April 25th to April 30th, 2010 (At Various Locations)
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Wednesday April 28, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Apr 25 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 8:00pm
(all day)
Start: 2010 Apr 26 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 6:00pm
Presented by Palestine@MIT
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:45 pm
Information session for the community to learn about the latest risk assessment of the the BU Biolab.
Eight years and three flawed risk assessments later, the National Institutes of Health and Boston University are still trying to convince the community that the BSL4 lab they plan to open in the Roxbury/South End neighborhood of Boston will not present a danger to the community. And so the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel and Tetra Tech, the latest firm to try its hand at assessing the lab’s risks, are coming to Boston to tell us what they’ve been up to.
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Book reading by Alice Rothchild
Contact David W. Packer david.packer@alum.mit.edu
Thursday April 29, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Apr 25 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 8:00pm
April 25th to April 30th, 2010 (At Various Locations)
(all day)
Start: 2010 Apr 26 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 6:00pm
Presented by Palestine@MIT
Start: 7:00 pm
Join renowned journalist John Ross for an evening connecting the people of Latin America and the United States... No ordinary scribe, Ross’ writing and presentations blend beat generation poetry with magical realist prose all while rooted in concrete social struggles and real politics... Ross leaves his audiences inspired to action and craving social change...Here's Nation Books on his latest book: "John Ross—poet, journalist, and globetrotting troublemaker—has lived in what the Aztec-Mexicas described as "the umbilicus of the universe" since the great Mexico City earthquake of 1985 crushed out as many as 30,000 lives. Over the years, he has watched the city—El Monstruo—pick itself up, bury its dead, and come battling back.
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:45 pm
Come hear this expert on our nation's budget - learn where it goes and what you might do to change our priorities.
Start: 7:30 pm
Richard Heinberg to Speak in Lexington
Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow In Residence at the Post-Carbon Institute and one of the world's foremost peak oil educators, will discuss how the rapid depletion of fossil fuels and accelerating global climate disruption are creating unprecedented challenges for global society in the twenty-first century.
Friday April 30, 2010
End: 8:00 pm
Start: 2010 Apr 25 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 8:00pm
April 25th to April 30th, 2010 (At Various Locations)
End: 6:00 pm
Start: 2010 Apr 26 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 6:00pm
Presented by Palestine@MIT
Start: 11:30 am
End: 12:45 pm
Reflections on being an activist: Shaping the world through political organizing with Alice Rothchild
location: Sociology of Minorities, Wheelock College, 35 Pilgrim Road, Boston, MA 02215
ACE 321, building J on the campus map: http://www2.wheelock.edu/wheelock/About/Visit_Us/Campus_Map.html
contact: Gail Dines
Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies
Chair of American Studies
gdines@wheelock.edu
Start: 6:00 pm
$5 tickets will go ON SALE STARTING TUESDAY, MARCH 30, and will be available for purchase online at harvard.com, at Harvard Book Store, and over the phone with a credit card (617.661.1515).
Start: 6:00 pm
Start: 2010 Apr 30 - 6:00pm
End: 2010 May 1 - 6:00pm
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference which will begin at the United Nations in May is widely considered to be a make or break point for ending the spread of nuclear weapons.
On April 30-May 2, people will gather in New York City from around the world to call for Peace and Human Needs: Nuclear Disarmament Now!
An international conference is planned at Riverside Church, April 30-May 1 to bring US and international participants together for analysis and to plan for future actions for nuclear weapons abolition, peace, environmental sustainability, economic justice. See updated conference details here.
On Sunday, May 2, we will take to the streets for a march and rally in Midtown Manhattan.
Start: 7:00 pm
Please join
Dorchester People for Peace
in the STAND AGAINST RACISM
with the YWCA and more than 500 other organizations across the country in a national day to promote diversity and equality.
Free community screening and discussion of
"Blue Eyed, Brown Eyed"
An award winning documentary which offers viewers a chance to watch a full-length workshop with America's most dynamic diversity trainer, Jane Elliott.
Start: 7:00 pm
Join renowned journalist John Ross for an evening connecting the people of Latin America and the United States... No ordinary scribe, Ross’ writing and presentations blend beat generation poetry with magical realist prose all while rooted in concrete social struggles and real politics... Ross leaves his audiences inspired to action and craving social change...Here's Nation Books on his latest book: "John Ross—poet, journalist, and globetrotting troublemaker—has lived in what the Aztec-Mexicas described as "the umbilicus of the universe" since the great Mexico City earthquake of 1985 crushed out as many as 30,000 lives. Over the years, he has watched the city—El Monstruo—pick itself up, bury its dead, and come battling back.
Start: 7:00 pm
Saturday May 1, 2010
End: 6:00 pm
Start: 2010 Apr 30 - 6:00pm
End: 2010 May 1 - 6:00pm
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference which will begin at the United Nations in May is widely considered to be a make or break point for ending the spread of nuclear weapons.
On April 30-May 2, people will gather in New York City from around the world to call for Peace and Human Needs: Nuclear Disarmament Now!
An international conference is planned at Riverside Church, April 30-May 1 to bring US and international participants together for analysis and to plan for future actions for nuclear weapons abolition, peace, environmental sustainability, economic justice. See updated conference details here.
On Sunday, May 2, we will take to the streets for a march and rally in Midtown Manhattan.
Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:00 am
Please join us for a peace vigil as we call for the end of Afghanistan and Iraqi wars and the redirection of funds to human needs. Tragically, the number of U.S. service personnel killed in Afghanistan since the beginning of the war reached 1,000 on February 23, not to mention the thousands of Afghanistan troops and civilians killed and wounded and the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled the ongoing fighting.
For the Walpole Peace and Justice Group
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
This event is endorsed by UJP. Print and distribute the flyer attached below.
12pm Everett City Hall to Chelsea
1pm Chelsea City Hall to East Boston
2pm Lopresti Park, East Boston
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
On May 1, 2010, the Boston May Day Committee is organizing a march and rally starting on Boston Common at 12 noon. It will be joined by a procession from Boston’s North End featuring large cut-out images of the 8 immigrant workers known as the May Day martyrs.
In the Common, we are proud to announce a special performance of the famous radical theater group Bread and Puppets and a series of speakers that will address the major demands for May Day.
The 1:00 p.m. March from the Common will focus on local anti-worker employers and the federal Immigration & Customs Enforcement agency.
May Day organizers are concerned that:
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 7:38 pm
GREG MORTENSON TO RECEIVE 2010 SALEM AWARD
Greg Mortenson is the recipient of the 18th annual Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice for his work promoting peace and building schools for children, especially girls, in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Join us for the award dinner and ceremony!
Register for Dinner at 5:30 PM, $50
Register for the Award Ceremony at 7:30 PM
(Free to Salem residents and students of Salem State College, as detailed below.)
Sunday May 2, 2010
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm
Celebrating Labor and the International Workers' Holiday II
DAVID J. COHEN
"Labor's Untold Story: Lessons from the Past"
The labor movement is in crisis and many of the lessons from our past can
help us figure out how better to organize and how to deal with a two-party
political system that is largely unresponsive to the needs of poor and
working people.
David Cohen has been active in the labor movement for 38 years, both as a
rank & file elected leader and on staff for UE (United Electrical, Radio &
Machine Workers of America). UE is well known for its commitment to
militant, democratic rank & file unionism. Besides being involved in union
negotiations and organizing, he is also part of the UE Educational Dept.
(Dave is also the son of long-time CCB member, Abe Cohen!)
Music by Stan Strickland and Josh Rosen
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 5:30 pm
Join with thousands from around the world for an International Day of Action. Bring your posters, your drums, your children and your neighbors to say to the world and the leaders who will come to the UN for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty:
• We want a Nuclear Free Future!
• Fund Human Needs, Not War!
• End the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan!
• Protect the planet instead of destroying it with war and nuclear proliferation!
The rally begins at 2:00 with speakers, performers and greetings from the international delegations. At 3:30, we will march across town to the United Nations ending with the International Peace & Music Festival. There will be music from around the world as well as tents and tables with information and organizing resources so that we can continue our work for a safe, nuclear-free, peaceful and just world for all!
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
The Iranian Human Rights Forum at MIT presents:
Shahriar Mandanipour, author of "Censoring an Iranian Love Story"
(claimed by NPR as the Best Debut Fiction of 2009)
Iran's 2009 presidential election, took plac
Monday May 3, 2010
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Daoud Nassar- 
Interfaith Presentation--All Christians, Jews & Muslims are Welcome
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Presented by The World in Watertown; Watertown/Belmont Amnesty International Chapter; & the Arsenal Center for the Arts
Panel discussion with Q&A from audience moderated by Rep. Jonathan Hecht
The personal stories of human rights abuses your neighbors endured in their home countries and how these individuals have turned their experiences into positive contributions to their communities here in the U.S.
Participants:
Cesar DeOssa from Columbia (Drug Cartel)
Raouf Jacob from Sierra Leone (Civil War / Genocide)
Nikan Milani from Iran (Persecution of Baha'is)
Tuesday May 4, 2010
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
The US Marine corps is staging a weeklong series of pro-war propaganda events around Boston May 3-9. Included are displays of weapons in Copley and Faneuil, children's events, and even a mothers day event--this is disgusting. They have been advertising all over the subways. Here is the schedule from their website:
http://www.marines.mil/community/MarineWeekBoston/Pages/ScheduleofEvents.aspx
This presents many anti-war protest opportunities.
JOIN AN ANTI-WAR PROTEST. COPLEY SQUARE IS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE MARINES ARE HAVING A WEAPONS AND MILITARY HARDWARE DISPLAY. WE WILL HAVE BANNERS AND A SOUND SYSTEM FOR SPEAKING. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BANNERS AND SIGNS , TOO. TELL THE MARINE RECRUITERS THEY ARE NOT WELCOME IN BOSTON !!
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Come out to hear some of the insights from Re:Imagining Change, chat with the author, connect with community, and pick up your very own copy of the book! We'd love to see you!
The book Re:Imagining Change -- How to Use Story-based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements and Change the World is an interactive and accessible resource guide to smartMeme's story-based strategy tools and methodology. The book outlines how to apply narrative power analysis to effectively frame issues and offers plenty of juicy case studies and analysis, including a call for our movements to innovate our storytelling techniques in the face of the looming ecological crisis.
Start: 6:30 pm
Tèt Ansanm! (Heads Together): Boston Solidarity for Haiti
Join other Boston-area students & residents for video screenings and the news that doesn't make it to the mainstream -- and discuss how we can advocate for human rights and Haitian self-determination.
We've been asking..."what can we do from Boston?" The answer is: "a lot!" Our advocacy matters. Why are Haitian voices not being heard in development efforts? Why is food aid composed of American, not Haitian rice? Why, three months out, are many camps still without services? Find out, and channel these joint voices along with others. It all starts with this meeting!
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The City of Cambridge will present its annual Holocaust remembrance -- candle lighting and music
Wednesday May 5, 2010
Start: 7:30 pm
The House of Peace and the North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice will present a delegation of 70 leading Japanese peace activists, including three A-bomb survivors. Take advantage of this historic and rare opportunity to meet with and listen to a major delegation sent to the United Nations in a time of world nuclear peril from the only country, as yet, to suffer nuclear holocaust.
The 70 activists are members of a 2,000 strong delegation from Japan journeying to the United Nations in New York City, joining thousands of others from across the United States and around the world, to address the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. They are urgently appealing to the United Nations to make an unequivocal commitment to the abolition of all nuclear weapons.
Thursday May 6, 2010
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Join Mass JwJ to deliver a message of solidarity with striking Shaw's Warehouse workers at the Central Square Shaw's from 5-6PM on Thursday May 6th! For more information contact jwj@massjwj.net.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The Think Outside the Bomb National Youth Network is coming to Boston as part of its 40+ city tour of the USA beginning at Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference and culminating at a New Mexico Convergence in August. The tour will be a rad space with a focus on collective liberation. Each stop will be unique to that community but will include: speakers, addressing issues relevant to that community, trainings, education, exchanges of ideas, live music, and a traveling photo/art exhibit that will show the horrors of and resistance to nuclearism. The tour will also feature a free cafe!
Start: 6:30 pm
Husam Zomlot, visiting scholar at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, explores the current prospects for the two state solution in the Middle East. Are there ways to develop greater mutual understanding in the region? What are the prospects that they can be pursued successfully?
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 9:01 pm
The Monthly Peace and Justice Film Series CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY,
THURSDAY FILM SERIES BACK AT CENTRAL SQUARE LIBRARY
Friday May 7, 2010
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Hey Goldman Sachs! We want our Government Back! The very companies that crashed our economy are now trying to stop efforts to rein in their uncontrolled greed. Help us stand up to the big banks that are spending hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying to prevent financial reform. Join us on May 7th at noon outside of Goldman Sachs- 125 High St, Boston. For more info email jennifer@massjwj.net
Sponsored By Jobs with Justice, Americans for Fairness in Lending, MCAN, and Many Others!
Start: 7:00 pm
Narrated by the late, acclaimed historian, Howard Zinn
Featuring: Howard Zinn, Matt Damon, Marisa Tomei, Morgan Freeman, Josh Brolin, Bruce Springsteen, Kerry Washington, Jasmine Guy, Jackson Browne, John Legend, Sandra Oh, Viggo Mortensen, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Mike O’Malley, Benjamin Bratt and more!
Saturday May 8, 2010
Start: 9:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED
Join us May 8 and:
• hear the inside story of the war with an Afghanistan veteran, an Afghan-American woman, and the author of Ending the US War in Afghanistan: A Primer
• discuss the war’s impact on our jobs, our families, and the economy
• make plans to go back to your workplace and union
Our list of individual and union sponsors is in formation.
For information contact Mike Prokosch, mikeprokosch@verizon.net and 617-282-3783.
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Sing out in support of Shaw’s striking workers. Join the Strike Singers on Saturday, May 8 at 5:00 PM at the Porter Square Shaw’s, White Street, Cambridge for a sing-out that will bring Shaw’s management to their knees. Bring your guitar, flute, harmonica or voice.
Start: 7:00 pm
Prof. David Ray Griffin, acclaimed philosopher, theologian, author and 9/11 researcher, will speak.
$10 donation ($5 students/seniors)
Info: (617) 244-6643
Sunday May 9, 2010
Start: 7:00 am
End: 10:30 am
The 14th Annual Mothers Walk for Peace raises funds to support families statewide who have lost loved ones to violence by raising funds for the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute <http://www.louisdbrownpeaceinstitute.org>.
Registration starts at 7:00 AM. The walk route stretches approximately 3.6 miles from Town Field Park in Fields Corner (1565 Dorchester Ave., through Codman Square and ending back at Town Field Park -- all in Dorchester.
The walk allows the Peace Institute to continue the following work:
• Assisting and supporting the families of homicide victims;
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm
Mothers' Day
ASSOCIATION of HAITIAN WOMEN in BOSTON
"Before and After the Earthquake"
The Association of Haitian Women in Boston (AFAB) is a grassroots organization founded by a group of "sisters" from different social, religious and economic backgrounds. For over 20 years, it has been a strong political voice in the Haitian community. AFAB's mission is to empower Haitian women by helping them develop the individual and collective capacity to improve their status, thus the ability to effect positive changes in their and their families' lives.
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
All are invited to this anti-war vigil led by mothers. The vigil starts with a reading of Julia Ward Howe's "Mother's Day Proclamation," which introduced this holiday in 1870 as a day for women to oppose war.
Howe, known best for writing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," worked with the widows and orphans of soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, and saw how the effects of the war go beyond the killing of soldiers in battle. Horrified by her experience of the realities of war, she determined that peace was one of the most important causes of the world.
Start: 7:00 pm
Celebrate the great tradition of Latin American radical culture through song and music in our first Peña Foklórica at MESA sin fronteras, dedicated to Violeta Parra.
Musicians: Rafael Medina, Sergio Reyes
+ Open Mic.
Bring your voice, history, song and spirit!
MESA sin fronteras is a burgeoning worker-run social club @ encuentro 5
www.mesasinfronteras.org and www.encuentro5.org
Light snacks and refreshments offered for suggested donations.
Monday May 10, 2010
Start: 5:30 pm
We present a screening of a new documentary based on the work of the late historian Howard Zinn, The People Speak, which aired recently on the History Channel. CHHIRJ joins the chorus of voices from around the globe expressing sadness over the death of this dynamic writer, teacher, activist and historian. We hope you will join CHHIRJ on May 10th as we screen The People Speak and celebrate the life of a man whose words inspired many.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Massachusetts Peace Action presents a screening of View from a Grain of Sand followed by a discussion.
About the movie View from a Grain of Sand: http://www.viewgrainofsand.com/
Shot in refugee camps of Pakistan and the war-torn city of Kabul, three remarkable Afghan women lead us through the maze of Afghanistan's complex history, informing this examination of how international interventions, war and the rise of political Islam have stripped Afghan women of their freedom over the last thirty years.
Print the attached flyer.
RSVP to jessica@masspeaceaction.org
Tuesday May 11, 2010
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Shaw's is the official sponsor of Red Sox, but we are the official members of Red Sox Nation! Join striking warehouse workers and the supporters to give out Boycott Shaw's Balloons at Fenway park on May 11th from 5-8PM. For more info email John at jlandsman@ufcw.org
Wednesday May 12, 2010
Start: 6:15 pm
End: 6:50 pm
On Wednesday, May 12 the Consulate General of Israel to New England will be presenting a "Jerusalem Day Celebration" at the Rabb Lecture Hall, in the Boston Public Library.
Join us to demand an END TO THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF EAST JERUSALEM!
If your organization would like to be listed as a co-sponsor of this event, contact numurray@comcast.net
Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights
Thursday May 13, 2010
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
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Start: 7:00 pm
We are bombarded with images of war. On the TV news, in our newspapers. The pictures pile up, and with them some solid assumptions. We assume that war is human nature. That there's an epidemic of war and it's only getting worse. That it's too profitable for some businesses to be stopped. And too effective for some governments to give up. That war will be with us forever. None of these things is true. The world is changing. We are changing. The astonishing and astonishingly little-known fact is that the number of wars across the world is in fact dropping. Dramatically. We are actually in the grip of an outbreak of peace. Friday May 14, 2010
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
First CMES Hilda Silverman Lecture Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Speakers: Ben Achtenberg and Brinton Lykes Many immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the United States were victims of torture in their countries. Upon arrival to the United States, some never receive the care necessary to deal with the trauma suffered in their homeland. Come listen as two local Jamaica Plain residents share their experiences with victims of torture and learn what you can do about it Saturday May 15, 2010
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
"Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world." — Howard Zinn Start: 8:00 pm
Emma's Revolution is Pat Humphries & Sandy O Sunday May 16, 2010
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm
SAMIA A. HALABY Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm
Sunday May 16th: JOIN THE ‘HYATT 100’ In Cambridge!
On August 31st the three Boston area Hyatt hotels fired their entire housekeeping staffs and replaced them with temp workers doing more work for almost half the pay
Will we let Hyatt off the hook? NO WAY! Picket at the Hyatt Cambridge (535 Memorial Dr) Sunday May 16th from 11:30-1 For more information call Jaimie McNeil at Local 26 617-832-6650 Start: 12:00 pm
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