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Cause for Drinks is TONIGHT Wednesday, October 24th in six, yes six cities now for Burma. For those of you that do not know what’s going on there, Burma’s 50 million people have suffered at the hands of repressive and often brutal military dictatorship. Religious persecution, ethnic cleansing, forced relocations, summary executions, arbitrary arrests, the use of civilians as human mine sweepers, slave labor and gang-rapes have been documented in reports. As a result of these abuses, more than 800,000 refugees have been driven out of Burma into neighboring Thailand, Bangladesh and India. The recent wide-spread protests by monks and civilians, and ensuing violent crackdown, has opened a new window of opportunity to end impunity for the ongoing crimes against humanity being perpetrated by the SPDC. This is our chance to help. This month proceeds will go to the Burma Lawyer’s Council:

By vigorously opposing all unjust and oppressive laws, and by helping restore the principle of the Rule of Law, the Burma Lawyers’ Council aims to contribute to the transformation of Burma where all the citizens enjoy the equal protection of law under the democratic federal constitution which will guarantee fundamentals of human rights.

October 24, 2007
Wednesday
6:30-8:30pm

NOLA:
LePhare
523 Gravier
lepharenola.com

NYC:
Blue Owl
196 Second Avenue
blueowlnyc.com

AUSTIN:
Molotov Lounge
West 6th Street
molotovlounge.com

RICHMOND:
Blackfinn
1001 Haxall Point
blackfinnrichmond.com

WASHINGTON DC :
Marvin
2007 14th Street NW
(202) 797-7171

We drink because the people of Burma are under siege by their military government. $2 from every drink will assist grassroots efforts to restore basic human rights, democratic rights, and the rule of law in Burma. Who said that drinking only produces a hangover?

There were 4,641 applications submitted and we’re grateful to have made it in the final 100. Last week alldaybuffet made it to the Case Foundation’s “Make It Your Own Awards” top 100 semifinalists! Check out the others that made the cut here.

The Make It Your Own Awards™ is about people connecting with others in their community, forming solutions, and taking action.

The Make It Your Own Awards™ came about in response to research showing that many people feel disconnected from public leaders and institutions and don’t believe they have the power to make a real difference in their community. These findings were the reason for a paper we released last fall, Citizens at the Center: A New Approach to Civic Engagement* by Cynthia Gibson, which suggests that if people are actually going to get engaged and stay engaged in their communities, one thing has to happen first — they must have more chances to connect with one another (including those they might disagree with) and figure out how they can work together for the common good.

This isn’t a “bottom-up” or “top-down” approach. It’s a combination of both.

… alldaybuffet anyone?

The top 100 finalists will get $100 from the Case Foundation to jump-start their idea. Next, twenty finalists will receive a $10,000 grant to make their idea into a reality. The final four (chosen by a public online vote aka: all of you) will get an additional $25,000 grant — for a total of $35,000. Everyone who applies will receive GOOD Magazine and online tools to help them share their idea with others and raise funds online.

So stay tuned! We may need your help getting out the vote and we’ll want your help and ideas on what alldaybuffet should expand to next. As you know, we’ve been expanding our Cause for Drinks monthly happy hours, but who knows what could be next? A clothing line? Music festival? The possibilities are endless (especially if we get $35,000 in the bank) just let us know what you think they are!

Received this in an email from a friend yesterday who got it from her mom..

“I just noticed that you joined “Caused for Drinks” on Facebook. Very admirable, but you should know that the Parrotheads have been “partying with a purpose” since the early 80’s. So don’t you gen next-ers think you made that up, ok? In the last five years, Parrotheads have donated over $10.5 Million and almost 1.8 Million Volunteer Hours. Not too shabby for a bunch of middle aged, overweight, midlife crisis bound concert go-ers.”

She’s right, Parrotheads, have raised millions of dollars! Check out the stats from the past couple of years…

In 2002: Over $1.4 Million and 360,000 Volunteer Hours
In 2003: Over $1.6 Million and 365,068 Volunteer Hours
In 2004: Over $2.2 Million and 404,690 Volunteer Hours
In 2005: Over $2.7 Million and 663,543 Volunteer Hours
In 2006: Over $2.6 Million and 173,000 Volunteer Hours
Five Year Total: Over $10.5 Million and almost 1.8 Million Volunteer Hours

Sky’s the limit. I think we can catch up to them next year…