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Friday, May 9, 2008
Cambridge
Boston Mobilization's 30th Anniversary Kick-Off Party
Featuring the New Orleans Dissonance Jazz Trio, a silent auction,
a host of long-time Mobe supporters and a keynote by Howard Zinn.
For more information visit our website:www.bostonmobilization.org/30th or
call 617-492-5599.
Come support Boston Mobilization for Survival and Beyond, we've
been empowering grassroots movements for peace and justice since
1977.
7-9PM
The Democracy Center in Harvard Square
Free and open to the public, light refreshments served.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Sub/Urban Justice Summer (SJS) Program
Final deadline for Sub/Urban Justice Summer (SJS) applications
is Friday May 9th. SJS is an interactive program which educates
and empowers High School youth to be agents for positive change
in their schools and communities. Be a part of a dynamic network
of organizers and activists, youth and adults, working together
to transform the Boston metro region toward justice.
For more information visit our website:
www.suburbanjustice.org or
call 617-276-5873. Boston residents registered with the Hopeline
also eligible.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Dorchester & Dorchester
Mother’s Day Walk for Peace
Please join me and members of the Cambridge Peace Commission on
the morning as we participate in the annual Mother's Day Walk for
Peace in Dorchester. Many of us will go as a group from Cambridge
and will be LEAVING from the Cambridge Friends meetinghouse at 7:00
a.m. and traveling together on public transportation to Townsfield
Park in Dorchester. If you need to travel to Dorchester on your
own, you can get directions to Townsfield Park (located at the corner
of Park St. and Dorchester Ave.) here:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Corner+of+Park+St+and+Dorchester+Ave+02122
The walk is organized by the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, which
assists and supports the families of homicide victims in Boston;
has developed a fully integrated curriculum for all elementary,
middle and high school students that prepares them to deal with
trauma and grief, build nonviolence and conflict resolution skills;
and is committed to restorative justice and building sustainable
peace through helping young people commit themselves to peace work
in their families and their communities. The walk is a fundraiser
for the Peace Institute, and it would be great if you can raise
and/or donate money to support them. Their goal is to raise $150.000,
and all proceeds will benefit the programs and activities of The
Louis D. Brown Peace Institute. However, it is also very important
that people from Cambridge and other communities join in the walk
and show their support by being present.
7AM
Cambridge Friends meetinghouse at 5 Longfellow Park, just off Brattle
St.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=5+Longfellow+Park+02138
For more information, visit
http://www.louisdbrownpeaceinstitute.org/step1.html.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Cambridge
The Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration Society Presents:
"The Meaning of Sacco and Vanzetti," Lecture by Howard Zinn
Italian Immigrants Sacco and Vanzetti were killed by order of the
Commonwealth of MA on August 23, 1927 mostly for their anarchist
beliefs, accused of a crime they did not commit. Please bring some
money to donate, as this is a fundraiser for the memorial monument
to be erected in the North End.
7:30PM
Dante Alighieri Society, 41 Hampshire Street
More information, visit www.SaccoAndVanzetti.org or
call617 290 5614.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Chinatown, Boston
Boston CISPES presents: Latin America and the End of Neo-liberalism
- What are the prospects for Globalization Politics After the Elections?
- How has the failed Iraq Occupation affected prospects for continued
US global dominance?
- What are the prospects for El Salvador if the FMLN wins the 2009
Presidential Election?
- A Talk by Mark Engler?Author: “How To Rule the World:
The Coming Battle Over The Global Economy ” (Nation Books,
2008) (Suggested donation:$10 ?copies of the book will be available
for purchase) Endorsed by Boston Democratic Socialists of America.
7PM
Encuentro 5 at?33 Harrison Ave 5th Floor?Chinatown (Downtown Crossing
or Chinatown T stops)
For more information, contact CISPES at 617-576-1709; boscispes@speakeasy.net.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Cambridge
VIGIL FOR THE RELEASE OF DR. BINAYAK SEN
Association for India 's Development (AID) - Boston Chapter The
Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia, Massachusetts
Global Action
Matahari: Eye of the Day
Dr Binayak Sen is a renowned pediatrician and human rights activist
who has been working with the poorest people in Chhattisgarh state
in central India for the last 25 years.
On 14 May 2007 , Dr Sen was arrested on trumped-up charges and has
been imprisoned without trial. He was instrumental in setting up
the cooperative Shaheed hospital for mine workers, and has campaigned
tirelessly against violations of the human rights of the poor. On
21 April, 2008 , he was awarded the prestigious Jonathan Mann Award
for Global Health and Human Rights.
The Chhattisgarh government claims that Binayak Sen has aided banned
Maoist groups who are active in the region.
In fact, Binayak Sen’s real ‘crime’ was to stand
by the dispossessed and to speak out about the violence they face
in Chhattisgarh.
He was arrested after helping to expose involvement by the police
in the unlawful killing of 12 adivasi people. He has been a vocal
opponent of the Salwa Judum, a state-sponsored militia which has
massacred local people and forced thousands to flee from their homes.
May 14, 2008 will mark one year since Dr Binayak Sen’s arrest.
The Acts under which he was arrested make it possible for the government
to keep him in prison for an unspecified period, without any evidence.
The Indian government and the Chhattisgarh state government are
determined to silence Dr Sen. We must not allow them to succeed.
7PM
Harvard Square
For more information, contact us at freebsen@gmail.com or
visit www.aidboston.org/FreeBinayakSen.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Cambridge
Book Reading and Presentation with Sandy Tolan
Save the date-- Book Reading and Presentation with Sandy Tolan
author of The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle
East
Reading, remarks and question and answer Reception and book-signing
to follow
Sponsored by : Cambridge Peace Commission
Co-sponsored by: Cambridge Public Library
With thanks to Harvard Book Store
Free and Open to the Public Tickets available in advance at:
Cambridge Library Main Branch: 359 Broadway
Harvard Book Store: 1256 Mass. Ave.
7-8:30PM
YMCA at 820 Mass. Ave. Central Square
For more information or reservations, call the Cambridge Peace
Commission, 617-349-4694 or email, peace@cambridgema.gov.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Cambridge
The Planetwalker's Newest Call
What can a man who gave up motorized transportation for 22 years
tell us about saving the earth? John Francis simultaneously took
a 17 year vow of silence and began an environmental pilgrimage for
peace after witnessing an oil spill in S.F. Bay in 1971. Known world-wide
as the Planetwalker, he earned three academic degrees, including
a PhD in Land Resources at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
during his silent period. How does his unique combination of scientific
expertise and spiritual understanding help contemporary Americans
change their relationship with the earth? Having walked the length
of South America and also been designated as a UN Goodwill Ambassador
to the World's Grassroots Communities, what is the environmental
crisis faced by indigenous people?
John Francis-the Planetwalker-is now the author of a new book from
National Geographic. Arguing that the current environmental crisis
is a reflection of world-wide social and economic inequity and that
any attempt to resolve the crisis must not only address the scientific
issues, such a climate-change and deforestation, but also the humanitarian
issues. From peace and justice to everyday civility, Dr. Francis
contends that our connection to the earth as well as each other
is at the heart of the environmental crisis.
Cambridge Forum is open to the public. Open discussion, moderated
by Professor David Morimoto of Lesley University, follows the presentation.
Events are taped and edited for public radio broadcast throughout
the nation. Edited CDs are available to the public by contacting
617-495-2727. Select forums can be viewed in their entirety on demand
on the WGBH Forum Network.
7:30PM
First Parish at 3 Church Street (Harvard Square) Free and Open to
the Public -- Voluntary Donation Requested
For more information, contact www.cambridgeforum.org
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Cambridge
Annual Citywide Holocaust Commemoration
The City of Cambridge will be holding the annual Citywide Holocaust
Commemoration Program. Remembering all those who perished during
the Holocaust, this year ’s program will again feature an
evening of music, candle lighting, and remarks. This year's music
program will include instrumental music by clarinetist Ray S. Jackendoff,
a performance by the Cambridge Community Chorus, and a medley of
Roma songs performed by Petra Gelbart. The evening offers an opportunity
for members of the community to call out the names of those who
perished.
Jack Trompetter, a Holocaust survivor and “hidden child ” will
offer remarks. A Cambridge resident, Trompetter was only 3 months
old when he was separated from his Jewish parents and sent to live
on a farm with a Protestant family in the Netherlands in 1942.
The program welcomes all communities of Cambridge including children
and adults and people of all faiths and traditions.
7-8:30PM
Temple Beth Shalom, 8 Tremont St. (Central Sq.) Parking will be
available at St. Mary’s Church at Harvard and Norfolk Streets
is available. Resident permits will not be required for nearby
street parking.
For more information, call the Mayor’s office at 617.349.4321.
We will provide sign language interpreters and other accommodations
to people with disabilities for this event upon request. Please
make such requests at least two weeks in advance, whenever possible,
by contacting the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities
at 617.349.4692
(voice) or 617.492.0235 (TTY).
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Boston
Love My Life: 24th Annual Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival
Love My Life is a wonderfully offbeat and colorful independent
feature from Japan. Directed by Koji Kawano and starring Rei Yoshii
and Asami Imajuku, the movie is a cute, indie-rock-infused coming-of-age
tale about a university student and her first girlfriend. At once
refreshingly honest and incredibly upbeat, it proves to be a successful
adaptation of the manga on which it's based.
Co-presented with the Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival, Queer
Asian Pacific-Islander Alliance, and MAP for Health.
Admission Free
6:30PM
Museum of Fine Arts , 465 Huntington Avenue , Boston
For more information, contact CNW at 617-876-5310 or cnw@centerfornewwords.org,
or visit www.centerfornewwords.org
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Cambridge
Nora Pierce: The Insufficiency of Maps
In Pierce's forceful debut, Alice is five when she and her homeless,
mentally ill mother, Amalie, arrive at an Arizona Indian reservation
to live with Papi, who may or may not be Alice 's father. Afflicted
with a skin ailment and subsisting largely on French fries, Alice
briefly attends the local reservation school before her mother's
visions and paranoia prompt them to hitchhike back to Amalie's father's
home in California. Amalie's mental condition worsens, along with
Grampa's untreated diabetes:
one, then the other is hospitalized, leaving Alice in foster care.
At 13, Alice wants to fit in with her white American foster family
and at the school she attends; but while foster sister Anne takes
ballet classes, Alice is encouraged to learn bead-making and Indian
dances. Yet the pull of her heritage is strong, and Alice and other
Quechen (or Native) characters Pierce introduces grapple to overcome
difficult legacies in this unsentimental coming-of-age story.
Admission Free
7PM
CNW at 7 Temple Street
The Center for New Words is dedicated to creating spaces and places
where women's words matter. For more information, visit www.centerfornewwords.org
For more information, contact CNW at 617-876-5310 or cnw@centerfornewwords.org.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Concord
The Third Thursday Author Series with Alice Rothchild
The Third Thursday Author Series welcomes Alice Rothchild, author
of Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian
Trauma and Resilience. Alice Rothchild, M.D., serves on the steering
committee of Jewish Voice for Peace, Boston. She has worked with
medical delegations to Israel and the Occupied Territories with
the JVP Health and Human Rights Project. A Boston-based physician,
she has sought to build alliances between Israelis and Palestinians
in opposition to Israeli policies of occupation and to promote a
more honest dialogue within the Jewish community in the United States.
Refreshments and book signing immediately following.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
7-9PM
Main Library, Concord Free Public Library, Concord Center
For more information, visit
http://alicerothchild.com/?p=241.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Brookline
Commemoration of tha Nakba, potluck dinner, time for reflection,
and a presentation TBA
6PM for dinner
44 Cypress St
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Cambridge
My Trip to Gaza: A visual presentation & photo sale
Using photographs and stories Skip will present his experiences
from his last journey to the land of troubles.
On a small pilgrimage part of his larger pilgrimage, Skip visited
the apparent site of the 2003 killing of Rachel Corrie, a young
woman working with Palestinians in rafah.
He toured the area near the Egyptian border wall which four days
later Gazans breached in a nonviolent attempt to break the siege.
While in Gaza Skip worked with the American friends service committee
youth program, teaching and photographing. Sponsored by Peace and
Social Concerns Committee.
12:15PM
Friends Meeting at 5 Longfellow Park, near Harvard Square
For more information, contact Skip at skipschiel@gmail.com or
617-441-7756.
June 6 - 8, 2008
Newton
Nonviolent Conflict Intervention Training Opportunities!
1. Training of trainers to learn to teach the one-day
Training: includes taking a one-day training on Saturday and practice
teaching the skills on Sunday. All are welcome to apply - especially
those with previous teaching/training experience, young people,
people of color and bilingual/bicultural applicants.
2. Workshop to learn skills to use in your own personal
life:
Saturday, June 7 9 AM - 5:30 PM
One-day Beginners Nonviolent Conflict Intervention Training
To build a culture of peace, these skills need to be spread to
every neighborhood and community until they are as common as reading
and writing!
For more information or to reserve your place, please contact Sherry
Zitter at sherry@sherryzitter.org or
978-897-5693.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Boston
Multi-Cultural Fair Brings Together Public Support For World's
370 Million Indigenous Peoples. Shop a variety of fairly traded
products handmade by indigenous artisans in Africa, Asia, and the
Americas. Enjoy live "world" music, live presentations, & ethnic
foods. Proceeds support Cultural Survival's non-profit work. Free
Admission, Rain or Shine!
10AM-6PM
Boston Common at 170-175 Tremont St.
For more information, visit
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/events/bazaar/index.cfm or
call Cultural Survival at 617-441-5410.
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
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.
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. J
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.
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.
This peace and justice events listing is prepared by the Peace
and Economic Justice Program of the American Friends Service
Committee. To join this e-mail list write: JGerson@afsc.org.
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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.
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