Pieces

Events

Arlington East, 10/13-14, Creating a graveyard to commemorate those killed in Iraq; make the consequences of war real and to allow people to express their grief, respect, and thoughts. We believe that humanity can and must rise above violence to build a world of justice and peace for all peoples; Public program 10/13, Nauset High, Eastham, MA, 7pm, Interdenominational service noon 10/14; John Bangert, 5 Stage Coach Rd, Harwich, MA02645, jjbangert@comcast.net; www.arlingtoneast.blogspot.com

Honk! Festival: Two Days of Activist Brass Bands; 10/7-8; Somerville, MA; Sharing a commitment to music as social action, featuring bands from across North America: Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Stick and Rag Village Orchestra, The Hungry March Band, March Fourth Marching Band, Brass Liberation Orchestra, more; 10/7, outdoor concerts, indoor symposium; 10/8, 8pm, concert VFW Dilboy Hall, 371 Summer St., donation $10, wheelchair accessible; hosted by Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band, 617/497-9889, www.honkfest.org

Celebrate the River of Women’s Courage; 10/21 anti-racist commemoration of the integrated march of women through a lynch mob during the founding meeting of the Female Anti-Slavery Society in 1835; men and women are invited to join in a procession of determination, celebrating the past, joining today’s “river of courage;” Boston African American National Historic Site & The Beacon Hill Scholars, www.nps.gov/boaf, 617/742-5415, frseldon@bc.edu

Pat Farren Memorial Lecture with Marge Piercy, 11/8, 7pm (6pm reception); Cambridge Friends Meetinghouse, Cambridge MA; $10-50; to reserve seats, make checks to Peacework/AFSC with “Marge Piercy” in the memo line & send to Peacework, AFSC, 2161 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130; www.peaceworkmagazine.org

Campaigns

Keep Space for Peace Week, 10/1-8; international week of protest to stop the militarization of space; for information on events or to get involved, contact the Global Network Against Nuclear Weapons & Power in Space, 207/729-0517; POB 652, Brunswick ME 04011; www.space4peace.org

Books Not Bombs Fall Campaign, 10/10-15, examine the US war budget, sign BNB petition; 10/16-22, Teach-ins and Film Screenings; 10/22-29, Student Solidarity w/Iraq Veterans Against the War; 10/30-11/3 Turn up the Heat - demandBNB; 11/3-6, Peace Parties; 11/7, National Youth Walk Out to Get Out of Iraq; National Youth and Student Peace Coalition, 800/228-1228 xt. 322, nyspcinfo@gmail.com, www.nyspc.org

Support the Quincy 4! Four Asian-Americans Assaulted by Quincy Police, now charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest; Attend pre-trial hearing, 10/16, 9am, Quincy District Court, 1 Dennis Ryan Parkway, Quincy Center T-stop, Chinese Progressive Association, 617/357-4499, www.cpaboston.org/news_and_events/quincy4.html

Peace & Justice for Guam: The US plans to station 8000 more troops on the island of Guam in the weeks after September 11, 2006, as part of its increasing direction of military resources toward Asia; US military bases occupy more than one-third of this nation’s 35 square miles; to support a campaign of protest by leaders of the Chamorro people of Guam, sign an on-line petition at: www.PetitionOnline.com/haleta/petition.html; to learn more, contact The Chamorro Nation, POB 6132, Merizo, Guam 96916

Home from Iraq Now Ballot Question;On 11/7, 139 MA towns will vote whether to approve a referendum calling for the US to end the war in Iraq and bring the troops home; To help with the AFSC/UFJP campaign, contact Paul Shannon: 617/497-5273, pshannon@afsc.org

Opportunities

Diversity Coalition Director; MA Legal Assistance Corporation; the Director works to increase diversity and culturally competency in legal services programs throughout MA; Position will remain open until filled; resume and cover letter to MLAC Diversity Coalition, Director Position, Attn: Demita Frazier, 11 Beacon St, #820, Boston, MA 02108; dfrazier@mlac.org, fax 617/367-8815; www.mlac.org

Artists For Humanity is hiring! Creative Boston Public high school students (age 14-16) work in our studios; Jason at jtalbot@afhboston.com, www.afhboston.com

PeaceWriting Annual International Writing Awards; seeking book-length manuscripts about the causes, consequences, & solutions to violence & war, & about the ideas & practices of nonviolent peacemaking & the lives of nonviolent peacemakers; cash prizes for non-fiction, fiction/poetry/play, & children’s literature; deadline 12/1; for guidelines & more information, contact PeaceWriting, 2582 Jimmie Ave, Fayetteville, AR 72703-3420; 501/442-4600; jbennet@uark.edu

World Peace Tour to Bhutan, 2/13-2/26/07; Sacred Himalaya Travel in collaboration with the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism is hosting a trip focused on peace in a culture where kindness & compassion are practiced as a way of life. With a flexible schedule, meet Bhutan’s warm-hearted people, offer blessings for peace, attend a rural festival. For details visit www.iipt.org/worldpeacetravel/index.htm

Gatherings

Not In Our Town National Gathering, 10/6-8; Bloomington IL; NIOT is a media & grassroots organizing project that encourages community response to hate violence; NIOT, c/o The Working Group, POB 70232, Oakland CA 94612-0232; 510/268-9675; www.theworkinggroup.org/gathering

Promoting & Practicing Peace in Perilous Times: A Gandhian Conference on Nonviolence, 10/13-14; Memphis TN; with keynotes by Arun Gandhi, Helen Prejean, Frida Berrigan, Victor La Cerva, & Roz Nichols; M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, 139 Oakdale St, Memphis TN 38112; 301/452-2824; www.gandhiconference.org

New England War Tax Resistance Annual Gathering, 11/3-5; Voluntown, CT, POB 397174, Cambridge, MA 02139, 617/859-0662; to carpool from Maine, Maine War Tax Resistance Resource Center, 207/525-7776, rosc@psouth.net

Second International Conference on Islamic Feminism, 11/3-5; Barcelona, Spain; with Ziba Mir Hosseini, Ayesha Imam, Shaheen Sardar Ali, & many other presenters; to learn more or to register (deadline 10/20) visit www.feminismeislamic.org

Creating Change 2006, 11/8-12; Kansas City, MO; an organizing conference for the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender community; with Matt Forman, Oscar De La O, Marjorie Hill, Rinku Sen., & Olga Vives; workshops, seminars, & a National Religious Leadership Roundtable; sponsored by the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, 1325 Massachusetts Ave NW #600, Washington DC 20005; 202/393-5177; www.thetaskforce.org

Encounter in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, Colombia, 2/19-25/2007, International Solidarity Alternatives and the Challenge of Paramilitarization; mark the second anniversary of the massacre of the eight community members, For info about the community, see http://cdpsanjose.org & www.forusa.org/programs/colombia/colombiaprogram.html; For info on the Encounter, Chicagoans for a Peaceful Colombia, POB 409012, Chicago, IL 60640-9012, 773/764-6773, www.chicagoans.net

Resources

Where is the Rage?; two song anti-war CD from Vietnam Veteran and Veterans for Peace member Pat Scanlon; For distribution, 30 cds for $100, Organizations, buy 1000 for $1200.; Listen to song on Peacework website or at www.patscanlon.com, 34 Washington Ave., Andover, MA 01810, patscanlonmusic@yahoo.com

Teen Dating Violence Prevention Curriculum and Workbook for Native American Girls; information, exercises, & facilitators guide; Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center; POB 572, Lake Andes, SD 57356, 605/487-7072; nativewoman@igc.org; www.nativeshop.org

Olive Branch Olive Oil: Support Palestinian farmers by purchasing fairly-traded olive oil that comes from the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees in the West Bank. This delicious, extra-virgin, first cold-pressed oil is produced without pesticides or sprays. For more info, email us at: palestinebostonoliveoil@yahoo.com

Screenpeace: An Anti-War Film Festival; the War Resisters League’s annual peace calendar, 2007; Highlighting the best anti-war film-making of the past 20 years; Features a Foreword by John Sayles; desk format, 128 pp; $12.95 each/Four for $48; WRL, 339 Lafayette, NY, NY, 10012, 212/228-0450; www.warresisters.org

The Peace Patriots; Feature documentary film about dissent in a time of war; Narrated by Janeane Garafalo; profiles protesters in the US against the war in Iraq, ages 14-75; music by Pete Seeger & Ani DiFranco; directed by Robbie Leppzer (An Act of Conscience), 78 minutes, Turning Tide Productions, POB 864, Wendell, MA, 01379; 800/557-6414, www.turningtidefilms.com

The Ground Truth; Feature documentary film, directed by Patricia Foulkrod, depicts US military recruitment, training, combat, homecoming, & the struggle to reintegrate at home.Anti-war veterans support other veterans, and learn to fearlessly wield the most powerful weapon of all - the truth. DVD, 72 minutes, $14.95; Hold a Ground Truth Gathering, 10/4-11; www.groundtruth.net

Black Gold; Feature documentary film asking us to “wake up and smell the coffee;” for every $3 cup, the average coffee farmer makes 3¢; traces the path of an Ethiopian coffee coop representative trying to secure a living wage for 70,000 farmers; introduces fair trade alternatives; 78 minutes; limited theatrical release, 10/06, DVD, fall 2006; California Newsreel Order Department, POB 2284, South Burlington, VT, 05407; 877/811-7495, www.newsreel.org & www.blackgoldmovie.com

Executive Excess 2006: Defense and Oil Executives Cash in on Conflict; Military CEO pay was 108% higher on average in 2005 compared to 2001, whereas pay for their counterparts at other large US companies increased only 6% during this period; By Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy, 29 Winter Street, Boston, MA 02108, 617/423-2148, info@FairEconomy.org, www.FairEconomy.org

Execution alerts and News Listserve, from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty; In the US: 115 people in 25 states have been released after years on death row due to actual innocence; 95% of those on death row could not afford an attorney; while white men and women and persons of color are victims of violent crime in almost equal numbers, over 80% of those executed had white victims; it costs almost three times more to execute someone than to keep them in prison for life; 1717 K St. NW, #510, WDC, 20036, www.ncadp.org/execution_alerts.html

USA: Justice at last or more of the same? Detentions and trials after Hamdan v. Rumsfeld; More than two years after Rasul v. Bush, and a few months after Hamdan, the Bush Administration is seeking legislation to gut habeas corpus and the Geneva Conventions; Amnesty International, 5 Penn Plaza, NY, NY 10001; 212/807-8400, www.amnestyusa.org

Revolutionary Heroes Women Warriors 2007 Wall Calendar; $15 +$3 she (bulk discounts available); a unique 13-month calendar honors daily rebels, radicals, & revolutionaries of different times & contexts; each day features a brief biographical sketch & image of a historic woman change agent such as Lillian Madeira Nagoya, South African apartheid resister; Anna Louise Strong, radical pacifist American journalist; Yamada Wake, Japanese journalist & activist, & hundreds more; proceeds benefit the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry & Human Rights; make checks payable to “Myers Center/Simmons” & send to Myers Center, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston MA 02115-5898; 617/521-2171; www.sheroescalendar.org