 November 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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Boston 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 Amesbury Silent Vigil for Peace, Sundays 11:30 am-12:30 pm; gazebo at corner of Main St & School St, Amesbury MA (next to Amesbury Public Library); for all who share concern about widening war in the Middle East; sponsored by Amesbury Friends Meeting, 978/388-3647 Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row, 11/7, 7 pm; Reading Public Library, Middlesex Ave, Reading MA; a gallery talk with author & photographer Lou Jones about his journey with death row inmates & taking their photographs for his newly reissued book; sponsored by Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty, POB 3404, Boston MA 02101; 617/334-1040 What Every American Needs to Know about Nuclear Dangers, 11/10, 7 pm; The Eliot Church, 474 Centre St, Newton, MA; with Dr. Helen Caldicott, eminent antinuclear activist, speaking about her new book, The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex; sponsored by Women's Action for New Directions, 691 Mass. Ave, Cambridge MA 02476; 781/643-6740 If You Want to Do Just One Very Good Thing For the World. . .Educate Women, 11/14, 10 am-1 pm; Braun Room of Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge MA; $15; with Cara Hesse (Advocacy for International Reproductive Health) & Michaela Walsh (Women's World Banking); Theological Opportunities Program, Harvard Divinity School; hds.harvard.edu/top Preventive National Security, 11/16, 1:30 pm; Unitarian Church, 3 Church Street, Cambridge MA; Speakers will discuss group meditation techniques to significantly reduce violence & war intensity; with John Hagelin, David Edwards, Allen Reminick, & Carla Brown; sponsored by 8000 Now, 617/389-7686 or 866/200-6837; Circling Free (concert), 11/24, 3 pm; First Parish Church, Plymouth MA; $10; with 40-member female chorus Persephone's Daughters; to benefit the American Friends Service Committee; Persephone's Daughters, 3 Cliff, Plymouth MA 02360 Concert of Jewish, Christian, & Muslim Music, 11/25, 7:30 pm; Christ Church, Cambridge, 0 Garden St, Cambridge MA; $7 students, $15 general admission, or $25 for preferred seating & reception; proceeds to support Search for Justice & Equality in Palestine-Israel; for information & reservations call 508/879-0777; Search for Justice, POB 3452, Framingham MA 01705 Project Stop Excision, 11/30, 6-9 pm; College Avenue Methodist Church, 14 Chapel St near Davis Square, Somerville MA; join Healthy Tomorrow to hear about working in the campaign against female genital cutting in Mali; with presenter Susan McLucas, & Senegalese music & dance from Gokh-bi System; silent auction to raise funds; Healthy Tomorrow, 14 William St, Somerville MA 02144; susanmcl@stopexcision.net
Alston/Bannerman Fellowship; if you are a person of color, have more than 10 years of community organizing experience, & are committed to working for social change, you may want to apply for this fellowship; application deadline 12/2; for application write to the Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Program, 1627 Lancaster St, Baltimore MD 21231-3425; 410/527-6220; www.alstonbannerman.org Making a Difference: A Transformative Approach to Conflict (course), 2/9-14; co-sponsored by Pendle Hill & the Alternatives to Violence Project, with Darrell & Susan Hefte; other upcoming courses include Beyond Diversity 101, 3/16-21, with Niyonu Spann; Preventing Violent Conflict & Alternatives to Military Intervention: A View from the UN, 5/4-9, led by Jack Patterson, & Lori Heninger; Pendle Hill, 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford PA 19086; 800/742-3150 x142; www.pendlehill.org
Close the School of the Americas Rally & Direct Action, 11/15-17; Fort Benning GA; Close the SOA, a military training school for Latin American soldiers; SOA Watch, POB 4566, Washington DC 20017; 202/234-3440; www.soaw.org Toxics Action 2002, 11/16, 9 am-6 pm; annual conference on fighting toxic pollution; Colby College, Waterville ME; Toxics Action Center, 1 Pleasant St, 4th fl., Portland ME 04101; 207/871-1810; maggie@toxicsaction.org War Tax Resistance in Peacemaking: Our Unique Roles & Challenges, 12/6-8; Woolman Hill Conference Center, Deerfield MA; for more information or to register, contact Stephen Soucy, POB 5510, Ellsworth ME 04605; 207/667-1083 The Changing Face of the Independent Press, 1/17-18; San Francisco CA; first annual convention of the Independent Press Association; keynotes by Salim Muwakkil & Jim Hightower; Utne Independent Press Awards Banquet; IPA, 2729 Mission St #201, San Francisco CA 94110; 415/643-4401 x110; www.indypress.org
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Creating a Culture that Says No to Violence Against Women, 11/25-12/10; Organize in your community by focusing on the link between culture & all forms of violence against women; request a free action kit or submit your planned activity to the calendar of campaign activities; contact Lisa Clarke, Center for Women's Global Leadership, 160 Ryders Ln, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ 08901-8555; 732/932-1180; lmclarke@rci.rutgers.edu; www.cwgl.rutgers.edu Stop the Bush Forest Plan! Join with activist group 20/20 Vision in protesting the President's proposal that would suspend most environmental laws & judicial review for logging in our National Forests; please ask your Senators to support a sensible forest policy that protects homes & communities without needlessly jeopardizing remote forests & the ecosystems they support; for more information contact 20/20 Vision at 1828 Jefferson Place NW, Washington DC 20036; 202/833-2020; www.2020vision.org Pencils for Palestine provides basic school equipment for 1,000 students in the Qalqilya district each year; to contribute to this program make checks out to Christ Church Cambridge & please write in the memo line "Emergency School Fund"; send to Christ Church Cambridge, Zero Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138
"No War on Iraq" Stickers available at American Friends Service Committee, 2161 Mass. Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130
¡Si, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! Janitor Strike in L.A. (children's book), Diana Cohn, illustrations by Francisco Delgado; 32 pp; $15.95 hb (inside of dustjacket is poster suitable for classroom use); in English & Spanish, Carlitos' story of his mother's courageous participation in the successful L.A. janitors' strike of 2000--& of how he & the other strikers' kids found a way to help; with an essay & poem by Luis J. Rodriguez; to order a copy or to request a list of many bilingual children's titles, contact Cinco Puntos Press, 701 Texas Ave, El Paso TX 79901; 915/838-1625 Organizational Consultant & Coach; Help your organization be more effective; workshop topics include Having More Effective Meetings, Moving from Conflict to Common Ground, & Creating Organizational Systems; consultation topics include organizational structure review, bylaws review, mission statements, & conflict resolution; meeting facilitation available; special rates for progressive, non-profit groups; contact Susan Teshu, 617/576-6842; susanorganizes@attbi.com I'm Sorry I Was Right (film); documentary of the politician & poet, Eugene McCarthy; a central theme of the program is the threat of corporate power, specifically the military-industrial complex; call your local PBS station to ask when it will air; produced by The Center for International Education, POB 65343, St Paul MN 55165; 651/227-2240; www.thecie.org Agents of Repression & The COINTEL-PRO Papers, Ward Churchill & Jim Vander Wall; updated editions new from South End Press; Readers anxious about the loss of civil liberties under George W. Bush will find ground for their fears--& suggestions for activism--in Agents of Repression & The COINTELPRO Papers. In these new editions, Ward Churchill & Jim Vander Wall's exposés of the FBI reveal the iron fist hiding beneath the velvet glove of "compassionate conservatism." For more information visit www.southendpress.org
The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
in the Age of Terrorism (video/audio
recording); Howard Zinn at Bates College, 10/14/02; audiotape
$11, VHS video for $11; make checks payable to Roger Leisner &
send to Radio Free Maine, POB 2705, Augusta ME 04338; www.radiofreemaine.com
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