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Cuba Solidarity Night: Pastors for Peace Caravan Sendoff Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:30 pm IN THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR of the CUBAN REVOLUTION, PASTORS FOR PEACE IS MOUNTING ITS 20TH YEARLY CARAVAN TO CUBA CUBA SOLIDARITY NIGHT By traveling to Cuba with humanitarian aid without a US government license, Pastors for Peace challenges the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba, as well as the blockade on the minds of Americans about the achievements of the Cuban people. Pastors for Peace refuses a US government license, because as Rev. Tom Smith has said, "We don't need a government license. Love is our license." Host the Caravan and Celebrate with music, food, speakers, discussion and literature. Federal Stimulus Summit - Massachusetts Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Boston City Councillors Charles C. Yancey and Chuck Turner will host summits regarding the federal stimulus funds for the City of Boston and the federal stimulus funds for the State of Massachusetts. The Summits will provide opportunity for residents to have their questions regarding stimulus funds answered by City and State officials. Charles C. Yancey Boston City Councillor Contact: Kenneth Yarbrough - Chief Information Officer (617) 635-3131 Fax (617) 635-3067 Page (617) 461-5548 COUNCILLORS YANCEY AND TURNER HOST TWO STIMULUS SUMMITS IN JULY Boston City Hall (July 2, 2009) – The offices of City Councillors Charles C. Yancey and Chuck Turner are hosting two Summits: One regarding the federal stimulus funds for the State of Massachusetts and another regarding the federal stimulus funds for the City of Boston. Steve Early: Embedded with Organized Labor Start: 7:00 pm 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.

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