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Julie (Hecksel) Patchouli's Song of the Soul

Julie and Bruce Hecksel are Patchouli and 'Fast Forward Folk' is what it says on their website. Julie caught the guitar bug seeing Taj Mahal while in her teens.

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Voices for Peace 2008, Part 3 - Speak for Peace, Raed Jarrar & Eugene CherryVoices for Peace 2008 took place on 9/14/8 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. This 3rd and last segment includes the speech by Raed Jarrar, a representative of the Speak for Peace tour, sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
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Dhaivyd Hilgendorf's Song of the Soul

Dhaivyd Hilgendorf teaches at Friends School of Minnesota, a Quaker school which fits Dhaivyd's inclinations very well. He's made a wide variety of music in a wide variety of places and with a wide variety of musicians.

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Voices for Peace 2008, Part 2 - Wheels of Justice, Bruce O'Brien, Speak for PeaceVoices for Peace 2008 took place on 9/14/2008 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. This 2nd segment includes a talk by Henry Norr, an activist alongside Palestinians, speaking as part of Wheels of Justice
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Voices for Peace 2008 Opening - Military Families Speak Out & Wheels of JusticeA rich event took place on 9/14/2008 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. This first segment includes the opening "Circle of Prayer", a presentation by Steve Wagener of Military Families Speak Out and a talk by Paul Melling of Wheels of Justice.
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Ralph Nader - Politics for PeopleRalph Nader and Matt Gonzolas, his running mate for President of the USA, spoke at UW-Eau Claire on September 5, 2008. His campaign is less about him than it is about finding an alternative to the corporate power that has so much control over our national life. Nader mixes dire warnings with inspirational advocacy, urging citizen involvement for a better future.
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Kevin Camp/Cabaretic's Song of the Soul

Kevin Camp is native to the Birmingham, Alabama area, raised somewhat Methodist, involved with Unitarian Universalists at 17, and attending Quaker meeting as of this past year. On a frustrating search for spiritual/religious depth and integrity, Kevin finds considerable inspiration and support through music, some of which he has recorded on his myspace.com/cabaretic page.

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Vote Your Values, A Spiritual Exercise

Comparing how our Federal Income Tax is spent versus how we want it to be spent can be a deep spiritual lesson. Published as a "Matter of Faith" clergy column in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram on September 13, 2008.

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Kathy Kelly - Voices for Creative Nonviolence Walk Chicago to the Twin CitiesKathy is currently co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Noviolence, is active with the Catholic Worker movement and since becoming a pacifist has refused payment of all federal income tax for 25 years. She went to prison for one year for planting corn on nuclear missile silo sites and has a Masters in Religious Education from Chicago Theological Seminary.
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Julie Rust's Song of the Soul

Julie Rust started out her life in Wisconsin, including college in Eau Claire, but she's lived out in Nashville for about 15 years now. Music has been our calling from her youth on, and the keyboard is her passionate home. Born Lutheran, she met the teachings of Meher Baba through her husband, Rusty.