[S-C] Fwd: INVITATION to Earth Charter Summit-SF on Saturday, Sept. 28

[Kevin Shrieve]

Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 16:04:29 -0700
Subject: AN INVITATION to Earth Charter Summit-SF on Saturday, Sept. 28
From: Lauren de Boer <klauren@earthlight.org>

Dear Friends,

Please note this wonderful opportunity to be part of the growing 
number of people organizing around the Earth Charter. Attending this 
Summit is a great way to plug into local community implementation of 
the principles this important document.

Well worth attending....

Lauren de Boer
EarthLight Magazine

For more information contact as below:

Travel Directions:  415-255-6007
For information about sponsoring, please call:  415-492-2880.  

Earth Charter Information:  510-655-8252, 415-492-2880, 650-493-2530

Web-cast and Info:  www.earthchartersummits.org 
<http://www.earthchartersummits.org/>

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Subject: YOUR INVITATION to Earth Charter Summit-SF on Saturday, Sept. 28

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A SINGLE PERSON CAN CHANGE THE WORLD!

YOU ARE INVITED to a day of celebration, education and dialogue at 
the Earth Charter Community Summit in San Francisco on Saturday, 
Sept. 28th.  The program is FREE and Open to Everyone!

When our common future is at stake, we cannot afford to be 
indifferent.  Nor can we reasonably expect our political and military 
leaders to have the wisdom and will to solve our most serious and 
dangerous problems.

Earth Charter Community Summits are being held simultaneously in more 
than 20 U.S. cities on Saturday, Sept. 28th, and will be web-cast 
globally at: www.earthchartersummits.org 
<http://www.earthchartersummits.org/> .

The San Francisco Earth Charter Community Summit will be held 
Saturday, Sept. 28th, at the SGI-USA Culture Center Auditorium, 2450 
- 17th Street (at Potrero), SF, from 8 am - 3:30 pm (registration 
begins at 7:30 am).  

WHAT IS THE EARTH CHARTER?

The Earth Charter embraces the view that problems of environmental 
degradation, ethnic and religious conflict, violence, and social and 
economic injustice are all inter-dependent and calls on us to 
recognize that we "are one human family and one Earth community with 
a common destiny".  

The Earth Charter offers a comprehensive overview of the ethical 
values and principles needed for a sustainable future, and serves as 
the basis for making the 21st Century an era of creative 
co-existence.  

AT THE SAN FRANCISCO SUMMIT:

People will be joining together with a sense of solidarity, common 
purpose, and responsibility toward future generations.

At the Summit we will LEARN and deepen our awareness of environmental 
issues and realities; REFLECT on our modes of living, renewing these 
toward sustainability; and EMPOWER people to take concrete action to 
resolve the issues we face.

Our special keynote speaker is Dr. David Krieger, President of the 
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and co-author of the new book "Choose 
Hope".  His presentation "Choose Hope and Change The World" puts 
forth the profound proposition that ordinary people can and must lead 
their leaders to a globally secure future.  We can end the threat of 
nuclear devastation if we choose to do so.  With hope, it is possible 
to change the world.  But we must consciously choose hope, and then 
choose to act upon it.

Our morning program will feature speakers on Media Empowerment, Water 
Needs and Solutions, and delegates from the UN World Summit for 
Sustainable Development (WSSD) conference held in Johannesburg.

In the afternoon we will hold Partnership Building dialogue 
discussions on the Earth Charter and:  Education, Environment, 
Faith-based Community, Government, Media and Outreach, and community 
based groups.  

Our  event includes children's performances, cultural presentations, 
and "Choose Hope" book-signing.  A catered lunch will be available 
on-site for sale.

The San Francisco Earth Charter Community Summit Co-Sponsors include: 
 Club of Budapest-USA; iMusicast.com; Institute for Noetic Sciences; 
Pacific Research Center; SF People's Assembly; SGI-USA; United 
Nations Association-USA Northern California; Unity Foundation.   

We hope you will attend the San Francisco Earth Charter Community 
Summit on Saturday, Sept. 28th!  If you can't attend but want to be 
on our Earth Charter information mailing list, please e-mail: 
suezipp@mcn.org.

Thank you very much!

Susan Zipp

suezipp@mcn.org

Related "Choose Hope" book-signing events:
Friday, 9/27:  Stanford University Bookstore on campus, 7-9 pm
Saturday, 9/28:  Lunchtime during the Summit hosted by Solar Light Bookstore
Saturday, 9/28:  Barnes & Noble, Jack London Square, Oakland, 6-8 pm

"Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence 
for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening 
of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of 
life."