Pieces
May 99

Views expressed are those of the authors, not necessarily of the AFSC.

The Hague Appeal for Peace Civil Society Conference, 5/11-15; The Hague, The Netherlands; The Hague Appeal is a major end-of-century campaign dedicated to the delegitimization of war & the construction of a culture of peace; the Hague Agenda for Peace & Justice for the 21st Century launching; Hague Appeal, c/o WFM, 777 UN Plaza, New York NY 10017; fax 212/599-1332; www.haguepeace.org

GROWing Stronger Together, 5/14-16; Camp Winona, Bridgton ME; second annual Grass Roots Organizers Workshop, open to beginning & experienced organizers; GROW, Nancy Galland, RR1 Box 1013, Stockton Springs ME 04981; 207/567-4075; gallander@acadia.net

Money & Social Change, 5/21, 9 am-4 pm; Daniel Stone Inn, Brunswick ME; $50; sponsored by Maine Initiatives, POB 228, Augusta ME 04338; 207/622-6294; meinit@mail.gwi.net

The People's Institute for Education & Action, 5/24-28; at Horizons, Williamsburg MA; courses in Principles & Practice of Popular Education; Popular Theater, Video, & Social Change; Managing a Folk School; $410 per course; Chris Spicer, 107 Vernon St., Northampton MA 01060; 413/585-8755

Institute in Social Movements & Strategic Nonviolence: An Experiential Inquiry into Peace Action, 5/26-8/6; Medford MA; a summer institute for juniors & seniors studying peace, conflict, justice, & global & ecological security; a project of the Tufts Peace & Justice Studies Dept. & the New Century Peace Leadership Project; Dale Bryan, 109 Eaton Hall, Tufts University, Medford MA 02155; 617/627-2261; dbryan@tufts.edu; www.jumbohub.com/pjs

Symposium 25, 5/28-31, University of Maine, Presque Isle; 25th anniversary gathering for Maine's gay, lesbian, bisexual, & transgendered communities; NLN, POB 990, Caribou ME 04736; 207/498-2088; symposium@mfx.net

Transforming Ourselves: Finding Creative Responses to Conflict, May 28-31. Workshop will draw on the Alternatives to Violence Project's 20 years experience in experiential workshops that build community & teach conflict resolution; Challenging Racism in the 21st Century, 5/30-6/4; explore changes in racism over the past decades, & proposed solutions, social, economic, & theological analysis; Community Service & Leadership Development Internship for Young Adults (ages 18-24), 6/16-8/1;Facing Utopia: For People of Color, 6/18-20; Using Toni Morrison's novel Paradise, explore our individual experiences & intellectual expectations of "paradise lost" or "paradise found."Pendle Hill Conference Center, 338 Plush Mill road, Wallingford PA 19086; 800/742-3150

Celebrating Our Sisterhood, 6/5-6; National Organization of Women northeastern summit for women of color & allies, current concerns & future strategies; Empire Plaza Convention Center, Albany NY; contact Renee Berry-Huffman, 207/772-3368, rbhjustice@aol.com

Microenterprise Development Institute, 6/7-25; constantly changing field of microenterprise requires attention to building financial & social capital; challenge to practitioners to find balance between these two elements that will stimulate sustainable growth; Sharon Hunt, Microenterprise Institute, Graduate School of Business, New Hampshire College, Manchester NH 03106-9967; 603/644-3103

Activism in the Midwifery Community, 6/8-13; Join The Farm midwives & 24 more national treasures as we learn how to take political activism to a higher level in larger & smaller communities; Birth Gazette Conference, 42 The Farm, Summertown TN 38483;

Building a Global Understanding on Citizenship, Human Rights, & Immigrant Rights: A Vision for the New Millennium, 6/12; sharing information & creating concrete strategies on workers' rights, national ID cards, employer sanctions, INS law enforcement practices, citizenship, bilingual education, voting rights, & union organizing; keynote speaker Maria Jimenez; contact Mario Davila, AFSC, 2161 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130

Violent Conflict in the 21st Century: Causes, Dynamics, & Prevention, 6/14-18; explore the nature & dynamics of contemporary armed conflicts & their implications for international security. Sponsored by the Five College Program in Peace & World Security Studies & the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict; Yogesh Chandrani, PAWSS, Hampshire College, Amherst MA 01002; 413/559-5519; pawss@hamp.hampshire.edu; on-line registration & schedules at pawss.hampshire.edu/summer_institute.html

Working for a Decent Living: Bridging the Gap between Labor & Community, 6/17-20; for planners, community & labor advocates, researchers, academics, & students; Joan Fenton, Planners Network, UMass Lowell, Durgin Hall 106, 35 Wilder St., Lowell MA 01854; www.plannersnetwork.org/pn99.htm

Investigative Journalism Summer Institute, 6/21-7/28, 1-3 pm; $409; includes analysis of government records & legal databases; Sonoma State University School of Extended Education, 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park CA 94928-3609; 707/664-2394; www.sonoma.edu/exed

Women's Institute for Leadership Development Summer Institute, 6/25-27; Hampshire College, Amherst MA; bilingual leadership training for women in unions & organizing; $180 per person; scholarships & child care; deadline 6/11; WILD, 555 Amory St., Jamaica Plain MA 02130; 617/426-0520

Leonard Peltier Organizing Conference; 6/25-27; Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence KS; For registration form send SASE to Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, POB 583, Lawrence KS 66044; 785/842-5774; lpdc@idir.net