Boston Area Events

Boston & Beyond

Monday, June 29, 2009

Arlington

Talk by Cindy Sheehan―Veterans for Peace Event

Cindy will be discussing her new Internet Book Myth America: 10 Greatest Myths of Robber Class and the Case for Revolution.

Free admission (donation welcome)
Seating is limited so first come, first served.

7:30PM
Rogent Theater at 7 Medford Street (just a few steps from the bust stop on Mass. Ave in Arlington Center)

For more information, email PeaceEvent@dixmith.org.

 

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Cambridge

Angela invited you to "A Conversation with Iraq Vet Josh Steiber"
―Information Meeting by Massachusetts Peace Action

A Conversation with Iraq Vet Josh Steiber "Combat Vet Turned CO Treks Across Country with a "Contagious Love Experiment" -- come hear his stories!"

6:30-8:30PM
In the "Parlor" at AFSC's New England Office

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=90624339997&mid=a4e100G2777664fG21e5e6fG7

 

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Boston

ALL OUT FOR CORI REFORM! CORI Reform Press Conference & Lobby Day

Please join us for a major Press Conference & Lobby Day at the State House to call for comprehensive CORI reform in 2009. Confirmed CORI reform speakers include Mayor Thomas Menino, Sheriff Andrea Cabral, State Rep. Liz Malia and State Senator Harriette Chandler. More speakers TBA.

Residents will be visiting their legislators' offices before and after the program. If you are interested in pre-arranging a meeting with your elected officials, please follow the link below and fill out the "CORI Advocacy Form" today:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=ckZ6bmxXaU1fSThTS3c2RXA1Y3NqUFE6MA.

To help prepare for the Press Conference & Lobby Day, please join us for a: Commonwealth CORI Coalition Planning Meeting

Tuesday June 23, 10am-12pm
Project Hip Hop's Office
2181 Washington Street in Dudley Square

To add your organization as a growing list of endorsers, please complete a Campaign Endorser's Form by following the link
below:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=ck1WMzRpbnliZ2k5NkZPSVlILVUzOHc6MA.

11-12:30PM
State House, Grand Staircase

For more information, email
atanaka@bostonworkersalliance.org   www.BostonWorkersAlliance.org.

 

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Boston

"US Health Care ? Moving the Debate Left"

Please join the Radical Education Project for a screening of Salud (the documentary on Cuba ’s health system)followed by a discussion of how the left can intervene in the current health debate in the US to promote the ideas that health care is a human right; that health system not be a commodity; and that a healthy society would mean a lot more than universal access to a doctor.

6PM
encuentro5 at 33 Harrison Ave, floor 5

For more information, visit
http://encuentro5.org/home/node/97.

 

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Brookline

“Positive Change: Peace Steps that Can Make a Difference in the Middle East ”

Marc, Aziz , and Scott will be speaking Tuesday night in Boston. Please come, or send others who you know in New England!
 Come Tuesday night and get first hand inside information on the situation both in Syria and Palestine from two leading experts on the practice of citizen diplomacy and peacebuilding in the region. The Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, GMU, is engaged in vital work from Damascus to Jerusalem , but we need you to participate in developing a social network for positive change domestically and globally.

The speakers: Aziz Abu Sarah, CRDC’s new director of Middle East Projects and a native of Jerusalem and Hebron, is one of the most important pioneers of nonviolent resistance and peacebuilding in Palestine who has received warm responses from hundreds of Jewish audiences, and Dr.
Marc Gopin has just publishedTo Make the Earth Whole: The Art of Citizen Diplomacy in An Age of Religious Militancy,
http://www.marcgopin.com/?page_id=2027 , that will give you an exclusive look into five years of work inside Syria, Washington, and Jerusalem. CRDC ’s Managing Director Scott Cooper will be on hand to introduce you to how you can participate in CRDC ’s work of developing a social network of positive cultural peacebuilding in and between the countries of the region and the United States, especially through training, curricular development, virtual social network building, and the encouragement of peace partners and citizen diplomats.

7PM
Temple Beth Zion , 1566 Beacon Street

For more information, contact Scott at 5712360380.

 

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Boston

THE DECLARATION OF (WHOSE?) INDEPENDENCE--A Round-Robin Reading of Frederick Douglass? The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro

Please join Community Change staff and friends for a round-robin reading/reflection/discussion of The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro, a speech delivered by Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852 in Rochester, NY.

We will start by taking turns reading Douglass? powerful exposition of the hypocrisy of a nation celebrating its declaration of independence while at the same time holding 4 million enslaved Africans in cruel bondage. We will then discuss how this speech connects to our “Independence Day” of 2009.

It may seem that we have moved beyond race in the 105 years that separate us from Douglass? eloquent rage against slavery, especially since the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States. And yet, when we remember that our current economic recession was brought on, in large part, predatory lending schemes targeting people of color, when we remember that our incarceration rate, 1 in 100, is the highest in the world, disproportionately penalizing men of color, and when we reflect on the learning opportunity gap in our schools that deprives our lower income urban and rural children of a quality education, Douglass? words are discomfortingly appropriate descriptions of our time.

Noon-1:30PM
Community Change Library on Racism at 14 Beacon Street, Room 605

No admission charge

For more information, call 1-617-523-0555. For a copy of the speech, go to:
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/douglassjuly4.html.

 

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Cambridge

Talk by Mazin Qumsiyeh

Mazin Qumsiyeh is here from Palestine on a month-long North American tour.
We are pleased to invite you to his Cambridge presentation, which will be followed by a Q&A session.

Free, open, accessible, to be videotaped

Note that we can allow in only the first 120 people; others will have to be turned away, unfortunately.

Report from the ground:
Israeli colonization of Palestine: why it matters to the US and the world

Extra: Mazin will have kufiyyas with him. They will be available for sale after the event, which should be over by 9:30pm - ONLY at Andala's Palestinian Coffee House; sales are not allowed in the Senior Center.
Andala's: 286 Franklin St. Central Square, Cambridge (Andala's is a short walk from the Senior Center. See them both on the map below, which also shows near-by parking
lots.)

7PM
Senior Center, 806 Mass Ave, Central Sq

Flyer available for download & distribution at:
upandout.org/mazin070109.htm.

 

July 2-August 29, 2009

Boston & Beyond

Summer Institute organized by City Life/Vida Urbana, Alternatives for Community & Environment

You are welcome to join us for any of these workshops!
Please RSVP by email to
radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com

Please see below & attached for the schedule. There are a few workshops with locations & dates/times TBA - feel free to contact me or call City Life 617-524-3541 for updates.

- The Economic Crisis, part 3

July 2, 6:00-8 at CLVU office, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP

Naming the enemy: where is the core of resistance to a working people's agenda and economic human rights in the U.S.? What is their identity, their ideology, what accounts for their remarkable consistency and their success?

Facilitators: Mike Prokosch mikeprokosch@verizon.net, with Steve Schnapp (UFE)

- Class and Race

2 sessions, Tuesdays, June 30 and July 14, 6:00 to 8 pm, at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP

Historic movements have arisen in the United States in response to oppression based on class and race. What is the basis of these oppressions? How have these movements united, how and why have they been divided? We will discuss these issues using a few readings, group interactions, and reflections of participants.

Facilitator: Steve Meacham (Organizer) City Life

- Protest Singing

Practices will be June 30, July 2 and July 9 from 6-7 at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP

Karin Parker, an accomplished jazz singer, will organize a group to practice several protest songs. The group will perform the songs at the City Life fundraiser July 11 and perhaps at subsequent events.

Facilitator: Karin Parker kparker@clvu.org

- Exploring Youth Liberation

4 Mondays, starting July 6, & contd. July 13, 20, and 27 from 6-8 at Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth St., JP

Join this group of (mostly) young people and youth workers who will be reading excerpts of The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace Llewellyn.

Contact: Cynthia Peters cyn.peters@gmail.com or 617-524-3693.

- Economic Refugees - Migration and the Growing Divide

Thursday, July 9, 6-8:30 at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP

What are the facts about immigration? What is pushing workers and families to leave their homeland and emigrate to the U.S.? What do foreign-born and domestic workers have in common? What about immigration "reforms"? Learn about ways to close the political and social divides that pit workers and communities against each other.

Facilitators: Jeannette Huezo (UFE), with help from Sarah Horsley

- Identifying the Local Power Structure

Meets Saturday, July 11, 1-3 at the CLVU office, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP

This workshop offers power analysis tools. 1) power
mapping: this process is about building grassroots power as well as doing a power analysis of targets; and 2) power/political landscaping exercise: a participatory/collective process that can be used to illustrate and monitor shifts in power during a campaign/organizing project.

Contact: Camilo, camiloviveiros@yahoo.com, 508-674-7146

- Health and Fitness for the struggle /Bike Riding

3 Saturdays -- July 11, 25, and August 1; meet at the CLVU office, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP

Two sessions on nutrition, one on diseases we face as we get older, one on physical fitness and training programs.
The training session will involve actual exercise.

Facilitator: Paula Taylor, physical trainer, bank tenant

- Thirty Years of Resistance in El Salvador

Monday, July 13, from 6-9 [location in East Boston to be determined; in Spanish and English]

Workshop featuring the past 30 years of struggle and recent election win in El Salvador. Equipo Maiz will broaden the discussion beyond El Salvador, as they focus on capitalism and the economic crisis.

Facilitators: Jeannette Huezo, Carlos Rosales, and Equipo Maiz (a Salvadoran popular education group)

- Political posters for public spaces

Tuesday, July 14, 6:00-8 at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP

Creating images and word phrases to bring political issues into public spaces. We'll talk about issues that affect us and issues of justice and how to present them visually.
We'll look at examples of existing public posters. We will create our own posters, take them out and put them up!

Facilitators: Katherine Mallory and Denise Baudet, Amherst artists

- Street Law Clinic: Stop and Search

Wed., July 15, 6:00-9 at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP

This workshop gives participants a better understanding of their constitutional rights when they have been stopped by the police. Participants discuss how they can respond to police searches and what they can do when their rights have been violated. This clinic will be conducted by an attorney from the MA Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.

Learn what to do if the police stop you on the street and want to search you. What are your rights?

Contact: Robert at presspull@graffiti.net

- Screening of Documentary "At Home in Utopia"

Thursday, July 16; reception with food, 6-8 at Connolly branch library in JP

"At Home in Utopia brings back to life a lost world of American radicalism. Through the history of a cooperative housing project founded by New York Jewish communists, it reconstructs two generations of political activists who sought not only to build a new society but to live out their ideals then and there."

Facilitator: The director Michal Goldman will be present to lead a panel discussion following the screening.

- Radical Organizing Methods

3 Sundays, 5-7, July 19, July 26, and August 2, at CAAS in Somerville, 66-70 Union Square #104, Somerville

We will look at what makes a radical organizing method by examining winnability, strategy/tactics, coalitions, spirituality, building a majority movement, role of political education, and the effectiveness of well known organizing methods such as 1-1's, story-telling, relationship-building. The format will be group discussion.

Factilitator: Steve Meacham, CLVU; host Rachel Beddick, CAAS

- Go Green! Green jobs & the greening of our economy: What does it mean for us?

Thursdays, July 23 and 30 and August 6 from 6-8 at ACE office, 2181 Washington St. in Dudley Sq.

Facilitated by Mela and REEP youth organizers with support from ACE staff

Contact: Adam Machson Carter amachson@gmail.com

- Financial Literacy

Thursday, July 28, 6:00-8 at CLVU office and then one Saturday TBD

Grass roots activists from City Life will present this two-part training in financial literacy issues with a radical spin.

Facilitator: Melonie Griffiths, former bank tenant and City Life tenant organizer

NOTE: may not be open to those outside City Life - check with City Life

- "Who you calling a b*tch?"

Date & time in July, TBA; Tentative location: Spontaneous Celebrations

Open Mic on language, sexism, & homophobia

Sponsored by Reflect & Strengthen and Anti-Violence Against Women Planning Group

- "Very Young Girls" film screening & discussion

Date & time in July, TBA; sponsored by Matahari
(www.eyeoftheday.org)

"Very Young Girls" is an expose of human trafficking that follows 13- and 14-year-old American girls as they are seduced, abused, and sold on New York's streets by pimps, and treated as adult criminals by police. The film identifies hope for these girls in the organization GEMS (www.gems-girls.org), a recovery center founded and run by Rachel Lloyd, herself a survivor of sexual exploitation.
The film was co-produced by Lloyd.

- Stopping a New War, Cutting the Military Budget and Funding Our Communities

Wednesday, August 5, 6:00-8

The conflict in Afghanistan/Pakistan continues to worsen. The U.S. has sent more troops; there is increased fighting, violence, death and destruction; and a major new war may be coming. We must organize to stop this war, end militarism, and put the priority on funding social justice and improving the quality of life in our communities. This participatory workshop will present some basic information about the war in Afghanistan/Pakistan and cutting the military budget. We will discuss things we can do to help set things right.

Facilitator: Duncan McFarland, United for Justice with
Peace, mcfarland13@gmail.com

- Let Our Motto Be Resistance: Boston Art Tour

Saturday, August 8, 11:00 am. Meet at the Boston Common, across street from the State House

Enjoy a 2 hour narrated trolley tour that will highlight major works of art that feature the monumental ideas of protest and existence from the 19th through the 21st Centuries. The tour will travel through Beacon Hill, Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain and will include sculptures and murals that document the history of resistance. Rich with history, the tour will offer the understanding of the role of public art and its power for community engagement.

The trolley will accommodate 40 people. Participation for the tour requires registration.

Facilitator: L'Merchie Frazier, Museum of Af. Am. History and bank tenant; to register, call: 617-524-3541 ext. 310

- Spirituality and Social Justice

Tuesday, August 11, 6:00-8 at CLVU office

Explore with other activists the role of spirituality in our social justice work.

Facilitator: Mary Wright City Life tenant organizer

- Just Food

Saturday, August 15, 10-12, Location: CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP

Talk about where people get their food and what are some ways that fresh, healthy food access needs to be and can be improved in our community. Then try out some gardening at ReVision Urban Farm in Dorchester or possibly at one of the community gardens that the BWA has recently been
involved in (pending me contacting those folks and seeing what they think might be possible).

Contact: Jolie Olivetti, jlolivetti@gmail.com, 617 851 9356

- CHANGE101: Political Leadership and Changing America, The Shirley Chisholm Factor

Thursday, August 20, 6:00-8:30 at CLVU office, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP

Shirley Chisholm revolutionized America and became a revolutionary woman known around the world for bringing change to America and one of the top 10 most important women in the world/history. She constructed the foundation for a renewed and revolutionized American society.
TODAY....Today Barack Obama has been accepted/adopted and popularized by American media and society far ahead of getting any concrete facts and information of is presidential run. Leaders of the past, present and our future will be discussed and documented. This is a Landmark Documentary/Film Review & Political Discussion Event.

Facilitator: Joseph Edgecombe, FACTS, Urban History Scholar, Black-History@live.com or 617-905-9218

- Diving into the Solidarity Economy: a Just and Sustainable Alternative

Thursday August 13, 6-9pm at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP

We will start with an interactive exercise to help us answer the question: what is solidarity economy? Then we will hear about real life solidarity economy efforts from right here in Boston and around the world. We will also break into small groups to envision and discuss what we want Solidarity Economy to look like in Boston.

Panelists & Facilitators: Sarah Horsley, CLVU and Boston Area Solidarity Economy Network (BASEN); Orion Kriegman (PUEBLO land trust and BASEN); Julie Matthaei (U.S. Solidarity Economy Network and BASEN); Germai Medhanie (Guramylay: Growing the Green Economy and ASEN), and others TBA.

- Writing a Letter to Get Results

August 25, 6:00-8 at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery),
JP

Learn about how to write an effective letter to the editor, to your mortgage company, to an elected official, or to the judge in your case. Bring drafts of letters you are working on. Or just come and learn from the experience.

Facilitator: Cynthia Peters

- Multi-lingual Justice

Saturday, August 29th, 1-5pm at the Chelsea Collaborative offices (300 Broadway, Chelsea, MA)

Hosted by the City-wide Tenants Association (CTA) of the Chelsea Collaborative in conjunction with the Boston Interpreter's Collective (BIC), the first half of this workshop will focus on the theory around creating multilingual spaces for doing community work; the 2nd half will be an introductory training in interpretation skills.

Facilitators: Rachel English (CTA), TJ Hellmann (BIC), and Corry Banton (BIC)

 

July 6-August 13, 2009

Seeking Teen Leaders for Sub/Urban Justice Summer 2009!

Are you a teen leader? Do you want to see justice in your school, community, and world? Sub/Urban Justice is currently accepting motivated students into our summer program - SJS '09. This six week program (July 6th-August 13th) will provide you with the leadership skills you need to make your community a better place.

SJS brings together a diverse group of students from Newton, Brookline, Boston, Dedham, Sharon, Needham and Cambridge to learn about social justice issues (examples include the environment, housing, race, education, class, sexism, immigration and transportation), connect with existing social justice groups and create community-based organizing projects.

You will learn about the world by engaging in interactive games, workshops, group discussions, field trips and community tours. You will meet and work with local experts in the fields of housing, environmental and transportation justice. You will collaborate and network with Boston youth groups. And by the end of the summer, you will have developed a community action plan to work on an issue that matters to you. Motivated students may apply for our year-round employment program to complete their projects during the school year.

If you are interested in applying to SJS, please visit www.suburbanjustice.org to download a brochure and application. Or call Director Christopher Messinger @ (617) 276-5873 with any questions.

Final applications due May 25th!

 

Monday, July 6, 2009

Bosotn

Trade Union Leaders from Haiti & Cuadalupe

Come welcomeleaders of the Haitian and Guadeloupan trade union movement to Boston. Meet Elie Domata, General Secretary of the General Union of Workers of Guadeloupe, and Fignolé Saint Cyr, General Secretary of the Autonomous Confederation of Haitian Workers.

This event is sponsored by Chelsea Uniting Against the War/Chelsea Uniéndose en Contra de la Guerra and endorsed by the Bolivarian Circle of Boston, the Boston May Day Committee, Greater Boston Stop the Wars Coalition, Mass Global Action, Proyecto Hondureño, and United
for Justice with Peace.

In Haiti, the unions are playing a major role in the struggle to restore democracy after the U.S. government removed democratically elected President Aristide and U.N. troops continue to occupy the country.

Yes We Can! Earlier this year, the trade unions of the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe led a powerful “fight back” against the deepening worldwide economic crisis. United in a coalition of 50 organizations, the workers and people of Guadeloupe won a $250/month wage increase for low wage workers, more jobs for youth, a reduction in the prices of basic necessities and a moratorium on home foreclosures. Come find out more about this great victory as we learn to “fight back” against massive loss of jobs, healthcare, pensions and homes here in the USA.

7PM
encuentro5 at 33 Harrison Ave, floor 5

For details, visit http://encuentro5.org/home/node/101.

 

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

IN THE 50th ANNIVERSARY YEAR of the CUBAN REVOLUTION PASTORS FOR PEACE IS MOUNTING ITS 20th

YEARLY CARAVAN TO CUBA--CUBA SOLIDARITY NIGHT at SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATIONS

By traveling to Cuba with humanitarian aid without a U.S. government license, Pastors for Peace challenges the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba as well as the blockade on the minds of the Americans about the achievements of the Cuba people.

Host the Caravan and Celebrate with music, dancing, food, speakers, discussion and literature.

6-10PM
45 Danforth Street, Jamaica Plain

For more information 617 916-2265

 

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Boston

White People and Suicide: Is White Privilege Killing Us?--Brown Bag Anti-Racism Discussion Series 2009--Changing the Public Discourse around Race

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, non-Hispanic white people have the highest rate of suicide in Massachusetts and nationwide. The racial aspect of this health endemic is rarely discussed, and the “white experience” is often overlooked in discussions of mental health. How does “white culture” factor into a white person’s inability to counter suicidal thoughts? What practices and behaviors might white people engage in to avoid cycles of depression and other symptoms that trigger suicidal thoughts and actions? Please join us for an engaging discussion of these issues.

Presenter: Alison T. Brill is the Community Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. She works to address disparities in suicide and depression rates among communities of color, veterans, LGBT, and youth populations, as well as expanding the view of suicide prevention to include mental health promotion.

The current public discourse around race assumes that we live in a color-blind society where the American Dream is attainable by all individuals who work hard enough. This deeply flawed discourse obscures the racial disparities in employment, education, criminal justice, housing, health care, etc. and provides a powerful but faulty rationale for leaving our systems and institutions the way they are. The issues presented at the Community Change Brown Bag Discussion Series are concrete examples of the structural racism that affects the lives of all, most acutely communities of color. The 2009 Series places these issues in their social/historical context and gives attendees a truthful discourse, as well as ways to put that discourse into action, in order to challenge institutional and systemic racism.

Please bring your lunch. Beverages will be provided. $5 contribution requested.

12Noon-1:30PM
Community Change Library on Racism at 14 Beacon Street, Room 605

RSVP (617) 523-0555 or janet@communitychangeinc.org
Community Change, Inc 617-523-0555
www.communitychangeinc.org

 

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Boston

Steve Early: Embedded with Organized Labor with Elaine Bernard & Rand Wilson

Join Steve Early, author of Embedded with Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home. Find out more about:
- Workers and the economic crisis
- The fight for health care reform
- The fate of "Employee Free Choice"
- Current struggles for union democracy and rank-and-file control
- The future of national labor federations like Change to Win and AFL-CIO

Steve will address his critique of organized labor, using examples from his book, propose his vision and what American workers can do to get out from under the terrible economic and political institutional constraints they endure.

Rand Wilson and Elaine Bernard draw on the original elements of Steve's analysis, using examples from his book to provide their own reflections.

7PM
encuentro5 at 33 Harrison Ave, floor 5

For details: http://encuentro5.org/home/node/102.

 

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Boston

Do you want to be a great State House staffer?

Whether you are a policy aide, assistant, research analyst, or director, there are certain trade secrets that can help you serve your public official and the public more efficiently and effectively.

Following simple practices adhered to by our distinguished panel of former staffers who have served the Commonwealth for years - some as long as 0, others as little as five - will make you more valuable in your present position and more marketable for the future.

Successful former staffers will share their secrets, including:
Key People and Offices
Who should you know? How can
they help?

Committee Hearings and Executive Sessions
How should
you prioritize and maximize your time?

Useful Tools
How critical are The Calendar, The
Journal, etc?

Opportunities to Stand Out
Make yourself shine by
making your boss shine!

7:30-9PM
SEIU 615, 2nd Foor, 26 West Street

For more information, contact Carmen Arce-Bowen at (617)
275-2833 or carmen@realclout.org.

 

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Brookline

Boston Workmen's Circle invites you to A multi-media evening for all ages with The Alrowwad Cultural Theatre troupe from the Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem, Palestine Dance, music and excerpts from the play "Children of the Camp" followed by discussion with members of the troupe.

Admission is Free

Members of the internationally acclaimed AlRowwad Theatre will be in the Boston-area for one week only. The theatre, under the direction of Dr. Abdelfattah Abusrour, was founded in 1988 to combat violence among children, creating ways for the children to be promoters of peace through self-expression and non-violent resistance. The theatre program teaches the children essential values such as justice, peace and freedom, respect for others, open-mindedness, and a sense of belonging. The audience will have an opportunity after the short pieces to hear from the Palestinian youth and share questions and ideas

7-8:30PM
Brookline Public Library, Main Branch at 361 Washington
Street

For more info & a film clip go to:
www.alrowwadusa.bbnow.org.

 

Friday, July 17, 2009

Cambridge

"Al-Rowwad Theater Tour from Palestine - US Tour"-- Bethlehem Cambridge Project

Catherine invited you to "Al-Rowwad Theater Tour from Palestine - US Tour"

7:30-9:30PM
Central Sq Theater an other venues

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=113543140736&mid=a879beG2777664fG222e911G7.

 

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Announcing: Boston’s 3rd Annual Tour de Farms Bike Tour

Rain or Shine (except in case of extreme weather)

Did you know that the neighborhoods of Boston are home to innovative urban farms and community gardens that are strengthening Boston
’s local and sustainable food systems? Come explore them on the 2009 Tour de Farms bike ride!

Depending on which route you choose, you will visit urban farms in Roxbury and Dorchester, CSA (community supported agriculture) farms in the Blue Hills Reservation and surrounding communities, and Boston ’s oldest commercial farm. You will also get a chance to sample fresh, locally grown food, discover the benefits of local agriculture, and learn how you can actively support these efforts.

Boston Urban Farm Loop - This 15-mile route covers Dorchester, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, and Mattapan. Farm stops include The Food Project, City Natives, ReVision Urban, Farm, and the Minton Stables Community Garden. Start time is 9am at Franklin Park

Community Farm Loop --This 40-mile route covers Boston, Brookline, Watertown, Waltham, Newton, and Milton. Farm stops include Allandale Farm, Waltham Fields Community Farm, Newton Community Farm, and Brookwood Community Farm. Start time is 8am at Franklin Park. Please note: This is an advanced ride for experienced cyclists.

Both rides will be led by experienced riders and there will be technical support in the case of flat tires -- but please be sure to bring extra tubes and tools! On-line pre-registration is required; registration and insurance fee $10. To register on-line visit:
http://www.urbanadventours.com/tours.php?tourtype=sponsored

Weekly Events

Sundays

- Peace Vigil- Noon (approx) to 1:30 at Cambridge Common, Mass Ave & Garden Street.

- Newburyport Vigil, 12-1 pm, Market Square in Newburyport

- Lexington Peace Vigil, 1st and 3rd Sundays 1pm to 2pm Depot Square Lexington

Mondays

- Cambridge, 11:45AM-12:45PM Vigil for Palestine, on the steps of Memorial Church in Harvard Campus. For more information, email ausmani@fas.harvard.edu.

- First fall meeting at Follen Church to plan various activities, and possibly repair our signs.

- Arlington UJP weekly vigil: from 5:30-6:30 PM, in Arlington Center at the corners of Pleasant Street/Rte 60 and Mass Ave.

Tuesdays

- United for Justice and Peace, Boston--Copley Square Vigil, 5:30- 6:30PM.

- South Shore Peace Forum vigil at Hingham, Front of post office, North and Fearing Streets. 11:30AM until Noon.

Wednesdays

- Harvard -Cambridge Walk for Peace Noon- at Harvard Yard at John Harvard statue.
Visit www.interuniversitycoalition.org.

- CUJP and the Area IV Neighborhood Coalition Weekly Vigil, Central Square T-Stop, 5:30-6:30PM

Thursdays

Vigil Against the War, Newton, MA. 5-6 pm. Newton Dialogues meets every Thursday afternoon for a vigil against the war. It is in Newton Center at the corner of Center and Beacon Streets.

Fridays

MORATORIUM ACTIONS;

Friday September 21, and the third Friday of Every Month

Join with millions to:
- Wear and distribute black ribbons and armbands
- Buy no gas on Moratorium days
- Pressure politicians and the media
- Hold vigils, pickets, rallies, and teach-ins
- Hold special religious services
- Coordinate events in music, art, and culture
- Host film showings, talks, and educational events
- Organize student actions: Teach-ins, school closings, etc.

The Iraq Moratorium will be an escalating, monthly series of actions demanding an end to the war. Commencing Friday, September 21st and continuing the Third Friday of every month thereafter, we will make a break with business as usual.

For more information, visit http://iraqmoratorium.org/.

BOSTON

-JOIN AN EVERY FRIDAY FAST AND/OR PROTEST FOR PRISONERS In
solidarity with illegally detained, often tortured prisoners at
Guantanamo and other post 9/11 gulags around the world, the fast
began a year ago when Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Archbishop
Desmond Tutu and Sldolpho Esquivel (Argentina) along with others
around the world chose this method to seek the release of
unjustly detained and tortured brothers and sisters. Some
vigilers wear traditional prison garb - orange jump suits. There
are four more suits people could wear; please join us - suits or
not.

JFK Building, Governor's Center

For additional information contact: susanmcl@stopexcision.net or: Phoebe: 617-424-1661. 

Saturdays

- Natick Peace Vigil Meets Every Saturday, Noon to 1PM at Natick Center at Rt. 27 & 135
- Peace Vigil, Needham, 4-4:45PM?Vigil for Peace at the Needham Common, sponsored by the Interfaith Laity Group. For more information, email patriciatholl@hotmail.com.

- Weekly Vigil in Quincy Center from 11:00 to 12:30 on Saturday rain or shine.

- Saturdays, Gloucester Vigil, 12-1 pm, at Grant Circle (Exit 11) in North Shore.

- Waltham Concerned Citizens and Troops Home/ Waltham Vigil 1 & 3 Saturdays 11AM-12Noon 2 different locations
1 Saturday: Corner of main & Moody Streets, by the Common
3 Saturday: Corner of Moody and Pine Streets, by Watch City Brewery
For more information, contact Jim Mniece at
jmniece@yahoo.com or info@walthamconcernedcitizens.org.
Or visit www.walthamconcernedcitizens.org.

- The Walpole Peace and Justice Group will be holding peace vigils the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, 10:00-11:00 AM on the Walpole Common.
For more information on the Walpole Peace and Justice Group
please see our Blog: http://walpolepeace.blogspot.com.

Peace & Justice Events Calendar

Monthly Events

SHERBORNE

- Peace Vigil First Wednesday of the Month

Please join us on the first Wednesday of every month for a vigil of the Peace Abbey from 5:30-6:30PM. We remember the over 600.000 Iraqi civilians killed and over 3,000 American soldiers as well as the losses in order parts of the world due to violence and war.

CAMBRIDGE

- "PEACE & PIZZA" - Mass Peace Action's Monthly Meet-Up

Join us on the fourth Monday of each month as we gather grassroots activists, concerned citizens, free-thinkers, students, neighbors, and friends for an evening of eating pizza and building community to strengthen our local work for peace.
All are welcome to join us and bring new guests along, as well.

6:30PM

For more information, contact members@masspeaceaction.org or 617.354.2169.

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Please note: Most events listed here are not sponsored by The American Friends Service Committee. They are not necessarily endorsed by AFSC, but are advertised here for your information.