 September 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. |
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Circle of Hope, 9/11; around the world, people are planning vigils & discussion circles to mark the anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks; to find or register an event in your area, visit www.peacefultomorrows.org; on the night of 9/10, Families for Peaceful Tomorrows (a group founded by family members of WTC victims) will sponsor a Circle of Hope candlelight vigil to encircle the World Trade Center site; flyers available at the FPT web page Islands of Blood: Frontline Reports from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, & Other South Asian Flashpoints, 9/16, 7 pm; Center for New Words, 186 Hampshire St, Cambridge MA 02139; a reading & discussion with author Anita Pratrap, premier Indian journalist; wheelchair accessible; 617/876-5310; www.centerfornewwords.org Tour Boston's Black Heritage Trail with Horace Seldon, 9/21, 1-3:30 pm; $35 requested donation in honor of the 35th anniversary of Community Change, Inc.; James Oliver Horton & Lois E. Horton, authors of Black Bostonians, describe walking the tour with Horace, a National Park Service Ranger & founder of Community Change, as "a special gift of inspiration"; families welcome, kids free; lunch provided at noon by CCI, walk from 1-3:30 (a 1.6 mile trail through Beacon Hill), followed by refreshments & video at the Museum of Afro-American History from 3:30-4:00; CCI, 14 Beacon St, Boston MA 02108; 617/523-0555 Where is the US Peace Movement Going & How Can it Get There? 9/24, 7:15-9:15 pm; St. John's United Methodist Church, 80 Mt. Auburn St, Watertown MA; Presentations by Leslie Cagan & Brian Corr; What are the key issues the movement should be addressing? Sponsored by the Justice with Peace Task Force of Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety; for more information call 617/926-8560 x2 The Storyteller's Daughter, 9/24, 7 pm; Cambridge Public Library, Central Square Branch, 45 Pearl Street, Cambridge MA; Saira Shah, war reporter on the front between the Soviets & the Afghan resistance & maker of the film Beneath the Veil, an acclaimed record of the devastation of women's lives by the Taliban. In this special evening, Shah will screen & discuss parts of the documentary, as well as reading from her new memoir. Sponsored by the Center for New Words, 186 Hampshire St, Cambridge MA 02139; 617/876-5310; www.centerfornewwords.org Bushwhacked--An Evening with Molly Ivins, 10/1, 8 pm; Durrell Hall, Cambridge Family YMCA, 820 Mass Ave, Cambridge MA; With the war on terrorism posing unprecedented challenges to our civil liberties, & with the Bush economic policy in shambles, author Molly Ivins provides just the incisive, entertaining indictment of the Bush presidency we so sorely need; co-sponsored by United for a Fair Economy, 37 Temple Pl, Boston MA 02111; 617/423-2148 Leavening the Earth, 10/4, 10 am-5 pm; Weare, MA; annual St. Francis Day celebration of the Agape community, featuring Juanita Nelson & other speakers (& Agape's revolutionary bio-diesel VW car!) Conversations with youth activists & people whose lifestyles resist the power structure; for more information & directions to the site, contact Agape, 413/967-9369; www.agapecommunity.org Going to Israel & Palestine, 10/5, noon-2 pm; Cambridge Friends Meetinghouse, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA (nr. Harvard Sq.); Skip Schiel, photographer, will travel at the end of October with a delegation to Palestine-Israel; come discuss work for peace, security, & justice in the Middle East, & view photos from other trips Skip has made; potluck with Israeli & Palestinian food; Skip Schiel, 617/441-7756; http://schiel@ccae.org/~schiel Community Change, Inc. 35th Anniversary Celebration, 11/8, 5:30 pm; Boston Center for the Arts, in Boston's South End; Community Change is a Center for action & collaboration among individuals & multiracial grassroots groups in the fight to achieve racial justice & equity; music, silent auction; CCI, 14 Beacon St, Boston MA 02108; 617/523-0555
Common Ground Country Fair, 9/19-21; MOFGA Fairgrounds, Unity ME; sponsored by Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association, 207/568-4142; mofga@mofga.org Putting A Face on the Death Penalty, 9/20, 8:30 am-2:30 pm; Sakowich Campus Center, Merrimack College, North Andover MA; keynote by Paris Carriger, who spent 20 years on Death Row for a crime he did not commit; sponsored by Massachusetts Coalition Against the Death Penalty c/o Margaret Soli, 19 James Rd, Reading MA 01867-3757; 781/944-4426; www.mcadp.org Southern International Working Women's Conference, 10/16-19; Atlanta GA; Calling all women trade union activists, community activists, & freedom fighters to meet & share experiences with women workers & activists from South Africa, Mexico, Haiti, Asia, Latin America, Nigeria, Senegal, Europe, Brazil, Cuba; sponsored by the Women's Commission of Black Workers for Justice, 770/477-2760 New England Latin American Solidarity Organizing Conference, 10/18-19; Boston, MA; We will consider US Latin Americans in the context of globalization, with focus areas: Education on current issues; Skills training for organizing; Developing ongoing activism; Networking throughout the region; linking struggles in Latin America & the US; for more information contact Mario Davila, American Friends Service Committee, 2161 Mass. Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130 Seeking Justice, Ending Homelessness, 10/18, 9:30 am-4 pm; Plymouth Church UCC, Framingham MA; $25 (scholarships available); sponsored by Faith Into Action Together & the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless; contact Sr. Linda Bessom, 617/423-9162 x103; lindabmch@aol.com National Labor Assembly for Peace, 10/24-25; Chicago IL; all are welcome, but if you wish to attend as a voting delegate, your organization must have endorsed the Assembly; for endorsement instructions, other information, & registration materials, contact US Labor Against the War, POB 153, 1718 M St NW, Washington DC 20036; www.uslaboragainstwar.org SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health & Sexual Rights Conference, 11/13-16; Spelman College, Atlanta GA; registration $45; participation is open to all; sponsored by National Center for Human Rights Education, POB 311020, Atlanta GA 31131; 404/344-9629; www.sistersong.net Making the Connection: Human Health & Environmental Exposures, 10/24, 8 am-5 pm; University of New England, Biddeford ME; keynotes by Richard Jackson, director of National Center for Environmental Health at the CDC, & Sandra Steingraber, author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer & the Environment; register with Donna Richard, 207/283-0170 x2589; drichard@une.edu; sponsored by Maine Physicians for Social Responsibility, POB 1771, Portland ME 04104; 207/772-6714
Western New York Peace Center seeks Director; WNY Peace Center is oriented to activism & education on global & local issues of peace & justice; to apply, send 1-page essay on your vision for an effective peace movement in the present time, plus cover letter & resume, to Search Committee, WNY Peace Center, 2123 Bailey Ave, Buffalo NY 14211; www.wnypeace.org Center for Voting & Democracy seeks Field Organizer(Aug-Nov) who will help run the Claim Democracy Conference 11/21-23 (though future work with the Center is possible); letter, resume, writing sample, & 3 reference names to Rashad Robinson, field director, 6930 Carroll Ave #610, Takoma Park MD 20912; robinson@fairvote.org; www.fairvote.org Beacon Hill Friends House seeks Interim Assistant Director; BHFH is a vibrant & diverse community in the heart of Boston, seeking to foster Quaker principles; contact Margaret Hart, Director, 617/227-9118; directors@bhfh.org Public Conversations Project Trainings (all trainings are in Watertown, MA or Newton, MA); 9/18, "Inquiry as Intervention: Crafting Questions with Purpose & Impact"; 10/2, "Preparing for Constructive Dialogue"; 10/23-24, "Reflective Leadership in Frenzied Times"; 11/20-22, "The Power of Dialogue: Constructive Conversations on Divisive Issues"; PCP, 46 Kondazian St, Watertown MA 02472; 888/727-8326; www.publicconversations.org Community Action Training, 10/10-12; Oakland CA, Los Angeles CA, Providence RI, & Miami FL; an intensive introduction to community organizing, providing hands-on training through fieldwork, role-plays, & discussions; learn from experienced organizers, share skills & knowledge with other activists, & have fun meeting others dedicated to social justice! Each training is run by the Center for Third World Organizing & a local social justice organization in the host city; register with Training Department, CTWO, 1218 E 21st St, Oakland CA 94606; 510/533-7583 x13; www.ctwo.org Boston Office Space Available for Nonprofit; sublet from Community Change, Inc.; 1 room, 330 rentable square feet plus large storage closet & access to meeting space & conference room; location is 14 Beacon St across from the Statehouse in Boston; inquire with Paul Marcus or Carol Rinehart, 617/523-0555 Concord Prison Outreach seeks volunteers to bring education, life skills, & spiritual growth programs to the inmates of several correctional facilities in the greater Boston area; contact Lenore James, 978/369-1430 Buddhist Inmate Project is an independent interfaith Sangha dedicated to providing spiritual support for Buddhists behind bars; Buddhist books, magazines, videos, & audiocassettes are donated to prisons & inmates around the US upon request; donations of new or used books & literature on Buddhism & Eastern philosophy are welcome at Buddhist Inmate Sangha, c/o Betty Lu Buck, POB 16, Culp Creek OR 97427-0016; if you would like to be a pen pal for an inmate, please e-mail buddhistinmatesangha-owner@yahoogroups.com Poets Against the War Seeks Submissions; The war goes on, & so does poetsagainstthewar.org; more than ever, we need to speak out, share our poetry, & take action to end this war--which is not over, despite the words of the Bush Administration. Help us make a powerful statement for peace, joining with thousands of other poets around the world. To submit a poem, become a member (free PAW t-shirt!), or organize a poetry reading against the war, visit http://poetsagainstthewar.org
Keep Space for Peace Week, 10/4-11; Organize an action in your community in solidarity with groups all over the world; hold an event at a US military base, Department of Energy facility, NASA installation, US Embassy, aerospace corporation, or academic institution working on military space; organize programs in locals schools or churches; please send us the date of the action, the location, & the name of a contact person, & we will publicize all the actions widely; Keep Space for Peace posters available; Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, POB 652, Brunswick ME 04011; 207/729-0517; www.space4peace.org Take Back Your Time Day, 10/24; Overwork threatens our health & relationships, reduces employment, reduces our participation in our democracy, & contributes to the destruction of our environment; on 10/24, take part or all of the day off work & join in to initiate a much-needed national conversation about work/life balance & how we can reclaim it; visit www.timeday.org
The Bush Administration's Nuclear Weapons Policy: A Double Standard with Lethal Implications, Joseph Gerson & Adam Miles; $1; 12 pp; the latest in the American Friends Service Committee's Disarmament Resource Series; PDF available at <http://webarchive.afsc.org/newengland/pesp/Disarm_Res_4.pdf> or request copies from Joe Gerson, AFSC, 2161 Mass. Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130 Iraq Facts On-line; for a second-by-second account of the financial cost to the US of the current war in Iraq, visit www.costofwar.com; for a carefully documented & continually updated account of Iraqi civilian casualties since the beginning of the current war there, visit www.iraqbodycount.net Handbook for Nonviolent Action, fourth edition; $3, bulk discounts available; 36 pp; a guide for nonviolence trainings for any kind of civil disobedience action; Donnelly/Colt, POB 188, Hampton CT 06247; 860/455-9621 The Return of the Mexican Gray Wolf: Back to the Blue, Bobbie Holaday; $45 hb/$18.95 pb; 270 pp.; 32 color photos, 3 maps; The return of the Mexican gray wolf to Arizona's Blue Range in 1998 marked more than a victory for an endangered species. Long hated by ranchers, the gray wolf had been hunted to the brink of extinction until one woman took on the challenge of restoring it to its natural habitat. Also new from U. of Arizona Press, Writing on the Edge: A Borderlands Reader, edited by Tom Miller, & Speak to Me Words: Essays on Contemporary American Indian Poetry; UAP, 355 S Euclid Ave #103, Tucson AZ 85719; www.uapress.arizona.edu Common Shock: Witnessing Violence Every Day--How We are Harmed, How We can Heal, Kaethe Weingarten; $24.95 pb; 384 pp; Dr. Weingarten identifies & defines the problems of common shock--the physical & psychological responses triggered in all of us when we witness violence--& gives us practical everyday solutions that we can use right away; published by E.F. Dutton; www.commonshock.com
Alliance for Conflict Transformation,
Inc. maintains a resource
for professionals seeking employment & fellowship opportunities
in the fields of peace building, conflict resolution, international
studies, development, & human rights; ACT, POB 3203, Fairfax
VA 22038; www.conflicttransformation.org
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