 June 2003 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. |
PIECES
The US-Korea Crisis: South Korean Peace Perspectives, 6/7, 3-5 pm; Harvard Korean Mission Church, 1555Mass. Ave, Cambridge MA; with Gyung Lan Jung & Hyun Back Chung, members of a delegation of South Korean peace & democracy leaders touring the US to educate & build support for a peaceful resolution of the US-DPRK crisis; sponsored by American Friends Service Committee, 2161 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130; jgerson@afsc.org
What Are Your Rights? Immigrant
Rights & Civil Liberties in Somerville,
Celebrate the Children of Resistance,
This Far by Faith: African-American
Spiritual Journeys, a
6-part documentary by Blackside Productions, will air on PBS
Iraq Forum & Lobby Days, 6/14-17; Washington DC; Now more than ever, the Iraqi people need your advocacy & support; join activists, experts, human rights advocates, students, & journalists; information, advocacy training, & meetings with elected officials; Education for Peace in Iraq Center, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington DC 20003; 202/543-6176; http://epic-usa.org
Rethinking Corporations, Reframing
our Work, 6/20-21; Belfast
High School, Waldo Ave., Belfast ME; with Peter Kellman &
Mary Zepernick; 6-8 pm Friday, 8:30 am-4 pm Saturday; sponsored
by the Challenge Corporate Power Group of Rockland; Globalizing Resistance: Nonviolence in the Age of Terror, 7/18-20; Colorado Springs, CO; national conference & 80th anniversary celebration of War Resisters League; workshops on war tax resistance, the militarization of space, nonviolence & simple living, new nuclear weapons research, counter-recruitment, JROTC, & many more topics; with Kathy Kelly, Voices in the Wilderness; Discussion! Dissent! Anarchist vs. Socialist Softball! Register by 7/1 with WRL, 339 Lafayette St., New York NY 10012; 212-228-0450; www.warresisters.org War & Imperialism: The Political Economy of US Militarism, 8/23-26; Camp Chinqueka, Bantam CT; Summer workshop & retreat of the Union for Radical Political Economics; workshops, plenaries, keynotes; with Frida Berrigan, George Caffentzis, Mazin Qumsiyeh, & Michael Perelman; URPE, 37 Howe St., New Haven CT 06511; 203/777-4605; urpe@labornet.com
Twin Oaks Communities Conference,
War Tax Resistance--Confronting
our Fears, Acting on our Consciences,
Keep Mining Companies Out of Ghana's
Forest Preserves; Support
a coalition of Ghanaian organizations & communities by urging
government officials to keep Ghana's forest reserves off-limits
to gold mining; for background information & addresses of
Ghanaian government officials & mining executives, contact
Global Response Environmental Action & Education Network,
POB 7490, Boulder CO 80306-7490; Party Y: A New Party to Rock the System, launched to get young people engaged, voting, & elected; run entirely by people under 30, this "virtual party" is designed to link up young voters with equally young political candidates around the country, seeking to improve representation of youth issues; www.party-y.org
Peacework Magazine seeks Editor; for job description & more information, contact Phyllis Cohen, American Friends Service Committee, 2161 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02140 War Resisters League seeks Anti-Militarism Coordinator; send inquiry, cover letter, & resume by 6/15 to Melissa Jameson, WRL, 339 Lafayette St, New York NY 10012; 212/228-0450; www.warresisters.org Center for Economic & Social Rights seeks US Human Rights Program Fellow; the Human Rights Program: supports grassroots campaigns, strengthens government accountability to economic & social rights standards, builds networks for human rights, & creates new advocacy models that integrate human rights principles into research, education, & policy reform projects; application deadline for 1-year fellowship is 6/30; contact US Program Search Committee, CESR, 162 Montague St, Brooklyn NY 11201; www.cesr.org Exploring the Roots of War & Economic Inequality--A Training of Trainers, 6/27-28; World Fellowship Center, Conway NH; Steve Schnapp (United for a Fair Economy) & Carole Bull (Grassroots International) will help activists become more comfortable leading workshops, discussions, & presentations about economic issues, in an interactive style of dialogue that emphasizes a mutual relationship between presenters & participants;contact Steve Schnapp, United for a Fair Economy, 37 Temple Place 2nd floor, Boston MA 02111; 617/423-2148 Boston Mobilization Summer Activist Institute, 7/2-7/31; Boston, MA; a 4-week comprehensive training & education program for budding activists ages 12-17; learn about issues, develop activist skills, organize! MOBE, 11 Garden St., Cambridge MA 02138; 617/782-2313 Center for Popular Economics Annual Summer Institute, 8/3-9; Smith College, Northampton MA; an intensive training in economics for activists, educators, & anyone who wants a better understanding of economics; no background in economics is required; tracks in US economics & international economics, plus extra tracks this year in "Anti-War Economics for Activists" & "Environmental Justice"; keynote by Maliha Chishti, former director of the Hague Appeal for Peace; scholarships & child care available; wheelchair accessible; CPE, POB 785, Amherst MA 01004; 413/545-0743; www.populareconomics.org World Fellowship Center invites people from diverse backgrounds to exchange ideas in a peaceful, rustic setting; the "camp with a social conference" offers workshops on a variety of social & environmental issues, along with relaxing, fun activities for the whole family; lectures, workshops, music, friendly sports; for the summer schedule, contact WFC, POB 2280, Conway NH 03818-2280; 603/447-2280; www.worldfellowship.org
Pendle Hill High School Youth
Camp, International Peace Essay Contest for Young People; at this pivotal moment in global history, an opportunity for young people to write on the topic "My Vision for the Future"--what are your hopes & dreams for your future & the future of our world? Submission deadline 6/30; sponsored by the Goi Peace Foundation & the World Peace Prayer Society; for guidelines visit www.goipeace.or.jp; in Boston, contact Penny Joy Snider-Light at joyandlight@email.com
Racism & the Peace Movement (videotape); talk by anti-racist activist & social critic Tim Wise, given in Boston 3/29/03; also available, "Beyond Tolerance: Race & Power in an Age of Backlash," a talk given by Tim Wise in Maine on 3/28/03; $20 each (or $35 for both) + s&h ($5 for 1 tape, $7 for 2); Community Change, Inc., 14 Beacon St, Boston MA 02108; 617/523-0555 Welfare, Work & Raising Children; tells the stories of 21 Maine families & demonstrates people's determination to provide basic needs for their families & to gain self-respect; Maine Equal Justice Partners, 126 Sewall St, Augusta ME 04330; 207/626-7058 Cosmic Canticle, Ernesto Cardenal; 490 pp; $21.95; priest, social activist, & former Minister of Culture in Sandinista Nicaragua, delivers 43 autonomous yet integrated cantos that explore cosmology, the origins of human understanding & Latin American History; Curbstone Press, 860/423-2998; www.curbstone.org
Arrested for Peace! Iraq War Resistance
at Home & Abroad;
special issue of The Nuclear Resister newsletter; more
than 7500 arrests were reported in the US alone during anti-war
protests from November 2002-April 2003; free sample copy of this
special 16-page issue available by request; Nuclear Resister also
maintains an updated list of individuals imprisoned for actions
against war & nuclear weapons, with prison mailing addresses;
send your request, with mailing address, to The Nuclear Resister,
Anti-War Presents! Posters, mugs, catalogues available from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, 8124 West Third St. #211, Los Angeles CA 90048-4309; 323/653-4662; www.politicalgraphics.org War on Terrorism or Attack on Human Rights? audio & video recordings of a conference organized by the University of Massachusetts Human Rights Working Group on 5/3/03; panels "Legal Overview of the Issues," Immigration Practices, Racial Profiling, Detention, & Deportation," "The FBI, Surveillance, & government Secrecy," & "Political Action"; panelists include many noted activists, scholars, & community leaders; conference is opened with a poetry reading by Joshua Anygeorge, a former political prisoner, refugee & poet from Sierra Leone; for each panel presentation, audiotape is $11, videotape is $20, plus s&h; Radio Free Maine, POB 2705, Augusta ME 04338; www.radiofreemaine.com Racial Justice: Speak Truth to Power (audio & video recordings); Pendle Hill Conference Center offers tapes of its challenging & provocative series of dialogues with some of the nation's leading thinkers on racism & racial justice; speakers include James Lawson, Deborah Saunders, Frank Wu, Vanessa Julye, Ed Nakawatase, & many more; videotapes $25 each, audiotapes $10 each; discounts available; Pendle Hill Bookstore, 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford PA 19086; 800/742-3150 x2 The Women's Center, 46 Pleasant St, Cambridge MA 02139; 617/354-8807; The Women's Center provides women with the tools & resources they need to emerge from abuse, discrimination, addiction, sexism & racism, harassment, social isolation, violence, poverty, or other injustice, & to challenge & change attitudes & actions which subjugate women; the Center offers resource listings & computer/Internet access, & hosts workshops, support groups, discussions, 12-step meetings, performances, & more; free child care during events usually available by advance request
Teaching for Change
Spring/Summer 2003 Catalogue: K-College Resources on Equity &
Social Justice; TfC, POB 73038, Washington DC 20056-3038; 800/763-9131;
www.teachingforchange.org |
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