The Cause of Zion The 'Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness, and there were no poor among them." Establishing a Society of Righteousness, Equality, and Social Justice.
	Salt Lake City - MESJ Crystal Clear on the Airwaves ! Crystal Young-Otterstrom was part of a discussion on Free Speech on the radio station KRCL Community Radio, where she eloquently defended free speech. Thanks Crystal, for representing MESJ !
	Proclamation of Peace It is our divine calling to "Sue for peace, not only to the people that have smitten you, but to all people; And lift up an ensign of peace, and make a proclamation of peace unto the ends of the earth " (D&C 105:38-39).
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Salt Lake City - Bulletin Board

The next MESJ of SLC progressive FHE/steering committee meeting will be Monday
October 8th. Progressive FHE will begin at 6pm; snacks will be served. The topic will
be Imperialism in light of Columbus Day unless anyone else has another suggestion.

Following Progressive FHE, the steering committee will meet. We will end promptly at
8pm because my husband and I host a Heroes-watching party at 8pm. :P

The November progressive FHE, in honor of Thanksgiving, will comprise of a
humanitarian service project for the homeless of Salt Lake City. We will plan
the project at the steering committee meeting, so please attend!

Location: 450 E 100 S #29, SLC
Please RSVP to: crystalmarayoung@gmail.com or 801.652.0737

Best wishes,
Crystal Young-Otterstrom
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UPCOMING EVENTS SPONSORED BY FRIENDS OF MESJ
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Interfaith Conference on War & Peace:
A dialogue among Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and Latter-day Saint Perspectives

Date: Saturday, October 6, 2007
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (lunch break from noon to 1:00 p.m.)
Location: Downtown Salt Lake City Library Auditorium

The conference will consist of representatives from these faiths speaking about their
respective religions' understanding of war and peace in the morning sessions, addressing
their traditions' perspectives on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the afternoon. Invitation
for participation in the dialogue will be extended to the audience as well.

Sponsored by The Peace and Justice Studies Program, Religious Studies Program, and
Center for the Study of Ethics at Utah Valley State College; The Peace and Conflict Studies
Program, and the Barbara L. And Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights
Advocacy at the University of Utah; the Salt Lake Theological Seminary; the Peace and Justice
Commission of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City; and the Peace and Justice Commission
of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah.

Speakers include Dr. Alex Stecker, Professor of History and Judaism at UVSC; Dr. Michael Minch,
Director of the Peace and Justice Studies Program at UVSC; Tom McClenahan, Assistant Professor
of Old Testament at Salt Lake Theological Seminary; The Honorable Tarek Nosseir, President of the
Islamic Society of Utah; and Dr. Brian Birch, Director of the Religious Studies Program at UVSC.

The conference is free and open to the public

For more information, email Dr. Michael Minch at minchmi@uvsc.edu.
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Plan-B Theatre's production of Exposed October 19 - November 4

EXPOSED, a new play by KUED's Mary Dickson, combines personal memoir with
powerful historical documentation to capture the downwinder experience
and the human consequence of four decades of nuclear testing.

EXPOSED serves both to bear witness and give warning. While the pen may
be mightier than the sword, the eraser is mightier still. By bringing
her personal experiences to the stage, Mary Dickson is working to ensure
that our downwind history is never erased, nor relived.

Location: Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
Opening night is already soldout. Seating is limited, so please order your tickets today.

Visit www.planbtheatre.org/exposed or call 801-355-ARTS for more
information.

(Joel and I are attending on October 27th at 8pm if anyone wants to come the same day)

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In collaboration with Plan-B's production, the Pickle company is offering the following exhibit:

EXPOSED: a large-scale mixed-media exhibition exploring the legacy of nuclear testing

October 12 – November 17, 2007
at the Pickle Company
741 South 400 West, SLC
Gallery hours daily by appointment: 801.450.8977
www.thepicklecompany.org

Friday, October 12, 2007, 7 -10 pm Opening Reception
Friday, October 19, 2007, 6 - 9 pm Gallery Stroll Opening and Artists' Reception
Friday, November 17, 2007, 6-9 pm Gallery Stroll Closing Event

Featuring new work by Trent Thursby Alvey, Jan Andrews, Jean Arnold, Frederick Brayman,
Jim Frazer, Suzanne Kanatsiz, Frank McEntire, Michael McGlothlen, Shawn Porter, Eric Ristau,
Suzanne Simpson, and Maryann Webster as well as the images of Pickle Company Artist-in-Residence,
Carole Gallagher, internationally acclaimed photographer and author of American Ground Zero:
the Secret Nuclear War.

"They are ordinary people to whom something extraordinary has happened, and Carole Gallagher reveals
their pain, anger and confusion with the relentless clarity of art."
-T.H Watkins, the Washington Post

Please visit www.thepicklecompany.org for a complete list of attendant events.
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New LDS Global Development Listerv
Global_Development_LDS is a listserv on yahoogroups that provides LDS interested in
global development a forum to exchange ideas, create projects, and relay information relating
to global development issues. The non-partisan listserv is not supported by or affiliated with
the LDS church or any other group or organization. Subscribe to the listserv by sending an
email to Global_Development_LDS-subscribe@yahoogroups.com .
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If you know of an event that you would like to send to MESJ of SLC, please send a
description to crystalmarayoung@gmail.com

Please invite your friends to MESJ! Our website: www.mesj.org
--
Crystal Young-Otterstrom
801.652.0737

LDS PEACE PROJECT

We as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints should stand apart from the world and stand for peace, not war. Hence the need for the Proclamation of Peace document . It serves as a guide for issues of war and peace. It is not provocative and is to be used as an
inspirational document for the saints to make critical decisions on all wars
or conflicts through out the world. I want the proclamation to have
credence, so it is appropriate to be read and discussed within official
Church entities. It can be as resource to issue particular statements or
actions on the Iraq war, Iran, terror, Middle East, Darfur crisis, etc., We
want the saints world wide to organize their own independent entities as to express their concerns or activism. Notice the efforts of Dutch Saints. I would like to present this document to general authorities.

Contact Bart Tippetts, the Salt Lake Chapter contact person at barttip@msn.com or call him at 801-859-8150 for updates on activities or if you want to join MESJ.

	MESJ video of the month Proclaim Peace and Renounce War? The nation observed the end of the fourth year of combat in Iraq. Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson spoke at the occasion. (35 min.)