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They Take Our Jobs - And Twenty â€¨Other Myths about Immigration Start: 6:00 pm Centro Presente invites you to come to a â€¨public reading from the book â€¨"They Take Our Jobs - And Twenty â€¨Other Myths about Immigration" by the author, Salem State Professor Aviva Chomsky Co-Sponsored by: Immigrant Worker Center Collaborative (IWCC), Somerville Community Corporation (SCC), The Welcome Project and Massachusetts Jobs with Justice For more information, contact Centro Presente at 617-629-4731 or cpresente.org. Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: A Forum Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:30 pm United for Justice with Peace invites you to a forum on: BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT AND SANCTIONS to end the Israeli Occupation of Palestine Speaker: Nancy Murray Respondent: Martin Federman THURSDAY, MAY 21, 7 PM Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge ____________________________________________________________________________ In 2005, over 100 Palestinian civil society groups called for “international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era” In response to this call, many groups around the country are engaged in boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) efforts, which are having an impact. Come to a forum to learn more about BDS and the “Hang Up on Motorola” campaign and to discuss whether this campaign might be an effective tool to help bring peace to the Middle East. The Eyes of Babylon - one man play based on the Iraq war Start: 8:00 pm End: 8:00 pm The Eyes of Babylon Award winning, critically acclaimed one man play based on the Iraq war journey of gay U.S Marine Jeff Key BOSTON PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE 949 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 MAY 21 through JUNE 6, 2009 TICKETS: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/168 (866) 811 4111 Play website: http://www.theeyesofbabylon.com/ "In so fervently and colorfully crafting his all-too-human story, Key demonstrates that the triumphant journey through one's own psyche is perhaps the greatest adventure of all." --The Hollywood Reporter "CRITICS' CHOICE: Disarms our defenses with considerable humor and

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