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An Inconvenient Truth PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006

The movie, An Inconvenient Truth, will be showing at Columbiana Grande on Harbison starting this coming weekend. On Sunday, July, 2nd, a group of us will be attending the 4:20 showing, and then meeting at the Tap Room, a restaurant next to the theatre to discuss the movie.

By conservation, a reduction in emissions and political activism, a solution is possible, Gore said.

"The solutions are more accessible than people thought," he said. "We can do this."

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Greenland's Ice Sheet Is Slip-Sliding Away PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006

Al Gore, in "An Inconvenient Truth", talks about the lubricating pools of water that are formed between the land and the melting glaciers that are causing the glaciers to slide faster to the sea.

Article in LA Times  

 
Grimke Sisters present documentary PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 26 June 2006
Monday, Sept. 15, 7-9pm, GLPM Community Center, 1108 Woodrow. The Midlands feminist group the Grimke Sisters will show the hour-long documentary "Rebel Hearts" about Sarah and Angelina Grimke, for whom the group is named. The Grimkes were abolitionists and women's rights advocates from Charleston who lectured and organized beginning in the 1830s. Find out about these incredible women and plug into a community of women activists in Columbia. For more information, contact Becci Robbins at 803-808-3384 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . To join the Grimke Sisters online discussion, send email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
 
I Have Arrived: I Am Home PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 26 June 2006
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Cindy Sheehan in Columbia

By Cindy Sheehan
t r u t h o u t | Perspective

Monday 10 October 2005

I was honored and humbled to be in the presence of holy man, Thich Nhat Hahn, today at MacArthur Park in a very Hispanic neighborhood in Los Angeles.

Thay (teacher), as he is known, is a Buddhist monk who was active during the Vietnam War years, bringing peace and reconciliation to the countries of North and South Vietnam. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr. He walks with an aura of peace and acceptance radiating from him.

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Pastors For Peace Cuban Caravan PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 26 June 2006
Cuban Caravan Poster

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The 17th annual Pastors for Peace caravan carrying material aid to Cuba will be coming to Columbia, SC on June 27th.

Food will be provided by CPRC and volunteers, and music will be provided by the socially conscious hip-hop group, Kindablu.

The event starts at 6:30 PM at Benedict Community Park on Laurel Street between Oak and Waverly.

Help is needed to host one or more of the fifteen caravan participants and to help provide food for the event. Contact Norma Jackson at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to help.

The presentation by Pastors for Peace will be lead by Lisa Valenti, founder and president of the national US Cuba Sister Cities Association.

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