March/April 1984 RAIN Page 37 CALENDAR Spreading the Word In our effort to inform more people about RAIN, we are requesting that those groups for which we list upcoming events make our brochures available to event participants. We'll send the sponsoring group up to 40 brochures when we mail the magazine. We enjoy getting the word out for upbeat efforts; we hope you will, too. Gracias. Sponsored jointly by the National Center For Employee Ownership and the Association for Workplace Democracy, the Conference on Employee Ownership and Participation will be held April 7-8 at American University in Washington, DC. Co-ops, ESOPS, workplace democracy, quality of worklife, and organizational development are among the workshop topics. Contact Corey Rosen, NCEO, 1611 South Walter Reed Drive, #109, Arlington, VA 22204; 703/979-2375. Farallones International announces a 10-week course in Appropriate Technology and International Development Strategies. Intended for international-development professionals and students, the course will run from April 2 to June 8 at the Farallones Institute Rural Center. Tuition, meals, and field trips cost $1000 per person. For more information, contact Glen Price, Director, Farallones International, 15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental, CA 95465; 707/874-2441. "The Big Party idea is an excellent one and it should be tried every year until it works and most of the people participate,” according to Robert G. Muller, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Big Party is a week- long worldwide celebration set for October 24- 30 whose purpose is to help people visualize a world where creating weapons of war is impossible. Endorsers include Pete Seeger, Maggie Kuhn, Flo Kennedy, and Father Daniel Berrigan. For a $25 donation, the Aquarian Research Foundation will supply 200 invitations, a manual, a newsletter subscription, and other information. Contact the Aquarian Research Foundation, 5620 Morton Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144. The Florida Solar Energy Center will hold more than two dozen workshops and short courses in the next few months. The Florida Solar Energy Center sponsors short courses and workshops on such topics as Solar Merchandising (March 15-16); Solar Systems, Daylighting and Ventilation Design for Schools (March 29-30 and April 5-6); and Fundamentals and Applications of Photovol- taics (April 26-27). For more information. contact Ken Sheinkopf, Director of Continuing Education, Florida Solar Energy Center, 300 State Road 401, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920; 305/ 783-0300. More than 400 educators and environmentalists from 16 different states attend Stalking Education in the Wild each year. The conference is a weekend learning extravaganza with 15-20 different sessions and classes going on each hour. This year, the conference runs from Ivlay 3-6 and will focus on individual and world concerns and issues. Contact Barb Brining, Colorado Outdoor Education Center, Florissant, CO 80816; 303/748-3341. The Women's Peace Presence, an encampment by women to protest the escalating arms race and, in particular. Project Elf (the Navy's first- strike, one-way transmitter for the oncoming fleet of Trident nuclear submarines), will open in northern Wisconsin on May 28. With the encampment, the women hope to raise consciousness about Project Elf and many issues of special concern to women. They hold in common the belief that the arms race must end, the desire for the world to be at peace, and the need to be actively and powerfully involved in this process. For more information or to offer personal or financial support, contact Women's Peace Presence to Stop Project Elf, National Media Web, 1016 North 9th Street, Milwaukee, W1 53233; 414/272- 7457.
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