Friends,

This Memorial Day (Monday @ 10:00 AM) we have been accepted as a participant for the Hazel Park Memorial Day Parade.

We are calling out for volunteers to help us represent the local chapter of The Zeitgeist Movement this Memorial Day, Monday May 30^th @ 10:00 AM. We will meet at The Phoenix Café at 9:30 to gather ourselves. Please email with any questions, comments, concerns.

During the parade we will simply be walking within the parade holding poster boards that we all individually make along with the 16’ x 4’ & 6’ x 3’ banners that we have. We plan on individually making signs (please inquire if you want to make a poster board to bring, there are strict rules). We will also be prepared with DVDs and postcards as hand-outs. Please help us print postcards (please email for a PDF of postcards)and burn DVDs of ZMF or Addendum if possible.

The dress code for all participants is as follows: We’re trying to get everyone to be in a similar outfit to have a uniform look: White T- shirt / sweatshirt, TZM logo (from www.zeitgeistmediaproject.com) to iron on (you can get the iron-on sheets at any craft store or office supply store such as Michaels or Staples, and any kind of pants / shorts.

We need volunteers to help out for this to be successful. We also need to know that you WILL be attending. Please respond to this email letting us know if YOU CAN attend the parade, confirmations only please.

We may be meeting Sunday at one of our homes or possibly the Phoenix to prepare some of the signs and uniforms. Please also let us know if you would be interested in meeting Sunday (probably mid-day or evening) to help out.

We are looking forward to this event; it will be one hell of a learning experience!

We look forward to your replies, once again please email with any questions, comments and/or concerns!

Respectfully,

The Zeitgeist Movement S.E. MI Chapter

MI State site: www.Zeitmi.com

S.E. MI Chapter site: http://zeitmi.blogspot.com/

Main TZM Site: www.thezeitgeistmovement.com

www.Facebook.com/ZeitMI

www.meetup.com/ZeitMI

Meetings every first Sunday of every month at the Phoenix Café @ 12:30 PM

24918 John R Rd
Hazel Park, MI 48030

Friends,

Tomorrow night is the third Wednesday of the month, meaning that it’s Z-Movie night at the Phoenix Café!

The doors open at 7 and the movie starts at 7:30.

The movies that we will be showing are: Coal Country produced by the Sierra Club (40 Min) and Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars. (34 Min).

As always we will have a short discussion about the subject matter after the films.

Hope to see you there!

Respectfully,

The Zeitgeist Movement S.E. MI Chapter
MI State site: www.Zeitmi.com
S.E. MI Chapter site: http://zeitmi.blogspot.com/
Main TZM Site: www.thezeitgeistmovement.com
www.Facebook.com/ZeitMI
www.meetup.com/ZeitMI
Meetings every first Sunday of every month at the Phoenix Café @ 12:30 PM
24918 John R Rd
Hazel Park, MI 48030

Friends,


The last post had an error in it (now fixed) regarding the next meeting date! The next S.E. MI chapter meeting is the first Sunday of the month (as always) which is May 1st, NOT May 8th (spend May 8th with your Mother!)


Also, some other changes to our schedule have been made; please see the following updated schedule of events:


Saturday April 16th

Wild and Scenic Film Festival hosted by the honors program at UDM Saturday April 16th, 2011, 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM, free admission, donations accepted, 4001 W. McNichols Rd., Detroit, MI. For more information call (313) 993-1092 or email rochejj@udmercy.edu.


Monday, April 18th

Richard Gage is leading the Midwest Truth Tour.
Hi is the founder of “Architects and Engineers For 9/11 Truth”.
He will be speaking at Lawrence Tech on Monday April 18th at 7:00 PM
http://www.gcnlive.com/wp/2011/03/31/richard-gage-to-lead-the-midwest-truth-tour/


Wednesday, April 20th

Instead of having our “first and third Wednesday of the month Z-movie night” at the Phoenix next week, we are relocating this Wed the 20th’s location. “Zero Waste Detroit” is sponsoring a free showing of the prize winning film "Waste Land" at Shed 5 in Detroit's Eastern Market, Wednesday, April 20, from 7:00-9:00 PM. If you plan on attending make sure to bring warm clothes and a folding chair! Please email for more details.



Saturday April 23rd

The Local S.E. MI Zeitgeist Chapter & an organization called LRNA are hosting an open discussion / fundraiser that is free to attend with a suggested donation of $5.00. This will be a forum addressing the social / cultural influence on the political and economic realities. It is Saturday April 23rd from 6:00PM – 8:00PM @ the Phoenix Café. If you plan on attending please send an email to us or Hans Barbe @ the Phoenix an email (hans3755@gmail.com).


Sunday May 1st

The next SE MI Zeitgeist Chapter Meeting at the Phoenix Café @ 12:30 PM.

This website was sent to us by a local chapter member, it might be worth check out if you’re interested in solar energy for your home: http://1bog.org/ It provides group discounts to help you buy home solar power.


Please email with any questions!
We hope to find all of you well and look forward to seeing you soon!

Respectfully,


The Zeitgeist Movement S.E. MI Chapter

MI State site: http://www.zeitmi.com/
S.E. MI Chapter site: http://zeitmi.blogspot.com/
Main Venus Project site: http://www.thevenusproject.com/
Main TZM Site: http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/ (Activist arm of the Venus Project)
www.Facebook.com/ZeitMI
www.meetup.com/ZeitMI


Meetings every first Sunday of every month at the Phoenix Café @ 12:30 PM
24918 John R Rd
Hazel Park, MI 48030

Friends,

Sunday’s meeting was a blast! We had lots of attendees, some regulars, some new.

We discussed the following:

- The Lansing chapter is planning on hosting a state wide Zeitgeist event called: “Zeitgeist under the Sun”. They plan on having members from all of the state chapters attend along with fun and entertainment. Tentatively they planned on this being late May, although, it could be pushed to June due to conflicts in May. Regardless, stay tuned, it should play out to be a great time that you don’t want to miss!

- Movie nights, we have committed to having Z movie nights at least twice a month on the first and third Wednesday at the Phoenix Café. Each movie will of course be Z related or current event related; doors open at 7, movie starts at 7:30. This week’s selection is “China Syndrome”, (A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.) Yes it’s not totally Z related, and yes it is fictional, but we thought it would create some good discussion, and many of us have not seen it yet. Movie nights are free to attend but there is a suggested donation of a few dollars to support The Movement and the Phoenix Café.

- Action! The time is perfect to start getting our hands dirty. That being said, we discussed many initiative ideas that we will narrow down to a select few. All of these revolve around community oriented, self-sustainability-oriented projects. We can’t wait to get started and we need your help!

- Z-Day past and future.

- BOINC - http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/wiki/index.php?title=BOINC

- Lots and lots of other fruitful topics.

Z-Calendar
There is a lot going on in the foreseeable future, so to make it easy every update will have a calendar listing the next few events.

Tomorrow, Wed April 6th. – Movie night at the Phoenix Café @ 7:00 PM.

April 23rd from 6:00PM – 8:00PM - A LRNA / Zeitgeist open discussion / fundraiser that is free to attend with a suggested donation of $5.00. This will be a forum addressing the social / cultural influence on the political and economic realities.
If you plan on attending please send us an email or send an email to Hans Barbe (hans3755@gmail.com).

Wed April 20th. – Movie night at the Phoenix Café @ 7:00 PM.

Sunday May 1st, the next SE MI Zeitgeist Chapter Meeting at the Phoenix Café @ 12:30 PM.

Please let us know if you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns!

Respectfully,

The Zeitgeist Movement S.E. MI Chapter
MI State site: http://www.zeitmi.com/
S.E. MI Chapter site: http://zeitmi.blogspot.com/
Main Venus Project site: http://www.thevenusproject.com/
Main TZM Site: http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/ (Activist arm of the Venus Project)
www.Facebook.com/ZeitMI
www.meetup.com/ZeitMI
Meetings every first Sunday of every month at the Phoenix Café @ 12:30 PM
24918 John R Rd
Hazel Park, MI 48030

Friends,

Once again our apologies for the delay of this post Z-Day update.

As most of you know the event went great; lots of attendees, good food, conversation, presentations, etc… Thank you again to all of you that attended and/or presented (especially Rob that was a great presentation)!

As always, between meetings and events please help to spread the word. With all of the unrest worldwide these are ripe times to spread awareness. Please check out http://www.zeitgeistmediaproject.com/ for a design of your choosing to share vie email and/or print. You can also make it your Facebook main pic for a day; or print it and leave it anonymously for an unsuspecting colleague / family member / friend to find. We also have PLENTY of DVD’s available, please send an email if you’d like us to mail some to you for a donation of your choosing (They cost us about $2.00 to make, so try and donate at least that amount per DVD).

The next local chapter meeting is April 3rd, (as always the first Sunday of the month) same place, same time (see below).

In the meantime the Phoenix Café and an organization called “The League of Revolutionaries for a New America” (LRNA) is hosting a focused discussion forum called “Reform vs. Revolution” this Saturday from 6 – 8 PM. Please read below for more information on the topic. We hope you can make it; this will be a ripe opportunity to spread the Zeitgeist movement's vision and network with open minded individuals.

LRNA is an organization with a similar analysis and vision as Zeitgeist that has also been regularly meeting at the Phoenix Cafe. They are hosting a focused discussion forum there on Saturday, March 26, 6-8pm, with a fundraiser/party afterwards featuring local musicians/poets. They are excited to network with members of the Zeitgeist movement and are actively encouraging our attendance and our ideas. The discussion forum is centered around the topic of "Reform vs. Revolution," examining both the economic and political crises, what to do about them and how to best focus our energy going forward. There is a suggested $5 donation for the fundraiser/party, which is a BYOB/potluck event and will run until at least midnight, so plan on a good time!

Event Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115137178562798#!/event.php?eid=190710674298856

Thank you for all you do!

Namaste,

The Zeitgeist Movement S.E. MI Chapter
MI State site: http://www.zeitmi.com/
S.E. MI Chapter site: http://zeitmi.blogspot.com/
Main Venus Project site: http://www.thevenusproject.com/
Main TZM Site: http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/ (Activist arm of the Venus Project)
www.Facebook.com/ZeitMI
www.meetup.com/ZeitMI
Meetings every first Sunday of every month at the Phoenix Café @ 12:30 PM
24918 John R Rd
Hazel Park, MI 48030

Friends,

Happy Z-Week / Z-Month!

Zeitgeist Day (Z-DAY for short) is almost upon us! In case you aren’t 100% familiar with Z-Day, it is an annual, global event day which occurs in the middle of March, each year. The goal is to increase public awareness of The Zeitgeist Movement and The Venus Project. If you are not familiar with the tenets and goals of The Zeitgeist Movement and its relationship to The Venus Project, please see the following information:

What is the Zeitgeist Movement?
What is The Venus Project?

We have been very busy planning the details; this is going to be a great time with lots of educational opportunities for everyone.

Please join us for this family friendly day of food, fun & enlightenment.

Z-Day SE Michigan is this Saturday March 12th 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM and will consist of the following:
♦ Multiple Individual presentations: “Why I Advocate the Zeitgeist Movement”
♦ Movement related presentations / speakers / literature / handouts
♦ Multiple areas for you to view Zeitgeist related media
♦ Performances by various local artists
♦ Zeitgeist related artwork
♦ Round-table discussion
♦ Zeitgeist Wearables
♦ Food & drink
♦ And more!

Location: 24918 John R Rd., Hazel Park, Michigan 48030.

The event is free, but we will be accepting suggested donations for various items to take with you and for activities to participate in.

Websites: http://zeitmi.blogspot.com/; www.zeitmi.com; www.ZDayGlobal.org

If you are willing to volunteer please see the list of items we could use some help with below. The main theme of this movement is to spread the awareness of the tenets of The Zeitgeist Movement & The Venus Project. That being said we have attached fliers, Posters, handouts, etc… to the recent e-newsletter, please use them! Feel free to print them out, hang them around your neighborhood, and spread the word! The more people that get involved the quicker this transition will occur!

Volunteer list:
- Print out the posters that have been emailed out and hang them at your local coffee shops and community bulletin boards. Engage the public as to what Z-Day is!
- Print out the transition sheet & actions for social change sheet to add to the literature table on Z-Day.
- Burn DVDs of Zeitgeist Addendum & Zeitgeist: Moving Forward.
- Get to Z-Day Early (10ish) to help set up.
- Volunteer to help run one of the many booths.
- Have a presentation prepared of one of the Venus Project Tenets no more than ten minutes long (see attached tenet sheet).
- Have a “Why I advocate the Zeitgeist movement” presentation prepared (no more than 5 – 7 minutes).
- Tell all of your friends / family / co-workers about Z-Day.

If you have any questions about any of the above tasks or if you’re not on the email list please send us an email and let us know!

We have a meet-up account; if you’re registered with the site please become a member! www.meetup.com/ZeitMI/

Also, if you’re not our friend on FB yet, please send an invite! www.Facebook.com/zeitmi

Can’t wait to see you this Saturday @ 12:00!

The SE MI Zeitgeist Movement Chapter
MI State site: www.Zeitmi.com
S.E. MI Chapter site: http://zeitmi.blogspot.com/
Main Venus Project site: www.thevenusproject.com
Main TZM Site: www.thezeitgeistmovement.com (Activist arm of the Venus Project)
www.Facebook.com/ZeitMI
www.meetup.com/ZeitMI
Meetings every first Sunday of every month at the Phoenix Café @ 12:30 PM
24918 John R Rd
Hazel Park, MI 48030
Don’t forget, Z-Day is March 12th from 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ the Phoenix Café!

Friends,

For all of you that attended the Zeitgeist Moving Forward screening; thank you once again! For all of you that consistently show your support of The Movement in one way or another; thank you for all that you do! We have finally inputted all of the email addresses that we gathered from the last few meetings and the ZMF screening. The March newsletter went out last night with the Z-Day fliers and "how to create your own chapter" guidelines attached. If you are not on the local chapter's e-newsletter list please send an email to zeitmi@gmail.com and request that you be added.

The next event that our chapter is hosting is Z-Day, Saturday March 12th, 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM (ET) at the Phoenix Café (address below). The event will start with a reception from 12 - 1; we will then give a brief overview of the day’s activities and agenda. There will be pleanty to do and see, you will not leave empty handed or empty minded!

We have created fliers for the event, please send an email to zeitmi@gmail.com to get copies sent to you! We need to get these up anywhere and everywhere! If you don’t like the fliers provided, please feel free to get creative and make your own (please email to us for approval prior to posting) and get it out there!

The next meeting is this Sunday (as always the first Sunday of the month) at the Phoenix Café @ 12:30 PM. We will be discussing Z-Day and Z-Day related initiatives. After the meeting we will then form teams to canvas the streets of the surrounding cities to post the attached fliers and to get the word out.

Please let us know via email if you have any thoughts about Z-Day and what you would include if you were personally hosting the event. Did you come last year, what did you like / dislike?

On another note; a major initiative that we are promoting to the members of the movement is to “Start Your Own Local Chapter”! We have created a sheet that describes the process of starting your own chapter, please let us know if you'd like this emailed to you. We look forward to helping you if you are at all interested in creating a local chapter in your area if there already isn’t one. Our goal is to eventually have a chapter in every city in MI! Please email with any questions!

We hope to see you this Sunday at the meeting and next Saturday at Z-Day!

Respectfully,

The Zeitgeist Movementm SE MI Chapter
MI State site: http://www.zeitmi.com/
S.E. MI Chapter site: http://zeitmi.blogspot.com/
Main Venus Project site: http://www.thevenusproject.com/
Main TZM Site: http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/ (Activist arm of the Venus Project)
Meetings every first Sunday of every month at the Phoenix Café @ 12:30 PM
24918 John R Rd
Hazel Park, MI 48030
(On John R., just south of Ten Mile, please park in back)
Don’t forget, Z-Day is March 12th from 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ the Phoenix Café!