 September 2002 American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine Patrica Watson, Editor Sara Burke, Assistant Editor Pat Farren, Founding Editor 2161 Massachusetts Ave. Telephone number: Fax number:
pwork@igc.org Peacework has been published monthly since 1972, intended to serve as a source of dependable information to those who strive for peace and justice and are committed to furthering the nonviolent social change necessary to achieve them. Rooted in Quaker values and informed by AFSC experience and initiatives, Peacework offers a forum for organizers, fostering coalition-building and teaching the methods and strategies that work in the global and local community. Peacework seeks to serve as an incubator for social transformation, introducing a younger generation to a deeper analysis of problems and issues, reminding and re-inspiring long-term activists, encouraging the generations to listen to each other, and creating space for the voices of the disenfranchised. Views expressed are those of the authors, not necessarily of the AFSC. |
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International Day of Peace Vigil, 9/21; To encourage the observation of a worldwide, 24-hour vigil for peace on this day in every house of worship; to support a day of worldwide ceasefire & nonviolence. Register your commitment with International Day of Peace Vigil, 866 UN Plaza #575, New York NY 10017; www.idpvigil.com Confronting Injustice, Ending War: The Role of Peace Educators & Activists after September 11, 10/4-6; Washington DC; first annual confernce of the Peace 7 Justice Studies Association; for more information or to register, contact PJSA, The Evergreen State College, Mailstop SEM 3127, Olympia WA 98505; 360/867-5230; www.evergreen.edu/pjsa/conference POSTERS, MUSIC, STICKERS, etc. Syracuse Cultural Workers "Tools for Change" catalogue is 32 color pages of feminist, progressive, multicultural resources to help change the world & sustain activism. The Peace Calendar, Women Artists Datebook, over 100 posters on social cultural, & political themes, holiday cards for Solstice, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, plus buttons, stickers, T-shirs, notecards, postcards, & books. Great fundraising products. SCW, Box 6367, Syracuse NY 13217; 315/474-1132; www.syrculturalworkers.org Buttons & Pins, No More Victims --Anywhere; War is not the Answer; Dissent is Patriotic; Peace is Patriotic; $1 each available at the AFSC 2161 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140 No Blank Check for Endless War, bumper sticker, $1 available from the Ann Arbor Ad Hoc Committee for Peace, POB 130074, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0074; http://justpeaceinfo.org 911 Amerika, a CD of hip-hop & spoken word artists dropping fresh beats & radical politics; all written in response to September 11 & come with strong anti-militarism & anti-racism messages; $8 CD, $6 vinyl EP from Seattle AFSC, attn: Fheri Day 814 NE 40th St, Seattle, WA 98105; 206/632-0500; www.afscpnr@afsc.org FAITH & NONVIOLENCE Peace Primer: Quotes from Islamic & Christian Scripture & Tradition, Rabia Terri Harris & Ken Sehested, eds.; 44 pp; $3.50 single copy, bulk rates on request; this publication's modest goal is to allow Christians & Muslims to listen to each other's scripture & tradition, particularly to hear what each has to say about seeking justice, pursuing peace & working for reconciliation. Published jointly by the Muslim Peace Fellowship and the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America. Order from BPFNA, 4800 Wedgewood Dr., Charlotte NC 28210; 704/521-6051; bpfna@bpfna.org; www.bpfna.org
Where was God on September 11? Seeds of Faith &
Hope, eds. Donald Kraybill & Linda Gehman Peachey; 144
pp; Herald Press; collected essays, articles, sermons, interviews
& letters reflect leaders & thinkers as they struggle
with questions of faith & hope in reacting to terrorism; Herald
Press; 616 Walnut Ave, Scottdale, PA 15683; 724/887-8500; hp@mph.org
EDUCATING & ORGANIZING Participatory Workshops from Grassroots International: "Global Security: Options Beyond War" encourages participants to examine alternative means of addressing terrorism and security; "Extending Rights, Building Security" provides a framework for participants to explore the connections between the protection and extension of human rights and the creation of a more just, and thus safer, place for all of us. Resource lists & advocacy guide will be provided; for more information or to request materials, contact GI, 179 Boylston St., Jamaica Plain MA 02130; 617/524-1400; www.grassrootsonline.org/education/curricula.html War Times, biweekly, bilingual newspaper produced to broaden & deepen the fight against the Bush program by compiling information & analysis, & putting them into the hands of large numbers of readers. EBC/War Times, 1230 Market St. PMB 409, San Francisco, CA 94102; 510/869-5156; www.war-times.org Beyond Blame: Reacting to the Terrorist Attack; 30 pp.; curriculum for middle & high school students focused on issues of justice & mislaid blame; developed in response to the events of September 11 in concern that a hostile climate for Arab-Americans would be created; EDC, 55 Chapel St, Newton MA 02458; 617/969-7100; www.edc.org Community Peace Initiative, creating systematic change by relying on youth to organize their peers & community to form a neighborhood peace campaign; 2730 Bryant St, 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA 94188; 415/282-9984 After September 11: The Roots of Hate & Terrorism; organizing packet for students who want to educate their community or campus; materials focus on organizing a teach-in & obtaining media attention; extensive resources, topics for discussion, & more; produced by Students Transforming & Resisting Corporations, a grassroots student & youth network challenging corporate power & corporate globalization; STARC, 831 North Watts, Portland OR 97217; 503/247-5995; www.starcalliance.org Create a World Wall for Peace in your community by showing how creativity can prevent & abolish conflict; for help in creating a wall in your community & for general information on teaching nonviolence through creativity, contact World Wall for Peace, 1427 Milvia St, Berkeley, CA 94709; 510/527-2356; www.wwfp.org
Noam Chomsky on the World After September 11 (audio/videotape);
Noam Chomsky recorded 12/01; also from Radio Free Maine, Nancy
Murray (ACLU) at annual meeting of Citizens Offering New Alternatives,
6/02; to order audio- or videotapes of these talks or to see a
full catalogue, contact Radio Free Maine, POB 2705, Augusta ME
04338; www.radiofreemaine.org PEACE & HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS Quaker United Nations Office, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York NY 10017; 212/682-2745; www.quno.org Friends Committee on National Legislation, 245 Second St NE, Washington DC 20002; 800/630-1330; www.fcnl.org Human Rights Watch, 350 5th Ave, 34th floor, New York NY 10118; www.hrw.org
United Nations General Assembly & Security Council:
www.un.org/documents INFORMATION ON THE MIDDLE EAST Bitter Lemons; online magazine presenting the Israeli & Palestinian views on issues of concern; www.bitterlemons.org Haaretz; Israeli news & events from the Middle East; www.haaretzdaily.com
Search for Common Ground: articles on alternatives to violence,
1601 Connecticut Ave NW #200, Washington DC, 20009; 202/265-4300;
www.sfcg.org US FOREIGN POLICY Institute for Policy Studies, serves as a bridge between progressive forces in government & grassroots activists; a bridge between movements in US & those in the developing world; 733 15th St NW #1020, Washington DC 20005; 202/234-9382; www.ips-dc.org Interhemispheric Resource Center, offers analysis of global affairs & seeks to educate policymakers & influences public debate on US role in global affairs, also fosters dialog with activists & government; IRC, POB 2178, Silver City NM 88062; 505/388-0208; www.irc-online.org
Policy Action Network, dedicated to explaining & popularizing
complex policy ideas to a broader audience; 2000 L St NW #717,
Washington DC 20036; 202/776-0730; www.movingideas.org
Weekly Vigil for Justice with Peace, Tuesdays 5:30-6:30 pm; Copley Square, Boston; followed by organizing meeting, 6:45 pm, at Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St; Coalition for Justice with Peace, 617/661-6130 Peace Vigils, at Newport War College in Providence RI, Tuesdays 7-9 am; at Undersea Warfare Center in Middletown RI, Thursdays 3:30-5 pm; contact Rhode Island Mobilization for Peace & Justice, POB 23157, Providence RI 02903-4102 A Reading by Martín Espada, 9/19, 7 pm; Cambridge Friends Meeting, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA; Introduction by Kevin Bowen; suggested contribution $10-50; please also join us for a reception with the authors & Peacework staff at 6 pm, with refreshments provided; proceeds will benefit the Pat Farren Fund for Peacework magazine; to reserve a place, send a note with a check payable to AFSC-Peacework to AFSC, 2161 Mass. Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130 Active Arts Youth Conference, 9/20-22; Somerville & Boston, MA; a gathering to inspire, educate, & mobilize the Hip Hop Generation towards social action; 9/20, Somerville Theatre, Davis Square, Somerville MA ($20), 8 pm-1 am hip-hop show with dead prez, local & national talent, speakers, & more; 9/21, Curry Student Center at Northeastern University, Boston MA, 9 am-11 pm workshops, speakers, outdoor party; 9/22, Middle East Restaurant, Central Square, Cambridge MA 11 am-2 pm Networking Strategy Session Brunch; co-sponsored by American Friends Service Committee, Multicultural AIDS Coalition, JRI Healthís Urban Youth Institute, & Redeye Magazine; for more information contact Ben or Erik at AFSC, 617/661-6130
The Good Life Center seeks applicants for its Residential Stewardship at Scott & Helen Nearingís homestead on the coast of Maine; this is a 1-year renewable appointment for two people, beginning 3/03; applicants must be knowledgeable about sustainable living, organic gardening, & the Nearings; deadline 10/31; for information & application call 207/326-8211 or visit www.goodlife.org Cambridge Eviction Free Zone seeks freelance grant writer; CEFZ is a grassroots organization focused on affordable housing & immigrant rights; contact Mary Regan, CEFZ, 55 Norfolk St, Cambridge MA; 617/354-1300 Centro Presente seeks volunteer teachers & assistant teachers for adult classes; CP is a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of the Central American community through education & advocacy; Mirna Merced at CP, 54 Essex St, 2nd floor, Cambridge MA 02139; 617/497-9080 x19 Nonviolent Communication, 9/14, 9-5; Cambridge MA; this introductory workshop is a prerequisite for attendance at residential retreat on Nonviolent Communication with Miki Kashtan & Julie Green, 9/26-29, Geneva Point NH; nvc@baynvc.org; www.baynvc.org Study Tour to Nicaragua, 1/11-19/03; join the Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua on a trip that will focus on alternative credit & on community-based economic alternatives to the current development model; WCCN, POB 1534, Madison WI 53701; 608/257-7230 Batey Relief Agency, in collaboration with the Catholic Medical Mission Board, seeks volunteer licensed health care professionals & public health experts to volunteer for 1 year in the Dominican Republic, taking a mobile health care unit to isolated sugar cane workers & their families; contact Ulrick Gallard, BRA, POB 300565, Brooklyn NY 11230-0565; 917/627-5026; www.bateyrelief.org
Common Ground Country Fair; 9/20-22; MOFGA Fairgrounds, Unity ME; MOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Assn.); for more information call 207/568-4142 or visit www.mofga.org for a fair schedule & ticket locations Universal Health Care in Maine, 9/23 8 am-4 pm; Civic Center, Augusta ME; workshops, panel of gubernatorial candidates; register with Consumers for Affordable Health Care, POB 2490, Augusta ME 04338-2490; www.mainecahc.org; 800/838-0388 Protests at Annual Meetings of the World Bank & the International Monetary Fund, 9/28-29; Washington DC; for information about buses from Boston & about local events in your area, call BankBusters at 617/755-0795 Maine Association of Interdependent Neighborhoods Biennial Conference to set legislative priorities for low-income people in Maine, 10/4, 9:30 am-4 pm; St. Andrewís Church, Augusta ME; no fee but donations accepted, lunch & child care provided; MAIN, POB 2711 Bangor 04402; 207/947-4371; krjguay@infi.net Shrinking World, Expanding Net, 10/5, 8:30 am-6:30 pm; Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge MA; annual conference of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility; CPSR, POB 717, Palo Alto CA 94302; 650/322-3778; register on-line at www.cpsr.org National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty conference, 10/24-27; Chicago IL; for more information visit www.ncadp.org
Keep Space for Peace Week, 10/4-11; designated international days to help stop the militarization of space; help create a new consciousness & protect space from the bad seed of war; to find out about events in your area, contact Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, POB 90083, Gainesville, FL 32607; 352/337-9274
World Out of Balance: Global Warming, Climate Changes & Native Land, a special volume of issues on climate change & its impact on culture & environment; $12; Akwekon Press, Cornell University, 450 Caldwell Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853; 800/9-NATIVE; http://formsite.com/akwekonpress/akwekonpress The Decline & Fall of Public Broadcasting, David Barsamian with an afterword by Mumia Abu-Jamal; $8 pb, $30 hb; an insiderís account of new media activists & the challenges they confront, drawing on years of experience in public radio; also from South End Press, Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, & Profit by Vandana Shiva, a look at the historical erosion of communal water rights & the disenfranchisement of the worldís poor SEP, 7 Brookline St #1, Cambridge MA 02139; southend@southendpress.org; www.southendpress.org |
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