* Two Avaaz Petitions to Sign. To Russia: A powerful new treaty is our best weapon against the global rape trade in women and girls. If Russia signs it, it will put a major dent in this horror - let’s get 1 million voices to appeal to Russian PM Putin to sign the treaty.

To the US: The world needs the US to move away from oil, and work with us instead to drive forward the global clean energy revolution. Let’s use this moment to send a world-wide message to President Obama, urging him to overturn offshore drilling expansion – our global outcry will be delivered in Washington with a massive banner when we reach 500,000 signers:

* A Party for Reena: at Beit Zatoun, Friday Aug 20th. Reena Katz, has touched many people and groups. Her commitment, sage guidance and capable talents have helped move us along. …We all will miss Reena’s presence among us in activist Toronto but we also wish her well in the next phase of her artistic life and activist pursuits. She will be attending 2-year graduate program at Parsons New School for Design in NYC, pursuing a Masters of Fine Art. We come together to celebrate Reena’s friendship and we also acknowledge the relationships and that bind us to each other and to our many causes.