Author Archives: 100 Grannies

March, 2017, Lecture Series

Posted on March 19, 2017 by 100 Grannies

Barbara Schlachter Memorial Lecture Series: Stories from Brave Mother Earth Protectors Fee: none. No registration. Open to All Ages Mondays, 3/6 – 3/27   6 – 7:30 PM in room 202 3/6: From Without to Within (See video) Jessica Reznicek of … Continue reading →

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Miriam Kashia – Press Citizen – Feb 22, 2017

Posted on February 22, 2017 by 100 Grannies

Why I was arrested for trespassing I am old enough to remember when I was a child in Northwest Iowa in the 1950s. From before Christmas and often until the end of March, the snow blanketed the ground, falling every … Continue reading →

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Lynn Gallager LTE Des Moines Register 12/5/16

Posted on December 5, 2016 by 100 Grannies

The recent Register editorial asked why candidates don’t talk about food [Editorial: Why don’t candidates talk about food? Jan. 30]. I would like to know why no one seems willing to talk about the failures of the industrial livestock system? The federal … Continue reading →

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Deb Schoelerman 11/18/2016 Press-Citizen LTE

Posted on November 18, 2016 by 100 Grannies

Eliminate single-use plastic bags I am pleased that the City Council at its Nov. 2 meeting approved four waste minimization initiatives for Iowa City. The measures include curbside collection of food waste, requiring landlords and property managers of dwellings in … Continue reading →

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from 350.org – Keystone XL nixed by Obama

Posted on October 21, 2016 by 100 Grannies

Friends, We just made history together. 4 years to the day after we surrounded the White House, President Obama has rejected the Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline! This is huge. A head of state has never … Continue reading →

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October 2016 Film Festival

Posted on October 18, 2016 by 100 Grannies

Listening to Mother Earth Through Film Sponsored by 100Grannies.org. No registration. Open to All Ages, Free at the Senior Center, Mondays, October, 2016, 6:00-7:00 p.m. room 202 10/3: The Wisdom to Survive Activists and leaders in the fields of science, … Continue reading →

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Miriam Kashia, October 6, 2016, Press-Citizen, Bakken Resistance

Posted on October 6, 2016 by 100 Grannies

Dakota Access pipeline protests are protecting life The rosy dawn rises above a sea of tents and teepees across the land at the confluence of the Missouri and the Cannonball rivers. The sacred fire burns where native people and their … Continue reading →

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Ann Christenson to Lee county sheriff

Posted on October 5, 2016 by 100 Grannies

From: Ann Christenson <annfchris@gmail.com> Subject: Water Protectors Date: October 5, 2016 at 5:21:40 PM CDT To: mshort@leecounty.org Lee County Attorney Mike Short: Among other things, the First Amendment to the U.S Constitution prohibits interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning … Continue reading →

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Plastic bags on the outs – Daily Iowan

Posted on July 12, 2016 by 100 Grannies

Daily Iowan, July 12, 2016 Officials are considering banning or taxing plastic bag use in Iowa City. By Addison Martin   addison-martin@uiowa.edu Following a long line of cities across the country banning or taxing plastic bags, Iowa City officials are exploring … Continue reading →

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Pat Bowen – Iowa factory farm rules need strengthening 6/17/16

Posted on June 17, 2016 by 100 Grannies

Every five years, Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reviews and makes changes to Iowa’s factory farm rules. Iowans have a chance to weigh in and demand the rules be strengthened and close corporate ag loopholes that allow factory farms … Continue reading →

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