War & Hunger Event Invitation and Challenge

[Wendy Farmer-O'Neil]

Hello Everyone!

THE EVENT:
I will be facilitating and co-sponsoring an Open Space Event on  
December 13th at Vancouver Island University on the theme: Addressing  
Global War and Hunger:  Local Issues and Opportunities for supporting  
Peace and Thriving for All.  The event is co-sponsored with the IPP  
Foundation--a small local foundation founded by health educators and  
professionals.  They built, staff and supply a medical clinic in the  
Guate Highlands of Guatemala.

Attendance at the event will be by donation.  Brown bag your lunch.   
Local businesses will supply coffee, tea, water, fruit and nuts.   
Local alternative media will sponsor advertising.   A minimum of 50%  
of the proceeds will be donated to IPP Foundation.  These funds will  
be used to support a Guate peasant farming family to offset the costs  
of expensive hip dysplasia surgery for their daughter.

During the season of "Peace on Earth" those who have passion and are  
willing to take some responsibility for acting to support peace and  
thriving for all will gather for a day of deep conversation,  
discernment, and action planning.  If you are in green commuting  
distance, please join us (email me for more details).  If you are  
carbon-prohibited from joining us in person, please join us in spirit  
and take up the challenge below:

THE CHALLENGE:
First, thank you Funda for asking the question initially.  Second,  
thank you Ralph for the initial challenge.  And NOW...to all of us on  
this list I issue a challenge:  Join me in making Ralph eat  
pixels...and more importantly let's really show what we can do as a  
community.  I challenge all of you to match me.  Find a venue, find a  
sponsor, grab the theme as it makes sense to your community...host an  
event, get action happening, engage your community.  And share it back  
here...and on the World Map.  MIchael P., if we all get on this band  
wagon, will you help us  by creating a special way of marking these  
events on the map?  I am dreaming of seeing hundreds of little events  
all over the globe in December.  I don't care if it's only for your  
family!  Open some space for this question!  Any space!  Let's  
document # of events, # of people attending, $ raised for charities,  
actions initiated, reports generated.  Let's demonstrate to ourselves  
and the world what OS can do if it really puts its two feet where its  
PR is.

Love and energy to you all,
Wendy





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