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Here's a press release I just put together for some great seniors at Besant Hill School (Happy Valley)

HAPPY VALLEY SENIORS LEAVE LEGACY OF MUSIC & ART
For high school seniors graduating this spring from Besant Hill School of Happy Valley, part of the requirements for receiving a diploma is completing a final project.
Three of these students, Dar Naghshineh, Dylan Keenen, and Madeline O’Connor, are organizing a fund-raising event at the Upper Ojai campus that will bring together music, art and food for an afternoon of free entertainment.

Continue reading "Ojai's Alive Arts & Music Festival" »

Posted by Chris T. Wilson at 10:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Look out for the locavores: New Ojai group to eat only food grown locally for a year
http://vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/look_out_for_the_locavores/5946/

By now you have probably heard that Kristofer and Joanne Young are organizing a locavore project in the Ojai Valley for the entire year of 2009. A locavore is a person who pays attention to where her/his food comes from and commits to eating local food as much as possible. I just finished reading the link above to a great article in the VC Reporter that answers the questions I had about committing to a local eating lifestyle. Turns out you can sign up and still hang on to three foods each month that are things that may not be available locally. In my case I was worried about giving up organically grown brown rice, millet and tofu --three things my Dutch-Indonesian bones cannot live without. Now that I know I can eat grains with my local vegies, I'm ready to sign up.

There is an introductory meeting on Saturday, May 10th at 7:00 PM at the Young's house in Ojai. Here is an invitation with the details: .http://groups.google.com/group/eat-local-one-year

Download, view, or print the meeting flyer here.

Continue reading "EAT LOCAL ONE YEAR ~ BE THE CHANGE OJAI " »

Posted by Suza Francina at 11:32 AM | Permalink | Comments (11) |

Well Being, or Toxic Being?

http://www.beyondpesticides.org/pesticides/factsheets/Glyphosate.pdf

http://www.teamarundo.org

http://www.wishtoyo.org

from Topanga Messenger

Continue reading "Toxic Valley Economy, or Loving Valley Economy?" »

Posted by Millennium Twain at 10:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (5) |

Two things every new mother and mother-to-be should know about:

Pre-Natal Breastfeeding Class
For expectant women and their families, to learn about getting breastfeeding off to a good start, and to introduce the benefits and beauty of the breastfeeding relationship.
Held at the Nan Tolbert Nurturing Center in Oak View
Monday, May 12, 7 - 9 p.m.
$25 per person/$40 couple*(*sliding scale available to those who meet financial requirements)
Facilitated by Renee Mandala, MA CD(DONA) CLC
RSVP 646-5685

The Ojai Breastfeeding Helpline
Staffed by lactation professionals, telephone counseling, information and referral are available FREE to our community.
Ojai Breastfeeding Helpline 805.646.5685

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

Posted by Heather McKenzie at 01:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) |

For those of you who attended partially or all of the event Thank You! Together we are making a huge difference.

I'm excited to share the success of HUB's Awakening Your Brilliance event with you all. We had close to 500 people at the Radisson near LAX attend and the feedback has been wonderful. People walked away with a clearer personal and global vision and tools to transform their lives and bring their dreams into fruition. Speakers such as Rev. Michael Beckwith, Mark Victor Hansen, Janet Bray-Attwood, Charlie Gay, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Kimmie Weeks, Freddie Ravel and others inspired a profound call to action and empowerment.

Humanity Unites Brilliance (HUB) is already making a huge impact in the lives of those who are in need. In a few short months we have over 1200 members and have funded $102,000 of humanitarian aid domestically and internationally. That's 40% of all of our profits we give away! As a member you have an opportunity to generate income for yourself, and in so doing, be catalysts for positive social change.

HUB provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and non-profits to create an effective fundraising engine while joining with others of like mind.

There is a local potluck party this Friday May 9 at 6:30pm where we will be sharing the impact HUB is having and how you can become involved. If you would like to know more please contact me 805.640.1525 or visit my website. http://www.simplebrilliance.hubhub.org

Posted by Raymond Powers at 11:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (10) |

good night for Barack Obama... throw him a few bucks if you're so inclined. it's expensive fighting the VRWC.

Posted by Tyler Suchman at 09:39 PM | Permalink | Comments (5) |

Thanks to all the volunteers who gathered signatures in Ojai, Ventura and rest of California, our Secretary of State Debra Bowen certified an anti-cruelty ballot initiative for the statewide general election to be held November 4, 2008.

This statewide initiative was the effort of Californians for Humane Farms, a coalition of animal protection organizations, veterinarians, environmentalists, food safety organizations and concerned citizens. According to Californians for Humane Farms, the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act will provide the most basic protection to nearly 20 million animals confined in industrial factory farms in California: that they be able to turn around and extend their limbs.

Continue reading "Announcement from Rosie and Tillie: Anti-Cruelty Measure Certified for California’s November Ballot" »

Posted by Suza Francina at 02:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (6) |

TODAY, Sunday May 4th at 3:00pm, Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions will host a public meeting to celebrate, discuss and reaffirm Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Mother's Day Peace Proclamation:

"As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel . . . to promote the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interest of peace."
[read the full Proclamation here.]

Continue reading "Mother's Day for Peace!" »

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continued from Year 2008 Of Global Enlightenment

Who is the Maitreyah?

And Who is the Maitr-Awhay?

She, Goddess Moon, the guiding spirit of the Ojai Valley.

And She, Mother Humanity -- the Global Body of spirit, personality, mindedness -- who now speaks for our Whole World, Entire Planet, of culture, language, ancestry, being ...

Becoming.

Continue reading "8/8/08 and Year 2008 of Global Enlightenment" »

Posted by Millennium Twain at 09:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (11) |

May 2, 2008 -- "Bush's recent confession to conspiracy to torture guarantees that after leaving power he will be prosecuted and convicted for crimes against humanity. And Cheney, the real power in the Bush Administration, is not only implicated in torture and other war crimes but also the prime suspect in the mass murders of September 11th, 2001. . . . With sure prosecutions hanging over their heads when they leave office, their only way out is "flight forward" into a wider war -- a war so terrible it would allow them to suspend elections, declare martial law, and remain in power indefinitely. A long list of former high-level officials, right up to former President Jimmy Carter, is warning us against false-flag provocations by the Cheney regime designed to launch war with Iran. Some of these officials, including President Reagan's former top economic advisor Paul Craig Roberts, have been openly echoing Congressman Ron Paul's warning that 'this government is determined to have martial law.'"
- Kevin Barrett, M.U.J.C.A. News, May 2, 2008, kevin@mujca.com

Fortunately :), Ojai is an island unto itself and need not concern itself with martial law scenarios. If martial law is indeed declared, military personnel are not going to make the trip up to Ojai from Ventura, because the weather down in Ventura is much cooler.

Continue reading "Ojai Too Hot for Military" »

Posted by Jock Doubleday at 03:43 PM | Permalink | Comments (24) |

As you may know, Libbey Bowl is aging and in need of repairs or even rebuilding. Following is a survey created by the Ojai Music Festival to give needed input on Libbey Bowl as they help the City of Ojai compile information it needs in rebuilding Libbey Bowl. There is information about the status of the Bowl, vision for moving forward, a request for your input, and an invitation to attend a meeting included in this survey. The survey responses will be compiled after Sunday, May 13th.

Take the Libbey Bowl Survey here.

My fondest Libbey Bowl memory is actually from before we moved here. We were camping in Wheeler Gorge for a couple nights, and came into town to watch a movie being shown in Libbey Bowl. We sat on the benches, looking up through the magnificent oaks, where Mars was at is closest point to the earth and shone through, between the branches of the tree. Magical moments like that make Ojai one of the greatest places in the world.

Posted by Tyler Suchman at 07:20 AM | Permalink | Comments (3) |