Interfaith Alliance of Idaho

Interfaith Idaho Insights:  Events of interest in the Treasure Valley…and beyond January & February 2012

We had an extraordinary 12^th Annual Gathering on January 8^th…
We thank our Intergenerational Panel & Dr. Jill Gill for a wonderful program!

Below are a few social & economic justice events you might find interesting

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Boise State to Celebrate the Living Legacy of MLK

For a full schedule of events, visit mlk.boisestate.edu. Highlights include:

9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16

The Day of Greatness kicks off with a march and rally.

9 a.m. Poster Making in the Student Union Hatch Ballroom,

11 am March down Capitol Boulevard ending with a

Rally on the Statehouse steps featuring remarks by Boise State students, then tabling for Volunteer opportunities with non-profits

NOON Inside Rotunda: Marilyn Shuler, former director of the Idaho Human Rights Commission and co-founder of the Idaho Human Rights Education Center, will speak at noon Monday in the Capitol Rotunda. The celebration includes a trumpet fanfare by Marcellus Brown and Boise State University students, a color guard presentation by Farmway Village Girl Scout Troop 457 of Caldwell, the Red River Singers, the Common Ground Community Chorus and more.

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Kitchen Table Economics: The Status of Working Families in Idaho
Monday, January 16th, 6 PM-8 PM
Idaho State Capitol, Senate Auditorium Room WW02
 
Economist Stephen Cooke, Moscow, will explain the reasons for the wage gap in Idaho compared to the U.S. average wage.
Idaho workers will share their stories of struggling with low wages and job loss.
 
Join other working families to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and share your experiences of working in Idaho. Legislators will be invited.
 
Our needs are identical with labor’s needs—decent wages, fair working conditions, livable housing, old age security, health and welfare measures, conditions in which families can grow, have education for their children and respect in the community. I dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few. Martin Luther King Jr. 1961

Sponsored by the Idaho Jobs Coalition

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 Round Table on Medicaid cuts and impacts on people and families.
Wednesday, January 18th from 10:30am to noon.
East Conference Room, 1st Floor of the Joe R. Williams Building, 700 W. State St.

CID (Consortium for Idahoans with Disabilities) and ICAN (Idaho Community Action Network) Last year the Idaho Legislature made significant cuts to Medicaid, this cuts are now affecting thousands of people in the quality of services they receive. 

For More Info:  Renato Castelo ICAN < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it > 208-385-9146 , c 619-206-2220
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 ACLU of Idaho's panel on the First Amendment implications of the Occupy movement.
When:   Thursday, January 19, 2012, beginning at 6pm

Where:  IEA building on 6th and Franklin, Boise

Registration is free and the panel is open to the public.  Register online here (or just show up):
http://membershipmeeting2012.eventbrite.com/

WE THE PEOPLE invite you to OCCUPY the ACLU annual membership meeting. Also open to non-members. We will discuss the the Occupy movement and what it means to the ACLU in the context of the 1st Amendment.

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Boise State to Celebrate the Living Legacy of MLK in January

For a full schedule of events, visit mlk.boisestate.edu. Highlights include:

9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16

The Day of Greatness kicks off with a march and rally.

9 a.m. Poster Making in the Student Union Hatch Ballroom,

11 am March down Capitol Boulevard ending with a

Rally on the Statehouse steps featuring remarks by Boise State students.

7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23 - Tim Wise will offer the keynote address in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom.

7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25 -Poet Roger Bonair-Agard will give a reading and sign books in the Student Union Hatch Ballroom. Bonair is a veteran of the spoken-word scene and a two-time national poetry slam champion..

7 p.m. Jan. 24, 26, 27, 30 and 31 - Workshops presented by organizations that have been recipients of MLK Living Legacy Dream Grants. Watch for more details closer to the event.

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Friday, January 20th- Occupy the Courts- A Call to Action

March at 3:00pm to the Federal Court House @ 550W. Front St

       Begin at 700 Jefferson

Move to Amend that Constitution- Corporations are NOT people!

                                                        Money is NOT speech!

Join Democracy Matters/BSU at 2pm at 700 W. Jefferson Boise Idaho

      To assemble, make signs and select speakers. Then 3pm March.

Facebook.com/dmbsu

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In League with the Future: Containing the Poison Fire

An Experiential Workshop with Joanna Macy
January 20 – 22, 2012 (See workshop details for Jan 21-22 Below)

THE WORK THAT RECONNECTS builds fearlessness, solidarity and creativity in facing the challenges of our time.

January 20th, Friday evening Public Presentation and book signing
7:00 pm to 9:30 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm)
First Congregational Church -- 23rd and Woodlawn, Boise

• Suggested donation $10 per person
• Who is Joanna Macy?  See for yourself: http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2010/wild-love-for-world/
  

This experiential group work draws on systems theory, deep ecology and spiritual traditions and includes concepts of deep time and nuclear guardianship.

One of the aims of this work is to build the long term vigilance required to guard against unchecked nuclear contamination.

For additional workshop information: Contact Dan Walters,
Snake River Alliance Volunteer at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or 208-424-0409

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The College of Idaho is pleased to present the exhibition

“From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America”

Monday, Jan. 23: Opening Reception and guest lecture by Sidney Lapidus, currently co-chairman of the American Jewish Historical Society

Ribbon cutting at 3:30 p.m. in Langroise Center, 2112 Cleveland Blvd, College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID and continues with the
lecture at 4 p.m. and a reception concluding at 6 p.m.

The opening event is free and open to the public.

Traveling exhibit developed by the American Jewish Historical Society will be
on public display Jan. 9 through March 16 in the College’s Langroise Center for Performing and Fine Arts.

The Langroise Center will be open daily, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment, during the exhibit. Group tours or after-hours accessibility may be arranged by sending an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  The College of Idaho, visit www.collegeofidaho.edu.

Photos from  “From Haven to Home”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecollegeofidaho/sets/72157628003737343/

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Idaho Black History Museum Presents
Jim Crow, Idaho, and the Economics of Racism
    Looking at the lasting economic repercussions of institutionalized racism
 
  Tuesday, January 24, 2012 ~ 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Barnwell Room ~ Boise State Student Union Building

    1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725

                  To accompany its January 2012 Exhibit on Jim Crow*, The Idaho Black History Museum is hosting a presentation/discussion
at the Boise State University SUB. 
          As we ponder the implications of money and power in the nation’s present financial crisis, this session will explore the historic
economic roots and continuing repercussions of racism, and the politics of this, both nationally and in Idaho.
           Dr. Jill Gill, Associate Professor of History, will provide historical context followed by a panel presentation/discussion with Idahoans
 who experienced this history first-hand. The panel includes Ms. Clarisse Maxwell, Mr. Warner Terrell, Rev. Dr. Mamie Oliver, Rev. Henry Webb.
The audience will be invited to ask questions of and converse with the panel.
   
The public may park in the Lincoln Garage for $1.50 per hour. For more information about this event or the Idaho Black History Museum,
please visit www.ibhm.org. Supported also by the Boise State History Department.

* Exhibit on Jim Crow month of January, 2012
Idaho Black  History Museum
508 Julia Davis Drive

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Boise, ID 83702
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Add the Words Rally & Vigil…

January 28th

Boise --Capitol Steps RALLY 1-2 PM
RSVP & LIKE Add the Words on Facebook.

Nampa --VIGIL at the Fountain at 2nd St. South and 12th Ave 6-7 PM
(Check addthewords.org for all other locations and times across the state.)

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Healing Our Future, Prayer and Reflection

Thursday, February 23rd, 7pm

Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 6200 Garrett St, Boise

Interfaith event, follow-up to the Healing Our Future event held on September 11, 2011, when  200
people of faith and goodwill came together and decided to continue to share conversations that cross faith boundaries,
honor our mutual commitment to end prejudice and discrimination, promote healing to benefit our community and our nation.

Supported by the Interfaith Religious Leaders Network and the Interfaith Alliance of Idaho.

For more information:  Rev. Barbara Nixon This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >'; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text93186 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //--> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   or 375-0392

§        Go online to tiaidaho.org, click Join, then click Network for Good button.

§        Connect with TIA in your area: call 208-283-6560.

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Remember to tune into local community radio! RadioBoise kbrx fm 89.9
on your dial… http://mainsite.radioboise.org/