First off, I want to thank Rick Robers for coordinating the educational booth about Fair Trade for the Radford Farmers Market on September 1. We were able to share information, as well as offer free samples of Equal Exchange coffee courtesy of Annie Kay's, and sell several paintings, handwoven hats and jewelry--proceeds of which will go directly back to the Haitian artisans who made them.
I also wanted to tell everybody about a few events coming up:
On September 15, 2007, the ANSWER Coalition and other groups are gathering in Washington D.C. for a large antiwar protest to coincide with the report by Gen. Petraeus on progress in Iraq. If folks from the NRV are looking for a ride, there will be a 54 passenger bus (chartered by the Peace & Justice Coalition, Code Pink, and Grandmothers for Peace) departing Blacksburg, VA at 6 a.m., stopping at the Park & Ride in Christiansburg and also in Roanoke at the Days Inn at the Hollins exit. It will depart DC after the march about 5 p.m., make a stop for dinner, and return to Blacksburg by about 11 p.m. The cost is $50. For more information and to see if there are spaces available, please contact Rosemarie Sawdon.
A group called Iraq Moratorium will be starting an "escalating series of actions" to demand an end to the war on September 21, 2007--and every third Friday after that. Locally, a group will congregate at Radford University, where a table will be set up on Hurlburt Plaza from 4 to 6 p.m. For more information, please contact Michele Ren.
Lastly, this Saturday, September 8, 2007, the Radford University Green Team will join with MoveOn's Radford Operation Democracy Council to offer climate change information at the Radford Farmers Market booth from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also, David Simpkins (who I personally think is the New River Valley's own Neil Young) will be playing live music from 10 a.m. to noon. Come on out!
UPDATE: Just received the unfortunate news that David Simpkins won't be playing the Farmer's Market this Saturday--that gig has been rescheduled to September 29... but MoveOn will be there then as well. If you can't wait til then, you can also catch him at Coffee Buy the Book (10 W. Main in Pulaski, VA) on September 14 at 6:30 p.m.
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Being from Alabama, I can't compare Simpkins quite that closely to Neil Young. As you know about Neil, "a Southern man don't need him around anyhow." Simpkins is reviewed in the Sept. 6 issue of the New River Voice!!
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