March 2003

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

Boston & Surrounding Areas Peace Vigils, a comprehensive list of over 15 peace vigils is available at www.justicewithpeace.org

Events at the Paulist Center, 5 Park St, Boston MA; 3/12, 7-9 pm, "Free? Trade in the Americas;" trade issues & faith-filled response with Sr. Ruth Rosenbaum, Mike Prokosch, & moderator David Ropei; 3/30, 1:30 pm, photographer Jim Harney will offer a slide presentation & discussion of his trip to Iraq; wheelchair accessible; 617/742-4460

Shaping the Future: Creating Solutions to Homelessness, 3/13, 9 am-3 pm; The State House, Boston MA; keynote speaker is Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary of the Clinton Administration, followed by panel discussions; lunch provided; RSVP; Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Lobby Day, 300 Congress St, Boston MA 02210; 617/423-9162 x109

International Women's Day Forum, 3/15, 6:30 pm; $5 donation; YWCA, 7 Temple St, Cambridge MA; speakers include Yoomi Jeong, Korean Truth Commission & Minnie Bruce Pratt, writer; child care provided; wheelchair accessible; potluck supper; Women's Fight Back Network, 31 Germania St, Jamaica Plain MA 02130; 617/522-6626; www.iacboston.org/wfn

Take It to the White House, 3/15; the White House, Washington DC, with parallel actions in San Francisco & Los Angeles CA; emergency anti-war convergence; ANSWER Coalition, 1247 E St SE, Washington DC 20003; 202/544-3389; www.internationalanswer.org

Community Church of Boston Sunday Series; 10:45 am; The Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St, Boston MA 02116; 3/16, "Raising the Roof," presentation on homelessness; 3/23, "Honoring Oscar Romero, Archbishop & Martyr," lecture by Felix Arroyo, Boston City Councilor; lectures followed with a community lunch; 617/266-6710

An Evening with Sonia Sanchez, 3/20, 7 pm; Boston Public Library, Copley Square Branch; nationally renowned African American poet, writer, playwright, & activist, recites her poetry; Museum of African American History, 14 Beacon St #719, Boston MA 02108; 617/725-0022; www.afroammuseum.org

End Corporate Terror in Colombia: From Cola to Crude, 3/23, 1-9 pm; Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford CT; teach-in & nonviolence training; 3/24, 8 am; United Technologies Corp, 1 Financial Plaza, Hartford CT; demonstration; contact Sean Donahue, 603/228-0559; wrldhealer@yahoo.com; Colombia Mobilization, www.colombiamobilization.org

Spring Peace Rally, 3/29, 1 pm; Boston Common bandstand, Boston MA; New England-wide rally; United for Justice with Peace, Matt Connolly, 2161 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130 x456; www.justicewithpeace.org

WireTap needs youth writers (under the age of 23) to write for their on-line magazine; get paid & get published; WireTap c/o IMI, 77 Federal St, San Francisco CA 94107; editor@wiretapmag.org; www.wiretapmag.org

Conscience Canada Newsletter calls for submissions; the next issue focuses on conscientious objection to military taxation; needed: information & resources to support people who want to pay for peace not war, upcoming events that address peace tax efforts, personal experiences; Conscience Canada Newsletter, c/o Brian Burch, 20 Spruce St, Toronto Canada M5A 2H7; burch@web.ca

Students Transforming & Resisting Corporations (STARC) Summer Institute: an 8-week training school for young activists summer 2003; components included: interning with community-based organizations, political education, & organizing skills; STARC, 2732 SE Belmont, Portland OR 97214; 503/235-0760; www.starcalliance.org

The China Summer Workcamp, seeks two administrative interns to help oversee the workcamp project in Hunan province; this is a joint project of the American Friends Service Committee, Westfield Monthly Meeting, & Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; deadline 3/15; send cover letter & resume to James Reilly & Wu Na, Xing Hai Da Sha, A-23-4, 595 Zhongshan Lu, Shahekou Qu, Dalian Shi, People's Republic of China 116023; 86-411-467-7526; eaqiar@aol.com; www.pym.org/workcamp

Free Speech TV is looking for organizations that promote peace, justice, & an alternative to the Bush Administration's plan of global domination in IL, MI, IN, OH, PA, NY, & the East Coast to use in their Mobile-Eyes on Who Wants War? tour; Free Speech TV, Northern Tour Coordinator, POB 6060, Boulder CO 80306; 303/442-8445 x104; nadya@freespeech.org; www.freespeech.org

Roots & Wings--for Community Builders (seminar), 3/28-30; Boston MA; group process training with Salome Schwarz, PhD; expand small & large group facilitation skills, discover hidden gifts, add a diverse & multi-dimensional awareness to your facilitation, & explore the roles you play in transforming power & rank issues; Certification of Attendance available for continuing education credit; wheelchair accessible; Women's Theological Center, POB 1200, Boston MA 02117-1200; 617/536-8782

Community Action Training, 4/25-27; Oakland CA, Brooklyn NY, Chicago IL, & Atlanta GA; learn the principles of community organizing through discussion, role plays, & work in the community; The Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO), 1218 E 21st St, Oakland CA, 94606; 510/533-7583 x13; ctwo@ctwo.org; www.ctwo.org

Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund provides need-based grants to college student activists (graduate & undergraduate); deadline 4/1; for an application packet send (by 3/21) a self-addressed stamped #10 envelope to: Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund, POB 7307, New York NY 10116-7307

Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) DC Days, 3/16-19; Washington DC; training, advocacy, meetings with members of Congress, & networking; ANA, 1801 18th St NW, #9-2, Washington DC 20009; 202/833-4668; anaintern@earthlink.net; www.ananuclear.org

2003 NCPCR/PeaceWeb Conference & Expo: Weaving the Future of Peacemaking, 4/3-7; Atlanta GA; 200 workshops & training sessions, theater, art, film, concerts, receptions, celebrations, keynote speakers, & plenary sessions; concurrently, the Network of Youth Peacemakers (NYP) will hold Peace ‘N' It Together; featuring youth activist training, workshops, & Hip-Hop Peace Summit; PeaceWeb, 3070 Bristol Pike #116, Bensalem PA 19020; 215/245-6993; www.apeacemaker.net

Critical Resistance South: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex, 4/4-6; New Orleans LA; regional conference with over 100 workshops & strategy sessions; cultural events, picnic, & concert; Critical Resistance, POB 791213, New Orleans LA 70179; 866/579-0885; crsouth@criticalresistance.org; www.criticalresistance.org

A Better World is Possible/ Un Mundo Mejor es Possible, 4/10-15; Washington DC; march & rally, lobbying, trainings, skill shares, Latin America Solidarity Conference III, & more; Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC), 202/234-3440; www.lasolidarity.org

Natural Resource Exploitation & the Survival of Afro-Colombians, 4/25-26; Chicago IL; annual conference of Chicagoans for a Peaceful Colombia; concise environmental information & analysis will be offered regarding Colombia's contemporary socio-economic, political, & ecological situation; Chicagoans for a Peaceful Colombia, Lan & Pam Richart; 630/668-3788; conference2003@chicagoans.net; www.chicagoans.net

Walk for a New Spring: Wake Up Peace!, is raising awareness to the connection between perpetual war abroad & the devastation of our domestic security through the obliteration of funding for education & vital social services by a walk going throughout MA ending at the State House on the first day of Spring; join the walk or support them when they come to your town; contact American Friends Service Committee, 140 Pine St #10, Florence MA 01062; 413/584-8975; www.westernmassafsc.org or www.traprockpeace.org

Pax Educare, The Connecticut Center for Peace Education, links educational & community practitioners & institutions to materials, curricula research, & training in peace & conflict studies, including nonviolence, mediation, diversity issues, human rights, ecology, & the environment; Pax Educare, Mary Lee Morrison, 129 Penn Dr, West Hartford CT 06119; 860/930-3182; marylee898@attbi.com

Prophets without Honor: A Requiem for Moral Patriotism, William Strabala & Michael Palecek; 380 pp; $23.95 sb + $3 s&h; tells the story of the origins of the Plowshares movement; other titles also available; The Catholic Worker Bookstore, POB 3087, Washington DC 20010; 800/437-3223; www.catholicworker.com/bookstore

Peace Education, 2nd ed, Ian M. Harris & Mary Lee Morrison; 296 pp; extensive bibliography & resource guide, index; $39.95 sb + $4 s&h; historical overview of peace education & specific "how tos" for contemporary implementation; McFarland & Company, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800/253-2187; www.mcfarlandpub.com

The Global Activist's Manual: Local Ways to Change the World, Mike Prokosch & Laura Raymond, eds; 316 pp; directory of organizations fighting for justice; $15.95 sb; offers a step-by-step guide for working for social change in a wide variety of contexts, from working with elected officials to organizing boycotts; Thunder's Mouth Press, 161 William St, #16, New York NY 10038; 646/375-2570

Give Peace a Chance: Selected Documents from the Antiwar & Disarmament Movement (exhibit), until 4/6; Sterling Memorial Library Memorabilia Room, Yale University; collections of personal papers, publications, posters, flyers, correspondence, photographs, speeches, & other materials that document the organizing work of a diverse set of groups & individuals who opposed armed conflict & nuclear weapons throughout the twentieth century

The Invisibility of Women's Prisoner Activism (zine), Vikki Law; $1; also from the same distributor, Nursery Rhymes for Global Crimes, Anthony Rayson; 50 different zines are highlighted in this catalog, many focused on prison issues, written for or by prisoners; South Chicago ABC Zine Catalog, POB 721, Homewood IL 60430

Unlevel Playing Fields: Understanding Wage Inequality & Discrimination, Randy Albelda, Robert Drago, Steven Shulman; 233 pp; $21.95 + $4.50 s&h; presents two contrasting economic theories, neoclassical & political economy, & shows how each theory explains sex/race discrimination & inequality in the labor market; other titles also available; Dollars & Sense, 740 Cambridge St, Cambridge MA 02141; 617/876-2434; www.dollarsandsense.org

Street Reclaiming: Creating Livable Streets & Vibrant Communities, David Engwicht; 208 pp; $18.95 + $4.50 s&h; celebrates the potential of our streets to become vibrant & prosperous centers of culture & community once again; offers a step-by-step process to reclaim our streets; other titles also available; New Society Publishers, POB 189, Gabriola Island BC V0R 1X0, Canada; 800/567-6772; www.newsociety.com

A World on the Move; $10; report on the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism; resource kit for organizing around immigrant & refugee rights; National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights, 310 8th St #303, Oakland CA 94607; 510/465-1984; www.nnirr.org

2003 International Workcamp Directory; 290 pp; $20; annual booklet listing over 2200 opportunities for meaningful travel throughout Western & Eastern Europe, Russia, Africa, Asia, Australia & Latin America; Volunteers for Peace, International Voluntary Service, 1034 Tiffany Rd, Belmont VT 05730; 802/259-2759; www.vfp.org

HistoryMakers is a project that is preserving an oral history of 5,000 African-Americans & their accomplishments; aims to fill in the gaps of African-American history which has a tendency to focus on icons & only specific subjects; a variety of services & resources is offered on their website; HistoryMakers, 1900 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60616; 312/674-1900; www.thehistorymaker.org

Women's WORLD, a global free speech network of feminist writers has launched their website; information on it includes: News & Events, African Women's Voices, Voices for Peace in Israel-Palestine, The Crisis (writing on the global political & economic crisis beginning after September 11, 2002), For Women Writers (advice & links on contracts & travel); Women's World, 208 W 30th St, #901, New York NY 10025; 212/947-2915; www.wworld.org

The News Not in the News, is a website that provides fresh & intelligent perspectives on global events as seen through the eyes of experienced, professional journalists who are native to the regions about which they report; Globalvision News Network, 1600 Broadway, #700, New York NY 10019; 212/246-0202; www.gvnews.net

National Priorities Project is an organization that focuses on the impact of federal tax & spending policies at the community level; resources available include: "A Safer America? Experts Respond to Congress & the Bush Administration" (booklet); National Priorities Project, 17 New South St, #302, Northampton MA 01060; 413/584-9556; www.nationalpriorities.org

Resources for Radicals, Brian Burch, ed; $13; an annotated bibliography of print resources for those involved in movements for social transformation with a wide range of topics covered, from the criminalization of dissent to peace tax advocacy; Toronto Action for Social Change, PO Box 73620, 509 St Clair Ave W, Toronto CANADA M6C 1C0; 416/651-5800

Boston Area Liberation Medic Squad (BALM Squad) provides "What Every Protester Should Know" workshops, eight-hour affinity group medic trainings, on-the-scene health care during progressive political demonstrations & written resources for protesters; 781/529-3642; www.bostoncoop.net/balm

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