Hype Benefit Tonight for Falling Whistles and One.org

HYPE: "FASHION, MUSIC, and GLOBAL AWARENESS EXTRAVAGANZA"

HYPE: a charity, music, and fashion extravaganza is bringing together multiple facets that enrich our life to communally share art, bliss, and giving.

THE SHOWROOM has teamed up with Falling Whistles, an organization benefiting Congolese child soldiers and ONE.ORG to help the global community, and The Polyamorous Affair and Spirit Vine for aural pleasures.

THE SHOWROOM’s clients will be seen on the runway: collections by RoadKill (by the Recycled Dead), S.O.B. Apparel, and AS IS, with guest designer Frecuencia Modulada.

Host:
Bright Lights LA and THE SHOWROOM

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 9:00pm
to Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 2:00am

Location:
El Cid

Street:
4212 W Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA

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Email:
w@theshowroomla.com

From our classmate Jenn Fenntress

For more info, go to: www.ValleyTraumaCenter.org

Yoga Bear: NP for Cancer Survivors

http://twitter.com/YogaBear

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tara-stiles/yoga-bear-helping-cancer_b_188133.html

Benefit: From Our Friends @ The Glendale Aveda

Host: Cora Neil
Location: The Botanical Garden! (My Back Yard)
3515 Roseview Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90065 US

When: Sunday, April 26, 2:00PM
Phone: 949.310.6765

Hello Friends and Family of Aveda Glendale Galleria (Cora, Kellie, Kate, Robin, Kelley, Laurie, Monica, Elena and Ani) and of Matt

We would like to invite you to an afternoon of fun to help raise donations for The Surfrider Foundation to help them protect our coastline.

http://www.surfrider.org


We have got a fun-filled day for all:

Play BINGO! There will be AMAZING prizes for the winners! You can play Bingo for a $1donation per game. We'll be kicking off the Bingo Games at 3:00.

Get a MASSAGE, Chill out in the garden and with a neck and shoulder massage for $1 donation per minute.

So Bring you friends! Bring your family! Bring your dollar bills! Because we are going to have some fun for a very good cause.

We also V.I.P. passes available in advance for $20.
V.I.P. gets you 10 Bingo Cards AND a 15 minute massage! What a deal

Just go to:
http://www.justgive.org/basket?acton=viewList&donorId=229721&listTypeId=1&vendorName=Aveda (Make sure you write your name and V.I.P. in the message line.)

First Transgender Mayor

Go Stu and go Silverton!

New ACLU case

TN schools allow access to anti-LGBT sites, but not pro-LGBT sites...

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/04/pro-gay-sites-f.html

Public Service Trumps Finance in Career Report

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/weekinreview/12lohr.html?_r=1&ref=weekinreview

Can your dog surf?

Here's a dog surfing contest. Non-profit partner -Modest Needs Foundation. http://www.loewssurfdog.blogspot.com/

Drew Barrymore is an Ambassador for WFP

WFP = The World Food Programme

http://www.wfp.org/node/3187

Fuel vs. Food Debate

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/mexico_2008/
Did you know it takes a year's worth of corn for one person to eat to fuel one 25 gallon tank in an SUV?

Texas State Rep Thinks Asians Should Change Their Names

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/brown-asian-names/

The comments on this page are entertaining- in response to Brown's ignorance.

Federal Protection for the Pika

Paging all fans of small furry animals...

From the article:

Soon, if conservationists have their way, the pika could be the first species in the lower 48 states to get federal endangered species protections primarily because of the effects of climate change.
"It's feeling an exaggerated brunt of global warming," said Greg Loarie, an Earthjustice attorney involved with lawsuits to get the pika protections. "Unlike others, it can't move north. It's stuck."

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is scheduled to decide by May 1 whether to take an in-depth look at the pika — a diminutive relative of the rabbit that inhabits 10 Western states — and whether it may need to be on the endangered species list.

The polar bear is already listed because of threats of global warming. The pika could be next. And more petitions naming climate change as a cause of species decline are likely in the coming years, said Dan Ashe, science adviser to the head of the Fish and Wildlife Service.

"It's like the 'check engine' light that comes on in your car. It tells you something's going on here," Ashe said.

For pikas in the Great Basin, which includes parts of Nevada and Utah, the news is already grim.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090404/ap_on_re_us/global_warming_pika

A Rocking Festival to Show off Non-Profits...

... and show young people it's more important to care about each other than to care about what outfit you're putting together to wear out tonight.

www.formandfunctionfestival.com

Iowa and Marriage Law

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-iowa-gaymarriage-,0,4085241.story

It happened here.

Entitlements...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_re_us/disability_backlog