 February 2005
American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine Sara Burke, 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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Still Present Pasts: Korean Americans & the "Forgotten War" (multimedia exhibit), 1/29-3/19; Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge MA 02139; a unique exhibit exploring the legacies of the Korean War & encouraging reflection about the devastation of war for all Americans; 617/577-1400; www.cmacusa.org Youth Truth Workshop, 2/13, 1:30-6 pm; Cloud Place, 647 Boylston St, Boston MA; free; After picking an issue, young people choose from workshops in spoken word, street theater, mc'ing, breakdancing, or graffitti, and come up with a performance piece telling their truth about that issue using that art form; open to ages 12 +; sponsored by Critical Breakdown, AFSC, 2161 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02140; contact Erik Wissa at 617/661-6130
The Last Temptation of Mirza, 2/16, Helping the Commonwealth's Most Vulnerable Residents, 2/27, 10:30 am; Longy School of Music, 33 Garden St, Cambridge MA; with State Representative Alice Wolf; part of the Sunday series sponsored by the Ethical Society of Boston, 617/739-9050; www.bostonethical.org My Mother's Daughter: An Exhibit Exploring the Theme of Maternal Influence in Art Making, 3/05 Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery; an exhibition in honor of International Women's Day; works in varied mediums from a broad range of international women; reception on 3/8; contact Laura Montgomery, BHCC Art Gallery, 250 New Rutherford Ave, Boston, MA 02129; 617/228-2093; lmontgomery@bhcc.mass.edu Jacqueline Schwab Concert to Benefit Aid for Incarcerated Mothers, 3/26, 8 pm; First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church St, Watertown MA; $15; Jacqueline Schwab is a folk & classical improvisational pianist; proceeds benefit women incarcerated at MCI Framingham; www.jacquelineschwab.com; co-sponsored by Folk Song Society of Greater Boston, 617/623-1806
Annual Lobby Days of School of the Americas Watch, 2/21-22; Washington DC; join the campaign to shut down the "School of Assassins" and help the four activists still being held for their civil disobedience at the school last November; training sessions, education, & visits with legislators are part of this DC event, or you can participate from your home area; SOA Watch, POB 4566, Washington DC 20017; 202/234-3440; www.soaw.org Call for a Global Wave of Compassion in Response to the Asian Tsunami, sponsored by the World Peace Prayer Society submit prayers for those impacted at www.worldpeace.org
United for Peace & Justice National Assembly, 2/18-21; St. Louis MO; UFPJ, the country's largest peace coalition, will meet to plan priorities and strengthen ties; delegates of UFPJ member groups may vote, but all others are welcome too; UFPJ, POB 607, Times Square Station, NY NY 10108; 212/868-5545; www.unitedforpeace.org Burma, Realizing the Dream, 2/26-27; George Washington University, Washington DC; join hundreds of students, activists, & professionals for the world's largest annual gathering of supporters of freedom & democracy in Burma; sponsored by US Campaign for Burma, 1612 K Street NW #401, Washington DC 20006; 202/223-0300
Educators to Stop the War East Coast Regional Conference, 3/5,
9 am-7 pm; Hunter College High School, 71 East 94th St. at Park
Ave, New York NY; K-12, college, labor and social advocacy educators
from the northeast and mid-Atlantic states have come together
to organize a major conference to develop anti-war strategy, analysis,
curriculum and organization within the educational community;
for information & to register, ESW c/o Professional Staff
Congress, 25 W. 43rd St, 5th floor, New York NY 10036;
Stopping the War on Women of Color, 3/11-13; New Orleans, LA; third Color of Violence conference, sponsored by Incite! Women of Color Against Violence; with Angela Davis, Barbara Smith, Mililani Trask, & many others; plenaries, workgroups, organizing, open mics, march & demonstration, celebration; plus, on 3/11, a pre-conference organizing institute & a women of color film/art festival; Incite! University of New Orleans Women's Center, 201 Earl K. Long Library, New Orleans LA 70148; 504/280-7285; www.incite-national.org Hope & Hard Work: Another America is Possible; 4/8-9; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; fourth New England-wide peace & justice conference organized by the American Friends Service Committee since the September 11 attacks; essential background information and organizing to challenge Bush Administration priorities; Contact Joseph Gerson, AFSC, 2161 Mass. Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130; JGerson@afsc.org
Leading from Spirit, 4/1-2; Boston MA; a training by the Women's
Theological Center in spiritual leadership; learn and experience
a model of leadership that draws on each person's unique gifts,
builds community across differences, relies on spirit to create
transformation, practices reflection as well as action, &
connects individuals with collective/systemic transformation;
WTC, 140 Clarendon St, Boston MA 02116; 617/585-5655; Racist Imagery in Popular Culture, 4/10-11, Cleveland OH; seventh annual conference sponsored by the National Coalition on Racism & the Committee of 500 Years of Dignity & Resistance; organizing, updates from activists around the country, demonstration against Cleveland Indians; Committee of 500 Years, POB 110815, Cleveland OH 44111; 216/736-3725; www.geocities.com/comm500yearswolf2020@netzero.net Full Spectrum Resistance: An International Space Organizing Conference, 4/29-30; New York, NY; keynote by Michio Kaku (CUNY); speakers, panels, workshops, presentation by Mayors for Peace; plus preparation for 5/1 international disarmament rally; Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, POB 652, Brunswick ME 04011; 207/729-0517; www.space4peace.org Massive March & Rally to Demand Nuclear Disarmament, 5/1; New York NY; the demonstration will precede a month-long meeting of world governments at the UN to discuss the fate of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (www.reachingcriticalwill.org/legal/npt/nptindex1.html); We'll be joined by Mayors for Peace, a delegation of town & city mayors from around the world, as they deliver the call for nuclear disarmament on behalf of millions of people to the United Nations; mayors will lead marches to the rally site on May 1 (join a mayor from your region in the march!); for more information & to join the planning efforts, sign up for the May Day 2005 listserve (send e-mail to MayDay2005-subscribe@yahoogroups.com) or visit Abolition Now at www.abolitionnow.org
Radfest 2005 & Midwest Social Forum, 6/3-5; Williams Bay WI;
this annual gathering for progressives & activists is reorganizing
its conference format to strengthen its strategic work and connections
among community and other organizations; for more information
contact Havens Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 8221 Social
Science,
Race & Membership in American History, 3/2-3; Boston MA; institute
for educators, examining America's role & legacy in the international
eugenics movement of the early 1900s; for more information on
this & other institutes, workshops, & on-line courses,
contact Facing History & Ourselves, 16 Hurd Rd, Brookline
MA 02445; 617/232-1595; Race & Class: Intersections & Empowerment, 3/5-6; Newton MA; a workshop for social change activists, educators, human service workers, diversity trainers, religious leaders, & others who want to learn to talk more directly about issues of class & race, reflect on how our class experiences are shaped by race & ethnicity, & feel empowered to take action; with facilitators Jenny Ladd, Christopher McMullen, & Felice Yeskel; sponsored by Class Action, 245 main St #207, Northampton MA 01060; 413/585-9709; www.classactionnet.org Delegation to Cuba, 4/20-30; sponsored by the World Fellowship Center and Witness for Peace/New Hampshire; attend the Fourth Hemispheric Encounter in Struggle against the FTAA, get inspired, educate yourself, strategize to affect trade policy, & experience Cuba without a media filter; application deadline 2/28; contact Andy Davis at WFC, POB 2280, Conway NH 03818-2280; 603/447-2280; www.worldfellowship.org Summer Peacebuilding Institute, with several sessions in May & June; Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg VA; intensive courses with leadership and participation from all over the world; SPI, Eastern Mennonite Univ., Harrisonburg VA 22802-2462; 540/432-4490; www.emu.edu/spi Institute for Global Leadership Courses; 3/4-6, Cambridge MA, "The Practice of Reconciliation Leadership"; 3/11-13, Tiverton RI, "Work, Purpose, Place, & Peace"; 4/18-22, New York NY, "The UN & the Harmonization of nations: An Evolving Process Accelerated by the Tsunami Disaster?"; for more information call IGL at 503/753-4172 x3, or visit www.global-leader.org The Melman Fellowship Program, administered by the Institute for Policy Studies in memory of anti-war movement leader Seymour Melman, seeks to nurture a new generation of public scholars whose work contributes to the goals of opposing militarism & supporting workplace democracy; proposals welcome from graduate & undergraduate students, activists, researchers, & others; $5000 stipend; submit 2-3 page proposal outlining a project by 3/15; for more information contact Miriam Pemberton at IPS, 202/234-9382; miriam@ips-dc.org Annual Writers' Workshop of the William Joiner Center for the Study of War & Social Consequences, 6/20-7/1; UMass Boston; $400; 2 weeks of classes & individual consultations with distinguished writers from the US & around the world; the core faculty of Vietnam War & Peace Veterans, authors of now classic works about war, are joined each year by others whose lives have been altered by that experience; applicants with diverse interests & backgrounds & at every level of writing experience welcome, working in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, playwriting, & translation; send letter of interest, writing sample, & $25 non-refundable deposit payable to William Joiner Center; to apply or for further information, contact T. Michael Sullivan, William Joiner Center, UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston MA 02025-3393; 617/287-5850; www.joinercenter.umb.edu
Unsettled Future, Unsettled Past: The Story of Maine Indians, Neil Rolde; $20; historian Rolde tells the stories of Maine's four Native American nations/tribes, including their first appearance in the region, first contact with Europeans, effects of wars & treaties, & struggles to maintain their land, cultures, & lives; Tilbury House Publishers, 2 Mechanic St #3, Gardiner ME 04345; 207/582-1899 Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice, Jael Silliman, Marlene Gerber Fried, Loretta Ross, & Elena GutiÈrrez; $40 hb, $20 pb; 331 pp; Invites readers into a movement where 'reproductive rights' encompass a broad range of issues including but not limited to the right to legal, safe abortion - and in doing so, exposes the political & real-life limitations of 'choice,' mapping a more complex battleground for genuine reproductive health rights; South End Press, 7 Brookline St #1, Cambridge MA 02139-4146; 617/547-4002; www.southendpress.org Building from the Inside Out: Peace Initiatives in War-torn Colombia, produced by American Friends Service Committee and the Fellowship of Reconciliation; 32pp; history, maps, testimonies, photos, organizing resources; available from AFSC, 1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia PA 19102; 215/241-7180; www.afsc.org The World Pledge Project consists of a study guide & a beautifully designed poster with this pledge: "I pledge allegiance to the world, to care for earth & sea & air, to cherish every living thing, with peace & justice everywhere!" good for classrooms, homes, places of worship; Center for Peace 7 Conflict Studies, 656 W. Kirby, 2320 F/AB, Detroit MI 48202; 313/577-3453; www.pcs.wayne.edu
Wage Peace Bracelets are snappy and blue, a visible way to let the
pro-peace majority show support for ending the war; proceeds benefit peace projects
of American Friends Service Committee; order from www.afsc.org 
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