After running the TCAP website for a year or two,

I feel that it's time for me to move on (no pun intended).

I've learned a lot along the way.

I've learned that a website is never "finished".

I've experienced the satisfaction of communicating information and ideas that I felt were important for other people to hear.

I hope that I have provided you with information that you could use, actions that you could take, and maybe a chuckle here and there.

I'm planning to spend more of my time and energy preparing for the consequences of Peak Oil.

This is a subject that is very relevant to the Peace Movement, as peak oil is a major influence on what the neocons are doing.

I encourage all members of the Peace Community to take a look at this synopsis of the situation: http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/

I also hope that some of you will check out the film End of Suburbia.

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So.

If any of you peace-mongers out there would like to try your hand at being a WEBMASTER, please contact TCAP at tcap-owner@mutualaid.org

Remember, I'd never done this before either, and it's kind of fun.

Thanks for a wonderful time.

Peace and Love,

Clif

This August over 15,000 progressive youth from over 150 countries will gather in Caracas, Venezuela for eight days to promote an alternative to war, inequality, racism and oppression. Their goal is to build a world of peace, equality, justice and dignity for everyone.
 
The Festival movement grew out of the ashes of World War II when thousands of youth gathered in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1947 to proclaim to the world that they would never repeat the fascist horrors that terrorized the world.
 
Sponsored every four years by the World Federation of Democratic Youth the festival is eight days of hundreds of workshops, political and cultural events which build relationships, friendship and understanding amongst a diverse gathering of youth. Their experiences has in many cases lead to a lifetime of activism for peace and justice.
 
The Mid-Michigan delegates are ...
 
Amy Seaver, Saginaw Township Trustee and peace activist with Tri-City Action for Peace. She is 29 years old with a young son Path Alton. Her goal is to come to a better understanding of community government and its function in other countries and cultures. The first Democrat elected to in Saginaw Township she is also the youngest to hold public office. Her recent election victory has been considered ground-breaking by area politicos. And she is a progressive!
 
Todd Fillion, stay at home Dad and bluegrass mandolinist 29 years old. Amy’s life partner and peace and justice activist with TCAP, Todd wants to see the Venezuelan peoples revolution up close and get a better understanding of the fight back against world globalization and corporations. 
 
Erin Barlow, 23 year old student at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and a graduate of Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw. Erin would like to let the youth of the world know that not everyone in the U.S. agrees with the direction of our government under President Bush and the Iraq War. 
 
Crystalee Crain is from Bridgeport, 21 and a recent graduate of Northern Michigan University. She is currently attending grad school at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. Majoring in political science she has been active in efforts to provide aid to impoverished and needy nations and would like to find out more about what is necessary to improve the conditions of peoples around the globe. She has been active with Left Turn Magazine and is a former journalism intern with the Saginaw News.
 
The cost to attend the festival is $1000 per participant and TCAP has committed to help offset the costs to the delegates. But we can’t do it without your support.
 
There are plenty of opportunities to help the World Festival of Youth and Student Mid-Michigan Delegation. For more info on the festival call 989-790-8280 or visit www.usnpc.net.
 
If you would like to help out with expenses for the delegation you can make a donation by sending a check or money. Please make it payable to Tri-City Action for Peace Festival Fund P.O. Box 20036, Saginaw, MI 48602.
 
This is the first time Saginaw has been involved in the Festival movement and will certainly not be the last. Four years from now we expect to send more than four delegates from Mid-Michigan and would like to expand representation to the entire Tri-Cities. Our participation in this wonderful international festival has just begun and we are excited about possibilities for the future.