Beyond Today

From our Alderman: I am pleased to announce that the Lincoln Square Farmers Market will continue this year through Tuesday, November 24 to offer an assortment of seasonal items–including pumpkins, produce, and other products. The extension is being sponsored by my office and the Lincoln Square Chambers of Commerce. As usual, the market opens at 7:00 am on Tuesday mornings at the intersection of Lincoln and Leland.

We are currently working with the Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce, the Northcenter Chamber of Commerce, the Mayor’s Office of Special Events, and the local farmers to find ways to improve our markets. I would love to hear your thoughts. Please visit my website at www.ward47.com and respond to our new opinion poll regarding the markets.

Hi, Friends!

Thanks for RSVPing to the Chicago Climate Action. Tomorrow is the day when Chicagoans show local and global leaders that we want Climate Action Now! You’ll be part of this great green movement with thousands of people, if not millions of people, world wide as part of the International Day of Climate Action. We’ll be there Rain or Shine – if it’s raining we’ll be sending and even louder message as we march in front of the Fisk Coal Plant!

Chicago Climate Action
Saturday, October 24th
1-4pm
S. Carpenter and W. Cermak Rd
Pilsen, Chicago

Directions from the Pink Line: Get off on 18th St Stop, walk down 18th and turn right on S. Carpenter Rd

Directions from the Orange Line: Get off on Halsted stop, go north on S. Halsted Rd, turn left on W. Cermack, we’ll be at W. Cermack and S. Carpenter

Speakers:
Executive Director of Greenpeace Phil Radford
Alderman Joe Moore
Songs by Topless America
Youth and Family Activists from the impacted communities in Pilsen and Little Village

Activies and Education:
-Rally and March to the Fisk Coal Plant!
-March Leadership Training (before the event at 11:30-12:30pm at the venue) Sign-up here
-The Rolling Sunlight, a solar-paneled truck powering the stage
-Solar panels to warm-up coffee and hot chocolate for everyone
-Mock Wind turbines
-Energy Election ballots where you can vote for clean energy or dirty coal!
-Face of Climate Change Art Display – Bring a photo of someone you know impacted by climate change to add to the display

See you there!

Angela

News from Waters School (www.waterstoday.org):
FLOWER POWER PLEDGE for Music and Ecology
October 13 – November 20

Over the weekend we proudly added another $3000 in pledges to our
Flower Power total. Add that to the $5000 we received on our first PTC
Meeting night, and we have raised $8000 of the $60,000 we need to
ensure the existence of these programs for your kids next year.

Last week Waters parents united and successfully kept our 14th teacher
position at Waters from being cut. It is amazing what a dedicated group
of people can do! And also what can happen if needed funds do not
materialize.

With an approximate 250 families here at Waters school, we have
received pledges from only about 20 families.

You can and will determine the vitality or mortality of these Music &
Ecology programs. It is up to you, and all of us, as parents at Waters
school. Please help us watch the mercury of our thermometer rise by
contributing your pledge now.

Click here to pledge.  https://waterstoday.org/campaign7.asp

See the Full Flower Power Presentation and Music Ecology Video on our
school website.  www.waterselementary.org/flowerpower_video.html

We will celebrate our success at our FlowerPower Event in mid-
November, finalized date to come out this week.

Waters’ First Annual HOLIDAY CRAFT and BAKE SALE

Date: Sat. December 25th from 10:00 – 3:00 pm
Location: Waters School Hallways and Gym

Many of you have told us you want a table at our upcoming Artisan
Sale. Please, if you can buy your table now it would help our chairman
immensely so she knows how many more spaces she can sell!

Also, let any artisans you may know about this opportunity. We’d love
to have them!

Buy a table.
Let us know if you can bake something.

Next PTC Meeting:
Date: Tuesday, Oct 27 3:00pm Room 111 (library)

Don’t miss our next PTC meeting. We start with some general
information; then open it up with discussion. You can find out a lot
about what is going on at school.

October 24th is an International day of Climate Action!

Rain or Shine!!

A coalition of Chicago environmental groups has organized a major climate change protest at the Fisk Coal Plant.

Our Neighborhood Effort

As in the past, our community will first have a small local demonstration at Montrose and Western, then travel together to the city-wide event.

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To make it easier for us to get more people to Fisk, we’ve got a bus coming to take us there.

RSVP for the bus

If you would like to join on and take a bus straight to the coal plant, please reserve your place on the bus right now. (you can also rsvp a maybe and then confirm with us later, we just need to know.) Please rsvp for the bus by emailing julie@beyondtoday.org or on our facebook event page. (login, then click here) We already have 15.

Paying for the bus.

Thank you to Chris and Nan Paron, Christiane, and others who donated towards this. If you can contribute, please let us know. It costs $125 total and we have $50 so far.

Where to be

11AM Montrose and Western for our local Climate Change vigil

Noon Western and Sunnyside for the bus to Fisk (reservations available)

1pm Fisk Coal Plant 1111 W. Cermak (Dvorak Park, northeast corner)

The city-wide event is shaping up to be one of the largest in the nation.

Learn more at HowGreenIsChicago.org

To find other actions in Chicago and other cities, visit 350.org