THOMAS MERTON CENTER, 5129 PENN AVE. PITTSBURGH, PA 15224 NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID PITTSBURGH, PA PERMIT NO. 458 THE PITTSBURGH‘S PEACE AND JUSTICE NEWSPAPER Published by the Thomas Merton Center VOL. 41, No. 7 September, 2011 A TASTE FOR FRACKINADE By Viv Shaffer The August 5 ―Unblurred― gallery crawl on Penn Ave. featured an ―Iced Frackin‘ Tea Party‖ at the Thomas Merton Center. TMC was joined by representatives of the Marcellus Protest Group and the Westmoreland County Marcellus Community Group. A highlight of the event was the Pittsburgh Student Environmental Coalition and their fabulous ―frackinade stand.‖ Passersby were invited to sample a ―delicious‖ concoction which they described as sweet. When they asked what the solids were in the brew they were informed that the ingredients could not be disclosed because of the ―Halliburton Loophole.‖ The ―Halliburton Loophole‖ exempts hydrofracturing companies (the complete name for the fracking process) from having to disclose the specific chemicals used in the shale gas extraction process, effectively barring enforcement of the Clean Water Act. The ―loophole‖ was inserted into legislation during the administration of President George W. Bush, whose vice- president, Dick Cheney, is the former Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton Corp. a major oil and gas field supply and private security corporation. At the other end of the same table members of PSEC had glasses filled with some of the actual chemicals used in the ―fracking‖ process, which were isolated and identified through laboratory analysis. (More fracking pg.3) Viv Shaffer is the Office Coordinator of the Thomas Merton Center Fracking Pages 1, 3 Medicare Action – Pages 8, 10 The Embargo on Cuba Page 6 TMC works to build a consciousness of values and to raise the moral questions involved in the issues of war, poverty, racism, classism, economic justice, oppression and environmental justice. TMC engages people of diverse philosophies and faiths who find common ground in the nonviolent struggle to bring about a more peaceful and just world. HUNGER PLAGUES ALLEGHENY COUNTY By Adam MacGregor, Communications Coordi- nator of Just Harvest A newly released report shows that this region‘s rate of hunger follows the national trend. Across the four congressional districts in Allegheny County, nearly 25 percent of families with chil- dren have reported that they have not been able to afford adequate amounts of food over the past year, according to a report released yesterday by the Washington D.C.-based Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). This report, titled Food Hardship in America separately examines food hardship rates (the in- ability to afford enough food) for households with and without children nationally and in every state, every congressional district, and one hundred of the country‘s largest metropolitan statistical ar- eas (The full report is available at frac.org). The analysis shows that food hardship rates are very high both for households with children and for households without children. Nationally, from 2009 to 2010, the food hardship rate for house- holds without children was 14.9 percent, and it was 23.4 percent for families with children. Allegheny County is comprised of congressional districts 4, 12, 14, and 18. The average rate of food hardship among households with children in these districts is 21 percent, ranging from 17.5 percent in District 18 (Tim Murphy) to 25.4 per- cent in District 14 (Michael Doyle), which in- cludes the city of Pittsburgh. Continued on page 8 Photo by Frank Carr Lorraine Keeler and John McElhattan from the Pittsburgh Student Environmental Coalition outside the Merton Center during UnBlurred. Photo by Lindy Hazel LaDue
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September, 2011 NEWPEOPLE - 1
THOMAS MERTON CENTER, 5129 PENN AVE.
PITTSBURGH, PA 15224
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
PITTSBURGH, PA
PERMIT NO. 458
TH
E
PITTSBURGH‘S PEACE AND JUSTICE NEWSPAPER
Published by the Thomas Merton Center VOL. 41, No. 7 September, 2011
A TASTE FOR FRACKINADE
By Viv Shaffer
The August 5 ―Unblurred―
gallery crawl on Penn
Ave. featured an ―Iced
Frackin‘ Tea Party‖ at the
Thomas Merton Center.
TMC was joined by
representatives of the
Marcellus Protest Group
and the Westmoreland
County Marcellus
Community Group. A
highlight of the event was
the Pittsburgh Student
Environmental Coalition
and their fabulous
―frackinade stand.‖
Passersby were invited to
sample a ―delicious‖
concoction which they
described as sweet. When
they asked what the solids
were in the brew they were
informed that the
ingredients could not be
disclosed because of the
―Halliburton Loophole.‖
The ―Halliburton Loophole‖
exempts hydrofracturing companies
(the complete name for the fracking
process) from having to disclose the
specific chemicals used in the shale
gas extraction process, effectively
barring enforcement of the Clean
Water Act. The
―loophole‖ was
inserted into
legislation during
the administration of
President George W.
Bush, whose vice-
president, Dick
Cheney, is the
former Chief
Executive Officer of
Halliburton Corp. a
major oil and gas
field supply and
private security
corporation.
At the other end of
the same table
members of PSEC
had glasses filled
with some of the
actual chemicals
used in the
―fracking‖ process,
which were isolated
and identified
through laboratory
analysis. (More fracking pg.3)
Viv Shaffer is the Office Coordinator
of the Thomas Merton Center
Fracking
Pages 1, 3
Medicare Action
– Pages 8, 10
The Embargo on Cuba Page 6
TMC works to build a consciousness of values and
to raise the moral questions involved in the issues
of war, poverty, racism, classism, economic justice,
oppression and environmental justice.
TMC engages people of diverse philosophies and
faiths who find common ground in the nonviolent
struggle to bring about a more peaceful and just
world.
HUNGER PLAGUES ALLEGHENY COUNTY By Adam MacGregor, Communications Coordi-
nator of Just Harvest
A newly released report shows that this region‘s
rate of hunger follows the national trend. Across
the four congressional districts in Allegheny
County, nearly 25 percent of families with chil-
dren have reported that they have not been able to
afford adequate amounts of food over the past
year, according to a report released yesterday by
the Washington D.C.-based Food Research and
Action Center (FRAC).
This report, titled Food Hardship in America
separately examines food hardship rates (the in-
ability to afford enough food) for households with
and without children nationally and in every state,
every congressional district, and one hundred of
the country‘s largest metropolitan statistical ar-
eas (The full report is available at frac.org).
The analysis shows that food hardship rates are
very high both for households with children and
for households without children. Nationally, from
2009 to 2010, the food hardship rate for house-
holds without children was 14.9 percent, and it
was 23.4 percent for families with children.
Allegheny County is comprised of congressional
districts 4, 12, 14, and 18. The average rate of
food hardship among households with children in
these districts is 21 percent, ranging from 17.5
percent in District 18 (Tim Murphy) to 25.4 per-
cent in District 14 (Michael Doyle), which in-
cludes the city of Pittsburgh.
Continued on page 8
Photo by Frank Carr
Lorraine Keeler and John McElhattan from the Pittsburgh Student Environmental Coalition outside the Merton
Center during UnBlurred.
Photo by Lindy Hazel LaDue
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Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Dorothy Day was a person of contradictions: activist and contemplative, po-
litical radical and a theological conservative. Intending to found a newspaper,
The Catholic Worker, she ended up founding a movement. The most impor-
tant monuments to her are the over 200 houses of hospitality that stretch from
San Francisco to Amsterdam. Seeking not only to provide hospitality to the
homeless as ―guests‖ during the Depression of the 1930s but to help build a
nonviolent society which would not treat people as throw-aways, she was arrested again and again in protest actions. She continues to open doors for
many, in terms of spiritual life, community building, the healing of division, service of the poor, and the renewal of churches, offering us graced inspira-
tion and courage to continue the work for peace and social justice in our day. Many regard her as one of the saints of our time; a formal canonization
process is now underway.
Jim Forest, worked with Dorothy Day during the last 20 years of her life. He is the author of a new and comprehensive biography of her, All is Grace.
Jim helped start the Catholic Peace Fellowship in response to the Vietnam War and has worked with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, as well as his cur-
rent role as International Secretary of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. Jim will be leading a day of reflection
hosted at the community where Dorothy Day made her retreats with Fr. John Hugo, a Pittsburgh diocesan
priest.
Sponsors include: Pittsburgh Area Pax Christi, The Thomas Merton Center, Tri-Diocesan Sisters
Leadership Council, APP (Assoc of Pgh
Priests), The Episcopal Diocese of Pitts-
burgh, CLC-Pgh. (Ignatian Christian Life
Community), Sisters of Divine Providence,
Holy Family Friary, peace and justice com-
mittees of St. Thomas More (Bethel Park)
and St. James (Wilkinsburg), with endorse-
ments from FOCUS (Fellowship of Ortho-
dox Christians United to Serve) and PIIN-
Pgh Interfaith Impact Network
For additional info & retreat registration details, contact:
leader Leonard Peltier. Peltier, serving a life sen-
tence for the killings of two Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) agents on the Pine Ridge,
South Dakota, Reservation in 1975, has been
placed on 23 hour lockdown, sparking the demon-
stration.
Officials at the Penitentiary found him in posses-
sion of ―contraband currency,‖ having received a
20 pound note from a woman in Scotland. The
note, however, was not discovered until Peltier
tried to mail it to a friend, knowing he was not
allowed to possess currency.
Among the protesters was Peltier‘s sister, Betty
Ann, who drove from North Dakota because she
believes her brother was ―set-up‖. She was quoted
in the Lewisburg Sunday Item edition as saying,
―I know they set him up. You mean to tell me
they didn‘t check his mail coming in, but they did
going out?‖
Betty Ann Peltier claims her brother is being held
in ―solitary confinement,‖ which prison officials
dispute. They maintain he has a cellmate. But he
was removed from the general population and
moved to a ―special housing unit‖ where he is
held 23 hours a day. He takes his meals there
also. He was also docked 100 days of ―good be-
havior‖ time for possessing the currency and lost
commissary privileges. Prison officials have also
cited him for ―disruptive behavior‖ and posses-
sion of a weapon although details were not avail-
able.
Peltier suffers from a cardiac condition and con-
cerns were raised about his health.
Among those attending the demonstration were
members of Veterans for Peace, New York City
Chapter, visitors from Germany and Hawaii and
Wilkes-Barre policeman Mark Hampton. Officer
Hampton, of Native American descent, believes
Peltier should be freed. He was quoted by the
Daily Item as saying, ―In my profession I am sup-
posed to stand up for what is right and I believe
this is wrong.‖
Peltier‘s attorney, Michael Kuzma, said Peltier
―Was in good spirits about what is going on out
here.‖
A leader of the American Indian Movement be-
fore his arrest, Peltier was involved in a 1975
shootout at Oglala, South Dakota, where the FBI
agents were killed. Many native Americans con-
sider him a political prisoner and Amnesty Inter-
national has voiced repeated concerns about his
conviction. Peltier maintains his innocence,
claiming witnesses against him committed per-
jury.
(Based on wire service reports, the Lewisburg
Sunday Item coverage of August 7, 2011 and re-
ports from Gary R. Davidson of Veterans for
Peace, New York City Chapter.)
Pennsylvania
The first conference of the Pennsylvania Network
Against Torture (PANAT) will be held October
28-29, 2011 at the Market Square Presbyterian
Church in Harrisburg, PA. We are inviting indi-
viduals and organizations to come together to co-
ordinate training, public education and action
planning across the state, with a focus on:
Ending U.S. Sponsored torture and rendition
Ending torture in our domestic prisons
Training for professionals and volunteers who
support
survivors of torture, war trauma and solitary
confinement.
Three speakers will address these issues and then
facilitate action planning sessions with organiza-
tions and individuals from around the state:
John Humphries, NRCAT‘s Director for Program
Coordination, will facilitate workshops for those
working to end U.S.-sponsored torture through
local educational programs, legislative advocacy
and creative action.
Attorney King Downing, the AFSC's Program
Analyst for Healing Justice work, will overview
how groups around Pennsylvania facilitate con-
sideration of draft legislation that PANAT plans
to introduce to end the torture of prolonged soli-
tary confinement in Pennsylvania.
Our keynote speaker, Dr. Kate Porterfield, clini-
cal psychologist at the Bellevue/NYU Program
for Survivors of Torture, will share reflections on
her work as a psychologist in the context of the
"war on terror‖ and the hundreds of hours at
Guantanamo Bay with such detainees as Omar
Khadr who were minors when they were impris-
oned at Guantanamo. Dr. Porterfield has regularly
trained and supervised professionals, volunteers
and organizations across the nation from a wide
variety of disciplines and will lead Saturday
workshops on how to better care for survivors of
torture, war trauma, and solitary confinement. She
will also facilitate action planning for future train-
ing and Pennsylvania partnerships to share re-
sources for care of survivors.
Whether you are an individual activist, a profes-
sional hoping to better serve your clients, or a
representative of an organization working to build
action partnerships, please join us to help end tor-
ture and care for survivors.
For more information about the conference and to
register, please visit our web-
site: www.panetworkagainsttorture.org or call
Scilla Wahrhaftig of the American Friends Ser-
vice Committee at 412-371-3607 or Helen
Gerhardt at 412-508-7382. (412) 371 3607
Pennsylvania Network Against Torture Conference
A Vigil for Leonard Peltier
Protestors at a vigil for Leonard Peltier, a Native American leader serving life in prison.
Photo by Gary R. Davidson
Fracking happens all throughout Pennsylvania. In efforts to extract natural gases from the earth, poisonous chemicals are pumped into the ground, poten-
tially rendering any local water supplies toxic. Here‘s a list of some of what ends up in that toxic water.
Identified Fracking Fluids:
Hydrofracturing fluid contains many toxic chemicals such as diesel fuel, benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene, napthalene, polycylic aromatic hydro-
carbons, methanol, formaldehyde, ethylene glycol, glycol ethers, hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide. Even in small quantities chemicals such as
benzene are capable of contaminating millions of gallons of water causing causing cancer and other health problems.
Three hundred and sixty two chemicals involved in ―fracking‖ were analyzed for potential health effects.
When fluid is pumped out of the ground it also contains radioactive minerals and salts the were embedded thousands of feet below the surface. Buried so
deeply is it harmless but when released into our ecosystem such natural radiation can be extremely harmful.
Even chemicals we don‘t consider harmful, like salts, will kill animal and plant life when concentrated.
Many of the other chemicals used in the hydrofracturing process are unrevealed to the public as they are considered ―trade secrets.‖
quality of life for everyone. They are in favor of
some combination of the following: a clean envi-
ronment and renewable, sustainable energy re-
sources; non-violent resolutions to conflicts; un-
encumbered, non-privatized Social Security bene-
fits; quality education and healthcare for all citi-
zens; new global trade policies that would bring
currently outsourced jobs back to America; the
U.S. Constitution and the rule of law, with the
laws applied equally to both ordinary citizens and
billionaires/multinational corporations; enforce-
ment of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act; a return of
Glass/Steagall Act levying transaction fees on all
Wall Street transactions; and fair taxation of all
citizens above the poverty line. Almost every one
of these issues, if not all of them, has the potential
to appeal across partisan lines to most of our area
citizens.
However, because progressives do not all agree
on every one of the above issues and because so
many issue-specific progressive organizations
exist without effectively interacting with one an-
other, we don‘t really know how many progres-
sives live in Allegheny County, Southwestern PA,
or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To add to
the confusion, many progressives are not affili-
ated with any so-called ―progressive‖ organiza-
tions and may not even be aware of them.
Although it may sound far-fetched, there may be
a few budding progressives who vote for conser-
vative candidates or are attracted to the Tea Party
because fast-talking, attractive spokespersons ap-
peal to them or because one specific pseudo-
populist issue presented by these candidates or
spokespersons appeals to them, and they may not
be aware of the dangerous subtexts that lie just
under the surface. In other words, these would-be
progressives may not yet know just how progres-
sive they actually are.
On a certain level, it‘s easy to see how such a
phenomenon can occur, since effective citizenship
as a skill is not taught in the public school sys-
tems. And the mainstream media does not report
on local, state, and national issues in a compre-
hensive, chronological, objective, or coherent
fashion. As a result, the general public often does
not hear about a specific piece of legislation or a
proposed administrative action until after it has
been passed or blocked.
With that in mind, progressive organizations need
to expand their memberships and take proper,
effective steps to reach out to the entire commu-
nity. To do so, progressive organizations need
much more interaction with all media outlets, as
well as door-to-door canvassing campaigns that
can effectively educate the public and bypass me-
dia blackouts of news.
This article is an invitation for members of the
Thomas Merton Center and other progressive or-
ganizations to begin laying the foundation for a
stronger role in our communities, our state, and
our nation. We need teams to work on specific
―bricks‖ that when laid together will attract more
citizens to join our efforts to build the kind of
―better world‖ that our 2011 Merton Awardee Dr.
Vandana Shiva is promoting.
To do so, we must first explicitly decide upon our
overarching message. In other words, what valu-
able services can we offer the average citizen and
how can our efforts become more relevant to
every citizen as they work toward a better quality
of life?
Progressives should work to compile directories
of progressive businesses that provide the follow-
ing categories of services, and should financially
support other progressives whenever possible.
Here are some suggested categories:
FOOD: farmers, grocers/distributors, restau-
rants, bars
CLOTHING: thrift shops, recycled goods
TRADES: doctors, dentists, lawyers, account-
ants, carpenters, roofers, plumbers, elec-
tricians, landscapers, technology repairs
BARTERING: businesses/individuals who
exchange goods and services.
Another step would be to assemble a directory of
progressive organizations that lists all of the fol-
lowing types of organizations: environmental,
social justice, peace, voting, legal, criminal jus-
tice, economics, job creation/training, media,
healthcare/public health, education, consumer
protection, and worker-owned businesses/co-ops.
Lastly, and most importantly in terms of public
outreach, progressives should create a directory of
services to help citizens who are encountering
specific difficulties relating to food, shelter, em-
ployment, health and any other day-to-day con-
cern. This would more effectively increase the
progressive profile within each community and
develop more meaningful relationships with com-
munity members. Progressives will then be able
to effectively gauge the needs of the community
and demonstrate how progressive policies are de-
signed to address such needs.
We do not want to spend a single minute re-
inventing any wheels or duplicating the work of
others, so the first task is to find the directories
and e-mail lists that already exist, and then ex-
pand/modify them into door-to-door handouts
and/or an online database for maximum public
awareness/understanding. Each of the above di-
rectories could also be printed and sold as part of
fundraising, if necessary. It would be great to
have first drafts ready to distribute at the Novem-
ber 3 TMC Banquet.
Carlana Rhoten is the producer of Progressive
Pittsburgh Notebook.
A Grand Design for Progressive Progress in Western PA
rent political climate. Continued on page 11
The meetings were productive and our requests
were time-bound; I was sure to schedule follow-
up calls with the appropriate staff members either
in Pittsburgh or Washington to reassess the Con-
gressmen‘s thoughts on our concerns and the re-
sources with which we provided them. In the end,
there is no guarantee that my elected officials will
take any of the steps I recommended to combat
the human rights abuses I brought to their atten-
tion, despite the fact that all elected officials are
employees of their constituents. But, it‘s like a
white board in the Thomas Merton Center (where
I sit as I write this) says, ―You might not be able
to stop them from doing it, but you can stop them
from doing it without having to hear from you
about it.‖ I urge everyone reading this issue of
The NewPeople to arm themselves with facts on a
topic that gets their blood boiling – whether it be
public education, prisoners‘ rights, health care,
public transit, or any other social issue – make an
appointment with their Representative(s), and let
them hear about it.
Jordana Rosenfeld is a human rights activist
and a high school student who is a summer
intern at The Thomas Merton Center. She for-
matted and helped to edit this edition of The
NewPeople.
Lobbying for Human Rights, continued from page 10
A Message from the 10 Years + Counting Collaborative Project
Dear Friends: October 2011 will mark the ten-year anniversary of our nation continuously at war. Endless war need not be inevitable. We're writing to
ask you to participate in 10 Years + Counting (10YAC), a collaborative project developed by artists and activists. 10YAC is now open to encourage,
share and promote any of your efforts toward peace. 10YAC invites all - artists, activists, teachers, writers, curators, veterans, musicians, students - to
mark the anniversary of our decade at war. We invite you to create and organize to reveal its tragic costs and to imagine how we might insist on new op-
tions for investing in a more peaceful world. Load songs of peace on the 10YAC YouTube channel. Post poems to our blog and artwork to our online
gallery. Organize and register exhibits, performances, readings, courses, concerts or community gatherings. Develop and share projects that encourage
citizens of all ages to confront the impact of war and to consider what military budgets might fund instead. There is no limit to the many ways we can
creatively express our desire for peace. Together we can turn the weeks of this anniversary of devastation into an unstoppable, irrepressible explosion of
imagining alternatives to war and a new beginning.
To learn more, please visit www.10yearsandcounting.org.
Register your activity or event to build a comprehensive listing of our collective and individual responses. We will share the results with opinion leaders,
elected officials, and the media to demonstrate the urgent need for changing direction. Thanks for all that you do.
The late Ty Luokkala - TMC Member - Advocate and Pittsburgh Leader
dedicated to Closing the School of the Americas
The Thomas Merton Center Statement of Purpose
Mission: TMC works to build a consciousness of values and to raise the moral questions involved in the issues of war,
poverty, racism, classism, economic justice, oppression and environmental justice. TMC engages people of
diverse philosophies and faiths who find common ground in the nonviolent struggle to bring about a more
peaceful and just world.
Vision: Thomas Merton Center strives to be a coalition-building organization that follows the principles of Thomas
Merton and the other great architects of non-violent resistant to encourage people to learn, grow and work in
the pursuit of social justice and peace to ensure the dignity of all human beings. We strive to achieve this vi-
sion in a supportive, nurturing and facilitating manner.
Guiding Principles/Value Statements: The Thomas Center:
· Supports the uniqueness, wholeness, dignity and freedoms of all people.
· Enthusiastically advocates for the rights of all people as they may fully participate and contribute to the pursuit of peace, social and environmental
justice.
· Views all human beings as having equal and unconditional value.
· Supports the pursuit of peace and justice in a nonviolent manner.
· Engages in peaceful and nonviolent demonstrations.
· Emphasizes cooperation in getting things done through peaceful and nonviolent acts.
· Proactively supports and advocates that prisoners are entitled to basic human rights and humane treatment.
· Educate others about economic justice and labor solidarity
· Takes every opportunity to educate and advocate for the basic civil rights of all people.
· Proactive in addressing oppression in its many forms.
· Advocates for the right to educate others for the basic civil rights of people.
We pledge to support these basic human rights:
· The right to life, liberty and security of all persons
· The right to recognize the work of human rights defenders who act in a nonviolent way to end inequality and discrimination and
oppression
· The right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion
· The right to peacefully convene, organize and assemble together with the aim of addressing common concerns
· The right to petition social institutions for just and humane treatment
· The right of solidarity in pursuit of peace and justice
· The right to educate and raise awareness in issues and trends that ensure a safe and just world
· The right to a safe, healthy and economically balanced environment as a human right.
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SUNDAYS __________________________ Anti-War Committee meeting Every other Sunday 2:00pm - 3:30pm Merton Center, 5129 Penn Ave., Garfield Book 'Em Packing Day Meets every Sunday 4:00pm - 7:00pm Thomas Merton Center, 5129 Penn Avenue Join others sending requested books to pris-
oners. Bring a group. For more info call the Thomas Merton Center, 412.361.3022
Human Rights Letter-writing Salon Meets every Sunday 4:00pm - 6:00pm Kiva Han, 420 S Craig St Write letters to combat human rights abuses!
Meet local Amnesty International activists and other human rights enthusiasts, change the world, and have a grand old time.
MONDAYS _______________________ Weekly North Hills Weekly Peace Vigil 4:30pm-5:00pm In front of the Divine Providence Motherhouse, 9000 Babcock Blvd., Allison Park
Sponsored by the Pittsburgh North People for Peace & the Srs. of Divine Providence
WEDNESDAYS ______________________ Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition Meets the 1st Wednesday of every month 5:30pm - 7:00pm Squirrel Hill Carnegie Library 5801 Forbes Avenue Meeting Room B Write On! Letters for Prisoner's rights Meets every Wednesday 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Merton Center, 5129 Penn Avenue, Garfield We need help answering our 60 letters a
month from people in prison dealing with abuse and neglect. Come and meet new peo-ple, learn about people in prison while advo-cating for their rights from the outside! Please bring food to share! Info 412-361-3022
PUSH [Pennsylvanian United for Single Payer Healthcare] Meets monthly on the second Wednesday 6:15 pm Health Care 4 All PA office, 2101 Murray Av nue, Squirrel Hill
Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (PADP) meeting Monthly on the first Wednesday 7:00pm - 8pm First Unitarian Church (Ellsworth/Morewood, Shadyside) For more information, call 412-384-4310. THURSDAYS _________________________ Green Party meeting First Thursday of the month 7:00pm - 9pm Citizen Power's offices, 2121 Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill, second floor FRIDAYS ____________________________
Peaceburgh Drumming Circle 7pm-8:00pm, Weekly Grandview Park in Mt. Washington Raise the Vibration for peace every Friday....
Consciously raise the vibration for peace!! FREE family friendly event. Bring drums, flutes, rattles, a didge (we REALLY need a didge) singing voices, dancing feet, and happy hearts!! Bring some food to share at
the potluck!! We need plates, ice, forks, cups, napkins, and drinks too. BRING A CAMERA — THE VIEW IS AWESOME!!
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Project to End Human Trafficking Volunteer signup 2nd Saturday of each month 10:00am - 12:00pm Campus of Carlow University Project to End Human Trafficking (PEHT)
offers FREE public volunteer/information. Please pre-register by the Wednesday be-fore via [email protected].
For more information check out our website www.endhumantrafficking.org
PEHT Information and Training Seminars Second Saturday of every month 12:00pm - 1:00pm Carlow University, Antonian Room #502,