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CALC Community Events Calendar
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Greetings!
The posting of events does not imply an endorsement of the sponsoring groups or their political views. We post events sponsored by other groups when we think the topics will be of interest to CALC's members and friends. Often we have a close working relationship with those groups, but not always. Only CALC-sponsored or co-sponsored events carry our specific endorsement.
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Nov 30:  Last Friday at CALC: Craft Market w/ Friendship With Cambodia
** Solidarity with Private Manning Photo: 7pm, Friday, at CALC **
Nov 30: The Sand Mandala: A Picture of Universal Compassion
Dec 1: Dharmalaya Benefit Sale
Dec 2: The Invisible War screening at the Bijou Theater
Dec 2: Vigil to Raise Awareness of Human Trafficking
Dec 5: Afghan Peace Vigil
Dec 5: Celebration of International Human Rights Day
Dec 6: ACLU Civil Conversation- The Bill of Rights in Today's World
Dec 10: Healthcare is a Human Right Rally
indicates a CALC Sponsored Event, please join us!
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Private Manning was indicted and jailed for releasing classified information, specifically the "Collateral Murder" video that showed the slaying of two Reuters journalists by the US military forces. Private Manning accepts responsibility for releasing the classified documents as an act of conscience. Be at CALC at 7 pm Friday to join a photo to show solidarity with Private Manning.
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| The Sand Mandala: Creating a Picture of Universal Compassion
Downtown Eugene Public Library, 10th & Olive, Free
Opening ceremony: Friday, November 30, 10:30 a.m.
Construction of mandala:
Friday, November 30, 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.;
Saturday, December 1, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.;
Sunday, December 2, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Closing ceremony: Sunday, December 2, 4:00 p.m.
The Monks of Drepung Loseling Phukhang Monastery, visiting from South India, will build a traditional Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala at the Downtown Eugene Public Library over the course of three days.
An Opening Ceremony will be held on Friday, November 30, from 10:30 to 11:00 a.m., and a Closing Ceremony will be held on Sunday, December 2, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. The public is invited to watch the process at any time on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, when the Downtown Library is open from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Admission is free.
The Opening Ceremony will consecrate the site with approximately 30 minutes of chanting, music, and mantra recitation. Then the monks will begin the exacting work of drawing the lines for the design of the mandala. Throughout the following days, the monks will skillfully pour millions of grains of brightly-colored sand from a funnel-shaped metal tool known as a "Chakpur," creating an astonishingly detailed work of art. During the Closing Ceremony, the monks will dismantle the Mandala, sweeping up the colored sand "to symbolize the impermanence of all phenomena, teaching that everything that exists has a beginning, a middle and an end."
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Benefit Sale and Raffle at Dharmalaya
356 Horn Lane, Eugene, OR
Join us for a day of community, food, music and holiday shopping while helping a woman in need!
Saturday Dec. 1st
11:00 am until 4:00 pm
Raffle Prizes
Baked Goods
Chai
Music
Visit friends
Do some Holiday shopping!
Dharmalaya
Michele Renee
541-342-7621
ihsgeo@yahoo.com
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 December 2 is the International Day for Abolition of Slavery. Zonta Club and other community groups are holding a vigil to raise awareness about human trafficking! December 2nd 1:30 to 2:30 pm. In front of Umpqua Bank at the Gateway Mall For more information, call Marie at 541-344-5171.
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 A Vigil for Peace in Afghanistan
Wednesday, December 5 4:30-5:30 pm
the old Federal Bldg. 7th and Pearl, Eugene
The New York Times reported this week that General Allen wants to keep more than 60,000 troops in Afghanistan for another year. This plan would contradict President Obama's promises to continue withdrawal at a steady pace, and only cost more lives on both sides.
There will be pressure on President Obama to give the military whatever it wants. We need to push back and show that the American people and our representatives in Congress want this war over as soon as possible.
For more info: Michael Carrigan, CALC Community Organizer - 541-485-1755 or |
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The Bill of Rights in Today's World
Thursday, December 6, 2012
6:30 p.m.- 8 p.m.
Junction City High School cafeteria, 1135 W 6th St., Junction City
Discussion moderator David Fidanque, executive director of the ACLU of Oregon
The freedoms of press, speech, assembly, and religion, and the rights to due process, equal protection and privacy are fundamental to a free people. How has the Bill of Rights shaped our everyday lives?
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Sincerely, The CALC Team
Community Alliance of Lane County
541-485-1755
458 Blair Blvd., Eugene OR 97402 |
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