BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//69.73.141.125//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.2.6// VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:336-272-2155 Email:triadbtn@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Coble Demonstration 9/18\, Greensboro\, NC: 'Apologize or Resig n!'\nOn Sept. 18th\, 2003 at 4:30 pm\, the Triad Blue Triangle Network wil l join with the 'Apologize or Resign!' Coalition in a protest outside the offices of Rep. Howard Coble in Greensboro. This will be the third demonst ration of local residents at Coble's offices for comments he made in Febru ary of this year regarding the internment of Japanese Americans durring WW II. Responding to a caller to a talk radio program on WKZL who suggested t hat US authorities round up Arab-Americans like Americans of Japanese desc ent were rounded up during WWII\, Coble resonded that the mass detentions of Japanese Americans was for their own protection. \n'They [Japanese Amer icans] were an endangered species\,' Coble stated. While he disagreed that Arab Americans should be detained en mass today\, he left the door open t o future round-ups by saying\, 'There were Japanese-Americans who wanted t o do us harm then\, just as there are Arab-Americans who wish to do us har m now.' \nCoble's comments have been widely denounced all across the count ry. The California State legislature passed a resolution stating that Cobl e should be censured for his comments. Civil rights organizations like the NAACP\, the Anti-Defamation League\, the Arab American Anti-Discriminatio n Committee\, the Japanese American Citizens League\, and the national lab or organization the AFL-CIO have called for either an apology from Coble o r for him to step down from his post as the chairperson of House Subcommit tee on Homeland Security. \nThe Triad Blue Triangle Network was formed to respond to the increasing attacks since Sept. 11th 2001 on Arab\, Muslim\, and South Asian immigrants living in the US. We find Coble's comments to be an insult to the historical pain and loss suffered by Japanese-American internees and their families\, and a threat to the security of Arab\, Mus lim\, and South Asian people in the US today. There are currently 13\,000 Muslim\, Arab\, and South Asian immigrants in the US today who are awaitin g deportation\, none of whom have been connected in any way to terrorism. The Blue Triangle Network feels that only a mass outpouring of protest aga inst the policies attacking immigrants solely on the basis of their ethnic ity\, religion\, or national origin can stop these repressive attacks. It is in this spirit that we will join with the 'Apologize or Resign' Coaliti on on Sept. 18th. \nThe protests have had an effect so far\; in May\, Cobl e stepped aside as commencement speaker at the graduation excercises of Gu ilford College rather than face large protests by students and others. How ever\, in July\, after agreeing to meet with the Japanese American Citizen s League\, Coble reneged on the agreement\, most likely because the heat s urrounding the issue has died down. Let's not let this important issue dis appear!\nThe 'Apologize or Resign' Coalition includes members of the Green sboro Peace Coalition\, the Islamic Center of the Triad\, the Blue Triangl e Network\, the International Socialist Organization\, and others with no organizational affiliations. Please join us in opposing Coble's comments a nd calling on him to 'Apologize or Resign!'\nTime: 4:30 pm Thursday\, Sept ember 18th.\nPlace: Rep. Howard Coble's Greensboro office at 2102 North El m Street\, near the Golden Gate shopping center at the intersection of Cor nwallis and Elm.\nFor more info\, please call Scott at 336.272.2155 Geog raphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20030918T163000 GEO:36.106700;-79.791900 LOCATION:Rep. Howard Coble's Greensboro Office At 2102 Nort\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27402\, United States SUMMARY:Rep. Howard Coble\, 'Apologize or Resign!' UID:20091107T000520EST-LmAV9OOfS8@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:330-672-2068 Email:pride@kent.edu DESCRIPTION:Activist meeting to take action and get domestic partner benefi ts for all Kent State faculty and also oppose The Federal Marriage Amendme nt. Courses of action will be discussed. Surveys and petitions will be con ducted throughout the day to prevent more faculty from turning down jobs a t the University because we don't offer domestic partner benefits! Geogra phical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031021 GEO:41.205700;-81.313300 LOCATION:Box 17 Office Of Campus Life\, Kent\, Ohio\, 44240\, United States SUMMARY:PRIDE! Kent Activist Meeting for Domestic Partner Benefits for KSU Faculty UID:20091107T000520EST-UCUFv1B6Z6@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.pridekent.tk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:alliance4sj@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Six qualified panelists will debate whether or not they support vouchers and why and the future of education. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20031120T180000 GEO:37.662600;-122.051000 LOCATION:CSU Hayward\, Hayward\, California\, 94542\, United States SUMMARY:Debate on School Choice UID:20091107T000520EST-TVT6wclWHB@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Feminist author Carol Adams will be showing her 'Sexual Politic s of Meat' slideshow\, based on her book by the same name. The show will discuss the connections between animal exploitation and the oppression of women\, drawing on images from various sources to exemplify this idea. Ve gan food will be served\, and there will be a book signing by Carol (books will be sold). Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20031105T203000 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:Trayes Hall A\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:The Sexual Politics of Meat Slideshow UID:20091107T000520EST-1S4relVIoB@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.geocities.com/rutgers_sea/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:510-723-7243 Email:apesc@msn.com DESCRIPTION:Video and Discussion on how the crook\, Dubya\, stole the Flori da elections with the help of Harris and Jeb Bush by disenfranchising thou sands of African America Voters.\nE-mail me for more information and for d riving directions etc. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040210T120000 GEO:37.635500;-122.092000 LOCATION:25555 Hesperian Blvd\, Hayward\, California\, 94545\, United State s SUMMARY:Unprecedented: How Bush Stole the Florida Elections UID:20091107T000520EST-gIWGjO1uUm@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:bowl with the Feminist League and support reproductive freedom in honor of the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Music by Dirty Soul Party . Suggested donation $5 Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040123 GEO:38.250300;-85.703400 LOCATION:Vernon Lanes\, 1575 Story Ave.\, Louisville\, Kentucky\, 40206\, U nited States SUMMARY:STRIKE! UID:20091107T000520EST-Vfjkk1XiJU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.louisville.edu/rso/flor/current.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:president@ufvox.org DESCRIPTION:In his speech entitled\, Gaining People\, Losing Ground\, he wi ll discuss the urgent need to achieve a more equitable balance between the world’s population\, environment\, and resources.\n\nCo-Sponsored with En vironmental Action Group Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040210 GEO:29.680400;-82.345700 LOCATION:Reitz Union Grand Ball Room\, University Of Florida\, Gainesville\ , Florida\, 32601\, United States SUMMARY:Werner Fornos\, President of Population Institute UID:20091107T000520EST-JIGdvPvBv0@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ufvox.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:baselic@aol.com DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040225 GEO:42.377500;-72.548500 LOCATION:PO 704\, Ware\, Massachusetts\, 01082\, United States SUMMARY:Protect your Vote: National Day of Action UID:20091107T000520EST-BsoCVFgEng@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:510-444-0484 Email: DESCRIPTION:Community Forum to organize a response to Gov. Schwarzenegger' s proposed budget and the impacts on Oakland's school closures\, incarcera tion of youth and increased prison spending. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040131 GEO:37.808000;-122.299000 LOCATION:Laney College Student Center\, 900 Fallon St\, Oakland\, Californi a\, 94607\, United States SUMMARY:Education Not Incarceration Community Forum UID:20091107T000520EST-GXUTV4sAcz@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.may8.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:908-227-4587 Email:tana@the-human-race.com DESCRIPTION:THE HUMAN RACE will hold a free public screening of the multipl e award-winning documentary\, “LOLITA: Slave to Entertainment”\, on Wednes day\, February 4th\, at 8:00 p.m. at Zafra Vegetarian Restaurant\, 46 Pate rson Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ 08901 - 732.214.1005.\n \n'Animals whom w e have made our slaves\, we do not like to consider our equals.' ~ Charles Darwin - Metaphysics\, Materialism\, and the Evolution of Mind\n \n'In th is age of enlightenment\, we must begin to rethink our abuse and exploitat ion of nature\, of animals. We are evolving\, just as we have in the past to the horror of slavery\, the oppression of women\, the cruelty of genoci de. This is our chance to arm ourselves with truth\, to break free from th e corporate trance\, to think for ourselves and adopt honest\, ethical val ues\, and to acknowledge and eradicate the injustice of speciesism and ani mal exploitation for good.\n \nExperience the sad life of Lolita the kille r whale who has been caught in a net of lies for over 3 decades. Littered with Haunting Images and painful sound bites\, Lolita: Slave to Entertainm ent offers audiences an engaging peek behind closed doors\, exposing an en tire industry of injustices\, greed\, and lies. Make no mistakes\, this is no 'Free Willy\,' there is no Hollywood ending here.\n \nThis Provocative and Revealing must-see documentary uniquely addresses man's relationship with wildlife. It speaks not only to animal lovers and activists\, but to anyone at all who may have been duped by marine theme park propaganda. In fact\, this is the film that an entire industry would rather you not see.' ~ Valerie Silidker - Vice President\, Rattle the Cage Productions\n \n“LO LITA: Slave to Entertainment” is a Rattle the Cage Production\; Written\, directed\, and edited by Timothy Michael Gorski\, music by David Hughes\, narrated by Valerie Silidker\, featuring Tokitae (aka Lolita)\, Ric O'Barr y\, Howard Garrett\, Ken Balcomb\, Russ Rector\, Jerry Powers and John Cro we.\n \nFor more information about Rattle the Cage Productions\, visit:\nh ttp://www.rattlethecage.org\n \nFor more information about Lolita\, visit: \nhttp://www.slavetoentertainment.com \n \nTo learn more about Lolita’s ca ptors\, The Miami “Seaprison”\, visit:\nhttp://www.miamiseaprison.com \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040204 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:ZAFRA Vegetarian Restaurant\, 46 Paterson Street\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:Free Screening of 'Lolita: Slave to Entertainment' UID:20091107T000520EST-vzuKZPZNEX@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.the-human-race.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Foodraising Art Exhibit.\n\nMuestra de Arte. Precio de la entra da: un alimento no perecedero que será donado al barrio El Ceibo de Vicent e López. Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040207 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040205T070000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Maipú 5147\, Florida\, Vicente López\, BA\, Argentina SUMMARY:1ş Muestra de Arte Solidario de Jóvenes ARI UID:20091107T000520EST-8StSugGEte@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.encambio.tk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:702-228-8733 Email:michael.lloyd@cox.net DESCRIPTION: Join the Stonewall Democrats and State Assemblyman David Parks for a Pre-Caucus rally and presidential forum. First 100 GLBT voters will receive a LGBT VOTES T-Shirt to wear to the Feb 14th Caucus. Let the Demo cratic party know that the GLBT community votes and that they must stand f or equality! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040209T180000 GEO:35.989200;-115.405000 LOCATION:953 East Sahara Ave. Suite B25\, Gay & Lesbian Center\, Las Vegas\ , Nevada\, 89109\, United States SUMMARY:Pre- Caucus Rally UID:20091107T000520EST-ivXEZvC2hC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.stonewalllv.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:352-871-4335 Email:info@animalactivists.org DESCRIPTION:Tribe of Heart is a 501c(3) charitable not-for-profit organizat ion dedicated to producing media and art projects that encourage compassio nate living\, a way of life that entails cultivating an ever deeper unders tanding of the effects of our actions on other living beings and the plane t that supports us all. James LaVeck cofounder of Tribe of Heart\, will pr esent his latest production\, Peaceable Kingdom\, in the cinema of the Rei tz Union.\n\nA story told in the words of those who grew up on farms\, tho se who care daily for rescued farm animals\, and those who seek community and sanctuary from a world that often seems cruel\, Peaceable Kingdom weav es together themes of respect\, forgiveness\, commitment\, healing\, and a vision for peace that begins on one’s plate.\n\n'At a time when the publi c is more concerned than ever about the health and environmental problems associated with large-scale factory farming\, Peaceable Kingdom explores a nother angle of this unfolding story: the interconnected life journeys of farm animals\, former farmers\, and animal rescuers struggling against an out of control industrial system.\n\nBreaking generations of silence in th e farm community\, Peaceable Kingdom weaves together themes of respect\, f orgiveness\, commitment\, and healing\, offering a vision of a more peacef ul world that is well within our reach.' - Tribe of Heart Productions\n G eographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040219T200000 GEO:29.681300;-82.353900 LOCATION:Grand Ballroom\, Reitz Union\, University Of Florida\, Gainesville \, Florida\, 32611\, United States SUMMARY:Screening of Peaceable Kingdom UID:20091107T000520EST-C74Ascha1m@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.animalactivists.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:443-062-12145 Email:suzannah@dailyrebellions.org DESCRIPTION:Organizing strategy session for students mobilizing for the Mar ch for Women's Lives on April 25th in Washington DC. Topics: Fundrasing\ , Coalition Building\, Action & Visibility Brainstorming\, and more! Spec ial Speaker: Olga Vives\, NOW Action Vice President. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040207 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:150 W. 28th Street\, New York\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:SLAMM: Student March Training UID:20091107T000520EST-3OcjReJJve@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.dailyrebellions.org/march.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:chaporg@now.org DESCRIPTION:Student Leaders Activated and Mobilized to March:\nStudents fro m all over New Jersey gather to discuss march organizing\, from fundraisin g to events and visibility\, coalition buiding\, action planning and more! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040215 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Douglass College\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey\, United States SUMMARY:SLAMM: Student March Training NJ UID:20091107T000520EST-HEVwVuUVPn@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.dailyrebellions.org/march.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:lkshields@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Inga Muscio\, author of Cunt\, in conjunction with V Week will be speaking. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040214 GEO:43.031400;-76.111000 LOCATION:Grant Auditorium\, Law Building\, Syracuse University\, Syracuse\, New York\, 13210\, United States SUMMARY:Inga Muscio UID:20091107T000520EST-z6cPTU0xSo@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:416-736-5252 Email:fesinfo@yorku.ca DESCRIPTION:Graduate Programs in Environmental Studies (MES\, PHD)\nMonthly Open Houses\n12:30-2:30pm \nLumbers room 354\n\n' Meet with faculty membe rs or current students.\n' Find out more about our financial opportunities .\n' Speak to our recruitment officer about our programs and admissions pr ocedures.\n\nPlease RSVP by phoning 416-736-2100 ext. 22641\, or emailing f\;e\;s\;i\;n\;f\;o\;@\;y\;o\;r \;k\;u\;.\;c\;a\;\n. \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040225T123000 GEO:43.766200;-79.488900 LOCATION:354 Lumbers Building\, York University - Keele Campus\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M3J 1P3\, Canada SUMMARY:Graduate Open House UID:20091107T000520EST-CvDRakEedF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.yorku.ca/fes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:517-237-243 Email:apesc@msn.com DESCRIPTION:A special report on the truths and lies of the war on terrorism by award-winning journalist\, John Pilger. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040219T120000 GEO:37.635500;-122.092000 LOCATION:25555 Hesperian Blvd\, Hayward\, California\, 94545\, United State s SUMMARY:Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror UID:20091107T000520EST-9bd3i8pFvZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://liberals.at/apesc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:202-321-2025 Email:bpollack@aflcio.org DESCRIPTION:Please join together in support of Sterling Laundry workers cur rently trying to form a union with UNITE for a happy hour fundraiser on Ma rch 3 at Cafe Citron\n\nThe event will have incredible musical guests incl uding Joe Uehlein and his band\, slam poets\, amazing speakers\, spoken wo rd and free salsa classes at Cafe Citron on March 3rd. At the event\, we s uggest a minimum donation of $8 ($4 dollars for students - no one will be turned away). Best of all $1.00 from every union drink you buy supports th e campaigns all night!\n\nLocation: Cafe Citron\n1343 Connecticut Ave NW\, Washington\, DC 20005. Wednesday\, March 3\, starting at 6:00pm. Phone: 2 02-321-2025\n\nWorkers at Sterling laundry are on an unfair labor practice strike trying to form a union with UNITE to fight poverty wages\, unaffor dable health insurance\, and serious health and safety violations at work. It is imperative we give these workers the resources they need so that th ey may continue to fight to improve their own lives.\n\nYou will join the host committee: Jos Williams\, Roger Newell\, Mario Rodriguez\, Roxie Herb ekian\, and the workers from Sterling Laundry.\n\nFor more information con tact Bernie Pollack at B\;p\;o\;l\;l\;a\;c\;k \;@\;a\;f\;l\;c\;i\;o\;.\;o\;r\;g\ ;\n \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040303 GEO:38.904000;-77.031700 LOCATION:Cafe Citron\, 1343 Connecticut Ave NW\, Washington\, District of C olumbia\, 20005\, United States SUMMARY:Happy Hour March 3rd - Support Sterling Workers! UID:20091107T000520EST-VzCdWrmSbV@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:603-862-2343 Email:mkochka@cisunix.unh.edu DESCRIPTION:Join us for a multi-media presentation and discussion with auth or and activist Carol Adams as she explores the ethical dimensions of meat -eating. Through a provocative lecture and a slide show\, Adams will draw parallels to the marketing of meat and the use of women in advertising. Ad ams has been an activist on anti-violence issues since the 1970s. She is t he author of such works as The Sexual Politics of Meat and The Pornography of Meat. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040420 GEO:43.165800;-70.962800 LOCATION:Memorial Union Building\, Theatre 1\, Durham\, New Hampshire\, 038 24\, United States SUMMARY:Carol Adams: The Sexual Politics of Meat UID:20091107T000520EST-KVMAnLd5ub@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/events_all/political_meat.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:212-344-3005 ex 268 Email:ygonzalez@nyclu.org DESCRIPTION:> On Wednesday\, February 25\, the New York Bill of Rights Defe nse Campaign will host an informational session for organizations\, left o r right\, interested in participating in protest activities during the Rep ublican National Convention. The session will include information on your rights to protest\, including navigating the permit application process\, and potential issues involving government surveillance of organizations. T he session is part of our continuing effort to implement the principles co ntained in Resolution 60\, the Bill of Rights resolution passed by the NYC Council. The session will be led by Chris Dunn\, NYCLU Associate Legal Di rector.\nLight refreshments will be served.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040225T180000 GEO:40.696400;-74.025300 LOCATION:NYCLU\, 125 Broad Street\, 17th Floor\, B/w Water Street And East Side River\, New York\, New York\, 10004\, United States SUMMARY:Know Your Rights While Protesting the RNC UID:20091107T000520EST-gCpBnjVfuU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nybordc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:734-213-1393 Email: DESCRIPTION:Fixing Elections\n- Get Out The Vote Efforts\n- Voting Machin e Scandals\n- Instant Runoff Voting\nby\nAlma Wheeler Smith - Former Mich igan State Senator\n and\nCraig Harvey - Michigan Focus on Reforming Elect ions\n\nMonday\, February 23\, 2004\n7:00 PM\nArbor Brewing Company\nTapro om\n114 E. Washington\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48104\n734-213-1393\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040223T190000 GEO:42.270900;-83.727800 LOCATION:114 E. Washington\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, 48104\, United States SUMMARY:Fixing Elections: IRV\, Participation efforts\, Black Box Voting UID:20091107T000520EST-l5bnH0jDRz@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@njsolidarity.org DESCRIPTION:\nFriday\, February 20th\, 2004\nThird National Day of Action i n Solidarity with Muslim\, Arab and South\nAsian Immigrants Featuring 'We' ve Come Undone' performance by Kayhan Irani\, \n'Planet of the Arabs\,' an d \nCommunity Forum \n7:30 p.m. MPR (Multi-Purpose Room)\, Rutgers Student Center\, 126 College Ave. Rutgers University\, New Brunswick\, NJ For mo re information:i\;n\;f\;o\;@\;n\;j\;s\; 1\;l\;i\;d\;a\;r\;i\;t\;y\;\n.org http://ww w.njsolidarity.org/\n \nSponsored by NJ Solidarity\, NJ Civil Rights Defen se Committee\, Rutgers\nUniversity Women's Center Defense Coalition and mo re!\nEndorsement and co-sponsorship list in formation! To endorse/cosponso r\,\nemail i\;n\;f\;o\;@\;n\;j\;s\;o\;& #108\;i\;d\;a\;r\;i\;t\;y\;\n\n \nExperience Ka yhan Irani's original performance of 'We've Come Undone\,'\nsix monologues conveying the lives of those affected by anti-immigrant\nrepression...see the short\, 'Planet of the Arabs\,' exposing media\nstereotypes and bias against Arabs and Arab Americans...take part in a\ncommunity forum on immi grants' rights with the NJ Civil Rights Defense\nCommittee\, the Council o n American-Islamic Relations-NJ and more!\n \n***Details***\n \nOverview\n We've Come Undone is a series of six monologues detailing women's\nexperie nces since 9/11 and especially dealing with the INS Special\nRegistrations and subsequent detentions and deportations. Since December\n2001\, male i mmigrants over the age of 16 from 24 selected countries\n(mostly in the Mi ddle East\, Asia\, and North Africa) have been forced to\nregister themsel ves with the newly formed Department of Homeland\nSecurity\n(DHS) which in cludes getting photographed\, fingerprinted and documented.\nIn the meanti me many have been held without any charges lodged against\nthem\, without access to legal advice\, and even without contact from any\nof their relat ives. Their detention is indefinite and many have been\ndeported as well. None of the men detained or deported through the\nregistration process hav e had terrorist charges brought against them.\nBehind this tragedy\, howev er\, lies another: the women and children. The\nfamilies that are left beh ind to gather the pieces of their broken lives\nare living in silence\, ma ny suffering financially and emotionally as\nthis issue is shrouded in sec recy.\n \nWe've Come Undone puts a face to the silent suffering\, the inse curity\nand the injustice. It is however\, not just a show about the Arab or\nMuslim population but one that speaks to the simple humanity in each o f\nus. We as individuals are still rummaging through the heaps of our\nnot ions tentatively\, carefully\, as we understand where the events of\n9-11\ , the recent war\, and the rapidly changing domestic and\ninternational po licies of the United States have landed us. We've Come\nUndone explores ho w we relate\, and struggle to relate to one another\nnow. What happens whe n lies and suspicion are allowed to permeate the\nfabric of our society an d embed into the weave? How does that affect our\nbehavior and who we beco me\, individually and as a society? We've Come\nUndone seeks to gather tho se loose ends\, allowed to dangle for so long\,\nand re-introduce them int o the cultural dialogue through theater.\n \nBiography\n \nKayhan Irani's recent work is part of her ongoing devotion to ignite the\nworld with beau ty and truth unleashed from unconventional and irregular\nplatforms. After graduating from the High-School of Performing Arts in\nN.Y.C.\, Kayhan to ok time- off performing to travel and chronicled part\nof her journeys for the Indian Express North American Edition. She has\nperformed pieces of W e've Come Undone in many venues including Theater\nfor the New City\, SALA AM Theater\, Hunter College and Medgar Evers'\nCollege.\nShe recently perf ormed the role of Claire in Jean Genet's 'The Maids'\,\nand played in '7- 11'\, a Despina Production.\nShe is an enthusiastic practitioner of Theat er of the Oppressed and\nseeks to use theater to activate and educate audi ences.\n \nFollowed by a community forum on immigrants' rights!\n \nFEBRUA RY 20\, 2004\nNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH MUSLIM\,\nARAB AND SOUTH ASI AN IMMIGRANTS*\n \nFirst they came for the Communists and I didn't speak u p because I wasn't a Communist.\nThen they came for the Jews\, and I didn' t speak up because I wasn't a Jew.\nThen they came for the trade unionists \, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.\nThen they cam e for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.\nThe n they came for me\, but by that time\, no one was left to speak up.\n--Pa stor Martin Niemoeller\, Nazi Germany\n \nWe call on people everywhere to come together on the 3rd National Day of\nSolidarity to resist the scapego ating and criminalization of Muslim\,\nArab and South Asian immigrants! Ta ke action and speak out on February\n20th\, 2004 as part of the National D ay of Solidarity with Muslim\, Arab\,\nand South Asian Immigrants!\n\n\n\n \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040220 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:Rutgers Student Center MPR\, 126 College Ave\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:Kayhan Irani : Performance and Community forum for Immigrants' Righ ts UID:20091107T000520EST-BAvuSTZ8N6@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.njsolidarity.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:213-999-2400 Email:skillz417@aol.com DESCRIPTION:The Democratic Presidential Debate is coming to USC on Thursday Feb. 26th.\n\nBut only 50 pre-selected students are being allowed in the 'democratic' debate \nand none of them will be allowed to ask questions. H ow is this democracy? How \nis this honoring the ideals of academia? \nUSC hasn't been known to honor the ideals of a liberal academic setting\, \nr ecently becoming the host to the new Homeland security center of excellenc e\, \nwhile renewing million dollar contracts with the army to maintian th e \ninstitute of creative technology (a center devoted to creating new wea pons \nprotocol\, military training games that later become violent video games\, and \nhollywood [propoganda] films). Why would the democratic deba te choose to come \nto this campus?\nCNN is hosting California's debate th is year. The question of Media Reform is \na pressing issue in today's mod ern society\, yet only Kucinich has mentioned \nit\, oddly enough\, I can' t remeber the last time I saw Kucinich on CNN. How can \nthis be considere d a free/fair election when the entire election process is \nfiltered thro ugh a conservative corporate lens?\nThere are many question that are not b eing answered\, there are many people who \naren't daring to ask them. \nW e are here to question. We are here to demand that democracy continue thro ugh \nan open dialougue\, a dialougue that we are being refused.\nBring yo ur questions and come to USC's Bovard Auditorium on Thursday at 5:30 \nto excersize your democratic right to question.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040226 GEO:33.786600;-118.299000 LOCATION:University Of Southern California Campus\, Bovard Auditorium\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90007\, United States SUMMARY:A Democracy this is not UID:20091107T000520EST-hkBcCtup6O@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:281-534-7638 Email:dsmith2740@houston.rr.com DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, March 8\, at 4:30 pm\, President George W. Bush wil l be in Houston to raise funds for his re-election campaign. The event wil l be held at the Hilton Americas Hotel\, 1600 Lamar\, in the downtown area . Governor Rick Perry and Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn wi ll also be present. \n\nAll of us should be there\, too! A demonstration a gainst Bush's policies of war\, repression\, exploitation\, and racism wil l be held outside the Hilton Americas Hotel beginning at 4:30 pm. Everyone is welcome and invited to bring their families\, friends\, co-workers\, a nd neighbors. We envision this as a large street protest with lots of chan ting\, drumming\, signs\, and banners. This will be a spirited\, legal\, a nd peaceful event. \n\nThis event is being called by Progressive Workers O rganizing Committee\, International Socialist Organization\, Axis of Logic \, Socialist Labor Party--Houston\, Houston Peace Forum\, and CodePink. We invite all interested organizations to endorse this event. \n\nThis comin g week\, we will ask attorneys to help ensure our right to protest in the immediate vicinity of the Hotel on March 8. We will keep you informed abou t developments as we go along. \n\nFor more information\, please call (281 ) 534-7638\, (832) 692-2306\, or (713) 942-9752 Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040308 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hilton Americas Hotel\, 1600 Lamar\, In The Downtown Area\, Housto n\, Texas\, 77596\, United States SUMMARY:Protest Bush's Visit to Houston UID:20091107T000520EST-TZNjuMvoon@69.73.141.125 URL:http://dsmith2740@houston.rr.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: BOOKS\n NOT \n BOMBS!!\nNATIONAL STUDENT STRIKE!\nWALK-OUT!!\nTHURSDAY \nMARCH 4TH\, 2004\n9am\, meet at 12th and B St.(in front of City College) or organize an event at your school!\n\nLas t year on March 5th\, students throughout the country took a stance agains t war and against the decrease on funding for public education.\n\nHere in San Diego hundreds of students walked out of their schools and marched th rough the streets of downtown to demonstrate opposition to the war on Iraq and the budget cuts to education.\n THIS \n YEAR........................\n\nWhile the government co ntinues to spend billions of our tax dollars to occupy Iraq\, money is cut for what we really need. We need education\, jobs\, health care\, and ho using. \n\nAll UC outreach programs are being cut for high schools yet JRO TC military programs are increasing. Our high schools are in danger of shu tting down\n(Morse High).\n\n Community college tuition is doubling\, and University tuitions are increasing\, and the cuts to education continue.\n \nTAKE ACTION ON MARCH 4TH!!\n\nFor more info contact (CCAP-Y) CALIFORNIA COALITION AGAINST POVERTY YOUTH\nAt (619) 819-7806 or e-mail us at d\; e\;c\;o\;l\;o\;n\;i\;z\;i\;n\;g \;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040304T090000 GEO:32.721100;-117.174000 LOCATION:1313th 12th Avenue\, San Diego\, California\, 92101\, United State s SUMMARY:'Books Not Bombs' Student Walk-out UID:20091107T000520EST-EHX99gvTvw@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:651-690-6725 Email:peaceandjustice@stkate.edu DESCRIPTION:Teach-In on Independent Media.\nJerry Lopez of Sin Fronteras Vi deo Production will be speaking and presenting a rough clip of 'In the Eye of the Hurricane: People of Color Resisting Corporate Globalization' @nd Floor Atrium in the Coeur de Catherine Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040318T120000 GEO:44.934500;-93.161000 LOCATION:2004 Randolph Ave\, Couer De Catherine\, St. Paul\, Minnesota\, 55 105\, United States SUMMARY:Independent Media: Voices of Dissent UID:20091107T000520EST-vvgEnxRTnf@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:603-862-2343 Email:kelseyb@cisunix.unh.edu DESCRIPTION:A menstruation celebration! Shira from Below the Belt will be s peaking about the dangers of tampons-both physically and environmentally. Also\, a pad making workshop\, information about alternatives such as The Keeper and information on how to get involved with Tampaction (a SEAC camp aign promoting menstrual activism) here at UNH! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040408T190000 GEO:43.165800;-70.962800 LOCATION:Rm 338-340\, Memorial Union Building\, Universtiy Of New Hampshire \, Durham\, New Hampshire\, 03824\, United States SUMMARY:Menstrual Health Day UID:20091107T000520EST-HXO8HNOOAK@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:215-557-9242 Email:susan_gobreski@lcvef.org DESCRIPTION:Join with others to mark Earth Day and demonstrate your support for better public policy. People from throughout the Philadelphia region will join together in acknowledgement of our responsibility for good stew ardship and the legacy we will leave for future generations. \n\n \n\nWHA T: Candlelight Vigil/Peaceful Protest\, EARTH DAY\n\nWHEN: Thursday\, Ap ril 22\, 2004 from 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm\n\nWHERE: Rittenhouse Square\, P hiladelphia\n\nWHY: PROTEST the Administration’\;s environmental pol icies that endanger our water\, air\, land and health\; that protect corpo rate interests over the public interest\; that place our kids and our comm unities at risk and that leave a legacy of pollution\, neglect and abuse. \n\n \n\nThis is a family friendly event\, bring the kids –\; it̵ 7\;s their future. \n\nTo join as a sponsor or for more information\, c ontact Susan Gobreski at 215-557-9242\, s\;u\;s\;a\;n\; _\;g\;o\;b\;r\;e\;s\;k\;i\;@\;l\; c\;v\;e\;f\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040422 GEO:40.003400;-75.186800 LOCATION:Rittenhouse Square\, 19th & Walnut Streets\, Philadelphia\, Pennsy lvania\, 19103\, United States SUMMARY:Earth Day Candlelight Vigil/Peaceful Protest UID:20091107T000520EST-HJjECtvGc2@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.lcveducation.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:603-862-2343 Email:nhentz@unh.edu DESCRIPTION:Percy Schmieser\, a Canadian farmer who had is farm stolen by M onsanto\, is coming to UNH to talk about his experience. Geographical Sco pe: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040505T190000 GEO:43.165800;-70.962800 LOCATION:MUB Theater II\, Memeorial Union Building\, University Of NH Campu s\, Durham\, New Hampshire\, 03824\, United States SUMMARY:Percy Schmieser Speaks UID:20091107T000520EST-hUUFU4dxR4@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:trinitycollegearabicclub@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 31st 7pm\n McCook Auditorium\, Trinity Colle ge\, Hartford\, CT\n Directions:\nhttp://www.trincoll.edu/AboutTrinity/Vis itingTrinity/DirectionsToTrinity.htm\n\n PANELISTS: Chengiah Ragaven\, Cli nton Bailey\, Mazin Qumsiyeh\n IN ISRAEL / PALESTINE\n Is the fence/barrie r a just barrier to terror or an unjust barrier to\npeace and human rights ? And should the United States continue to aid\nits construction? \n\n G eographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040331 GEO:41.745000;-72.687800 LOCATION:300 Summit St\, Hartford\, Connecticut\, 06106\, United States SUMMARY:Panel on the Apartheid Wall at Trinity College UID:20091107T000520EST-rZVF7FjeBd@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.trincoll.edu/orgs/arabic/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:202-675-2319 Email:jnoble@dcaclu.org DESCRIPTION:11th Annual 4-day Fast and Vigil in front of the US Supreme Cou rt to mark the anniversaries of two landmark Supreme Court cases on the de ath penalty. Some activists will fast (no food/but drinking). Lots of gre at public education with the multitudes of tourists that pass by + Rally + Concert. Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040702 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040629T000000 GEO:38.908200;-76.982100 LOCATION:US Supreme Court\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20002\, Uni ted States SUMMARY:Fast and Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty UID:20091107T000520EST-5Dfzu4b6wv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.abolition.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Join us in a discussion on the coming peak in oil production\, the\nconsequences and the actions that can be taken.\n\nWhere: Pasadena\nW hen: Wednesday\, April 14th\, 7:00 PM\n\nFor More Information:\nVisit OilAwarness.meetup.com\nEmail I\;W\;a\;n\;t\;K\;u \;c\;i\;n\;i\;c\;h\;@\;e\;i\;n\;e \;m\;.\;u\;s\;\n\nCall Eric at 714-926-1916\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040414 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Pasadena\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Peak Oil Awareness Meetup UID:20091107T000520EST-xZ17KiEO8H@69.73.141.125 URL:http://OilAwareness.meetup.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:732-373-8644 Email:cclarke@aesop.rutgers.edu DESCRIPTION:An all-day Earth Day event featuring environmentally-related wo rkshops\, vendors/tabling organizations\, a hybrid car display\, movies\, an outdoor vegetarian barbeque and live entertainment from local bands. T his year's theme is 'Building a Sustainable Future.' Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040418 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:59 Biel Road\, Cook College Campus Center\, New Brunswick\, New Je rsey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:Earth Day Summit - Cook College UID:20091107T000520EST-pWaubotEDZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.geocities.com/Rutgers_SEA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:816-305-4564 Email:umkcssdp@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:This is a free movie\, free food event on campus in RH 212 at 3 :30! Come learn about civil liberties and help SSDP and Flexyourrights.or g spark a national movement of saying NO to police searches! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040414 GEO:39.032300;-94.573300 LOCATION:University Of Missouri Kansas City\, Royall Hall 212\, Kansas City \, Missouri\, 64110\, United States SUMMARY:BUSTED: Citizens Guide to Avoiding Search and Siezure UID:20091107T000520EST-ZxuXFv9tMb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssdp.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:518-273-8045 Email:kennedy12180@lycos.com DESCRIPTION:Every year in celebration of Earthday\, a nationally observed a cknowledgement of environmental issues and technologies in the United Stat es\, Ecologic the environmental club here at Rensselaer Polytechnic Instit ute holds its annual Earthweek Celebration. Our ecologically inspired week of events concludes with our Earthfest event\, bringing together communit y organizations\, environmental entities\, music\, vegetarian/vegan food a nd a plethora of other forms of entertainment. This year’s theme has been selected with much care and is entitled “Food for a Better World”\, educat ing the campus and capital region on the benefits and social implications of a vegetarian diet\, sustainable agriculture\, factory farming\, compost ing and locally grown products. We would like to invite you to our gatheri ng being held on Friday\, April 23rd in the RPI campus Quad\, behind the R ussell Sage Dining Hall located at the intersection of 15th street and Sag e Ave. in Troy\, NY. Kicking off at 3pm\, Earthfest will go until 7pm comp lete with a vegetarian barbeque\, live music and an assortment of eco-acti vities. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040423 GEO:42.673700;-73.608800 LOCATION:15th St And Sage Ave\, Renssealer Campus\, Troy\, New York\, 12180 \, United States SUMMARY:Earthfest 2004 at RPI UID:20091107T000520EST-Ur98DweHRU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.rpi-ecologic.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:415-255-7296 Email:globljohn6@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Stop Halliburton1s War Profiteering in Iraq! Come to Houston Ma y 19!\n\n PROTEST AT THE HALLIBURTON SHAREHOLDERS MEETING\n\n WEDNESDAY\ , MAY 19\, 8 AM\n OUTSIDE THE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL\, 1300 LAMAR STREET\n H OUSTON\, TEXAS\n\n Vice President Dick Cheney1s former company Halliburto n has been the number\n one beneficiary of the invasion of Iraq\, raking in some $9 billion in\n contracts to rebuild Iraq1s oil industry and serv ice the U.S. troops. Every\n other week\, news reports document a pattern of fraud\, waste\, and corruption\n by Halliburton –\; from alleged overcharges of $61 million for fuel and $24.7\n million for meals to con firmed kickbacks worth $6.3 million. Meanwhile\,\n Halliburton has failed to rebuild key oil infrastructure\, provided shoddy\n services to U.S. t roops in the field\, and has taken jobs away from qualified\n Iraqi busin esses and workers. Isn1t it time for Halliburton1s Iraq contracts\n to be revoked?\n\n Join us in Houston on May 19 for a lively protest against w ar profiteering\n and corporate cronyism outside Halliburton1s shareholde r meeting in Houston.\n Halliburton needs to be held accountable\, not ma de more profitable!\n\n Sponsored by American Friends Service Committee-T AO\, Campaign to Stop the\n War Profiteers\, CitizenWorks\, CODEPINK\, Co mmon Cause\, Global Exchange\,\n Halliburtonwatch.org\, Houston Global Aw areness\, Maryknoll House\, Montgomery\n County Greens\,Texas Fair Trade Coalition\, US Labor Against the War\, and\n others.\n\n For more inform ation\, see http://www.houstonglobalawareness.org or\n http://www.globale xchange.org/halliburton. Email a\;n\;d\;r\;e\;a\; 4\;g\;l\;o\;b\;a\;l\;e\;x\;c\;h\;a \;n\;g\;e\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n\n or h\;g\;& #97\;c\;@\;r\;i\;s\;e\;u\;p\;.\;n\;&# 101\;t\;\n or call (832) 725-6220.\n\n **MORE INFORMATION**\n\n WHY YOU SHOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO HOUSTON FOR A ONE-DAY PROTEST\n\n The Hallib urton shareholders meeting in Houston will be our best opportunity\n this year to send a message to the U.S. public about why we oppose the\n corp orate invasion of Iraq and the corporate cronyism that is rampant in the\n Bush administration. The more people who come out\, the more chance we1l l\n have of getting media coverage\, and the better time we1ll have! So b ring\n yourself\, your protest signs and an extra pig snout (or pig suit if you can\n sew yourself one) to Houston May 19. We1ll see you there!\n\ n FACTS ABOUT HALLIBURTON\, CORPORATE GREED AND WAR PROFITEERING\n\n *Wi th the corporate cronyism that is rampant in the Bush administration\, no\ n one was shocked when Vice President Dick Cheney1s former employer\n Ha lliburton\, the largest oil-and-gas services company in the world\, won so me\n of the first no-bid contracts to do work in Iraq1s oil fields. Even the fact\n that Halliburton\, under Cheney1s watch\, used phony overseas subsidiaries so\n it could do business with Bush administration nemesis S addam Hussein was no\n barrier to the company - and its subsidiary Kellog g\, Brown & Root - becoming\n the number one contractor in the new Iraq.\ n\n *Not only did Halliburton do business with Saddam Hussein1s regime bu t also\n with the ruthless regime in Burma. The company continues to do b usiness with\n Iran\, a member of the administration1s own so-called 3axi s of evil\,2 and\n with Libya. In Nigeria\, Halliburton is under investig ation in a massive\n bribery scandal.\n\n *Halliburton1s Iraq contracts are valued at an astounding $9 billion.\n Meanwhile\, Vice President Chen ey continues to receive annual payments from\n Halliburton in excess of $ 150\,000. And Halliburton1s campaign contributions\n between 1999 and 200 2 –\; 95% of which went to Republicans –\; totaled more than\n $700\,000.\n\n *Halliburton was supposed to rebuild Iraq1s oil production infrastructure\,\n but here we are a year after a war in which there wer e very few oil well\n fires\, and Halliburton is delivering gas at fraudu lent prices to a country\n that has the second largest amount of oil in t he world.\n\n *Halliburton1s pattern of fraud and corruption has been so pervasive that\n the Defense Department recently asked the Justice Depart ment to investigate\n Halliburton for possible criminal wrongdoing relate d to its Iraq contracts.\n Among other things\, Halliburton has been accu sed of overcharging $61 million\n for fuel transported to Iraq from Kuwai t and has repaid the Pentagon $27.4\n million in overcharges for food tha t was never served to U.S. troops. In\n January\, the company admitted th at two employees involved in Iraq work took\n kickbacks worth $6.3 millio n from Kuwaiti contractors.\n\n *Whistleblowers have come forward to expo se the company1s reckless waste of\n taxpayer dollars as a result of 3cos t-plus2 contracts in Iraq\, where the\n more the company spends\, the mor e it makes.\n\n *Thanks to offshore tax haven scams\, this multi-billion- dollar company pays\n a scant $15 million a year in taxes.\n\n *Hallibur ton and its subsidiaries operate as a non-union company in the U.S.\n Of roughly 530 locations\, only ten sites have workers under union contract.\ n In Iraq\, in an attempt to keep Iraqi workers from organizing\, Hallibu rton\n subsidiary Kellogg\, Brown & Root contracted with a Kuwaiti compan y to\n rebuild the Bargeseeya Oil Refinery in Southern Iraq. KBR then imp orted 70%\n of the workers from abroad. Poor conditions exist at a number of\n Halliburton/KBR oil reconstruction projects in Iraq. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040519 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Four Seasons Hotel\, 1300 Lamar Street\, Houston\, Texas\, United States SUMMARY:Stop Halliburton's War Profiteering in Iraq! Come to Houston May 19 ! UID:20091107T000520EST-m2DpsMASZB@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalexchange.org/halliburton END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:studentvegetariancoalition@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Gary Yourofsky and Kate Timko are going to speak about vegetari anism! If anyone sees this they are more than welcomed to come join us! It s in the T.V. Room of the SFLC building. At 1 p.m.! Geographical Scope: L ocal DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040423 GEO:41.590500;-87.456400 LOCATION:2200 169th Street\, Hammond\, Indiana\, 46323\, United States SUMMARY:PETA Speakers! UID:20091107T000520EST-F0n3MzX8gj@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:icgi@icgi.org DESCRIPTION:Male Circumcision/Male Genital Mutilation (MC/MGM) is a cultura lly determined\, body mutilation ritual that has been practiced on an esti mated 650 million men and boys worldwide and 77 million in the United Stat es. Each year 1.2 million boys in the United States undergo MC/MGM. Fifty- eight percent of all newborn boys are at risk of undergoing MC/MGM. Legisl ators\, policy makers\, psychologists\, therapists\, doctors\, nurses pare nts and spouses should be aware of the consequences of MC/MGM. \n\nThe Int ernational Coalition for Genital Integrity (ICGI) in cooperation with the National Organization of Circumcision Resource Information Centers (NOCIRC ) and Stop Infant Circumcision Society (SIC Society) sponsor the Genital I ntegrity Awareness Week. Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040507 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040501 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, United States SUMMARY:Genital Integrity Awareness Week UID:20091107T000520EST-V85agfov7h@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.icgi.org/GIAW/GIAW.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:212-696-6625 Email:rnchousing@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:got floor space?\n\nOffer it UP! Between Aug. 28 and Sept. 2\, thousands of visitors will arrive in NYC to voice their concerns with the Republican platform and participate in demonstrations surrounding the Repu blican National Convention. These visitors need somewhere to sleep. If you can offer any kind of housing for any length of time\, please post your a vailability on the housing board at:\n\nwww.counterconvention.org \n\nFor larger group accommodations\, offering/seeking for15 people or more\, go d irectly to:\n\nhttp://nyc-hospitality.org \n\nVolunteers and those with qu estions can reach the noRNC Housing Working Group at:\n\nr\;n\; 9\;h\;o\;u\;s\;i\;n\;g\;@\;y\;a\; 04\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n\n\nor by voicemail at:\n\n2 12.696.6625\n\nOr come to a meeting. Meeting times are listed on www.count erconvetion.org and nornc\n\nIn solidarity\,\nnoRNC Housing Working Group\ n\nHOUSE AN ACTIVIST!!!\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040804T183000 GEO:40.802900;-73.953100 LOCATION:Deli Deli SE Corner Of 5th Ave. And 13th St.\, Upstairs\, New York \, New York\, 10026\, United States SUMMARY:NoRNC Housing Meeting UID:20091107T000520EST-APPn0XfpvU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.counterconvention.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:252-320-1065 Email:gnewkirk@tamemagazine.org DESCRIPTION:We are having a nude protest\, spelling out the words END THE O CCUPATION\,to shed light on the heinous acts against humanity being carrie d out by the American and Israeli governments. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040828T140000 GEO:35.631000;-77.381000 LOCATION:Greenville\, North Carolina\, 27834\, United States SUMMARY:Bare Your Freedom UID:20091107T000520EST-TVtuCzrJj4@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.tamemagazine.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:323-732-6416 Email:lafsprw6@aol.com DESCRIPTION:The Comrades of Color Caucus warmly invites you to a salute to the publication of Revolutionary Integration\, an inspiring history and Ma rxist analysis of the Black liberation struggle from the 1960s through the 1980s. The program will feature a discussion by local activists on the bo ok’s lessons and meaning for today.\nA reception follows the program. Ba ldwin Hills Library. \nHosted by Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist P arty.\nFor information call 323-732-6416 \n Everyone welcome. \n Geograp hical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040828T150000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:2906 S. La Brea\, Los Angeles\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Women's Rights Day Book Launch of 'Revolutionary Integration' UID:20091107T000520EST-7HNdnpfCnb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.socialism.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:212-992-8484 Email:info@refuseandresist.org DESCRIPTION:On the eve of the Republican National Convention\, as the battl e rages for the streets of New York City\, the Artists Network of Refuse & Resist! is presenting an evening of performance to honor Courageous Resis ters:Michael Berg\;Camilo Mejia\;Juanita Young\n\nSome of the Artists who will perform in honor of the Resisters include:\nDan Bern\nBlair Brown\nSt eve Earle\nReg E. Gaines\nBeau Sia Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040826T193000 GEO:40.729100;-73.991600 LOCATION:Skirball Center For The Performing Arts\, NYU\, 566 LaGuardia Plac e At Washington Sq. South\, Manhattan\, New York\, 10012\, United States SUMMARY:UNCONVENTIONAL HEROES: An Evening of Performance to Honor Courageou s Resisters UID:20091107T000520EST-m9Idpnkpam@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.artistsnetwork.org/news13/news660.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:bandsacrossusa@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Bands Across America and U of M Environmental Action Present a Free Concert for Regime Change\n\nVENUE:\nBallroom\, University of Michiga n Student Union\n530 S State St\nAnn Arbor MI 48109\nUSA \n\nDETAILS:\nLab or Day\, September 6th\nMichigan Ballroom\, University of Michigan Ann Arb or\nTime: 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM\nAdmission: FREE\nBands:\nGenessee Ramblers\n Hairy Drain Babies\nThe Teeth\nWorking Model\nThe Six Foot Poles\nThe Stat e\nOblivion\nElevations\n\nIt only takes 5 seconds\, 5 seconds of decision . 5 seconds to decide your purpose on the planet. 5 seconds to decide whet her you are going to be part of the problem or part of the solution. \n\nA RE YOU READY TO TESTIFY?\n\n\nhttp://members.aol.com/bandsacrossusa/home.h tm\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040906T140000 GEO:42.276300;-83.711200 LOCATION:Michigan Ballroom\, University Of Michigan\, 530 S State St\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, 48109\, United States SUMMARY:Labor Day Free Concert for Regime Change UID:20091107T000520EST-jVnFfVMGhX@69.73.141.125 URL:http://members.aol.com/bandsacrossusa/home.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:617-838-1422 Email:rine@riseup.net DESCRIPTION:MAN / WOMAN-IN-BLACK-BLOC AGAINST THE RNC\nRISE UP IN DEFENSE O F THE HONOR & MEMORY OF JOHNNY CASH \n\n* * *\n\nJOHNNY CASH SPOKE FOR THE POOR AND UNDER-REPRESENTED\nTHE REPUBLICANS SPEAK FOR THE RICH\n\nJOHN NY CASH ADVOCATED FOR PRISON REFORM\nTHE REPUBLICANS LOCK US UP\n\nJOHNNY CASH SANG FOR OUR MINERS\, FARMERS\, AND WORKERS \nREPUBLICAN ECONOMICS CR USH THE WORKING CLASS\n\nTHE RNC HAS NO RIGHT TO TARNISH THE MEMORY OF JOH NNY CASH\nWE WILL RISE UP TO DEFEND THE HONOR OF AN AMERICAN HERO\n\n\n* * *\nThis is a call to action.\nMeet at 4:00 P.M. dressed in black on Tue sday\, August 31st at :\nSOTHEBY’S AUCTION HOUSE \n1334 YORK AVENUE \nNEW YORK\, NEW YORK\n\nPress Contact\nPhone: 617.838.1422\nEmail: ManInBlack@ riseup.net or Rine@riseup.net\nWebsite: www.defendjohnnycash.org\n\nOn Tu esday\, August 31st\, the Republicans who will invade our city plan to hav e an exclusive 'celebration' of Johnny Cash for Tennessee delegates inside the famous high-art auction / real estate investment house Sotheby's. Th is past July\, Sotheby’s locked out 54 union workers\, Teamster Local 814 Movers\, including some that had been employed there for over thirty years . They called scabs from London in.\n\nThis Republican event is supposed t o be in “honor” of Republican Senator Lamar Alexander\, a man whose websit e boasts more corporate headshots than political content. It is sponsored by the American Gas Association\, a multinational corporation whose membe rship includes gas companies in Brazil\, Korea\, and France\, among others . \n\nWell\, we know that Johnny sure wouldn't be too keen on this\, espe cially given the brutal stomping the current administration has been doing on our nation's poor and working class. Actually\, Johnny would be downri ght pissed. Just like we are. Over the past four years\, conditions for the poor and working class have worsened. There are now over 31 million Am ericans living in poverty. 12.2 million children in our nation are poor\, with over 1.35 million of them homeless. Over 43 million Americans have no healthcare and there are currently almost 10 million unemployed Americans . (Poor People's Economic Rights Campaign)\n\nThe songs of Johnny Cash wer e beacons of light for those who were unjustly locked up\, kicked down\, a nd knocked around. He sang for the poor\, the imprisoned\, and the oppres sed. He sang from his heart. How dare the Republicans think of using the memory of a true people's hero to promote their greedy causes and war-cri minal president? Would Johnny support the president’s economic policies? NO! Would Johnny support the Iraq war? NO! Would Johnny support the drac onian Rockefeller drug laws? HELL NO!\n\nStand with us and take the stree ts in front of Sotheby's on A31 to raise your voice in song\, in rage\, an d in hope. We will join together in defense of the honor of Johnny Cash. We will stand in recognition of the misery of the past four years the Bus h administration has slapped upon our nation's low-income and blue collar class. We will make Johnny proud. \n\nOn a strange side note\, later thi s fall\, Sotheby’s plans to auction off all of the personal items belongin g to the late Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Everything from June’s ch ildhood shoes to Cash family photos to Johnny’s actual Grammys will be auc tioned off to the rich bidder with the biggest wallet.\n\nBring your black clothing\, pompadour\, guitars (real or cardboard)\, hair grease\, singin g voice\, megaphones\, jailstripes\, skeleton costumes\, signs\, art\, pos ters\, CD players\, boomboxes\, musical instruments\, Johnny posters and r ecords\, dancing shoes\, creative resistance\, decentralized direct action schemes\, and of course\, your favorite political Cash lyrics as big as y ou can print‘em! Shame on the RNC!\n\nFor more info: www.DefendJohnnyCas h.org\nTo volunteer\, email: ManInBlack@risep.net or call 617.838.1422\n\n Sotheby’s is located one block east of 1st Avenue at 71st street.\nSubway: Take the 6 train to 68th St. and walk north 3 blocks\, and then east to Y ork Ave. \n\n“MAN IN BLACK” \n\nWell\, you wonder why I always dress in bl ack\,\nWhy you never see bright colors on my back\,\nAnd why does my appea rance seem to have a somber tone.\nWell\, there's a reason for the things that I have on.\n\nI wear the black for the poor and the beaten down\,\nLi vin' in the hopeless\, hungry side of town\,\nI wear it for the prisoner w ho has long paid for his crime\,\nBut is there because he's a victim of th e times…\n\nWell\, we're doin' mighty fine\, I do suppose\,\nIn our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes\,\nBut just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back\,\nUp front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.\n\nI wear it for the sick and lonely old\,\nFor the reckless ones whose bad tri p left them cold\,\nI wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been\,\nEach week we lose a hundred fine young men.\n\nAnd\, I wear i t for the thousands who have died\,\nBelieven' that the Lord was on their side\,\nI wear it for another hundred thousand who have died\,\nBelieven' that we all were on their side.\n\nWell\, there's things that never will b e right I know\,\nAnd things need changin' everywhere you go\,\nBut 'til w e start to make a move to make a few things right\,\nYou'll never see me w ear a suit of white.\n\nAh\, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day\,\nAnd t ell the world that everything's OK\,\nBut I'll try to carry off a little d arkness on my back\,\n'Till things are brighter\, I'm the Man In Black.\n -Johnny Cash\, “Man In Black”\n\n# # # Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040831T160000 GEO:40.720100;-73.706800 LOCATION:In Front Of Sotheby's\, 1334 York Avenue (at 71st St.)\, New York\ , New York\, 11001\, United States SUMMARY:Man In Black Blac / Johnny Cash Defense for the RNC UID:20091107T000520EST-fl47rPBhfl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.DefendJohnnyCash.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:917-825-3562 Email:bulletin@revbilly.com DESCRIPTION:Every Tuesday\, down in the WTC Path Station inside Ground Zero \, we start reciting into our cellphones the 1st Amendment at 6:30 PM and we recite it again and again until 7:00 PM.  Then we gather and sing it to gether\nrhythmically.  And now we go up on the sidewalk to listen to the 1 st Amendment\nGospel choir.  Here:\n\nCongress shall make no law respectin g an establishment of religion\, or\nprohibiting the free exercise thereof \; \nor abridging the freedom of speech\, or of the press\; or the right o f the people peaceably to assemble\, and to petition the\nGovernment for a redress of grievances.\n\nWhy pretend you police officers aren't reading this?  Of course you are.  Let\nme say hello. Well\, thank you for not arr esting us last week.  We are working on\nexcercising the 1st Amendment rig ht of free speech and peaceable assembly. We\nfeel that Ground Zero needs to be a working commons area in our community\, like\nan international vil lage square.   We need to be able to share our memories of\n9//11\, and ha ve our outspoken opinions and shout them out\, you know\, like\nAmericans. \n\nMany of you cops disagree\, but some of you have sympathy for our posi tion\,\npartly because you've noticed that President Bush has not succeede d in persuading the courts that the constitutional freedoms should be susp ended.  We welcome you to search us and keep an eye on our activity\, but we believe that suspending basic freedoms makes us more vulnerable to atta ck\, not less.\n\nThe people from around the world who join us on Tuesdays often say that they\nnever knew the 1st Amendment\, but they often felt i t in the natural personality\nof Americans. They knew it was there. The si ngle sentence with the five freedoms\, written by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson\, is an extraordinary\, messy\, scary way to organize a society .  It guarantees freedoms and trusts people to find their way.\n\nEvery ch allenge to the 1st Amendment\, starting with the Sedition Act in 1798\,\nt hen the Espionage Act in 1914\, and of course the laws of racism -- these all\nfront with fear. Freedom is banned because of the threat of the unkno wn\, of the\nforeigner\, of realpeople. The Bush administration seems to h ate the 1st\nAmendment.  Senator Byrd pointed out that in their public doc uments they can't\nbring themselves to give the U.S. Constiitution a capit al 'C.'  \n\nWe know that if we are arrested by you that we will only be k eeping the 1st Amendment alive the way that it has always been kept alive -- through citizens who lived it and made it stronger by public and judici al opinion.   No\, the PATH Station is not private property.  Our taxes pa y for it.   No we are not a threat.  Yes we are Peaceable.  Yes\,  the 1st Amendment is our permit.  No you\ncan't give commuters the right to be gu ests because they act like obedient consumers while denying rights to peop le who wish to speak in public.  Yes the basic American freedoms stay aliv e because we insist with our voices and bodies.\n\nAnd yes we will keep sa ying that sentence.  We invite all of you policemen and women to recite th e great words of freedom with us. -rb\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040831T183000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:WTC PATH Station Inside Ground Zero\, New York\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Rev Billy 1st Amendment Mob UID:20091107T000520EST-TxNaOVWGLk@69.73.141.125 URL:http:///www.revbilly.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-552-8722 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:Come out and participate in studying the cutting edge revolutio nary African \nInternationalist theory of Omali Yeshitela and the African People's Socialist \nParty! Study the powerful new book Omali Yeshitela Sp eaks with the Uhuru \nSolidarity Movement on Monday\, June 27th from 6-8pm at Robins Books\, 108 S. \n13th St. in Center City Philadelphia.\n\nThis week we're reading the presentation 'Touch one\, touch all! African \nwork ers and poor peasants unite'\, on page 216 of Omali Yeshitela Speaks. Book s \ncan be purchased for $20 at the study. We will also get a report direc tly from \nthe June 2005 conference to build the African Socialist Interna tional in \nLondon\, England. The ASI is bringing African revolutionaries together from all \nover the world to provide a real solution to the deves tation facing Africa and \nAfrican people worldwide. This solution is the total liberation of African \npeople and the unification of Africa under t he leadership of African workers \nand poor peasants!\n\nWhite liberals or liberal imperialists are not going to 'save' Africa by \nhaving 'Live 8' concerts or anything else! Africans must control their own \nresources\, s tolen by imperialism for over 500 years\, which still feeds Europe\, \nthe US and other countries\, while starving Africa herself! Reparations and \ nself-determination are the answer\, it's the white world that owes a huge debt \nto Africa\, not the other way round!\n\nJoin the crucial work of b uilding genuine solidarity in the white community \nwith the Uhuru Movemen t as it builds a world-wide movement for African \nliberation. Join Uhuru Solidarity Movement! Learn how you can participate in \nmeaningful communi ty action and raising resources for justice for the African \ncommunity in Philly and nationally/internationally. \n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050627T180000 GEO:39.962600;-75.162900 LOCATION:Robins Books\, 108 S. 13th St.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 191 07\, United States SUMMARY:Study Series on African Internationalism - reading from 'Omali Yesh itela Speaks' UID:20091107T000520EST-xUJN4ivzfa@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-568-8077 Email:anything@interacttheatre.org DESCRIPTION:'Homeland Security' is a dynamic new play that follows an inter -racial couple as they are profiled by the FBI at an airport line. This a pparent violation triggers the unraveling of the relationship amid a web o f secrecy and paranoia. Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041121 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041022T200000 GEO:40.003400;-75.186800 LOCATION:The Adrienne\, 2030 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19103\, United States SUMMARY:'Homeland Security' by Stuart Flack UID:20091107T000520EST-DmgfvXktLG@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.interacttheatre.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:410-627-7679 Email:aidjhuinfo@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Association of India's Development\, Johns Hopkins University C hapter (AID JHU) is a non-profit\, volunteer student organization at JHU t hat supports grass roots development projects in India. AID JHU is hosting the world-renowned Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan at the Johns Hopkins Univ ersity on October 3 for an Indian classical music concert. He will be acco mpanied by his sons\, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash\, and percus sionist Tanmoy Bose on the tabla. The State of Maryland will honor Amjad A li Khan with the Governor’s Citation award for Outstanding Community Servi ce at a dinner banquet for patrons of AID and the concert.\nThis concert i s a pert of 2 day long Gandhi Jayanti Celebrations by student groups at Ho pkins. All funds from it will go towards development projects in India.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041003T170000 GEO:39.328500;-76.599100 LOCATION:3400 North Charles Street\, Shriver Hall\, Homewood Campus\, Johns Hopkins Univ.\, Baltimore\, Maryland\, 21218\, United States SUMMARY:Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Performs at Hopkins UID:20091107T000520EST-XBKIG7zjdv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.aak2004.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:410-627-7679 Email:aidjhuinfo@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041003T170000 GEO:39.328500;-76.599100 LOCATION:3400 N. Charles Street\, Shriver Hall\, JHU\, Baltimore\, Maryland \, 21218\, United States SUMMARY:Sarod Recital by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan UID:20091107T000520EST-eZ2KnhmlUU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.jhu.edu/aidjhu/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:614-261-7793 Email:roses@21stdems.org DESCRIPTION:Join VoteMob Ohio and NY-based Downtown for Democracy for a nig ht of progressive art\, music and dancing. Local and national artist will be exhibiting political posters expressing their hopes for 'regime change '. Voter education\, mobilization and passionate conversation! Come on ou t and help us take back America! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040924T210000 GEO:39.891700;-82.877100 LOCATION:57 E. Gay St.\, Skylab\, Columbus\, Ohio\, 43215\, United States SUMMARY:Creative Control-- Expressing the Progressive Self UID:20091107T000520EST-lF8IVdV3cL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.votemob.org; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:617-921-3659 Email:kait@riseup.net DESCRIPTION:Rainforest Action Network and SEAC present:\nThe 2004 GLOBAL FI NANCE CAMPAIGN\n'Back to School' BBQ and Party!\n\n\nWHAT: Music\, Food\, Speakers\, and Fun in the Park on a Friday Afternoon!\n\n\nWHERE: Boston C ommon Stage\, Boston\, MA (nearest T stop is Park Street on\nthe Red Line) \n\n\nWHEN: Friday\, September 17\, 4:00 - 7:00 PM\n\n\nWHO: You!\n\n\nEXT RA ACTION! Join us at 12:30 PM on Friday 9/17 for a rally at John\nHancoc k's\ncorporate headquarters!\nMeet at Copley Square to speak truth to powe r and challenge one of the\nlargest\ninsurance companies in the world to a dopt responsible environmental\nstandards!\n\n\nContact dan@ran.org or kai t@riseup.net to get involved in helping put this\nevent\ntogether!\n\n\nWH Y: The global economy is out of whack. Big banks\, at the heart of the\nw orld\nfinancial system\, are investing in big oil\, old growth forest dest ruction\,\nand\nprojects that displace indigenous communities all around t he world. Many\nof these\ncompanies have no standards whatsoever to guide their investment\ndecisions. They\nuse their customers' money to finance environmental destruction\, often\nwithout the\nconsent of these customer s. The Global Finance Campaign is redirecting\nthe global\neconomy away f rom environmentally and socially destructive investment and\ninto\nclean\, sustainable\, and socially just alternatives.\n\n\nAs a result of citizen action\, RAN and others helped bring down Citigroup\,\nthe\nworld's large st bank\, in January of 2004. After 4 years of relentless\ncampaigning\,\ nCiti finally agreed to adopt landmark new environmental standards. A few \nshort\nmonths later\, facing mounting public pressure and scrutiny\, Ban k of\nAmerica (and\nFleet\, its subsidiary) agreed to even more sweeping p olicies that set new\nstandards\nfor the entire banking industry.\n\n\nThi s summer\, folks around the country have been delivering a powerful\nmessa ge to big\nbanks: the era of destructive investment is over\, and if they want to keep\ntheir\ncustomers\, banks must adopt strong environmental sta ndards and stop financing\nprojects that contribute to climate chaos and f orest destruction. 'BBQ the\nBanks'\nhas been a summertime campaign aimed at a set of the nation's worst banking\ncompanies. With a little humor\, a little nerve\, and plenty of free\ntofu-dogs\,\nactivists have spoken to the customers\, employees\, and managers of the\nnation's most\nirrespons ible banks\, educating them about the role banks play in\nenvironmental\nd estruction and urging the companies to do the right thing by adopting\nenv ironmentally ethical investment standards today.\n\n\nThe Boston 'Back to School' BBQ brings our summer to a close and sets the\nstage for\nthe next phase of the Global Finance Campaign. We're celebrating our\nsuccesses s o\nfar in 2004\, and getting ready to move the campaign forward into 2005 and\nbeyond! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20040917T170000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Boston Common\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:BBQ the Banks Boston Action UID:20091107T000520EST-sr8zt7RFu9@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ran.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-685-1900 Email:ccceec@earthlink.net DESCRIPTION:Restoration work within Cobbs Creek Park - tree plantings\, inv asive removal\, environmental cleanup. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041009T090000 GEO:39.957300;-75.187000 LOCATION:700 Cobbs Creek Parkway\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19143\, Un ited States SUMMARY:Cobbs Creek Park Restoration Saturday (2d and 4th Saturday's) UID:20091107T000520EST-eNN23VJvUZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.cobbscreek.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:215-552-8722 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:The March for Social Justice gives white people an opportunity to do more than just demand peace and justice in Iraq while ignoring the c onditions in black communities right here.\n\nAmerica's Other War:\n\n- 30 percent of African men aged 20 to 29 are tied to the prison system\n\n- O nly 46 percent of African students graduate from U.S. high schools\n\n- Th ousands of Africans are brutalized and killed by police every year.\n\n- A frican families have $7\,500 in household assets compared to $79\,000 on a verage for white families\n\nThe march is also a fundraiser for the Uhuru Movement\, working for economic development and social justice in the Afri can community. The 5K march-a-thon will be followed by a rally with speak ers at 1pm. \n\nExpress your solidarity with the struggle of African peopl e here for self-determination. Register now to particpate in the march\, o r sponsor a marcher!\n\nSponsored by the African People's Solidarity Commi ttee\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041016T110000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Clark Park\, 45th & Chester\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, United States SUMMARY:March for Social Justice to Stop America's Other War UID:20091107T000520EST-CJxutzJFum@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.marchforjustice.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:913-706-4613 Email:marilynflook@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Starbucks Prairie Village\, together with neighborhood voluntee rs\, will utilize WiFi capability to host a one-day\, non-partisan ONLINE citizenship event\, Vote 2004 Informed. The event will be held on Fri day\, September 31\, 2004\, from 8 AM to 5 PM at Starbucks Prairie Village \, 6070 Mission Road\, Prairie Village\, Kansas\, 66208. \n\nCitizenship how-to ONLINE:\nü Register to Vote\;\nü Research the Candidates\;\nü Revi ew Ballot Issues\;\nü Write an e-mail to the President.\n\nPick up absente e ballots for both KS & MO. Take away a Vote 2004 Informed Newsletter wi th citizenship web tools and more. Prize Drawing. Geographical Scope: Lo cal DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041001T080000 GEO:38.993800;-94.634000 LOCATION:6070 Mission Road\, Prairie village\, Kansas\, 66208\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Make Your Vote Count 2004 UID:20091107T000520EST-TvttaSadJp@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:215-442-0612 Email:dmasceri_act@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:\nHELP SAY NO TO THE REPUBLICAN AGENDA\n\nAmerica Coming Togeth er is the largest and most sophisticated voter mobilization project in Ame rican history: ACT is laying the groundwork for Democratic victories in th e 17 states that will determine America’s future in the 2004 election. We are working to mobilize millions of voters who will say NO to the Republi can agenda by electing progressives at all levels of government on Electio n Day. But we can’t do it without your help. To get involved in local ef forts\, please call us at 215-442-0612. Paid for by America Coming Togeth er\; not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. \n Geogra phical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041102T130000 GEO:39.960900;-75.196700 LOCATION:Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Get Out the Vote on Election Day - Philadelphia Suburbs UID:20091107T000520EST-vAWGSfoJil@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.act4victory.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:765-658-4859 Email:jodetunde@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041029 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041025 GEO:39.699500;-86.857200 LOCATION:408 South Locust Street\, Greencatle\, Indiana\, 46135\, United St ates SUMMARY:Peace Camp - More Issues For America 2004 UID:20091107T000520EST-LoaHVXvHdo@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.depauw.edu/univ/compton/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041026T200000 GEO:38.907500;-95.284000 LOCATION:Lawrence\, Kansas\, 66044\, United States SUMMARY:Fahrenheit 9/11 Screening UID:20091107T000520EST-MadMjrijSV@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:mprodrig@lrrc.umass.edu DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, November 9\n7:00PM\nUMass Campus Center\, room 162-17 5\nFree and Open to the Public\n\nThe Argentina Autonomista Project: Fall 2004 Tour coming to Amherst\n\n*Full-length puppet show\n*Slide shows\n*Di alogue\n\nCome hear 3 Argentine women activists as they describe their exp eriences in Aregentina's recent economic and political crisis and the gras sroots\, popular social movements that have risen up in response. Featuri ng representatives of human rights\, unemployed workers\, and other moveme nts.\n\nCome hear about the new politics and forms of resistanc ein Argent ina\, referred to as 'the most inspiring social movement since the Zapatis tas...'\n\nThe AAP will also be at Hampshire college on Wednesday the 10th \, at 10:30am\, in West Lecture Hall\, Franklin Paterson Hall\n\nfor more info\, see: http://autonomista.org/\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041109T190000 GEO:42.369600;-72.636000 LOCATION:UMass Campus Center\, Room 162/175\, Amherst\, Massachusetts\, 010 03\, United States SUMMARY:Argentina Autonomista Project UID:20091107T000520EST-zZnS3BV7iA@69.73.141.125 URL:http://autonomista.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:we'll be chalking the body outlines of the american soldiers wh o died for bush's lies in iraq. we hope to chalk all 1100 whatnot of them \, therefore\, bringing chalk would be greatly appreciated but is by no me ans madatory. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041018T140000 GEO:42.276300;-83.711200 LOCATION:University Of Michigan Diag\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, 48109\, Unite d States SUMMARY:Chalking Up the Cost of War in Iraq UID:20091107T000520EST-M4EUHDcsWu@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:617-426-8161 Email:lk@iabolish.com DESCRIPTION:Take a stand against slavery and genocide! Please share this em ail with your email list-serves\, friends and colleagues. \n\nOver the pas t few months you have probably heard about genocide and slavery\nin Sudan: over 70\,000 black Sudanese have been killed\, thousands of women\nand ch ildren are being raped and forced into slavery\, and villages all over\nSu dan are being burned to the ground\, creating millions of refugees and IDP s\n(Internally Displaced Persons). The UN has called Sudan's Darfur 'the w orst\nhumanitarian crisis' of the 21st century\, yet it has done virtually nothing\nto stop the crisis.\n\nThe American Anti-Slavery Group\, in conj unction with college student groups\nthroughout the Boston area (Harvard\, BU\, MIT\, Northeastern\, Suffolk\, and\nEmmanuel) will be holding a cand lelight vigil on FRIDAY\, NOVEMBER 5th at\n4:30pm in Boston Common (near t he Park St. Station.)\n\nDon’t remain silent. Be a part of the student mov ement to tell world leaders to stop genocide and slavery in Sudan. Please join us at the candlelight vigil and help make a difference.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041105T163000 GEO:42.347200;-71.086100 LOCATION:Boston Commons\, (beside Park St. T-Station)\, Boston\, Massachuse tts\, 02116\, United States SUMMARY:Shed Light on Genocide in Sudan UID:20091107T000520EST-4hC6p8V3S8@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.iabolish.com/vigil END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:carfreecity@ecologyfund.com DESCRIPTION:CAR FREE U OF T!!! \n\nThis year a student-led movement has beg un to rally support among U of T students and community members to demand the City of Toronto rezone all feasible roads on campus for pedestrian use only. \n\nMonday OCT.25 12P.M. – OUTDOOR CONCERT\nCome out to the SAC la wn (on the East side of University College) for a musical celebration in o rder to rally support for the movement. Interested performers should see c ontact info at bottom.\n\n \n\nThursday OCT. 28 1P.M.- CAR-FREE PARTY\n\nR ally in King’s College Circle for a march that will take us into the stree ts to demonstrate the change we want to happen by becoming the human traff ic that we want to see as we\n\n~~~~~TAKE BACK THE STREETS~~~~~~\nBring yo ur musical instruments\, boom-boxes\, costumes\, juggling balls and all yo ur friends to come celebrate a newly liberated street.\n \n\nJoin us in tr ying to make our campus a cleaner\, safer and more enjoyable place to live and learn in. We need help\, to get in contact with us write to\n\ncarfr eecity@ecologyfund.com\n\nSign the petition at the SAC office\, OPIRG offi ce (563 Spadina Ave.) and check out our manifesto at www.opirgtoronto.org\ n\n\n\n \n The Car-Free Movement at U of T has entered into a critical phase: action. We have been planning and organizing for over a month now\ , and are about to launch into our first major initiative to promote the c ause.\n\nOn October 25th at Noon (that's an optimistic time) we'll be havi ng a concert outside the SAC office in order to raise awareness for the mo vement\, and get more people out to:\n\nOur very own Car Free Day. On Oct ober 28th we'll be meeting in King's College Circle at 1 o'clock before ma rching over to St. George where we'll block off the street at two ends (Co llege and likely the first block North\, depending on how many people come out). We'll then encourage all the students in the area to use the stree t once its empty of cars and have a party with whatever musical performers and equipment people bring out on that day.\n\nIn order for these two eve nts to be effective we need help postering the campus in the coming week. If you have any free time please meet us between 4 and 4:15 on Tuesday at the foot of St.George (at College St.) so we can break off into groups an d poster different parts of the campus. Bring any friends\, and if you ca n't make it on that day\, we'll leave some posters in the OPIRG and SAC of fices so you can go out anytime (but please write me to confirm and know w hich parts of campus have already been covered).\n\nWe also need anyone wh o isn't shy to ask their professors to make an announcement before class a bout the event (they are generally very friendly to these requests) and al so pass around the petition in class which is attached to this message. A lso attached are the poster and flyer we'll be using\, that have all the i nfo on them\, which you can distribute at will.\n\nIt is really important that you help out in the next two weeks if you support what we are doing. A total of four people have ever come out to our meetings\, yet all this preparation has been done so far\, but if the movement is going to get any where\, it will be due to the work of many more people. Please do anythin g you can to help us make this campus a better place for all of us\, and i f you know anyone who might at all be interested in helping\, or coming ou t to the events please forward them this message.\n\nThank you...\n\n\n \n \n Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041028 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041025T000000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada SUMMARY:Car Free Day at the U of T UID:20091107T000520EST-UJVzR3UIWu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.opirgtoronto.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:510-625-1106 Email:uhurureparations@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:5K march-a-thon taking a stand against mass imprisonment\, sub- standard education\, housing and healthcare\; and raising money for social justice and economic development programs in the black community.\n\nSpon sored by the African People's Solidarity Committee Geographical Scope: Lo cal DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041023T110000 GEO:37.811300;-122.239000 LOCATION:Lake Merritt\, Grand Ave. And MacArthur\, Oakland\, California\, 9 4610\, United States SUMMARY:Oakland March for Social Justice UID:20091107T000520EST-85cvCvJGTj@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.marchforjustice.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Toledo\, OH\nEvent: Gloria joins Academy Award winning filmmake r Michael Moore onstage in her hometown of Toledo\, OH \nTime: 8:30 pm\nL ocation: Seagate Convention Center\n401 Jefferson Avenue\nToledo\, OH 4360 4\n\nTickets: $5 + $2.50 service charge Go to: www.clamormagazine.org/ Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041025T203000 GEO:41.655800;-83.536800 LOCATION:Seagate Convention Cntr\, 401 Jefferson Ave.\, Toledo\, Ohio\, 436 04\, United States SUMMARY:Gloria Steinem and Michael Moore UID:20091107T000520EST-bEuIIkWJ0x@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Event: The Imagine Festival's 'Films you Should See Before You Vote'\nGloria joins on the second night of festival. Films to be screened include Unconstitutional\, Hijacking Catastrophe\, About Baghdad\, and Th e Ground Truth. \nWeb: www.imagine04.org/filmfest.html \nTime: 8:00pm - 10 :00pm\nLocation: University of Cincinnati\, The Great Hall\n2624 Clifton A venue\nCincinnati\, Ohio 45221\nTickets: Free Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041026T200000 GEO:39.166800;-84.538200 LOCATION:U Of Cincinnati\, The Great Hall\, 2624 Clifton Ave.\, Cincinnati\ , Ohio\, 45221\, United States SUMMARY:Gloria Steinem at the Imagine Festival's 'Films you Should See Befo re You Vote' UID:20091107T000520EST-rfT3MlpnXI@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.imagine04.org/filmfest.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:TUESDAY OCT. 26 \n\nCincinnati\, OH\nEvent: Lecture + reception for Women of Ohio\nWomen of Ohio (and the World) will host a lecture and reception with Gloria at the Unity Church\nTime: 4:00 - 7:00 pm\nLocation: Unity Church\nAddress TBA\n\nTickets: Fundraiser for WOO 4:00- 5:30 - tic kets www.womenofohio.org\nPublic lecture free and open to the public 5:30 - 7:00 Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041026T053000 GEO:39.114500;-84.511100 LOCATION:Unity Church\, Cincinnati\, Ohio\, 45210\, United States SUMMARY:Gloria Steinem Lecture UID:20091107T000520EST-uTfBDWgVSc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.womenofohio.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:WEDNESDAY\, OCT. 27 \n\nDelaware\, OH \nEvent: Brownbag lunch a t Ohio Wesleyan with Gloria\nGloria will join students from Ohio Wesleyan for a brownbag lunch in the Student Center.\nTime: Noon - 2:00pm\nLocation : Ohio Wesleyan University Student Center\n61 S. Sandusky St.\nDelaware\, OH 43015\nTickets: None\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041027T120000 GEO:40.289900;-82.981100 LOCATION:Ohio Wesleyan U Student Center\, 61 S. Sandusky St.\, Delaware\, O hio\, 43015\, United States SUMMARY:Brownbag Lunch with Gloria Steinem UID:20091107T000520EST-41kWrKCF88@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.pfaw-votersalliance.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY\, OCT. 28 \n\nState College\, PA\nEvent: Lecture at Pe nn State Women's Studies Department\nThe Women's Studies Department at Pen n State will host Gloria Steinem for a lecture and Q & A in the HUB Robeso n Center.\nTime: Noon - 1:30pm\nLocation: H.U.B. Robeson Center\nAlumni Ha ll\nPenn State University\nUniversity Park\, PA 16802\nTickets: Free\n\nmo re info:\nhttp://www.pfaw-votersalliance.org/ Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041028T000000 GEO:40.799700;-77.862300 LOCATION:HUB Hobeson Cntr / Alumni Hall\, Penn State University\, Universit y Park\, Pennsylvania\, 16802\, United States SUMMARY:Gloria Steinem Lecture at Penn State UID:20091107T000520EST-czvWenFKxV@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:212-254-9920 Email:info@eurekaiff.com DESCRIPTION:Election-Eve ROCK THE VOTE party\, to benefit NYC's newly launc hed\, non-partisan political film festival. Hot indie band line-up\, dj s pinning on the main level\, come early for free drinks\, food and prizes! $10 at the door\, must be 21+ (Take the F\,M\,J\,Z to Delancey/Essex) G eographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041101T190000 GEO:40.718800;-73.986400 LOCATION:The Delancey Bar\, 168 Delancey St @ Clinton\, New York\, New York \, 10002\, United States SUMMARY:Eureka! Film Fest & Rock The Vote\, Election-Eve Party UID:20091107T000520EST-uKa7GROTvU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.eurekaiff.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@phpeace.net DESCRIPTION:What are the real threats to homeland security? How can they b e averted\, and at what cost in terms of the open society we value? On Th ursday\, November 4\, a panel will come together to grapple with these que stions in a free moderated public discussion at 101 Science Center at Swar thmore College\, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Hear from Brian Lynch\, the Assi stant Special Agent in Charge of the Philadelphia field office of the FBI in charge of counterterrorism\; Jan Ting\, a conservative legal scholar\; Marwan Kreidie\, a community activist with the Philadelphia Arab-American community\; and Kim Lane Scheppele\, law and sociology professor at U Pen n studying the effects of terrorism on democracies. The event is the seco nd in a yearlong series of forums on “Decisions for America: Critical Choi ces/ Differing Voices” sponsored by Pendle Hill and Swarthmore College des igned to encourage civil civic discourse about matters of vital interest. For more information\, visit www.phpeace.net or contact John Meyer at 610 -566-4507\, ext. 121 or johnm@pendlehill.org. \n\n \n\n Geographical Sco pe: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041104T193000 GEO:39.897200;-75.344100 LOCATION:101 DuPont Science Center\, Swarthmore College\, Swarthmore\, Penn sylvania\, 19081\, United States SUMMARY:Homeland Secrutiy and Civil Liberties Forum UID:20091107T000520EST-PvI6VMUWXU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.phpeace.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:727-894-6997 Email:yayawatson@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:The March for Social Justice to Stop America's Other War is a 5 -K march-a-thon in the white community expressing solidarity with reparati ons and social justice and an end to the war going on in our own backyard. \nRegardless who is elected president\, we must send a message that we wan t peace at home and abroad based on social justice and liberation of oppre ssed peoples. The occupation and containment of the Iraqi people\nis based on the occupation and containment of the African community right here. Jo in a march to say no more black lives\nstolen in our name!\n\nThe march is a fundraiser for the Uhuru Movement. There is a\nnon-mandatory registrati on fee of $15 that gives you a t-shirt. You can get your family and friend s to sponsor you. Contact the African People's Solidarity Committee for mo re information.\ninformation.\n\nSpeakers at the 1:30 p.m. rally include:\ nOmali Yeshitela\, leader of the Uhuru Movement\nSheridan Murphy\, America n Indian Movement\nMohammad Chehab\, Arab activist\nChris Ernesto\, St. Pe te for Peace\nConnie Burton\, host of Straight Talk on WMNF\nSpoken word b y: Life\, Black on Black Rhyme and Liz\, Florida Poetry Jam\nwinner\nPenny Hess\, African People's Solidarity Committee\nCode Pink\nAnd more!\n Geo graphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041107T110000 GEO:27.789400;-82.677300 LOCATION:Crescent Lake Park\, 22nd Ave. N. & 7th St. N.\, St. Petersburg\, Florida\, 33713\, United States SUMMARY:St. Petersburg March for Social Justice UID:20091107T000520EST-NZ08ZmCjCP@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.marchforjustice.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:305-531-0654 Email:ashmoregallery@aol.com DESCRIPTION:The Art of Politics\nCurated by Nicole Dupont and Lee Wells\nOc tober 29 through November 20\, 2004\n\nPrivate Reception : Friday October 29\, 2004\nRSVP Required\n\nAshmore Gallery\n2213 Collins Avenue\nMiami Be ach\, FL 33139\nTel: 305 531 0654\nrfontaine@ashmoregallery.com \nhttp://w ww.ashmoregallery.com/ \n\n\nParticipating artists:\nMichael Ricardo Andreev\, M.V. Clark\, Joy Garnett\, Nancy Gifford\, \nMiguel Guzman\, Tin a La Porta\, Brian Miller\, Elin O'Hara Slavick\, and Lee Wells\n\nSociall y conscious artists have constituted a strong force in our culture through out history\, from Goya and Picasso to established and emerging figures in the contemporary art scene. At times controversial\, such artists engage us personally while drawing us into a heightened awareness of worldly issu es. Complex problems are examined with a poetic or subversive eye\, and di fficult questions are posed\; hopefully a dialogue with the viewer is open ed. Clearly there is an “art” to this. It is in this spirit that Ashmore G allery presents The Art of Politics on the eve of this most important of p residential elections. \n\nMiami has long held a place of importance in th e political realm. While Florida has played host to official presidential debates\, numerous unofficial events and fundraisers\, as one of three key “swing” states it has also suffered its share of political advertising ca mpaigns. The Art of Politics offers the art loving community a moment to r eflect upon political questions without being brutalized by mass media str ategies\, partisan sales pitches and television sound bytes—a rare and tho ught-provoking opportunity.\n\nOverwhelming political issues can be too da unting for any one artist to take on alone. Seven of the artists presented in The Art of Politics belong to a group known as the Armed Artists of Am erica (AAA): armed not with traditional weapons but with ideas\, skills an d the creative desire to engage people in profound\, beautiful and meaning ful ways\, they hope to set a positive\, non-ideological\, and humane forc e in motion. Above all\, AAA seeks to stimulate dialogue regarding the iss ues facing our country at this crucial time in history.\n\nThe artists sho wcased in The Art of Politics are a mix of emerging and established artist s who have exhibited in museums and galleries nationally and international ly. Presenting new and recent works in a variety of media from paintings a nd photography to installation\, this show presents some of the strongest politically conscious young artists of our time. \n Geographical Scope: L ocal DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041120 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041029T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:2213 Collins Ave\, Miami Beach\, Florida\, 33139\, United States SUMMARY:The Art of Politics UID:20091107T000520EST-x39VwHvCkV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ASHMOREGALLERY.COM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:914-271-3580 Email:sdavidson@youthrights.org DESCRIPTION:Flash mob/voting age protest in Union Square. Help us fight ag eism through recruiting and outreach. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041030T130000 GEO:40.730200;-73.988600 LOCATION:Union Square\, New York\, New York\, 10003\, United States SUMMARY:Voting Age Protest UID:20091107T000520EST-6KVfvu5Hdo@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.youthrights.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:303-332-2701 Email:petrais@earthlink.net DESCRIPTION:A new theatre piece exploring the politics\, stories\, and issu es surrounding the Sand Creek Massacre. Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041211 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041209T193000 GEO:39.720100;-105.021000 LOCATION:2180 Stout Street\, Denver\, Colorado\, 80204\, United States SUMMARY:Nations in Peaces: The Politics of the Sand Creek Massacre UID:20091107T000520EST-AenLv283HD@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.home.earthlink.net/~petrais END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:trentaction@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:MAIN EVENT: RECLAIM GZOWSKI CAFETERIA\nNovemeber 10th\, 2004 – Wednesday\nNOON – 12PM\nUnite at Bata Podium!\n\n---MASS MOBILIZATION OF S TUDENTS AND ALLIES TO TAKE BACK OUR CAFETERIA---\n\nRally together outside library. Bring Instruments\, Drums\, Signs\, Banners\, Chalk and lots of ENERGY. Also pack lunch to bring into Gzowski cafeteria for communal eatin g.\n\nThe central message and purpose of this event is to take back our ca feteria and make a request to the administration and Aramark management to open up the access of Gzowski College Cafeteria. The demonstration is a p eaceful one\, but we are coming out in mass numbers\, with lots of energy and spirit to convey our message as this concerns a large body of people.\ n\nStudent Newspaper Arthur has covered the issue that you may want to rea d if you haven't yet:\nhttp://www.trentarthur.info/archives/000134.html\nh ttp://www.trentarthur.info/archives/000143.html\nAdditionally\, you may pi ck up phamplets regarding the issue from TCSA\, Seasoned Spoon or Sadlier House.\n\nDetails and Agenda for the Nov 10th Action (There may be adjustm ents):\n\n 1. Rally and Speak-out at the Podium to Trent Administration\ n 2. March to LEC Cafeteria to Champlain college - over Bridge - through OC\n (Speak-out to Aramark Management)\n 3. Arrive at Gzowski Coll ege Cafeteria - Reclaim our Space (Eat lunch\, play music\, and enjoy the communal gathering for the People's Cafeteria)\n 4. Chalking at the brid ge after the communal gathering at the cafeteria.\n\n\nPRE-EVENT ACTIVITIE S: BE PART OF THE MOBILIZATION\n1. Imaginary Phone Tree:\nTuesday evening\ , Nov 09th - Call three people\, tell/remind about the event and issue and ask them to call three people who will also call three people....and so o n. This is a collective organizing effort\, since the event is being organ ized by Trent Students together rather than a group of people.\n\n2. Art f or the Action:\nTuesday evening\, Nov 09th - Meet at 596 George Street Nor th\, 7-10pm\nCome together to make banners\, signs\, buttons\, and other a rt for the event. Supplies will be available! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041110T120000 GEO:44.283200;-78.324900 LOCATION:Outside Bata Library\, Peterborough\, Ontario\, K9J 7B8\, Canada SUMMARY:Reclaim Public Space at Trent University UID:20091107T000520EST-AFkLC6Brh2@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:studentvegetariancoalition@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:We are having an event catered by the Soul Vegetarian East. Its a vegan thanksgiving dinner. $5 a plate. Email if you are interested. Its at Purdue Cal. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041123T190000 GEO:41.590500;-87.456400 LOCATION:Hammond\, Indiana\, 46323\, United States SUMMARY:Turkey-Free Thanksgiving Dinner UID:20091107T000520EST-WMNtj9HLbe@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentveg.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:212-807-9255 Email:www.moveagainstaids.org DESCRIPTION:INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CLUB LEGENDS UNITE TO MOVE AGAINST AID S\n\nInternationally renowned producers and DJ’s Beverly Bond\, Peter Rauh ofer\, Danny Tenaglia\, Tony Touch\, and Junior Vasquez have united to per form for thousands at Move Against AIDS: Return of the Dance-a-thon on Dec ember 11\, 2004\, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. \n\ nThe celebrity-hosted Dance-a-thon will benefit GMHC\, the nation’s oldest and most comprehensive AIDS service organization\, and its HIV/AIDS educa tion and advocacy programs and direct services to over 14\,000 men\, women and children living with HIV in New York City.\n\nMove Against AIDS: \nRe turn of the Dance-a-thon\n\nFeaturing \n-- Beverly Bond\n-- Peter Rauhofer \n-- Danny Tenaglia \n-- Tony Touch\n-- Junior Vasquez\n\nSaturday\nDecemb er 11\, 2004\n\nJacob Javits Center\n655 West 34th Street\nNew York\, NY 1 0001\n\n(212) 807-9255\nwww.MoveAgainstAIDS.org\n\nNew York City’s first A IDS Dance-a-thon\, launched by MZA Events in 1990\, was an all-star show a nd dance party that immediately appealed to a wide and diverse base of par ticipants and supporters who returned annually to raise more than $7.5 mil lion from 1990 – 1997. Previous AIDS Dance-a-thon guests\, DJs and hosts have included\; Madonna\, Doctor Dre\, Method Man\, Deborah Harry (Blondie )\, Kool and the Gang\, and many others. \n\nGMHC is a not-for-profit\, vo lunteer-supported and community-based organization committed to national l eadership in the fight against AIDS. Its mission is to reduce the spread of HIV disease\, help people with HIV maintain and improve their health an d independence\, and keep the prevention\, treatment and cure of HIV an ur gent national and local priority. GMHC provides services and programs to over 15\,000 men\, women and families that are living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in New York City.\n\n###\n Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041212 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041211T180000 GEO:40.750400;-73.996300 LOCATION:Jacob Javits Center\, 655 West 34th Street\, New York\, New York\, 10001\, United States SUMMARY:Move Against AIDS: Tenaglia\, Vasquez\, Rauhofer UID:20091107T000520EST-805ur4wxEd@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.MoveAgainstAIDS.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:STAR (Society for Trans Action and Resources) and EQA (Evergree n Queer Alliance) Present\n “Trans Awareness Week.”\nNovember 15-19\, 2005 . \nThe Evergreen State College\, Olympia WA. \n\nWorkshops facilitated by Qwo-Li Driskill: \n\nTuesday\, November 16: \nGender Rebellion: Conf ronting Transphobia and Sexism 6:00 PM-9:00 PM\nSeminar II\, B1107\n\nThis workshop is for people who identify as genderqueer\, trans\, sissy\, butc h\, femme\, MTF\, FTM\, and all others who feel they transgress gender cat egories in their lives and identities. Using interactive theater (Theater of the Oppressed) and dialogue\, we will investigate the complexities of g ender\, gender histories\, internalized and external transphobia and sexis m\, and the impacts of violence / power / oppression on our communities. N o previous theater experience is needed.\n\nWednesday\, November 17 \n2:00 -5:00 PM\n“Mothertongue: Healing From Patriarchy and Colonization.”\nSemi nar II\, E2107\n\nInvasion and colonization are patriarchal and white supr emacist processes that attempt to destroy our concepts of language\, gende r\, religion\, and social structure. This workshop focuses on colonization and patriarchy as intertwined forms of violence and examines the ways in which the reclamation of our original languages can help us as individuals and communities heal from historical trauma. We will use interactive thea ter (Theater of the Oppressed) and dialogue as tools to better understand these issues in our lives. This workshop is specifically for people of col or/mixed-race/non-white identified people. No previous theater experience is needed. \n\nThursday\, November 18.\nTrans Day of Remembrance Reading Featuring Qwo-Li Driskill.\nMemorial Vigil. \n6:00 PM\nLecture Hall 2\, and then procession to Red Square. \n\nAbout Qwo-Li Driskill: \n\nQwo -Li Driskill is a Cherokee Two-Spirit writer\, activist\, and educator als o of African\, Irish\, Lenape\, Lumbee\, and Osage ascent. Hir work appear s in numerous publications including The Crab Orchard Review\, SAIL: Studi es in American Indian Literatures\, Many Mountains Moving\, and in the ant hologies Nurturing Native Languages\, Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultura l Queer Youth Anthology\, and Speak to Me Words: Essays on Contemporary Am erican Indian Poetry. Qwo-Li facilitates workshops throughout U.S. and Can adian occupied Turtle Island on issues of concern to Native people\, Trans and Genderqueer communities\, mixed-race people\, and other communities o f color. S/he is currently living in Three Fires (Ojibwe\, Odawa\, Potaw atomi) and Huron territories while pursuing a PhD in Rhetoric and Writing at Michigan State University. Hir first book of poetry is forthcoming. htt p://www.dragonflyrising.com. \n\n---> (Dis)ability Access is a Social Jus tice Issue!!\n\n~All events are wheelchair accessible. \n\n~For ASL Inter pretation or further accommodations\, please contact Access Services for S tudents with Disabilities 24-hours before the event. \nLocation: Library Building\, Room 1407D\nPhone: (360) 867-6348\nTTY: (360) 867-6834\nFax: (3 60) 867-5349\nhttp://www.evergreen.edu/access/home.htm\n~The Evergreen Sta te College is a scent and pollutant free campus. In order to make this sp ace accessible to people with immune disorders\, asthma\, allergies\, and chemical sensitivities no perfumes\, colognes\, or scented products may be worn to these events. For more information on being scent free visit: htt p://www.peggymunson.com/mcs.html.\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041119 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041115 GEO:47.065400;-122.976000 LOCATION:Evergreen State College\, Olympia\, Washington\, 98505\, United St ates SUMMARY:Trans Awarenss Week Events UID:20091107T000520EST-9zIKFXrZ2g@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:203-364-7345 Email:youthforjustice@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Witnesses to US occupation in Iraq and Palestine tell their per sonal stories. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041122T190000 GEO:41.376200;-73.471400 LOCATION:181 White St.\, Danbury\, Connecticut\, 06810\, United States SUMMARY:Wheels of Justice UID:20091107T000520EST-OAmlgbsIzl@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Dress ultra femme\, ultra masculine\, both\, neither.\ncome for food\, fun\, and movies. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041117T180000 GEO:40.901300;-73.182800 LOCATION:Stony Brook University\, Student Union Room 221\, Stony Brook\, Ne w York\, 11790\, United States SUMMARY:Gender Bender Day UID:20091107T000520EST-c8ljPwMeUf@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:ar_activist@msn.com DESCRIPTION:Please join me and CARE on Friday\, November 26 for a Fur-Free Friday event in Marion (by Cedar Rapids)! We absolutely *need* activists t o come out to this event!\n \nThe main focus on this demonstration is the Canadian seal hunt and how it affects the entire fur industry. The sealing industry claims that it is killing more seals because of an increase in d emand for fur—all fur. Anyone wearing a mink or fox fur coat\, or a jacket trimmed in coyote or rabbit furs\, must take responsibility for creating an environment of demand for the furs of these baby seals who are clubbed and sometimes even skinned while they are still conscious. Animals slaught ered by the millions on so-called fur “farms”—minks\, raccoons\, chinchill as\, and foxes—meet equally violent deaths by gassing\, neck-breaking\, an d anal electrocution.\nPlease note that seal fur has been illegal in the U S since 1972.\n \nFor driving directions to the event\, please use Mapques t. If you need a ride\, please contact me and we'll see what we can work o ut!\n \nThank you for all that you do! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041126T120000 GEO:42.056900;-91.574000 LOCATION:Berger Furrier\, 200 7th Ave\, Marion\, Iowa\, 52302\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Fur Free Friday demo UID:20091107T000520EST-9cOxrpUmte@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.furisdead.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:617-426-8161 Email:jessye@iabolish.com DESCRIPTION:The first genocide of the 21st century continues in Sudan\, and despite the death toll of 70\,000 and counting\, the international commun ity and the UN have largely refused to come to the aid of the 2 million Su danese who have been forced into the desert\, and the thousands more who h ave been raped and enslaved. The United Nations still refuses to acknowled ge that these events constitute genocide.\n\nYou can stop Sudan's ability to use American money to finance its campaign of genocide -- and even use financial investments as a way to pressure the Sudanese regime to stop its killing. Even though the US has sanctions preventing American companies f rom doing business in Sudan\, dozens of international corporations active in Sudan are traded on US stock markets. Many of these companies play a cr ucial role in Sudan's oil industry\, which generates revenues that allow t he Khartoum regme to buy weapons. Join activists from across the Boston ar ea to protest these partnerships with Sudan and sign a petition to outlaw investment in these companies in Massachusetts. You will also hear testimo ny from student activists\, a statement from Congressman Barney Frank\, an d music from Tufts University's sQ! acapella group. \n\n Geographical Sco pe: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041210T173000 GEO:42.347200;-71.086100 LOCATION:State House Steps\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02116\, United States SUMMARY:Shedding Light on Genocide and Divestment in Sudan UID:20091107T000520EST-KP70WLxvua@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.iabolish.com/vigil END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:mprodrig@lrrc.umass.edu DESCRIPTION:The Progressive Cinema Series\, GEO and the IWW present: \n \nT he Take\n\nfollowed by a discussion\n\nFriday December 10th\nScreening at 7pm\, SOM 137\n--Free and Open to All--\n\nMore information: \n\nAs GEO ba rgains for a new contract and workers at Java Hut struggle for a union\, w e present a stunning new film about workers rights\; The Take.\n\nDirector /producer Avi Lewis (Counterspin) and writer/producer and renowned author Naomi Klein (No Logo) take viewers inside the lives of ordinary visionarie s\, as they reclaim their work\, their dignity and their democracy.\n\nIn the wake of Argentina’s spectacular economic collapse in 2001\, Latin Amer ica’s most prosperous middle class finds itself in a ghost town of abandon ed factories and mass unemployment. In suburban Buenos Aires\, thirty unem ployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory\, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machine s. But this simple act —the take —has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head. \n\nMore Info at www.thetake.org\n\nSponsored by GEO and the IWW Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20041210T190000 GEO:42.369600;-72.636000 LOCATION:UMass School Of Management\, Amherst\, Massachusetts\, 01003\, Uni ted States SUMMARY:'The Take' screening and discussion UID:20091107T000520EST-tTt7Se5UfF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~geo/geo_pages/calendar/pcs12.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@propmag101.net DESCRIPTION:GWB WON.GWB WON.GWB WON.GWB WON.GWB WON.GWB WON.\nGWB WON.GWB W ON.GWB WON.GWB WON.GWB WON.GWB WON.\n\nWell\, New York\, what the hell you gonna do about it?\n\nFIRST\, we party. THEN\, we fight.\n\n\nPARTY:\n\nB ring your eggs to the INAUGURAL BALL and celebrate the induction of our du mmy president -- dress to kill.\nArt features from Jeffrey Beaumont\, Stud io 459 & more (contact info@propmag101.net to display art).\nMusic from DJ Knomad & Alias 036.\n$10 cover before 10:PM. or $15 after - Beer included \, but not eggs.\n\nLIMO LEADS THE PROCESSION AT 1:AM\, RAIN OR SHINE.\n\n \nFIGHT:\n\nBring your flyers\, bring your info. there'll be plenty of wal l space to tape em up (no nails\, please). Keep the momentum that got roll ing leading into the election -- network\, publicize\, build strength.\n\n \n bring your eggs.\n\n\n**Embedded Media welcome to ride wit h dummy president\, tho safety will not be guaranteed.*\n\n- contact info@ propmag101.net to embed -\n\n\nL stop to Grand. walk with the school on yo ur right side for a block -- go right at waterbury -- quick left on Maujer to 347. you'll see the signs.\n\n\nhttp://www.propmag101.net/gwbomelette. htm\nhttp://joeanthonybrown.com/ Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050123 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050122T210000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:347 Maujer Street\, Williamsburg\, Brooklyn\, New York\, United St ates SUMMARY:::: INAUGURAL BAL ::: UID:20091107T000520EST-Ubi2UBuPhd@69.73.141.125 URL:http://propmag101.net/gwbomelette.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@rightrides.org DESCRIPTION:Happy Hour Benefit for RightRides\nhosted by Alayna and Alex\n\ nFriday\, March 11th\nfrom 6:30 - 8\nat Plan B\n339 E. 10th St.\nEast Vill age\, NYC\n\n\n$10 suggested donation at the door\,\ngoes directly to Righ tRides!\n\n\nWe'll also be giving out tickets for raffle prizes (2 passes for NY Aquarium\, $25 gift certificate to Teddy's Bar + Grill\, free Odwal la coupons\, CDs and signed posters from various Capitol Records artists\, a gift certificate for 1 month of training in Poekoelan\, an Indonesian m artial art at Tulen Center\, and more!)\n\nRightRides is a free\, safe\, l ate night ride home for women and women-identified transgendered individua ls. We are currently operational every Saturday night from Midnight-4:30 A M Sunday\, picking up and dropping off in the Greenpoint\, Williamsburg an d Lower East Side neighborhoods. We only take women directly to their home s and we do not accept any cash in the car\, not even tips! We need more v olunteers owning street legal cars to expand the service to other areas an d other nights. For more information\, to volunteer\, or make a donation p lease see\nhttp://www.RightRides.org Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050311T180000 GEO:40.727700;-73.980400 LOCATION:Plan B\, 339 E. 10th St.\, New York\, New York\, 10009\, United St ates SUMMARY:RightRides Benefit UID:20091107T000520EST-vpft9tFAuz@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.RightRides.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:914-395-2573 Email:ajones@slc.edu DESCRIPTION:Day Labor is an international phenomenon. In the United States \, day laborers frequently work without employee benefits and are victims of employer negligence and lost or refused wages. In Yonkers\, day labore rs wait for work every day at the busy intersection of Yonkers and Midland Avenue\, where they are harassed by police officers and store owners. \n The day laborers of Yonkers are asking the Yonkers City Council and Mayor Phil Amicone to recognize their rights as workers\, members of the communi ty\, and human beings\, and to take an active role in establishing a desig nated hiring site. So far the city has shown little interest in doing any thing to assist the day laborers. \nA demonstration in front of Yonkers C ity Hall has been scheduled for Monday March 14th from 8-11 am to show the Yonkers government that this is an issue that needs to be dealt with now. \nPlease come and give your support to the Yonkers day laborers as they fi ght for the safety and equality that are the rights of every worker in Ame rica.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050314T080000 GEO:40.938400;-73.830000 LOCATION:Yonkers City Hall 40 South Broadway\, Yonkers\, New York\, 10708\, United States SUMMARY:Demonstration in Support of Yonkers Day Laborers UID:20091107T000520EST-7vWrx9xI8K@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:202-296-2992 x23 Email:info@freechild.org DESCRIPTION:Youth activists and advocates\, educators\, researchers\, and o ther young people and adult allies from across the diverse fields involved in this movement will gather together for an open dialogue on connecting young people & social change across the US. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050203T153000 GEO:38.904000;-77.031700 LOCATION:Youth Service America Offices\, 1101 15th Street\, Washington\, Di strict of Columbia\, 20005\, United States SUMMARY:Friends of Freechild Gathering UID:20091107T000520EST-0WnjFcI1vu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.freechild.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:occoalition@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:SAT.01.22.05 doors@ 5pm:::Inaugurate This! Philly show \n::::Th e Rotunda\, 4101 Walnut St. \n\nFEATURING MARX in SOHO(@5:30)\nBob Weick b rings Karl Marx back to life through Howard Zinn’s play Marx in Soho. \n\n Also featuring Bitch (NYC)\, Sini Anderson (San Francisco)\, Athens Boys C hoir (Georgia)\, Grover (Asheville)\, Pamela Means (Boston)\, Gina Young ( NYC)\, mz.imani (Maryland)\, Stevie B (Oakland) and SkyBear. (Boston)\n\nI naugurate This! is a radical spoken word and music event to coincide with the Inauguration of the next President of the United States in DC. \nMARX in SOHO @ 5:30\nFood / Rock & Shop @ 6:30\nMusic @ 7pm\n\nIf you would lik e to sell items or distribute literature\, tables will be available for $1 0-$15 (15 for selling). For more information or to reserve a table\, Conta ct Us. \n\nFor more information\, visit inaugurate-this.org \n Geographic al Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050122 GEO:39.960900;-75.196700 LOCATION:Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Inauguate This - Philly UID:20091107T000520EST-IDtORXSN95@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.phillyaction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:We are going to dress in hunting gear and form a human sheild t o protect deer from being senselessly slaughtered. Geographical Scope: L ocal DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050105T050000 GEO:34.697000;-85.255300 LOCATION:Pigeon Mountain\, Lafayette\, Georgia\, 30728\, United States SUMMARY:Human Shield UID:20091107T000520EST-7FDFjtJ45U@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:suzanne.staub@pphp.org DESCRIPTION:spoken word\, poetry slam\, ALIX OLSEN Geographical Scope: Loc al DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050215T190000 GEO:40.901300;-73.182800 LOCATION:University Cafe\, Stony Brook University\, Stony Brook\, New York\ , 11790\, United States SUMMARY:Vday Event UID:20091107T000520EST-mgSVawErx9@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:occoalition@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia organizes against Bush's inauguration. At 3:15pm\, two rallies meet\, one at Temple University at Broat\, and the other on t he Market street bridge. At 3:30pm the rallies both start to march on city hall\, and converge on the West Side.\n\nStreet theater\, spoken word and other forms of entertainment are encouraged.\n\nThere will also be a cult ural event on Sat January 22nd\, at the Rotunda featuring music\, spoken w ord and theater\, more info TBA\n\nfor more information about Philadelphia Organizes against Bush\, contact the Outraged Community Coalition by emai l. Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050122 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050120T151500 GEO:39.977300;-75.132900 LOCATION:Temple University Bell Tower–Between 12th And 13t\, Market St. Bri dge\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19125\, United States SUMMARY:Philadelphia Organizes Against Bush UID:20091107T000520EST-KUsWXUKHWI@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.phillyaction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:312-458-9380\, \n312- Email:chicago_socialists@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:PUBLIC FORUM:\n***The Case for Socialism***\n\nWhen: Thursday\, January 27\, 7pm\n\nWHY DO we live in a world of such obscene inequalitie s and terrible violence?\n\nA world where 1.2 billion people survive on le ss than $1 a day. A world where the most powerful country on earth uses ho rrific weapons of mass destruction in a war for oil and empire. A world wh ere the fat cats live the high life\, while working people live in fear th at they'll be standing in the unemployment line—or worse.\n\nThere is an a lternative. The socialist alternative is based on the power of working peo ple to fight together for a better world—and create a society based not on profit but on making a better life for everyone in it.\n\nAttend this for um to debate and discuss the possibility of fighting for world based on hu man need instead of profit\, oppression and war.\n\nWhere: White Oak Room\ n3rd Floor\, Chicago Circle Center\n750 S. Halsted\nUniversity of Illinois -Chicago\n\nThis is a forum of the \nUIC International Socialist Organizat ion.\n\nFor more information \ncall 312458-9380\, \ne-mail chicago_sociali sts@yahoo.com \nor visit www.socialistworker.org Geographical Scope: Loca l DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050127T190000 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:University Of Illinois-Chicago\, 750 S. Halsted\, Chicago Circle C enter\, The White Oak Room\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60605\, United States SUMMARY:Public Forum--*The Case For Socialism* UID:20091107T000520EST-wRdFAwO1TX@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.socialistworker.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:631-361-7526 ext 246 Email:studentsforchoiceusb@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Folk Poet Alix Olson to perform in honor of V-day. Open Mike\, poetry slam\, music and discussion. be there or be RED. Geographical Scop e: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050215T190000 GEO:40.901300;-73.182800 LOCATION:University Cafe\, Student Union\, Stony Brook University\, Stony B rook\, New York\, 11790\, United States SUMMARY:V-day featuring Alix Olson! UID:20091107T000520EST-7T4ktsN8hv@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:832-368-8568 Email:afrikanstudentkoalition@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:This forum is the premier event for Pan-Afrikan minds across th e world. We are looking for all educators\, students\, community leaders\, and activists to come out and voice their opinions and ask questions abou t this ancient movement of creating the United States of Afrika. The forum will also be used as a tool to organiza students and inform them about th e 'Program II Department' Movements at Texas Southern University and Unive rsity of Houston. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050223T190000 GEO:29.834000;-95.434200 LOCATION:3100 Cleburne\, Houston\, Texas\, 77004\, United States SUMMARY:Pan - Afrikan Forum - 'Will The Real Afrikan Please Stand Up?' UID:20091107T000520EST-9Wxoh0v5Ml@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:425-466-0248 Email:alisoncarmel@comcast.net DESCRIPTION:CIRCULATE FAR AND WIDE:\n\nMarch 20th\, Iraq War Anniversary Pr otest and Rally\n\nMarch 20th\nSunday 1:00 pm\nBoston Common (bandstand)\n \nFormally endorsed by:\n Boston Mobilization\nSocialist Alternative\nUnit ed for Justice with Peace\nChelsea United for Peace\nUnited for Peace and Justice\nFramingham State College - Human Rights Action Committee\nNEUCAWR \nInternational Socialist Organization\nRalph Nader\nInternational Action Center\nOut Now Coalition\nMass Global Action\nThe Women's Fightback Netwo rk\nBrookline Peace Works\nStonybrook Neighbors for Peace\nDemocracy for A merica (Framingham)\nUSWA Local 8751 \nTufts Coalition Opposed to the War in Iraq \nIraq Veterans Against the War\nMilitary Families Speak Out\nDist rict Seven Round Table\nMoniscous Magazine\nMerrimack Valley People For Pe ace\nAlliance of Black Union Workers\nWomen's International League for Pea ce and Freedom \nHouse of Peace\nCity Councilor Felix Arroyo\nInternationa l Action Center\nFIST\nLesley Women for Social Justice\n\nAnti-war groups all over the world are planning\ndemonstrations for the second anniversary of the U.S.\ninvasion of Iraq. United For Peace and Justice has\ncalled f or local demonstrations in towns and cities all over the U.S.\n\nIn our vi ew\, March 19 demonstrations in Boston could\nrepresent a significant step forward in the direction\nof building a massive organized opposition to t he war\nin Boston and across the United States..\n\n*U.S. out of Iraq - br ing the troops home now\n*$80 Billion for jobs\, education\, housing and h ealthcare –\nnot war and occupation\n*Military recruiters out of our schoo ls\, end “stop\nloss\,” no draft\n\nWe are looking for active participatio n from\ncommunity groups\, activists and leaders who as a whole\nrepresent much of greater Boston’s diverse working\nclass: trade unions\, groups fr om communities of color\,\nwomen’s groups\, immigrant rights groups\, anti -racist\ngroups\, LGBT rights groups\, youth groups\, neighborhood\nassoci ations\, veteran groups\, church groups\, etc.\n\nIf your group wishes to get involved or formally endorse Boston's March 19th efforts please contac t:\n\nAlison Ramer\nBoston Mobilization\n(425) 466 0248\nalisoncarmel@comc ast.net\n\nSubscribe to our list serve by sending an email to: bostonmarch 20-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050320T130000 GEO:42.370600;-71.027000 LOCATION:Boston Common (Band Stand)\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02101\, Unit ed States SUMMARY:March 20th Boston Rally and Protest UID:20091107T000520EST-LfcWbIrUKl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.bostonmobilization.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:sdk_2004@yahoo.co.uk DESCRIPTION:Youth and students from the schools and communities would join together at the Welcome Rotunda at Quezon City to protest against the impe nding 2% Value Added Tax increase. Says the youth and students: 'The reven ue from this tax would not be aimed at social services as the government o f Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo emphasizes on debt servicing or payments to fori egn debts of the Philippines. As a result\, the education sector would con tinue to suffer bitter reprisals as the state continues to abandon its dut y to provide free and quality education for all.' Geographical Scope: Loc al DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050210T170000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Welcome Rotunda\, Quezon Avenue\, Quezon City\, Philippines SUMMARY:Youth to Hold Protest Against VAT (Value Added Tax) UID:20091107T000520EST-9uvHpx1519@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.freewebs.com/sdk_ph END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:202-422-3365 Email:rsarin@earthworksaction.org DESCRIPTION:A day of action on NYC's busiest jewelry shopping street to cal l on retailers to ensure that the gold in their products was not produced at the expense of local communties\, workers\, and the environment. Geogr aphical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050212 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050211T000000 GEO:40.750400;-73.996300 LOCATION:Fifth Avenue\, Between 51 And 58 Streets\, New York\, New York\, 1 0001\, United States SUMMARY:Valentine's Day 'No Dirty Gold' Day of Action UID:20091107T000520EST-kn7mwv5cvI@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nodirtygold.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:http://www.equalityforum.com Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050430 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050424 GEO:39.952600;-75.166500 LOCATION:Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19102\, United States SUMMARY:Equality Forum UID:20091107T000520EST-ledK9uBzMt@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:This event is a discussion facilitated by GSA members along wit h the movie 'Journey to a Hate Free Millenium' and speaker. The movie deta ils the horrors of the deaths of Matthew Shepard\, James Byrd\, Jr.\, and the student shootings at Columbine High School. Free and open to public. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050322T210000 GEO:40.072300;-75.203400 LOCATION:Chestnut Hill College\, 9601 Germantown Ave.\, Philadelphia\, Penn sylvania\, 19118\, United States SUMMARY:Journey to a Hate Free Millenium UID:20091107T000520EST-53oti6lwLh@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:914-830-2861 Email:thelinebetween@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Invictus and Sarah Lawrence College host an event designed to o pen the eyes of our community to the atrocities being committed in Iraq in the name of Democracy and Liberty. Dante Zappala speaks on the pain and d ifficulty he and his family have suffered as a result of the death of his brother Sherwood Baker. The event will also be host to art exhibits from s tudents at Sarah Lawrence\, and other colleges\, in response to the War in Iraq. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050409T190000 GEO:40.938400;-73.830000 LOCATION:1 Mead Way\, Bronxville\, New York\, 10708\, United States SUMMARY:Dante Zappala Speaks out Against The War In Iraq UID:20091107T000520EST-uVjhPmi474@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.invictus-slc.tk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:765-658-0000 Email:jodetunde@depauw.edu DESCRIPTION:Greetings!\n\nI am writing to invite your organization to an ex citing and innovative event that will be coming to DePauw University next Tuesday\, Febraruy 22.\n\nThe event is entitled 'Red Hot Embers'. It is a Chicago-based art exhibit that examines the impact of Western-imposed AFri can debt and it subsequent impact ont he increasing spread of AIDS. \n\nTh e opening reception for the event will take place on Februrary 22\, from 7 :00 pm - 8:00 pm in PEELER AUDITORIUM. Following\, will be the first publi c viewing of this shocking and educational exhibit. During the reception\, Nikki Pressly\, who is one of the artists\, and Darlene Gramingna\, who i s an expert on the African debt\, will both be speaking and sharing a few words with the audience.\n\nI hope that you and members of your organizati on will be able to attend this event. Attached are publicity flyers for th e event\, which you are more than welcome to post around your school. If y ou have any questions\, please feel free to email myself or Juliana Odetun de (). Thank you very much and I hope to see you at DePauw! Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050227 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050222T130000 GEO:39.699500;-86.857200 LOCATION:408 South Locust Street\, Greencastle\, Indiana\, 46135\, United S tates SUMMARY:Red Hot Embers exhibit: AIDS and DEBT UID:20091107T000520EST-KKZC7hw7Pf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.depauw.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:917-952-1842 Email:skygazing@juno.com DESCRIPTION:RALPH NADER IS COMING TO MANHATTAN\, FRIDAY\, FEB. 25\n\nWHO: R ALPH NADER with a Performance by PATTI SMITH\nWHAT: Rally to Stop the Iraq War and Bring the Troops Home\nWHEN: Friday\, February 25\, 8:00 PM\nWHER E: New York Society for Ethical Culture Concert Hall\n 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West\, New York\, NY 10023 \nAdmission $10-15 (check or cr edit card preferred)\nsliding scale at the door\n\nLocal and national acti vists will speak words of insight and encouragement.\n\nFor More Info on t his rally contact:\nAustin Pferd at (917) 952-1842\, or go to VoteNader.or g\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050225T200000 GEO:40.776800;-73.982200 LOCATION:New York Society For Ethical Culture Concert Hall\, 2 West 64th St reet @ Central Park West\, New York\, New York\, 10023\, United States SUMMARY:Rally to Withdraw Troops from Iraq UID:20091107T000520EST-kaUuvSERuA@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.votenader.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:440-375-7616 Email:nredman@lec.edu DESCRIPTION:A screening of the film Oil on Ice\, about drilling in the Arct ic National Wildlife Refuge. Free food and the possibility of a speaker. T he screening is on the third floor of the Holden Center on the campus of L ake Erie College. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050303T200000 GEO:41.707900;-81.199000 LOCATION:391 W. Washington St\, Painesville\, Ohio\, 44077\, United States SUMMARY:Oil on Ice Screening UID:20091107T000520EST-vVIdRnI1R2@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:716-878-3888 Email:peacejusticeresolution@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:CURRENTLY student from BuffState Students for Peace are organiz ing a 'HUNGER STRIKE' which asks students\, faculty and members of the com munity to fast for designated days leading into several events related to Peace and the War on Iraq that will take place in the first weeks of April 2005.\n\nA quick calender of these events follows:\n\nThank you very much .\n\n=================\n3/19-4/19 Hunger Strike to commemorate & demonstra te our commitment to all those affected by Iraq War.\n\n================\n April 7th \n- Arun Gandhi speaks Noon\n- Day of Silence against Hate C rime – all day\n- Hip Hop as a Vehicle for Social Change - 6:30pm\n \n== =============\nApril 9 Peace Dinner:\nFeaturing Sister Dianna Ortiz\n Tor ture Survivor and Director of TASK\n\n===============\nApril 17/18 : Day l ong Vigil to commemorate those killed in Iraq & bring unity to area univer sities.\n\n===============\nApril 19: Realities of War \n\nSpeakers forum – meet soldiers who have served in Iraq\, students from the Yah Yah Netwo rk who work counter-recruitment\, spokesperson from a advocacy group fight ing tuition increases and TAP/EOP cuts and family members of US Soldiers.. .\n\n==============\nApril 21: Palestinian speakers event. Learn about t he current complexities of Isreal/Palestine conflict.\n==============\n=\n Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050419 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050401 GEO:42.918100;-78.891100 LOCATION:Po Box 111\, Buffalo\, New York\, 14213\, United States SUMMARY:Demonstrate Commitment & Commemorate All Killed by War on Iraq UID:20091107T000520EST-KEDeUlPoaC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://profiles.myspace.com/users/16389689 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:917-584-1395 Email:racheltanya@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:CODEPINK and Sacred Slam (www.sacredslam.com) join together for an evening of poetic performances that honor the female journey. Bear wi tness to and challenge the ideas of 'sexism\,' 'equality\,' and 'feminism' through the work of featured artists including Magdalena Gomez\, Morley\, Queen GodIs\, Ellen O'Grady\, and more! $10-12\, No one turned away for l ack of funds.\n7:30-9:30 p.m. Sunday March 6 Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050306T193000 GEO:40.812200;-73.953200 LOCATION:Minor Latham Playhouse\, Barnard College\, 3009 Broadway\, New Yor k\, New York\, 10027\, United States SUMMARY:Women's Writes: Poetry Slam UID:20091107T000520EST-uvho0s35gW@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.codepinkalert.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:917-584-1395 Email:emily@peacewomen.org DESCRIPTION:1-3 p.m. Meet at the N.Y. Public Library\, corner of 42nd St. a nd Fifth Ave.\nJoin us for an International Women's Day March and Rally! S tand in solidarity with the women of New York and the world against war an d militarism\, and in support of women's rights! Meet at the NY Public Lib rary at the corner of 42nd street and 5th Ave and march to the UN at 46th St. and 1st Ave. Rally at 2 p.m. at the U.N.\, sponsored by a coalition of NYC women’s and progressive groups including CODEPINK\, NOW\, WILF\, Gabr iela International\, Women in Black\, and More!\n Geographical Scope: Loc al DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050308T130000 GEO:40.812200;-73.953200 LOCATION:New York Public Library\, 42nd Street\, New York\, New York\, 1002 7\, United States SUMMARY:Women Unite for Equality and Peace UID:20091107T000520EST-5esTuoknzX@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.codepinkalert.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:919-960-6886 Email:surgenc@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Earth Action Fest! is a celebration of the Earth to raise aware ness of environmental issues and solutions. Join us!\n\nThe 2005 Earth Act ion Fest! is a great opportunity to join us in a fun Earth Action March be ginning with a gathering on McCorkle Place across from the Franklin Street Post Office at 1pm\, and marching to our Earth Action Fair from 2-6pm\, a s we learn about and support our Earth Action Goal!\n\nThe 2005 Earth Acti on Goal is to make a significant contribution towards a year’s worth of “g reen energy credits” for the Lincoln Center\, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Sch ools administrative building.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050424T130000 GEO:36.004600;-79.054500 LOCATION:Lincoln Center\, 750 South Merritt Mill Rd\, Chapel Hill\, North C arolina\, 27514\, United States SUMMARY:Earth Action Fest UID:20091107T000520EST-5DozbaSOWe@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.earthactionfest.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:212-502-0707 Email:nyciso@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:SPEAKERS:\nBrenda Stokely\, NYC Labor Against War\, recently re instated President of AFSCME DC 1707* \nKim Rosario\, mother of GI station ed in Iraq\nBrian Jones\, International Socialist Organization\nLubna Hamm ad\, Columbia University graduate student\, member of Stop McCarthyism At Columbia\n*for identification purposes only\n\n\nAs the Bush Administratio n pushes ahead with its self-declared mandate for world domination – under the cover of “spreading democracy” – the Right has simultaneously launche d a concerted campaign to discredit efforts at dissent. A new McCarthyite campaign has begun against professors\, especially those of Middle Eastern descent\, who speak out against US foreign policy. Soldiers who refuse t o deploy to Iraq have been branded as cowards and traitors. Inside Iraq\, any resistance to the occupation is painted as fanatical terrorism. \n\nYe t opposition to the war is spreading both inside the US armed forces and a mong military families\, as well as among students who are fighting to kee p military recruiters out of their schools. Despite the lies and intimidat ion of the Right\, polls show that more people oppose the war than ever be fore. \n\nJoin us to discuss strategies for how to fight the US drive for empire at home and abroad.\n\nTo reserve childcare space\, call 212-502-07 07\nFor more info\, please email nyciso@hotmail.com or call 212-502-0707\n \nSponsored by the International Socialist Organization www.socialistwork er.org\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050326T190000 GEO:40.798700;-73.967800 LOCATION:Broadway Presbyterian Church\, 114th St. & Broadway\, New York\, N ew York\, 10025\, United States SUMMARY:Challenging Bush's Empire: The Right to Resist UID:20091107T000520EST-xOjvccomdt@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Performance: The history of a few of the funniest female activ ists/artists and their accomplishments combined with the most popular post ers\, stickers\, street actions and tour stops of Guerrilla Girls On Tour. 70 Minutes. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050325T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Old Dominion University\, Norfolk\, Virginia\, 23529\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Feminists Are Funny UID:20091107T000520EST-oid3xLfOHz@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:kjacobs@southampton.liu.edu DESCRIPTION:Earthfest 2005 at Southampton College\, New York \n\nOn April 2 2nd and April 23rd\, 2005 PEACE at Southampton College will be holding Ear thfest 2005. This is the last Earthfest at the college due to the fall clo sing. PEACE is dedicated to making this the best Earthfest the east end ha s had!\n\nFriday\, April 22nd 11am-12am\nSaturday\, April 23rd 11am-9pm\n\ nActivities Include:\n\nLive Bands\nLocal Environmental Groups\nSpeakers\n Storyteller Jay Mankita\nBird Box Construction\nJewelry Making\nHikes\nEas t End Cleanup\nMock Whale Stranding\nMarine Station Tours and Boat trips\n EcoCraft Corner\nBroadwater Panel Discussion (Liquified Natural Gas Statio n in the Long Island Sound)\nHybrid car exhibit\nVeggie Car exhibit\nFilm Festival\nEndangered Species Graveyard\nJudging for the Town of Southampto n Middle School Poster Contest\n\nALL FREE: ADMISSION\, PARKING\, ACTIVITI ES\, BBQ\n\nContact Information:\nPEACE\nSouthampton College\n239 Montauk Highway\nSouthampton\, NY 11968\n\n(631) 287-8965\nKJacobs@southampton.liu .edu \n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050423 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050422T110000 GEO:40.922300;-72.637100 LOCATION:Southampton College\, 239 Montauk Hwy\, Southampton\, New York\, 1 1968\, United States SUMMARY:EarthFest 2005 at Southampton UID:20091107T000520EST-gEfZJP2sTL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://EarthFest2005.blogspot.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:727-510-4360 Email:apsc_uhuru@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Uhuru Solidarity Movement Study Series\nSpecial FILM showing \n “FLAG WARS”\n\nThursday\, March 31st at 6:30 pm\nSt. Petersburg\, FL\nCall 727-510-4360 for location information!\n\nJOIN US for this insightful loo k at what happens when the white community sees cheaper prices for homes i n a poor black neighborhood as an opportunity to improve their own lifesty le.What happens to the people who have lived in that community their entir e lives? \n\n“‘Flag Wars’ is a poignant account of the politics and pain o f gentrification. Working-class black residents in Columbus\, Ohio fight t o hold on to their homes.” – PBS\n\nThis topic is so appropriate for us to be studying right now. The southside of St. Petersburg is being gentrifie d more and more. The city calls it 'redevelopment' but the African communi ty is being displaced. Participate in this study to learn more about how t his happens and what we can do to support real economic development for th e black community! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050331T183000 GEO:27.789400;-82.677300 LOCATION:St. Petersburg\, Florida\, 33713\, United States SUMMARY:'Flag Wars' film showing UID:20091107T000520EST-zwOPX4FRNf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uhuruafrica.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:519-253-3000 x.8652 Email:dcruz@uwindsor.ca DESCRIPTION:Student run show featuring the designs of University of Windsor students\, aswell as a couple of North American anti-sweatshop clothing l ines. Featuring live music\, all proceeds go to USAS. Geographical Scope : Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050406T200000 GEO:42.290300;-83.044800 LOCATION:CAW Centre\; 2nd Floor\, Univesity Of Windsor\, Windsor\, Ontario\ , N9B 3P4\, Canada SUMMARY:Anti-Sweatshop Charity Fashion Show UID:20091107T000520EST-bT66VH9RHa@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:727-821-6620 Email:apsc_uhuru@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Attorney Lynne Stewart to Speak in St. Petersburg\n\nWhat: Publ ic Forum\nWhen: Sunday\, April 10\, 2:00pm\nWhere: Enoch Davis Center\, 11 11 18th Ave. S.\, St.\nPetersburg\nFor More Info: 727-821-6620\n\nLynne St ewart\, the New York attorney facing 25 - 40\nyears in prison for defendin g a jailed Arab militant\,\nwill speak at the Enoch Davis Center in St. Pe tersburg\non April 10th.\n\nThe 65-year-old attorney gained national atten tion in\nNovember 2003 when then-Attorney General John Ashcroft\ntravelled to New York to personally announce her\nindictment on charges of supporti ng terrorism.\n\nThe government accused Stewart of aiding her client\,\nth e radical Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman\, in 2000 by giving\na press release to Reuters News Service in Cairo\,\nEgypt\, and of being present when her co- defendants\nallegedly aided her client in writing letters.\n\nCivil libert ies and human rights groups such as the\nNational Lawyer's Guild\, the Cen ter for Consitutional\nRights and the National Conference of Black Lawyers \nhave expressed outrage at Stewart's conviction\,\nwarning of the erosion of legal consitutional\nprotections in the post-911 era.\n\nOn April 10th \, Stewart will participate in a forum at\nthe Enoch Davis Center on the t opic of defending the\nfree speech and democratic rights of oppressed and\ ncolonized peoples.\n\nJoining Stewart on the panel will be two Florida ra dio\nhosts discussing the increasing repression of black\nvoices in the me dia. Local African community activist\nConnie Burton will speak on the can cellation of her\nweekly talk show from Tampa's listerner-sponsored WMNF\n radio and Ital-K will discuss the censorship of his\nprogram on NPR statio n WLRN radio in Miami.\n\nUhuru Movement leader Omali Yeshitela will prese nt an\nAfrican working class perspective on American\ndemocracy\, includin g a review of government efforts to\nsilence the black liberation movement \, from the FBI's\nCOINTELPRO of the 1960s to the 1996 police teargassing\ nof St. Petersburg's Uhuru House.\n\nThe forum will begin at 2:00 pm on Su nday\, April 10th\nat the Enoch Davis Center\, located at 1111 18th Ave.\n S. in St. Petersburg. For more information\, call 727-821-6620. Geographi cal Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050410T140000 GEO:27.743600;-82.641800 LOCATION:1111 18th Ave. S.\, Enoch Davis Center\, St. Petersburg\, Florida\ , 33705\, United States SUMMARY:Attorney Lynne Stewart to Speak! UID:20091107T000520EST-PO63tW3sWv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uhuruafrica.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:koelschlaege@wesleyan.edu DESCRIPTION:A workshop for performers and those who might like to be. Creat e the kernal of a performance you can use to create social change. This wo rkshop will take a special look at environmental activism. Facilitated by Scott Turner Schofield. Email for details or to sign up. Geographical Sco pe: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050403T134500 GEO:41.556500;-72.658200 LOCATION:Wesleyan University\, Middletown\, Connecticut\, 06459\, United St ates SUMMARY:Creating Performance for Social Change UID:20091107T000520EST-wkMcfo5A54@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Poetic and moving transgender 101 from a homecoming queen (well ...almost) turned gender renegade. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050404T190000 GEO:41.556500;-72.658200 LOCATION:Wesleyan University\, Middletown\, Connecticut\, 06459\, United St ates SUMMARY:'Underground Transit' performance UID:20091107T000520EST-d7hUWeiIKp@69.73.141.125 URL:http://undergroundtransit.blogspot.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Autobiographical tales from a Southern belle turned gender rene gade that highlight the problematic - but often hilarious - clashes of gen der\, sexuality\, race\, and class inside the 'silk wallpapered walls of S outhern High Society.' An inviting\, accessible solo work the Atlanta Jour nal-Constitution called 'funny...revealing\, whip-smart and poetic.' \n\nI n the MGM2 Theater\, Dobbs University Center at Emory University.\nSeating is limited at this FREE EVENT. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050413T180000 GEO:33.795200;-84.324800 LOCATION:Emory University\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30322\, United States SUMMARY:'Debutante Balls' performance UID:20091107T000520EST-TLSu0b7LfS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://undergroundtransit.blogspot.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:212-346-1807 Email:pacepacpaj@yahoogroups.com DESCRIPTION:Project Pericles' Global Citizenship Spring Series \n\nPresents ...\n\n \n\nDocumentary Showing: \n\n'Palestine is Still the Issue' By Joh n Pilger\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\nModerated by Satish Kolluri\, Ph. D.\, Assistant Professor\, Pace University\, Department of Communications Studies\n\n \n \nTuesday\, April 5\, 2005\n\nOne Pace Plaza\, Multi-Purpose Room\n\n7pm t o 9pm\n\n \n\n'This film is about the Palestinians and a group of courageo us Israelis united in the oldest human struggle - to be free.' -John Pilge r\, renowned British Journalist\, war correspondent\, film-maker and playw right\n\n \n\nThis event is brought to you by the \n\nPolitical Action Com mittee for Peace and Justice (Pace PacPaj).\n\n \n\nFor more information\, contact Pace PacPaj at pacepacpaj@yahoogroups.com\; or Project Pericles\, (212) 346-1807.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050405T190000 GEO:40.710200;-74.003400 LOCATION:1 Pace Plaza\, New York\, New York\, 10038\, United States SUMMARY:'Palestine is Still the Issue' Film Showing UID:20091107T000520EST-vtVnAtV8ze@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:408-608-5084 Email:mail@americansunitingamerica.org DESCRIPTION:A non-partisan Social Security Rally to engage students and gen eral public about the Social Security Debate\, privatization\, and ways to strengthen the program. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050509 GEO:37.370000;-121.892000 LOCATION:One Washington Square\, San Jose\, California\, 95112\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Social Security Rally - San Jose UID:20091107T000520EST-NHn2mG2AVs@69.73.141.125 URL:http://AmericansUnitingAmerica.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:727-521-0248 Email:uhurufoods@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Volunteer at our food booth which supports the Uhuru (Freedom)M ovement programs for a real\, \nlasting peace through shared prosperity\, economic development and social justice for the African community in the U S and worldwide. \n\nNo experience necessary! We can train you to work in the booth to take orders\, cook and prepare food\, pack and load equipment \, and more. Friday kitchen prep shift also available. Shifts available 9a m - 9pm at the Sunburst Music Festival in Safety Harbor.\n\nTO SIGN UP\, O R FOR MORE INFO\, call 727-521-0248 or email: \nuhurufoods@aol.com\n Geog raphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050430T090000 GEO:28.017600;-82.747700 LOCATION:Safety Harbor\, Florida\, 34695\, United States SUMMARY:VOLUNTEERS WANTED for Music Festival Social Justice Fundraising Foo d Booth UID:20091107T000520EST-RGVUaXrIWV@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:FILIBUSTER-A-THON\nat Howard University\nFriday\, April 15th\n1 2 noon - 6 p.m.\n\nPROTECT CHECKS & BALANCES – STAND UP FOR THE FILIBUSTER \n\nFEATURING:\n\nJEFF JOHNSON\nHost of BET’s “Cousin Jeff Chronicles”\n\n DR. LORENZO MORRIS\nChairman\, Howard University Political Science Departm ent\n\nDR. MAYA RUCKEYMOORE\nVice President of Research and Programs\, Con gressional Black Caucus Foundation\n\nJATRICE MARTEL GAITER\nPresident/CEO of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington\n\nRALPH G. NEAS\nPresid ent\, People For the American Way Foundation\n\n\nTalk for Your Rights\, T alk for Your Freedom\, Talk for Your Democracy\n\nOn Friday\, April 15th\, Howard University will host a “Filibuster-a-Thon” on the yard from 12:00 to 6:00pm. Prominent campus and community leaders will join together to p rotest the threat of the “nuclear option”\, the Republican attempt to get rid of the filibuster in the United States Senate and eliminate any power of the minority in Congress\, by standing up on the historic Howard Univer sity campus and speaking for six straight hours. \n\nThis Filibuster-a-Th on was organized because we could lose our fight against a right-wing Supr eme Court takeover before a vacancy and nomination occur – even as early a s the next month. This threat comes in the form of the “nuclear option” pr oposed by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and being pushed by the Religious Right\, who would like President Bush’s Supreme Court nominees to be rubber stamped.\n\nThe Nuclear Option would attack the 200-year-old tradition of the Senate filibuster\, the tool that empowers 41 or more sen ators to prevent a narrow majority from abusing its power – and one of the only ways to encourage genuine bipartisan cooperation and compromise on i mportant issues. \n\nWHAT'S AT STAKE: THE SUPREME COURT\n\nIf the filibust er is eliminated\, Bush\, Cheney and 50 senators could steamroll up to fou r new justices onto the Court – enough to create a right-wing majority. Wh at stands between this and protecting the rights of the minority in the Se nate by keeping the filibuster is 44 Democratic senators\, the one Indepen dent\, and at least six courageous Republicans to prevent the nuclear opti on.\n\nThe threat to our generation and future generation’s freedoms is re al. With a Supreme Court controlled by President Bush’s nominees\, we cou ld see a fundamental roll back of rights and freedoms we currently take fo r granted. A right-wing Supreme Court could restrict the Voting Rights Ac t and other important civil rights gains\; threaten privacy and reproducti ve choice\, environmental protections and equality for minority groups\; a nd eliminate the remedies available to Americans victimized by abusive emp loyers\, corporations or government agencies. \n\nPlease join us in this historic event on April 8th at the center of Howard University. It’s your Senate\, it’s your Supreme Court\, it’s your voice. Let it be heard. \n\n“It’s a democracy if we can keep it. And in order to keep it\, you ca n’t stand still. You must move\, and if you don’t move\, they will run ov er you.” \n -- Thurgood Marshall\, Former Supreme Court Justice and Howard University Law School Alum\, November 18\, 1978\n\nTO LEARN MORE: http:// www.pfaw.org or email jhouston@pfaw.org\n\nInvited Speakers Include: Congr essman John Lewis (GA-5)\, Councilman Kwame Brown (At-Large\, District of Columbia)\, Councilman Adrien Fenty (4th Ward\, District of Columbia)\, Ku rt Schmoke\, Dean Howard University Law School\, Goody Marhall\, Son of fo rmer Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and former Clinton White Hous e Official\, Mark Tushnet\, Professor\, Georgetown Law School and former T hurgood Marshall law clerk\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050415 GEO:38.893300;-77.014600 LOCATION:2400 Sixth St. NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20059\, Un ited States SUMMARY:Filibuster-A-Thon at Howard University UID:20091107T000520EST-ze5CAJBUKb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.pfaw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, April 8th 2005\nTime: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM\nLocati on: New York City Hall - Council Chambers\nCity/State: NYC\, NY\nCategory: Human Rights\nWebsite: http://www.nychri.org\n\nSAVE THE DATE! We need yo u at the first public hearing on Intro 512 - the Human Rights GOAL (Govern ment Operations Audit Law)! \nFRIDAY\, APRIL 8 at 10:00am Council Chambers \, City Hall \n\nHuman Rights GOAL is an innovative law that uses the stan dards and tools of the universal human rights system to improve city gover nance. The legislation was developed by a citywide coalition of over 65 or ganizations -- the NYC Human Rights Initiative\, www.nychri.org -- and was introduced into City Council by CM Bill Perkins in December 2004. \n\nThe law takes a preventive approach to potentially unjust city policies — man y of which are unintentionally harmful — by integrating human rights stand ards into city operations across the board. A preventive approach is bette r for New Yorkers\, because it means that problematic policies will be ide ntified and changed before they cause egregious harm. \n\nThe proposed law creates a mandate—and a process—for city personnel\, community advocates and city residents to work together as allies. Preventable problems—like i nadequate recruitment\, retention and/or promotion of African Americans\, Latinos\, women and others in the municipal workforce—will be tackled head -on through a collaborative approach. This multi-stakeholder approach will also ensure that all city residents have equal access to city services an d resources\, such as healthcare\, education and housing. \n\nHelp ensure that NYC promotes and protects human rights -- JOIN US ON APRIL 8 TO SHOW THAT YOU BELIEVE IN HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL NEW YORKERS! \n\n**************** ******************\nNYCHRI Coordinating Organizations: American Civil Libe rties Union • Amnesty International USA • Legal Momentum • New York Civil Liberties Union • Urban Justice Center Human Rights Project • Women of Col or Policy Network \n\nFor more information on the NYC Human RIghts Initiat ive\, visit our website at \nwww.nychri.org\, or contact 646-602-5628/5629 .\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050408T100000 GEO:40.729100;-73.991600 LOCATION:City Hall\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States SUMMARY:City Council Hearing on Your Human Rights UID:20091107T000520EST-mj6HG1udsu@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:727-821-6620 Email: DESCRIPTION:What: Public Forum\nWhen: Sunday\, April 10\, 2:00pm\nWhere: En och Davis Center\, 1111 18th Ave. S.\, St.\nPetersburg\nContact: Gaida Kam bon\, 727-821-6620\n\nLynne Stewart\, the New York attorney facing 25 - 40 \nyears in prison for defending a jailed Arab militant\,\nwill speak at th e Enoch Davis Center in St. Petersburg\non April 10th.\n\nThe 65-year-old attorney gained national attention in\nNovember 2003 when then-Attorney Ge neral John Ashcroft\ntravelled to New York to personally announce her\nind ictment on charges of supporting terrorism.\n\nThe government accused Stew art of aiding her client\,\nthe radical Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman\, in 2000 by giving\na press release to Reuters News Service in Cairo\,\nEgypt\, and of being present when her co-defendants\nallegedly aided her client in wr iting letters.\n\nCivil liberties and human rights groups such as the\nNat ional Lawyer's Guild\, the Center for Consitutional\nRights and the Nation al Conference of Black Lawyers\nhave expressed outrage at Stewart's convic tion\,\nwarning of the erosion of legal consitutional\nprotections in the post-911 era. \n\nOn April 10th\, Stewart will participate in a forum at\n the Enoch Davis Center on the topic of defending the\nfree speech and demo cratic rights of oppressed and\ncolonized peoples.\n\nJoining Stewart on t he panel will be two Florida radio\nhosts discussing the increasing repres sion of black\nvoices in the media. Local African community activist\nConn ie Burton will speak on the cancellation of her\nweekly talk show from Tam pa's listerner-sponsored WMNF\nradio and Ital-K will discuss the censorshi p of his\nprogram on NPR station WLRN radio in Miami.\n\nUhuru Movement le ader Omali Yeshitela will present an\nAfrican working class perspective on American\ndemocracy\, including a review of government efforts to\nsilenc e the black liberation movement\, from the FBI's\nCOINTELPRO of the 1960s to the 1996 police teargassing\nof St. Petersburg's Uhuru House.\n\nThe fo rum will begin at 2:00 pm on Sunday\, April 10th\nat the Enoch Davis Cente r\, located at 1111 18th Ave.\nS. in St. Petersburg. For more information\ , call\n727-821-6620.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050410T140000 GEO:27.743600;-82.641800 LOCATION:1111 18th Ave. S.\, St. Petersburg\, Florida\, 33705\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Atty Lynne Stewart to Speak in St. Petersburg UID:20091107T000520EST-FD2tjHcoH2@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:610-330-4283 Email:smithsl@lafayette.edu DESCRIPTION:Bald eagles\, hawks\, owls\, turkey vultures... all during lunc h! Bring your lunch and see the Pennsylvania Raptor and Wildlife Associati on's presentation of the interactions between humans and wildlife\, as wel l as the birds they will bring along (a bald eagle\, Harris hawk\, barred owl\, and turkey vulture). This will be an educational program in which bi rds help the audience with current environmental issues.\n Geographical S cope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050419T120000 GEO:40.683200;-75.264900 LOCATION:Quad\, Lafayette College\, Easton\, Pennsylvania\, 18042\, United States SUMMARY:Pennsylvania Raptor and Wildlife Association: Interactions between humans and wi UID:20091107T000520EST-2VvnTVxNOt@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~leap/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:610-330-4283 Email:smithsl@lafayette.edu DESCRIPTION:Hart Feuer\, a Lafayette graduate (2004)\, and current employee of the environmental and activist organization Action PA (www.actionpa.or g)\, will discuss the national and global environmental movement. Feuer wi ll also discuss why this movement has missed a beat in our ability to acce ss peoples' minds and persuade them.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050419T190000 GEO:40.683200;-75.264900 LOCATION:Kirby 104\, Lafayette College\, Easton\, Pennsylvania\, 18042\, Un ited States SUMMARY:Post Environmentalism: Science or Imagery in Shaping the Green Psyc he UID:20091107T000520EST-nXhUw4Xand@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~leap/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:610-330-4283 Email:smithsl@lafayette.edu DESCRIPTION:Bill Sweeney\, self-proclaimed 'biophiliac' and head of the Jac obsburg Environmental Center\, will discuss a combination of outdoor recre ation opportunities\, unique natural areas\, and political issues related to preserving the environment and maintaining healthy ecosystems. 12-1:30p m FREE LUNCH\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050420T120000 GEO:40.683200;-75.264900 LOCATION:Hugel 103\, Lafayette College\, Easton\, Pennsylvania\, 18042\, Un ited States SUMMARY:Brown Bag: Bill Sweeney of Jacobsburg Environmental Center UID:20091107T000520EST-vMubLxJrnC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~leap/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:610-330-4283 Email:smithsl@lafayette.edu DESCRIPTION:Two senior mechanical engineering majors\, Doug Fox and Wes Lan e\, will present their senior project: a biodiesel engine.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050421T190000 GEO:40.683200;-75.264900 LOCATION:Hugel 100\, Lafayette College\, Easton\, Pennsylvania\, 18042\, Un ited States SUMMARY:Biodiesel Engine UID:20091107T000520EST-MXAuGGoupP@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~leap/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:610-330-4283 Email:smithsl@lafayette.edu DESCRIPTION:Artist Stacy Levy’s focus typically includes water\, wind\, tid es\, pollution\, and decay\; her works tell the stories of specific sites and their intersection of ecological and cultural influences. 'Blue Lake\, ' her Lafayette installation is a departure. 'Blue Lake' will not be a rep resentation of an existing lake\, nor use materials from an existing body of water\, but will be like a “mirage\,” representing a longing for water\ , and the absence of a perfect blue lake in our landscape.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050422T120000 GEO:40.683200;-75.264900 LOCATION:Williams Center Gallery\, Lafayette College\, Easton\, Pennsylvani a\, 18042\, United States SUMMARY:Artist Talk by Stacy Levy UID:20091107T000520EST-XwS7naPnVv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~leap/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:610-330-4283 Email:smithsl@lafayette.edu DESCRIPTION:LEAP invites you to celebrate Earth Day with free food\, tie-dy ing\, a hemp jewelry making workshop\, volleyball\, frisbee\, and other fu n outdoor activities in the back yard of McKelvy! Come and show your suppo rt for your environment!\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050422T180000 GEO:40.683200;-75.264900 LOCATION:McKelvy House\, Lafayette College\, Easton\, Pennsylvania\, 18042\ , United States SUMMARY:Earth Day Party UID:20091107T000520EST-NFzeFV3PIt@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~leap/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:610-330-4283 Email:smithsl@lafayette.edu DESCRIPTION:Join your fellow students\, conservationists\, and nature enthu siasts in cleaning up the Bushkill Creek! Projects will include litter cle an-ups along the lower Bushkill\, as well as trail work\, invasive species removal and native plant restoration at Jacobsburg. Please bring lunch\, beverage\, and work gloves.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050423T100000 GEO:40.683200;-75.264900 LOCATION:Farinon Steps (Quad-side)\, Lafayette College\, Easton\, Pennsylva nia\, 18042\, United States SUMMARY:Great PA Clean-up in the Bushkill Creek Watershed UID:20091107T000520EST-SJb8p07otU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~leap/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:610-330-4283 Email:smithsl@lafayette.edu DESCRIPTION:Lafayette will be graced by the appearance of presidential cand idate\, consumer advocate\, and national celebrity Ralph Nader! A week cho ck full of environmentally oriented lectures and activities will culminate with this Earth Week Finale\, co-sponsored by organizations across the bo ard. Nader will hold a book-signing afterwards.\n Geographical Scope: Loc al DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050425T200000 GEO:40.683200;-75.264900 LOCATION:Colton Chapel\, Lafayette College\, Easton\, Pennsylvania\, 18042\ , United States SUMMARY:RALPH NADER: Politics and the Environment UID:20091107T000520EST-jrhvVuuCH7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~leap/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:617-482-6300 Email:suren@fairjobs.org DESCRIPTION:Join Amit Srivastava (India Resource Center) and Luis Adolfo Ca rdona (former Coke employee and unionist from Colombia) in an evening of s haring knowledge and organizing to hold Coca-Cola accountable. Meeting fac ilitator: Celina Lee\, other presentations by Myriam Ortiz and Kim Foltz.\ n\nIn India Coca-Cola:\n=> Causes severe water shortages in communities ac ross the country => Pollutes groundwater and soil around its bottling faci lities => Distributes its toxic waste as 'fertilizer' to farmers => Sells drinks with high levels of pesticides\, including DDT- sometimes 30 times higher than European standards\n\nIn Colombia:\n=> Union leaders at Coke's bottling plants have be murdered => Hundreds of union workers have been t ortured\, kidnaped and illegally detained => Family members of trade union ists have been targeted => All while Coke leaders launch a $250 million ad vertising blitz keyed to the theme\, 'Coca-Cola.Real.'\n\nThe meeting wil l help launch a New England-wide network of organizations concerned about Coca-Cola's abusive practice both in the United States and abroad.\n\nSpon soring Organizations: Mass Global Action\, Alliance for a Secular and Demo cratic South Asia\, NAFFE\, Jobs with Justice\, Project Voice/AFSC\, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement\, MA Chapter\, United for Justice with Peace\, Boston Mobilization\, Tellus Institute\, TecsChange\, Asian A merican Resource Workshop\, South Asian Center\, and BankBusters. \n\nDinn er and refreshments provided\, admission free\, but suggested donation $5. \n\n\nTo download the flyer: http://www.massglobalaction.org/docs/cocacola .pdf\n\nFor more information and to co-sponsor the event: contact stopcoke [at] massglobalaction.org Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050413T183000 GEO:42.351000;-71.059400 LOCATION:33 Harrison Ave\, 3rd Flr\, Chinatown\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 0 2111\, United States SUMMARY:Coca-Cola: Destroying Lives\, Livelihoods & Communities UID:20091107T000520EST-NuKhu4N4gL@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-552-8722 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, April 18th at 6pm Thomas Giefer's documentary film “Assassination in the Colonial Style” is showing at Robin's Bookstore\, 10 8 S. 13th St. in Center City\, Philadelphia. The film exposes the truth be hind the murder of African freedom fighter Patrice Lumumba by U.S. and Bel gian imperialism. Sateesh Rogers \nof the African People's Socialist Party lead a discussion following the film. \nFor more information\, contact th e Uhuru Solidarity Movement at 215-552-8722. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050418T180000 GEO:39.962600;-75.162900 LOCATION:108 S. 13th St.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19107\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Film showing: 'Assassination in the Colonial Style' UID:20091107T000520EST-GXpJV9ZvN9@69.73.141.125 URL:http://apscuhuru.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:585-589-7640 Email:cita@verizon.net DESCRIPTION:This event kicks off the NYS Farmworker March for Justice organ ized by CITA.\n\nDinner is free but donations will be accepted.\n\nCan't c ome to the kick-off: Tell NY Senate Majority Leader\, Joe Bruno\, to End F armworker Discrimination by signing this petetion: http://www.unionvoice.o rg/campaign/cita\n\n********************************\nOn Saturday April 30 farmworkers and allies will begin a 4-day march for justice from CITA's o ffices in Albion to demand passage of a bill for equal labor rights. Since the 1930s farmworkers have been excluded from the same rights and protect ions that most other workers take for granted such as a day of rest per we ek\, overtime pay\, disability insurance\, and collective bargaining prote ctions. The New York Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act would remove thes e exclusions and grant farmworkers the equality they deserve. Geographi cal Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050429T190000 GEO:43.235100;-78.194300 LOCATION:St. Joseph's R.C. Church\, 106 S. Main St.\, Albion\, New York\, 1 4411\, United States SUMMARY:NYS Farmworkers March for Justice 2005: Vigil of Solidarity & Dinne r UID:20091107T000520EST-PSUIXEEHmB@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.citany.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:585-589-7640 Email:cita@verizon.net DESCRIPTION:Day 1: Marching Albion to Brockport (along Route 31)\n\n9:00 am . Depart CITA's main offices\, 158 Hamilton St. and Rt. 31 (1/2 mile west of Rt. 98)\n\nLunch stop St. Paul's Episcopal Church\, 78 South Main St.\, Holley\n\n4:00 pm. Arrival rally at St. Luke's Episcopal Church\, Main & State Sts.\, Brockport\n\n*********************************\nCan't come: T ell NY Senate Majority Leader\, Joe Bruno\, to End Farmworker Discriminati on \nby signing this petition: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/cita G eographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050430T090000 GEO:43.235100;-78.194300 LOCATION:CITA Office\, 158 Hamilton St. And Rt. 31\, Albion\, New York\, 14 411\, United States SUMMARY:NYS Farmworkers March for Justice 2005: March Day 1 UID:20091107T000520EST-KdUitLsJKt@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.citany.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Service Workers from the University of California System are go ing on strike because they have not received any wage raises in 3 years. T hey are doing a UC wide one-day strike to demand a living wage. Please sho w your support Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050414T120000 GEO:33.691600;-117.765000 LOCATION:University Of California\, Irvine\, California\, 92620\, United St ates SUMMARY:AFSME Service Worker Strike UID:20091107T000520EST-mGh77Ut0uZ@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:abwwrpeace@resist.ca DESCRIPTION:The following network of peace communities meeting will be: \nT ime: 7pm-9:00\nDate: Friday\, April 22nd\, 2005\nLocation: Laughing Horse Bookstore\, 3652 SE Division St. Portland\, OR 97202 \nLight Refreshments served free of charge.\n\n\nPortland\, 7 p.m. Live And Work For Peace! Wou ld you like to live\, work and promote peace among people who are working for peace? Would you like to network in ways that form real community? In ways that form a level of solidarity that hasn't been seen in Portland sin ce the days when teepees were the only skyscrapers against unpolluted blue skies and swaying emerald fields? Learn how! The Portland Community of A Better World Is Within Reach P.E.A.C.E. Network will present a free\, Mult icultural public workshop concerning creating sustainable villages\, based on cohousing and intentional communities. The action community\, the peop le's community: Communities networking for Peace! The way to ensure that p eople are empowered to work for peace! All people are welcome. Minorities and all marginalized groups are strongly encouraged to attend. Free vegan Refreshments. Laughing Horse Books\, 3652 SE Division\, Portland. ABWWRPea ceNetwork-Portland. \nwww.abwwrpeace.org\, e-mail: abwwrpeace 'at' resist. ca\nThanx! :o)\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050422T190000 GEO:45.532000;-122.684000 LOCATION:3652 SE Division St. Portland\, OR\, Portland\, Oregon\, 97209\, U nited States SUMMARY:Creation of the International Multicultural Peace Movement Headquar ters UID:20091107T000520EST-X2epAmzHKL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.abwwrpeace.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Learn how to get involved with UNCUT Media writers and others i nterested in free speech\, co-op media\, alternative media and independent journalism. All people are welcome to attend as UNCUT Media desires to p romote diversity as well as freedom of speech in media. Vegan refreshment s provided.\nCost: Free. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050517T170000 GEO:45.498900;-122.693000 LOCATION:801 S.W. 10th Ave\, Central Public Library\, Porltand\, Oregon\, 9 7201\, United States SUMMARY:Take Back The Media! UNCUT Media Writers Group And Free Speech Sol idarity Event UID:20091107T000520EST-KvbBJEurDt@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.freewebs.com/uncutmedia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Learn how to get involved with UNCUT Media writers and others i nterested in free speech\, co-op media\, alternative media and independent journalism. This will also be an opportunity to network with those who a re working on research topics which the corporate media completely ignores and/or choose not to give headline attention. This non-corporate media e vent is for people interested in all aspects of non-corporate media (writi ng\, video\, audio\, photography\, webcast\, etc.) All people are welcome to attend as UNCUT Media desires to promote diversity as well as freedom of speech in media. Vegan refreshments provided.\nCost: Free. Geographic al Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050531T190000 GEO:45.481700;-122.637000 LOCATION:Laughing Horse Bookstore\,\, 3652 SE Division\,\, Portland\, Orego n\, 97202\, United States SUMMARY:Take Back The Media! UNCUT Media Group And Free Speech Solidarity Event UID:20091107T000520EST-EskiBjVTiI@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.freewebs.com/uncutmedia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:585-589-7640 Email:cita@verizon.net DESCRIPTION:Day 3: Marching Rochester to Sodus and Geneva\n\n::Rochester se gment::\n8:45 am. Departing Downtown United Presbyterian Church/ Spiritus Christi\, 121 N. Fitzhugh St.\, Rochester.\n\n9:30 am. Rally at Rural Oppo rtunities Inc.\, 400 East Ave.\, Rochester.\n \n::Sodus segment::\n11:30 a m. Departing Valero Gas Station\, Corner of Pratt Rd. & Rt. 104\, Sodus\n\ n12:45 pm. Lunch-time rally: Church of the Epiphany\, 105 West Main St.\, Sodus\n\n::Geneva segment::\n4:30 pm. Marching into Geneva: Meeting loca tion\, to be determined.\n\n6:00 pm. Dinner & Rally\, First United Methodi st Church\, 340 Main St.\, Geneva\n\n********************************\nCan 't make it?: Tell NY Senate Majority Leader\, Joe Bruno\, to End Farmworke r Discrimination \nby signing this pettion: http://www.unionvoice.org/camp aign/cita Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050502T084500 GEO:43.223300;-77.917300 LOCATION:Downtown United Presbyterian Church/Spiritus Chris\, 121 N. Fitzhu gh St.\, Rochester\, New York\, 14420\, United States SUMMARY:NYS Farmworkers March for Justice 2005: Day 3 UID:20091107T000520EST-9gC86PupVB@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.citany.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:francoantonetti@earthlink.net DESCRIPTION:The author of the remarkable memoir titled 'I Wouldn't Die.' is driving up from Arizona to visit as many Libraries as possible in the Nor th East and discuss his life experiences and challenges as a ten year old kid coming from Rome\,Italy to NY. in 1954.The why and how he wrote his bo ok and what it takes to chase the American dream and climb the corporate l adder.Other Universities Libraries can still contact him as he will visit as many as possible in 2005 and the events are FREE\, Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051005T150000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Sacred Heart Univ.Lib.\, 5151 Park Ave\, Fairfield\, Connecticut\, 06825\, United States SUMMARY:Free Library Event - Meet Franco Antonetti. UID:20091107T000520EST-OrH6nWgvlO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.francoantonetti.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Earth Day 2005 \n\nA Celebration of Localization! \n\nEarth Day : A Celebration of Localization! Coporations are attempting to use Earth day to help their image during this one day of the year. Grassroots group s and Local groups invite you to celebrate Earth Day with local groups and residents who promote a clean earth all year round! \n\nWhen: Saturday\, April 23 \nfrom 10 AM to 10 PM at Sunnyside Environmental school SE \n\n3 4th and Yamhill. This year’s event features more that 6O booths of local\, sustainable businesses and environmental organizations as well as a local farmer’s market. \n\nThe Celebration includes \n\n· Live music all day \ n· Organic food venders including\, for the first time ever Share The \n\n Love Catering’s raw\, live\, and living food offerings. \n· A silent aucti on \n· Information Booths \n· Better Transportation Fair \n· Kid’s Village \n· Health and Wellness area \n· Friends of Trees annual fruit tree givea way \n· Weaving the Community Web \n\nCity Repair Project Sponsor \n\nhttp ://www.cityrepair.org \n\nhttp://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/04/315613. shtml\n\nco-sponsor: Friends of Trees\, KBOO Community Radio 90.7fm\, Free Geek\, \n\nEthos\, Sustainable Business Network of Portland/”Think Local First” \n\n\nMore events on Earth Day are below: \n\nhttp://earthday.cityr epair.org/2005 \n\n=========================== \n\nSolidarity! Earth Day Around the State of Oregon!\n\nCannon Beach Earth Day Festival sponsored b y North Coast Watershed Association. \nSaturday\, April 23\, 2005 6am - 5pm \nAround twenty federal/state agencies\, natural resource companies\, \nwatershed councils\, and environmental groups will have displays/activit ies throught Cannon Beach. (no fee) \nPlease contact organizer prior to a ttending. \nLocation: Spread through the downtown area\nAddress: N/A\, Ca nnon Beach\, Clatsop County\, or \nN/A\n \nContact: April Moon \nEmail: a moon@columbiaestuary.org \nPhone: (503)325-0435 \n \nIvor Davies Wayside Enhancement/Trail Work Party sponsored by Molalla River'Watch. \nSaturday \, April 23\, 2005 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. \nPlant native plants\,complete brid ge and clear winter debris from trails. (no fee) \nLocation: Hardy Creek Trailhead\nAddress: Molalla River Corridor\, Molalla\, Clackamas County\, wa \nContact: Kay Patteson \nEmail: riverwatch@molalla.net \nPhone: 503- 824-2195 \n \nSOLV IT 2005 sponsored by SOLV. \nSaturday\, April 23\, 20 05 9 AM - 1 PM \nSOLV IT\, one of the largest Earth Day Celebrations in the nation\, focuses on illegal dumpsite cleanup\, neighborhood or communi ty center\nimprovements\, cleaning and restoring waterways and wetlands\, and park and natural area restoration or enhancement. Volunteers converge at\napproximately 100 volunteer project sites in the greater Portland Metr o area. (no fee) \nLocation: Various\nAddress: Greater Portland Metro ar ea\, Portland\, Multnomah County\, or www.solv.org \n \nContact: Nancy S pieler \nPhone: 503-844-9571 \n \nRogue Valley Earth Day Celebration spo nsored by Ashland Parks & Recreation Department. \nSaturday\, April 23\, 2005 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM \nEarth Day 2005 – Together for Tomorrow: Featur ing 50+ sustainable living exhibits\, dozens of children’s activities\, li ve entertainment and an All Species Parade. (no fee) \nPlease contact or ganizer prior to attending. \nLocation: North Mountain Park\nAddress: 620 North Mountain Avenue\, Ashland\, Jackson County\, or \nwww.ashland.or.u s/earthday\n \nContact: North Mountain Park \nPhone: 541.488.6606 \n\n=== ================================\n\nThis event was posted by A Better Worl d Is Within Reach Peace Network\nhttp://www.abwwrpeace.org Geographical S cope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050423T100000 GEO:45.532200;-122.565000 LOCATION:Portland\, Oregon\, 97208\, United States SUMMARY:Earth Day 2005! A Celebration of Localization! UID:20091107T000520EST-kPmXPV9KuU@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:619-857-4947 Email:p_didhe@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Three Latino Resistors of the War on Iraq are speaking out unde r one roof. Camilo Mehia\, who spent one year in a military brig for oppo sition to the War will speak. Aidan Delgado who filed for COnscientious O bjector and left the service\, now spends most of his time speakig out on the atrocities he witnessed. And Pablo Paredes a sailor in no jepordy refu sed to sail to the gulf and be complicit to this War against humanity will also speak at this event one day before his Courts Martial. Geographica l Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050511T190000 GEO:32.746100;-117.171000 LOCATION:1st Unitarian Universalist Church\, 4190 Front Street\, San Diego\ , California\, 92103\, United States SUMMARY:Voices of Resistance UID:20091107T000520EST-ihMLS2CV9I@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.swiftsmartveterans.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:510-849-2064 Email:nicole@ypworldwide.org DESCRIPTION:Y FEST 2005--\nA FREE OUTDOOR FESTIVAL\nMusic * Art * Food * Ac tion * Slam Poetry\n\n21 and Under \n(adult allies welcome)\n\n'Y' does ha lf the world live in poverty?\n'Y' don't 1.2 billion people have access to clean water?\n'Y' do 1500 children die worldwide every hour from preventa ble diseases?\n\nGENERATION Y WANTS ANSWERS.\n \nLive Music By:\nBacklight \, The Gnomes\, New Telepathic Friends\, LVEO\, Youth Movement Records...a nd more! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050514 GEO:37.779300;-122.417000 LOCATION:Civic Center Plaza\, (Outside City Hall)\, San Francisco\, Califor nia\, 94102\, United States SUMMARY:Y Fest 2005 UID:20091107T000520EST-Szne0prsxg@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.givingrevolution.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:francoantonetti@earthlink.net DESCRIPTION:The author\,Franco Antonetti\, is providing all his Library eve nts for FREE.He wishes to visit as many readers as possible in 2005 in\na casual way and face to face to discuss his life experiences and the how an d why he wrote his book.The LA Times reviewed the book and also remarked h ow interesting that more seniors are writing memoirs than ever before.We h ave a great deal to say\, and everyone can provide their input.If this eve nt is not convenient for you\, contact Franco and schedule one closer to y ou. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050926T150000 GEO:40.473400;-75.775200 LOCATION:15200 Kutztown Rd\, Rohrbach Lib.\, Kutztown\, Pennsylvania\, 1953 0\, United States SUMMARY:Free Library Event - Meet Franco Antonetti. UID:20091107T000520EST-TSMxuOgkgg@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.francoantonetti.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:A free\, weeklong celebration of Palestinian culture and societ y.\n\nWe invite regional audiences to explore and celebrate through cinema the rich diversity of Palestinian life\, culture\, society\, and politics .\n\nThis groundbreaking event aims to provide Philadelphians with an in-d epth political and cultural context for issues that are often over-simplif ied in the media\, and to promote films that open a space for dialogue and exchange about equality and justice.\n\nAt various venues throughout the city\, this free festival will show feature-length dramas\, documentaries\ , and short films\, accompanied by discussions with filmmakers and scholar s as well as performances.\n\nThis festival is supported in part by the Pe nnsylvania Humanities Council\, the Federal-State Partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. We are also grateful for the support of the A. J. Muste Memorial Institute\, as well as our many generous co-sponsor Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050522 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050515 GEO:39.957300;-75.187000 LOCATION:Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19143\, United States SUMMARY:Philadelphia Palestine Film Festival 2005 UID:20091107T000520EST-rcEWVUnmJT@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.philadelphiapalestinefilmfestival.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:831 Email:clopezsalinas@aol.com DESCRIPTION:A group of about 50 dedicated student came together to organize this event. Our part of our city has a negative image an we are tying to prove everyone that it is not waht they think it is. A local news station broadcasted a report on East Salinas\, they made it look really scary. The y made it seem as if there are only gangmembers in EastSalinas. It is not relly true\, there are many positive things that we have to offer. We will try to show everyone in this event. First\, we will have a showcase\, at our local library\, of students work from different ethnic groups that sho ws their linguistic achievements. Then students will provide a walking tou r of a two- block area of the ALisal Community. We will conclude at Alisal High School where students will perform different ethnic songs and dances . We will also have different ethnic dishes that will be sold at a resonab le price (mone collected will be donated to our libraries). Questions or c omments please contact Mrs. Ethelvina McDowell at (831)796-7600 Geographi cal Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050528T100000 GEO:36.682900;-121.612000 LOCATION:777 Williams Road\, Salinas\, California\, 93905\, United States SUMMARY:Cultural Awareness Celebration UID:20091107T000520EST-s091SN5FPe@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:215-552-8722 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:Support the Uhuru Movement & African community struggle for dem ocratic rights and justice!\n\n• Videos of victims families speaking out & community resistance to police terror in St. Petersburg\, FL\n• Mary Edwa rds - stop the forced displacement of African communities!\n• Kamau Beckte mba - Uhuru Movement\n\n20 years ago the city of Philadelphia dropped a bo mb on the MOVE family\, murdering eleven men\, women & children & destroyi ng 61 homes. No one has ever been held accountable for the hideous crime\, & MOVE members are portrayed in the media as responsible for it.\n\n85 ye ar old Mary Edwards is facing $4 million in fines from the Borough of Medi a for phony housing citations. African people are losing their homes & com munities to greedy speculators & white families.\n\nIn St. Petersburg\, Fl orida\, sheriffs murdered Marquell McCullough & Jarrell Walker - young\, u narmed African men. The outraged community & Uhuru Movement are under atta ck for resisting state-sponsored terror.\n\nLearn the Truth & Take Action! \n• While the city of Philadelphia portrays the African community as bring ing the violence on itself\, the reality is the the government is waging a vicious attack against the black community here & in cities all over the U.S.\n• White developers and home-buyers are greedily gobbling up huge sec tors of North\, South & West Philly. To clear African families out of thei r neighborhoods the police have intensified the daily harassment\, massive arrests and brutal containment of the community.\n• The Uhuru Movement is leading the organized struggle for real change to empower the black commu nity. In St. Pete the Movement is under serious attack for working for soc ial & economic justice. We must defend the democratic rights of the Africa n community!\n\nJOIN UHURU SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT!\n215-552-8722 • uhuru99@cr itpath.org\n\n\n\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050523T180000 GEO:39.962600;-75.162900 LOCATION:Robin's Books (2nd Floor)\, 108 S. 13th St.\, Center City\, Philad elphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19107\, United States SUMMARY:Stop the Violence Against the Black Community! UID:20091107T000520EST-oVRHca6seU@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-833-2843 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:On Saturday June 4 (rain date\, June 5th)\, the Clark Park Peop le's Flea Market will set up between Baltimore and Chester Aves in the par k from 9-5pm. Organized by the African People's Solidarity Committee (APS C) as a fundraiser for the Uhuru Movement for social justice and economic development for the African community\, the Clark Park People's Flea Marke t is designed as an open air flea market that welcomes everyone from near and far to vend\, shop and take in the wonderful\, wild and weird items th at will be for sale. \n\nThe Clark Park People's Flea Market promises to be a fun and educational event for the whole family. For more information\ , including vending\, contact Peg Shaw \nat 215-833-2843 or emailuhuru99@c ritpath.org. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050604T090000 GEO:39.960900;-75.196700 LOCATION:Clark Park (West Philly)\, Bet. Baltimore & Chester Aves.\,\, Phil adelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Clark Park People's Flea Market (Fundraiser for justice for the Bla ck community) UID:20091107T000520EST-MWb6ovDcD2@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:215-552-8722 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, June 6 at 7pm an event 'Free Speech Under Attack' w ill be held at the Unitarian Church in Philadelphia\, 2125 Chestnut Street \, featuring Lynne Stewart\, the human rights lawyer recently convicted in New York and facing up to 30 years in prison for defending a leader in th e Arab community. There will be other speakers including public housing ac tivist and Uhuru Movement leader Connie Burton who will discuss the recent cut of her radio show on Pacifica-affiliated WMNF in Tampa\, Florida. For more information contact the African \nPeople's Solidarity Committee at 2 15-552-8722 or email uhuru99@critpath.org. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050606T190000 GEO:40.003400;-75.186800 LOCATION:Unitarian Church\, 2125 Chestnut St.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania \, 19103\, United States SUMMARY:Free Speech Under Attack! Forum w/Lynn Stewart\, Connie Burton\, an d others UID:20091107T000520EST-CEDPAUUshi@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:847-998-1002 Email:northfielddems@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Guest Speakers:\n\nRalph Matire\, Executive Director for Center for Tax & Budget Accountability\n\nDonna Baiocchi\, Executive Director fo r EDRED: The Voice of Suburban Schools will speak about proposed changes t o the way public schools are funded and the ongoing legislative effort. Wh ether you need basic info or have specific questions\, all are welcome.\n\ nJune 16th marks the beginning of the Northfield Township Democrats Summer Lecture Series which will explore topics of current interest to residents . “Part of our service to the Township involves making sure issue importan t to residents get significant attention. We hope not only to feature inte resting speakers\, but to understand what community members think about th ese issues\,” explains Committeeman for Northfield Township Democrats\, El aine Nekritz. The Summer Lecture Series is free and all are welcome to att end. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050630T190000 GEO:42.082700;-87.819700 LOCATION:Glen Park Center\, 2400 Chestnut Ave.\, Glenview\, Illinois\, 6002 5\, United States SUMMARY:Summer Lecture Series - School Funding & Property Taxes UID:20091107T000520EST-dgfvbskXiC@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:202-637-5096 Email:medavis@aflcio.org DESCRIPTION:WANTED: LABOR ORGANIZING OPERATIVES\n \nAre you stuck in school \, have a desire to organize but need to pay the bills? Are you fed up wi th low wages and poor working conditions in Philadelphia? Do you have exp erience working a regular job but want to learn how to empower your co-wor kers to join the labor movement? Are you interested in working for social change but need more experience and training?\n \nMillions of workers are part of the union movement and have a voice in their workplace. Yet\, mi llions more need your help to fight exploitation\, abuse\, and demand resp ect and dignity in the workplace.\n\nThe AFL-CIO Organizing Institute will be holding a specialized training July 8-9 in the Philadelphia area to eq uip you with the skills and job opportunities to pursue union organizing a s a career. If you are committed to social and economic justice and are i nterested in helping workers gain power\, win better wages\, benefits\, an d working conditions by forming a union at their workplace please apply to day for our training program.\n\nNewly trained organizers who complete the training program will develop strong organizing and leadership skills whi le assisting their coworkers in forming a union. Full-time and Part-time positions are available. People of Color\, Bilingual Speakers\, and Phila delphia Residents are highly encouraged to apply.\n\nWhat: AFL-CIO Organiz ing Institute\nWhen: July 8-9 2005\nWhere: Philadelphia\, PA (Location to be announced)\n \n*Housing will not be provided.\n \nTo request an applica tion or for more information\, please email your resume to yfoa@aflcio.org or call Yael Foa at (781) 324-4088 ext. 4. \nApplication Deadline is Jul y 1\, 2005\n Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050709 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050708T110000 GEO:40.003400;-75.186800 LOCATION:TBA\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19103\, United States SUMMARY:AFL-CIO Organizing Institute Training in Philly UID:20091107T000520EST-6pBo6vJmkU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.organize.aflcio.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:315-730-8642 Email:laceiramodei@aol.com DESCRIPTION:There will be letter writing\, products for sale\, music\, and an open microphone. Please contact me with any questions or if you want to reserve mic. time. Casual\, you can come and go as you please. Geograph ical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050716T180000 GEO:27.894400;-81.850800 LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Congregation Of Lakeland\, 3140 Troy Ave\, Lakeland\, Florida\, 33803\, United States SUMMARY:Save Sudan-Letter Writing Event UID:20091107T000520EST-pUHadUrcfS@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:215-474-8182 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:The International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement\, along wi th the Coachman family\, is calling a press conference to denounce the pol ice murder of Schroon 'Fat Daddy' Coachman by Philadelphia police on Wedne sday\, June 29th\, 2005. \n\nSchroon was choked to death in broad daylight in front of the community around 1pm at 51st and Market streets. The comm unity and his family were outraged at the brutal murder of yet another Afr ican man by the police in Philadelphia. Witnesses said that police were dr iving by after the murder\, laughing\, taunting and intimidating the peopl e who were furious at this cold-blooded murder. The press conference will denounce all forms of state-sponsored terror against the African community using the accusation of the use or selling of drugs by any individual as an excuse.\n\nKamau Becktemba\, Philadelphia President of the Internationa l People's Democratic Uhuru Movement was at the murder scene right away\, and talked to numerous witnesses and family members. Becktemba stated that ' This cold-blooded\, brutal and cynical murder of yet another young brot her by the vicious Philadelphia police cannot go by without a meaningful r esponse from this embattled community. We've had enough of this terrorism by the police. They say 'justifiable'\, we say 'murder'. How many more of us are they going to kill before they are held accountable for their actio ns? We've already buried Haile Payne\, Milo Fornwald\, Edward Boo Pickens\ , Philip McCall\, Donta Dawson\, Kenneth Griffin\, Sean Wilson and hundred s of others.'\n\nThe demands that will be presented to the District Attorn ey's Office will be:1. The immediate arrest and prosecution for murder of all involved in killing Schroon Coachman. 2. Stop all state-sponsored viol ence against the African community.3. End the U.S.-controlled drug economy and stop the criminalization of the African community.4. Reparations to t he Coachman family for Schroon's brutal murder.5. End the public policy of police containment of the African community\, and replace it with a polic y of genuine and massive economic development. \n\nFor more information\, contact InPDUM 215-474-8182\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050701T100000 GEO:39.952600;-75.166500 LOCATION:DA's Office\, 1421 Arch St.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19102\ , United States SUMMARY:Press Conference to Protest Phila. Police Murder of Schroon Coachma n UID:20091107T000520EST-LUzR1Zvz7K@69.73.141.125 URL:http://inpdum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:860-916-4693 Email:paperbagette@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Hey\, this is Danielle from the PSA at CCSU. We will be traveli ng to DC this Sept. to protest the war & also to protest the IMF & World B ank. I wanted to put my name out here for anyone looking for a contact... please call with questions or if you wanted to hop on board with us! Peace ! Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050925 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050924 GEO:41.666000;-72.778400 LOCATION:Connecticut\, 06050\, United States SUMMARY:Travel to the Anti-War March in DC & IMF/World Bank protest in DC UID:20091107T000520EST-JBP93PXVVE@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.americanissues.com/ccsupsa END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:312-427-4460 ext 236 Email:adaku@icah.org DESCRIPTION:Action Out Loud! is a 5-day training camp designed to teach you th the skills needed to take action for social change on sexual health iss ues. During the week\, young people will get in-depth training on specific sexual health issues. They will also be learn skills needed to address th ese issues through advocacy and organizing\, voter education\, media\, pub lic speaking\, and much more. With the help of adult and youth experts\, A ction Out Loud! participants will come up with their own specific plans of action using everything they learned throughout the week. Some projects d esigned by youth at the event will be supported by ICAH staff and resource s into the fall semester.\n\nHere is what some of the youth from last year had to say about Action Out Loud! - many of these youth continue to do se xual health activism projects in their communities\, or have helped with s tatewide advocacy efforts on sex education:\n\n'Through the training I hav e been able to gain the confidence and knowledge to make a difference.'\n\ n'I've read a lot about strategies on how to take action to accomplish a g oal\, but that wasn't enough. Here I got to really experience the contagio us excitement that people\nget.'\n\n'I could honestly say that I have the potential and the right tools to not only make a difference in my school b ut also in my community.'\n Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050812 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050808T090000 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, 60604\, United States SUMMARY:Action Out Loud! 5 day Youth Advocacy Training Camp UID:20091107T000520EST-5xFvMj0j29@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.icah.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:408-608-5084 Email:mail@americansunitingamerica.org DESCRIPTION:Travel to Jamaica!\n\nDare to journey beyond the pristine beach es and lavish resorts into the heart of Jamaica. A tiny island that harbo rs a hidden story of economic violence\, exploitation\, and manipulation. For two hours\, 'Life and Debt' reveals a Jamaica that no travel agent wa nts you to see\, and tells the true story of U.S. dominance and Third Worl d struggle. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050709T140000 GEO:37.189400;-121.705000 LOCATION:MLK Library\, Rm 255\, 150 East San Fernando St\, San Jose\, Calif ornia\, 95126\, United States SUMMARY:Free Film Screening UID:20091107T000520EST-AIv6b54EhI@69.73.141.125 URL:http://sbm4peace.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:301-565-4050 ext.324 Email:akelly@peace-action.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of music and youth-based community organizi ng\, this Friday\, August 5th\, at 8 pm in downtown DC--come early\, stay late! A $10 donation is suggested\, although no one will be turned away f or lack of funds. \n\nIn observance of the 60th Anniversary of the atomi c bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki\, Peace Action has organized a weeken d's worth of special events\, kicking off with this Friday night gathering at Java Green Cafe (www.javagreen.net)\, located on 19th St between K and L.\n \nMusical guests include DC's own Gist (www.gistmusic.net)\, alterna tive hip-hop band Dr. Birthday and other surprise guests\, as well as appe arances from DJ Mayday and the boys of NYC's Boneyard Soundsystem. \n \nSo come and hang out with us\, listen to some progressive music\, enjoy some fresh munchies courtesy of Java Green\, and meet up with other like-minde d Peace Actionistas. Hope to see you all there!\n\n(Nearest metro stops: Farragut North\, Farragut West\, Foggy Bottom/GWU) Geographical Scope: L ocal DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050805T200000 GEO:38.900700;-77.039900 LOCATION:Java Green Cafe\, 1020 19th Street NW\, Washington\, District of C olumbia\, 20036\, United States SUMMARY:Freedom from Mass Destruction - Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki UID:20091107T000520EST-Pw4tfzplFs@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.peace-action.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:dkatz@idausa.org DESCRIPTION:San Diego Animal Advocates\, a local animal rights and protecti on organization (as well as Animal Advocates of SDSU's parent organization )\, and will be holding a protest at the Sports Arena on the opening night of Ringling's circus. Please visit www.circuses.com for complete informa tion about the mistreatment and abuse circus animals. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050810T193000 GEO:32.775800;-117.208000 LOCATION:3500 Sports Arena Blvd\, San Diego\, California\, 92110\, United S tates SUMMARY:Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Protest UID:20091107T000520EST-K8iVxJBhc7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://animaladvocatesdsu.tripod.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:610-434-0875 Email:jdreistadt@caclv.org DESCRIPTION:Special guest speakers will discuss raising the minimum wage in Pennsylvania. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050922T160000 GEO:40.588800;-75.352000 LOCATION:1337 E. 5th Street\, Bethlehem\, Pennsylvania\, 18015\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Raise the Minimum Wage Campaign UID:20091107T000520EST-HdlRpp1IKL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.caclv.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:541-338-9093 Email:bbogart@uoregon.edu DESCRIPTION:(Every Friday:)\nAugust 19: 'Institutions for Hire: Outsourcing Weapons Development to Our Campuses.'\n\nAugust 26: 'The Inhuman War Mach ine: Media\, Industry\, and Defense.'\n\nSeptember 2: 'Reclaiming America' s Founding Principles: From Industry Profit to Human Prosperity.'\n\nSepte mber 9: 'Reinventing Political Parties: Back to the People.'\n Geographic al Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050909 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050826T160000 GEO:44.032400;-123.096000 LOCATION:128 Chiles Hall\, University Of Oregon\, Eugene\, Oregon\, 97403\, United States SUMMARY:America Programmed for War UID:20091107T000520EST-UTbb95f70U@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:773-551-5780 Email:chicago_socialists@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Chicago Tour: THE CASE FOR SOCIALISM\n\nFeaturing Socialist Wor ker editor and author of 'The Case for Socialism\,' Alan Maass.\n\n7pm Thu rsday\, September 1\nUniversity of Illinois-Chicago\n750 S. Halsted\n\n7pm Wednesday\, September 7\nNortheastern Illinois University\n5500 N. St. Lo uis\n\n7pm Thursday\, September 8\nHarold Washington College\n30 E. Lake\n \nWe live in a world where millions of children die each year because they lack food—while the rich get richer. A world where the living standards o f workers and the poor continue to erode. A world threatened by environmen tal catastrophe. A world threatened by war for oil and empire. Socialists argue that another world—a socialist world—is possible. One in which peopl e come before profit and working people control society democratically\, p utting the world's resources toward meeting human needs.\n\nCome to these forums to discuss how to organize for that kind of world—and how we can or ganize and urgently needed political alternative to a world of war\, pover ty\, racism\, sexism and homophobia.\n\nCheck out Socialist Worker Online at\nwww.socialistworker.org\n\nAlan Maass' book\, 'The Case for Socialism' is available online from Haymarket Books.\nwww.haymarketbooks.org\n\nJeff rey St. Clair\, co-editor of CounterPunch on Alan Maass' 'The Case for Soc ialism':\n\n'Amid the wreckage of the Bush/Clinton/Bush imperium\, many le ftists have surrendered to a kind of smug fatalism\, content to be sidelin e critics of the machine. Not Alan Maass. In vivid and urgent prose\, he c hronicles the grotesque depredations of the neolibs and neocons alike\, th en gets down to the real work of illuminating a path out of the sucking ab yss. \n\n'His book charts a game plan for realistic radicals\, who haven't given up hope for making revolutionary changes in a society that finds it self in the grip of a remorseless political entropy. Take cheer: History i sn't over. In fact\, it's hardly even begun for us. Read Maass. Then go ou t and make some.' \nSee also:\nhttp://www.socialistworker.org\nhttp://www. haymarketbooks.org\n Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050909 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050901T190000 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, 60637\, United States SUMMARY:Chicago Tour: The Case for Socialism UID:20091107T000520EST-xAGMi7ZzaP@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.socialistworker.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-552-8722 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:Come out on Monday August 29th to Robin's Bookstore\, at 108 S. 13th St. in Center City\, to view the film 'El Che' and find out about th e man behind the image. This documentary film examines through incredible archival footage & interviews the 'most idolized revolutionary of the 20th century.' (NY Times) \n\nFor more information\, contact the Uhuru Solida rity Movement at 215-552-8722 or uhuru99@critpath.org. \n\nSuggested $5 do nation Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050829T180000 GEO:39.962600;-75.162900 LOCATION:Robin’s Bookstore\, 108 S. 13th St.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\ , 19107\, United States SUMMARY:Film & Discussion: 'El Che: Investigating a Legend' UID:20091107T000520EST-N2F1RWcH8W@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:214-929-5995 Email:christina.billingsley@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:Attention Dallas-area student environmentalists! \n\nThe Sierra Student Coalition's Texas Size Environmental Roadshow is hitting DALLAS t his SATURDAY! \n\nWho: Any highschool or college student environmentalist who can make the trip is welcome and encouraged to participate. Bring your entire environmental club! The more the merrier! This is a public traini ng\, if you would like us to come to your campus and work with you on spec ific issues\, contact us and we'd love to bring these trainings to you! \n \nWhat: Learn how to become effective and successful environmental activis ts on your campus! Our workshops provide you the basics on organizing arou nd environmental issues and give you the skills to foster sustainability i n your community. See more info below! \n\nWhere: Coffee Park (located at NW HWY and Hillcrest near University Park in Dallas) \n\nWhen: Saturday\, September 17th 20005. 2pm-5pm (food provided!) \n\nCost: FREE! \n\nWhy: Me et other student activists in Dallas\, learn about the Sierra Student Coal ition\, gain the skills to organize and win for environmental causes\, and save the planet! \n\nApproximate Breakdown of Material Covered by the Tra ining: \n\n1.5-2 hrs of campaign planning (how to pick an issue to address \, how to figure out allies/opponents and the lay of the land before start ing a project or campaign\, how to work with media and create a message fo r recruitment to your campaign or issue\, etc. Basically\, this training\, known as THE MATRIX gives you structure and guidelines for organizing ar ound an issue- and it is incredibly helpful. \n\n1 hr of organizational de velopment: This training is about how to start and run an effective group on campus. In this workshop\, we talk about recruitment\, leadership devel opment\, how to run meetings and facilitate discussions\, engage in confli ct resolution inside and/or outside the club\, and we provide rules to hel p ensure your club still exists and is active after you (or the current le adership) graduate. \n\n1 hr of Jordan's Biodiesel discussion: In this wor kshop\, Jordan Duckworth of the famous BioBus (present at every 2005 Earth Day Festival in Dallas) shows you the science behind biodiesel\, its hist ory\, and its prospects. He can help you bring biodiesel to your campus an d... at the end of the training\, can give everyone a ride on the Biodiese l bus that the SSC Roadshow has been traveling with! (Its really awesome- smells like french fries instead of gas exhaust!) \n\nFor any questions or concerns\, contact Christina Billingsley at 214-929-5995 or by email at c hristina.billingsley@ssc.org. \n\nSPREAD THE WORD AND BRING A FRIEND! \n\n www.ssc.org Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050917T140000 GEO:32.851100;-96.771800 LOCATION:Coffee Park\, Dallas\, Texas\, Dallas\, Texas\, 75225\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:SSC Environmental Activist Training in Dallas UID:20091107T000520EST-nMnVSZuvAr@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-552-8722 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:Come out at 6pm on Monday September 26th to Robin's Bookstore\, at 108 S. 13th \nSt. in Center City\, for a forum discussing the Hurrican e Katrina aftermath and \nAmerica's racial divide that has been exposed\, sponsored by the Uhuru \nSolidarity Movement. We call on the white communi ty to stand for justice and \nreparations for the African community. For m ore information\, contact 215-552-\n8722 or uhuru99@critpath.org. \n Geog raphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050926T180000 GEO:39.962600;-75.162900 LOCATION:Robin's Books\, 108 S. 13th St.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19 107\, United States SUMMARY:Hurricane Katrina Exposes U.S. Racial Divide UID:20091107T000520EST-o5dmrCMbVE@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:312-563-0442 Email:chicagopdc@sbcglobal.net DESCRIPTION:Rally --\nThe 'War on Terror' Targets Blacks\, Immigrants\, Lab or and Leftists!\nFight Government Repression!\nFree Mumia Abu-Jamal! Hand s Off Lynne Stewart! Hands Off Assata Shakur!\n \nSaturday\, October 1\, 5 :00 p.m.\nUnivesity of Chicago Law School Room 2\n1111 East 60th Street (b etween Ellis and University)\n \nModerator: Brian Mendis\, Partisan Defe nse Committee\nSpeakers include:\nLydia Barashango\, Mumia Abu-Jamal's Sis ter\nStandish E. Willis\, Chicago Conference of Black Lawyers\nMike Elliot t\, UAW Local 551 - Chair\, Education Committee*\nDon Alexander\, Labor Bl ack League for Social Defense\nFred Redmond\, USWA - Assistant Director Di strict 7*\nBob Rose\, AMFA Local 5 - President\n \n*organization listed fo r identification purposes only\n \nEvent flyer and PDC statement at http:/ /www.icl-fi.org/events/slus/oct1pdcrallychic.pdf\n \nFor more information: 312-563-0442 or mailto:chicagopdc@sbcglobal.net\n Geographical Scope: Lo cal DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051001T170000 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:1111 East 60th Street\, University Of Chicago Law School\, Room 2\ , Chicago\, Illinois\, 60637\, United States SUMMARY:Chicago Rally-Fight Government Repression! UID:20091107T000520EST-tV5VaJ2203@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.icl-fi.org/events/slus/oct1pdcrallychic.pdf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:Peg-Sha-w215-833-284 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:Over 30 vendors are expected at the Saturday October 8th Clark Park People's Flea Market (rain date October 9th.) The June flea market w as a great success - lots of interesting vendors and crowds of shoppers. This October flea market is set to be an even greater success! Vendor appl ications still being accepted. \nCall 215-833-2843 and leave email addres s or mailing address. Vendor \napplication will be sent within 24 hours.\n \nThis event is sponsored by the African People's Solidarity Committee as a fundraiser to support the economic development and social justice progra ms of the Uhuru Movement. The Uhuru Movement is a black-community led orga nization with an organizing center at 52nd St. and Larchwood in West Phila delphia. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051008T110000 GEO:39.960900;-75.196700 LOCATION:Clark Park\, 43rd St. And Baltimore Ave\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylva nia\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Clark Park People's Flea Market (Fundraiser for Uhuru Movement) UID:20091107T000520EST-Di6UUEn0WP@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-546-9616 Email:uhurufurniture@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Looking for a chance to discuss how to respond to hurricane Kat rina in a way that supports genuine economic development and human rights for African people? \n\nCome out to an important community forum on Wedne sday\, September 28th at 7:30pm\, at Uhuru Furniture on 1220 Spruce Street in Center City Philadelphia. \n\nThis forum is one way we can come togeth er to look at the real issues at hand and how to support the long term sol utions the African community is calling for. \n\nSponsored by the African People’s Education and Defense Fund\, Inc. For more information\, call 215 -546-9616. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20050928T193000 GEO:39.962600;-75.162900 LOCATION:Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles\, 1220 Spruce St.\, Center City\, P hiladelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19107\, United States SUMMARY:Community Meeting to discuss the Hurricane Katrina Disaster UID:20091107T000520EST-4DMJ6vgDjs@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:888-735-4800x703 Email: DESCRIPTION:The Peace Company presents a workshop to learn how to let ‘the peacebuilder within’ be an active presence in the world. This highly inter active workshop will introduce you to the three basic principles of peaceb uilding. First\, Know Where You Are – find the living spirit of peace with in yourself\, in your values and vision for peace and your place of true i nner peace. Second\, Meet the Other – soften the hardened heart and connec t deeply with those where there is hurt\, fear\, difference\, conflict\, o r anger. Third\, See What You Can Do Together – move that connection into creative action that grows peace in concrete ways. You will come away with tools that you can use to make a difference – in your life\, your family\ , your community\, and this one world we all call home. FREE. Registrati on required. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051015T140000 GEO:39.996800;-75.207800 LOCATION:Studio B\, 209 Fairmount Avenue\,\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19131\, United States SUMMARY:Becoming a Peacebuilder UID:20091107T000520EST-ZV5xdDhL3s@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.celebratepeace.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:888-735-4800 x703 Email: DESCRIPTION:PEACE X PEACE brings the power of women’s groups to life throug h a participatory experience that guides women into deep listening\, conse nsus\, and cross-cultural engagement\, as a dynamic and intimate feminine foundation for global peace. Professionally facilitated\, participants wil l step into the ancient tradition of meeting in circle\, creating a sacred space and joining with other women’s groups from around\nthe world throug h the PEACE X PEACE Global Network. FREE. Registration required.\n Geog raphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051015T100000 GEO:39.996800;-75.207800 LOCATION:Studio B\, 209 Fairmount Avenue\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19 131\, United States SUMMARY:Women Connecting for Peace UID:20091107T000520EST-2begx7XgXu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.celebratepeace.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:888-735-4800x703 Email: DESCRIPTION:Snatam Kaur and the Celebrate Peace Band Concert - 7:00pm – 9: 00pm\nA Musical Celebration of the Spirit of Peace\n\nOur ability to come together in song\, and to connect with inner peace through music and\nmant ra is testimony to the presence and power of peace. The concert features a delightful segment with local children leading the audience in song\, and a multi-faith invocation with representatives from various local congrega tions. This musical celebration of the spirit of peace reminds us that pea ce is always available to us\,\nand brings us together to celebrate peace. FREE. Registration required. \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051015T190000 GEO:39.996800;-75.207800 LOCATION: U Of P Museum Of Archaeology And Anthropology\, 3260 South Stree t\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19131\, United States SUMMARY:Celebrate Peace Concert UID:20091107T000520EST-jmVfPtzRAR@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.celebratepeace.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-437-3465 Email:aguilita75@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Get a degree to change the world! New College's Activism and So cial Change program is having an open house on October 17th at 7pm. The Ac tivism and Social Change BA and MA Emphasis Areas combine classroom learni ng with hands-on experience in social movements and community organization s. Active learning in the community allows students to work for change whi le they acquire the knowledge and skills needed for effective and socially relevant careers. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051017T190000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:766 Valencia\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:New College Activism and Social Change Program Open House UID:20091107T000520EST-gKM0vpwgwH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-437-3465 Email:aguilita75@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:MONDAY OCTOBER 3rd 7PM\nNEW COLLEGE CULTURAL CENTER \n766 VALEN CIA STREET\n$3-5 Admission (NCOC STUDENTS\, FACULTY\, STAFF FREE)\nHeroes of the Earth\nThere’s a new kind of hero for the 1990’s: people who are fi ghting to protect the environment\, often at great personal risk. Each yea r grassroots heroes in every corner of the globe are honored with the Gold man Environmental Prize\, considered the Nobel Prize of Ecology. HEROES O F THE EARTH profiles the seven Goldman winners for 1993\, along with the c ritical issues motivating them to action: a Colombian man who is fighting to preserve a remote mountain area\, home to the ancient Kogi tribe\; a Na tive American woman in South Dakota who is battling to protect tribal land s from hazardous and nuclear waste\; a Chinese woman who has led a crusade against a huge dam on the Yangtse River\; a Russian who created the first environmental movement in the former Soviet Union\; an Australian who fou ght to protect the largest sand island in the world\; and two South Africa ns who have dedicated their lives to stopping the slaughter of elephants a nd rhinos. HEROES OF THE EARTH is an inspiring look at individual commitme nt as well as several major global environmental concerns.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051003T190000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:766 Valencia\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:Film: Heroes of the Earth UID:20091107T000520EST-VWua40m7zD@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-437-3465 Email:aguilita75@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:MONDAY OCTOBER 10th 7PM\nNEW COLLEGE CULTURAL CENTER \n766 VALE NCIA STREET\n$3-5 Admission (NCOC STUDENTS\, FACULTY\, STAFF FREE)\nEl Che : Investigating a Legend \nSeen Motorcycle Diaries? Now see the whole stor y! Che Guevara\, the man with the beret with the star\, embodies one of th e strongest radical myths of the 20th century. This feature length documen tary examines the reality and contains previously unseen footage of his vo yages of discovery through Latin America\, the meeting with Fidel Castro a nd the Cuban Revolution and footage of his tragic end in Bolivia at age 39 .\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051010T190000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:766 Valencia\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:Film: El Che\, Investigating a Legend UID:20091107T000520EST-SJX2hT38VJ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 1 & Sunday\, October 2\, 11am-5pm \nChelsea Piers\, Pier 59 at 23rd St. and the Hudson River \n\nAdvance registration is recommended: \nhttp://members.greenpeace.org/action/event.php?action=ev ent_summary&event_id=2&ref_source=lists \n\n\nThis weekend Greenpeace will be offering free tours of the Arctic Sunrise ship. Meet her crew\, membe rs of the Greenpeace Clean Energy Now Campaign\, and explorer Eric Larsen\ , who recently attempted the first summer crossing of the Arctic Ocean. \n \nMany of Greenpeace's most memorable and effective protests have taken pl ace on the high seas\, onboard one of our ships. In the past nine years\, the Arctic Sunrise has thwarted Japanese whalers\, challenged the U.S. nuc lear program and faced off with oil companies attempting to dump oil into the sea and open up new drilling stations in the Arctic. She recently ret urned from Greenland\, where the crew and scientists documented dramatic v isuals of the effects of global warming on this region. \n\nTour highlight s include: \n* A behind-the-scenes look at life on a Greenpeace ship \n* A unique interactive exhibit showing what New York will look like in \nyear s to come as a result of global warming pollution \n* The latest informati on about Greenpeace’s work to promote clean energy \ninitiatives including the wind farm proposed for Long Island and \nNantucket Sound \n* A chance to meet explorer Eric Larsen in person and hear about his \nrecent attemp t to cross the Arctic Ocean to highlight the dangers of \nglobal warming \ n\n\nWe encourage you to register in advance for a tour\, as space fills u p. \n\nSee you there! \n\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051002 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051001 GEO:40.718800;-73.986400 LOCATION:Chelsea Piers\, New York\, New York\, 10002\, United States SUMMARY:Greenpeace Open Boat Tour UID:20091107T000520EST-DJzToNHS8V@69.73.141.125 URL:http://members.greenpeace.org/action/event.php?action=event_summary& ;event_id=2&ref_source=lists END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:aimfl@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Portest\, speakers regarding the genocidal legacy of Columbus. Come support native peoples demonstration against the honoring a genocidal terrorist. The statue is located on the facing the water in the Bayside P ark. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051008T130000 GEO:27.775700;-82.640900 LOCATION:Bayfront Park\, At Statue Of Columbus\, Miami\, Florida\, 33701\, United States SUMMARY:Miami Columbus Day Protest SF Support Group AIM UID:20091107T000520EST-VrVV0307Kt@69.73.141.125 URL:http://aim.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:770-957-2674 Email:jbalog24@excite.com DESCRIPTION:Georgia for Democracy and the Henry County Democratic Party pre sent the film A Voice for Choice\, a documentary that examines the current crisis in women's reproductive freedoms and the systematic attacks by the Bush administration on a woman's right to choose\, exposing the Bush admi nistration's anti-choice agenda through interviews with some of the nation 's leading politicians\, activists\, artists and through the personal stor ies of several women on the road to Washington. The film will be shown at 6:00 pm on Saturday\, October 22nd\, in the McDonough home of Tom and Gin ny McConnell. Light hors d’oeuvres and a wide variety of refreshments wil l be served. There is no charge and the public is invited. Please join u s! For more information\, contact Tom and Ginny McConnell at 770-957-2674 . You may also visit www.GeorgiaforDemocracy.com\n\nDirections: From I 75 South\, traveling from Atlanta\, towards Macon\, take Exit 221. Turn le ft over the expressway and go about 5 miles to the Square in McDonough. Tu rn right and immediately left around the Square heading East on GA Hwy. 81 (toward Covington). Go 6.5 miles. Turn left on North Ola Road and go ab out 1 mile. Turn left on to Wilson Drive and go about 1/4 mile. Turn righ t on Turner Road and go about 1/2 mile. The house is on the left\, at 768 Turner Road. (Address on the mailbox.) Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051022T180000 GEO:33.451000;-84.154400 LOCATION:768 Turner Road\, McDonough\, Georgia\, 30253\, United States SUMMARY:A VOICE FOR CHOICE - Film Screening UID:20091107T000520EST-PScddZh00P@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.georgiafordemocracy.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:714-261-5616 Email:jasonbrown644@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:INTI-ILLIMANI Internationally acclaimed folk group from Chile\, who recently played for the Pope\, will be playing an amazing night of mu sic at the Utah Valley State College student center. All proceeds will go to NGOs in Haiti. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051104T200000 GEO:40.218900;-111.635000 LOCATION:800 University Parkway\, UVSC\, Orem\, Utah\, 84606\, United State s SUMMARY:LET HAITI LIVE BENEFIT CONCERT UID:20091107T000520EST-S3BnJvn38g@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:215-552-8722 Email: DESCRIPTION:Omali Yeshitela will discuss his latest book\, 'Omali Yeshitela Speaks\,' a \npowerful collection of presentations given by the Uhuru Mov ement leader over \nthe past 15 years. The book highlights Yeshitela's gro undbreaking political \ntheory of African Internationalism and provides cr itical insight into recent \nworld events from 'the point the view of the slave.'\n\nYeshitela is one of the few leaders giving a cohesive analysis of devastating \nconditions faced by African people worldwide - from Sudan \, to Niger to New \nOrleans.\nDon't miss this chance to hear from one of the most revolutionary political \nthinkers of our time!\n\nFor more infor mation contact Burning Spear Uhuru Publications at 215-552-8722 \nor Penn Bookstore at 215-898-7595\n\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051024T123000 GEO:39.960900;-75.196700 LOCATION:Penn Bookstore\,\, 3601 Walnut St\,\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\ , 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Bookreading of 'Omali Yeshitela Speaks' by author (Uhuru Movement F ounder) UID:20091107T000520EST-Bp64gVpPc5@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:aimfl@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Protest of Columbus Day and statue honoring Columbus. See websi te for truth about the way he paid for his voyages with Taino Indians stol en from their homeland for slaves in Spain and on his own plantations. Ema il for further information. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051008T130000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Bayfront Park\, Miami\, Florida\, 33010\, United States SUMMARY:Columbus Day Protest SF Support Group AIM UID:20091107T000520EST-5sH1J948sb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.understandingprejudice.org/nativeiq/weather.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:spusa@spusa.org DESCRIPTION:Join Student Pugwash USA at a screening of 'Last Best Chance\,' a docudrama about nuclear terrorism. The film shows the numerous channel s available to terrorists to procure nuclear weapons\, and raises question s about current international commitments to safeguard nuclear materials.\ n\nStudent Pugwash USA brings together science\, health\, technology and p olicy students to discover how they can make social responsibility a guidi ng focus of their academic and professional endeavors. By examining curren t issues in science and society\, Student Pugwash members are empowered to pursue socially responsible career choices and the means to affect change elsewhere: in the classroom\, in their community\, and even on the natio nal or international level. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051018T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Giltner Hall Auditorium (Room 146)\, Michigan State University\, L ansing\, Michigan\, United States SUMMARY:Film screening at Mich. State. Univ. UID:20091107T000520EST-5Za6vVIhFP@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.spusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051019T000000 GEO:38.904000;-77.031700 LOCATION:1325 Massachusetts Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20005\, United States SUMMARY:Woodhull Freedom Foundation's October Brown Bad Lunch Series UID:20091107T000520EST-Uudhg0I1fX@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-628-3333 Email:slambert@woodhullfoundation.org DESCRIPTION: \n\nWoodhull Freedom Foundation's Brown Bag Lunch Series \n \n\n Save the Date: October 19th\, 2005! \n\nThe Woodhull Freedom Fo undation (WFF) invites you to join us for another in our monthly education al series of brown bag lunches. These brown bag lunches focus around sexua l freedom and the issues that impact or reflect on that human right. \n\nT hese events are free to the public. \n\nCircumcision - It's Not Just Skin! \nIn the U.S.\, most infant males and most women giving birth are subject ed to unnecessary\, damaging surgeries. We will discuss what these procedu res are\, how they relate within the social framework of oppression and vi ews of the body\, and how we can inform about and heal ourselves from thes e practices. \n\nOur guest is Ryan McAllister\, Ph.D. and he will be prese nting one side of the circumcision debate that's going on in the United St ates today.\n\nRyan works as a biophysicist at Georgetown University. He h as spent much of his time studying and interrupting oppressed-oppressor cy cles on a personal scale. He also works as a birth activist in the role of director of NotJustSkin.org\, a nonprofit educational organization.\n\nTh e forum will run from twelve noon until 1:30pm. The format for these event s is informal and we encourage you to bring your 'brown bag lunch' to the discussion.\n\nDATE: Wednesday\, October 19\, 2005 \nTIME: 12:00pm-1:30pm \nLOCATION: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force\n1325 Massachusetts Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\nWashington\, DC 20005 \n \n\nMark the date now for Novem ber 16! \nDISPENSING MEDICATIONS - NOT MORAL JUDGEMENTS!\n \n \n\n The Woodhull Freedom Foundation is a nonprofit organization that works through research\, advocacy\, and public education to affirm sexual freedom as a fundamental human right. \nWe address laws\, government policies\, and pri vate practices that restrict sexual freedom and discriminate against peopl e on the basis of their consensual sexual expression. \n\n\n\nThe Woodhull Freedom Foundation \n---------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------\n\nemail: info@woodhullfoundation.org \nphone : 202.628.3333 \nweb: http://www.woodhullfoundation.org \n\nBECOME A MEMB ER OF WOODHULL AND SUPPORT THE FIGHT FOR SEXUAL FREEDOM \n---------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\nIt's a Human Right! \n\nDo you want to: \n\n* See a sex-positive voice in the ma ss media?\n* Educate legislators about the importance of sexual freedom to voters?\n* Support research to refute the emotional arguments of sex-nega tive pundits?\n* Educate the public that sexual rights are human rights?\n \nThe Woodhull Freedom Foundation is the only organization devoted to a co mprehensive campaign for sexual liberty. \n\nYou can support this campaign with your contribution today.\n\n\n\nJOIN US NOW! \n\n \n\n\n \n \n\ n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051019T000000 GEO:38.904000;-77.031700 LOCATION:1325 Massachusetts Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20005\, United States SUMMARY:October Brown Bad Lunch Series UID:20091107T000520EST-SEHZdEcme9@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.woodhullfoundation.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:707-568-0113 Email:mmcavoy@newcollege.edu DESCRIPTION:Students and faculty at the North Bay Campus become a 'learning community' and pursue their interests and ideals for a sustainable world together. Not only will we know your name\, we will know your passion and encourage it to flourish. \nAs Sitting Bull said\, 'Let us put our heads t ogether and see what kind of world we can make for our children.' Join us and put your head together with ours and let's create the world we know is possible. \nCome to an open house and get all your questions answered abo ut North Bay Campus Graduate MA and MBA Programs. Students interested in t he MA can come early (9:30 am) and sit in on the morning lecture. \nFor mo re information\, please check out www.newcollege.edu or call (707) 568-011 3.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051008T003000 GEO:38.450400;-122.783000 LOCATION:New College\, 99 6th St.\,\, Santa Rosa\, California\, 95401\, Uni ted States SUMMARY:Information Session for North Bay Campus\, Santa Rosa\, Graduate MA and MBA UID:20091107T000520EST-bN3RcEuIfw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu/northbay/maprogram.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-437-3408 Email:mmcavoy@newcollege.edu DESCRIPTION:Monday\, October 17\, 7:00 pm\nActivism & Social Change Informa tion Session\nRoom 24\, 766 Valencia St.\, San Francisco\n \nCome and get all your questions answered about the Weekend BA and Weekday Evening MA Ac tivism & Social Change Emphasis Degree Programs! \nFor more information\, please contact us through our online inquiry form at www.newcollege.edu/se cure/info/inquiry.cfm?type=asc or our MA online inquiry form at www.newcol lege.edu/secure/info/inquiry.cfm?type=asc_ma\, or call 415 437-3408.\n Ge ographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051017T190000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:New College\, Room 24\, 766 Valencia St.\,\, San Francisco\, Calif ornia\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:Activism & Social Change Information Session UID:20091107T000520EST-DuBvN4UzmV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu/activismchange/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:602-763-9197 Email: DESCRIPTION:Protest Rusty Childress\, active supporter of Prop 200. Owns a n auto dealership welcoming hispanic consumers\, yet actively advocating a gainst them politically. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051008T000000 GEO:33.276500;-112.187000 LOCATION:2223 West Camelback Road\, Phoenix\, Arizona\, 85019\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Protest Rusty Childress UID:20091107T000520EST-ZFCjOaUFlp@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:503-261-3349 Email:andreac@riseup.net DESCRIPTION:A candlight vigil in the forest-Greetings! Local environmentali sts are holding a candlelight\nvigil in the Wenatchee Forest just outside of Leavenworth all week. We are asking that the Boise Cascade Logging comp any back out of its plan to cut down\nthe Fischer Forest. 2 years ago\, Bo ise gave a commitment to environmentalists not to log any old-growth fores ts. Earlier this year\, a fire swept through the\nFischer area\, and Boise saw an opportunity to redefine this area as non old-growth. However\, we' ve seen the huge trees\, and they're marking big\, green healthy ones to c ut along with burnt areas that will have the chance to\nregenerate in just a few years if it's not turned into a clearcut! Plus\, since they bought this area from the U.S. Forest Service (the government agency which manage s forests)\, they have quietly taken their old-growth agreement off their website. We ask students and faculty to join us in order to say 'Boise\, k eep\nyour promise!'\n\n\nContact to find us: Justin\, (503)261-3349\, andr eac@riseup.net\n\nPlease let us know if you will be able to post this. Eve nt name: Forest\ncandlelight vigil\nEvent time: all day and night this wee k\, Oct. 10th- 16th with a big campout\nFriday through Saturday.\n\nThanks !!!!\n Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051016 DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051010 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Wenatchee Forest\, Leavenworth\, Washington\, United States SUMMARY:Forest Candlelight vigil UID:20091107T000520EST-dGUatSw5HT@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:312-427-4460 ext 236 Email:adaku@icah.org DESCRIPTION:Did you know ?!?!?!\n\n*Over half of all new HIV infections occ ur in youth under 25?\n*Just under half of Illinois' new Chlamydia and gon orrhea rates occur in youth under 19?\n*About two thirds of Illinois sex e ducation teachers do not teach students how to properly use condoms and co ntraception?\n*Over half of sex education teachers in Illinois do not teac h about what action a student can take regarding rape and sexual assault?\ n*92% of sex education teachers agree that students in Illinois should hav e accurate information about contraception and disease prevention\, but ma ny do not have the resources they need to do this?\n*The federal governmen t is pouring over $160 million into abstinence-only programs that provide misleading information to youth in our public schools?\n \n\n \n\nHOW CAN YOU MAKE A DIFFERNCE ?!?!??!\n \nYou can make a difference by starting a p roject in your school and/or community to change things for the better. Th e Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health supports youth leaders who want to make social change. We will help you by providing training\, assistance\, guidance\, support.\n\n \n\nYOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACCURATE AND ADEQUATE S EXUALITY EDUCATION AND REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICES.\n\n \n\nYo uth interested in participating have to submit an application and can rece ive service learning credit for their work.\n\n \n\nProjects must:\n\n·Rel ate and work toward ICAH’s mission\n\n·Be youth-led initiatives \n\n--Have a goal to make change that will help others\n\n \n\nTo apply contact us b elow\, \n\n\nsnail mail: 28 E Jackson Suite 710\, Chicago IL 60604\n\nemai l:adaku@icah.org or vivian@icah.org \n\nVivian Barrett at 312-427-4460 ext 228 or Adaku Utah 312-427-4460 ext 236 \n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051030 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, 60604\, United States SUMMARY:You Can Make a Difference !!!!! UID:20091107T000520EST-CHuPVUGudc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.icah.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:All who would like to protest The war or bush are welcome\, we will be at the monument at the splitoff of Main and Ellicott. Geographica l Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051231T230000 GEO:42.980500;-78.231800 LOCATION:Main St. And Ellicott St.\, Batavia\, New York\, 14020\, United St ates SUMMARY:Anti-War/Anti-Bush Protest UID:20091107T000520EST-5JfMotUAWg@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:415-821-6171 Email:sf@socialismandliberation.org DESCRIPTION:Capitalist Crisis and the Need for Socialism\n\nThe Party for S ocialism and Liberation is holding a teach-in with panel and workshop disc ussions on the capitalist crisis and the need for socialism. Topics includ e: \n\n** Natural Disasters and Environmental Destruction: Why Capitalism Is Making It Worse\n** The Cuba-Venezuela alliance: A new challenge to U.S . supremacy in Latin America\n ** The fight against racism and national op pression in the U.S.\n** Iraq\, Palestine\, Haiti - Resistance to colonial occupation\, the anti-war movement and U.S. imperialism's drive for globa l domination\n** The split in the AFL-CIO and the need to organize the uno rganized workers\, documented and undocumented.\n** The right-wing offensi ve against women's and lesbian/gay/bi/trans rights and how it can be fough t.\n** Is socialism possible in the United States?\n\nJoin us for an impor tant day of discussion and register early by calling 415 821 6171. \n\nSun . Oct.23rd 12-5pm \nSF Women's Building\, 3543 18th St. \nDonations accept ed\, No one turned away for lack of funds.\n\nContact PSL at 415 821 6171 or sf@socialismandliberation.org. Visit www.socialismandliberation.org \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051023T000000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:SF Women's Building\,\, 3543 18th St\, SF\, California\, 94110\, U nited States SUMMARY:Capitalist Crisis and the Need for Socialism UID:20091107T000520EST-BSlIcbtUEr@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.socialismandliberation.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:224-623-1974 Email:jennybrowe@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:This is a nationwide protest to drive out the Bush Regime. Show your support! Visit www.worldcantwait.org to find your local protest. The NIU protest starts at noon. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051102T000000 GEO:41.816800;-88.791000 LOCATION:Martin Luther King Commons/ Free Speech Zone\, Northern Illinois U niversity\, DeKalb\, Illinois\, 60115\, United States SUMMARY:Protest to drive out the Bush Regime UID:20091107T000520EST-t8uwRNMfkV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.worldcantwait.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:212-254-1109 Email:freetheatrecollective@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:TA’AYUSH -\n Israeli-Palestinian Partnership for Peace\nA Talk back after the performance of\n\nDesert Sunrise\nWritten and Directed by \ nMisha Shulman\n\nTheater for the New City\n155 First Ave. @10th st.\n(212 ) 254-1109\, $15\nFriday\, 10/21/05 @ 8:00pm\n\nCome and join leading Isra eli and Palestinian activists from one of the most active peace organizati ons in the Middle East\, Taayush – Israeli-Palestinian Partnership for Pea ce\, in a talk after the performance of Taayush member Misha Shulman’s pla y Desert Sunrise. The activists\, including McArthur fellow and Rothschil d Prize winner Prof. David Shulman\, will discuss the organization’s work in Israel/Palestine\, and in the South Hebron Hills in particular. \nDese rt Sunrise portrays an encounter in the South Hebron Hills between an Isra eli soldier\, a Palestinian shepherd and a young tormented Palestinian wom an. \nOver the course of one memorable night the process of mutual unders tanding begins\, halts\, gets rejected\, but is ultimately embraced by the pained characters. Using humor\, music\, poetry and dance the play unfold s toward its tragic yet hopeful ending. \n\n“Shulman delivers his message with eloquence\, intelligence and beauty.”\nRichard Hinijosa\, nytheatre.c om\n read the full review at http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/des250 1.htm\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051021T200000 GEO:40.730200;-73.988600 LOCATION:Theater For The New City\, 155 First Ave\, New York\, New York\, 1 0003\, United States SUMMARY:Israeli and Palestinian Activists speak after performance of Desert Sunrise UID:20091107T000520EST-WdzduK0W6M@69.73.141.125 URL:http://theaterforthenewcity.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Celebrate a night of activism at \nMcGee’s Tavern!\n\nThe AIDS Foundation of Chicago is sponsoring a fundraiser for the Campaign to End A IDS www.campaigntoendaids.org \nIf over 21 year old- You _should_ go.\n\nO CTOBER 21st 2005. \nfrom 8pm-11pm\nbeer\, well\, soda for a flat cost of $ 25.00.\n~WHAT A VALUE\, I TELL YOU~\nLocated at: McGee's\n(773) 549-8200\n 950 W. Webster\nNear DePaul University and the Fullerton Red Line Stop. Al so\, you can get there by taking the Clark Bus (22)\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051021T200000 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:McGee's Tavern\, 950 W. Webster\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60614\, Uni ted States SUMMARY:Campaign to End AIDS Fundraiser at McGee's UID:20091107T000520EST-N2BsAok8nJ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.aidschicago.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:kstemeroff@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:I am hosting a screening called walmart: the high price of the low cost. Big corporations such as walmart need to be more socially respon sible to their workers and the broader community. this movie uncovers the problems and the real costs behind the low price. Geographical Scope: Lo cal DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051118T190000 GEO:42.994800;-81.246300 LOCATION:The University Of Western Ontario\, University College 84\, London \, Ontario\, N6A 5B8\, Canada SUMMARY:Movie Screening UID:20091107T000520EST-8JgmUFoz6V@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:203-645-4907 Email:isonewhaven@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:THE SICK PRIORITIES OF THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM STAND EXPOSED. \n\ nOn September 24\, as 300\,000 antiwar protesters marched in DC\, our dema nds were encapsulated in such slogans as “Make Levees\, not War” and “Coll ege not Combat\, Relief not War!” A new opposition to the Bush Agenda has been sparked at the grassroots and millions of people are asking fundamen tal questions about the direction of this society.\n\nClearly\, we deserve better than an inhumane system that cares only about profits. We deserve better than war\, environmental degradation\, and poverty. We must challen ge the racist system that leaves behind poor Blacks\, and demonizes Arabs and Muslims. A better world – a socialist world – is possible and necessa ry!\n\nCome join us for this discussion on why the system is broken and ho w we can fight for an egalitarian society.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051027T194500 GEO:41.309800;-72.922300 LOCATION:Southern CT State University\, Student Center - Alumni Room\, New Haven\, Connecticut\, 06510\, United States SUMMARY:System Failure: The Socialist Alternative to War\, Poverty\, and Ra cism UID:20091107T000520EST-TA9PdsUAC3@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.socialistworker.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-628-3333 Email:slambert@woodhullfoundation.org DESCRIPTION:The Woodhull Freedom Foundation (WFF) invites you to join us fo r another in our monthly educational series of brown bag lunches. These br own bag lunches focus around sexual freedom and the issues that impact or reflect on that human right. \n\nThese events are free to the public. \n\n \n\nFill My Pills Now! \nWhy Pharmacies Should Dispense Medication\, Not M oral Judgement \nAlarmingly\, an increasing number of pharmacists and phys icians are refusing to dispense birth control or write prescriptions for c ontraception. These health care professionals cite their religious\, moral \, ideological\, and personal objections to the use of contraceptives.\n\n Prescription refusal is a disturbing trend that can jeopardize woman's rep roductive health. Denying women their rights to timely access to health ca re is an act of discrimination that could lead to an increased number of u nintended pregnancies.\n\nOur guest is Jordan Fitzgerald\, a long-time act ivist and advocate\, who is Senior Manager for Training at Planned Parenth ood Federation of American. Jordan will be discussing working with activis ts and national pharmacy chains to ensure that all legal prescriptions are filled on site\, without discrimination or delay.\n\nThe forum will run f rom twelve noon until 1:30pm. The format for these events is informal and we encourage you to bring your 'brown bag lunch' to the discussion.\n\nDAT E: Wednesday\, November 16\, 2005 \nTIME: 12:00pm-1:30pm \nLOCATION: Natio nal Gay & Lesbian Task Force\n1325 Massachusetts Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\n Washington\, DC 20005 \n\nThe Woodhull Freedom Foundation is a 501(c)3 non -profit organization that works to affirm sexual freedom as a fundamental human right by protecting and advancing freedom of speech and sexual expre ssion. \n\n\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051116T120000 GEO:38.904000;-77.031700 LOCATION:1325 Massachusetts Avenue\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, District of C olumbia\, 20005\, United States SUMMARY:Woodhull Freedom Foundation's November Brown Bag Lunch Series UID:20091107T000520EST-iJuPkHa969@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.woodhullfoundation.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-628-3333 Email:slambert@woodhullfoundation.org DESCRIPTION:Fill My Pills Now! \nWhy Pharmacies Should Dispense Medication\ , Not Moral Judgement \nAlarmingly\, an increasing number of pharmacists a nd physicians are refusing to dispense birth control or write prescription s for contraception. These health care professionals cite their religious\ , moral\, ideological\, and personal objections to the use of contraceptiv es.\n\nPrescription refusal is a disturbing trend that can jeopardize woma n's reproductive health. Denying women their rights to timely access to he alth care is an act of discrimination that could lead to an increased numb er of unintended pregnancies.\n\nOur guest is Jordan Fitzgerald\, a long-t ime activist and advocate\, who is Senior Manager for Training at Planned Parenthood Federation of American. Jordan will be discussing working with activists and national pharmacy chains to ensure that all legal prescripti ons are filled on site\, without discrimination or delay.\n\nThe forum wil l run from twelve noon until 1:30pm. The format for these events is inform al and we encourage you to bring your 'brown bag lunch' to the discussion. \n\nDATE: Wednesday\, November 16\, 2005 \nTIME: 12:00pm-1:30pm \nLOCATION : National Gay & Lesbian Task Force\n1325 Massachusetts Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\nWashington\, DC 20005 \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050520Z DTSTART:20051116T120000 GEO:38.904000;-77.031700 LOCATION:1325 Massachusetts Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20005\, United States SUMMARY:November Brown Bag Lunch Series UID:20091107T000520EST-NbZk4vRoHs@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.woodhullfoundation.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:920-382-1988 Email:clint.freund@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:We will be handing over to the manager of the Fox River Mall\, a pile of unused Victoria magazines along with signatures on a petition as king for more recycled paper. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051103T150000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Appleton\, Wisconsin\, 24214\, United States SUMMARY:Victoria's Dirty Secret-Day of Action UID:20091107T000521EST-sindpRzTiz@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uwosh.edu/SEAC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-552-8722 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:Come out and celebrate 'Un-Thanksgiving' on Thursday\, November 17th with the \ndocumentary film showing of 'Geronimo and the Apache Resi stance' and a \npotluck dinner! The event begins at 7:30pm at First Unitar ian Church\, 2125 \nChestnut St. in Philadelphia\, and is sponsored by the Uhuru Solidarity \nMovement. 'Un-Thanksgiving' is a tribute to Native Ame ricans and an honest \nlook at the history of genocide by white people in the United States. A \ndonation of $5 - 15 is requested\, to raise funds f or the Uhuru Movement’s \nprograms for social justice and reparations for the African community. For \nmore information\, contact 215-552-8722 or uh uru99@critpath.org. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051117T193000 GEO:40.003400;-75.186800 LOCATION:First Unitarian Church\, 2125 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, Pen nsylvania\, 19103\, United States SUMMARY:'Un-Thanksgiving' film showing and potluck dinner UID:20091107T000521EST-ZZRlB8f4ZL@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:smashthefurtrade@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:THIS IS A FUR WAR \n\nGassing\, trapping and anal electrocution ….these are the ways that fur bearers are murdered\, before having their s kin cruelly ripped off their bodies\, often while they are still alive & f ully conscious. For what? Money\, Greed\, Pride\, Vanity & Fashion. \n\nFr iday November 25\, 2005\, join Win Animal Rights for one of the most impor tant anti-fur events of the year\, Fur Free Friday. On this day\, we will continue our on-going campaign as we again confront one of the most notori ous fur mongers in New York City\, Dennis Basso. Join us and send a loud a nd clear message to Basso and to all of the other fur scum along NYC's tre ndy and fashionable Madison Avenue. \n\nWhen it comes to fur\, we reserve all of our caring and compassion for the original owners. We waste none of it on the disgusting scum that continue to trade in blood money for skin that doesn't belong to them. We vow to confront every shopper & employee w ho dares to cross our picket line to shop at Basso or any other furrier. L et's send a message. Fur will no longer be tolerated on the streets of New York. \n\nWHEN: Friday\, November 25\, 2005 \n\nWHERE: Dennis Basso\, 765 Madison Ave (at 66 th St.) \n\nPROTEST: Noon until store closes \n\nSPECI AL EVENT: FUR FASHION SHOW 2:00 PM Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051125T120000 GEO:40.768800;-73.960300 LOCATION:Dennis Basso\, 765 Madison Ave (at 66 Th St.)\, New York\, New Yor k\, 10021\, United States SUMMARY:Fur Free Friday 2005 UID:20091107T000521EST-XALOP9wH8w@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.war-online.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:415-927-1645 Email:mmcavoy@newcollege.edu DESCRIPTION:So How’d You Become an Activist? w/Starhawk and Stoney Burke\n\ nA monthly series in which local activists share their experiences\nand in fluences that helped them become effective forces for\nchange —also discus sing “SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW?”\nTHURSDAY\, NOVEMBER 10\, 2005 • 7PM\n\nFEATU RES:\n\nSTARHAWK \nStarhawk is one of the most respected voices in modern earth-based\nspirituality. She is also well-known as a global justice act ivist and\norganizer\, whose work and writings have inspired many to actio n. She\nis the author or coauthor of ten books\, including The Spiral Danc e:\nA Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess\, long consider ed\nthe essential text for the Neo-Pagan movement\, and the now-classic\ne cotopian novel The Fifth Sacred Thing. Starhawk's newest book is\nThe Eart h Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature.\n\n&\n\nStoney Bur ke: Political Comedian\, Free Speech Practitioner Extraordinaire\n\nNEW CO LLEGE OF CALIFORNIA\n777 VALENCIA ST. (bet. 18–19 St.) • SAN FRANCISCO\nDo nation $5 (Students $3\, NCOC FREE) \nFor more information\, call (415) 92 7-1645 or www.newcollege.edu\nBenefit for the New College Activism & Socia l Change Emphasis\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051110T190000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:New College Cultural Center\, 777 Valencia\, San Francisco\, Calif ornia\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:So How’d You Become an Activist? w/Starhawk and Stoney Burke UID:20091107T000521EST-AwfB6jsvFU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:801-486-3161 Email:jeremy@suwa.org DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance\, Wild Night s is a new volunteer program designed for busy people who still want to ge t involved. Held the second Wednesday of every month\, Wild Nights gives p eople an opportunity to hear guest speakers and get background information on issues effecting Public Lands in Utah. We will then have opportunities for participants to become immediately involved\, so when you leave you k now you have done something worthwhile. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051214T183000 GEO:40.755600;-111.884000 LOCATION:425 East 100 South\, Salt Lake City\, Utah\, 84111\, United States SUMMARY:Wild Nights UID:20091107T000521EST-snEDeaukue@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.suwa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:908-295-6496 Email:ruculturejam@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Members of the National Labor Committee will arrive at Rutgers University to discuss the current conditions of sweatshops along with the successes/failures of the activist movement concerning sweatshop labor. T here will be a performance by the Culture Jam Choir prior to the event and a movie about sweatshops in Bangledesh to follow. Geographical Scope: Lo cal DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051115T200000 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:Rutgers University\, Graduate Student Lounge\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:National Labor Committee Speaker UID:20091107T000521EST-hANnTeIx0P@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.geocities.com/culturejam04 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:714-717-6390 Email:wskgirl@aol.com DESCRIPTION:We have some colleges coming to out campus during lunch and we will be handing out anti-recruitment flyers.\n\nWE NEED HELP FROM LOCAL UN R STUDENTS!!!\n\nThere are only two or three of us organizing this whole e vent and we need more motivated people to join our protest!! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051117T113000 GEO:39.154500;-119.731000 LOCATION:Carson High School\, Carson City\, Nevada\, 89701\, United States SUMMARY:'Not Your Soldier' Day Counter-Recruitment Fair and Protest UID:20091107T000521EST-v0lJJa5MTf@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-437-3408 Email:aguilita75@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 19\, 1:00-3:00 pm \nActivism & Social Chang e Information Session \n780 Valencia St.\, San Francisco \n \nCome and get all your questions answered about the Weekend BA and Weekday Evening MA A ctivism & Social Change Emphasis Degree Programs! A student panel will dis cuss their education at New College and their activist work. This is a gre at opportunity to hear from the students themselves and faculty about the Activism and Social Change program. Refreshments will be provided\, and th ere will be a special activist poetry performance by two amazingly talente d New College students\, Manish and Mary. \n \nFor more information\, plea se contact us through our BA program inquiry form or our MA program inquir y form at www.newcollege.edu or call Michael McAvoy at 415-437-3408.\n Ge ographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051119T130000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:780 Valencia\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:Special Activism & Social Change Information Session UID:20091107T000521EST-NB68GHTXuu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:\nPlease join us for an evening of reading\, discussion\, and c elebration with David Zirin.\n\nn What’s My Name\, Fool? Sports and Resist ance in the United States\, sportswriter David Zirin offers a provocative and engaging look at the exhilarating—and yet often dirty—business of spor ts\, and the inspired people who play them. With a scholar’s arsenal\, an athlete’s sensibility\, a sports fan’s verve\, and a street fighter’s acum en\, Zirin engages with the world of sports like no other sportswriter tod ay. One part athletic interview compendium\, one part history and civil r ights primer\, and one part big business exposé What's My Name\, Fool surv eys the “level” playing fields of sports\, reveals hidden inequities and s hows how many uneven features reflect startling trends that define our gre ater society. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051206T180000 GEO:41.310500;-72.926000 LOCATION:Labyrinth Books\, 290 York Street\, New Haven\, Connecticut\, 065 11\, United States SUMMARY:David Zirin Book Reading UID:20091107T000521EST-GC6c2lHFbv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.labyrinthbooks.com/events_detail.aspx?evtid=66&loc= END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:obeyandconsume@google.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of discussion with David Zirin\, author of What’s My Name\, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States. \n\nZir in's book is an engrossing account of the intricate relationship between t he world of sports and social movements.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051207T073000 GEO:41.328700;-72.964200 LOCATION:Southern CT State University\, 501 Crescent St.\, New Haven\, Conn ecticut\, 06515\, United States SUMMARY:David Zirin Public Meeting UID:20091107T000521EST-oSUa0g8UCZ@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:908-295-6496 Email:ruculturejam@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:members of the national labor committee will be arriving to dis cuss the current conditions of sweatshops along with where to go from here in the movement. there will be a debut performance of the culture jam cho ir Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051115T200000 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:Graduate Student Lounge\, College Avenue Campus\, New Bunswick\, N ew Jersey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:National Labor Committee Speakers UID:20091107T000521EST-sHVH7MdKOw@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:908-295-6496 Email:ruculturejam@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:come see the culture jam choir's debut performance as we sing a nti consumerism carols Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051115T200000 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:Graduate Student Lounge\, College Avenue Campus\, New brunswick\, New Jersey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:Culture Jam Choir UID:20091107T000521EST-GOj4Xh307M@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:714-953-0187 Email:natasha@orangecounty.youthrights.org DESCRIPTION:This will be a meeting of the Orange County chapter of the Nati onal Youth Rights Association.\n\nOne of the activities we will be doing i s writing to our legislators to have them lower the voting age. People wi th other youth rights issues are welcome as well. Geographical Scope: Loc al DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051117T170000 GEO:33.705800;-117.816000 LOCATION:3001 El Camino Real\, Tustin\, California\, 92782\, United States SUMMARY:National Youth Rights Association - Orange County Meeting UID:20091107T000521EST-X0T4Muz44m@69.73.141.125 URL:http://orangecounty.youthrights.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:702-610-3832 Email:jmurphy8781@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Meet other young voters in your city and help secure the rights of the youth. Our mission is to empower the youth through voter registrat ion\, education and group activism. Partnered with Rock the Vote\, The New Voters Project and MTV’s Choose or Lose. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051119T110000 GEO:36.089000;-115.148000 LOCATION:4550 S. Maryland Parkway\, Las Vegas\, Nevada\, 89119\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Las Vegas 20 Million Loud November Mid-Month Meetup. UID:20091107T000521EST-LHD5UvaBHK@69.73.141.125 URL:http://20millionloud.meetup.com/12/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:415-437-3408 Email:mmcavoy@newcollege.edu DESCRIPTION:TOM HAYDEN SIGNING AND READING FROM “THE PORT HURON STATEMENT: THE VISIONARY CALL OF THE 1960’S REVOLUTION”\nNew College of California in San Francisco on December 5th\nIn 1962\, Tom Hayden\, 60’s student activi st\, Chicago 8 defendant\, author and California legislator for 18 years a nd 2005 Activist Faculty-in-Residence at New College\, was a young journal ism student at the University of Michigan. With a group of other idealisti c students at a retreat site in Port Huron\, he co-authored this manifesto launching SDS: Students for a Democratic Society that would\, at over 100 \,000 strong\, become the largest student organization in the country\, fu lly engaged in the civil rights and anti-Vietnam war movement as well as the call for greater democratic participation in the governance of this co untry. The statement begins 'We are people of this generation ... now in u niversities\, looking uncomfortably at the world we inherit' and ends “if we appear to seek the unattainable\, then let it be known that we do so to avoid the unimaginable.' Come hear Tom read from this visionary document and speak of its relevance for a new generation.\nHOWARD ZINN\, author of A People’s History of the U.S. SAYS OF THIS NEW EDITION: “The Port Huron Statement is one of those historic documents which represents an era. It e xcited\, educated\, and inspired a whole generation of young people to joi n the struggle against racial injustice\, war\, poverty\, and the loss of true democracy. Tom Hayden’s introductory essay is a brilliant exposition on how those words of 1962 have critical meaning for the world we live in now.”\nTHE PORT HURON STATEMENT with new introduction.\nA signing and read ing by Tom Hayden\n \nMonday\, December 5th @ 7 pm\nNew College of Califor nia\, 777 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\nwww.newcollege.edu\n“a document of ominous mood and aspiration”: Judge Robert Bork\n\n\n Geographical Sc ope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051205T190000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:New College\, 777 Valencia\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:Tom Hayden Reading from 'The Port Huron Statement: the Visionary Ca ll ...' UID:20091107T000521EST-8hk00bVkBl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:team.peace@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice\, th e first high school in the city of Philadelphia dedicated to the vision of peace in the community\, will be holding a student run peace program on D ecember 2nd\, at 5PM. The first annual Hip Hop for Hope will be a synthesi s of poetry\, song\, dance and theatre. It will allow the students of Park way Northwest to express their views on the issue of violence in the commu nity.\n \nParkway Northwest was rededicated as a peace high school this pa st September\, after a year spent reshaping its mission. The school’s curr iculum integrates standard subjects with a core peace curriculum which inc ludes conflict resolution and peer mediation. The focus at Parkway Northwe st is on peaceful interaction among the students and spreading this messag e of peace to the community and throughout the world. \n\n Parkway Northwe st holds monthly seminars as a part of these efforts\, in which outside sp eakers come to the school and discuss peace. The Hip Hop for Hope program is not one of these seminars. Instead\, it provides the student viewpoint on violence in the world and the peaceful solutions to this violence. Hip Hop for Hope is a student created program. Students will perform original work created for the event\, as well as famous works that embody the Parkw ay Northwest message of peace.\n\nParkway Northwest has a student body of approximately 300 students and is located at 7500 Germantown Avenue on the campus of New Covenant Church in Mt. Airy. The program will be held in th e gymnasium on campus. Refreshments will be served at the conclusion of th e event.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051202T170000 GEO:40.068100;-75.123000 LOCATION:7500 Germantown Ave\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19119\, United States SUMMARY:Hip Hop for Hope UID:20091107T000521EST-HC5zpZg7BK@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-437-3408 Email:hvosters@newcollege.edu DESCRIPTION:Monday\, December 12\, 7pm\nActivism & Social Change Undergradu ate & Graduate Program(BA & MA) Open House and Information Session\n766 Va lencia Street\, San Francisco\nCome and get all your questions answered ab out the Weekend BA and Weekday Evening MA Activism & Social Change Emphasi s Degree Programs! For more information\, please contact us through our BA program inquiry form or our MA program inquiry form or call Helene Voster s or Kai Lundgren-Williams at 415-437-3408.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051212T190000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:766 Valencia\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:Activism & Social Change Program Open House UID:20091107T000521EST-zv1OHjjgu9@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:312-427-4460 ext 224 Email:susannah@icah.org DESCRIPTION:Join us downtown for a rally on Friday\, December 2\, 2005 at 4 pm\, as we call on the Chicago Public Schools to stick to their policy and provide better sex education to students throughout the city of Chicago!\ n\nCurrently\, many Chicago Public Schools teach no sex education or teach abstinence-only programs\, which give misinformation about sex and its co nsequences\, and do not provide information about contraception.\n\nStuden ts\, teachers\, parents\, health care workers\, and advocates will take to the streets and ask the Chicago Public Schools to provide responsible sex education.\n\nJoin the fun! Make social change!\n\nMeet between 3:30 and 4 pm at the Federal Plaza (Adams & Dearborn) -snow or shine! Travel lightl y\, dress warm\, and please do not bring any object that could be consider ed a weapon.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051202T160000 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:Federal Plaza\, Between Adams And Dearborn\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60604\, United States SUMMARY:UNITE! Rally for better sex education UID:20091107T000521EST-uX4JrT4dVi@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-437-3408 Email:mmcavoy@newcollege.edu DESCRIPTION:Film: My Feminism\nMonday\, December 5\, 7:00 pm\nNew College C ultural Center\, 766 Valencia St.\, San Francisco\n\nIn My Feminism\, inte rviews with feminist leaders including bell hooks\, Gloria Steinem\, and U rvsahi Vaid are intercut with documentary sequences to engagingly explore the past and present status of the women’s movement. (1997\, 55 minutes)\n Sponsored by New College of California’s Activism and Social Change Progra m.\n\nFor more information\, please contact Michael McAvoy at mmcavoy@newc ollege.edu or phone: 415-437-3408.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051205T190000 GEO:37.847100;-122.222000 LOCATION:New College Cultural Center\, 766 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, Ca lifornia\, 94611\, United States SUMMARY:Film: My Feminism UID:20091107T000521EST-cLlv7w8jWw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-552-8722 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:View the newly translated & subtitled edition of the 1965 film 'The Battle of Algiers.' This legendary film on the Algerian resistance to French colonialism was shot on the streets of Algiers in documentary styl e by Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo. The film is as compelling now as e ver. \n\nFor more information\, contact the Uhuru Solidarity Movement at 2 15-552-8722 or uhuru99@critpath.org. \nSuggested $5 donation.\n\n- Support the resistance by the African and Arab communities today in France\, prot esting brutal colonial conditions!\n- Join the Uhuru Solidarity Movement a nd campaign to stop the U.S. war against the African community!\n******** Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051215T063000 GEO:39.962600;-75.162900 LOCATION:Robin's Bookstore\, 108 S. 13th St.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\ , 19107\, United States SUMMARY:Film & Discussion: 'The Battle of Algiers' - Resistance to French C olonialism UID:20091107T000521EST-UDolRP6BIL@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-437-3408 Email:hvosters@newcollege.edu DESCRIPTION:Monday\, December 12\, 7pm\nActivism & Social Change Undergradu ate & Graduate Program(BA & MA) Open House and Information Session\n766 Va lencia Street\, San Francisco\nCome and get all your questions answered ab out the Weekend BA and Weekday Evening MA Activism & Social Change Emphasi s Degree Programs! For more information\, please contact us through our BA program inquiry form or our MA program inquiry form at www.newcollege.edu or call Helene Vosters or Kai Lundgren-Williams at 415-437-3408.\n Geogr aphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051212T190000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:New College\, 766 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\, California\, 9 4110\, United States SUMMARY:Activism & Social Change Undergraduate & Graduate Program(BA & MA) Open House an UID:20091107T000521EST-RUo6g6ZzeE@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:215-552-8722 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:America is built on stolen labor and African wealth. Now Africa n people demand reparations and call for white solidarity. Keynote speaker Omali Yeshitela. Also with Picard Losier\, host of Radio Haiti\, Penny He ss\, Chairwoman of the African People’s Solidarity Committee\, and showing selection of the new DVD: “Touch One\, Touch All: Build the West African Front of the African Revolution.” \n\nSponsored by the African People’s So lidarity Committee and the Uhuru Solidarity Movement\, building a movement of white solidarity with justice\, reparations and liberation for the Afr ican community.\n\nCost: $5-$25 donation requested\, no one will be turned away for lack of funds Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060219T140000 GEO:40.003400;-75.186800 LOCATION:First Unitarian Church\, 2125 Chestnut St.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsy lvania\, 19103\, United States SUMMARY:African History Month Teach-in UID:20091107T000521EST-UOI99jmCa0@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.burningspearuhuru.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone: Email:aflazaro@eden.rutgers.edu DESCRIPTION:This teach-in/workshop will feature Darfur movie media presenta tions provided by Amnesty International\, Oxfam International\, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\, and more. It will also conclude with actions for the Million Voices for Darfur campaign. Geographical Scope: L ocal DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060219T200000 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:Rutgers Student Center Room 402\, 129 College Avenue\, New Brunswi ck\, New Jersey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:Darfur Teach-In UID:20091107T000521EST-XKPUv4Bwj5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ruamnesty.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-437-3408 Email:mmcavoy@newcollege.edu DESCRIPTION:Films: CorpOrNation and Global Village or Global Pillage?\nMond ay\, December 12\, 7:00 pm\nNew College Cultural Center\, 766 Valencia St. \, San Francisco\n$3 - $5 Admission (New College students\, faculty\, staf f free)\n\nCorpOrNation exposes the historic corporate rise to power in Oh io\, the barriers citizens have fought to create a true democracy for them selves\, and detailed assessments of government influence by corporations through 'corporate globalization.' Spanning Ohio’s history from 1803 throu gh present-day struggles between citizens and corporations\, CorpOrNation suggests strategies for citizens to overcome current threats to citizen-le d democracy and the corporate takeover of society. (40 min)\nGlobal Villag e or Global Pillage? is a new video documentary exploring what the global economy means for ordinary people -- and what they are doing about it. (28 min)\n\nSponsored by New College of California’s Activism and Social Chan ge Program.\nFor more information\, please contact Michael McAvoy at mmcav oy@newcollege.edu or phone: 415-437-3408.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20051212T190000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:New College Cultural Center\, 766 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, Ca lifornia\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:Films: CorpOrNation and Global Village or Global Pillage? UID:20091107T000521EST-VF08XfvCXa@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:503-810-7832 Email:fmla@oregonstate.edu DESCRIPTION:This is a rock for choice concert that is benefitting a student run organization on the Oregon State University Campus. There will be 4 l ocal bands playing\, as well as a raffle. all of the products have been do nated by local and nationwide organizations\, such as items from Bitch & M s. Magazines\, t-shirts from local bars & coffee shops and more... All of the money goes right to local activism in the Corvallis & OSU Community. T he show is $5 and ALL AGES are welcome. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060120T193000 GEO:44.639900;-123.276000 LOCATION:Oddfellows Hall\, 223 SW 2nd Street\, Corvallis\, Oregon\, 97330\, United States SUMMARY:Rock 4 Choice Concert UID:20091107T000521EST-06b7OlXoiN@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.oregonstate.edu/groups/fmla END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-628-3333 Email:slambert@woodhullfoundation.org DESCRIPTION:Hidden Slavery in the United States \nMany people believe that slavery ended in the United States with the US Civil War\; in fact\, more than 10\,000 people are currently enslaved within our borders.\n\nFind out about the problem of modern day slavery taking place in our own back yard s and learn how to combat this growing problem.\n\nOur guest is Jacob Patt on\, Director of Outreach and Technology for Free the Slaves. While at Fre e the Slaves\, Mr. Patton has overseen the expansion of an individual outr each campaign as well as two redesigns of the organization's website.\n\nF ree the Slaves is dedicated to eliminating slavery around the world. It ha s been instrumental in crafting the groundbreaking Cocoa Protocol\, which commits governments\, non-governmental groups\, and industry partners to d ivest slavery from the world's cocoa supply. With support of the US Depart ment of States' Trafficking in Persons Office\, Free the Slaves has develo ped partnerships with organizations in northern India\, which combat slave ry at a sustainable\, grassroots level. The organization's research has be en fundamental in establishing statistics regarding the number of victims of slavery in the United States and in the world at large.\n\nThe forum wi ll run from twelve noon until 1:30pm. The format for these events is infor mal and we encourage you to bring your 'brown bag lunch' to the discussion .\n\nDATE: Wednesday\, January 18\, 2006 \nTIME: 12:00pm-1:30pm \nLOCATION : National Gay & Lesbian Task Force\n1325 Massachusetts Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\nWashington\, DC 20005 Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060118T120000 GEO:38.904000;-77.031700 LOCATION:1325 Massachusetts Avenue\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, District of C olumbia\, 20005\, United States SUMMARY:Woodhull Freedom Foundation's January Brown Bag Lunch Series UID:20091107T000521EST-9nAEvA6URC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.woodhullfoundation.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:203-432-1234 Email: DESCRIPTION:Nigel doesn’t handle stress very well. So while the rest of Br itain races around in a post-9/11 panic\, he takes refuge in his flat with his video games\, his disability checks\, and his reefer – always under t he suspicious eye of his nosy neighbor\, Mrs. Mac. When a deranged cop dec ides to enlist him in a covert counter-terrorism operation\, Nigel’s life is thrown into high gear with uproarious results. A hit at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and lauded throughout Europe\, The People Next Door is Hen ry Adam’s gutsy black comedy about the unlikely family bonds that can be c reated in the darkest times and most unexpected places – the back alleys o f the war on terror. (Adult Content) Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060204 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060113T200000 GEO:41.310500;-72.926000 LOCATION:Yale Repertory Theatre\, 1120 Chapel Street\, New Haven\, Connecti cut\, 06511\, United States SUMMARY:The People Next Door by Henry Adam UID:20091107T000521EST-OhplRetujt@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.yalerep.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-682-1611 Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:Lawrence Korb\, Center for American Progress senior fellow and former Assistant Secretary of Defense\, will engage in a discussion with A mherst College students on topics such as the Iraq War\, the Israeli-Pales tinian and Israeli-Hezbollah Conflicts\, the Darfur Genocide\, and the sig nificance of these issues on the student vote in the midterm elections. \ n\nCo-Sponsored by Campus Progress\, the Department of Political Science\, Amherst College Democrats\, and Amherst College Republicans. Refreshments will be served. \n\nFor more information\, email speakers@americanprogre ss.org.\n\nCampus Map:http://www.amherst.edu/about_amh/visit/map/ Geograp hical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060926T200000 GEO:42.377700;-72.503200 LOCATION:Pruyne Lecture Hall\, Fayerweather 115\, Amherst College\, Amherst \, Massachusetts\, 01002\, United States SUMMARY:Strategic Redeployment: A Progressive Plan for Iraq UID:20091107T000521EST-bEul5vITwJ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:352-221-2738 Email:aimfl@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Florida AIM will renew its twenty year commitment to justice\, and we will open the year with a meeting SATURDAY JANUARY 7th at the Gain esville Civic Media Center to discuss the holding of Indigenous peoples re mains hostage at the University of Florida and the racist cartoon printed by the Alligator making a joke of hate crimes against the Indigenous peopl es.\n \nOn JANUARY 14th we ask people to join us as we begin our campaign to force the Alligator to cease its history of racist actions against Indi genous peoples. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060107T133000 GEO:29.761400;-82.398300 LOCATION:Civic Media Center\, 1105 West Univeristy Avenue\, Gainesville\, F lorida\, 32609\, United States SUMMARY:Presentation of Film Who Owns Past and Discussion UID:20091107T000521EST-x4NDgckxve@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.aimovement.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:800-707-0711 Email:santos@nycanimalrights.com DESCRIPTION: Our belief is that most people are good by nature and if ma de aware of all the suffering animals endure when raised and killed for l uxury goods-that many will be moved to make more compassionate consumer ch oices. Our NYC events expose the horrific realities of the fur trade to consumers in a non-threatening\, visual format\, that promotes intelligent dialog with those of a different view. We believe that through the mast ery of temperaments and eloquence of words that the message of compassion is heard the clearest .\n\nEvery year\, 40 million animals are killed for their fur. 75 % of animals killed for fur are raised in intensive confinem ent in tiny wire cages on factory-style fur farms where they are susceptib le to disease and heatstroke. Cannibalism and self-mutilation are common\, as the animals are driven insane by the frustration of fundamental instin cts and desires in confinement. The other 25% are captured in painful trap s in the wild\, which break bones\, rip flesh and tendons\, crush internal organs\, but often do not actually kill the animals\, leaving them in ter ror and agony for days until the trappers come along and kills them\, ofte n by stomping on their lungs.\n\nKilling methods are even more cruel on fu r farms\, including genital and anal electrocution\, crude neck-breaking\, lung stomping\, strangulation\, forced suffocation\, crushing of internal organs\, painful lethal injections\, hypothermia\, drowning\, and countle ss other cruel methods. No federal\, state\, or local laws regulate the tr eatment or methods of killing animals raised for fur.\n\n\nNYC Animal Righ ts is an active grassroots organization working to inform the public about animal exploitation and abuse. Through community outreach\, networking\, legislation\, public education and vocal demonstrations\, we speak for tho se who cannot speak for themselves. We are a registered non-profit charita ble organization in the state of New York.\n\nOn this site you will find a listing of NYC Animal Rights events\, Poetry\, Music\, Essays\, Photos an d other Animal Rights stuff. Visit us often for daily update.\n\nPlease do n't wear Fur. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060101T230000 GEO:40.851300;-73.934800 LOCATION:511 Lexington Avenue\, Btwn 47th And 48th\, New York\, New York\, 10033\, United States SUMMARY:Mary J. Bliges Anti-Fur Protes UID:20091107T000521EST-hiJ0PWNual@69.73.141.125 URL:http://nycanimalrights.com/Mary%20J.%20Blige.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:jtucker@starband.net DESCRIPTION:Florida AIM to demonstrate against racist University of Florida newspaper.\nGAINESVILLE\, FL The American Indian Movement of Florida ('Fl orida AIM') will hold a demonstration in front of the Independent Florida Alligator (1105 W University Ave Gainesville) on Saturday January 14\, 200 6 at 1:30 p.m.\n \nThe Alligator editorialized on Thanksgiving weekend wit h an editorial cartoon that made light of killing American Indians. Florid a AIM preferring the dialogue of cooperation to the rhetoric of confrontat ion sent a letter to the editorial board of the Alligator explaining that while Indian people make up 1/125th of the US population-Indians constitut e 30% of the victims of violent hate crime in America. Florida AIM further explained that families of Indian people murdered in hate crimes such as Candice Rough Surface\, Wilson 'Wally' Black Elk Jr.\, Ronald Hard Heart\, Carol Garbow\, Gabby Daniels\, Allen Two Crows\, Justin Redday\, and Robe rt Many Horses (to name a very few) remain in mourning and have yet to fin d any justice. Florida AIM simply asked the Alligator to provide basic hum an respect and dignity to Indigenous peoples by apologizing to the familie s\, and perhaps help to erase the ignorance many have about these issues.\ n \nThe silence from the Alligator has been deafening. Native organization s including the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee\, several Indian social workers and individuals from across the globe have since expressed their r ighteous indignation at the Alligator?s cartoon and silence upon our reaso nable request. This shows us that the Alligator willfully and maliciously intended to offend and call for further hate crimes against indigenous peo ples.\n \nFlorida AIM believes enough is enough! Racist\, anti-Indian mout hpieces such as the Alligator who openly support the murder of Indigenous peoples and the continued suffering of Indigenous peoples families must be challenged\, confronted\, exposed and extinguished. Florida AIM respects the pain of the families of Indigenous peoples who have been murdered in b rutal hate crimes\, often with the families finding no solace or closure i n the American justice system. Florida AIM is vehemently outraged that the Alligator supports the hate crimes and these peoples suffering.\n \nFlori da AIM continues to demand a basic apology and efforts by the Alligator to educate and inform the public-the mission of a newspaper. If this paper c ontinues to refuse to provide basic human respect and dignity towards Nati ve peoples\, Florida AIM will continue to work to destroy the Alligator as a racist anti-Indian newspaper that promotes and encourages hate crimes. This can and will not be tolerated by any Indigenous rights organization l et alone the American Indian Movement of Florida.\n Geographical Scope: L ocal DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060114T133000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:1105 W University Ave\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States SUMMARY:Demonstration in Front of Independent Florida Alligator UID:20091107T000521EST-RbWD7VBwrk@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.aimovement.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:212-757-2670 x 330 Email:events@youthchannel.org DESCRIPTION:Bringing Back Venezuela\nAn Exhibition at the Brecht Forum\n \nOpening Night: \nFeb. 8\, 2006 \n\nJoin us for a special month long exhi bition in February 2006 @ the Bercht Forum.   \n\nThe exhibition is an opp ortunity to experience the Festival through the youth that made it possibl e.  Photos\, banners and literature have been gathered from various intern ational youth delegations\, including the United States.  The exhibition i s also combined with panel discussions covering Global Youth Activism\, Co mmunity Media as well as special screenings of Bringing Back Venezuela and Venezuela Rising.   \n\nOn August 7-15\, 2005 MNN Youth Channel participa ted in the 16th World Festival of Youth and Students in Caracas\, Venezuel a.  Over 15\,000 young people from 144 countries came together under the b anner of “for peace and solidarity\, we struggle against imperialism and w ar.”  Youth Channel attended documented and presented at the festival. As part of the MNN Youth Channel mission\, the 16th World Festival of Youth a nd Students enabled YC to connect youth struggles from around the world to the global Youth Channel audience.\n\n\nOpening Night\nWednesday\, Februa ry 8\, 2006 @ 6:30PM\nRSVP- Feb. 6\, 2006\nOpening Night of Bringing Back Venezuela includes a screening of the youth produced film from the Festiva l Bringing Back Venezuela.\nRefreshments and snacks will be served. \n-The Brining Back Venezuela DVD will also be available opening night (the DVD includes Festival photos from around the world\, Director’s Commentary an d a Spanish Version). \n\n\nOur World: Youth and Global Activism\nThursday \, February 16\, 2006 @ 4PM\nYouth representatives from organization dedic ated to improving our world. This will be an opportunity to learn\, and di scuss how these groups are working to make a difference\, and why it is im portant for youth to not only get involved\, but also to be supported.\nPa nelists include: Docia Buffington\, Young Communist League\, Christen Peng \, Global Action Project\, and Others TBA Cynthia Carrion works with Manha ttan Neighborhood Network's Youth Channel.\n\nVenezuela Rising\nMonday\, F ebruary 20\, 2006 @ 7:30PM \nScreening and Discussion with Filmmaker Jenni fer Wager\nAs seen through the eyes of grandmother and community organizer Gladys Bolivar\, the documentary follows her and her compatriots over fiv e days as it is decided by popular referendum whether Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will continue in office or step down. The entire nation has b een mobilized – will it be SI – yes he will be recalled\, or NO – he will remain in office. Most in Venezuela feel that no less than the entire futu re of their country is at stake. Issues of democracy and politics are addr essed -- what constitutes a free and fair election -- and is that enough t o ensure citizen participation? How are elections the ultimate measure of a successful democracy? Venezuela Rising gets behind the headlines and int o the neighborhoods of Caracas to find out just how participatory democrac y works.\n\nThe Brecht Forum\n451 West Street\, NY\, NY\nGetting there: A\ , C\, E or L to 14th Street & 8th Ave\, walk down 8th Ave. to Bethune\, tu rn right\, walk west to the River\, turn left\n\nFor more information plea se contact\nCynthia Carrion  \n(212) 757-2670 x 330 : cynthia@youthchannel .org \n\nor visit:\n\nThe Brecht Forum \nwww.brechtforum.org\n\n\nMNN Yout h Channel\nwww.youthchannel.org\n Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060301 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060208T183000 GEO:40.738100;-74.005100 LOCATION:The Brecht Forum\, 451 West Street\, New York\, New York\, 10014\, United States SUMMARY:Bringing Back Venezuela: An Exhibition at the Brecht Forum UID:20091107T000521EST-erkNt5LVeT@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.youthchannel.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:800-707-0711 Email:santos@nycanimalrights.com DESCRIPTION:\nPlease join NYC Animal Rights for an anti fur demo to protest GEN ART's Runway Show. GEN ART introduces new designers (many who use fur ) to the fashion industry.\n\nI've made some new signs and we now have a n ew 17' Flat screen TV that sits on a tripod 6' high with very graphic fo otage to remind guests of the origins of fur.\n\nMore info at:\nhttp://nyc animalrights.com/GEN%20ART%20Fall%202006%20Runway%20Show%20NYC.htm\n\nGEN ART Anti-Fur DEMO\nFebruary 3rd 6:30 PM\nRoosevelt Hotel\n45th St. Between Madison and Park\n\nRSVP santos@nycAnimalRights.com or call 800-707-0711\ n\nThank you for your support and being a voice for those that are killed in the name of fashion.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060203T183000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:45th Btwn Madison & Park\, New York City\, New York\, 99999\, Unit ed States SUMMARY:Gen Art Anti Fur Demo Feb 3rd 6:30PM UID:20091107T000521EST-eWLnVueRfs@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nycAnimalRights.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:617-723-5000 Email:info@projectbread.org DESCRIPTION:Project Bread’s 38th Walk for Hunger is Sunday\, May 7. Walker s will enjoy a 20-mile route weaving through Boston\, Brookline\, Newton\, and Cambridge\, and will be provided with entertainment and free snacks a long the way. This year\, an expected 40\,000 participants will raise $3 million in pledges to help fund 400 food pantries\, soup kitchens\, food b anks\, and food salvage programs across Massachusetts. Registration is fr om 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. on Boston Common. For more information\, call \n617- 723-5000 or visit www.projectbread.org\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060507T070000 GEO:42.364200;-71.025700 LOCATION:Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02128\, United States SUMMARY:Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger UID:20091107T000521EST-ozd4X0MH7j@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.projectbread.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:503-810-7832 Email:graymol@onid.orst.edu DESCRIPTION:Each day there will be at least one event addressing issues rel ating to body image and eating disorders. There will be a wide array of ac tivities and events Monday through Friday. Contact me for more information ! Every event is free!! Everyone is welcome.\n\nContact:\nMolly Gray\nNati onal Eating Disorders Awareness Week Coordinator\n\ngraymol@onid.orst.edu\ nwomenscenter@oregonstate.edu Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060303 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060227 GEO:44.639900;-123.276000 LOCATION:Oregon State University\, Corvallis\, Oregon\, 97330\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Eating Disorders Awareness Week UID:20091107T000521EST-Dn4lHFifST@69.73.141.125 URL:http://oregonstate.edu/womenscenter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:julirincon@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:March in the streets of downtown to increase awareness about th e DREAM Act. Many students are unable to pursue their DREAM because of the or legal status. It is time to change this\, the DREAM Act would do this. Come and walk for a DREAM! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060325T110000 GEO:29.813100;-95.309800 LOCATION:Houston\, Texas\, 77001\, United States SUMMARY:MARCH 'WALK FOR A DREAM' UID:20091107T000521EST-5vvVV85HHC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uhjifm.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:787 502 0567 Email:sofi.rofi@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Check the flyer for more info.\n\nSerá una actividad pacífica e n contra de la cadena de restaurantes KFC. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060211T140000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ave. Ana G. Mendez\, Al Lado De La UMET\, Frente A Los Almacenes S ears\, Rio Piedras (Cupey)\, PR\, 00926\, United States SUMMARY:KFC Protest @ Puerto Rico UID:20091107T000521EST-zOe9U4VAA6@69.73.141.125 URL:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v34/sofimorales/Untitled-3copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:215-222-2432 Email:books@iww.org DESCRIPTION:Herbert Kohl will discuss his book 'She Would Not Be Moved\,' a reflection on how the Rosa Parks story is told to children. Kohl discusse s how to teach children about a movement filled with hope\, and critiques the popular idea that Rosa Parks was simply a tired woman in the right pla ce at the right time. Herbert Kohl is the author of more than 30 books on progressive education. Sponsored by Bindlestiff Books\, The Philadelphia Public School Notebook\, and Penn/GSE's Center on Collaborative Research on Teaching and Teacher Education Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060222T193000 GEO:39.960900;-75.196700 LOCATION:U Penn Houston Hall\, 3417 Spruce St. Ben Franklin Rm\, Philadelph ia\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Herbert Kohl: Teaching Civil Rights UID:20091107T000521EST-SwCVE0NSA2@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:WITNESS is seeking two enthusiastic volunteers to table at the Ladysmith\nBlack Mambazo concert at the Reif Center on Tuesday March 7th. (Grand\nRapids Area)\n\nWITNESS (www.witness.org) is an international huma n rights organization\nthat provides training and support to local groups to use video in their\nhuman rights advocacy campaigns\n\nVolunteers will pass out information\, encourage people to sign up to email\nlist while pr omoting awareness about human rights. You will not be selling\nanything\, nor asking for donations.\n\nNo prior experience necessary. All materials will be provided.\n\nSet up at 6:30. Volunteers should plan to stay for th e duration of the\nshow (until approx. 11:00)\n\nVolunteers will have the opportunity to see a part of the performance.\n\nPlease contact Communicat ions & Outreach Coordinator Matisse Bustos\nmatisse@witness.org for more d etails and to sign up. Volunteers will be\nselected on a first come\, firs t served basis.\n\nFor more information about WITNESS visit www.witness.o rg.\n\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060307T183000 GEO:47.087800;-93.921400 LOCATION:Reif Center\, Grand Rapids\, Minnesota\, 55730\, United States SUMMARY:WITNESS Tabling Opportunity UID:20091107T000521EST-AHLU6rUMNp@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.witness.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:A battle of the bands aimed at raising money for Darfur Geogra phical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060309T200000 GEO:43.712400;-79.418500 LOCATION:Thorny Devil\, Talbot And Queen\, London\, Ontario\, M5N 2S6\, Can ada SUMMARY:STAND: Battle of the Bands - for Darfur UID:20091107T000521EST-VMbH9T9sTk@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:aflazaro@eden.rutgers.edu DESCRIPTION:American Jewish World Service (AJWS) Executive Director Ruth Me ssinger will make a presentation entitled 'If I am Only For Myself: Caring Beyond our Borders.' The presentation provides a first-hand account of t he ongoing genocidal campaign in Darfur\, Sudan that has claimed over 400\ ,000 lives since February 2003. Ms. Messinger will describe her experience s visiting Darfurian refugee camps in August 2004 and October 2005\, and w hat must be done to stop these atrocities.\n \nShe will also highlight the work of the AJWS and its 270 projects in over 35 countries throughout the Americas\, Africa\, Asia\, the Middle East\, Russia\, and Ukraine.\n \nTh is event is sponsored by Rutgers University's Hillel and co-sponsored by t he Rutgers University Chapter of Amnesty International USA (RUAIUSA).\n \n This event is free and open to the public.\n \nFor more information\, plea se visit http://www.ruamnesty.org or contact Alison Lazaro\, Director of A ctivist Resources and Research of the Rutgers University Chapter of Amnest y International USA\, at aflazaro@eden.rutgers.edu. Geographical Scope: L ocal DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060301T193000 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:Rutgers University Graduate Student Lounge\, 129 College Avenue\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:Ruth Messinger presents 'If I am Only For Myself: Caring Beyond our Borders' UID:20091107T000521EST-awfMvbP80b@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ruamnesty.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:619-933-3814 Email: DESCRIPTION:An open meeting for ALL student aged activists in the NYC area. We will be planning actions and protest for March 19th. Come to help mol d and shape the new SDS to be forming here in the city and all around the states. Student Power! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060226T150000 GEO:40.740900;-73.999800 LOCATION:New Valentino Market\, 74 5th Ave-upstairs\, NY\, New York\, 10011 \, United States SUMMARY:SDS NYC meeting UID:20091107T000521EST-PDS2UVj7rF@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-282-7197 Email:hyoung@newcollege.edu DESCRIPTION:New College of California \nBlack History Month Celebration \n\ nPresents \n\nRecognition\, Reason\, and Rhythm \nIn honor of our collecti ve ancestry this Black History Month let’s celebrate! \n\nAfrican Diaspora n Film Festival and Group Discussion \n\nWith the intention of giving trib ute to those acknowledging African descent who have contributed so greatly to the just\, sacred\, sustainable world characterizing our educational m ission… \n\nFriday\, February 24\, 2006 \nFilm Festival 12- 5 pm \nJazz Tr ibute 5:30 – 7:30 pm \n\nNCOC Cultural Center 766 Valencia \nOpen to the P ublic \n\nALSO: Delicious African-American Cuisine! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060224T120000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:New College\, 766 Valencia\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:New College of California Black History Month Celebration UID:20091107T000521EST-5gwvLp2jb5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:614-769-1247 Email:workingfamilieswin@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:A public townhall to kickoff Working Families Win campaign in C hillicothe and Ross Counties\, OH. This campaign will organize and educat e working families on issues that face Ohio's working people - minimum wag e\, job outsourcing\, health care\, etc. We will build a coalition that w ill keep our issues on the agendas of media and elected officials who are running for state and local offices in 2006. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060306T070000 GEO:39.337400;-82.991300 LOCATION:Ohio Univ. - Chillicothe\, 101 University Dr.\, Shoemaker Cntr Rm 215\, Chillicothe\, Ohio\, 45601\, United States SUMMARY:Community Forum re Min. Wage and workers issues UID:20091107T000521EST-UnE5NrXIXf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://WorkingFamiliesWin.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:heather@hoosiersforpeace.org DESCRIPTION:Event Type:Peace Rally\nDate: March 18\, 2006\nTime: 1 p.m.\nPl ace: Monument Circle\, Downtown Indianapolis\, Indiana\nEvent Cost: Free w ith an opportunity to make a donation\nWebsite: www.hoosiersforpeace.org\n Brief Descripton: Hoosiers for Peace Rally will mark the third year of an unjust war. Hoosiers will have an opportunity to contact their representat ives\, listen to distinguished speakers\, hear inspirational music\, and n etwork with others who are against the war and interested in promoting pea ce. The rally will be family friendly and the focus will be on how familie s are affected by war i.e. loosing their loved ones\, and a plea to repres entatives to reset budget priorities with the needs of the family in mind. The theme is Honor the Dead\, Heal the Wounded\, End the War.\n\nSponsors :\nProgressive Indiana\nIndianapolis Peace and Justice Center\nBloomington Peace Action Coalition\nVeterans for Peace\n \nContact Info:\nHeather All en-Garde\nheather@hoosiersforpeace.org\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060318T130000 GEO:39.775100;-86.132200 LOCATION:Monument Circle\, Indianapolis\, Indiana\, 46201\, United States SUMMARY:Hoosiers For Peace Rally UID:20091107T000521EST-rUN5CJU64l@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:717-471-0535 Email:mrberns911@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:The MU Jesters and MU NAACP present a free screening of the fil m 'Mumia: A Case for Reasonable Doubt' in the Student Memorial Center Mult i-purpose room of Millersville University\, followed by guest speaker Pam Africa from the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Ja mal. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060329T200000 GEO:40.031900;-76.236800 LOCATION:1 S George St\, Millersville\, Pennsylvania\, 17551\, United State s SUMMARY:Free Screening of 'Mumia: A Case for Reasonable Doubt' w/ Pam Afric a UID:20091107T000521EST-SsPNmHMug3@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.lancastervoice.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:conceptual artist damali ayo will be giving a presentation to k ick off women's history month. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060302T190000 GEO:33.757800;-84.433600 LOCATION:Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30314\, United States SUMMARY:Author and artist damali ayo speaks at spelman college UID:20091107T000521EST-n4UoPp55Sx@69.73.141.125 URL:http://damaliayo.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-628-3333 Email:slambert@woodhullfoundation.org DESCRIPTION:Talking About Sex in Communities of Color \n'Doing the nasty' j ust isn't polite conversation\, but for LGBT activists of color\, laughing about what really happened on Saturday night with your 'homegirls' is nor mal\, and being able to engage others in honest discussions about sexualit y should be just as normal.\n\nJoin us as we address ways to accomplish th is by charting some of the effective ways African American\, Asian\, Hispa nic and white LGBT activists have held positive conversations on sexuality in communities of color.\n\nOur guests will include: H. Alexander Robinso n\, Chief Executive Officer of the National Black Justice Coalition\; Lisb eth Meléndez Rivera\, Mobilization Coordinator of Freedom to Marry\; and N ick Sakurai\, Program Coordinator for the Gay\, Lesbian\, Bisexual\, Trans gender and Ally Resource Center At American University.\n Geographical Sc ope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060315T120000 GEO:38.904000;-77.031700 LOCATION:1325 Massachusetts Avenue\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, District of C olumbia\, 20005\, United States SUMMARY:Woodhull Freedom Foundation's March Brown Bag Lunch Series UID:20091107T000521EST-Gc4Gv0hBFG@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.woodhullfoundation.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:213-922-939 Email:admin@dallaspeacecenter.org DESCRIPTION:Please circulate widely!\nEND THE IRAQ WAR NOW !\nBRING THE TRO OPS HOME!\n\nOn the 3rd Anniversary of the War and Occupation of Iraq\,\nj oin us for a rally and march to end the war!\n\n2:00 pm - March 19\, 2006\ nSt. Paul United Methodist Church\n1816 Routh St Dallas (Downtown)\nLocate d a few blocks west of the intersection of Ross and Routh Streets and one block east of Woodall Rogers Freeway and Routh Street. \n\n \nThe rally wi ll begin at 2:00pm - ending in a march to the Federal Building \n \nE veryone is welcome to support Rev. L. Charles Stovall and the call for pe ace at St. Paul UM Church\nMorning services begin at 10:45 am.\n \nWalt Ha rrison\, 214-578-7289 baldeagle152@hotmail.com\n \n\nTrish Major\, Dallas Peace Center 214-823-7793\n \n www.dallaspeacecenter.org \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060319T140000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:1816 Routh St\, Dallas\, Texas\, United States SUMMARY:Dallas - End The War\, Bring Troops Home Rally & March UID:20091107T000521EST-s8JjWVoHUS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.dallaspeacecenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:cchristrics@aol.com DESCRIPTION: Poetry for Prevention! \nLoc al author\, Christine Tricarico will be signing copies of her children's i nspirational poetry \n \nbook\, Itty-Bits of Bliss at local book events th rough May ’06 in honor of National \n \nChild Abuse Prevention Month (Apri l) Also featured in this collection are poems by \n \nKelly DiPucchio ('Mi chigan Reads' award winner for 2006!) \n \nand other awesome authors and i llustrators!\n \nEvents include two book signing/charity events at Wayne S tate University \n \n in Detroit one on March 31st from 2:00-4:00 PM in th e ... \nDavid Adamany Undergraduate Library\n\nCommunity Room\, 3rd Floor \n\n\nAnd another the 1st week of May -- times TBA)\n \nSponsored by the P si-Chi Wayne State Chapter. \n \nFor further details or check the web addr ess below.\n \n \nBooks are 13.00 and 3.00 per book sale will benefit Love Our Children USA \n \nwww.loveourhildren.org to help in the prevention of child abuse and neglect!\n \nCommunity resource packets\, flyers and blue ribbons will be distributed at all events!\n \n \n \n An updated schedule of events with more info. can b e found@:\n \n http://christinetricarico.smartwri ters.com/index.2ts?page=calendar \n \n \n \n Books can also be ordered online @: http://books.lulu.com/content/229092 \n \n Pick u p your copy today to put a smile on a child’s face and hope in the hearts of many others!\n \n \n \n Blissful blessings t o you – Christine Tricarico – \n \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060331T130000 GEO:42.239900;-83.150800 LOCATION:4743 Cass Ave.\, Detroit\, Michigan\, 48201\, United States SUMMARY:Poetry for Prevention! UID:20091107T000521EST-mmA3kvJ2ZB@69.73.141.125 URL:http://christinetricarico.smartwriters.com/index.2ts END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:586-247-4100 Email:cchristrics@aol.com DESCRIPTION: Poetry for Prevention! \nLoc al author\, Christine Tricarico will be signing copies of her children's i nspirational poetry \nbook\, Itty-Bits of Bliss in honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month (April) Also featured in this collection are poems by \nKelly DiPucchio ( 'Michigan Reads' award winner for 2006!) \nand oth er awesome authors and illustrators!\n \n \n **On Sat. April 22nd from 3:0 0 --5:30 Hamlin Pub in Shelby Township will sponsor a book reading and sig ning by Christine Tricarico with entertainment for children and a chance t o enter to win a signed Red Wings jersey. \n \nCall (586) 247- 4100 for fu rther details.\n \n \nBooks are 13.00 and 3.00 per book sale will benefit Love Our Children USA \n \nwww.loveourhildren.org to help in the preventio n of child abuse and neglect!\n \nCommunity resource packets\, flyers and blue ribbons will be distributed at all events!\n \n \ nAn updated schedule of events with more info. can be found@:\n http://christinetricarico.smartwriters.com/index.2ts?page=cale ndar \n \n \nBooks can also be ordered online @: http://books.lulu.com /content/229092 \n \n Pick up your copy today to put a smile on a chil d’s face and hope in the hearts of many others!\n \n \n Blissful blessings to you \n– Christine Tricarico – \n \n Geo graphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060422T150000 GEO:42.671000;-82.998800 LOCATION:48929 Hayes Rd.\, Shelby Township\, Michigan\, 48315\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Poetry for Prevention w/ Author Christine Fagan-Tricarico! UID:20091107T000521EST-N92K4mVLTf@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:267-254-5901 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:Program includes:\n> spoken word ensemble “In the Company of Po ets” \n> music and refreshments\nFormer child soldier\, award-winning jour nalist\, and political leader in Sierra Leone\, Chernoh Alpha M. Bah comes to Philadelphia as part of his U.S. Tour: Diamond Wars\, Child Soldiers\, and the Worldwide Movement for African Liberation.\nAt 12 Mr. Bah\, now 2 7\, was forced into the Sierra Leone army as one of the infamous child sol diers in the deadly U.S. backed civil war that devastated the region in th e 1990s. Before he was 20 Mr. Bah organized the Awareness Movement of Sier ra Leone\, edited The Point newspaper and was sent into exile in Guinea-Co nakry where he became a political prisoner. Chernoh Alpha Bah now leads th e Africanist Movement of Sierra Leone and West Africa\, and works with the Uhuru Movement to build the African Socialist International. He speaks wi th passion and commitment about the roots of Africa's crisis\, the reality in Africa today\, and his vision for a just future of one united and libe rated Africa.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060325T190000 GEO:39.936200;-75.156000 LOCATION:Pearl Of Africa\, 624 South St.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19 147\, United States SUMMARY:Reception and Benefit for Chernoh Alpha M. Bah UID:20091107T000521EST-T1eh8NsFSL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.burningspearuhuru.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:267-254-5901 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:Program also includes:\n> Omali Yeshitela\, leader of the Uhuru Movement\n\nCost: $10-$25 sliding scale fee\n\nFormer child soldier\, awa rd-winning journalist\, and political leader in Sierra Leone\, Chernoh Alp ha M. Bah comes to Philadelphia as part of his U.S. Tour: Diamond Wars\, C hild Soldiers\, and the Worldwide Movement for African Liberation.\n\nAt 1 2 Mr. Bah\, now 27\, was forced into the Sierra Leone army as one of the i nfamous child soldiers in the deadly U.S. backed civil war that devastated the region in the 1990s. Before he was 20 Mr. Bah organized the Awareness Movement of Sierra Leone\, edited The Point newspaper and was sent into e xile in Guinea-Conakry where he became a political prisoner. Chernoh Alpha Bah now leads the Africanist Movement of Sierra Leone and West Africa\, a nd works with the Uhuru Movement to build the African Socialist Internatio nal. He speaks with passion and commitment about the roots of Africa's cri sis\, the reality in Africa today\, and his vision for a just future of on e united and liberated Africa.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060326T133000 GEO:40.003400;-75.186800 LOCATION:First Unitarian Church\, 2125 Chestnut\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvan ia\, 19103\, United States SUMMARY:Community Forum with Chernoh Alpha M. Bah: The Future of Africa UID:20091107T000521EST-e5H0EpUuu5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.burningspearuhuru.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:267-254-5901 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:Former child soldier\, award-winning journalist\, and political leader in Sierra Leone\, Chernoh Alpha M. Bah comes to Lincoln University as part of his U.S. Tour: Diamond Wars\, Child Soldiers\, and the Worldwi de Movement for African Liberation.\nAt 12 Mr. Bah\, now 27\, was forced i nto the Sierra Leone army as one of the infamous child soldiers in the dea dly U.S. backed civil war that devastated the region in the 1990s. Before he was 20 Mr. Bah organized the Awareness Movement of Sierra Leone\, edite d The Point newspaper and was sent into exile in Guinea-Conakry where he b ecame a political prisoner. Chernoh Alpha Bah now leads the Africanist Mov ement of Sierra Leone and West Africa\, and works with the Uhuru Movement to build the African Socialist International. He speaks with passion and c ommitment about the roots of Africa's crisis\, the reality in Africa today \, and his vision for a just future of one united and liberated Africa.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060327T140000 GEO:39.778700;-75.887600 LOCATION:Lincoln University\, 1570 Baltimore Pike\, Lincoln University\, Pe nnsylvania\, 19352\, United States SUMMARY:Former African Child Soldier Speaks at Lincoln University UID:20091107T000521EST-cNjeud8fXH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.burningspearuhuru.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:910-798-0814 Email:sean@aiuncw.org DESCRIPTION:For complete event listings and descriptions\, see website at h ttp://www.aiuncw.org\n\nThe events scheduled for the next few weeks are in tended to\nhighlight various human rights injustices around the planet. T opics range from the current Sudanese genocide to the repercussions of US foreign policy in Nicaragua. Lectures\, panel discussions\, and documentar ies are all part of the itinerary beginning March 20 and ending April 7. T he UNCW chapter of Amnesty International has organized the events to famil iarize students with the international community and foster support to end the many human rights violations occuring in the world.\n Geographical S cope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060408 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060320T080000 GEO:34.139700;-77.870400 LOCATION:University Of North Carolina At Wilmington\, 601 South College Roa d\, Wilmington\, North Carolina\, 28403\, United States SUMMARY:UNCW Goes Global UID:20091107T000521EST-8Zf4dooAhb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.aiuncw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:cchristrics@aol.com DESCRIPTION: Poetry for Prevention! \nLocal author\, Christin e Tricarico will be signing copies of her children's inspirational poetry \n \nbook\, Itty-Bits of Bliss in honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month (April) Also featured in this collection are poems by \nKelly DiPuc chio ('Michigan Reads' award winner for 2006!) \nand other awesome authors and illustrators!\n \nAt Wayne State University in Detroit on March 31st from 2:00-4:00 PM in the David Adamany Undergraduate Library Community Ro om\, 3rd Floor\n \nSponsored by the Psi-Chi Wayne State Chapter. \n \nFor further details or check the web address below.\n \n \nBooks are 13.00 and 3.00 per book sale will benefit Love Our Children USA www.loveourhildren. org to help in the prevention of child abuse and neglect!\n \nCommunity re source packets\, flyers and blue ribbons will be distributed!\n \n \n \n An updated schedule of events wit h more info. can be found@:\n \n http://christine tricarico.smartwriters.com/index.2ts?page=calendar \n \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060331T110000 GEO:42.239900;-83.150800 LOCATION:4743 Cass Ave.\, Detroit\, Michigan\, 48201\, United States SUMMARY:Poetry for Prevention @ Wayne State! UID:20091107T000521EST-f9uwLbADpv@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:212-924-3363 Email:ashley@mardigrasmadeinchina.com DESCRIPTION:Since its Sundance Film Festival 2005 premiere\, Mardi Gras: Ma de In China has been busy circling the globe screening in festivals\, coll ege halls\, libraries and basements. It is now prepared to make its New Y ork theatrical debut on Monday\, March 24th at Cinema Village\, located at 22 East 12th Street. It will run for one week. \n\nWe have independently produced and promoted this film and it has sparked interest\, conversatio n and organizing among activists nation wide. We would like for your orga nization's members to be aware of its New York screening and would appreci ate your sharing information about the film with your members or with othe rs you believe would be interested. \n\nWhile following the lifecycle of M ardi Gras beads from the hands of workers in Fuzhou\, China's bead factory to the plunging necklines of New Orleans' Mardi Gras revelers\, Mardi Gra s: Made in China confronts both cultural and economic globalism by humaniz ing the commodity chain from China to the United States. Director David Re dmon interweaves factory life with Mardi Gras festivities\, and the film o pens the blind eye of consumerism by visually introducing workers and fest ival-goers to each other. A dialogue results when bead-wearing partiers ar e shown images of the teenage Chinese workers and asked if they know the o rigin of their beads\, while the factory girls view pictures of Americans exchanging beads\, soliciting more beads\, and decadently celebrating. The conversation reveals the glaring truth about the real benefactors of the Chinese workers' hard labor and exposes the extreme contrast between women 's lives and liberty in both cultures. \n\nCinema Village offers group tic ket rates. Tickets are available for $5.50 each with 12 or more ticket pu rchases. More information on how this can allow for your group members to see this film can be found at www.cinemavillage.com or by calling (212) 9 24-3363.\n\nAgain\, we would love continue the dialogue with you about the relation between the issues addressed in this film to the issues for whic h you tirelessly advocate. Should you have any questions\, please do not hesitate to email me or explore www.mardigrasmadeinchina.com. I look forw ard to speaking with you and seeing you at the screenings.\nwww.mardigrasm adeinchina.com\n\nCarnivalesque Films\n\nFilm Festivals and Awards\n\n- Of ficial Selection - Sundance Film Festival\n- IDFA - Amsterdam \n- Human Ri ghts Watch International Film Festival\n- Amnesty International Film Festi val\n- One World International Film Festival\n- Portland Film Festival\n- Philadelphia Film Festival\n- Atlanta Film Festival \n- Palm Beach Film Fe stival\n- Newport Beach Film Festival\n- True/False Film Festival\n- Nashv ille Film Festival\n- Big Sky Film Festival\n\nand over 70 other film fest ivals.\n\nReceived Best Documentary Awards at the following: \n\n- Florida Film Festival\n- Camden International Film Festival (Maine)\n- New Orlean s Human Rights Film Festival\n- Magnolia Film Festival (Mississippi)\n- Ga rden State Film Festival\n- Mass Bay Film Festival \n- Belgrade Internatio nal Film Festival\n\nBest Global Consciousness Film\n\n- Telluride Film Fe stival\n\nHuman Rights Award\n\n- RiverRun Film Festival\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060330 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060324 GEO:40.730200;-73.988600 LOCATION:Cinema Village\, 22 East 12th Street\, By Subway Take N\, R\, 4\, 5\, 6\, Or L Trains To 14th\, New York\, New York\, 10003\, United States SUMMARY:Mardi Gras: Made in China--NYC Theatrical Premiere UID:20091107T000521EST-pr6EIuEnzu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.cinemavillage.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:484-767-0014 Email:ortdl84@aol.com DESCRIPTION:WHAT: 'Lehigh Valley Says No to War!' Students and community members will\ngather for a March and Rally to protest the War in Iraq\, on the 3rd Anniversary\nof the Invasion. Student leaders will Speak Out aga inst the war\, at the rally.\nThe new student coalition\, Lehigh Valley Pr ogressive Student Alliance\, which\nhas members at eight schools in the Le high Valley\, is organizing the event in\nconjunction with the community g roup Lehigh Valley Peace Coalition.\n\nWHEN: Sunday\, March 19th\, 4:30 - 8:30 PM\n\nWHERE: The march will begin at Parents' Plaza on Muhlenberg's campus (24th and\nChew St.) and proceed through Allentown to Cedar Beach Park (Ott and Hamilton\nSt.)\, where the rally will be held.\n\nWHY: The illegal and unjustified invasion of Iraq has left over 2\,250\nAmericans\, and an estimated over-100\,000 Iraqis dead in the past three years.\nPres ident Bush continues to state the need to 'stay the course\,' but we canno t\ncontinue to tolerate the horrors of this war. In light of the new phot os\nreleased showing more abuse and torture at Abu Ghraib\, the use of ill egal\nweapons such as Depleted Uranium and White Phosphorous against civil ians\, and\nescalating violence daily in Iraq\, we must ask the government \, 'How many more\nneed to die for a lie?'\n\nEVENT SCHEDULE:\nSunday\, Ma rch 19th\n4:30PM - Demonstrators will begin to gather at Parents' Plaza at Muhlenberg.\n5:00PM - The march will leave Muhlenberg\, and proceed throu gh the neighborhoods\nof Allentown\, towards Cedar Beach Park. There will be chanting and signs made\nfor the event.\n5:30PM - The rally will begin with remarks by a student organizer of the\nLehigh Valley Progressive Stu dent Alliance\, followed by speeches by other\nstudents and community memb ers as well.\n6:30PM - The crowd will march back to Muhlenberg.\n7:30PM - Candlelight vigil at Parents' Plaza\, under the Shankweiler Bridge at\nMuh lenberg. Speakers include Chaplain Peter Bredlau\, Cantor Ellen Sussman\, and\nAdrian Shanker.\n\nFor more info or to set up a ride\, contact Olivi er: 484-767-0014\,\norl2@lehigh.edu\nhttp://www.lehigh.edu/~inpstua/lvpsa Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060319T163000 GEO:40.621000;-75.545300 LOCATION:2400 W Chew St.\, Muhlenberg College Commons\, Allentown\, Pennsyl vania\, 18104\, United States SUMMARY:Lehigh Valley Says NO to WAR! UID:20091107T000521EST-uso1LC50Um@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.lehigh.edu/~inpstua/lvpsa END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:250-248-2872 Email:ssmaurice@shaw.ca DESCRIPTION:On March 24\, 2006 the University of Victoria Indigenous School of Social Work Circle is sponsoring a WALK & RALLY on the Legislature ste ps. \n\nAt the RALLY\, Martha Joseph will ask the Federal Government to erect an National Memorial Wall for all the Residential School Survivors a nd the over 45\,000 First Nations\, Metis\, and Inuit children that died t here.\n\nTo learn about Alberni Residential School Survivor Martha Joseph go to Martha Joseph Events on the School of Social Work web site - http:// socialwork.uvic.ca/news/fn.htm.\n\nHere is a quick intro to the Events.\n\ nMartha is here to tell her story - come listen. \n\nTALK - Thursday\, Mar ch 23\, 2006 @ 6 pm University of Victoria \n\n Rm C103 David Strong Bldg . \n\n\nMartha is walking for Residential School Survivors\, join her. \n\ nWALK - Fri.\, March 24/06 @ 2 pm RALLY – Legislature grounds @ 3 pm\n\nS tarts @ Totem Poles - Beacon Hill Park with a Rally @ Legislature Steps\n \nHonoring Feast @ 6 pm Victoria Native Friendship Centre\n\n231-REGINA ST REET\, Victoria \n\n \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060324T150000 GEO:48.424900;-123.365000 LOCATION:Prov. Legislature Steps\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W 2Y2\, Canada SUMMARY:Honoring Martha Joseph - Rally & Feast UID:20091107T000521EST-OGtgLfOdsc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://socialwork.uvic.ca/news/fn.htm. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:aflazaro@eden.rutgers.edu DESCRIPTION:Beginning with a simple white bed sheet\, we intend on ending t he day with a banner filled with handprints and signatures calling for an end to the crisis in Darfur\, Sudan. This banner will be Rutgers Universit y's presentation/gift to US Congress at the Million Voices for Darfur Rall y on April 30th.\n\nInformation on the crisis in Darfur will be disseminat ed\, and additional actions (such as signing a petition\, signing postcard s\, and buying Darfur awareness bracelets\, among other things) will be av ailable for passersby to do as well. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060405T100000 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:Brower Commons Free Speech Area\, 145 College Avenue\, New Brunswi ck\, New Jersey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:End the Crisis in Darfur Banner-Making UID:20091107T000521EST-P63PsMxa6D@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ruamnesty.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:aflazaro@eden.rutgers.edu DESCRIPTION:As many as 300\,000 people are believed to have lost their live s since the conflict in Darfur\, Sudan erupted in February 2003. Systemati c human rights abuses have occurred by all parties involved in the conflic t\, but primarily by the Sudanese government-backed Janjaweed militia. Ove r 2\,000\,000 civilians have been displaced by the conflict. The conflict in Darfur has witnessed some of the worst human rights abuses imaginable\, including systematic and wide-scale ethnic cleansing\, murder\, rape\, to rture\, and enslavement.\n\n'Yesterday my village was burned' comprises ph otographs taken of the land and Darfurian refugees in Darfur and Chad. Amn esty International\, Oxfam International\, and independent photographers s hot the photographs. Amnesty International compiled the photo essay. Geog raphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060405T100000 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:Rutgers University's Brower Commons Plaza\, 145 College Avenue\, N ew Brunswick\, New Jersey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:'Yesterday my village was burned': Darfur photo essay exhibit UID:20091107T000521EST-Zn55Wl6jf9@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ruamnesty.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:rray@nec.edu DESCRIPTION:The Day of Silence is a day to remember the people who cannot s peak about thier sexuality to anyone. We have a guest speaker who is a vet eran of the US Marine Corps to speak on the issues about having AIDS and b eing in the military. We also have a performance after the speaker. Geogr aphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060426T180000 GEO:43.180100;-71.819600 LOCATION:24 Bridge Street\, Henniker\, New Hampshire\, 03242\, United State s SUMMARY:Day of Silence UID:20091107T000521EST-jPa0uUlI6V@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nec.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:activismnow@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:The city of Windsor will be blasted with information in the for m of banners\, billboards and bills in hopes of circulating information ab out the current state of Haiti. A hope to get the word out. Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060331 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060327T000000 GEO:44.349200;-79.032800 LOCATION:Windsor\, Ontario\, L0E 1E0\, Canada SUMMARY:Billboards & Bills: Haiti Info Campaign UID:20091107T000521EST-r5kCKEi8Nz@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:212-627-2227 x248 Email:cjimenez@thenyic.org DESCRIPTION:The New York Immigration Coalition's Youth Leadership Council i s hosting a fundraiser for our DREAM Act Campaign. \n\nJoin us for a nigh t of \npoetry and dancing!\n\nThursday April 6th\,2006 @ 8:00pm \n\nChibc ha Restaurant & Night Club\n\n79 - 05 Roosevelt Ave.\, \nJackson Heights\, NY 11372 / Tel: (718) 429 - 9033.\n\nAdmission: $10 \n\nTake 7 train to 82nd Street\n\nAll proceeds will support both the activities of the YLC and the NYIC's DREAM Scholarship Fund. For more information on the DREAM Scholarship Fund\, please call Minerva Moya at The New York Immigration C oalition\, at mmoya@thenyic.org or 212-627-2227 ext. 238. For more informa tion on the fundraiser and how to get involved in the council please conta ct Cristina Jimenez or Angelly Cardenas at cjimenez@thenyic.org or acarden as@thenyic.org. \n \n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060406T200000 GEO:40.751100;-73.882500 LOCATION:75-05 Roosevelt Ave.\, Jackson Heights\, New York\, 11372\, United States SUMMARY:Fundraiser for DREAM Act Campaign UID:20091107T000521EST-l1VHXm5Bep@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.thenyic.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:207-871-5300 Email:outreach DESCRIPTION:The aim of this workshop is to teach students and non-students to create multicultural\, multiracial communities built on foundations of mutual aid without financial eligibility requirements. This course will an swer your questions about the Rescue Community Social Justice Diversa-Vill age. Vision documents\, decision making\, finding/financing land\; financi al organization\; legal structures\; multicultural sweat equity process & multilingual\, Braille communication skills. Free\, vegan refreshments ser ved. We invite people of all ages\, races\, sexual orientations and religi ons. A playroom for your children is available. All are welcome. Bienvenid os. A 16 page printable info-booklet is found on the multilingual website. It is available in PDF\, Document\, and Photo-Free versions to assist peo ple with computer software for screen readers. We encourage people to prin t it out\, write down your questions and bring it with you. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060428T160000 GEO:43.658800;-70.262400 LOCATION:People's Free Space\, 144 Cumberland Avenue\, Portland\, Maine\, 0 4101\, United States SUMMARY:No Victims of Peak Oil: Starting Intr'ntionl Home/Work Communities of Activists UID:20091107T000521EST-UDMocUjwjg@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.RescueCommunity.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:877-2CH-IMPS Email:releasechimps@neavs.org DESCRIPTION:Scientists\, laboratory caregivers and sanctuary leaders take y ou on a journey into the world of chimpanzees rescued from research and br ought to sanctuary. Part of the national 'Project Release and Restitution' campaign to aid chimpanzees in U.S. laboratories. Geographical Scope: Lo cal DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060420T190000 GEO:33.762900;-84.357400 LOCATION:Fernbank Museum Of Natural History\, 767 Clifton Rd. NE\, Atlanta\ , Georgia\, 30307\, United States SUMMARY:'In Their Own Words' UID:20091107T000521EST-49hvKxzF1l@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.releasechimps.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:908-581-4685 Email:sundaymoon41@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:My friends and i have decided to take on the catalouge world. W e are going in and around the bridgewater commons mall protesting Victoria s Secret. \nWe will have cards posters banners cheers outfits. Its going t o be fun. if you would like to join me please contact me rikki kim 908 581 4685 Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060411T130000 GEO:40.598700;-74.607500 LOCATION:Bridgewater Commons\, Bridgewater\, New Jersey\, 08807\, United St ates SUMMARY:Day of Action Bridgewater UID:20091107T000521EST-WCUUVcNvIe@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.victoriasdirtysecret.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email:nisenoff.2@wright DESCRIPTION:Free and Open to the public.\nA Dozen Democratic Candidates for office including State wide races\, Congressional District races (all of the Democrats running in the 3rd and 7th)\, and Ohio House and Senate race s will speak.\nAll several books will be for sale.\nPlease join us! Geogr aphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060414T150000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Col. Glenn Highway And University Blvd.\, Fairborn\, Ohio\, United States SUMMARY:Democratic Candidates Forum UID:20091107T000521EST-efLBUvwMvo@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:aflazaro@eden.rutgers.edu DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 12 April 2006\n(10:00 AM to 5:00 PM)\nBrower Commons - Free Speech Area\nRutgers University\n145 College Avenue\nNew Brunswick\ , NJ 08901\nUSA\n\nBeginning with a simple white bed sheet\, we intend on ending the day with a banner filled with handprints and signatures calling for an end to the crisis in Darfur\, Sudan. This banner will be Rutgers U niversity's presentation/gift to US Congress at the DC to Darfur rally on 30 April 2006.\n\nWe will also be hosting 'Yesterday my village was burned ': Darfur photo essay exhibit. 'Yesterday my village was burned' comprises photographs taken of the land and Darfurian refugees in Darfur and Chad. Amnesty International\, Oxfam International\, and independent photographer s shot the photographs. Amnesty International compiled the photo essay.\n\ nInformation on the crisis in Darfur will be disseminated\, and additional actions (such as signing a petition\, signing postcards\, and buying Darf ur awareness bracelets\, among other things) will be available for passers by to do as well. We will also have sign-up sheets for those who want to s ign-up to reserve seats on buses running from New Brunswick\, NJ to the ra lly in Washington\, DC and back again.\n\nFor more information\, please vi sit http://www.ruamnesty.org or email Alison Lazaro at aflazaro@eden.rutge rs.edu. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060412T100000 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:Rutgers University\, 145 College Avenue\, New Brunswick\, New Jers ey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:Darfur Banner-Making and Photo Exhibit UID:20091107T000521EST-WisAH6WATR@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ruamnesty.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:973-954-2521 Email:info@newjerseysolidarity.org DESCRIPTION:PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!!!!\n \nLYRICS FOR LIBERATION:\nVoices of Resistance\n\nHIP HOP AND SPOKEN WORD FOR PALESTINE\n\n\nFeaturing HBO De f Poet MARK GONZALES - SON OF NUN - HASAN SALAAM\nDirections to Scott Hall : http://maps.rutgers.edu/directions.aspx?id=291\n\nThis incredible event is FREE! Bring all your friends! \n\nDon't miss this evening of hip-hop an d spoken word for Palestine - and for\njustice and liberation everywhere! Art and poetry have always been an integral \npart of the culture of resis tance and liberation. Come for an unforgettable \nnight of amazing perform ances by renowned spoken word and hip hop artists\nsharing their LYRICS OF LIBERATION.....\n\nFeaturing:\n\nMARK GONZALES is a Hip Hop Theatre playw right\, HBO Def Poet\, performance\nlecturer\, and founder of the Human Wr ites Project. He has been commissioned to\nperform his productions for Cor nell University\, the Cali (IE) Hip Hop Theatre \nFestival\, members of th e United Nation\, U.S. Congress\, and conferences across \nthe United Stat es. Gonzales uses spoken word and hip-hop theatre to focus on\nelements of oppression from African and indigenous drums to drum tracks\; from \nthe West Coast to the West Bank\; from private property to mural Marxists. His \nperformance lectures range from his identity as a Chicano born in Alask a\, to\nhis travels to Palestine and the Carribean. His lecture 'Hip-Hop a nd Hegemony\,' \nuses spoken word and a turntable to give audio examples o f how hip-hop has \nserved and is serving as a tool of resistance\, rebell ion and enlightenment. In\n2003\, Gonzales traveled throughout the West Ba nk to document firsthand the \nstruggle of the Palestinians for social jus tice. From these writings and \ndialogues\, he has compiled several perfor mance pieces and a Hip-Hop Theatre\nplay\; the result is a daring and inno vative way of promoting social justice \nthrough Hip-Hop culture. Tapdanci ng between Fanon and Freire\, Mark's words \ntemporarily pirouet into your eardrums\, only to take permanent residence in\nyour cranium. Mark Gonzal es is currently on a full Fellowship to obtain a \nMaster's Degree Educati on from the University of California\, Los Angeles. His \ntarget area is b eautiful Watts\, California.\nFor more information and samples of Mark's w ork:\nhttp://www.myspace.com/HWProject\nhttp://www.onecypher.com/interview s/mark/mark.htm \n\nSON OF NUN is a Baltimore city high school teacher\, organizer\, activist\, and\npoet who doesn't just entertain his crowds -- he empowers them. s.o.n. has\nperformed at universities\, activist confere nces\, demonstrations\, rallies ­ \nsuch as the Sorry State of the Union i n front of the U.S. Capitol\, and at\nnightclubs in Baltimore\, DC\, New Y ork\, Pennsylvania\, and Chicago to name a few.\nHe's opened for Mr. Lif\, Akrobatic\, Buck 65\, Odd Jobs\, Roni Size & Reprazent\, \nand performed with Adam F.\, Diesel Boy\, DJ Die\, DJ Krust\, and others. s.o.n.\nhas a ppeared on the Invisible Records two disc compilation notes from thee real \nunderground volume 2 with King Rhythm\, and on the critically acclaimed WHAT'S \nLEFT album by King Rhythm on the Quatermass label (visit www.king rhythm.com for\nreviews). s.o.n.'s range extends from hip hop\, to spoken word\, to drum 'n' bass\, \nto freestyling with a live band. Earlier this summer the song 'Fight Back' from \ns.o.n.'s full length cd ­ Blood and F ire - was selected from over 500\nsubmissions to appear on the second volu me of the renowned Peace Not War cd \ncompilation with artists such as Ant i Flag\, Ani DiFranco\, Paris\, Lyrics Born\, \nThe Evens\, Sonic Youth\, and others to benefit antiwar groups. Most recently\nanother song\, 'Free Palestine'\, from s.o.n.'s full length cd was chosen to \nappear on NPR's (National Public Radio) Open Mic Stage. It was voted\, \noverwhelmingly\, to be the best song of the week by visitors to the site.\nFor more informa tion and samples of s.o.n.'s work:\nhttp://www.sonofnun.net\n\nHASAN SALAA M aims to be at the forefront of the revolution. His commanding \npresence holds no punches as he relates to today's youth with honesty and\nfearles sness. Consequently\, misguided portrayals of urban life and a lack of \nh ip-hop with substance on the airwaves has birthed a new emcee. Attracted t o \nhip-hop since the age of 10\, the New Jersey native equates hip-hop to jazz. 'I\nuse words like an instrument\,' Hasan explains. 'There's a buil d up in emotion \nand a climax you can feel.' Smashing stereotypes and med iocre emcees\, he \ndelivers socially aware raps with an undeniable\, bass y voice with grit. With\nhis first independent release\, Paradise Lost\, H asan asserts his message is one \nof total freedom despite hardship. Using music as a platform for positive \nsocial change\, he has also performed all over the East Coast including a\nnationally aired performance on C-SPA N at last year's Anti-War Rally in \nWashington D.C. Gaining exposure in t he underground\, Hasan eventually edged \nforward opening performances for the legendary Kool Herc\, Afrika Bambaata\,\nCurtis Blow\, Wyclef\, Naugh ty by Nature\, Busta Rhymes\, Black Moon\, Floetry\, \nCommon\, and dead p rez.\n\nFor more information:\nhttp://www.hasansalaam.com/\nhttp://www.mys pace.com/hasansalaam\n\nEvent sponsored by:\nNew Jersey Solidarity: Activi sts for the Liberation of Palestine Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060416T190000 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:Scott Hall Rm 135 - Rutgers University\, 43 College Ave\, New Brun swick\, New Jersey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:LYRICS for LIBERATION: Voices of Resistance UID:20091107T000521EST-bPCvJhVu50@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newjerseysolidarity.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:aflazaro@eden.rutgers.edu DESCRIPTION:Van Dyck Hall 211\nRutgers University\n16 Seminary Place\nNew B runswick\, NJ 08901\nUSA\n\nLost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documen tary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from A frica to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa’s cruelest civi l wars\, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks and militia gun fire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other childr en. From there\, remarkably\, they were chosen to come to America. Safe at last from physical danger and hunger\, a world away from home\, they fi nd themselves confronted with the abundance and alienation of contemporary American suburbia.\n\nLost Boys of Sudan won an Independent Spirit Award and screened theatrically in 70 cities across the US to strong audience an d critical praise. The film was broadcast nationally on the PBS series PO V in the fall of 2004 and earned two Emmy nominations.\n\nAn extensive nat ional outreach campaign has brought Lost Boys of Sudan to thousands of com munity settings to build awareness and support for refugees and the crisis in Darfur\, Sudan. The film was screened on Capitol Hill with the Congre ssional Refugee and Human Rights Caucuses as well as with the State Depart ment’s Refugee and Migration Bureau. It is in use as an educational tool by Amnesty International and the United Nations. Lost Boys of Sudan has a lready raised more than a half million dollars in direct educational suppo rt for the Sudanese youth across the country\, recruited thousands of volu nteers for local community organizations\, and raised funds and political action for the Darfur crisis. The film’s community action campaign will c ontinue full force through 2006.\n\nAs part of this campaign\, we\, at Rut gers\, have been chosen to receive the Lost Boys of Sudan DVD and mini-gra nt from the filmmakers to host the film at Rutgers. At the film showing\, we will be joined by Rutgers University Associate Professor of History Ba rbara Cooper\, who will begin with a brief introduction about the crisis i n Sudan.\n\nFor more information\, please contact Alison Lazaro at aflazar o@eden.rutgers.edu. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060418T210000 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:Van Dyck Hall 211\, Rutgers University\, New Brunswick\, New Jerse y\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:Lost Boys of Sudan Film Showing UID:20091107T000521EST-VSK1ktwcVL@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:organize@campusprogress.org DESCRIPTION:U.S. Campuses Up For Grabs: What’s At Stake As Progressive and Conservative Groups Intensify Campus Organizing?\n\nJoin students at North western University in Evanston\, IL and David Halperin for an informal dis cussion on the future and challenges of progressive organizing on campus\, followed by free food and drinks with Northwestern’s progressive leaders. Halperin is the Director of Campus Progress\, and former White House spee chwriter for President Clinton and senior policy advisor for Howard Dean's presidential campaign. Swing by Cafe Ambrosia at 7pm. \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060502T190000 GEO:42.049100;-87.702200 LOCATION:Cafe Ambrosia\, 1620 Orrington Ave\, Evanston\, Illinois\, 60201\, United States SUMMARY:U.S. Campuses Up For Grabs UID:20091107T000521EST-ZVKdaIvk9d@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:740-368-3795 Email:ssstonem@owu.edu DESCRIPTION:DELAWARE\, Ohio — Winter Soldier — one of the most powerful doc umentaries about war ever made —will be shown on April 27 at 6:30 p.m. (do ors open at 6 p.m.) in Ohio Wesleyan University's Hamilton-Williams Campus Center Benes Rooms. The event is free and open to the public\, but donati ons of $3-8 are suggested. Proceeds will benefit homeless veterans and vic tims of Agent Orange.\n\nA panel discussion (comparing Vietnam to Iraq) wi th Veterans who participated in the Winter Soldier Investigations will fol low the film. Panelists include Marine Sergeant Scott Camil\, whom The Was hington Post called\, 'one of the film's most eloquent witnesses'\; Marine Sergeant Joe Bangert who was part of the Winterfilm Collective of filmmak ers which created and archived the original documentary\; Randy 'Doc' Barn es\, former military medic\, Winter Soldier investigator\, and current Boa rd Member of Vietnam Veterans of America\; and Gary Staiger former Air For ce medic from Dayton who testified on the Medical Panel.\n\nWinter Soldier was released 34 years ago but has rarely been seen in the United States. This award-winning and recently re-released documentary\, is based on the testimony of Vietnam War Veterans. The film chronicles the Winter Soldier Investigation\, an inquiry into war crimes in Vietnam which took place dur ing February 1971 in a Detroit motel and was organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War. More than 125 veterans participated\, including the youn ger John Kerry.\n\nThe event's sponsors include the Ohio Wesleyan Woltemad e Center for Economics\, Business\, and Entrepreneurship\, the Chaplain's Office\, the philosophy department\, the history department\, the politics & government department\, the religion department\, the Women's and Gende r Studies Department\, the Anderson Fund\, Amnesty International\, Voices for Agent Orange\, and Veterans for Peace.\n\nVisit the Winter Soldier Fil m Website at www.wintersoldierfilm.com/reviews.htm.\n\nFor more informatio n contact: Shari Stone-Mediatore at 740-368-3795 or 740-369-9390 or ssston em@owu.edu.\n\nFor information on the speakers contact Bobby Hanafin\, Maj or\, USAF-Retired at 937-431-8154 or email: indythinker@sbcglobal.net\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060427T180000 GEO:40.289900;-82.981100 LOCATION:Ohio Wesleyan University\, The Benes Rooms Of The Hamilton William s Campus Ce\, Delaware\, Ohio\, 43015\, United States SUMMARY:Winter Soldier Documentary and Panel Discussion (Comparing Vietnam to Iraq) UID:20091107T000521EST-owP2pAzRcH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://news.owu.edu/2006/wintersoldier.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-682-1611 Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:Featuring Mayor Ryan Bingham\, Torrington\, CT\; Council Member Karen Liot Hill\, Lebanon\, VT\; Council Member Christopher Campos\, Hobo ken\, NJ\; and Christopher Barstow\, Maine State Representative\, District . 129. Tuesday\, April 25 at Wesleyan University. 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Sponsor ed by Campus Progress and the Career Resource Center. For more information please email speakers@americanprogress.org. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060425T190000 GEO:41.556500;-72.658200 LOCATION:Middletown\, Connecticut\, 06459\, United States SUMMARY:Young People in Politics: Seeking Elected Office as a Twenty-Someth ing UID:20091107T000521EST-a2mKbsEo3t@69.73.141.125 URL:http://campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:organize@campusprogress.org DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, May 1st in conjunction with Campus Progress student s in Wellesley\, MA will gather in Punch's Alley at 6 PM to celebrate prog ressive ideas and productive discourse in opposition to Ann Coulter's lect ure at Wellesley College. Ms. Coulter has endorsed the use of torture on d etainees\, so they will be writing to our Representatives denouncing the U nited State's use of torture. Pizza and non-alcoholic drinks will be prov ided.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060501T180000 GEO:42.310600;-71.274700 LOCATION:Punch's Alley\, Schneider Center\, Wellesley College\, Wellesley\, Massachusetts\, 02481\, United States SUMMARY:Pizza\, Coulter\, and Torture UID:20091107T000521EST-cr8E8NVZ7N@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-682-1611 Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:Featuring Lourdes Rivera\, National Health Law Program and Jenn ifer Heitel Yakush\, SEICUS. Thursday\, May 25 at UCLA. 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at UCLA School of Public Health\, Dean’s Conference Room 16-059. Lunc h will be served. Sponsored by Campus Progress\, Reproductive Health Inter est Group (UCLA School of Public Health)\, Bixby Program in Population\, R eproductive Health\, and The Center for Women’s Studies. For more informat ion please email speakers@americanprogress.org. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060525T113000 GEO:33.786600;-118.299000 LOCATION:Dean’s Conference Room 16-059\, UCLA School Of Public Health\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90095\, United States SUMMARY:A Proactive Vision for Reproductive Rights UID:20091107T000521EST-1dJ1x6UgpH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:202-682-1611 Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:University of Chicago’s first annual Progressive Gala. Featurin g speakers from a variety of fields including David Halperin\, Center for American Progress\; Shelby Knox\, student activist\; Ted O’Neill\, Directo r of Admissions\, The University of Chicago\; Kathleen Kennedy\, Cook Coun ty Circuit Court Judge\; Shawn Healey\, Resident Scholar at the McCormick Tribune\; Dr. Inon Schenker\, HIV/AIDS Researcher at Hebrew University\; a nd Jay Woodson\, National Hip Hop Political Convention. Saturday\, May 27 at the University of Chicago. 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. in Hutchinson Commons. \n\ nSponsored by Campus Progress\, University of Chicago Democrats\, Student Government\, the Roosevelt Institute\, the Organization of Black Students\ , Diskord\, StandUp!\, ACLU of C\, Students for Human Rights\, Environment al Concerns the Organization\, Students Organized United for Labor\, Stude nts Global AIDS campaign\, Southside Solidarity Network\, Sex Education Ac tivists\, Chicago Friends of Israel\, Vita Excolatur\, and Fair Trade. \n\ nFor more information please email speakers@americanprogress.org. Geograp hical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060527T190000 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:Hutchinson Commons\, University Of Chicago\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60637\, United States SUMMARY:Progressive Gala UID:20091107T000521EST-6kcVJhBgpo@69.73.141.125 URL:http://campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-437-3408 Email:hvosters@newcollege.edu DESCRIPTION:At the intersection of \nART\, ACTIVISM & SCHOLARSHIP\nNEW COLL EGE OF CALIFORNIA presents \n\nINTERRUPTED LIFE: INCARCERATED MOTHERS IN T HE UNITED STATES\nA traveling public art installation and a week of perfor mance art\, film\, presentations and discussion. \nJune 3-June 9\, 2006\, New College of California\, 777 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\n\nA drama tic exhibit of painting\, drawings\, sculpture and photography that docume nts the experiences of incarcerated persons in the United States. Interrup ted Life seeks to educate and invites discussion about current realities a nd decent solutions to a major and growing problem in U.S. society. \nNati onal curator: Rickie Solinger. The Interrupted Life art show was made poss ible by Ford Foundation support\n\nOPENING NIGHT GALA \nSat. June 3\, 6:00 pm -9:00pm \nReception: 6:00pm Speakers: 7:00pm \nSpeakers:\nRhodessa Jone s\, Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women \nHelene Vosters\, New C ollege: Co-Director\, Activism & Social Change\nMelanie DeMore\, singer/so ngwriter \nRickie Solinger\, Interrupted Life National Curator\, historian \nMaisha Quint\, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children \n\nSPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF INCARCERATION \nSunday\, June 4\, 2:00 - 4:00pm \nHosted by New College’s Women’s Spirituality Program \nSpeakers: Deborah Grenn (Core Faculty\, Women’s Spirituality) \nCheryl Dawson \n\nCONVERSATIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARTS\, ACTIVISM & SCHOLARSHIP \nMonday\, June 5\, 6:00 - 9 :30pm \nRefreshments: 6:00 Panel discussion: 6:30 \n\nModerator: Dean Mitc h Hall\nPanelists: Erika Shuch (Experimental Performance Institute)\; \nGe nny Lim (Weekend BA Completion)\; Helene Vosters (Activism & Social Change )\n\nThe Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in the School of Humanities o f New College of California will host a Prospective Students Open House: 7 :30p - 9:00pm \n\nMARILYN BUCK: FROM FORCED PASSAGES TO WILD POPPIES \nTue s. June 6\, 7:00 - 9:00pm \nAn evening of poetry and discussion celebratin g the life of anti-imperialist political prisoner and COINTELPRO target Ma rilyn Buck. New College faculty Graciela Trevisan and David Meltzer\, both of whom have worked with Marilyn extensively\, will host the evening. Dyl an Rodriquez\, author of Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectual and the US Prison Regime\, will talk about Marilyn and others who speak fr om behind prison walls. Friends of Marilyn Buck Committee will update the audience on Marilyn’s case. Sliding scale donation suggested (to support t he California Coalition for Women Prisoners). Co-sponsors Modern Times Boo k Store and Friends of Marilyn Buck \n\n\n“ONLY THE DEAD CAN KILL: STORIES FROM JAIL” \nWednesday\, June 7\, 7:00 - 9:00pm \nJoin author Margo Perin and Community Works/West for an evening celebrating this exciting antholo gy of “Stories from Jail” featuring readings by ex-offenders and contribut ing editor Margo Perin. \n\n\n“ALL ALONE IN THE WORLD: CHILDREN OF THE INC ARCERATED” \nThursday. June 8\, 7:00 - 9:00pm \nJoin Nell Bernstein\, auth or of “All Alone in the World: Children of the \nIncarcerated” for a discu ssion of the impacts of incarceration on children\, families and communiti es. Event is co-sponsored by Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents. Sliding scale donation suggested\, not required\, to support the Danielle Metz legal fund. Sliding scale donation suggested (to support the Californ ia Coalition for Women Prisoners). Co-sponsors Modern Times Book Store and Friends of Marilyn Buck \n\nCLOSING NIGHT CELEBRATION: AN EVENING OF SPOK EN WORD\, THEATER\, SONG AND DANCE \nFri. June 9\, 7:00 - 9:00pm \nFeaturi ng performances by Baysic Project/Sisterz of the Underground\, \nAngela Wi lson of the Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women\, Maisha Quint o f the Photovoice project\, Manish Vaidya and more!!! Refreshments and Clos ing Ceremony \n\n\nJune 2 through June 8 \nIn conjunction with the art exh ibit\, the Roxie Theatre will host the U.S. premiere showing of “Songbirds ” \nShow times: Friday 6/2 thru Thursday 6/8: Nightly at 7:00 and 8:40 wit h Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00\, 3:45 and 5:20\n\nSONGBIRDS \nBrit ain locks up more people than any other country in Europe\, with the femal e prison population having risen 173 percent in the last 10 years. Songbir ds presents the stories of women behind bars in Downview Prison in Surrey\ , England\, to allow audiences to experience them through this documentary musical. After conducting extensive research within the prison\, Director Brian Hill collaborated with poet and lyricist Simon Armitage and compose r Simon Boswell to create songs ranging from rap to lullaby for each Downv iew story told in the movie. Although the film deals with depressing issue s of drug addiction\, abuse\, and serious crime\, Songbirds finds humor an d tenderness through the vulnerability of singing. In the process viewers gain another portrait of these women beyond their prison sentences. – Anna Proulx (excerpt) \n\n\nCOSPONSORS\nThe Interrupted Life art exhibit and w eek of events at New College represents the efforts of an energetic coalit ion of activists\, artists\, scholars\, incarcerated women and their famil y and friends. We are proud to be collaborating with these organizations: Legal Services for Prisoners with Children\; California Coalition for Wome n Prisoners\; Freedom Archives\; Free Battered Women\; Modern Times Bookst ore\; Prison Desk of the National Radio Project\; Buildingbloc Arts Collec tive\; Community Initiatives Program of San Francisco Women Against Rape\; Friends of Marilyn Buck\; Justice Now\; Center for Children of Incarcerat ed Parents\; Prison Activist Resource Center\; Books Not Bars\; Baysic Pro ject/Sisterz of the Underground\; Community Works\, and others! \n\nHelene Vosters\nhvosters@newcollege.edu \n415-437-3408 \n\n Geographical Scope : Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060609 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060603T190000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:777 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United Stat es SUMMARY:INTERRUPTED LIFE: INCARCERATED MOTHERS IN THE UNITED STATES UID:20091107T000521EST-SnJhkw699J@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-437-3400 Email:bok.choi@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Nuestra Lucha Es De Todos - Our Struggle is Everyone's Struggle \nAn Evening Inspired by Indigenous Organizing in Oaxaca\, Mexico\n\nThurs day\, June 8\, 2006. 7:00 pm\n\n7:30 pm\n\nFilm Screening:\n\n'Nuestra Lu cha por Vivir/Our Struggle to Live'\n\n \n\n8:00 pm\n\nreport-back on curr ent political situation\n\nand organizing in Chiapas and Oaxaca\n\n \n\n8: 30 pm\n\nexhibit of artwork inspired by film\n\n \n\nNew College of Califo rnia \n776 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94110\n \n\n fundraiser f or the Chiapas Peace House Project\, UCIZONI and Otro Periodismo\n\n$5-$15 donation\, no one turned away for lack of funds\n\nartwork will also be a vailable for sale\n\n \nAbout the Film: 'Our Struggle to Live\, Building People's Alternatives' (Nuestra Lucha Por Vivir\, Construyendo Alternativa s Para los Pueblos ) presents the struggle of indigenous communities in th e Isthmus of Tehuantepec\, Oaxaca\, to survive in the face of economic and cultural marginalization heightened by the current global economy. \n\nT he film profiles five alternative economic projects initiated within these communities: a group of fish farmers working to better their sustainabili ty and farming practices\; a women's textile cooperative\; a cooperative f ormed to make and sell totopo\, the local equivalent of tortillas\; a grou p organizing to sustainably farm ixtle\, a plant that produces fibers for making ropes and cords\; and a women's cattle breeding and dairy collectiv e. \n\nMembers of these collectives speak to the difficulties they face due to the forces of neoliberal globalization\, which lead many people fro m the region to migrate to the United States seeking work. The alternative economic programs they are developing\, as well as other projects to revi ve and maintain indigenous culture and traditions\, are tools in their str uggle to survive as communities and to create a sustainable relationship w ith the land. \n\nThe testimonies and images make the case that another world and a different future are\, indeed\, possible. \n\nThe film was pr oduced by the Union of Indigenous Communities in the Northern Zone of the Isthmus (UCIZONI)\, and directed\, filmed and edited by Violeta Chávez Reg alado and Bertha Rodríguez Santos.\nMore Information: www.chiapaspeacehou se.org Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060608T190000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:766 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Nuestra Lucha Es De Todos - Our Struggle is Everyone's Struggle UID:20091107T000521EST-V6mF8E41zv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:202-682-1611 Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:Featuring Al Letson\, Aya de Leon\, Harlym 125\, and Kelly Ken- Yie Tsai. The spoken scene word is one of the most important contemporary intersections of art\, activism\, politics and culture. This is the first part of a continuing literacy and cultural event series designed to illust rate and humanize public policy issues in order to connect with a diverse population of young progressive professionals and students. We hope to inf orm young people on issues such as civil liberties\, immigration\, race\, poverty\, war and peace and other pressing policy matters. Wednesday\, Jun e 6 at the Center for American Progress\, 1333 H St. NW\, 10th Floor\, Was hington\, DC. Food will be served\; program starts at 7:00 p.m. For more i nformation please email speakers@americanprogress.org. Geographical Scope : Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060606T190000 GEO:38.932700;-77.030300 LOCATION:Center For American Progress\, 1333 H St. NW\, 10th Floor\, Washin gton\, District of Columbia\, 20010\, United States SUMMARY:Spoken Word: A Vehicle for Progressive Change UID:20091107T000521EST-ziPHnWtfmi@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:speakers@americanprogress.org. DESCRIPTION:Are you stuttering\, stumbling\, and stammering at the podium? Come hone your skills with Jennie Blackton on your lunch hour. After actin g on Broadway\, hosting radio talk shows\, and writing for TV sitcoms\, Je nnie began working with progressive candidates all over the world to make sure they could engage audiences and effectively communicate their policie s and passions. Stop by the Center for American Progress (1333 H St. NW\, 10th Floor) on Wednesday\, June 21 at 12-1:45 PM. The event is free for th e public\, and food will be served. For more information\, email speakers@ americanprogress.org. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060621T120000 GEO:38.904000;-77.031700 LOCATION:Center For American Progress\, 1333 H Street NW\, 10th Floor\, Was hington\, District of Columbia\, 20005\, United States SUMMARY:Campus Progress Public Speaking Workshop UID:20091107T000521EST-n7N0vhpNAZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusprogress.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:212-452-7726 Email:brownbag@tcf.org DESCRIPTION:What: Got Privacy? Personal Freedom vs. National Security\nSUMM ER POLICY BROWN BAG LUNCH FORUM FOR NEW YORK CITY INTERNS\nFeaturing:\nSio bhan Gorman - Reporter\, Baltimore Sun\nShane Harris - Staff Correspondent \, National Journal\; Assistant Technology Editor\, GovExec.com\nPatrick R adden Keefe - Author\, Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping\; Fellow\, The Century Foundation\nNoah Schactman - Editor\ , DefenseTech.org\nWhen: Thursday\, June 22\, 2005 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm\nWhe re: The Century Foundation\, 41 East 70th Street\, New York\, NY 10021\nRS VP: Rachel Zaentz\, brownbag@tcf.org or 212/452-7726 \nPlease bring your l unch. *Desserts and beverages will be provided\n\nRecent revelations about the Bush administration's warrantless eavesdropping and seizure of civili an phone records within the United States have raised profound questions a bout how much of their privacy and civil liberties Americans are giving up in the name of greater security. This new kind of spying has raised conce rns on both sides of the political aisle about the spectre of an Orwellian future\, in which Americans have no privacy whatsoever and mysterious\, \ nun-checked government agencies are privvy to our every communication. But what is it precisely that the National Security Agency is doing? Are mill ions of Americans inspected by this program\, as some have claimed? Is the re any real defense against these intrusions? Do they make us safer? And w hat does the future hold?\n\nThe Century Foundation\, an organization dedi cated to informing the public debate\, is putting together a free forum fo r NYC summer interns on the issue\, with four experts on electronic intell igence and the NSA answering questions about the increasingly controversia l intersection of our privacy and our safety. Be there\, meet other studen ts in the city\, enjoy free beverages and snacks\, and remember:\n\nShhh…s omeone may be listening. \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060622T123000 GEO:40.768800;-73.960300 LOCATION:The Century Foundation\, 41 East 70th Street\, New York\, New York \, 10021\, United States SUMMARY:SUMMER POLICY BROWN BAG LUNCH FORUM FOR NEW YORK CITY INTERNS UID:20091107T000521EST-JjoouTS2iF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.tcf.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-429-8900 Email:contact@spusa.org DESCRIPTION:This summer Student Pugwash USA Presents Policy Portal: A Scien ce and Technology Policy Series for Interns. Join other Washington interns and leading experts to discuss today's top science and technology topics! The first event\, 'Hot on the Hill\,' will take place Friday\, June 16 fr om noon to one at the Center for Nonprofit Advancement. It will address th e top science policy issues facing Capitol Hill lawmakers this year and wh at scientists and science groups are doing to make an impact. The speakers are Michael Holland\, Designee to the Chairman\, Subcommittee on Energy\, House Committee on Science and Benn Tannenbaum\, Senior Program Associate \, Center for Science\, Technology and Security Policy\, American Associat ion for the Advancement of Science. Come learn how science & tech policy i s made in DC! A pizza lunch will be served.\n\nThis event is free. Seating is limited\; please RSVP to contact@spusa.org by June 15th. Watch for upc oming Policy Portal programs on global warming\, scientific integrity\, nu clear security\, and nanotechnology. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060616T120000 GEO:38.897100;-77.041200 LOCATION:Center For Nonprofit Advancement\, 1666 K Street\, NW Suite 440\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20006\, United States SUMMARY:Policy Portal: A Science and Tech Policy Series for Interns UID:20091107T000521EST-TmgmgXCjMP@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.spusa.org/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:What: OPEN HOUSE\, Uhuru Solidarity Center's Grand Opening\n When: Sunday\, June 25th from 2 - 5pm\nWhere: Uhuru Solidarity Center \, 3733 Lancaster Avenue\, West \nPhiladelphia\nContact: 215-387-0919 or u huru99@critpath.org\n\n\nYou're invited to the Grand Opening of Philadelph ia's new Uhuru Solidarity Center\, located at 3733 Lancaster Avenue in Wes t Philly. There will be an Open House on Sunday\, June 25th from 2 - 5pm\, including a program from 3 to 4pm with music\, refreshments\, speakers an d a short dvd presentation about the upcoming African People's Solidarity Day campaign.\n\nThe African People's Solidarity Committee is proud to ope n a center in Philadelphia for the growing movement of white solidarity wi th the struggle for justice\, reparations and liberation for African peopl e in the U.S. and worldwide. \n\nFor more information\, call 215-387-0919 or visit www.apscuhuru.org. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060625T140000 GEO:39.960900;-75.196700 LOCATION:3733 Lancaster Ave.\,\, West Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:OPEN HOUSE\, Uhuru House Solidarity Center's Grand Opening UID:20091107T000521EST-lzW67LZZXK@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.apscuhuru.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:630-201-9118 Email:thespace@riseup.net DESCRIPTION:The fourth World War(big noise films)\nglobalization for beginn ers(workshop)\nOpen mic\n\nSRC room 1450 Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060614T170000 GEO:41.839700;-88.088700 LOCATION:College Of Dupage\, 425 Fawell Blvd\, Glen Ellyn\, Illinois\, 6013 8\, United States SUMMARY:Globalize this!!! UID:20091107T000521EST-WSTGNSzipb@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:860-961-6460 Email: DESCRIPTION:In honor of Bill Walsh\, a homeless senior who died this winter alone in the woods: A food drive for the local United Way food distributi on center. Includes public reading of Declaration of Inedpendence\, histor ical drama\, American Folk Music sing and Food Drive. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060704T110000 GEO:41.414000;-72.109100 LOCATION:Hygienic Art Park\, Historic Downtown\, New London\, Connecticut\, 06320\, United States SUMMARY:New London Declarations American Folk Music UID:20091107T000521EST-m4cabj4heD@69.73.141.125 URL:http://wedeclare.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:202-682-1611 Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Pride Month\, Campus Progress and the Human R ights Campaign want you to come out and network with young professionals a nd interns on Wednesday\, June 28th\, from 6:30 to 8:30 in the Equality Fo rum at the HRC Foundation Building (1640 Rhode Island Avenue NW) in Washin gton\, DC. This networking event will bring together young gay\, lesbian\, bisexual\, transgender\, and queer professionals and our allies to discus s the role of GLBTQ voices in the progressive movement. Heavy hors d’oeuvr es provided for your finger food fun. Democrats\, Republicans\, Greens\, I ndependents and all others welcome. Click here to RSVP. For more informati on\, email speakers@americanprogress.org. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060628T183000 GEO:38.900700;-77.039900 LOCATION:Uman Rights Campaign Foundation Building\, 1640 Rhode Island Avenu e NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20036\, United States SUMMARY:Is Your Pride Month Dragging? UID:20091107T000521EST-pAAaaP2hOL@69.73.141.125 URL:https://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Register/Register.asp?ievent=181726& ;en=jiLMLUNKJqLQIUMEJ9KJJ7OLJhISK3NJIgJZKaMHJcJSK3MJIoLUJ8MYG END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:212-404-2100 Email:mszymurska@gracelinks.org DESCRIPTION:The workshop will explore the 'inextricable link' between nucle ar power and the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Panelists will discuss strategies for moving to safe\, clean and sustainable energy future.\n\nM onday\, June 26th at 1PM-2:15 PM\n \nWHERE: At the University of British C olumbia - SUB Party Room\n \nSponsored by: GRACE Policy Institute and Abol ition 2000 Sustainable Energy Working Group Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060626T130000 GEO:49.247300;-123.210000 LOCATION:The University Of British Columbia\, SUB Party Room\, British Colu mbia\, V6S 1Y6\, Canada SUMMARY:Nuclear Energy Panel UID:20091107T000521EST-FaDZvV0ali@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-429-8900 Email:contact@spusa.org DESCRIPTION:This is the second meeting in a science and tech policy summer series for interns and young professionals in Washington\, DC. 'Too Hot T o Handle: An Interactive Exploration of Climate Change Policy' will featur e a free guided\, interactive tour for interns of the Koshland Science Mus eum's climate change exhibit. It will also feature a talk by Dr. Mark Lo veland\, Education Programs Coordinator at the Koshland Museum\, about the scientific evidence behind climate change and how climate change science can be effectively communicated to the public. The event will take place between noon and 1:30\, June 27. Please bring your own brown bag lunch. Seating is limited\; RSVP as soon as possible to the email address above t o reserve your spot. To learn more visit www.spusa.org/events. This even t is sponsored by Student Pugwash USA\, a nonprofit organization that stri ves to make socially responsible science the guiding focus of young scient ists’ careers. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060627T120000 GEO:38.911900;-77.016700 LOCATION:Koshland Science Museum\, 500 5th Street NW\, Washington\, Distric t of Columbia\, 20001\, United States SUMMARY:Too Hot to Handle? An Interactive Exploration of Climate Change Po licy UID:20091107T000521EST-LMRR7glN2v@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.spusa.org/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-741-6375 Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:Introduction by Lydia Poon\, Senior Manager of Special Projects \, Center for American Progress. \n\nThe Senate has long been known as the world’s greatest deliberative body. Navigating the Senate has always been and continues to be a great challenge for the American public\, as well a s for senators themselves. \n\nNevertheless\, no great progressive advance can be enacted without the Senate. \n\nJoin former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle for a candid discussion about his experiences as a Senate lea der. \n\nSenator Daschle will shed light on his experiences in the Senate and how the lessons he has learned apply to leaders in all stages of their careers. \n\nMonday\, June 26 at the Center for American Progress\, 1333 H St. NW\, 10th Floor\, Washington\, DC. 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Light snacks and refreshments will be served beginning at 3:00 p.m. \n\nTo RSVP\, visit: h ttp://www.americanprogress.org/daschlepolicyskills Geographical Scope: Lo cal DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060626T150000 GEO:38.904000;-77.031700 LOCATION:Center For American Progress\, 1333 H St. NW\, 10th Floor\, Washin gton\, District of Columbia\, 20005\, United States SUMMARY:Understanding the Senate: A Leader’s View UID:20091107T000521EST-aeNP9LHlTh@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.americanprogress.org/daschlepolicyskills END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:504-319-3564 Email: DESCRIPTION:Potluck and Rally to hold HUD accountable for closing and tryin g to demolish 5000 public housing apartments in New Orleans. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060704T150000 GEO:29.968600;-90.028500 LOCATION:3800 St. Bernard Ave.\, New Orleans\, Louisiana\, 70117\, United S tates SUMMARY:Rally to reopen NOLA public housing UID:20091107T000521EST-cf4kvILCKu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.survivorsvillage.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Africa Action will be hosting a Summer Film Series on HIV/AIDS in Africa. The films will be shown at various locations around D.C\, every other Thursday from 6:30-9pm. In addition to the screenings\, there will be several guest speakers at each event. Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060824 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060715T183000 GEO:38.911900;-77.016700 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20001\, United States SUMMARY:Summer Film Series on HIV/AIDS UID:20091107T000521EST-a7pbJAAaUr@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-429-8900 Email:contact@spusa.org DESCRIPTION:This is the third meeting in a science and tech policy summer s eries for interns and students in Washington\, DC. A free pizza lunch wil l be served. \n\n'When Science and Politics Collide: Scientific Integrit y in Public Policymaking' will feature two speakers: Dr. David Michaels\, Research Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Hea lth at George Washington University and Director of the Project on Scienti fic Knowledge and Public Policy abd Dr. Francesca Grifo\, Senior Scientist and Director of the Scientific Integrity Program at the Union of Concerne d Scientists. The speakers will address whether or not the integrity of s cience is being compromised by the influence of political resesarch and wh at reforms\, if any\, are needed to insulate science from politics. Come learn about the challenges scientists face in the public sphere! \n\nSeat ing is limited\; email contact@spusa.org by July 12 to reserve your seat!\ n\nTo learn more visit www.spusa.org/events. This event is sponsored by S tudent Pugwash USA\, a nonprofit organization that strives to make sociall y responsible science the guiding focus of young scientists’ careers. \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060713T120000 GEO:38.897100;-77.041200 LOCATION:1666 K Street\, NW Suite 440\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20006\, United States SUMMARY:When Science and Politics Collide: Scientific Integrity in Public P olicymaking UID:20091107T000521EST-gXn7wlDRJs@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.spusa.org/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:Having a fun summer on the Hill? Thinking about coming back to stay after graduation? Need a break from the mailroom? Come to Campus Prog ress’s lunch reception and Washington job panel. Learn from successful you ng professionals how to navigate the ever intimidating Washington job ques t. Hear them offer their experiences and advice on how to be successful in Washington\, DC. The panel will feature Jehmu Greene\, National Director of Project Vote\; Heather Higginbottom\, Legislative Director for Senator John Kerry\; Tanya Clay House\, Director of Public Policy at People For th e American Way\; and moderator David Halperin\, Director of Campus Progres s. This event will be held in the Mansfield room of the Capitol on Thursda y\, July 6th\, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Click here to RSVP. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060706T123000 GEO:38.908200;-76.982100 LOCATION:Mansfield Room\, U.S. Capitol\, Washington\, District of Columbia\ , 20002\, United States SUMMARY:Campus Progress presents Navigating the Beltway: How to Get a Job i n Washington UID:20091107T000521EST-ITVvi5WVE1@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusprogress.org/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:740-464-0445 Email:agracie18@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Free outdoor concert in Tracy Park\, in Portsmouth\, Ohio besid e Krogers. Come out to support Clay and make your voice heard. Geographic al Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060708T150000 GEO:38.793200;-82.930600 LOCATION:Tracy Park\, Portsmouth\, Ohio\, 45662\, United States SUMMARY:Clay's Concert UID:20091107T000521EST-VvHtMdvUR9@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:mpaul@newcollege.edu DESCRIPTION:The Undergraduate and Graduate Programs at New College of Calif ornia present: \n\nImagine! Another World is Possible!\n\nFeed your Mind\, Body\, Soul\, and Community Celebration!\n\nSunday\, JULY 30\, from Noon to 4:00 pm\n\nFestivities Start at 777 Valencia Street \n\nJoin our commun ity by signing our\n\nImagine Project Banner\n\nwith YOUR wishes and image s for the world \n\nPLUS: \n\nLive Music! Dancers! Clowns! \n\nThe Really \, Really Free Market! \n\nDiscounts at local stores and restaurants! \n\n School of Humanities Open House/Lunch! \n\nAlumni Panel on “Life After New College”! \n\nFree Workshops! \n\nPay It Forward Booth! \n\nCome and expe rience this day dedicated to\n\ncreating a just\, sacred\, and sustainable world! \n\nFor more information\, contact Marjorie Paul\, mpaul@newcolleg e.edu Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060730T120000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:777 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:Imagine! Another World is Possible! UID:20091107T000521EST-ZtNUvFHum3@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:srhspeacerally@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Cultural Awareness Day will include many artistic events (bands \, cultural performances\, and displayed artwork) along with many presenta tions from 'Darfur Genocide Awareness\,' 'Community Gang Awareness\,' and 'East African Crisis Awareness.' For more information please visit srpeace .cloud.prohosting.com. The event is free and open to the public all day un til 10pm. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060715T090000 GEO:38.450400;-122.783000 LOCATION:Corner Of Santa Rosa Ave And 4th Street\, Courthouse Square\, Sant a Rosa\, California\, 95401\, United States SUMMARY:Santa Rosa Peace Rally's Cultural Awareness Day UID:20091107T000521EST-pMVVuV5SVU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://srpeace.cloud.prohosting.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:999-999-9999 Email:progressivesolidarity@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:The Campus Peace & Justice Association will be holding the seco nd Camp Casey on the Quad to honor the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War. I n addition to a visual memorial to the lost and shattered lives\, there wi ll be public events each night -- inlcuding screenings of documentary film s\, a veteran's panel\, and a discussion about Our Collective Responsibili ty as Americans. Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070318 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070312T100000 GEO:39.768300;-105.049000 LOCATION:Regis University Campus\, 50th Ave & Lowell Blvd\, Denver\, Colora do\, 80212\, United States SUMMARY:CCQ2: Camp Casey on the Quad 2007 UID:20091107T000521EST-aNHpntI1Lr@69.73.141.125 URL:http://regisccq.pbwiki.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:African liberation leader Omali Yeshitela launches new book 'On e \nAfrica! One Nation!'\n\nWHAT: 'One Africa! One Nation!' book tour e vent featuring author and African Liberation leader Omali Yeshitela\nWHEN: Sunday\, July 23rd at 2pm\nWHERE: First Unitarian Church\, 2125 Ches tnut St.\, Phila\, PA\nContact: Deidre Martin\, 215-387-0919 or uhuru99@cr itpath.org\n\nCome out on Sunday\, July 23rd at 2pm to hear African Libera tion leader Omali Yeshitela discuss his new book 'One Africa! One Nation' at the First Unitarian Church\, 2125 Chestnut Street in Center City\, Phi ladelphia.\n\nLeader of the Uhuru Movement and Chairman of the African Peo ple's Socialist Party\, Yeshitela's new book is a collection of articles a nd presentations by Yeshitela and other African people from around the wor ld working to build the African Socialist International\, the worldwide or ganization to unite and liberate Africa as the birthright of African peopl e everywhere.\n\nYeshitela's new book exposes the basis for the poverty an d suffering of African people in Africa and around the world\, documenting the expropriation of Africa's resources through the slave trade\, direct colonialism and the economic and political domination that continues today . Yeshitela speaks with a bold voice that calls on African people worldwid e to unite their homeland\, liberate their people and dispense with coloni al borders that continue to divide and oppress African people.\n\nSponsore d by the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement and the African People's Solidarity Committee. For more information\, \ncall 215-387-0919 or email uhuru99@critpath.org Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060723T140000 GEO:39.960900;-75.196700 LOCATION:First Unitarian Church\, 2125 Chestnut St.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsy lvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:'One Africa! One Nation!' book tour event featuring Omali Yeshitela UID:20091107T000521EST-OVn5TTSOIF@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:314-614-9380 Email:oblivioustoeveryone@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Jessica Lynn Johnson performs her solo show OBLIVIOUS TO EVERYO NE as part of the NYC International Fringe Festival. OTE is a schizophreni c comedy that explores the media's impact on America. It centers around a Paris Hilton wannabe who distracts herself with Botox and Brangelina to ke ep from recognizing the war\, global warming\, September 11th\, and other much more pressing issues. OTE deals with the portrayal of minorities\,Ame rica's obsession with physical perfection\, and our culture's need to live in Oblivion. 75 minutes. Serio-Comedy Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060828 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060812 GEO:40.718800;-73.986400 LOCATION:New York\, New York\, 10002\, United States SUMMARY:NYC International Fringe Festival UID:20091107T000521EST-SLkERFUGOA@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.fringenyc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:718-246-4996 Email:info@burningspearuhuru.com DESCRIPTION:Uhuru Movement leader Omali Yeshitela speaks at Barnes & Noble on Court St. in Brooklyn. Back from an international organizing tour of Lo ndon\, France\, South Africa\, Namibia and Ghana\, he will read and sign c opies of Omali Yeshitela Speaks: African Internationalism\, Political Theo ry for Our Time\, and read from his upcoming release\, One Africa! One Nat ion! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060720T190000 GEO:40.694500;-73.989300 LOCATION:106 Court St.\, Broooklyn\, New York\, 11201\, United States SUMMARY:Omali Yeshitela speaks at Barnes & Noble in Brooklyn UID:20091107T000521EST-PVVfgFBP5l@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.burningspearuhuru.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:267-254-5901 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:Uhuru Movement leader Omali Yeshitela speaks in Philadelphia fo llowing his recent international organizing tour of Europe and southern Af rica. He will discuss his new book\, One Africa! One Nation!\, a collectio n of articles and presentations by Yeshitela and other African people from around the world working to build the African Socialist International\, t he worldwide organization to unite and liberate Africa as the birthright o f African people everywhere. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060723T140000 GEO:40.003400;-75.186800 LOCATION:2125 Chestnut\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19103\, United State s SUMMARY:Omali Yeshitela speaks at community event in Philadelphia UID:20091107T000521EST-ZUwHjs4EgA@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.burningspearuhuru.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-429-8900 Email:contact@spusa.org DESCRIPTION:Student Pugwash USA presents Policy Portal: A Science & Tech Po licy series for Interns. Join other Washington interns and leading expert s to discuss today's top science and technology topics at the fourth event in this thought-provoking series\, 'On the Defense: Are Missile Defense a nd Bunker Buster Programs Really Needed?' How have U.S. defense stratgies changed science the Cold War? Do current defense programs meet U.S. secur ity needs? Come learn about the challenges to keeping America secure! Thi s program will feature Daryl Kimball\, Executive Director of the Arms Cont rol Association. Other speaker TBA. \n\nInterns\, students\, young profe ssionals\, and other interested parties are encouraged to participate.\n\n Event held from noon to one at the Center for Nonprofit Advancement. Geog raphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060726T120000 GEO:38.911900;-77.016700 LOCATION:1666 K Street\, NW Suite 440\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20001\, United States SUMMARY:Defense Policy Program for Interns UID:20091107T000521EST-4JDpbN5LUK@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.spusa.org/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:586-783-8900 Email:metrodetroit@cleanwater.org DESCRIPTION:we do phonebanking and walk and talks to get people to vote for enviromentally progressive candidates in state and local elections. Geog raphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060802T180000 GEO:42.593800;-82.913300 LOCATION:38875 Harper Ave.\, Clinton Twp.\, Michigan\, 48036\, United State s SUMMARY:Volunteer Days ever Wednesday and Saturday UID:20091107T000521EST-DFHgO1HgGg@69.73.141.125 URL:http://cleanwateraction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-429-8900 Email:contact@spusa.org DESCRIPTION:Don't miss out on the final event of 'Policy Portal\,' Student Pugwash USA's summer intern event series. Can Sunscreen Make me Sick? And other nanotechnology questions will feature speakers Andrew Maynard\, Sci ence Advisor to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wi lson Center and Barbara Wilson\, Office of Research and Development\, EPA. \n\nWhat are the the everyday applications of nanotechnology? What are the implications of nanotechnology on our health and environment? Come le arn about the ethics of this emerging technology! A free pizza lunch will be served!! \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060804T120000 GEO:38.897100;-77.041200 LOCATION:1627 K Street NW\, Third Floor\, Washington\, District of Columbia \, 20006\, United States SUMMARY:Can Sunscreen Make Me Sick? And Other Ethical Nanotechnology Questi ons UID:20091107T000521EST-2BGVAkMgjk@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.spusa.org/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:416-979-3939 Email:info@greenenterprise.net DESCRIPTION:The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community \nFeaturing i nternationally respected author David Korten \n\nWednesday\, October 4\n7: 30 pm (doors open at 7:00pm)\nOISE/UT auditorium\n252 Bloor Street West\, Toronto \nPay What You Can (recommended $5.00) \n\nWhat does it mean to bu ild a sustainable global society? How do we go beyond the conflicts and habits that limit our collective potential and threaten our future? What can we do as individuals and organizations to\nplay a role in this great t ransformation?\n\nJoin acclaimed author David C. Korten as he addresses th e themes and explorations of his most recent book\, The Great Turning: Fr om Empire to Earth Community.\n\nMr. Korten is best known as the author of When Corporations Rule the World (1995)\, and as board chair and co-found er of the Positive Futures Network\, which publishes Yes! Magazine.\n\nThe event will also feature a book signing by Mr. Korten.\n\nThis event is ho sted by Green Enterprise Toronto (www.greenenterprise.net)\nand the follow ing sponsors:\n\n* Grassroots Environmental Products \n* The Trans formative Learning Centre at OISE \n* Centre for Social Innovation \n* Raincoast Books \n* The Centre for Social Justice \n* Faith a nd the Common Good Network \n* Business and Environment Program\, York University Faculty of\nEnvironmental Studies \n* Justice\, Global and Ecumenical Relations Unit\, United Church of\nCanada \n\n\nFor more infor mation\, visit www.greenenterprise.net/event\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061004T193000 GEO:43.663800;-79.397200 LOCATION:252 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1V6\, Canada SUMMARY:\\'The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community\\' lecture by David Korten UID:20091107T000521EST-jvEKpzVU6s@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.greenenterprise.net/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:415-437-3408 Email:activism@newcollege.edu DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, August 08 7:00 PM\nASC BA and MA Information Sessions \nRoom 24\, 766 Valencia St.\, San Francisco \n\n \n\nASC BA and MA Inform ation Sessions\nsecond Tuesday of every month!\n\nCome and get your questi ons answered about the Activism & Social Change Emphasis Degree Programs - Weekend BA Completion and Weekday Evening MA! \n\nThe Activism & Social C hange Emphasis Degree program hosts regular information sessions on the se cond Tuesday of every month\, at 7 pm\, Room 24\, 766 Valencia St.\, San F rancisco. Everyone is also welcome to come early and join us for our month ly community dinner from 5:00-6:30 in Room 6\, 777 Valencia. Faculty and s tudent representatives will be available to answer your questions. \n\nFor more information\, please email activism@newcollege.edu\, or call Helene Vosters or Kai Lundgren-Williams\, Co-Directors\, at (415) 437-3408.\n Ge ographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060808T190000 GEO:37.748900;-122.416000 LOCATION:New College\, Room 24\, 777 Valencia\, San Francisco\, California\ , 94110\, United States SUMMARY:Activism & Social Change BA & MA Open House UID:20091107T000521EST-uEFKAkVkvv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.newcollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:256-354-5196 Email:windwalker@defendthewolves.org DESCRIPTION:First annual Intertribal Harvest Moon Benefit Pow Wow. Geograp hical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061008 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061006T050000 GEO:33.193600;-85.745000 LOCATION:First Nations Outreach Project\, Ceremonial Grounds\, Cragford\, A labama\, 36255\, United States SUMMARY:First Nations Outreach Projects First Annual Harvest Moon Benefit P ow Wow UID:20091107T000521EST-WUNTbiVscs@69.73.141.125 URL:http://defendthewolves.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:WHAT: 'El Che' film & discussion\nWHEN: 7 pm on Monday\, August 14\, 2006\nWHERE: Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave\, West Philly\nContact: 215-387-0919 or uhuru99@critpath.org\n $3 do nation requested\n\n\nTHIRTY-EIGHT years after his death\, Ernesto Che Gue vara\, the \ninternational revolutionary hero who was killed at the age o f 39 by \nthe C.I.A. in the Bolivian jungles\, continues to inspire peopl e who \nare fighting for liberation. This documentary film examines throu gh \nincredible archival footage & interviews the “most idolized \nrevol utionary of the 20th century.” (NY TImes)\n\nCome out to view the document ary film “El Che: Investigating a \nLegend” and find out about the man be hind the image. The film showing \nis at 7pm on Monday August 14th at the Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 \nLancaster Ave. West Philly. A $3 donati on is requested. For more \ninformation\, call 215-387-0919 or email uhur u99@critpath.org.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060814T190000 GEO:39.957300;-75.187000 LOCATION:Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave\, West Philly\, Phila delphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19143\, United States SUMMARY:'El Che\, Investigating a legend' film and discussion UID:20091107T000521EST-4dCkie6uzu@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:peacefestiowa@riseup.net DESCRIPTION:A Day of Community Action Calling for the Immediate U. S. Withd rawal from Iraq\, Promoting Global Justice\, Demandin Human Rights\, and C alling for an End to Military Occupations Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060923T120000 GEO:41.649900;-91.520200 LOCATION:College Green Park\, Washington/College/Dodge/Johnson\, Iowa City\ , Iowa\, 52240\, United States SUMMARY:PeaceFest 2006 UID:20091107T000521EST-D08B6asGXU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.peacefestiowa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email: DESCRIPTION:FIDEL\, The Untold Story Film & Discussion\nFriday\, Sept 8th @ 7pm at the Uhuru Solidarity Center 3733 Lancaster Ave\, West Philly\nSugg ested donation $3 - $5\n\nThis documentary shows the victories of the unfo lding Cuban revolution through incredible historical footage and interview s with the brilliant and tireless leader Fidel Castro\, his friends and co ntemporaries. Estela Bravo\, 1 hr 30 min\, 2002\n------------------------- ----------\nBuild African People\\'s Solidarity Day Campaign!\nSupport the movement for reparations\, justice and liberation for African people\, fr om Philly to Haiti\, from Sudan to New Orleans!\nSponsered by Uhuru Solida rity Movement. call 215-387-0919 or email uhuru99@critpath.org Geographic al Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060908T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave.\, West\, Philadelphi a\, Pennsylvania\, United States SUMMARY:FIDEL\, The Untold Story\, film and discussion UID:20091107T000521EST-ivvi1MUARr@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:202-682-1611 Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:Jennifer Palmieri\, Vice President of Communications\, Center f or American Progress\, will address the sororities at the University of Ma ryland on the importance of women’s political awareness and social respo nsibility in today’s society. \n\nShe will also speak about the signific ance of women’s contributions in spreading the progressive message on co llege campuses and communities. \n\nRefreshments will be served. Co-sponso red by Campus Progress and National Pan Hellenic Council. \n\nFor more inf ormation\, email speakers@americanprogress.org. Geographical Scope: Loca l DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060928T190000 GEO:38.833600;-76.877700 LOCATION:Ritchie Coliseum\, University Of Maryland\, College Park\, Ollege Park\, Maryland\, 20742\, United States SUMMARY:Politics Outside of Your Sorority UID:20091107T000521EST-kVaDtoaJh3@69.73.141.125 URL:http://campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email: DESCRIPTION:\\'All Diamonds are Blood Diamonds!\\'\nStudy and Discussion\,\ nMonday Sept 11th at 6:30pm\nUhuru Solidarity Center\n3733 Lancaster Ave\, West Philly\n215-387-0919\n\nRead and discuss the new pamphlet by Penny H ess\, African People\\'s Solidarity Committee chairwoman\, exposing the ge nocidal diamond industry. While rap artists\, movies and websites condemn so-called \\'conflict\\' or \\'blood\\' diamonds\, the reality is that \\' legitimate\\' diamonds are just as bloody!\n\nIn response to the campaign against \\'blood\\' diamonds\, the World Diamond Council has just launched a major PR campaign to make it seem that the diamond industry benefits Af rican people! They say diamonds fund schools\, provide healthcare and does all kinds of beneficial things for Africa!\n\nLearn how the diamond indus try and the DeBeers cartel was started by Cecil Rhodes\, the British colon izer who founded Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)\, by slaughtering Africans and forcin g them off their land into concentration camps\, the start of the aparthei d system. He became a millionaire from the diamonds he forced Africans to mine at gunpoint.\n\nFind out how the U.S. instigated proxy wars that hav e ravaged Africa in the past 15 years\, where millions of Africans have be en killed and had their arms & legs cut off\, how U.S. has fought over con trol of the billion dollar diamond industry as well as oil\, coltan and ot her mineral wealth.\n\nAsk why is it that Africa has the greatest natural resources in the world\, and African people are getting 30 cents a day min ing for diamonds\, living to 37 years old and have no electricity or clean water.\n\nParticipate in a call to action to expose and stand against the vicious diamond industry that benefits the white world and brings devasta tion\, war and poverty to Africa. September 30th is a national Day of Acti on against the diamond industry\, we\\'ll be protesting in Philly\\'s diam ond district in Center City.\n\nLearn how you can participate in building African People\\'s Solidarity Day\, a teach-in and benefit on November 11t h & 12th\, 2006 at the International House at 3701 Chestnut St. in West Ph illy. This is a stand from the white community that unites with the right of African people to control their own resources\, land and future!\n\nSup port the Uhuru Movement campaigns for African self-determination build Afr ican People\\'s Solidarity Day Campaign for reparations\, justice and libe ration for the African community\, from Philly to Haiti\, from Sudan to Ne w Orleans!\nwww.apscuhuru.org 215-3 87-0919\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060911T183000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave.\, West Philly SUMMARY:All Diamonds are Blood Diamonds UID:20091107T000521EST-aUDuosJ5v7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.apscuhuru.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email:democrats@case.edu DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061006T190000 GEO:41.507800;-81.608800 LOCATION:11111 Euclid Avenue\, Thwing Center\, Ballroom\, Cleveland\, Ohio\ , 44106\, United States SUMMARY:Second Annual Dinner With the Democrats UID:20091107T000521EST-vriFuXkELh@69.73.141.125 URL:http://filer.case.edu/org/democrats END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email: DESCRIPTION:“JOHN HENRIK CLARKE: A GREAT AND MIGHTY WALK”\, Film and di scussion.\nA powerful biography that takes us through history from the poi nt of view of African people. Includes incredible footage of revolutionary African leaders including Cheikh Anta Diop\, Marcus Garvey\, Kwame Nkruma h and many others.\nFRI SEPT 15th • 7pm\n$3-$5 suggested donation\nat Uh uru Solidarity Center\n3733 Lancaster Ave. West Philly\nwww.apscuhuru.org 215-387-0919 Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060915T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave.\, (West) Philadelph ia\, Pennsylvania\, United States SUMMARY:\\'JOHN HENRIK CLARKE: A GREAT AND MIGHTY WALK\\'\, Film and discus sion. UID:20091107T000521EST-meTV6svRlw@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email: DESCRIPTION:“LUMUMBA” \, Film and discussion.\nWhen Patrice Lumumba was elected president of Congo in 1960 he made it clear that Congo’s resour ces must benefit African people themselves.\nLumumba’s courageous\, anti -colonial stand threatened U.S. & Belgian’s vast diamond interests in Co ngo\, which had a third of the world’s known diamond supply. The CIA an d Belgian imperialists assassinated Lumumba in January 1961\, installing t heir puppet Mobutu.\n1hr 55 min • Raoul Peck\, 2001\nFRI SEPT 22nd • 7 pm\n$3-$5 suggested donation\nat Uhuru Solidarity Center\n3733 Lancaster A ve. West Philly\nwww.apscuhuru.org 215-387-0919 Geographical Scope: Loc al DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060922T190000 GEO:39.944200;-75.227200 LOCATION:Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave.\, Philadelphia\, Pen nsylvania\, 19143\, United States SUMMARY:Lumumba: Film and Discussion UID:20091107T000521EST-kGvBvJ3w4l@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a FREE advance screening of “The Wire” e pisode titled Home Room (which will debut on HBO on Sunday\, Sept 24)\, fo llowed by a Q&A session featuring:\n\nDavid Simon\, executive producer\, w riter\, series creator\, \\'The Wire\\'\nEd Burns\, producer\, writer\, \\ 'The Wire\\'\nModerated by: Clyde Williams\, Campus Progress\n\nThe critic ally acclaimed fourth season of “The Wire” tackles head-on the challen ges facing urban schools\, with a sharp focus on a Baltimore middle school . Series creator and former journalist David Simon says this season of “ The Wire” aims to “address American ideas about equal opportunity and how true we are to that ideal\, and look at the portion of the city that h as been left behind and why things aren\\'t working.”\n\nBe the first to watch this next episode of “The Wire” before it airs on HBO the follo wing Sunday\, and then discuss the show and the challenges of our underfun ded\, underserved public schools with Simon and “Wire” producer and wr iter Ed Burns. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060920T190000 GEO:38.906800;-77.041500 LOCATION:Marriott Renaissance Mayflower Hotel\, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW \, Grand Ballroom\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20036\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Campus Progress/HBO Present \\'The Wire\\' Advance Screening/Panel with Creator UID:20091107T000521EST-KzpPlc99mZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.americanprogress.org/thewire END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:857-233-7508 Email:robapsc@excite.com DESCRIPTION:U.S.-wide educational and fundraising events exposing the truth that the prosperity\, democracy and power of America and Europe are built on the enslavement\, oppression and poverty of African people and the the ft of Africa\\'s resources.\n \nAPSD recognizes that the solution to the c ontradictions of \\'race\\' in the U.S. are found in the fact that there a re two realities in this country--the affluence and democracy of the white lifestyle which comes at the expense of the enslavement\, oppression and poverty of African people. African people in the U.S. are a colonized popu lation. \n\nAPSD also supports the growing demand for reparations to Afric an people based on 400 years of slavery and genocide. The event upholds th e reality that all black people everywhere are African people\, and that A frica and all its resources belong to African people worldwide. \n\nAfrica n People\\'s Solidarity Day is a fundraiser for African political and econ omic development projects led by the Uhuru Movement in the U.S.\, in Afric a and around the world. \n\nAfrican People\\'s Solidarity Day in Boston wi ll feature the follwing speaers: \n\n> Gaida Kambon\, Secretary of the Afr ican People’s Socialist Party \n \n> Omavi Bailey\, African People\\'s S ocialist Party\n\n> Penny Hess\, Chairwoman of the African People\\'s Soli darity Committee (APSC) \n\nAfrican People\\'s Solidarity Day is sponsored by the African People\\'s Solidarity Committee. For more information on h ow to get involved\, the latest analysis and upcoming events\, visit www.a pscuhuru.org.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061028T100000 GEO:42.355100;-71.131600 LOCATION:Jackson-Mann CommunityCenter\, 500 Cambridge St\, Allston\, Massac husetts\, 02134\, United States SUMMARY:African People\\'s Solidarity Day UID:20091107T000521EST-V2HZnsxxe7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.apscuhuru.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:727-824-5685 Email:apsc_uhuru@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:> U.S.-wide educational and fundraising events exposing the tru th that the prosperity\, democracy and power of America and Europe are bui lt on the enslavement\, oppression and poverty of African people and the t heft of Africa\\'s resources. \n\n> Recognizes that the solution to the co ntradictions of \\'race\\' in the U.S. are found in the fact that there ar e two realities in this country--the affluence and democracy of the white lifestyle which comes at the expense of the enslavement\, oppression and p overty of African people. African people in the U.S. are a colonized popul ation. \n\n> Supports the growing demand for reparations to African people based on 400 years of slavery and genocide. \n\n> Upholds the reality tha t all black people everywhere are African people\, and that Africa and all its resources belong to African people worldwide. \n\n> African People\\' s Solidarity Day is a fundraiser for African political and economic develo pment projects led by the Uhuru Movement in the U.S.\, in Africa and aroun d the world. \n\nAfrican People\\'s Solidarity Day in St. Petersburg will feature the following speakers:\n\nKeynote: Omali Yeshitela\, Chairman of the African People\\'s Socialist Party\, leader of the Uhuru Movement \n\n Luwezi Kinshasa\, Director of International Affairs\, African People’s S ocialist Party \n\nSbusiso Xaba\, President\, Pan-Africanist Youth Congres s of Azania (South Africa)\n\nAisha Fields\, a physicist coordinating deve lopment projects led by the Uhuru Movement in West Africa \n\nPenny Hess\, Chairwoman of the African People\\'s Solidarity Committee (APSC) \n\nAfri can People\\'s Solidarity Day is sponsored by the African People\\'s Solid arity Committee. For more information\, the latest analysis and upcoming e vents\, visit www.apscuhuru.org.\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061101T183000 GEO:27.771000;-82.639300 LOCATION:Studio@620\, 620 1st Ave. S.\, St. Petersburg\, Florida\, 33701\, United States SUMMARY:African People\\'s Solidarity Day - St. Petersburg\, FL UID:20091107T000521EST-vNKG0mL9GU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.apscuhuru.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:National Action Campaign\nAll Diamonds Are Blood Diamonds\; Boy cott ALL Diamonds!\n\nWhat: National Action Campaign Against the Diamond T rade\nWhen: FORUM: Monday\, October 2nd\, 2006 at 6:30pm\nWhere: Uhuru So lidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave. in West Philadelphia\; \n ALSO- AC TION/DEMONSTRATION - Oct. 21\, 12PM\, 8th and Sansom Sts.\, Jewelry Row\, Philadelphia\nContact: National Office\, African People’s Solidarity Da y Campaign \n (215) 387-0919\, www.apscuhuru.org info@apscuhuru. org\nIn an attempt to educate the American public about the violence and o ppression they charge is intrinsic in the diamond trade\, the African Peop le\\'s Solidarity Committee is launching a national action campaign agains t the diamond industry with a series of demonstrations and actions targeti ng diamonds retailers in U.S. cities.\nFounded by the Uhuru (African freed om) Movement to organize support from the white community for the African liberation and unification struggle\, the group is calling for concerned c itizens to:\n*Organize protest actions targeting the diamond industry!\n*B oycott all diamonds\; All diamonds are blood diamonds!\n*Donate diamonds t o the Uhuru Movement for African-led development programs for renewable en ergy and water purification in West Africa! \n*Support the struggle for re parations and national liberation for African people!\nOrganizers of the N ational Action Campaign reject the diamond industry’s recent publicity c ampaign promoting the extraction and sale of \\'non-conflict\\' diamonds a s beneficial to indigenous and African communities.\nCritics of the indust ry point to Botswana\, the largest supplier of uncut diamonds in the world \, where a fourth of the population lives on less than a dollar a day. A t hird of the people of are undernourished and the life expectancy is 36 yea rs. Botswana has the second largest per capita AIDS rate on the planet\, w ith nearly a quarter of the people infected.\nThe World Diamond Council ad mits that $8.4 billion in rough diamonds are extracted from Africa each ye ar. This amount multiplies as the diamonds are refined and sold\, travelin g from Africa to Antwerp to Israel and the U.S.\, enriching white communit ies along the way.\nCampaign organizer Alison Hoehne states\, “We have t he responsibility to shut down an industry that ravages the land and labor of Africa to benefit the white world. For white society\, the diamond is promoted to represent the ultimate _expression of love. For Africa\, the d iamond trade has its origins in colonialism\, with African people forced t o labor on their own land under slave-like conditions for pennies a day.†ť \nIn recent years\, proxy wars funded by foreign interests competing ove r the mineral-rich African continent have destabilized the region\, allowi ng for the uncontrolled export of diamonds by independent groups and indiv iduals. The DeBeers Group\, the diamond cartel founded by British colonist Cecil Rhodes\, responded to this threat to their control of the diamond t rade by devising the concept of “blood” or “conflict” diamonds\, r eferring to any diamonds sold on the world market without their “Kimberl ey Process” stamp of approval.\nHoehne counters\, “All diamonds are bl ood diamonds! The diamond wars are just another chapter in the centuries-l ong history of Western colonial domination in Africa that kidnapped millio ns of African people for enslavement in the Americas\, wiped out whole seg ments of the African population in Africa\, stole African land and resourc es\, and enslaved African people on their own soil for the benefit of the white world.”\nFor more information and the truth about diamonds\, visit www.apscuhuru.org\, email info@apscuhuru.org or call (215) 387-0919. Geo graphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061002T183000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave\, (West Philly)\, Phi ladelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:ALL DIAMONDS ARE BLOOD DIAMONDS\, Boycott ALL Diamonds- National A ction Campaign UID:20091107T000521EST-xxwUD2Uzus@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.apscuhuru.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:What: Benefit show for African People\\'s Solidarity Day wit h Noise\, Murder House\, Cypher: Dissident\, and Son of Nun\nWhen: 1 0pm on Thursday\, Oct. 5th\nWhere: Aqualounge\, 323 W. Girard Ave.\,(Gir ard & Orianna Sts.) \n Philadelphia\nCosts: $3 cover charge\, 21+\nC ontact: 215-387-0919 or info@apscuhuru.org\n\n\nCome out on Thursday\, Oct ober 5th and join the diverse\, chill crowd at Aqualounge\, located at 323 W. Girard Ave in Northern Liberties\, for a benefit show featuring visiti ng revolutionary hip hop artist Son of Nun\, from Baltimore MD and hip hop collective Cypher: Dissident\, from Ithaca NY. Also playing are local Phi ladelphia psychedelic/experimental music by Murder House and Noise.\n\n$3 cover charge at the door\, 21+ entry\, and the show starts at 10pm. \n\nTh e money raised benefits African People\\'s Solidarity Day\, the November 2 006 national teach-in for solidarity with the movement to liberate and uni te Africa and African people worldwide.\n\nFor more information contact\ni nfo@apscuhuru.org or call 215-387-0919.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061005T220000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:Aqualounge\, 323 W. Girard\, (Girard And Orianna Sts.)\, Philadelp hia\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Revolutionary hiphop artists and psychedelic/experimental bands Ben efit UID:20091107T000521EST-KututtePJ8@69.73.141.125 URL:http://apscuhuru.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:What: Clark Park People\\'s Flea Market \\'not just another flea market\\'\nWhen: Saturday\, October 14th from 9am - 5pm (rain da te Sunday Oct.15th)\nWhere: Baltimore Ave. and 43rd St.\, West Philly - in Clark Park\nContact: Deidre Martin\, 215-387-0919 or uhuru99@critpath .org\n\nThe Clark Park People\\'s Flea Market \\'not just another flea mar ket\\' is \nall about the community - with over 60 vendors under a canopy of shade trees selling antiques\, collectibles\, household stuff\, fresh j uices\, water ice\, and other food concessions\, and African and other eth nic arts and crafts. We also offer children\\'s activities and free health screening.\n\nDon\\'t miss our last flea market of the 2006 summer season ! The flea market runs from 9am - 5pm in Clark Park\, located near 43rd S t and Baltimore Ave.\, in University City/West Philly.\n\nThe Uhuru Solida rity Movement is proud to be the coordinator of the lively\, \nexciting Cl ark Park People\\'s Flea Market. We are volunteer run\, and all our \nproc eeds go to the programs and campaigns of the African-led Uhuru Movement fo r economic and social justice for Africans here and around the world! \n\n For more information\, including vending\, volunteering or performing\, ca ll 215-387-0919 or email uhuru99@critpath.org.\n Geographical Scope: Loca l DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061014T090000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:Baltimore Ave At 43rd ST.\, In Clark Park\, Phila\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Clark Park People\\'s Flea Market (fundraiser) UID:20091107T000521EST-uwnazVVhF0@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:773-508-3830 Email:abrowni@luc.edu DESCRIPTION:The course is based on the premise that creativity is an essent ial component of a vital democracy. Students will be introduced to the co ncept of the Creative Economy\, which generates over $960 billion in annua l revenues in the U.S. We will explore the idea of creativity as a nationa l value capable of driving public policy and civic engagement. The class w ill explore several ways to be an organizer around issues of culture and c reativity. During this course students are given an introduction to commu nity organizing strategies and tactics and will be exposed to a number of cultural policy controversies and the key players who are working to make a difference in those areas. We will also examine the work of social chang e leaders who use the arts as their primary role of intervention. These pr actitioners are collectively known as Interventionists. This class combine s readings\, class exploration and an out-of-class research project where students will pick a social change cause that is meaningful to them\, rese arch that issue and do a performance/artistic-based presentation on that i ssue to the class. No prerequisite is required for this course.\n\nThe In structor\nTom Tresser is a former actor\, theater producer and community o rganizer. Based in Chicago\, he has been working since 1990 to involve cul tural workers and creative professionals to become active in politics and civic affairs.\n\nHe has spent the last two years organizing the Creative America Project (http://www.creativeamerica.us)\, a national\, nonprofit\, nonpartisan effort which aims to inspire and train creative professionals to seek leadership positions in public life. He’s written a book based on his cultural organizing work\, \\'Win With Creativity! Why and How Crea tive Professionals Should Run for Local Office.” \n\nOver the past year he has delivered a performance/presentation called \\'The Politics of Crea tivity - A Call to Service\\' for Arts Midwest\, Arts Wisconsin\, ArtPride New Jersey\, ArtServe Michigan and the Detroit College of Creative Studie s. It\\'s a 90 minute piece that makes the case for creativity as the basi s for a new\, positive and winning politics and explains how creative prof essionals have the values\, passion and skills perfectly suited for public leadership. He believes that many of our peers are already leaders who po ssess values\, skills and experience desperately needed in the public sect or.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070114 GEO:42.009700;-87.669400 LOCATION:Loyola University\, Theater Department\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 6062 6\, United States SUMMARY:New class: \\'The Artist as Activist\\' UID:20091107T000521EST-kmlkn7eRI2@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.tresser.com/activist.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Meet at Capital Ave corner of Broad St Hartford\, Rally at Sout h Green Park @ intersection of Park\, Maple\, & Main Sts Hartford Geograp hical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061001T140000 GEO:41.780100;-72.677100 LOCATION:Hartford\, Connecticut\, 06101\, United States SUMMARY:Immigrants Rights March - Hartford UID:20091107T000521EST-p2IPfDP6VJ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.afsc.org/calendar/calendar.php?type=week&calendar=9& category=&day=01&month=10&year=2006 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:415-282-7197 Email:hyoung@newcollege.edu DESCRIPTION: The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars\, Terrori sm and Economic Collapse\nRichard Heinberg\n - Thursday\, September 28\n - 7:00 PM\nIn Collaboration with New College of California\nAt The Roxie Theater of New College\, 3117 16th Street Suggested donation $5\, no one t urned away for lack of funds\n\nSince oil is the primary fuel of global in dustrial civilization\, its imminent depletion is a problem that will have profound impact on every aspect of modern life. The Oil Depletion Protoco l describes a unique accord whereby nations would voluntarily reduce their oil production and oil imports according to a consistent\, sensible formu la. Richard Heinberg is a core faculty in New College of California\\'s Cu lture\, Ecology and Sustainable Community Program and an award-winning aut hor. This event is cosponsored by New College of California.\n Geographic al Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060928T190000 GEO:37.748700;-122.415000 LOCATION:3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars\, Terrorism an d Economic Col UID:20091107T000521EST-2K0dpvIEE0@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mtbs.com/events.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru191@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:African People\\'s Solidarity Day Campaign\nTrue History Series \n\n What: “Aristide and the Endless Revolution”\, Film and Discussion \n When: Fri. Sept. 29th 7 pm\n Where: Uhuru Solidarity Center\n3733 Lanc aster Ave\, West Philly\n\nThis powerful and well researched documentary s hows the overthrow of democratically elected Haitian president Jean-Bertra nd Aristide by the U.S. and French governments in 2004. Through interview s and footage\, it brings the revolutionary history of Haiti to life\, and exposes the brutality and denial of rights under U.S. domination. \nA Ni colas Rossier film. 1 hr 24 minutes.\nWinner – Best Documentary f rom 2006 Pan African Film Festival\n$3 to $5 suggested donation 21 5-387-0919 www.apscuhuru.org Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20060929T190000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave (West Philly)\, Phil adelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:\\'Aristide and the Endless Revolution\\'\, Film and Discussion UID:20091107T000521EST-G08BTdGWsr@69.73.141.125 URL:http://apscuhuru.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru191@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:National Action Campaign\nAll Diamonds Are Blood Diamonds\; Boy cott ALL Diamonds!\n\nWhat: National Action Campaign Against the Diamond T rade\n FORUM and Film – “Reparations Now”\nWho: Kamau Bectemba\, le ader of Philadelphia African People\\'s Socialist Party\n Alison Hoehne\, coordinator of Philadelphia\\'s African People\\'s Solidarity Day\nWhen: Monday\, October 2nd at 6:30 pm\nWhere: Uhuru Solidarity Ctr\, 3733 Lanca ster Ave in West Philadelphia\n ---------- also ----------\n ACTION: Demonstration on Saturday\, October 21 at 12 p m\n at 8th and Sansom Sts.\, Jewelry Row\, Philadelphia\n\nFILM: “Rep arations Now” from Burning Spear Productions\, with powerful footage of African civilization\, slavery\, Jim Crow and the white wealth built at Af rican people\\'s expense.\n\nIn an attempt to educate the American public about the violence and oppression they charge is intrinsic in the diamond trade\, the African People\\'s Solidarity Committee is launching a nationa l action campaign against the diamond industry with a series of demonstrat ions and actions targeting diamonds retailers in U.S. cities.\nFounded by the Uhuru (African freedom) Movement to organize support from the white co mmunity for the African liberation and unification struggle\, the group is calling for concerned citizens to:\nOrganize protest actions targeting th e diamond industry.\nBoycott all diamonds\; All diamonds are blood diamond s!\nDonate diamonds to the Uhuru Movement for African-led development prog rams for renewable energy and water purification in West Africa \nSupport the struggle for reparations and national liberation for African people\nO rganizers of the National Action Campaign reject the diamond industry’s recent publicity campaign promoting the extraction and sale of \\'non-conf lict\\' diamonds as beneficial to indigenous and African communities.\nCri tics of the industry point to Botswana\, the largest supplier of uncut dia monds in the world\, where a fourth of the population lives on less than a dollar a day. A third of the people of are undernourished and the life ex pectancy is 36 years. Botswana has the second largest per capita AIDS rate on the planet\, with nearly a quarter of the people infected.\nThe World Diamond Council admits that $8.4 billion in rough diamonds are extracted f rom Africa each year. This amount multiplies as the diamonds are refined a nd sold\, traveling from Africa to Antwerp to Israel and the U.S.\, enrich ing white communities along the way.\nCampaign organizer Alison Hoehne sta tes\, “We have the responsibility to shut down an industry that ravages the land and labor of Africa to benefit the white world. For white society \, the diamond is promoted to represent the ultimate expression of love. F or Africa\, the diamond trade has its origins in colonialism\, with Africa n people forced to labor on their own land under slave-like conditions for pennies a day.” \nIn recent years\, proxy wars funded by foreign intere sts competing over the mineral-rich African continent have destabilized th e region\, allowing for the uncontrolled export of diamonds by independent groups and individuals. The DeBeers Group\, the diamond cartel founded by British colonist Cecil Rhodes\, responded to this threat to their control of the diamond trade by devising the concept of “blood” or “conflic t” diamonds\, referring to any diamonds sold on the world market without their “Kimberley Process” stamp of approval.\nHoehne counters\, “Al l diamonds are blood diamonds! The diamond wars are just another chapter i n the centuries-long history of Western colonial domination in Africa that kidnapped millions of African people for enslavement in the Americas\, wi ped out whole segments of the African population in Africa\, stole African land and resources\, and enslaved African people on their own soil for th e benefit of the white world.”\nFor more information and the truth about diamonds\, info@apscuhuru.org \nContact: National Office\, African Peopl e’s Solidarity Day Campaign (215) 387-0919\, or email apscuhuru.org G eographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061002T183000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave.\, Philadelphia\, Pen nsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:\\'All Diamonds Are Blood Diamonds! National Action Campaign UID:20091107T000521EST-tSunoxiHVh@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.apscuhuru.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:nec_soup@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:In celebration of National Coming Out Day and Gay History Month \, SOUP will be sponsoring a Masquerade Ball to wrap up a month long of GL BTQ events. Formal dress and masks\, with a \\'coming out\\' unmasking ce remony during the evening. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061104T180000 GEO:43.173500;-71.817200 LOCATION:New England College Simon Center\, 24 Bridge St\, Henniker\, New H ampshire\, 03242\, United States SUMMARY:NEC Masquerade Ball UID:20091107T000521EST-5wUau0AvKk@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.myspace.com/nec_soup END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:215-985-2733 Email:julia@alaskawild.org DESCRIPTION:On Saturday October 21st\, NJ/PA Alaska Wilderness League Organ izer\, will hold a special Grassroots Leadership Training. Special guest\ , Erik Dumont\, National Field Director of Alaska Wilderness League will p resent information sessions on Grassroots training\, how to lobby your Con gressman/Senator and the current state of Arctic legislation. \n\nThe wor kshop is free and open to all interested. Please call or email with quest ions or comments. I hope to see you all there!\nRefreshments will be serv ed.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061021T100000 GEO:39.952200;-75.174100 LOCATION:1622 Chestnut St Rm. LL104\, Art Institute\, Philadelphia\, Pennsy lvania\, 19103\, United States SUMMARY:Alaska Grassroots Leadership Training UID:20091107T000521EST-7xLgFxPzvl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.alaskawild.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:617-734-2500 Email:kelly-riley@usa.net DESCRIPTION:Special audio/visual screening of the 30 Articles of the Univer sal Declaration of Human Rights and the Award Winning Music Video\, \\'Uni ted\\'. Updates on campaign and how to get involved. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061024T193000 GEO:42.324400;-71.139300 LOCATION:Coolidge Corner Theater\, 290 Harvard Street\, Brookline\, Massach usetts\, 02445\, United States SUMMARY:Screening of Universal Declaration of Human Rights UID:20091107T000521EST-ORF18pRmgV@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:jeronimoscrow@aol.com DESCRIPTION:The UCSB/ IV communities needs your help!!! Please respond if y ou are willing to help organize\, participate or support ASAP!! \n \nWhat: TENT CITY/ COMMUNITY ENCAMPMENT \n \nWHEN: OCT 17TH 8PM \n \nWHERE: BEGIN NING AT 6626 PICASSO & MARCHING TO STORKE TOWER TO SETUP CAMP ON THE GRASS BETWEEN THE BIKE PATH \n \nWHY : *TO DEMAND AN EVICTION PROTECTION POLICY IN IV \n *TO LIFT UCSB WORKERS OUT OF POVERTY WITH AN IMMEDIATE W AGE \n INCREASE \n *MORE DIVERSITY @ UCSB \n\nHOW: B Y ESTABLISHING A TENT CITY ON CAMPUS\, REFUSING TO BE SILENCED OR IGNORED\ , AND DEMANDING THE UNIVERSITY WORK WITH THE STUDENTS & COMMUNITY ON THESE ISSUES \n \nLow-wages make it impossible for workers to live here\, even then\, they will be displaced by students by luxury housing- this same tre nd for luxury housing will continue to decrease diversity at ucsb and in o ur community. The result of all of this is that working class people of co lor are being forced from our community. \n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061017T200000 GEO:34.443700;-119.942000 LOCATION:Beginning @ 6626 Picasso In Isla Vista & Marching\, To Storke Towe r Where We Will Set Up Camp\, Santa Barbara\, California\, 93117\, United States SUMMARY:UCSB Tent City / Community Encampment for Justice UID:20091107T000521EST-ikUkplvhaE@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:267-254-5901 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:What: Protest Rally & Press Conference\nWhen: Monday Oct 23rd a t 4pm\nWhere: 15th & Market\, Clothespin\, Across from City Hall\n\nCold-b looded Murder! They say justifiable\, we say murder!\nStop Police Murders ! Justice for Angelo Slaughter!\n\nOn October 11th\, Angelo Slaughter had his hands in the air when officer Sharrod Davis shot him in the chest and killed him in cold blood. He had just dropped off his family and was in f ront of his W. Phila home when undercover officers from the Strategic Inte rvention Tactical Enforcement Task Force jumped out at him. Witnesses\, in cluding his young son who watched as his dad was brutally murdered\, said Slaughter never reached for his service revolver\, which he was authorized to carry. Angelo is being criminalized by the police and media\, as a dru g suspect. Angelo was a loving father who was deeply loved by his family a nd his community!! \n\nSponsored by the International People\\'s Democrati c Uhuru Movement and the family and friends of Angelo Slaughter. Call 267- 254-5901 Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061023T160000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:15th & Market\, The Clothespin Across From City Hal\, Philadelphia \, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Protest the Police Murder of Angelo Slaughter UID:20091107T000521EST-O6VFUjmVjN@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:860-916-2761 Email:ccsupsa@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:“Out of Balance: ExxonMobil’s Impact on Climate Change” s hows the influence that the largest company in the world has on government s\, the media and citizens and what can be done about global warming. Whil e the Earth’s climate is pushed further out of balance by increasing use of fossil fuels\, ExxonMobil continues to assert undue influence around t he world—making record profits while ignoring climate science for which there has been overwhelming consenus for over ten years.\n\n“Out of Bala nce” does not just critique ExxonMobil\, it also offers challenging\, la rge-scale ideas for the global social changes that must take place if ther e’s any chance of having a livable planet for future generations.\n\nwww .worldoutofbalance.org Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061121T190000 GEO:41.666000;-72.778400 LOCATION:1615 Stanley Street\, Robert Vance Academic Center 105\, New Briti an\, Connecticut\, 06050\, United States SUMMARY:Out of Balance UID:20091107T000521EST-5DsB1MjEdT@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.myspace.com/ccsupsa END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:860-916-2761 Email:ccsupsa@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Wheels for Justice-Firsthand accounts of Iraq and Palestine\nww w.justicewheels.org Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061107T180000 GEO:41.666000;-72.778400 LOCATION:1615 Stanley Street\, Marcus White Living Room\, New Britian\, Con necticut\, 06050\, United States SUMMARY:Wheels for Justice UID:20091107T000521EST-7zr8coetTH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://clubs.ccsu.edu/ccsupsa END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:312-327-8907 Email:chicagoglobaldonors@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Hosted by DePaul University’s Steans Center\, CGDN invites hi gh school/university students who read the headlines and want to change th e world to come and explore practical effective ways to get involved in th e critical international issues of our day. With Mark Hanis of Genocide In tervention Network and Rich Rutschman of the Chicago Teachers Center.\n\nW hen he was a senior at Swarthmore College\, Mark Hanis began to mobilize s tudents and legislators across the US in an effort to end genocide in Darf ur\, Sudan. Impelled by his family’s history of surviving the Holocaust\ , Hanis and a group of students launched the Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net) with five members of Congress and almost 400 students representi ng 42 states. Its mission is to empower global citizens with the tools to advance initiatives that prevent and stop genocide.\nSince its founding\, GI-Net has raised over $250\,000 from\ngrassroots efforts and plans to use the donations to train and\nrecruit female African civilian police to foc us on gender-based\nviolence in Darfur. GI-Net also empowers citizens thro ugh\neducation and advocacy\, and is now building the first permanent\nant i-genocide constituency to foster the necessary political will to prevent and stop genocide.\n\nEVERYONE WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. LEARN HOW YOU C AN ENSURE THAT YOU ARE GETTING THE MOST OUT OF EVERY ACTION.\n\nCome and e xplore how you can become involved with international issues. The Chicago Global Donors Network will help you break down global problems into manag eable\, practical solutions. Participants will also learn how to maximize their leverage\, that is\, how public awareness combined with political ac tion and fundraising can change the world. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061114T150000 GEO:41.922700;-87.654300 LOCATION:DePaul University Steans Center\, Schmitt Acad. Center 161 2320 N. Kenmore Avenue\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60614\, United States SUMMARY:“How to Change The World” with Mark Hanis\, Genocide Intervent ion Network UID:20091107T000521EST-7i94xtLib5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.chicagoglobaldonors.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:lipw@mutualaid.org DESCRIPTION:You\\'re invited to a free showing and discussion of the import ant film\, \\'The Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War\\' at James Street Mennonite Church\, 323 W. James St.\, Lancaster\, at 7 p.m. Sunday\, Nov. 26. \\'The Ground Truth\\' is a new documentary about the war in Iraq feat uring the voices of returned Iraq Veterans. This film asks Congress and th e American people to listen to these soldiers and their families\, and to consider the human cost of war\, above all else. \\'The Ground Truth\\' is Rated R due to language and some graphic footage. Sponsored by the Lanca ster Conference Lancaster District Churches. You can learn more about the movie here: http://www.thegroundtruth.net/ Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061126T190000 GEO:40.032600;-76.333300 LOCATION:323 W. James Street\, Lancaster\, Pennsylvania\, 17603\, United St ates SUMMARY:Free showing of \\'The Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War\\' UID:20091107T000521EST-5JckEvDE2n@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.lancasterinterchurchpeacewitness.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:Overturning the Culture of Violence\nPowerpoint presentation an d discussion.\n\nMonday Nov 27 at 6:30pm\nUhuru Solidarity Center\n3733 La ncaster Ave\, West Phila\n\nA powerful visual journey\nthrough slavery\, t he genocide of the indigenous people\, colonialism and the current war on the African community. This power point presentation brings the historic r esistance of African people to life. It compels us the renounce the system ic violence of U.S. & European societies\, and to support the just struggl e for African liberation!\n\nwith speakers:\nDiop Olugbala\, powerful\, yo ung member of the African People\\'s Socialist Party and organizer with th e African Socialist International\, building for one united\, liberated Af rica.\nPenny Hess\, Author of \\'Overturning the Culture of Violence\\' an d\nChairwoman of the African People\\'s Solidarity Committee\n\nSponsored by the Uhuru Solidarity Movement\, building solidarity with the African-le d Uhuru Movement\, organizing for justice\, reparations and self-determina tion for African people. 215-387-0919 uhuru99@critpath.org Geographical S cope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061127T183000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia\, Penn sylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Overturning The Culture of Violence - Powerpoint presentation and D iscussion UID:20091107T000521EST-kR4K2tDshW@69.73.141.125 URL:http://apscuhuru.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:oxfam.america.club@nyu.edu DESCRIPTION:Oxfam America @ NYU invites you to Fair Trade Holiday Market\, a four-day event\, open to the public\, providing high-quality Fair Trade goods for the consumer while supporting the work of artisans and farmers a round the world. The market will feature Fair Trade vendors such as Merca do Global\, World Of Good\, Global Goods Partners\, Mad Imports\, and inte rrupcion. Get all of your holiday shopping done while supporting the incre dible work of artisans worldwide!\n\nDays 1 and 2 (Wednesday 12/6 and Thur sday 12/7):\nKimmel Center For University Life\n60 Washington Square South \nNew York\, NY 10012\n11am to 4pm Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061207 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061206T110000 GEO:40.726000;-73.998300 LOCATION:Kimmel Center For University Life\, 60 Washington Square South\, N ew York\, New York\, 10012\, United States SUMMARY:Fair Trade Holiday Market (Days 1 & 2) UID:20091107T000521EST-5j2VJwOuDz@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nyu.edu/clubs/oxfam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:oxfam.america.club@nyu.edu DESCRIPTION:Oxfam America @ NYU invites you to Fair Trade Holiday Market\, a four-day event\, open to the public\, providing high-quality Fair Trade goods for the consumer while supporting the work of artisans and farmers a round the world. The market will feature Fair Trade vendors such as Merca do Global\, World Of Good\, Global Goods Partners\, Mad Imports\, and inte rrupcion. Get all of your holiday shopping done while http://www.campusact ivism.org/addevent.phpsupporting the incredible work of artisans worldwide !\n\nDay 3 (Friday 12/8):\nBronfman Center For Jewish Student Life\n7 East 10th Street\nNew York\, NY 10003 \n11am to 4pm Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061208T110000 GEO:40.732500;-73.989300 LOCATION:Bronfman Center For Jewish Student Life\, 7 East 10th Street\, New York\, New York\, 10003\, United States SUMMARY:Fair Trade Holiday Market (Day 3) UID:20091107T000521EST-DJN3XwjzIU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nyu.edu/clubs/oxfam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:oxfam.america.club@nyu.edu DESCRIPTION:Oxfam America @ NYU invites you to Fair Trade Holiday Market\, a four-day event\, open to the public\, providing high-quality Fair Trade goods for the consumer while supporting the work of artisans and farmers a round the world. The will feature Fair Trade vendors such as Mercado Glob al\, World Of Good\, Global Goods Partners\, Mad Imports\, and interrupcio n. Get all of your holiday shopping done while supporting the incredible w ork of artisans worldwide!\n\nDay 4 (Saturday 12/9):\nJudson Memorial Chur ch\n55 Washington Square South\nNew York\, NY 10012\n11am to 4pm Geograp hical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061209T110000 GEO:40.726000;-73.998300 LOCATION:Judson Memorial Church\, 55 Washington Square South\, New York\, N ew York\, 10012\, United States SUMMARY:Fair Trade Holiday Market (Day 4) UID:20091107T000521EST-j33IFxgH3W@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nyu.edu/clubs/oxfam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru191@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF SANTA CLAUS\n\nThe truth about “Sinter Klaas and Zwarte Piet” (Black Pete) – shows how white wealth & Santa\ \'s bag of goodies come from African slavery\, not the elves in the North Pole!\n\nMonday Dec 11 at 6:30pm\nUhuru Solidarity Center\n3733 Lancaster Ave\nWest Phila\n\n * DVD documentary on colonialist Dutch Sinter Klaas & Zwarte Piet Christmas pageants\n * Read African Internationalist analysi s on Santa myth in the Burning Spear Newspaper\n\nSponsored by Uhuru Solid arity Movement\, building white solidarity with the African-led Uhuru Move ment struggle for justice\, reparations and liberation for African people. \n215-387-0919 uhuru99@critpath.org Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061211T183000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia\, Penn sylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Debunking the Myth of Santa Claus UID:20091107T000521EST-ULBfFAZlvz@69.73.141.125 URL:http://apscuhuru.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:Join the Uhuru Solidarity Movement for outreach -\nPROTEST THE OPENING OF THE NEW MOVIE \\'BLOOD DIAMOND\\'\nFriday\, December 8th\, 6:30 PM\, in front of UA Riverview\, 1400 S. Columbus Boulevard in Philadelphia (corner of Columbus Blvd. & Reed St.)\nWe will be leafletting and holding placards intended to educate\nmovie-goers about the devastating impact of both \\'conflict\\' and \\'non-conflict\\' diamond mining on indigenous p opulations.\n\nThe new film\, starring Leonardo DiCaprio\, portrays Africa n people as the brutalizers and the white hero as the savior of African pe ople when in fact the brutality of the neocolonial forces of the RUF in Si erra Leone during the civil war were no different from what the white worl d has been doing for the last 600 years\, stealing the resources of Africa n people and \ncommitting genocide. The DeBeers cartel is put forward as t he solution to the brutal conditions that African people face when in fact \, DeBeers has been part of the colonial process that slaughtered millions of African people in Europe\\'s \\'scramble\\' for Africa.\n\n-Boycott al l diamonds\; ALL DIAMONDS ARE BLOOD DIAMONDS!\n-Donate diamonds to the Uhu ru Movement for African-led development programs for \nrenewable energy an d water purification in Africa\n-Support the struggle for reparations and national liberation for African people\n\nSponsored by the Uhuru Solidarit y Movement\, an organization that works under the leadership of the Africa n-led Uhuru Movement. Our mission is to take a stand inside of the white c ommunity in solidarity with the movement for the liberation and independen ce of \nall African people.\n\nFor more information\, call 215-387-0919 or go to boycottdiamonds. net. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061208T183000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Riverview Theater\, 1400 S. Colombus\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania \, United States SUMMARY:Protest the Opening of the New Movie \\'Blood Diamond\\' UID:20091107T000521EST-fMG3eC647j@69.73.141.125 URL:http://apscuhuru.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@wildatheart-online.com DESCRIPTION:Hello activists!\nThis week W@H is having two anti-fur demonstr ations for the busy holiday shopping season! Are you as disturbed as we ar e by the amount of fur and fur-trim products you have seen this winter? Ra ise your voice\, take action\, and join us for some anti-fur campaigning!\ n\nCandlelight Vigil For Fur Victims\nEvery year\, 2 million animals in Ca nada lose their lives on fur farms and in leghold traps for the fur indust ry. Over 40 million animals around the world are murdered yearly for their fur. Please join Wild At Heart for a nighttime demonstration and candleli ght vigil in memory of those who lose their lives for human vanity.\nWhen: Friday December 15\nWhere: 322 Queen St West\, in front of Fashion Crimes \nWhen: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM\nMeet: 6:45 PM\nPosters\, leaflets\, and candles provided.\n\nFur Is Criminal! Fashion Crimes Demo\nLocal designer Pam Cho rley has persisted in using fur in her designs. Join us in telling her tha t wearing\, using\, and selling fur is never acceptable!\nWhen: Saturday D ecember 16\nWhere: 322 Queen St West\, in front of Fashion Crimes\nWhen: 2 :30 PM - 4:30 PM\nMeet: 2:00 PM\nPosters and leaflets provided.\n\nWild At Heart would like wish everyone a beautiful holiday season! Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061216 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20061215T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:322 Queen St West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M\, Canada SUMMARY:Wild At Heart Double Holiday Fur Demos! UID:20091107T000521EST-fz1F5PXN4r@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.wildatheart-online.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@wildatheart-online.com DESCRIPTION:Protest fur in Toronto with Wild At Heart on the first weekend of 2007!\n\nThe fur industry is one of the most disgusting and cruel indus tries on the planet yet Toronto clothing designer Pam Chorley has decided to use an abundance of dead animals in her Winter 2006 collection. Join us this Saturday as we continue our anti-fur campaign in front of Pam\\'s st ore\, Fashion Crimes\, and tell Pam that using fur is bloody\, barbaric\, and downright sick with no place in fashion!\n\nWhen: Saturday January 6\, 2007\nWhere: Fashion Crimes\, 322 Queen St West\nTime: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM\ nMeet: 2:15 in front of Fashion Crimes\nPosters and leaflets provided.\n\n \nLet\\'s make this year\\'s very first demo our biggest and best yet! Hel p us build a strong animal rights community in Toronto!\n\nSee you in the streets\,\nW@H\n\nhttp://www.wildatheart-online.com\nhttp://www.myspace.co m/wildatheart_canada Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070106T143000 GEO:43.651400;-79.382600 LOCATION:322 Queen St West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5V 2Z5\, Canada SUMMARY:Toronto Fur Protest! UID:20091107T000521EST-ovg8611a8O@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.wildatheart-online.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:602-434-1120 Email:sandovalj03@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Arizona\, the center of a myriad of hostile anti-immigrant legi slation is now attacking children. With the passage of the mean spirited P roposition 300 immigrant children who attended Arizona\\'s K-12 schools ar e being priced out of their education. The proposition intends to require that undocumented students who are residents of Arizona pay non-resident t uition\, upwards of $15\,000 per year! Please join us on our march to Uni versity of Phoenix Stadium on January 8\,2007! please meet at 10 am at Min isterios Eben-Ezer Church Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070108T100000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:8024 W. Camelback Road\, Glendale\, Arizona\, United States SUMMARY:Justice for students NOW! March to BCS College Football Game UID:20091107T000521EST-4UGljThpiW@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.myspace.com/justiceforazstudents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:215-546-9616 Email:uhurufurniture@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles is in need of lots and lots of v olunteers on Monday January 15th (Martin Luther King\, Jr. Day) to volunte er a few hours of time to collectively walk door to door and distribute li terature about our organization.\n\nPlan to meet at the furniture store at 1220 Spruce Street in Center City\, Philadelphia at 10:00am.\nFrom there we will break into groups and walk around neighborhoods distributing liter ature from 10:30-12:30. There will be a break for lunch from 12:30-1:00 or so\, then we will continue distributing literature until 3:00pm. Dress to walk and to be outside.\nFeel free to work in the morning or afternoon\, or all day long!\n\nPlease tell your friends about this event (and bring t hem with you!) If you have off from work or school on this day\, don\\'t s pend the day this year at home watching tv or out going shopping! Do somet hing important this year- come join us at Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles o n MLK\, Jr. Day!\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nUhuru Furniture & Coll ectibles is a fundraising project of the African People’s Education and Defense Fund\, Inc\, a 501©3 non-profit organization. The mission of APED F is to address the disparities in education\, health care and economic de velopment faced by the African community through do-for-self community bas ed programs. Uhuru Furniture\, located at 1220 Spruce Street in Center Cit y\, has been raising independent resources for APEDF for over 12 years.\n\ nWe accept quality used items for resale that include living room\, kitche n\, dining\, bedroom and patio furniture\, wall hangings\, mirrors\, art w ork\, rugs\, futons\, collectibles\, antiques\, pianos and small appliance s.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070115 DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070111T100000 GEO:39.952100;-75.158500 LOCATION:1220 Spruce Street\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19107\, United States SUMMARY:Big Volunteer Day at Uhuru Furniture on MLK\, Jr. Day!! UID:20091107T000521EST-Ka5bHdfgUp@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.apedf.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:n 30 January 1972\, soldiers from the British Army\\'s 1st Para chute Regiment opened fire on \nunarmed and peaceful civilian demonstrator s in the Bogside\, Derry\, Ireland\, near the Rossville \nflats\, killing 13 and wounding a number of others. One wounded man later died from illnes s \nattributed to that shooting.\n\nThe march\, which was called to protes t internment\, was \\'illegal\\' according to British \ngovernment authori ties. Internment without trial was introduced by the British government on \nAugust 9\, 1971.\n\nThe British-government-appointed Widgery Tribunal f ound soldiers were not guilty of shooting \ndead the 13 civilians in cold blood.\n\nThirty-five years later and still no justice.\n\nOn 30 January 2 007\, The Irish Freedom Committee will host three showings of the remarkab le \nfilm \\'Bloody Sunday\\' at the Guild Cinema located at 3405 Central Ave. NE\, Albuquerque. \nPhone: 255-1848\n\nShow times -- 4:30 PM\, 6:45 P M (followed by a short question-and-answer session) and 9:15 \nPM. $7.00 a dmission\n\nProceeds from these screenings will go directly to the familie s of Irish Republican POWs being \nheld in English and Irish Free State pr isons.\n\nThe Irish Freedom Committee will hold a benefit raffle the night of the show.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070130T163000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:THE GUILD CINEMA\, 3405 CENTRAL AVENUE NE\, ALBUQUERQUE\, NEW MEXI CO\, United States SUMMARY:\\'Bloody Sunday\\' Film Screening and Discussion UID:20091107T000521EST-OpVBh9oeIC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:info@apscuhuru.org DESCRIPTION:A Community Forum will be held at the Church of the Village\, w ith speakers from the Uhuru (African Freedom) Movement\, including Diop Ol ugbala\, organizer of the Sean Bell Justice Tribunal\, and Penny Hess\, au thor of Overturning the Culture of Violence. Physicist Aisha Fields will d iscuss the Uhuru Movement’s clean water and sustainable electricity proj ects in Africa. The Church of the Village is located at 201 W. 13th Street in the West Village.\n\nThis event is part of an All Diamonds are Blood D iamonds International Day of Action that includes a press conference and p rotest at the New York Hilton\, site of the 4th Annual Rapaport Internatio nal Diamond Conference. \n\nFor more info visit http://www.boycottdiamonds .net Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070205T190000 GEO:40.741000;-74.000100 LOCATION:Church Of The Village\, 201 W. 13th Street (at 7th Avenue)\, New Y ork\, New York\, 10011\, United States SUMMARY:All Diamonds are Blood Diamonds - Community Forum UID:20091107T000521EST-Xnn6h9Mcw5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.boycottdiamonds.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:ksugreens@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with A Woman\\'s Voice\, our on-campus feminist group\, we are showing the film Tough Guise. The film examines violence a s a product of masculinity construction. After the film\, we will have a panel of feminist academics to facilitate discussion. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070221T183000 GEO:34.038900;-84.597100 LOCATION:1000 Chastain Road\, Kennesaw State University\, Student Center\, Leadership Room\, Kennesaw\, Georgia\, 30144\, United States SUMMARY:Tough Guise: Examining Violence in Masculinity Construction UID:20091107T000521EST-KgbCoDRgD1@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:857-233-7504 Email:info@apscuhuru.org DESCRIPTION:“All Diamonds Are Blood Diamonds!” Forum\n\nWhat: Forum\, “All Diamonds Are Blood Diamonds”\nWhere: Church of the Village\, 201 W. 13th Street (at 7th Avenue)NYC\nWhen: Monday February 5\, 2007\, 7:00 p .m.\, following the afternoon protest of the 4th Annual Rapaport Internat ional Diamond Conference near the Hilton\nContact: African People’s Soli darity Committee\, Rob Notowitz\, 857-233-7504\n\nThe evening of February 5th\, a forum will be held at the Church of the Village\, with speakers fr om the Uhuru (African Freedom) Movement\, including Diop Olugbala\, organi zer of the Sean Bell Justice Tribunal\, and Penny Hess\, author of Overtur ning the Culture of Violence. Physicist Aisha Fields will discuss the Uhur u Movement’s clean water and sustainable electricity projects in Africa. The Church of the Village is located at 201 W. 13th Street in the West Vi llage.\nOrganizers reject the diamond industry’s recent publicity campai gn promoting the extraction and sale of \\'non-conflict\\' diamonds as ben eficial to indigenous and African communities.\nCritics of the industry po int to Botswana\, the largest supplier of uncut diamonds in the world\, wh ere a fourth of the population lives on less than a dollar a day. A third of the people of are undernourished and the life expectancy is 36 years. B otswana has the second largest per capita AIDS rate on the planet\, with n early a quarter of the people infected. Similar conditions persist through out the diamond-producing regions of the world.\nThe World Diamond Council admits that $8.4 billion in rough diamonds are extracted from Africa each year. This amount multiplies as the diamonds are refined and sold\, trave ling from Africa to Antwerp to Israel and the U.S.\, enriching white commu nities along the way.\nProtest organizer Robert Notowitz of the African Pe ople’s Solidarity Committee declares\, “We have the responsibility to shut down an industry that ravages the land and labor of Africa to benefit the white world. For white society\, the diamond is promoted to represent the ultimate expression of love. For Africa\, the diamond trade has its o rigins in colonialism\, with African people forced to labor on their own l and under slave-like conditions for pennies a day. All diamonds are blood diamonds!”\nFor more information and the truth about diamonds\, visit w ww.boycottdiamonds.net\, email info@apscuhuru.org or call (215) 387-0919. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070205T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Church Of The Village\, 201 W. 13th Street (at 7th Ave.)\, New Yor k\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:“All Diamonds Are Blood Diamonds!” Forum UID:20091107T000521EST-UM1ibx1pIU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://boycottdiamonds.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:www.inpdum.org DESCRIPTION:NEW YORK TRIBUNAL FOR REPARATIONS TO AFRICAN PEOPLE\n\nSaturday \, January 27th @ Noon\nHouse of the Lord Church\n415 Atlantic Ave (betwee n Nevins & Bond)\nBrooklyn\, New York\n\nOpen Subpoena to Appear in Africa n People\\'s Court\nTo: Mayor Michael Bloomberg\, Commissioner Ray Kelly.. .\nThe African Community is charging the City of New York with the the \na ssassination of Sean Bell!\n\nCourt Operates According to International La w\nPEOPLE\\'S ADVOCATE:\n-Omali Yeshitela\, Chairman of the African People \\'s Socialist Party \nand leader of the Uhuru Movement\nJUDGES:\n-Dorothy Lewis\, Co-Chair of N\\'COBRA (Nat\\'l Coalition of Black for \nReparatio ns in America)\n-Charles Barron\, NYC Councilman\n-Malik Zulu Shabazz\, Ch airman of the New Black Panther Party\nWITNESSES:\n-The People!\n\nOn earl y Saturday morning of November 25th\, 23 year-old Sean Bell\, \nalong with two friends Joseph Guzman\, 31 (shot 11 times) and Trent \nBennefield\, 2 3 (shot 3 times) were gunned down by a NYPD task force \nhours before Bell was supposed to get married. Bell was killed \ninstantly by a barrage of bullets. Bennefield and Guzman survivied \nthe shooting\, but were being h eld in police custody - handcuffed to a \nhospital bed.\nTo justify the sh ooting\, the state claimed there was a \\'4th man\\' who \nshot at the pol ice first. In search of the fake gunman\, the NYPD has \nconducted illegal searches of innocent people\\'s homes throughout the \nAfrican community. \nThousands of African have been taking to the streets demanding the \ncop s be jailed. It is clear to the community that the shooting was \nunjustif iable - and that the police acted as judge\, jury\, prosecution \nand exec utioners! However\, we are also clear that the government is \nincapable o f punishing itself for its crimes against African people. \nFor real justi ce\, Africans must build their own court...\n\nSponsored by the Internatio nal People\\'s Democratic Uhuru Movement \n(InPDUM). InPDUM is a grassroot s organization that defends the \ndemocratic rights of the African communi ty worldwide. We believe that \nself-determination is the highest expressi on of democracy! Uhuru \nMeans Freedom! www.inpdum.org \n Geographical Sc ope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070127T120000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:House Of The Lord Church\, 415 Alantic Ave. (between Nevins And Bo nd)\, Brooklyn\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Tribunal for Reparations to African People\, the Assassination of Sean Bell UID:20091107T000521EST-4JhHnkz4G2@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.inpdum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:rsvp@itvs.org DESCRIPTION:# Special DC Screening “Hip Hop Beyond Beats and Rhymes”- T he National Portrait Gallery and The Independent Television Service presen t a special screening of “Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes.” The film takes an in-depth look at manhood in rap music and hip hop culture- where creative genius\, poetic beauty\, and mad beats collide with misogyny\, vi olence\, and homophobia. Thursday\, February 1st at Donald W. Reynolds Cen ter\, Washington D.C. 7:00 to 10:00pm. The introductory remarks will be gi ven by Patricia Harrison\, President and CEP of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting. The film will also be followed by a panel discussion featuri ng the filmmaker Byron Hurt and Natalie Y. Moore and Natalie and Hopkinson \, authors of Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in th e Hip-Hop Generation. Admission is free\, but reservations are required. R SVP to rsvp@itvs.org or 202-879-9656. Co-sponsored by Campus Progress\, Na tional Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institution\, National Endowment for t he Arts\, and Independent Television Series. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070201T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Donald W. Reynolds Center\, Washington\, District Of Columbia\, Un ited States SUMMARY:Special DC Screening: Hip Hop Beyond Beats and Rhymes UID:20091107T000521EST-j9h3XAkuhK@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:Left versus Right on Campus: What’s At Stake for Iraq\, Civil Rights\, and Global Warming\nPlease join David Halperin\, Director of Cam pus Progress and Senior Vice President at the Center for American Progress \, for an interactive discussion on how students can engage in some of tod ay’s most pertinent issues: the war in Iraq\, civil rights\, and global warming. Sunday\, February 4th at Reed College. Kaul Auditorium’s Gray L ounge at 5 PM. Co-sponsored by Campus Progress and the Reed Secular Allian ce. For more information\, please email speakers@americanprogress.org. Ge ographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070204T170000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Kaul Auditorium\\'s Gray Lounge\, Reed College\, Portland\, Oregon \, United States SUMMARY:What\\'s At Stake--Iraq\, Civil Rights\, Global Warming - Portland UID:20091107T000521EST-IdbLpSNUvo@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:townhall@campusprogress.org DESCRIPTION:“Conversations with Daschle: Norm Ornstein on the challenges facing Congress as an Institution” – Please join Norm Ornstein\, Resid ent Scholar of the American Enterprise Institute and author of The Broken Branch: How Congress is Failing America and How to Get it Back on Track\, and Senator Tom Daschle as they discuss the challenges facing Congress. Th ey will answer questions both from a live audience and from webcast viewer s across the country. If you have a question you would like to ask\, pleas e send an email to townhall@campusprogress.org. The event will be held fro m 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday\, February 6th at the Center for Ameri can Progress in Washington\, D.C. Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by Campus Progress\, Center for American Progress\, and the Georgetown Public Policy Institute. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070206T183000 GEO:38.904500;-77.030900 LOCATION:Center For American Progress\, 1333 H Street NW\, 10th Floor\, Was hington\, D.C.\, 20005\, United States SUMMARY:\\'Conversations with Daschle: Norm Ornstein on Congress\\' challen ges UID:20091107T000521EST-Z3wH86MILb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www2.americanprogress.org/dia/organizationsCAP/americanprogress/ event/index.jsp?event_KEY=20015&t=CampusProgress.dwt END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:Left versus Right on Campus: What’s At Stake for Iraq\, Civil Rights\, and Global Warming\nPlease join David Halperin\, Director of Cam pus Progress and Senior Vice President at the Center for American Progress \, for an interactive discussion on how students can engage in some of tod ay’s most pertinent issues: the war in Iraq\, civil rights\, and global warming. Wednesday\, February 7th at UC-Berkeley. Stephens Room (MLK Union ) at 7 PM. Co-sponsored by Campus Progress and the Student Coalition for M arriage Equality. For more information\, please email speakers@americanpro gress.org. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070207T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Stephens Room (MLK Union)\, UC-Berkeley\, Berkeley\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Berkeley - What\\'s At Stake--Iraq\, Civil Rights\, Global Warming UID:20091107T000521EST-8b8JURExgX@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:Please join David Halperin\, Director of Campus Progress and Se nior Vice President at the Center for American Progress\, for an interacti ve discussion on how students can engage in some of today’s most pertine nt issues: the war in Iraq\, civil rights\, and global warming. Friday\, F ebruary 9th at Claremont McKenna. CMC Athenaeum at 12 noon. Co-sponsored b y Campus Progress and the Claremont Portside. A light lunch will be served . For more information\, please email speakers@americanprogress.org. Geog raphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070207T120000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:CMC Athenaeum\, Claremont McKenna College\, Claremont\, California \, United States SUMMARY:Claremont - What\\'s At Stake--Iraq\, Civil Rights\, Global Warming UID:20091107T000521EST-8UvxKTUb7z@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:Thirteen years since it last aired in 1993\, Eyes on the Prize has returned to television – Thirteen years since it last aired in 1993\ , Eyes on the Prize has returned to television. This landmark film feature s archival footage and contemporary interviews with participants in the st ruggle for and against Civil Rights. Sunday\, February 18th at University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. 6:00pm to 10:00pm. University of Michigan will be screening Episode 3: Ain’t Scared of Your Jails 1960-1961. Co-sponsored by Campus Progress\, University House Office of Cultural Awareness\, and East Quadrangle Residence Hall. For more information\, please email speake rs@americanprogress.org. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070218T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:East Quadrangle Residence Hall\, University Of Michigan\, Ann Arbo r\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, United States SUMMARY:Eyes on the Prize--Nationwide Campus Tour- Ann Arbor UID:20091107T000521EST-xPsaBUP3RI@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:Thirteen years since it last aired in 1993\, Eyes on the Prize has returned to television. This landmark film features archival footage a nd contemporary interviews with participants in the struggle for and again st Civil Rights. Wednesday\, February 21st at the University of Maryland\, Baltimore County. The Sports Zone\, 8:00pm – 10:30pm. UMBC will be scre ening Episode 6: Bridge to Freedom 1965. Co-sponsored by Campus Progress\, Mosaic: Center for Culture and Diversity\, and Lambda Theta Alpha Latin S orority\, Inc. For more information\, please email speakers@americanprogre ss.org. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070221T200000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:The Sports Zone\, University Of Maryland\, Baltimore County\, Balt imore\, Maryland\, United States SUMMARY:Eyes on the Prize\, Nationwide Campus Tour- Baltimore UID:20091107T000521EST-nuNuVluDJW@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:speakers@americanprogress.org DESCRIPTION:Being “middle class” used to evoke visions of a comfortable lifestyle: a good job\, a nice house\, security\, stability. Recently man y folks who consider themselves to be “middle class”. and those who ar e striving for it\, are finding it harder and harder to achieve and/or mai ntain that comfortable lifestyle. Dr. Weller will share his research on th e “squeezing” of the middle class in American and the ever-shrinking r esources available to middle class working people. Friday\, March 16th at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. 8:20am to 9:20am. Co-sponsored by Camp us Progress and the Diversity Committee of Kalamazoo Valley Community Coll ege. For more information\, please email speakers@americanprogress.org. G eographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070316T082000 GEO:42.245400;-85.529900 LOCATION:Kalamazoo Valley Community College\, Kalamazoo\, Michigan\, 49003\ , United States SUMMARY:Socio-Economic Discrimination: It Could Happen to You UID:20091107T000521EST-iuK41pgOPE@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusprogress.org/speakers/87/campus-progress-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:ksugreens@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:The KSU Campus Greens and Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology Honor So ciety)\ninvite you to attend our short seminar on \\'Building Sustainable\ nSocieties\\' this Friday\, February 9 at 5:30 PM in the new Social\nScien ce Building. Our seminar begins in the Social Science Building\nlobby with a quick \\'tour\\' of the green technology that makes it LEED\nCertified \n(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Des ign).\nLEED Certification ensures that buildings are constructed in ways t hat\nreduce our ecological footprint on the earth.\n\nAfter our tour\, Con nie Hensler\, Director of Sustainable Research for\nInterface\, Inc.\, wil l speak about how sustainability concerns are\nincreasingly re-shaping the way business is done. She will also talk\nabout Interface\, one of the le ading carpet companies in the world\,\nwhich has pledged to become a susta inable business by the year 2020\n(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_ Inc.). This portion of the\nseminar will start at 6:30 PM in Social Scienc e Building Room 2034.\nAttendees are welcome to attend either portion or b oth.\n\nTo recap...\n\nWHAT: \\'Building Sustainable Societies\\' seminar\ nWHEN: Friday\, February 9 at 5:30 PM\nWHERE: Meet at the Social Science b uilding lobby at 5:30 for the tour.\nThe speaker will start at 6:30 in Soc ial Science 2034. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070209T173000 GEO:34.038900;-84.597100 LOCATION:1000 Chastain Road\, Kennesaw State University\, New Social Scienc e Building\, Kennesaw\, Georgia\, 30144\, United States SUMMARY:Building Sustainable Societies UID:20091107T000521EST-U04bGZPiOF@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:ksugreens@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Consumerism is Violence\\'\n2-4 p.m. Demonstration against the Iraq war at the corner of Barret Pkwy. and Cobb Place Blvd. in Kennesaw. Please bring signs that link consumerism with war\, or any anti-war sign w ill do.\nDirections from 75 North:\n1.Take the Barrett Parkway Exit\n2. Ta ke a left off the ramp.\n3. the intersection of Barrett Parkway and Cobb P lace Blvd. is on your right. Park where you can.\nCo-sponsored by Cobb fo r Peace and KSU Greens\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070217T140000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Corner Of Barrett Parkway And Cobb Place Blvd.\, Kennesaw\, Georgi a\, 30144 SUMMARY:Consumerism is Violence UID:20091107T000521EST-Xpkfjgsv7C@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:ksugreens@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:\\'New America Media is the country\\'s first and largest natio nal\ncollaboration of ethnic news organizations. Founded by the nonprofit\ nPacific News Service in 1996\, NAM is headquartered in California\,\nwher e ethnic media are the primary source of news and information for\nover ha lf of the state\\'s new ethnic majority.\n\nNAM\\'s goal is to promote the editorial visibility and economic\nviability of this critical sector of A merican journalism as a way to\nbuild inclusive public discourse in our in creasingly diverse\, global\nsociety. NAM produces and aggregates editoria l content from and for\nthe ethnic media sector and develops pioneering ma rketing services on\nbehalf of corporations\, foundations\, and non-profit s who are targeting\nethnic media and ethnic communities.\n\nNAM also dist ributes multilingual polling to bring the voices of\nethnic audiences into national focus and organizes events to give\nethnic media direct access t o decision makers in government\, business\,\nacademic and foundation/non profit worlds.\\' Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070314T183000 GEO:34.038900;-84.597100 LOCATION:1000 Chastain Road\, Kennesaw State University\, New Social Scienc e Building Rm. 1021\, Kennesaw\, Georgia\, 30144\, United States SUMMARY:Robert Lovato of New America Media UID:20091107T000521EST-MEUtrdsSAK@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:ksugreens@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:A positive example of how the people of Venezuelahave successfu lly fought for their human rightsas an integral part of the Bolivarian Rev olution. Followed by talks with Latin American History scholar and an acti vist who recently visited Venezuela and witnessed the Revolution in action . Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070417T183000 GEO:34.038900;-84.597100 LOCATION:1000 Chastain Road\, Kennesaw State University\, Student Center\, Leadership Room\, Kennesaw\, Georgia\, 30144\, United States SUMMARY:Venezuela Bolivariana UID:20091107T000521EST-2UJz3ZEibL@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:ksugreens@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:This is an all-day silence in solidarity with the queer communi ty that has been silenced by our homophobic society. KSU Pride Alliance us ually provides stickers to wear so people know why you\\'re being silent. We\\'ll also break the silence later\, tentatively scheduled at 6:00\, on the campus green. Talks in the breaking the silence portion include inters ectionality. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070418 GEO:34.038900;-84.597100 LOCATION:1000 Chastain Road\, Kennesaw State University\, Campus Green For Breaking Silence\, Kennesaw\, Georgia\, 30144\, United States SUMMARY:Day of Silence KSU UID:20091107T000521EST-JcPo7SD0n5@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Aris Fokas is a chaplain in the Pennsylvania Army National Guar d who has recently returned from nearly two years service in Iraq. A Lanca ster native\, he is a graduate of F&M and Lancaster Theological Seminary. He is ordained in the United Church of Christ. Aris describes himself as \ \'following no party line\\' on the politics of the Iraq War\, and while t here devoted himself to the spiritual well-being of the service personnel under his care. His experience and perspectives offer us the opportunity t o reflect together on sometimes overlooked spiritual\, religious and human itarian dimensions of the conflict. Aris will open with some brief comment s and then invite us into an open-ended conversation. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070306T190000 GEO:40.032700;-76.275700 LOCATION:432 East Chestnut Street\, Lancaster\, Pennsylvania\, 17602\, Unit ed States SUMMARY:A Conversation with Chaplain Aris Fokas UID:20091107T000521EST-mV3uSFt7as@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:267-254-5901 Email:info@burningspearuhuru.com DESCRIPTION:What: Tribunal on Reparations for African People\, charging the City of Philadelphia for crimes against the African community\n\nWhen: Sa turday\, March 17th\, Noon to 5pm\nWhere: First Unitarian Church\, 2125 Ch estnut St.\, Philadelphia PA\nContact:info@burningspearuhuru.com 267-254-5 901\n\nThe Philadelphia Branch of the International People\\'s Democratic Uhuru Movement is holding a Tribunal to charge the City of Philadelphia fo r its crimes \nagainst the African community. \n\nMayor John Street\, Poli ce Commissioner Sylvester Johnson and other officials will be subpoenaed t o appear before the African community court to hear the charges against th em. These include the unacceptable rise in police murders of young African men - a record 20 Africans were killed in 2006 and already 5 more in 2007 so far\; the hostile and inadequate anti-black school system\; the forci ble removal of African families and communities through gentrification\; t he history of city-sponsored terror against the African community includin g the bombing of the MOVE organization in 1985\, and the framing of Africa n Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.\n\nPROGRAM\nPeople\\'s Advocate: Oma li Yeshitela\, Chairman of the African People\\'s Socialist \nParty\n\nJud ges\nQueen Mother Dorothy Lewis\, National Co-Chair of NCOBRA (National Co alition of Blacks for Reparations in America)\nCarla Harris\, Minister\, r adio host on WURD \nRedman Battles\, leader in the Marcus Garvey Movement in Philadelphia\n\nExpert Testimony\nDiop Olugbala\, International Organiz er for the International People\\'s Democratic Uhuru Movement\, coordinato r of the Sean Bell Justice Hearing \nin NYC - testifying on the history of slavery\, genocide and colonial terror \nagainst the African community\, and how the violence in the African community stems from the violence of t he government - enforced poverty\, unemployment\, anti-black schools\, hom elessness and hopelessness.\nPenny Hess\, Chairwoman of the African People \\'s Solidarity Committee\, \nauthor of Overturning the Culture of Violenc e and All Diamonds are Blood \nDiamonds - testifying on role of the white population in the historic and current attack and exploitation of Africa a nd African people\, and how the drug and prison industries feed the white economy at the expense of African suffering.\nLeon Williams Esq.\, African attorney and candidate for District \nAttorney\, testifying on Philadelph ia\\'s anti-black education system. \nLinn Washington\, Journalism profe ssor at Temple University - testifying on the history of abuse against Afr ican people by the Philadelphia Police \nDepartment \n\nCommunity Testimo ny\nRamona Africa\, only adult survivor of the MOVE bombing \nMike Africa \, testifying on case of African Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal\nLeotu s Jones\, Director of CAP\, (Community Assistance for Prisoners)\, Chairma n of the Experimentation Survivors - testifying on medical experimentation on Africans in PA prisons\nFamilies of victims of police murder\, includi ng:\nBryan Jones\, killed by police on 1/1/07\nAngelo Slaughter\, killed b y police on 10/11/06\nKenneth Griffin\, killed by his parole officers in 1 997\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070317T120000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:First Unitarian Church\, 2125 Chestnut St.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsy lvania\, United States SUMMARY:Tribunal on Reparations for African People UID:20091107T000521EST-f4XXt8fRPD@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:The Uhuru Movement\\'s In-depth analysis of\nThe Struggle in Gu inea:\nOn the Frontline of the Movement for African Liberation and for Afr ican Control of Africa\\'s Resources!\n\nCommunity Forum\nHear the summati on of the struggle in Guinea from Omali Yeshitela\, Chairman of the Africa n People\\'s Socialist Party and leader of the African Socialist Internati onal\, the organization uniting African people worldwide for the liberatio n of Africa.\n\nSunday March 18\, from 6 to 8 pm\nUhuru Solidarity Center \n3733 Lancaster Ave. (West Philly)\nPhiladelphia PA\n\nEveryone\\'s tal king about blood diamonds\, but in Guinea it\\'s blood aluminum!\nGuinea p roduces half the world\\'s bauxite – a mineral needed to make aluminum-- which is controlled by Alcoa Aluminum\, Reynolds\, Alcan\, and other U.S. and European corporations.\nAfrican people get nothing for their resource s\, and are forced to live on a dollar a day or less. The solution isn\\' t charity\, but for African people themselves to take back their land and recourses!\n\nSponsored by the International People\\'s Democratic Uhuru M ovement and African People\\'s Solidarity Committee. 215.387.0919 \n email - uhuru99@critpath.org Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070318T180000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave. (West Philly)\, Phil adelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Forum: Struggle in Guinea for Liberation UID:20091107T000521EST-WxC8f7pKnl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.apscuhuru.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:312-560-9311 Email:saoirse@irishfreedomcommittee.net DESCRIPTION:Irish Republican commemoration of 1916 Easter Uprising. LIVE MU SIC\, RAFFLE for Irish POW-made crafts\, STATEMENTS from POWs in jails in Ireland. More info at IFC website. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070422T130000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:7414 West Madison\, Forest Park\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:Irish Freedom Committee Easter Commemoration UID:20091107T000521EST-1RTiJM01Z4@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:505-235-5906 Email:john.yanik@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION: The Guild Cinema and the Irish Freedom Committee will co-spons or the New Mexico premier of the Cannes Film Festival award winning film \ \'The Wind that Shakes the Barley\\' in three screenings on Friday April 2 7\, 2007.\n\nShowtimes are 3:30pm\, 6:00pm and 8:30pm.\nAdmission for the 3:30pm show is $5.00.\nAdmission goes to $7.00 for the 6:00pm and 8:30pm s hows.\n\nIrish Freedom Committee proceeds will go directly to the families of Irish Political Prisoners being held in English and Irish Free State p risons.\n\nFor more information on the film\, go to http://www.guildcinema .com\n\nPlease call 505-235-5906 if you would like more information or che ck http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net \n\nEnds\n\nWHEN/WHERE\n\nFRIDAY A PRIL27\, 2007\nTHE GUILD CINEMA\n3405 CENTRAL AVE. NE\nALBUQUERQUE\, NEW M EXICO\n\n3:30 PM\, 6:00 PM\, 8:30 PM Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070427T153000 GEO:35.199600;-106.645000 LOCATION:THE GUILD CINEMA\, 3405 CENTRAL AVE. NE\, ALBUQUERQUE\, New Mexic o\, 87101\, United States SUMMARY:Premier of \\'The Wind that Shakes the Barley\\' UID:20091107T000521EST-kUKV1SpfdV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:310-271-6096 x27 Email:lisa@lcanimal.org DESCRIPTION:Last Chance for Animals is holding a civil disobedience lecture this Friday in West Hollywood. There is no fee. If you\\'ve ever wanted to create change effectively\, this lecture will be great for you. \n\nC hris DeRose\, founder Last Chance for Animals\, a non-profit animal rights organizations\, is renowned for his successful activism using civil disob edience. Through this lecture\, LCA is hoping to get people interested in doing activism\, whether it is for the animals\, the environment\, human rights or any subject that needs changing or help!\n\nThank you for your t ime. LCA hopes we see you at the lecture. \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n Geogr aphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070413T190000 GEO:34.091000;-118.381000 LOCATION:West Hollywood Auditorium\, 647 San Vicente Blvd\, West Hollywood\ , California\, 90069\, United States SUMMARY:Civil Disobedience Lecture UID:20091107T000521EST-VnVxSlCnV8@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.LCAnimal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:ALL Diamonds are Blood Diamonds\nU.S. - Wide Tour\n\nAnnouncing the 2007 ALL Diamonds are Blood Diamonds tour\nfeaturing Omavi Bailey and Dr. Aisha Fields\n\nOmavi Bailey is the Director of Burning Spear Media\, a growing \nmulti-faceted revolutionary news and information institution that presents the \nviews and aspirations of African working people worldw ide.\n\nDr. Aisha Fields is a physicist who coordinates the All African \n People’s Development and Empowerment Projects\, working with people in A frica\, \nand elsewhere in the African world\, to develop sustainable\, re newable \nelectrification and water purification programs in their communi ties.\n\nPenny Hess\, author of \\'All Diamonds are Blood Diamonds\\' and Chair of African People\\'s Solidarity Committee will also give a presenta tion.\n\nAs the eyes of the world focus on the issue of Africa’s blood o r \nconflict diamonds\, Mr. Bailey and Dr. Fields are touring the U.S. to expose the reality that even the so-called legitimate diamond trade is dri pping in the blood of African people. Making their case with videos\, Powe rPoint presentations and expert testimony\, Fields and Bailey show that al l diamonds are blood diamonds. As Mr. Bailey states\, “The entire diamon d \nindustry is based in the colonial legacy of 500 years of European \npl under of the African continent which has enriched the Western world to the exact extent that it has impoverished African people.”\n\nThese two dyn amic\, talented young people are dedicated to the struggle to liberate Afr ica and all of its resources for the benefit of African working people. As members of the Uhuru Movement leading the struggle to unite Africa and Af rican people worldwide\, Fields and Bailey put forward irrefutable solutio ns for Africa’s crisis found not in charity or “relief” but in Afric an people themselves coming together to solve Africa’s problems using Af rica’s vast natural resources as their birthright.\n\nBring Omavi Bailey and Aisha Fields to your campus or community!\nVisit http://www.burningsp earuhuru.com for information on hosting an \nevent.\n\nOr contact Uhuru To urs at\ninfo@burningspearuhuru.com :: 727-894-6997\n\nCheck out the tour i tinerary!\nhttp://www.burningspearuhuru.com/tours/adbd-tour/schedule.html\ n\nTo visit html site:\nhttp://www.burningspearuhuru.com/newsletter/adbd-t our2007-email1.html\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070428T120000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:Philadelphia Ethical Society\, 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square\, Phila. \, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:All Diamonds are Blood Diamonds U.S. -Wide Tour UID:20091107T000521EST-FJs24z48R6@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:uhuru99@critpath.org DESCRIPTION:All Diamonds are Blood Diamonds\nU.S.- Wide Tour\n\nAnnouncing the 2007 ALL Diamonds are Blood Diamonds tour\nfeaturing Omavi Bailey and Dr. Aisha Fields\n\nOmavi Bailey is the Director of Burning Spear Media\, a growing \nmulti-faceted revolutionary news and information institution t hat presents the views and aspirations of African working people worldwide .\n\nDr. Aisha Fields is a physicist who coordinates the All African Peopl e’s Development and Empowerment Projects\, working with people in Africa \, and elsewhere in the African world\, to develop sustainable\, renewable electrification and water purification programs in their communities.\n\n Penny Hess\, author of \\'All Diamonds are Blood Diamonds\\' and Chair of African People\\'s Solidarity \ncommittee will also give a presentation.\n \nAs the eyes of the world focus on the issue of Africa’s blood or \ncon flict diamonds\, Mr. Bailey and Dr. Fields are touring the U.S. to expose the reality that even the so-called legitimate diamond trade is dripping i n the blood of African people. Making their case with videos\, PowerPoint presentations and expert testimony\, Fields and Bailey show that all diamo nds are blood diamonds. As Mr. Bailey states\, “The entire diamond indus try is based in the colonial legacy of 500 years of European \nplunder of the African continent which has enriched the Western world to the exact ex tent that it has impoverished African people.”\n\nThese two dynamic\, ta lented young people are dedicated to the struggle to liberate Africa and a ll of its resources for the benefit of African working people. As members of the Uhuru Movement leading the struggle to unite Africa and African peo ple worldwide\, Fields and Bailey put forward irrefutable solutions for Af rica’s crisis found not in charity or “relief” but in African people themselves coming together to solve Africa’s problems using Africa’s vast natural resources as their birthright.\n\nBring Omavi Bailey and Aish a Fields to your campus or community!\nVisit http://www.burningspearuhuru. com for information on hosting an \nevent.\n\nOr contact Uhuru Tours at\ni nfo@burningspearuhuru.com :: 727-894-6997\n\nCheck out the tour itinerary! \nhttp://www.burningspearuhuru.com/tours/adbd-tour/schedule.html\n\nTo see html:\nhttp://www.burningspearuhuru.com/newsletter/adbd-tour2007-email1.h tml\n\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070426T070000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:Temple University\, Tuttleman Hall Room 103\, 13th St. And Montogm ery\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:All Diamonds are Blood Diamonds\, U.S. - Wide Tour - Temple UID:20091107T000521EST-m11Mx4JDRn@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:270-780-2550 Email:porchwhitler@mchsi.com DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \nApril 6\, 2007 \n\nContact: Cody Aldrid ge\, Student organizer\, at cody.aldridge@wku.edu. \nMake Noise Where You Stand: \nAnti-War Voices to be Heard at WKU \n\nBowling Green\, KY - April 23\, 2007 \nA growing group of students\, faculty members\, and community \nmembers who are dissatisfied about the Iraq war are gearing up to make \ntheir voices heard. The war in Iraq is seen as an illegal occupation \nb y many citizens and the international community. Students and \ncommunity members are invited to gather on the North lawn of the \nDowning Universit y Center (DUC) to demonstrate against the war on \nMonday\, April 23\, 200 7. The demonstration will begin at 12:00 pm with \nno specific ending time . It will be a non-violent\, peaceful \nassembly. Our main intention is to raise local awareness of the \nopposition to the war\, as well as give a platform for community \nmembers to let their voices be heard. The demonst ration is being \nsponsored not by an official organization but rather by a group of \nconcerned citizens uniting together. \nThe organizers feel it is time to let our government know that \nwe are unhappy with the current war situation. Rather than driving to \nWashington D.C.\, we wish to make our voices heard from our own \ncommunity. \\'Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the \nrevolutionary spirit and go into a sometim es hostile world declaring \neternal hostility to poverty\, racism\, and m ilitarism.\\' -Martin Luther \nKing\, Jr. \nFor more information or for su ggestions\, email me privately at porchwhitler@mchsi.com or call me at 270 -428-3632\, or contact Cody Aldridge via email at \ncody.aldridge@wku.edu\ , or call 270-678-3108. \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070423T120000 GEO:37.010600;-86.461400 LOCATION:1906 College Heights Blvd.\, #11094\, Bowling Green\, Kentucky\, 4 2101\, United States SUMMARY:Bowling Green Anti-War Protest UID:20091107T000521EST-cifV0OLOVE@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:416-703-2263 Email:toronto.queen@villages.ca DESCRIPTION:The Toronto Fair Trade Network is hosting two events to celebra te International Fair Trade Weeks. This is the first Fair Trade Fair.\n\nI t will run from 10am until 5pm.\n\nThe first two weeks in May have been de signated International Fair Trade Weeks around the world. This is the tim e to remind consumers that their purchasing choices make a difference to p eople living in developing countries. The International system of Fair Tra de ensures that producers receive a fair price for the agricultural produc ts they grow and the handicrafts they produce. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070505T100000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:St Barnabas Church\, 361 Danforth Avenue\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Can ada SUMMARY:Fair Trade Fair UID:20091107T000521EST-N5Rn1956w3@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:416-703-2263 Email:toronto.queen@villages.ca DESCRIPTION:The Toronto Fair Trade Network is hosting two events to celebra te International Fair Trade Weeks. This is the second of those two events. It will be a Fair Trade Fair in the Kensington Market!\n\nThe first two w eeks in May have been designated International Fair Trade Weeks around the world. This is the time to remind consumers that their purchasing choice s make a difference to people living in developing countries. The Internat ional system of Fair Trade ensures that producers receive a fair price for the agricultural products they grow and the handicrafts they produce. Ge ographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070512T110000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:19 Kensington Avenue (at Dundas St. W)\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canad a SUMMARY:Fair Trade Marketplace UID:20091107T000521EST-H2TK0UAjzX@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:510-251-1332 ext.102 Email:makingcontact@radioproject.org DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us for a multi-media evening with Dahr an d photojournalist Jeff Pflueger\, just days after their return from the Mi ddle East. They\\'ll share voices and photos of Iraqi refugees\, Syrians r eacting to the growing crisis\, and an update on southern Lebanon.\n\nBene fit for Dahr Jamail and Making Contact radio series.\n\n\nVENUE\nNew Colle ge Theater\n777 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\n(near 16th Street and 24t h Street BART stations)\n\nCOST\n$15-25 Sliding Scale (No one will be turn ed away for lack of funds)\n\nWheelchair Accessible\n\nCo-Sponsored by: Me dia Alliance\, Freedom Archives\, New College Media Studies MA Program\, A rab American Legal Services.\n\nMedia Co-Sponsors: Flashpoints Radio\, KPF A 94.1 FM. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070511T190000 GEO:37.748700;-122.415000 LOCATION:777 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:Report Back from the Middle East with independent Journalist Dahr J amail UID:20091107T000521EST-GwK9CWUtaP@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.radioproject.org/events/dahrjamail.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email:inpdum_phila@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Report from the Frontlines: From West Africa to the U.S.\n\nWha t: Public Forum\nWhen: Wednesday\, June 6\, 7:30pm\nWhere: First Unit arian Church\, 2125 Chestnut St.\, Philadelphia\nContact: 215-387-0919 or inpdum_phila@yahoo.com\n\nFormer child soldier\, journalist and political leader Chernoh Alpha \nM. Bah will join Uhuru Movement leaders Omavi Bail ey and Diop \nOlugbala at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia on We dnesday\, June 6th for a \\'report from the frontlines of the African libe ration struggle\\'.\n\nAt the age of 12\, Bah fought in the civil war in S ierra Leone\, going \non to become an award winning journalist. He is now leader of the \nAfricanist Movement\, whose 70\,000 members in Sierra Le one\, Guinea- \nConakry\, Nigeria\, Cameroon\, and Liberia seek to regain African \nindigenous control over African mineral and agricultural resour ces.\n\nTensions are mounting in Sierra Leone with the approaching electio ns. \nWhile the ruling Sierra Leone People\\'s Party grants lucrative min ing concessions to foreign companies to finance their electoral \ncampaig ns\, the average life span of the population remains at 37 and \nmost cit izens have no electricity or clean water. Some analysts \npredict another war will break out over control of the diamond-rich \nregion.\n\nIn his Philadelphia address\, Bah will report on the roles of foreign \ngovernme nts and corporations in the conflict and present his \norganization\\'s p rogram for the nationalization of mining industries \nand democratization of the country. (For more on Chernoh Alpha M. \nBah\, visit http://burni ngspearuhuru.com/tours/chernoh-tour2007/ \nbiography.html)\n\nBah will sha re the platform at the First Unitarian Church with Uhuru \nMovement leade rs Omavi Bailey and Diop Olugbala. They will address \ncurrent world even ts and the campaign for the unification of Africa \ninto a single nation.\ n\nDrawing from the work of the United Negro Improvement Association\\'s \nMarcus Garvey\, Ghana\\'s first President Kwame Nkrumah\, and the Congo\ \'s \nslain leader Patrice Lumumba\, the Uhuru Movement is building an \ ninternational movement claiming Africa\\'s resources as the birthright \ nof African people everywhere.\n\nThe June 6th event is free and open to t he public. The program begins \nat 7:30 p.m. with culture. The First Unit arian Church is located at \n2125 Chestnut Avenue in Center City\, Philad elphia. For more \ninformation\, call 215-387-0919 or email inpdum_phila@ yahoo.com\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070606T193000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:First Unitarian Church\, 2125 Chestnut St.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsy lvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Report from the Frontlines: From West Africa to the U.S. \, Cherno h Alpha M. Bah UID:20091107T000521EST-U8UeT34UE4@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:415-370-1901 Email:info@chwc.net DESCRIPTION:Center For Human World Culture Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070610T070000 GEO:37.770900;-122.443000 LOCATION:1578 Fulton Strert\, San Francisco\, California\, 94117\, United S tates SUMMARY:Flag Raising Dedicated For Center For Human World Culture UID:20091107T000521EST-UGZAa3BAhK@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.chwc.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-387-0919 Email: DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia Premiere Showing of “Overturning the Culture of Violence” \n\nA dynamic new DVD presentation based on the book of the sa me name by Penny Hess of the \nAfrican People’s Solidarity Committee.\nT hur • June 28 • 7:30\nUhuru Solidarity Center\n3733 Lancaster Ave\nWes t Philly\n\nJoin the Campaign to Build African People’s Solidarity Day\n October 20 & 21\, 2007•Philadelphia\n\n• Victory to African People!\nâ €˘ All Africa’s resources belong to African people everywhere!\n• Repa rations to African people for 500 years of slavery\, stolen wealth & colon ialism!\n• Build white solidarity with African national liberation!\n• Join Uhuru Solidarity Movement!\n\nThis event is the kick-off of African People’s Solidarity Day 2007 Campaign building for the Oct 20 & 21 trib ute from the white community to the struggle for justice\, freedom\, repar ations and unity for African people everywhere.\nParticipate in community organizing\,benefit concerts\, pledge drives\, media work.\nThe upcoming d vd showing is free and open to the public.\n\nCome to weekly Uhuru Solidar ity Movement meetings & studies on Thursdays at 7:30pm\n3733 Lancaster Ave \, Phila. PA\n215-387-0919 • www.apscuhuru.org Geographical Scope: Loc al DTSTAMP:20091107T050521Z DTSTART:20070628T193000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:Uhuru Solidarity Center\, 3733 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia\, Penn sylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Join the Campaign to Build African People’s Solidarity DayOctober 20 & 21\, 200 UID:20091107T000521EST-MLevkEIdwi@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:617-869-6551 Email:tkrua@uhrionline.org DESCRIPTION:A group of Musicians and Artists from Rwanda will be launching African Heritage Month in Roxbury\, MAssachusetts on July 7\, 2007. Sponso red by the Universal human Rights International\, (UHRI) and the Pan Afric an Community Coalition\, (PACC)\, the event will bring African groups toge ther to jointly showcase their cultural heritage and solidarity. Admission is free. Additionally\, the event will seek to address local humanitarian issues impacting American children in the community. 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