Our G 6 Billion Journey and Witness continues with a week of welcoming! Below you will find notices of many other ways to learn about and experience new ways of viewing the world, people, environment, economy, and climate. ACTIVISTS HOLD FUNERAL FOR THOUSANDS WHO WILL DIE BECAUSE OF G-20 NATIONS' BROKEN PROMISES Tuesday September 22: Meet at 2 pm at Grant and Liberty in Downtown Pittsburgh, procession will go under the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and return by 3 pm to Grant and Liberty. Wear black and march with AIDS activists behind coffins. The procession is sponsored by ACT UP Philadelphia, Azania Heritage International, Black Radical Congress of Pittsburgh, Health GAP, Housing Works, New Voices Pittsburgh: Women of Color for Reproductive Justice, NYC AIDS Housing Network (NYCAHN) Proyecto Sol Filadelphia and Roots of Promise, a Thomas Merton Center project. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MIKE STOUT HOUSE CONCERT Welcome the G20 / Healthcare Road Show Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Time: 7:00 - 9:00pm Place: Dennis Inserra's House 7113 Reynolds Street Point Breeze Suggested Donation: $10-$20 (but don't let lack of funds keep you away) Come listen to an acoustic set featuring songs about Pittsburgh History, songs of hope, songs of resistance, messages to the G20 about war, healthcare, the environment and the economic crisis, and a sneak preview of new, never heard before songs from the upcoming new CD: "WE NEED A NEW SYSTEM." Food Provided. Stop over, relax, eat, drink and hear some truth music! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday, Sept 23 9 AM Press Conference Interfaith Religious Leaders WCC president joins call for action at G20 summit Read More  On the eve of the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA), World Council of Churches (WCC) president from North America, Rev. Dr Bernice Powell Jackson will join more than 25 Christian, Jewish and Islamic religious leaders from the United States at a 22-23 September Faith Leaders Summit to press for actions – not just words – that will help hungry and poor people lift themselves out of poverty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ People's Voices Sept 23, 24, 25 People’s Voices: Challenging the G-20's Agenda of Corporate Globalization An alliance of local, national and international organizations have come together to highlight local community struggles here in Pittsburgh, to encourage discussion and to provide five exciting programs. What is the G-20? How do their policies affect me? What can we do about it? The G-20 promotes policies that “put profits first” through deregulation, privatization, and “free trade.” Their agenda has harmed working-class communities in the U.S. and around the world, causing job loss, lower wages, poverty, inequality, and environmental destruction. Please join us for five events that encourage participants to exchange views and information in order to build a movement to oppose these policies and provide alternatives.   Wednesday, Sept. 23, 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. Monumental Baptist Church 2228 Wylie Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. A panel of local, national and international leaders and experts will explore how G-20 policies affect our communities, and how we can change them. Co-sponsored with the Institute for Policy Studies and The Nation Institute. Speakers include: Joseph Stiglitz, nobel laureate economist Emira Wood, Institute for Policy Studies Miriam Miranda, OFRANEH, Honduras. Carl Redwood, Jr., Hill District Consensus Group Rev. John Welch, President, Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN) Leo Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers (USW) For more information visit www.pittsburghunited.org/g20, email peoplesvoices.events@gmail.com or call: 412-231-8648. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, Sept. 24 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. People’s Voices: A Global/Local Exchange Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 957 W. North Ave. 15233 and Calvary United Methodist Church, 971 Beech Ave., PA 15233 (These churches are next to eachother). Poverty, debt, neighborhood violence, lack of good jobs, and economic development that disrupts communities. These issues don’t just impact Pittsburgh – around the world, communities face similar problems. Meet people from other U.S. and world communities. Find out what we have in common and what can we learn from each other by participating in the following discussion circles: • The G20 and the Corporate Neoliberal Agenda: Exploring the Root Causes of Migrant Labor Exploitation (Migration/Immigration). • Who Pays? Who Benefits? Understanding Third World Debt, Economic Crises and Poverty (Debt and Poverty) • This is What Democracy Looks Like: Economic Development and Public Participation (Economic Development and Public Participation) • What's Happening in our Neighborhoods and Internationally: from the Barrio to Boardroom (Drugs, Crime and Violence) • Workers on the Move: Fighting for Sustainable Jobs (Growing Unemployment and the Need for Sustainable Jobs) • Global Well-Being: Redefining our relationship to climate and environmental justice (Climate and Environmental Crises) • Trading Places: Corporate Globalization and the Free Trade Agenda (Cuts in Public Services and De-regulation) • Militarization and War in the 21rst Century (Militarization and War) • What world are youth inheriting? (Education & Youth) • Impact of the Economic Crises on Women (Women) 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. People’s Tribunal Calvary United Methodist Church, 971 Beech Ave., PA 15233 Building on the afternoon’s discussions, the economic development priorities of the G-20 will go on trial. We’ll hear testimony from experts and people who have experienced devastation caused by G-20 policies, and the tribunal will reach a verdict. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, Sept 25 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. David Lawrence Hall, University of Pittsburgh (Forbes Ave. on right side of skywalk). Voices from Latin America Leaders of the Hemispheric Social Alliance and labor, indigenous and environmental organizations from Mexico, Colombia, Honduras, Peru and Bolivia, will criticize G-20 policies and offer alternative models of development. Speakers include: • Benedicto Martinez Orozco, a national officer of the Frente Autentico del Trabajo (FAT) and Union Nacional de Trabajadores (UNT), Mexico • Alberto Arroyo, economist with the Red Mexicana Frente al Libre Comercio (RMALC), Mexico • Miriam Miranda, General Coordinator of the Fraternal Organization of Afro-Hondurans (OFRANEH). She is also OFRANEH’s representative to the Resistance Front against the Coup in Honduras. • Enrique Daza, Coordinator, Red Colombiana Frente al Libre Comercio (RECALCA), General Secretary Hemispheric Social Alliance (HSA), Colombia, Speakers from Peru and Bolivia have also been invited but are not yet confirmed.  For more information visit www.pittsburghunited.org/g20, email peoplesvoices.events@gmail.com, or call 412-683-4226. Organized by: Alliance for Responsible Trade/Hemispheric Social Alliance, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh, G6 Billion, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, National Jobs with Justice, Pa. American Friends Service Committee, Pittsburgh UNITED/Northside United, Roots of Promise, Students for Radical Change, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE).   Also endorsed by (list in formation): Bail Out the People Not the Banks, Jubilee USA, Pennsylvania Fair Trade Coalition, Social Watch, Three Rivers Community Foundation, United Steelworkers (USW), United Students Against Sweatshops, Pittsburgh Chapter   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ September 24, 2009 G-20 Peace Vigil 9 AM – 9 PM Magdalen Chapel, La Roche College As people gather in Pittsburgh for the first day of the G-20 Summit and related events, La Roche College Campus Ministry and Zen Center of Pittsburgh offer interfaith contemplation, meditation and prayer for peace. All are welcome to attend any part of the vigil. Sitting quietly, manifesting peace and holding all beings in our hearts and minds, we offer this vigil. Personal intentions for peace may be written and placed on the main chapel altar; cards will be available. At day’s end, they will be offered as part of the Candlelight Service. During the vigil there will be hourly readings throughout the day. Cushions, mats and chairs will be provided; silent walking will be available in the Gathering Space off of the Celebration Chapel and outdoors in the Peace Garden. For more details: www.deepspringzen.org/PEACE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday Sept 24th Nonviolence Training ~ Day before the Peoples March The American Friends Service Committee will be offering nonviolence training on September in preparation for the People’s March on the 25th September. Place: Friends Meeting House, 4836 Ellsworth Ave in Oakland Time: 9:30am -12:00pm Please contact Scilla Wahrhaftig 412 371 3607 for details AFSC Pennsylvania Program Director 7514 Kensington Street Pittsburgh, PA 15221 (412) 371 3607 www.afsc.org/pittsburgh Friday, Sept. 25 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Burmese Monks Schedule Sept 23, 24, 25 Wednesday Sept 23 7 pm Burma VJ film (documentary of Saffron Revolution at The Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way Panel discussion and reception after film Thursday Sept 24 9 am Press conference with testimony from Saffron Revolution on roof of City of Asylum/Pittsburgh 330 Sampsonia Way 10 am Peace Walk to Point State Park 3 pm Venerable U Kovida to speak at People’s Voices/Public Tribunal Friday Sept 15 12 noon Monks walk to Pittsburgh to join Peoples March to the G 20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, September 25, before the Mass March Mass Meditation for Peace During the G20 The Mass Meditation for Peace was created out of a need to have a response to the G20 Summit that was both spiritually motivated and politically conscious. There has been a lot of fear and chaos around this Summit coming to Pgh. We wanted to provide a venue that would make people feel comfortable to part… Continue Posted by Sarah Bauer on September 18, 2009 at 9:30am

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