Upcoming Events
Tuesday, Feb, 9, 2010 6:30 PM Workshop on Nonviolent Communication, Unitarian Universalist Church, 90 Holden St, Worcester, MA Marguerite Robbins, "Relating Consciously and Compassionately to Ourselves, Others and the Planet" Concepts, techniques and practices based on Marshal Rosenberg's book Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life. Free and open to the public.Wednesday, Feb. 10, 4-6 pm RI Rally for Marriage Equality at the RI State House.
Thursday, Feb. 11, 11am Rally/Press Conference about the exploited workers that had been hired to shovel snow at Gillette Stadium who now face deportation. St. Charles Church, 178 Dexter Ave. Providence RI.
Sunday, Feb.14th 3-5pm Community Celebration at ONA: Help celebrate two years of the Red de Defense program that responds to families in crisis from Immigration raids and the opening of the new Internet Cafe, Barrio Digital, projects of the Olneyville Neighborhood Association. At ONA, 122 Manton Ave. Providence. (The address is the huge Flea Market building. Enter ONA through the tower on the right.)
Wednesday, Feb. 24th, 7-9pm Understanding the War Economy. A public forum with Dr. Richard McIntyre, Professor of Economics and Director at the University of RI. Nearly nine years since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the costs of the wars and occupations in the Middle East continue to skyrocket. As Washington commits to bailing out the financial sector, can it also meet the needs of working people battered by the recession? How is the current system sustained? Can it last? And is there an alternative? Sponsored by RI Mobilization Committee.
Afghan voices: In all the talk about Afghanistan, we hear very few Afghan voices. AFSC recently recorded a converstation with Dr. Zaher Wahab, professor at Lewis and Clark College, who has also returned regularly to his native Afghanistan as a consultant to the Ministry of Education. We think you will find this wide-ranging conversation interesting. Listen by clicking here. We hope to bring other interviews to you in the near future.
Racial Profiling: AFSC-SENE is part of a coalition that is working to both document the extent of racial profiling behavior by state and local police and working to get the legislature to pass. Please go the the RI ACLU website for flyers you can hand out in your community, a link to an online survey that you can fill out if you have experience racial profiling and information on pending legislation. There will be a lobby day February 23rd and 24th beginning at 3:30 pm. Please contact us if you are interested either in the lobby day or being involved in this campaign.