 December 2000 January 2001 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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Black, White, & Jewish, 1/10, 7 pm; Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge MA; wheelchair accessible; a reading by author Rebecca Walker, daughter of author Alice Walker & civil rights activist Mel Leventhal; sponsored by New Words, 186 Hampshire St, Cambridge MA 02139; 617/876-5310 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, 1/11-14; Coolidge Corner Theatre, International Institute of Boston, & Museum of Fine Arts; 14 power films from 10 countries, ranging in themes from the Seattle protests to the protests of Kurds trapped in the never-never land of US international policy, & from the lives of janitors organizing for justice to the "invisible" movements of neo-Nazi youth & the counter-group Anti-Racist Action; for information and schedule, Human Rights Watch, 77 Morton St, Newton Centre MA 02459; 617/641-2881; www.hrw.org/iff Martin Luther King Day Community Celebration, 1/15, 3-5 pm (potluck meal at 2 pm); Holy Cross Hall, Notre Dame College, Manchester NH; with speaker Russell Weatherspoon, music by the New England Pentecostal Crusade Choir, awards, & more; wheelchair accessible, ASL interpretation provided; MLK Coalition, c/o AFSC, 4 Park St #209, Concord NH 03301; 613/224-2407; aalpert@afsc.org We Just Lightning: Boston Women's Rainbow Chorus, 1/19, 8 pm; Central Congregational Church, 85 Seaverns Ave, Jamaica Plain MA; chorus for lesbians, bisexual women, & their allies performs music by Holly Near, Randall Thompson, & Shefa Gold; for tickets & info, 617/424-8900 Gang & Sex Offender Labeling Practices in Massachusetts Prisons, 1/23, noon-1:30 pm; Community Change, 14 Beacon St #605, Boston MA 02108; brown bag lunch discussion with Phil Kassel, Mass. Correctional Legal Services; please RSVP to Community Change at 617/523-0555 The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein, 1/25, 7 pm; Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St, Cambridge MA 02138; $7 ($5 students); preview screening of John Gianvito's dramatic film exploring the impact of the Gulf War on a woman named Hussein, a teenaged activist, & a returning veteran; proceeds to benefit AFSC; HFA, 617/496-2222; www.harvardfilmarchive.com
Social Change for Social Choice: Campaign for TIAA-CREF; TIAA-CREF, the nation's largest private pension system, offers a Social Choice Account, which doesn't invest in companies that deal in tobacco, alcohol, or nuclear weapons; however, over 80% of the Account's participants would also like the fund to engage in 'positive investing,' seeking out companies with an outstanding record on social issues. Whether or not you are a TIAA-CREF participant, you can help; for a brochure, petition, & other materials, contact Social Choice for Social Change, MC Box 135, Manchester College, 604 E. College Ave, North Manchester IN 46962; 219/982-5346; njwollman@manchester.edu Save "Democracy Now!" Pacifica Radio's Amy Goodman hosts this award-winning daily national radio program (you can also hear it at www.democracynow.org), & has doggedly covered important stories that are overlooked by (or, as with the US-backed repression in East Timor, only later picked up by) mainstream media. Recently, Pacifica has created restrictions which threaten to censor & restrict Goodman's courageous work, apparently as part of their strategy to make Pacifica more mainstream. Please send your protest to Pacifica! Information & text of a letter from the East Timor Action Network available at www.etan.org/news/2000b/pacifica1.htm; for more background & action suggestions, see www.savepacifica.net
Understanding Whiteness: Tools for the Spiritual Leader, 1/13, 9 am-4 pm; Friends Center, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA; $35 (scholarships available); using the structures within Cambridge Friends Meeting & the culture & ideology of Quaker culture as examples, we will look at what promotes & what stands in the way of creating space & culture that is inclusive & promotes equality; with Meck Groot, Co-director of the Women's Theological Center; bring your own lunch; register (& request child care) by 1/7; registration to Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA 02138; for scholarships, child care, or more information, contact Bryon Parrish, 617/731-2550; bnparrish@rcn.com
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; Death Penalty Mobilization Fund supports strategic collaborations of local, regional, or national nonprofits working on death penalty issues; focus on supporting concrete, short-term projects; most awards up to $5000 but larger grants are possible; deadlines first of each month through May 1; contact Kathleen Lee, Tides Foundation, POB 29903, San Francisco CA 94129-0903; 415/561-6349; klee@tides.org; application guidelines on line at www.tides.org/foundation/death_penalty_rfp.cfm New Voices Fellowship Program to Support Small Nonprofits; 2-year grants to small nonprofits working on social & economic justice; grants include salary, benefits, professional support for the fellow, & technical support for the hosting organization; applications must be made jointly by nonprofits & their prospective fellows; Academy for Educational Development/New Voices, 1825 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC 20009; 202/884-8051; newvoice@aed.org; www.aed.org/newvoices Environmental Injustices: The Toll on Man & Nature, 2/2-3/4; to contribute your work to this exhibition, send up to 5 slides/photos with information on size & medium by 1/10 to Gallery of Social/Political Art, 565 Boylston St, Boston MA 02116; Idahlia Stanlety, 617/244-5581; istanley@argento.bu.edu
Caged, a
powerful one-act play about prisons, seeks venue; do you know
of a school, church, community center, or social center that might
be suitable? Contact Never Again Campaign seeks hosts for Japanese volunteers who come to the US & Canada to share stories of Hiroshima & Nagasaki; volunteers live with hosts for a semester, giving programs in schools, libraries, & churches; contact Marion Lanthrop, Never Again Campaign, Berkshire Community College, 1350 West St., Pittsfield MA 01201
Pax Christi USA,
a national Catholic peace & justice organization with 16 national
staff, seeks National Coordinator; start date is SEIU Local 285 seeks Worker Education Program Director to direct & develop cutting-edge education programs for a labor/ management project of SEIU Local 285 & unionized Massachusetts health care employers; resume, letter, & 3 references ASAP to Director, Worker Education Program c/o SEIU Local 285, 21 Fellows St, Roxbury MA 02119; fax 617/541-6839
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
seeks Executive Director; For more information, contact Suzanne
Westerly, CCNS,
Quaker United Nations Office
seeks two interns from 9/01 through 8/02; apply by 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 keep our subscriber database updated; 4-8 hours of data entry a month; contact Phyllis Cohen, AFSC, 2161 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130; pcohen@afsc.org The Loka Institute seeks volunteers, student interns, & work-study students; Loka is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making research, science & technology responsive to democratically decided social & environmental concerns; interns receive a small stipend; letter & resume to The Loka Institute, POB 355, Amherst MA 01004; loka@loka.org
The Horizons Initiative
seeks volunteers to work with young homeless children who are
living in family shelters & battered women's shelters;
daytime & evening hours available; commitment of 2 hours per
week for 6 months is required; training sessions held monthly;
THI, 90 Cushing Ave.,
Faith & Resistance Retreat, 12/27-30; Hyattsville MD; Which star are we following, the star of liberation or the star of death? We will reflect on this theme & join together in nonviolent symbolic witness at the Pentagon & the Air & Space Museum; with Michele Naar-Obed, Srs. Ardeth Platte & Carol Gilbert, & former FBI agent Jack Ryan; Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, 503 Rock Creek Church Rd NW, Washington DC 20009; 202/882-9649
The Real Diversity of Maine,
1/27, Feeding Our Bodies & Souls: Fostering True Nourishment, 2/2-4; Deerfield MA; Weekend gathering to explore the sources of our food; how to choose food & work with it in ways that are aligned with the values of personal & global stewardship & peace; register in advance at Woolman Hill, New England Quaker Center, 107 Keets Rd, Deerfield MA 01342; 413/774-3431; woolmanh@gis.net Northeast Organic Farming Association Winter Conference, 2/3; Quabbin Regional High School, 800 South St, Barre MA; over 40 workshops on topics for beginners & advanced practitioners, vendor exhibits, farmer's market, children's program, annual meeting, & potluck lunch; contact Elaine Peterson, 92 New Westminster Rd, Hubbardston MA 01452; 508/928-4707 Lenten Desert Experience, 3/2-4; Las Vegas & the Nevada Nuclear Test Site; weekend retreat & action with Bruce Gagnon, Janet Chisholm, & Bishop Thomas Gumbleton; pre-registration required for optional tour of the Nevada Test Site; contact Nevada Desert Experience, POB 46645, Las Vegas NV 89114; nde@igc.org; www.nevadadesertexperience.org National Space Organizing Conference & Protest, 3/16-18; Huntsville AL; Huntsville's Army Redstone Arsenal is in charge of the Theater Missile Defense system & other major space-based military programs this conference & protest will feature presentations & workshops by activists including Dennis Brutus, Alice Slater, Chris Ney, & Karl Grossman; co-sponsored by the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, POB 90083, Gainesville FL 32607; 352/337-9274
Haymarket People's Fund has new funds available; over $180,000 will be awarded this winter to community activist groups, especially in the Metro Boston area, who demonstrate a clear strategy for equitable redistribution of wealth & power, & whose work actively involves the communities affected; HPF, 42 Seaverns Ave, Boston MA 02130; 617/522-7676
JustAct: Youth Action for Global Justice
is a nonprofit organization working to develop in young people
a life-long commitment to social & economic justice around
the world; JustAct, 333 Valencia St #101, Incite, a group born out of last year's Color of Violence conference, is organizing activist workshops throughout the country to develop community-based responses to sexual/domestic violence that do not depend on the criminal justice system; the first one will be held in spring 2001 in New Orleans; to get involved or find out more, contact Incite, POB 6861, Minneapolis MN 55406; incite_national@yahoo.com International Pastoral Care Network for Social Responsibility: "Our task is to find hope in the midst of contemporary world crisis, & give it life"; check out our new web site at www.ipcnsr.org; IPCNSR, Michael Cordner, POB 1542, Williston VT 05495 Learning to Glow: A Nuclear Reader, John Bradley, ed.; $22.95; 330 pp; personal testimonies by ordinary people that offer an alternative to the official version of nuclear history as told to us by government authorities & nuclear industry officials; University of Arizona Press; www.uapress.arizona.edu/books/bid1296.htm NACLA Report on the Americas, $32/6 issues, $23 for students; current issue is "Colombia: Old Wars, New Guns"; North American Congress on Latin America has published the Report, which journalist Ruben Martinez calls an "indispensable resource," for 33 years; NACLA, POB 77, Hopewell PA 16650-0077; 212/870-3146; nacla@nacla.org; www.nacla.org The War Against Oblivion: The Zapatista Chronicles, John Ross; 350 pp; bibliography, index; $18.95 pb; John Ross has covered the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas since its earliest hours; here, he records the rebel experience from the startling 1994 uprising through the Mexican presidential election in July 2000; Common Courage Press, 1 Red Barn Rd, POB 702, Monroe ME 04951; 800/497-3207
Disciples & Dissidents: Prison Writings
of the Prince of Peace Plowshares,
Fred Wilcox, ed.$25.95 hb, $17.95 pb; 228 pp; foreword by Howard
Zinn; Haley's Publishing, 488 South Main St, Athol MA 01331;
Resources for Radicals, Brian Burch; $12; annotated bibliography of print resources for those involved in movements for social transformation; 2nd edition due March 2001; to order, or offer materials for inclusion (especially seeking handbooks, guides for trainers, & directories), contact Brian Burch, Resources for Radicals, 20 Spruce St, Toronto, Ontario M5A 2H7, Canada Teachers College Press Books: Social Justice/Multicultural Issues; current catalogue includes Walking the Color Line: The Art & Practice of Anti-racist Teaching, Mark Perry; TCP, 525 W. 120th St, Box 303, New York NY 10027-6694; 800/575-6566; www.teacherscollegepress.com
Pendle Hill Publications Catalogue 2000-2001;
new titles include Forgiving Justice: A Quaker Vision for Criminal
Justice by Tim Newell, Quaker & prison governor (includes
study guide); PH, 338 Plush Mill Rd., Wallingford PA 19086; Out of Reach 2000: The Growing Gap Between Housing Costs & Income of Poor People in the US, National Low Income Housing Coalition; $35; analysis of relationship between rental housing costs & incomes in the US concludes that nowhere in US can a full-time, minimum wage worker afford the cost of housing at the fair market rent; available on-line at www.nlihc.org, where users can search for data by state & county; NLIHC, 1012 Fourteenth St NW #610, Washington DC 20005; 202/662-1530 Making Policy, Making Change: How Communities are Taking the Law into their Own Hands, Makani Themba; $19 +$4 s&h (discounts for bulk orders); case studies of community organizing for local policy on everything from higher wages for public workers to limiting liquor stores & tobacco advertising in low-income communities; also from Chardon Press, Roots of Justice: Stories of Organizing in Communities of Color, Chardon Press, 3781 Broadway, Oakland CA 94611; 510/596-8160; chardon@chardonpress.com
The Multifaith Calendar;
$10; lists a broad & inclusive range of holidays from Muslim
& Jewish to Shinto & Wicca; very useful for organizations
in planning events so as not to exclude those observing different
faith-based holidays; Multifaith Resources, POB 128, Wafford Heights
CA 93285
Bread & Puppet Basic Needs Calendar; $10; beautiful, simple, colorful images of basic needs, some obvious, some unexpected (food, ecstasy, justice); B&P Press, 753 Heights Rd, lover VT 05839; 802/525-6972 Cat Lovers Against the Bomb Wall Calendar; $6.95 + $1.25 s&h (discounts for orders of 10 or more); photographs, quotes, significant dates for cats & peace people; CLAB c/o Nebraskans for Peace, 941 'O' St #1026, Lincoln NE 68508; 402/475-4620; catcal@aol.com War Resisters League Calendar; $12, 4/$44; features 20th Century Women Rebels & Peacemakers; WRL, 339 Lafayette St, New York NY 10012; 800/975-9688 Give Earth & People Friendly Gifts! Delight someone with a gift in their name to the American Friends Service Committee; $35 will help the Mohawk people restore traditional herb gardens; $100 will put school supplies & five desks in an Iraqi primary school; $300 will add one hectare of irrigated rice paddy in Nam Kad village in Laos; AFSC Development Office, 1601 Cherry St, Philadelphia PA 19102. www.sustanability.com is a new, Internet-based shopping source that helps people find products & services from environmentally & socially responsible companies Leonard Peltier Holiday Gift Drive for the children of the Pine Ridge Lakota Nation, SD, organized annually by Peltier & his supporters; new toys, winter clothing, & blankets welcomed, & distributed in Leonard's name; send to Roslyn Jumping Bull, Box 207, Oglala SD 57764; info, contact Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, POB 583, Lawrence KS 66044; 785/842-5774; www.freepeltier.org Holiday Season of Conscience; This holiday shopping season, activists across the US will voice their concern for labor rights in Nicaragua; for actions in your area, & to join a letter-writing campaign demanding that the Target Corporation reinstate fired workers at its Mil Colores plant, contact No Sweat New Hampshire, c/o AFSC, POB 1081, Concord NH 03302; 613/224-2407
The Clinton Administration has consistently offered public support for an International Criminal Court. Two years ago, Clinton made a bold promise to genocide survivors in Rwanda, that the US would work with the UN to see that a Court was created to "make it clear to all those who would commit such acts in the future that they too must answer for their acts, and they will." Now, however, the US administration insists on an exemption for US officials and service members.
Please send Email to President Clinton at
<president@whitehouse.gov> to tell him that this position
threatens the integrity and effectiveness of the ICC, and calls
into question the United States' commitment to equal justice
under the law and to the Nuremberg principles. Urge him to sign
the Rome Statute as it stands, before the December 31 deadline.
For information and a draft letter, www.amnestyusa.org.
50 Years is Enough, the US Network for Global Economic Justice: www.50years.org Center for Economic & Policy Research: www.cepr.net Global Exchange: www.globalexchange.org Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch: www.tradewatch.org Jobs with Justice: www.jwj.org Bankwatch: www.bankwatch.org
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