Pieces
May 99

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

Vigils for the Iraqi People, every Saturday, 12-2 pm; Park St. Station, Boston; Committee for Peace & Human Rights, 617/905-5896

Weekly vigil to stop the bombing sponsored by AFSC, Cambridge Friends Meeting, WILPF, & others; Fridays, 5-6 pm; Harvard Square (Holyoke Center in front of Au Bon Pain); AFSC,, 617/661-6130; jgerson@afsc.org

Cultural Survival Focus on Chiapas, 5/5, 5/7, 5/11, 8:30 am-2:30 pm, "Women in the Indigenous Movement in Chiapas"; 5/6, 6-8 pm, "Political Empowerment: Lessons from Indigenous Women"; 5/7, 7-9 pm, film night, "Victims of the Massacre at Actea" & "Act of War"; contact Nicole, CS, 96 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge MA 02138; 617/441-5400

New England Anarchist Book Fair, 5/8, noon-8 pm; Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St., 2nd floor, Boston MA; hosted by We Dare Be Free Collective, POB 390085, Cambridge MA 02139; call the Lucy Parsons Center, 617/629-2649; kronstadt@juno.com

The Cellist of Sarajevo: Concert in the Key of Peace, 5/8 & 5/9; Cellist Vedran Smailovic risked his life during the war in Bosnia by playing for 22 days in the bread line where 22 people had just been killed. In his stand for human dignity, Smailovic played in the burned-out Sarajevo Library, the destroyed Symphony Hall, & throughout Sarajevo. 5/8, 8 pm, Sage Hall, Smith College, Northampton MA, $15-50, tickets: 800/843-8425; 5/9, 3 pm, First Church, Ipswich MA, $12/family maximum $35, 978/356-9395

Ethical Society of Boston: 5/9, 10:30 am; Action for Boston Community Development; Virginia Robinson, Elder Specialist at ABCD; 5/16, 10:30 am; The Ethics of Reconciliation in South Africa, Patrick Hayden, Director, Peace & Justice Studies, New England College; 5/23, 10:30 am; Super-Predators: The Demonization of Our Children by the Law" (incarceration rather than treatment of children); Atty. Peter Elikann; child care provided; all events held at Longy School of Music, 1 Follen St., Cambridge MA; 617/739-9050

Women's Strike/Mothers' March, 5/10, noon; from Government Center to the Mass. State House; protest welfare "reform" by marching, wearing a solidarity sticker ("I Value Women's Work"), & calling your legislator to change the 2-year time limit on benefits; for information, call Working Mass, 617/482-4471

Campaign on Contingent Work General Meeting, 5/11; 10-12:30 pm; 33 Harrison Ave., 3rd floor, Chinatown, Boston MA; planning for hearing before Joint Commerce & Labor Committee at the Mass. State House; contact CCW Workers Center. 617/338-9966

Cuba Teach-In, 5/13, 7-9 pm; Dr. Loretta Williams; Arlington St. Church, Arlington & Boylston Sts., Boston; 617/266-6710

Memorial Service for Irene Johnson, 5/15, 3 pm; First Congregational Parish Unitarian Church, Petersham MA

Africans in America: Teaching & Learning about our Common History, 5/17, 4:30-8:30 pm; workshop for teachers, parents & students; Cambridge Friends School, 5 Cadbury Rd., Cambridge MA 02140; call Andrea, 617/354-3880, x103; reacfs@aol.com

The Meltdown in Democracy: What's Wrong with Our Local Nuke? 5/18, 7:30 pm; campaign to end nuclear energy production in the Northeast; North Country Coalition for Justice & Peace, 186 Overcliff Rd., St. Johnsbury VT 05819; 802/748-3663

Searching for Life: The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo & the Disappeared Children of Argentina, 5/19, 6 pm; Rita Arditti reads & discusses her new book; New Words Bookstore, 186 Hampshire St., Cambridge; 617/876-5310

A Place Called Chiapas, 5/21, 7-9 pm; $10 in advance; $15 at door; award-winning film, special opening night show with jazz & Latin musicians & discussion by director, Nettie Wild, to benefit internal refugees in Chiapas; sponsored by the Boston Committee to Support the Native Peoples of Mexico, Cultural Survival, & others; for tickets, Tonantzin, c/o CISPES, 42 Seaverns Ave., Jamaica Plain MA 02130; 617/734-2500

Anti-Death Penalty Event, 5/22, 12-7:30 pm; speakers include Wole Soyinka & Dolores Huerta; at Woodcrest Bruderhof, POB 903, Rifton NY 12471; 914/658-3317; contact Ruben Ayala, 914/658-8351; rayala@bruderhof.com

Dialogue on the Hague Peace Conference, 5/22, 8:30-4:00, Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, 396 Harvard St., Cambridge, MA (near Harvard Square). For up-to-date information on the Conference (May 11th to 15th): David Lerner, 212/260-5000; www.hagueappeal.org

Send-Off for 9th US-Cuba Friendshipment, 6/1, 7 pm; Noam Chomsky, speaker; dedicated to the doctors & nurses of Cuba; Old South Church, Dartmouth & Boylston Sts., Boston; 617/266-6710

Rhode Island Mobilization for Peace & Justice Annual Meeting, 6/4, 6:30 pm; potluck; Friends Meeting House, Olney & Morris Ave.; RIMPJ c/o Amos House, 415 Friendship St., Providence RI 02907; 401/273-4650

Mexico/US: Nonviolent Action for Social Change, 7/24-8/7; Chiapas & Tabasco, Mexico; participants will meet with communities & grassroots organizations actively involved in promoting reconciliation & nonviolent alternatives to militarization, & working to counteract the negative impact of the Mexican national oil company; applications due by 5/15; Fellowship of Reconciliation, 995 Market St. #1414, San Francisco CA 94103; 415/495-6334; forlatam@igc.org

International Delegation to Puerto Rico, 8/21-28; explore the impact of militarism & colonialism on Puerto Rican society & environment, meetings with community, governmental & non-governmental groups; deadline 6/15; Fellowship of Reconciliation, Task Force on Latin America & the Caribbean, 995 Market St. #1414, San Francisco CA 94103; 415/495-6334; forlatam@igc.org

The Council for Responsible Genetics 1999 summer internships: biosafety & genetically engineered food, patents on living creatures & human cell lines, & more. Resume to Kimberly Wilson, Internship Program, Council for Responsible Genetics, 5 Upland Road, Suite 3, Cambridge MA 02140.

Institute for Community Economics seeks loan officer with strong financial & time management skills, knowledge of nonprofit housing development finance, & working in community based development; resume to Carol Lewis, Direction of Administration, ICE, 57 School St., Springfield MA 01105

Pendle Hill, a Quaker center for study & contemplation, seeks director; Pendle Hill Box SC-P, 338 Plush Mill Rd., Wallingford PA 19086; 610/738-0851; phsearch1@juno.com

AFSC Clothing Center seeks volunteers to sort & organize, maintain database, drive, help with mailings; AFSC, Cambridge Friends Meeting, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA 02138; call Annie, 617/876-5312

Men's International Peace Exchange is calling for presenters, deadline 5/15; conference on "Changing a Culture: Moving from Violence to Peace"; 10/22-24; Fellowship Farm, Pottstown PA; MIPE, POB 36, Swarthmore PA 19086; mipe00@aol.com

Jubilee Partners Volunteer Program is concerned about being effective peacemakers & promoting justice around the world; JP has a Walk In Peace program in Nicaragua committed to healing the damage of war; for more information or to send a contribution , Jubilee Partners, POB 68, Corner GA 30629; 706/783-5131

Gathering in the New England area for elder women of all races: Volunteers needed to help organize this event. Contact Iyawata, POB 317, Medway MA 02053; 508/533-4530; iyawata@norfolk-county.com

Peace Poetry Contest, annual awards to encourage poets to explore positive visions of peace & the human spirit; deadline 7/1; send 2 copies of up to 3 typed, unpublished poems. 40 lines per poem max. Put name, address, tel. no., & age (if youth) in upper right hand corner on 1 copy of each poem. Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Peace Poetry Awards, 1187 Coast Village Rd, Suite 121, Santa Barbara CA 93108; tel. 805/965-3443; fax 805/568-0466; wagingpeace@napf.org

Women's Action for New Directions Seeks Development Associate; planning & coordinating fundraising events, identifying & researching potential & past donors; WAND, 691 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington MA 02476; for more information www.wand.org

Haiti's Creole Pigs need to be repopulated; these pigs were Haitian peasants' savings banks; for just $45, you can enable a group of 12 poor families to recover their most important asset, or your gift can be combined with others to help purchase a pig; Grassroots International, 179 Boylston St., 4th fl., Boston MA 02130; 617-524-1400; grassroots@igc.apc.org

The Global Exchange & Sweatshop Watch is planning nationwide demonstrations at Gap stores on first Saturday each month to protest exploitation of garment workers in the Northern Marianas Islands; call Juliette Beck, Global Exchange, 415/255-7296, x254; juliette@globalexchange.org

Halt the Nuclearization & Weaponization of Space; organize actions in your own community to cancel Cassini fly-by; Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, POB 90083, Gainesville FL 32607; 352/337-9274; globenet@afn.org

The Land & Water Conservation Fund campaign for federal funding for acquisition of public lands, preservation of farm lands, restoration of parks; call or write Senator Edward Kennedy to co-sponsor S. 446, "Permanent Protection for America's Resources 2000"; tell him other bills pretending to support LWCF not acceptable because they offer incentives for offshore oil drilling; The Hon. Edward M. Kennedy, US Senate, Washington DC 20510; 202/224-4545; senator@kennedy.senate.gov; for more information, 20/20 Vision, POB 6028, Lincoln Center MA 01773-6028; 781/259-0692

Petition to Stop the NATO Bombings of Serbia is located at www.e-thepeople.com/petition.cfm?PETID=117042; hosted by E- The People, a free, nonpartisan Web service promoting better communication between citizens & their government, www.e-thepeople.com. For another petition site: www.StopTheWarNow.com

Action Alert for Patient Bill of Rights; contact your representative & senators to support HR 358 & S 6; for more information, United Church of Christ Justice & Peace Ministry, 700 Prospect Ave., Cleveland OH 44115-1100; 216/736-2178; jpmin@ucc.org

RI Coalition Against the Death Penalty, third Monday each month, 4:30-6:30 pm; 83 Stewart St., Providence RI; contact the Coalition at 433 Elmwood Ave., Providence RI 02907; Randy, 401/568-3420

Justice & Peace Ministry "Action Alerts": Redirect the Federal Budget The Coming Tax Revolt: & How to Head It Off with Proposals of Your Own Strengthen Social Security Reduce Military Spending Advocate for the Homeless: Call for Affordable Housing; Support the "Debt Relief for Poverty Reduction Act of 1999" (HR 1095); to reduce poverty among the world's poorest nations by canceling unpayable debts and making it possible for nations to build strong, sustainable economies; background info: United Church of Christ JPM, 700 Prospect Ave., Cleveland OH 44115-1100; 216/736-2178; jpmin@ucc.org

Help Stop MOX (Mixed-OXide Fuel); day of action 5/17, to oppose the use of plutonium in nuclear reactors, for information on global movement to stop MOX and promote better plutonium disposition solutions, contact Nuclear Information and Resource Service; 202/328-0002; nirsnet@igc.org

God's Last Offer, Negotiating for a Sustainable Future, Ed Ayres, 1999, 272 pp.; $22; Four Walls Eight Windows, 39 West 14th St., #503, New York NY 10011-7489; 1-800-788-3123

The National Loose-Fill Collection Program can be reached to obtain the location of the nearest packaging store or business which accepts plastic loose-fill for reuse; call 800/828-2214

Fateful Triangle, The US, Israel, & the Palestinians, Noam Chomsky; South End Press; available from independent bookstores, or call 800/533-8478

EPICA's 30th Anniversary Anthology; 1998; Vol. 1, The Globalization of Hope; Vol. II, We Make the Road by Walking; vol III, The Economic Way of the Cross; $15 each; for Publications Catalog Summer 1999; EPICA, 1470 Irving St., NW, Washington DC 20010; 202/332-0292

Talking About a Revolution, Interviews with Michael Albert, Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, & more; 131 pp.; $14; "presents...views of these authors not often seen. . .a strong reminder that our politics need to include the head & the heart in equal measure."; South End Press, 116 S. Botolph St., Boston MA 02115

Youth Leadership Training Programs Directory gives information on peace & social justice summer youth programs. Call Philip Clark 215/241-7176; www.afsc.org/youthmil.htm

Justice for Mumia Video Campaign, tapes to organize with, including "Prison Industrial Complex"; "Justice for Amadou"; "Labor for Mumia"; Peoples Video Network, 39 West 14th St., #206, Mew York NY 10011; 212/633-6646; fax 212/633-2889; pvnnyc@peoplesvideo.org

North to Canada: Men & Women Against the Vietnam War, by James Dickerson; 232 pp. $35; Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, POB 5007, Westport CT 06881-5007; 203/226-3671

Poverty & Race Research Action Council; $25/6 issues, samples available; convened by civil liberties & anti-poverty groups to link social science research to advocacy work in order to successfully address problems at the intersection of race & poverty; PRRAC, 1711 Connecticut Ave. NW #207, Washington DC 20009; 202/387-9887; prrac@aol.com

It's the Department of Defense WAR; bumper stickers with this message available free; SASE to Dick Bennett, 2582 Jimmie, Fayetteville AR 72703-3420

Honorable ___, US Senate, Washington DC 20510; www.senate.gov

Honorable ___, US House of Representatives, Washington DC 20515; www.house.gov

President Clinton, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington DC 2050; 202/456-1414; fax 202/456-2461; president@whitehouse.gov

Madeleine Albright, secretary@state.gov

The following are some of the US charities accepting contributions to help refugees from Kosovo. Please state that your contribution is aimed to help Kosova refugees.

AFSC, Kosovo Relief Fund, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102; http://www.afsc.org

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 711 Third Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10017; 212-885-0832; 212-885-0889; http://www.jdc.org

CARE, 151 Ellis Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30303-2426; 1-800-521-2273; http://www.care.org

Catholic Relief Services, P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore, MD 21203-7090; 800-736-3467; http://www.catholicrelief.org

Church World Service, 28606 Phillips Street, P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515; 800-297-1516, ext. 222; http://www.churchworldservice.org

Doctors Without Borders/MSF, 6 East 39th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016; phone 888-392-0392; http://www.dwb.org

International Orthodox Christian Charities, P.O. Box 630225, Baltimore, MD 21263; 410-243-9820; http://www.iocc.org

International Rescue Committee, 122 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10168; 877-Refugee; http://www.intrescom.org

Oxfam America Kosovo Relief Fund, 26 West Street, Boston, MA 02111; 800-77OXFAM

U.S. Committee for UNICEF, 333 East 38th St., New York, NY 10016 800-FOR-KIDS; http://www.unicefusa.org