Page 24 RAIN April1978 ______________~VENTS The Syracuse Peace Council, Syracuse, New York, is sponsoring an Energy Fair, April 22-23 at Onondaga Com munity College. The public is welcome. Exhibitions (commercial and noncommercial) are being solicited. For more information call Chris at 315 / 472-5478. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 19,20 and 21,1978, the Studio Museum in Harlem will sponsor the Third Annual Lewis H. Michaux Book Fair, in honor of the late founder and proprietor of the now defunct National Memorial African Bookstore. Admission is free. Twelve noon to 6 p.m. each day. This year's third book fair will include works by and about U.S. citizens of African, Asian, Central and South American, Caribbean and Native American descent. The First Annual Posi tive Energy Convention for Central Illinois will be held Saturday, May 6, and Sunday, May 7, 1978, at the Timberline Recreational Area north of Interstate 74 on Route 117 near Goodfield, I L. Featured WIll be solar energy, wind power, bio-mass, insulation and energy efficiency. For more information contact: Dennis Longwill (309) 828-7724, Dr. Brian Crissey (309) 829-5195, Mark A. Chaddon (309) 829-0154 The Frankfort Community Public Library and the Frankfort Community Schools are sponsoring an Energy Workshop on Saturday, May 6, 1978, starting at 8:00 a.m. and running all day. The following people will speak: Michael Evans, Malcolm Wells, Dr. John Todd and Alex Wade. For more information and registration forms, contact: Bill Caddell, Frankfort Community Public Library, 308 West Clinton Street, Frankfort, IN 46041, phone (317) 654-8746. Caribbean Conference on Energy for Development (CCED), April 3-6, San juan, Puerto Rico, will relate Caribbean development goals to energy needs and supplies in the region and other parts of the world. Conservation and alternative energy development strategies such as use of solar will be highlighted. Over 40 nations to be represented. Contact: Katharine Donovan, CCED Conference Committee, Suite 414, 1055 Thomas j efferson St., N. w., Washington, DC 20007, phone (202) 337-6580. Community Organizing Training: The Institute, providing technical assistance and training in the principles of community organizing, will conduct two one-day conferences, Organizing: An Overview, in Miami, Florida, on April 11, and in Atlanta Georgia on April 13, providing an introduction and basic principles and models, as well as strategy and research skills. Emphasis is on practical methods which have been field proven. The fee is $35.00 per person: $30.00 per person with a group of four or more. Pre-registration required. Contact: Lina Newhouser, Conference Coordinator, The Institute, 523 W. 15th, Little Rock, AK 72202, phone (SOl) 376·2615. Prairie Project '78: a Moral & Ethical Responses to Resource Limitations Conference with four concurrent sessions on energy, food, business response to resource limitations, and how to make small towns interesting (i.e. selfreliant) will be held April 25 at Doane College, Crete, Nebraska, and April 26 at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. For further information contact Marie Arnot at U. of Nebraska, (402 ) 472-3592, or Don Ferrell at Doane College, (402) 826-2161. Evergreen State College, in conjunction with International SUN Day, will be presenting Energy Northwest, an exposition concerning energy use and appropriate technology. It will be on their Olympia, Washington, campus May 5,6 and 7. For more info phone (202) 866·6191. /t 's time again for the Annual Equinox Gathering sponsored by the Cascadian Regional Library. This year it will be April 27-30 at Silver Falls State Park in Silverton, OR. It's a good time for folk s from the Northwest to share dreams, plans and dancing. Contact CAREL, Box 1492,454 Willamette, Eugene, OR 97401. __~OBS Doing More With Less, the periodical concerned with practical, home-grown ecology, is looking for an assistant editor. Responsibility: the sky's the limit. Future: yours to mold. Low or no starting pay; increasing as you help the periodical grow. Long hours, etc. Contact: Doing More With Less, Common Ground, 1090 S. Adams, Birmingham, MI 48011. RAIN 2270 N.W. Irving Portland, OR 97210 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 1890 Portland, OR Forwarding and Return Postage Guaranteed
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