Students for Peace and Justice

07/25/2012

Hey everyone, remember that the Bake Sale for SPJ is on August 25th. Please make sure you can come, and let me know if you can bake. We are going to need HUGE amounts of goods!!

10/08/2011

OAK PARK OCCUPIES CHICAGO: For any SPJ/OPRF kids interested in Occupy Chicago, at 3 we are going to kick things off by meeting for sign making at my house. Then we will go downtown. Wear comfortable clothes and being any poster board, paint, etc. Contact me for more information (708 601 0425) ALL ARE WELCOME! Pass it on! WE ARE THE 99%!

10/13/2010

SPJ will be showing "The Cove" tomorrow in Rm 356!

09/16/2010

Every you need to know about the upcoming march:

On Saturday, October 2, 2010, hundreds of thousands of people from across America will gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to demonstrate our re-commitment to change. The One Nation March will feature human and civil rights leaders, labor leaders, environmental and peace activists, fa...

09/05/2010

On the heels of five MFA news conferences across the nation, Costco Wholesale announced that it would no longer sell veal from farms that use the cruel crate-and-chain production method.
The announcement came just hours after MFA's release to the public of investigative findings at a Buckeye Veal farm in Ohio. An MFA undercover investigator obtained footage of months-old calves chained by their necks in crates so narrow the animals were unable to turn around, walk, lie down comfortably or engage in other basic natural behaviors.


http://www.mercyforanimals.org/veal/

Newly released hidden camera video secretly shot by an investigator with Mercy For Animals at one of the nation's top veal producers exposes baby calves chained by their necks in narrow stalls, where they cannot even turn around or walk.

08/28/2010

SPJ will be holding its first meeting on Thursday, September 2nd in Ms. Hanson's room 356. Be there!

12/03/2009

is water a basic human right?

10/16/2009

Committees meet next week: October 22nd at 3:15!!!!

10/13/2009

Thursdays after school. Room 410!

10/13/2009

Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in Texas and the article discusses recent evidence that suggests/proves he was actually an innocent man. We will first meet in room 410 but if it's nice we'll head for a starbucks or caribou to talk. Make sure you join us! Post a quick blurb if you need the article.

10/13/2009

Hi all! Last week, the committee for the Campaign to End the Death Penalty discussed the pros and cons of the death penalty by examining current events and statistics. So this coming Thursday we will be continuing that discussion based on the article, "Trial by Fire" which was recently featured in the New Yorker.

09/23/2009

still needs anyone available fourth period on Thursday to work the activity fair in the student center!! We only have one student as of now.