Earthworks

EARTHWORKS Mission:


EARTHWORKS is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the destructive impacts of mineral development, in the U.S. and worldwide.

EARTHWORKS stands for clean water, healthy communities and corporate accountability. We're working for solutions that protect the earth's resources and communities. (www.earthworksaction.org)

They fulfill their mission by working with communities and grassroots groups to reform government policies, improve corporate practices, influence investment decisions and encourage responsible materials sourcing and consumption.

We expose the health, environmental, economic, social and cultural impacts of mining through work informed by sound science.

EARTHWORKS brings together activists, organizers, scientists, engineers, and community leaders in a unified effort to protect our communities and the earth's resources.

EARTHWORKS evolved from the work of the Mineral Policy Center (MPC). MPC was founded by Phil Hocker, Mike McCloskey and former Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall to help reform mining laws and practices in the U.S. MPC has worked largely behind the scenes to combat the destructive impacts of mining, drilling and digging.

EARTHWORKS is organized for more collaboration and greater efficiency. Collaboration will lead to greater success and make us more efficient so that we're maximizing every contribution.

To get involved, please check out their website for more information:

www.earthworksaction.org

The Dorothy Day Center

Dorothy Day was an American journalist who turned social activism and became a devout member of the Catholic Church. She became well known for her social justice campaigns in defense of the poor, forsaken, hungry and homeless. She helped found the Catholic Worker Movement in 1933, espousing nonviolence, and hospitality for the impoverished and downtrodden.

The Dorothy Day Center in downtown St. Paul, operated by Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, provides meals and resources to the poor, many of whom struggle with chemical dependency and physical or mental disabilities. The Center serves meals to an increasing number of women with children as well as men.


The Dorothy Day Center serves lunch and dinner every day and breakfast on the weekends. An average of 550 meals are served on weekdays and 750 meals are served per day on the weekends. In addition, coffee and sweet rolls are available in the mornings and afternoons. The Center operates the Extended Hours Program, an emergency shelter for 150 homeless people from 8:30 p.m. to 6:45 a.m., and provides a place to sleep and shower and serves meals. Most of the meals served at the Dorothy Day Center are prepared on site. At least 95 percent of the food for meals is donated, and the cooks plan menus based on the donated food available. Prepared food is reheated and served in the Extended Hours Program.

For More Information:

Call Jim Petsch, Dorothy Day Donation Coordinator, at 651-288-4703.



References:

http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/NR/rdonlyres/B2FA90F5-81E1-455B-881F-48098D5EBDB6/6538/

http://www.francis.edu/DorothyDay/volunteercateg.shtml

Some of the largest problems in the world today are entirely centered on international Arms Trade.

Control Arms is a campaign jointly run by Amnesty International, IANSA and Oxfam International.

Their principle focus is on the international arms trade, arguing that the lack of controls on the arms trade is directly fueling conflict, poverty, and human rights abuses worldwide.

The campaign seeks to build support among governments for an Arms Trade Treaty, a legal agreement that would prohibit arms from being exported to locations where they are likely to be used to enable "grave human rights violations." A treaty like this would require countries to comply with international human rights and humanitarian law standards when authorizing weapons transfers.


After three years of efforts by campaigners all around the world, the Control Arms Million Faces petition has now reached its target of a million photographs. On October 27 of 2006, the campaign claimed a major success as governments at the UN finally voted in favor to start work on an Arms Trade Treaty.

To get involved, please check out their website www.controlarms.org

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