Blue Calendar Highlights: Week of March 9
Sunday, March 9,
2008
Daylight Savings TIme
Begins
OCDP Pasta Night featuring
State Rep Aldo Vagnozzi of Farmington Hills
6:30 pm. @ United Auto Workers Local 653, Walton Boulevard,
Pontiac, Michigan, 48342.
Monday, March 10,
2008
Disability Advocates of Kent
County Legislative Lunch On Transit
Noon @ LeGrave Church, 107 LeGrave SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan
49503.
Meet with your Legislators to discuss the need
for improved transit, take the time to ask the needed questions and
get answers. Cost is $10 for lunch, scholarship available with a
simple request by phone or in writing. For more information,
contact Sarah Jaworowicz at sarah.j@dakc.us or (616) 949-1100 ext. 235 or www.DAKC.us.
Wednesday, March 12,
2008
Gary Peters Fundraiser
5:30 - 7:30 pm @ Gallery at Clark Hill, Old Town Lansing,
Michigan
Suggested donation: $125
Contact: Rebecca Bahar, (517) 290-2845
Wednesday, March 12,
2008
Why Do I Feel So Crazy? Women's Perspectives on Mental
Health
7:00 pm @ Ann Arbor District Library, Malletts Creek Branch
(Meeting Room),
3090 E. Eisenhower Pkwy., East of Stone School Rd., Ann Arbor
- A panel discussion on women’s emotional well-being in the context of our relationships, our racial and cultural backgrounds, our economic situations, and our health care options. Free, open to the public. Presented by the Women’s Center of Southeastern Michigan and the Ann Arbor District Library.
Saturday, March 15,
2008
5th Anniversary of the Iraq
US War
Protest the War:
- Michigan
Emergency Coalition Against the War and Injustice march starts at
the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center,
Woodward & Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. Gather at noon.
More information at noon. More information www.
MECAWI.org or (31 3) 680-5508. - ACTIVATE (Grand Rapids SDS) protest starts at
Heartside Park, Ionia and Cherry, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 at noon.
More at www.activategr.
org or sds@activategr. org. - See the Blue Calendar for even more events commemorating this infamous date.
Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Camp Millie is a two-day intensive training program designed to give you the tools for effective progressive political action in your community. Our faculty of experienced political organizers will share their gifts on subjects grass roots activists, campaign managers and candidates must know to succeed, including: Framing your issues and Message Development; Volunteer Recruitment; Democratic Party Structure and the Importance of the Precinct Delegate; Techniques and Strategies to Get-Out -The-Vote; Door-to-Door Canvassing; Phone Banking; Fundraising and Campaign Finance Law Compliance. Sessions will include practice exercises so you can hone your new skills. Your $35 tuition fee includes training materials and box lunches on Saturday and Sunday.
Add your event to the Blue Calendar here or see the full calendar here.
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