Oklahoma Independent Media Center

SCHIPS veto flier Parents, Kids and Local Groups in Oklahoma City to Rally For Children’s Health Care As Billions Are Spent In Iraq, Rep. Mary Fallin Voted With Bush To Block Health Care for Kids In Oklahoma.

Congress Passed Children’s Health Care Bill; MoveOn Members Call On Rep Mary Fallin To Override Bush’s Veto[Oklahoma City] – On Thursday, October 4, at 5 PM, local groups, parents and kids will hold a “Rally For Our Children’s Health” outside of Rep. Fallin’s Oklahoma City office. They will urge Fallin, all other representatives of Congress and President Bush to stop blocking health care for Oklahoma children. 225 similar events are happening around the nation.

You are invited to a screening and discussion of

"WHY WE FIGHT"
Friday, Oct. 5, 2007
7:00 p.m.
1st Church of the Nazarene
4400 NW Expressway
(Park in the South Parking Lot)
SUMMARY:
Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki uses the title of a WW2 "support-the-war" film to take an incisive, unflinching look at the modern convention of warfare.

Starting with Dwight Eisenhower's declaration that a responsible government "must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex," Jarecki charges that in the current political climate, the government's ambitions -- stated or otherwise -- in going to war are often starkly different from the best interests of its citizens.

Show your support for the fight against AIDS

The 2007 AIDS Walk Tulsa 15th annual AIDS Walk is 9am, October 6th, 2007 at Veteran's Park.

The Tulsa AIDS Walk is a project of the Community Service Council and donations are tax deductible. All funds raised at the Walk will go to support direct HIV/AIDS services in Tulsa and will receive matching funds from a National AIDS Fund challenge grant.

For information related to AIDS Walk or to donate please contact:

Tulsa Community AIDS Partnership
Attn: Janice Nicklas
16 East 16th Street
Suite 202
Tulsa, OK 74119
(918) 585-5551, Ext. 226

www.aidswalktulsa.org

Sail For Peace continues Lake Hefner

End The War, Love, Peace
Happiness and Sailing Party!

Join Us to Protest the Unjust Occupation of Iraq!

Gather at 6 Pm Sailing at 7 Pm

West Side Lake Hefner Park
Near Ranger Station

For more information contact Annye @ 501-1299 or John @ 720-6467

PreserveMidtown in association with The Coalition of Historic Neighborhoods of Tulsa is pleased to announce our first forum and panel discussion Taming the Teardown: A Moratorium to Save our Heritage

Tuesday October 16, 2007
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
All Souls Unitarian Church
2952 S. Peoria, Tulsa

Guest Presenters:
Amanda De Cort - Teardowns and the Economics Involved
Guy De Verges - Environmental Concerns
Steve Novick - Conservation Districts

Moderator:
Stephanie De Verges, MPA

Additional Panelists and Guests:
Michelle Cantrell - Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission
Cason Carter - City Councilor for District 9
Maria Barnes - City Councilor for District 4

“What is a Teardown?
How will it affect me and my property?
What can I do to help?
What can the city do?”

If you have ever asked any of these questions, please join us, listen, learn, express your views and sign our petition.

(Petition online at www.preservemidtown.com or at this event.)

Internationally recognized Nicaraguan singing duo:
Katio and Salvador Cardenal have performed in Europe, throughout the Americas, and in World Capitols.

Inspiring songs of liberation, freedom, justice, and peace.

Friday evening, they are performing a FREE concert to benefit MANOS JUNTAS, the nonprofit offering a free medical clinic Saturdays at Epworth Methodist Church, annual Medical Missions to Nicaragua, and other worthy causes. (Free-will donations gratefully accepted).

Open Arms Church Building, 3131 N. Pennsylvania

Local Citizens Refuse to Abandon SCHIP

Rally at State Capitol South Steps For Our Children

What: Protest of President Bush’s Veto on SCHIP
State Children’s Health Insurance Program

Where: Oklahoma Capitol, South Plaza Steps

Oklahomans Urge Veto Override by Congress

Reggie Cervantes, Oklahoma Chapter President of APUHC (American Patients for Universal Health Care), is leading a protest at the South Plaza of the Oklahoma Capitol on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 at 12 noon. Cervantes, a 9-11 volunteer rescue worker, was featured in the Michael Moore movie, SICKO. She has recently moved to Oklahoma City after not being able to be treated for health issues in New York. Since then, she was able to receive medical care for her children, ages 8 and 10, and herself for PTSD and other ailments she developed after working at the World Trade Center.

I believe this is the ONLY bicycling event that is an official Oklahoma Centennial Event. Putting on a bicycling event like this is also something new for Tulsa County Parks and Tulsa City Parks and they are trying very hard to make this event special.

We need a good turn out to encourage them (and others by example) in focusing more on bicyclists and bicycling events.

More information about the Centennial Bike Trek and a link to the
registration form are below.

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October 20th, 2007 Tulsa, OK - all registrations postmarked by October 1st are guaranteed to receive t-shirt

Tulsa County Parks & Tulsa City Parks welcomes all to beautiful downtown Tulsa to celebrate Oklahoma's 100th year of Statehood!

Join us on the Osage Trail at OSU-Tulsa campus to experience Tulsa
hospitality at its best. The Centennial Bike Trek invites all to enjoy the most unique and beautiful areas of Tulsa.

All proceeds will benefit Tulsa City & County Parks effort to make

The Green Party of Oklahoma will have its annual meeting on Sunday, October 21 at 3pm at the Rock Cafe in Stroud.

Anyone interested in the Green Party, its values and positions, is welcome to attend, whether official members of the Green Party or not.

The Oklahoma Greens are currently engaged in a petition drive to ease requirements for placing third-party candidates on the ballot. They are working with the Oklahoma Libertarian and Constitution parties, as well as Oklahoma Independent voters to change what many academics and activists call the strictest ballot access laws in the nation. More info about the coalition campaign, Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform, can be found at okvoterchoice.org.

The annual meeting agenda will include a report on the ballot access campaign, proposed changes to the state party organizing structure, outreach projects and election of officers.

Former Congressman, Bob Barr, and National Libertarian Director to Speak at the north Oklahoma City Holiday Inn (NW 63rd and Robinson, just west of I-235).

Join Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform to hear former Congressman Bob Barr and National Libertarian Chairman, William Redpath, in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, Oct. 23rd. This OBAR fundraiser will help put the ballot access initiative petition to a vote of the people.

The fundraising dinner will take place at the north Oklahoma City Holiday Inn (NW 63rd & Robinson, west of I-235). The minimum required donation of $30 includes dinner. Seats with Bob Barr or William Redpath are $200, while available.

Tuesday, Oct. 23rd schedule of events
• 6:00 PM - Meet and Greet
• 7:00 PM - Dinner, Bob Barr and Bill Redpath speak
• 8:30 PM - Meet with event attendees (including Unity08 and Green Party officials)

End The War Now - National Day of Action
- In solidarity with United for Peace and Justice -

NW Expressway and N. Meridian
(northeast corner)
Oklahoma City

Signs, speakers, music, drumming, petitions

Over 1 Million Iraqi People Killed
Over 3,800 US Troops Killed
Over $455,132,235,072 Spent

JOIN US!

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?calid=22299

Global Warming Event In Oklahoma City On
Saturday, November 3rd To Ask “Who’s A Leader?”

As Part of Step It Up's Second Historic Event
To Support Plan to Curb Global Warming

Oklahoma City, OK - Step It Up will host another global warming event in Oklahoma City on Saturday, November 3, 2007 to call for leadership on climate change. The event will build on Step It Up's April 14 rally that produced more than 1,400 events, in all 50 states, including one in Oklahoma City, the largest global warming event in U.S. history. The events across the country—held one year before the 2008 election— will show the contrast between the intense concern of Americans and the leadership vacuum in Washington.