OntheWilderSide

On Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 7pm, the Babylon Green Party Gathering will feature Sister Jeanne Clark speaking about the World March for Peace and Nonviolence activities. The event will be held at Pisces Café, 14A Railroad Avenue, Babylon, NY (631-321-1231) http://www.piscescafe.net Come hungry! For directions to the Babylon Green Party Gathering, call 631-422-4702 or email ian.wilder@yahoo.com Children are welcome. All gatherings are free of charge, and open to the public. http://www.BabylonGreens.org

A social media version of this press release can be found at http://pitch.pe/24802

This is the first World March to circle the earth calling for the end of war and nuclear arms, and the elimination of violence of all kinds. The intention of the March is to:

• achieve the eradication of nuclear weapons;
• the progressive and proportional reduction of non-nuclear arms;
• the signing of non-aggression treaties among nations; and
• the renunciation of governments of war as a way to resolve conflicts.

The March hopes to generate a worldwide social conscience that condemns all forms of violence (physical, psychological, racial, religious, economic, sexual), which is currently so widespread and accepted by societies everywhere. The website for the World March is www.theworldmarch.org

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The World March youtube page is http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWorldMarch

The World March will begin in New Zealand on October 2, 2009, the anniversary of Gandhi’s birth, declared the “International Day of Nonviolence” by the United Nations. It will conclude in the Andes Mountains (Punta de Vacas, Aconcagua, Argentina) on January 2, 2010. The March will last 90 days, three long months of travel. It will pass through all climates and seasons, from the hot summer of the tropics and the deserts, to the winter of Siberia. The American and Asian stages will be the longest, both almost a month. A permanent base of a hundred people of different nationalities will complete the journey.

The World March has been endorsed by hundreds of individuals and organizations across the globe including the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter, Ornette Coleman, Pete Seeger, Cornel West, Isabel Allende, Evo Morales Ayma, Daniel Ellsberg, Green Party of Turkey, Red Cross (Argentina), Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office, Cindy Sheehan, Veterans for Peace, Permanent Secretariat of Nobel Peace Laureates Summits and Mayors for Peace.

To celebrate the arrival of the March in New York at the end of November 2009, Long Island Peace Groups have planned events starting September 28th . More information about the Long Island events can be found at www.tinyurl.com/marchfpn.

In addition to the Green Party event, Sr. Jeanne is hosting a Local Food and World Peace at Sophia Garden, Motherhouse of Sisters of St. Dominic, 555 Albany Ave., Amityville on October 3, 2009 at 9:30 AM. That event will give participants the opportunity to learn about the importance of local food in connection to world peace. Contact Sister Jeanne Clark at earthhomej@aol.com or call 631-842-6000 X338.

Sister Jeanne Clark is the founder and director of Homecoming, a sponsored ministry of the Dominican Sisters of Amityville. Homecoming is devoted to helping both children and adults to understand that the human and natural world are one sacred community. Its mission is administered through two projects, Sophia Garden and Sophia Learning Center. Sophia Garden is a 3-acre NOFA (Northeast Organic Farm Association) certified organic CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm. Sophia Learning Center conducts many programs for children and adults connecting them to new understandings and connections with Earth and with a core belief that the human and natural world are one sacred community. More information about Homecoming can be found at www.homecomingearth.org.

Babylon Green Party Gatherings are held on the first Wednesday of every month:

• The November 4, 2009 Gathering will feature Terry Morrone speaking about “The Selling of 9/11”
• The December 2, 2009 Gathering will feature musician Hank Stone for the annual Green Party Holiday Party.
• The January 6, 2010 Gathering will feature the bluesy folk-jazz of Stephanie Carlin .

The Green Party is an alternative party to the Democrats and Republicans. The four pillars of the Green Party are:

• Nonviolence/Peace;
• Grassroots Democracy;
• Social and Economic Justice; and
• Ecological Wisdom.

For more information about Green Party activities, please go to www.gpsuffolk.org or call Green Party of Suffolk Chair Roger Snyder at 631-351-5763. You can enroll in the Green Party by checking the box marked “Other” on the voter registration form and writing in the word “Green” on the line next to it. Click here to find a voter registration form. You can send donations to the Green Party of Suffolk,14 Robin Drive, Huntington, NY 11743.

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