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since June 1, 2009.

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P-G Article says Officials start to head scratch about G-20. Meetings called.

• Tuesday, June 16, 2009 By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Local officials want ideas on welcoming the world, they announced today, unveiling the schedule for a series of public meetings and launching a Web site to get input heading into the Sept. 24-25 summit of the leaders of the G-20 industrialized nations, to be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.

Three Welcome the World brainstorming sessions will be held this week and next, "inviting the community to help us brainstorm ways to welcome the world to Pittsburgh and to make the summit a success," as Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato put it in a press release today.

The first will be Friday at noon at Point Park University's Lawrence Hall Ballroom.

The second will be next Tuesday at noon at Robert Morris University's Sewall Center, in the International Suite, in Moon.

The third will be on the same date, Tuesday, at 5:30 p.m. at the University of Pittsburgh's Connolly Ballroom in Alumni Hall.

Ideas are also being taken through a new Web site, http://www.pittsburghg20.org. Those wishing to volunteer to have some role in the preparations can sign up there.

"We're calling on Pittsburgh-area businesses, foundations, health care, cultural, educational and hospitality organizations to contribute their resources to help us show the best our 'most livable city' has to offer," said Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, in the press release.

By month's end, Mr. Onorato and Mr. Ravenstahl expect to announce steps toward creating a partnership aimed at making the summit a success.

First published on June 16, 2009 at http://post-gazette.com/pg/09167/977753-455.stm#ixzz0Id1IsKEO&D

Thomas Merton Center Begins to Gear Up for G-20

As Pittsburgh and the world prepare for the September 24-26, 2009, meeting of the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G-20), the Thomas Merton Center wants to make the peace and justice comunity's presence known. Organizations around the city are planning actions and other events to educate and raise awareness of economic and other injustice, and the TMC is making it a little easier for us to communicate with each other.

TMC is hosting two special meetings to discuss G-20 planning. On Thursday, June 11 at 6:30 p.m., members of the Roots of Promise, along with others from the religious/spiritual community, will meet to discuss the faith presence at the G-20 meeting. For more information, email wanda.guthrie@gmail.com.

The community is also invited to the TMC (5125 Penn Avenue, Garfield) for daylong discussions of the G-20 Summit and plans for action Saturday, June 13, 10 am to 7 pm and Sunday, June 14, 10 am to 4 pm. For more information, call 412-361-3022.

A special G-20 page on the TMC website will list peace and justice events around the Summit. It will also include resources for organizing actions, finding places to stay the night and contacting local organizations. The September issue of The NewPeople will focus on the Summit, its meaning and the actions planned for it, and will include an insert listing actions and contact information. Watch the TMC Weekly E-News over the next few weeks for more details. To add your event to the G-20 list of activities, please send details to g20@thomasmertoncenter.org.

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