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From: John William Templeton [mailto:johnwtempleton@yahoo.com]
Come to the Water: Sharing the Rich Black Experience in San Francisco (second edition) has updated listings of restaurants, historic sites, cultural facilities and personalities in the world's favorite tourist attraction.
Visit JazzGenesis: San Francisco and the Birth of Jazz is an exhibition in the Visitor Information Center of the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau which provides a new paradigm for considering the birth of the music. It looks at the nexus between the political and business initiatives of 19th century African-Americans in San Francisco and their patronage of the arts, the presence of Buffalo Soldiers at the Presidio and the impact of the intercontinental railroad. Spotlighted are eight still-extant buildings which housed jazz clubs as early as 1907, the first African-American to conduct at a presidential inauguration, the first African-American woman to sing at the White House, the first African-American to make a music recording, the origin of "animal" dances and the producers of the first jazz record by a black record company. It is an example of culturally-responsive content which makes an impact on the achievement gap. The Visitor Information Center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends. It is located adjacent to the cable car turnaround at Powell Street and Market Streets and just outside the exit from Powell Street BART. A two-hour tour from the exhibition extending to Pacific Street can be booked by calling 415-240-3537 or e-mail to jwtempleton@californiablackhistory.com.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Teaching American History in a Global Context
From: Carl Guarneri [mailto:cguarner@stmarys-ca.edu]
Hi Avi,
Hope the start of the academic year finds you well. I'm attaching information about a teachers' resource book I've just published that combines conceptual pieces, topical essays, syllabi, and lesson plans.
See you at the CWHA!
Carl
Teaching American History Flyer.doc
Guarneri Order Form.doc
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Hi Avi,
Hope the start of the academic year finds you well. I'm attaching information about a teachers' resource book I've just published that combines conceptual pieces, topical essays, syllabi, and lesson plans.
See you at the CWHA!
Carl
Teaching American History Flyer.doc
Guarneri Order Form.doc
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Service Learning Grants Available
From: H-SSOrganizations@lws.lacoe.edu On Behalf Of Herczog_Michelle
The Los Angeles County Office of Education
is proud to announce
Youth Service America Launches Two Mini-Grant Programs
to Support Global Youth Service Day Projects
Disney Minnie Grants
$500 for Service Projects Led by Children Ages 5-14
The Walt Disney Company and Youth Service America are excited to announce grants of up to $500 to support child-led service projects. These grants support children (ages 5-14) in planning and implementing service projects in their community. Teachers, older youth (15-25), and youth-serving organizations are also eligible to apply, if they engage younger children in planning and implementing the project. A significant part of the service must take place on GYSD 2009, April 24-26. We particularly encourage applicants to address the environmental issues and to seek to empower children as young citizens through their projects. 0; Applicants can use the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a reference and review past grantees’ projects from all over the world on our website. Applications are welcome from all countries. Applicants from India, China and Russia are especially encouraged to apply. While grant information is made available in Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish, applications will only be accepted in English (an online translation tool is available at the YSA website).. Past Disney Minnie Grantees are also eligible to apply. Be sure to download the correct application and review all application materials, available at http://www.YSA.org/awards
Questions?
Email MinnieGrant@ysa.org
Deadline: October 30, 2008
State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant
$1000 for Teachers & Service-Learning Coordinators
With generous support from the State Farm Companies Foundation, Youth Service America is offering the annual State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant for youth-led community improvement projects across the United States and Canada (Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick provinces only). These grants of up to $1,000 support teachers and service-learning coordinators in engaging students (ages 5-25) to implement service-learning projects for Global Youth Service Day, April 24-26, 2009. We encourage semester-long projects that are launched on Martin Luther King Day on January 19, 2009 and extend through Global Youth Service Day.
To learn more, download our NEW electronic application, grant guidelines, and budget spreadsheet at http://www.YSA.org/awards
Questions?
Please contact goodneighbor@ysa.org
Deadline: October 15, 2008
The Los Angeles County Office of Education
is proud to announce
Youth Service America Launches Two Mini-Grant Programs
to Support Global Youth Service Day Projects
Disney Minnie Grants
$500 for Service Projects Led by Children Ages 5-14
The Walt Disney Company and Youth Service America are excited to announce grants of up to $500 to support child-led service projects. These grants support children (ages 5-14) in planning and implementing service projects in their community. Teachers, older youth (15-25), and youth-serving organizations are also eligible to apply, if they engage younger children in planning and implementing the project. A significant part of the service must take place on GYSD 2009, April 24-26. We particularly encourage applicants to address the environmental issues and to seek to empower children as young citizens through their projects. 0; Applicants can use the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a reference and review past grantees’ projects from all over the world on our website. Applications are welcome from all countries. Applicants from India, China and Russia are especially encouraged to apply. While grant information is made available in Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish, applications will only be accepted in English (an online translation tool is available at the YSA website).. Past Disney Minnie Grantees are also eligible to apply. Be sure to download the correct application and review all application materials, available at http://www.YSA.org/awards
Questions?
Email MinnieGrant@ysa.org
Deadline: October 30, 2008
State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant
$1000 for Teachers & Service-Learning Coordinators
With generous support from the State Farm Companies Foundation, Youth Service America is offering the annual State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant for youth-led community improvement projects across the United States and Canada (Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick provinces only). These grants of up to $1,000 support teachers and service-learning coordinators in engaging students (ages 5-25) to implement service-learning projects for Global Youth Service Day, April 24-26, 2009. We encourage semester-long projects that are launched on Martin Luther King Day on January 19, 2009 and extend through Global Youth Service Day.
To learn more, download our NEW electronic application, grant guidelines, and budget spreadsheet at http://www.YSA.org/awards
Questions?
Please contact goodneighbor@ysa.org
Deadline: October 15, 2008
Facing History Event: "Divided We Fall"
From: Jack Weinstein [mailto:Jack_Weinstein@facing.org]
Greetings-- Please share!
I encourage you to attend the event described in the attachment below-- and equally important, I ask you to please encourage colleagues, students, and others to do so. If you are a teacher, you might consider offering some level of enticement to students who would attend and report back to your class about the film and discussion....many thanks.
Jack Weinstein
Yours to use and pass on:
RSVP's are much appreciated-- but there will be space for as many as attend.
Jack Weinstein
Director, Facing History and Ourselves
SF Bay Area
510-786-2500, ext. 223
website: www.facinghistory.org
24301 Southland Dr. Suite 318
Hayward, CA 94545
Divided We Fall event flyer.doc
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Greetings-- Please share!
I encourage you to attend the event described in the attachment below-- and equally important, I ask you to please encourage colleagues, students, and others to do so. If you are a teacher, you might consider offering some level of enticement to students who would attend and report back to your class about the film and discussion....many thanks.
Jack Weinstein
Yours to use and pass on:
RSVP's are much appreciated-- but there will be space for as many as attend.
Jack Weinstein
Director, Facing History and Ourselves
SF Bay Area
510-786-2500, ext. 223
website: www.facinghistory.org
24301 Southland Dr. Suite 318
Hayward, CA 94545
Divided We Fall event flyer.doc
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C-SPAN StudentCam
From: Martin, Erica [mailto:emartin@c-span.org]
C-SPAN CLASSROOM
Dear Education Professional,
C-SPAN would like to tell you about an opportunity for middle school and high school students (grades 6-12). C-SPAN's "StudentCam" is a national video documentary competition. This year C-SPAN asks students to create a 5 to 8 minute video documentary that addresses an issue of national significance. Students must present more than one point of view and include C-SPAN video in their documentary.
In this historic election year, StudentCam offers a great way for all students, not just those of voting age, to get involved in the presidential election. With this in mind, the theme of this year's competition is: A message to the new President: What is the most urgent issue for the new president to address and why? The deadline is Inauguration Day -- January 20, 2009.
We are awarding a total of $50,000 in cash prizes. The top winning videos will air on C-SPAN, and can be viewed at www.studentcam.org. Next spring, the C-SPAN bus will also visit a number of the schools with winning videos.
For more information about C-SPAN's StudentCam, please visit our web site at: www.studentcam.org/. C-SPAN also offers FREE resources for educators. For more information about C-SPAN Classroom log on to www.c-spanclassroom.org.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at emartin@c-span.org or call our toll free educators' hotline at 1 (800) 523.7586.
Regards,
Erica Martin
Education Relations Intern
(202) 626.4866
C-SPAN Classroom
http://www.c-spanclassroom.org
C-SPAN CLASSROOM
Dear Education Professional,
C-SPAN would like to tell you about an opportunity for middle school and high school students (grades 6-12). C-SPAN's "StudentCam" is a national video documentary competition. This year C-SPAN asks students to create a 5 to 8 minute video documentary that addresses an issue of national significance. Students must present more than one point of view and include C-SPAN video in their documentary.
In this historic election year, StudentCam offers a great way for all students, not just those of voting age, to get involved in the presidential election. With this in mind, the theme of this year's competition is: A message to the new President: What is the most urgent issue for the new president to address and why? The deadline is Inauguration Day -- January 20, 2009.
We are awarding a total of $50,000 in cash prizes. The top winning videos will air on C-SPAN, and can be viewed at www.studentcam.org. Next spring, the C-SPAN bus will also visit a number of the schools with winning videos.
For more information about C-SPAN's StudentCam, please visit our web site at: www.studentcam.org/. C-SPAN also offers FREE resources for educators. For more information about C-SPAN Classroom log on to www.c-spanclassroom.org.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at emartin@c-span.org or call our toll free educators' hotline at 1 (800) 523.7586.
Regards,
Erica Martin
Education Relations Intern
(202) 626.4866
C-SPAN Classroom
http://www.c-spanclassroom.org
President's Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA)
From: Ferriole.Thomas@epamail.epa.gov [Ferriole.Thomas@epamail.epa.gov]
Hello,
Young people from around the country are invited to participate in the annual awards program that encourages individuals, school classes, summer camps, public interest groups, and youth organizations to promote environmental awareness and positive community involvement.
The following link provides pictures of previous winners and information about the PEYA application process and deadline of October 31:
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/peya/index.html
I also believe every school with elementary programs should know about the following link to our children's website:
http://www.epa.gov/kids/
Program coordinator Sharon Jang and I look forward to hearing from and to receiving your applications.
Very truly yours,
Tom Ferriole
Education Outreach
U.S. EPA, Region 9
(415) 972-3350
Hello,
Young people from around the country are invited to participate in the annual awards program that encourages individuals, school classes, summer camps, public interest groups, and youth organizations to promote environmental awareness and positive community involvement.
The following link provides pictures of previous winners and information about the PEYA application process and deadline of October 31:
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/peya/index.html
I also believe every school with elementary programs should know about the following link to our children's website:
http://www.epa.gov/kids/
Program coordinator Sharon Jang and I look forward to hearing from and to receiving your applications.
Very truly yours,
Tom Ferriole
Education Outreach
U.S. EPA, Region 9
(415) 972-3350
NEH Seminar: Production and Consumption in World History, 1450-1914
From: Terry Burke eburke@ucsc.edu
Dear Avi,
Here's the two page blurb for my NEH summer seminar for classroom teachers.
Terry
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"PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN WORLD HISTORY, 1450-1914."
June 29-July 24, 2009 (4 weeks)
Edmund Burke III (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Information:
NEH Seminar 2009
HAS, Humanities Bldg.
University of California, Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz CA 95064
831/459-2287
Email: NEHseminar@ucsc.edu
Website: tba
(Seminar Location: UC Santa Cruz)
BurkeNEH2.pdf
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Dear Avi,
Here's the two page blurb for my NEH summer seminar for classroom teachers.
Terry
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"PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN WORLD HISTORY, 1450-1914."
June 29-July 24, 2009 (4 weeks)
Edmund Burke III (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Information:
NEH Seminar 2009
HAS, Humanities Bldg.
University of California, Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz CA 95064
831/459-2287
Email: NEHseminar@ucsc.edu
Website: tba
(Seminar Location: UC Santa Cruz)
BurkeNEH2.pdf
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
County Mock Trial Orientation
Subject: County Mock Trial Orientation
Dear Prospective 2008-2009 Mock Trial Participant:
The Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE) is pleased to announce its Twenty-Third Annual Alameda County Mock Trial Competition. We invite your school to participate in this challenging and rewarding program simulating the United States’ judicial system.
We are currently working on securing donations for scholarships for eligible schools so that a school’s inability to pay the participation fee does not unfairly serve as a barrier to participation. Additionally, we can assist schools in need of identifying coaching support from the legal community.
ORIENTATION MEETING. A mandatory orientation meeting for interested schools is scheduled for Wednesday, October 1, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Room 213 at the Alameda County Office of Education in Hayward. Parking is free in the lot located behind the 313 W. Winton Building off Santa Clara. At this meeting, teacher-sponsors will receive guidelines on preparing students for the Mock Trial, rules and regulations will be discussed, case materials will be reviewed and available for purchase, and dates/locations will be finalized for practice rounds, competition rounds, and the awards celebration. PLEASE BRING YOUR SCHOOL CALENDAR OF TESTS, HOLIDAYS, AND OTHER IMPORTANT DATES.
CASE MATERIALS. Case materials will not be available until the orientation. You must bring a money order, check or purchase order for $275.00 payable to “ACOE/Mock Trial” to the orientation for case materials.
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS. Each participating high school is required to do the following:
Ø Select a teacher-sponsor who will publicize Mock Trial at your school, develop a team of students and supervise the school team at all competitions.
Ø Select an attorney-coach and hold weekly meetings to prepare for the competition (if you need assistance identifying a coach, please contact me).
Ø Send a representative to the orientation, preferably the teacher-sponsor, on October 1, 2008 (attorney-coaches may also want to attend).
Ø Participate in at least two rounds of competition scheduled for February 2008 and subsequent rounds for which your team remains eligible.
Ø Pay for participation and case materials by November 1, 2008, (participation fee is $1,600 unless eligible for a scholarship, if they are available, and case materials are $275.
Refund Policy: Participation fees are not refundable after November 30, 2008. There are no refunds for case materials. Participation-fee refund requests must be made in writing to Rachelle DiStefano on or before November 30, 2008 and will be subject to a 10% administrative service charge.
Ø If you are the county winner, pay all costs related to participating in the state/national competitions (to participate in the State competition in Riverside, the Alameda County winner must pay the $900 registration fee, plus hotel/travel costs; if an Alameda County school wins the state competition, we will help find a donor to assist with travel and airfare).
PREPARATION FOR OCTOBER 1, 2008 ORIENTATION MEETING. If your school chooses to participate, please:
Ø RSVP by Tuesday, September 30, 2008, by emailing Rachelle DiStefano at rdistefano@acoe.org (PLEASE PUT “MOCK TRIAL” IN SUBJECT BOX).
Ø Bring the attached entry form signed by the school principal.
Ø Bring the $275 for copyrighted case materials if you wish to receive them at the orientation.
Ø BRING YOUR SCHOOL CALENDAR with testing dates and holidays so that scheduling conflicts can be avoided.
Ø Optional: You may also bring the $1,600 participation fee at this time. If you wish to combine the amounts, the check or purchase order should be in the amount of $1,875
FEE DEADLINE/MONEY ORDERS AND PURCHASE ORDERS: November 1. All fees are due by November 1, 2008, and paid by check, purchase order or money order. Please make checks and purchase orders payable to “ACOE/Mock Trial” and forward to:
Alameda County Office of Education
Attn: Rachelle DiStefano
313 W. Winton Avenue, Room 220
Hayward, CA 94544
WHAT IS MOCK TRIAL? Coordinated by the Alameda County Office of Education in collaboration with the Alameda County legal community and the Constitutional Rights Foundation, Mock Trial is a simulation of a criminal case with a pretrial motion on a Bill of Rights issue. School teams, limited to 20 students, study a hypothetical case, conduct legal research and learn courtroom procedures and trial preparation techniques from their teacher sponsors and volunteer attorney coaches. Students portray each of the principals in the cast of courtroom characters – counsel, witnesses, court clerk, and bailiff – thus acquiring a working knowledge of our judicial system. Teams alternately argue the case from the defense and the prosecution prospective. Alameda County judges preside and attorneys rate the teams’ performances. The Mock Trial format fosters skill development in research, analysis, and communication.
WHEN DO MOCK TRIAL ACTIVITIES BEGIN? Teams begin preparation this Fall 2008 for the competition in February 2008. Each team will compete in four to six trials scheduled after school at an Alameda County courthouse in Oakland during the month of February. The highest scoring team will represent Alameda County at the California State finals in Riverside County in March. The state winner will compete at the National Mock Trial competition in May.
WHOM TO CONTACT. If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Rachelle DiStefano at rdistefano@acoe.org and put “Mock Trial” in subject box. I am often difficult to reach by telephone, so please call Josephine Smedley at (510) 670-4564 if email is not an option for you.
Sincerely,
Rachelle DiStefano, JD, EdD
Director of Educational Support Services
and Professional Development
RD:js
Official Enrollment Form.doc
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Dear Prospective 2008-2009 Mock Trial Participant:
The Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE) is pleased to announce its Twenty-Third Annual Alameda County Mock Trial Competition. We invite your school to participate in this challenging and rewarding program simulating the United States’ judicial system.
We are currently working on securing donations for scholarships for eligible schools so that a school’s inability to pay the participation fee does not unfairly serve as a barrier to participation. Additionally, we can assist schools in need of identifying coaching support from the legal community.
ORIENTATION MEETING. A mandatory orientation meeting for interested schools is scheduled for Wednesday, October 1, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Room 213 at the Alameda County Office of Education in Hayward. Parking is free in the lot located behind the 313 W. Winton Building off Santa Clara. At this meeting, teacher-sponsors will receive guidelines on preparing students for the Mock Trial, rules and regulations will be discussed, case materials will be reviewed and available for purchase, and dates/locations will be finalized for practice rounds, competition rounds, and the awards celebration. PLEASE BRING YOUR SCHOOL CALENDAR OF TESTS, HOLIDAYS, AND OTHER IMPORTANT DATES.
CASE MATERIALS. Case materials will not be available until the orientation. You must bring a money order, check or purchase order for $275.00 payable to “ACOE/Mock Trial” to the orientation for case materials.
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS. Each participating high school is required to do the following:
Ø Select a teacher-sponsor who will publicize Mock Trial at your school, develop a team of students and supervise the school team at all competitions.
Ø Select an attorney-coach and hold weekly meetings to prepare for the competition (if you need assistance identifying a coach, please contact me).
Ø Send a representative to the orientation, preferably the teacher-sponsor, on October 1, 2008 (attorney-coaches may also want to attend).
Ø Participate in at least two rounds of competition scheduled for February 2008 and subsequent rounds for which your team remains eligible.
Ø Pay for participation and case materials by November 1, 2008, (participation fee is $1,600 unless eligible for a scholarship, if they are available, and case materials are $275.
Refund Policy: Participation fees are not refundable after November 30, 2008. There are no refunds for case materials. Participation-fee refund requests must be made in writing to Rachelle DiStefano on or before November 30, 2008 and will be subject to a 10% administrative service charge.
Ø If you are the county winner, pay all costs related to participating in the state/national competitions (to participate in the State competition in Riverside, the Alameda County winner must pay the $900 registration fee, plus hotel/travel costs; if an Alameda County school wins the state competition, we will help find a donor to assist with travel and airfare).
PREPARATION FOR OCTOBER 1, 2008 ORIENTATION MEETING. If your school chooses to participate, please:
Ø RSVP by Tuesday, September 30, 2008, by emailing Rachelle DiStefano at rdistefano@acoe.org (PLEASE PUT “MOCK TRIAL” IN SUBJECT BOX).
Ø Bring the attached entry form signed by the school principal.
Ø Bring the $275 for copyrighted case materials if you wish to receive them at the orientation.
Ø BRING YOUR SCHOOL CALENDAR with testing dates and holidays so that scheduling conflicts can be avoided.
Ø Optional: You may also bring the $1,600 participation fee at this time. If you wish to combine the amounts, the check or purchase order should be in the amount of $1,875
FEE DEADLINE/MONEY ORDERS AND PURCHASE ORDERS: November 1. All fees are due by November 1, 2008, and paid by check, purchase order or money order. Please make checks and purchase orders payable to “ACOE/Mock Trial” and forward to:
Alameda County Office of Education
Attn: Rachelle DiStefano
313 W. Winton Avenue, Room 220
Hayward, CA 94544
WHAT IS MOCK TRIAL? Coordinated by the Alameda County Office of Education in collaboration with the Alameda County legal community and the Constitutional Rights Foundation, Mock Trial is a simulation of a criminal case with a pretrial motion on a Bill of Rights issue. School teams, limited to 20 students, study a hypothetical case, conduct legal research and learn courtroom procedures and trial preparation techniques from their teacher sponsors and volunteer attorney coaches. Students portray each of the principals in the cast of courtroom characters – counsel, witnesses, court clerk, and bailiff – thus acquiring a working knowledge of our judicial system. Teams alternately argue the case from the defense and the prosecution prospective. Alameda County judges preside and attorneys rate the teams’ performances. The Mock Trial format fosters skill development in research, analysis, and communication.
WHEN DO MOCK TRIAL ACTIVITIES BEGIN? Teams begin preparation this Fall 2008 for the competition in February 2008. Each team will compete in four to six trials scheduled after school at an Alameda County courthouse in Oakland during the month of February. The highest scoring team will represent Alameda County at the California State finals in Riverside County in March. The state winner will compete at the National Mock Trial competition in May.
WHOM TO CONTACT. If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Rachelle DiStefano at rdistefano@acoe.org and put “Mock Trial” in subject box. I am often difficult to reach by telephone, so please call Josephine Smedley at (510) 670-4564 if email is not an option for you.
Sincerely,
Rachelle DiStefano, JD, EdD
Director of Educational Support Services
and Professional Development
RD:js
Official Enrollment Form.doc
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Election 2008--Now up on CCSS Website!
From: George Sabato [mailto:2artists@sbcglobal.net]
CCSS is now the location of the best set of Election 2008 resources found anywhere on the world wide web!
http://www.ccss.org
Put the word out!
I am sure you and fellow teachers at your school will want to take advantage of these great links to support the teaching about Election 2008.
Be sure to share it with all the folks you know will be able to benefit.
George Sabato
222 Judy Drive
Placerville, CA95667
phone: 530 622 8013
email: 2artists@sbcglobal.net
web page: geocities.com/2artists@sbcglobal.net
CCSS is now the location of the best set of Election 2008 resources found anywhere on the world wide web!
http://www.ccss.org
Put the word out!
I am sure you and fellow teachers at your school will want to take advantage of these great links to support the teaching about Election 2008.
Be sure to share it with all the folks you know will be able to benefit.
George Sabato
222 Judy Drive
Placerville, CA95667
phone: 530 622 8013
email: 2artists@sbcglobal.net
web page: geocities.com/2artists@sbcglobal.net
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