April 25th to April 30th, 2010 (At Various Locations)
Events - Filter:
| Fri | ||
|---|---|---|
|
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 contact: Gail Dines
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
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: 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: 7:00 pm
Start: 7:00 pm
Please join 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.
| ||
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.
