¡Otra America es posible!
Fourth Americas Social Forum
Asunción, Paraguay
August 9-15, 2010
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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.
¡Otra America es posible!
Fourth Americas Social Forum
Asunción, Paraguay
August 9-15, 2010

¡Otra America es posible!
Fourth Americas Social Forum
Asunción, Paraguay
August 9-15, 2010
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.
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.
¡Otra America es posible!
Fourth Americas Social Forum
Asunción, Paraguay
August 9-15, 2010
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
¡Otra America es posible!
Fourth Americas Social Forum
Asunción, Paraguay
August 9-15, 2010
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
¡Otra America es posible!
Fourth Americas Social Forum
Asunción, Paraguay
August 9-15, 2010
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.
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. Led by Gabe Camacho of the American Friends Service Committee and Edwin Argueta, Massachusetts Jobs with Justice.
Additional Locations: Brockton • Office of Rep. Stephen Lynch • 155 West Elm Street (12:00-12:45) (NEW!)
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.
Thursday 10 AM to 4:30 PM Green Jobs Forum COME JOIN US ON CITY HALL PLAZA! - Native American Drum & Dance Ceremony Come hear Boston College's Charlie Derber on Solving Climate Change!!
Thursday 10 AM to 4:30 PM Green Jobs Forum COME JOIN US ON CITY HALL PLAZA! - Native American Drum & Dance Ceremony
Thursday 10 AM to 4:30 PM Green Jobs Forum COME JOIN US ON CITY HALL PLAZA! - Native American Drum & Dance Ceremony
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/.
Chelsea Uniéndose en Contra de la Guerra
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. 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. 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. Speakers: Raed Jarrar, AFSC and Peace Action; Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
Join a meeting of organizational representatives who are working to build turnout in Greater Boston, and Massachusetts, for the One Nation Working Together march in Washington, DC, October 2. Contact Jose Perez for info. 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. Last year, we marched on Labor Day calling for health care reform—and we won! But the economic crisis, created by the greed of the big corporations, continues to devastate our nation: ♦ We have lost 8 million jobs. ♦ 1.2 million families have lost or are losing their homes. ♦ Millions of workers have seen their rights to organize and bargain for better wages and working conditions trampled. This deep and widely felt pain creates the conditions for change, brought about by a true movement of the majority for an America where: ♦ Moms and dads have jobs to support their families, shop at local stores, and revive the American Dream. ♦ The super-rich who have benefited the most from our recent prosperity pay what they really can to maintain the road to renewed prosperity for all of us. In 1979 Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House. In 1986 Ronald Reagan removed them. Next week, Bill McKibben and a team of students from Unity College in Maine will be traveling to Washington D.C. to deliver one of the original Carter panels to President Obama, asking him to reinstall solar on the White House, and to follow this symbolic gesture with substantial legislative action. We're calling it the Solar Road Trip, and we hope you'll be able to celebrate with us when the panel makes a stop in Boston on its way to D.C. Here are the details of the event: 5:30pm - Bicycle pedal-powered climate rock band, Melodeego 6:00pm - Guest Speakers, including Bill McKibben, Tony Cortese of Second Nature, representatives from Students for a Just and Stable Future and Interfaith Power and Light COME SEE AND DISCUSS the lotus and the feather Join a meeting of organizational representatives who are working to build turnout in Greater Boston, and Massachusetts, for the One Nation Working Together march in Washington, DC, October 2. Contact Jose Perez for info. Regularly scheduled UJP planning group meeting (but on Thursday instead of Wednesday, this time only, due to Rosh Hashanah). Representatives and members of UJP member groups or those interested in UJP are welcome to attend. See this page for chair and agenda. Write ujpcoalition@gmail.com for conference call phone number.
August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia
August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia
Immigration: Causes, Myths, Responses
August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia
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)
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!
August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia
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)
¡VENGAN A LA PLAZA DE LA ALCALDIA!
VENEZ TOUS A L'HOTEL DE VILLE!
- 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!
Talk on 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.
"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.
August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia
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)
¡VENGAN A LA PLAZA DE LA ALCALDIA!
VENEZ TOUS A L'HOTEL DE VILLE!
- 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!
August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia
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)
¡VENGAN A LA PLAZA DE LA ALCALDIA!
VENEZ TOUS A L'HOTEL DE VILLE!
- 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!
Join the eminent scientist and activist Richard Levins for a thought-provoking conversation on "Failures, Errors & the Boundaries of Our Minds"
August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia
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!
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.
August 16-23, 2010: Women And People's Summit Of The Americas Against Militarization In Colombia
Join us for VFP's 25th Anniversary Convention!
Lifting the Fog of War
VFP 1985-2010
25 Years of Working for Peace
Radical author and historian Paul Street speaks on his new book: The Empire's New Clothes: Barack Obama and the Real World of Power. Paul is an independent radical-democratic policy researcher, journalist, historian, and speaker based in Iowa City, Iowa, and Chicago, Illinois.Join us for VFP's 25th Anniversary Convention!
Lifting the Fog of War
VFP 1985-2010
25 Years of Working for Peace
VFP Convention Public Meeting--Lifting the Fog of War: 25 Years of Working for Peace
* 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 CommitteeJoin us for VFP's 25th Anniversary Convention!
Lifting the Fog of War
VFP 1985-2010
25 Years of Working for Peace
Join us for VFP's 25th Anniversary Convention!
Lifting the Fog of War
VFP 1985-2010
25 Years of Working for Peace
Join us for VFP's 25th Anniversary Convention!
Lifting the Fog of War
VFP 1985-2010
25 Years of Working for Peace
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.
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!Paving the Way to Prosperity
THE SACRED RUN
First Nation people from North America and Japan were joined by volunteers from 13 countries on a ceremonial run finishing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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