GRATITUDE

Dear friends,

Tomorrow the Montana Nonprofit Association will celebrate Philanthropy Day by honoring outstanding organizations and individuals. Today and ever after, I am honoring the people listed here. In August I sent out a special appeal for donations to help us weather the storm of Covid-19. You folks listed here (as well as a couple who wanted to remain anonymous) stepped up to say "yes"! And because of all of you, we raised over $20,000 from that letter! Each week as the checks kept coming, I was awed by your generosity. And all the notes you wrote touched my heart. My thanks to each of you and all of you for your part in making sure a Missoula icon of peace remains strong into the future.

This coming Sunday we will close our very first online auction and again an amazing group of folks stepped up to donate meals, desserts, quilts, classes and so much more. Special thanks to the Good Food Store and First Security Bank for leading the way. And a growing list of participants is bidding away on items getting us about halfway to our goal. It’s fun to watch! But it is even more heartwarming to feel the support from our community. You all make me so proud to be a part of this organization and to be about the work of peace! Quoting William Shakespeare, “I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks”…Betsy

Imagine Nation Brewing in Steve Dagger's name as a founding member of INBC.
Western Montana Returned Peace Corp Volunteers

Plus Here's Another Way To FEEL THE BUZZ OF GIVING All Month!!

Equal Exchange is partnering with the Good Food Store to bring you an opportunity to multiply the positive impact of your coffee buying this November. For every pound of Organic Bulk Love Buzz coffee sold in the month of November, Equal Exchange will donate $1 to the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center in Missoula and the Good Food Store will match the donation dollar-for-dollar. Equal Exchange is a worker-owned coffee roaster that has been building fair trade supply chains with small farmers for over 30 years. The mission of Equal Exchange is to get as much of the consumer dollar back to the farmer as possible. By drinking Equal Exchange coffee you’re helping to build strong, stable livelihoods for small farmers around the world.

"Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.”

ALICE WALKER

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November Read, Watch, & Listen List

Three Seconds: Short Film

An epic presentation of where humanity stands today and how we must all work together to make it to the fourth second. Created by Spencer Sharp & Prince Ea.

 Read

• The Thanksgiving Tale We Tell Is a Harmful Lie
• Longtime Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat Dies Of Complications From COVID-19
• Political The Perception Gap
• Sustainable Missoula: The soundscapes that surround us
• Self-care Can Be Social Justice
• How COVID-19 Has Exposed the Global Inequality of Clothing Production
• Opinion: Military spending could fund basic needs in Missoula, western Montana
• Femicide: Everything You Need to Know
• Africa is the next global influencer. That’s an opportunity.

Watch 

• American Son (Netflix)
• Three Seconds
• Policing the Police - Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man Ep. 9
• Nigerian End SARS Protests - If You Don’t Know, Now You Know

Listen

• All My Relations (Podcast)
• Teaching Hard History (Podcast)

Act & Support

• Western Native Voice Billings
• All Nations Health Center
• Stand with the people of Nigeria and the #EndSARS movement
• Join the Missoula Advocacy Team, Contact Carol (programs@jrpc.org) for details! 

"Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want."

ANNA LAPPE

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