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Message*	MAP Annual Celebration <a href="http://mapm.pjep.org/calendar/?id=1619">http://mapm.pjep.org/calendar/?id=1619</a> Announcing the 2009 Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers Annual Celebration<br /> 1:30 to 5:30 pm<br /> $5.00 at the door; please preregister at <a href="http://www.afors.org" target="_blank">www.afors.org</a> or <a href="http://www.mapm.org" target="_blank">www.mapm.org</a><br /> <br /> Information from press release below; downloadable flyer with more information: <br /> <a href="http://mapm.pjep.org/uploads/docs/mapannualcelebration09.pdf" target="_blank">http://mapm.pjep.org/uploads/docs/mapannualcelebration09.pdf</a><br /> <br /> NEWS RELEASE<br /> Twin Cities Peace and Sustainability Groups to Host Local Action Conference<br /> <br /> WHAT: Conference on "Peace and Sustainability -- Can't Have One Without the Other"<br /> WHEN: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 1:00 to 5:30 pm<br /> WHERE: Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church (511 Groveland, at Hennepin, Minneapolis)<br /> SPONSORED BY: Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers (www.mapm.org) and Alliance for Sustainability (www.afors.org)<br /> CONTACTS: For information on the conference:<br /> Burt Berlowe, <a href="mailto:bberlowe@comcast.net">bberlowe@comcast.net</a>, 612-722-1504<br /> For Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers:<br /> Rebecca Janke, <a href="mailto:peace@umn.edu">peace@umn.edu</a>, 651-214-8282<br /> For Alliance for Sustainability:<br /> Sean Gosiewski, <a href="mailto:sean@afors.org">sean@afors.org</a>, 612-331-1099<br /> <br /> TWIN CITIES, MINNESOTA (OCTOBER 20, 2009) -- As global climate change and energy, environment, and sustainability issues are evermore in the news and in pending legislation, two Twin Cities organizations will co-host a local-action conference that will frame the issues both politically and spiritually: Peace and Sustainability -- Can't Have One Without the Other. It will take place on Sunday afternoon, November 15, just three weeks before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen<br /> <br /> The conference is sponsored by MAP, the Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers (www.mapm.org), a 14-year nonpartisan coalition of 75 peace, justice, environmental, and U.N.-advocacy organizations, and the Alliance for Sustainability, whose mission is to bring about personal, organizational and planetary sustainability through support of projects that are ecologically sound, economically viable, socially just and humane.<br /> <br /> Former Congressman and former MN Secretary of State Arlen Erdahl and ELCA Bishop Emeritus Lowell Erdahl, his brother, will provide the essential political and spiritual frameworks. A panel with Steve Suppan, Policy Analyst of the Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy; former U.S. Senate candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, Justice and Peace professor in the School of Theology at the University of St. Thomas; and Karen Clark, longtime MN State Representative and Executive Director of the Women's Environmental Institute, will follow. Participatory action clusters for attendees -- focusing on food systems, energy, and other environmental topics -- will conclude the afternoon. Local peace, justice, and environmental organizations will host education and action tablesthroughout the afternoon.<br /> <br /> According to Sean Gosiewski, Program Director of the Alliance for Sustainability, "Volunteers active with congregations, schools, service clubs, and neighborhoods will find abundant resources for their projects to conserve energy, grow food locally, encourage walking and biking, and support the transition to a clean-energy economy. We are excited about the new alliances the event will foster to work for real sustainability at home and around the world."<br /> <br /> "This conference is intended to bring out a different aspect of our work for peace and justice," says Rebecca Janke, President of MAP. "While many peace and justice organizations are focused on stopping wars and limiting weapons development and production, this event will address how systems make war inevitable. All are major contributors to the damage being done to the Earth resulting in significant impact on climate change."<br /> <br /> Registration form and speaker biographies can be found at <a href="http://www.mapm.org" target="_blank">www.mapm.org</a> or <a href="http://www.afors.org" target="_blank">www.afors.org</a>. A suggested donation of $5 will be accepted at the door, but no one will be turned away.
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Announcing the 2009 Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers Annual Celebration
1:30 to 5:30 pm
$5.00 at the door; please preregister at www.afors.org or www.mapm.org

Information from press release below; downloadable flyer with more information:
http://mapm.pjep.org/uploads/docs/mapannualcelebration09.pdf

NEWS RELEASE
Twin Cities Peace and Sustainability Groups to Host Local Action Conference

WHAT: Conference on "Peace and Sustainability -- Can't Have One Without the Other"
WHEN: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 1:00 to 5:30 pm
WHERE: Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church (511 Groveland, at Hennepin, Minneapolis)
SPONSORED BY: Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers (www.mapm.org) and Alliance for Sustainability (www.afors.org)
CONTACTS: For information on the conference:
Burt Berlowe, bberlowe@comcast.net, 612-722-1504
For Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers:
Rebecca Janke, peace@umn.edu, 651-214-8282
For Alliance for Sustainability:
Sean Gosiewski, sean@afors.org, 612-331-1099

TWIN CITIES, MINNESOTA (OCTOBER 20, 2009) -- As global climate change and energy, environment, and sustainability issues are evermore in the news and in pending legislation, two Twin Cities organizations will co-host a local-action conference that will frame the issues both politically and spiritually: Peace and Sustainability -- Can't Have One Without the Other. It will take place on Sunday afternoon, November 15, just three weeks before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

The conference is sponsored by MAP, the Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers (www.mapm.org), a 14-year nonpartisan coalition of 75 peace, justice, environmental, and U.N.-advocacy organizations, and the Alliance for Sustainability, whose mission is to bring about personal, organizational and planetary sustainability through support of projects that are ecologically sound, economically viable, socially just and humane.

Former Congressman and former MN Secretary of State Arlen Erdahl and ELCA Bishop Emeritus Lowell Erdahl, his brother, will provide the essential political and spiritual frameworks. A panel with Steve Suppan, Policy Analyst of the Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy; former U.S. Senate candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, Justice and Peace professor in the School of Theology at the University of St. Thomas; and Karen Clark, longtime MN State Representative and Executive Director of the Women's Environmental Institute, will follow. Participatory action clusters for attendees -- focusing on food systems, energy, and other environmental topics -- will conclude the afternoon. Local peace, justice, and environmental organizations will host education and action tablesthroughout the afternoon.

According to Sean Gosiewski, Program Director of the Alliance for Sustainability, "Volunteers active with congregations, schools, service clubs, and neighborhoods will find abundant resources for their projects to conserve energy, grow food locally, encourage walking and biking, and support the transition to a clean-energy economy. We are excited about the new alliances the event will foster to work for real sustainability at home and around the world."

"This conference is intended to bring out a different aspect of our work for peace and justice," says Rebecca Janke, President of MAP. "While many peace and justice organizations are focused on stopping wars and limiting weapons development and production, this event will address how systems make war inevitable. All are major contributors to the damage being done to the Earth resulting in significant impact on climate change."

Registration form and speaker biographies can be found at www.mapm.org or www.afors.org. A suggested donation of $5 will be accepted at the door, but no one will be turned away.