 October 2000
American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine Patrica Watson, Editor Sara Burke, Assistant 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. |
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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 to Change Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day, 10/9, 8 am; St. Johnsbury Post Office; sponsored by North Country Coalition for Justice & Peace, c/o Eleanor Simmons, 186 Overcliff Rd, St. Johnsbury VT 05819 A Spirit People: View of the Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Middle Passage, 9/9-10/29, Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA; exhibit of photographs by Skip Schiel features large black & whites of this journey retracing the route of the Atlantic slave trade; opening reception 10/15, noon-2 pm; slide show 10/19, 7 pm; 617/441-7756; schiel@ccae.org Newport Peace Festival 2000, 10/14-15; Newport RI; Touro Park (rain site, Elks Hall); Peace College workshops on many topics; performers, storytellers, puppets; kid & teen projects; parade; direct action; Newport Peace Festival, POB 23157, Providence RI 02903-4102; www.as220.org/npf Harvest Supper & Safe Food Fair, 10/14, 2:30-8 pm; Unitarian-Universalist Church, 120 Park St., Bangor ME; displays, speakers, & workshops on problems of genetically engineered foods; supper & entertainment; sponsored by Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park St., Bangor ME 04401; 207/942-9343; peacectr@mint.net
A Day Without the Pentagon,
10/15; communities organizing actions with War Resisters League;
for more info including actions planned in your area contact WRL,
339 Lafayette St., New York NY 10012; The Myth of the Cold War: A Lecture by Howard Zinn, 10/18, 7 pm; First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Cambridge MA; $7 (no-one turned away) to benefit Food Not Bombs, 955 Mass. Ave. #121, Cambridge MA 02139; for information contact Aaron Falbel, 617/864-3878 Sixteen Decisions: Glimpse into a Poor Woman's Social Character; 10/18, 6 pm, 10/21 12:30 pm; Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA; discussions follow each screening; 617/369-3770; www.16decisions.com
Stonewall 25: The Future Is Ours
(video), 10/20, 7 pm; Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine,
170 Park St., Bangor ME; First National Women's Convention 150th Anniversary, 10/20-22; Mechanics Hall, Worcester MA; with Dolores Huerta, Jil Ker Conway, Marge Piercy, Emily Rooney & others; sponsored by the Worcester Women's History Project, 1 Salem Square, Worcester MA 01608; 508/767-1852; wwhp@net1plus.com New England Anarchist Book Fair, 10/21, 11 am-9 pm; Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St., Copley Square, Boston MA; contact Sabate Anarchist Group, POB 230685, Boston MA 02123; sabate36@juno.com
City for Sale,
a presentation of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, 10/21 (8 pm)
& Annual Peace & Justice Awards, 10/22, 5:30-8:30 pm; Washburn Hall, 99 Brattle St., Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge MA; $15 adults, $5 children; dinner, slide show, & presentations; child care on request; RSVP to Cambridge Peace Commission, 51 Inman St., Cambridge MA 02139; 617/349-4694 AFSC Western Mass Fall Open House, 10/22, 3-5 pm; 140 Pine St., Florence MA; donations accepted; good food, information about current projects, presentations by youth involved in Help Increase the Peace & Jim Ayres from the Center for New Americans; wheelchair accessible; AFSC, 140 Pine St., Florence MA 01060; 413/584-8975; afsc@crocker.com Globalization & Militarization in Chiapas, Mexico, 10/21, 7 pm; Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury St., Boston; Manuel Hernandez will speak on the effects of global economic trends & militarization in Chiapas' indigenous communities; Boston Committee to Support the Native Peoples of Mexico, POB 1074, Jamaica Plain MA 02130; contact Anna Utech, 617/629-2449; annalee@igc.org Standardized Testing: Keeping the Marginalized Marginalized, 10/23, noon-1 pm; Washburn Lounge, Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle St., Cambridge MA 02138; with Bobbi Fischer; sponsored by Studies in Feminist Liberation Theologies program; contact Gale Yee, 617/868-3450 x343 Same-sex Domestic Violence Community Forum, 10/26, 6:30 pm; New Words Bookstore, 186 Hampshire St., Cambridge MA 02139; with Beth Leventhal & Sandy Lundy, editors of Same-sex Domestic Violence, Strategies for Change; 617/695-0877; nblbw@erols.com; www.nblbw.org Biennial Legislative Agenda Conference, 10/27, 9:30 am-4 pm; St. Andrews Church, Route 105, Augusta ME; taking the next step on anti-poverty, health care, & other issues; Maine Association of Interdependent Neighborhoods, POB 2711, Bangor ME 04402; 207/947-4371; krjguay@bangornews.infi.net
Capital Punishment in America,
11/7, 4 pm; McCarthy Center, St. Michael's College, Confronting Militarism & Democratizing Globalization, 11/11, 9:30 am-3 pm; Bethany United Church of Christ, 115 Main St., Montpelier VT; donations requested; annual gathering of Vermont AFSC will include workshops on bioengineering, Colombia, Iraq, the Vermont Livable Wage Campaign, & Civil Unions/Civil Rights; music, lunch, & keynote by Karl Grossman (The Wrong Stuff: The US Militarization of Space); wheelchair accessible; for ASL interpretation or child care, call ahead; AFSC, 73 Main St. Box 19, Montpelier VT 05602; 802/229-2340 The Good Thief Gala, 11/4, 6:45 pm; cafeteria of Assumption College, 500 Salisbury St., Worcester MA; $50; with Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking; silent auction in Administration Bldg., 5 pm; a benefit for Dismas House, POB 30125, Worcester MA 01603; 508/799-9389
Peacework Magazine
seeks volunteer Database Manager; Peacework is a national
peace & justice magazine dedicated to the movements for nonviolent
social change, published monthly by the American Friends Service
Committee; we need someone to manage & maintain our subscriber
database; resume & letter to Phyllis Cohen, AFSC, 2161 Mass.
Ave., Cambridge MA 02140; AFSC Connecticut seeks Program Coordinator; office in Hartford; programs include economic justice, nuclear weapons abolition, & nonviolent conflict resolution; letter & resume by 10/10 to Phyllis Cohen, AFSC, 2161 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130; pcohen@afsc.org Grassroots International seeks Program Director; GRI is an independent human rights & development agency; resume & cover letter to Program Director Search Committee, GRI, 179 Boylston St., 4th floor, Boston MA 02130-4520; jobs@grassrootsonline.org
The Bannerman Fellowship Program
honors outstanding activists of color and gives them an opportunity
for reflection & renewal; $15,000 stipends for sabbaticals
of 3 months or more; application deadline 12/1; Bannerman Fellowship
Program, 1627 Lancaster St., Baltimore, MD 21231; Facing the Future Workshop, 10/28 & 29, 10 am-6 pm; $65; 50 Lincoln Woods, Lincoln MA; We'll examine cultural assumptions & economic mechanisms that drive the modern world-view & prevent us from responding, & focusing on proposed solutions; with Garret Whitney & Kati Winchell, 227 Concord Rd., Lincoln MA 01773; 978/371-2188; gw@world.std.com George Williams Fellowship for Journalists of Color; any journalists with at least three years of solid reporting may apply; GWF will pay commercial rates for stories or $1500/month; sponsored by the Independent Press Association, 2729 Mission St. #201, San Francisco CA 94110; for application, Linda Jue, 415/643-4401 x107; www.indypress.org Retirees Alert; the Cambridge Senior Volunteer Clearinghouse can help you find arewarding spot to keep you in the swing of things; at the same time as you are enhancing the quality of life in your community, you will be elevating the role & status of seniors in our community; call Director Carol Leiberman 617/864-6688 or visit CSVC, 56 Brattle St., Cambridge MA 02238
Cutting Edge Strategies
for Building & Maintaining an Equal Employment Opportunity
Workplace; 8-10 am on
Affordable Yoga for Affordable Housing;
Saturdays 10:30-noon beginning 10/7;
Help Choose Presidential Debate Topics by responding to the Harris on-line poll at <www.debates.org>; to comment on nuclear weapons, go to "other" within the Foreign Policy & Defense list; for suggested comments & questions to raise, contact the Commission on Presidential Debates, Global Security Institute, POB 475160, San Francisco CA 94147 Leonard Peltier Clemency Phone Campaign: We need as many people as possible to call President Clinton regularly at 202/456-1111 & ask that he pardon Leonard Peltier; our best opportunity for getting clemency is between election day in November, & Inauguration Day in January, since regardless of the election's outcome, Clinton will not have so many reasons to avoid controversial issues; Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, POB 583, Lawrence KS 66044; 785/842-5774; www.freepeltier.org
Slavery: A Present-day Reality in Mauritania
& Sudan; tens of thousands
of Black Africans in Sudan & Mauritania live in government-condoned
slavery; US & European "slave redemption programs"
have attempted to alleviate the problem by buying the freedom
of individuals, but the American Friends Service Committee condemns
this practice, & suggests other actions; for information,
organizing materials, or to join the US Anti-Slavery Network,
write to the Africa Program, Peacebuilding Unit, AFSC, 1501 Cherry
St., Philadelphia PA 19102;
Bread Not Stones,
a national Catholic campaign to redirect military spending to
funding for social needs, is holding the Bread Not Stones Tour;
a bus called the Moneymobile will leave the east coast & stop
at 30 cities on its route west visiting college campuses, churches,
public parks, & high schools; Moneymobile will be in Boston
Empower Students with Choices! Curriculum supplements for grades 9-12 on Global Challenges (Immigration, Environment, Peacekeeping, Trade, Foreign Aid), Areas in Transition (Mexico, Middle East, China, Russia), & Historical Turning Points (including War of 1812, Weimar Germany, Colonialism in Africa, Cold War Origins, & Vietnam); $15 for single unit set with reproducible student text & teacher resource book; $7 for classroom set of student texts (15 or more of the same unit), with one teacher resource book; $8 per unit downloaded from www.choices.edu; add 7% for s&h; Choices Education Project, Dept. 95, Brown University, Box 1948, Providence RI 02912 Whole Earth: Access to Tools, Ideas & Practices, $20/4 issues; current issue includes articles & resources on biodiversity & a call to inventory all the planet's living creatures; Whole Earth, POB 3000, Denville NJ 07834-9879; 888/732-6739 Disciples & Dissidents: The Prison Writings of the Prince of Peace Plowshares, Fred Wilcox, ed., with foreword by Howard Zinn; $17.95 pb; writings & reflections on scripture, resistance, & living in an empire that supports weapons of mass destruction at the expense of the poor; Haley's Publishing, POB 248, Athol MA 01331; 800/215-8805 Progressive Secretary, on-line project designed to organize letters being sent to representatives & decision makers; PS sends you copies of proposed letters--if you agree, click ësend' & PS sends the letter in your name; contact Jim Harris at www.progressivesecretary.org Rosenberg Fund for Children is a public foundation that provides for the educational & emotional needs of children in the US whose parents have suffered because of their progressive activities; institutions & professionals are awarded grants to provide services (e.g. therapy, tuition, music lessons, camp, day care, & travel); RFC, 1145 Main St. #408, Springfield MA 01103; 413/739-9020 Property & Values: Alternatives to Public & Private Ownership , Island Press; $28 single copy; bulk available; explores evolving concepts & models of property with a mix of contributions from professionals, policy makers, & grassroots practitioners of community development & land conservation; Equity Trust Inc., 860/376-6174; www.equitytrust@aol.com Domestic Violence & Children, vol. 9 #3 of The Future of Children series, published by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation; 144 pp. (Executive Summary with order form 8 pp.); Articles by researchers on the effects on children of exposure to domestic violence, the impact of state & federal laws, the response of the legal system, community-based domestic violence services, & more; with recommendations & bibliography; request free copies from Circulation Department, The David & Lucile Packard Foundation, 300 Second St. #200, Los Altos CA 94022; circulation@futureofchildren.org Learning as a Political Act, ed. Jose A. Segarra & Ricardo Dobles; $22.95 +$3.95 s&h; essays from communities engaged in the struggle to claim an education that is intellectually challenging & that respects & incorporates their histories, traditions, & languages; Harvard Education Publishing Group, Gutman Library 349, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge MA 02138; 800/513-0763; hepg@harvard.edu; gseweb.harvard.edu/~hepg Earthshaking Women; 20th Century Rebels & Peacemakers 2001 Peace calendar; profiles of 57 women from some of the century's greatest struggles for human rights, peace & justice; 128p, $12 each or 4/$44; write to War Resisters League, 339 Lafayette St., NY NY 10012 National Network of Grantmakers Directory is a comprehensive guide to social change funders with over 200 foundation profiles providing facts on application processes, timelines, contacts, & budget information; $50 + $6 s&h; order toll free 888/458-8588 or write to NNG 1717 Kettner Blvd. Suite 110, San Diego CA 92101; www.nng.org Gleaners Project: Creating Partnerships with the Poor for Economic Self-development, est. by Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America, provides opportunity to invest $1000 or more to finance groups, mainly cooperatives, across the world with low-income loans; BPFNA, 4800 Wedgewood Dr., Charlotte NC 28210; bpfna@bpfna.org Creating a Cooperative Learning Center: An Idea Book for Homeschooling Families, Katharine Houk, 192 pp; appendices & index; $16.95 pb, $2.50 s&h; how home educators can create a gathering place for creative & joyful learning in their community; contact Longview Publishing, 29 Kinderhook St., Chatham NY 12037; 518/392-6900 Nuclear Free Northeast; a handbook & guide to the commercial atomic power industry in the Northeast & related nuclear issues, & what you can do about it; Nuclear Information & Resource Service, 1424 16th St., #404, Washington DC 20036 Simple Living 101: A Toolbook for Sharing the Joy of a Simpler Lifestyle; includes models for workshops, tips for event planning, ideas for study/action groups & simplicity circles; also from Alternatives for Simple Living,Living More with Less: Study/Action Guide; & Simplify & Celebrate! Embracing the Soul of Christmas; AFSL, 5312 Morningside Ave, POB 2857, Sioux City IA 51106; 800/821-6153; alternatives@simpleliving.org; www.simpleliving.org The Mosquito Brochure, a guide to empowering people without guns or much money; single copy free, $15 per 100; War Resisters League, 339 Lafayette St., New York NY 10012; 212/228-0450; email wrl@igc.apc.org The WTO: Five Years of Reasons to Resist Corporate Globalization, Michelle Sforza & Lori Wallach; 80 pp.; $5.95 pb; a concise, informative book which provides an excellent overview of the major issues raised by the WTO & similar organizations; Seven Stories Press, 140 Watts St., New York NY 10013; order at 800/596-7437 or www.sevenstories.com
Peace, Justice & Freedom: Human Rights
Challenges for the New Millennium; 433 pp; $34.95 pb; reflects
dialogue of scholars, activists, politicians, peace workers including
Desmond M. Tutu at the fiftieth anniversary commemoration of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights; these 54 articles create
a passionate document on the state of human rights today: where
we've been, where we're going, & what we must
yet accomplish; University of Alberta Press, Ring House 2, Edmonton
AB, CANADA, T6G 2E1; 780/492-3662;u.a.p@ualberta.ca; www.ualberta.ca/~uapOpportunities
Peace Pilgrimage, 10/4-13, from North Andover, MA to Newport, RI; starting & ending with vigils at Raytheon facilities, the Pilgrimage will also visit Starmet (formerly Nuclear Metals, Inc.), a hazardous waste site; at the end of the walk we will join up with the Newport Peace Festival; contact Hattie Nestel, POB 248, Athol MA 01331; 978/249-9400; haleyathol@aol.com Mending the Sacred Hoop: A Gathering of the Five Colors, 10/13-15; UMass Boston; an opportunity to bring Red, Black, White, Yellow, & Brown people into one circle, in order to explore how we might heal the wounds of racism & begin to create an inclusive community built on the truth of absolute equality of all people & the interconnectedness of all beings; keynote by Babatunde Olatunji, cultural performances, Council of Elders, small talking circles, participatory music-making; Earth Drum Council, 303 Commonwealth Ave., Concord MA 01742; 978/371-2502; www.earthdrum.com Independent Media Convergence, 10/14; Trinity College, Burlington VT; activists, advocates, & progressive media workers in northern New England will come together to share experiences, look at the current media environment, discuss alternatives, develop a common agenda, & take concrete follow-up steps to build a sustainable movement for media democracy; IMCVT, c/o Toward Freedom, POB 468, Burlington VT 05402-0468; 802/654-8024; imcvt@aol.com
The Environmental Effects of War,
Conflict Studies: The New Generation of Ideas, the third biennial conference for graduate students studying conflict, 10/27-28; UMass Boston; keynote by Craig McEwen; Conflict Studies Conference, Grad Programs in Dispute Resolution, UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston MA 02125-3393; 617/287-7421; disres@umb.edu; www.umb.edu/disres
Breaking the Spiral of Violence: Conference
& Retreat, 10/27-29; Newton
MA; led by theologian Walter Wink (Engaging the Powers: Discernment
& Resistance in a World of Domination), participants will
reflect on the integration of faith & action, and consider
ways to help break the cycle of destructive powers that affect
the poor; co-sponsored by Witness for Peace New England,
Men's International Peace Exchange,
Jubilee 2000: End the Burden of Debt, 11/5-10; Pendle Hill, Wallingford PA; course to explore the jubilee with emphasis on debt cancellation & building just relationships in the global economy; Marie Dennis & Angie Berryman; Pendle Hill, 338 Plush Mill Rd., Wallingford PA 19086-6099; 800/742-3150; www.pendlehill.org Planning for the Future: Building Livable Communities, 11/9-11; Albuquerque NM; national community land trust conference; with Chuck Matthew, John A. Powell, Tasha Harmon, & others; Institute for Community Economics, 57 School St., Springfield MA 01105-1331; Julie Orvis at 413/746-8660; jorvisice@aol.com; www.iceclt.org The Second Nuclear Age & the Academy, 11/17-18; Graduate Center, CUNY, 34th & 5th Ave., New York NY; free ($35 contribution to defray costs gratefully accepted); with Kofi Annan, Zia Mian, Patricia Williams, Jonathan Schell, Theodore Postol, & others; Continuing Education & Public Programs, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave. #8111, New York NY 10016-4309; 212/8178215; continuinged@gc.cuny.edu; http://web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp
Close the School of the Americas,
New England Gathering of War Tax Resisters, 11/17-19; Conference Center at Woolman Hill, Deerfield MA; there will be a workshop for those new to war tax refusal to explore the philosophy, history, legal concerns of refusing to finance the military as well as opportunities to talk with long time refusers; contact Melinda Neilson, 24 Clark Ave, Northampton MA 01060; 413/584-5608
Radical-Feminist Lesbian Festival,
11/23-26; Philadelphia PA; Do you still "want a woman's
revolution like a lover?" RadLesFes, POB 813, Northampton
MA 01061; radlesfes@yahoo.com
"We've gone from the prison of slavery, to the slavery of prison" --Angela Y. Davis The Massachusetts Interfaith Prison Pilgrimage is an invitation--an urgent cry--to dissolve the walls of punishment, of shame, of fear, and of isolation that separate the incarcerated and the non-incarcerated. For three weeks we will walk to the major prisons to hold vigils and to learn what is the reality of prisons in Massachusetts. Please consider joining the Pilgrimage for a mile, a day, or more. You can also participate in many other ways, by planning or attending an event in your community as the Pilgrimage passes through, helping to host walkers, or making a financial contribution. The organizers can also provide you with a flyer that has clear, powerful facts and statistics about incarceration in this country, for you to use in contacting your legislators or in spreading the word about the Pilgrimage and its goals.
To participate, offer support, make a financial
contribution, or receive a flyer and a full schedule of the Pilgrimage,
contact MIPP c/o Western Mass Resistance Coalition, POB 163, Hadley
MA 01035; or call Community Change at 617/523-0555 |
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