LINDA JENKINS
"Wrapping Up and Looking Forward"

This Sunday we will review the past year and look ahead to the summer and beyond. Noting outcomes from our recent community retreat, conditions of the concentric circles of community in which we live, we will raise up needs and priorities, to formulate a shared vision for the next year. Everyone's participation is needed!

With the Iraq war fading into memory even as the country still simmers, the U.S. peace movement faces the need to reframe its message.

We have spent the last 10 years resisting the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – tragedies that have not only devastated those two countries and taken tens of thousands of lives, but have left thousands of returning veterans with lifelong disabilities and taken a huge toll on our national economy.

 The British writer Victoria Brittain is a former editor at The Guardian newspaper, the co-author of the play Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom and co-author (with Moazzam Begg) of his Guantanamo memoir.  She will be visiting the United States to talk about her new book, Shadow Lives: The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror.

 The British writer Victoria Brittain is a former editor at The Guardian newspaper, the co-author of the play Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom and co-author (with Moazzam Begg) of his Guantanamo memoir.  She will be visiting the United States to talk about her new book, Shadow Lives: The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror.

 The British writer Victoria Brittain is a former editor at The Guardian newspaper, the co-author of the play Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom and co-author (with Moazzam Begg) of his Guantanamo memoir.  She will be visiting the United States to talk about her new book, Shadow Lives: The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror.

Alice Rothchild presented the attached slides at a UJP sponsored forum on "Deepening Crisis in the Middle East: Syria, Iran, and Israel/Palestine", presented at Boston University on February 25, 2013.

Click to access the slides. Then Click on the "Present" Button at the top of the page (or hit CTL-F5) to begin the presentation.

 Join Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders at our annual Summer Party held outside in the heart of Provincetown, MA on Saturday, July 27 from 4:00-7:00PM. Enjoy the view of the harbor, mingle with other GLAD supporters and learn more about our ground-breaking cases.

Tickets are $75 online | $85 on site | $30 student
Purchase at https://www.glad.org/events.

Occupy New England will be hosting it's 4th Regional Convergence in New Hampshire. We would like to invite all interested organizations and individuals to attend. This event will have a time and place to sign up volunteers, teach about your organization or cause, and get to know your other local organizations.

National Lawyers Guild Fundraiser
for 5 Upcoming "Occupy Boston" Political Trials 
An evening of food, drinks and pool!

UMass Lowell's Department of Sociology will be sponsoring Medea Benjamin's visit to the Peacemaking Alternatives class. The public is welcome.

Creative action is what CODE PINK co-founder Medea Benjamin is all about!  An advocate for social justice for more than 30 years, Medea has been described as “one of America's most committed – and most effective – fighters for human rights” and “one of the high profile leaders of the peace movement.”

 Hi VFP & Peace Allies,

 Join us at Birth 2012 Boston as we celebrate the shift into a new era: a GLOBAL CULTURE OF PEACE.

 Join us at Birth 2012 Boston as we celebrate the shift into a new era: a GLOBAL CULTURE OF PEACE.

Featured presenters, performers and exhibitors with drumming, sound healing, Flags of One Family, True Story Theater, peace meditation and more.

Radical Futures and Prospects for Freedom marks the first meeting of renowned thinkers and movement leaders Angela Y. Davis and Noam Chomsky for public conversation. The dialogue, moderated by Vijay Prashad, will be grounded by uplifting performances and words from some of Boston’s brightest current and future organizers, activists, and cultural workers.