 May 2004
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
Critical Breakdown Open Mic Night, 6-9 pm (sign up @ 5:30 pm), 5/16 & 6/20; Center for Latino Arts, 85 West Newton St, Boston MA; Critical Breakdown brings people together through Hip Hop, spoken word, & other forms of socially conscious performance; featuring DJ SunOne; sponsored by American Friends Service Committee, 2161 Mass. Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; for information call 617/312-9190 Ethical Society of Boston Events, Sundays, 10:30 am; 33 Garden St, Cambridge MA (at the Longy School of Music); 5/16 "The Empire at the Crossroads" with Joseph Gerson; 5/23 "Regime Change Begins at Home" with Charles Derber; www.bostonethical.org Symposium Commemorating Brown v. Board of Education, 5/17, 3-5 pm; Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St, Boston MA; with John Hamilton, David Wilkins, & Renée Landers; free but reservations required; call 617/742-0615 "Sister, Carry On"-Companioning One Another on the Journey, 5/20, 10 am-1 pm; Braun Room, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Ave (off Kirkland St); $15; Ritual led by Priscilla Hinckley, lecture by Carloyn McDade, with singing; part of a series of half-day conferences on "Celebrating 30 Years of Women's Lives, Women's Spirituality, & Feminism; sponsored by the Theological Opportunities Program, 4 Linden Square, Wellesley MA 02482-4709 Public Forum on Recycling, 5/20, 6:30-8 pm; Senior Center Ballroom, 806 Mass. Ave, Cambridge MA; Celebrate 16 years of recycling! Refreshments, giveaways, skits, information, & discussions; sponsored by the City of Cambridge; www.cambridgema.gov/theworks Central Massachusetts Peace & Justice Community Potluck Gathering, 5/22, 6:30-9 pm; St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 921 Pleasant St, Worcester (corner of Flagg St); Worcester PeaceWorks will facilitate a discussion of Iraq & domestic issues Kadyfest, 6/4, noon-4 pm; All Souls Church, 399 Main St, Greenfield MA; a participatory festival with drumming, drawing, storytelling, vegan food, & an exhibit of the work of lesbian feminist peace activist Kady, who died this year [see Peacework March 2004]; for more information contact Kady & Friends, 11 Graves Ave, Northampton MA 01060 Yoshiro Sanbonmatsu: An Artist's Retrospective, 6/4-6/27; 565 Boylston St, Boston MA; "Sanbonmatsu, a New England artist, uses Asian expressivist elements, cartoon motifs, iconic images, & sculptural media to create emotionally charged & sardonic commentaries on politics & social injustice"; oils, acrylics, mixed media
Issue Brief on Saving Women's Lives by Improving Access to High-quality Abortion Care, outlining the problem of unsafe abortion, offering specific information from Africa, Asia, & the US, & suggesting a variety of actions needed to address this tragedy; published by Ipas & available at www.ipas.org Walking the Road: Race, Diversity, & Social Justice in Teacher Education, Marilyn Cochran-Smith; $25.95 pb; 224 pp; also new from Columbia University's Teachers College Press, Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do about the Real Crisis in Public Education, Carl Glickman, ed., & Black in School: Afrocentric Reform, Urban Youth, & the Promise of Hip-Hop Culture, Shawn Ginwright; TC Press, POB 20, Williston VT 05495-0020; 800/575-6566; www.tcpress.com Manning Marable on "Structural Racism & the Challenge of Black Leadership: The Challenge to Youth Leadership" (videotaped lecture); recorded 3/31/04 in Brunswick ME; Scholar Manning Marable contends that the challenge for the 21st century is global apartheid; audiotape $11, audio CD $12.50, VHS or DVD video $20, to payable to Roger Leisner at Radio Free Maine, PO Box 2705, Augusta ME 04338; www.radiofreemaine.com Women Writing Resistance: Essays on Latin America & the Caribbean, Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez, ed.; $40 hb, $18 pb; acclaimed authors including Cherrie Moraga, Rigoberta Menchu, Marjorie Agosín, & Julia Alvarez, challenge racism, sexism, & imperialism, while offering a distinctly feminist critique of globalization & the post-9/11 "new world order"; also new from South End Press, The Checkbook & the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy, David Barsamian, & Take the Rich Off Welfare (new expanded edition), Mark Sepezauer; SEP, 7 Brookline St #1, Cambridge MA 02139-4146; 617/547-4002; www.southendpress.org Strangely Like War: The Global Assault on Forests, Derrick Jensen & George Draffan; $15 pb; 160 pp; also new from Chelsea Green Publishing, Natural Home Heating: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options, Greg Pahl; CGP, POB 428; 85 N Main St #120, White River Junction VT 05001; 800/639-4099 Radical Pacifism: The War Resisters League & Gandhian nonviolence in America, 1915-1963, Scott Bennett; $49.95 hb, $24.95 pb; the first comprehensive history of the WRL, the major vehicle of secular radical pacifism in the US; also from Syracuse University Press, Islam without Illusions: Its Past, its Present, & its Challenge for the Future by Ed Hotaling, & The Strangest Dream: Communism, Anti-Communism, & the US Peace Movement, 1945-1963 by Robbie Lieberman; SUP, 621 Skytop Rd #110, Syracuse NY 13244-5290; 800/365-8929; http://syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu Inciting Democracy: A Practical Proposal for Creating a Good Society, Randy Schutt; If it were your job to create a genuinely good society, what would you do? What resources would you need? How would you go about it? $23.95 pb, Spring Forward Press, PO Box 608867, Cleveland OH 44108, www.vernalproject.org
Let There Be an Open Debate on Israel's Nuclear Weapons, & freedom for Mordechai Vanunu, who is still in prison for revealing to the world the existence of Israel's nuclear weapons program. For more information or to get involved, contact Gush Shalom, POB 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033, ISRAEL; www.gush-shalom.org
Inequality Matters: The Growing concentration of Wealth, Income, Power, & Opportunity in America, 6/3-5; New York NY; with Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill Moyers, Makani Themba-Nixon, Judith Lichtman, Meizhu Lui, & many others; sponsored by United for a Fair Economy, 37 Temple Place, Boston MA 02111; 617/423-2148; www.inequality.org/findoutmore.html Bill Sutherland Training Institute for Africa Advocates, 6/23-27; Thurgood Marshall Center, Washington DC; this event is an opportunity for Africa advocates, economic justice organizers, students, & others to increase our ability to advocate for US-Africa policies that support peace & equality; for more information & a detailed working agenda, contact Roxanne Lawson, American Friends Service Committee, 1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia PA 19102; 215/241-7259 Peacemaking in the 21st Century: Inner Peace, Outer Action, 6/18-20; Orono ME; annual conference of the University of Maine Peace Studies Program, creating a forum for those interested in peace issues in Maine & throughout the world; with Sulak Sivaraksa, Kathy Kelly, Colman McCarthy; the conference will observe the principles of the Earth Charter; for information call the Peace Studies Program, 207/581-2609; to register, call 207/581-4094
Stopping War Where it Begins: Strengthening the Movement Opposing
the Militarization of Youth, 7/25-27; Philadelphia PA; a gathering
of counter-recruitment activists; strategy sessions, resource
sharing, training-the-trainer sessions, caucus & regional
discussions, & an evening focused on the issues of lesbians,
gays, & transgender people & the military; sponsored by
the National Network Opposing the militarization of Youth, c/o
American Friends Service Committee, 1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia
PA 19102; Sitting for Peace, Standing for Justice, 7/10-11; Amherst MA; New England Regional Conference of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship; a weekend of dharma teachings on the pressing issues of our time, organizing tools & skills training, & community & sangha; speakers include Alan Sanauke, Hilda Gutierrez, Kenneth Kraft, & Arinne Weisman; BPF c/o AFSC, 140 Pine St #10, Florence MA 01062; 413/563-5197; ne-bpf@bpf.org The Stones Will Cry Out, 7/19-24; Towson MD; annual conference of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America; if you are called to wage peace in a warring world, join us this summer to find companionship for the journey; with Obed Arango, Tim Wallis, & other speakers & music leaders; BPFNA, 4800 Wedgewood Dr, Charlotte NC 28210; 704/521-6051; www.bpfna.org Boston Social Forum, 7/23-25; University of Massachusetts Boston; through workshops, cultural events, plenary sessions, & convocations, we encourage progressive organizations of all kinds to showcase their best analysis of the present & ideas for the future; the goal of this event is for social movements to exchange information, network with one another, & form new alliances; www.bostonsocialforum.org Democratic National Convention Protests, 7/26-29; for information on developing plans for action, visit the web site of United for Peace & Justice at www.ufpj.org Twin Oaks Women's Gathering, 8/27-29; Louisa VA; Workshops, dance, drumming, camping, creative activities; Women's Gathering, 138 Twin Oaks Rd, Louisa VA 23093; 540/894-5126; www.twinoaks.org The World Says No to Empire, War, & Greed, 8/29; New York NY; March & rally at the Republican National Convention
Kentucky Jobs with Justice seeks staff person with program, fundraising, & organizational development experience; letter & resume by 6/1 to KY Jobs with Justice, 3330 Pinecroft Dr, Louisville KY 40219 Beacon Hill Friends House seeks Assistant Director & Kitchen Manager (2 positions); BHFH is a community of 20 residents guided by Friends' principles & practices; compensation includes room & board in addition to salary; inquire to Directors, BHFH, 6 Chestnut St, Boston MA 02108; 617/227-9118; www.bhfh.org Commonwealth Coalition seeks interns; internships available in two of the Coalition's projects: Mass Voters for a Clean Election, a grassroots project to educate voters about campaign finance reform & bring back the Clean Elections law; & WomenIN, a collaboration of statewide women's organizations & activists working to increase the participation of progressive, pro-choice women at all levels of the political process; resume to Alexandra Russell, CC, 37 Temple Pl 5th floor, Boston MA 02111; 617/451-5999; arussell@massvoters.org; www.massvoters.org The Boston Social Forum (see listing) seeks volunteer interpreters, housing for visiting activists, & folks to help with a number of tasks associated with this exciting event; like the World Social Forum, the BSF will bring together a wide range of peace & social justice organizations, activists, organizers, & thinkers to affirm that "Another World is Possible." To get involved, learn more, or offer hospitality, contact the American Friends Service Committee at 617/661-6130
Prison Library Book Drive; All books welcome, new or used,
hardcover or softcover, but no magazines; please send books to
Mark Suse (Counselor Supervisor), Northern Correctional Institution
Library Donations, 287 Bilton Rd, Somers CT 06071; for more information
call Mark Suse at
Mesa Refuge Writer's Retreat is a free residency program
for writers addressing strategies for restructuring the economy
& its relationship to the natural world; offering 2- or 4-week
stays in a beautiful house in Pt. Reyes Station, CA; applications
for summer/fall 2004 due 6/1; for more information visit www.commoncounsel.org 
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