 November 2003
American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine Sara Burke, Managing Editor Sam Diener, 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 EVENTS Peace Vigils , at Newport War College in Providence RI, Tuesdays 7-9 am; at Undersea Warfare Center in Middletown RI, Thursdays 3:30-5 pm; contact Rhode Island Mobilization for Peace & Justice, POB 23157, Providence RI 02903-4102 Exploring the Reality of Privilege & Entitlement (series
of half-day conferences); $15 per session; all programs 10 am- Celebrate 35 Years of Action for Racial Justice , 11/8, 6 pm; Boston Center for the Arts, in Boston's South End; Founded in 1968, Community Change, Inc. is a center for action & collaboration among individuals & multiracial grassroots groups in the fight to achieve racial justice & equity; music, silent auction, "Images of Purpose" (exhibit by photographers Reginald Jackson, Lou Jones, & Don West), & CCI founder Horace Seldon's 80th birthday!; CCI, 14 Beacon St., Boston MA 02108; 617/523-0555 Art in Roxbury , 11/8, 10 am-2 pm; $30 ; tour begins at Roxbury Crossing, Boston MA; Barry Gaither, director of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, will lead a tour of the Center, then we will explore Roxbury's public murals & statues; meet at the Dillaway Thomas House, 183 Roxbury St near the Roxbury Crossing T stop; for transportation with a group from Newton or Back Bay, or for more information, call Marcia Butman, 781/861-8893, or visit www.discoverroxbury.org International Day of Protest Against the Wall , 11/9, noon-2 pm; rally at Copley Square; each day during the following week, we will bring educational materials & a model of the wall (currently being constructed by the Israeli Government in the Palestinian Occupied Territories) to different sites in Boston-sign up to help! Sponsored by the Boston Working Group on the Wall; for more information contact Meck Groot, Women's Theological Center, POB 1200, Boston MA 02117-1200; 617/536-8782; meck@theworld.com Ethical Society of Boston Events ; Sundays, 10:30 am; Ethical Society, 33 Garden St at the Longy School of Music, Cambridge MA; 11/9, "The Story of Mulya," a play of the life of Margaret Freeman with the Ethical Players; 11/16, "Energy: Good Policy Trickles Up from the States" with Rob Sargent, National Association of State Public Interest Groups; Ethical Society of Boston, 617/739-9050; www.bostonethical.org Community Church of Boston Events ; Sundays at 10:45 am, Lothrop Auditorium, 565 Boylston St, Copley Sq, Boston; 11/16, "Inequality Threatens the Foundation of our Electoral System" with Bonnie Tenneriello, staff attorney with the National Voting Rights Institute; 11/23, "Latinos & the 'New Demographics' of Boston & the US" with a speaker from the Mauricio Gaston Institute at UMass Boston; 11/30, "Grassroots Organizations Confronting HIV/AIDS in Africa & Asia" with Attorney Chen, Deh Chien, a doctoral student in health care public policy at Columbia; sponsored by Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St, Boston MA 02116; 617/266-6710 2004 Election Issues Forum , 11/11, 5:15-7:15 pm; Cambridge Friends Center, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA; Join State Representatives Alice Wolf, Kay Khan, & Patricia Jehlen & State Senator Cynthia Creem, & members of Women's Action for New Directions, to consider the issues of next year's election & how each of us can play an important role; sponsored by WAND, c/o Judy King, 18 Maple Ave, Cambridge MA 02139; 617/876-5485 Bread & Puppet comes to Cambridge! "Oratorio of the Possibilitarians," 11/13-23, Thurs-Sun, 8 pm (first week) & Wed-Sun, 8 pm (second week); "Victory over Everything Circus" (a family-friendly show), 11/22 & 23, 3 pm; both shows will be at the YMCA in Central Square, Cambridge MA; in addition, B&P will participate in a "Symposium on Subversive Papier Mache & Other Tools for Creative Dissent" 11/17, 7 pm; $5 (free for performance volunteers); for more information contact Mary Curtin, 617/241-9664; Bread & Puppet, 700 Andersonville Rd., West Glover VT 05875 Domestic Economics & Foreign Policy: Effects of the War on our Economy , Nonviolent Communication for Social Change Activists : A full-day workshop on the fundamentals of NVC, 11/16, 9:15 am-5:30 pm; sliding scale; Lesley University, Porter Exchange Building, 1815 Mass. Ave, Cambridge MA; for peace & justice activists interested in learning the basics of using Nonviolent Communication to promote social change; with Miki Kashtan; register on-site; if you have no experience with NVC, please review the information available at www.cnvc.org; for additional information contact Gail Epstein, condorita@comcast.net Racial Justice: Speak Truth to Power (lecture series on video), 11/21, 2/27, 3/26, 4/30; we will gather at 6 for pizza, salad, & drinks ($3-5 requested), & at 6:45 we will view a video from the Pendle Hill 2002-2003 speaker series, followed by discussion & worship-sharing; videotaped speakers include Frank Wu, Deborah Saunders, Ed Nakawatase, & Jim Lawson; child care provided on request; sponsored by Friends for Racial Justice, c/o Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA 02138; 617/876-6883 Noam Chomsky , 12/2, 7 pm; Merrimack College, North Andover MA; $7; benefit for Massachusetts Anti-Corporate Clearinghouse; buy your tickets from MACC, POB 1382, Lawrence MA 01842; 978/683-3967; info@stopcorporatecontrol.org American Values, American Policy: What Does our Government Do Around the World? 12/7, 7 pm; King Theatre, Milton Academy, Milton MA; with Paul Saba & Noam Chomsky; sponsored by Milton for Peace, 617/821-9460; www.miltonforpeace.eboard.com Who is an American? Negotiating the Dynamics of Difference (lecture series); 12/2, 3:30 pm, Farai Chideya ( Don't Believe the Hype & The Color of our Future ); future lecturers TBA; for more information contact Loretta Williams at the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry & Human Rights, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston MA 02115; 617/521-2171; www.myerscenter.org Kwanzaa Workshops , 12/8-11 & 12/13; Boston Museum of Afro-American History, 14 Beacon St #503, Boston MA 02108; Explore the 7 principles of this African American holiday celebrating family, community, & culture; register at 617/720-2991 x2; www.afroammuseum.org Spirit of Resistance: An Evening with Pete Seeger , 1/23, 7 pm; Cochrane Chapel at Phillips Academy, Andover MA; local musicians will also perform; sponsored by the People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom & Struggle, c/o Underhill, 1150 Berme Rd, Kerhonkson, NY 12446; www.peoplesmusic.org GATHERINGS National Community Land Trust Conference , 11/13-15; Syracuse NY; workshops, tours, networking, & much more; with Gus Newport, James Walsh, Colin Bloch; sponsored by the institute for Community Economics, 57 School St, Springfield MA 01105-1331; 413/746-8660 x113; www.cltconference.org Sow Justice, Reap Security , 11/15, 9 am- The Power of Co-op Connections , Poor People's Survival Guide in Today's Economy , 11/15, 9 am-4 pm; United Methodist Church, 36 Oak St, Orono ME; What are the root causes of poverty? How does poverty affect our lives? What are some practical things we can do, as individuals & together, to improve our lives? Pre-register for child care; reimbursement available for transportation & home child care arrangements; Maine Association of Interdependent Neighborhoods, c/o Judy Guay, POB 2711, Bangor ME 64402; 207/947-4371; register on line at www.mejp.org Grassroots Climate Action Conference , 11/16; Cabot Hall, Tufts University, Medford MA; hosted by Tufts Climate Initiative; www.massclimateaction.org Toxics Action Conference , 11/22, 8 am- 6 pm; Colby College, Waterville ME; with Rep. Tom Allen & Barbara Brenner, Breast Cancer Action; call Maggie at 207/871-1810 for more info; sponsored by Toxics Action Center, 29 Temple Pl, Boston MA 02111; 617/747-4389; www.toxicsaction.org Claim Democracy: Securing, Enhancing & Exercising the Power of the Right to Vote , 11/22-23; pre-conference gathering evening of 11/21; Washington DC; with Ralph Nader, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., Donna Brazile, Marie Wilson, Sen. Chris Dodd, & Hendrik Herzberg; co-sponsored by the Center for Voting & Democracy & others; for more info & to register, visit www.democracyusa.org Justice for the People of the Americas-Converge on Fort Benning, GA , 11/22-23; though recently renamed, this US military facility continues to offer an education in the tactics & techniques of oppression, & is still producing notorious human rights abusers in Latin America & elsewhere; for more information, contact School of the Americas Watch, POB 4566, Washington DC 20017 OPPORTUNITIES Friends Camp seeks Camp Director (full-time, year-round position); FC is a co-ed, residential, Quaker summer camp in South China, ME, serving youth ages 7-17; the camp seeks to build a non-competitive community, based on Quaker values; letter & resume by 12/15 to Search Committee c/o Andrew Dewey, POB 590, Southwest Harbor ME 04679; andrew@acadiacomp.com PEACEWRITING seeks book-length manuscripts about the causes, consequences, & solutions to violence & war, & about the ideas & practices of nonviolent peacemaking & the lives of nonviolent peacemakers. The manuscripts must not have been published nor be contracted for publication; $500 prizes for best non-fiction manuscript, best imaginative work (novel, collection of short stories or poems, a play or collection of short plays), & best fiction or imaginative work for young people; deadline 12/1; For guidelines contact PeaceWriting, 2582 Jimmie Ave, Fayetteville AR 72703-3420; 501/442-4600 CAMPAIGNS Stop the War Profiteers! Leading anti-war activists & organizations have launched a new campaign calling for an end to war profiteering by military contractors, & challenging what they call the "second invasion" of Iraq by powerful corporate interests seeking to control the country's oil, water, & other resources. The campaign calls on elected leaders to hold congressional hearings to investigate war profiteering & the secretive, closed-bid "reconstruction" contracts in Iraq, rein in war profiteering by military contractors through an "Excess Profits Tax," similar to those during the Civil War, both World Wars, & the Korean War, & halt the US-led drive to hand over Iraq's industries, services & resources to powerful multinational corporations; contact the Southern Peace Research & Education Center; 919-419-8311 x27; ww.southernstudies.org or contact the Southern Peace Research & Education Center RESOURCES Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia , Tom Bissell; $24.95 hb; 416 pp; In 2001, Bissell traveled to Uzbekistan to investigate the devastated Aral Sea, whose rivers were diverted & drained to fertilize the Central Asian desert in order to grow cotton; Bissell offers a vividly observant & often humorous narrative even as he recounts extremely troubling evidence on the fragility of ecosystems forced to withstand economic expansion; Pantheon Books, 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019; 212/782-9000 The Wall (pamphlet); $1 + postage; photos, maps, & text on the Separation Wall under construction in the Palestinian Territories-"No separation, no security, just a land grab"; prepared by Gush Shalom, (www.gush-shalom.org) & reprinted by the Boston Area Working Group on the Wall (info@bcpr.org); available from AFSC, 2161 Mass. Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130 Free Space Gallery: A Community Art, Action, & Performance Space , 649 Main St, Fitchburg MA 01420; 978/345-5410 The Execution Tapes & Witness to an Execution (audio recordings); the Georgia Department of Corrections made sound recordings of executions from 1983 to 1996, which are now part of a the public radio documentary "The Execution Tapes"; "Witness to an Execution" consists of interviews with people who have been involved with executions at Texas' death row in Huntsville; both can be heard at www.soundportraits.org or purchased from the Federal Document Clearing House at 800/959-4228 Rethinking School Reform: Views from the Classroom , Linda Christensen & Stan Karp, eds.; $16.95 + s&h; 320 pp.; "This collection of lively, tough-minded essays shows us how schooling could look if done well, & it doesn't gloss over the problems we face getting there... Rethinking School Reform reminds us that real school reform means making serious, even radical changes in what's going on in the classroom."-Deborah Meier; order from Rethinking Schools, POB 2222, Williston VT 05495; 800/669-4192; www.rethinkingschools.org/rsrPIECES 
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