Oct 12, 2007

There is some very welcome news today.

Gore has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
May this news be a sign of good things to come.

New York Times: Gore and U.N. Panel Win Peace Prize for Climate Work
The Nation: Gore Wins the Norwegian Primary
Chicago Tribune: Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize

Below are announcements of upcoming events and opportunities.

Oct 13 Riverbank Workday
Riverbank Workday 9-12 Saturday, Oct 13 Bring gloves, bug spray, poetry and song, We'll spread those wood chips all along.
The autumn bloom has begun. Learn the flowers, meet at Berteau. (east side of the river at Berteau, which is two blocks north of Irving Park)

Oct 13 Household Hazardous Waste Collection
8:00am – 3:00pm Northeastern University, 5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Bring your old or unused chemicals, cleaners, paints, computers, cell phones and medications for proper disposal and/or recycling to keep them out of landfills. On Oct.13, representatives from the Home to Stay Furniture Program will also be on-hand to accept your gently used sofas, beds, dinette sets and dressers. The program provides furniture for once-homeless Chicagoans who have moved into housing. If you’d like to organize a furniture collection drive for your neighborhood, call the Chicago Department of Human Services at (312) 746-8545.

Oct 16 Multi-Unit Building Recycling Workshop
47th Ward Multi-Unit Building Recycling Workshop Tuesday, October 16, 7:00 pm Welles Park Field House Alderman Gene Schulter and the Ravenswood Community Council would like to invite you to this informational workshop at the Welles Park Field House. Learn about ways your multi-unit building can create an effective recycling program in collaboration with your private scavenger service.
Representatives from the Department of Streets and Sanitation, the Department of Environment, and local scavenger services will be on hand to answer your questions.
To RSVP, please contact the Ravenswood Community Council at 773-784-0400.

Oct 20 Riverbank Workday
Riverbank Workday 1-3 Saturday Oct 20th At the eastern shore of the Chicago River between Berteau and Pensaola.

Oct 22 Public Forum:City of Chicago Climate Action Strategy Plan
Monday, October 22, 2007 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ 615 W. Wellington Avenue
Accessible from the red and brown lines and CTA buses
Karen Hobbs, 1st Deputy Commissioner, and Brendan Daley, Deputy Commissioner, will be with us to present City proposals, answer questions and listen to public comments.
You can become familiar with the City's proposals by visiting our website and reviewing the draft plan and City questionnaire. There are many actions that can be taken to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are not yet addressed in the current planning process. Now is the time for meaningful action. This is your opportunity to speak out, and we hope you'll do just that.

October 27th 2007 End the War Troops Out Now
Beyond Today community members are working to help make the October 27th Peace March a huge success. We need to do outreach in our community and with our own friends and family. We will meet at Water's School at 12:30, walk to Wells Park for a neighborhood peace vigil, and then head downtown.
Please email us if you would like to help us organize our neighborhood for a strong showing at the October 27th peace march. We'll put members of our peace community in contact with one another and help coordinate this effort. New organizers and volunteers welcome and needed.
Local gathering at 12:30 Water's School (Campbell and Sunnyside), then heading to Wells Park (Western and Montrose) for our neighborhood Peace Vigil 1:30pm - Union Park - Lake and Washington (speeches, music, food, water) March - 2:30 from Union Park to Federal Plaza Rally - 4:00 at the Federal Plaza

Farmers Market at St. Ben's Saturday, November 3 St. Ben's at Irving Park and Bell Celebrate the fall season at the Harvest of Hope Farmers Market on Saturday, November 3, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. in St. Benedict Parish Social Center at the corner of Irving Park Road and Bell Avenue. A variety of products from independent family farms in Illinois and Wisconsin will be for sale, including: wool products; meat; sorghum, syrup, honey, cheeses, grains, preserves, farmstead milk soap and other regional farm and global fair trade products. Ten percent of all sales will go toward the Harvest of Hope fund that was established to help small family farmers who may be experiencing a time of financial difficulty. This fund has been very active in Wisconsin (distributing over $600,000 and helping 600 families in the past 20 years) and is just getting started in Illinois. This farmers market is a cooperative effort of the Churches' Center for Land and People and St. Benedict Parish Peace and Justice Committee. For more information contact Mike O'Malley at 773-509-3806 or momalley@stbenedict.com.

Nov 4 Riverbank Workday 9-12 Sunday Nov 4

Nov 17 Riverbank Workday

For updates on our calendar, please visit our website: http://www.BeyondToday.org

disclaimer: We did not have our volunteer editor check this. We hope you will be able to decipher this anyways. Thank you for your patience! Such is a volunteer organization!