 November 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 Globalization, Guns, & Gender: The US in the Asia-Pacific, 11/9, 7 pm; Tufts University, Eton Hall #206, Medford MA; with Joseph Gerson, In Sook Kwon, & Kathy Moon; co-sponsored by Tufts Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Tufts University, Eton Hall #111, Medford MA 02155; Amy West, 617/627-5447 Leading for Liberation & Social Justice: A Presentation by Bishop Samuel Ruiz, 11/10, noon; Memorial Church in Harvard Yard (wheelchair accessible); Samuel Ruiz, Bishop in Chiapas from 1959-1999, liberation theologian, human rights advocate, & former mediator of negotiations between the Mexican government & the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, on how he has helped to lead & nurture other leaders in the struggle for human rights in Chiapas and current plight of the indigenous peoples, role of religion in conflict resolution; cosponsored by Harvard Divinity School; for info, call Nancy Palmer Jones at 617/547-9389 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, 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 Reflections on the Lost Meaning of Veteran's Day, 11/12, 11 am; Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St., Copley Square; with Paul Atwood, research associate at the William Joiner Center for the Study of War & Its Social Consequences, & founding member of Veterans for Peace; music by Dean Stevens & Community Voices; separate program for children; Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St, Boston MA 02116; , 617/266-6710; commchurch@igc.org Feminist Liberation Theologies Lecture Series, noon-1 pm; Washburn Lounge, Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle St., Cambridge MA; 11/27, "A Whole Priesthood: The Philadelphia Ordinations & the Continuing Dilemmas of Race in the Episcopal Church"; 12/4, "Witness Our Welcome: Real Stories of Welcoming Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Peoples"; 617/868-3450 x343 Universal Health Care in Vermont: How Do We Get There? 11/14, 7:30 pm; North Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury VT; with Deborah Ann Richter, MD, president of Physicians for a National Health Plan & co-founder of Vermont Health Care for All; sponsored by North Country Coalition for Justice & Peace, c/o Eleanor Bonney Simons, 186 Overcliff Road, St. Johnsbury VT 05819; www.nccjp.org Cambridge Forum, Wednesdays, 7:30 pm; First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Harvard Square, Cambridge; 11/15, "Child's Work: Subsidizing the Nation's Economy?" with Lisa Dodson; 11/29, "Locked Up/Locked Out: America's Response to Juvenile Crime," with James Alan Fox; 12/6, "Teaching to the Test" with Gary Orfield, exploring the impact of high stakes testing; CF, 3 Church St., Cambridge MA 02138; 617/495-2727; www.cambridgeforum.org Showdown at the Gender Gap: Reflections on the November Election, 11/16, 4-6 pm; Frost Lounge, Northeastern University, Boston MA; with Kay Lehman Sholozman, professor of Political Science at Northeastern, & Sidney Verba, professor of Government at Harvard; sponsored by Women's Studies Program, Northeastern University, Boston MA 02115; 617/373-4984; www.dac.neu.edu/womens.studies National Day of Mourning, 11/23, noon; Cole's Hill above Plymouth Rock, Plymouth MA; join us as we dedicate the 31st National Day of Mourning to our brother, political prisoner Leonard Peltier; United American Indians of New England, POB 697501, Quincy MA 02269; 781/331-3690; uaine19@idt.net; http://idt.net/~uaine19 Eyewitness Report from Prague, 11/28, 7:30 pm; North Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury VT; with Ashley Smith, member of the International Socialist Organization, who traveled with a small delegation of US Americans to join a demonstration of 12,000 people against the IMF & the World Bank; sponsored by North Country Coalition for Justice & Peace, c/o Eleanor Bonney Simons, 186 Overcliff Road, St. Johnsbury VT 05819; www.nccjp.org
Walk in Support of Executive Clemency for
Leonard Peltier, 12/10; New York
City; leave at noon from Union Square, East 14th St & 4th
Ave., to rally (2-4 pm) at the UN at 1st Ave & 47th St.; sunrise
ceremony
Fifth Anniversary of Lori Berenson's Arrest, 11/30; Lori Berenson, a political prisoner held wrongfully in Peru, is being subjected to another "show trial"; to support her during this process, provide her with a lawyer, & keep up the campaign for her release, her family needs help; please hold a demonstration or a fundraising event of any size on 11/30; for help & information, contact Committee to Free Lori Berenson, 110 Maryland Ave NE #102, Washington DC 20002; 202/548-8480; gtaylor@freelori.org; www.freelori.org
Greater Bangor Area NAACP
seeks donations to the Vargas Defense Fund to fight racism against
a family of color in Northern Maine; Vargas Defense Fund c/o
Maine Toxics Action Conference,
11/11,
National Day of Action to Stop US Militarism
in Latin America, 11/16; march
& rally, 4 pm in Copley Square; sponsored by the Latin America
Action Coalition, AFSC, Colombia Vive, Latinos & Latinas for
Social Change, Peace Action, & CISPES; AFSC, 2161 Mass. Ave.,
Cambridge MA 02140; 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 Fifteenth Annual New England Gathering of War Tax Resisters; 11/17-19; 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 Greenpeace True Food Shopping List separates processed foods containing genetically engineered ingredients from those which don't; available from Greenpeace True Food Team, 702 H St NW, Washington DC 20001; 800/219-9260; www.truefoodnow.org
Bread & Puppet Basic Needs Calendar, 2001; $10; beautiful, simple, colorful images of basic needs, some obvious, some unexpected (food, ecstasy, justice); B&P Press, 753 Heights Rd, Glover VT 05839; 802/525-6972 Send Peacework to Prison! For $15, you can subsidize 1-year subscriptions to two of Peacework's many incarcerated subscribers. Make checks payable to AFSC-Peacework, and note in the memo line "Send Peacework to Prison." Your gift is tax-deductible, and should be sent to Peacework, AFSC, 2161 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02140 Alternatives for Simple Living offers resources for simple, non-commercial Christmas celebrations; this year's catalogue offers Carols with Justice, a booklet of new verses to add to the traditional carols; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, a video exploring creative ways to de-commercialize Christmas, & Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? Ideas for a Christ-Centered Holiday; many resources in Spanish; ASL, POB 2787, Sioux City IA 51106; 800/821-6153; www.simpleliving.org War Resisters League 2001 Calendar features 20th Century Women Rebels and Peacemakers, $12, 4/$44 from War Resisters League, 339 Lafayette St, New York NY 10012; 800/975-9688
Training for Change Workshops,
Philadelphia PA; 12/14, 6-9 pm, "White People Working on
Racism," an evening of encouragement & inspiration for
anti-racist allies; 2001 Martin Luther King, Jr. Award; Fellowship of Reconciliation seeks nominations (deadline 12/15); since its establishment in 1979, the Award has lifted up persons & organizations working for social justice in the nonviolent tradition of Dr. King. The MLK Award is meant to tangibly recognize & encourage not only the award's recipient, but all who work to realize King's vision of an equal & just society; the award includes a commemorative scroll & $2500; for nomination form, contact Awards Coordinator, FOR, POB 271, Nyack NY 10960; 845/358-4601; www.forusa.org
American Friends Service Committee
seeks full-time US-Mexico Border Program Coordinator in San Diego;
fluent Spanish/English; resumes by 11/30 to AFSC, 980 American Friends Service Committee seeks program associate for Latin America Action Program in Cambridge office; resume by 11/17 to Phyllis Cohen, AFSC, 2161 Mass Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/ 661-6130 On the Rise, Inc. seeks Outreach Worker to work with homeless & abused women; resume & cover letter to On the Rise, POB 391801, Cambridge MA 02139 Solutions at Work seeks part-time organizer to help people living in single adult shelters in Boston; contact Macy DeLong, POB 391349, Cambridge MA 02139; macydelong@hotmail.com Northeast Organic Farming Association seeks Director for organic farm certification program; apply by 11/17 to Kelly Phelan , NOFA/MASS Certification Program, 140 Chestnut St., W. Hatfield MA 01088 Alliance for Nuclear Accountability seeks Program Director; letter, resume, 3 references, & writing sample to Hiring Committee, ANA, 1914 N. 34th St #407, Seattle WA 98103; 206/547-3175; susangordon@earthlink.net
Quaker United Nations Office
seeks two interns from 9/01 through 8/02; apply by
AFSC is accepting financial contributions to assist victims of recent severe flooding that hit vast areas of Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. The flooding along the lower Mekong River has affected four million people, severely damaging roads, dikes, and infrastructure. According to Barbara Johnson, head of the AFSC's rural development program in Cambodia, the devastation left by recent heavy monsoon rains is "a wake-up call." Severe deforestation upstream in Cambodia, Thailand, and China have resulted in volumes of run-off water further down the Mekong that cannot be absorbed by the ground.
Contributions marked "Cambodia Flood
Assistance can be sent to AFSC, 1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia PA
19102; for information, call 888/588-2371 x1.
"Don't you ever wonder: Why is it necessary to declare me dead again and again?" Karl Marx has agitated with the authorities of the afterlife for a chance to clear his name, but through a bureaucratic error he is sent to Soho instead of London to make his case. Marx in Soho, Howard Zinn's acclaimed play, starring Brian Jones, is coming to the Boston Playwrights Theatre this month. "Brian Jones brought Marx in Soho to life, creating an engaging and charismatic character...Zinn's text and Jones' acting deftly blended the political with the personal" (Washington Post). Performances November 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, and 18 at 8 pm; November 12 and 19 at 2 pm; tickets $17 regular, $12 for students; Boston Playwrights Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave, Boston; for tickets call 877/238-5596 <www.smarttix.com>
Sponsored by South End Press, 7 Brookline
St. #1, Cambridge MA 02139-4146; 617/547-4002; for information:
www.southendpress.org/books/zinnmarx.shtml
11/17-19, Fort Benning GA; honor the memory
of those who have died at the hands of SOA graduates; vigil at
the gate 11/18, 11 am-5 pm; vigil & nonviolent civil disobedience
11/19, 9 am-5 pm; all planning CD should attend a logistics &
orientation session (several are scheduled); all events ASL interpreted;
contact SOA Watch, POB 4566, Washington DC 20017; 202/234-3440;
www.soaw.org |
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