April 2003

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

Latin America: The Other Front, 4/11, 6:30-8:30 pm; Central Baptist Church, 457 Main St, Hartford CT; update on the current situation regarding Cuba, Vieques, Colombia, & Nicaragua; Greater Hartford Coalition on Cuba, POB 4155, Hartford CT 06147; 860/688-5418

"High Class" Tag Sale, 4/12, 9:30 am-2:30 pm; American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Material Assistance Program (MAP), Cambridge Friends Center, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA 02138; a benefit for AFSC-MAP, which provides emergency aid to people in need; for info or to volunteer contact Annie Goglia, 617/876-5312 (T-Th)

4th Annual Death & Taxes Resistance Festival, 4/12, noon; Internal Revenue Service, Rte 133, Andover MA; rally at the IRS followed by a march to the Raytheon Weapons Plant, the third largest military contractor in the US; sponsoring organizations include: War Resisters League (www.warresisters.org), New England War Tax Resisters (nwtrcc@nwtrcc.org), & the Bread & Roses Affinity Group; for information contact Rose Gonzalez, 978/975-2421; gonzalezrose@earthlink.net

Good Friday Witness for Peace, 4/18, 10 am-3 pm; starting at Beacon Hill Friends House, 6 Chestnut St, Boston MA, with meeting for worship; vigil to follow at the Boston Common near the Park St T stop; contact: Ian Harrington, 508/655-6632; Cambridge Friends Meeting, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA 02138; 617/876-6883

Environmental Justice in the 'Hood, 4/26, 8:30 am-5 pm; English High School, 144 McBride St, Jamaica Plain MA; conference includes break out sessions that explore the state budget, transit projects, gentrification, youth organizing, & more; The Greater Boston Environmental Justice Network, Quita Sullivan, 617/442-3343 x35 or c/o Toxics Action Center, 29 Temple Pl, Boston MA 02111; 617/747-4362; www.toxicsaction.org

Ninth Annual Help Organize Peace Earthwide (HOPE) Festival, 4/26, 10 am-4 pm; Brewer Auditorium, 203 State St, Brewer, ME; 60 social action groups will display information; entertainment & a great children's program; Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park St, Bangor ME 04401; 207/942-9343; www.peacectr.org

Global Economic Forum of the Boston Global Action Network (BGAN); 4/29, 6:30-8:30 pm; Cambridge Public Library, 45 Pearl St, Cambridge MA; "Update on the Current Crisis;" BGAN, POB 2362, Boston MA 02107; 617/497-5273; www.bostonglobalaction.net

Raise the Revenues, Stop the Cuts! 4/30, noon-4:30 pm; Massachusetts State House, Beacon St, Boston MA; rally with a broad coalition of human service, public health, student, environmental, & peaceful groups that are calling for a healthy, just, peaceful world starting with Massachusetts; Massachusetts Human Services Coalition, 37 Temple Pl, 3rd fl, Boston MA 02111; 617/482-6119; www.cutnomore.org

Protest NASA's Launch of Mars Plutonium Missions, 5/3, 10 am-1 pm; Kennedy Space Center, Titusville FL; NASA is scheduled to launch two Mars Exploration Rovers powered by radioactive sources, which is the beginning of a massive expansion of nuclear devices in space; Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, POB 90083, Gainesville FL 32607; 352/337-9274; www.space4peace.org

Showdown in Texas, 5/3; Austin, TX; national rally culminating the Made in Texas campaign, take a stand against war & militarism; American Friends Service Committee, Made in Texas, 1304 E 6th St, #3, Austin TX 78702; 512/370-9553; www.madeintexas.us

Julia Ward Howe Performance Piece, being offered to commemorate the original intention of Mother's Day, a day which Howe describes as one "to be devoted to the advocacy of peace doctrines;" Jane Bernhardt, 978/922-3133; janesb@aol.com

Valley Community Land Trust (VCLT), is an organization that takes land off the private real estate market, holds it in trust forever, & makes it available for wise use to people who cannot afford, or do not choose, to enter into private ownership of land; VCLT, Paul Richmond, Box 1552, Greenfield MA 01302; 978/544-8784

Urban Voices: The Bay Area American Indian Community, Susan Lobo, ed; 180 pp; photos, essays, poetry, & vintage memorabilia; $21.95 sb; historical overview of the Intertribal Friendship House, which was a sanctuary for, & at the heart of, a vibrant American Indian urban community; The University of Arizona Press, 355 S Euclid St, #103, Tucson AZ 85719; 520/621-8899; www.uapress.arizona.edu

PEACEIncorporated is an international volunteer organization of youth, which actively works to increase peace within schools, families, communities, & nations by creating inclusive projects of peace that can be implemented by youth in communities everywhere; monthly newsletter, on-line discussions, & poets corner; PEACEIncorporated, 902 W Maple St, Fayetteville AR 72701; 479/313-3226; www.peaceinc.org

Military Families Speak Out: if you have family members in the military & are opposed to war in Iraq, join us in working to stop this war; Military Families Speak Out, POB 549, Jamaica Plain MA 02130; 617/522-9323; www.mfso.org

Cosmic Canticle, Ernesto Cardenal; 490 pp; $21.95; Cardenal: priest, social activist, & former Minister of Culture in the Sandinista government, brings us politically committed verse in 43 autonomous yet integrated cantos; Curbstone Press, 321 Jackson St, Willimantic CT 06226; www.curbstone.org

Made with Pride in Palestine, the first e-commerce site in Palestine which features products & goods by manufacturers, farmers & other organizations around the country; support Palestinian business; Palnet Communications Ltd, Maysoon Bseiso, Paltime Project Coordinator; 972-2-240-3434; www.paltime.com

Legacy of Love: My Education in the Path of Nonviolence, Arun Gandhi; 144 pp; $15; Dr. Gandhi writes of his daily hour with his grandfather, the Mahatma, where he was schooled on nonviolence, truth, anger, humility, discipline, morality, & spirituality; North Bay Books, POB 21234, El Sobrante CA 94820; 510/758-4276; www.northbaybooks.com

Rule of Power or Rule of Law?, Institute for Energy & Environmental Research (IEER) & Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Power; 263 pp; $26 + s&h; an assessment of US policies & actions regarding security related treaties; IEER, 6935 Laurel Ave, #204, Takoma Park MD 20912; 301/270-5500; www.ieer.org

Rethinking Schools: An Urban Education Resource (quarterly journal); $15/sub, $7.50/issue; the Spring 2003 issue includes the section, "Fighting for the Truth: Teaching About the War on Iraq;" Rethinking Schools, 1001 E Keefe Ave, Milwaukee WI 53212; 800/669-4192; www.rethinkingschools.org

Women's Voices in War Zones, a writing contest sponsored by Women's WORLD & The Nation Institute; prizes given for essays of 1000 words or less, in English, that addresses one or more the following questions: What does the term "war zone" mean to you? Do you live in a war zone or state of terror? How do resist? How do you keep going?, & more; deadline 5/1; for full details: Women's WORLD, 208 W 30th St, #901, New York NY 10001; 212/947-2915; ratna@wworld.org; www.wworld.org

Multicultural Youth Tour of What's Now (MYTOWN) seeks executive director to lead educational nonprofit; cover letter & resume to Selection Committee, Executive Director, WPI, POB 382092, Cambridge MA 02238; 617/864-7757 (fax)

The Nation seeks a communications coordinator; cover letter & resume to Job Search, The Nation, 33 Irving Pl, 8th fl, New York NY 10003; bizjob@thenation.com; 212/982-7193 (fax)

Crossing Boundaries/Bremen Peace Award for exemplary commitments for justice, peace, & integrity of creation; awards persons, projects, or initiatives; nominations due 4/30; Threshold Foundation, Die Schwelle, Am Barkhof 32, 28209 Bremen, Germany; luber@dieschwell.de

Institute for Social Ecology Summer Institute is offering: "Sustainable Design, Building, & Land Use," 5/30-6/20; "Arts, Media, Activism, & Social Change," 5/30-6/13; "Ecology & Community," 6/27-7/26; Institute for Social Ecology, 1118 Maple Hill Rd, Plainfield VT 05667; 802/454-8493; www.social-ecology.org

CONTACT Summer Peacebuilding Institute & Graduate Certificate Programs in Conflict Transformation, 6/2-20; professional development program to strengthen & support the community-building, coexistence & conflict intervention & resolution efforts of peacebuilders; Christian Sinclair, Program Manager, CONTACT, School for International Training, Brattleboro VT 05302; 802/258-3506; www.sit.edu/contact

Peace Operations Summer Institute (POSI) is offering: "Critical Perspectives on Global Peace Operations," 6/8-20; a graduate level course that focuses on flexible & creative thinking, problem-solving skills, & critical responses required of those in peace operations; register by 5/18; POSI, Division of Continuing Education, Acadia University, 38 Cromwell Dr, Wolfville Novia Scotia B4P 2R6, Canada; 800/565-6568; www.summerpeace.ca

Quakers In Time of War (program), May 4, 11, & 18, 7-9 pm; Friends Meeting, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA 02138; will explore, through film & discussion, the work of Friends in the three explosive regions of the Middle East & their responses to the threat & devastation of war; Quaker Studies Committee, 617/876-6883

Summer Venture in Management Program, June, Harvard Business School (HBS) offers an opportunity for minority college students who have completed their junior year, to be exposed to general management in the business world; deadline 4/30; HBS, Soldiers Field, Boston MA 02163; 617/495-6000; www.hbs.edu/mba/experience

Interfaith Holy Week Peace Walk, 4/13-18; starting in Las Vegas & walking to the Nevada Test Site; join the spiritual pilgrimage from the city that is the epitome of unstainability in the US to the place of the greatest violence on earth; Nevada Desert Experience, POB 46645, Las Vegas NV 89114; 702/646-4814; nevadadesertexperience.org

Every Church a Peace Church: Toward a Global Network of Creative Nonviolence, 4/25-26; Minneapolis MN; keynote speakers, presentation by Witness of Peace churches, & workshops; contact John Maus, 952/835-6876; ECAPC Conference, Central Lutheran Church, ELCA, 333 S 12th St, Minneapolis MN 55404; www.ecapc.org

National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) Annual Policy Conference & Lobby Day, 4/28-29; Washington DC; workshops on a wide range of housing issues & lobby visits; NLIHC, 1012 14th St NW, #610, Washington DC 20005; 202/662-1530 x245; www.nlihc.org

Movement Beyond Borders: After Durban: US Communities Building a MultiRacial Justice & Human Rights Vision, 5/1-4; Washington DC; goal is to develop a shared vision & political agenda to combat racism, xenophobia, & intolerance; sponsored by a broad coalition of organizations; contact: Shweta Parmar, Conference Coordinator, 215/241-7255; sparmar@afsc.org; www.movementbeyondborders.org

Racial Justice as Economic Justice, 5/2-4; Philadelphia PA; keynote speakers are Cornel West, Manning Marable, Ada María Isasi-Díaz, & Jerry Leaphart; workshops & concert by Nanikha; Pendle Hill, 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford PA 19086; 800/742-3150 x142; registrar@pendlehill.org; www.pendlehill.org

No Star Wars: International Space Organizing Conference & Protest, 5/16-18; Melbourne Australia; held in solidarity with the Asia-Pacific region which is organizing to stop US expansion of Star Wars programs in their nations; Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, POB 90083, Gainesville FL 32607; 352/337-9274; globalnet@mindspring.com; www.space4peace.org

The Prophetic Work: Religion & Labor Uniting for Worker Justice, 5/18-20; Washington DC; join leaders from religion-labor coalitions & religious denominations to strengthen local efforts & enhance public policy advocacy for workers; keynote speakers, over 30 workshops, Capitol Hill advocacy, interfaith worship, & networking; National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, Sara Spoonheim, 1020 W Bryn Mawr, #4, Chicago IL 60660; 773/728-8400 x26; sara@nicwj.org; www.nicwj.org

National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) 6th Annual Youth Summit, 5/30-6/1; Washington DC; join youth & adults to consider the critical issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, & questioning (LGBTQ) youth; panel discussions, plenary sessions, & more than 50 workshops; political action, a film festival, & poetry slam; register by 5/15; NYAC Summit Registration, 1638 R St NW, #300, Washington DC 20009; www.nyacyouth.org

20th Anniversary International Celebration of Witness for Peace, 6/18-7/1; join a delegation visiting Nicaragua, Mexico, Cuba, or Colombia, lobby, & participate in direct action to challenge US policies in Latin America; deadline 4/15; contact: Gail Phares, 919/856-0468; Witness for Peace, 1229 15th St NW, Washington DC 20005; 202/588-1471; www.witnessforpeace.org

Free Burma Coalition has successfully enlisted major companies to boycott Burma's goods to protest Burma's human rights record; May Department Stores, owner of 14 mega-chains, including Hecht's, Lord & Taylor, & Foley's still refuses to join the boycott, even though the State Department has documented ties between forced child labor & the Burmese garment industry; to lodge a complaint contact May Department Stores, Sharon Bateman, Director of Public Relations, 314/342-6494; Free Burma Coalition, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave SE, #204; Washington DC 20003; 202/547-5985; www.freeburmacoalition.org

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