United for Justice with Peace - Events Feed

Cambridge-Bethlehem welcomes Abed

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:47:37 -0400

Start: 2012 May 15 - 6:30pm

End: 2012 May 15 - 8:30pm

Invitation to a Benefit for Al-Rowwad, A Family story of the Nakba

Abdelfattah (Abed) Abusrour, Director
Al-Rowwad Cultural and Theatre Training Center,
Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem, Palestine

Light refreshments will be served

Please RSVP to: kathyroberts4@comcast.net or 617-354-2654

Tax deductible checks to: BCOME (Boston Committee on the Middle East) with "Al-Rowwad" on the memo line brought to the event or sent c/o Kampf to 14 Glenwood St., Cambridge 02139

Brown Bag Lunch Vigil: Bring the Troops Home; No New Bomb Plants

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:46:42 -0400

Start: 2012 May 16 - 12:00pm

End: 2012 May 16 - 1:00pm

We will ask Sen. Kerry to:

oppose a new plutonium facility for nuclear weapons at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
vote to strike Afghanistan war funding from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and bring the troops home now.

We'll deliver a letter to Sen. Kerry's staff and reach out to passersby.

Sponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action, UJP Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force, Veterans for Peace, and Progressive Democrats of America

Superpower (film)

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:00:47 -0400

Start: 2012 May 17 - 6:40pm

End: 2012 May 17 - 9:30pm

Superpower

[please download & distribute flyer]

Superpower illustrates how the US has leveraged its position to ensure unilateral world domination through absolute economic and military superiority and government deception. It asks tough questions and goes behind the scenes of America’s national security apparatus and military actions; it straddles the philosophical divide and allows viewers to understand the US quest for global dominance through economic and military strategy exposed through review of historical events, personal interviews, and analysis of US foreign policy.

Counter-Summit for Peace & Economic Justice

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:31:05 -0400

Start: 2012 May 18 - 9:00am

End: 2012 May 19 - 5:00pm

If you can’t make it to Chicago, watch the conference plenaries via Livestream at http://bit.ly/K5KMjh. Plenaries are scheduled to begin at 9:30 Friday morning, 5:00 Friday afternoon, and 9:45 Saturday morning.

99% vs War & Injustice

While NATO meets in Chicago & the G8 summit has been moved to Camp David, peace and justice activists will gather to map an alternative path towards a world free of war, want and occupations.

18 Workshops, International Speakers, Trainings, Campaign Briefings

The International Human Rights Framework: Opportunities for Attorneys and Advocates

Tue, 01 May 2012 17:19:02 -0400

Start: 2012 May 18 - 9:00am

End: 2012 May 18 - 4:30pm

Please join us on May 18 for an advocacy training seminar on the international human rights framework.

2012: La Palabra Maya (the Mayan Word) (film)

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:07:43 -0400

Start: 2012 May 18 - 6:00pm

End: 2012 May 18 - 8:00pm

Please join the “Decolonize to Liberate” Working Group of Occupy Boston for a special screening and discussion of a newly-released groundbreaking film. Hear the voices of the Mayan people as they share their perspectives on the prophecies of their ancestors and their fight to defend Mother Earth and their culture from destruction.

As with all Decolonize/Occupy events, this is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Referendum Signature Drive - Boston Area Outreach

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:55:10 -0400

Start: 2012 May 19 - 9:30am

End: 2012 May 19 - 5:00pm

Boston area outreach May 19-20

Join one of these groups as we gather petition signatures for the Budget for All Referendum this weekend!

Saturday, May 19

Belmont: Belmont Town Day, tentatively 10-1. Contact Thea Paneth, tpaneth@gmail.com.

Cambridge: 11am, tentatively at Trader Joe's on Memorial Drive. Contact Paul Shannon, pshannon@afsc.org, 617 623 5288, to sign up. Be sure to let Paul know if you are thinking of coming, as if enough people don't sign up he'll go to Davis instead.

OCCUPY CONSCIOUSNESS: Meszaros' Toolbox

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:55:20 -0400

Start: 2012 May 19 - 10:00am

End: 2012 May 19 - 10:00am

Speakers:

A night of Traditional & Radical Folk

Wed, 16 May 2012 22:25:44 -0400

Start: 2012 May 19 - 7:30pm

End: 2012 May 19 - 9:30pm

With George Mann and Rik Palieri

Presented by the Boston Industrial Workers of the World Union

The Boston IWW warmly welcomes you to enjoy two touring troubadours teaming up for a night of traditional and radical folk!

Come see performances by George Mann and Rik Palieri and socialize with the Industrial Workers of the World Union.

Music, Healing, and Joy

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:31:13 -0400

Start: 2012 May 20 - 11:00am

End: 2012 May 20 - 2:30pm

People with mental illness are consistently stigmatized and relegated to certain segments of our society. Even though so many of us are impacted by mental illness, we are told to be ashamed or embarrassed by it. Speakers and musicians from Tunefoolery provide education and facilitate dialogue to work through the stigma of mental illness.

Tunefoolery is a musical group composed of and run by consumers (people receiving mental health services) who play and perform music to establish identities based on musical achievement.

Protest against NATO & the G8

Fri, 11 May 2012 17:43:45 -0400

Start: 2012 May 20 - 12:00pm

End: 2012 May 20 - 12:00pm

President Obama calls for continued war in Afghanistan through 2014 and beyond

Join the Protest against NATO & the G8 in Chicago on May 20

As occupiers, workers and peace activists were taking to the streets for the most wide-spread May Day actions in the United States in decades, President Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan where he signed an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzi to keepU.S. troops in the country till 2014 and beyond. The agreement was signed right before the NATO summit to take place in Chicago on May 20 and 21. The war on Afghanistan is officially a NATO war, so the agreement signaled to the 28 NATO member countries that, despite the international outcry against the Afghanistan War, NATO w

ACLU's 2012 Bill of Rights Dinner

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:20:09 -0500

Start: 2012 May 22 - 5:30pm

End: 2012 May 22 - 5:30pm

Join the ACLU of Massachusetts for our 2012 Bill of Rights Dinner, honoring civil rights hero Harry Belafonte for his lifetime of courage and leadership in the struggle for liberty and justice for all people.

Iraq Veterans Against the War: "Operation Recovery"

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:22:59 -0400

Start: 2012 May 27 - 11:00am

End: 2012 May 27 - 2:30pm

Large portions of our military members and veterans are suffering from Military Sexual Trauma (MST), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and/or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) yet their right to heal is violated on a mass scale. Traumatized service members have been forced to deploy against the best interest of their health and well being throughout the Global War on Terror. Now with the return of troops from Iraq, the military is trying to skirt it’s responsibilities to care for service members. Military leaders and service providers are giving inadequate care, pushing improper diagnoses, and forcing thousands of service members to leave the military with no care or benefits by pursuing punitive discharges for troops who really need medical and mental health care. Members of IVAW will share about these realities and what is needed today.

Memorial Day for Peace

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:11:21 -0400

Start: 2012 May 28 - 1:00pm

End: 2012 May 28 - 3:00pm

Please join Veterans For Peace, Smedley Butler Brigade, Chapter 9 and Samantha Smith, Chapter 45, Military Families Speak Out, Mass Peace Action, United for Justice with Peace as we commemorate Memorial Day.

There will be no parade, no marching band, no military equipment, no guns and drums, no Air Force fly-overs.

There will be veterans and supporters who have lost friends and loved ones. Veterans who know the horrors of war and the pain and anguish of loss. There will be friends and families of soldiers, remembering their loved ones. There will be Iraqi Refugees who have suffered terrible losses and will join with us as we remember and show respect for their loss.

GLADHour: Happy Hour for Fans of LGBT Equality

Mon, 07 May 2012 11:44:15 -0400

Start: 2012 May 30 - 6:00pm

End: 2012 May 30 - 8:30pm

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Music for Peace: All Beethoven Concert

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:22:27 -0400

Start: 2012 Jun 2 - 7:30pm

End: 2012 Jun 2 - 7:30pm

wheelchair accessible

Victor Rosenbaum, Piano
Sergey Antonov, Cello
Laura Bossert, Violin
Paula Maierfeld, Viola

All Beethoven Program

Piano Sonata, opus 109
Cello Sonata, opus 69
Piano Quartet, opus 16

Victor Rosenbaum, pianist, recently returned from performing concerts in Japan, is well known to Boston audiences and is a long-time faculty member of New England Conservatory. He also teaches at the Mannes College of Music in New York.

Sergey Antonov, cellist, has toured world-wide since winning the Gold Medal at the 2007 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow.

Dorchester Day Parade

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:14:49 -0400

Start: 2012 Jun 3 - 12:00pm

End: 2012 Jun 3 - 12:00pm

As in years past, Dorchester People for Peace will proudly bring our message to End the Wars, Reduce Military Spending, Fund Our Communities – and No Iran War -- to thousands of Parade participants and watchers.

We hope to have the biggest contingent yet, with our friends from City Life/Vida Urbana, Veterans for Peace and other organizations.

And we will not just be marching in the Dorchester Day Parade on June 3, we'll be gathering signatures too. Can you help?

**We’ll have parade flyers to distribute, along with banners and signs to decorate our “float”.

Fundraiser to Support the Encuentro 5 Accessibility Project

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:15:26 -0400

Start: 2012 Jun 8 - 7:00pm

End: 2012 Jun 8 - 10:00pm

UJP House Party Fundraiser

to support the Encuentro5 accessibility project

Admission: $15 and a dish for potluck dinner; entertainment will be provided by E5

Goal: 40 people contributing $15, 30 people at the event, with fundraising pitch raise $1000 for E5

New England Environmental Justice Summit

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:53:17 -0400

Start: 2012 Jun 9 - 9:00am

End: 2012 Jun 9 - 6:00pm

REGISTRATION CLOSES MAY 18. 2012

FREE REGISTRATION --- FOOD & CHILD CARE PROVIDED

Jerusalem: the East Side Story (film)

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:10 -0400

Start: 2012 Jun 10 - 5:30pm

End: 2012 Jun 10 - 7:30pm

JVP Boston monthly film screening

In 1948, the western part of the city fell under Israeli control; in 1967, the eastern part fell under Israeli occupation. Since then, Israel has pursued a policy of Judaizing the city, aiming to achieve “Jewish demographic superiority.” Part of this policy is to drive Palestinian Muslims and Christians out of the city.