We are well on our way to planning the next POWER Summit! Meeting dates/times are as follows:

Wed. Jan 3 7-8:30pm - Global Citizenship Group, Ad Center
Wed. Jan 24 6:30-8:30 - Sustainability Group, Ad Center
Thurs. Feb 22 6:30-8:30 – Integration of Sustainability and Global Citizenship, Ad Center
Wed. March 14 6:30-8:30 – All Groups meet for check in, pulling things together and t-shirts, Ad Center
Thurs. June 14 6:30-8:30 – All Groups meet for Prep & Pep and distribute folders, Ad Center

And here is the preliminary schedule:
POWER Summit June 25-28, 2007 10am-4:30pm

Day 1

10:00-11:30 AM Opening Ceremony & Getting to Know the Group
11:30 AM Overview of Week
12:00-12:45 Lunch
1:00-2:00 PM Global Citizenship Activity/Lesson
2:15-3:30 Keynote: Deep Shika, College of St. Catherine
3:30-4:00 Process/Reflection
4:00-4:30 Production Team/Arts

Day 2 (Sustainability) and 3 (Integration of Sustainability and Global Citizenship)

10:00-10:30 AM Intro for the day
10:30-12:00 Keynote
12:00-12:45 Lunch
1:00-3:15 PM Lesson and activities
3:30-4:00 Process/Reflection
4:00-4:30 Production Team/Arts

Day 4 (Action Steps and Community Organizing)

10:00-10:30 AM Intro for the day
10:30-12:00 Action Steps: Community Organizing
12:00-12:45 Lunch
1:00-2:30 PM Planning our Course of Action
2:30-3:30 Production Team/Arts
3:30-4:30 Closing Ceremony/Ice Cream Social

Can't wait to see you there!

While many of these activities are over, the work to be done on them is far from over. Check out the articles and read up to get ready for POWER Summit 2007!

If you have not gotten involved with a group to help plan POWER Summit, contact Jill and she will get you connected with a group!

Peace,
Megan
St. Joseph Worker

There are a number of events and actions upcoming to which we can offer our POWER!

Fresh Energy’s Global Warming Action for September 2006 urges us to contact our congressional representatives to proposed bills on global warming. Go to http://www.fresh-energy.org/involved/campaign_gwbills.htm to learn more and see sample letter you can send to your representatives.

Tuesday, September 19, Brigid McDonald, CSJ, was featured in Doug Grow’s column in Star Tribune. Read more by clicking on… http://www.csjstpaul.org/content.asp?id=2473 “Fasting and Praying for Peace: This Week on the Lake Street Bridge” A group of people committed to peace fasted and held vigil at Lake Street Bridge Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week to bring awareness to UN International Day of Peace, September 21, learn more at http://internationaldayofpeace.org

For Peace and Justice Stop the Merchants of Death: Justice RallyConcert and Rally will begin and end with A.I.M.'s Vernon Bellecourt and Indian Drumming. Also invited: Utah Phillips (singer/songwriter), Winona LaDuke (former Vice-Presidential Candidate), Paul Krassner (Yippie co-founder, "Father of Satire"), Medea Benjamin (Global Exchange, Code Pink), Frida Berrigan (World Policy Institute, WRL), Sister Rita Steinhagen (SOA Watch), Marv Davidov (Freedom Rider, co-founder Honeywell Project), Prince Myshkins (Madison, WI, satirical group), Tom Bottolene and Pepperwolf (AlliantACTION and SOAW), Jack Nelson Pallmeyer (author, MN Congressional Candidate), Joanne Sheehan (War Resisters International).

Sunday Evening, October 1st - 7 PMCollege of St. Catherine, O'Shaughnessy Auditorium2004 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105 Additional info tel: 612 874 7715Cost: $12, $10/student, payable at door. Funds will support organizations working against the production of nuclear weapons, conventional weapons, and depleted uranium.

Next meeting for planning POWER Summit 2007 Wednesday, October 25 7:00 PM. CSJ Administration Center 1884 Randolph Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105