Pieces
September 99

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

Peace Vigils, at Newport War College in Providence RI, Tuesdays, 7-9 am; at Undersea Warfare Center, Thursdays 3:30-5 pm, Middletown RI; Rhode Island Mobilization for Peace & Justice, POB 23157, Providence RI 02903-4102; 401/273-4650

Vigil for the Iraqi People, Saturdays noon-2 pm; Park St. Station, Boston; Committee for Peace & Human Rights, 617/905-5896

Mumia Abu-Jamal outdoor concert to observe national day of art in defense of Mumia, 9/11, Portland, ME; Maine Support Network for Mumia Abu-Jamal, PO Box 172, Thorndike ME 04986; 207/568-7520; maine_sup_net@hotmail.com

"School of the Americas: School of Assassins", Father Roy Bourgeois speaks at the following Vermont colleges: 9/13, 4 pm, St. Michael’s College, McCarthy Hall; 9/13, 7:30 pm, Trinity College, Mann Hall; 9/14, 7:30 pm, UVM, Campus Theatre, Billings Hall; 802/862-0068 or 802/846-7299

Clean Clothes Fun Fair, 9/18, 11 am-5 pm, Norumbega Hall, Bangor ME; to promote no-sweatshop purchasing policies; sponsored by Peace in Central America, 170 Park St., Bangor ME 04401; 207/947-4203

Mumia Awareness Week, 9/19-25; to obtain a list of organizations planning activities or a list of cities with "100 Cities for Mumia" activities planned, contact MAW, 511 Avenue of the Americas, #186, New York NY 10011-8436; 212/924-8585; www.j4mumia.org

Common Ground Country Fair, 9/24-26, Unity ME; celebration of rural living in ME that supports Maine’s organic farmers & small locally owned businesses; education, fun, crafts, food, livestock exhibits, Youth Enterprise Zone, Native Am. arts & education area, music & entertainment; Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, 207/568-4142, POB 170, Unity ME 04988; www.mofga.org

Soldiers of Peace: A Children’s Crusade, 9/26, 10 pm EST; CNN profiles 5 representatives of the Colombian Children’s Peace Movement as they participate in the historic Hague Appeal for Peace conference; the CPM organized a special election in which 2.7 million Colombian children aged 7-18 turned out to vote, & is nominated for the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize; contact HAP 1999 c/o World Federalist Movement, 777 UN Plaza, New York NY 10017; 212/687-2623; gourihap99@igc.apc.org

Song of the Exile, 9/28, 6 pm; Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge; author Kiana Davenport will read from her novel about World War II’s "comfort women,"; sponsored by CPL & New Words Bookstore, 186 Hampshire St., Cambridge MA 02139; 617/876-5310

A Day Without the Pentagon, 10/1-2, Providence, RI; 10/1, 4:30pm peace vigil at Kennedy Plaza; 10/1, 6pm, film festival, storyteller, rock concert, AS220, 115 Empire St.; 10/2, assemble at AS220 at 3:30pm for parade at 6pm with Bread & Puppet through lower downtown Providence to Kennedy Plaza for 7pm festivities; Rhode Islanders for ADWP c/o Greg Gerritt, 37 6th St., Providence RI 02906; 401/331-0529

8th Annual Fall Foliage Bike-A-Thon, 10/2, 8:30 am-4 pm; to benefit MaineShare, a payroll deduction federation serving 32 statewide nonprofit organizations in Maine; MaineShare, POB 2095, Augusta ME 04338; 207/622-0105

Symposium to Benefit Brookview House, a transitional shelter for formerly homeless women & their children, 10/2, 6-9 pm, Simmons College, Boston MA; featuring women writers from different cultures, including M. Elaine Mar, author of Paper Daughter; poet Patricia Smith will be mistress of ceremonies; contact Deborah Hughes, BH, 2 Brookview St., Dorchester MA 02124; 617/265-2965

Help plan October 2000 Peace Festival, 10/3, 4-7 pm, Providence Friends Meeting House, corner of Olney & Morris Ave., Providence RI; New England-wide meeting to plan peace festival & civil disobedience at Newport War College & Naval Warfare Center; Jon Rehmus, 413/624-3025 or RI Mobilization for Peace & Justice, 401/273-4650

Stop the Hate, 10/7, nationwide; interfaith vigils against hate violence; Fellowship of Reconciliation, POB 271, Nyack NY 10960; 914/358-4601

Annual Harvest Supper & Safe Food Fair, 10/16, 3-8pm, Unitarian-Universalist Church, 120 Park St., Bangor ME; Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park St., Bangor ME 04401; 207/942-9343.

No Sweat, No Debt: Organizing for Global Justice, 9/23-26, Washington DC; Activists’ conference on debt, sweatshops, & international financial institutions to precede the annual meeting of the World Bank & IMF; culminates in a protest at IMF headquarters; sponsored by 50 Years is Enough Network, 1247 E St. SE, Washington DC 20003; 202/463-2265; wb50years@igc.org

Pax Christi Retreat, 10/15-17, Notre Dame Spiritual Center, Alfred ME, featuring Sr. Ruth Rosenbaum, TC, Founding Director of the Center for Reflection, Education, and Action; Jaqueline Perraut, Pax Christi Maine, 20 Old Salt Rd., Old Orchard Beach ME 04064; 207/934-5463

Grassroots Organizers’ Workshop, 10/22-24, Tanglewood Camp, Lincolnville ME; Nancy Galland, GROW, RR 1, Box 1013, Stockton Springs ME 04981; 207/567-4075; gallander@acadia.net

International Grassroots Summit on US Military Base Cleanup, 10/25-26, Trinity College, Washington DC; goals are to support ongoing efforts on obtaining US responsibility for the environmental impacts of its overseas installations; to increase awareness about the environmental & health implications of military bases; to begin the development of a "Host Country Bill of Rights," outlining conditions on base operations; John Lindsay-Poland, 415/495-6334; forlatam@igc.org

The Challenge of Peace in the 21st Century, 11/7, Princeton NJ; conference & interfaith service for peace , with Dr. Randall Forsberg, Ambassador Jonathan Dean, & Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts; $80 suggested donation; sponsored by Coalition for Peace Action, 40 Witherspoon St., Princeton NJ 08542; 888/820-7707

Highlights of the Hague Appeal for Peace Conference, special edition of conference newsletter Peace Matters; includes photos & information on how to get involved in follow-up activities; request copies from Megan Burke c/o WFM, 777 UN Plaza, New York NY 10017; 212/687-2623; meganhap99@igc.org; www.haguepeace.org

Common Courage Political Literacy Course: A Backbone of Facts to Confront Spineless Power, 9/7-12/17; each weekday, Common Courage will Email a screen’s worth of juicy facts & useful perspectives, rebuttals to a popular myth or corporate spin—designed to put those sometimes devastating, sometimes gentle ripostes on the tip of your tongue; no tests, latecomers welcome; to subscribe, send a blank email message to politlit-subscribe@listbot.com

The Next Step: News from the Front Lines of Abolition (video, 45 mins); $15; captures the intensity of one extraordinary day of organizing against the death penalty, organized by the Woodcrest Bruderhof; with Dolores Huerta, Rev. Betty Paterson, Sam Shepard, & many more; The Plough Publishing House, Rte. 381 North, Farmington PA 15437-9506; 800/521-8011

GW Associates is a public interest media firm specializing in work with non-profit, public interest organizations & social change groups.  GW Associates provides a range of services & resources, including media consulting, public relations, media training workshops, & our exclusive audio training tape — Living Media. Check out our web site: www.come.to/public.interest.media

Yugoslavia: The Price of Peace, a special issue of the Friends Committee on National Legislation Washington Newsletter, July 1999; FCNL, 245 2nd St. NE, Washington DC 20002-5795; 202/547-6000; www.fcnl.org

1999 Sweatshop Activist Organizing Packet, a multi-theme, multi-campaign packet for local activists who are organizing on sweatshop issues; includes calendar of activism events for 1999 holiday season, media tips, sample press releases & information on how global debt contributes to the proliferation of sweatshops; $10 suggested donation; 541/344-5410; clr@igc.org

Corporate Cash: Few Nations Can Top It, a poster illustrating the distribution of wealth among the top 70 entities in the world (29 nations, 41 corporations); with tips on how to effect change; $4 + $2 s&h; Campaign for Labor Rights, 1247 E St. SE, Washington DC 20003

Teaching for Change Catalogue offers books & audio-visual resources on multicultural, anti-racist education; includes titles on K-12 social studies, language arts, math, science & school reform; NECA, POB 73038, Washington DC 20056; 212/238-2379

Work to Set Aside the Selective Service System; urge your member of Congress to support HR 1812, a bill designed to end mandatory registration by male US citizens 18 & up; National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Observers, 1830 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC 20009; 202/483-2220; nisbco.org

There is No Surplus When the Bills Aren’t Paid! Tax & budget advocacy needed; contact your representative, senators & President Clinton urging them to pass only small tax cuts if commitments to low-income programs are unmet; United Church of Christ Justice & Peace Ministry, 700 Prospect Ave., Cleveland OH 44115-1100; 216/736-2178; jpmin@ucc.org

Protect Our Forest Wilderness from Road-Building; contact Mike Dombeck, Chief of the US Forest Service & urge him to develop a strong roadless policy that permanently protects our national forests of 1,000 acres or more without loopholes for logging, road construction, off-road vehicles, mining & other development; MD, 201 14th St. SW #4, Washington DC 20250; 202/205-1661; chieflwl@fs.fed.us

Protest Phillips-Van Heusen’s Sweatshop Abuses by writing to PVH CEO Bruce Klatsky; after PVH Guatemalan union leader Marisol Lopez delivered a negative report on the company’s operations in 6/98, Lopez received a death threat & the local factory, CAMOSAS, was closed; work with the US/Labor Education in the Americas Project & the Global Sweatshop Coalition to re-open CAMOSAS; US/LEAP, 773/262-6502; usglep@igc.org

Vote by Email; put nuclear abolition on the Presidential campaign agenda by posting comments on the following web sites: www.algore2000.com; www.georgewbush.com; www.billbradley.com

New Haven/Leon Sister City Project, a social justice organization, seeks executive director, application by 10/1 to SCP, 608 Whitney Ave., New Haven CT 06511; 203/562-1607; www.igc.org/newhavenleon

American Friends Service Committee in Western Mass. seeks part-time organizer; for more information contact Joe Gerson at jgerson@afsc.org; resume to Phyllis Cohen, AFSC, 2161 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130

United for a Fair Economy seeks Campaign Organizer & Religious Outreach Coordinator; applications due 10/1 to UFE, 37 Temple Place, Boston MA 02111; for full job descriptions visit www.stw.org or call 617/423-2148

New Hampshire Peace Action seeks Coordinator; responsibilities include grassroots organizing, public speaking, writing, fundraising, recruiting members & volunteers, administration; resume by 9/10 to NH Peace Action, POB 771, Concord NH 03302; fax 603/228-6492; nhpeaceaction@earthlink.net

To get involved with prison issues and anti-racist action, contact Mutual Aid Collective, PO Box 11262, Portland, ME 04104; work4justice@yahoo.com.

Boston VOTE has paid & volunteer positions available in areas including research, resource distribution, voter registration, & membership communication; Malia Lazu, BVOTE, 37 Temple Pl., 5th fl., Boston MA 02111; 617/542-8683

American Friends Service Committee in Cambridge seeks volunteer receptionist in our Porter Square office, and volunteers to help in the Material Assistance Program outside Harvard Square—especially with preparations for our upcoming annual tag sale; contact Phyllis Cohen, AFSC, 2161 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130

The Loka Institute seeks volunteers, graduate & undergraduate interns, & work-study students; LI is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making research, science, & technology responsive to democratically decided social & environmental concerns; resume & cover letter to Volunteer & Internship Coordinator, Loka Institute, POB 355, Amherst MA 01004; loka@amherst.edu; www.loka.org

Search for Justice & Equality in Palestine/Israel seeks someone to work on all facets of this issue; SJEP/I, POB 3452, Framingham MA 01705; 508/879-0777

Into the Circle: Teens Teaching Inclusion seeks 30 high school facilitators from schools throughout Greater Boston; students must be sponsored by a teacher, school administrator, or community program director; $50/student training charge; limited scholarships; applications by 9/24 to The National Conference for Community & Justice, 15 Broad St., #505, Boston MA 02109; 617/227-9155

Massachusetts Human Services Coalition seeks interns to assist with research, writing, & policy analysis for the publication of The People’s Budget, an analysis of all areas of the state budget that fund human services programs; contact Steve Collins by 9/17; Internships, MHSC, 37 Temple Pl., 3rd fl., Boston MA 02111; 617/482-6119, x22; mhsc@earthlink.net

Earth Day 2000: New Energy for a New Era; the focus will be on a rapid transition from fossil fuels & nuclear energy to clean, safe, renewable sources; to get involved & help plan events, contact Earth Day Campaign at earthday@earthday.net; www.earthday.net.