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IRTFDonate – use this code and Equal Exchange donates 10% of your purchase to IRTF

We’re excited to announce that Equal Exchange will be donating a portion of their sales to IRTF when you shop their online store. 

To shop Equal Exchange click here. Find organic and fairly traded coffees, teas, chocolate, cocoa, nuts, dried fruits, and even olive oil—all from small farmer co-ops, available by the case for stocking up.

Promo code:  IRTFDonate . Enter this code when you check out and Equal Exchange will donate 10% of your purchase back to IRTF!

Equal Exchange was founded as a solidarity organization in 1986 to support small farmers in Nicaragua by importing their coffee despite the US embargo.  Forty years later, this worker-owned co-op continues to prove that a more democratic food system is possible.

To shop Equal Exchange click here

In addition to joining us for an evening of music, dance, appetizers and refreshments at IRTF’s annual Latin Dance, participate in the oppurtunity to win wonderful and specially curated raffle prizes. By purchasing an entry ticket you are actively contributing to IRTF's mission of promoting human rights and solidarity with the people of Central America and Colombia.

to purchase ticket now click here

Rhythms of Latin America. Join us for an evening of music, dance, appetizers and refreshments at IRTF’s annual Latin Dance on Saturday, June 13th! This event is a celebration of culture and solidarity, featuring talented dance instructors, delicious food, joyful movement, and connection with others (no partner needed). Doors open at 8pm for dance performances and lessons, and 9:30 for open dancing with DJ Manny.

For tickets or sponsorship opportunities, see http://tiny.cc/latindance.

To sign up for a volunteer shift, click our SignUp.com page. 

To contribute a raffle item, food or beverage, see our GoogleForm . 

What to Expect:

• Special music and vocal performances
• Presentaciónes de baile (dance performances) by Cleveland Rueda, and Burning River Dance Company
• Lecciones de baile (dance lessons) with instructors Martin and Nadia of Cleveland Rueda

• Mexican folkloric dance demonstration by the Bailes Folklóricos de México Workshop participants, presented by AlmaVision: Cultura y Más

• Open dance floor beginning at 9:30 with DJ Manny. Rhythms merengue, cumbia, tango, bachata, reggaeton, salsa

Food and Drinks:

Enjoy a delicious spread of pasa bocas (heavy hors d’oeuvres) including:

• Latin American cuisine from local restaurants
• Refrescos típicos de centroamérica (soft drinks)

RAFFLE!

In addition to joining us for an evening of music, dance, appetizers and refreshments at IRTF’s annual Latin Dance, participate in the oppurtunity to win wonderful and specially curated raffle prizes. By purchasing an entry ticket you are actively contributing to IRTF's mission of promoting human rights and solidarity with the people of Central America and Colombia.

To purchase your raffle entries click here

Ticket options:

Early bird pricing available through 11:59 June 10th

• $25 full package – hors d'oeuvres, dance performance, dance lesson, and open dancing beginning at 8 pm
• $15 – open dancing with DJ only beginning at 9:30 pm
• $200 group table – reserved seating for 8 persons, raffle tickets, pitcher of jamaica (hibiscus punch), chips and dips (queso, guacamole, salsa)

Regular pricing available June 11th-13th (including tickets purchased at the door)

• $30 full package – hors d'oeuvres, dance performance, dance lesson, and open dancing beginning at 8 pm
• $20 – open dancing with DJ only beginning at 9:30 pm

Sponsorship opportunities:

• $500 – 6 event tickets, logo included in social media promotion, program book, poster posted and slide projection during the event
• $250 – 4 event tickets, logo included in program book, poster posted and slide projection during the event
• $100 – 2 event tickets, logo included in program book, slide projection during event

We hope you can join us for a vibrant evening of joy and dance. All proceeds go towards supporting IRTF’s ongoing human rights work in Central America and Colombia.

For tickets or sponsorship opportunities, see http://tiny.cc/latindance.

To sign up for a volunteer shift, click our SignUp.com page. 

To contribute a raffle item, food or beverage, see our GoogleForm . 

A committee of Catholic sisters from the Congregation of St Joseph (CSJ)  and CSH associates has been working hard to find ways to educate about immigration, support  for migrants, and resistance to ICE injustice.  

The public is invited to attend  “Neighboring the Dear Neighbor: A Catholic Response to Immigration in Cleveland” on Saturday, June 13, 10am-12pm in the Founders’ Room at the St Joseph Center, 3430 Rocky River Dr, Cleveland 4411.

Learn more about Catholic Social Teaching and immigration and the work already being done in the Cleveland area to support our immigrant and refugee neighbors. Find ways that you can contribute to the great works that are already being done in our community.

Presenters are coming from IRTF, Cleveland Whistle Brigade, Building Hope in the City, Re:Source Cleveland and other migrant justice groups.

Registration is suggested: http://tinyurl.com/csjneighbor

Please help us spread the word in your faith networks.

Thank you. 

Hello Cooperators and friends! 

Please join us for an evening of discussion and reflection on Cooperative Culture!

The world we live in greatly favors domination culture. We see this culture in our work places, in our government, in our schools, and even in some of our houses of worship. We are constantly presented with organizational structures that divide, and alienate us. Ways of living and working that focus on control, authority, and management.

But is this domination culture really the only way we can organize our work, our communities and our lives? For many people, it is hard to imagine what a truly cooperative organization might look like and how it might function. We see building a Cooperative Culture as critical to not just resisting domination and unjust authority but creating the foundation for the new world we want to live in!  

It’s up to all of us to decide what Cooperative Culture is! So come join us for an evening of brainstorming, discussion, and reflection, and let us start the process of imagining what a different society could look like.

Food and childcare are provided. Masks are provided and encouraged. This event is hosted by Co-op Circles – an event series organized cooperatively by many co-op groups in Cleveland.

As the world faces an out-of-control diversion of energy and human resources into warmaking, and with United states planning a long and costly upgrade of nuclear weaponry , Dr. Helfand will outline the work from Back from the Brink. This organization brings communities together to prevent the growing threat that nuclear weapons pose to our health, environment, and all we hold dear transmuting fear and anxiety over the threat of a nuclear holocaust into meaningful action. 

On Dr. Ira Helfand:

● Past president, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize

● Co-founder and past president, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), the US affiliate of IPPNW

● Member, International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize

Dr. Helfand has represented ICAN at historic intergovernmental meetings to address the humanitarian impacts of nuclear war and at key United Nations assemblies that led to the successful negotiation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

The recipient of numerous leadership awards, Dr. Helfand has published studies on the medical consequences of nuclear war in the New England Journal of Medicine, the British Medical Journal, the Lancet and the World Medical Journal, and has delivered countless lectures around the world on the health effects of nuclear weapons. He represented PSR and IPPNW at the Nobel ceremonies in Oslo in December 2009 honoring President Obama, and presented their new report, Nuclear Famine: One Billion People at Risk, at the Nobel Peace Laureates Summit in Chicago in April of 2012.

Dr. Helfand was educated at Harvard College and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is a former chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and president of the medical staff at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. He is a retired internist and urgent care physician at the Family Care Medical Center in western Massachusetts.

Free and open to the public. For more info…clevelandpeaceaction@gmail.com... 440.703.0215