2nd Saturday Downtown on Feb. 12 (most events have been re-scheduled due to...
Most of us were glued to our TV sets, radios, computers or other electronic devices due to the horrific news on the last 2nd Saturdays Downtown on January 8. Most of the street events were canceled,...
View ArticleBe Thankful at Thanksgiving
I’ve read two fictional accounts of totalitarian societies this fall– British George Orwell’s “1984″ and Russian Yevgeny Zamyatin’s “We”– both frightenng stories about a one Party-ruled government that...
View ArticleThank you “Gabby” Giffords for your decade of service
Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords resigned today from her job representing Congressional District 8 in the State of Arizona. She cast her last vote this morning in the U.S.House on a...
View ArticleNo registration fee for National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Walk
Community Walk for Mental Illness Awareness 2012 Saturday, March 31, 2012 Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium 2500 E. Ajo Way 5k Walk (3 miles) Shorter route available (1 mile) *It is not a requirement to...
View ArticleBeyond Tucson on January 5, 2013 (2 year anniversary of January 8, 2011)
The 2nd year anniversary of the Tucson Tragedy of 1/8/11 is coming up, and here’s info from the Beyond Tucson website, with a list of their upcoming events on that day:...
View ArticleVoluntary Firearm Buy-Back Event on January 8, 2013
Press Release from Republican Ward 6 Councilman Steve Kozachik, who organized this event: Voluntary Firearm Buy-Back Event On Tuesday, January 8th, beginning at 9am, Tucson Police will be accepting...
View ArticleRemembering January 8, 2011
Yes, it’s been two years since that fateful day when Jared Lee Loughner chose to go to that Safeway at the SE corner of Oracle/Ina, and attempted to assassinate CD 8 Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords....
View ArticleNAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Walks in Tucson on April 6
Saturday April 6, 2013 Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium Check in 7 a.m. Walk starts 9 a.m. Every journey begins with that first step! As NAMIWalks celebrates our 10th Anniversary in 2012, we are proud...
View ArticleLWV meeting to focus on mental health on 9/14
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at Joel D. Valdez Main library, 101 N. Stone Ave. Coffee/refreshments at 9:30 a.m., program 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. A panel discussion entitled “Mental Health, Is the Outreach...
View ArticleRing a bell to remember January 8, 2011
It was three years ago tomorrow at 10:10 a.m. when mentally ill Jared Lee Loughner started shooting innocent civilians in front of the Safeway at the SE corner of Ina/Oracle in Tucson, Arizona. Most of...
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