St. Louis Activist This Week:

Body: Hi, there's lots of great stuff going on this week, so when you're not at the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, you should check out some of the activist events listed here: http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2009/07/st-louis-activist-events-for-...

Also, I put together a bunch of interesting activist and politics-related stories from around St. Louis this week here: http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2009/07/interesting-st-louis-stories-... . If you have any you'd like to add, please include them in the comments.

Unfortunately, a number of local friends are suffering badly from the terrible state of our health care system. Please consider joining this group and helping out Jessi Lisette, a member of a great local family: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123809608474 . Also, stop by Vespa St. Louis to purchase wrist bands in support of another local activist MJ. And please make sure to keep the pressure on Congress for real health care reform, because it is ridiculous that good people should have to go through this financials stress while Goldman Sachs is shoveling in billions of dollars of profit!

Finally, the Tower Grove Farmers' Market has a chance to win $5,000 if enough people vote for it here: http://www.care2.com/farmersmarket/15895 . This thing looks winnable! Make sure, however, to click the "opt out" boxes at the bottom of the email if you don't want to get emails from the groups (although they look like great groups to me).