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Sunday August 1, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jul 30 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 9 - 11:00pm
This year, youth around the world are on the move organizing for a nuclear free future. This summer, Think Outside the Bomb, the largest youth-led anti-nuclear network in the US, is organizing a global convergence near Los Alamos, New Mexico where the nuclear industry began.
Disarmament Summer is a cross-cultural alliance of youth working together to re-ignite hope from below and build a grassroots consensus-based nonviolent direct action movement. In partnership with the Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, TEWA Women United, the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment, Products of Atzlan youth group, and the Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum, we are committed to collective liberation, a sustainable future, and an end to the cycle of nuclear violence.
Start: 7:20 pm
The film “Countdown to Zerø” opens at Kendall Square Cinema on July 30th. This controversial film begins to explore the case for a nuclear weapons free world. Variety calls Countdown to Zerø “a politically urgent picture; it will also literally scare the breath out of what will certainly be a worldwide audience.“
The film has problems -- it does not criticize dangerous US nuclear policies nor chart the path to nuclear abolition, and it accentuates fear of terrorism. But it focuses more attention on the nuclear abolition issue.
Monday August 2, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jul 30 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 9 - 11:00pm
This year, youth around the world are on the move organizing for a nuclear free future. This summer, Think Outside the Bomb, the largest youth-led anti-nuclear network in the US, is organizing a global convergence near Los Alamos, New Mexico where the nuclear industry began.
Disarmament Summer is a cross-cultural alliance of youth working together to re-ignite hope from below and build a grassroots consensus-based nonviolent direct action movement. In partnership with the Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, TEWA Women United, the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment, Products of Atzlan youth group, and the Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum, we are committed to collective liberation, a sustainable future, and an end to the cycle of nuclear violence.
Tuesday August 3, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jul 30 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 9 - 11:00pm
This year, youth around the world are on the move organizing for a nuclear free future. This summer, Think Outside the Bomb, the largest youth-led anti-nuclear network in the US, is organizing a global convergence near Los Alamos, New Mexico where the nuclear industry began.
Disarmament Summer is a cross-cultural alliance of youth working together to re-ignite hope from below and build a grassroots consensus-based nonviolent direct action movement. In partnership with the Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, TEWA Women United, the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment, Products of Atzlan youth group, and the Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum, we are committed to collective liberation, a sustainable future, and an end to the cycle of nuclear violence.
Start: 7:00 pm
 http://www.brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
writers & readers series
IN-STORE EVENTS
- Free and open to the public
- Seating begins at 6:30pm
Andrew Bacevich, BU professor and former military official, wowed readers and pundits with The Limits of Power, his exploration of the end of American exceptionalism. His new book, Washington Rules, takes on our current military policy. Publishers Weekly calls it "an unsparing, cogent, and important critique."
The bestselling author of The Limits of Power critically examines the Washington consensus on national security and why it must change
Wednesday August 4, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jul 30 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 9 - 11:00pm
This year, youth around the world are on the move organizing for a nuclear free future. This summer, Think Outside the Bomb, the largest youth-led anti-nuclear network in the US, is organizing a global convergence near Los Alamos, New Mexico where the nuclear industry began.
Disarmament Summer is a cross-cultural alliance of youth working together to re-ignite hope from below and build a grassroots consensus-based nonviolent direct action movement. In partnership with the Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, TEWA Women United, the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment, Products of Atzlan youth group, and the Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum, we are committed to collective liberation, a sustainable future, and an end to the cycle of nuclear violence.
Start: 6:00 pm
Worldwide Crisis, Worldwide Resistance - International Responses to the Economic Crisis
Wed. August 4th, 6pm, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church (NOT handicap accessible), 28 Paris St., East Boston. (Maverick stop, Blue line)
Resistance to the effects of the economic crisis is everywhere in Boston. From fighting public services cuts and evictions to fighting racist scapegoating, working class people are neck-deep in organizing and a powerful movement is building out of it. We are not alone.
Thursday August 5, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jul 30 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 9 - 11:00pm
This year, youth around the world are on the move organizing for a nuclear free future. This summer, Think Outside the Bomb, the largest youth-led anti-nuclear network in the US, is organizing a global convergence near Los Alamos, New Mexico where the nuclear industry began.
Disarmament Summer is a cross-cultural alliance of youth working together to re-ignite hope from below and build a grassroots consensus-based nonviolent direct action movement. In partnership with the Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, TEWA Women United, the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment, Products of Atzlan youth group, and the Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum, we are committed to collective liberation, a sustainable future, and an end to the cycle of nuclear violence.
Friday August 6, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jul 30 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 9 - 11:00pm
This year, youth around the world are on the move organizing for a nuclear free future. This summer, Think Outside the Bomb, the largest youth-led anti-nuclear network in the US, is organizing a global convergence near Los Alamos, New Mexico where the nuclear industry began.
Disarmament Summer is a cross-cultural alliance of youth working together to re-ignite hope from below and build a grassroots consensus-based nonviolent direct action movement. In partnership with the Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, TEWA Women United, the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment, Products of Atzlan youth group, and the Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum, we are committed to collective liberation, a sustainable future, and an end to the cycle of nuclear violence.
Saturday August 7, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jul 30 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 9 - 11:00pm
This year, youth around the world are on the move organizing for a nuclear free future. This summer, Think Outside the Bomb, the largest youth-led anti-nuclear network in the US, is organizing a global convergence near Los Alamos, New Mexico where the nuclear industry began.
Disarmament Summer is a cross-cultural alliance of youth working together to re-ignite hope from below and build a grassroots consensus-based nonviolent direct action movement. In partnership with the Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, TEWA Women United, the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment, Products of Atzlan youth group, and the Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum, we are committed to collective liberation, a sustainable future, and an end to the cycle of nuclear violence.
Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:00 am
Please join us for a peace
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Peace Vigil, Action Messages, Music, and Candleboat Floating
Commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 65 years ago on August 6 and 9, 1945
Sunday August 8, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jul 30 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 9 - 11:00pm
This year, youth around the world are on the move organizing for a nuclear free future. This summer, Think Outside the Bomb, the largest youth-led anti-nuclear network in the US, is organizing a global convergence near Los Alamos, New Mexico where the nuclear industry began.
Disarmament Summer is a cross-cultural alliance of youth working together to re-ignite hope from below and build a grassroots consensus-based nonviolent direct action movement. In partnership with the Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, TEWA Women United, the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment, Products of Atzlan youth group, and the Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum, we are committed to collective liberation, a sustainable future, and an end to the cycle of nuclear violence.
Start: 12:00 pm
The Community Church of Boston will hold our annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration on George's Island. People wishing to attend should gather together at the Long Wharf North Pier (right next to Columbus Park) at 10:30am to get on the 11:00am ferry to George's Island.
Tickets can be purchased before hand or at the Pier. Everyone is encouraged to bring food to share and other picnic
related things. We will have a short service together while we eat and share time with one another, living for a world free of nuclear weapons!
Ferry Tickets are:
# Adult: $14
# Senior (65+): $10
# Child (ages 3-11): $8
# Children under 3 yrs: Free
Visit www.bostonharborislands.com to learn more about the different islands
Monday August 9, 2010
End: 11:00 pm
Start: 2010 Jul 30 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 9 - 11:00pm
This year, youth around the world are on the move organizing for a nuclear free future. This summer, Think Outside the Bomb, the largest youth-led anti-nuclear network in the US, is organizing a global convergence near Los Alamos, New Mexico where the nuclear industry began.
Disarmament Summer is a cross-cultural alliance of youth working together to re-ignite hope from below and build a grassroots consensus-based nonviolent direct action movement. In partnership with the Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, TEWA Women United, the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment, Products of Atzlan youth group, and the Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum, we are committed to collective liberation, a sustainable future, and an end to the cycle of nuclear violence.
Start: 1:00 am
Start: 2010 Aug 9 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 15 - 11:00pm
¡Otra America es posible!
Fourth Americas Social Forum
Asunción, Paraguay
August 9-15, 2010
Start: 10:00 am
End: 8:00 pm
Start: 7:00 pm
Community Change’s “Racism and White Privilege” Summer Film Series
July 12: “What Makes Me White?” and “Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible.”
July 26: “Dance Me Outside,” challenging stereotypes about First Nations people.
August 9: “Brick By Brick: A Civil Rights Story,” a TV documentary following three families in Yonkers, NY as they confront racial discrimination in housing and schools.
August 23: “Confederate States of America,” a Spike Lee mockumentary about an alternative history where Confederates win the US Civil War.
Tuesday August 10, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 9 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 15 - 11:00pm
¡Otra America es posible!
Fourth Americas Social Forum
Asunción, Paraguay
August 9-15, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Another Boston is Possible…
A Powerful Social Justice Movement is Necessary
Please Join Us
The World Café is an approach to conversation that allows large groups to participate in rotating small group discussions that leave everyone feeling that they’ve been heard and that they’ve had a chance to hear from many others. We expect more than 100 participants. Based on the discussion from our last mass meeting on July 13, our goal is to continue the process of building relationships, understanding each other’s issues, and discovering how we can take action together.
· Refreshments will be served
· Child care available
· Wheelchair accessible
· Spanish interpretation
 We all have been under assault by a system that cares more about bank profits than people’s lives. We also know that there have been exciting examples of growing mass movements in Boston in response to those attacks.
This event is supported by grassroots organizations such as City Life/Vida Urbana, Project Hip Hop, the Hotel Workers Union (Local 26), the Healthcare Workers Union (1199/SEIU), the City School, and other groups, such as the ISO, that have been part of those movements and part of the ad hoc ROC/Summer Institute workshops in Boston.
The idea is to use the momentum from the struggles for social justice going on right now in our communities, plus the momentum from the US Social Forum in Detroit - to build a broad-based movement that is powerful enough to make demands on the city’s powerbrokers.
Questions? Call 617-524-3541 ext. 313 or write to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com
Wednesday August 11, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 9 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 15 - 11:00pm
¡Otra America es posible!
Fourth Americas Social Forum
Asunción, Paraguay
August 9-15, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Racism and Housing Justice -- a panel discussion with Mel King (Tent City), Maria Guardado (CLVU), and reps. from MAHT and ISO
Wed. August 11; 6:00 to 8 pm, at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
Explore the connection between racism and housing injustice from red-lining to predatory lending practices. This workshop will provide current and historical analysis of the housing crisis and the activist response.
Facilitators: Alpana (Cell: 617-775-5882.
Thursday August 12, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 9 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 15 - 11:00pm
¡Otra America es posible!
Fourth Americas Social Forum
Asunción, Paraguay
August 9-15, 2010
Start: 10:00 am
ONE NATION WORKING TOGETHER will be in Washington, DC on 10-2-10 to create millions of good jobs, repair our immigration system, and reform Wall Street. Your national organization may have already endorsed this important effort and we would like you to be a core part of it as we seek to engage thousands of Massachusetts activists, family members, and concerned residents.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
CAMBRIDGE YOUTH WILL SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES IN SAN JOSE LAS FLORES, CHALATENANGO, EL SALVADOR. Youth Delegates include: Nancy and Karina Moz, Juilie Pan, King Merling St. Albert, Haydn Ady, Modeline Badio, Emmanuello Carrenard, Manuel Melendez, Ruth Netzahualt, Konchok D. Lama, Muluken Tesfaye, Hadas Gafo and delegation coordinators: Sandra Cañas, Rachel Wyon and Brian Badgley.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138359912851518
Friday August 13, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 9 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 15 - 11:00pm
¡Otra America es posible!
Fourth Americas Social Forum
Asunción, Paraguay
August 9-15, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
Start: 2010 Aug 13 - 6:00pm
End: 2010 Aug 14 - 5:00pm
The New England Regional Office of the AFSC is hosting a short weekend work camp. We need help removing wallpaper, painting, etc. of our common spaces.
We will provide pizza and cold drinks and hopefully some fun. All ages welcome.
Date: August 13-14
Times: Fri. 6:00-9:00 PM
Sat. 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
We are located 6 blocks north of Porter Square T station on Mass Ave.
Phone: 617-661-6130
Fax: 617-354-2832
Email: pcohen@afsc.org
cwilson@afsc.org
Contact: Phyllis Cohen Gately or Claudia Wilson at 617-661-6130
Saturday August 14, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 9 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 15 - 11:00pm
¡Otra America es posible!
Fourth Americas Social Forum
Asunción, Paraguay
August 9-15, 2010
End: 5:00 pm
Start: 2010 Aug 13 - 6:00pm
End: 2010 Aug 14 - 5:00pm
The New England Regional Office of the AFSC is hosting a short weekend work camp. We need help removing wallpaper, painting, etc. of our common spaces.
We will provide pizza and cold drinks and hopefully some fun. All ages welcome.
Date: August 13-14
Times: Fri. 6:00-9:00 PM
Sat. 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
We are located 6 blocks north of Porter Square T station on Mass Ave.
Phone: 617-661-6130
Fax: 617-354-2832
Email: pcohen@afsc.org
cwilson@afsc.org
Contact: Phyllis Cohen Gately or Claudia Wilson at 617-661-6130
Sunday August 15, 2010
End: 11:00 pm
Start: 2010 Aug 9 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 15 - 11:00pm
¡Otra America es posible!
Fourth Americas Social Forum
Asunción, Paraguay
August 9-15, 2010
Monday August 16, 2010
Start: 1:00 am
Start: 2010 Aug 16 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 23 - 11:00pm
| August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia |
Tuesday August 17, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 16 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 23 - 11:00pm
| August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia |
Start: 11:00 am
National Priorites Project's latest webinar: Federal Budget 101 is a 15-minute presentation that will introduce people to the federal budgeting process and some of NPP's other resources.
It offers a unique tool for organizers, activists, local and state officials and policy analysts interested in learning about the federal budget process and how to become involved in shaping it.
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
We are deeply disappointed in Sen. Brown’s ‘no’ vote on cloture for legislation that would bring more than $400 million in desperately needed federal relief funding to Massachusetts through the Federal Medicaid Assistance Program. Once again, the senator who promised that he’d remember the people of Massachusetts at every roll call has let the people down. Although Sen. Brown did not succeed in his effort to block passage of this crucial federal funding, he still did everything he could to keep this jobs-creating funding from reaching the Bay State.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Immigration: Causes, Myths, Responses
Led by Gabe Camacho of the American Friends Service Committee and Edwin Argueta, Massachusetts Jobs with Justice.
Wednesday August 18, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 16 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 23 - 11:00pm
| August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia |
Start: 12:00 pm
Additional Locations:
Brockton • Office of Rep. Stephen Lynch • 155 West Elm Street (12:00-12:45) (NEW!)
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: 6:00 pm
There will be three speakers and questions and discussion time permitting:
An immigration attorney who will speak on how documented and undocumented workers should react when faced with authorities.
A speaker from the ACLU who will provide information about the racist laws and the legal fight against them.
A speaker who will update the struggles in the streets against the racist laws.
The event is free and open to the
Start: 7:00 pm
The NAACP, SEIU 1199, La Raza and Green Jobs for All have called upon the peace and justice movement to join a mass mobilization in Washington DC, October 2. This is a large national protest demonstration for jobs, justice and progressive change, and to counter the right wing. It will be the largest progressive mobilization in years.
Nationally this action has been endorsed by UFPJ, the UNAC Conference in Albany, as well as AFL-CIO and many unions, A team is negotiating to include antiwar demands (stop the war in Afghanistan, cut the military budget and fund human needs). Regardless, we will organize a large peace contingent to march with our signs and banners. A massive rally and march will be a big plus for continuing to rebuild momentum in the peace movement and for progressives overall. NAACP and 1199 say it's time to hit the streets -- we must be there with them!
Thursday August 19, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 16 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 23 - 11:00pm
| August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia |
Start: 10:00 am
Start: 2010 Aug 19 - 10:00am
End: 2010 Aug 21 - 10:00pm
http://www.bostongreenfest.org/
Thursday 10 AM to 4:30 PM Green Jobs Forum
Thursday 5 PM to 10 PM Kick-Off Concert
Friday 10 AM to 10 PM (Exhibits 10 AM to 6 PM)
Saturday 10 AM to 10 PM (Exhibits 10 AM to 4 PM)
COME JOIN US ON CITY HALL PLAZA!
¡VENGAN A LA PLAZA DE LA ALCALDIA!
VENEZ TOUS A L'HOTEL DE VILLE!
- Native American Drum & Dance Ceremony
- Green Jobs Forum
- Gubernatorial Green Debate
- Over 200 Exhibitors
- 50+ Live Performances
- The Great Escape with Alexanderia!
- EcoCafé, EcoGallery, EcoBazaar
- GreenFilmFest
- EcoFashion and Salsa EcoFashion Show
- One Gallon Challenge
- GreenFest Time Tunnel
- EcoPhoto Contest for Boston Public Schools
- Fun for Kids!
Start: 6:30 pm
 Talk on Climate Change
Come hear Boston College's Charlie Derber on Solving Climate Change!!
Charles Derber speaks on his hopeful book, From Greed to Green: Solving Climate Change and Remaking the Economy. This presentation is organized by the Majority Agenda Project and Mass. Global Action.
For more information and directions, please visit: http://bit.ly/d2Znvs or call 781-662-7299, or email gobeiltchen@earthlink.net.
Start: 7:00 pm
 "In every corner of the globe, we are polluting, diverting, pumping, and wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an expediential level as population and technology grows.. The rampant overdevelopment of agriculture, housing and industry increase the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the earth.
Corporate giants force developing countries to privatize their water supply for profit. Wall Street investors target desalination and mass bulk water export schemes. Corrupt governments use water for economic and political gain. Military control of water emerges and a new geo-political map and power structure forms, setting the stage for world water wars.
Friday August 20, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 16 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 23 - 11:00pm
| August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia |
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 19 - 10:00am
End: 2010 Aug 21 - 10:00pm
http://www.bostongreenfest.org/
Thursday 10 AM to 4:30 PM Green Jobs Forum
Thursday 5 PM to 10 PM Kick-Off Concert
Friday 10 AM to 10 PM (Exhibits 10 AM to 6 PM)
Saturday 10 AM to 10 PM (Exhibits 10 AM to 4 PM)
COME JOIN US ON CITY HALL PLAZA!
¡VENGAN A LA PLAZA DE LA ALCALDIA!
VENEZ TOUS A L'HOTEL DE VILLE!
- Native American Drum & Dance Ceremony
- Green Jobs Forum
- Gubernatorial Green Debate
- Over 200 Exhibitors
- 50+ Live Performances
- The Great Escape with Alexanderia!
- EcoCafé, EcoGallery, EcoBazaar
- GreenFilmFest
- EcoFashion and Salsa EcoFashion Show
- One Gallon Challenge
- GreenFest Time Tunnel
- EcoPhoto Contest for Boston Public Schools
- Fun for Kids!
Saturday August 21, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 16 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 23 - 11:00pm
| August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia |
End: 10:00 pm
Start: 2010 Aug 19 - 10:00am
End: 2010 Aug 21 - 10:00pm
http://www.bostongreenfest.org/
Thursday 10 AM to 4:30 PM Green Jobs Forum
Thursday 5 PM to 10 PM Kick-Off Concert
Friday 10 AM to 10 PM (Exhibits 10 AM to 6 PM)
Saturday 10 AM to 10 PM (Exhibits 10 AM to 4 PM)
COME JOIN US ON CITY HALL PLAZA!
¡VENGAN A LA PLAZA DE LA ALCALDIA!
VENEZ TOUS A L'HOTEL DE VILLE!
- Native American Drum & Dance Ceremony
- Green Jobs Forum
- Gubernatorial Green Debate
- Over 200 Exhibitors
- 50+ Live Performances
- The Great Escape with Alexanderia!
- EcoCafé, EcoGallery, EcoBazaar
- GreenFilmFest
- EcoFashion and Salsa EcoFashion Show
- One Gallon Challenge
- GreenFest Time Tunnel
- EcoPhoto Contest for Boston Public Schools
- Fun for Kids!
Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
 Join the eminent scientist and activist Richard Levins for a thought-provoking conversation on "Failures, Errors & the Boundaries of Our Minds"
Celebrating the 35th anniversary of the New York's Brecht Forum, Richard Levins will speak to how the dialectical method allows us to understand and learn from our inevitable failures, errors and misunderstandings of both nature and society.
A Harvard School of Public Health faculty member, mathematical ecologist, philosopher of science and farmer, Richard will draw on a wide range of scientific theories, policy experiments and natural phenomena to illustrate sources of error and also suggest methods for overcoming (but never completely avoiding) these.
Sunday August 22, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 16 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 23 - 11:00pm
| August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia |
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Fun for the whole family
Free Food – Raffles & Prizes – Free Health Screenings
Let’s celebrate our families and community while kicking off our One Nation movement on Sunday, Aug. 22!
1199SEIU is the largest union in the nation and the strongest voice for working families. And as a part of One Nation, we are putting America back to work and pulling America back together for our communities and our nation. So, join us for a day of fun for the whole family, learn how we can strengthen the wellbeing of our families and communities, and become a part of One Nation Working Together!
For more information,
call 617.284.1135
www.1199SEIU.org/Mass
www.OneNationWorkingTogether.org
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
We will remember the 83rd anniversary of the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. They were two Italian immigrants and committed anarchists whose trial is regarded as one of the great miscarriages of justice in American history.
Start: 2:00 pm
 We mark the 63rd anniversary of the formal independence of South Asian countries from colonialism on this day. We affirm our commitment to the struggle for true democracy and social justice in South Asia and we express solidarity with all movements against injustice and oppression.
We invite you to a talk by Marc W. Herold.
Marc Herold is an Associate Professor of Economic Development and Womens Studies at the University of New Hampshire, who has been monitoring and writing extensively since 2001 about the socio-economic history of Afghanistan, US/NATO military strategy, the Afghan resistance, and the human costs of the Afghan war. Some of his work is available at http://wsbe2.unh.edu/marc-w-herold and http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mwherold/.
Start: 2:00 pm
Chelsea Uniéndose en Contra de la Guerra
Monday August 23, 2010
End: 11:00 pm
Start: 2010 Aug 16 - 1:00am
End: 2010 Aug 23 - 11:00pm
| August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia |
Start: 7:00 pm
Community Change’s “Racism and White Privilege” Summer Film Series
July 12: “What Makes Me White?” and “Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible.”
July 26: “Dance Me Outside,” challenging stereotypes about First Nations people.
August 9: “Brick By Brick: A Civil Rights Story,” a TV documentary following three families in Yonkers, NY as they confront racial discrimination in housing and schools.
August 23: “Confederate States of America,” a Spike Lee mockumentary about an alternative history where Confederates win the US Civil War.
Wednesday August 25, 2010
Start: 9:00 am
Start: 2010 Aug 25 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Aug 29 - 5:00pm
Join us for VFP's 25th Anniversary Convention!
Lifting the Fog of War
VFP 1985-2010
25 Years of Working for Peace
Mark your calendars now for the 2010 Convention, which will celebrate VFP’s 25th anniversary and look ahead to the unfinished work of promoting peace and progressive politics in a time of global war and economic retrenchment. The meeting will be held from August 25-29 and, fittingly, in Maine, the birthplace of Veterans For Peace in 1985. Portland, Maine, a vibrant, beautiful coastal city located on a peninsula in Casco Bay, will be the host city for the Convention under the sponsorship of VFP Chapters 1 and 3. The Convention Headquarters will be the Holiday Inn by the Bay Hotel and Convention Center.
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Regularly scheduled UJP planning group meeting. Representatives and members of UJP member groups or those interested in UJP are welcome to attend. Submit agenda items to chair. See this page for chair and agenda. Note that this meeting (only) will take place at the Peace Action office.
Start: 8:30 pm
Speakers: Raed Jarrar, AFSC and Peace Action; Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies
Thursday August 26, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 25 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Aug 29 - 5:00pm
Join us for VFP's 25th Anniversary Convention!
Lifting the Fog of War
VFP 1985-2010
25 Years of Working for Peace
Mark your calendars now for the 2010 Convention, which will celebrate VFP’s 25th anniversary and look ahead to the unfinished work of promoting peace and progressive politics in a time of global war and economic retrenchment. The meeting will be held from August 25-29 and, fittingly, in Maine, the birthplace of Veterans For Peace in 1985. Portland, Maine, a vibrant, beautiful coastal city located on a peninsula in Casco Bay, will be the host city for the Convention under the sponsorship of VFP Chapters 1 and 3. The Convention Headquarters will be the Holiday Inn by the Bay Hotel and Convention Center.
Start: 7:00 pm
VFP Convention Public Meeting--Lifting the Fog of War: 25 Years of Working for Peace
Local, State, and National leaders will address the Veterans for Peace 25th anniversary convention theme, “Lifting the Fog of War”; speaking about the impact of our military-based economy on our communities.
* Welcoming remarks - Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
* Keynote - Congressman Bob Filner (D-CA) - a Freedom Rider in the ’60’s, now Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
* Keynote - Terry Tempest Williams - acclaimed author (Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, The Open Space of Democracy) and fierce advocate for justice
* Michael Brennan - former Maine Senate majority leader, former Maine House Chair of Education Committee and of the Health and Human Services Committee
Friday August 27, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 25 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Aug 29 - 5:00pm
Join us for VFP's 25th Anniversary Convention!
Lifting the Fog of War
VFP 1985-2010
25 Years of Working for Peace
Mark your calendars now for the 2010 Convention, which will celebrate VFP’s 25th anniversary and look ahead to the unfinished work of promoting peace and progressive politics in a time of global war and economic retrenchment. The meeting will be held from August 25-29 and, fittingly, in Maine, the birthplace of Veterans For Peace in 1985. Portland, Maine, a vibrant, beautiful coastal city located on a peninsula in Casco Bay, will be the host city for the Convention under the sponsorship of VFP Chapters 1 and 3. The Convention Headquarters will be the Holiday Inn by the Bay Hotel and Convention Center.
Saturday August 28, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Aug 25 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Aug 29 - 5:00pm
Join us for VFP's 25th Anniversary Convention!
Lifting the Fog of War
VFP 1985-2010
25 Years of Working for Peace
Mark your calendars now for the 2010 Convention, which will celebrate VFP’s 25th anniversary and look ahead to the unfinished work of promoting peace and progressive politics in a time of global war and economic retrenchment. The meeting will be held from August 25-29 and, fittingly, in Maine, the birthplace of Veterans For Peace in 1985. Portland, Maine, a vibrant, beautiful coastal city located on a peninsula in Casco Bay, will be the host city for the Convention under the sponsorship of VFP Chapters 1 and 3. The Convention Headquarters will be the Holiday Inn by the Bay Hotel and Convention Center.
Sunday August 29, 2010
End: 5:00 pm
Start: 2010 Aug 25 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Aug 29 - 5:00pm
Join us for VFP's 25th Anniversary Convention!
Lifting the Fog of War
VFP 1985-2010
25 Years of Working for Peace
Mark your calendars now for the 2010 Convention, which will celebrate VFP’s 25th anniversary and look ahead to the unfinished work of promoting peace and progressive politics in a time of global war and economic retrenchment. The meeting will be held from August 25-29 and, fittingly, in Maine, the birthplace of Veterans For Peace in 1985. Portland, Maine, a vibrant, beautiful coastal city located on a peninsula in Casco Bay, will be the host city for the Convention under the sponsorship of VFP Chapters 1 and 3. The Convention Headquarters will be the Holiday Inn by the Bay Hotel and Convention Center.
Start: 10:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
 LexGWAC is proud to sponsor a talk by Lexington native and climate activist BILL MCKIBBEN on Sunday, August 29 in Cary Hall at 7:30 pm, about his new book, "Eaarth". Books will be available for sale and signing. Admission is free.
 
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