SEPTEMBER 11TH * NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE * FEED HOPE
Saturday September 11th the Community Food Bank and HandsOn Central California are putting on a massive one day food distribution to families in need in the Central Valley. They need 600 volunteers to work in 3 shifts.
Location: Southeast Corner of Maple & Butler (near the Mosqueda Center)
Volunteers for Change-Fresno has signed up to provide a minimum of 20 volunteers to be part of the 11:00am to 3:30pm shift.
To sign up and get more detail, please call Wendy at 299-5052 or email her at wnegri@att.net as soon as possible.
If you want to participate but cannot make this shift, the other shifts are 7:00am to 11:30pm or 3:00pm to 7:00pm.
This is a wonderful opportunity to help our community in a time of great need. Children 7 years or older who are accompanied by an adult 21 or older are also welcome to participate.
Hunger is an Everyday Disaster - Let's do our part to help. - BE THE CHANGE
Friday, September 3, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
SAVE THE DATE!
It's time to mark your calendar for the September General Meeting for Volunteers for Change-Fresno! For those who heard last month about plans for a Sept. picnic meeting, those plans have changed so we can better focus on the upcoming elections.
V4CF usually meets on the first or second Tues. of each month but due to scheduling conflicts,
please note that this month we'll be meeting on a Thursday.
V4CF usually meets on the first or second Tues. of each month but due to scheduling conflicts,
please note that this month we'll be meeting on a Thursday.
- NEW DATE: Thurs., Sept. 9, 2010
- TIME: 7:00 pm
- LOCATION: Fig Garden Library, 3071 W. Bullard Ave., SW corner W. Bullard and N. Marks
Join us for an energizing meeting as we hear from candidates or their representatives and begin discussing the 10 propositions on the ballot. Also, if his schedule continues to permit, Tom Bohigian, State Director for
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer will be in attendance.
Monday, August 23, 2010
V4CF Calendar
V4CF Calendar:
September General Meeting
When: Thurs, September 9 at 7:00pm
Where: Fig Garden Library, 3071 W. Bullard
(SW corner of N. Marks and W. Bullard)
September General Meeting
When: Thurs, September 9 at 7:00pm
Where: Fig Garden Library, 3071 W. Bullard
(SW corner of N. Marks and W. Bullard)
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
CARA to host anniversary party for Social Security Aug. 17
From our member Nancy Griesser comes this:
The California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) and the Central Labor Council of Fresno and Madera Counties will host a celebration of America’s most successful social program -- Social Security, celebrating 75 years this month. The anniversary event is scheduled 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17, in the U.S. Federal Courthouse Plaza, 2500 Tulare St., in Fresno.
The event's goal is to send a message to Senator Feinstein encouraging her to secure Social Security for future generations, and to ensure that attacks on this important family retirement program are not successful. To attend, RSVP to CARA at (559) 905-3521, toll-free at 877-233-6107, or via e-mail to C21generoza@aol.com.
The California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) and the Central Labor Council of Fresno and Madera Counties will host a celebration of America’s most successful social program -- Social Security, celebrating 75 years this month. The anniversary event is scheduled 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17, in the U.S. Federal Courthouse Plaza, 2500 Tulare St., in Fresno.
The event's goal is to send a message to Senator Feinstein encouraging her to secure Social Security for future generations, and to ensure that attacks on this important family retirement program are not successful. To attend, RSVP to CARA at (559) 905-3521, toll-free at 877-233-6107, or via e-mail to C21generoza@aol.com.
Can you assist with voter registration Aug. 16?
From our member Nancy Griesser comes this:
Mai Thao of SEIU-UHW called today with information about a non-partisan voter registration event that is coming to Fresno next Monday, Aug. 16. The focus is on registering Hispanic voters. A bus will be coming from San Diego to Sacramento and will stop enroute in Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and Fresno. The event will be held at the Fresno County Courthouse (corner of Tulare & M St.) at 5:00 pm.
Mai is hoping people who can help with voter registration will attend. There will be packets in Spanish for potential voters but Mai knows they will need some help understanding what's in the packet. While speaking Spanish would be helpful, others could be there in the important role of showing support.
Interested in helping? To volunteer, please contact MaiThao at (559) 259-1556.
Mai Thao of SEIU-UHW called today with information about a non-partisan voter registration event that is coming to Fresno next Monday, Aug. 16. The focus is on registering Hispanic voters. A bus will be coming from San Diego to Sacramento and will stop enroute in Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and Fresno. The event will be held at the Fresno County Courthouse (corner of Tulare & M St.) at 5:00 pm.
Mai is hoping people who can help with voter registration will attend. There will be packets in Spanish for potential voters but Mai knows they will need some help understanding what's in the packet. While speaking Spanish would be helpful, others could be there in the important role of showing support.
Interested in helping? To volunteer, please contact MaiThao at (559) 259-1556.
Water-issues film 'American Southwest' to air on KNXT in early September
A note from our Water Issues Team leader, Dr. Bob Merrill:
As I announced at the V4Change meeting, the movie 'The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry?' will be shown on the KNXT Channel 49 at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept 2, and again at 10 a.m. Tuesday Sept. 7. This is the best movie I have seen regarding the water crisis in the United States. If you see no other movie about water issues, this is probably the one you should see.
The American Southwest is an arid to semiarid region whose population is rapidly growing and threatened by water demands that exceed the supply. Urban expansion and climate change pose a worsening future. The Colorado River is over-allocated and groundwater pumping in areas is destroying riparian habitat as stream flow is reduced or dries up. The history of the Southwest is one of conflict over water that has produced winners and losers and the situation is only going to get worse unless the conflicts between population, agriculture, and environmental needs are balanced. Solutions: Recognition of the problem and education, population, conservation, recycling, rainwater and floodwater harvesting. National water policy dealing with supply and contamination.
Special note to V4CFers: If you want a serious preparation for the film, here are significant items to look for or examine as they come up in the film. While the list is exhaustive, it should help you get more out of the time spent watching.
1. Colorado River: How little water reaches the ocean and its impact on life in Colorado delta.
2. Different users of Colorado River water and impact of less water on these users.
3. Magnitude of past droughts. Changes in river as temperature increases; invasive species, pollution, flash flooding, disease organisms in water, etc.
4. Is global climate change already here?
5. Population growth and how much of global water is available to humans and other life forms
6. Manifest Destiny and its role in water crisis.
7. Allocation of Colorado River water in wet years vs. dry years and impact of population growth
8. Is unlimited growth possible and what drives it? Sustainable economy?
9. Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta: water transfers and levees, plus Endangered Species Act.
10. Geopolitical tensions: Agricultural users vs. Environment vs. urban growth (population).
11. Groundwater and population growth impacts in Palm Springs and Arizona.
12. Law of first use of water. Phoenix area and impact across rest of state. Impact of groundwater withdrawal on streams. Is water management designed to protect streams?
13. Impact of water use on Native American communities in southwest. Water use in dry land farming.
14. Federal vs. state and local government approaches to solving the problem. We have policies for contaminants but not for supply.
15. Solutions: conservation, land use policies, landscaping vs. agriculture, balance between urban People’s needs, industry, agriculture (farming), and environment. Recycling, capturing runoff, desalination (?) Lower personal usage. EDUCATION
As I announced at the V4Change meeting, the movie 'The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry?' will be shown on the KNXT Channel 49 at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept 2, and again at 10 a.m. Tuesday Sept. 7. This is the best movie I have seen regarding the water crisis in the United States. If you see no other movie about water issues, this is probably the one you should see.
The American Southwest is an arid to semiarid region whose population is rapidly growing and threatened by water demands that exceed the supply. Urban expansion and climate change pose a worsening future. The Colorado River is over-allocated and groundwater pumping in areas is destroying riparian habitat as stream flow is reduced or dries up. The history of the Southwest is one of conflict over water that has produced winners and losers and the situation is only going to get worse unless the conflicts between population, agriculture, and environmental needs are balanced. Solutions: Recognition of the problem and education, population, conservation, recycling, rainwater and floodwater harvesting. National water policy dealing with supply and contamination.
Special note to V4CFers: If you want a serious preparation for the film, here are significant items to look for or examine as they come up in the film. While the list is exhaustive, it should help you get more out of the time spent watching.
1. Colorado River: How little water reaches the ocean and its impact on life in Colorado delta.
2. Different users of Colorado River water and impact of less water on these users.
3. Magnitude of past droughts. Changes in river as temperature increases; invasive species, pollution, flash flooding, disease organisms in water, etc.
4. Is global climate change already here?
5. Population growth and how much of global water is available to humans and other life forms
6. Manifest Destiny and its role in water crisis.
7. Allocation of Colorado River water in wet years vs. dry years and impact of population growth
8. Is unlimited growth possible and what drives it? Sustainable economy?
9. Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta: water transfers and levees, plus Endangered Species Act.
10. Geopolitical tensions: Agricultural users vs. Environment vs. urban growth (population).
11. Groundwater and population growth impacts in Palm Springs and Arizona.
12. Law of first use of water. Phoenix area and impact across rest of state. Impact of groundwater withdrawal on streams. Is water management designed to protect streams?
13. Impact of water use on Native American communities in southwest. Water use in dry land farming.
14. Federal vs. state and local government approaches to solving the problem. We have policies for contaminants but not for supply.
15. Solutions: conservation, land use policies, landscaping vs. agriculture, balance between urban People’s needs, industry, agriculture (farming), and environment. Recycling, capturing runoff, desalination (?) Lower personal usage. EDUCATION
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Fall service projects the topic
of Aug. 3 V4CF General Meeting
The whys and wherefores of three planned Volunteers For Change-Fresno service projects will be the topic of our next General Meeting, scheduled 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3, in the large community room of the Fig Garden Library, 3071 W. Bullard Ave. in Fresno. The library is on the southwest corner of Bullard and Marks, in the shopping center.
At the meeting, members and guests will be invited and encouraged to commit to participating in one of three service projects, each intended to draw additional attention to a serious issue affecting our community. The projects will fall into the areas of combating hunger, homelessness, and air pollution leading to climate change, and each will take place between Sept. 15 and Election Day.
To make this work, we'll need the participation and commitment of every V4CF member. Expect the finest in 'pleasant persistence' from your fellow V4CFers in gaining that commitment. And stay tuned... we hope to see you Tuesday!
At the meeting, members and guests will be invited and encouraged to commit to participating in one of three service projects, each intended to draw additional attention to a serious issue affecting our community. The projects will fall into the areas of combating hunger, homelessness, and air pollution leading to climate change, and each will take place between Sept. 15 and Election Day.
To make this work, we'll need the participation and commitment of every V4CF member. Expect the finest in 'pleasant persistence' from your fellow V4CFers in gaining that commitment. And stay tuned... we hope to see you Tuesday!
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