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Monday May 31, 2010
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
  Please join Veterans For Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Gold Star Families for Peace and the American Friends Service Committee for a ceremony for peace on Memorial Day.
Speakers to include:
• Memorial to Howard Zinn, proud member of Veterans for Peace
• Joseph Gerson – American Friends Service Committee, Director of Programs
• Severyn Bruyn – World War II, Army Veteran (1945 – 1947)
• Bill Ashton, VFP, Smedley Butler Brigade, Navy Corpsman (1981-1986)
Start: 4:00 pm
The Israeli military has attacked unarmed Palestine solidarity activists bringing aid to blockaded and besieged Gaza. A flotilla of international activists set said for Gaza bearing food, aid, and solidarity with the Gazan people. For this "crime," they were attacked by Israeli commandos who boarded the humanitarians' ships and opened fire. We know of at least ten activists killed, many wounded, and all have been detained by the Israeli military. This coincides with a new assault on Gaza. Come to an emergency action in protest of Israeli's relentless violence against the Palestinian people and those who stand in solidarity with them.
Tuesday June 1, 2010
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Yesterday, May 31, Boston condemned Israel's attack on the Free Gaza Flotilla with a spirited protest through the streets.
Today, June 1, the target is the Israeli Consulate.
At 1 PM there will be a die-in by a group of participants.
We will have signs and banners. WEAR BLACK.
SPREAD THE WORD AND JOIN US!
Start: 9:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Join us for a conference call briefing by David Wildman, who has just returned from Afghanistan. The briefing is sponsored by the UFPJ Afghanistan Working Group.
Wednesday June 2, 2010
Start: 7:00 am
End: 8:00 am
Milton for Peace will be holding its next Standout!
Please contact Louis Pierro (617-698-1305, louis.pierro@gmail.com) if you plan to attend.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The National Organization of Women has selected Boston as the location for this years annual conference and it will take place July 2-4 at the Park Plaza Hotel and Towers.
We are looking for volunteers and sponsors for this event so we will be holding and informational session and social gathering to help connect people more with the conference and volunteer opportunities. Appetizers will be provided!
Thursday June 3, 2010
Start: 8:00 am
End: 9:00 am
FORD HALL FORUM AT SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: a breakfast discussion with Robert Kuttner and Wendy Ballinger
Robert Kuttner, co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect, Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow, and columnist for the Boston Globe, joins Wendy Ballinger, founder of Ballinger Consulting, to discuss dilemmas facing the current administration, including trade, efficiency, and the challenge of regulating global capitalism.
Start: 3:30 pm
Sen. Scott Brown said he was going to Congress to solve big problems. But he remains silent on immigration reform.
We urge him to support fair reform now! Join us as we march from the State House to his office in Boston's Federal Building to urge him to speak up for the people!
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Boston City Council Budget Hearing
Rally, 5p
Hearing, 6p
Start: 6:15 pm
End: 9:00 pm
 THURSDAY FILM SERIES BACK AT CENTRAL SQUARE LIBRARY
The Monthly Peace and Justice Film Series
To commemorate Nuclear Abolition Day June 6 and honor Karen Silkwood’s courage
The true story of Karen Silkwood, a worker at an Oklahoma nuclear facility. It is the story of one women’s struggle against a huge corporation and the ultimate price she paid for uncovering the deadly unsafe working conditions.
An Extended Discussion will follow the film. Parking Nearby
Start: 7:00 pm
Sasha Polakow-Suransky on tour for the book "The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa"
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Operation Free invites you to a Clean Energy and National Security town hall with veterans and top retired military officers to discuss how oil dependence and climate change are threatening our country and our troops.
For more information: 617-564-0604
As a mind-boggling amount of oil continues to pour into our nation's waters, it's never been clearer that our dependence on oil and other fossil fuels is a serious national security risk.
Friday June 4, 2010
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 1:30 pm
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| Die-In at Gaza Protest, Boston, June 1, 2010. Boston Globe photo |
Tell President Obama: Enough is enough! End the illegal and immoral siege on Gaza! Demand an independent investigation into the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla!
The U.S. State Department is closer than ever to declaring its support for an end to the siege on Gaza. Accelerate this change, using the momentum gained from the Flotilla attack. Join us Friday as we call for an end to the siege and for an investigation into the murderous attack on the Mavi Marvara.
Start: 4:35 pm
Leaders in the State Senate have announced their proposed bill to introduce 3 predatory casinos into Massachusetts. Unlike the House, the Senate has called for a public hearing which will happen Tuesday afternoon. We want to make it clear to the Senate that the people of the Commonwealth are paying attention, so it's vital that you help us spread the word and get as many people to pack Gardner Auditorium as possible, despite the short notice!
Saturday June 5, 2010
Start: 10:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
Sponsored by Alternatives for Community & Environment and Project HIP HOP
Please join us for this AMAZING event to support the Boston delegation to the US Social Forum this summer. Donations welcome, please get in touch (adam@ace-ej.org) or drop them off day-of at 93 Forest Hills Street! We’ll have all sorts of stuff and food, goodies to eat and more, come & check it out!
All funds raised support the freedom rides to the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit , MI . A dozen social, environmental and economic justice non-profit organizations based in the region are mobilizing their base of leaders to attend this important movement building event and learn and build community with activists from across the nation. Detroit or bust! Help us get there!
Volunteers needed & donations welcome!
Start: 10:30 am
End: 11:30 am
Arlington UJP is holding a first Sat. peace vigil.
We welcome any and all to stand with us so please join us if you can and pass the word along.
PS torrential rain cancels - no point ruining good signs
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm
 Women's International Leage for Peace and Freedom, Raging Grannies and Code Pink will rally to publicize Nuclear Aboliton Day. We encourage everyone to join us. We are hoping for a sizeable turnout and have developed a great handout. Please join us!
Why June 5
On June 5, 2010, thousands of people across the world will take part in coordinated local events to mark Nuclear Abolition Day. Our message is simple: it’s time for governments to begin negotiating a Nuclear Weapons Convention to ban all nuclear weapons.
Sunday June 6, 2010
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
  Dorchester People for Peace will march with allies and supporters, bringing a Peace message to thousands of parade watchers. Our theme this year will be to End the Wars, and promote the campaign to Fund Our Neighborhoods/ Reduce Military Spending.
We always get a friendly and enthusiastic welcome from the crowd!
Marchers will gather around noon on Richmond St. in Lower Mills to decorate our truck/”float” -- with a projected kick-off after 1pm. (Look for details in upcoming DPP Updates or by email/telephone if you RSVP.) The final marching order and location for various contingents will be announced by the Parade organizers a week before the event.
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:30 pm
MASSPIRG is co-sponsoring an Activist Workshop. 

Run by trainers affiliated with The Public Interest Network, the Activist Workshop will cover the best techniques for organizing your neighbors to take action, and the best ways to persuade your local media to cover an issue you care about. 

Together with other members and activists, both professional and volunteer, from other public interest organizations, you'll have an opportunity to learn, share ideas and make new connections.
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
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| Code Pink protest at AIPAC policy conference, Washington, May 2009 |
Sen. Scott Brown is keynote speaker and members of Congress and the legislators will attend.
Please bring signs related to the violent attack on the Gaza Flotilla and ending the siege of Gaza. Note Barney Frank's critical statements in the Herald.
American Jews for a Just Peace is bringing banners and a flyer.
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Massachusetts has a rich history of self-reliance, community development, alternative economics, a return to the land, local and sustainable agriculture, and many other activities and programs. With so many active organizations who are interested in creating a just, sustainable future, we are in crucial need of the stories, the history, and the experiences of the people who were (and many of you who still are) part of this movement.
Start: 7:00 pm
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| Larry Lowenthal |
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Monday June 7, 2010
Start: 7:00 pm
Start: 2010 Jun 7 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 14 - 7:00am
The Student Immigrant Movement started June 7 a 24-hr, indefinite vigil against the Anti-Immigrant amendments in the current Senate Budget.
These amendments go against everything SIM, MA, and the US stand for. They reflect an unwelcoming face that MA does not agree with, by punishing immigrants and placing a greater cost to the state. This vigil is constant prayer and show of support that the State legislature will not move on with such oppressive measures that threaten to split communities.
This puts MA in step with AZ. work in solidarity with AZ to stop such measures from happening! stay a while or stay all night! just drop by and show your support!
Check the SIM website for more info soon: www.simforus.com and have opened a twitter account for the vigil as well: http://twitter.com/masshope2010
Ways folks can support:
Tuesday June 8, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jun 7 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 14 - 7:00am
The Student Immigrant Movement started June 7 a 24-hr, indefinite vigil against the Anti-Immigrant amendments in the current Senate Budget.
These amendments go against everything SIM, MA, and the US stand for. They reflect an unwelcoming face that MA does not agree with, by punishing immigrants and placing a greater cost to the state. This vigil is constant prayer and show of support that the State legislature will not move on with such oppressive measures that threaten to split communities.
This puts MA in step with AZ. work in solidarity with AZ to stop such measures from happening! stay a while or stay all night! just drop by and show your support!
Check the SIM website for more info soon: www.simforus.com and have opened a twitter account for the vigil as well: http://twitter.com/masshope2010
Ways folks can support:
Start: 7:30 pm
Please join us for an evening with Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Executive Director of Rabbis for Human Rights, as he reflects on the current state of affairs in East Jerusalem, the tension, the turmoil, the heartache.

East Jerusalem is a source of both despair and hope. As Palestinians are evicted from their homes in the Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Israelis and Palestinians demonstrate together every Friday, hundreds, sometimes thousands, for the sake of justice, for the sake of Jerusalem . Along with others who do this holy work, Rabbis for Human Rights keeps hope alive through the tireless pursuit of justice. Recently arrested while demonstrating in Sheikh Jarrah, Rabbi Ascherman is an eloquent and inspiring speaker. Please join us in learning from and giving support to him and to the work of Rabbis for Human Rights.
Wednesday June 9, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jun 7 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 14 - 7:00am
The Student Immigrant Movement started June 7 a 24-hr, indefinite vigil against the Anti-Immigrant amendments in the current Senate Budget.
These amendments go against everything SIM, MA, and the US stand for. They reflect an unwelcoming face that MA does not agree with, by punishing immigrants and placing a greater cost to the state. This vigil is constant prayer and show of support that the State legislature will not move on with such oppressive measures that threaten to split communities.
This puts MA in step with AZ. work in solidarity with AZ to stop such measures from happening! stay a while or stay all night! just drop by and show your support!
Check the SIM website for more info soon: www.simforus.com and have opened a twitter account for the vigil as well: http://twitter.com/masshope2010
Ways folks can support:
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
CCI Antiracism Film/Discussion Series:
Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
Unnatural Causes is a groundbreaking film series that reveals some reasons why some of us get sicker more often and die sooner.
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Thursday June 10, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jun 7 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 14 - 7:00am
The Student Immigrant Movement started June 7 a 24-hr, indefinite vigil against the Anti-Immigrant amendments in the current Senate Budget.
These amendments go against everything SIM, MA, and the US stand for. They reflect an unwelcoming face that MA does not agree with, by punishing immigrants and placing a greater cost to the state. This vigil is constant prayer and show of support that the State legislature will not move on with such oppressive measures that threaten to split communities.
This puts MA in step with AZ. work in solidarity with AZ to stop such measures from happening! stay a while or stay all night! just drop by and show your support!
Check the SIM website for more info soon: www.simforus.com and have opened a twitter account for the vigil as well: http://twitter.com/masshope2010
Ways folks can support:
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Join us as Susan Kushner Resnick discusses her all-too-timely new book about the mining disaster at Bear Creek, Montana in 1943. 80 miners went in, only 3 came out. This book chronicles the aftermath of the disaster as the families of the miners fought against the attempt to cover up the disaster as collatoral damage for the arms buildup during World War II. This event is free and open to all. Event information is also available here.
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
 The Boston Workmen’s Circle Presents…
Sing Out! Rebuild! A concert to benefit the work of Partners in Health in Haiti
Celebrating Haitian, Jewish and Irish cultural traditions. Featuring:
o A Besere Velt, Community Chorus of the Boston Workmen's Circle
Friday June 11, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jun 7 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 14 - 7:00am
The Student Immigrant Movement started June 7 a 24-hr, indefinite vigil against the Anti-Immigrant amendments in the current Senate Budget.
These amendments go against everything SIM, MA, and the US stand for. They reflect an unwelcoming face that MA does not agree with, by punishing immigrants and placing a greater cost to the state. This vigil is constant prayer and show of support that the State legislature will not move on with such oppressive measures that threaten to split communities.
This puts MA in step with AZ. work in solidarity with AZ to stop such measures from happening! stay a while or stay all night! just drop by and show your support!
Check the SIM website for more info soon: www.simforus.com and have opened a twitter account for the vigil as well: http://twitter.com/masshope2010
Ways folks can support:
Start: 6:30 pm
“The most revelatory and essential documentary of 2010!”
—David Edelstein, NEW YORK Magazine
Saturday June 12, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jun 7 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 14 - 7:00am
The Student Immigrant Movement started June 7 a 24-hr, indefinite vigil against the Anti-Immigrant amendments in the current Senate Budget.
These amendments go against everything SIM, MA, and the US stand for. They reflect an unwelcoming face that MA does not agree with, by punishing immigrants and placing a greater cost to the state. This vigil is constant prayer and show of support that the State legislature will not move on with such oppressive measures that threaten to split communities.
This puts MA in step with AZ. work in solidarity with AZ to stop such measures from happening! stay a while or stay all night! just drop by and show your support!
Check the SIM website for more info soon: www.simforus.com and have opened a twitter account for the vigil as well: http://twitter.com/masshope2010
Ways folks can support:
Start: 12:00 pm
 Featured Speaker: Congressman Barney Frank
Sponsored by Coalition for Social Justice & Coalition Against Poverty
Please RSVP if you can attend
For more information, call Dan at 508-982-8157 or Marlene at 508-982-8751
Sunday June 13, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jun 7 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 14 - 7:00am
The Student Immigrant Movement started June 7 a 24-hr, indefinite vigil against the Anti-Immigrant amendments in the current Senate Budget.
These amendments go against everything SIM, MA, and the US stand for. They reflect an unwelcoming face that MA does not agree with, by punishing immigrants and placing a greater cost to the state. This vigil is constant prayer and show of support that the State legislature will not move on with such oppressive measures that threaten to split communities.
This puts MA in step with AZ. work in solidarity with AZ to stop such measures from happening! stay a while or stay all night! just drop by and show your support!
Check the SIM website for more info soon: www.simforus.com and have opened a twitter account for the vigil as well: http://twitter.com/masshope2010
Ways folks can support:
Monday June 14, 2010
End: 7:00 am
Start: 2010 Jun 7 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 14 - 7:00am
The Student Immigrant Movement started June 7 a 24-hr, indefinite vigil against the Anti-Immigrant amendments in the current Senate Budget.
These amendments go against everything SIM, MA, and the US stand for. They reflect an unwelcoming face that MA does not agree with, by punishing immigrants and placing a greater cost to the state. This vigil is constant prayer and show of support that the State legislature will not move on with such oppressive measures that threaten to split communities.
This puts MA in step with AZ. work in solidarity with AZ to stop such measures from happening! stay a while or stay all night! just drop by and show your support!
Check the SIM website for more info soon: www.simforus.com and have opened a twitter account for the vigil as well: http://twitter.com/masshope2010
Ways folks can support:
Start: 7:30 pm
An informational meeting about J street - the political home for Pro-Peace, Pro Israel Americans. Speakers are J street leaders David Strauss and Jonathan Jacoby. The presentation will address J Street, the two state solution, and what we can do locally in Boston. There will be about 30 minutes for discussion and questions.
Roslindale - call 617-327-6521 for address.
Tuesday June 15, 2010
Start: 3:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
This is it! The hopes of 5,500+ young people in our communities depend on YOU!
Amidst a youth jobs crisis, more than 5,500 Boston youth will be denied jobs this summer due to city, state, and federal budget cuts.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
STRIKE OUT SB1070 AND HB2281!!
- Repeal Arizona's Racist Laws 1070 and 2281!
- Boycott 2011 MLB All-Star Game in Arizona!
- From AZ to MA: Stop all attacks on the Undocumented People! Full Rights NOW!
Protest against AZ Laws!
Our picket is an informational picket to "Strike Out the AZ Law" in solidarity with the baseball players (30% of whom are Latino) and the MLB Players Union- who are against the AZ Law.
- What are laws 1070 & 2281?
On 4/22/10, Arizona brought Jim Crow-style racism back to the US- amongst other things, laws 1070 & 2281:
Start: 7:00 pm
This event has been POSTPONED!
Wednesday June 16, 2010
Start: 12:00 pm
Additional Locations:
Lowell • Office of Rep. Niki Tsongas • 11 Kearney Square
Worcester • Public Library, Banx Room • 3 Salem Square (12:30pm)
Hyannis • Office of Rep. Bill Delahunt • 146 Main Street (Friday at 3-4pm)
Register to attend!
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Thursday June 17, 2010
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
This event has been cancelled due to a change in Ann's schedule. Please attend her talk in Boston
Just Back From The Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Class impacts our personal identities, our institutions, and our work for social change. In the United States , discussing class issues is taboo; and often more challenging to talk about than race, sexuality and religion. Feelings of shame, and/or guilt at being poorer or richer than others lead to secrecy and silence, which only perpetuates myths around class in America and reinforces the growing divisions among us. In this period of renewed hope, increased engagement, and financial crisis, it is more important than ever to gain experience and skills in talking about class.
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Socialism 2010:
Ideas for Changing the World
Chicago, June 17–20
Oakland, CA, July 1–4
http://www.socialismconference.org/
Breaking the Siege of Gaza!
Featuring: Flotilla Massacre Eyewitness
Friday June 18, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Day 12/Night 12: Voices of Liberation hosts an OPEN MIC/SPOKEN WORD/ART night
Come join us for our Friday Art night! Listen to youth, watch their performances and share your work or other people’s work that inspires you! Bring friends and meet us in front of the State House.
Mass Hope 2010 is a continuous 24 hour, 7 days a week vigil in front of the Massachusetts State House to protest Senate Amendment 172.1, to raise awareness of this amendment to the general public and to demand that the Senate, the Congress and Governor Patrick retract and veto SA 172.1.
For more information, please visit us at the State House, anytime, day or night! Visit www.masshope2010.com or call Lily Huang from the Student Immigrant Movement, 857-204-5550.
Start: 7:00 pm
The Coolidge begins a week-long run of this searing documentary that traces the Mormon Church’s battle against gay rights and its role in the promotion and passage of Proposition 8 in California, the measure that banned marriage equality in the state.
Start: 7:00 pm
Just Back From The Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Ann Wright, Retired Army Colonel and former US Diplomat presents:
The Truth About the Attack at Sea
"People were thrown on the deck. Windows were blown out. Flash bangs were used. One of our journalists was hit with something of an electric shock. … One of the women was hit in the face, in the nose, with one of the liquid-filled balls. They were very excessively rough, excessively forceful… They weren’t stopping us at all. We were already dead in the water, and yet all of this force was used on us." - Ann Wright, Democracy Now, June 3, 2010
Start: 7:00 pm
Association For India's Development (AID)
MIT & Boston Chapters present
A talk by Shubhranshu Choudhary, founder CGnet (a community news platform dealing with Chhattisgarh issues).
The talk will be preceded by a screening of the documentary film, titled “India's Hidden War,” made in 2007 by a team of which Shubhranshu was a part and screened in a program called Unreported World on Channel 4 in the UK.
Saturday June 19, 2010
Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
A Conference for Teens (Ages 13-18)
The Massachusetts Peer Leadership Institute is a statewide conference for peer leaders* to connect with each other and to build skills. The workshops offered will address the topics/issues that young people are working on. In addition, peer leaders will meet and connect with other peer leaders and learn best practices from each other.
* A peer leader is a young person who is committed to building leadership skills and works to make the community a better place by doing advocacy work, building networks, leading workshops, mobilizing youth and striving towards positive change.
WEBSITE: http://www.youthworkcentral.org/other-projects/peer-leadership-institute.html
Start: 1:00 pm
Start: 2010 Jun 19 - 1:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 21 - 9:00pm
15th Annual World Peace and Prayer Day June 19-21, 2010
Blue Star Equiculture invites you to participate in a weekend of music, history, horses, and prayer for peace, on Burgundy Brook Farm in Palmer, MA. Blue Star is hosting this weekend honoring the horse and Mother Earth as part of the 15th annual World Peace and Prayer Day.
Saturday June 19: Songs for the Solstice, a benefit concert 1pm- 9pm (Adults: $10, Children $5)
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 5:30 pm
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| Jeff Klein |
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The deadly Israeli attack May 30 on a humanitarian flotilla delivering aid to blockaded Gaza has aroused the condemnation of the world, further isolated Israel's intransigent regime, and challenged the U.S. to review its Middle East policy lest it, too, face isolation. There is a new situation and new opportunities to build the movement to end the siege of Gaza and US support for the occupation of Palestine. Three speakers will lead off our discussion:
• Ann Wright was a passenger on the Challenger 1, one of the six boats in the Gaza flotilla that was raided by Israeli commandos on May 31, and will give us an eyewitness report. She is a retired U.S. army colonel who also served as a State Department diplomat. She resigned her State Department post in 2003 to protest the war in Iraq. (After the conference Saturday night, Ann will also give an in-depth presentation at the Palestinian Cultural Center - NOT on Friday night as previously posted).
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Just Back From The Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Ann Wright, Retired Army Colonel and former US Diplomat presents:
The Truth About the Attack at Sea
"People were thrown on the deck. Windows were blown out. Flash bangs were used. One of our journalists was hit with something of an electric shock. … One of the women was hit in the face, in the nose, with one of the liquid-filled balls. They were very excessively rough, excessively forceful… They weren’t stopping us at all. We were already dead in the water, and yet all of this force was used on us." - Ann Wright, Democracy Now, June 3, 2010
Sunday June 20, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jun 19 - 1:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 21 - 9:00pm
15th Annual World Peace and Prayer Day June 19-21, 2010
Blue Star Equiculture invites you to participate in a weekend of music, history, horses, and prayer for peace, on Burgundy Brook Farm in Palmer, MA. Blue Star is hosting this weekend honoring the horse and Mother Earth as part of the 15th annual World Peace and Prayer Day.
Saturday June 19: Songs for the Solstice, a benefit concert 1pm- 9pm (Adults: $10, Children $5)
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 5:30 pm
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
 Please join us as the Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety celebrates its 31st Annual Meeting and Potluck Dinner with a presentation on the Majority Agenda Project with Professor Mark Solomon.
The Majority Agenda Project stands for : Jobs, Peace, Health, Environment-One Agenda
The Majority Agenda project believes the country is at a crossroads facing converging crises. These three crises are: 1) an economic crisis that extends to heath care, education, and housing; 2) A catastrophic threat posed by climate change and 3) a complex crisis around issues of war, global security and control over natural resources.
Start: 6:30 pm
Just Back From The Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Ann Wright, Retired Army Colonel and former US Diplomat presents:
The Truth About the Attack at Sea
"People were thrown on the deck. Windows were blown out. Flash bangs were used. One of our journalists was hit with something of an electric shock. … One of the women was hit in the face, in the nose, with one of the liquid-filled balls. They were very excessively rough, excessively forceful… They weren’t stopping us at all. We were already dead in the water, and yet all of this force was used on us." - Ann Wright, Democracy Now, June 3, 2010
Monday June 21, 2010
End: 9:00 pm
Start: 2010 Jun 19 - 1:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 21 - 9:00pm
15th Annual World Peace and Prayer Day June 19-21, 2010
Blue Star Equiculture invites you to participate in a weekend of music, history, horses, and prayer for peace, on Burgundy Brook Farm in Palmer, MA. Blue Star is hosting this weekend honoring the horse and Mother Earth as part of the 15th annual World Peace and Prayer Day.
Saturday June 19: Songs for the Solstice, a benefit concert 1pm- 9pm (Adults: $10, Children $5)
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
This event is sponsored by the JCRC's Israel Action Center, and co-sponsored by J Street, along with the Anti-Defamation League, New England Region; Hillel Council of New England; Hadassah; Temple Beth Abraham; Temple Beth Am; and Temple Beth Shalom of Needham.
Start: 7:30 pm
Speakers include:
- Joshua Rubenstein, Director of the Northeast Region of Amnesty International USA, which is campaigning to “Fight Terror With Justice”
- Joshua Jacobson, Litigation/Controversy Department of WilmerHale who represented six Bosnian-Algerian men wrongfully detained at Guantanamo Bay in the case Boumediene v. Bush
- Terry Rockefeller, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, working for trials for the 9/11 perpetrators that respect international law and the U.S. Constitution.
For more info contact terry@peacefultomorrows.org.
Tuesday June 22, 2010
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Hundreds of supporters are gathering at Fenway Park to protect the Affordable Housing Law, which has created 58,000 homes in urban, suburban, and rural areas across the state and approximately 80% of the new affordable housing over the past decade outside the large cities. If the Affordable Housing Law is repealed, we would lose a critical tool for creation of new affordable housing [RSVP]
Start: 6:00 pm
Start: 2010 Jun 22 - 6:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 26 - 6:00pm
Wednesday June 23, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jun 22 - 6:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 26 - 6:00pm
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Part VII: Unnatural Causes Film and Discussion Series
In the winter of 2006, the Electrolux Corporation closed the largest refrigerator factory in the US and moved it from Michigan to Mexico for cheaper labor. As personal finances of laid off workers spiraled downward, health followed. In the year after the plant closure, the local hospital's caseload tripled because of depression, alcoholism and domestic abuse. Heart disease and mortality are also predicted to rise affecting workers, their families, and entire communities.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Equity & Access to a Quality Education is a Right!
Sponsored by the Coalition for Equal Quality Education
Endorsed by Chuck Turner, Charles Yancey, Richard Stutman of BTU, USLW Bus driver's local, other community groups.
Please publicize and come fill the place.
Coalition for Equal Quality Education - www.equalqualityeducation.org • EqualQualityEducation@gmail.com
Thursday June 24, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jun 22 - 6:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 26 - 6:00pm
Start: 7:00 pm
The Boston Coalition for Justice in Bhopal is a community group that works for justice and a life of dignity for the survivors of the Bhopal Chemical Disaster in Bhopal, India. The campaign is calling for 'No More Bhopals', more effective regulation of the chemical industry, and greater rights for marginalized communities to protect them from chemical harm and corporate crimes.
Start: 7:00 pm
 A benefit for Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund
Friday June 25, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jun 22 - 6:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 26 - 6:00pm
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm
 You're invited to a benefit for
Saturday June 26, 2010
End: 6:00 pm
Start: 2010 Jun 22 - 6:00pm
End: 2010 Jun 26 - 6:00pm
Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:30 pm
Hands Across the Sand is a movement made of people of all walks of life and crosses political affiliations. This movement is not about politics; it is about protection of our coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife, fishing industry and coastal military missions. Let us share our knowledge, energies and passion for protecting all of the above from the devastating effects of oil drilling.
Sunday June 27, 2010
Start: 4:00 pm
Boston Organizing Committee for the World Social Forum
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The Honduran Resistance will honor the martyrs & victims of the ongoing repression of the June 28, 2009 Coup
We invite the Latino American Community and all peace and justice loving people to share an afternoon of solidarity against the despotic government and violation of human rights that continue in Honduras
Poetry and Music
FREE Event
Monday June 28, 2010
Start: 9:00 am
Start: 2010 Jun 28 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Jun 30 - 5:00pm
18th and Final Peaceable Schools and Communities Summer Institute
$300 (Scholarships and group discounts available)
($100-$300 for returning participants based on economic resources)
Using the Peaceable Schools framework as a guide, core faculty and participants will reflect on how commitments and strategies for peace and justice have shaped our work as individuals and in community. Through keynotes, reflection groups, workshops and Open Space, we'll share effective practices in school and community contexts.
A NOTE TO RETURNING INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS
We hope this final institute will be an opportunity to connect with past participants, workshop leaders, and keynotes. Institute 'alums' will be particularly welcomed to share their insights, current practices, and ideas for peace building and social change.
Tuesday June 29, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jun 28 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Jun 30 - 5:00pm
18th and Final Peaceable Schools and Communities Summer Institute
$300 (Scholarships and group discounts available)
($100-$300 for returning participants based on economic resources)
Using the Peaceable Schools framework as a guide, core faculty and participants will reflect on how commitments and strategies for peace and justice have shaped our work as individuals and in community. Through keynotes, reflection groups, workshops and Open Space, we'll share effective practices in school and community contexts.
A NOTE TO RETURNING INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS
We hope this final institute will be an opportunity to connect with past participants, workshop leaders, and keynotes. Institute 'alums' will be particularly welcomed to share their insights, current practices, and ideas for peace building and social change.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Join us at the 2010 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Forum on Energy and the Environment, and hear what our gubernatorial candidates have to say about their views on important environmental and energy-related issues!
During the forum, the gubernatorial candidates will be addressing asked by the media, various local environmental advocacy groups, and—if time permits—the audience. The questions will likely cover a range of topics, including the environment, environmental health, and energy-related issues. All gubernatorial candidates are invited; currently, the confirmed participants are Governor Deval Patrick (Democratic Party) and Dr. Jill Stein (Green-Rainbow Party).
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please e-mail cleanwateractionma@gmail.com. We would also greatly appreciate that any and all guests who are planning to attend send an RSVP to the email listed above.
Wednesday June 30, 2010
End: 5:00 pm
Start: 2010 Jun 28 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Jun 30 - 5:00pm
18th and Final Peaceable Schools and Communities Summer Institute
$300 (Scholarships and group discounts available)
($100-$300 for returning participants based on economic resources)
Using the Peaceable Schools framework as a guide, core faculty and participants will reflect on how commitments and strategies for peace and justice have shaped our work as individuals and in community. Through keynotes, reflection groups, workshops and Open Space, we'll share effective practices in school and community contexts.
A NOTE TO RETURNING INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS
We hope this final institute will be an opportunity to connect with past participants, workshop leaders, and keynotes. Institute 'alums' will be particularly welcomed to share their insights, current practices, and ideas for peace building and social change.
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR MANY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, SUPPORTERS AND OUR WORK!
Hot Dogs, Burgers, Drinks, & GOOD COMPANY
AFFECTED BY CORI?
THE LEGAL TEAM FROM GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES WILL BE AT THE BBQ TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF GETTING YOUR RECORD SEALED!
For more information, call 617-522-3349 or email UMNUNITY@GMAIL.COM.
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Salvadoran community leaders lead panel on the challenges and achievements of President Mauricio Funes’ first year
Speakers:
José Alemán, Consul General to El Salvador;
A representative from the FMLN;
José Palma, activist with the Student Immigrant Movement
What: Salvadoran “State of the Union”-style report-back from government representatives and community activists about President Funes’ first year in office and the current victories and challenges affecting Salvadorans in the U.S.
Contact:
English: Eli Latto (Boston CISPES), 617-576-1709, boscispes@speakeasy.net
Spanish: FMLN Boston, (617) 840-2231, fmln.boston@gmail.com
This event is co-sponsored by the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (Boston CISPES), Cambridge-El Salvador Sister Cities, and Neighbors United for a Better East Boston (NUBE).
 
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