"Steps for Change: Walk for Darfur"

5K Run/Walk to benefit the lives of genocide victims in Darfur, Sudan, Africa

June 21st

Lower Bidwell Park

The Steps for Change Coalition, led by the youth-led organization Youth Nexus, is organized a walk to raise funds and awareness about the genocide currently taking place in Darfur, Sudan in Africa. The government of Sudan has supported and even perpetuated the killings directed by the Janjaweed militia and has resulted in the deaths of at least 400,000 civilians and the forced evacuation of 2.5 million. All proceeds from this run were sent the Save Darfur Coalition.

PASTORS FOR PEACE

June 20th

Chico Peace and Justice Center in the garden

We enjoyed authentic Cuban cuisine and heard from the Pastors for Peace Caravan passengers talking about their journey to Cuba. They passed through Chico gathering materials and raising money to bring to Cuban to protest the US economic sanctions. Musical entertainment was provided by Serenity.

Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization's "Pastors for Peace" project works with the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center in Havana, the Cuban Council of Churches and a distribution committee with representatives from ten different Cuban denominations to deliver US-Cuba Friendshipments. These humanitarian aid shipments mitigate the impact of the embargo and mobilize thousands of US citizens in favor of an alternative. IFCO/Pastors for Peace call for an end to the embargo and normalization of relations between our two countries.

Best of the VEGGIE VOYAGER Slideshow

June 4th

Chico Peace and Justice Center (526 Broadway)

Chris and Michael shared their adventure that criss-crossed the US and Canada in a veggie powered truck. We viewed their slideshow of over 9 months of continent wide natural beauty from 3 provinces of Canada and a 30 state loop of the U.S. We learned the basics of how to run a diesel vehicle on straight used vegetable oil and heared about some of the regional environmental and social concerns that threaten the entire nation. Thanks Chris and Michael!