Info: Milton Jones 617-825-1917 or jonesforpeace08@gmail.com
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Saturday October 31, 2009
Start: 11:00 am
Join your neighbors, the Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants, other community based organizations, elected public officials, city candidates and friends and supporters to SPEAK OUT for legislation to SAVE AT RISK HOUSING!
Nationally more than 360,000 HUD subsidized apartments have been lost due to owner decisions to convert to market rents.
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Malalai Joya, the young woman who the BBC has hailed as the "bravest in Afghanistan", has published her memoirs, A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Woman Who Dared to Speak Out.
Joya, now 31, was the youngest ever woman elected to the Afghan Parliament in 2005 and is an outspoken critic of the Karzai government and NATO occupation. She will be speaking in the Boston area between October 29-31 as part of a North American tour to speak about her new memoir, co-written with Canadian activist and writer Derrick O’Keefe.
With U.S. President Obama considering escalating the war in Afghanistan with over 40,000 more troops, Joya’s speaking tour and book release is timely. “Afghan women like me, voting and running for office, have been held up as proof that the United States has brought democracy and women’s rights to Afghanistan,” Joya writes. “But it is all a lie.”
Start: 6:30 pm
Panel discussion covering the many aspects of the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the war against Gaza
Presented by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Massachusetts (ADCMA) and The Palestine Cultural Center for Peace
Guest speakers:
Dr. Assaf Kfoury: Professor & Political Activist; Boston University
Omar Baddar: Political Scientist & Human Rights Activist based in Washington , DC .
Ahmad Amara: Clinical Instructor & Global Advocacy Fellow, human rights program, Harvard law school
Sunday November 1, 2009
Start: 10:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Agenda:
- 25% Solution campaign: report on special Senate race interventions and next steps
- Afghanistan: report on Zoya talks and next steps
- Brief evaluations of recent activities -- strategy conference, Oct. 7th 8th anniversary leafleting, Oct. 17 anti-war rally
- Discussion of issues that arise in introducing peace and justice issues at the local level: how to respond to ‘it's not a local issue’, problems that may arise and strategies for dealing with them
- Community leaders interactive list serve
Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...
Prof. ARTHUR KUBICK
The June 28th coup in Honduras continues with growing repression on the part
of the new government: beatings, detention, disappearances, killings. From
Sept. 19-26, the Quixote Center sponsored their seventh human rights
accompaniment delegation to Honduras since the coup began. There we
witnessed this repression first-hand, but at the same time experienced the
commitment of so many people to building a society rooted in social justice
and equality. (The delegation's report can be read at www.quixote.org) Our
speaker will share his experiences and explore ways to continue solidarity
with the people of Honduras.
Art Kubick is a retired professor and former director of the Center for
Start: 2:30 pm
A Dramatic Reading of stories of U.S. Iraq veterans and their families
Monday November 2, 2009
Start: 7:00 pm
Mexico Solidarity Network Presents: Patricia Hernandez
Mexico-US Solidarity Network invites you to join us for a discussion of popular education in Zapatista indigenous communities and urban locations with feminist activist sociologist Patricia Hernandez. Draw connections between women’s struggles, education for liberation and social movements in Mexico and US.
Tuesday November 3, 2009
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
An open discussion of what we would like to see happen, what is possible, and what we can do about it.
Thursday November 5, 2009
Start: 5:00 pm
The head of a controversial United Nations fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip and a former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations will discuss assertions that Israel and Palestinian fighters committed war crimes during three weeks of fighting in the Middle East last winter.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 10:30 pm
INEAS’ 15th Anniversary
at the Roslindale Village
featuring
Beatrice Green
Betsy Lister
Wafaa’ Al-Natheema
Join us to celebrate INEAS’ 15th Anniversary at the Roslindale Village. This fundraising evening will commence at the Select Café on Belgrade Ave. featuring poetry recitation by poets Beatrice Green, Betsy Lister and Wafaa’ Al-Natheema. Then words will be transformed to music at the Birch St. Bistro where a live jazz band will perform for the rest of the evening.
Start: 7:00 pm
Please join
HOWARD ZINN
DAVID STRATHAIRN
CHRIS MOORE
for
THE PEOPLE SPEAK COLLEGE TOUR
at
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
FREE! All seats General Admission.
To reserve a seat in advance and learn more, please visit:
http://www.history.com/thepeoplespeakcollegetour
Sponsored by HISTORY
http://www.history.com/
Hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Core Curriculum, the Honors Program, and the Departments of History and Political Science at Boston University
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The Monthly Peace & Justice Film Series is presenting
“Blood and Oil”
Friday November 6, 2009
Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
This day-long conference will bring together authors from two recent books co-edited by Professors Charles Ogletree and Austin Sarat. They will discuss the various ways we confront the law’s failures as well as imagine a nation without capital punishment.
Morning Panel: When Law Fails: Making Sense of Miscarriages of Justice

*Professor Douglas Berman, Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law

*Professor Mary Dudziak, University of Southern California

*Professor Patricia Ewick, Clark University

*Professor Linda Meyer, Quinnipiac University School of Law
Afternoon Panel: The Road to Abolition?: The Future of Capital Punishment

Start: 12:00 pm
The economic crisis is not over and has always been there for poor women and their families. The National Jobs for All Coalition has been sponsoring First Friday demonstrations around the country to call attention to the continuing jobs crisis and an inadequate safety net. Survivors Inc along with NJFAC will educate legislators and the media to the plight of poverty growing larger in Massachusetts.
Living wage jobs for all.
Raise TANF grant levels to the poverty line.
Abolish Time Limits for families on TANF.
Access to four year college, Higher Ed. for TANF Moms and all low-income folks.
Access to Adequate Housing, Stop Foreclosures and Evictions.
CORI Reform now.
Healthcare for All.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm



MOHAMMED OMER, "The Voice of the Voiceless", was born and raised in the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. A journalist for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, he has had articles and photographs featured in publications around the world.
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| Dahr Jamail (left) and Mohammed Omer (right), co-recipients of the prestigious Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, being congratulated by John Pilger in London on June 16, 2008. Photo by Paul de Rooij, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. |
Saturday November 7, 2009
Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
In conjunction with the World March for Peace and Nonviolence - Reach into Every Household And Empower Women! President Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize and now there must be a PEOPLE MOVEMENT to support his efforts for peace. One man cannot do it alone! The people must show support for nonviolence!
Special Local Guest – Tina Chery, Founder of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
Ask Questions – Hear Arun Gandhi – Make Plans
NO ADMISSION - Donations Voluntary
Start: 12:00 pm
While President Obama has been wrestling with the request for a troop surge in Afghanistan, activists from the Tri-Town Peace Groups (Newton Dialogues on Peace and War, Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety, and Waltham Concerned Citizens) have decided to call for a "surge" - in anti-war activity.
In answer to that call, to do our part as Americans, to support the troops, and to back up our nation's true leaders, we are asking the the people of Newton, Watertown, and Waltham to help kick off the surge by marching from Watertown Square to Waltham Common on Saturday, November 7th.
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
The U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan are escalating. Saber-rattling against Iran is reaching dangerous levels. Extra-urban U.S. bases in Iraq are expanding in size and permanence. Meanwhile the U.S. government refuses to use its power to break the siege of Gaza.
Start: 7:00 pm
Mexico-US Solidarity Network invites you to join us for a discussion of popular education in Zapatista indigenous communities and the role of urban academics as resources in constructing an autonomous education system.
Patricia Hernández, a sociologist specializing in education & gender, has worked since 2001 with indigenous communities to develop their primary and secondary schools, following a model of "autonomous education." She worked intensively with indigenous teachers—called "education promoters" (promoter@s)—to develop the secondary school for indigenous children living in the Zona Selva Tzeltal. Local leaders, who oversaw the project, wanted the community's demands for land, food, peace, justice and democracy to serve as the content for classes on history, language and mathematics.
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
In conjunction with the World March for Peace and Nonviolence - Reach into Every Household And Empower Women! President Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize and now there must be a PEOPLE MOVEMENT to support his efforts for peace. One man cannot do it alone! The people must show support for nonviolence!
Ask Questions – Hear Arun Gandhi – Make Plans
NO ADMISSION - Donations Voluntary
Sunday November 8, 2009
Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Prof. CYNTHIA ENLOE
At Clark University, Cynthia Enloe is a research professor in International
Development, Community & Environment and director of the Women's Studies
program. Her research centers on women's place in the political world; her
writings cover a range of issues including gender-based discrimination, as
well as racial, ethnic and national identities. She will have just returned
from New Zealand where, she claims, "they're thinking about militarization
of the South Pacific!" She will be exploring how taking seriously the
diverse lives and ideas of women in several countries can make us smarter
about the causes and costs of war
Her book titles (incomplete list) point the way -- 'The Morning After:
Sexual Politics at the End of the Cold War'; 'Does Khaki Become You? The
Militarization of Women's Lives'; 'Bananas, Beaches & Bases: Making Feminist
Start: 4:00 pm



MOHAMMED OMER, "The Voice of the Voiceless", was born and raised in the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. A journalist for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, he has had articles and photographs featured in publications around the world.
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| Dahr Jamail (left) and Mohammed Omer (right), co-recipients of the prestigious Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, being congratulated by John Pilger in London on June 16, 2008. Photo by Paul de Rooij, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. |
Tuesday November 10, 2009
Start: 7:30 am
This is an exceedingly important subject and we are honored to have Dr. Bacevich speak in Walpole.
Start: 6:00 pm
The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center honors Paul Rusesabagina, The real-life hero portrayed by Don Cheadle in the film Hotel Rwanda giving the Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Lecture and Distinguished Poet Sonia Sanchez giving a reading of her work.
Roundtable Discussion on the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Special Guest: Christine King Farris, Professor and Director of the Learning Resources Center at Spelman College And sister of Martin Luther King, Jr.
With
- Clayborne Carson, Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Center & Professor at Stanford University
- Hardin Coleman, Dean of the School of Education at Boston University
- Walter Fluker, Executive Director of the Leadership Center and Professor at Morehouse College
- Isabel Wilkerson, Professor of Journalism at Boston University
Wednesday November 11, 2009
Start: 12:00 pm
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Somerville
Once again the Smedley Butler Brigade, Veteran’s For Peace, Chapter 9, is relegated to the end of Boston's Veterans Day Parade simply be cause the parade organizers don’t care for our messages of peace.
We gladly march behind the street sweepers in a show of opposition to war or the glorification of war. We believe that the best way to honor veterans is to abolish all war and bring all veterans home, out of harms way.
Please show your support by joining us this Nov 11th . Our presence has made a difference. We will meet at 1200 at the corner of Charles and Beacon streets. This is the northwest corner of Boston Commons, just across the street from the Boston Public Garden.
Start: 5:00 pm
Join Hyatt workers and their families, Local 26 members, religious leaders of many faiths and supporters for a
Candle Light Vigil to support the Hyatt 100
Sign the pledge and join us
Wednesday, November 11, we're telling Hyatt…
"The Struggle Continues!"
"La Lucha Continua"
"O esforço continua!
"La lutte continue !"
Start: 6:45 pm
The UJP Planning Group meets the second Wednesday at AFSC and fourth Wednesday by conference call.
Start: 7:00 pm
Witness for Peace Tour w/ Martha Lucia Giraldo Villano - Speaking about "false positive" extrajudicial killings, Plan Colombia, the National Movement of Victims, and the importance of memory.
More info at: http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=465
Start: 7:00 pm
Honor Veterans Day at a community forum with Howard Zinn
BU Professor Emeritus Howard Zinn is a historian, playwright, and
social activist. He was an Air Force bombardier during World War II.
In this Veterans Day forum, Dr. Zinn will talk about three wars in
U.S. history – the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World War II.
This event is free and open to all.
For more info: contact Daryl Bridges (daryl.l.bridges@gmail.com).
Sponsored by Coalition for Social Justice. Coalition Supporters: Mass.
Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice; Mass. Jobs With Justice; UAW
Local 2324; Howard Ryan, SEIU Local 615*, and individual BU faculty,
staff, students, and alumni. * Organization listed for identification
purposes only.
The Coalition for Social Justice brings together students and support
Start: 7:00 pm
Paul K. Chappell graduated from West Point in 2002. He served in the army for seven years, deployed to Baghdad, and will be leaving active duty in November 2009 as a Captain. He is the author of Will War Ever End?: A Soldier’s Vision of Peace for the 21st Century and The End of War: New Ideas for Achieving World Peace (April 2010), and he is working on his third book, Peaceful Revolution.
Thursday November 12, 2009
Start: 4:30 pm
Human Rights Policy for
"The World's Most Militarized Dispute"
"The World's Most Militarized Dispute"
Start: 5:00 pm
We will have a SPECIAL Vigil Against the War to call for withdrawal of US Troops from Afghanistan. As the false debate continues over whether 40,000 troops is 'enough to win', 'enough to not lose', or enough to keep us involved in propping up an illegitimate regime, we need to speak out to oppose not only the deployment of additional troops in this foolish adventure, but for the complete withdrawal of US Troops from Afghanistan. You are encouraged to make and bring your own signs (please be careful to spell "Afghanistan" properly - A F G H A N I S T A N ) and we plan to supply additional signs. If you wish, bring candles and/or flashlights.
Start: 6:30 pm
a talk by Greg King, progressive Boston union activist who has family ties to Thailand and has visited many times. Greg will illuminate some of the reasons for the current political strife in that country, with background information on Thai politics.
617-230-0632 for more information.
Start: 7:00 pm
Start: 7:00 pm
MARTHA LUCIA GIRALDO VILLANO
Since 2000, the U.S. government has provided nearly $5 billion in military
and police aid to Colombia. Despite claims of an improved human rights
record, thousands of civilians are being killed by this U.S.-funded
military. Further, Colombian human rights groups report a 68% increase in
murders by the armed forces in a recent five-year period over the previous
five years. And the rate of such extrajudicial slaughter is still on the
rise! Setting human rights conditions on U.S. funding to the Colombian
military clearly has been ineffective in stemming these killings or bringing
those responsible to justice.
Ms. Giraldo Villano is the daughter of a small-scale farmer who was executed
by the National Army. She is active in the Victims of State Crimes Movement,
in which she works with other victims organizing to demand their right to
Friday November 13, 2009
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Speaker Pelosi:
No Escalation in Afghanistan!
Bring the Troops Home Now!
Support Single Payer Health Care!
Stop CO2 Pollution –350 by 2020!
Protest House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Friday, November 13, 4:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Harvard U., JFK School, Littauer Bldg.
79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge
The Democrats won a majority in the House of
Representatives in 2006 on a popular mandate to bring the troops home and stop selling America to corporate interests. As Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi sets priorities for Congress.
There is no military solution in Afghanistan. The more U.S. troops that are sent to prop up the corrupt regime, the harder it will be to make peace. But under Speaker Pelosi’s leadership, Congress continues to support war and occupation. Congress must cut off the funds to bring all our troops home from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq.
Start: 7:00 pm
Knowledge and Society
Talk series organized by Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia
Saturday November 14, 2009
Start: 1:00 am
Theme: Free and Equal in Dignity and Rights
Phone Number: phone: (617) 623-0202 fax: (617) 623-2005
Come together with fellow Amnesty activists from across the Northeast for an exciting weekend to celebrate and strengthen the human rights movement. The 2009 conference theme is FREE AND EQUAL IN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS). You'll leave with ideas for activism to take back to your community, contacts for other activists, and more knowledge about Amnesty's fight for human rights and dignity.
We look forward to seeing you all at the conference and thank you for your commitment to the human rights movement!
Start: 9:00 am
Start: 2009 Nov 14 - 9:00am
End: 2009 Nov 16 - 5:00pm
Rolling back militarism: a task for the global movement


Start: 9:30 am
End: 1:30 pm
Cambridge Forum regrets to announce that the conference on global climate change "The Road To Copenhagen" planned for Saturday November 14 has been postponed. Congressman Ed Markey, who was slated to be the keynote speaker, is unable to participate due to the demanding legislative agenda at the end of the Congressional session.
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Please come to celebrate, watch movies, and hear about the work of two great organizations: Lajee Center and Al-Rowwad Children's Theater, both located in Aida Refugee Camp.
 

We are lucky enough to have representatives from both organizations: Dr. Abdefattah Abusrour from Al-Rowwad will discuss the ongoing efforts to bring creativity and hope to the children of Aida, and Nidal Al-Azraq will talk about the geographic constraints of living in the camp, and about Lajee's work to help youth overcome such obstacles. We will screen a movie from Al-Rowwad," Bethlehem 4 am," and from Lajee, we will screen youth media from the summer of 2009.
Sunday November 15, 2009
(all day)
Start: 2009 Nov 14 - 9:00am
End: 2009 Nov 16 - 5:00pm
Rolling back militarism: a task for the global movement


Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
“We're All Climate Activists Now!”
The power to improve our planet is in your hands!
Come learn how you can make the difference in our battle against Climate Change.
Important Update!
Bill McKibben will be joining us as our afternoon Keynote Speaker! As founder of 350.org, McKibben has just led a wildly successful International Day of Climate Action, which many of us joined.
Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
MARTHA LUCIA GIRALDO VILLANO
Since 2000, the U.S. government has provided nearly $5 billion in military
and police aid to Colombia. Despite claims of an improved human rights
record, thousands of civilians are being killed by this U.S.-funded
military. Further, Colombian human rights groups report a 68% increase in
murders by the armed forces in a recent five-year period over the previous
five years. And the rate of such extrajudicial slaughter is still on the
rise! Setting human rights conditions on U.S. funding to the Colombian
military clearly has been ineffective in stemming these killings or bringing
those responsible to justice.
Ms. Giraldo Villano is the daughter of a small-scale farmer who was executed
by the National Army. She is active in the Victims of State Crimes Movement,
in which she works with other victims organizing to demand their right to
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Opening reception with Abdelfattah Abusrour, director of the Al-Rowwad Cultural Center in the Aida Camp in Bethlehem
Photography Exhibit -- Views of Bethlehem: Then and Now
The exhibition is a collaboration that involves historic images of Bethlehem and their contemporary counterparts.
The historic images date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The second part of the exhibition is images of these same places taken this year by the photography students of the Al-Rowwad Cultural Center in the Aida Camp in Bethlehem. (Al-Rowwad was established by its director Dr. Abdelfattah Abusrour as a way of promoting "beautiful resistance" in the form of theater, dance, video, workshops and community space.)
Sponsored by the Cambridge/Bethlehem People-to-People Project. Email us at bethlehemcambridge@gmail.com.
Start: 3:00 pm
The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia &
Monday November 16, 2009
End: 5:00 pm
Start: 2009 Nov 14 - 9:00am
End: 2009 Nov 16 - 5:00pm
Rolling back militarism: a task for the global movement


Tuesday November 17, 2009
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
"Westborough - Metrowest Peace Action Moving Vigil and Meeting"
Tues., Nov. 17th
5 - 6 PM - Vigil
Rt. 135 and Rt. 30 Rotary
Meeting to follow at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 3 Johns St.
6 - 7 PM - Meeting
Our theme of the vigil will be "Fund jobs, not war in Afghanistan".
Sponsored by Metrowest Peace Action, Pax Christi Metrowest, Pax Christi Central Mass.
Wednesday November 18, 2009
Start: 6:00 pm
Please join us for the the screening. The film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring healthcare leaders and policymakers in Massachusetts.
The documentary, by California Newsreel, is to educate individuals about health care reform and to help move the President’s agenda forward. It helps to illustrate personal and professional opinions of what’s wrong with the American health care system and hopefully motivates us to get involved in the debate and become active for getting the kind of health care system that responds to the needs of all Americans.
Elmer R. Freeman
Executive Director
Center for Community Health Education Research and Service, Inc.
Director
Office of Urban Health Programs and Policy
Bouve College of Health Sciences
For more information, call 617-373-5179.
Thursday November 19, 2009
Start: 7:00 pm
*What everyone needs to know about current realities of the Israeli Occupation and prospects for a just resolution in Palestine*
*A Presentation with Bekah Wolf*
*International Coordinator and co-Founder of the Palestine Solidarity Project (PSP), a Palestinian organization based in the village of Beit Ommar and dedicated to supporting popular resistance to the occupation.*
Sponsored by /Justice in the Middle East Task Force at First Parish in Cambridge/
For information about the PSP, visit www www.palestinesolidarityproject.org
For more information about this talk p: 617.642.9640
The Event is Free and Open to the Public
Friday November 20, 2009
Start: 1:00 am
Start: 2009 Nov 20 - 1:00am
End: 2009 Nov 22 - 1:00am
Start: 6:00 pm
Start: 2009 Nov 20 - 6:00pm
End: 2009 Nov 22 - 9:00pm
What & Where: This fall from November 20th through the 22nd, students, faculty, and staff from around the country who are engaged in Palestine solidarity activism will converge for a conference on campus Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS). This conference has three key goals:
1) To co-educate and share resources amongst campus organizers on the process of initiating BDS campaigns on campuses
2) To strategize tactics to address the needs of different campuses in carrying out BDS campaigns
3) To bring together Palestine-solidarity campus groups that have or have not met under a larger network in order to strive towards a coordinated national BDS campaign.
Saturday November 21, 2009
(all day)
Start: 2009 Nov 20 - 1:00am
End: 2009 Nov 22 - 1:00am
(all day)
Start: 2009 Nov 20 - 6:00pm
End: 2009 Nov 22 - 9:00pm
What & Where: This fall from November 20th through the 22nd, students, faculty, and staff from around the country who are engaged in Palestine solidarity activism will converge for a conference on campus Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS). This conference has three key goals:
1) To co-educate and share resources amongst campus organizers on the process of initiating BDS campaigns on campuses
2) To strategize tactics to address the needs of different campuses in carrying out BDS campaigns
3) To bring together Palestine-solidarity campus groups that have or have not met under a larger network in order to strive towards a coordinated national BDS campaign.
Start: 2:00 pm
The film takes a raw look at civilian casualties, women’s rights and other issues that put into question official claims that the war is making our shores safer. (70 mins.)
A discussion will follow for those who wish to participate. Light refreshments.
Contact: Maggie Constan 617-980-2677
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Join South African social movement activist from the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign.
Start: 7:30 pm
Motherblood, a short play, is an encounter between two mothers, one who is
Israeli, the other is Palestinian, both of whom have survived significant
losses. They struggle with each other, sharing a wide range of feelings
regarding their complex personal and political situations. This is a
meeting that changes these two womens' lives. It promises to move you as
well.
Following their performance, True Story Theater will use improvisational
theater to reflect some of the feelings and experiences of the audience. It
promises to be a moving evening that will hopefully deepen the conversation
about building a lasting peace.
"This amazing dramatic performance breaks through all the rhetoric on both
sides of the Israel/Palestine struggle and leads us directly to the
Sunday November 22, 2009
End: 1:00 am
Start: 2009 Nov 20 - 1:00am
End: 2009 Nov 22 - 1:00am
End: 9:00 pm
Start: 2009 Nov 20 - 6:00pm
End: 2009 Nov 22 - 9:00pm
What & Where: This fall from November 20th through the 22nd, students, faculty, and staff from around the country who are engaged in Palestine solidarity activism will converge for a conference on campus Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS). This conference has three key goals:
1) To co-educate and share resources amongst campus organizers on the process of initiating BDS campaigns on campuses
2) To strategize tactics to address the needs of different campuses in carrying out BDS campaigns
3) To bring together Palestine-solidarity campus groups that have or have not met under a larger network in order to strive towards a coordinated national BDS campaign.
Start: 10:30 am
the Ethical Society of Boston will present
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
End the Raids & Deportations!
WHEN:
Sunday, November 22, 2009. 2:00pm
Start: 3:00 pm
Sol y Canto founders Rosi & Brian Amador perform "Tunes for Teosinte," a
benefit concert for Arlington's sister city in El Salvador.
Rosi and Brian will perform joyful, original Latin roots music that moves,
delights, excites, and connects the audience to the richness of Latin
American culture. This show will have both adults and kids out of their
seats and dancing in the aisles! As a special treat for young audiences,
Rosi and Brian's 13-year-old twin daughters Alisa & Sonia will perform as
well.
Also: bake sale and shop for fair-trade handbags, housewares, and other
items…all beautifully handcrafted in Teosinte!
Teosinte is a farming village in rural El Salvador that has been
Arlington's sister city since 1988. For more information, see
Monday November 23, 2009
Start: 7:00 pm
We will show Rethink Afghanistan and have a discussion.
RETHINK AFGHANISTAN: A FILM BY ROBERT GREENWALD
The film takes a raw look at civilian casualties, women’s rights and other issues that put into question official claims that the war is making our shores safer. Mr. Greenwald has used interviews with academics, Afghans, and former CIA operatives to raise questions about civilian casualties, women’s rights, the cost of war and whether it has made the United States safer. The film will be followed by a discussion on the issues.
Sponsored by Somerville-Medford United for Justice with Peace
Saturday November 28, 2009
Start: 3:00 pm
Joyce and Mel King will receive the Annual Sacco and Vancetti Social Justice Award from the Community Church. They have long be leading figures in Boston and the state of Massachusetts. for political change, justice, community development, and peace. Among other debts that we owe to Mel is his role in preventing the transformation of Boston Harbor into a nuclear weapons base, when he took a leading role in opposing the nuclearization of Boston during his 1983 campaign to become Mayor of Boston.
For more information, call 617-266-6710.
Monday November 30, 2009
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
“Systemic change, not climate change.” Join people concerned about the survival of the planet. Add your voice to demand corporate money out of politics!
Start: 4:30 pm
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Memory and Its Strength: The Martyrs of El Salvador - A Discussion between Jon Sobrino, S.J. and Noam Chomsky, moderated by J. Donald Monan
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