This is Your Nation on White Privilege
By Tim Wise
For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help.
http://www.redroom.com/blog/tim-wise/this-your-nation-white-privilege
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Welfare, Public Hearing Notice & Agenda
August 19, 2008 9:00 am
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE & AGENDA
Notice Of Public Hearing To Adopt
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families,
Medicaid, Food Stamp, and Child Care Program
Policy and State Plan Amendments
DATE: August 19, 2008
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
LOCATIONS: Via Video-conference at the following locations:
Carson City
Legislature Building
402 South Carson Street
Room #3138
Carson City, Nevada
Las Vegas
Grant Sawyer Building
555 East Washington Avenue
Room #4401
Las Vegas, Nevada
http://dwss.nv.gov/dmdocuments/Gen_081908_Agenda.pdf
Nevada’s poor will have to tighten belts more if food stamp, welfare cuts OK’d
By Timothy Pratt, Las Vegas Sun, Fri, Jul 18, 2008
Just when a souring economy is making life tougher for a growing number of poor Nevadans, the state is preparing to cut back on the services designed to help them.
The proposed changes would yank some people out of programs faster, punish others for longer periods when they don’t keep promises and make children and other family members pay when heads of household don’t follow the rules.
Cuts in the food stamp and welfare programs are needed, officials say, because of shrinking federal reserves and state funds. Increased demand for those services, they add, is making the situation worse.
New rules for the public assistance programs will go into effect this fall, and the public’s last chance to comment on the proposals will be at Aug. 19 hearings in Las Vegas and Carson City. On that date, Nancy Ford, administrator of the Welfare and Supportive Services Division, is expected to decide which ones the state will adopt; if she follows the recommendations of her staff, she will approve all of them.
Click here to read the full article:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jul/18/nevadas-poor-will-have-tighten-belts-
more-if-food-/
Notice Of Public Hearing To Adopt
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families,
Medicaid, Food Stamp, and Child Care Program
Policy and State Plan Amendments
DATE: August 19, 2008
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
LOCATIONS: Via Video-conference at the following locations:
Carson City
Legislature Building
402 South Carson Street
Room #3138
Carson City, Nevada
Las Vegas
Grant Sawyer Building
555 East Washington Avenue
Room #4401
Las Vegas, Nevada
http://dwss.nv.gov/dmdocuments/Gen_081908_Agenda.pdf
Nevada’s poor will have to tighten belts more if food stamp, welfare cuts OK’d
By Timothy Pratt, Las Vegas Sun, Fri, Jul 18, 2008
Just when a souring economy is making life tougher for a growing number of poor Nevadans, the state is preparing to cut back on the services designed to help them.
The proposed changes would yank some people out of programs faster, punish others for longer periods when they don’t keep promises and make children and other family members pay when heads of household don’t follow the rules.
Cuts in the food stamp and welfare programs are needed, officials say, because of shrinking federal reserves and state funds. Increased demand for those services, they add, is making the situation worse.
New rules for the public assistance programs will go into effect this fall, and the public’s last chance to comment on the proposals will be at Aug. 19 hearings in Las Vegas and Carson City. On that date, Nancy Ford, administrator of the Welfare and Supportive Services Division, is expected to decide which ones the state will adopt; if she follows the recommendations of her staff, she will approve all of them.
Click here to read the full article:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jul/18/nevadas-poor-will-have-tighten-belts-
more-if-food-/
Public Workshop Meeting Minutes - 04/17/2008
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Welfare and Supportive Services
04/17/2008 - Public Workshop Meeting Minutes
http://dwss.nv.gov/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=57&limit=25&limitstart=25
Then click on: 2008 - 04/17 - Public Workshop
Division of Welfare and Supportive Services
04/17/2008 - Public Workshop Meeting Minutes
http://dwss.nv.gov/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=57&limit=25&limitstart=25
Then click on: 2008 - 04/17 - Public Workshop
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Meeting on Cuts to Welfare Programs,
April 17, 2008 10:00 am
The Division of Welfare will be holding a public meeting on April 17, 2008 at 10:00 am at the Nellis District Office, 611 North Nellis, Las Vegas, NV to reveal the latest measures to decrease the expense to the TANF and Food Stamp programs.
The caseloads have increased dramatically this year and the Governor says we don't have enough money to cover everyone who needs assistance. So, the Division has come up with ideas to ensure that "benefits go to only those who are genuinely seeking to become self-sufficient." Since our state has pared things to the bone already, what they are left with is kicking kids off the programs.
The proposals include kicking the entire family off of Food Stamps if one person in the family has an outstanding felony warrant (we used to only remove the adult, but continue to give Food Stamps for the children.)
One other proposal is to remove the entire family if the head of household does not comply with work requirements (we used to only remove the adult, but still provide assistance for the children) and the family will not be eligible for assistance for three months - even if the adult does become compliant.
Another one is to give assistance for a determined amount of children only; for example, the state will set household size limit at 3 children and the family would receive TANF and Food Stamps benefits for a household with 3 children, no matter how many children the family may currently have or if another child is born later.
General Public Comments will be heard. Let the State know that you do not agree with their decisions.
PUBLIC WORKSHOP & AGENDA
http://dwss.nv.gov/dmdocuments/Gen_0410-1708Agenda.pdf
Notice Of Public Workshop to Explore Impacts
of the Budget Reductions to
TANF and Food Stamps
DATE: April 17, 2008
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
LOCATIONS: Division of Welfare & Supportive Services
Nellis District Office
611 North Nellis
Las Vegas, NV
Posted March 19, 2008
The caseloads have increased dramatically this year and the Governor says we don't have enough money to cover everyone who needs assistance. So, the Division has come up with ideas to ensure that "benefits go to only those who are genuinely seeking to become self-sufficient." Since our state has pared things to the bone already, what they are left with is kicking kids off the programs.
The proposals include kicking the entire family off of Food Stamps if one person in the family has an outstanding felony warrant (we used to only remove the adult, but continue to give Food Stamps for the children.)
One other proposal is to remove the entire family if the head of household does not comply with work requirements (we used to only remove the adult, but still provide assistance for the children) and the family will not be eligible for assistance for three months - even if the adult does become compliant.
Another one is to give assistance for a determined amount of children only; for example, the state will set household size limit at 3 children and the family would receive TANF and Food Stamps benefits for a household with 3 children, no matter how many children the family may currently have or if another child is born later.
General Public Comments will be heard. Let the State know that you do not agree with their decisions.
http://dwss.nv.gov/dmdocuments/Gen_0410-1708Agenda.pdf
Notice Of Public Workshop to Explore Impacts
of the Budget Reductions to
TANF and Food Stamps
DATE: April 17, 2008
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
LOCATIONS: Division of Welfare & Supportive Services
Nellis District Office
611 North Nellis
Las Vegas, NV
Posted March 19, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Nevada Desert Experience,
Annual Sacred Peace Walk,
March 17 - March 24
Nevada Desert Experience,
Annual Sacred Peace Walk,
March 17 - March 24
www.nevadadesertexperience.org/programs/2008/peacewalk.htm
Annual Sacred Peace Walk,
March 17 - March 24
www.nevadadesertexperience.org/programs/2008/peacewalk.htm
Earth, Wind, Fire and Water
Teach-In, March 14 & March 15
Dear Friends,
On Friday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15, 2008 you are invited to
Earth, Wind, Fire and Water, An Environmental Justice Teach-In at Christ Church Episcopal, 2000 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV.
We hope you can attend what promises to be an exciting and informative day of community building, dialogue, a Cosmic Walk, workshops, food, fun, reflection, sharing and the many other good things that happen when intelligent, caring and thoughtful people come together to improve their community and the world we live in.
A good deal of information about our Teach-In is immediately below. A brochure is attached and still more detailed information is available on our web site at www.NevadaDesertExperience.org . If you have questions or know you are coming please call us at 702.646.4814 and we will be glad to assist you. Also we would very much appreciate if you could pass this along to your friends and neighbors. NDE's Sacred Peace Walk also starts on March 17-24 and complete information is available on our web site.
Thank you.
Sr. Megan and John Amidon
Nevada Desert Experience
Earth, Wind, Fire & Water
When the ancients spokes of the basic elements of life, the stuff of the universe they spoke in terms of Earth, Wind, Fire & Water. Often they worshiped the sun. The clean air blew in their face and they breathed deeply. Pure water was precious and all land was sacred. Now at the beginning of the 21 century, we cannot help but ask what has happened? The weather has become violent. The rains have diminished greatly. Our lakes and rivers are disappearing. In many places the water and air are unsafe to drink or breathe and the land itself, appears tortured and is dying. What has happen?
The Nevada desert is a land of great beauty and harshness, of gentle delicacies and very sharp and pointed edges. Living here, we know the fire of the summer sun, the importance of life water, the winds and the beauty of the land and its mountains. Sadly even with its unique capacity for survival our Nevada desert is now threatened. What can we do?
Please join us beginning Friday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15 for a time of thoughtful conversation and community building. While focusing on environmental issues we will also do the important work of inner dialogue also so that we might walk more gently on our journey and learn to act with thoughtful recognition of our need to renew and sustain our environment.
Our Time Together
Our time together will be spent in a series of workshops and plenary (large group) sessions. We will have lunch as a community enjoying good food and conversation. In the afternoon we will join together as a in a special and reflective Cosmic Walk.
We will also look at some of the tougher issues which we cannot responsibly avoid if we are serious about undertaking the work of environmental justice. Since 1982, Nevada Desert Experience has worked for environmental justice focusing on the great injustice of nuclear weapons and the degradation of all of humanity and the earth's ecological systems, as a direct result of this deadly and poisonous nuclear technology
Teach - In Overview
Friday, March 14, 2008
4:00 - 5:00 PM Registration
5:00 - 6:00 PM Community Building
6:00 - 7:00 PM Lite supper
7:00 - 7:30 Welcome
7:30 - 8:30 Plenary - Parish Hall
Environmental Justice and the Nevada Desert by Gard Jameson
8:30 - 9:00 PM Q&A Goodnight!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
8:30 - 9:00 AM Registration & Coffee
9:00 - 9:15 AM Opening Remarks
9:15 - 10:15 Plenary - Main Auditorium
"Nevada Test Site (NTS) and the
Environmental Impact of Nuclear Weapons"
by John Hadder
10:15 - 11:30 AM Workshops Session 1
See www.NevadaDesertExperience.org
for our workshop selection
11:30 -12:30 Plenary - Parish Hall
"Yucca Mountain and the Future of
Nuclear Waste" by Judy Treichel , Steve Frishman & John Hadder
12:30 - 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 PM Workshops Session II
See www.NevadaDesertExperience.org
for our workshop selections
3:15 - 4:15 PM Plenary Session
Cosmic Walk
4:15 - 5:30 PM Open Mic
2 minutes per person
5:30 PM Closing and Thank You!
For information and registration please call:
Sr. Megan Rice @ 702.646.4814
John Amidon @ 702.646.4814
Cost:
Adults - voluntary sliding scale
$20.00 - $50.00
Students and Seniors $15.00
Full & partial scholarships are
available also upon request.
By mail:
Please send your name, address, phone and email
along with check to:
Nevada Desert Experience
1420 W. Bartlett Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
Checks are made out to Nevada Desert Experience
Directions:
Christ Episcopal Church is located
At 2100 S. Maryland Pkwy between
E. St. Louis Ave and E. Sahara Ave.
Complete conference and workshop information is available at:
www.NevadaDesertExperience.org
Pre-registration is deeply appreciated to help facilitate planning for food and the days' logistics.
We wish to express our appreciation to Christ Church Episcopal
for hosting this event.
On Friday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15, 2008 you are invited to
Earth, Wind, Fire and Water, An Environmental Justice Teach-In at Christ Church Episcopal, 2000 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV.
We hope you can attend what promises to be an exciting and informative day of community building, dialogue, a Cosmic Walk, workshops, food, fun, reflection, sharing and the many other good things that happen when intelligent, caring and thoughtful people come together to improve their community and the world we live in.
A good deal of information about our Teach-In is immediately below. A brochure is attached and still more detailed information is available on our web site at www.NevadaDesertExperience.org . If you have questions or know you are coming please call us at 702.646.4814 and we will be glad to assist you. Also we would very much appreciate if you could pass this along to your friends and neighbors. NDE's Sacred Peace Walk also starts on March 17-24 and complete information is available on our web site.
Thank you.
Sr. Megan and John Amidon
Nevada Desert Experience
Earth, Wind, Fire & Water
When the ancients spokes of the basic elements of life, the stuff of the universe they spoke in terms of Earth, Wind, Fire & Water. Often they worshiped the sun. The clean air blew in their face and they breathed deeply. Pure water was precious and all land was sacred. Now at the beginning of the 21 century, we cannot help but ask what has happened? The weather has become violent. The rains have diminished greatly. Our lakes and rivers are disappearing. In many places the water and air are unsafe to drink or breathe and the land itself, appears tortured and is dying. What has happen?
The Nevada desert is a land of great beauty and harshness, of gentle delicacies and very sharp and pointed edges. Living here, we know the fire of the summer sun, the importance of life water, the winds and the beauty of the land and its mountains. Sadly even with its unique capacity for survival our Nevada desert is now threatened. What can we do?
Please join us beginning Friday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15 for a time of thoughtful conversation and community building. While focusing on environmental issues we will also do the important work of inner dialogue also so that we might walk more gently on our journey and learn to act with thoughtful recognition of our need to renew and sustain our environment.
Our Time Together
Our time together will be spent in a series of workshops and plenary (large group) sessions. We will have lunch as a community enjoying good food and conversation. In the afternoon we will join together as a in a special and reflective Cosmic Walk.
We will also look at some of the tougher issues which we cannot responsibly avoid if we are serious about undertaking the work of environmental justice. Since 1982, Nevada Desert Experience has worked for environmental justice focusing on the great injustice of nuclear weapons and the degradation of all of humanity and the earth's ecological systems, as a direct result of this deadly and poisonous nuclear technology
Teach - In Overview
Friday, March 14, 2008
4:00 - 5:00 PM Registration
5:00 - 6:00 PM Community Building
6:00 - 7:00 PM Lite supper
7:00 - 7:30 Welcome
7:30 - 8:30 Plenary - Parish Hall
Environmental Justice and the Nevada Desert by Gard Jameson
8:30 - 9:00 PM Q&A Goodnight!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
8:30 - 9:00 AM Registration & Coffee
9:00 - 9:15 AM Opening Remarks
9:15 - 10:15 Plenary - Main Auditorium
"Nevada Test Site (NTS) and the
Environmental Impact of Nuclear Weapons"
by John Hadder
10:15 - 11:30 AM Workshops Session 1
See www.NevadaDesertExperience.org
for our workshop selection
11:30 -12:30 Plenary - Parish Hall
"Yucca Mountain and the Future of
Nuclear Waste" by Judy Treichel , Steve Frishman & John Hadder
12:30 - 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 PM Workshops Session II
See www.NevadaDesertExperience.org
for our workshop selections
3:15 - 4:15 PM Plenary Session
Cosmic Walk
4:15 - 5:30 PM Open Mic
2 minutes per person
5:30 PM Closing and Thank You!
For information and registration please call:
Sr. Megan Rice @ 702.646.4814
John Amidon @ 702.646.4814
Cost:
Adults - voluntary sliding scale
$20.00 - $50.00
Students and Seniors $15.00
Full & partial scholarships are
available also upon request.
By mail:
Please send your name, address, phone and email
along with check to:
Nevada Desert Experience
1420 W. Bartlett Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
Checks are made out to Nevada Desert Experience
Directions:
Christ Episcopal Church is located
At 2100 S. Maryland Pkwy between
E. St. Louis Ave and E. Sahara Ave.
Complete conference and workshop information is available at:
www.NevadaDesertExperience.org
Pre-registration is deeply appreciated to help facilitate planning for food and the days' logistics.
We wish to express our appreciation to Christ Church Episcopal
for hosting this event.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Empty Bowl Benefit, April 5, 2008
Las Vegas Catholic Worker
Serving the Poor and Homeless Since 1986
Click on image to view flyer.
Serving the Poor and Homeless Since 1986
Click on image to view flyer.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Fifth Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq,
March Actions
A Day of Fast and Mourning
Las Vegas, NV
March 19, 2008 07:00PM to 08:00PM
Hosted by Vicenta Montoya
Event Description:
We invite the Las Vegas community to join us in day of fasting and reflection on the 5th Anniversary of the War.An interfaith candlelight vigil will be held at 7PM at the Lloyd George Federal Bldg. We will have a symbolic breaking of bread. Please bring candles, banners, signs, poetry, letters from soldiers you may wish to share.
Event Type: March 19th Actions
Location: 333 Las Vegas Blvd So.
No More Endless War
Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday, March 22nd 2008 1:00 PM
Hosted by Sean Sabatini
On the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, join us in front of the Venetian Casino for a patriotic protest against Bush's plans to bomb Iran and occupy Iraq indefinitely. Profits from the Venetian fund a multi-million dollar media campaign to support the war.
Nevada Workers Against the War invites you to a patriotic protest on the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
When: Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 1:00 P.M.
Where: On the public sidewalk in front of the Venetian casino, 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
Why: Profits from the Venetian are helping fund a multi-million dollar media campaign to support the endless occupation of Iraq, and lay the groundwork for an attack on Iran.
The Venetian is a gold mine for Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who in turn provides financial backing for a right-wing group called Freedom’s Watch. This group has spent a fortune on misleading ads linking Iraq directly to 9/11. They maintain “the surge is working” (it isn’t), and they make wildly exaggerated claims about the threat posed by Iran. Their approach to Iran is a rerun of the run-up to the war with Iraq. To top it off, they claim that organizations like ours are “anti-victory groups that are undermining the war on terror”.
We won’t get fooled again.
OUT OF IRAQ -- HANDS OFF IRAN -- NO MORE LIES!
Join us in saying NO to endless war. Protest signs will be provided. If you can, please bring American flags. First-time protesters are more than welcome.
For more info, visit www.lasvegasantiwar.org , or email lasvegasantiwar@cox.net . You can also call Sean at (702) 241-8578.
Photos of our previous actions are on the website. Those with high-speed access can also check out www.youtube.com/lasvegasantiwar .
To facilitate our planning, please reply and let me know if you can attend.
A few important practical notes about the rally:
This rally will NOT be at the Federal building. Protesting on the Las Vegas strip sidewalk means that things won’t be quite as relaxed as they were in our previous actions. The courts have ruled that we have a right to be there, but to make things totally legal we’ll have to keep a picket line going. That means you’ll have to be on your feet for an hour or two. Actually, there is literally no place to sit down, anyway.
We expect media coverage, and most likely a police presence. The rally will be spirited, fun and non-violent. As usual, it is our policy to try to work with law enforcement to ensure everyone’s safety and constitutional rights. If any passers-by want to give us a hard time, we do NOT engage them. Most people will be supportive, and the bigger our turnout, the more support we will get.
The rally starts at 1:00 pm, but I would suggest you come a bit early. Most of us will be parking in the surrounding casinos, and it is a bit of a hike to get from the casino parking garages out to Las Vegas Boulevard, and over to the Venetian. If any of our less-mobile members have wheelchairs or similar devices, consider bringing them. If you need help with that, you can give us a call at (702) 241-8578 and we’ll see what we can do. Bringing water would help, too.
Please use the above contact info if you have any questions.
Peace,
Sean
RSVP • PEACE VIGIL
8:30 am
Weekly Event
Thursdays
Hosted by Las Vegas Catholic Worker
Join us every Thursday morning from 8:30a.m. - 9:30a.m. for a Peace Presence Vigil. The vigil meets in front of the federal courthouse at the corners of Las Vegas Blvd. and Bridger. Hope to see you there. These vigils have been an ongoing part of our community since February 2003.
Las Vegas, NV
March 19, 2008 07:00PM to 08:00PM
Hosted by Vicenta Montoya
Event Description:
We invite the Las Vegas community to join us in day of fasting and reflection on the 5th Anniversary of the War.An interfaith candlelight vigil will be held at 7PM at the Lloyd George Federal Bldg. We will have a symbolic breaking of bread. Please bring candles, banners, signs, poetry, letters from soldiers you may wish to share.
Event Type: March 19th Actions
Location: 333 Las Vegas Blvd So.
No More Endless War
Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday, March 22nd 2008 1:00 PM
Hosted by Sean Sabatini
On the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, join us in front of the Venetian Casino for a patriotic protest against Bush's plans to bomb Iran and occupy Iraq indefinitely. Profits from the Venetian fund a multi-million dollar media campaign to support the war.
Nevada Workers Against the War invites you to a patriotic protest on the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
When: Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 1:00 P.M.
Where: On the public sidewalk in front of the Venetian casino, 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
Why: Profits from the Venetian are helping fund a multi-million dollar media campaign to support the endless occupation of Iraq, and lay the groundwork for an attack on Iran.
The Venetian is a gold mine for Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who in turn provides financial backing for a right-wing group called Freedom’s Watch. This group has spent a fortune on misleading ads linking Iraq directly to 9/11. They maintain “the surge is working” (it isn’t), and they make wildly exaggerated claims about the threat posed by Iran. Their approach to Iran is a rerun of the run-up to the war with Iraq. To top it off, they claim that organizations like ours are “anti-victory groups that are undermining the war on terror”.
We won’t get fooled again.
OUT OF IRAQ -- HANDS OFF IRAN -- NO MORE LIES!
Join us in saying NO to endless war. Protest signs will be provided. If you can, please bring American flags. First-time protesters are more than welcome.
For more info, visit www.lasvegasantiwar.org , or email lasvegasantiwar@cox.net . You can also call Sean at (702) 241-8578.
Photos of our previous actions are on the website. Those with high-speed access can also check out www.youtube.com/lasvegasantiwar .
To facilitate our planning, please reply and let me know if you can attend.
A few important practical notes about the rally:
This rally will NOT be at the Federal building. Protesting on the Las Vegas strip sidewalk means that things won’t be quite as relaxed as they were in our previous actions. The courts have ruled that we have a right to be there, but to make things totally legal we’ll have to keep a picket line going. That means you’ll have to be on your feet for an hour or two. Actually, there is literally no place to sit down, anyway.
We expect media coverage, and most likely a police presence. The rally will be spirited, fun and non-violent. As usual, it is our policy to try to work with law enforcement to ensure everyone’s safety and constitutional rights. If any passers-by want to give us a hard time, we do NOT engage them. Most people will be supportive, and the bigger our turnout, the more support we will get.
The rally starts at 1:00 pm, but I would suggest you come a bit early. Most of us will be parking in the surrounding casinos, and it is a bit of a hike to get from the casino parking garages out to Las Vegas Boulevard, and over to the Venetian. If any of our less-mobile members have wheelchairs or similar devices, consider bringing them. If you need help with that, you can give us a call at (702) 241-8578 and we’ll see what we can do. Bringing water would help, too.
Please use the above contact info if you have any questions.
Peace,
Sean
RSVP • PEACE VIGIL
8:30 am
Weekly Event
Thursdays
Hosted by Las Vegas Catholic Worker
Join us every Thursday morning from 8:30a.m. - 9:30a.m. for a Peace Presence Vigil. The vigil meets in front of the federal courthouse at the corners of Las Vegas Blvd. and Bridger. Hope to see you there. These vigils have been an ongoing part of our community since February 2003.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Raising water rates in Las Vegas
Hearing today on raising water rates;
County Commission looks to reduce waste
Feb. 19, 2008
http://www.lvrj.com/news/15760602.html
How does this reduce water waste? Why aren't we looking at the corporations, golf courses, and government wasting?
Maybe the County could even address the City of Las Vegas regarding its over-watering of the public parks. People all over the city have been complaining about the City's practice of wasting water.
Check out the article in the Forgotten Voice street paper (front page and page 5) about the waste of water in the public parks. These photos were taken on four consecutive Sundays in January 2008.
Southern Nevada Drought Alert?
http://www.forgottenvoice.org/archive/FV_V1_No10.pdf
More reading:
Las Vegas water rates increasing; officials cite drought, supply
Nevada Appeal, Feb 20, 3:28 PM EST
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NV_WATER_RATES_VEGAS_NVOL-?SITE=NVCAP&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-02-20-15-28-35
Water Rate Decision by Launce Rake
February 19, 2008 Rake's Green Vegas Blog: http://rakesgreenvegas.blogspot.com/
http://rakesgreenvegas.blogspot.com/2008/02/water-rate-decision.html
County Commission looks to reduce waste
Feb. 19, 2008
http://www.lvrj.com/news/15760602.html
How does this reduce water waste? Why aren't we looking at the corporations, golf courses, and government wasting?
Maybe the County could even address the City of Las Vegas regarding its over-watering of the public parks. People all over the city have been complaining about the City's practice of wasting water.
Check out the article in the Forgotten Voice street paper (front page and page 5) about the waste of water in the public parks. These photos were taken on four consecutive Sundays in January 2008.
Southern Nevada Drought Alert?
http://www.forgottenvoice.org/archive/FV_V1_No10.pdf
More reading:
Las Vegas water rates increasing; officials cite drought, supply
Nevada Appeal, Feb 20, 3:28 PM EST
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NV_WATER_RATES_VEGAS_NVOL-?SITE=NVCAP&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-02-20-15-28-35
Water Rate Decision by Launce Rake
February 19, 2008 Rake's Green Vegas Blog: http://rakesgreenvegas.blogspot.com/
http://rakesgreenvegas.blogspot.com/2008/02/water-rate-decision.html
Friday, February 15, 2008
Feds admit mistakenly jailing
citizens as illegal immigrants
Feds admit mistakenly jailing citizens as illegal immigrants
By MARISA TAYLOR
McClatchy-Tribune
Feb. 14, 2008, 12:35AM
Original: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5540262.html
WASHINGTON — A top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official acknowledged Wednesday that his agency has mistakenly detained U.S. citizens as illegal immigrants, but he denied that his agency has widespread problems with deporting the wrong people.
Gary Mead, ICE's deputy director of detention and removal operations, testified during a House of Representatives subcommittee hearing that U.S. citizens have been detained on "extremely" rare occasions, but he blamed the mix-ups on conflicting information from the detainees.
Nonetheless, Mead said his agency is reviewing its handling of people who claim to be U.S. citizens "to determine if even greater safeguards can be put in place."
The testimony before the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law came after immigration advocates told McClatchy that they'd seen a small but growing number of cases of U.S. citizens who've been mistakenly detained and sometimes deported by ICE. They accuse agents of ignoring valid assertions of citizenship in the rush to deport more illegal immigrants.
Unlike suspects charged in criminal courts, detainees accused of immigration violations don't have a right to an attorney, and three-quarters of them represent themselves.
Last month, Thomas Warziniack, a U.S. citizen who was born in Minnesota and grew up in Georgia, was mistakenly detained for weeks in an Arizona immigration facility and told that he was going to be deported to Russia.
Warziniack, 40, was released after his family, who learned about his predicament from a McClatchy Newspapers reporter, produced his birth certificate.
In another high-profile example, ICE agents in California mistakenly deported Pedro Guzman, a mentally disabled U.S. citizen, to Mexico. Guzman was found months later when he tried to return to the United States.
Mead contended that both Warziniack and Guzman said they were illegal immigrants, and he said ICE agents have to be careful not to release the wrong people. Guzman and Warziniack had been serving time for minor offenses when their jailers turned them over to immigration authorities.
Although Mead said that Guzman is the only U.S. citizen he knows who's been deported erroneously, immigration lawyers have said they've found at least seven others. In the past four years, ICE agents have detained more than 1 million people.
House committee members also heard stories of ICE agents interrogating or detaining U.S. citizens in their homes, at their workplaces and on the street.
Marie Justeen Mancha, a 17-year-old born in Texas, said ICE agents raided her family's home in Georgia in 2006 while her mother was running an errand. Her mother is also a U.S. citizen.
"I started to hear the words, 'Police! Illegals!'" she recalled. "I walked around the corner from the hallway and saw a tall man reach toward his gun and look straight at me."
Mancha said the agents left after grilling her about her citizenship.
"I carry that fear with me every day, wondering when they'll come back," she said.
Mancha is one of five U.S. citizens named in a pending lawsuit by the Southern Poverty Law Center that alleges wrongful interrogations or detentions by ICE in Southeast Georgia.
Rep. Steven King, R-Iowa, the ranking minority member of the committee, described the cases as isolated and urged the agency not to be distracted from detaining and deporting illegal immigrants.
"ICE does not aim to harass and detain U.S. citizens," he said.
But Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., the chairwoman of the committee, said that after hearing such stories, she feared an "overzealous government is interrogating, detaining and deporting its own citizens."
Nancy Morawetz, who runs an immigration rights clinic at New York University, said getting proof of citizenship is one of the biggest stumbling blocks for detainees, especially when they're shipped to a facility far from home.
In 2006, the Vera Institute of Justice, a New York nonprofit organization, identified 125 people in immigration detention centers who immigration lawyers believed had valid U.S. citizenship claims.
"As a country we do not have a national identity card," Morawetz said in an interview. "People don't walk around with a 'C' on their forehead that says they're a U.S. citizen."
By MARISA TAYLOR
McClatchy-Tribune
Feb. 14, 2008, 12:35AM
Original: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5540262.html
WASHINGTON — A top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official acknowledged Wednesday that his agency has mistakenly detained U.S. citizens as illegal immigrants, but he denied that his agency has widespread problems with deporting the wrong people.
Gary Mead, ICE's deputy director of detention and removal operations, testified during a House of Representatives subcommittee hearing that U.S. citizens have been detained on "extremely" rare occasions, but he blamed the mix-ups on conflicting information from the detainees.
Nonetheless, Mead said his agency is reviewing its handling of people who claim to be U.S. citizens "to determine if even greater safeguards can be put in place."
The testimony before the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law came after immigration advocates told McClatchy that they'd seen a small but growing number of cases of U.S. citizens who've been mistakenly detained and sometimes deported by ICE. They accuse agents of ignoring valid assertions of citizenship in the rush to deport more illegal immigrants.
Unlike suspects charged in criminal courts, detainees accused of immigration violations don't have a right to an attorney, and three-quarters of them represent themselves.
Last month, Thomas Warziniack, a U.S. citizen who was born in Minnesota and grew up in Georgia, was mistakenly detained for weeks in an Arizona immigration facility and told that he was going to be deported to Russia.
Warziniack, 40, was released after his family, who learned about his predicament from a McClatchy Newspapers reporter, produced his birth certificate.
In another high-profile example, ICE agents in California mistakenly deported Pedro Guzman, a mentally disabled U.S. citizen, to Mexico. Guzman was found months later when he tried to return to the United States.
Mead contended that both Warziniack and Guzman said they were illegal immigrants, and he said ICE agents have to be careful not to release the wrong people. Guzman and Warziniack had been serving time for minor offenses when their jailers turned them over to immigration authorities.
Although Mead said that Guzman is the only U.S. citizen he knows who's been deported erroneously, immigration lawyers have said they've found at least seven others. In the past four years, ICE agents have detained more than 1 million people.
House committee members also heard stories of ICE agents interrogating or detaining U.S. citizens in their homes, at their workplaces and on the street.
Marie Justeen Mancha, a 17-year-old born in Texas, said ICE agents raided her family's home in Georgia in 2006 while her mother was running an errand. Her mother is also a U.S. citizen.
"I started to hear the words, 'Police! Illegals!'" she recalled. "I walked around the corner from the hallway and saw a tall man reach toward his gun and look straight at me."
Mancha said the agents left after grilling her about her citizenship.
"I carry that fear with me every day, wondering when they'll come back," she said.
Mancha is one of five U.S. citizens named in a pending lawsuit by the Southern Poverty Law Center that alleges wrongful interrogations or detentions by ICE in Southeast Georgia.
Rep. Steven King, R-Iowa, the ranking minority member of the committee, described the cases as isolated and urged the agency not to be distracted from detaining and deporting illegal immigrants.
"ICE does not aim to harass and detain U.S. citizens," he said.
But Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., the chairwoman of the committee, said that after hearing such stories, she feared an "overzealous government is interrogating, detaining and deporting its own citizens."
Nancy Morawetz, who runs an immigration rights clinic at New York University, said getting proof of citizenship is one of the biggest stumbling blocks for detainees, especially when they're shipped to a facility far from home.
In 2006, the Vera Institute of Justice, a New York nonprofit organization, identified 125 people in immigration detention centers who immigration lawyers believed had valid U.S. citizenship claims.
"As a country we do not have a national identity card," Morawetz said in an interview. "People don't walk around with a 'C' on their forehead that says they're a U.S. citizen."
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Kucinich urges Obama as a second choice
Kucinich urges Obama as a second choice
If the Ohio congressman doesn't receive enough support to be viable on Iowa caucus night, the candidate tells his backers they should vote for the Illinois senator.
http://tinyurl.com/yw5swr
“Antiwar” candidate Kucinich backs leading Democrat in Iowa primary
...Congressman Kucinich is known as the “antiwar” candidate and has suggested that he would withdraw all troops from Iraq and close military bases there. His willingness to back the openly militarist Obama demonstrates—far more than his pseudo-leftist rhetoric—that he has no intention of challenging the geo-political interests of American imperialism...
http://tinyurl.com/ywftwg
If the Ohio congressman doesn't receive enough support to be viable on Iowa caucus night, the candidate tells his backers they should vote for the Illinois senator.
http://tinyurl.com/yw5swr
“Antiwar” candidate Kucinich backs leading Democrat in Iowa primary
...Congressman Kucinich is known as the “antiwar” candidate and has suggested that he would withdraw all troops from Iraq and close military bases there. His willingness to back the openly militarist Obama demonstrates—far more than his pseudo-leftist rhetoric—that he has no intention of challenging the geo-political interests of American imperialism...
http://tinyurl.com/ywftwg
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Annual Candlelight Vigil, December 20, 2007
Forgotten Voice remembers those who have died on the streets
Someone once said "No one is truly dead until they are forgotten."
"Do you ever get afraid of death? Death is your friend. When this long hard journey is over, and I'm too tired to go on, Death will say, "I understand." "Then there'll be no more trouble, no more pain." Conversation between Junior and Nanny from the show Lackawanna Blues
Annual Candlelight Vigil memorializing the homeless who have lived and died on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada will be held on December 20, 2007 at 3:45 pm at the Center for Independent Living at N. Las Vegas Blvd. and Foremaster Lane.
Annual event organized by Linda Lera-Randle El,
Founder of Straight From the Streets
List of deceased can be viewed in the December 2007 Issue of the Forgotten Voice street newspaper at
www.forgottenvoice.org
Click on Archives, and then click on Volume 1 No 8
Someone once said "No one is truly dead until they are forgotten."
"Do you ever get afraid of death? Death is your friend. When this long hard journey is over, and I'm too tired to go on, Death will say, "I understand." "Then there'll be no more trouble, no more pain." Conversation between Junior and Nanny from the show Lackawanna Blues
Annual Candlelight Vigil memorializing the homeless who have lived and died on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada will be held on December 20, 2007 at 3:45 pm at the Center for Independent Living at N. Las Vegas Blvd. and Foremaster Lane.
Annual event organized by Linda Lera-Randle El,
Founder of Straight From the Streets
List of deceased can be viewed in the December 2007 Issue of the Forgotten Voice street newspaper at
www.forgottenvoice.org
Click on Archives, and then click on Volume 1 No 8
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Hutto Prison Candlelight Vigil
Free the Children of Texas' Hutto Prison
Candlelight Vigil for Families in Detention - Toy Drive
T. Don Hutto prison in Taylor, Texas
Sunday, December 16: speakers and vigil, 4-6pm; pre-vigil walk, 2pm
The T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas, is a for-profit prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America, through an Inter-Governmental Service Agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Williamson County. Since May 2006, immigrant families, about half of them children, have been jailed in the facility while they await asylum or immigration hearings. The prison has been criticized by human rights organizations worldwide as an inappropriate facility for children. An incident involving an "inappropriate sexual relationship" between a CCA staff member and a detainee, and one where an eight-year-old girl was left without her mother for four days have increased scrutiny of Hutto in recent months.
Hutto is not an immigration solution or a national security solution; it merely uses these pressing issues as an excuse for CCA, Williamson County, and countless politicians to enrich themselves on the misery of powerless people. At an occupancy rate of 400 (maximum capacity is 512), CCA pulls at least $7,000 per month per prisoner, or $28,000 for a family of four. The cost to shelter and feed the same family at the Austin Hilton for a month? $14,934, featuring real beds and an enclosed bath in place of prison bunks and a mid-cell commode.
According to studies conducted by the Vera Institute, more humane alternatives, which ICE detailed in a March 2007 memo, are up to fifty percent more cost-effective. A vast majority of immigrants attend their hearings when enrolled in alternative supervisory programs.
Please join immigrant rights advocates, residents of Williamson County, and members of many faith communities in a vigil for families detained at the Hutto prison. The main program will begin at 4:00 pm, with the candlelight vigil starting as the sun sets at 5:00 pm. A walk to the facility from downtown Taylor's Heritage Park starting at 2:00 pm will precede the vigil.
Advocates will also be gathering toys, music players, and books to give to families detained at the prison. Toys must be in their original packaging and cannot be wrapped.
Schedule of Events
Pre-Vigil:
2:00pm- Walk From Heritage Park in Taylor (4th & Main) to T. Don Hutto Prison
3:00pm- Gather at T. Don Hutto (1001 Welch) for protest and music.
Vigil Events:
4:00pm - Program with speakers focusing on the immoral detention of families.
5:00pm- Candlelight Vigil and silent remembrance of families in detention.
Please contact Jose Orta at (512) 365-2143 or Bob Libal at (512) 971-0487 or blibal@grassrootsleadership.org for information regarding the vigil.
Bob Libal
(512) 971-0487
Grassroots Leadership
Austin, Texas
Candlelight Vigil for Families in Detention - Toy Drive
T. Don Hutto prison in Taylor, Texas
Sunday, December 16: speakers and vigil, 4-6pm; pre-vigil walk, 2pm
The T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas, is a for-profit prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America, through an Inter-Governmental Service Agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Williamson County. Since May 2006, immigrant families, about half of them children, have been jailed in the facility while they await asylum or immigration hearings. The prison has been criticized by human rights organizations worldwide as an inappropriate facility for children. An incident involving an "inappropriate sexual relationship" between a CCA staff member and a detainee, and one where an eight-year-old girl was left without her mother for four days have increased scrutiny of Hutto in recent months.
Hutto is not an immigration solution or a national security solution; it merely uses these pressing issues as an excuse for CCA, Williamson County, and countless politicians to enrich themselves on the misery of powerless people. At an occupancy rate of 400 (maximum capacity is 512), CCA pulls at least $7,000 per month per prisoner, or $28,000 for a family of four. The cost to shelter and feed the same family at the Austin Hilton for a month? $14,934, featuring real beds and an enclosed bath in place of prison bunks and a mid-cell commode.
According to studies conducted by the Vera Institute, more humane alternatives, which ICE detailed in a March 2007 memo, are up to fifty percent more cost-effective. A vast majority of immigrants attend their hearings when enrolled in alternative supervisory programs.
Please join immigrant rights advocates, residents of Williamson County, and members of many faith communities in a vigil for families detained at the Hutto prison. The main program will begin at 4:00 pm, with the candlelight vigil starting as the sun sets at 5:00 pm. A walk to the facility from downtown Taylor's Heritage Park starting at 2:00 pm will precede the vigil.
Advocates will also be gathering toys, music players, and books to give to families detained at the prison. Toys must be in their original packaging and cannot be wrapped.
Schedule of Events
Pre-Vigil:
2:00pm- Walk From Heritage Park in Taylor (4th & Main) to T. Don Hutto Prison
3:00pm- Gather at T. Don Hutto (1001 Welch) for protest and music.
Vigil Events:
4:00pm - Program with speakers focusing on the immoral detention of families.
5:00pm- Candlelight Vigil and silent remembrance of families in detention.
Please contact Jose Orta at (512) 365-2143 or Bob Libal at (512) 971-0487 or blibal@grassrootsleadership.org for information regarding the vigil.
Bob Libal
(512) 971-0487
Grassroots Leadership
Austin, Texas
Friday, November 30, 2007
Dear Canada, Let US War Resisters Stay!
As part of UFPJ's commitment to support war resistance, we want to make sure that you were aware of an important development and need for action: Recently, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear appeals from U.S. war resisters Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey seeking refuge in Canada. Click here for more background information: http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/content/view/544/1/
Courage to Resist is urging people in the U.S. to sign their "Dear Canada: Let US War Resisters Stay" appeal, which will be sent to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diane Finley, and Stéphane Dion, Liberal Party. Click here to sign the appeal: http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/content/view/499/1/
The appeal letter begins: "I am writing from the United States to ask you to make a provision for sanctuary for the scores of U.S. military servicemembers currently in Canada, most of whom have traveled to your country in order to resist fighting in the Iraq War. Please let them stay in Canada..." Click here (and scroll down) to view the full text of the letter: http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/content/view/499/89/
More resources, including postcards, petitions, etc. can be downloaded and ordered here: http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/content/view/520/89/
We urge you to do what you can to support this effort. Please forward this information to others. No AWOL service person has yet been deported from Canada. However, that can now change quickly, following the Supreme Court of Canada's decision. Now is the time to add our voices as people in the United States in support of our war resisters.
More News on War Resisters:
On Nov. 8, a U.S. federal court granted a preliminary injunction in favor of Lt. Ehren Watada, preventing a second court-martial from proceeding! Charges had been re-filed against Lt. Watada, the first commissioned officer to refuse deployment to Iraq, in Feb. 2007, following a mistrial called during his first court-martial despite the defense's objections. The Army was proceeding with a second court-martial, even though Lt. Watada's appeal based on double jeopardy was still pending. Find out the latest developments in his case and how you can help: http://www.thankyoult.org/
Conscientious objector AgustÃn Aguayo has decided to appeal the two felonies on his record to th eU.S. Supreme Court. He returned home on May 18, 2007, after serving 7 months of an 8-month sentence for desertion and missing a movement of his unit. Click here to find out how you can support Aguayo and his family: http://www.aguayodefense.org/
Yours, for peace and justice,
Leslie Cagan
National Coordinator, UFPJ
Courage to Resist is urging people in the U.S. to sign their "Dear Canada: Let US War Resisters Stay" appeal, which will be sent to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diane Finley, and Stéphane Dion, Liberal Party. Click here to sign the appeal: http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/content/view/499/1/
The appeal letter begins: "I am writing from the United States to ask you to make a provision for sanctuary for the scores of U.S. military servicemembers currently in Canada, most of whom have traveled to your country in order to resist fighting in the Iraq War. Please let them stay in Canada..." Click here (and scroll down) to view the full text of the letter: http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/content/view/499/89/
More resources, including postcards, petitions, etc. can be downloaded and ordered here: http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/content/view/520/89/
We urge you to do what you can to support this effort. Please forward this information to others. No AWOL service person has yet been deported from Canada. However, that can now change quickly, following the Supreme Court of Canada's decision. Now is the time to add our voices as people in the United States in support of our war resisters.
More News on War Resisters:
On Nov. 8, a U.S. federal court granted a preliminary injunction in favor of Lt. Ehren Watada, preventing a second court-martial from proceeding! Charges had been re-filed against Lt. Watada, the first commissioned officer to refuse deployment to Iraq, in Feb. 2007, following a mistrial called during his first court-martial despite the defense's objections. The Army was proceeding with a second court-martial, even though Lt. Watada's appeal based on double jeopardy was still pending. Find out the latest developments in his case and how you can help: http://www.thankyoult.org/
Conscientious objector AgustÃn Aguayo has decided to appeal the two felonies on his record to th eU.S. Supreme Court. He returned home on May 18, 2007, after serving 7 months of an 8-month sentence for desertion and missing a movement of his unit. Click here to find out how you can support Aguayo and his family: http://www.aguayodefense.org/
Yours, for peace and justice,
Leslie Cagan
National Coordinator, UFPJ
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Free The Children of Texas'
Hutto Prison Protest
Free The Children of Texas' Hutto Prison - No Child Left Behind Bars - Close Hutto!
The children at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, 35 miles northeast of Austin, live in cells; they wear uniforms and receive inadequate medical and educational services, are often cold and hungry, separated from their parents as punishment, and until the recently filed ACLU case received only one hour of schooling per day and rarely played outside.
They are guilty of no crimes, and endanger no one. Their parents, who are incarcerated here because they are seeking asylum after fleeing such circumstances as war, torture, political persecution and rape, or are accused of violating civil immigration laws, have committed no crimes. Many of the children are US Citizens.
Teachers at the center are not required to be licensed in Texas, and the state’s family welfare agency exempted Hutto from child care licensing requirements. Along with one other, less prison-like facility in Pennsylvania, Hutto is operated without official regulations.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the arm of Homeland Security that runs the two centers, relies on custody rules designed for inmates
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a for profit company running the majority of privatized prisons in the US, is paid 2.8 million dollars a month (7k per child per month or 84k per child per year) to keep these children behind bars.
It would cost less to put them up at the Austin Hilton with room service.
In contrast, putting a monitoring bracelet/anklet on a parent costs $660 per month.
In past years CCA has made political contributions to key Texas politicians, 100k to Tom Delay and 100k to Governor Perry. Overall, for profit prison companies contributed roughly 519k to state level political campaigns in one year alone. Lt Governor Dewhurt's cut was 53k, while House Speaker Craddick received 34.9k.
Why free the children when keeping them locked up makes so much money?
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Thursday, November 01, 2007
Baker Park
Baker Park, E. Saint Louis & 10th Street
(Left) No adults allowed in children's play area unless supervising a child 12 years or younger. However, there are no signs that clearly express where the children's play area begins.
(Left) West side of Baker Park, children's play area, concrete block wall, tree is approximately 5 feet east of city sidewalk.
(Above) Parked car east of church, sidewalk, tree, concrete block wall, children's play area.
(Left) North side of Baker Park, E. Saint Louis, city sidewalk, grass, concrete block wall, children's play area is to the south of the block wall.
(Above) Parked cars east of church, sidewalk, tree, concrete block wall, children's play area is to the east of the block wall.
(Left) West side of park, sidewalk, block wall, children's play area.
(Above) E. Saint Louis, sidewalk, children's play area behind block wall.
(Left) No adults allowed in children's play area unless supervising a child 12 years or younger. However, there are no signs that clearly express where the children's play area begins.
(Left) West side of Baker Park, children's play area, concrete block wall, tree is approximately 5 feet east of city sidewalk.
(Above) Parked car east of church, sidewalk, tree, concrete block wall, children's play area.
(Left) North side of Baker Park, E. Saint Louis, city sidewalk, grass, concrete block wall, children's play area is to the south of the block wall.
(Above) Parked cars east of church, sidewalk, tree, concrete block wall, children's play area is to the east of the block wall.
(Left) West side of park, sidewalk, block wall, children's play area.
(Above) E. Saint Louis, sidewalk, children's play area behind block wall.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Beneath the Neon, Book Signing Schedule
Matthew O’Brien is a Las Vegas-based writer and editor. He’s the author of Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas and news editor of Las Vegas CityLife, an alternative weekly with a circulation of 85,000.
Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas is a creative nonfiction book that chronicles his adventures in the Las Vegas storm drains, which he has explored for more than five years with a flashlight, tape recorder and expandable baton for protection.
"The catacombs of ancient Rome served as houses of worship for Jews and Christians. When surveyed by Pierre-Emmanuel Bruneseau in the early 1800s, the sewers of Paris yielded gold, jewels and relics of the revolution. And thousands of people lived in the subway and train tunnels of New York City in the 1980s and '90s.
What secrets do the Las Vegas storm drains keep? What discoveries wait in the dark? What’s beneath the neon?"
Book signing schedule:
• Book fair from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Clark County Library (1401 E. Flamingo Road)
• Vegas Valley Book Festival from 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Nov. 2 at the El Cortez (600 Fremont St.)
• Book signing from 1 p.m.- 3 p.m. Nov. 17 at B. Dalton (in the Galleria Mall)
To buy Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas, visit:
www.shoplva.com/productdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=1495 .
For more info, visit:
www.beneaththeneon.com .
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Las Vegas Peace Festival
When? Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007, 4:00 - 11 PM
Where? The Box Office / Las Vegas Peace Festival 1129 Casino Center and California Avenue 1 Block South of Charleston, NV 89101
What? The Las Vegas Peace Project is honored to be working with HRP No. 5 and The Box Office to present The Las Vegas Peace Festival. The Festival is multi-cultural event to support the Las Vegas community's growth in ART, EDUCATION, HEALTH and WELLNESS.
This wonderful family event brings people from all over the Las Vegas Valley who are dedicated to growing in peace and wellness to build a strong community here in Las Vegas.
For more info, please contact Kat at 702-202-5029
Las Vegas Peace Project
http://peace.meetup.com/177/?a=mu_fzxy47nlmm
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Meet Presidential Candidate,
Mike Gravel in Las Vegas
Photo Credit: Clint Karlsen, Las Vegas Review Journal
Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel, a Democrat running for president, right, speaks with homeless men in Frank Wright Plaza in Las Vegas on Friday afternoon. Gravel was assisting homeless advocate Gail Sacco with feeding the needy.
Meet Mike Gravel
Mike Gravel, former US Senator for Alaska and current candidate for President, will be meeting with
Gail Sacco, homeless advocate and other social activists.
We will be discussing homelessness and poverty among other social issues.
We will be meeting at Frank Wright Plaza (Fourth Street & Stewart Ave.) tomorrow, Friday, October 12, 2007 at Noon.
Frank Wright Plaza is known as a gathering spot for about 100 homeless and poor people daily.
Free lunch provided to anyone who is hungry.
Mike Gravel's Official Campaign Site:
http://www.gravel2008.us/
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Recent Media Coverage,
Food Not Bombs & Feeding the Hungry,
Eric Montanez, Not Guilty
October 9, 2007
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Jury Delivers Verdict In Homeless Feeding Trial
The first man arrested in Orlando's crackdown on food sharing in public parks was found not guilty by a jury on Tuesday afternoon.
Eric Montanez admitted he opposes the ordinance but claimed on the day he was arrested he wasn't protesting the law but instead following it, WESH 2 News reported.
Just minutes before his court appearance, Montanez was feeding the homeless in Lake Eola.
http://www.wesh.com/news/14300798/detail.html
October 10, 2007
Feeding the Hungry is a Crime
The stake-out was almost comical in its absurdity:
On April 4, 2007, undercover police counted how many times Eric Montanez, a 22-year-old volunteer with Food Not Bombs, dipped a serving ladle into a pot and handed stew to hungry people.
Once Montanez had dished up 30 bowls, the police moved in, collecting a vial of the stew for evidence as they arrested him for violating an Orlando, Fla., city ordinance: feeding a large group. Two days into his trial yesterday, Montanez was acquitted by a jury of the misdemeanor charge, but was cautioned to obey the law.
As activists celebrate the verdict, the Orlando Police Department has said it will continue to ordinance, making the fight for the free flow of food in the city far from over.
“He is on trial for the crime of feeding the homeless—literally,” says George Crossley, a member of the Stop the Ordinance Partnership (S.T.O.P.), an alliance of 19 advocacy groups, including Orlando branches of Code Pink, the NAACP, and the National Organization for Women.
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3358/feeding_the_hungry_is_a_crim/
October 8, 2007
UPDATED: October 9, 2007
Group Protests Member's Arrest With Food Food Not Bombs Feeds The Homeless Despite Bans
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The local chapter of Food Not Bombs protested the arrest of one of its members in Orlando on Monday.
They said Eric Montanez is going on trial for feeding the hungry.
Food Not Bombs protested by doing exactly what an ordinance stated they should not do; they gathered the homeless in a public area and fed them.
http://www.wesh.com/news/14292465/detail.html
October 8, 2007
UPDATED: October 8, 2007
Group Intentionally Violating City Ordinance During "Ladle Fest"
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A controversial city ordinance has led to a number of protests and now a trial. An Orlando man is the first person to face a jury for feeding the homeless.
It's the first trial of its kind. A man is facing a judge and jury for violating Orlando's ban on feeding the homeless. Eric Montanez, 22, was caught feeding a group in Lake Eola Park earlier this year. The prosecution told Eyewitness News their case rests on video taken of Montanez feeding the homeless, breaking Orlando's feeding ban.
http://www.wftv.com/news/14289861/detail.html
For more information visit:
http://www.foodnotbombs.net
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Jury Delivers Verdict In Homeless Feeding Trial
The first man arrested in Orlando's crackdown on food sharing in public parks was found not guilty by a jury on Tuesday afternoon.
Eric Montanez admitted he opposes the ordinance but claimed on the day he was arrested he wasn't protesting the law but instead following it, WESH 2 News reported.
Just minutes before his court appearance, Montanez was feeding the homeless in Lake Eola.
http://www.wesh.com/news/14300798/detail.html
October 10, 2007
Feeding the Hungry is a Crime
The stake-out was almost comical in its absurdity:
On April 4, 2007, undercover police counted how many times Eric Montanez, a 22-year-old volunteer with Food Not Bombs, dipped a serving ladle into a pot and handed stew to hungry people.
Once Montanez had dished up 30 bowls, the police moved in, collecting a vial of the stew for evidence as they arrested him for violating an Orlando, Fla., city ordinance: feeding a large group. Two days into his trial yesterday, Montanez was acquitted by a jury of the misdemeanor charge, but was cautioned to obey the law.
As activists celebrate the verdict, the Orlando Police Department has said it will continue to ordinance, making the fight for the free flow of food in the city far from over.
“He is on trial for the crime of feeding the homeless—literally,” says George Crossley, a member of the Stop the Ordinance Partnership (S.T.O.P.), an alliance of 19 advocacy groups, including Orlando branches of Code Pink, the NAACP, and the National Organization for Women.
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3358/feeding_the_hungry_is_a_crim/
October 8, 2007
UPDATED: October 9, 2007
Group Protests Member's Arrest With Food Food Not Bombs Feeds The Homeless Despite Bans
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The local chapter of Food Not Bombs protested the arrest of one of its members in Orlando on Monday.
They said Eric Montanez is going on trial for feeding the hungry.
Food Not Bombs protested by doing exactly what an ordinance stated they should not do; they gathered the homeless in a public area and fed them.
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October 8, 2007
UPDATED: October 8, 2007
Group Intentionally Violating City Ordinance During "Ladle Fest"
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A controversial city ordinance has led to a number of protests and now a trial. An Orlando man is the first person to face a jury for feeding the homeless.
It's the first trial of its kind. A man is facing a judge and jury for violating Orlando's ban on feeding the homeless. Eric Montanez, 22, was caught feeding a group in Lake Eola Park earlier this year. The prosecution told Eyewitness News their case rests on video taken of Montanez feeding the homeless, breaking Orlando's feeding ban.
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