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Saturday September 11, 2010
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Jose Perez
Jose Perez
Juan Cofield
Juan Cofield

Time change!  Conference starts at noon.  Potluck Lunch!

Marking the anniversary of 9/11, the conference will hear a presentation by an invited speaker from the Roxbury Mosque on the controversy over the Islamic Center in Manhattan and anti-Muslim agitation in New York and Boston.

The conference will discuss the economic crisis and the One Nation Working Together mobilization which will rally progressive movements in Washington, DC on October 2.

Juan Cofield, President of NAACP's New England Area Conference, will address the conference, as will Jose Perez, Massachusetts organizer of One Nation and an organizer for SEIU Health Care Workers 1199.   Cofield and Perez will explain the importance of a united mobilization at this time, describe the organizing being done in Massachusetts, and talk about how peace activists can get involved.

Start: 1:00 pm

Join us for a public flag washing on the anniversary of September 11, as part of our weekly anti-war protest at Park St Station on 
Saturday September 11 at 1pm.

 

Start: 7:00 pm

Join Sergio Reyes of the Boston May Day Committee and Latin@s for Social Change for a survey of the radical changes and advances in Latin American constitutional development. Using his firsthand impressions of the process in Bolivia and a textual analysis of the new constitution of the Plurinational Republic of Bolivia, Reyes will provide his assessment and lead the conversation. Additional speakers and experiences will be announced shortly. Sponsored by the Boston May Day Committee.

Monday September 13, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Help build the JVP campaign demanding that TIAA‐CREF divest from companies that support the Israeli occupation of Gaza & the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

At this meeting, you can:

Start: 7:00 pm

Please come and help build a local contingent for the Anti-War group going to Washington on Oct. 2.   Time is running out and we need everyone to get involved.  This will be one of the largest demonstration we have seen but everyone has to help make it a large Anti-War demo.
 

Tuesday September 14, 2010
Start: 9:00 am
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Sep 21 - 5:00pm

Peace Week

A global telesummit for building a culture of peace

Featuring over 50 inspiring peacebuilders

Get engaged in creating the shift to a world at peace

www.peaceweek.info

Start: 1:00 pm
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 1:00pm
End: 2010 Sep 23 - 9:00pm

Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002—and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat’s mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death.

Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat’s fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev’s emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.  

Wednesday September 15, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Sep 21 - 5:00pm

Peace Week

A global telesummit for building a culture of peace

Featuring over 50 inspiring peacebuilders

Get engaged in creating the shift to a world at peace

www.peaceweek.info

(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 1:00pm
End: 2010 Sep 23 - 9:00pm

Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002—and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat’s mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death.

Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat’s fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev’s emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.  

Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:30 pm

When: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Where: State House steps • 24 Beacon St. • Park St T • Boston

(New Time and Place!) September 15's Brown Bag Vigil will start at 11:00 at the State House.   We will join Jobs with Justice for a press conference announcing the One Nation Working Together mobilization in Washington on 10-2-10 and explain why peace activists are going to Washington.    If time permits we will then move down to our usual location, Sen. Kerry's office, at about noon.

Additional Locations:

Lowell • Office of Rep. Niki Tsongas • 11 Kearney Square (12:00 noon)
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
End: 8:00 pm

Come join us for a night of networking, drinks and raffles!  Bring your friends to meet the members of Boston NOW, make new friends, and mingle with nonprofit leaders and professionals.
 
The National Organization for Women works to ensure equality for all women in all areas of life and to promote a truly equal partnership with men.  NOW actively fights against sexism, racism, violence and homophobia.
 
Boston Chapter, National Organization for Women, Inc (Boston NOW)

1105 Commonwealth Ave
Suite 201
Boston, MA 02215

Phone: 617-254-9130
Fax: 617-254-9134
Start: 6:00 pm

Tony Blair will present his new book at an event for the Harvard Book Store

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

At Home in UtopiaMichal Goldman, a Waltham-based documentary filmmaker, will present and lead a post-screening discussion of her latest work "At Home in Utopia." The story of working-class immigrants starting a cooperative housing colony in the 1920s Bronx, the film holds deep resonance in today's economic crisis.

Thursday September 16, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Sep 21 - 5:00pm

Peace Week

A global telesummit for building a culture of peace

Featuring over 50 inspiring peacebuilders

Get engaged in creating the shift to a world at peace

www.peaceweek.info

(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 1:00pm
End: 2010 Sep 23 - 9:00pm

Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002—and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat’s mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death.

Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat’s fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev’s emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.  

Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:00 am

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.

Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm

Middle East Seminar
"American Policy and Afghan Realities: Problems and Prospects"
Speaker(s)
Thomas Barfield
Professor of Anthropology, Boston University.
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Volunteers needed!   Join the Mass. 10-2-10 Peace Contingent as we phone Eastern Mass. peace groups and activists and ask them to get on the bus to Washington for the One Nation Working Together mobilization!   It's fun and refreshments will be served.   Write UJP or phone us at 617-383-4857 to RSVP.

Start: 6:00 pm

SoJust is 4! That's right, it's been FOUR years since our first event! Join us to celebrate 1350 members, 75+ events and hundreds of connections made since then! Our birthday parties are always our biggest events - we'll need all you SoJusters there to celebrate - and to eat up all the cupcakes on hand!

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

F#*% the Tea Party,
This is the Real Party!

Jobs with Justice “Get on the Bus” Fundraiser!
 

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

 

Join us for an emergency fundraiser


Help The Justice for Fallujah Project bring two Iraqi doctors to the U.S. to present their research on the health crisis in Fallujah

 

Friday September 17, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Sep 21 - 5:00pm

Peace Week

A global telesummit for building a culture of peace

Featuring over 50 inspiring peacebuilders

Get engaged in creating the shift to a world at peace

www.peaceweek.info

(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 1:00pm
End: 2010 Sep 23 - 9:00pm

Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002—and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat’s mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death.

Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat’s fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev’s emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.  

Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm

Free outdoor showing of the film "The Debt of Dictators."  We will explore the roots of the debt crisis in the global south where people struggle to survive without basic necessities because their governments are still forced to pay off the debts accumulated by corrupt dictators of the past.  This is part of the international mobilzation to Stand Up, Take Action and call world leaders to honor their commitments to the Millenium Development Goals and end world poverty.  Hosted by Jubilee MA.  For more information, see www.jubileema.org

Saturday September 18, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Sep 21 - 5:00pm

Peace Week

A global telesummit for building a culture of peace

Featuring over 50 inspiring peacebuilders

Get engaged in creating the shift to a world at peace

www.peaceweek.info

(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 1:00pm
End: 2010 Sep 23 - 9:00pm

Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002—and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat’s mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death.

Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat’s fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev’s emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.  

Start: 11:00 am
End: 8:30 pm

Courage to Resist and the Bradley Manning Support Network are calling for vigils to be held around the country in support of PFC Bradley Manning, accused wikileaks whistle-blower. The vigils will be held between September 16 and 19. NH Peace Action, in conjunction with the Keene weekly vigil, and organizers from the free state project are organizing a state-wide vigil to be held on the town commons in Keene at 11:00 AM on Saturday September 18.

Start: 5:00 pm

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, the internationally renowned exponent of the bansuri or bamboo flute, has become one of India’s most-respected classical musicians. He has been widely recognized with various awards in his lifetime such as Konark Samman (1992), Padma Bhushan(1992), the Padma Bhushan(1992), Rajiv Gandhi Ekta Award (1998), Padma Vibhushan (2000), “Orders des Arts et Lettres” (Knight Of The Order Of Arts & Letters - 2009), Nada Vidya Bharati(2010) and 3 honorary doctorates from various universities.

He has collaborated with several western musicians, including John McLaughlin and Jan Gabarek, and has also composed music for a number of Indian films. He has performed throughout the world winning acclaim from varied audiences such as the Nobel Peace Price ceremony in Oslo and his music, along with Ravi Shankarji's was played in outer space by Kalpana Chawla.

Sunday September 19, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Sep 21 - 5:00pm

Peace Week

A global telesummit for building a culture of peace

Featuring over 50 inspiring peacebuilders

Get engaged in creating the shift to a world at peace

www.peaceweek.info

(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 1:00pm
End: 2010 Sep 23 - 9:00pm

Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002—and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat’s mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death.

Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat’s fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev’s emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.  

Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm

THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...

Sunday, September 19, 2010
11:00am

Rev. WILLIAM CHESTER McCALL III
"History of Race in Unitarian Universalism: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"


Unitarian Universalism has struggled since its inception with issues of
race. White culture and white power structures have continuously maintained
control and dominance within the faith community. Yet a community of
resistance has always been around organizing and mobilizing for a different
kind of faith community, an authentically anti-racist multicultural faith.
We will discuss the roles of organizations of color within UUism as well as
tell some of the stories of white anti-racists along with the stories of
where we have fallen short as a faith.

Start: 1:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm

 

NEW ENGLAND UNITED

REGIONAL ANTIWAR NETWORK MEETING

 

             SPEAKER:  ATT’Y STEPHEN DOWNS,  founder of  Project SALAM

               (Support  and  Legal  Advocacy for  Muslims,  will  speak on  Muslim

Monday September 20, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Sep 21 - 5:00pm

Peace Week

A global telesummit for building a culture of peace

Featuring over 50 inspiring peacebuilders

Get engaged in creating the shift to a world at peace

www.peaceweek.info

(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 1:00pm
End: 2010 Sep 23 - 9:00pm

Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002—and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat’s mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death.

Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat’s fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev’s emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.  

Start: 12:00 pm

This is urgent! The DREAM Act is coming up for a vote on Tuesday the 21st and we need you to support the 2.1 million students who could benefit from the DREAM Act in their quest to realize their dreams!
 
The DREAM Act would allow undocumented students of good moral character who entered this country at a young age and have lived here for five consecutive years to give a pathway to citizenship after complying with the requirements. We believe that the DREAM Act will help some of America’s best and brightest students to succeed and contribute to the future of this country.
 
SIM is an immigrant youth-led organization based in Massachusetts.
Tuesday September 21, 2010
End: 5:00 pm
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 9:00am
End: 2010 Sep 21 - 5:00pm

Peace Week

A global telesummit for building a culture of peace

Featuring over 50 inspiring peacebuilders

Get engaged in creating the shift to a world at peace

www.peaceweek.info

(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 1:00pm
End: 2010 Sep 23 - 9:00pm

Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002—and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat’s mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death.

Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat’s fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev’s emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.  

Start: 11:30 am
End: 12:30 pm

Please join us as we build community in honor of the UN International Day of Peace, Tuesday, September 21st at the Bandstand area downtown Boston on the Common from 11:30am to 12:30pm.

The pivotal moment for this peace witness is 12 noon when people all over the world are invited to dedicate a moment of peace.

Please join us if you can - and if you can't - please dedicate a moment of peace at 12 noon on the 21st - from wherever you are.

Penny Joy Snider-Light
Peace Representative, Greater Boston Area
World Peace Prayer Society, NGO-affiliate of UN
wppspeacerep@yahoo.com
www.worldpeace.org
www.worldpeace.org/wppsreps.html

Task Force Leader, Greater Boston Area

Start: 3:00 pm

The American Islamic Congress and Project Nur, its student-led campus initiative host the second annual "Massachusetts' Salute to Ramadan" ceremony. Join Muslims and non-Muslims of diverse backgrounds from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to mark Ramadan, including a donation of 500 pounds of rice to the Pine Street Inn to help feed the homeless.

The brief civic ceremony features community leaders, student activists, artistic performances by Iraqi violinist Ali Abdalkadir and Berklee percussionist Ehssan Karimi. Special guests include members of the diplomatic corps, civic leaders from diverse non-profit organizations, and a delegation of Iraqi officials visiting Boston on an international visitors' tour. RSVP to events@aicongress.org.

Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:30 pm

The event is free and open to the public
 
Why is the Muslim community center in Manhattan a controversy?
What are its ramifications for religious pluralism and Muslim life in the US?
What historical parallels can be used to understand the issue? 
 

Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm

Friends Meeting in Cambridge has arranged for a permit on Boston Common to commemorate the International Day of Peace, a UN-initiated annual event.  We will vigil on Tuesday, Sept. 21 between 4 and 6 on Boston Common between the information booth and Park Street Station.  This will be a non-political event to which we hope churches and secular peace groups in the Greater Boston area will attend.    Info: gigid38@gmail.com

Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Join this peace march and candlelight vigil sponsored by the Center of Light.  All are invited to gather to march and celebrate together.  Local musicians will perform peaceful music as we gather to catalog our peaceful intentions and prayers for the earth.  Refreshments and a video presentation will also be offered at this event.  The peace march will feature a giant youth-created peace dove following the recommendations of Jane Goodall's "Roots and Shoots" youth development program (http://www.rootsandshoots.org/campaigns/dove). The celebration will culminate with a candlelight vigil for world peace.  Spread the news.  Bring friends and family.  Children are welcome.  Share in an evening of peacebuilding.  For more information, contact RevMaryFrancis@CentersOfLight.org 617-990-7411.

Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Volunteers needed!   Join the Mass. 10-2-10 Peace Contingent as we phone Eastern Mass. peace groups and activists and ask them to get on the bus to Washington for the One Nation Working Together mobilization!   It's fun and refreshments will be served.   Write UJP or phone us at 617-383-4857 to RSVP.

Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Middle East Initiative Speaker Series

 You are cordially invited to attend a talk by

Diana Buttu, Attorney, Former legal advisor to Palestinian negotiators, Palestinian citizen of Israel

Start: 7:00 pm

GreenPort Forum
Presented by Author and Economist Juliet B. Schor

Start: 8:00 pm

Presented by Johnny Blazes and Madge of Honor

Wednesday September 22, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 1:00pm
End: 2010 Sep 23 - 9:00pm

Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002—and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat’s mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death.

Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat’s fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev’s emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.  

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
  • Because our homes are old and drafty
  • Because we need healthy, safe jobs
  • Because we want to fight global warming
  • Because Winter's coming
  • Because we are paying for others' prosperity with our dollars, health, and lives
  • Because we are ready to weatherize our communities
Background
Utility companies administer MassSAVE, the state's energy efficiency program. According to Green Justice Coalition research, MassSAVE is underserving low-income neighborhoods and communities of color, and low- to moderate-income ratepayers are paying more into the system than they are getting out.
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.   

Start: 7:00 pm

A myth-busting evening with Bob Green, of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare [ NCPSSM ]

FACT OR FICTION: 'Social Security will soon go bankrupt.' You are /entitled /to know the _truth_ about social security & medicare. Get the_ facts_, find out what drives the privatization 'debate', learn about potential cuts to these programs, and lots more. The evening includes:

A short video introduction (15 min)
A presentation by Bob Green, NCPSSM speakers bureau
Q&A w/ Bob Green

Light refreshments, handouts

For more information, email info@UpandOut.org or visithttp://upandout.org.
 

Start: 9:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

A Conference Call
Sponsored by the UFPJ Legislative and Afghanistan Working Groups

Call-in Number 1-218-339-4300, code 92210.
Thursday September 23, 2010
End: 9:00 pm
Start: 2010 Sep 14 - 1:00pm
End: 2010 Sep 23 - 9:00pm

Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002—and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat’s mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death.

Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat’s fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev’s emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.  

Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:00 am

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.

Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Volunteers needed!   Join the Mass. 10-2-10 Peace Contingent as we phone Eastern Mass. peace groups and activists and ask them to get on the bus to Washington for the One Nation Working Together mobilization!   It's fun and refreshments will be served.   Write UJP or phone us at 617-383-4857 to RSVP.   The dates are Sept. 16, 21, and 23.

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Talk by Prof. John Dower

The MIT-Japan Program & The Japan Society of Boston are pleased to present
Pulitzer Prizewinner JOHN W. DOWER speaking on CULTURES OF WAR: pearl harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq “An unrelenting, incisive, masterly comparative study.” 

John W. Dower, author of Cultures of War, has also written Embracing Defeat (winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize), War without Mercy (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award), as well as many other books on Japan. He is professor emeritus of history at MIT and founder/co-director of the online “Visualizing Cultures” project, established at MIT in 2002 and dedicated to the presentation of image-driven scholarship on East Asia in the modern world.

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm

Relentless and clear-eyed, this intensively-researched film drills deep into the uncomfortable realities of a world that is both addicted to fossil fuels and blissfully unaware of the looming “peak oil” crisis. Featuring a haunting score by Phillip Glass and a fascinating array of rare archival footage, the film explores oil’s rocky relationship with human progress in locales ranging from ancient Baku, Azerbaijan to dusty oil-patch town of McCamey, Texas.

Friday September 24, 2010
Start: 3:30 pm
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Join Massachusetts Peace Action and the UJP Legislative Task Force as we review Congressional developments relating to peace issues.

Paul Kawika Martin, Political Director of Peace Action, will present updates from Washington on nuclear disarmament (e.g. the START treaty), Afghanistan related legislation, and the military budget.   He will also briefly report on his recent trip to Japan for the 65th anniversary events in Hiroshima, and to Okinawa where the presence of a US military base is strongly contested.

We will discuss the state of peace organizing in each of Massachusetts' 10 congressional districts and make plans to exert pressure during the upcoming lame duck session and for 2011.

Refreshments will be served.   Please RSVP to cole@masspeaceaction.org.

Saturday September 25, 2010
Start: 9:30 am

Martin Peretz has been spouting hatred for 25 years, most recently that 'Muslim life is cheap.'On Saturday, 25 September, Harvard University's Social Studies Committee will honor him with a $650,000 fund in his name. It's time to talk back to Marty and take back Harvard by standing up against racism and bigotry. Join us!

Materials provided.

Marty In his own words:

ON ARABS
“Arab society is, well—how do I say this? —hidebound and backward.”

ON MUSLIMS
“‘Frankly, Muslim life is cheap, especially for Muslims.’ This is a statement of fact, not value.”

ON LATINOS
Start: 12:00 pm
Start: 2010 Sep 25 - 12:00pm
End: 2010 Sep 26 - 5:00pm

Red Sun Press is hosting a political art show as part of Jamaica Plain Open Studios. This show highlights emerging artists illustrating contemporary struggles for social justice, the environment, and economic and political change. Please join us!

Start: 1:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm

BOSTON MAY DAY COMMITTEE (BMDC) CONFERENCE ON IMMIGRATION POLITICS 
 
Please note that we will start promptly at 1 PM. With a packed schedule we cannot afford to waste any time. All presentations will be limited to 10 minutes to allow ample time for discussion.

BLOCK 1:

0. WELCOME

1. WE STRUGGLE FOR MIGRANT WORKERS RIGHTS AND RIGHTS FOR THEIR FAMILIES 

Presented by: GEOFF CARENS, Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers
 

Start: 7:00 pm

Al Filipov Peace & Justice Forum 
Presents a lecture by
Rye Barcott 
Co-founder of Carolina for Kibera
"Double Time: Service on Two Fronts"
 
Free and open to all.  For more information please call (978) 369-4837 or visit www.alfilipov.org
 

Sunday September 26, 2010
End: 5:00 pm
Start: 2010 Sep 25 - 12:00pm
End: 2010 Sep 26 - 5:00pm

Red Sun Press is hosting a political art show as part of Jamaica Plain Open Studios. This show highlights emerging artists illustrating contemporary struggles for social justice, the environment, and economic and political change. Please join us!

Start: 10:30 am

VALUE THE MEAL
 
Program Speaker: Ruby Bolaria, Regional Campaign Organizer, Value the Meal Campaign
Stop Corporate Abuse. 
 
Program is Free, Public Welcome, Coffee & Discussion to Follow.
For further information, please call 617-739-9050 or visit BostonEthical.Org.
 
  

Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm

THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...

Sunday, September 26, 2010
11:00am

DAN McKANAN
“Uncovering Our History: Community Churches in Context”


Understanding where we come from is essential as we consider where we want to go in the future. The Community Church of Boston and the Community Church of New York come out of a century-long tradition inherited from freewheeling radical congregations, including the "Freethinker" congregations of the 1820s and 1830s and the "People's Churches" of the 1880s and 1890. Prior to the Great Depression, American religion could be far more radical at the level of individual congregations than at the level of denominations, we will explore some of the ways the community churches were part of that radicalism and what that means for our next hundred years.

Start: 2:30 pm
End: 3:30 pm

Steve Grossman is running for State Treasure of MA on the Democratic ticket. He has been on the Board of AIPAC Lobby for over a dozen years and President of AIPAC during the 90s -- yet none of this information is listed on his website. We are looking for transparency.   When we have had the opportunity to push him in public he says his AIPAC connection is '"irrelevant " to being Sec of State. We think that is up to Massachusetts voters. More relevant apparently is his participation in a local food bank, Big Brother and being on the Board of the MFA. Meantime, over the past two years he has been persistent and instrumental in pressing for Massachusetts divestment of pension funds in Iran bond (this year successful) -- despite the fund managers opposition, saying it will cost at least $5 million just to carry out the divestment process.

Monday September 27, 2010
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
WHAT: Bring your signs, chants and outrage at this latest attack on freedom of expresion and political dissent

The government of Barack Obama is responsible for the acts of the FBI and we should demand an explanation and an immediate stop to the persecution of progressive activists. People in the U.S. should remember the Palmer Raids of yesteryears and say that we will not tolerate a repeat of history. We also have to work towards repealing the law that allows the state to persecute progressives: the Patriot Act.

Our solidarity goes to all the activists that have been targeted on this act of repression and intimidation.

Below is a brief news summary of the events we protest:
Tuesday September 28, 2010
Start: 7:30 pm

A talk by Susan Nicholson
Sponsored by the Merrimack Valley People for Peace

Wednesday September 29, 2010
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm

Fatima Bhutto, Journalist and Author of Songs of Blood & Sword. 

Co-sponsored by the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Carr Center for Human Rights at the Harvard Kennedy School. 

Start: 5:30 pm
Start: 2010 Sep 29 - 5:30pm
End: 2010 Oct 1 - 3:00pm

 MIRA is proudly hosting the second annual National Immigrant Integration Conference from September 29 to October 1. For MIRA members and allies, NIIC offers an extraordinary opportunity to meet and share ideas with many of the most important national figures in immigration policy and immigrant studies.  Check out more info here: http://sites.google.com/a/miracoalition.org/niic/
 

Start: 7:00 pm

Film Showing and Discussion

This compelling and haunting documentary of war’s “silent casualty” -- the environment -- explores the under-reported, even ignored, ecological ramifications of war.

Weaving together scientific and eyewitness accounts from Vietnam and Afghanistan to Australia and the Pacific Islands, supported by onsite and archival footage, Scarred Lands & Wounded Lives vividly portrays the long-term damage to our planet resulting from the testing and production of weapons through the array of destruction from bombs, chemicals, guns and unexploded ordnance. The film confronts the immensely broad environmental devastation of war: pollution of our land, air and water and destruction of our biodiversity and entire ecosystems.

Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm

The trillion dollar sacred bull in the roomA workshop

All are welcome

25percentsolution.com 

Thursday September 30, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Sep 29 - 5:30pm
End: 2010 Oct 1 - 3:00pm

 MIRA is proudly hosting the second annual National Immigrant Integration Conference from September 29 to October 1. For MIRA members and allies, NIIC offers an extraordinary opportunity to meet and share ideas with many of the most important national figures in immigration policy and immigrant studies.  Check out more info here: http://sites.google.com/a/miracoalition.org/niic/
 

Start: 12:00 pm

 

So, the economy's awful. What would a progressive economist do to fix it?

 Find out September 30 with the world-renowned

Start: 4:15 pm
End: 6:00 pm

Afghanistan's Parliamentary Elections 

Start: 8:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Join Professors Marshall Ganz and Timothy McCarthy for a "teach-in" on "The Politics of Protest Today”

On October 2 hundreds of thousands will descend on Washington DC to protest imperial war and corporate take-over of the US economy and political system.

Ahead of this potentially important event, we will discuss: What political work can and does such a protest do today? Do learning and teaching opportunities exist in protest? Who is receiving the messages (the state, the silent majority)? How can the energies of the protest be carried beyond the singular event to a more enduring political struggle?

Friday October 1, 2010
End: 3:00 pm
Start: 2010 Sep 29 - 5:30pm
End: 2010 Oct 1 - 3:00pm

 MIRA is proudly hosting the second annual National Immigrant Integration Conference from September 29 to October 1. For MIRA members and allies, NIIC offers an extraordinary opportunity to meet and share ideas with many of the most important national figures in immigration policy and immigrant studies.  Check out more info here: http://sites.google.com/a/miracoalition.org/niic/
 

Start: 11:00 am
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 11:00am
End: 2010 Oct 8 - 11:00pm

http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/index.html

Area Premiere! Oliver Stone’s

Start: 7:00 pm

What does it mean to be transformed as President of the United States, at the edge of total nuclear war, into a peacemaker?
 
John F.
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

CARL SPECTOR, VIKI BOK AND REBECCA PARK

 
Start: 7:00 pm
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 10 - 7:00pm

KEY FESTIVAL EVENTS

Saturday October 2, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 11:00am
End: 2010 Oct 8 - 11:00pm

http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/index.html

Area Premiere! Oliver Stone’s

(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 10 - 7:00pm

KEY FESTIVAL EVENTS

Start: 10:30 am
End: 11:30 am

Jobs, Justice, Peace, Freedom - stand in solidarity with the unions and NAACP as they rally and march in Washington, D.C. for jobs. 

Start: 12:00 pm

The Catholic Worker is calling for a rally on Oct. 2 2010 12 Noon at Lincoln Sq, in solidarity with 
the anti war and pro jobs rally  being held in Washington DC on the same day. 
 
 

Start: 12:00 pm

See the One Nation Working Togther and the One Nation for Peace websites for additional details.

Register for low cost bus transportation ($25/$10 student/low income) or to let us know that you are coming.   Volunteer to distribute peace literature in DC!

Phone for Jobs, Peace and Justice!   Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave., 5th Floor, Chinatown T Stops, Sept 16, 21, & 23 - 5:30-8:30 p.m.

One Nation Working Together

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 6:30 pm

On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 141st birth anniversary this Sat, Oct 2, Association for India's Development [AID], Boston is organizing a candle-light vigil at Harvard Square [details below].

We request you to come and participate in this vigil and reflect on the many injustices in the world. If you can bring along a song/poem or a passage to share on the occasion [with enough copies to go around], that would be welcome.

Details:

*What*: A candle-light vigil to mark the birth anniversary of Gandhi.
Maybe we can call it "Faith in Humanity" or "Justice for All."

Hope you can all make it and lend support to the cause of peace and justice.

Umang Kumar

For more about AID, please visit:

Sunday October 3, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 11:00am
End: 2010 Oct 8 - 11:00pm

http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/index.html

Area Premiere! Oliver Stone’s

(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 10 - 7:00pm

KEY FESTIVAL EVENTS

Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm

JOLIE OLIVETTI, MATT OSBORN, MORRIGAN PHILLIPS & JASON LYDON

"Another World is Possible: Reflections on the 2010 US Social Forum"

Boston organized over 250 people to get on buses, pile into cars, and board planes heading out to Detroit, Michigan for the second US Social Forum. The four individuals speaking will share about their different experiences at the USSF and reflect on particular learnings and tools they have brought back to help build our movements for justice here at home.

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm

The late historian Howard Zinn was well known for his support of liberal causes and for his popular and inclusive research and writing. Another, less well known facet of his life-work was his encouragement of young writers and small presses. PEN-New England celebrates Howard Zinn and his support for the freedom to write with a panel discussion led by Helene Atwan of Beacon Press. 
 

Monday October 4, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 11:00am
End: 2010 Oct 8 - 11:00pm

http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/index.html

Area Premiere! Oliver Stone’s

(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 10 - 7:00pm

KEY FESTIVAL EVENTS

Start: 5:30 pm

Janet Collazo of La Alianza Hispana writes:  As you know, lately we have experienced an increase in youth violence, taking the life of significant you and for me this is not OK!  I think it’s time for us to take action and to STOP the Violence in our Neighborhood.  Our kids deserve and have the right to live and it’s on us to protect their lives. 

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

A Model for Framing the Israel/Palestine Conflict and Moving to Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)

This meeting is designed to give us the tools to begin conversations with friends and colleagues who need more information as they take a position against the occupation.

Alice Rothchild, a physician, author and activist, will present an historical basis for the call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions. In breakout groups, we will discuss how we can apply what we heard in our own outreach around the JVP TIAA-CREF campaign.

Alice has co‐chaired an annual health and human rights delegation to Israel/Palestine since 2003 and is the author of Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience (2nd edition 2010).

For more information, email jvpboston@gmail.com.

Sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Join Socializing for Justice and the Nonprofit Career Coach for a skillshare: “Strategic Volunteering to Accelerate Your Career” on 10/4 at Lir* on Boylston, starting at 6:00 PM. We’ll be downstairs!

Start: 7:30 pm

Speaker:  Bruce Gagnon, founder and director, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space

Bruce Gagnon discusses how space is being used for modern warfare and remote killing, and how an international movement can be built to stop the weaponization of space.

Bruce Gagnon has worked on space issues for 28 years.  In 1987 he organized the largest peace protest in Florida history when over 5,000 people marched on Cape Canaveral in opposition to the first flight test of the Trident II nuclear missile. He was also the organizer of the Cancel Cassini Campaign (launched 72 pounds of plutonium into space in 1997) that drew  enormous support and media coverage around the world and was featured on the TV program 60 Minutes.

Tuesday October 5, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 11:00am
End: 2010 Oct 8 - 11:00pm

http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/index.html

Area Premiere! Oliver Stone’s

(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 10 - 7:00pm

KEY FESTIVAL EVENTS

Start: 6:00 pm

Come to Centro Presente and participate in an informative session about the Secure Communities Program.

Do you know about the Secure Communities Program that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is implementing? Do you want to know how this Program is affecting immigrant communities? Do you want to take action and support a campaign that seeks to educate people about the effects of this Program on the immigrant community?

This federal program, under the direction of ICE, requires local law enforcement to cross-check digital fingerprints of anyone they arrest against a federal database to evaluate the arrested person's immigration status. If ICE determines the arrested person to be undocumented, that person will be detained by ICE and processed for deportation.

Start: 6:30 pm
The Blue Ribbon Panel and the National Institutes of Health will be in Boston to inform the  community about the progress of their latest  Risk Analysis for the BU bioweapons lab.  We must continue to make it clear that we will not accept this dangerous lab.  There will be time for public comment.  Please attend.  
 
See the Alternative Proposal for constructive use of the laboratory and sign the petition supporting it.
 
The photo shows Klare Allen of the Stop the Bio-Terror Lab Coalition at the previous public meeting, April 28, 2010.
Wednesday October 6, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 11:00am
End: 2010 Oct 8 - 11:00pm

http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/index.html

Area Premiere! Oliver Stone’s

(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 10 - 7:00pm

KEY FESTIVAL EVENTS

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

The UJP Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force is organizing a group to perform antiwar street theater on the anniverary weekend of the Afghanistan War, October 9-10.

The tentative plan is to conduct a Mock Drone Attack at the HONK Festival in Somerville.   We are using this script and this handout.

Come help us plan this event.    Available roles include actors, leafleters, a videographer and a boom box operator.    Contact ujpcoalition@gmail.com or call 617-383-4857 with ideas.

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

The Beehive Collective Presenting: The True Cost of Coal--Jamaica Plain Forum

Long-exploited as a resource-extraction colony within the U.S., the Appalachian Mountains are home to a fight for survival whose outcome will determine in part the industrial might of this country. Our insatiable demand for cheap power has lead to the most extreme, devastating form of coal mining yet, Mountaintop Removal (MTR). The TRUE COST OF COAL graphic is an elaborate narrative illustration that visually explores the interc...onnections between ENERGY, RESOURCE EXTRACTION, CLIMATE CHANGE and GRASSROOTS RESILIENCY.

Thursday October 7, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 11:00am
End: 2010 Oct 8 - 11:00pm

http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/index.html

Area Premiere! Oliver Stone’s

(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 10 - 7:00pm

KEY FESTIVAL EVENTS

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

A Teach-in for the National Higher Education Day of Action

Join us for a Night of Solidarity! Learn, Discuss, and Network!

The Wall Street takeover of the economy continues to wreak havoc on the majority of Americans. As the corporate bottom line has become paramount, we've seen risk redistributed away from the wealthy and powerful and onto the backs of working people. In recent years, our colleges and universities have also been changing to reflect these
larger trends. The public mission of many educational institutions has been replaced by a corporate model that centralizes authority, squeezes workers and leaves students with the financial risk of ballooning student loan debts even as their employment prospects dim. 

Friday October 8, 2010
End: 11:00 pm
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 11:00am
End: 2010 Oct 8 - 11:00pm

http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/index.html

Area Premiere! Oliver Stone’s

(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 10 - 7:00pm

KEY FESTIVAL EVENTS

Start: 5:00 pm
Start: 2010 Oct 8 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 10 - 5:00pm

HONK! Festival 2010 - FIFTH ANNUAL 

STREETS BURGEONING 
WITH
 STREET BAND ACTIVISM

The HONK Festival will feature 25 activist street bands from around the country:

Sunday, Oct 10, 12-2 pm
“Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes and Feet” featuring all the bands plus Bread & Puppet Theater and many local arts and community organizations, from Davis Square to Harvard Square’s Oktoberfest celebration. The parade leaves Davis Square at 12 noon, travels down Elm Street, then Beech Street onto Massachusetts Ave to Harvard Square. We need 123 volunteers for this parade–contact parade@honkfest.org  if you are interested! 

Saturday October 9, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 10 - 7:00pm

KEY FESTIVAL EVENTS

(all day)
Start: 2010 Oct 8 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 10 - 5:00pm

HONK! Festival 2010 - FIFTH ANNUAL 

STREETS BURGEONING 
WITH
 STREET BAND ACTIVISM

The HONK Festival will feature 25 activist street bands from around the country:

Sunday, Oct 10, 12-2 pm
“Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes and Feet” featuring all the bands plus Bread & Puppet Theater and many local arts and community organizations, from Davis Square to Harvard Square’s Oktoberfest celebration. The parade leaves Davis Square at 12 noon, travels down Elm Street, then Beech Street onto Massachusetts Ave to Harvard Square. We need 123 volunteers for this parade–contact parade@honkfest.org  if you are interested! 

Start: 9:00 am
End: 9:00 pm

Tribute to Elise Boulding
Luncheon will feature talk by Dr. Gene Sharp, internationally known researcher on nonviolence followed by talk by Tim Wallis, executive director of NP
Evening Sing-a-long
Luncheon reservations requested ($13); Dinner ($17)

Contact Judy King at 617-780-5760.
 

Start: 10:00 am
End: 6:00 pm

Agape Community’s Annual St. Francis Day

Ban Al-Mahfodh: survivor of two wars in Iraq, ten years of sanctions; Research Coordinator at The William Joiner Center in Boston

Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm

Join a street theater performance on the 9th anniversary of the Afghanistan War!

No Experience Necessary!

The UJP Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force and the Committee for Peace and Human Rights are organizing a group to perform antiwar street theater on the anniverary weekend of the Afghanistan War, October 9-10.

We will conduct a Mock Drone Attack on the Boston Common near Park Street Station.   We are using this script and this handout.   We will have the most impact if about 30 people take part.

Please come to Park Street at 12:30 p.m.  Available roles include actors, leafleters, and a boom box operator.    Contact ujpcoalition@gmail.com or call UJP (617-383-4857) or CPHR (617 776-6524) for info.

Start: 1:00 pm

PROPOSED SILENT WALK FOR AAPER (AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PALESTINIAN EQUAL RIGHTS)

ROUTE: Begin at Park Street at Brewer Fountain near Park St. T Station
Walk from Fountain on Tremont St on left-hand side of street to 3 Center Plaza
Cross Tremont St. at 3 Center Plaza/Scollay Sq. to Gov Center/City Hall Plaza
In City Hall Plaza walk up steps then down long stairway with City Hall on our left side
Cross Congress St. at light opposite the steps
Walk to Faneuil Hall Building and walk around the perimeter of the building following the Freedom Trail marker
Return: Cross Congress and go ½ way up stairway back to beginning of Washington St. with City Hall on our right
On Washington St. cross State/Court St. and continue on Washington crossing School, Milk, and Bromfield
Turn right onto Winter to Tremont

Start: 7:00 pm

The Arabs Gone Wild Stand up Comedy Tour is coming to Boston for one big show on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at The Wilbur Theater! 

 

After playing to sold out shows this Spring in Washington DC, San Francisco, Anaheim and LA, The “Arabs Gone Wild Tour” heads out for an 8 city fall tour including our first ever show in Boston.

Sunday October 10, 2010
End: 7:00 pm
Start: 2010 Oct 1 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 10 - 7:00pm

KEY FESTIVAL EVENTS

End: 5:00 pm
Start: 2010 Oct 8 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 10 - 5:00pm

HONK! Festival 2010 - FIFTH ANNUAL 

STREETS BURGEONING 
WITH
 STREET BAND ACTIVISM

The HONK Festival will feature 25 activist street bands from around the country:

Sunday, Oct 10, 12-2 pm
“Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes and Feet” featuring all the bands plus Bread & Puppet Theater and many local arts and community organizations, from Davis Square to Harvard Square’s Oktoberfest celebration. The parade leaves Davis Square at 12 noon, travels down Elm Street, then Beech Street onto Massachusetts Ave to Harvard Square. We need 123 volunteers for this parade–contact parade@honkfest.org  if you are interested! 

Start: 10:00 am
End: 3:00 pm

Part of the 10/10/10 Global Work Party for climate action

Neighbors will be joining together in JP to learn hands-on weatherization skills and spread the word about what Boston residents can do to insulate their homes and lower their energy bills.

Weatherize:
Volunteer weatherizers can join a crew to caulk, airseal, repair masonry, replace lightbulbs, and install weatherstripping. Arrive at 10am or 12pm to join a volunteer crew. No experience necessary.

Spread the Word:

Volunteer to knock on doors in the Hyde Square neighborhood. We will be passing out CFL lightbulbs and encouraging homeowners and renters to take advantage of utility subsidies to get their houses evaluated and insulated.
or
Just Hang Out:
Lunch will be served, kids are welcome.

Start: 10:00 am
End: 1:00 pm

Our next community brunch will be on Sunday, October 10, from 10-1. (Location to be announced due to fire damage at AFSC)
Please send your agenda items to Vicky at vicky.steinitz@gmail.com

Our meeting will be the week following the One Nation Working Together October 2 march in Washington, D.C., which will be one agenda item.

Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm

Indigenous Peoples' Day
JOANNE DUNN
"Who Are the Indians in Boston?"

How do we define an American Indian, and why don't we seem to see any more Indians around? What does an Indian look like, anyhow? Are we stereotyping?

Joanne Dunn is executive director of the North American Indian Center of Boston and a Commissioner on Indian Affairs for Mass, representing the north. She is also a field supervisor for Harvard Divinity School. Joanne is an enrolled Mi'kmaq in the Wagmatcook First Nation Indian Reserve and her career spans more than 30 years of service to Native People and social justice.

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A PEACE AND JUSTICE CONGREGATION SINCE 1920

Start: 12:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

encuentro 5 is a Boston movement-building space (http://www.encuentro5.org). It is home to several of Boston's antiwar, pro-immigrant, environmental and economic justice projects (see website). We will be increasing the energy efficiency of our lighting, computer lab and rationalizing our networks and wiring. We will also be removing excess and obsolete equipment. Finally, we will use our/your creativity and artistic skills to make for a aesthetically pleasing space. All of this is to practice what we preach and make sure that our organizing and activism does not re-create the problems we challenge. The action ends with a reception (from 5:00 - 7:00)

Event Website: http://www.encuentro5.org

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