please do. Please call the Center at 942-9343 if you have questions, would like to help and/or can come to the October 16th meeting.

The Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine
170 Park Street
Bangor ME 04401
(207) 942-9343
fax 992-2288
email: info [at] peacectr [dot] org
check our website: http://www.peacectr.org

October 16

Changing Lives, Encouraging Voices

Stream Reggae, Portland Playback Theater Company, and Say It Loud! take the stage for an engaging evening of music, improvisation, and spoken word. This special event recognizes 31 years of Family Crisis Services’ work to end domestic violence in Cumberland and Sagadahoc counties. WCLZ is providing an emcee. Door prizes and raffles! One Longfellow Square, Portland. Doors open at 6:30. Desserts and snacks provided by Local Sprouts available for purchase. Suggested donation: $5.00 at the door. www.familycrisis.org/event/

Karen Wentworth
Family Crisis Services
Team Leader
Young Adult Abuse Prevention Program
207-767-4952 ext. 112
karen_w [at] familycrisis [dot] org

“Soldiers of Conscience”

“Soldiers of Conscience,” a very powerful film that explores how soldiers choose to be conscientious objectors and features several IVAW members, will be aired on PBS on Thursday, October 16. I hope you will spread the word to your lists. For more information about the film visit www.socfilm.

May 2008: Graphis Poster Annual ‘08/’09 Gold Award goes to…SOLDIERS OF CONSCIENCE!

The SOLDIERS OF CONSCIENCE poster, created for us pro bono by Deutsch Design Works, has recently garnered the ultimate graphic design achievement award in this country: the Graphis Gold Award!

AWARDS:
Best Documentary — Salem Film Festival (2008)
Finalist — Best Documentary — Denver Film Festival (2007)Best Film — Conflict and Resolution Category — Hamptons International Film Festival (2007)
Best Documentary — Rhode Island International Film Festival (2007)
Best Documentary — Foyle Film Festival, Northern Ireland (2007)

Check us out on pbs.org. Please forward this email to let your friends know about this exciting broadcast!

CASE STUDY 1: REACHING THOSE WHO NEED IT

The context: a press screening of the film for the Seattle International Film Festival.

The audience: every person is a journalist except one - Melissa, an African-American woman in her late 20’s, who is a volunteer usher at the cinema.

Melissa seats the journalists and stays to watch. Midway through the movie, she starts to cry. She leaves but immediately returns - with tissues.

After the screening she tells us her story; she is an ex-Marine who had served in Iraq. She knows the feelings of the soldiers in the film, had felt them herself, and had been tormented by the moral questions they raised.

She says, “This is the most important film I have seen in my life. I want all the people who served in my unit to see it. No, it is more than that, I want everyone to see it.”

Melissa’s story - one person, one screening, one human heart - is why we made this film. Now, we are working to create partnerships with organizations supporting veterans and their families - trying to ensure that this film can reach people like Melissa across the country.

Oct. 17-19 Kindle: A Northern New England Bioneers Conference, USM, Portland, Maine Speakers are internationally celebrated voices, minds and nationally recognized environmental or social justice heroes. 28 workshops on Food/Farming, Green Building, Futurists, International, New Media, Natural Rights/ The Planted World, and Climate Change. http://www.kindledinme.com/about.php

Rob’s talk takes place Friday,Oct. 17, from 6:30 to 8:30. I hope many of you can attend. The Atrium Gallery and Hall Gallery are very special exhibition spaces and the curator, Robyn Holman, does a wonderful job with documentation & PR as well as superb presentation. She also has many groups lined up to tour the exhibitions. If you know of a group, give her a call to line up a gallery talk. go to their website for directions.

Upcoming exhibitions, mark your calendars:
Atrium gallery, USM, L.A.

Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth,
http://tinyurl.com/6ze28h
September 2-December 19, 2008, a semester-long exhibition featuring 35 portraits of individuals who possess qualities of courage, honesty, tolerance, generosity, wisdom, and compassion and whose contributions have had a lasting effect on American life.

Patricia Wheeler: The Art of Protest
http://tinyurl.com/5wbbbr:
September 2-Dec.19, 2008
Hall Gallery, concurrent with “Robert Shetterly’s American Who Tell the Truth”

BLUE HILL — On Friday, October 17, at Blue Hill Library, 7:00 p.m., Peninsula Peace and Justice will show the film OUR BRAND IS CRISIS — how U.S. political strategists try to affect election outcomes beyond U.S. borders.

“Our Brand is Crisis” is an award-winning 2005 documentary film about U.S. strategists hired to shape voter opinion in the national elections of other countries. The film closely examines the work of James Carville and other U.S. consultants who worked on Gonzalo “Goni” Sánchez de Lozada’s campaign to be elected the President of Bolivia. All are welcome to attend. Info: 326-4405.

Contact: Liz McGhee 207-725-8820
director [at] spindleworks [dot] org

What: B-Side: a spoken word event
Where: Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland
When: Friday October 17, 7pm, free to the public, donations accepted
Special: Readings from Gary Lawless, Martin Steingesser, and Nan Ross

The best is on the B-Side: As part of the year-long commemoration of our 30th Anniversary Spindleworks will host a spoken word event at the Meg Perry Center in Portland to celebrate the stories and history of this vibrant art center. As well as featuring 6 of the Spindleworks artists/poets, we welcome long time friend Gary Lawless, poet Laureate Martin Steingesser, and founding director, Nan Ross, who will read Spindleworks poetry, as well as their own work. Friends are welcome to come read their favorite poems from Spindleworks as well!

Spindleworks is a non-profit art center in Brunswick, Maine. As a program of the Independence Association, Spindleworks provides supplies, studio and gallery space to over 35 artists with disabilities. Artists range in age from 20-80 and work in a wide range of mediums including: painting, drawing, weaving, fiber and fabric arts, wood, sculpture, ceramics, poetry, music, acting, and jewelry. The Spindleworks artists have shown locally, nationally and internationally, and work regularly on commissions throughout the year. Spindleworks gallery, studios and store are open Monday through Friday 9-4.

Spindleworks — 7 Lincoln Street, Brunswick Maine 04011 info [at] spindleworks [dot] org www.spindleworks.org 207-725-8820

One day Democracy School in Portland, Maine, Monday, October 20, 2008

Thomas Linzey, Executive Director of The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) and Gail Darrell, NH organizer for CELDF, will be holding Democracy School at the Meg Perry Center in Portland, ME., on Monday October 20th, 2008, from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm.

The Daniel Pennock Democracy School reveals the hidden history which has allowed corporate, fictional, entities to override community decision making authority and teaches a new organizing strategy to citizens involved in local, grassroots efforts. http://www.celdf.org/

Thomas Linzey will be the keynote speaker on Saturday, October 18th at the Bioneers conference in Portland. Thomas and Gail will be running a workshop at the conference on community governance on Sunday, October 19th.

Democracy School Advance registration only: please call Gail at: 603.269.8541 or email: geodarrell [at] yahoo [dot] com

Fee: $20.00 for returning graduates who have the curriculum.
$35.00 for the class and the curriculum. Time: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. Place: Meg Perry Center at 644 Congress Street, Portland, ME.

Water, tea, coffee and some snacks will be available. Please bring your own mug and your own lunch.

Gail Darrell
Citizens Of Barnstead for A Living Democracy
COBALD
Community organizer
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
http://www.celdf.org
603.269.8541

Oct. 23 & 24 - Climate Change21: Choices for the 21st Century

The University of Maine presents this interactive forum and environmental festival at the Wells Commons Environmental Center at the University of Maine in Orono. http://www.umaine.edu/conferences/

The Portland Food Co-op presents “The Real Dirt on Farmer John” at 7pm on Thursday October 23rd. The Real Dirt on Farmer John will turn every idea you ever had about what it means to be an American farmer, or an American dreamer, on its head. Meet Farmer John, the incredible human being whose inspirational story of revolutionizing his family farm and redeeming his own life has won accolades and awards at film festivals around the world. Join us for the movie followed by discussion.

Can there be an honest and fair election in America?

Friday, October 24

7:00 pm

Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME

This extraordinary film, “American Blackout”, chronicles the recurring patterns of voter suppression and disenfranchisement in 2000 and 2004 and raises the question whether we can have a fair election in 2008.

“American Blackout” has won the Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and many other awards.

“American Blackout” tells the story of what truly happened to voters in Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004 while following the story of then Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. McKinney is now the presidential candidate for the Green Party.

Can we have real democracy in America if we can’t have fair elections? Why does the media continue to ignore important stories already in 2008 about attempts to remove thousands of people from voter lists in key states? Why do the Republicans and Democrats remain silent about voter suppression attempts in 2000, 2004, and 2008?

Watch this remarkable film and participate in the important discussion afterwards. How can we protect democracy when our votes are not counted?

Sponsored by Merrymeeting Greens

For more information call: 443-9502

Co-authors, Steven Fake and Kevin Funk, of “Scramble for Africa: Darfur-Intervention and the USA,” speak at the MPC

M.A.I.N. 2008 Conference
Friday, November 7th
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
State House in Augusta.

“Whose House? Our House!
Using the Legislative Process to Improve Our Lives”

Register NOW! www.peacebreadjustice.org
No conference fee but donations are welcome.
Lunch will be provided.

Child Care:

Child care will be available at no cost. You must pre-register by October 31st.

Travel: Travel reimbursement (gas or bus ticket) will be available at the conference for those who need it. Car pooling is encouraged. If you can give a ride or need a ride, please let us know by October 24th.

At this conference, we will:

Discuss Issues: Participants will break into small groups. Each group will discuss one of the topics below and share ideas on ways to improve things in:

• Health Care
• Housing/Heating
• Safety-Net programs (TANF, General Assistance, Food Stamps, etc.)
• Education & Training
• Work related (wages, paid sick time, unemployment insurance, etc.)
• Tax Reform

(Example: Housing/Heating idea — use the HOME Fund for more truly affordable housing.
Safety-Net Programs idea — raise the mileage reimbursement for ASPIRE participants.
Tax Reform idea — raise the state Earned Income Tax Credit.)

Vote on MAIN’s Legislative Plan — “Dot-mocracy”: Each small group will share their ideas with everyone at the conference. Conference participants will be given ‘dots’ to place next to the ideas they think are the most important. In this way, you will help choose the top issues MAIN should work on — with your help — over the next two years.

Elect the MAIN leadership team: If you want more information or want to join the Leadership Team, Call a MAIN leader by October 24th. (Leadership Team contact info: Pam Morin 458-5933; Laura Moore 848-5825; Steve Hoad 445-2142; Heather Curtis 899-9671; Rachael Newman 504-2029; Laura Moore 848-5825)

Tour the State House.

Meet new people and catch up with longtime friends.

Together, we have the power to make a difference! If you have questions, contact a MAIN Leader, email Chris Rusnov at Maine Equal Justice at crusnov [at] mejp [dot] org or call Chris toll-free at 1-866-626-7059 ext 204.

The Institute for Humane Education www.HumaneEducation.org presents:

“Sowing Seeds” — Humane Education Training Workshop

Environmental Ethics
Animal Protection
Human Rights
Media Issues

“I think IHE is crucial in the world right now! Great work!” - Angela S.

Through the generous support of the Maine Animal Coalition (MAC) and The Linkage Project, a limited number of registration spots are available for $45! (That’s $50 off the regular registration fee!)

Saturday, November 15, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. (Registration: 8:30-9:00 am)

Venue: Youth Alternatives (Lead Agency for the Linkage Project)
Location: 50 Lydia Lane, 2nd floor — Timber Room, South Portland, ME 04106
Sponsors:
MAC (Maine Animal Coalition): http://www.maineanimalcoalition.org/
The Linkage Project:
http://www.linkageproject.org/

The world becomes what you teach.

Get inspired! Get connected! Get empowered! Get away from the downer of the daily headlines and be part of an uplifting experience! Join us at Youth Alternatives in South Portland, Maine, to learn new strategies and ideas for teaching about the most important issues of our time, including human rights, animal protection, environmental preservation, and media and consumerism, in the company of other advocates for change!

The “Sowing Seeds” Workshop will teach you how to offer effective and transformative humane education programs in your community or school. You’ll learn new activities that teach critical thinking about relevant issues of human rights, animal protection, environmental preservation, the media, and consumerism. “Sowing Seeds” is recommended for educators of all types and those who are considering applying to our M. Ed. or Certificate Program.

Humane education helps raise a generation that cares, that realizes that what we do matters, not just to ourselves but also to everyone our lives touch; a generation that understands the connections between both our personal and cultural choices and the fate of other people, other species, and the Earth, and takes responsibility for solving problems and creating a better world.

“I feel empowered: I am reminded of my passions and my dreams… but most importantly I am re-charged and ready to get out there and develop programs in my hometown.” - Jessica Anderson, Colorado

“What was most helpful/useful were critical/innovative activities to use with students. Your ideas were amazing.” - Estrella Mellon, teacher, Miami-Dade County, Florida

For more information: http://tinyurl.com/5yvy4v

Register for this workshop:
http://humaneeducation.org/events/view/33

Registration rates:

Regular: $45 (limited number available for this specially-sponsored rate); $95 Student: $35

SPACE IS LIMITED. PLEASE REGISTER EARLY!

The registration fee includes lunch and a copy of Zoe Weil’s book “The Power and Promise of Humane Education.” Registration DOES NOT include housing.

To pay by check, please send a check, made payable to IHE, to: The Institute for Humane Education
Attn: Sowing Seeds – South Portland, ME
P.O. Box 260
Surry, ME 04684

This “Sowing Seeds” Workshop will be led by the co-founder, president and head of faculty at the Institute for Humane Education www.HumaneEducation.org, Zoe Weil, author of numerous books.

More about Zoe: http://zoeweil.com/

For More Information:
Amy Morley, Sowing Seeds Coordinator
(207) 667-1025
sowingseeds [at] humaneeducation [dot] org