Sunday, June 19, 2016
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Undernews: Department of Good Stuff: Book bike
http://prorevnews.blogspot.com/2016/06/department-of-good-stuff-book-bike.html
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June 16, 2016
Department of Good Stuff: Book bike
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In an effort to spread a love of libraries and the joys of reading, one Los Angeles librarian is taking books to the streets with a Book Bike. From her three-wheeled bike, which carries 250 pounds of books, Ednita Kelly has given away over 5,000 free books. The library project is a way for her to encourage kids to read and to connect the job she loves with her community.
Kelly works at the San Pedro library branch, but she travels throughout the city giving away books. She's regularly mistaken for an ice cream vendor, but she doesn't mind. Judging from the response to "the Book Bike lady," she elicits smiles, conversation and an interest in reading.
As one youngster says, "It makes me want to read more, because reading is fun."
Building on the success of the first book bike, the Los Angeles library system plans to expand the project. The Arroyo Seco branch recently got a book bike and the library says more are on the way.
Kelly works at the San Pedro library branch, but she travels throughout the city giving away books. She's regularly mistaken for an ice cream vendor, but she doesn't mind. Judging from the response to "the Book Bike lady," she elicits smiles, conversation and an interest in reading.
As one youngster says, "It makes me want to read more, because reading is fun."
Building on the success of the first book bike, the Los Angeles library system plans to expand the project. The Arroyo Seco branch recently got a book bike and the library says more are on the way.
Get Fired Up! (For Art)
Did you know that the potters and instructors at the Willamette Art Center volunteer their time and talent to produce over 1000 Empty Bowls every year to benefit the hungry through Marion Polk Food Share?
During the 9 years of its operation the WAC has donated over $100,000 to Food Share. The Willamette Art Center is a community resource. There are classes for everyone, and studio time can be purchased for a mere $10 a day. Plus family Clay Sunday will start again in September. Also the Willamette ARt Center produces the Artisans' Village for the State Fair.
June 25, 2016 - June 25, 2016
Start Time: 7:00 pm
End Time: 9:00 pm
Available Spaces: Unlimited
We are ALL FIRED UP and ready to go, for our second annual benefit auction. The event will be held on Saturday June 25th from 7 – 9 PM at the Santiam Room of the Salem Conference Center.
All Fired UP for Art will feature 2D and ceramic art from some of the valley's finest artists. There will be ALL Fired Up hors d'oeuvres, entertainment and exciting new art for your viewing and bidding. Reservations go on sale on May 29th.
They will be ready for you at the door with your program. Also, admission will be on sale at the door for $30. Parking at the Convention Center is free.
The All Fired Up for ART Benefit Auction helps the Willamette Art Center in providing a pottery center with classes for everyone at reasonable prices. All Fired Up for Art insures that our community outreach continues.
These programs include the Empty Bowls project benefiting Marion Polk Food Share, Artisans' Village at the State Fair, Family Clay Sunday and scholarships for needy students.
Tickets go on sale beginning May 23th
$25.00
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Cap hospital CEO salaries!
This gets at the heart of things ... In addition to all the piracy of Big Pharma and medical equipment and device makers, the skyrocketing overhead burden in health care is a huge contributor to the dead weight loss that has given us the world's most expensive, unsystematic "system" of care with "bottom of class" quality and tens of thousands of medically caused deaths and injuries a year.
Capping pay for the CEO at the top of the pyramid is an excellent start.
$450K Cap Proposed on Hospital CEO Salaries in California
Are pay cuts in store for California's for-profit and nonprofit hospital CEOs?
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Thursday, June 2, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
Easy way to submit your CFPB Arbitration Comments Now LIVE!
- Tell @CFPB to ban the #RipoffClause! The comment period is now open - add your voice here: noripoffclause.com
- #CFPB needs your support for their new #RipoffClause rule! Add your voice at noripoffclause.com
- #ForcedArbitration lets corporations off the hook for breaking the law - tell @CFPB to ban the #RipoffClause at noripoffclause.com!
The site is owned and maintained by Americans for Financial Reform and Public Citizen, but groups are welcome to share it with their members, or pull language from it for their own outreach.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
The Sprawl Lobby Wants to Build One of the Biggest Things in Oregon On Top of Soils that Will Do This
The Bridgasaurus Boondogglus is the $500 million (liars budget -- total would be over $1B) monstrosity "3rd Bridge" designed to enrich developers and impoverish ordinary folks in Salem. There's so much wrong with the absurd idea -- it would be one of the biggest elevated structures in Oregon, for example -- but perhaps most absurd is that the planning has settled on a route that takes it over a section of the Willamette where the soils will liquefy in an earthquake.
Watch the video to see what liquefied soil looks like.
And ask yourself -- are you willing to pay
And that's just so that developers can get you to build them an unnecessary piece of highway sprawl over a section of river that will turn into a milkshake when the Big 9.0+ Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake comes (1 in 3 chance of arrival in next 50 years)?
Not to mention -- the tolls needed to fund this monster are so big that they would, by themselves, radically drop the number of trips across the bridge, making any construction unnecessary. In other words, all that is needed is to toll the Willamette River crossings in Salem now, and presto, problem solved. With a little bit of creative thinking, we could use the funds raised to provide 7-day bus service from 6 a.m. to midnight with heavier runs to and from West Salem during commuter hours.
Watch the video to see what liquefied soil looks like.
And ask yourself -- are you willing to pay
- TOLLS across every bridge in Salem, and
- LOCAL GAS TAX, and
- HIGHER CAR TABS FEE, and
- MORE PROPERTY TAX
And that's just so that developers can get you to build them an unnecessary piece of highway sprawl over a section of river that will turn into a milkshake when the Big 9.0+ Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake comes (1 in 3 chance of arrival in next 50 years)?
Not to mention -- the tolls needed to fund this monster are so big that they would, by themselves, radically drop the number of trips across the bridge, making any construction unnecessary. In other words, all that is needed is to toll the Willamette River crossings in Salem now, and presto, problem solved. With a little bit of creative thinking, we could use the funds raised to provide 7-day bus service from 6 a.m. to midnight with heavier runs to and from West Salem during commuter hours.
Sunday, May 15, 2016
THE party of May - this Saturday night!
With great regret, the LOVESalem crew is going to miss this,
because we'll be at the beach celebrating our 32nd Anniversary - man, time flies like an arrow (fruit flies like a banana) ...
But anyone in town Saturday night should make a point to go and support this outstanding homegrown nonprofit, which sets the bar for compassion and environmental responsibility and has been doing amazing work for quite a few years now (another example of how time flies!). A generous matching donor will match all funds raised up to $10,000.
Help us by coming to the Bands & Brews for Trucks fundraising event at Vagabond Brewing on Saturday, May 21.
Bring friends and family! Doors open at 7:00 PM and live music starts at 7:30; enter with a donation of $5. A portion of all beer purchases goes to Salem Harvest. We will also be selling newly-designed Salem Harvest t-shirts ($15), mystery growlers with gift cards from local tap-houses ($20), plus special raffle baskets and auction items, with all proceeds going toward the truck.
Check out our events page to learn even more about the evening's details. https://www.facebook.com/events/1729835010597232/
SO GO and have a great time and help Salem Harvest become even better.
And if you're like us and won't be able to make it, then head over to the Salem Harvest website and hit the donate button.
http://www.salemharvest.org/index.php
because we'll be at the beach celebrating our 32nd Anniversary - man, time flies like an arrow (fruit flies like a banana) ...
But anyone in town Saturday night should make a point to go and support this outstanding homegrown nonprofit, which sets the bar for compassion and environmental responsibility and has been doing amazing work for quite a few years now (another example of how time flies!). A generous matching donor will match all funds raised up to $10,000.
Help us by coming to the Bands & Brews for Trucks fundraising event at Vagabond Brewing on Saturday, May 21.
Bring friends and family! Doors open at 7:00 PM and live music starts at 7:30; enter with a donation of $5. A portion of all beer purchases goes to Salem Harvest. We will also be selling newly-designed Salem Harvest t-shirts ($15), mystery growlers with gift cards from local tap-houses ($20), plus special raffle baskets and auction items, with all proceeds going toward the truck.
Check out our events page to learn even more about the evening's details. https://www.facebook.com/events/1729835010597232/
SO GO and have a great time and help Salem Harvest become even better.
And if you're like us and won't be able to make it, then head over to the Salem Harvest website and hit the donate button.
http://www.salemharvest.org/index.php
Funds donated on our site will also be matched from now through the 21st.
Better than Election Results Reminder: Tuesday night
The primary election results will no doubt be announced after the film.
Salem Progressive Film Series
Bikes vs Cars
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
BIKES vs CARS depicts a global crisis that we all deep down know we need to talk about: Climate, earth’s resources, cities where the entire surface is consumed by the car. An ever-growing, dirty, noisy traffic chaos. The bike is a great tool for change, but the powerful interests who gain from the private car invest billions each year on lobbying and advertising to protect their business. In the film we meet activists and thinkers who are fighting for better cities, who refuse to stop riding despite the increasing number killed in traffic.
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