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  • Community Gardens Thriving

    A few of the Rosewood Community Garden workers. (Bob, Cassandra,Arnold, Jim, Kate, Troy, Vennie, Michele,) Community Gardens Thriving Carolina Peace Resource Center volunteers are starting their fourth year at the Rosewood Community Garden behin...
  • Help Stop the Execution of an Innocent Man

    Troy Davis is on death row in Georgia for the 1989 murder of police officer Mark Allen MacPhail, a murder he almost certainly did not commit. There was no evidence linking him to the murder, and the gun that killed officer MacPhail was never fou...
  • Iran: Say No to U.S. Gasoline Embargo

    Friends Committee on National Legislation asking people to contact their congressional representatives and ask them to oppose legislation that would impose a boycott on Iran's energy sector. Congress is currently considering dangerous legislation that wo...
  • Action Alert: Pay Day Lending

    Payday Lending Consumer Protections The Senate will take up PayDay Lender regulation after completion of its work on the budget Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Please study the issue and the Bill AND--before Tuesday, May 5, contact your Senator asking tha...
  • Hang Up on Motorola Campaign

    The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation recently launched a consumer boycott and pressure campaign on Motorola USA.  Did you know that the same company that sells you Motorola cell phones is a war profiteer in the occupation of Palestine?  ...
  • Peace Book Club, May 12th

    May’s Selection: We Can Have Peace in the Holyland by Jimmy Carter Discussion groups meet: TUES May 12th, 7pm TUES May 26th, 7pm Carolina Peace Resource Center 2065 Blossom St. (upstairs from Oops!) Book available wherever books are sold. ...
  • Churches for Middle East Peace DC Advocacy Conference, June 7-9

    http://action.fcnl.org/r/68653/93614/0Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) holds its annual conference and lobby day in Washington June 7-9. This year will be a critical time to lobby for Middle East peace, to support the Obama administration's u...
  • Execution May 8, 2009

    The execution of Thomas Ivey by the State of South Carolina is scheduled for Friday, May 8.A peaceful Anti Death Penalty Protest is scheduled to start between 4 PM and 5 PM on 8 May in front of the Department of Corrections administration building at 4444...
  • Best 21st birthday present ever!

    Sara Tansey spent her birthday organizing in Jenkensville against the two new nuclear reactors that SCE&G rate payers will be paying for if SCE&G has its way. See here comments on the Southern Energy Network Blog. Best 21st birthday present ever!...
  • American Civil Liberties Union: Activist Training in Charleston, SC

    There is an opportunity for free activist training from the ACLU in Charleston, May 16th. The  program includes such things as "How to Cause Change on Issues You Care About", and "Role Playing on Lobbying". There is no fee but you need to RSVP. Register ...
  • Utilities amp up lobbying over climate debate - USATODAY.com

    Maybe destroying the environment is the only thing that makes economic sense. Utilities are increasing their lobbying spending. It must give them the best return on investment. WASHINGTON — Fifty of the nation's largest electric utilities amped up spen...
  • Oppose Nuclear Loan Guarantees and Reprocessing in US Budget

    The nuclear industry is still trying to promote socialism for corporations while the public assumes both financial risks, health risks, and environmental risks. Take the time to oppose the attempt to get their hands in our purses. Go to the NIRS site list...
  • Alert - letter to Secretary of Energy

    Please take a few minutes to copy, paste and edit this letter and send to Secretary of Energy Chu.  We are trying to get him to stop efforts by his underlings to promote SRS as a place to dump spent fuel or for reprocessing.  As he may be visiting SRS s...
  • April 22: Earth Day

    April 22, Wednesday, 11am - 2pm: Celebrate Earth Day!  Environmentalists Inc. and Carolina Peace Resource Center invite green groups and individuals to join them at the State House.  Organizations with a green agenda are welcome to set up tables and sha...
  • April 15: Amnesty Counter Terror With Justice Buzz Event & Educational Panel

    The Panel We have confirmed three speakers for the Accountability Panel. The Panel will take place April 15th in Gambrell room 153 from 6:00-7:15 There will be refreshments after the event. ...
  • Stolen days in Israel: The Goy Treatment

    Experience of Visitor to Israel...
  • People's Stimulus Rally

    People’s $timulu$ Rally April 1, 5:30 - 6:30pm  •  State House, Columbia Gov. Mark Sanford is refusing to take $700 million in stimulus money that South Carolinians will have to pay for even if we don’t use. Tell the governor to quit grandstan...
  • April 8: African Awareness Workgroup Presents Ghana Event

    Last fall, Thomas and Angie Drake of Aiken, SC traveled to Ghana for two weeks.  The first week was spent largely exploring the history of the Slave Trade in Ghana as well as enjoying the wonderful culture and people of Ghana.  The second week was spen...
  • SC Public Service Commission to consider appeal of SCE&G nukes

    The South Carolina Public Service Commission will discuss the appeals filed with the PSC by Friends of the Earth, the South Carolina Energy Users and Joe Wojcicki challenging the PSC's decision approving the SCE&G nuclear reactor proposal.  This will...
  • South African Freedom Day

    South Africans hold Freedom Day to commemerate the first democratic elections (1994) as well as when the new constitution took effect (1997)...