February 2001

Views expressed are those of the authors, not necessarily of the AFSC.

Peace Vigils, at Newport War College in Providence RI, Tuesdays 7-9 am; at Undersea Warfare Center, Thursdays 3:30-5 pm, Middletown RI; Rhode Island Mobilization for Peace & Justice, POB 23157, Providence RI 02903-4102;
401/273-4650

Environmental Injustices (art exhibit), 2/2-3/4; Gallery of Social & Political Art, Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St, Boston MA 02116; opening reception 2/2, 5-7:30 pm; gallery open
2-6 pm Fri/Sat, 1:30-5 pm Sun;
617/244-5581; www.orsillo.com/gspa

Responding to Conflict: Recognition & Resolution, 2/9, 12:30-3 pm; Becker College, Worcester Campus College Academic Center (West & Cedar Streets), Worcester MA; $10 ($5 for students); with keynote by Shirley Wright (Worcester Commission on Human Rights), & panel of respondents; to register or learn more about the "Approaches to Peacemaking" workshop series, contact Professor Debra Pallatto-Fontaine, Becker College, 61 Sever St, Worcester MA 0l609; 508/791-9241 x370

Community Church of Boston Events; Sundays, 11 am; Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St, Boston MA 02116; 2/11, "MCAS: Why Are They Doing This to Our Children?" with David Stratman; 2/18, Dr. Hugh M. Hill (Brother Blue); 3/4, "Challenging the Media"; 2/25, W.E.B. DuBois Memorial Address; 617/266-6710; commchurch@igc.org

Feminism & Science in Civil Society Series; Mondays, 6 pm; Cronkhite Graduate Center, 6 Ash St, Cambridge;
2/12 "Dueling Dualisms: The Problem with Sex/Gender & Nature/Nurture" with Anne Fausto-Sterling; 2/26 "Science, Power, & Gender: How DNA Became the Book of Life" with Ruth Hubbard; additional lectures 3/12, 4/9, & 4/23; Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, 10 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138;
617/495-8600; feminisms@radcliffe.edu; www.radcliffe.edu/feminisms

The New Sweatshops in Global Context, 2/13, 6:30-8:30 pm; Cambridge Public Library, 45 Pearl St (Central Square), Cambridge MA; with Professor Bob Ross, who was recently in Nicaragua monitoring a conflict between the apparel industry there & the textile workers' union; food provided; wheelchair accessible; for more information contact Paul Shannon, American Friends Service Committee, 2161 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/497-5273

60 Minutes II: Professor Ted Postol on Star Wars (video), 2/13, 7:30 pm; Friends Center, 5 Longfellow Park (off Brattle, near Harvard Square), Cambridge MA; followed by comments & discussion led by Dr. Lisbeth Gronlund (Union of Concerned Scientists); sponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138; 617/354-2169; masspa@gis.net

The Cambridge Forum, Wednesdays, 7:30 pm; First Parish Unitarian-Universalist Church, 3 Church St, Cambridge MA 02138; 2/14, "Reason Enough to Hope," with Philip Morrison & Kosta Tsipis discussing nuclear issues facing the US in the 21st century; 2/28, "The Century of the Gene," with Evelyn Fox Keller; 3/14, "AIDS & Women," with Dr. Kathy Anastos; 3/28, "Mending the Middle East," with Allegra Pacheco, an American/Israeli Jewish lawyer who represents Palestinians on the West Bank; 617/495-2727; www.cambridgeforum.org

Celebrate Black History Month with Andy Holiner & Alice Johnson, 2/21, 10 & 11:30 am; Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, Copley Square (700 Boylston St); children & their families are invited to sing, clap rhythms, & dance as they learn the trials & triumphs of a courageous people; free; wheelchair accessible; assistive listening devices available; Boston Public Library, 617/536-5400; TTY 617/536-7055

Colombia in Crisis (film), 2/23, 7 pm; Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park St, Bangor ME 04401; discussion to follow; 207/942-9343; peacectr@mint.net

Feminist Liberation Theologies Lecture Series, Mondays, noon-1 pm; Washburn Lounge, Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle St., Cambridge MA; 2/26, "How Racism Colludes in Violence Against Women," with Traci West; 3/5, "The Impact of White Privilege on My Church Historical Work," with Joanna Bowen Gillespie; 3/18, "Silent Bystanders: Shifting the Lens from Beneficiaries of Apartheid to the Oppressed Under Apartheid," with Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela; for more information, contact Gale Yee, FLT Studies, Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle St, Cambridge MA 02138; 617/868-3450

War Is Over if You Want It to Be, 2/28 (Ash Wednesday), 8 am; vigil at Bath Iron Works, Bath ME, to call for BIW's conversion to peaceful uses, & to commemorate the Prince of Peace Plowshares action on Ash Wednesday 1997; also, noon vigils at BIW every Sat during Lent (3/3-4/14); contact Maureen Kehoe & George Ostensen, 17 Bayview St, Belfast ME 04915; 207/338-4776

Pax Christi Massachusetts Annual Assembly, 3/24, 8:30-4 pm; Matignon High School, 1 Matignon Ave, Cambridge MA; $30 (includes lunch; scholarships available); keynote "The Spirituality of Nonviolence: A Vision of the World's Poor," by Marie Dennis (Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns); for more information, contact Claudia Hunter, 617/923-6204; hunterpaxma@aol.com

Social Justice & Truth in History (SJTH) is a new statewide organization in Maine working to see that people are taught American history as it really happened, by promoting the positive contributions of people of color, women, & working-class people; SJTH, POB 633, Monroe ME 04951; 207/525-4538; sjth@mint.net

Affordable Housing in Maine: Signatureswanted for a petition to reduce homelessness, in part by the passage of a $20 million bond issue for affordable housing in Maine; contact Br. Francis Blouin, Notre Dame, POB 159, Alfred ME 04002;
207/324-6612

Peacework Magazine seeks Data Entry Volunteer; Peacework is a national peace & justice magazine dedicated to the movements for nonviolent social change, published monthly by the American Friends Service Committee; we need someone to help with data entry in our subscriber database, approx. 10 hours/month; contact Phyllis Cohen, AFSC, 2161 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130; pcohen@afsc.org

American Friends Service Committee seeks Peace & Justice Program Coordinator for Hartford CT office; letter & resume by 3/5 to Phyllis Cohen, AFSC, 2161 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130; fax 617/354-2832; pcohen@afsc.org

Sojourner: The Women's Forum seeks Associate Editor, Design Director/Webmaster/Computer Troubleshooter, & Advertising Associate (3 full-time positions); cover letter, resume, & nonfiction writing sample (no more than 2000 words) or design samples by 2/16 to Editor Search or Design Director Search or Sales Associate Search, Sojourner, 42 Seaverns Ave, Jamaica Plain MA 02130; edsearch@sojourner.org or designsearch@sojourner.org or salesearch@sojourner.org

Friends Meeting at Cambridge seeks individual or couple to be Friend(s) in Residence, to begin summer 2001; Applicants should be experienced Friends; stipend, benefits, apartment suitable for a couple; resume & letter to Friend in Residence Search Committee, Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA 02138-4816; fmcsearch@aol.com

Political Research Associates, a nonprofit research center that monitors the political right from a progressive perspective, seeks Office Manager; letter & resume to K. Cloud, PRA, 1310 Broadway, Somerville MA 02144; 617/666-6622; fax 617/666-6622; pra@igc.org; www.publiceye.org

Friends Committee on National Legislation seeks full-time interns from 9/1/01 through 7/31/02; subsistence-level stipend plus benefits; apply by 3/1; contact Portia Wenze-Danley, FCNL, 245 Second St NE, Washington DC 20002-5795; 800/630-1330; fcnl@fcnl.org; www.fcnl.org

Institute for Social Ecology sponsors summer 2001 courses including Sustainable Design, Building, & Land Use (6/1-22), Arts, Activism, & Social Change Workshop (6/8-17), Ecology & Community (6/23-7/21), & more; ISE, 1118 Maple Hill Rd, Plainfield VT 05667; 802/454-8493; ise@sover.net; www.social-ecology.org

Lisle Intercultural Programs provides intercultural programs that encourage individuals to act as global citizens; upcoming trips include "Costa Rica: Cultural Diversity, Cooperative Living" (5/26-6/16), "USA, Pacific Northwest: Building a Sustainable Future" (7/8-28), & "India: Seeking Ways to Empower" (7/7-28); LIP, 900 County Rd 269, Leander TX 78641; 800/477-1538; www.lisle.utoledo.edu

RedBone Press seeks well-written essays by black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, & same-gender-loving individuals on the subject of spirituality & religion, for an affirming collection called "Spirited"; submissions should be typed, double-spaced, & 35 pages or less; submissions will not be returned; send by 2/15 to RedBone Press, POB 15571, Washington DC 20003; redbonepress@yahoo.com

Defending Reproductive Rights: An Activist Resource Kit; Political Research Associates; $15; 150 pp; Comprehensive study of the attack on reproductive rights by the US political right, providing a wealth of facts, analyses, & resources to help activists & others protect reproductive rights; PRA, 1310 Broadway, Somerville MA 02144; 617/666-5300; pra@igc.org; www.publiceye.org

Resources for Developing Excellence in Nonprofit Management; courses & 1-day seminars offered in management, hiring, grant writing, special events, & more; software & Windows trainings; sliding scale fees based on your organization's budget; for catalogue, TDC, 30 Federal St, 5th fl, Boston MA 02110; 617/728-9151

Teaching for Change: Multicultural Education Resources; Fall/Winter 2000 catalogue includes new titles The Birchbark House, Louise Erdrich (young adult fiction) & Bus Riders Union, a video documentary tracing 3 years of the Los Angeles movement to fight transit racism; TFC, POB 73038, Washington DC 20056; 800/763-9131; necadc@aol.com; www.teachingforchange.org

Transforming Politics, Building Power: Northeast Action 2001 Regional Conference, 2/9-10; Braintree MA; progressive leaders, activists, & elected officials from across the Northeast will consider ways that in the wake of an election season full of surprises, we can transform our ideas & visions into realizable policy reform; with Jesse Jackson Jr., Juan Figueroa, workshops, trainings, & more; Northeast Action, 30 Germania St, Boston MA 02130; 617/541-0500; www.neaction.org

Second National Organizing Conference on Iraq, 2/17-18; Denver CO; We will bring together a diverse group of organizations to form a national network & begin better coordinating national campaigns & actions; Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace, 901 West 145h Ave #7, Denver CO 80204; 303/320-5994; www.ccmep.org

American Confusion from Vietnam to Kosovo: Coping with Chaos in High Places, 3/2-4; Deerfield MA; Bill Taylor broadens our understanding of humanity in crisis through an examination of American leadership in Vietnam & Kosovo; for more information or to register, Woolman Hill, New England Quaker Center, 107 Keets Rd, Deerfield MA 01342; 413/774-3431; woolmanh@gis.net

Lenten Desert Experience, 3/2-4; Las Vegas & the Nevada Nuclear Test Site; weekend retreat & action with Bruce Gagnon, Janet Chisholm, & Bishop Thomas Gumbleton; pre-registration required for optional tour of the Nevada Test Site; contact Nevada Desert Experience, POB 46645, Las Vegas NV 89114; nde@igc.org; www.nevadadesertexperience.org

National Space Organizing Conference & Protest, 3/16-18; Huntsville AL; Huntsville's Army Redstone Arsenal is in charge of the Theater Missile Defense system & other major space-based military programs this conference & protest will feature presentations & workshops by activists including Dennis Brutus, Alice Slater, Chris Ney, Karl Grossman, & many others; co-sponsored by the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, POB 90083, Gainesville FL 32607; 352/337-9274

Facing the Divide: Mobilizing Networks to Overcome Poverty, 3/18-21; Washington DC; includes plenary & focused networking sessions on the seven planks of the Campaign to Overcome Poverty, & a Capitol Hill breakfast with Bush representatives; Call to Renewal, 2401 15th St NW, Washington DC 20009; 800/523-2773; www.calltorenewal.com

Days of Resistance: Close the School of Assassins, 3/29-4/3; Washington DC; with a new name (the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation), the infamous School of the Americas continues training Latin American soldiers in its Ft. Benning, GA location; join us in Washington for legislative workshops, organized lobbying, workshops, & a rally; for more information or materials to organize a support action in your area, contact SOA Watch, POB 4566, Washington DC 20017; 202/234-3440; www.soaw.org

Quaker Peace Roundtable, 4/6-8; State College PA; workshops & panels; plenary by Joe Volk (Friends Committee on National Legislation); music by Aaron Fowler & Laura Dungan; Quaker Peace Roundtable c/o State College Friends Meeting, 611 E. Prospect Ave, State College PA 06801; qpr@quaker.org; www.quaker.org/qpr

"We have guided missiles and misguided men," Dr. Martin Luther King once said. Recalling this, eight anti-war activists from around the US and Canada were arrested for trespass Jan 15 at the site of a controversial submarine communications system, Project ELF, protesting nuclear weapons and exorbitant military spending. Project ELF--for extremely low frequency--near Clam Lake, WI, sends one-way messages to submerged US and British nuclear-armed Trident submarines which carry 24 ballistic missiles with up to eight nuclear warheads on each missile. There are 18 US and four British Trident submarines. Those arrested face a $212 fine or 60 days in jail.