| 1/14/2002 Mon. | 7
pm | Neighborhood
Peace Outreach Meeting | We
want to discuss future outreach activities, look over the draft informational
brochure developed by Kesh and the Explaining 9/11 Group, and discuss plans to
march in the MLK Day parade in Anacostia. Please join us!
Call Steve Donkin
202-986-9438 |
| 1/14/2002
Mon. | 7 - 9 pm |
Meeting
- DC Chapter Social
Welfare Action Alliance | Multicultural
Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC |
Contact: Athena 202-332-6615
AthenaACE@aol.com Information
on the local DC Chapter. |
| 1/14/2002
Mon. | 8 pm |
Wheatpasting for Dr. King's Legacy
The
Lamppost Liberation Front and the DC Anti-War Network invites you to come on out
and hang posters to Honor DR. KING the RIGHT WAY and SPEAK OUT FOR PEACE! Bring
a car if you can. Posters and supplies will be provided. | 1858
Mintwood Place, NW #4 in Adams Morgan. (Woodley Park metro), Wash., DC | RSVP
and directions at 202-986-6186. |
| 1/15/2002
Tue. | Fly
the Flag of Peace on MLK's Birthday!
Martin Luther King
spoke powerfully and prophetically against war and nationalism, and we would like
to celebrate and honor his birthday by publicly demonstrating our opposition to
the war on terrorism, and our solidarity with all peoples of the planet. So on
Tuesday, January 15, we strongly encourage you to * fly a flag of peace outside
your home, or on your car antenna * print out a flag and tape it in your car window,
or to you dorm room door or window * buy a button and wear it on your jacket,
your hat, or your backpack. The endorsing groups would like to suggest the use
of the earth image as an appropriate one to show our solidarity with the rest
of the world during this time of rampant nationalism, but there are also other
great choices, including of course the peace symbol itself. Check out the following
sites for sites for free downloads www.earthflag.net
www.oregonpeaceworks.org www.allinthistogether.org
www.peaceflags.org |
| 1/15/2002 Tue. |
6:45 - 8:45 pm | Film:
An Amazing Grace | Place:
IPS, 733 15th Street NW, Suite 1020
This film and discussion on the legacy
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will feature the documentary "An Amazing Grace".
Using newsreel and television footage, the film traces the development of Dr.
King's career and his growth toward political and ideological maturity. It focuses
on the racism and violence of America that King faced throughout his life. Following
the film there will be a discussion around the aspects of King¹s life that
are generally overlooked or misrepresented in contemporary portrayals. Suggested
donation of $5, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. |
| 1/15/2002 Tue. | 7
pm - 8:30 | General
clinic escort training | Organized
by the Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force (WACDTF), a local organization
dedicated to protecting a woman's right to choose by providing pro-choice escorts
at area reproductive health clinics.
At: Cleveland Park Library
Wash., DC For more information, call our Hotline at 202-797-6577.
Let's keep the clinics open! |
| 1/17/2002
Thur. | 12:30 pm ??? |
End all Executions! | January
17th, 2002 will be the 25th anniversary of the first execution under current laws.
At the end of 2001, there have been 749 prisoner-killings. Join the Abolitionist
Action Committee (AAC) for a peaceful and nonviolent demonstration at the U.S.
Supreme Court in Washington DC to decry this shameful anniversary, and to renew
the call to end all executions. Any persons willing to pledge adherence to strict
nonviolent decorum while risking arrest at this event, and who can participate
in a pre-action session in DC at 5 pm on January 16, 2002 are invited to contact
us at aac@abolition.org or 800-973-6548.
http://www.abolition.org |
| 1/17/2002 Thur. | 6:40
- 8:45 pm | How
to Hold a Legal Demonstration | Place:
institute for Policy Studies, 733 15th Street, NW Suite 1020, Wash., DC
This
class will explore when you need a permit, when you don't, how to apply for a
permit and how to challenge a denial. With Mark Goldstone, National Lawyers Guild;
Fritz Mulhauser, ACLU; Adam Eidinger, Mobilization for Global Justice. Part of
the"Know Your Rights! Legal Sparring for Activists" series. Individual
sessions $20 each, $65 for the series. Space is limited: registration is strongly
suggested- call 202-234-9382 ext. 229. www.hotsalsa.org for more on the series
and SALSA classes |
| 1/17/2002
Thur. | 7 pm |
Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties
in the Name of National Security. | Place:
Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Authors David
Cole and James Dempsey discuss their book It's become easy in these times of fear
and shaken beliefs for the government to pass "anti-terrorism" bills
with little public debate. They argue that this is harmful legislation that we
can not afford as a society -- it persecutes the innocent, yet does not stop potential
terrorist attacks. |
| 1/17/2002
Thur. | 7 - 9 pm |
Who's Got the Money? Wealth and Power in DC! | St.
Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton St., NW, Wash. DC
This interactive
workshop analyzes race and income inequality in DC. We look at 20th century popular
movements to end poverty & racial inequality - locating them within the big
picture of social history, including economic and political history. We explore
lessons learned to guide us in building our bottom-up movement for democracy,
justice, and race-class-gender equality in today's context of globalization &
neoliberalism. A project of the Leadership Development Institute: Popular Education
for Community Activism & Grassroots Organizing! If you are not a registered
institute participant, you can still participate for a fee of $10 per workshop.
Contact: Tomas Encarnacion 202.332.5333 or projectsouthdc@earthlink.net |
| 1/18/2002 Fri. | 12:30
- 2 pm | Brown-bag
lunch with Colombian trade unionist Wilson Borja | Place:
AFL-CIO, 815 16th St., NW, 8th Floor - George Meany Room Borja
is President of the Federation of Public Service Workers of Colombia and a member
of the executive committee of the CUT-Colombia. In December 2000 he survived an
assassination attempt by paramilitary forces in Bogota. He returned to Colombia
in Oct. 2001 to launch his candidacy for the Colombian Senate elections (to be
held in March 2002) as a representative of the Social and Political Front (FSP),
a broad coalition of labor, human rights, indigenous, Afro-Colombian, environmental,
and gay and lesbian organizations. Last month, after receiving more death threats,
Wilson came to the US with the help of the United Steelworkers of America's Colombia
Solidarity Fund. |
| 1/18/2002
Fri. | 6:30 pm dinner 7:30
event | The
civil rights movement: Its legacy and the coming American revolution |
Pathfinder Bookstore, 3437 14th St. NW, Wash, DC 202-387-1590, The
fight for equality for Blacks won some important victories from the mid fifties
to the early seventies. Despite those gains Blacks and other oppressed nationalities
are still affected in a harsher way by economic downturns, cuts in public education,
health care and social security--the deterioration of housing and police brutality.
Sam Manuel, representative from the Socialist Workers Party will speak. Suggested
donation is $4 for the program and $5 for the dinner. |
| 1/19/2002 Sat. | 12
Noon and 2:30 pm | Rally
at Town Hall to Celebrate Dr. King’s Legacy
Leaders Speak Out: Call for Public Dialogue to Protect Civil Liberties
Martin Luther King III, Congressman John Conyers, Anthony Romero, Jim Zogby, Karen
Narasaki, and Rev. Al Sharpton Among Speakers |
Information: At:
The Washington DC Convention Center 900 9th Street, NW – Metro Center / Gallery
Place Chinatown, Wash. DC
For more information, please
contact Majed Jafari at 202-429-9210 or email
mjafari@aaiusa.org. |
| 1/19/2002
Sat. | 1 - 4:30 pm |
A Commemoration of the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.: Of Songs, Peace and Struggle Program | Place:
National Museum of American History, Carmichael Auditorium
1
PM - Dialogue: Stayed on Freedom. James Forman discusses his role in building
an administrative structure that helped to secure the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee's place as one of the most durable and seminal organizations in the
Civil Rights movement. Clayborne Carson, professor of history and director of
the King Papers Project at Stanford University, interviews Forman. 2:30 PM - Performance:
Songs of Struggle and Freedom. The Program in African American Culture Community
Ensemble and Youth Choir and other groups present songs of struggle and freedom.
Audience participation is encouraged. 3:30 PM - Tour (Meet at the Constitution
Ave. Information desk) A museum docent leads a special tour of objects related
to social change in America. |
| 1/19/2002
Sat. | 6 - 7 pm |
Human Rights Book launch | Place:Politics
and Prose, 5015 Conn. Ave. NW
Launch of "Fierce Legion
of Friends: A History of Human Rights Campaigns and Campaigners," by Linda
Rabben. An inspiring introduction to human rights campaigns, ranging from the
abolitionist movements, Morel's work to end misrule in the Congo, to the massive
campaigns of Dreyfus, Sacco and Vanzetti and the Rosenbergs. Cosponsored by Amnesty
International and the Quixote Center. Contact the Quixote Center, 301-270-3003 |
| 1/19/2002 Sat. | 7
- 10 pm | Peace
Forum:
"Melting the Ice in the Heart of Man" is the fourth in a
monthly series of Peace Forums. |
Information Kay
Chapel, Center for Global Peace, American University, Wash., DC Suggested
tax-deductible donation is $20, made to The Masters Group. No one is turned away
for inability to pay.
Please RSVP to: www.peaceforum.info
or email
VOLUNTEERS: We could
use your help setting up the Chapel for this event. If you are interested in volunteering,
please contact Gerry at gerryei@aol.com Directions to Kay Chapel, American University:
www.american.edu. Follow links for: DC: Our Campus > Directions> Main Campus.
You should be able to download the map from here. Park in the Nebraska Ave. lot. |
| 1/19/2002 Sat. | 8
pm to 3 am!!! | Peace
and Civil Rights Party | Place:
Kaffa House, 1212 U St NW (U St/Cardozo stop on the Green Line)
Kickoff
the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday events with a Convergence and Dance Party!!!
Audio visuals, DJ sets, films and speakers on civil rights, open mic to speak
out against war and oppression and to speak up for peace and tolerance. $5-10
sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of money. Proceeds benefit Black Voices
for Peace and the DC Independent Media Center. For more information, visit www.dc.indymedia.org
and www.bvfp.org |
| 1/20/2002
Sun. | 1 - 4 pm |
Speak Out for Peace | Place:
Lincoln Memorial
Honor Dr. King the right way! Rally (with
musical guests Pat Humphries & Sandy Opatow, Bones of Contention, and possibly
Ani Difranco!) at 1 pm at the Lincoln Memorial; 3 pm march to White House and
civil disobedience to protest the war, in the nonviolent tradition of Dr. King.
Those considering risking arrest should come to a legal briefing and nonviolence
training--Tuesday, January 15 at 7 pm at St. Stephens Church, 16th and Newton
Streets, NW For more information, call 202.777.2641 x 6306 or go to www.dawndc.net |
| 1/20/2002 Sun. | 4
pm | Night Letters: Inside
Wartime Afghanistan
Rob Schulthis talks about his travelogue
that takes the reader to the front lines of the Soviet-Afghan war of the 1980s.
| Place:Politics
and Prose, 5015 Conn. Ave. NW, Wash. DC | Call
Politics and Prose, 202- 364-1919 |
| 2/15/2002
Fri. | 9
am | | Superior
Court (room C10), Wash. DC | Contact
arrestees Harold Moss, Jamie Loughner or Tom Gomez at 202-682-9056. |
| 2/16/2002
Sat. | 2
- 4 pm | Real
Screen Roundtable
| A
roundtable for area filmmakers who make social issue media, to discuss trends
in the factual programming marketplace. | American
University, the 2nd floor of the Mary Graydon Center, Gianni Lounge, room 200,
Wash. DC
Light refreshments provided. Call 202-885-2060 |
| 2/16/2002 Sat. | 4
pm | WARD
COMMITTEES
| DC
Statehood Green Party is organizing....Discussion of Ward One issues, upcoming
campaigns. | Mount
Pleasant Library, the corner of 16th Street NW and Lamont Street, Wash., DC
The DC Statehood Green Party
Mario
Cristaldo, 202-328-8248 |
| 2/16/2002
Sat. | 7-10
pm | | THE
PEACE ROOMS - IS IT TIME? Challenges to the UN in Conflict Management, and a Preemptive
Strike Using the Peace Room. Many ambassadors and other dignitaries may be in
attendance | Kay
Chapel, Center for Global Peace,
American University, Wash., DC
$10 donation,
but no one turned away.
Email
Directions |
| 2/16/2002 Sat. | 7-11
pm | SUPPORT
A FREE PALESTINE!!!
SUPPORT A FREE PRESS!!! | The
Kaffa House, 1212 U St. NW, near Cardozo Metro, Wash., DC | SUSTAIN
(Stop US Tax Aid to Israel Now) and the DC
Independent Media Center
|
| 2/17/2002
Sun. | 7
pm | Latest
Words from Iraq | A
multimedia discussion full of sights, sounds and stories from a December trip
to Iraq, with Christopher Fitz of the EPIC. | Washington
City Church of the Brethren, 337 North Carolina Ave. SE (between Capital South
and Eastern Market Metro.)
EPIC Call 202-723-3258 |
| 2/17/2002
Sun. | 7
pm | Learn
to Lead Social Justice Workshops | Get
trained to lead workshops on social justice issues in local high schools. This
will be the first in a series of trainings designed to familiarize potential workshop
leaders with the popular education model and workshop techniques and empower participants
to take over a high school class for a class period. | AFSC-DC
office, 1328 Florida Ave NW, second floor, Wash. DC
AFSC and the Peace Center.
Call 202-265-7997 or 202-234-2000. |
| 2/17/2002
Sun. | 8
pm | OCCUPATION!
| Dynamic
documentary about last year's historic three-week sit-in by the Harvard Living
Wage Campaign. Directed by Maple Razsa and Pacho Velez, and narrated by Ben Affleck.
Maple Rasza will be on hand to discuss the film and AU Solidarity will speak to
its recently released Living Wage report. | American
University's main campus, Ward Circle Building Room 2, Wash., DC
Sponsored
by the AU Solidarity Committee and the DC Labor Film Festival. Contact Rebecca
DeWinter; rdewinte@aiusa.org |
| 2/18/2002
Mon. | 10:15
a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
March Against Youth Violence
| On
the last day of the Youth Summit Against Violence, we will join together for a
March against youth violence. Take this opportunity to come together in solidarity
and help bring youth violence prevention to the nation's attention. | Start
at Crystal Gateway Marriott and end at Capitol Hill, Wash., DC
National Campaign
Against Youth Violence 687-1660 or 784-8047 |
| 2/18/2002
Mon. | 12:30
to 2 pm | The
Militarization of American Youth
| Screening
of "JROTC: The Military in America's Schools." Three speakers will reflect
on the American penchant for militaristic, rather than peaceful, solutions. Speakers
include Bette Hoover, from the American Friends Service Committee, D.C. Peace
& Economic Justice Program; Barbara Wein, formerly with the U.S. Institute
for Peace; and Bill Gavin, counseling coordinator for the Center on Conscience
and War. | 733
15th Street NW, suite 1020, Wash., DC
Institute for Policy Studies' free brown
bag lunch series. Call (202) 234-9382 or email
|
| 2/19/2002
Tue. | 6:30
pm | Permanent
War Economy Series
| Help
organize an educational series to explore our current political crisis in the
context of historical experience. We are in the process of organizing a diverse
group of people to help launch this intergenerational, interactive series: this
will be our first organizing meeting. | The
Washington Peace Center office, 1801
Columbia Road NW, Suite 104, Wash., DC
202-234-2000 |
| 2/19/2002
Tue. | 7
- 9 pm | Book
Group: In the Shadow of the Prophet: The Struggle for the Soul of Islam
| The
Capitol Hill Book Discussion group will meet to discuss pages 108-203 of Milton
Viorst's "In the Shadow of the Prophet" a book vital to understanding
today's political scene. The book includes interviews with major political and
religious leaders of the Middle East as well as the author's own personal experience
covering events in the region. | Capitol
Hill Starbucks, 2nd floor 237 Pennsylvania Ave. SE (near Capitol South METRO),
Wash., DC
To RSVP, call Amy at 202-686-3003. |
| 2/19/2002
Tue. | 6:30
- 7:30 pm | | Organize
opposition to the DC Anti-Terrorist Act legislation, a concern to civil libertarians
and others because of draconian mandatory sentencing provisions, threats to First
Amendment rights. The ACLU, the National Lawyers Guild, the Partnership for Civil
Justice and a number of DC residents opposed the legislation, now in committee,
we can still put pressure on local officials to stop it! |
At: Independent Media Center, 2329 Champlain Street NW, 2nd
Floor (Adams Morgan), Wash., DC The Washington Peace
Center and DC Justice & Solidarity Collective Call 202-234-2000 |
| 2/20/2002
Wed. | ? |
Election Reform: Voices of the Electorate
| Election
problems were not unique to Florida. Other trouble spots include Massachusetts,
Illinois, New York, North Carolina, and Mississippi. Wherever these problems crop
up, they particularly hurt people of color, leaving thousands without a voice
at the ballot box, the fundamental exercise of democracy. |
SEIU, 1313 L Street, NW, Washington, 6th Floor, Wash., DC Sponsored
by SEIU as part of their 2002 Black History Month Celebration. Contact Edna Brathwaite;
202-898-3277 |
| 2/20/2002
Wed. | 5:30
- 7:30 pm | The
White Architects of Black Education: Ideology and Power in America | Drawing
on little-known biographies of White power brokers who shaped Black education,
William Watkins explains the structuring of segregated education that has plagued
the United States for much of the 20th century. |
American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. at Ward Circle,
NW, School of International Service-SIS, 1st floor Lounge, Wash., DC A
Project South book forum. For more information call 202.332.5333, 301.320.4034
or 301.367.1079. |
| 2/20/2002
Wed. | 6:30
pm | Planning
for DC General Land Use | Meetings
scheduled to work on the "master plan" to determine how to use the 67
acres where DC General & the Jail are located. | DC
Armory, Wash., DC |
| 2/20/2002
Wed. | 5:30
pm | Take
a Stand for D.C. Public Schools
| Join
workers, parents, students and community activists at a rally in support of clean,
safe schools. | At:
D.C. Public Schools Headquarters 825 North Capitol Street, NE, Wash., DC
Sponsored
by Teamsters Locals 639 & 730 and the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO. Call
202/624-8700 or 202/857-3410 |
| 2/21/2002
Thur. | 7
pm | "Nigger:
A Problem in American Culture" | Book
discussion with author Randall Kennedy. | Politics
and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Wash., DC
Call 202-363-7663. |
| 2/21/2002
Thur. | 7
pm | Meeting
of Fair Taxes for DC | Campaign
to progressively restructure DC's local taxes. Howard Croft is hosting this meeting.
Lets share our insights and experiences. If you can't make it please try to get
someone else to represent your endorsing oranization. | Lower
Level Auditorium, SEIU,
1313 L St.
David
Schwartzman |
| 2/21/2002
Thur. | 6:45
- 8:45 pm | Angels
of Angola; The Women Are Beakons of Strength | Forum
on Angola and the Organization of Angolan Women (OMA). All proceeds will go to
AWCO's Pennies for Angola" project in support of the work of OMA. | IPS,
733 15th Street NW, suite 1020, Wash., DC
Call 202-234-9382 ext. 229 or visit
www.hotsalsa.org |
| 2/22/2002
Tue. | 12:30
- 2 pm | The
Humanitarian Crisis: how far have we come?
Information
| Institute
for Policy Studies, 733 15th Street NW, Suite 1020. (McPherson Square or Metro
Center Metro stops), Wash., DC | Free.
For more information, call 202-234-9382 or email
|
| 3/13-31/2002 | Call
for times | Refugees
Even After Death: Photographs of Exhumations of Clandestine Cemeteries in Guatemala. | Jonathan
Moller's exhibit depicts in visual form the results of Guatemala's tragic history
as well as the bravery of those who today continue to search for justice, truth,
and reconciliation in the face of continuing human rights violations. |
American University's Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts
Ave., NW, Room 603 |
| 3/14/2002
Thur. | 7
pm | Planning Meeting
for Protest against Ariel Sharon | The
American Israeli Political Action Committee (AIPAC) have invited war criminal
Ariel Sharon to town in April, and many groups are planning to protest his presence.
This will be a planning meeting for April's actions, designed to expose Israel's
ethnic cleansing and the US's role in it. | Visit
www.sustaincampaign.org or contact
SUSTAIN or 202 777 2641 x9779. |
| 3/15/2002
Fri. | 7:45
pm | The "War
on Terrorism" -- Its Next Targets... and its Real Targets. | Light
Middle Eastern refreshments and childcare provided. | St.
Stephen's Church, All-Purpose Hall, 1525 Newton Street NW.
Sponsored by the
DC Coalition to Stop the War Against Iraq, 202-452-7454. |
| 3/16/2002 Sat. | 10
am - 2 pm | Free
Tax Preparation | The
Equal Justice Program at the Howard University School of Law will offer free tax
preparation services for the District's low-income, elderly and disabled residents
in English, Spanish, French and Yoruba. All law school students providing assistance
with federal and District tax forms have completed an IRS training course in basic
tax preparation and are certified. | Howard
University Bookstore, 2225 Georgia Ave. NW
202-238-2330 or visit howard.edu/newsevents |
| 3/16/2002
Sat. | 7:30
pm | Discussion
on Israel, Afghanistan and Iraq |
Israel out of the occupied territories! Stop the imperialist
assault on Afghanistan! U.S. hands off Iraq! A Militant Labor Forum discussion
with Rah-ed Ghuma, Student activist, David Kirshbaum, SUSTAIN [Stop US Tax supported
Aid to Israel Now] and Stephanie Reich, DC coalition to stop the war against Iraq
and Lea Sherman, Socialist Workers Party. | Pathfinder
Bookstore, 3437 14th St. NW
|
| 3/17/2002
Sun. | 1
pm | Walking On
Fire: Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance |
Hear from Beverly Bell, founder and director of the Center
for Economic Justice, about her new book. Also hear from Marie Simone Alexandre,
a health care worker by training, who has
worked extensively in Haiti. | SisterSpace
Book store, 1515 U St. NW:
Again at 4pm, Politics & Prose Bookstore,
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Contact
the Center for Economic Justice at (202)393-6665, |
| 3/17/2002
Sun. | 7
pm | Green Scene
and St. Patrick's Day potluck FUNraiser | For
the DC Statehood Green Party. Bring a few dollars (whatever you can afford; no
one will be turned away) and something to eat | La
Orilla, 1739 Irving Street NW, Wash., DC
More information: Dave
Bosserman 202-483-4165. |
| 3/17/2002
Sun. | 8:30
pm | Wheatpasting
party for demonstrations against the war! | Help
put up flyers about the mobilizations taking place April 20. Bring cars!!! | 1858
Mintwood Pl. NW Apt. #4 Woodley Park/Adams Morgan Metro (Red line)
Please
RSVP to the Lamppost Liberation Front 202-986-6186. |
| 3/18/2002
Mon. | 7
pm | Organized
Against All Odds: Immigrant Labor in the U.S.
Linda
Chavez-Thompson, VP, AFL-CIO - Baldemar Velasquez, President, Farm Labor Organizing
Committee, AFL-CIO - Rosa Ramirez, Tenants' and Workers' Support Committee - Lorette
Picciano, Executive Director, Rural Coalition - A worker representative from HERE
Local 27 |
In the wake of September 11, immigrant workers are facing down
economic recession and heightened racism with courageous new initiatives! Come
listen to dynamic speakers and participate in a dialogue that will be both informative
and energizing. This event was planned to coincide with the Farm Labor Organizing
Committee's National Week of Action. |
St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 1525 16th St., NW (16th and
Newton), Wash., DC DC Labor Council for Latin American
Advancement (LCLAA); Farm Labor Organizing Committee; Tenants' and Workers' Support
Committee; Left Turn |
| 3/18/2002
Mon. | 7
- 9 pm | The "Invisible
Underclass" : Immigration, homelessness and housing in DC post 9/11 | Guests
include Harold Moss, Olive Branch Community, Linda Leaks, Washington Inter-city
Self Help (W.I.S.H.) and Community for Creative Non-violence. | American
Friends Service Committee 1328 Florida Ave., NW (2nd floor) U St. Cardoza Metro
(Green Line)
call: 202.265.7997 or email
sshah@afsc.org |
| 3/19-22/2002 | Info. |
STOP THE US INTERVENTION IN COLOMBIA! - SHUT DOWN THE SCHOOL
OF THE AMERICAS!
| Mobilization
to shut down the The School of the Americas (SOA), in 2001 renamed the “Western
Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.” A military training school
for Latin American soldiers, located at Fort Benning, GA.
Information | Mobilization
Student Peace
March
Jolie Rickman Chapter Coordinator NYCISPES!
130 W. 29th Street 9th floor, NY, NY 10001 Phone (212) 760-0333 Fax (212) 760-0133
|
| 3/19/2002
Tue. | 12:30
pm | Doublespeak
2002: Propaganda and the Shadow Government | See
the film "Faces of the Enemy" (1987), and speak with Christopher Simpson
who will discuss the recent revelations of the Office of Strategic Information/Information
Awareness Office and the Shadow Government, and what this means for our understanding
of the war on terror. | Contact
juliette@ips-dc.org or check out our
website at www.ips-dc.org |
| 3/19/2002
Tue. | 6:00
pm | "A
DAY'S WORK, A DAY'S PAY" is a
one-hour video documentary | This
documentary follows three men and women through New York City's workfare program,
the Work Experience Program (WEP), one of the largest and most aggressive workfare
programs in the country. The video exposes the economic and racial injustices
of workfare and documents the organizing efforts of welfare recipients to demand
jobs creation, job training, access to education, and quality child care. |
PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION‹1200 U STREET NW. Wash., DC RSVP:
212-952-0121 ext. 235 |
| 3/19/2002
Tue. | 6:30
on... | Democracy:
Dream or Delusion? DC's Struggle for Equal Rights and Full Citizenship | Join
Stand Up for Democracy to hear the story of political activism in DC. Learn how
the people of DC have worked to expand their political rights for over 200 years.
Find out what has blocked full citizenship for DC and review the latest national
and local public opinion data. Following the presentation, you're invited to speak
out at a political roundtable on DC democracy. Food will be served; it's free
and all are welcome. | For
more info, call 202-232-2500 or Information |
| 3/20/2002
Wed. | 5:30
- 6:30 pm | End
the Israeli Occupation and the violence | Vigil
to show support for a lasting peace in the Middle East. | Israeli
Embassy, Connecticut and van Ness Street (Van Ness on Red Line)
Contact organizing@adc.org.
|
| 3/21/2002
Thur. | 9:30
am - Noon | The
Fair Budget Coalition Training: What in the Mayor's Proposed FY 2003 Budget Impacts
Human Services? | Highlights
of this interactive training are: *an overview of what is included in the budget
*an explanation of the capital budget, why it's important and how it works *a
discussion of how to read the budget in its new format *information on efforts
to make the budget more useful and transparent. | Service
providers, advocates, residents, and budget newcomers and oldtimers should all
come! $8 - 12 fee.
St. Aloysius Church, 19 I St NW. Wash. DC
Register
by March 19: DC Action for Children,
234-9404, . |
| 3/21/2002
Thur. | 7
pm | Jews
United For Justice: 4th Birthday | Celebration
honoring founding member and labor activist Simon Greer with the JUFJ Vision Award,
to be presented by Rabbi Arthur Waskow. Donations equested. | The
Brick Room, 1925 K St., NW. Wash., DC
Information:
202-884-7635 |
| 3/22/2002
Fri. | 6:30
pm | Walking
On Fire: Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance |
Hear from Beverly Bell, founder and director of the Center
for Economic Justice, about her new book. Also hear from Marie Simone Alexandre,
a health care worker by training, who has worked extensively in Haiti. | The
Potter's House Bookstore, 1658 Columbia Rd. NW, Wash., DC
Again at 4pm, Politics
& Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Contact
the Center for Economic Justice at (202)393-6665, |
| 3/24/2002
Sun. | 2-4
pm |
Afro-Colombian Delegation Reception At: Howard University,
Blackburn Center, Gallery Lounge |
The All-African People's Revolutionary Party, the Afroamerican
XXI, the Howard University Project on Appropriate Technology, and the Kwame Ture
Work-Study Institute and Library invite you to greet our brothers and sisters
from Colombia, South America. The Afroamerica XXI Delegation to the US to Confront
Institutional Racism and Disrespect of Afro-Colombians, represents the largest
grouping of African descendants in the Latin American Region, made up of over
264 organizations in Spanish-speaking countries. The 36 member, diverse delegation
will address the impact of the Plan Colombia on Black Communities, and the exclusion
of significant and important populations of Afro-Latin Americans from the Durban
conference, and more.
Contact: Banbose Shango bshango@juno.com |
| 3/24/2002
Sun. | 6
pm | Vigil,
Procession and Ecumenical Service
Honoring Monsenor Oscar Romero | This
is a very important year to remember Romero because President Bush is visiting
El Salvador on March 24th to lay the groundwork for the Central American Free
Trade Agreement. Please show your support for the workers and people of El Salvador
by attending one or more of these events. |
Parque de la Palomas, 16th and Mt Pleasant
Streets, NW, Wash., DC
Contact:
Ann Butwell, EPICA, 202-332-0292
http://www.epica.org |
| 3/25/2002
Mon. | 1-2
pm | Interim
Disability Assistance (IDA) for D.C. Residents with Disabilities | The
DC Council Committee on Human Services will be holding a public hearing on the
2003 Dept. of Human Services Budget, those with concerns about IDA funding should
attend and testify. | DC
City Council, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room 412, Wash., DC
Contact: T.J.
Sutcliffe at SOME (202) 797-1867 |
| 3/25/2002
Mon. | 6
pm | How
Long Can You Afford To Live In DC?
Meeting of the Tenant's Task Force for
Rent Control | The
Tenants Task Force for Rent Control is holding an informational meeting on the
newly proposed Rent Control Legislation which will be submitted to the DC Council
on April 9. Come and be part of this effort to restore a true sense of community
and create safe affordable neighborhoods. | 441
4th Street NW (One Judiciary Square) Auditorium Judiciary Square Metro stop, Red
Line
Karen Williamson 202-483-1680
Ken Rothschild 202-882-4262 |
| 3/25/2002
Mon. | 7
- 9 pm | Meeting
- DC Chapter Social
Welfare Action Alliance | Information
on the local DC Chapter. | Multicultural
Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC
Email:
dcswaawg@-Yahoogroups.com |
| 3/25/2002
Mon | 7
pm | Movies
with a Message...and popcorn!
"Nixon" |
Quebec House, 2800 Quebec Street, NW, 2nd floor party room, Wash., DC | DC
Alliance
RSVP Kay Loveland by sending a message to candia@igc.org or calling
her at 202-237-0413 (eves.weekend) |
| 3/26/2002
Tue. | 2
pm | DC
Patriot Act | The
Committee of the Whole will be holding a public
hearing on a variety of pending
bills. Also that
morning (10:00 am, there will be a meeting of the
Committee
on the Judiciary chaired by Kathy
Patterson in Room 123. | DC
City Council, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room 412, Wash., DC
Those wishing
to testify concerning the proposed DC Patriot Act legislation should contact City
Council for appropriate times.
Contact: 202-724-0800. |
| 3/26/2002 Tue.
| 5:30-7:30
pm | Palestine
and the Palestinians, book discussion | Discussion
with author Samih Farsoun. | Howard
University, Wash., DC
Contact Project South at (202) 332-5333 for details. |
| 3/26/2002
Tue. | 6-9
pm | Calling
to Build Palestinian Land Day | Calls
will be made to members of the community in
the DC, MD, and VA to inform and
encourage them
to attend the Palestine Rally on March 30 Land Day.
Need
volunteers. | ADC,
4201 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 300, Wash., DC
Contact Nabil at 202-244-2990
or
e-mail or e-mail |
| 3/26/2002
Tue. | 6:30
pm | Pacifica/WPFW
Teach-In | Learn
about the recent changes in the Pacifica Network and help to build a progressive
community radio station in DC. | Contact:
www.wpfw.net for
details or Sam Husseni,
Local Advisory Board 202-347-0200. |
| 3/26/2002
Tue. | 7
pm | America
and the Age of Genocide, book
discussion | Samantha
Power speaks about her book A Problem
from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide. | Politics
and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Wash., DC
Contact: (202) 364-1919. |
| 3/26/2002
Tue. | 7:30-9:30
pm | Violations
of Palestinian human rights and the
Palestinian/Israeli issue |
A teach-in on working for peace in the region. | At:
1625 Wiehle Avenue, Reston, VA
Contact Renee
or Mark |
| 4/26/02 Fri. | 7
pm | Commemorate
the murder of BISHOP JUAN GERARDI |
Monsignor Juan Gerardi was the driving force behind the Catholic Church's Recovery
of Historical Memory project (REMHI), which documented human rights violations
committed during Guatemala’s 36-year civil war. |
Contact: Cindy, Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA, 202-529-6599 Casa del Pueblo
United Methodist Church, 1459 Columbia Road, NW (Green Line, Columbia Heights
Metro) |
| 4/26/02
Fri. | 8
pm | "THE
LAST WEEKEND REVIEW" | An
IndySee Evening. This past weekend, the "other" people spoke up in D.C.
- and you know you didn't see the real stuff on TV. Indymedia video teams captured
the Palestinian rallies, Plan Colombia teach-ins, street interviews, lockdowns,
arrests, critical mass bikers & Whirled Bankers and have edited a special
"popcorn and mango-guava juice" cut ready for viewing! Also in cue,
the April edition of Indymedia NEWSREEL and other special features. | Contact:
(202) 483-3700. |
| 4/26/02
Fri. | . |
Reclaiming our Community's Principles, American
Jews for a Just Peace |
Conference in DC to catalyze Jewish peace activists working for a just peace in
Israel and Palestine. Discussions to form a new national Jewish peace organization
dedicated to educating the Jewish community to the need to end the Israeli Occupation
through a two-state solution. | Contact:
Jews for Peace in Israel & Palestine |
| 4/27/02 Sat. | . |
Redefining Multicultural Education: Breaking
Barriers to Student Achievement |
Dr. Pedro Noguera, Harvard University, author of The Trouble With Black Boys:
The Impact of Social and Cultural Forces on the Academic Achievement of African
American Males will discuss approaches that go beyond "heroes and holidays"
to approaches that transform curriculum and promote social action. DCPS Offices
of Civil Rights Compliance and Multicultural Educational Development. | Teaching
For Change
Eastern High School, 1700 East Capitol Street, NE, Wash., DC
Contact: Latia White 202-588-7248 |
| 4/27/02
Sat. | 1
- 5 pm | ARAB-AMERICAN
HERITAGE MONTH CULTURAL FESTIVAL | A
cultural festival celebrating Arab-American heritage month. Guest speaker, Congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney. Proclamations from other representatives. Family activity programs
include: Poetry, Folktales, Arts & crafts, Middle-Eastern food, Traditional
clothing show, Henna & Face Painting, Calligraphy, Games, Prizes and Vendors.
Entertainment by: Shawkat Al sayyad. Free admission
| Contact:
Marvin, ADC 202-244-2990 or e-mail, Samira,
301-990-0397 or Juliet, 301-330-2445 |
| 4/28/02
Sun. | 11
am - 4 pm | Earth
Day Celebration |
Come celebarte and honor the Earth! Dress as you favorite species, or in the costume
of your home country, for the Parade of All Species, and All Nations.Help Protect
Jesup Blair Park and its historic grove of old oak trees - the largest grove of
ancient oaks in Silver Spring. Linda Schade, Green Party candidate for State House
of Delegates, District 20 talking about STOPPING THE ICC. Gail Dixon, singer.
Candace Wolf, storyteller. Magpie, everyone's favorite, famous local duet singing
original ecology and labor songs, Other great bands and entertainment and children's
activities and games. |
Jesup Blair Park, Georgia Avenue & Blair Road (on the DC line)
Contact:
Marcus Sims at (301) 270-2519 or go to www.lindaschade.org. |
| 4/28/02 Sun. | 1:30
pm | Peace
March to Abolish Nuclear Weapons |
Join a delegation from the Hiroshima Association for Nuclear Weapons Abolition
(HANWA). The 20-person delegation includes 9 survivors of the atomic bombings
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Hibakusha). Bring signs & Banners. |
McPherson Square, 15th & I Sts. to U.S. Department of Energy, 10th & Independence
Ave., NW Wash., DC
Contact: John Steinboch 703-369-7427 |
| 4/28/02 Sun. | 6
pm | Commemorate
the Lessons of Hiroshima, Japan |
Rev. Marjani Dele will co-ordinate a service of earth solidarity with the Japanese
delegation, members of the Piscataway and Chappaquiddick Nations and the D.C.
Community at large. Potluck dinner and Open Ceremony. Worship in unity with the
survivors (Hibakusha) of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. This delegation
is visiting the United States to help mourn the victims of the bombing in New
York. While in the District of Columbia, they will also visit Congress to lobby
against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. | St.
Stephens' and The Incarnation Church, 1525 Newton St. NW, Wash., DC
Contact:
John Steinboch 703-369-7427. |
| 4/29/02
Mon. | . |
National Housing and Homeless Policy Conference |
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
and the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) Conference of housing advocates,
local nonprofit and for-profit housing development organizations, public and assisted
housing residents, public housing agencies, legal service offices, state and local
governments and statewide housing and homelessness coalitions. Facts of housing
and homelessness issues, strategies and new ideas for the future of Federal housing
policy. Workshops on housing production, housing preservation, public housing,
vouchers, civil rights, income, housing and services. | Loew's
L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, SW, Wash., DC (L'Enfant Plaza Metro, Blue/Orange Line)
contact Lily Phillip-Quashire at (202) 662-1530 ext. 245. For more information,
visit the NLIHC, or call Caitlin Wright-Binning
at 202/662-1530 ext. 227. |
| 4/29/02
Mon. | 6
- 9 pm | Community
Harvest's 5th Year Anniversary Fundraising Celebration
|
Community Harvest's 5th Anniversary Celebration will feature: • Delicious
food made with produce from local, organic farmers • A new local "folk,
funk and soul" group, The Groove Elements • Local beer and wine •
A short film about Community Harvest and the Columbia Heights Community Marketplace
• Lots of great people! Farmers and staff from Tuscarora Organic Growers
Cooperative and Polyface Farms | Mimi's
American Bistro, 2120 P St. NW, Wash., DC (Dupont Circle metro, Red Line)
Space is limited, so please RSVP ASAP to Community Harvest at 202/667-8875,
email. |
| 4/29/02 Mon. | 7
pm | NUCLEAR
WARS: PAST AND FUTURE? |
The United States used nuclear weapons in 1945. Is it preparing to do so again?
Atomic Bomb Survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Current Nuclear Experts
Discuss: What Happened in 1945? And What Does Bush's New Nuclear Policy Portend?
Many other speakers. | Kay
Spiritual Chapel. American University, Massachusetts & Nebraska Aves. NW,
Wash., DC
Sponsored by the American University Department of History, the
Nuclear Studies Institute, and the Center for Global Peace. Contact: John Steinboch
703-369-7427. |
| 4/30/02
Tue. | Call |
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans | National
Coalition for Homeless Veterans Annual Membership Meeting and Conference, Washington,
DC. | For
details, visit http://www.nchv.org or contact
202-546-1969 |
| 4/30/02
Tue. | 10
- 12 noon | D.C.'s
Housing Production Trust Fund |
Mary Brooks, the Director of the Housing Trust Fund Project at the Center for
Community Change will discuss the administration of D.C.'s Housing Production
Trust Fund. She is an expert on housing trusts and provided us with invaluable
guidance regarding the trust fund provisions of the Housing Act of 2002. | McDonough
Hall, Georgetown Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave., NW, Room 587, Wash., DC (Union
Station, Red Line)
RSVP to Nina Dastur at nkd3@law.georgetown.edu |
| 4/30/02 Tue.
| 12:30
- 2 pm | AIDS:
The Real Global Threat, IPS Brown Bag Lunch | Since
September 11, coverage of the world's true global threat, the AIDS epidemic, has
been virtually non-existent. While the Bush Administration drains the country's
finances to fund the war on terrorism, the real threat to the world's population
is continuing to ravage Africa and other nations with high rates of AIDS deaths,
and AIDS research and resources receive a pittance of the world's support and
attention. Discuss the latest statistics and status of the AIDs epidemic with
Salih Booker, Director of Africa Action and co-author of a recently released report
by the Foreign Policy In Focus project entitled "Africa Policy Outlook 2002".
In his analysis, Booker notes that "the HIV/AIDS pandemic is a far greater
global threat to human security than is the threat posed by organized terrorist
groups, yet the Bush administration
cares little because those most affected
worldwide are black, poor and female". We will examine the costs and consequences
of these policies.
Contact: 202-234-9382 or juliette@ips-dc.org. |
| 4/30/02 Tue.
| 11:00
am-12:00 noon | Street
Theatre, Homes Not Jails |
Come watch as advocates attempt to stop HUD from auctioning off abandoned houses
at bargain deals to big predatory lenders like Soloman Smith Barney and to corrupt,
profit-seeking institutions. Watch as local citizens battle the HOPE-LESS VI monsters
that eat up public housing and make people homeless under the guise of "revitalization". |
HUD headquarters, 7th and D, SW, Wash., DC (L’Enfant Plaza Metro, Blue/Orange
Line) Contact: 202-714-4430 |
| 4/30/02
Tue. | . |
Counter Military Recruiters in DC High Schools |
The Committee for High School Options and Information on Careers, Education and
Self-Improvement (CHOICES) invites veterans and concerned anti-militarists to
counter the presence of military recruiters in the DC High Schools at Career Days
in April and May, and to present civilian options and alternatives for job training,
employment and financial aid for college. | Full
schedule available from John Judge 202-234-2000 or email. |
| 4/30/02 Tue.
| 3-5
pm | Health
Care for All Rally |
. | Baltimore
Marriott Inner Harbor
110 Eutaw Street, Baltimore
410/962-0202
HealthCareForAll |
| 4/30/02
Tue. | 6:30
on | The
Washington Peace Letter Labeling Night! | Hello,
folks! It's that time of the month--in fact, it's past due. And I know you've
been waiting with eager anticipation for ... Food. Pizza, specifically. And some
beverages. What are we doing: discussing salient issues, discussing irrelevant
issues, telling really bad jokes, and, oh yes, labeling. | *
Where: Washington Peace Center,
1801 Columbia Rd., Ste 104
RSVP: 202-265-5336
email: |
| 4/30/02 Tue. | 8
pm | Behind
the Labels: Garment Workers on US Saipan |
Film screening and discussion on sweatshops & university
involvement with the garment industry Contact:
GW Progressive Student Union: Allison Robbins, peaceout@gwu.edu |
Tuesday: Marvin Center Amphitheater, 800 21st St., NW,
3rd floor, Wash., DC |
| 5/1/02
Wed. | 5
- 7 pm | Wednesday:
AFL-CIO 815 16th Street NW, Wash., DC |
| 5/1/02 Wed. | All
day! | COLOMBIA
MOBILIZATION NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY |
Now, the hawks in Washington want to expand into direct counter-insurgency,
leading us into an unending quagmire that will cost too much in terms of human
lives (not to mention financially). Call your Senators and Representatives. Two
proposals must be opposed:
* Emergency Counter-Terrorism bill for 2002
* Foreign Aid Bill for 2003. Urge your Congresspersons to support legislation
to close the School of the Americas/WHISC (House bill HR1810). |
Write your Senator and
Representatives. Congressional switchboard
number is 202-224-312 Contact: Janet M. Hostetler,
(202) 588-1471. |
| 5/1/02
Wed. | 9am
- 3 pm | Demonstrate
to Support Undocumented Immigrants | Delegations
from 23 states will converge on Washington, DC to demonstrate broad support for
the F.R.E.E.D.O.M. Act legislative proposal for immigrant legalization. Deliver
lobbying packets to congressional offices in the morning, and convene for a speak-out
and rally in front of the Capitol. | U.S.
Capitol, 1st St. & East Capitol, NE, Wash., DC (South Capitol Metro, Orange/Blue
Line) |
| 5/1/02
Wed. | 9:30
- 11 am | Fair
Budget Coalition | For
more information about the meeting or general information about the Coalition,
contact Patty Mullahy Fugere, 872-8958 | Washington
Legal Clinic for the Homeless, 1800 Massachusetts Ave NW, 6th floor, Wash., DC |
| 5/1/02 Wed. | 12
noon - 2 pm | Feed
the Kids Rally |
On April 16, 2002, Michele Tingling-Clemmons, the District's State Director of
Child Nutrition Programs (SNAC), was fired by State Education Officer Connie (Cornelia
Vannessa) Spinner, former director of DC Children's Youth Investment Trust. At
the time of the firing, Tingling-Clemmons was gearing up for a major summer feeding
program for hungry DC children. Rallies for the Feed the Kids Campaign will be
held every Wednesday. | 1
Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, (Judiciary Square Metro station, Red Line)
Wash., DC
Contact: Rick 202-397-2277 |
| 5/1/02
Wed | 3:30
pm | IMMIGRANT
LABOR RIGHTS MOBILIZATION |
Immigrant workers & supporters mobilize to demand labor rights for all workers
& legalization for all undocumented immigrants. | Contact
(UnionVoice) Beatriz
Maya email |
| 5/1/02
Wed | 6:30
pm | Affordable
Housing Strategy Meeting | This
group will meet on the first Wednesday of every month. |
Contact: Linda Leaks, Washington Inner-city Self Help (WISH), (202) 332-8800 |
| 5/1/02 Wed | 6:45
- 8:45 pm | Maximizing
Your Unemployment Benefits |
The Washington Post regularly prints misinformation about eligibility for unemployment
insurance (UI) benefit payments. Contrary to popular belief, one may collect benefits
based on minimum wage, part-time, or temporary work, even at two or more jobs
in two or more states. In this seminar you will get information about UI that
the Post, the US Dept. of Labor, and the national labor unions may know is true,
but which is not disseminated. Don't wait a week before filing for UI because
you may miss out on benefits. | $5
donation, but unemployed persons will be admitted free. Contact: Netfa Freeman
202-234-9382 ext. 229 or www.hotsalsa.org. |
| 5/1/02 Wed | 7
- 9 pm | "Eyewitness
to Occupied Palestine" |
Lecture by Adam Shapiro, a human rights activist and a founder of the International
Solidarity Movement, a growing nonviolent movement of Palestinian and international
activists working to raise awareness of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and
calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and
East Jerusalem
Mr. Shapiro is a GU alumnus, having earned his M.A. in Arab
Studies from Georgetown in 1997. |
Sponsor: The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Georgetown University
For more information contact 202-687-6215 |
| 5/1 &
2/2002 Thur & Fri. | Call |
Demand a Halt to Wesley Baker's Execution
- Call-in Days |
Maryland plans to execute Wesley Baker by May 13th. Mr. Baker's case fits into
a disturbing pattern -- he is a poor, black man accused of killing a white victim
in a state with a higher concentration of blacks on death row than any other state
in the nation. Join the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, American Friends
Service Committee-Baltimore, Amnesty International, Campaign to End the Death
Penalty, Equal Justice USA, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, and
other local and national organizations for two coordinated days of action. | Contact
Governor Glendening to demand a halt to the execution of Wesley Baker and to enact
a moratorium on all executions.
Write: The Honorable Parris
N. Glendening, State House, Annapolis, MD 21401 or Call: (410) 974-3901 or
1-800-811-8336 (toll free, Maryland), or fax: (410) 974-3275. Contact: Jane Henderson,
EJUSA, e-mail: 301-699-0042 or David
Elliot, NCADP, 202-387-3890, ext.
16 |
| 5/3/02
Fri. | 9
- 12 noon |
ORGANIZING ROUNDTABLE: Building A Militant Local |
Increase membership and member activism through internal organizing. Discussion
with Elissa McBride, AFSCME Department of Education and Leadership Training. |
Free, but pre-registration required:
1925 K St NW, Wash.,
DC
streetheat@dclabor.org |
| 5/4/2002
Sat. | 8
am - 5 pm | 17th
Annual Maryland Peace and Justice Conference | P.S.
Save the date: Saturday, May 4th. 17th Annual Maryland Peace and Justice Conference.
Key note address by Jerry Levin, held hostage by radical Palestinians in Lebanon
in 1992, who will give us his thoughts on the current situation. | Location:
Church of the Holy Comforter, Lutherville, Baltimore, MD.
Contact Paulette
Hammond at phamm001@earthlink.net
410-363-3140 |
| 5/4/02
Sat. | 10
- 4 pm | COMMUNITY
COALITION FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE CONFERENCE |
We the people of the Washington D.C. metropolitan area are concerned about peace
and justice in our community, our nation and our world. We learn from experience
and others' experiences to develop principles of unity in building the Community
Coalition for Justice and Peace. We educate ourselves and others in our community
about peace and justice issues. We use this information to change and improve
the quality of life for our community, our nation, and our world. We work in the
Washington, D.C. area to eradicate the causes of violence and injustice everywhere. | Transportation
from the metro can be arranged in advance by calling 301-474-3014 or email |
| 5/4/02 Sat. | 11
am - 2 pm | Bleeding
Heart Breakfast Club Returns | After
a hiatus, the Breakfast Club returns with a brunch. Don't miss it. $5 donation
and potluck. | Eddie
Becker's house, 1844 Mintwood St, NW, Adams Morgan (Cleveland Park/Zoo, Red Line) |
| 5/4/02 Sat. | 5
pm | Take
Back the Night Rally and March |
IN SILENCE WE ARE POWERLESS. Break the silence and help end sexual violence by
forwarding this message to everyone that you know. The DC Rape Crisis Center warmly
welcomes all members of the community to march. This march is a demonstration
of women's unified collective action against a sexually violent culture that limits
women's freedom of movement. As an event focused on the empowerment of women,
it is our policy that men can walk with us, but the march must be led by women. |
At: Dupont Circle, NW, Wash., DC Sponsored
by the DC Rape Crisis Center. Contact: (202) 232-0789 |
| 5/8/02 Wed. | 7-9
pm |
| Join
local Project South members & friends as we gather to evaluate our work over
the last year and plan our ongoing work for movement building for justice &
equality for all people! | St.
Stephen's Church
1525 Newton St., NW, Washington, DC
For more information
contact: Tomas or Clark
202.332.5333 |
| 5/10/02
Fri. | 5:30
- 8:30 pm | Washington
Peace Center Benefit |
All are welcome to a happy hour benefit for The Washington Peace Center. See old
friends and meet new progressives who care about local and national peace and
justice issues. Also hear from long-time peace activist Reverend Hagler on "Challenges
of These Times" and learn more about the Washington Peace Center. We'll have
live musical performances, political jokes, dancing and more! Contributions will
be matched by an anonymous donor for this event, so please come! | Kelly's
Irish Times (downstairs), 14 F Street, N.W. (Union Station metro, Red Line) Near
Massachusetts Ave & North Capitol, NW. Directions: (202) 543-5433
An RSVP
is requested by May 8th to wpc@igc.org or by
calling Washington Peace Center, (202) 234-2000. |
| 5/13/02
Mon. | 2
pm | NATIONAL
EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION ON PALESTINE | It's
time to speak out against the many pieces of legislation in Congress that are
aimed at destroying U.S. relations with the Palestinian leadership and Arab countries.
Briefings with U.S. Government Officials
· Reports from Palestinian
Representatives
· Reports from our Communities
· Overview
of Congressional Actions
- Meetings with Members of Congress
·
Town Hall Meeting on the Hill with Members and Staff |
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee
Leading Palestinian Organizations
Email
|
| 5/17/02
Fri. | 7:30
9 pm & 5 to 6:30 pm |
Re-Tree DC | The
Re-Tree D.C. Coalition was formed to help restore the urban tree canopy in our
nations capital. Help distribute fliers and gather petition signatures regarding
DC's Tree Crisis.
Metro stops throughout the District, Anacostia, Brookland,
Eastern Market, Woodley Park, Minnesota Ave, etc.) |
Email or Call Parisa at 202-783-7400 x 107
to RSVP. Contact: D.C. Environmental Network's RE-TREE D.C. Campaign at (202)
783-7400 x 120/107. |
| 5/17/02
Fri. | Noon
to 2 pm | The
National Neighborhood Coalition 2002 Forum: Looking at Hope VI | Join
NNC for a discussion of the role of HOPE VI, its impact on neighborhoods, and
the outlook for the future of the program. Speakers: |
RSVP: Janice Clark at the National Neighborhood Coalition,
(202) 408-8553 Email |
| 5/17/02 Fri. | 3
pm | PEANUTS
to the Poor, Demonstration for Affordable Housing
CALL the Mayor 727-2980
- tell him we need
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. | ACT
NOW to save affordable housing. DC's new budget marks $11 million for the Housing
Production Trust Fund, instead of $22 million, then Mayor Williams gives $90 million
to develop
luxury office space at Gallery Place. | At:
Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Wash., DC
Washington Innercity
Self Help Contact: Linda Leeks, (202) 332-8800. |
| 5/17/02
Fri. | 3
pm | Rally
for Affordable Housing | Protest
DC's cutting housing funding in half! | At
the District Bldg. (also called the Wilson Bldg) at 14th and Constitution |
| 5/18/02 Sat. | 9:45
am - 3:15 pm | |
This is a call for grassroots organizations, collectives, individuals and other
benevolent members of civil society to discuss the possibilities of working together
and supporting each other's issues. |
National Mall (between 4th & 7th St's., NW) Wash., DC
DC Social Forum
Contact:
Mark Cimino 202-271-7990 |
| 5/20/02
Mon. | Call |
"Pentecost 2002: Speaking the Truth About Poverty" | Call
to Renewal is hosting this national mobilization on welfare reform in Washington
D.C. Briefings, training and networking. Religious leaders will lead a National
Interfaith Day of Action with simultaneous candlelight vigils in at least 20 cities
to draw attention to the moral and religious call to end poverty in America. | Expensive
Registration, but can call for volunteering and low income 800-523-2773 or 202-328-8745
or visit web site. |
| 5/20/02 Mon. | 6:30
- 9:30 pm | Independence
Day of the Democratic Republic of East Timor
| Celebrate
the first Independence Day of the Democratic Republic of East Timor. Proceeds
will benefit FOKUPERS, an East Timorese NGO working for women’s rights, and
the East Timor Action Network. | ETAN,
PO Box 15774, Washington, DC 20003-0774. RSVP: Megan Walsh, (202) 607-6694. |
| 5/20/02 Mon. | 7
pm | "Salt
of the Earth" May Day at the Movies | A
classic film directed by Herbert Biberman. Both a work of artistic freedom and
political defiance, blacklisted Biberman's banned masterpiece remains a landmark
in political filmmaking. Made at the height of McCarthyism, the film is the dramatization
of a strike of Chicano workers in a New Mexico zinc mine. |
Cosponsored by the DCJCC Screening Room; JUFJ; and the Metro Washington Council,
AFL-CIO.
Tickets 800-494-TIXS Contact: JUJF
202-777-3248 |
| 5/21/02
Tues. | 7:30
am | PARKING
WORKERS BLITZ FOR JUSTICE | Help
leaflet 21 parking garages in 90 minutes and be at work by 9:00. | Contact:
Tracy Lingo, 202-393-7939 ext. 13 to sign up. |
| 5/21/02
Tues. | 12:30
- 2 pm | Permanent
War and International Legitimacy | Part
of the Foreign Policy in Focus¹ free brown-bag lunch lecture series. | Institute
for Policy Studies, 733 15th St., NW #1020
Call ahead 202-234-9382 |
| 5/21/02 Tues. | 4-7
pm | Race
to the Bottom: Attention Runners |
A rally and race will begin at the site of the World Economic Forum regional meeting.
The race begins at 6:00 pm and ends in Murrow Park across from the IMF/WB headquarters,18th
& H Sts. NW, with a short rally. Join Thousands of People From Across the
Economic Spectrum for the FIRST EVER 1K RACE TO THE BOTTOM! Whether you're an
MBA in the Rat Race or an underemployed activist with the Human Race, this Race
to the Bottom is a can't-miss event for anyone trying to get ahead *or* left behind.
Hear the THUNDER OF THOUSANDS of the working poor pound the asphalt! | Sponsored
by National Coalition for Jobs and Income Support and Mobilization
for Global Justice. Contact: Christy 202-882-9649
|
| 5/21/02 Tues. | 7
pm | Wealth
and Democracy: The Dangerous Politics of American Prosperity | Kevin
Phillips discusses his book. | Politics
and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave., NW, Wash. DC
202-363-7663 |
| 5/22/02 Wed. | 7:30
- 9 pm | "Living
the Sustainable Life in European Cities" |
Pamela Lindstrom, land use expert and member of the Montgomery County Transportation
Policy Report Task Force, will present this slide show. | White
Oak Library, 11701 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring (Silver Spring Metro, Red
Line) and then take a bus. |
| 5/23/02
Thur. | 6:30
pm | ACORN
(Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Fights Back |
ACORN Demands Housing Production Trust Fund dollars be restored and used for rehab
of abandoned properties; providing loans and grants for home repair to low income
homeowners; and reducing lead health hazards. Expected guests: Eleanor Holmes
Norton, Councilmember Fenty, Councilmember Graham, Councilmember Mendelson. Other
councilmembers and the Mayor have been invited. Contact: | Bethesda
Baptist Church, 1808 Capitol Ave. NE (Mt Olivet and West Virginia Avenue NE),
Wash., DC.
Contact: ACORN at 202-547-9292 or Jobs with Justice, Rose
Marie Flynn |
| 5/24/02
Fri. | 9
am - 6 pm | Hope
and Crisis in Palestine & Israel |
United Methodist Middle East Network and the Methodist Federation for Social Action
are sponsoring a conference on the current crisis and their response | Lutheran
Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St., NE (Union Station Metro, Red
line), Wash., DC
Fee: $3 or $20 with lunch and dinner included.
Contact: 202-546-8806 |
| 5/24/02
Fri. | 3
- 4:30 pm | What
Conflict Analysts Can Offer the Middle East |
A panel of conflict management practitioners and theorists will address the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, but their dialogue will differ from most other examinations of the topic
in media today. Instead of focusing solely on the politics and history of the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the panelists will discuss various models of conflict
management and apply them to the current situation in the Middle East. |
George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs Building, 805
21st Street, NW, Room B02 (Foggy Bottom Metro, Blue/Orange Line)
contact:
Dana Graber, The Communitarian Network, (202) 994-8937. |
| 6/1/02 | 8
pm | Fundraiser
for Maryland United for Peace and Justice’s (MUPJ) | This
“fundraiser” will take place on Saturday, June 1st, 2002 at 8:00 p.m.
at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore. Part of the Super Pops Series, it
will include a concert by the much-touted Mambo Kings. [The official BSO program
states: The incredible "Mambo Kings" join the BSO for pulsating Latin
rhythms with a spicy salsa beat, performing "Malaguena" and other Latin-flavored
hits] A reception follows the
performance, where we hope to “meet and
greet” the group. | Seats
for the fundraiser in the Orchestra section are $45 (the floor of the hall) and
for the Terrace section (the 2nd balcony), $35 per person. Please make checks
out to: “MUPJ” and send them to:
MUPJ
327 E. 25th Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-747-3811 |
| 6/1/02
Sat. | 9
pm | "Vietnam
Passage" Journeys from War to Peace chronicles the stories of six Vietnamese
whose lives took divergent directions both during and after the war. | This
one-hour documentary will premiere on PBS. A production of Wind & Stars Production
Group, the
program was directed and
produced by Sandy Northrop and is
hosted by Los Angeles Times reporter - and former South East Asia correspondent
- David Lamb. |
WHUT Channel 32 |
| 6/9/02
Sun. | 7
pm | Seeking
peace for Palestine and Israel: A Town Meeting | Hear
Greenbelt resident Jean Snyder’s firsthand report, with pictures taken during
her April 2002 visit to Jerusalem and the West Bank, about the impact of the recent
Israeli siege on Palestinians.
From Lewis Roth of
Americans for Peace Now, learn more about the efforts of Israeli peace activists
to enhance Israel’s security by negotiating an end to the long conflict between
two peoples in one homeland.
Share your ideas and feelings
on how American citizens may promote justice and security for both Israelis and
Palestinians. | Greenbelt
Community Center multi-purpose room (15 Crescent Rd.), Greenbelt, MD Contact:
Lucy Duff
301-577-2350 |
| 6/14/02
Fri.. | 11:30
am | PUBLIC
HEARING ON "DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLAG REDESIGN ACT OF 2002" | DC
Council member Phil Mendelson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Voting Rights
and Redistricting announces a public hearing on Bill 14-647, the "District
of Columbia Flag Redesign Act of 2002." The bill will promote the cause of
full voting representation for the citizens of the District of Columbia in the
United States Congress by redesigning the flag of the District of Columbia to
include the words "DC" and "TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"
within the flag. This will raise public awareness of the District of Columbia's
lack of voting representation in Congress. Surveys suggest that most United States
citizens support full voting rights for District residents but that many are not
aware that District residents have no vote in the Congress. Flags of the several
states and the District of Columbia are flown at many locations across the country.
Changing the flag to display this message will bring the struggle for voting rights
to those places, as well as making more visitors to the District aware of the
struggle. | John
A. Wilson Building, Room 412, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. Those
who wish to appear at the hearings should contact Mr. Edward Elder, Subcommittee
Clerk, at (202) 724-8064 by the close of business on Wednesday, June 12, 2002. |
| 6/14/02
Fri. | 5:30-6:30
pm | Women
in Black Vigil for Israeli/Palestinian Peace | Women
in Black DC stands in solidarity with Palestinians in the Occupied Territories
and Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel working for a just and viable peace.
We join their demands: that Israel end its brutal occupation, that Israel end
its human rights abuses of the Palestinians, and that Israel dismantle the Jewish
settlements in occupied Palestinian Territories. We denounce the use of violence
against against unarmed civilians on all sides. We commend the Israeli conscientious
objectors who refuse to serve in an occupying army. Women in Black DC is a part
of the international Women in Black movement, which was founded in 1988 by Jewish
and Palestinian Israeli women demanding an end to the occupation. We stand in
solidarity with all our sisters around the world calling for peace through justice
in their countries, nations, and communities. |
Farragut Square Park, 17th and K Sts., NW Vigils
are held weekly. Please wear black. Signs will be provided. Contact: www.womeninblackdc.org |
| 6/14/02
Fri. | 7-9
pm | "The
Things That Make For Peace" | Our
panelists are Philip Farar, Mai Abdul Rahman, and Nicole Sorger. This forum will
address one of the most intractable and volatile international problems of our
time-the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Our country bears particular
responsibility because of its role in helping create the problem after World War
II and then rendering strong military, economic, and political support preponderantly
to one side. Drawing on their own core beliefs, faith perspectives and personal
experiences, representatives of the Jewish, Muslim, and Palestinian Christian
communities will lead off the discussion and will then leave plenty of time for
questions and additional input from other participants. Putting aside the Who-Bombed-Whom
Yesterday approach so characteristic of the media, we will attempt together to
shed new light on the underlying causes and core issues. |
Festival Center/Servant Leadership School,1640 Columbia Road,
NW Donation and RSVP requested. Contact: 202 328
7312 or slschool@slschool.org |
| 6/14/02
Fri. | 7
& 9 PM | "VIVA
JUDI BARI" Film and Celebration | "VIVA
JUDI BARI", a documentary film from California, pop your own corn and learn
about the case. This week environmental activists and all citizens won a huge,
precedent-setting lawsuit against the FBI, who car bombed activists Judi Bari
and Darryl Cherney a decade ago. The suit won $4.4 Million from the FBI, basically
proving that the government is very capable of lying, cheating, killing people
it claims to serve and protect, but the PEOPLE can have justice. |
7:00 pm and 9:00 pm (video),10:00 pm (party)
DC Indymedia
Center, 2329 Champlain St.NW
THE FULL STORY
http://sf.indymedia.org/ This is a mondo
victory and WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE!! We're going to get down! Live music by
Breaking Ground, Dr. Bell. $7.00 donation at door to benefit the DCIMC. |
| 6/14/02
Fri. | 7:30
pm | U.S.
Occupation of Afghanistan Accelerates India, Pakistan Conflict | The
imperialist occupation of Afghanistan has increased the armed conflict in the
region and heightened the war danger between India and Pakistan. The roots of
that conflict lie in the creation of Pakistan by the departing British imperialists
as a spearhead against the Indian revolution. Washington has for decades used
Pakistan against the struggles of working people. Come participate in a discussion
about the roots of this conflict and the revolutionary road that needs to be taken
in order to solve it. |
Pathfinder Bookstore, 3437 14th St. NW Speaker:
Sam Manuel, Socialist Workers Party. Suggested donation is $4. Contact: 202-387-1590. |
| 6/14-17/02 | |
Join a National Call-In Friday, June 14 to Monday, June
17 | Sen.
Lieberman (D-CT) signed onto the conservative Democratic Carper/Bayh welfare reauthorization
bill, despite earlier indications that he would not support it. The Senate Finance
Committee is writing their bill this week, so it is very important for other senators
to weigh in with Committee members in support of a progressive agenda. ...Continued... | |
| 6/15/02 Sat. | 10
am | The
Color of Your Skin-Are you Color Struck? | This
In-Her-Light workshop is for women of the African Diaspora. This topic is revisited
because of the discussions we've had in the past. Yes, we are still being confronted
by hurtful experiences associated with our hues. The paper bag test is still in
existence. How women are overcoming or coping with the issue of being too light
and being to dark will be discussed. |
1419 V Street NW, Basement For
more information contact Cassandra at 202-332-6561 or www.aawrc.org. |
| 6/15/02
Sat. | 11am
- 7 pm | Aaryana
Imports Open House, Fundraiser for Afghan Widows and Orphans | After
25 years of war, the Afghan people face continued conflict and desperate challenges
today:
100's of thousands of orphans need our help, for food, shelter, education;
equally tragic numbers of widows have no way to feed their children; $25 U.S.
can feed a family for a month. A locally owned small business and charitable store.
ALL profits, every day, donated to high quality relief and reconstruction projects
in Afghanistan. Central Asian & Afghan rugs and imports. Handmade Carpets
(Afghan, Persian, Indian, Turkish, Tibetan) and Afghan crafts & jewelry for
sale. Photography exhibit, |
55 Maryland Avenue, Annapolis, MD (just off State Circle) Information,
& Free refreshments. Information: Fahmia Vorgetts, owner at (443) 762-8812
or rawa_afg@yahoo.comor afghanhelp |
| 6/15/02 Sat. | 8
pm | PEACE
IN IRAQ: Vision and Critique of the US Anti-Sanctions Movement | Free
and open to the public. Speakers include SCOTT RITTER, former UNSCOM Chief Weapons
Inspector, KATHY KELLY, Nobel Peace Nominee, Co-Founder of Voices in the Wilderness
and JACK DUVALL, producer of the documentary, "A Force More Powerful."
| St.
Aloysius Church, N. Capitol and I St., NW (Union Station Metro, Red line) Sponsored
by Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC). Contact: 202-543-6176 |
| 6/15-18/02
Sat. to Tues.. | |
IRAQ FORUM & LOBBY DAYS |
IRAQ FORUM & ADVOCACY TRAINING (June 15-16, Church of the
Brethren). LOBBY DAYS (June 17-18, Capitol Hill). Speakers include: Raad Al-Kadiri,
Petroleum Finance Company; Phyllis Bennis, Middle East Analyst with the Institute
for Policy Studies; David Cortright, President of the Fourth Freedom Forum; Edward
Peck, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Prof. Peter Pellet, Team Leader for four
FAO missions to Iraq. . Organized by the Education
for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) and co-sponsored by: Arab American Institute,
American Friends Service Committee, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Focus on American
and Arab Interests and Relations (FAAIR), Friends Committee for National Legislation,
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, American Muslims for Global Peace
and Justice, Church of the Brethren Washington Office, Mennonite Central Committee
USA-Washington Office, NETWORK, Pax Christi, Peace Action, Veterans for Peace
and Women's Action for New Directions. |
Washington City Church of the Brethren, 337 North Carolina
Ave. SE Requires pre-registration no later than Monday,
June 10. Fee: $50 or $35 (for students and low-income). For full schedule, see:epic-usa.org
Register online at: register.html.
Contact: 202-543-6176. |
| 6/16-18/02
Sun. to Tues. | |
Great Labor Arts Exchange | The
24th Annual Great Labor Arts Exchange and the 5th Annual Conference on Creative
Organizing.
The Great Labor Arts Exchange (GLAE) is a national gathering of
union members, union staff, union officials, artists and labor educators who use
music, art, poetry, theater, murals, posters, cartoons, puppets, film and websites
to strengthen the labor movement. Held in conjunction with the GLAE, the Conference
on Creative Organizing (CCO) is a training program for union activists and staff
in the use of picket line songs, parodies, chants, skits, game shows, costumes
and other creative organizing techniques. Youth scholarships for artists, performers,
media, activists folks are available through the Youth Leadership Support Network.
We have 10 scholarships available this year to cover registration, workshops and
meals. | George
Meany Center for Labor Studies in Silver Spring, MD (Metro, Red line) You
will need transportation to and from Silver Spring. The arts exchange ends with
a concert on June 18 that is free and open to the public. All exchange participants
will have opportunity to be in the performance if desired. Contact: Doug Calvin
(202) 489-7892 or douglas@worldyouth.org.
For more information call (202) 974-8040/8041 or www.laborheritage |
| 6/17/02 Mon. | 10
am | First
Humanitarian Aid Worker Fined $10,000 for Sending Medicines to Iraq |
"If I'd received a $100 traffic ticket, I'd be entitled
to a hearing before a judge, but with this fine of $10,000, I am not." Information |
National Press Club, Zanger Room, 13th floor, 529 14th Street
NW |
| 6/17/02
Mon. | 6:45
- 8:45 pm | Enron
Explained, Part II | SALSA
class with Daphne Wysham & Tyson Slocum. Public officials and the mainstream
media present the Enron scandal as the product of corporate misbehavior, or as
one "bad apple"-not a rotten barrel. The policies of corporate-driven
globalization-deregulation and privatization of the energy sector, together with
the gutting of regulatory oversight of the energy industry, at home and abroad-paved
the way for Enron's freewheeling and corrupt activities. These policies remain
in place for other corporations to exploit. Few understand that this manipulation
was made possible with billions of dollars in taxpayer money. In this forum we
will examine both the international and domestic political context for the Enron
scandal, simplifying the issues for those who want to know the root causes of
the story behind the headlines. |
IPS, 733 15th St., NW, Ste. 1020 Fee
$5. Contact: www.HotSalsa.org for a full
schedule of classes, or call 202-234-9382 ext. 229. |
| 6/17/02 Mon. | 7
- 10 pm | Citywide
Emergency Mobilization to Save Rent Control | The
DC Tenants Advocacy Coalition is calling this meeting to stop rip-off rent increases,
support tenants rights, and keep rent control in DC. Entry-level rents have doubled
in less than two years, annual rent increases average hundreds of dollars, rent
ceilings have tripled or more. For poor, low or fixed income people, these hikes
are destroying the foundation of rental housing. |
UDC Main Auditorium, Bldg. 46, Connecticut Ave. & Windom
Place, NW (Van Ness/UDC, Red line) . Contact: TENAC
(202) 628-3688. |
| 6/17/02
Mon. | 7:30
pm | The
Price of Indifference: Refugees and Humanitarian Action | Author
Arthur Helton discusses his book. |
Politics & Prose Books, 5115 Connecticut Ave. NW |
| 6/17/02
Mon. | 7:30
pm | A
Visitor Returns from the Occupied Territories | Dennis
Warner speaks on his recent experience in Middle East. Pax Christi member Dennis
Warner recently returned from the Middle East, after spending two weeks there
as a "legal observer" with the International Solidarity Movement. He
will speak publicly about his experiences. All are welcome to attend. If you have
not already read his moving and detailed journal entries during his time in Jerusalem/Bethlehem/Hebron/Gaza,
please take the time to visit the Pax Christi USA website where they are available
(www.paxchristiusa.org). | We
hope folks feel compelled to read and share Dennis's balanced and informative
reports with others. Contact: Susan Gunn at (202)667-4050 or s2gunn@yahoo.com.
|
| 6/18/02
Tue. | 10
am | Linda
Leaks Trial | Most
of you know from an earlier message from Linda that she was arrested, quite roughly,
by the Housing Authority Police when she went to meet a client in one of their
buildings, ostensibly because she didn't have proper I.D. Sounds innocuous, but
the punishment is not, so please try to be there. It would be really great if
a had a large group of folks were there to support her. |
DC SUPERIOR COURT, 500 Indiana Ave. NW, Room 218 |
| 6/18/02 Tue. | 12:30
pm | POTS
and PANS PROTEST for Welfare Mothers | Protest
theme: "Count care-giving as work and value it in welfare reform". Welfare
"reform" reauthorization is in its last stages in Congress. The situation
is urgent. Mothers are being forced to leave their children for any job at any
wage and/or face destitution, homelessness and criminalization.....(Continued) |
Capitol Building, 1st & Independence Ave., NE, Wash., DC
For info contact: The Every Mother is a Working Mother
Network Email Call 215-848-1120
or 323-221-1698. |
| 6/18/02
Tue. | 7
pm | Who
Owns History? | A
panel discussion of Eric Foner's book, with Ira Berlin and Francois Furstenburg. | Politics
& Prose Books, 5115 Connecticut Ave. NW, Wash. DC |
| 6/18/02
Tue. | 7:30
pm | AN
EVENING OF LABOR MUSIC, ART AND CULTURE | The
performance features leading labor artists, who are in town to attend the 3-day
Great Labor Arts Exchange and Conference on Creative Organizing. The event is
free and open to the public. Outdoors, weather permitting. |
George Meany Center for Labor Studies, 1000 New Hampshire Ave.
NW For more information call (202) 974-8040 or LaborHeritage
or contact: 202-974-8040. |
| 6/19/02
Wed. | 10
to 12 Noon | Women,
Infants and Children (WIC) | A
training session. RSVP or for more information call 291-4147 or jshortsimmons@aol.com. | Shiloh
Family Life Center, Lower Level Hall,1510 9th St NW, Wash., DC |
| 6/19/02
Wed. | 11
- 12:30 pm | Women
in Conflict and Peace | Speakers:
Jolynn Shoemaker, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; Ambassador Donald
K. Steinberg, Deputy Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State; Hassina
Sherjan Samad Executive Director of Afghanistan Libre, Vice President of Public
Affairs, Afghanistan Information Center (Confirmed); Joyce Davis, Knight Ridder
Newspapers (Speaker & Moderator); and Lory Manning, USN (Retired). | Please
send registration information via email to: A.Lang@state.gov
or via fax (202) 647-4040. For information concerning upcoming Open Forum events,
please visit our website |
| 6/19/02 Wed. | 12
- 2 pm | "Pakistan
and India Under the Nuclear Shadow" | Filming
and discussion of "Pakistan and India Under the Nuclear Shadow". Speaker:
Pervez Hoodbhoy, filmmaker and writer/lecturer on South Asian Issues. Please join
us for this film screening, which will be followed by Q/A. FREE and open to the
public. GREAT FOR INTERNS. Bring your lunch. Light refreshments provided. | .
For more information, please contact Shannon or Julie at 202-234-9382 or fpif@ips-dc.org. |
| 6/19/02
Wed. | 6:30
pm | Dispossession:
The Story of Palestinian Refugees | The
Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) and The Center
for Policy Analysis on Palestine (CPAP) invite you to participate in our Summer
2002 film series. FRONTIERS OF DREAMS AND FEARS, 2001/58 min. [Palestine/Lebanon]
Characterized as a "vivid and troubling testimony to love and hope"
by Pillar to Post, this film is the story of two Palestinian refugee girls. One
from Shatila camp in Beirut, the other from Dheisha camp in Bethlehem, the girls
embark on an extraordinary journey separating them from their childhood and eventually
from each other. Director: Mai Masry. ON THE BORDERS OF GARDENS, 2000/75 min.
[Palestine/Israel] Over one million Palestinians still live in refugee camps more
than 50 years after the creation of the state of Israel drove them from their
homeland. This film is an exploration of questions: Who is responsible for refugees?
Should refugees return to their homelands or be compensated? How? Who will return?
When? And where to? Director: David Rigden. All films are in Arabic with English
subtitles. Attendance is free and registration is not required. |
The Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine, Potomac Plaza,
2425 Virginia & New Hampshire Aves NW (Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro, Orange and
Blue lines) Attendance is free and registration is
not required. For more information, please call 202-338-1325. |
| 6/19/02
Wed. | 6:30
pm | DC
Carribean Film Festival 2002 | THE
JOURNEY OF THE LION (1992)- Jamaica/Germany - 1 hr 30 mins - docu-drama. Life
in Jamaica for Rastafarian Brother Howie (Howard Anthony Trott) and his children
is a day-to-day struggle for survival. One day, the opportunity arises for Brother
Howie to embark on a journey that will take him half way across the world to England,
and then on to Africa, in a journey of repatriation to the home of his forefathers,
the "Land of the Lions." A unique docu-drama following one man's trip
into self-discovery through travel. | Each
film will be followed by a discussion led by Dr. Keith Warner, Professor of French
and Caribbean Studies at George Mason University, author of the book: On Location:
Cinema and Film in the Anglophone Caribbean.Free. For more information and pre-registration
TransAfrica or call 202-223-1960
x137. |
| 6/20/02
Thur. | 10:30
- 12:30 pm | .
Impact of 9/11 on Refugees and Immigrants | A
forum moderated by Cece Fadupe of National Public Radio with Eugenio Arene, Council
of Lationo Agencies; Gloria Williams-Bervard of INS, David Garfield, Esq., immigration
lawyer; Elizabeth Hayward, Asylum Officer, and Judi Okawa, Ph.D., Center for Multicultural
Human Services. The event is part of the second annual World Refugee Day events.
| Josephine
Butler Center, 2437 15th St.. NW (at Euclid St.)
For more information and a full schedule, contact: Sweta Shaw (202) 483-0780. |
| 6/20/02 Thur. | 5:30
- 8:30 pm | .
Struggle Against Lori Berenson's 20 Year Sentencing | Get-together
/Fundraiser. Join Rhoda and Mark Berenson to honor and maintain the struggle against
Lori Berenson's 20 year sentencing. Fun, relaxing time with others who want to
help free Lori. Potluck, Bake sale, Silent Auction, and Live Peruvian Music. | Please
call or email if you can bring food for the potluck or bake sale. Call or email
Laura or Katie at The Committee to Free Lori Berenson : (202) 548-8480 email |
| 6/20/02
Thur. | 6
- 8 pm | Making
the World A Better Place | Citizen
Works' summer rooftop speaker series is designed to give non-profit interns and
young activists an inside view on making the world a better place. Joe Leonard,
the DC Bureau Chief and Public Policy Director of Rainbow/PUSH Coalition will
lead off the series. Presentation and Q&A first hour, refreshments and reception
follow. Feel free to bring your organizational materials for display and distribution.
| . Speakers
will continue weekly through August 8. RSVP Katie Selenski (202) 265-6164 or email |
| 6/20/02
Thur. | 6:30
- 9 pm | Psychologists
for Social Responsibility | An
open meeting of the DC Metro Area Psychologists for Social Responsibility to share
perceptions of the current situation, discuss our concerns as local residents,
bring our ideas and experiences to explore options for future work to address
the psychological issues we are facing in these critical times. Welcome our new
co-coordinator Tod Slaon, brainstorm and create networks of support. |
UDC Auditorium Lobby, Bldg. 46, Connecticut Ave. & Windom
Place, NW (Van Ness/UDC Metro, Red line) Refreshments.
Contact: PSR (202) 745-7084. |
| 6/20/02
Thur. | 7
- 9 pm | Risking
Peace in Colombia | Hear
the story of a courageous experiment in non-violence. Javier Sanchez, representative
of the Peace Community San José de Apartadó in northern Colombia,
will share this rural community¹s experience of resistance, perseverance
and hope in the midst of war in Colombia. Violence and war in Colombia seem to
be spiraling out of control, and the Bush administration proposes deeper military
involvement. ... Continued... |
Owen Brown Community Center, 6800 Cradlerock Way, Columbia,
MD
This event is open to the public and it is free
of charge. Co-sponsored by Howard County Friends of Latin America, The Fellowship
of Reconciliation and Amnesty International, Chapter 228. For information call
Leslie at 410-381-4899 or Peter at 410-740-1416. |
| 6/20/02
Thur. | 7:30
pm | WASHINGTON
INTERFAITH NETWORK STRATEGY MEETING | Join
a strategy discussion of proposed $100 million Neighborhood Investment Fund, plan
for July 22nd WIN Accountability Action, get updates on local neighborhood investment,
and more. Jews United For Justice is a proud member of WIN, a grassroots interfaith
effort bringing economic and social justice to Washington, DC. |
Holy Redeemer Church, 206 New York Ave., NW (at New Jersey
Ave.) Contact: 202-884-7635 or jufj@earthlink.net |
| 6/20/02 Thur | 7:45
pm | Guatemala:
The Challenges of Reconciliation and Dealing with the Past | An
evening of discussion led by Virginie Ladisch regarding the process of building
peace in countries recently emerging from civil war. ...Continued... |
Cathedral of St. Matthew, 1725 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.
Contact: Susan Gunn at (202)667-4050 or s2gunn@yahoo.com |
| 6/21/02
Fri. | 12
- 2 pm | Truth
and Reconciliation Commission in Peru, Talk and Vigil | Brown-bag
lunch Discussion on the Truth and Reconcilitiaion Commission in Peru, and a vigil
later to commemorate the Anniversary of Lori's 20 year sentencing at the Peruvian
Embassy. It has been one long year since Lori lost her chance at freedom a second
time. Let us gather with Lori's parents to remind the government of Peru that
we will not forget her and demand she be returned to the people who love and care
about her. It Is believed that President Toledo will be at a reception that evening
at the Peruvian Embassy. |
(vigil at 1700 Massachusetts Ave. NW) Stuart Mott House ,122
Maryland Ave. NE, Wash., DC
Call or email Laura
or Katie at The Committee to Free Lori Berenson, (202) 548-8480 or lmfurst@freelori.org.
|
| 6/21/02
Fri. | 7
pm | THE
PUPPET GOVERNMENT HAS RETURNED TO D.C. |
|
DC Indymedia Center, 2329 Champlain St., NW, Wash., DC
Spiral Q Puppet Theater and curate a quarterly cabaret
called the Puppet Uprising.
$5.00 donation at door to benefit the DCIMC. Party to follow with 2 bands. Contact:
(215)729-2809 or email. |
| 6/22/02 Sat. | |
DC Social Forum Planning Meeting | There
will be a gathering to celebrate "summer of peace". This event will
build unity with various groups that have the common thread of peace and give
the progressive community a platform to respond to rapidly changing events during
these troubled times. We urge you to join us so together we can continue the momentum
generated from the events of April 20th and to build unity among diverse groups
with the common goal of a better world. |
Ellipse behind the White House Contact:
www.dcsocialforum.org |
| 6/28-7/2/02 | See
Schedule |
Democracy Summer |
A group of young activists and over 200 volunteers from 20 states around the country
are here this week at George Washington University to train, educate, organize
and mobilize around the democracy issues ranging from campaign finance reform,
racial profiling, etc. to the struggle to FREE DC. This Friday, Sunday and Monday
the spotlight is on DC. They will leaflet and get signatures on the mall Sunday
June 30 and lobby their own U.S. Representatives for DC democracy on Monday. | LEASE
PARTICIPATE. If you can spend any time passing out Stand Up!
fliers, lobbying,
or just attend, on these days, contact 232-2500 or Bill Mosley of Stand Up! at
billmosley@starpower.net. Schedule of events at www.democracysummer.org. |
| 6/28-7/7/02 | Thur's
& Sat's 8 pm, Sun 4 pm |
Brazil: The Soul of Samba |
Brazilians are a musical people. They sing to celebrate and they sing to mourn.
They sing to defend their beliefs. Never deserting their battlefield, this army
of musicians and poets has scored the cadence of Brazil's modern history. Move
to the pulsating rhythms of Samba in this world premiere musical that melds one
of the world's most distinctive musical styles with witty dialogue that captures
five decades of vibrant Brazilian history and culture. | GALA
Warehouse, 1021 Seventh Street, NW (between New York Ave. & L Street - Mt.
Vernon and Gallery Place Metro)
FOR INFORMATION & RESERVATIONS, CALL (202)
234-7174 or visit www.galatheatre.org.
|
| 6/28/02
Fri. | 8:30
am | Supreme
Court Seven Trial Opens |
Seven death penalty abolitionists unfurled a banner reading "Stop Executions!"
at the Supreme Court on Jan. 17, 2002 - the 25th anniversary of the first execution
after re-instatement. That day the 752nd inmate was executed. The seven will stand
trial in D.C. Superior Court before Judge Gerald Fisher. | DC
Superior Courtroom 217 or 218, 2nd floor. |
| 6/28/02
Fri. | 11:00
a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
The State of the World: Assessing Global
Sustainability |
Speakers: Jeffrey Sachs, Professor of International Trade, Harvard University;
Director, Harvard University's Center for International Development; other speakers
TBA. | For
registration information, please send inquiries via email to: A.Lang@state.gov.
or (202) 647-0532. |
| 6/28/02
Fri. | 11:30
- 1:30 pm | Demonstration
at Bush Endorsement of Rep. Connie Morella |
Residents of the 8th Maryland congressional district and other peace and justice
activists will demonstrate at a lunchtime fundraising event for Rep. Morella who
is being endorsed by President Bush | Marriot
Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW, Wash., DC
Neighbors United for
Justice and D.C. Anti-War Network. |
| 6/28/02
Fri. | 5:30
to 8:00 pm | Statehood
Green Friday Campaign Social | An
informal social event, with snacks & drinks. A chance to meet Statehood Green
candidates and campaigners and get involved in one or more of the campaigns. | DC
Statehood Green Party,1314 18th Street NW, lower level.
More information:
202-296-1301. |
| 6/28/02
Fri. | 7:30
pm | THE
SOCIAL ROOTS OF THE CRISIS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | The
next Militant Labor Forum will be a discussion on the current crisis facing the
Catholic Church, which is not a "sex scandal" as depicted in the big
business media. | Pathfinder
Bookstore, 3437 14th St., NW
Contact: 202-387-1590. |
| 6/28/02 Fri. | 9:30
pm | Starvin'
for Justice 2002 |
The Ninth Annual Fast and Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty at the U.S. Supreme
Court. Activists of faith and conscience from across the U.S. will converge on
Washington, D.C. for four days of activities commemorating the historic 1972 and
1976 Supreme Court rulings that suspended the death penalty in the U.S. and
later allowed executions to resume. | Organized
by the Abolitionist Action Committee (AAC) and endorsed by the National Coalition
to Abolish the Death Penalty.
Call 800-973-6548 to RSVP. $10-$20 plus drinks.
For more information or to learn how to support Starvin' For Justice, please visit
http://www.abolition.org |
| 6/29/02 Sat. | 10
am - 6 pm | Cuba
Table At DC Caribbean Festival | DC-Havana
Sister City Project (DC-HSCP) will be providing information and helping to staff
a table at the Caribbean Festival. We are excited about the opportunity to once
again ensure that Cuba is included in the Festival as a member country of the
region. | Banneker
Community (formerly "Recreation") Center, 2500 Georgia Avenue, NW
DC-Havana Sister City dc-hsca@onebox.comAssociation,
or (202) 777-2641 x7863. |
| 6/29/02
Sat. | 11
am - 5 pm | Community
Health and "Healthcare on Wheels" Health Fair | 1st
Annual Community Health and "Healthcare on Wheels" Health Fair. Sponsored
by the South Washington Collaborative and Georgetown University KIDS Mobile Medical
Clinic | For
more information, call 488-7997 |
| 6/29/02
Sat. | 12
Noon | COME
TO WASHINGTON DC TO DEFEND CIVIL RIGHTS!
| Huge
number of speakers and supporter including International
Answer: List
| FOR
MORE INFORMATION
New York
212-633-6646
Washington 202-332-5757
Chicago 773-878-0166
Los Angeles
213-487-2368
San Francisco 415-821-6545 |
| 6/29/02
Sat. | 12
Noon | PROTEST
the FINAL SITE VISIT of the US OLYMPIC COMMITTEE |
The Olympics has ravaged communities throughout the world, causing displacement,
gentrification, budget deficits, environmental destruction, security nightmares,
misdirected planning and closed-door decision making. Human needs in the District
must come first! Come speak out for: Schools, not Stadiums, Affordable housing,
not Olympic villages, School Sports, not Olympic sports, Hospitals, not Hotels,
ZERO Displacement, No taking of Eminent Domain, Stop the Secrecy and Let the People
Decide. | Wilson
Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW (Federal Triangle, Orange & Blue Lines) For
more info contact dcparisa@aol.com, 202-588-5255. |
| 6/29/02 Sat | 3
- 5:30 pm | House
Clean-Up |
Join Homes Not Jails for a clean-up and update about the campaign around the house.
The house is two blocks north of 21st and Benning Rd., NE and is accessible by
bus. Homes Not Jails occupied and began repairs on the vacant, HUD-owned building
on Thanksgiving of 2000, in the hopes of creating a permanent affordable place
to live for residents of DC who need it most. |
At: 1959 H St. NE, Wash., DC |
| 6/29/02
Sat | 6
- 9 pm | Kwame
Ture Birthday Party |
The Kwame Ture Work-Study Institute and Library invites you to join us at a joyous
celebration of the 61st Birthday of Kwame Ture. The Program Includes: Welcome
and Thank You, Brief Report, Messages of Solidarity, and Cultural Presentations
by Englishman & the Shango Band * Lucy Murphy * Amafujo with Moodswing * Charles
Thompson (doin' a mean James Brown) * Pan-African Dance Music |
Reading Room, Blackburn Center, Howard University, Wash., DC *
Bring Your Dancing Shoes! Food and Beverages will be served! Admission is free.
For more informore information send email to paroots02@yahoo.com |
| 6/29/02 Sat | 7:30
pm | INDY-PENDENCE
DAY PARTY and GOING-AWAY BASH |
Rebel Against Patriotism! Celebrate Independent Media! Say Goodbye to the IMC
Space! We are moving out of our current space at the end of June, but we are having
one last party so that the community can join us in celebrating everything that
the DC IMC has accomplished in the past two years. FREE ADMISSION. |
DC Independent Media Center, 2329 Champlain St NW, Wash., DC Contact:
DC Independent Media Center,
dc@indymedia.org
or 202-452-5936. |
| 6/20-30/02 | |
National Summit on the Impact of Incarceration
on African-American Communities | University
of the District of Columbia | For
information, visit Keepthetrust |
| 6/30/02 Sun. | 5
pm | Conflicting
Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976 | Piero
Gleijeses discusses his book. | Politics
& Prose Books, 5115 Connecticut Ave. NW, Wash., DC
|
| July &
Aug. | |
UNION SUMMER |
Four-week sessions each month sponsored by AFL-CIO in various cities. Brings hundreds
of workers, students and community activists into the streets and neighborhoods
to develop skills for union organizing drives and campaigns for workers rights
and justice. Weekly stipend of $250 and local transportation costs provided. Participants
must cover long-distance travel costs | Contact
Union Summer Organize (800) 952-2550. |
| 7/2/02
Tue. | 6:45
- 8:45 pm | Know
Your Rights! Community Organizing Around US Prison System |
A SALSA class with DC Justice & Solidarity Collective and the DC Chapter of
the National Lawyers' Guild, providing an open forum for community activists with
a desire to change the system. This forum will include DC community organizers
and members to share their work and discuss their visions. Moderated by Carol
Tyson. | IPS,
733 15th Street, NW, Ste. 1020 Free. Contact: www.hotsalsa.org
or (202) 234-9382, ext. 229. |
| 7/3/02
Wed. | 12
- 2 pm | Arming
the Enemy On Both Sides: America's Role in the International Arms Trade | Foreign
Policy In Focus presents the Fifth Annual Film and Speakers Series. Film: The
Human Cost of America's Arms Sales . Come face to face with people who have suffered
because of the sale of U.S. weapons to non-democratic regimes around the world. |
IPS, 733 15th Street, NW, Suite 1020
For
more information, please contact Shannon or Julie at (202) 234-9382 or fpif@ips-dc.org |
| 7/4/02 Thur. | 10
am | Security
Through Justice, Protest at NSA |
Join the Jonah House, and Baltimore Emergency Response Network in the annual 4th
of July In[ter]dependence Day demonstration. Meet at the Jonah House, 1301 Homeland
Ave., at 9:00 am. Organizers believe "Security Can Only Be Achieved Through
Justice." All are welcome to join the visit to the NSA, the Puzzle Palace,
an enormous conglomeration of buildings and satellite dishes about twenty miles
south of Baltimore. The agency is involved in spying on electronic communications.
| At:
National Security Agency, Fort Meade, MD. The protest
will end at 11:00 am, and there will be a potluck picnic afterwards at the Jonah
House. Call Max at 410-323-7200 or Jonah House 410-233-6238. |
| Now | |
Independent Truth Commission on 9-11 |
"United Call for an Independent 9-11 Truth Commission. A
Statement of U.S. Community, Labor, Political, Religious & Youth Leaders To
the People of the United States and the U.S. Congress.
"The right to
search for truth implies also a duty." --- Albert Einstein | See
details at: Sign-On Petition |
| 7/11/02 Thur. | 7
pm | REPARATIONS
& BLACK HEALTH:
REPAIRING THE 'SLAVE HEALTH DEFICIT' |
A TALK BY PROFESSOR VERNELLIA
RANDALL
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON LAW SCHOOL |
Co-Sponsors:
Black Radical Congress, DC
DC N'COBRA,
D.C. Health Care Coalition, IntoAfrica, Inc.
The Praxis Project, Project South,
Poverty & Race Research Action Council, Plymouth Congregational United Church
of
Christ - Health Ministries Committee Plymouth
Congregational United Church of Christ, 5301 N. Capital NE, Wash., DC |
| 7/12/02
Fri. | 10:00
am | Public
Hearing On Human Rights Discrimination |
Public Oversight Hearing on the Mayor¹s Executive Order on Human Rights Discrimination,
held by the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Latino Affairs and Property Management. | DC
City Council, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C., Room 412
Contact:
202-725-8050. |
| 7:00
pm |
El Barrio Street Theater: Standing Our Ground | El
Barrio Street Theater's Summer 2002 Production, Standing Our Ground/Aqui Nos Quedamos
- a
performance on the issue of gentrification. El Barrio Street Theater brings
together a diverse group of neighbors across race/culture, gender, and class to
engage in artistic and creative activities that address critical issues impacting
the well being of our communities. | Lamont
Park (Lamont & Mount Pleasant Sts., NW
El Barrio Street Theater is a project
of Sol & Soul. For more
information, call 526-4417 or 745-2630, or check
out our website at www.solysoul.com. |
| 7/13/02
Sat. | 11
am | "Holy
War : The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World" Book Discussion Group |
The Washington Peace Center sponsors this discussion by the Cleveland Park Group.
We will discuss the first half of "Holy War : The Crusades and Their Impact
on Today's World" by Karen Armstrong, chapters 1 through 6, pages 1 through
234. Everyone is invited to read the books and join our discussion. | Cleveland
Park Library, Connecticut Ave. at Macomb Street, NW
Contact Joe
Cohoon |
| 12-5
pm | DC
Teens Produce Media with a Mission: Worldyouth Media Training |
A project of the Youth Leadership Support Network. Who is the news? Young people
are saying they have voices, and will produce media reflecting that. Young people
are almost invisible in the mainstream media. .... Participants will learn skills
like news writing, interviewing, commentary writing,and radio production. Young
people will then produce stories and commentaries for radio, web, and print. | Josephine
Butler Center, Basement Media Lab, 2437 15th Street NW (at Euclid St.)
Contact:
Robin Chen Delos, (703) 476-1668 or Douglas Calvin, (202) 489-7892. |
| 6 pm |
Jasaga David Sawyer Concert |
A concert to inspire the unfinished agenda in the quest to build the Beloved Community.
And presentation of the Second Annual Josephine Butler Nuclear Free Future Future
Award to Michele Tingling-Clemmons. Jasaga David Sawyer is a legendary DC area
singer-songwriter and song-leader He has been active in the New Song Movement
and the Labor Heritage Foundation, and was a founder and organizer of the world
famous Takoma Park Folk Festival. | 4614
Central Ave. NE (Benning Road, Red line)
Contact: Gray Panthers at 202-347-9541
or John Steinbach at 703-369-7427. |
| 7/14/02
Sun. | 1:30
pm | Lambda
Sci-Fi |
Monthly meeting and social for GLBT science fiction, fantasy and horror fans and
their friends. Bring a snack or non-alcoholic drink to share. |
1414 17th St., NW, Wash., DC
Contact 202-232-3141 or info@lambdasf.org |
| 6:30 PM |
Bastille Day potluck supper - video speech
by Michael Moore, author of "Stupid White Men." | Please
Join the DC Alliance for Democracy this Sunday evening for a Bastille Day potluck
supper and viewing of a video speech given earlier this year by Michael Moore,
author of "Stupid White Men." We'll also be discussing / planning events
for later in the summer and early fall, including plans for Sept. 11 and possibly
sponsoring public citizens hearings by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on his bill
to ban weapons in
space. |
DC Alliance for Democracy
RSVP 202-237-0413
Connecticut Ave., Apt. 212, N.W., Wash., DC |
| 8
pm | "A
Question of Balance: National Security Policy and the Developing World" |
Discussion with Professor Don Stanton, a retired naval officer who worked on policy
staffs in the Pentagon, served on the US-Russia Defense Conversion Committee,
and was an adjunct professor of international relations and geography at Northern
Virginia Community College - Alexandria. He is a graduate of Cornell and Georgetown
Universities. (Event will be in English). |
Al Hewar Center, Vienna, VA
For more information or directions call (703)
281-6277. |
| 9
pm | "Endgame
in Ireland" PBS Series | This
is the second in the series, which began on July 7. "Ceasefire" (1994-1996) | WETA
(channel 26 in DC) and WMPT (Channel 22)
|
| 7/15/02
Mon. | 7-9
pm | LYRICS
ON LOCKDOWN: Slammin' the Prison Industrial Complex |
An interactive perfomance-based workshop using Hip-Hop, Spoken Word, Theatre and
Dance to build resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex. BLACKOUT Arts Collective
is a national organization founded in 1997 by a group of students,artists, and
activists of color committed to empowering communities of color through the arts,
education, and activism. | St.
Stephen's Church, 16th and Newton St, NW
Contact: Retta, 202.589.1105 or amorris@onebox.com |
| 8 pm |
Report on Palestine
By official representative
of Pax Christi USA | Pax
Christi member Dennis Warner of Falls Church, VA was in Palestine in May 2002
as an
official representative of Pax Christi USA, reporting for the Catholic
Peace Voice. Dennis will share details of his experience as a witness for peace
with the International Solidarity Movement, a Palestinian NGO dedicated to non-violent
resistance to the occupation of Palestine. He participated in peaceful demonstrations
with Israeli peace groups in Israel and witnessed the effects of the occupation
in the West Bank and Gaza. | Brookmont
Church, 4000 Virginia Place, Bethesda, MD (Bethesda, Red line) |
| 7/16/02
Tue. | 10
- 12 noon | The
Compassion Component: Welfare Reform and the Tradition of Social Justice |
The landmark federal welfare reform legislation of 1996 is set to expire on September
30. But with just a few weeks remaining on the congressional calendar before the
August recess ... Details... |
The National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge, 529 14th Street,
NW, Wash. DC
RSVP to Brenna Moore at (202) 955-5075 or bmoore@pewforum.org.
|
| 12
noon to 2:30 pm |
"THE BUREAU: THE SECRET HISTORY OF
THE FBI" Book Discussion |
THE JAMES MADISON PROJECT presents a lecture and book signing by author Ronald
Kessler. Event is free, pre-registration required. | Ropes
& Gray, 1301 K Street, N.W., 8th Floor
Contact: Mark S. Zaid, 202-371-6626. |
| 6:45-8:45
pm | Know
Your Rights: Life Under Post 9-11 Laws, SALSA Class |
Learn about the laws passed since September 11th designed to "protect¹"
you while chipping away at your freedom. Learn how these laws are affecting communities,
and what you can do. With Kit Gage, National Committee Against Repressive Legislation.
Classes are limited to 30 participants | 733
15th Street, NW, Ste. 1020, Wash., DC
Contact: Nefta Freeman, 202-234-9382
x2290 or nefta@hotsalsa.org |
| 12 - 1:30
pm | What
Next in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict? |
A report on a trip to the Middle East by James Matlack, director AFSC Washington
Office. A Quaker Working Party, an international group of Friends journeyed for
a week in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel and Palestine, focusing on the
Israeli-Palestinan conflict. This report will give a summary of what was encountered
and what calls out for urgent response. | Methodist
Building, Conference Room #3, 100 Maryland Ave., NE (Union Station, Red line)
Contact: James Matlack, AFSC 202-483-3341. |
| 7/17/02
Wed. | 7:30
- 9:30 pm | Davis
House/AFSC, 1822 R St., NW (Dupont Circle, Red line)
Contact: James Matlack,
AFSC 202-483-3341. |
| 8:15-9
am | SOA
Watch Demonstrators on Trial
| On
April 22, in Washington, DC, protesters were arrested while condemning US intervention
in Columbia.
The action was coordinated by School of the Americas Watch. For
details, go to www.soawatch.org. 37 other
activists are on trial now for demonstrating at the headquarters of SOA last November.
| DC Courthouse,
500 Indiana Avenue (Union Station, Red line), Wash., DC
Contact: Holly L.
Miller (202) 543-1517 or hmiller@ucc.org |
| 6:30 pm |
The Extremists: Jewish Settlers and Islamic
Militants, Films | INSIDE
GOD’S BUNKER: THE STORY OF THE HEBRON MASSACRE/1994/41 min. [Palestine].
An up-close portrait of the extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank town of
Hebron and their feelings about Baruch Goldstein and the late Yitzak Rabin. This
film includes the only footage filmed when Hebron was closed to the media after
the massacre. Director: Micha X. Peled.
WE ARE GOD'S SOLDIERS/1993/52 min.
[Gaza] This video presents an eyewitness account of the Islamic movement in the
Gaza Strip. The documentary contains interviews with soldiers of Hamas who have
been expelled by Israel and an examination of two brothers, each of whom belong
to separate Palestinian factions. It has been called a "very complex and
sensitive portrayal of the realities in Gaza". Director: Hanna Musleh. All
films are in Arabic with English
subtitles. |
The Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine (CPAP), 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW (at
New Hampshire Ave., Fobby Bottom/GWU, Blue/Orange lines)
Attendance is free
and registration is not required. Contact: 202-338-1325. |
| 7/18/02 Thur. | 6:30-8pm |
Citizen Works Rooftop Speaker Series |
A series designed to give nonprofit interns and young activists an inside view
on making the world a better place. Guest speaker: Lori Wallach, Director, Public
Citizen¹s Global Trade Watch. | Citizen
Works, 1616 P Street, 7th Floor conference room/rooftop
Contact: Katie
Selenski, 202-265-6164 |
| 7/19/02
Fri. | 12
Noon (See Sat. below) |
DC Hip Hop Theater Festival | The
District of Columbia Arts Commission is Collaborating with The New York City Hip
Hop Theater Festival and The Source Youth Foundation to present The D.C. Hip Hop
Theater Festival. The two-day long festival includes concerts, a poetry slam,
plays, and participatory workshops
showcasing performers from New York City,
England and Washington, D.C. Details | Ronald
Reagan Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (Fri)
[Different address on Sat.] |
| 5 pm |
"The Remembering U Street an Evening
Stroll" | Sisterspace
and Books will open for our weekly Friday evening tour. | Sisterspace
and Books, 1515 U Street NW
Contact: 202/332-3433 www.sisterspace.com |
| 7 pm |
Forum on Palestine |
Hosted by the D.C. Coalition to stop the U.S. war against Iraq. Speakers will
include Stephanie Reich, who will speak on the nature and political thrust of
the Zionist movement from the end of the 19th century to the 1948 Palestine War;
Ibrahim Ali, Palestinian activist, who will speak on Palestinian resistance to
Israeli policy from 1948 war to first Intifadah (mid-1980s); and John Steinbach,
who will speak on Palestinian resistance to Israeli policy from first Intifadah,
on through Camp David, Oslo, and Wye negotiations up to the present. Each speaker
will include in their presentations their analyses of the current situation, future
likelihoods, and the two state solution. | St.
Stephen's Church, 16th and Newton Streets, N.W. Was., DC
|
| 7/20/02 Sat. | 1
pm | DC
Hip Hop Theater Festival | The
District of Columbia Arts Commission is Collaborating with The New York City Hip
Hop Theater Festival and The Source Youth Foundation to present The D.C. Hip Hop
Theater Festival. The two-day long festival includes concerts, a poetry slam,
plays, and participatory workshops
showcasing performers from New York City,
England and Washington, D.C. Details | Living
Stage, 1901 14th Street, NW & Lincoln Theater, 1215 U Street NW (Sat) [Different
address on Fri. above.] |
| 7/26-28/02 | See
Schedule | Conference:
STRATEGIES for Peace, Equality and Justice in an age of GLOBALIZATION Symposium
on
RACE and RACISM | This
conference and symposium is organized by the Educational Fund of the Committees
of Correspondence for Socialism and Democracy. It will take place in San Francisco,
CA at the Seven Hills Conference Center, San Francisco State University, 800 Font
Blvd., SF CA 94132 | Registration
and Housing:
CCDS Con/Con, 116 W 111th St., NY, NY 10026, 212-663-3526
Email: con@cc-ds.org |
| 8/2/02 Fri. | 5
pm | "DC
STATEHOOD NOW" Flag Drop | Come
to see the 30-foot DC Statehood Now flag drop, during rush hour, an event organized
by
Adam Eidinger, Statehood Green candidate for DC Shadow' Representative.
| Q Street
Bridge over Rock Creek Parkway
Contact: Adam, 202-232-8997 |
| 8/2/02 Fri. | 6
- 9 pm | The
DC Coalition for Housing Justice Meeting | Development
Corporation of Columbia Heights | Development
Corporation of Columbia Heights, 3419 14th Street, NW
Contact: Rose Marie
Flynn at rflynn@capaccess.org |
| 8/2/02
Fri. | 8
pm | A
Diverse Night of Live Music and Poetry |
FEATURING hip hop, bands and spoken word artists: Slimm GOINES (rap); Marco DEL
FUEGO (spoken word); INQUILAB (metal/funk); Alex MACKENZIE (folk); Maurice ALVARADO
(classical guitar) and more. Suggested donation: $10 - no one will be turned away. | Brought
to you by Haymarket books at www.haymarketbooks.org. Contact: 202 232 5483. |
| 8/3/02 Sat. | 12
noon - 8 pm | Cultures
for a Just Peace Festival |
Community Coalition for Peace and Justice is co-sponsoring
a day-long neighborhood festival to celebrate many cultures for justice and peace.
Details: | Plymouth
Church, North Capitol St. & Missouri Ave., NW
Please reply to Ann Masnik
at am68@umail.umd.edu. Event contact:
IntoAfrika at 202-797-9127.
|
| 8/3/02
Sat. | 4
- 6 pm | ORGANIZE
AGAINST White Power NAZIS IN DC | A
meeting to start planning and publicizing a counter-protest and unity rally when
the nazi National Alliance comes to DC.
Details... |
Potter's House, 1658 Columbia Road, NW
For more information
on the counter demonstration, come to the organizing meeting announced below,
visit http://www.dcafn.org or to get on the
email list |
| 8/3/02 Sat. | 7:30
pm | Bonnie
Raitt & Lyle Lovett Green Highway Tour Concert | Nuclear
Information and Resource Service is selling tickets to this event.
Details...
| Merriwether
Post Pavillion, Columbia, Maryland
Contact Don Keesing at NIRS 202-328-0002x10
or donaldkeesing@hotmail.com |
| 8/4/02 Sun. | 12
noon | Pancake
Breakfast to Support Peace in Iraq |
The Education for Peace in Iraq Center will be holding a pancake bake in the Social
Hall of St. Aloysius Church to raise awareness and money for peace in Iraq. Erik
Gustafson will address U.S. war plans in Iraq. HELP US STOP A WAR! |
Suggested donation is $5. Contact Sara at EPIC,
202-543-6176 |
| 8/4/02
Sun. | 6
pm | DC
Collective Meeting | The
DC Collective is a local progressive South Asian organizing group. This is our
regular monthly meeting, not the film festival meetings, which are happening separately
and in parallel. | If
you want to stay up to date on the film festival, Check. Contact:
(202) 638-6010. |
| 8/5/02
Mon. | 6:30
- 8:30 pm | Hiroshima
Remembrance Ceremony |
. Testimony of A-Bomb Survivors
. Peace & Justice Art
Exhibit
. Children's Program
. Candle Lantern Float Ceremony
Details.... | Lincoln
Memorial Reflecting Pool, Wash., DC
|
| 8/5/02
Mon. | 7
pm | The
Affordable Housing Strategy Group |
The Affordable Housing Strategy group is planning an Affordable Housing Community
Meeting on September 5. The location has not been finalized as yet. Come to this
planning meeting. For more information. | Christopher
Price House,1301 Belmont Street, NW
Contact Linda Leaks at WISH (202)332-8800.
|
| 8/6/02
Tue. | |
National Day of Action on Iraq |
The National Network to End the War Against Iraq has called a National Day of
Action on August 6 and the week surrounding it. Action days focus on: Prevention
of another military attack on Iraq; Raising awareness of the Pentagon¹s threat
to use tactical nuclear weapons against Iraq; Linking the issue with actions marking
the 57th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. | For
information and ideas, visit www.endthewar.org
or email nnewai@usa.com. |
| 8/6/02 Tue. | 5:30
pm - 9 pm | Baltimore
Remembrance Program
(Vigil supper, disscussion) | Details.... | AFSC
Office, 4806York Road
Max 410-323-7200 |
| 8/7/02
Wed. | 6
- 8 pm | Citizen
Works Rooftop Speaker Series |
A series designed to give nonprofit interns and young activists an inside view
on making the world a better place. Guest speakers: Ralph Nader and Theresa Amato,
Founder and President, Citizen Works. | Contact:
Katie Selenski, 202-265-6164 |
| 8/7/02 Wed. | 7:30
pm | "A
License to Murder": Video Showing
|
Irish Northern Aid Committee will hold a free showing of the BBC documentary "A
License to Murder" which shows direct evidence of British government collusion
in the murder of Belfast human rights attorney Patrick Finucane. This video was
widely acclaimed in England but has never been shown in the U.S. INAC works with
Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness and Sinn Fein in support of the Good Friday Agreement
and a peaceful, reunited Ireland. |
Rhodeside Grill, 1836 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA Contact:
Randy, 301-325-5560 or rh.cecil@verizon.net |
| 8/8/02 Thur. | 9:45-10:30
pm | Nagasaki
Remembrance Programs |
Candlelight Vigil to Commemorate Nagasaki Bombing Details.... | Lafayette
Park, Wash., DC |
| 8/9/02
Fri. | 7-9:30
pm | Panel
Discussion: "Uniting for Peace and Justice" |
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee of the National Capital
Area
Hibakusha Guests from Hiroshima Details.... | American
University, Massachusetts & Nebraska Aves., Wash., DC |
| 8/11/02 Sun. | 11:30
am | Brunch
with Leonard Weinglass to support Kurt Stand |
Leonard Weinglass is a noted civil liberties attorney now defending Kurt Stand.
Kurt Stand is now serving a 17-year sentence on espionage-related charges brought
by the government after a sting operation. The sting was fashioned based on information
about their legal activities and about the mental health of Terry Squillacote,
Kurt's wife, gathered through secret eavesdropping, wiretaps, surveillance, and
searches of their home and computer authorized by a secret court under the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The justification for the secret searches
and surveillance were never revealed by the government in Kurt's case, just as
they have been kept secret in every other prosecution based on FISA evidence.
The use of FISA in Kurt's case was upheld by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
(the Supreme Court declined to hear his case), and the government's powers under
FISA were recently expanded by passage of the USA Patriot Act. |
At: 7216 Trescott Ave, Takoma Park, MD (Takoma Park Metro,
Red line)
Come and learn more about the post-conviction appeal of Kurt's
case and the threat to our civil liberties that FISA represenst, both before and
after September 11. Please RSVP: kstand11554@yahoo.com NEWS!!!!! |
| 8/11/02 Sun. | 6
- 8 pm | Social
Justice Open Mike | Stompin
Grounds Coffee House, 7th and Pennsylvania, SE (Eastern Market Metro, Blue/Orange
line) | Sponsored
by Jews United for Justice. Contact: Jevera Temsky 202-884-7632 or jufj@earthlink.net |
| 8/16/02
Fri. | 12
noon - 1 pm | Indonesian
Human Rights Protest | Should
militaries get away with murder, rape, and torture? Should Exxon Mobil? If you
answered "no" to these questions, then you are invited to demonstrate
with others outraged by the atrocious human rights record of the Indonesian military.
Make YOUR voice heard as we protest: Military violence, including murder, rape,
torture, and forced displacement - against the peoples of Indonesia, Aceh, and
West Papua. | Indonesian
Embassy, 2020 Massachusetts Ave., NW (Dupont Circle Metro, Red line)
Contact:
Radhi Darmansyah, SIRA,
Aceh Referendum Information Center, 202-368-2862, or Karen
Orenstein, East Timor Action Network, 202-544-6911 |
| 8/16/02
Fri. | 6:30
- 8 pm | Women
in Black Vigil: Non-Violence Training | Women
in Black-DC, has organized a training/orientation overview regarding non-violence
and de-escalation approaches for folks' holding vigils such as ours. Nadine Bloch,
a long-time peace and justice trainer, activist and WIB supporter has agreed to
lead the session. | Everyone
is encouraged to attend. We'll meet across from the Farragut Noth Metro and do
some introductions in the park. Then, we'll move to a WIB-DC member's office.
Connecticut and K Sts., NW (following vigil)
RSVP to Svetlana
so that we have an idea of how many to expect. |
| 8/17/02
Sat. | 8:30
am on.... | Millions
for Reparations Rally & Demonstration CRIMES
AGAINST HUMANITY HAVE NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. | Reparations
for African Americans is a moral issue. According to Dr. W.E.B. DuBois over 100
million Africans were lost and sacrificed during the Holocaust of African Enslavement.
Join the largest mass gathering ever to address the trans-Atlantic slave trade
and wilfull destruction of families and cultures. Let our collective voices be
heard about Crimes Against Humanity, Torture, Terrorism, Forced Enslavement, Castrations,
Lynchings, The Slave Pension Debt, Mis-education, Discrimination, Racism &
Racial Profiling, Drug Addition, AIDS, Genocide and Hate Crimes. |
8:30 am (Marcus Garvey Rally), Lincoln Park (5th & Massachusetts
Ave., NE, Union Station Metro)
12:00 Noon (Demonstration) US Capitol West
Side (3rd & Constitution Ave., NW, Capitol South Metro, orange & blue
lines)
Contact: 202-452-7650 or 202-635-9337 or Email |
| 12:30 pm |
| The
DC Social Forum planned for September could include a "Future Village"
based on the idea that another world is possible and what it might look like.
This organizing meeting is open to any group that has a vision for the future
based on alternate energy/economy/ecology and participatory democracy. In addition
to demonstrations of actual alternatives, presentations on new visions and technologies
may be scheduled at a "Multiversity" at the site. | Planning
will include outreach to other groups, permit and props, and actually making the
event happen. Contact: John Judge |
| 7 pm |
"Battle of Cuito Cuanavale" | A
documentary by Cuban film makers of the battle of Cuito Cuanavale in Angola in
1988, where Cuban, Angolan, and Namibian forces turned back an invasion by the
South African army, dealing a decisive blow to the system of apartheid. 1hour.
Followed by discussion. | Sankofa
Books and Video, 2714 Georgia Avenue, NW, Wash. DC
Sponsored by the Africa-Cuba
Speakers Committee. Contact: 202-841-1725 |
| 8/18/02
Sun. | See
details | National
Forum on Poverty - In Chicago |
National
Forum on Poverty This is a friendly reminder
about the National Forum on Poverty being held in Chicago this summer on August
18th at the W Chicago City Center. Please feel free to visit the above web-site
for more information. This event is sponsored by the Society for the Study of
Social Problems (SSSP) and a number of other professional and academic organizations.
Hope to see you there |
| 9/5/02
Thur. | 5:30
pm | The
Spectre of Hope | Part
of 2002 Global Justice Film Festival, September 5 (through September 26). A collection
of 15 films documenting the horrors of global poverty and development, discussions
led activists and campaigners to follow. The Spectre of Hope - with Sebastito
Salgado & John Berger, directed by Paul Carlin [overview of globalization's
impacts in over 40 countries]. DISCUSSANTS: Joanne Carter, RESULTS & Irungu
Houghton, ActionAid USA. | Communication
Workers of America / Jobs with Justice, 501 3rd Street, N.W. (Judiciary Square
Metro, Red line)
Contact: 50 Years is Enough, 202-463-2265.
|
| 8 pm |
Environmental Conference: "One Earth" | "One
Earth: Celebration of Unity and Diversity," the second annual Century of
the Environment conference, is a celebration of our one Earth - it's unity and
its diversity, interconnectedness, and its many cultures. Co-sponsored in part
by the Lifebridge Foundation, the Internatinal forum on Globalization, and Co-op
America. | Omega
Institute for Holistic Studies, Rhinebeck, New York
nformation and registration
by phone at 800-944-1001 or visit www.eomega.org.
|
| 9/6/02
Fri. | 5:30
- 6:30 pm | DC
Women in Black Vigil | Silent
vigil for peace in Palestine/Israel /Afghanistan. Please wear all black; signs
will be provided. | 17th
and K Streets, NW, Wash. DC
Contact: Sarah Anne Minkin, sarahanne3@earthlink.net
or womeninblackdc-owner@yahoo.com.
|
| 6:30
pm | To
Be A Woman | Part
of 2002 Global Justice Film Festival, September 5 (through September 26). To Be
A Woman , produced by Omega Bula [women surviving under structural adjustment
in Ghana, Zambia, and Uganda]. DISCUSSANT: Njoki Njoroge Njeh, 50 Years Is Enough
Network. | The
Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Road NW, Wash. DC
Contact: 50 Years is Enough,
202-463-2265. |
| 9/6-8/02 | |
Adams Morgan Community Festival | Celebration
of Diversity. Washington Peace Center will have a table on Sunday. | 18th
& Columbia Roads, NW, Wash., DC
adamsmorganfestival |
| 9/7/02
Sat. | 11-2
pm | Community
Meeting/Dialogue | Themes:
War and Peace, Economics After Enron, the National Agenda, Civil Liberties, the
Causes of 9/11. Sponsor: DC Alliance for Democracy. | Martin
Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW, Rm. A-10
Contact Steve Cheivetz
at CheifzSteve@aol.com or call 301-203-9263.
|
| 3
pm | It's
My Life | Part
of 2002 Global Justice Film Festival, September 5 (through September 26). It's
My Life , the story of South African AIDS activist Zackie Ashmat, who has HIV
but refuses anti-retrovirals until they are available to all. DISCUSSANT: Rob
Weissman, Essential Action. | Casa
Del Pueblo United Methodist Church, 1459 Columbia Road NW, Wash. DC
Contact:
50 Years is Enough, 202-463-2265 |
| 9/8/02
Sun. | |
WorldYouth Network Meeting | Join
us at our new location, in the Sangha marketplace andperformance space (and soon-to-be
cafe). All merchandise at Sangha is fair-trade goods supporting endangered peoples
from around the world. We will discuss youth voices at Sept 11 commemorations
and other events coming up, and encourage YOU to become a spokesperson to various
media about YOUR PERSPECTIVES. We will continue planning a youth-run radio program
"Youth Outbreak" and share info about youth media programs in DC and
elsewhere. We will plan the next steps of SHINE -- Stop Hate, Inspire Neighborly
Engagement, as we spread the word in our region about countering neo-Nazis in
our neighborhoods and promoting positive youth. | 117
Carroll Street NW, Takoma Park, MD (Takoma Park Metro, Red line)
Contact:
Youth Leadership Support Network at
(202) 489-7892. |
| 3 pm |
Three films on Poverty and Globalization | September
26). Three films: a) Global Village or Global Pillage? [overview of structures
of globalization; b) From the Mountains to the Maquiladoras [laid-off Tennessee
factory workers visit Mexican communities where factories moved to] c) Two Trevors
Go To Washington [global justice activist Trevor Ngwane and finance minister Trevor
Manuel, both from South Africa, experience the A16 protests in DC, April 2000].
DISCUSSANTS: Fred Azcarate, Jobs With Justice & Soren Ambrose, New Voices
on Globalization. | Casa
Del Pueblo United Methodist Church, 1459 Columbia Road NW, Wash., DC
Contact:
50 Years is Enough, 202-463-2265. |
| 7:30
- 9:30 pm |
Capitol Hill Community Candlelight Gathering on 9/11 | A
gathering of neighbors struggling to deal with the aftermath of 9/11, to remember,
reflect and heal. Many are striving to understand what is happening in the world
and at the same time grappling with loss, fear and anger. Neighbors are encouraged
to hold potlucks or church dinners prior to the event. Sponsored by the Interfaith
Conference of Metropolit | Lincoln
Park, 5th St. and Massachusetts Ave., NE, Wash., DC
|
| 9/9/02
Mon. | 9
- 11 am | COMBATTING
EXTREMISM IN THE WAKE OF SEPTEMBER 11 | A
panel will define extremism, identify what religious leaders can do to combat
extremism and discuss when extremism turns to terrorism. | National
Press Building, First Amendment Room, 529 14th St., NW, 13th Floor, Wash. DC
Contact: Muslim Public Affairs Council at www.mpac.org.
|
| 6:30-9:30
pm | Black
Reflections on 9/11 | Dialogue
on War, Terrorism and Peace. Followed by candlelight vigil at the Israeli Embassy,
3514 International Drive, NW (Van Ness and Connecticut Ave.) Sponsor: Black Voices
for Peace | Howard
University Law School, Houston Hall, 2900 Van Ness St., NW
Contact Damu Smith
at 202-232-5690. |
| 6:30
pm | Globalization
and Africa: Which Side Are We On? | Part
of 2002 Global Justice Film Festival, September 5 (through September 26). Globalization
and Africa: Which Side Are We On? [events & interviews at World Conference
Against Racism, held in South Africa in 2001]. DISCUSSANT: Njoki Njoroge Njeh?,
50 Years Is Enough Network | Casa
Del Pueblo United Methodist Church, 1459 Columbia Road NW,
Contact: 50 Years
is Enough, 202-463-2265. |
| 9/9-10/02 | |
National Call-In Days on Iraq | Talk
to your representatives on these days to oppose the planned war against Iraq.
A US attack on Iraq will harm our relations with our European allies, and will
increase anti-American sentiment in the Middle East. Virtually all Arab nations
oppose the idea of a US attack on Iraq. A US war on Iraq will: Take the lives
of US soldiers and many innocent Iraqi civilians; Increase anti-American sentiment
abroad; De-stabilize the Middle East; Undermine international cooperation; Defy
international law including the United Nations (UN) charter; Cost American taxpayers
billions of dollars at a time when the US economy is stumbling. Instead, the US
should pursue real solutions that will make us safer: Open new doors for diplomatic
alternatives to the current impasse; Lift economic sanctions that target Iraqi
civilians; Negotiate, through the UN and other regional systems, a return of weapons
inspectors to the country; Support democracy and human rights throughout the Middle
East; Strengthen international agreements to reduce weapons of mass destruction. |
call Peace Action Education Fund at 202-862-9740 x3041. or see Peace-action.org |
| 9/10/02
Tue. | 9-11
am | The
Potential for a Non-violent Intifada | CONFLICT
PREVENTION AND RESOLUTION FORUM on "A New Possibility for the Israeli/Palestinian
Conflict". A recent poll conducted by the Program on International Polling
Attitudes has revealed evidence of substantial support for non-violence as an
alternative to violence in the Middle East conflict. Dr. Steven Kull, the lead
pollster of this poll, will share his surprising findings, and John Marks and
Susan Collin Marks of Search For Common Ground will explain the strategies and
possibilities of a broad-based, bi-communal, non-violent movement in the Middle
East. Speakers: John Marks (SFCG), Susan Collin Marks (SFCG), & Dr. Steven
Kull (PIPA). |
RSVP, ACCEPTANCES ONLY, by September 9 to Rebecca Larson, Search for Common Ground,
rlarson@sfcg.org or call (202) 777-2240. |
|
Take a Ride on the Peace Train | George
Lannon, Acting Asst. Secretary, Bureau of Consular affairs will discuss changes
at the State Department relating to the new Department of Homeland Security and
the US visa process and border security. Free to the public. | At:
National Mall
RSVP to Yvonne O'Brien at obrieny@state.gov
or 202-647-7129. |
| 6
pm | Vigil
on the Mall | Begin
24 hour fast for those who wish to fast. Continuing about 8:00 p.m. at the Vietnam
Memorial (across Constitution Ave.) and at east end of the reflecting pool by
the Lincoln Memorial. Reading of names of U.S. and Afghan victims, lighting of
candles and candlelight processions. | DC
Alliance for Democracy, contact Steve Cheifetz,
301-203-9263, and American Friends Service Committee/DC, Bette Hoover, 202-299-1050,
Einstein statute, National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave, NW,
Wash. DC |
| 6:30
- 9 pm | Candlelight
Vigil Against Global Violence | Washington
Peace Center hosts a non-violent vigil in commemoration of victims from 9/11/01
to 9/11/02. Speakers include: Family members and friends of 9/11 victims from
DC; |
At: Dupont Circle Park, Massachusetts and Connecticut Ave., NW, Wash. DC
Contact us for more information at 202-234-2000 or wpc@igc.org.
See you there!
|
| 6:30 pm |
Another World Is Possible | Part
of 2002 Global Justice Film Festival, September 5 (through September 26). Another
World Is Possible - [Impressions of the 2002 World Social Forum in Porto Alegre,
Brazil]. Another World is Possible - North American Voices at the World Social
Forum. DISCUSSANTS: John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies & Analia Penchaszadeh,
Jobs with Justice. | The
Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Road, NW, Wash. DC
Contact: 50 Years is Enough,
202-463-2265. |
| 6:30
- 8:30 pm | Community
Development and Racial Conflict Resolution | One
in a series of forums on racial conflict resolution, seeking creative ideas to
improve community relations. Dinner is provided. | APPA
Mission Center, 319 R St., NW, Wash., DC
Contact Action for Peace through
Prayer and Aid at appasc@aol.com or 202939-0754. |
| 7-9 pm |
"Reflections on 9-11 A Secular Memorial" |
The Washington
Area Secular Humanists (WASH) is conducting a secular commemoration of the
tragedy of 9-11 in which the American Humanist Association is actively participating.
Although many of the victims of last year's attack were non-religious, non-theists
were largely excluded from the nation's very public mourning following 9-11.
... |
For
more info see: dcmemorial.humanists.net |
| 7-9 pm |
9-11 Revisted | Viewers
and volunteers wanted for a screening of films that take a closer look at 9-11
from an independent media perspective. | Vision's
Theatre, Florida Avenue & 18th St., NW, Wash. DC
CONTACT: DC Independent
Media Center dc.indymedia |
| 7:30 pm |
Interfaith Fairness Coalition Meeting | For
more information see www.ifcmd.org or call
301-776-6891. | Paint
Branch Unitarian Universalist Church, 3215 Powder Mill Rd., Adelphi, MD |
| 9/11/02 | |
9/11 "DAY OF UNITY AND PRAYER" | All
faiths are urged to register 9/11/02 open houses or interfaith activities. The
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today launched a web site designed
to allow local mosques, churches, synagogues, and other religious institutions
to register their participation in a September 11th national "Day of Unity
and Prayer" | See:
http://www.cair-net.org/dayofunity/ |
| 6 am |
Banner Protest | A
legal, nonviolent civil action by members of the Interfaith Peace Campaign-Cong.
Dist. 8, and IPC-CD4. To promote a more humane, more democratic, and less violent
US foreign policy. | Pedestrian
overpass, Rt 270 and Great Falls Road, Rockville, MD
Contact: Steven Sellers
Lapham, 301-947-1920 or stecach3@earthlink.net |
| 7:30 am -
7:00 pm | A
Day of Reflection at Malcolm X Park | Three
moments: 7:30-9:30 a.m. - Invocation for all who died in the U.S. and Afghanistan.
12:00 - 2:00 p.m. - Witness against racial profiling, domestic violence and on-going
U.S. wars. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Interfaith reflection on the future of America and
the world in Dr. King's "The World House." Speakers include: Rev. Marjani
Dele, Maureen Fiedler, Oscar Ordenes, Anas Shallal, Rev. Edgar Palacios, Ema Fraitekh,
Damu Smith, John Judge, and Rev. Graylan Hagler. Spiritual events and music. |
16th and Euclid Streets, NW, Wash., DC
Contact: Phil Wheaton - 301-270-9038. |
| 8:30 am -
6 pm |
9/11 Observance And Lobby Day |
Please join Friends
from across the U.S. on September 11 in Washington, DC for an Friends Committee
on National Legislation... |
RSVP
to: Kathy@fcnl.org or call (800) 630-1330,
ext. 144. |
| 1:30-4:30
pm | Forum
on Parole | A
forum sponsored by the US Parole Commission for parolees, DC prisoner's family
members and justice advocates. Learn about the parole process and address concerns
to Commissioners. | Martin
Luther King, Jr. Library, 901 G St., NW, Room A-5, Wash., DC
Contact: DC-CURE
at 202-789-212 |
| 5-7:30
pm | DIVERSE
VOICES: INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS RESPOND TO 9/11 |
The Center for
Social Media presents a screening of independent films responding to the
events of 9/11/2001. This showing of independent filmmakers' work, including
American University alumni, shows the importance of diverse perspectives
in the media, the increasing flexibility of new media tools, and the creativity
of artists and activists. ... |
Wechsler
Theater, Mary Graydon Center, 3rd Floor, American University, Massachusetts &
Nebraska Aves., NW
To RSVP, call Rouane
Itani at 202-885-2060, extension 6. |
| 7
pm | A
September 11th Remembrance | Readings
by Howard Norman, E. Ethelbert Miller, Coleman McCarthy, Jane Shore, Linda Pastan,
Rick Atkinson, Akbar Ahmed, Myra Sklarew, Jennifer Toth, Alexandra Zapruder, and
Neil Lewi | Politics
and Prose, 5115 Connecticut Ave., NW, Wash., DC
Contact Cleve Corner at 202-363-7663.
|
| 8
pm | "What
Lessons Should be Learned by Americans and Arabs and Muslims from September 11?" | A
Special Panel to discuss the lessons of September 11, featuring Mr. Jean AbiNader
of AAI, Mr. Eric Erfan Vickers of AMC, Mr. Hussein Ibish of ADC (to be confirmed),
and Mr. Nihad Awad of CAIR. To be moderated by Mr. AbdulWahab Al-Kebsi Event in
English. | Al
Hewar Center, Vienna, VA
contact: alhewar@alhewar.com |
| 9/12/02
Thur. | |
DC Labor Filmfest
Films, etc.
| Wine/Dessert
Reception and flim, France 2002, $25 admission Four days of the world's best films
about workers and work issues. Join directors, stars, workers and activists in
celebration of the struggle for economic and social justice. | Order
tickets: |
| 6:30
- 8:30 pm | Home
Buying Workshop | Learn
how to Receive Free Gift Money to Purchase your Home. A Free Workshop on how to
use the Non-Profit Nehemiah Program to become a Home Owner. All workshops are
Free and Open to the Public. A donation of a canned food for our community would
be appreciated. | Silver
Spring Library, 8901 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD.
Seating is limited,
Reservations are Required. Call 800.362.3878 code 4163. |
| 6:45-8:45 pm |
DC, Taxation, Representation & You | A
SALSA Policy Forum panel discussion to examine the opposition to lack of voting
representation in DC since 1800, the reluctance to be annexed by Virginia or Maryland,
and the differences between home rule, voting representation and statehood. Panelists
include Michael Piacsek, DC Statehood Green Party, Anise Jenkins of Stand Up for
Democracy, Sam Smith of the Progressive Review, Jamal Najjab of DC Vote and Tim
Cooper and Mark Richards promoting a Constitutional amendment. $5 donation | IPS,
733 15th St., NW, Suite 1020
For a full schedule of SALSA classes this month,
see www.hotsalsa.org. Pre-register at www.hotsalsa.org
or call 202-234-9382 ext. 22 |
| 7
pm | 9/11
Videos | Showing
of "911 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows" and "Osama bin Laden:
The Forbidden Truth" (French authors discussing their book on the Saudi-U.S.-bin
Laden connection) Followed by discussion. Sponsor: DC Alliance for Democracy. | Takoma
Park Presbyterian Church, Maple & Tulip Sts., Takoma Park, MD
Contact
Steve Cheifetz, CheifzSteve@aol.com or
301-203-9263. |
|
Martin Luther King Assassination and COINTELPRO | A
"braintrust" event at the annual National Legislative Conference of
the Congressional Black Caucus, sponsored and moderated by Rep. Cynthia McKinney.
A panel of experts on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King and the related
FBI COINTELPRO program of spying and disruption of the civil rights and anti-war
movements of the 1960s will present new evidence and call for legislation modeled
on the JFK Records Act to secure full release of all government files on these
critical issues. Atty. Gen. Ashcroft is calling for a renewal of COINTELPRO now.
Panelists include Martin Luther King, III, Judge Joe Brown, Dr. William Pepper,
Philip Melanson, Lyndon Barsten and John Judge. | DC
Convention Center, 10th and G Sts., NW
Free. For details contact Rep. Cynthia
McKinney's office at 202-224-3121. |
| 9/13/02
Fri. | |
DC Labor Filmfest
Films, etc.
| Wine/Dessert
Reception and flim, France 2002, $25 admission Four days of the world's best films
about workers and work issues. Join directors, stars, workers and activists in
celebration of the struggle for economic and social justice. | Order
tickets: |
| 1:30
pm on.... | The
Conservative Constitutional Counterrevolution
|
Join us for an
afternoon of scholarly debate and consciousness-raising. Introduction and
remarks by Elaine Jones, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
The Conservative Constitutional Counterrevolution with Norman Redlich, Dean
Emeritus, New York University School of Law; Judge Edward Weinfeld, Professor
of Law Emeritus, New York University School of Law. ....others... |
UDC
David A. Clarke School of Law, 4200 Connecticut Ave., NW, Bldg. 39, Room 201
RSVP: Delores Jackson: djackson@udc.edu
or 202-274-7349. |
| 9/15/02
Sun. | 9
am - 5:30 pm | Building
A Movement: Popular Education Skills Retreat | Project
South will hold a workshop based on the principles of popular education focused
on today's globalization and its effects on our daily lives and struggles, aimed
at creating a movement for social and economic justice. Youth, grassroots leaders,
union members, community organizers, scholar activists and students welcome. | American
University, Ward Circle Building, Massachusetts & Nebraska Aves., NW
Contact:
Project South 202-332-5333.
|
| 3-5
pm | Sister
Circle: Black Women and Work | A
book discussion by author Dr. Sharon Haley and the Black Women and Work Collective.
A new light is shed on black women's labor in the wake of slavery, and nineteenth-century
social activists through autobiographical statements | Sisterspace
and Books, 1515 U St., NW (Cardozo/U St. Metro, Green line)
Contact: Sisterspace
202-332-3433
|
| Empowering
America's Future: 25 Years of Hispanic Leadership | The
Congressional Hispanic Caucus will host their 25th Anniversary Gala and conference. | MCI
Center, 601 F. St., NW (Gallery Place Metro, Yellow line) Contact: 202-543-1771. |
| Film
Festival Film Festival | A
9 month multi-theme documentary and art film series, showcasing films that unearth
socio-political issues of concern to South Asian and South Asian-American communities.
| Contact:
Mishka Zaman |
| 9/16/02 Mon. | 6:45
- 8:45 pm | Who
Are the Cuban Five? | A
SALSA class with Gloria La Riva. Who are the Cuban Five and why are they being
held prisoner in the United States? The Five; Gerard Hernandez, Fernando Gonzalez,
Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labanino, and Antonio Guerrero, were solely involved in stopping
terrorism. But the FBI arrested them in Sept. 1998, while the terrorists go free
in Miami. Come learn why and how five Cuban men, serving 15 years to life in U.S.
federal prison, have been falsely convicted by the U.S. government for supposed
espionage in the U.S., when in reality the five were monitoring the ultra-right
anti-Cuba terrorist groups that operate from Miami and have committed countless
acts of terrorism against Cuba. Many of these organizations have operated with
the full knowledge and support of the CIA. | IPS,
733 15th Street, NW, Suite 1020
Free. RSVP to 202-234-9382 ext. 229. You can
also register on line and see the full class schedule at www.HotSalsa.org. |
| 7 pm | Post
9/11 and Cop Watching: Keeping an Eye on the Oppressors | Part
of the Assata Sharkur Series on Community Resistance, a discussion sponsored by
Organized C.O.U.P. | Contact:
866-206-9069 or see www.voxunion.com |
| 9/17/02 Tue. | 10
am on | "Civil
and Constitutional Rights In America Post 9/11" | The
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is proud to sponsor this panel
briefing.
Confirmed panelists include Professor David Cole (Georgetown University
Law Center), Karen Narasaki (Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific
American Legal Consortium), Wade Henderson (Executive Director of the Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights), and Greg Nojeim (Chief Legislative Counsel of the
American Civil Liberties Union). | Rayburn
Office Building, International Relations Committee Room (#2255)
Contact Amy
Ajay at (202) 244-2990 or
aajay@adc.org |
| 9/18/02 Wed. | 9
- 10 am | Protest
at the Oak Hill Youth Detention Center | DC
Superior Court Judge has threatened top officials at the districtís Youth
Services Administration with contempt of court for failing to improve conditions
at the Oak Hill facility. A hearing has been scheduled at the above time. Take
an hour of your day to show that we will hold the city officials accountable to
the people of DC. | DC
Superior Court, 500 Indiana Ave. NW
Contact Critical
Resistance at 202-521-0377 |
| 6:30
- 8 pm | Support
Group for Abused Women | Ramona's
Way will be holding a weekly support group each Wednesday for women in abusive
situations who also struggle with substance use. | St.
Stephen's Church, 16th & Newton Sts., NW
Call for exact location: Ali-Sha
at 202-257-6790. |
| 9/22/02
Sun. |
3-6 pm |
Dr. Julianne Malveaux Birthday Party
|
Celebrate the
birth, work and writing, including her new books Paradox of Loyalty: An
African American Response to the War on Terrorism, and Unfinished Business:
A Democrat and a Republican Take on the 19 Most Important Issues Women Face.
Wine and Cheese reception benefits Sisterspace and Books. |
Sisterspace
and Books, 1515 U St., NW (Cardozo/U St. Metro, Green line)
ontact: 202-332-3433. |
| 5:30 pm |
LOCAL STRUGGLES - GLOBAL VISION:
A PEOPLE'S SUMMIT ON SOCIAL JUSTICE
|
"Debates In The Movement: Where
Do We Go From Here?"
Guest Speakers Include: Starhawk, author and activist, Dennis Brutus,
former political prisoner in South Africa, Chie Abad, a former sweatshop
worker from the Philippines and Damu Smith, Black Voices for Peace
Information:
|
University of
the District of Columbia
4200 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Building #38
For more information contact: (202) 722-1392 |
| 6 pm |
Poetry Reading/Art Night Fundraiser
|
Experience the
International Solidarity Movement in a totally new way. Money raised goes
directly to a varied group of activists in Palestine who are calling attention
to the injustices committed upon the people there. Anyone who would like
to perform, read poetry, or express their creativity should respond to this
message. Proceeds will benefit the International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
which has been directly involved in non-violent civil disobedience in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories. |
At: Gua-Rapo,
Arlington, VA
Contact: Michael Rhodes |
| 9/23/02
Mon. |
6:30 pm |
DC Nonviolence Group Dinner Meeting
|
The DC Nonviolence
group is for those interested in Gandhian ideas of
nonviolence and satyagrahi.
Information |
7:30 pm Discussion
Chop Sticks Chinese Restaurant, back room
717 H St NW |
| 6:30 pm |
Global Justice Film Festival
|
Life and Debt,
by Stephanie Black [structural adjustment in Jamaica. DISCUSSANTS: Marie
Clarke-Brill, Jubilee USA Network & Bill Fletcher, TransAfrica. |
Communication
Workers of America / Jobs with Justice 501 3rd Street, N.W.
Contact: 50 Years is Enough 202-463-2265. |
| 7 pm |
Organized Community of People United
(COUP)
|
A night of refreshments,
music and discussion to introduce a new organization working to develop
programs of assertion and resistance, whose purpose is to assert our fundamental
rights and to resist the various and continuous assaults on the humanity,
culture, politics, economics and society of Black/African and all oppressed
people |
2211 14th Street,
NW (Columbia Heights Metro, Green line)
Contact: 866-206-9069, ext.
5413 |
| 9/23-25/02 |
|
Veterans Lobby to Close the SOA/ WHISC
Monday, September 23 - Wednesday, September 25
|
At the end of
September, hundreds of veterans from around the country will travel to Washington,
DC to take part in two days of activities organized by School of the Americas
Watch and sponsored by Veterans for Peace. We are calling upon all veterans
to make this special trip to DC to share with your Members of Congress a
message of opposition to militarism and terrorism that is very personal
and unique. |
Church of the
Brethren, 337 North Carolina Ave., SE
See: www.soaw.org. Contact: G. Taylor
at 202-234-3440 or gtaylor@soaw.org
|
| 9/24/02 Tue. |
6:30 pm |
Global Justice Film Festival
|
Bill Moyers Reports:
Trading Democracy , WTO and NAFTA rules favoring corporations. DISCUSSANTS:
Carrie Biggs-Adams, Communication Workers of America & Sarah Anderson,
Institute for Policy Studies. |
Casa Del Pueblo
United Methodist Church, 1459 Columbia Road NW
Contact: 50 Years is Enough 202-463-2265. |
| 9/25/02 Wed. |
12:30 - 4 pm |
Washington Death Penalty Briefing
|
The "G-12"
(AKA The Ad Hoc Death Penalty Working Group), comprised of 18 organizations
is convening this briefing to bring together people/organizations mostly
from the Washington, D.C. area that work on or against the death penalty
or who are interested in doing death penalty work at some level in the future.
A goal of this meeting is to develop better communication, coordination
and synchronization of work among people and organizations working on the
death penalty. The meeting will also enable participants to share reports
of their past and current work. |
Holland &
Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 100
Contact: Josh Noble at jnoble@dcaclu.org
or 202-675-2319 to confirm your participation. |
| 3 pm |
Global Justice Film Festival
|
PROFIT and Nothing
But! by Raoul Peck, economic globalization in Haiti. DISCUSSANT: Camille
Chalmers, Ex. Dir. of PAPDA (Platform Ayisen pou Pledwaye yon Devlopman
Altenatif). |
New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, 1313 New York Avenue, NW
Contact: 50 Years is Enough 202-463-2265. |
| 7 pm |
End Corporate Rule: Global Struggles
Against the IMF and World Bank
|
Teach-ins and
mass mobilizations. Global South Activists will speak about their work opposing
corporate domination and destructive policies and projects of the World
Bank and the IMF and campaigns for debt cancellation, reparations, environmental
protection, anti-privatization and labor/gender justice. Activities include
public debates, prayer vigils, nonviolent direct action, film festival,
street protests. Coincides with annual meetings of the World Bank/IMF in
DC. $30 registration. |
New York Avenue
Presbyterian, 1313 New York Ave., NW
Register with: 50 Years is
Enough, (202) 463-2265 . |
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| 9/26/02
Thur. |
9 am - 5 pm |
End Corporate Rule: Global Struggles
Against the IMF and World Bank
|
Global South
Activists will speak about their work opposing corporate domination and
destructive policies and projects of the World Bank and the IMF and campaigns
for debt cancellation, reparations, environmental protection, anti-privatization
and labor/gender justice. Activities include public debates, prayer vigils,
nonviolent direct action, film festival, street protests. Coincides with
annual meetings of the World Bank/IMF in DC. $30 registration. |
National Baptist
Memorial Church, 1501 Columbia Rd., NW
Register with: 50 Years is
Enough, (202) 463-2265 . |
| 12:30 pm |
Global Justice Film Festival
|
The Water is
Ours, Damn It! by Sheila Franklin, the people¹s rebellion against water
privatization in Cochabamba, Bolivia. DISCUSSANT: Oscar Olivera, Executive
Secretary of the Cochabamba Federation of Factory Workers and spokesperson
for the Coalition in Defense of Water and Life, known in Bolivia as La Coordinadora. |
The Festival
Center, 1640 Columbia Road NW
Contact: 50 Years is Enough 202-463-2265. |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
Israel and Palestine: Current Findings
in Public Opinion
|
Speaker Russell
Stone, a professor of sociology at American University will lead a discussion
on his book with community students and youth. Sponsors include Project
South, Committee of Indigenous Solidarity, Stand Tall in Community Struggle. |
American University,
Butler Pavilion, Board Room, 6th Floor
Contact: Project South
202-332-5333 |
| 6 - 9 pm |
Latino Town Hall Meeting
|
The purpose
of the Latino Town Hall Meeting is to inform, educate and create a dialogue
in the Latino community regarding the issues around immigration when we
see that the Bush administration narrows our civil liberties as citizens,
people of color and immigrants. As the Bush administration get though on
"terrorism" we see police profiling, arrests of "terrorists"
and the persecution of immigrants in the United States. It is also our intention
to create a series of events of this nature to cover other issues that affect
the Latino communities in the United States and the issues that affect Latin
American counties. The Latino Town Hall Meeting is been organized by a broad
coalition of grassroots organizers and people from our communities in the
metropolitan area, including the Independent Media Center Latino Branch,
the WPFW 89.3 FM Latino Collective and WPFW 89.3 FM. The main issue to be
discussed here is immigration.
Other local issues: Gentrification and Housing Issues in DC; Educational
system, Privatization and bilingual or multilingual education; Employment
Rights and Race Relations. |
Latino Town
Hall Meeting
Contact: Norberto Martinez at 202-362-8849. |
| 5:30 to
7:30 pm |
Project South Washington Fall 2002
Book Forum Series
Teaching & Organizing for Justice
|
Israel
and Palestine: Current Findings in Public Opinion with Russell Stone, Professor
of Sociology at American University and author and editor of several volumes
on Israeli and Middle Eastern study, will discuss current public opinion
findings regarding the ongoing
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, from both - Israeli and Palestinian - perspectives. |
American
University
4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW (at Nebraska Ave. - Ward Circle) Butler Pavilion
– 6th floor Bd. Rm.
call 202.332.5333 or 301.367.1079
|
| |
STOP
THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ
BEFORE IT STARTS!
|
NATIONAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON DC with
a joint action in San Francisco.
*INITIATORS*
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, National
Lawyers Guild, Dr. Hans Christof von Sponek, former director of the UN Oil
for Food Program Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general, Bishop Thomas
Gumbleton, Auxillary Bishop, Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit Rev. Graylan
Hagler, Senior Minister, Plymouth Congregational Church Dorothy Day Catholic
Worker, Muslim Student Association Partnership for Civil Justice - LDEF
IFCO/Pastors for Peace Free Palestine Alliance, Mexico Solidarity Network,
Nicaragua Network, Korea Truth Commission, International. Action Center,
Kensington Welfare Rights Union, Middle East Children's Alliance, Bayan
USA-International, Etc.....
|
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
internationalanswer New
York 212-633-6646
Washington, DC |
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| 9/27/02 Fri. |
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Local Day of Action for the Colombia
Mobilization
|
The National
Mobilization on Colombia is calling for a National Day of Action on September
27 to encourage groups to organize local actions in their communities and/or
regions. These events will educate the public and media about US military
aid, aerial spraying of poison, US training of Latin American soldiers at
the SOA/WHISC, and the shift to counterinsurgency policies that are fueling
the violence in Colombia, devastating the environment, and displacing tens
of thousands in the name of the "war on drugs and terror" and
"protecting US oil interests." |
For more information
and organizing resources. |
| 9 am - 8 pm |
End Corporate Rule: Global Struggles
Against the IMF and World Bank
|
Teach-ins and
mass mobilizations. Global South Activists will speak about their work opposing
corporate domination and destructive policies and projects of the World
Bank and the IMF and campaigns for debt cancellation, reparations, environmental
protection, anti-privatization and labor/gender justice. Activities include
public debates, prayer vigils, nonviolent direct action, film festival,
street protests. Coincides with annual meetings of the World Bank/IMF in
DC. $30 registration. |
(Workshops and
Closing Plenary)
New York Avenue Presbyterian, 1313 New York Ave.
Register with: 50 Years
is Enough, (202) 463-2265 |
| 1 - 5 pm |
"Toward a Globalization of Solidarity"
|
This teach-in
will be geared to student and young adult activists coming from or working
in the Catholic tradition (all folks are welcome of course). There will
be two presentations from campaigns active around issues at the heart of
the globalization debate: Jubilee USA and the World Bank Bonds Boycott.
These presentations will give a short overview of their work but will be
primarily aimed at giving practical advice for getting students on campus
and young adults in communities throughout the U.S. involved in these campaigns.
Speakers: Mara Vanderslice Jubilee USA; Katrina Abarcar or Neil Watkins,
World Bank Bonds Boycott; Tony Vento, Pax Christi USA. The final presentation
will be a reflection and discussion on "Spirituality and Globalization:
In Whose Image?" This presentation will center on how we can cultivate
a faith-based vision that will help us to critique corporate globalization
and move us toward a globalization of solidarity |
St. Aloysius
Catholic Church (North Capitol and I Street, NW
Contact: Johnny Zokovitch at
352-271-6941 |
| 6 pm |
Venezuela and Globalization
|
Venezuela and
the Emergence of Resistance to Neoliberal Globalization in Latin America.
A panel discussion of the Venezuelan "proceso" which breaks from
the neoliberal political and economic model. Event organized by the Fundacion
Venezolana para la Justicia Global. |
Josephine Butler
Parks Center, 2437 Fifteenth St., NW, Ballroom (2nd Floor)
Contact: Marya Murray Diaz murraydiaz@cepr.net
or (202) 293-5380 ext. 208 |
| 7 - 9 pm |
The Role of Faith in the Middle East
Crisis: Is Non-violence a Way to Peace?
|
Friday,
September 27 (7:00 to 9:00 p.m.)
Saturday, September 28 (8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Speakers: Mubarak Awad Palestinian-American Peace Activist; Sis Levin
Educator among Israelis and Palestinians; Jerry Levin Christian
Peacemaker Teams; Journalist; Mark Brown Public Policy Advocate for
ELCA; Ken Giles Jewish-American Peace Activist. Sponsored by:
Episcopal Diocese of Washington, Metro Washington DC Synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America and Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. |
Virginia Theological
Seminary, 3737 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA.
Contact: Marvin Wingfield at marvinw@adc.org.
|
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| 9/27-29/02 |
|
Independent Progressive Politics Network
National Summit
|
Friday,
September 27 to Sunday, September 29
"Making Our Vision a Reality" is a working conference on building
the network and the concrete development of vision over the next few years
around pro-democracy, peace and justice issues. Rooms $79/night, registration
$20-45. Keynote speaker Robin Kelley. Workshops on many topics. Several
DC groups are part of the network |
Ramada Inn,
Newark, NJ
Contact: IPPN at 973-338-5398 or indpol@igc.org
|
|
Peacemaking in a Post 9-11 World:
Learning to Coexist
|
Friday,
September 27 - Sunday, September 29
Featuring Rev. Al Herring, a powerful and inspiring speaker on issues of
diversity and community building. He has worked as professor of Psychology
at Manchester College (IN), and currently serves as Executive Director of
Counseling, Career Development and Diversity at the University of Louisville
(KY). He is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
|
Washington City
Church of the Brethren, 337 North Carolina Ave SE
For schedule and details, call Alice
at (202) 547-5924 |
| 9/27-30/02 |
|
Building A New El Salvador Today
|
Building A New
El Salvador Today |
Contact: Tara
Carr |
| 9/28/02 Sat. |
9 - 5 pm |
DC/MD/VA Earth Charter Community Summit
|
Come to be Enlightened,
Entertained and Engaged in observance of The Earth Charter, a "Declaration
of Interdependence". We will unite by webcast with 20 other cities
hosting Earth Charter Community Summits around the country. Our Program
will include: Orientation to the Earth Charter, Round-Robin Check-in with
other summit cities, Interactive sessions on key Earth Charter principles,
Respect and care for the community of life, Ecological integrity, Social
and economic justice, Democracy, non-violence, and peace, and "Next
Steps" to bring the Earth Charter into our lives. |
University of
the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW
Contact any of the following individuals: Steve
Smith, (202) 778-6137 (W-days), Lore
Rosenthal, (301) 570-7557 (H-eves), Lolly
Simkins, |
|
Mass Banner Drop, Six Billion Voices,
One Message: No War in Iraq
|
Gather a group
to create a banner large enough to unfurl in a public place. For those who
can come to Washington, bring your banner and your group to the U.S. Capitol.
For those who can't come to Washington, bring your banner and your group
to the United States embassy in your home country or simply unfurl your
banner in your community at 19:00 GMT, in solidarity with all the people
around the globe. At 2:59 Washington D.C. time, we ask everyone to observe
a moment of silence in remembrance of all those who have been killed in
all the wars throughout history. At 3:00, we will unfurl our banners to
finally give a voice to all the world's people who oppose a United States
invasion of Iraq. Though the world is staunchly opposed to any attack, it
is still likely that Bush will receive authorization from Congress and that
the attack will proceed as early as November. Suggestions for banners: Quotes
from world leaders specifically opposing U.S. intervention in Iraq. Quotes
from nonviolent leaders throughout history. Artists’ depictions of
peaceful symbolism and imagery. Collages of photographs depicting the real
effect of war on humans, and our habitat. Photographs of Iraqi citizens
smiling with their families. All languages and viewpoints are welcome, but
we ask that all messages be cries for peace, in keeping with the spirit
and focus of the event. |
Washington,
D.C. and All the Cities of the World
If you are planning to come to Washington, let us know by sending an email
to: worldcriespeace |
| 9/29/02
Sun. |
9 - 10:30 am |
Ongoing Peace Café
|
Peace Cafes are
held on the last Sunday of every month with great discussions centered around
David Shipler's book: Arab and Jew . They encourage you to pick up the book
and read it. They will be discussing Chapter 4 which deals with religion.
Refreshments served (coffee, FRESH OJ, and pastries). Best of all they are
FREE and open to everyone. |
Mimi's American
Bistro, 2120 P Street NW
Contact: Anas Shallal at 202-667-0090
or www.VisionsDC.com. |
| 9am - 1 pm |
Americans Say No War on Iraq!
A teach-in
|
A teach-in and
training sessions will be held about the history and current situation in
Iraq and the skills needed to organize in opposition. |
(Location to
be announced). Contact: Mark Cimino, Mobilization for Global Justice, (202)
271-7990 |
| 12 noon - 3 pm |
The Washington DC Social Forum On
Strategy and Alternatives
|
From Brazil,
the World Social Forum stated: "We need to develop our capacity to
propose. In Canada the Economic Solidarity Group of Quebec entitled their
paper: "Résister et Construire" (Resist and Build). In
Washington DC at the end of September, after a month filled with protests
and educational sessions on global and local struggles, we will set aside
time for movement-building. Our goals are very basic: To dedicate a space
in the movement for discussions of strategy and alternatives. To bring together
those who are coming into
town for the mobilization-related events with those who live or work in
Washington, DC. To allow the discussions that begin on Sunday to continue,
by creating an archive of presentation papers and also list-serves corresponding
to each forum question. |
Contact. |
| 2 pm |
|
A march against the war on Iraq starting in Dupont Circle,
(Massachusetts & Connecticut Aves., NW), going north on Massachusetts,
stopping at key embassies (Britain, Japan, Turkey, Egypt), and ending
with a rally outside Vice President Dick Cheney's house at the Naval Observatory.
Issues include economic and human costs of the war, no hard evidence of
clear and present danger, lack of international support, and a focus on
Cheney's role in promoting the war. Sponsors include: Washington Peace
Center, Peace Action, Global Exchange, National Network to End the War
in Iraq, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Veterans
for Peace, DAWN, Education for Peace in Iraq and others.
Email
for More information:
|
At: Dupont Circle to Naval Observatory, Massachusetts Ave., NW
Contact: Mike Zmolek, National Network Against War in Iraq at www.endthewar.org
or Washington Peace Center at wpc@igc.org
|
|
A lobbying day to press Congress to
vote against this war.
A lobbying day to press Congress to vote against this war. Lobby preparation
and training in the morning.
|
Sponsors include:
Washington Peace Center, Peace Action, Global Exchange, National Network
to End the War in Iraq, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,
Veterans for Peace, DAWN, Education for Peace in Iraq and others. If your
organization wants to join us at community organization meetings to build
a local presence at these planned events, or if you want to volunteer to
help with outreach, media work or peacekeeping, contact us at wpc@igc.org
and watch our Alerts and website for details. |
At: Capitol Hill,
NW
Contact: Eric Gustavson, Education for Peace in Iraq Center, (202) 543-6176
or Washington Peace Center at wpc@igc.org. |
| 9/30/02 Mon. |
12 noon |
Free Mordecai Vanunu
|
Demonstration
on the 16th anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of Israeli nuclear
weapons whistleblower Mordecai Vanunu, calling for his release and an end
to the Israeli occupation. |
Israeli Embassy,
Van Ness & International Sts., NW (Van Ness/UDC Metro, Red line)
Contact: DDCW at 202-882-9649. |
| 7 pm |
DC Politics
|
Part of the Assata
Sharkur Series on Community Resistance, a discussion sponsored by Organized
C.O.U.P. |
2211 14th St.,
NW
Contact: 866-206-9069 or see www.voxunion.com |
| 10/3-4/02 | Info. | Sustainable
Washington Alliance: SMART DESIGN FORUM | Organized
by Sustainable Washington Alliance in collaboration with AIA DC Committee
on
the Environment and US Green Building Council, DC Chapter. Don't miss this exciting
two-day forum with national and regional leaders in sustainable planning, design,
construction and operations. Continue to drive demand for green building products
and services by highlighting new data on valuation, best practices, lessons learned,
productivity and the nuts and bolts of smart, green building. Explore the ways
in which new concerns for security benefit when integrated with sustainable design.
| At:
Kellogg Conference Center, Gallaudet University, Wash., DC
Registration: Marty
Malloy, Convention Connections, 804-360-1500 or |
| 10/4/02
Fri. | 12
noon | Put
the Union Back in Union Station! | Displaced
parking workers protest against MarcParc. HERE 27, Parking & Service Workers
Union. | Union
Station, H Street overpass, N Capitol St & 2nd St NW, Wash., DC
Contact:
202-393-7939 |
| 9
pm | PBS
"NOW with Bill Moyers": Viewpoints on War Against Iraq | The
next two episodes of the PBS public affairs program "NOW with Bill Moyers"
will examine the varying viewpoints on the possible war with Iraq. Check local
listings at: www.pbs.org/now/sched.html. On October 4, Moyers will interview Republican
U.S. Representative from Texas Ron Paul, who will discuss his opposition to the
war in Iraq. A member of the House Committee on International Relations, Paul
is one of only few dissenting voices in Congress on the U.S. going to war with
Iraq. | WETA
local channel
Share your views on the issues by joining the post-broadcast
discussion online at www.pbs.org/now. |
| 10/4-5/02
Fri & Sat. | | CONFRONTING
INJUSTICE, ENDING WAR: THE ROLE OF PEACE EDUCATORS, ACTIVISTS AFTER 9/11 | The
First Annual Conference of the PEACE AND JUSTICE STUDIES ASSOCIATION will focus
on the roles of peace educators, researchers, and activists in such times of crises
as post 9/11.
See http://www.evergreen.edu/PJSA/
| Georgetown
University
Contact: Matt Bowles 202-248-1252 |
| 10/4-6/02 | |
BREAK THE MEDIA BLACKOUT:
A Conference
on Media Democracy & the Struggle to End Poverty | October
4 - 6, 2002 in Philadelphia
This is a call to all media activists concerned
about poverty, all
anti-poverty organizations concerned with making their
voices heard, and anyone otherwise working to make media accessible to everyone.
We invite you to join us in the fight to Break the Media Blackout! Information: | contact
Rachel at conference@kwru.org or 215/203-1948
|
| 10/4-11/02 | | Keep
Space for Peace | International
week of actions to stop the militarization of space. Encourages local protests
at key space installations and US embassies, visits to political leaders, comunity
teach-ins, religious leaders, local schools, media work and public displays. These
dates also mark "World Space Week" which promotes the aerospace industry
agenda for space. | Contact:
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
Power in Space 352-337-9274 |
| 10/5/02
Sat. | 2
pm | DAY
OF PROTEST TO STOP THE MILITARIZATION OF SPACE | Global
Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space is organizing its annual
Keep Space for Peace Week. The demonstration will demand NO MISSILE DEFENSE!,
NO WEAPONS IN SPACE!, NO NUCLEAR ROCKET!, STOP THE BUSH WAR ON THE WORLD!, SUPPORT
THE KUCINICH SPACE BAN BILL!, KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE! & FUND HUMAN NEEDS! | National
Security Agency, Fort Meade, MD.
Contact: Max 410-323-7200 or Jonah House
410-233-6238. |
| 10/6-10/02
Sun to Thur. | | What
It Means To Be A 1948 Arab: Speaking Tour | Five
Arab Israelis sponsored by the Union of Arab Student Associations will visit DC
during a nationwide tour. A reception will be held on Sunday, lobbying on Monday,
and then visits to University of Maryland, Georgetown University and George Mason
University on the last three days. | Contact:
Ihab Darwish 703-568-3088. |
| 10/7/02
Mon. | |
| A
project of the Alliance for Justice (see "Civil Liberties in a New America"
event below). Hundreds of events on college campuses and law schools around the
country every month, teach-ins, speakers, and student rights. "They that
give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither
liberty nor safety"-Ben Franklin. | Contact:
866-347-7866 or 202-822-607 |
| Drumming
for Peace: Afghanistan Memorial | America
began bombing Afghanistan on October 7th, the official start of the war on
terrorism.
That's 12 months, which means Drummers for Peace will organize a 12-hour protest
of drumming and music. It is a memorial to the thousands of civilians who have
died from the war's fury, an unbelievable opportunity to tell the rest of the
world that we, as a collective global community, refuse to be silent in the face
of atrocity. Drummers for Peace is ready to make some noise; we hope you will
too. |
If you share my enthusiasm and are interested in organizing a music memorial in
your school, city, county, state, or nation, please contact: Steve
Larson at 253-879-4581 or |
| | Individuals
from a few local and national groups have begun a call for actions up on Capitol
Hill each day at noon, starting on. Two goals for the actions: TO GET CONGRESS
TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. Every day, literally hundeds of calls against starting
a war on Iraq are pouring into each Congressperson's office. Yet, on October 3rd
many congress members created a new war resolution that gives the President "authorization
to use Armed Forces of the US as he determines necessary." TO GET 40 SENATORS
TO SUPPORT A FILLIBUSTER. A fillibuster is the best chance that we have to stall
the vote and allow more time for Congress to consider the seriousness of giving
war powers to George Bush. And it gives more time for the peace movement to grow.
To learn more about getting your Congress member to support the fillibuster see
. Actions are designed to make a loud noise for peace. Some may involve CD or
non-permitted events | For
more information and updates please see:
Updates: |
| Mayday
Barbeque to Support Homeless | Mayday
DC and other homeless advocacy groups are planning a barbeque, which should serve
as a meeting for the homeless to voice their needs and wants around services and
actions. It is a time to "hold the politicians' feet to the fire". We
hope to surround city hall so that the voices of homeless people will be heard.
There will be food, music, and socialization. | Contact:
202-842-4479 or 202-246-7665 |
| "Civil
Liberties in a New America" | The
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) will be represented by Kareem
Shora in an upcoming panel discussion at the George Washington University Law
School. The discussion is sponsored by the George Washington University Equal
Justice Foundation, the American Constitution Society, the National Lawyer s Guild,
and the Law Association of Women. Other scheduled panelists include Elissa Massimino
(Executive Director for the Lawyer's Committee on Human Rights), Kate Martin (Executive
Director for the Center on National Security Studies) and Orin Kerr (GW Professor
of Law). Moderated by Professor Paul Butler (GW Law School) and followed by a
screening of the documentary film "Of Rights and Wrongs: The Threat to America's
Freedoms" featuring Howard Zinn and Susan Sarandon with the music of Bruce
Springsteen. | George
Washington University Law School, 2000 H Street, NW, Room L301 This
event is open to the public. Contact: |
| 10/9/02
Wed. | 10
am | Israeli
Peace Activist Speaks | Aliyah
Strauss, the chair of the Israel section of the Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom will speak. Presentation with Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of the
International Solidarity Movement. The public is welcome to attend. Aliyah Strauss
was born and grew up in the United States, but immigrated to Israel as a young
adult. She has been and remains active in the Arab-Jewish dialogue group Bridge
for Peace and Coexistence, Women in Black, and WILPF. Sponsored by the Women Ambassadors
Foundation, Dr. Marilyn Sephocle, President, Ambassador Lela Acevska. | Ralph
J. Bunche International Affairs Center, Howard University Campus
2218 6th Street
NW, 1st Floor Contact: Dr.
Sephocle, 202-723-1337
|
| 10:15
am | Fair
Budget Coalition | The
advocacy and mobilization meeting. Obviously there is much to discuss, given the
$300 million+ budget shortfall and impending cuts. | National
City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle
Contact: Mark
Andersen, Emmaus Services for the Aging, 202-745-1200 x15 |
| 11
am | "Feminism
and Filmmaking: Challenges and Changes" | Presented
by Women Make Movies, the leading nonprofit distributor of films and videotapes
by and about women. The Center for Social Media at American University celebrates
the 30th anniversary of this pioneering feminist film distributor with a film
series and a panel discussion on women. An expert discussion, with film clips,
on the realities of high-impact, socially-challenging filmmaking by women. Guests
include Debra Zimmerman, executive director of Women Make Movies; Maria Finitzo,
director of "5 girls"; and Media expert Pat Dowell. Center director
and film critic Pat Aufderheide moderates the panel | Wechsler
Theater, American University, 4400 Nebraska Ave, NW
RSVP to 202-885-2060,
x 6 |
| 11
am | Reward
Work March for Immigrant Justice | Historic
Immigration Coalition march for immigrant justice. This historic National Capital
Immigration
Coalition March for Immigrant justice. March with DC Jobs with Justice and come
ready to represent your community, student, faith-based and/or labor organization,
as well as DC. Join thousands of protesters from all over the country. | Freedom
Plaza, Pennsylvania and 13th St, NW
Contact: SEIU 82: 202-789-8282. |
| 12:30
pm | Israeli
Peace Activist Speaks (again) | Luncheon
Presentation by Aliyah Strauss, the chair of the Israel section of the Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom. | RSVP
required: Jeff Mendez, Acting Director or Tareq
Bremer, 202-338-1290 |
| 5:30
pm | "Performing
the Border" and "Made in Thailand" | These
two films address the feminization of the global economy. A discussion with Debra
Zimmerman, executive director of Women Make Movies, and a reception follows the
screening. | RSVP
to 202-885-2060, x 6. |
| 6
pm | Annual
Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award | Dinner
and reception, award ceremony. Award goes to Bishop Alvaro Tamazzi and Jobs With
Justice. Fee: $175. | Contact:
IPS 202-234-9382. |
| 10/10/02
Thur. | 11:20
am | "Divorce,
Iranian Style" | A
Q&A session, led by Deb Zimmerman and Prof. Lucinda Peach, follows the screening
of excerpts from this film. | American
University, 4400 Nebraska Ave. NW, SIS Lounge
RSVP to 202-885-2060, x 6. |
| 5:30
PM | "5
Girls" | This
is a co-presentation with the American Psychological Association. A Q&A session,
led by filmmaker Maria Finitzo and former APA president Dr. Norine Johnson, follows
the screening. | American
University, 4400 Nebraska Ave. NW, Wechsler Theater |
| 10/11/02
Fri. | 5:30
PM | "A
Boy Named Sue" | This
film challenges common expectations of gender. It is co-sponsored by the Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Alliance. | American
University, 4400 Nebraska Ave. NW, Wechsler Theater
RSVP to 202-885-2060, x
6. |
| 9
pm | PBS
"NOW with Bill Moyers": Viewpoints on War Against Iraq | The
next two episodes of the PBS public affairs program "NOW with Bill Moyers"
will examine the varying viewpoints on the possible war with Iraq. Check local
listings at: www.pbs.org/now/sched.html.
On October 11, the program will examine
public arguments being made against going to war by a number of community-based
groups including the National Council of Churches, Veterans for Peace, Voices
in the Wilderness, and Black Voices for Peace. In a thoughtful and measured documentary
segment, NOW will illuminate the issues on the minds of these groups' leaders:
the impact of the war on the black community, the possibility of continuing sanctions,
the human tragedy at stake, and the high financial
cost of war with so many
ongoing domestic problems | WETA
local channel
Share your views on the issues by joining the post-broadcast
discussion online at www.pbs.org/now. |
| 10/12/02
Sat. | | Call
for Mobilization Against the PPP | More
than 1000 delegates from over 350 organizations in Mesoamerica and other friendly
nations, met for the III Mesoamerican Forum in Managua, Nicaragua from July 16
18th. The Mesoamerican Movement for Popular Integration Against the Puebla-Panama
Plan called for mobilizations and struggle on the 12th of October to demonstrate
the rejection of the PPP (Puebla-Panama Plan), which will carve a major transportation
and industrial corridor from Puebla, Mexico to Panama. The mobilization will coincide
with different expressions of struggle on the day of Mesoamerican resistance. | For
more information on the PPP, visit www.acerca.org. |
| 1:00
- 3:30 pm | A
NATIONAL WITNESS FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE - BLACK VOICES FOR PEACE | Stop
the drive to ship Black and other youth off to war in Iraq and the Middle East,
fund human needs instead. This protest will demand: MONEY AND RESOURCES FOR HUMAN
NEEDS AND REPARATIONS/NOT WAR AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE OR IRAQ.... | WHITE
HOUSE/LAFAYETTE PARK, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
A representative of the Washington
Peace Center will speak at this event. Contact: Damu Smith, BVFP 202-232-5690. |
| 1:00
- 5 pm | Day
of Action Against the Second Colonization of the Americas | Sponsored
by the Latin America Soldiarity Coalition. Join us on the 510th anniversary of
the first invasion of the Americas, for a series of educational programs. Afternoon
workshops will focus on the Eight Demands of the Latin America Solidarity Coalition
and the American Indian Movement. Workshop facilitators from Witness for Peace,
SOA Watch, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Nicaragua Network, Campaign for Labor
Rights, Global Trade Watch, and Guatemalan Human Rights Commission. Donation requested. | La
Casa del Pueblo United Methodist Church (1459 Columbia Rd. NW. Near Columbia Heights
Metro)
Contact: Russell Bither-Terry, 202-544-9355 or see lasolidarity.org. |
| 6
pm | IRAQ:
Emergency Fundraising Dinner | For
decades, the people of Iraq have suffered under tyranny, wars and sanctions. As
the U.S. prepares to invade Iraq, new dangers threaten the lives of ordinary Iraqis.
The Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) and LIFE for Relief & Development
humbly invite you to join us for an emergency fundraising dinner. This event will
give you an opportunity to hear from eloquent speakers who can bring you up-to-date
on the crisis facing the people of Iraq and the debate in Washington | HILTON
Alexandria Mark Center, 5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA
To REGISTER please
contact the EPIC office at 202-543-6176. |
| 7
pm | "Do
The Right Thing: Taking A Stand For Peace and Getting Stronger" | The
Public Resource Center of Activism and Arts hosts a talk featuring Angel Kyodo
Williams, author of Being Black: Zen and the Art of living with Fearlessness and
Grace, and founder of Urban Peace Project. Open to the Community; Donations Appreciated. | St.
Aloysius Church, North Capitol & I St, NW (Union Station Metro, Red line)
Contact:
202-232-0304. Information |
| 7
pm | Evening
of Action Against the Second Colonization of the Americas | Sponsored
by the Latin America Soldiarity Coalition. The evening program will feature presentations
by Billy Redwing Tayac, Chief of the Piscataway (on whose land DC is built), Macrina
Cardenas from the Mexico Solidarity Network on the rights of immigrants during
war time, and Rev. Phil Wheaton on the relationships between war, oil, neoliberalism,
Plan Pueblo Panama, NAFTA and violence against indigenous. In addition, there
will also be cultural performances. Donation requested. | La
Casa del Pueblo United Methodist Church (1459 Columbia Rd. NW. Near Columbia Heights
Metro)
Contact: Russell Bither-Terry, 202-544-9355 Information |
| 10/18/02 Fri. |
7 - 9 pm |
Forum on The Things That Make For
Peace
|
"The U.S.
as a Moral Superpower: I Pledge Limited Allegiance to the Flag of the United
States of America". Presenter: Dr. Daniel Maguire, Professor of Ethics,
Marquette University. CAUTION: Dan Maguire is a provocative speaker and
writer on justice issues. e has been known to warn his audience at the outset
that those expecting the usual minced words from academe will be disappointed.
Dan holds an advanced degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University in
Rome and an award from Ms. Magazine for being one of the "40 male heroes
of the past decade, men who took chances and made a difference." Dan
has spoken out strongly AGAINST racism, sexism, clericalism, and nationalistic
and religious triumphalism" and even more strongly FOR Justice. He
has written award-winning books, including "The Moral Core of Judaism
and Christianity" |
Festival Center/Servant
Leadership School, 1640 Columbia Road, NW
Free. RSVP: 202 328 7312 |
| 10/18 to 10/27/02
|
...... |
"You Shall Be Known By the Company
You Keep"
|
Washington DC's
International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Fun! Films! Fest! One In Ten's
annual 11-day event that showcases great gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered
films from around the world. For more information, go to www.reelaffirmations.org.
|
Ticket Price:
Vary - Purchase Festival Passes and VIP Passes
online |
| 10/18 &
10/19/02 |
See |
"The Divine Light Still Burns:
The Holy Land Christians Endure"
|
The Holy Land
Christian Ecumenical Foundation announces its Fourth International Conference
on the Christians of the Holy Land. The Cultural Night on Saturday night
October 19, 2002 will feature a Palestinian Dance Troupe, a fashion show
of Palestinian dress, traditional Palestinian music and a video of the recent
events in the Holy Land. A panel of three speakers (Dr. Manual Hassassian,
Vice President, Bethlehem University, Father Majdi Siryani, Legal Advisor,
Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem; Bishop Munib Younan, Lutheran Bishop of
Jerusalem (invited) will discuss the events that have affected the lives
of Palestinian Christians living in the West Bank and Gaza. A panel of three
women living in Palestine (Claudette Habasch, Director, Caritas International,
Jerusalem; Nora Kort, Director, International Orthodox Charities, Jerusalem;
Mother Maria Stephanopoulos, Mother Superior, Convent of St. Mary Magdalene,
Jerusalem) will give their views on the crisis as it affects Christian women's
lives. Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah will give his views on ways to seek
peace in the Holy Land. A panel consisting of The Honorable Affif Saffieh,
Dr. Shibli Telhami and Attorney Michael Terazi will review American,
European and Palestinian reactions to the crisis in the Middle East. |
See: Conference
|
| 10/19/02
Sat. |
... |
Stop ExxonMobil
|
The Stop ExxonMobil
Alliance (SEMA) is calling for actions across the country. SEMA is a broad
association of rights groups working to influence ExxonMobil's behavior
in the human rights, environment, governance and community relations areas.
SEMA members support each others' demands but do not individually have the
expertise to take a public position on all the issue areas of the campaign.
See Information. |
An
Action Kit. |
| 12 noon |
Art for Peace: Bannermaking for October
26 March
|
People from
DC Anti-war Network, the Anti Capitalist Convergence, Left Turn, and the
DC Statehood Green Party will make banners and other creative props for
a local feeder march that will go to the massive Anti-war rally and march
on October 26th at the Vietnam Memorial. This local march is expected to
begin at the Columbia Heights Metro stop and go through residential neighborhoods,
eventually heading downtown with stops at the Washington Post and the White
House. We hope to make this a very creative march and the visuals will be
key. A contingent in the march is planning to take their shirts off to protest
the Bush Administration's plan to "Take the shirts off our backs to
pay for this War." We hope to expose the economic and human costs of
this war by creating an Iraqi War memorial which will be on display at the
Vietnam Memorial. |
At: 1858 Mintwood Place, NW
Contact: Adam or Alexis at 202-986-6186.
|
| 6:30 - 9:30
pm |
Pox Americana - Total and Permanent
War
|
Panel discussion
about the real agenda and consequences behind the planned invasion of Iraq,
including the dangers of nuclear warfare. Speakers include Bob Brown, Kwame
Toure Institute, Samih Farsoun, Middle East Research and Information Project,
Thomas Nagy, author of "The Secret Behind the Sanctions, Damu Smith
of Black Voices for Peace and John Steinbach, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Committee.
Sponsored by the DC Coalition to Stop the War Against Iraq, the Washington
Peace Center and others. |
St. Stephens Church, 1525 Newton Street, NW
Contact: 202-452-7454.
|
| 10/19 &10/20 |
See |
PEACE VIGIL AT THE PENTAGON
|
A CALL TO QUAKER
WOMEN and all friendly women from the Inter-Yearly Meeting Quaker Women
for a Culture of Peace. Saturday evening meeting for worship, nonviolence
training and community building. Overnight hospitality is available if requested.
Sunday morning - Nonviolence Training; Briefing on the Vigil procedures
(If and where persons, signs, holding hands or singing are permitted at
certain Pentagon locations, etc). Bring a sandwich and one or two to share
(and rain gear if necessary). Official Vigil Signs will be distributed for
use where Pentagon permits. Marshall/facilitators with BRIGHT ARM-BANDS
will direct women to
EXACT, Legal, Permitted Vigil location. THERE WILL BE NO CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
CONNECTED TO THIS VIGIL. Children with adults are welcome, though the Vigil
can take no responsibility for them. |
10/19/02- 7:00
- 9:30 pm (Gathering)
Friends Meeting of Washington, 2111 Florida Ave NW
10/2002 8:30 - 9:00 am (Nonviolence Training)
Sidwell Friends School, 3825 Wisconsin Ave, NW
10/20 11:00 am - 4:00 pm (Vigil)
Pentagon South Parking lot. |
| 10/20/02
Sun. |
2 pm |
Rally in Washington Against Global
Warming
|
The Chesapeake
Climate Action Network and the Maryland Sierra Club are sponsors. Join us
in making a stand for energy efficiency and clean, renewable energy-technologies
which are now readily affordable, good for the economy, and are our only
way of staving off worldwide climate disaster within the next few decades.
Speeches, music, buttons, banners, networking, and clean-energy demonstrations.
Guest speakers include U.S. House Democratic candidate Chris Van Hollen
and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and global warming activist Ross Gelbspan.
The event will also feature music, solar-energy demonstrations, and information
booths. The time for massive grassroots mobilization to stop global warming
has come. For those of us who understand the enormous stakes involved, who
recognize the economic disaster that's coming and the moral implications
of doing nothing. The earth is being obliterated and for all of us with
children and a love of the natural world; for farmers, fishermen, teachers,
health care providers,
coastal residents, fire fighters, union members, tourism operators, students,
conservationists |
At: US Capitol
Grounds, West Entrance
CONTACT: Chesapeake Climate Action
Network @ 301-270-3722 or . |
| 7 - 9 pm |
THE FACE OF RE-OCCUPATION
|
A slide show
by Penny Rosenwasser, a Jewish American Peace Activist. Rosenwasser spent
3 weeks in July in Palestine and Israel, participating in the International
Solidarity Movement's "Freedom Summer" campaign. She spoke with
survivors from the spring assault on Jenin and Nablus, helped open checkpoints
for Palestinians in Gaza, spoke with young Israelis refusing army service,
as well as soldiers with mixed feelings about serving the Occupation. She
also
witnessed soldiers rounding up hundreds of Palestinians in Al-Amari refugee
camp, interviewed leaders of the Israeli and Palestinian womens' peace movements,
witnessed the aftermath of 9 houses just demolished in Rafah camp, marched
with Palestinians and internationals in Nablus non-violently defying curfew,
and saw bulldozers destroying hundreds of Palestinian olive trees. Her Palestinian
hosts in Ramallah told questioning soldiers, "These Americans are Jews,
and they stand with us for peace." ROSENWASSER is Assistant Director
of the Middle East Children's Alliance, a human rights and humanitarian
aid organization; she also works with Bay Area Women in Black and A Jewish
Voice for Peace. She published a book of interviews, "Voices from a
'Promised Land': Palestinians and Israeli Peace Activists Speak Their Hearts." |
At: Intercultural
Center Room 106, Georgetown University, 37th and O Sts. NW
Sponsored by:
Women in Black, DC, The Young Arab Leadership Alliance, Georgetown University.
For more information email or
call 202-236-7747 |
| 10/21 Mon.
|
5:30 - 7 pm |
|
The Center for
Social Media, School of Communication at American University invites you
to a panel discussion featuring Nan Aron, President of Alliance for Justice;
Sam Gregory, Program Coordinator, WITNESS; Andrea Holley, Manager, Outreach
and Public Education, Human Rights Watch; and Elisa Munoz, Executive Director,
Crimes of War Project. Each will show examples of video work that has supported
human rights efforts. Center for Social Media director Pat Aufderheide moderates.
For information on the Human Rights Watch Film Series October 16 - November
20, 2002, featuring: "Afghanistan Year 1380", "The Pinochet
Case", "Profit and Nothing But!", "Gaza Strip",
"Human Weapon", "Haters" and "Of Rights and Wrongs" |
American University,
Mary Graydon Hall, Wechsler Theater, 3rd Floor
email:
Contact: Rouane Itani, (202) 885 3107 or RSVP (202) 885 2060 #6. |
| 10/22 Tue.
|
12:30 pm |
Which Side Are They On?: Rally the
Vote With Billy Bragg
|
Special performance
by singer Billy Bragg. Rally to help elect politicians who will work for
working families. Join Josb With Justice and get energized by Billy Bragg
and sign up for precinct walks and phone banks to make sure working family
voters know which side candidates are on. |
AFL-CIO, 815
16th St., N.W.
For more information
visit: |
| 6 pm 6
pm |
STOP POLICE BRUTALITY
|
Rally by you,
your friends, you kids, your co-workers etc. Sponsored by Tribal Revolutionary
Ideas for Black Emancipation. The people reclaiming our streets in defense
of horrible police repression which continues to claim the lives of our
people. This demonstration will include a march down to Police Headquarters,
a rally at the headquarters, as well as a candlelight vigil in remembrance
of all the stolen lives and fallen soldiers. See: www.october22.org.
|
Shaw/ Howard
Metro stop (R & 8 Sts. exit)
contact: or (202) 332-1833. |
|
Violence in Ireland
|
Dinner: Debra
Devenny, a resident of and a spokesperson for the Short Strand neighborhood
in Belfast is coming to DC to inform us about the continuing loyalist violence
toward residents of her surrounded neighborhood. Debra is a powerful and
well informed speaker. |
Free. RSVP:
Randy Cecil
301-325-5560 or |
|
The Pinochet Case
|
Famed Chilean
director Patricio Guzmán tracks down Pinochet, and chronicles the
groundbreaking trial that put him under house arrest, with the help of survivors
of Chilean torture. Part of the Human Rights Film Series. Free. For more
information on
the films in the festival |
American University,
Wechsler Auditorium, Mary Graydon Building, Room 603 |
| 7 pm |
Unprecedented, Documentary Film on
the 2000 Florida Election Debacle
|
People For the
American Way Foundation has joined with the National Education Association
to present the Washington, D.C. premiere of the documentary film 'Unprecedented'
which takes an
unflinching look at one of the most egregious mass-violations of voter rights
since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In the wake of the 2000
Florida election debacle, PFAW Foundation and its national partners created
the Election Protection program to defend the rights of voters in future
elections. Subsequent investigations and a civil lawsuit on behalf of disenfranchised
black voters found that action taken by the state government to purge ineligible
voters cut a wide swath through the voter rolls, removing many qualified
and eligible Floridian voters before the 2000 election. PFAW Foundation
will screen the film and then host a panel discussion about the film and
the impact the lessons of 2000 will have on election day 2002. Speakers:
Joan Sekler and Richard Ray Pérez, Co-producers, co-writers and co-directors
of "Unprecedented"; Ralph G. Neas, President, People For the American
Way Foundation; John Nichols, Washington Correspondent of The Nation, and
others. |
National Education Association Auditorium, 1201 16th
Street, NW
CONTACT: Tracy Duckett or Tarek Rizk at 202-467-4999.
RSVP ONLY: Amanda Pfenninger at 202-467-2376
|
|
Jews United For Justice Fall Membership
Meeting
|
Meet other JUFJers
Welcome new Board Members and bid farewell to outgoing members. Learn how
you can engage in JUFJ¹s exciting fall activities All are welcome. |
1101 14th St., NW, 6th Floor
Contact: 202-884-7635.
|
| 7:30 PM |
Jews and Christians: A New Conversation
|
Join Rabbi David
Rosen and the Rev. Dr. James Forbes for a probing look at the evolution
of Jewish-Christian relations against the backdrop of today's violence in
the Middle East. Revisit the often-troubled history of Christian "triumphant"
theology and the importance of the Holy land to both Christian history and
Jewish self-understanding. Rabbi Rosen is the international director of
inter-religious relations in Israel for the American Jewish Committee. He
will trace the rocky path that led from a determined mission to covert Jews
to Pope John Paul II's acceptance of Judaism as "the elder brother
of the Church." Rev. Forbes, senior minister of New York's Riverside
Church will speak about the closeness and the distance between Christians
and Jews. |
Washington National
Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin Aves., NW
Tickets and information at 202-537-2221 |
| 10/22 to 30th |
Info. |
Mirror of Truth Tour
|
"We hope
to show that our enemy is not Iraq or Afghanistan," said Rev. G. Simon
Harak, S. J., "and that we are not their enemies. The common enemy
for all of us are terror and these horrible weapons." The tour will
end at the School of Americas demonstrations.
Many locations and events. See DETAILS |
Maryland contact:
Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200
Tour contacts: Father Simon Harak
at 917.662.5790 or Mary Anne
Muller |
| 10/23 Wed. |
1 to 8 pm |
5th Annual Meeting and Healthcare
Campaign Forum
|
DC Primary Care Association gathering on "Primary
Care: Foundation for a Healthy City" Presenters: Sandy Allen, DC
Council, Ward 8, Chair Human Services; James Buford, Director, DC Dept.
or Health. New Report Release: "Who Are DC¹s Medically Vulnerable?"
Comprehensive overview of the uninsured, Medicaid, and Medicare under
200% of poverty line. New Report Release: "Primary Health Care Services
For the Medically Vulnerable" Comprehensive update on the status
of the Primary Care Safety Net. Mayor Williams, Catania, Mendelson, Orange,
Kinlow and other candidates confirmed to attend campaign forum.
- 10/23 Annual Meeting 1-5 pm (Auditorium)
- Reception 5-6 pm (Executive Mtng Rm, 5th fl, W. Wing)
- Healthcare Forum 6-8 pm (Auditorium) 111 Michigan
Ave., NW
|
RSVP to 202-638-4557 or 202-638-4637
|
| 6:30 - 8:30
pm |
Stand Up! for Democracy in D.C. Candidates'
Forum
|
The Stand Up!
for Democracy in D.C. Coalition will sponsor a forum for candidates for
Mayor, At-Large Council, and Statehood Senator and Representative. The forum
features a media panel with Joe Madison, nationally syndicated talk show
host for WOL-AM (Radio One/XM) and Mark Plotkin, political commentator and
analyst for WTOP-AM Radio. The Stand Up! for Democracy in D.C. Coalition
is a volunteer, non-partisan, grassroots civil rights organization that
has been dedicated to its goal of achieving full democracy, first-class
U.S. citizenship and equal civil and human rights for the more than half
a million people living in the District of Columbia, since its inception
in 1997. The forum will emphasize the candidates visions’ for achieving
full democracy and real citizens’ power for the people of DC. |
Martin Luther
King Memorial Library, 9th and G Sts. NW, Room A5
Contact: Anise Jenkins, (202) 232-2500 ext. 2 |
| 7 pm |
WHY WE'RE MARCHING: STOP Bush's War
at Home and Abroad
|
Proclaiming
that "America speaks with one voice," George W. Bush is threatening
war abroad against Iraq and war at home against one of the most important
unions in the United States, the West Coast dockworkers of the ILWU. As
tens of thousands of us prepare to march on October
26th, we must link our opposition to the mass slaughter of innocent Iraqis,
to attacks at home on
our unions in the name of "security". Speakers: Rev. Graylan Hagler;
Plymouth Congregational Church; Lindsay McLaughlin; legislative director,
International Longshore and Warehouse Union; Sherry Wolf - Organizer of
the War and Resistance Speaking Tour; Pat ELDER - DAWN (DC Anti-War Network). |
St. Stephens
Church, 16th and Newton Sts. NW (basement)
SPONSORED BY: The DC ANTI WAR NETWORK (DAWN) and the International Socialist
Organization. |
| 7 - 8:30
pm |
Vigil to Pray for a Peaceful Resolution
in Iraq
|
We will begin
in the sanctuary for a brief presentation and then move to the Peace Cross
for the lighting of candles and prayers. All are welcome. |
St. Albans Episcopal
Church, 3001 Wisconsin NW, at Massachusetts Ave.
Contact: Amy Slemmer, (202) 363-1599. |
|
The Natural History of the Rich: A
Field Guide
|
Richard Conniff
discusses his book. |
Politics and
Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW
Contact: Cleve Corner (202) 364-1919. |
| 10/24/02
Thur |
5:30 - 7:30
pm |
Too Much To Ask: Black Women in the
Era of Integration
|
Project South Washington Fall 2002 Book Forum Series
on Teaching & Organizing for Justice
Talk with author Elizabeth Higginbotham, Professor of Sociology &
Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. "In the 1960s, increasing
numbers of African American students entered predominantly White colleges
and universities in the northern and western United States. Too Much to
Ask focuses on the women of this pioneering generation, examining their
educational strategies and experiences and exploring how social class,
family upbringing, and expectations - their own and others' - prepared
them to achieve in an often hostile setting...More
Information.
|
American University - 4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW
For more information call 202.332.5333
|
| 6:30 - 9:00
pm |
A PEOPLE'S RALLY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
|
United in the
fight against Racism, Poison and Poverty. Hear national and local speakers
and invited elected officials, see exciting cultural performances, get information
and be part of the movement. Join us for an evening rally of the 2nd National
People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit, as we celebrate our work,
victories, lessons and key objectives of the growing environmental and economic
justice movement. At this event we will highlight and unite environmental
justice organizing underway throughout the country with the ongoing organizing
around affordable housing, health care, education, safe jobs at livable
wages and overall economic justice in Washington, DC and throughout the
nation. One goal of this national event is to provide support for the people
of Washington, DC, our host city. Please come out and represent your community. |
Hyatt Regency
Hotel Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave, NW
This event is free and open to the public. Contact: National People of Color
Environmental Leadership Summit Planning
Committee and National Black Environmental Justice Network. 202-265-4919
or 202-833-1333. |
| 6:30 - 8:30
pm |
Role of Community NGO's in Racial
Relations
|
Action for Peace
through Prayer and Aid sponsors the last in a series on racial conflict
and resolution. |
APPA Mission
Center, 319 R St., NW
Contact: APPA 202-939-0754. |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Student Pugwash, USA
|
Lecture on Science
and Social Responsibility by Ruth Adams, who attended the first Pugwash
Conference on Science and World Affairs in 1957 and became editor of the
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Reception will follow. |
Wyndham City
Center, 1143 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Room: New Hampshire III
RSVP by October 18, 202-429-8900 |
| 7:00 - 9:00
pm |
SOUTH ASIAN FILM SERIES: COMMUNAL
VIOLENCE
"EVIL STALKS THE LAND"
|
A documentary
by Gauhar Raza. A sobering examination of the events that led to the recent
massacres in Gujarat, India and political forces that drove them. The film
also looks at the issue of accountability and the effect that the violence
has had on Hindu-Muslim relations. And "JO MARE GAYE": (Peace
Theatre Group): a street-theatre skit. The striking story of a fanatic who
orders killings in another district, later to learn that his own son is
trapped in that very district. Panel Discussion and Q & A with academics,
activists, and government officials to follow skit and film screening. Sponsored
by: DC Collective for South Asians (DCCSA), ActionAid USA and DC Asians
for Peace and Justice (DCAPJ). DCCSA is a collective of DC metro area-based,
action oriented individuals who work on a broad spectrum of progressive
issues concerning the global South Asian community--peace and communal harmony,
social and economic justice, xenophobia, gender, sexuality, and race issues. |
Georgetown University,
107 St. Mary's Hall
For more information, write
us visit |
| 10/25/02 Fri.
|
10 am |
DC Hearing on Homelessness
|
Joint Public
Roundtable with Sandy Allen of the Committee on Human Services and Jim Graham
of the Subcommittee on Human Rights. |
Wilson Building,
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Chamber
Contact: DC City Council 202-724-8554. |
| 10/25/02
Fri. |
11:30 pm |
Fundraising event for the Washington
Peace Center
|
Entertainment
by Sol Y Soul/Spoken Resistance. Dinner is served from 7:00 - 9:30, dessert
until 10:30. Sets are at 7:45 and 9:00 pm. Suggested donation is $10-15.
Hope to see you there! |
Potter's House,
1658 Columbia Road, NW
|
| 6:30 -11:00
p.m. |
Benefit For The Washington Peace Center
|
ENTERTAINMENT
PROVIDED BY SOL Y SOUL/SPOKEN RESISTANCE. Shows start at 7:45 pm and 9 pm.
Dinner is served from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm, with dessert available until l0:
30 pm. See old friends, meet new progressives who care about local and national
peace and justice issues. Bring friends All are welcome. Learn more
about what the Washington Peace Center is doing. Suggested donation $10-15. |
Potter's House,
1658 Columbia Rd., N.W.
Contact:
Washington Peace Center 202-234-2000. |
| 7 pm |
"Africa-Cuba: 1959 to Today"
|
The Africa-Cuba
Speakers Committee is pleased to announce the upcoming visit of Victor Dreke
Cruz and Ana Morales Varela to Howard University. Victor Dreke Cruz, the
author of From the Escambray to the Congo: In the Whirlwind of the Cuban
Revolution (Pathfinder Press, 2002), and is currently vice-president of
the Cuba-Africa Friendship Association in Havana. He was a young
leader of the revolutionary struggle against the Cuban dictator Fulgencio
Batista. After the 1959 Cuban Revolution, Dreke held numerous responsibilities
including as a commander of the fight against U.S.-backed counterrevolutionary
bands in the Escambray mountains of Central Cuba. In 1965, Dreke served
as second in command under Che Guevara in the Congo when followers of Patrice
Lumumba, the assassinated leader of the fight for independence, requested
Cuba¹s assistance. From 1966-1968, he headed Cuba¹s military mission
in Guinea-Bissau at that time fighting for its independence from Portugal.
Dr. Ana Morales Varela graduated from the University of Havana Medical School
in 1977. She headed the Cuban Medical Mission in Guinea-Bissau from 1985
to 1987. She headed the establishment of the first medical school in
Guinea-Bissau in pediatrics, municipal and provincial public health administration,
and served as a professor in numerous medical schools. She currently teaches
at the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana. |
Howard University,
Blackburn Center, Digital Auditorium
Sponsors: Political Science Department, Howard University chapter of the
NAACP, HUSA, and the Howard University chapter of Amnesty International.
Contact: Dr. John Walton Cotman, Associate Professor of Political Science. |
| 10/25 - 10/27/02 |
... |
Fall Gathering of the American friends
Service Committee, Middle Atlantic Region
|
"Making the Local/Global Links" has speakers
and workshops.
At: Kellogg Conference Center, Gallaudet University
|
Call Rosetta,
410-323-7200 or Bette Hoover, 202-299-1050 to register. |
| 10/26/02
Sat. |
11 am |
OCTOBER 26
NATIONAL MARCH on WASHINGTON DC
with a joint action in San Francisco
|
STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ
BEFORE IT STARTS!
National Rally and March
On Saturday, October 26, 2002 -- the first
anniversary of the signing of the so-called Patriot Act -- anti-war, civil
rights, labor, student and other forces are joining together to launch
a massive international mobilization in opposition to a new war against
the people of Iraq. Mass marches and rallies will be held in Washington
DC and San Francisco in the U.S., and in many other countries.Information:
|
Starts 11:00 am at Constitution Gardens, 21st & Constitution,
NW (near the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial)
Map
ANSWER
Coalition and many others
Contact 202-332-5757
|
| 10:30 am |
Washington Peace Center
in a DC contingent
Join the Washington Peace Center in a DC contingent to
this march, which will join the National Coalition on Peace and Justice
contingent. Gathering place will be the grassy area at the SW corner of
21st St. & Constitution Ave, NW at 10:30 am.
|
Contact for
DC contingent: John Judge at 202-234-2000. |
| 10:45 am |
National
Coalition of Peace and Justice contingent
The National Coalition of Peace and Justice contingent
will gather at10:45 a.m., at the corner of 20th and Constitution. Go south
into the mall, follow concrete path that goes southeast and meet at the
edge of the pond near the concession stand. NCPJ will march as a nonviolent
contingent.
|
Meet at20th
and Constitution, NW |
| ... |
"PROJECT 300" AGAINST WAR
ON IRAQ: Muslim Contingent to National March
|
MAS Freedom
Foundation today announced "Project 300," a call to Muslims across
the nation to do their part for peace and justice by volunteering their
time and effort toward making the upcoming anti-war on Iraq rally a resounding
success. "If we Muslims in America truly do not want to see our country
launch a war on the people of Iraq, then now is the time for us to act,"
said MAS Freedom Foundation executive director Mahdi Bray. "He who
among you sees an evil should change it with his hand; and if he has not
strength enough to do it, then he should do it with his tongue; and if he
has not strength enough to do it, then he should hate it his heart and that
is the weakest of faith." (Prophet Muhammad). |
Contact:
MAS Freedom foundation NOW at 202-496-1288
Email |
| .... |
Do the Right Thing: Taking a Stand
for Peace²: Aaron McGruder
|
Saturday,
October 26
Workshop: 3:00 -5:00 pm
Cesar Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy, 1346 Florida Ave,
NW NW,
Talk: 7:00 - 9:00 pm National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle, NW
Resource Center for Activism and Arts invites you to the final Fall 2002
Workshop & Event with Aaron McGruder, creator of the comic strip "The
Boondocks² Workshop - donation suggested. Reservations required, RSVP:
202-232-0304. Talk - Tickets available at Resource Center, 1730 CT Ave NW
2nd Floor or Sisterspace & Books,1515 U St., NW or Politics & Prose,
5015 CT Ave, NW. For more information: dcampbell@gaeafoundation.org. |
10/ 2602
Workshop: 3-5 pm
Cesar Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy, 1346 Florida Ave,
NW NW,
Talk: 7-9 pm
National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle, NW |
| 6 pm |
|
Following the
national march for peace in downtown Washington, D.C., the University of
Maryland Peace Forum will be hosting a benefit concert to raise money for
the national anti-war movement. The event is planned to coincide with what
is hoped to be the largest protest to date against the administration's
push to invade Iraq. Headlining the concert will be Anti-Flag, and the show
will also feature performances by Ryan Harvey, The Prisoner's Dilemma, and
Woody the Fish, as well as several speakers. Cost: $10. |
CASA DEL PUEBLO,
1459 COLUMBIA RD., NW
Contact: Kobi Snitz 202-546-7846 |
|
The Trials of Lenny Bruce: The Fall
and Rise of an American Icon
|
Ronald Collins
and David Skover discusses their book. |
Politics and
Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW
Contact: Cleve Corner (202) 364-1919. |
| 11/1/02
Fri. |
7 pm |
Benefit Concert for Washington Inner
City Self-Help
|
The new band,
The Eleventh Hour, performs. No admission required. Basket is passed for
tax-deductible donations, and half goes to support a nonprofit named by
the band, the other half to support the artist-activists themselves. Great
food, books, and gifts for sale by the Potter's House to assist in making
this venue possible. The band is phenomenal, fresh message music with guitarists,
a cellist, and a master percussionist creating a blues/rock/jazz/folk fusion.
The performance will raise funds for Washington Innercity Self-Help (WISH),
which has been doing tenant organizing in the DC since the 1970s, when housing
displacement was as prevalent as it is now becoming again. |
Potter's House,
1658 Columbia Rd. NW
see www.wishdc.org or call (202) 529-5340
(ext. 2) |
| 7 pm |
Paul Wellstone Shabbat
|
Jews United
for Justice mourns the loss of Sen. Paul Wellstone, his wife Sheila, daughter
Marcia, and co-workers. He was a beloved leader, a tireless fighter for
social justice, and a source of hope and inspiration for all of us. This
Friday, members of the JUFJ community are invited to an informal pot luck
shabbat dinner to reflect together on Paul Wellstone's life and legacy.
Home of Shelley Moskowitz and David Mackoff. Bring a vegetarian/dairy dish
to share. |
1411 Kennedy
St., NW (near Carter Barron)
Information: 202-320-0213 or jufj@earthlink.net |
| 8 pm |
In Concert: Si Kahn
|
Folk music composer
and Executive Director of Grassroots Leadership (which does civil rights,
labor and community organizing in the South), Si is joined by Cephas And
Wiggins & Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer. Performance benefits the National
Association for Multi-Cultural Education (NAME): tickets $25; $15 For Name
Conference Attendees; $10 Students; Children Under 12 Free With Adult. |
Hyatt Regency
Crystal City, 27 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
Contact: 202-628-6263 or see http://Www.Nameorg.Org |
| 11/1-2/02 Fri
& Sat. |
8 pm |
Puente - Sol Y Soul
|
New
works by Spoken Resistance, live music by Ivan Navas, guest performance
by Universes from New York City. Sunday performance features Las Del Jueves,
a women's poetry collective from Mexico. $10 admission, $5 students, free
parking. |
Gala
Theatre, Warehouse, 1021 7th St., NW (at New York Ave.)
Reservations: 202-234-7174 or 202-526-4417 |
| 11/3/02 Sun. |
4 pm |
| 11/2/02 Sat.
|
2 - 4 pm |
The Big Bang -- An Explosion of Art
in Brazil and Cuba
|
A blend of
three perspectives with roots in Cuba and Brazil share their insights on
the development of Latin and African art in their family’s native land.
Rio born artist Ernani da Silva, living in New York, and Washington, DC
Photographer Nestor Hernandez, of Cuban descent, reveal how their roots
in Brazil and Cuba respectively has informed the direction of their artistic
expression through visual art and photography. Jacqueline Maggi, Cuban born
artist and educator at the Duke Ellington School, rounds out the discussion
with highlights of the contributions of notable Cuban artists and her path
as an artist and art educator. This soiree will be held at All Souls Church
with a reception following immediately afterward at Millennium Arts and
B&B. |
All Souls Church,
1500 Harvard Street, NW (exhibit)
DC. Millennium Arts and B&B, 1213 Girard Street, NW (reception)
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for seniors and students. Call: 202-319-8988. |
| 11/3/02
Sun. |
2 - 4 pm |
"Duties Toward My Neighbor, According
to My Faith."
|
Interfaith Conference
organized by the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. Speakers from Judaism, Christianity,
Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Islam, are invited to speak from their
religious point of view. Each speaker will have 15 minutes. This conference
is aimed at promoting understanding, harmony, and brotherhood among the
various religious communities. You are invited, along with your family,
friends, and members of your congregation, to join us. |
Baitur Rahman
Mosque, 15000 Good Hope Road in Silver Spring, MD
RSVP: Shamshad A. Nasir, Imam and Missionary 301-879-0110 ext. 10 |
| 2 - 4 pm |
Dialog with Kailash Mishra
|
Meet Kailash
Mishra, the director of Awareness, a grassroots NGO based in Orissa, India.
Awareness trains community organizers and addresses a broad range of issues
including workers rights, health and safety, housing, education, Hindu-Muslim
violence, castism, and women's rights. |
11 Pine Ave.,
Takoma Park, MD
RSVP: Juehlein@aol.com
301-270-2519 |
| 11/4/02 Mon. |
5 pm |
Peace Cafe, Film and Discussion
|
Film is Arab
and Jew: Return to the Promised Land. Discussion immediately following the
film. |
Visions Cinema
& Bistro, 1927 Florida Avenue NW
RSVP: ashallal@cox.net |
| 11/5/02
Tue. |
|
Treatment Instead of Jail for Drug
Offenders: Measure 62
|
The DC Campaign
for Treatment argues that drug addiction treatment will improve public health
by reducing drug abuse through proven effective strategies, enhance public
safety by reducing drug-related crime, and preserve jail and prison cells
for serious and violent offenders. The group urges passage of Measure 62,
a voting initiative on November 5th in DC. The measure will not allocate
funding, but will put the District on record in favor of treatment over
incarceration. |
For more information
wee www.dcmeasure62.com or call Opio
Sokoni at 202-216-0035, ext. 203 |
| 6 pm |
Human Rights Watch Film Series
|
Sponsored by
the Center for Social Media at American University. Haters and Of Rights
and Wrongs. Two films on the shocking erosion of civil rights for people
of color, and especially Muslims in the U.S. since 9/11. Haters, by Tania
Cuevas-Martinez and Lubna Khalid, is a project of DVRepublic, "a liberated
zone in cyberspace." Of Rights and Wrongs is part of the Alliance for
Justice's famed First Monday program, to promote involvement by lawyers
on civil and human rights issues. Speaker: Monica Selter, Counsel, Alliance
for Justice. |
American University,
Washington College of Law, Room 603
Information &
Schedule
Free RSVP 202-885-2069, ext
6 |
| 7:30 pm |
Jews and Christians: A New Conversation
|
Rev. Krister
Stendahl and Tikva Frymer-Kensky present an innovative perspective on the
Hebrew Bible showing that both Christians and Jews are "people of the
Book". These scholars feel that discussing both commonalities and differences
can spark insight into scripture study. |
Washington National
Cathedral, Wisconsin & Massachusetts Aves., NW
Tickets: 202-537-2221. |
| 9:15 pm |
Peace Cafe, Film and Discussion
|
Films: Compromise:
a Palestinian-Israeli Romeo & Juliet / Living in Conflict: Voices from
Israel and Palestine. Discussion immediately following the film. |
Visions Cinema
& Bistro, 1927 Florida Avenue NW
RSVP: ashallal@cox.net |
| 11/6/02
Wed. |
9 - 10:30 am |
Volunteer Agency Orientation
|
Community Service
Programs of the University of Maryland is hosting an orientation for community
agencies seeking to recruit student volunteers to help maximize their learning
experiences. Lean how to post internships and part-time jobs and how to
work with campus organizations. |
Nanticoke Room,
Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland
Register: 301-314-2273 or contact Megan 301-405-0741. |
| 9:30 - 11 am |
Fair Budget Coalition Meeting
|
Washington Legal
Clinic for the Homeless,1800 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 6th Floor |
Contact: Julia
Gordon, Center for Law and Social Policy (202) 906-8025. |
| 12 - 1 pm |
Women's Support Group
|
This is an ongoing
drop-in support group for women focused on identifying unhealthy relationships
and developing healthy ones. Issues include boundaries, communication styles
and types of abuse. |
Church of the
Epiphany, 1317 G St., NW
Contact: SOS Center of My Sister's Place 202-783-3003 or WEAVE 202-452-9550. |
| 5:30 pm |
Human Rights Watch Film Series
|
Sponsored by
the Center for Social Media at American University. Profit and Nothing But!
Renowned Haitian director Raoul Peck (Lumumba) probes the excoriating cost
of globalized capital on the culture and economy of his homeland, "a
country that doesn't exist, where intellectual discussion has become a luxury."
Speaker: Professor Emeritus of Economics, James Weaver. |
American University,
Wechsler Theatre, Mary Graydon Center, 3rd Floor
Information &
Schedule
Free RSVP 202-885-2069, ext
6 |
| 9:15 pm |
Peace Cafe, Film and Discussion
|
Films: All Hell
Broke Loose / Wailing Walls. Discussion immediately following the film. |
Visions Cinema
& Bistro, 1927 Florida Avenue NW
RSVP: ashallal@cox.net |
| 11/7/02
Thur. |
9 - 10:30 am |
Reconstructing American Capitalism
|
A First Thursday
Forum hosted by Citizen Works, featuring author William Grider's thoughts
on "Reconstructing American Capitalism" in The Nation. Organizational
materials welcomed. |
Mimi's American
Bistro, 2120 P St., NW
Contact: Ali Arace 202-265-6164. |
| 10 am |
DC City Council Vote on Resolution
to Prevent War on Iraq
|
A resolution
is pending with the City Council to express opposition to the pre-emptive
war on Iraq. Chamber events are broadcast live on Channel 13. Also on the
agenda that day is Bill 14-839 "Operation Enduring Freedom Active Duty
Pay Differential Extension" and more. Call ahead to get a copy or confirm
timing on agenda. |
Chamber, 1350
Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Contact: 202-724-8050. |
| ? |
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Conference
|
Quaker national
lobby group conference in DC |
Wyndham Hotel
Contact 202-547-6000. |
| 3 - 5 pm |
Afro-Colombian Working Group Meeting
|
We hope that
moving out into the community will increase the participation of African-Americans
in this working group. |
Plymouth United
Church of Christ, 5301 North Capitol St. (Fort Totten Metro, Red Line) |
| 11/8/02 |
9:30 - 11
am |
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Meeting
|
The DC Department
of Human Services needs the Best Practices Coalition to help it develop
a strategic plan for teen pregnancy prevention in the District of Columbia.
Susan Seling, Special Assistant to the Director, DC Department of Human
Services will be our special guest. |
Pre-registration
is required. RSVP: Jennifer
Bissell, with your name, organization, phone number and address. |
| 7:30 pm |
Jewish Peace Shabbat Service
|
You are invited
to a night of singing and reflection, followed by a potluck meal. Jewish
peace activists: As time passes, we might start to feel hopeless about ever
bringing about peaceful changes in Israel. We could use something to lift
us and rejuvenate our spirits, to help us get through these tough times.
With that in mind, some members of the Jewish community have come together
and created a Shabbat evening of singing, reflection and conversation, ending
in a festive Shabbat potluck dinner. |
RSVP
or call 202-236-9518. |
| 11/8-9/02 Fri
& Sat. |
? |
Sacred Circles: A Celebration of Women's
Spirituality 2002
|
A conference
that affirms women's bonds of the heart across religious and cultural boundaries
and explore the differences and common ground of the sacred. Kathleen Norris,
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Mahnaz Afkhami, and Michel Martin will speak. Song
and dance, yoga and art, writing and peacemaking will be explored by representatives
of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Siky, Buddhist and Native American
faith communities. |
Register
or call 202-537-2221 |
| 11/8-10/02
Fri to Sun |
- |
BALTIMORE STUDENTS HOST NATIONAL LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCE
|
Youth leaders,
students, & activists from across the globe will gather at the 4TH ANNUAL
YOUTH & COLLEGE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT at the from, 2002 for three days of
workshops, talks by inspirational speakers, networking receptions, and entertainment.
The theme of the summit, "Unveiling the Essence of Leadership,"
describes the Baltimore-based nonprofit youth organization that annually
organizes it, New Light Leadership Coalition, Inc. (NLLC). Their mission
is to pass the torch, inspiring youth to action in their own communities,
and they provide the resources to develop key leadership skills to do just
that. Friday morning's opening ceremony will feature a keynote address by
Jeffrey Johnson, National Director for the NAACP Youth & College Division. |
At: Baltimore
Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
For more information or to register, log
on to or call (410) 435-5432. |
| 11/9-11/02
Sat to Mon |
- |
Mobile-Eyes against Military Interventions
|
Free Speech
TV is a non-profit, progressive TV network with a mission to work with activists
and artists to cultivate an informed and active citizenry in order to advance
progressive social change. We feature diverse, eye-opening social, political,
and cultural works from independent producers and filmmakers. FSTV airs
24/7 on DISH Network, channel 9415 and part-time on almost 60 cable affiliates
across the country. Stay Tuned for upcoming Mobile-Eyes Campaigns, issue-based
programming that connects grassroots groups, media activists, and audiences
through high-visibility weekend or weeklong specials, with the goal of mobilizing
the masses. |
|
| 11/9/02 Sat. |
9 am |
“Youth in Lebanon: Catalysts for Democracy
and Change”
|
The Rene Moawad
Foundation, which promotes sustainable human development in Lebanon, and
the Center for the Global South at American University will be holding their
seventh annual conference. This one day conference will feature an opening
keynote address by the Lebanese Minister of Culture, Dr. Ghassan
Salameh and a keynote Address at the IFTAR Dinner
by Dr. Rima Khalaf,
The Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations. Other speakers include
HE Nayla Moawad and Ambasasdor Clovis Maksoud. Panels are free, dinner
is for $55/person. Students with an ID get a discounted rate of $35. |
9:00 am, IFTAR
Dinner 5:00-7:30 pm.
Hotel Washington, 15th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Call for special rates at the Hotel Reservations desk at 202-638-5900 or
800-424-9540. For further details: Rene Moawad
Foundation rmf@dc.net or 202-338-3535. |
| 7 pm |
By the Numbers Productions Anniversary
Celebration
|
With everybody,
rhythm & blues, folk, rap, gospel rock |
The Potter’s
House, 1658 Columbia Road, NW
Call 202-232-5483. |
| 11/10/02
Sun. |
3 pm |
SUSTAIN Benefit Concert
|
Benefit for
Stop US Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now! (SUSTAIN) and the International Solidarity
Movement (ISM) performed by David Rovics, a great
singer and songwriter who has taken strong and courageous stands on Palestine,
Iraq, and the actions of the US government. Also featuring
Allie Rosenblatt and special guest, Homage to Catalonia. |
St. Stephens
Church, 16th and Newton Sts. NW
Visit sustaincampaign.
Contact Mark Lance |
| 3:30 - 5:30
pm |
Benefit Concert for MOMIE's TLC
|
A benefit concert
featuring the Promised Land Baptist Church Gospel Choir. M.O.M.I.E¹s
TLC (Mentors of Minorities in Education¹s Total Learning Cis-Tem) M.O.M.I.E's
TLC is a dynamic new educational program designed to bolster the academic
and social skills of undeserved children living in the low income Columbia
Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC, through creative and culturally
relevant educational services. |
Promised Land
Baptist Church, 401 Van Buren St. NW, Takoma, DC
Contact: Colleen Rau 202-588-1808. |
| 4 pm |
Symphony of Peace
|
The 250-voice
New Dominion Chorale and Orchestra will present the world premiere of Washington
composer/conductor Thomas Beverage's "Symphony of Peace, conceived
in 1972 as a response to the war in Vietnam. This monumental work, playing
time 70 minutes, with chorus and soloists John Cheek, Debra Lawrence and
Robert Baker, is based on biblical texts pertaining to peace and the hope
of peace in the world. Beveridge will direct the performance on Veterans
Day weekend because he feels "now is the time for this piece to see
the light of day". Concert will include the National Men's Chorus singing
Randall Thompson's "Testament of Freedom" based on the writings
of Thomas Jefferson. |
Northern VA Community
College, Rachel Schlesinger Concert Hall, 3001 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria,
VA
Contact: 703-442-9204 or see www.newdominion.org |
| 5 pm |
An Historical Look at Reconciliation
and Repair
|
Peace Cafe discussion
with Dr. Akbar S. Ahmed (Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies
at American University) and David Shipler (author
of Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land). |
Theater J, 1529
16th Street NW
|
| 11/11/02
Mon. |
- |
Mobile-Eyes against Military Interventions
|
Free Speech TV,
a progressive TV network with a mission to work with activists and artists
to cultivate an informed and active citizenry in order to advance progressive
social change, airs 24/7 on DISH Network, channel 9415 and part-time on
almost 60 cable affiliates. |
Visit freespeech. |
|
CODE PINK - HUNGER STRIKE
|
Medea
Benjamin or Global Exchange and a new action organization, UNREASONABLE
WOMEN FOR PEACE are starting a hunger strike on Veterans Day to protest
a war against the Iraqi people. |
Lafayette Park,
White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Visit codepink.
|
| 12:30 - 2
pm |
Jerusalem
Women Speak: Three Women, Three Faiths, One
Shared City
|
A luncheon briefing
with Jean Zaru, Adi Dagan, Muna
Shikaki. What perspectives do women offer to the
Arab-Israeli conflict? Do women as a group share common objectives for reaching
peace in the region? Sponsored by Partners for Peace |
Center for Policy
Analysis on Palestine, 2425-35
Virginia Avenue, NW
RSVP to 202-338-1325 or palestinecenter. |
| 5:00 - 7:00
pm |
SPECIAL PEACE CAFE
|
A very special
Peace Cafe with two women from Israel one a Palestinian and one an Israeli,
visiting the US to share their story and talk about healing and reconciliation |
Mimi’s American
Bistro, 2120 P Street NW
RSVP Tony Shallal at ashallal@cox.net or 703-220-7007 |
| 7:00 pm |
“Tough Guise: Violence, Media and
the Crisis in Masculinity”
|
Movie screening,
narrated by Jackson Katz, a former all star football player and pre-eminent
gender violence prevention trainer, takes us on a harrowing tour of contemporary
masculinity. Tough Guise extends the feminist critique of gender to men’s
most intimate experiences of themselves. The film focuses attention on the
overwhelming statistical correlation between violent crime and gender in
our society, “usually over 90% male,” and argues that as a result “masculinity
should be designated as a public health hazard.” |
La Casa, 3166
Mount Pleasant Street NW |
| 11/12/02
Tue. |
6:00 - 8:00
pm |
IRAQ & AFTER, the Legal and Policy
Implications of Preemptive War
|
The Univ. of
Maryland School of Law Chapter of the American Constitution Society for
Law and Policy & the Univ. of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland
Security are hosting. The speakers are Professor Maxwell Chibundu, Univ.
of Maryland, School
of Law, Prof. Mark Lance, Georgetown
University, Program on Justice
and Peace, & Prof. Michael Van Alstine, Univ.
of Maryland, School
of Law. |
Univ. of Maryland,
School of Law, Krongard Room, #106, 500 W. Baltimore
St. , Baltimore, MD
Contact George Faraday |
| 8:00 PM |
Race Relations: Peace by Peace
|
Speaker
Series: Dr. Arun Gandhi. Few names in world history
evoke such powerful images of integrity, courage, social harmony, and hope.
Arun Gandhi carries within himself the same guiding
principles as his grandfather, the legendary peace fighter and spiritual
leader, Mohandas K. Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi |
Shriver Hall,
Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD
Visit gandhi.html.
|
| 11/13/02
Wed. |
5:30 pm |
Haters and Of Rights and Wrongs
|
Human Rights
Watch Film Series at Center for Social Media presents two films on the shocking
erosion of civil rights for people of color, and especially Muslims in the
U.S. since 9/11. Haters, by Tania Cuevas-Martinez and
Lubna Khalid, is a project
of DVRepublic, “a liberated zone in cyberspace.”
Of Rights and Wrongs is part of the Alliance
for Justice’s famed First Monday program, to promote involvement by lawyers
on civil and human rights issues. Speaker: Monica Selter,
Counsel, Alliance for Justice.
For more information |
Information |
| 6:30-8:00 pm |
Candlelight Vigil for Lori Berenson’s
33rd Birthday
|
We want to remind
the Peruvian government that we are in support of Lori’s freedom and human
rights and that we wish that she could be here with us to celebrate her
33rd birthday. She will have been in prison 7 years at the end
of November. |
Peruvian Embassy,
1700 Mass. Ave. NW
Laura M. Furst, Committee to
Free Lori Berenson 202-548-8480 or see www.freelori.org. |
| 7:30
p.m. |
The Poetry of Arab Women
|
Reading and Reception with Naomi Shihab Nye, Nathalie
Handal and Elmaz Abinader. Tickets $10. |
American University,
Wechsler Theatre, Graydon Hall, 3rd
Floor |
|
|
|
More to be added |
|
| 11/19/02 |
5:30 - 7:30
pm |
From Exclusion to Inclusion: The Long
Struggle for African
American Political Power
|
The Long Struggle
for African
American Political Power with authors Ralph C. Gomes, Professor of Sociology
at Howard University & Linda Faye Williams, Professor of Government
and Politics at University of Maryland. |
Howard University
- 2400 6th St, NW
Blackburn Center - Forum Room - 1st floor
Sponsor: Project South DC and
others
tel: 202.332.5333
fax: 301.320.4534
Email |
| 11/21/02
Thur. |
12:30 to 1:45 |
On the Miami Five
|
Fernando Garcia
Bielsa, First Secretary, Cuban Interests Section,
Swiss Embassy will speak on five Cubans who were trying to stop the ultra-right
terrorist groups in Miami from carrying out violent actions against the
people of Cuba. Since 1959, these organizations have conducted bombings,
assassinations and other sabotage, killing hundreds of innocent Cuban civilians.
Groups like Alpha 66, Omega 7, Brothers to the Rescue, and Cuban American
National Foundation have terrorized the Cuban people for years with impunity.
Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino,
René González and Fernando González,
acting in defense of their people, were living in Miami,
monitoring these terrorist groups to prevent future violence. But because
the U.S.
government - through the CIA - has played the principal role in funding,
training and arming the ultra-right Miami
mafia, the FBI targeted the five Cubans instead of arresting the terrorists.
To all justice-loving people in the U.S.
and around the world, we appeal to you to join the struggle to free Fernando,
René, Antonio, Ramón and Gerardo. Help us in outreach, education and organizing,
because once people know the facts of the case, we are sure they will call
for their freedom as well. |
UDC-DCSL,
Room 201, 4200 Connecticut Ave., NW
See http://www.freethefive.org
|
| 1 pm |
North American Week of Housing Action
|
Save Section
8 and public housing. Demand a National Housing Trust Fund to build and
preserve low-income housing. The North American Week of Housing Action will
unite people concerned about affordable housing in actions across the country
and in Canada.
In the US, organizations are demanding an increase in available low-income
housing through passage of the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund, an
increase in housing rights for Section 8 voucher holders, and an end to
displacement of public housing residents-particularly through the HOPE VI
program.
WISH, The National Coalition for the Homeless,
Right to a Roof! (San Francisco),
National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness,
Project South DC, and Homes Not Jails DC are sponsoring
this action. |
1st
and Independence
SE, (Capitol South Metro, Blue/Orange lines)
For all the details visit www.wishdc.org/nawha.htm. Need
more information? Call 202-737-6444 #44. |
| 3 - 8 pm |
Ramadhan Feed-The-Needy
Program
|
”Homeless Women’s
Dinner Program” seeks volunteers. Sponsored by the Coordinating
Council of Muslim Organizations. We will break our fast and pray
Maghrib salat at the
site. |
First Congregational
Church, 945 G Street NW, Basement
Contact: Imam Johari, Muslim Chaplain, Howard
University, 202-345-5233. |
| 5 pm |
U Street Throw Down
|
We
are sick and tired of the condescending, self-centered, arrogant, white
racists and the opportunistic black representatives of “Main
Street”. The time is past due for some
of the ANGRY BLACK PEOPLE and OTHER RIGHTEOUS FOLKS to stand up and let
them know that U STREET IS SACRED GROUND to us and they will not invade,
colonize and gentrify this area without organized resistance! What
are we going to do about it? Come hear our concerns, suggestions, and remarks.
We ain’t playing ya’ll! (smile).
|
Lincoln
Theatre, 15th & U Sts.
NW
Contact: Sisterspace 202-332-3433. |
| 6 - 8 0m |
Peace and Hair Grease, “The Celebrate and Save U
Street Coalition”
|
Join us for
a celebration and book signing with Dr. Julianne Malveaux, who will discuss her two new books, Unfinished
Business: A Democrat and A Republican Take on the 10 Most Important Issues
Women Face and Paradox of Loyalty: An African American Response to
the War on Terrorism. This event is sponsored by the Washington DC Chapter
of the Black MBAs. |
Sisterspace
and Books, 1515 U Street, NW
Contact: 202-332-3433. |
| 7 - 9:30 pm |
Nonviolence Training and Action Prep
|
Training for
civil disobedience actions related to “Pledge of Resistance to the proposed
war on Iraq”.
Workshop will need at least 10 confirmed participants. Donations accepted
for trainers.
Can’t make this workshop but interested in registering for another one? |
AFSC/DC,
2211 14th St. NW,
Call us. Register: Roxanne or Bette at 202-299-1050 or 299-9100 ASAP. |
| 9:30 pm |
Peace Cafe
|
A discussion
facilitated by the Washington Psychoanalytic Foundation. |
Theater
J, 1529 16th
Street NW |
| 11/21-12/1/02 |
7:30 or 8
pm, 3 pm Sun. |
Death and the Maiden
|
A play by Ariel
Dorfman directed by John Vreeke, a fiery debate between the virtues of retribution
and reconciliation, justice and mercy when a woman meets her former torturer.
Wednesday to Sunday evenings at. $21 weekends.
|
Theater J,
DCJCC, 1529 16th St., NW
Tickets: Jill Levin. 202-777-3229 or www.theaterj.org |
| 11/21-12/1/02 |
Call |
Guest and Host
|
This
play focuses on the devastating effects of war and ethnic hatred upon the
virtues of honor, friendship, and love. We would like to invite members
of your organization to join us for this event. We thought the issues presented
in this play would be particularly relevant. For a group of ten or more
we can offer a discounted rate, and if you can get 20 or more people to
come, we would like to have an informal conversational session with the
actors, director, and choreographer and your group about the production
and its meaning for us. |
Synetic
Theater, International Stanislavsky Theater Studio,
1742 Church St. NW
Contact: Greg Marzullo (202)265-3748. |
| 11/21-12/17/02 |
1 - 6 pm |
TEXAS
RANGERS
|
See “an anti-war
show from Houston, Texas”.
Organized with the Artcar
Museum in Texas
and Museum of Contemporary Art, D.C.
Texas Rangers features the
work of Eric Avery, Gabriel Delgado Tim Glover, Ann Harithas,
Amalia Harithas, Stephanie
Swartz and Jenny Stark. |
MOCA
DC,1054
31st St., NW (Canal
Square, Georgetown)
See www.mocadc.org. Contact: 202 342 6230 or mocawashdc@aol.com.
|
| 11/21-3/8/03 |
Call |
WOMEN UNITED FOR PEACE VIGIL AND FAST
|
As women, we
are deeply distressed by Bush’s plan to drag us into a war for oil that
will kill thousands of innocent Iraqis, risk the lives of US service members,
increase anti-American sentiment, and rob life-giving programs, schools,
health care and decent housing for the world’s poor. The vigil/fast is a
poignant call to reorient our nation to focus on nurturing, compassion,
and non-violent resolution of conflicts. If you are part of an organization
(school, religious group, union, business, NGO, etc.), we encourage you
to take responsibility for four days of the vigil/fast. We are also meeting
with local DC social justice and peace organizations to support their work
and assist with movement building. We need multi-skilled people, including
artists, peformers, musicians, banner-makers and others to help create
a “Code Pink” presence around town. The fast will last through March 8,
International Women’s Day. |
Lafayette
Park, White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Contact: Kristi Laughlin at 202-393-5016 or 415/255-7291 or kristin@igc.org
or Medea Benjamin at
415-235-6517 or women@unitedforpeace.org
|
| 11/22/02
Fri. |
12 - 1:30 pm |
“The Future of American Democracy” Brown Bag
Lunch
|
The DC Environmental
Network in coordination with Global Green invites all Metro-based Environmentalists
to a Brown Bag Luncheon with former Congressman Glen Browder,
Eminent Scholar in American Democracy, Jacksonville State University who
will discuss his new book, followed by an open discussion. “America
is changing in ways that are important and unsettling for the future of
American democracy. It is time for serious national dialogue about America
- including some alternative scenarios and the possibility of transformational
“New America” - into the Twenty-First Century. |
Friends of
the Earth, 1025 Vermont Avenue, NW 3rd Floor, |
| 7:30 pm |
Prayer Vigil for Middle East Peace
|
Prayer service
at, with Rev. Lynn Strauss, Associate Minister. Dr. Peter Gubser, American Near East Refugee Aid, will report on his
visit to Jerusalem, the West
Bank and Gaza. |
River Road
Unitarian Church, 6301 River Road, Bethesda, MD |
| 8 pm |
Bethesda Planning Meeting for December 10 Action
|
We are planning
a march on the White House on International Human Rights Day, Tuesday, December
10, 2002. Several national groups are planning demonstrations on that
day. Join Senior citizens and others from the Bethesda-Chevy Chase faith
community in a planning meeting |
Bethesda
Friends Meetinghouse, Sidwell Friends Lower School,
Beverly Road between Edgemoor Lane and Hampden
Lane
Contact Jane Coe at 301-320-5083 or Pat Elder at 202-302-5548. |
| 11/22-11/29/02 |
... |
Pastors for Peace Cuba
Delegation
|
Delegation
to a Conference Against Free Trade of Americas.
Information 212-926-5757 or cucaravan@igc.org.
Caravan in DC on November 29. |
Contact: Olivia
202-722-1307. |
| 11/23/02
Sat. |
... |
Homeless Walk-A-Thon
|
Walk with Bread
for the City to fight homelessness. Register on site. |
National Mall
helpthehmelessdc.org
or contact Anne Ellsworth at aellsworth. |
| 1 pm |
TOWN HALL & PLANNING MEETING - DC Prescription
Benefits
|
Stand up for
our valued senior citizens who are being denied prescription medications
at no charge from public health clinics and pharmacies. Attend this action
planning meeting sponsored by the “Emergency Coalition to Restore Prescription
Benefits” to hear how our seniors are being denied life-saving prescriptions.
For the past 30 years, citizens living in the District and eligible for
Medicare have been able to get prescription medications at no charge from
public health clinics and pharmacies. DC Healthcare Alliance has cut all
Medicare-eligible citizens from the prescription drug program, leaving them
without access to life-saving medications. For many, especially those on
low, fixed incomes, the cost for prescription drugs is prohibitive, yet
most are ineligible for Medicaid prescription benefits. Many elders must
choose between food and rent versus taking their medications. The Emergency
Coalition demands an immediate reinstatement of prescription benefits, and
calls on the DC City Council to declare a crisis. Sponsors: Gray Panthers,
Emmaus Services for the Elderly, Project WISH (Washington
Inner City Self Help), City Center Community Corporation, MOMS (Mothers
On the Move Spiritually), Perry
School Community
Services Center,
Holy Redeemer
Church, St.
Aloysius Church, DC
Statehood Green Party, and the DC Health Care Coalition |
St. Aloysius
Church (North Capitol St., NW
Contact 202-667-0376. |
| 11/23-11/24/02 |
... |
Nicaragua Network National Leadership Meeting
|
DC activists
are invited to attend sessions dealing with topics of interest to them.
The National Leadership Meeting brings together representatives of Nicaragua
Network from around the country More
Information |
N Street Village,
1333 N St., NW
Reply to chuck@nicanet.org.
|
| 11/23/02
Sat. |
5 & 7:30
pm |
A LIBERATING PRAYER: A LOVESONG FOR MUMIA
|
A DC premier
play in support of Mumia Abu Jamal sponsored by
DC FRIENDS OF MOVE/CONCERNED FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF MUMIA. |
Howard University’s Enviromental Theater
Space, Fine Arts Bldg.
For reservations contact the box office at 202-806-7700.
|
| 7 pm |
Mobile-Eyes Against Military Interventions
|
Free Speech TV
is proud to announce the next of its monthly program specials, Mobile-Eyes
Against Military Interventions. More
Information |
Check Freespeech
TV to find out where FSTV broadcasts in your area.
|
| 11/25/02
Mon. |
6:30 pm |
DC Network and Support for Code Pink
|
A meeting of
diverse local organizations working for peace and social justice to provide
support for and be supported in local issue work by the ongoing Women’s
Vigil for Peace. Please join us to share ideas and projects events or actions
that will connect the multi-ethnic, pan-sexual, inter-religious and diverse
community that makes up our nation’s Capitol area. We want to support and
highlight the work being done on local issues as well as shape our vigil
to be inclusive and to add women’s voices to the cry for peace. Some will
be fasting and need medical, legal and moral support. Help us plan a series
of forums and events between now and March, as well as getting support for
your issues. |
Lafayette
Park, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (across from White House)
Contact: Kristi Laughlin at 202-393-5016 or 415-255-7291 or kristi@igc.org
or unitedforpeace.org
|
| 6:45 - 8:45
pm |
The U.S.,
U.N. & Iraq: Discussion of War or Why Not
|
A
SALSA Discussion. President Bush has been beating war drums for months,
while the international community has resisted complicity. Despite concessions
to the United Nations by Saddam Hussein that would allow weapons inspectors
into Iraqi facilities, the Bush administration seems to insist upon war
with Iraq.
Is Iraq
really a threat to US
national security? What should be the role of the UN? Where does the will
of the American public fit in? These are just some of the issues that will
be discussed by experts from ‘both’ sides, as well as the most recent developments,
and you can participate. FREE or $5 donation. More
Information |
IPS, 733
15th St. NW, Suite 1020
Register at 202-234-9382 ext. 229 or Netfa@hotsalsa.org.
For a full schedule see www.HotSalsa.org. |
| 7 pm |
Senorita Extraviada,
Missing Young Woman
|
An
award-winning documentary investigating the kidnapping, rape, and murder
of over 250 women in Mexico,
since 1993. Panel discussion featuring mothers of disappeared from
Juarez, and members of Nuestras Hijas
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM. Tickets: $10/adult,
$8/student/senior. |
VISIONS Cinema,
1927 Florida Ave., N.W.
Contact: AIUSA at 202-544-0200 x482 or wminterndc@aiusa.org or visit www.aiusa.org/women. |
| 7 - 8:30 pm |
A special briefing on the Maryland budget crisis
|
Featuring a
discussion of the state fiscal situation by Steve Hill, followed by a presentation
on the budget for Prince George’s County public schools by Adam Levner
of Stand for Children. |
Eleanor Roosevelt
High School, Greenbelt, MD
To register, call toll-free 877-565-0942. |
| 11/26/02
Tue. |
... |
MOBILIZATION TO FIGHT AIDS IN THE U.S.
AND WORLDWIDE
|
Nonviolent civil
disobedience to stop the Bush AIDS disaster. Condoleezza Rice, in a meeting
with AIDS activists, made it plain that President Bush is going to insist
on underfunding the fight against global AIDS.
People with AIDS and their supporters are paying a visit to the Bush Administration.
If you or your organization are able to help in
any way with media, funding, turnout, or CD participants. |
Contact Paul
Davis at pdavis@healthgap.org
or 215-833-4102. |
| 12 noon |
Pre-World AIDS Day Demonstration
|
Protest against
Bush’s AIDS policy. FIGHT AIDS, NOT ENDLESS WAR, STATE OF EMERGENCY:
NOT ANOTHER YEAR OF DEADLY AIDS POLICIES. March on the White House. |
McPherson
Square, 15th & Eye
Street NW
See:www.healthgap.org
|
| 11/28/02
Thur. |
Call |
Pastors for Peace Cuba Delegation
|
Delegation to
a Conference Against Free Trade of Americas. Information 212-926-5757 or
|
Information
212-926-5757 or cucaravan@igc.org.
Caravan in DC on November 29. Contact: Olivia 202-722-1307. |
| 1:00 -
6:00 pm (Weds. - Sat.) |
TEXAS RANGERS
|
See “an anti-war
show from Houston, Texas”. Organized with the Artcar Museum in Texas and
Museum of Contemporary Art, D.C. Texas Rangers features the work of Eric
Avery, Gabriel Delgado Tim Glover, Ann Harithas, Amalia Harithas, Stephanie
Swartz and Jenny Stark. |
MOCA DC,1054
31st St., NW (Canal Square, Georgetown)
See www.mocadc.org. Contact: 202 342 6230 or mocawashdc@aol.com. |
| 11/29/02
Fri. |
... |
International Day of Solidarity with
the Palestinian People
|
At
the recent United Nations symposium on Palestine,
ADC President Ziad Asali
called for action against the occupation on that day. Now ADC joins with
the Campaign to End the Occupation to promote vigils, demonstrations and
other actions in support of the Palestinians. We urge all those who support
Palestinian rights to organize or join these activities. Please contact
peace and human rights organizations and networks in your community to set
up events on the 29th. The Campaign to End the Occupation says:
“It is especially urgent to plan such actions to draw attention to the fear
of “transfer”. Many Israelis, including top officials, are now openly calling
for expulsion of Palestinians from the West Bank
and Gaza to other Arab countries.
They may use the cover of war against Iraq
to do so. Vigils, demonstrations, outside shopping malls
and other places where crowds gather. Also good time for letters
and calls to local congressional offices and letters and op eds in the media |
Contact: American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee (202) 244-2990 or adc@adc.org |
| Call |
Clothes for a Change
|
Nationwide actions
to pressure GAP to stop using sweatshop labor and start using organic cotton |
Organic Consumers
Association 218-940-3429 or Connie. |
| 11/30/02 |
2 - 5 pm |
Project South & Community Neighbors
Open House!
|
Join Project
South & our community neighbors to
celebrate our new office. |
At St. Stephen's
Church, 1525 Newton St., NW
Sponsor: Project South DC
tel: 202.332.5333, fax: 301.320.4534, Email
|
| 5 pm |
Peace Cafe discussion
|
Discussion on
Religious Dimensions of Reconciliation: Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Perspectives
with Imam Yahya Hendi (Georgetown University), Rabbi Harold White (Georgetown
University), Father Drew Christiansen, SJ (America Magazine), and Reverend
Clark Lobenstine (InterFaith
Conference of Metropolitan Washington). |
Theater J,
1529 16th Street, NW |
| 12/3/02
Tue. |
Email |
Kensington Welfare Rights Union Tour
|
The most activist
and creative movement of poor people in the United States is conducting
a bus tour throughout the US to meet with other groups and document human
rights abuses in the US. Come find out how you can join them when
they stop in DC. |
DC. Contact: AthenaACE@aol.com
KWRU
|
| 2:30-5:30
pm |
The New Freedom Bus Tour
|
Celebrate our
Human Rights with poor & homeless FREEDOM RIDERS of every background
and location who are traveling across the country on a bus to document the
stories of economic human rights violations in the U.S. The New Freedom
Riders will stop in D.C. and will end the national tour in a march to the
United Nations in NYC on December 10th with the testimony of
thousands of poor people across the U.S. who are standing up and being made
visible to the world. |
Arthur Capper Recreation Center, 5th &
K St., SE
For more info visit www.kwru.org. Contact: Friends & Residents
of Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg (202) 483-1368.
|
| 7:00 pm |
Rally Against Executions
|
Join us for an indoor rally and show
Ashcroft and Ehrlich that we won’t let them turn back the clock. Sponsored
by the Campaign to End the Death Penalty.
”Exploiting the Sniper Tragedy—Don’t let politicians turn tragedy into
a blank check to execute!”
Speakers: Shujaa Graham, former death row inmate, Johnny Barnes, Executive
Director ACLU, National Capital Area, Robin Maher, Director American Bar
Assoc., Death Penalty Representation Project, Jack Payden-Travers, Director
Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Mike Stark, Campaign
to End the Death Penalty. As the region searches for answers to the horrible
sniper shootings, politicians like Attorney General John Ashcroft and
MD Governor-elect Bob Ehrlich are eager to use this tragedy to sell and
expand the death penalty. Ashcroft quickly moved sniper suspects, Gulf
War veteran John Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, to Virginia to ensure their
quick execution; Ehrlich pledged to overturn Maryland’s moratorium on
executions and to lower the eligible age for the death penalty to 17.
|
George Washington University, Marvin Center, 3rd
Floor Amphitheatre, 21st and H St. NW (Foggy Bottom Metro,
Orange/Blue lines)
For more information: cedp_dc@hotmail.com.
|
| 8:00 pm |
Anti-War Poster Night
|
Be All You Can
Be Recruiters for Peace and Justice is hosting a big poster night to promote
upcoming protests on December 10th. Bring cars. We have supplies
to hang posters about the War in Iraq. We also have1000 brand new
“Campaign Style” posters (no wheat paste needed) that say
”No Iraq War.” Make resistance visible. Rain or shine come on out.
Wake Up Washington. Ten years of War in Iraq is enough. Lets stop
Bush NOW. |
1858 Mintwood
Place, NW #4 (Woodley Park/Zoo Metro, Red line) |
| 12/4/02
Wed. |
Noon |
Full Disclosure at Fidelity
|
Did Fidelity,
the nation’s largest mutual fund, use their clients’ voting share power
to support excessive CEO pay, conflicted audit committees and companies
reincorporating overseas? Join working family activists and investors in
a 20-city blitz as we demand full disclosure and accountability from Fidelity
and other mutual funds. |
1900 K Street,
NW
Contact: Vinnie O’Brien, AFL-CIO, vobrien@aflcio.org
|
| 6:30 pm
- 8:30 pm |
MSNBC Focus Group on Iraq War
|
A national research
company and would like to offer you the chance to be on national television.
To qualify, you must be an opinionated and outspoken local college student
with strong personal views about the elections and the situation in Iraq
and the Middle East. If you meet these criteria, we want to put you on MSNBC.
We are conducting a focus group to discuss U.S. elections and U.S. involvement
in Iraq. Do you believe the United States should Invade Iraq? |
Contact: JRandazzo@luntz.com |
| 7:30 p.m. |
National ACLU Executive Director Anthony
Romero
|
National ACLU
Executive Director, Anthony Romero is at the center of the debate on whether
the government can implement increased security measures while respecting
our civil liberties after September 11. Co-sponsored by: ACLU of Maryland
and the UMCP-ACLU Student Chapter, University Honors Program, Department
of Philosophy, Department of Women¹s Studies and Office of Human Relations.
Ample pay parking is available adjacent to the student union. To purchase
tickets ($10 each/free with valid University of Maryland, College park ID) |
Grand Ballroom,
Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland at College Park
Directions and parking information, please call 410-889-8550, ext. 115
or curtis@aclu-md.org. |
| 12/5/02
Thur. |
9:00-10:30
am |
First Thursday Forum
|
Complimentary
continental breakfast and updates and discussion with Reinhard Buetikofer,
Political Director, Alliance 90/The Greens (Germany) “How to win an election
on a progressive record - the agenda of four more years red-green in Germany.” |
Mimi’s American
Bistro, 2120 P St. NW (DuPont Circle Metro, Red line)
Hosted by Citizen Works
RSVP to Ali Arace (202) 265-6164. |
| 5:00 pm |
Justice at Union Station
|
Support parking
attendants at Union Station. Contact: Emil Abate, HERE 27 |
Union Station,
60 Massachusetts Ave NE (at traffic circle) eabate@sysnet.net. |
| 7:00 p.m.
- 9:30 p.m. |
NONVIOLENCE TRAINING
|
This workshop
is a basic training for nonviolence in preparation for actions and a movement
for nonviolent social change. Interactive and experiential in nature. Participants
will gain a deeper knowledge of the importance of a nonviolent movement
for real and long lasting social change |
AFSC/DC, 2211
14th St. NW, (U St/Cardozo Metro, Green line)
RSVP: Bette or Roxanne at 202-299-1050. |
| 12/5 to 12/15/02 |
Check |
Washington Jewish Film Festival
|
The 15th
annual series of films on Jewish topics |
Jewish Community
Center, Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts, 1529 16th St., NW
For full schedule see www.wjff.org. |
| 12/6/02 Fri. |
7:00 -10:00
pm |
Fundraiser for Afghan Women
|
Dr. Zieba Shorish-Shamley:
Women¹s Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan, Suraya Sadeed:
Help the Afghan Children, Belquis Ahmadi: International Human Rights Law
Group, Patricia Smith Melton: Peace X Peace, Kelly McQueen: Doctors Without
Borders, Norma Gattsek: The Feminist Majority. Tickets: $30/$25 AU students,
with proceeds to Doctors Without Borders’ Afghanistan Programs. |
Graydon Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts
Ave., NW
Sponsored by Women’s Information Network. Tickets
at www.winonline.org.
WIN at MaryTylerHolmes.
|
| 12/6-7/02 |
5 pm Fri.
10 am Sat. |
THE PALESTINIAN EMBROIDERY PROJECT
SALE
|
Items for sale
are made by refugees in camps in the West Bank and Gaza, Lebanon and Jordan.
All proceeds go to women who do the work. |
5100 Baltimore
Avenue, Bethesda, MD
Contact: Gretchen Theobald (202)244-2753 or Email, or Pamela Mertz (301)229-0973 or MERTZMD@aol.com. |
| 12/6/02 Fri. |
Check |
Weekend of Prayer For Peace in Iraq
|
You are invited
to join with other people of faith to pray for peace in Iraq for one hour
or more between 6:00 p.m. on December 6th to 8:00 p.m. on December
8th. You may create a prayer service in your particular religious
tradition or create a specifically interfaith prayer service. The core concept
of the Interfaith Prayer For Peace (IPFP) is that people of faith may disagree
about prayer, may disagree about paths to peace, and may disagree about
where justice lies, but can come together in sharing a common longing for
peace. In a mutual turning toward God, however named, we share a common
alignment and the hope that our conversations and actions may become better
grounded so that paths to peace with justice may occur. This invitation
to prayer arises from all the groups that choose to take part in this Interfaith
Prayer For Peace collaboration. There is no organization to join, no principles
to endorse, and no financial contribution is required. Prayer activities
can occur in homes, in houses of worship, or in other private settings. |
The invited
process is simple. Create a prayer activity online and send the link with
a note about location (City and State) to the IPFP at www.peaceprayer.org |
| 12/6-13/02 |
Check |
FIDEL, Award Winning Documentary
|
Starring Fidel
Castro, Muhammad Ali, Harry Belafonte, Ted Turner, Alice Walker, and Angela
Davis. This documentary examines the political and social impact that Cuban
leader Fidel Castro has had upon the world during the more than forty years
he has been in power. Simply put, whether one is pro Fidel or con Fidel,
pro-Cuba or con-Cuba this is the best film on Castro and Cuba done. Without
delving into the specific politics of Castro this film demonstrates the
impact he has on the political theatre of the Americas, former Soviet Union,
the Carribean and Africa. The film goes into his relationship to Che and
the alliances he sought with other national leaders that sought their independence,
Ho Chi Min, Allende, Bishop, Mandela etc. All those who are interested in
history would be best to see this film. Director Estela Bravo was
great in including some of the revolutionary icons of the 60’s & 70’s. |
Visions Cinema, 1927 Florida Avenue, NW (Dupont Circle
Metro, Red line)
See: Visions Theater or www.firstrunfeatures.com.
Contact: 202-667-0090.
|
| 12/7/02
Sat. |
10:30 am |
Stop the War Against Iraq - And Here
at Home
|
Discussion with
Arjun Makhijani of the Institute for Energy & Environmental Research.
Potluck lunch to follow. Sponsored by Gray Panthers. |
University
of DC, Auditorium Foyer (UDC/Van Ness Metro, Red line)
Contact: 301-229-4752. |
| 1 pm |
DC Grassroots Think Tank
|
You are invited
to join in the founding of an exciting new project in DC: The DC Grassroots
Think Tank. You (or your group) and other great DC citizens and activists
who want to learn more about issues effecting our city and educate others
about them. The District of Columbia Grassroots Think Tank is comprised
of DC citizens that use research and popular education as a means of liberating
our city. We are a multi-cultural, inter-generational, economically diverse
group that is building an indigenous body of knowledge that documents the
impact of living in the nation¹s capitol. We seek to educate ourselves,
our community, our nation and the world about the realities that we face.
The think-tank will involve high school and college students and faculty,
independent scholars, and local and national groups in original research.
We will then organize venues to share our research with the city through
teach-ins at local schools, public workshops, speaker panels, brown bag
luncheons, town hall meetings, and pamphlets, to name a few. Due to the
current drive to war, the first proposed research theme would be ³Militarism
and It¹s Impact on the District: Uncovering the Real costs of War.² Framed
as widely as possible, war and militarism can encompass many related issues.
|
Location
TBA.
Contact: Ingrid Drake at ingridnatasha,
Roxanne Lawson at roxanneoutreach, or 202-299-1050, or Trent
Moyer at Tmoyer. |
| 6:30 pm on... |
War on Terrorism or Expansion of the
American Empire?
|
William Blum,
author of “Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower” will be
speaking on this topic. Sponsored by Howard County Friends of Latin America.
|
Florence
Bain Senior Center, 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia, MD
Information: Leslie Salgado: 410-767-3805 or 410-381-4899. |
| 12/10/02
Tue. |
A National Day of
Peace Actions has been called on Tuesday, December 10,
to coincide with UN Human Rights Day. United for Peace, a new national
network, has called for local actions of all kinds against the war on
Iraq and
the attack on democracy at home. See www.unitedforpeace.org
for actions across the country. In DC join these actions:
8:00 am Protest
at Military Recruitment Station, 12th & F Sts., NW
10:00 am 6:00 pm, Women¹s Vigil for Peace, Lafayette Park
12:00 pm Rally and March for Peace, 17th St. &
Connecticut Ave., NW
4:30 pm Protest the Committee for Liberation of Iraq, 918 Pennsylvania
Ave., SE
5:30 6:30 pm Quaker Silent Vigil for Peace, Capitol West Lawn
|
| All Day |
Women's "Code Pink" Vigil
at the White House
|
TPO |
At the White
House |
| 8:30 am |
Recruit for Peace, Justice and Liberation,
Not War
International Human Rights Day!
|
Despite Iraq's
acceptance of UN resolutions and compliance with inspectors, the US state
continues to prepare for another deadly war for oil against the sanctions-stricken
people of Iraq. Nothing, it seems, is going to get in the way of Bush and
Co. waging a war to control the very large and profitable oil reserves in
Iraq. That's because this war is about more than Middle Eastern oil. It's
about a new US imperialism which will resort to a permanent state of war,
the "war on terrorism", to dominate the world and the global economy.
Not only are they willing to spend hundreds of billions
of dollars on this at a time when the US economy is faltering, unemployment
is rising, and social services are being cut but they're willing to sacrifice
the lives of youth, workers, and the poor--the very people who are forced
to enlist in the military to escape such economic problems--to wage this
imperialist war. That's why on Tuesday, December 10 we're saying, "Don't
let them take OUR brothers and sisters off to fight THEIR war!". |
Join us at 8:30 AM as we protest and transform the Military
Recruitment Center at 1119 F St, NW (12th and F Sts) into a recruitment
center for fighters for peace, justice, and liberation instead of war,
death, and destruction.
We are activists from the Anti Capitalist Convergence
(www.abolishthebank.org),
DC Anti War Network (www.dawndc.net),
DC
Statehood Green Party
(www.dcstatehoodgreen.org),
Left Turn (www.leftturn.org), and
SUSTAIN
(www.sustaincampaign.org)
www.unitedforpeace.org
|
| Noon |
Say No to War in Iraq! Come to a noon
rally at Farragut Square
|
Say No to War
in Iraq! Come to a noon rally at Farragut Square (Farragut North Metro,
17th & Conn.) on December 10, International Human Rights Day, followed
by a march (east on K St.; south on 16th St., west on H St., then north
on 17th St. and back to Farragut). Send a clear message to the Bush Administration
that violence does not bring peace. |
American Friends Committee
LEAFLET
Call: 202-299-1050
|
| 4:30-7 p.m. |
demonstrate
that the
American people do not support war on the people of Iraq.)
|
Peace is a human right.
This committee is a private propaganda office set up in
conjunction with the Bush Administration to help beat the drums for war
against Iraq. Newt Gingrich, former CIA director James Woolsey and alleged
Vietnam war criminal Bob Kerry are only three members of the rogue's gallery
of right wingers and war profiteers that make up this organization. Come
show these propaganda ministers that true liberation means the right of
people everywhere to live in a world where human lives are more important
than oil profits. |
The right to live is human right!
918 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Office of Committee for the
"Liberation" of Iraq
Sponsored by DC United for Peace -- the DC Anti-War Network (DAWN),
American Friends Service Committee, D, C.and others
|
| 12/11/02
Wed. |
10 AM |
Tenants Rights to Information, Rent
Control and Housing Conversion
|
Hearings by the
Committee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs chaired by Sharon Ambrose.
Bills discussed include the Tenants¹ Rights to Information Act, and the
Rent Control Amendment Act. |
District Building,
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NE, Chambers
To testify, call 202-724-8050. |
| 6:30 - 8:30
pm |
DC Area War Tax Resisters Dinner and
Discussion
|
With Bush & Company pushing to war on Iraq, more
and more peace activists are looking for a dramatic way to protest this
unnecessary war and act upon their conscience. Come and hear our ideas
on “token” and “hard core” war tax resistance. Resisters
will share our war tax resistance stories and provide information for
those interested in war tax resistance. Please
attend and help us spread this great civil disobedience option throughout
D.C.’s nonviolence and peace communities.
|
6:30 - 8:30
ala carte dinner (inexpensive) and informal discussion Chop Sticks at 717
H Street NW, 1 block from Gallery Place metro on the Green/Yellow/Red Lines
For more information call Greg 202-232-8892 or Carol 202-635-3739
Or e-mailinfo@dcwtr.org Check out our
web page www.dcwtr.org And the National
War Tax Resisters page www.nwtrcc.org |
| 6:30 PM |
Community Support for Women’s Vigil
for Peace
|
Community organizations
are invited to send representatives to these weekly meetings to build local
connections and mutual support with the ongoing Women’s Vigil for Peace
in Lafayette Park. Organizations are encouraged to get their message out
by committing people to attend the daily vigils for a 3-4 day period. Other
support includes sponsorship, transportation, housing, announcements and
participation by Code Pink in local events. |
NOW, 733
15th St. NW, 2nd Floor
Contact: 202-393-5016 or womens.vigil. |
| 6:30 PM |
WHAT’S HAPPENING TO PALESTINIAN WORKERS
& THEIR UNIONS?
|
Dinner and discussion
with two leaders from the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU),
a federation similar to the AFL-CIO, who are visiting with union and community
organizers in the U.S. We’ll provide a main meal. Feel free to bring some
desserts and drinks. Our special guests are: Mohammed Mahmoud Ahmed Saleh,
a member of the PGFTU executive committee and the National Secretary to
the Legal Affairs Department. Hekmat Kamal Rateb Elsarraj,
PGFTU Women’s Affairs Dept in the Gaza Strip. This is a great opportunity to reflect together on
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Middle East
and the roles we can play in advancing justice and peace in a global context. |
National
Organizers Alliance, 715 G. Street SE, 2nd Floor (Eastern Market
Metro, Orange/Blue)
Sponsored by National Organizers Alliance
(NOA) and the D.C. Labor Committee for Peace and Justice. RSVP: Abbey 202-543-6603
Ext. 3 or Email. |
| 8 PM |
“The Dialogue of Civilizations and
the Prospects for Peace: Islam and the West”
|
A discussion
with Dr. Majid Fakhry, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and Professor
Emeritus of Philosphy at American University of Beirut. |
Al-Hewar
Center
Contact: 703-281-6277. |
| 12/12/02 Thur. |
5 pm |
RALLY!
Protest the
Mayor's Health Care Disaster!
|
City Cuts 30-Year
Old Prescription Drug Benefits to Low-Income Seniors; Emergency Committee
Demands:
"Restore Prescription Drugs to DC Elders!" For the past 30 years,
senior citizens living in the District of Columbia who were eligible for
Medicare but not for Medicaid and who lacked other resources to afford their
prescription drugs, have been able to get their prescription medication
at no charge from public health clinics and Pharmacies. They continued to
receive these benefits from the Public Benefits Corporation (PBC), the non-profit
public corporation responsible for operating DC General Hospital and the
public health system. |
WILSON
BUILDING, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
CONTACT:
Michele &/or Rick Tingling-Clemmons, 202.397.2277 |
| 12/14/02 Sat. |
10:30 - 1 pm |
Maryland United for Peace and Justice,
Inc. Coordinating
Body Meeting
|
At: Bronstein, Broadmeade Retirement Community, 13801
York Road, R7,Cockeysville, MD 410-584-7144
Email
|
| 12/15/02 Sun. |
3-6 pm |
ANNUAL JOINT FUNDRAISER OF THE D.C.
STATEHOOD GREEN &
U.S. GREEN PARTIES
|
At the D.C. Statehood
Green Party and the Green Party of the United States second annual major
fundraiser, Consumer advocate and 2000 Green presidential
candidate Ralph Nader will again attend and speak as
featured guest. Mr. Nader spoke at the first annual
joint local-national fundraiser in December, 2000. |
At: Mimi's American
Bistro 2120 P Street NW, Wash., DC
The D.C. Statehood Green Party
1314 18th Street, NW, lower level, Washington, DC
20036, 202-296-1301
The Green Party of the
United States National office: 1314 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC
20036 202-296-7755, 866-41GREEN
|
| 1/18 &
19/02 |
11 am |
NATIONAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON DC &
THE CONVENING OF THE PEOPLE'S PEACE CONGRESS
|
On the Martin
Luther King anniversary weekend and the 12th anniversary of the beginning
of the Gulf War, thousands will converge in Washington DC to say NO to war
on Iraq. There are now buses traveling from over 100 cities in almost 40
states to be in Washington DC and San Francisco on January 18. Groups are
traveling from all over the East Coast, Midwest, South and West Coast. |
Locations being planned. March from Capitol to ...
OR MORE INFORMATION:
Answer.org
www.VoteNoWar.org
Email
Washington 202-332-5757
|
| 1/18/02
Wed. |
6:00 pm |
Holiday Edition of Drink with Labor
|
Holiday schmoozing
with area union activists |
The Big Hunt,
1345 Connecticut Ave, NW
drinkwithlabor
|
| 7:00 pm |
The WFPW (89.3 fm) Local Advisory
Board
|
A meeting of
the community advisory board to the Pacifica affiliate station. Contact:
Sam Husseini |
WPFW, Champlain
St., NWsam@accuracy.org. |
| 7:00 - 9:00
pm |
Report back from the COMPA in Cuba
|
A report back
from the Continental Assembly in Havana, Cuba held Nov. 20-23, 2002 and
the Convergence of Movements of the Peoples of the Americas (COMPA, visit
their website at www.compasite.org) Participants in the Washington,
DC delegation of EPICA & Project South to the COMPA Continental Assembly
will share reflections & talk about the next steps for building COMPA
USA as part of building our hemispheric & global movement for justice,
equality & dignity. |
St. Stephen’s
Church, 1525 Newton St., NW, Auditorium
Contact: EPICA at 202-332-0292 or Project South at 202-332-5333. |
| 1/19/02 to
3/8/03 |
10am - 6 pm |
The Women’s Vigil for Peace
|
This running
fast and vigil will continue until International Women’s Day. They are looking
for volunteers to join them in daily shifts, to be a constant presence at
the park. They also need housing for women coming from other cities to join
the vigil. Women in Black will be holding vigil until December 16 |
Lafayette Park,
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (across from the White House)
Contact: Kristi Laughlin at 202-393-5016 or 415/255-7291 or kristi@igc.org
or see women@unitedforpeace.org. |
| 1/19 &
12/20/02 |
Call |
The Pinochet Case and Daughter from
Danang
|
The Pinochet
Case is a searing album of remembrance from those who survived and suffered
most under the fascist rule of General Augusto
pinochet, following the legal cases that ultimately
led to his arrest and trial for crimes against humanity during the 25 years
that he ruled Chile. Daughter from Danang explores
the intimate and excruciating moments that show how wide the chasms of cultural
difference and how deep the wounds of war can run. Two
documentaries for our times. |
Visions Cinema,
1927 Florida Avenue, NW (Dupont Circle Metro, Red line)
Contact: 202-667-0090. |
| 1/19/02 Thur. |
Call |
FIDEL, Award Winning Documentary
|
Starring Fidel
Castro, Muhammad Ali, Harry Belafonte, Ted Turner, Alice Walker, and Angela
Davis. This documentary examines the political and social impact that Cuban
leader Fidel Castro has had upon the world during the more than forty years
he has been in power. Simply put, whether one is pro Fidel or con Fidel,
pro-Cuba or con-Cuba this is the best film on Castro and Cuba
done. Without delving into the specific politics of Castro this film demonstrates
the impact he has on the political theatre of the Americas,
former Soviet Union, the Caribbean
and Africa. The film goes into his relationship to
Che and the alliances he sought with other national leaders
that sought their independence, Ho Chi Min, Allende,
Bishop, Mandela etc. All those who are interested
in history would be best to see this film. Director Estela
Bravo was great in including some of the revolutionary icons of the 60’s
& 70’s |
Visions Cinema,
1927 Florida Avenue, NW
(Dupont Circle Metro,
Red line)
. See: www.visionsdc.com/
dyno/comingsoon/index.asp or www.firstrunfeatures.com.
Contact: 202-667-0090. |
| 12/20/02 Fri. |
8:00 pm |
Intoafrika Fundraiser
|
Performance/Fundraiser
for Intoafrika. Carribean and vegetarian menu. Into Afrika’s Performance
Art Collective will present an evening of jazz,stories and drama, including
an excerpt from our play “Environmental Blues”. Prepare for the solstice
with us as we focus on Creation, human relations and justice. |
Potter’s House,
Columbia Road, NW (near 16th St.)
Donation $8. For tickets and information please call 202/797-9127. |
| 12/21/02 Sat. |
11:30 a.m -
1:30 p.m |
“FREE DC” Holiday Song-Fest
|
Democracy in
DC Coalition would like to invite you to our 2nd Annual Holiday
Song-Fest, a very special outdoor event that combines a fun social get-together,
the inspiring cause of full democracy for Washington, DC, great music, and
LOTS OF HOT CHOCOLATE. In the time-honored tradition of freedom singers
advocating for civil rights, the Stand Up! DC FREEDOM Singers will gather
to sing such as “The Twelve Days of Freedom,” “We Need a Little Democracy,”
“(I’m dreaming of) A FREE DC,” and “DC Libre.”. If you can sing, please
join with us in song. If you can’t sing, please consider joining with us
in song anyway. |
12th
& G Streets, NW (near Hechts and Metro Center, all lines)
Contact: HOTLINE (202) 232-2500, standupfordemocracy
djworkhome@aol.com |
| |
PM |
Worldwide Winter Solstice SingOut
|
On
the night of the Winter Solstice, a ray of hope will circle the globe. We
invite you to be a part of the Solstice SingOut, an extraordinary event linking the world’s peoples
in one shining celebration of peace and hope. During the Solstice SingOut, at locations around the world, people will gather
in their public parks, city centers, schools, and homes to raise their voices
for greater hope and joy by singing the World Anthem. We invite you to join
in this wonderful evening with your own Solstice SingOut
right where you are. Many are doing so in their neighborhoods, city centers,
natural areas and other gathering places. If you wish to organize a Solstice
SingOut in your community, we are developing an Event Kit
to make it easier for you. It will include the music and words to the anthem,
a sample program, inspirational messages, a press release for your local
media, and other materials. |
The Event Kit
can be requested through our web site at www.worldanthem.org.
Contact: Susan Skog, sjskog@aol.com
or Ed Goodman,
info....@org |
| /??/02 |
10:30 am to
1 pm & Rally 3 pm |
BLACK VOICES FOR PEACE
WASHINGTON DC
|
Black Voices
for Peace presents the second annual Martin Luther King Jr. National Workshop
and Rally for Justice and Peace: Living the Legacy of Action Against Militarism,
Racism and Economic Injustice. We must oppose the U.S. policy of war and
support for war in the Middle East, and stop Bush's war plans and actions
throughout the world. We must demand full funding for human needs and economic
justice for all. We must demand racial equality and justice, religious tolerance,
civil rights and civil liberties for all. |
Event includes noted speakers, cultural performances,
spiritual expressions, rare MLK video showing,
information packets and free training.
For more information: 202-232-5690
|
