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Mountain Justice
Mark your calendars to join us by helping others this Spring Break (March 4th-11th) to be part of Radford University’s 2012 Alternative Spring Break Trip.  Applications are now being accepted at:  https://survey.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3Jft9Cd9KMZxDU0.  Priority will be given to those applications received by February 10th.  We will be going to a rural community to far southwest Virginia to work with Mountain Justice in order to meet and support the people working to build a better future for Appalachia while we build our own skills as organizers and change agents.

Build a better future for yourself and others!  Apply for this trip at: https://survey.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3Jft9Cd9KMZxDU0

Astin A. Altenburg (aaltenbur at radford.edu)
Interdisciplinary Studies
Sociology and Special Education Concentrations

Timothy L. Filbert ( tfilbert at radford.edu )
Office of Community Engagement

On April 17, 2012, people all over the world will join together for the second Global Day of Action on Military Spending. We urge you to join us!

The economic crisis has put pressure on the world’s governments to reduce spending on critical human needs: confronting climate change, battling deadly diseases, achieving the MDGs. But most national governments continue to waste enormous resources on the military…$1,630 billion per year – and rising. If spent differently, this money would go a long way to resolving the real challenges facing our planet. For more information see this  Call for Participation (PDF):

Regional perspectives:     Jan. 20 column in Roanoke Times about military spending