[statecom-discuss] Re: Grace & Martina calendar 11/4-7

[Mike Heichman]

Mike Heichman wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Only a few more days and our statewide campaign will be part of our 
> history.
>
> Please do what you can in the next few days to spread the word on 
> behalf of our campaign. If you need literature, signs and buttons, 
> give me a call ASAP.
>
> Can you help us out at any of these events? If so, please contact us.
>
> Mike Heichman
> 617-265-8143
>
>
> Saturday November 4
>
>
> **OUTREACH**
> EXPLORING CLASS
> 9:30am-5:30pm, Community Action, 393 Main St, Greenfield. Price:
> radical sliding scale (during the workshop you go through a process, 
> called
> Cost Sharing, to determine the amount you will actually pay; each person
> decides for themself the amount they will pay). Workshop Facilitators: 
> Jenny
> Ladd, Ed.D. and Felice Yeskel, Ed.D.
> What class did you grow up in? What strengths and limitations came
> out of your class background? How has your class background affected your
> relationships with people of the same and different classes? What are key
> elements in your class culture? How do different class cultures look? 
> What
> would you like to ask people who grew up in completely different class
> backgrounds? What are the larger economic and political factors affecting
> class now? How do class dynamics show up in your life? Your work? Your 
> home?
> Your community? What are steps you can take to overcome class barriers in
> your life personally and institutionally? How do you decide how much 
> to pay,
> how do you value different choices you make? Bring your lunch, snacks 
> will
> be provided. Info, to register, for help with transportation issues or
> childcare costs: Class Action, 585 9709, mailto:info at classism.org; 
> register
> online at www.classism.org.
>
> **OUTREACH**
> Athol Energy Expo, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Main Street downtown Athol
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>
> **OUTREACH**
> The MassBay Film Project presents:
> TITLE Sir! No Sir! (2005, 85 minutes)
> WHERE Razzo Hall, Traina Center for the Arts, Clark University
> WHEN November 4, Saturday, 2:30 PM
>
> Ticket: $7.50/individual (bulk discounts 5/$30 and 10/$50)
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>
> Fighting the proposed MBTA fare increases: Join T-Riders Union for a 
> rally and speak out from 12 noon - 3 pm at Dudley Square in Roxbury 
> ACE and the T Riders Union (TRU) have been working over the years on 
> transportation and MBTA equity and access issues. The MBTA has 
> recently proposed another dramatic fare increase. This increase will 
> both decrease the number of people using public transportation and 
> will cause significant hardship for many low and moderate income 
> people throughout our region who depend on public transportation. 
> Meanwhile there are other alternatives to raising MBTA fares once 
> again, which the MBTA and the state are not taking.
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>
> What: The BOSTON COAL PARTY, a global warming street drama featuring
> patriots vs. billionaire coal and oil barons in a modern recasting of the
> Boston Tea Party.
>
> When: Saturday, November 4, 2006 at 1:00 pm
> Where: Boston Common, Brewer Fountain, near Park Street Station
>
> Who: Organized by Boston Climate Action Network, Clean Water Action, 
> Loyal
> to Big Oil, and Sierra Student Coalition. Cosponsored by BOLD (Breath 
> of Life: Dorchester) Teens, Climate Crisis Coalition, Religious 
> Witness for the Earth, Sierra Club (Boston Chapter) and United for 
> Justice with Peace.
>
> For information about the Boston Coal Party, contact:
> Brian Thurber, Clean Water Action, 617-338-8131, x209,
> bthurber at cleanwater.org
>
> For more information about the International Day of Climate Action, see
> http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/
> For a list of North American endorsers of the International Day of 
> Climate
> Action, see
> http://www.climateusa.org/actions.html#null.
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>
> **OUTREACH**
> FACT-FINDING & SOLIDARITY DELEGATION TO LEBANON REPORT
> 7-9pm, Community Room, Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St,
> Northampton. As part of a national tour, Sara Flounders, Co-Director 
> of the
> International Action Center, speaks on "Lessons from Lebanon 2006". Her
> presentation also includes a DVD of footage filmed in Lebanon, plus 
> Q&A with
> the audience. Flounders was a member of the Delegation from the "Campaign
> for Accountability on US/Israeli War Crimes in Lebanon and Palestine" 
> that
> traveled to Lebanon immediately after the Israeli bombing ended. Info:
> Catherine Donaghy, 587-0059, mailto:wmassiac at hotmail.com, 
> www.IACenter.org,
> www.PeopleJudgeBush.org.
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>
> **OUTREACH**
> "IRAQ FOR SALE"
> 7pm, Fontes home, 359 Montague Road, Shutesbury. Projected on a big
> screen. Limited space. Film info and RSVP here:
> http://iraqforsale.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/6293. Info: Lisa,
> 259-1762, mailto:lfontes at rcn.com.
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>
> **OUTREACH**
> Lynn Health Task Force Presents A Night With Don White!! Celebrating 
> the Lynn Health Task Force’s coming of age!! Help us celebrate 21 
> years of health care advocacy in Lynn. Come to this exciting concert 
> and fundraiser at First Lutheran Church, 280 Broadway, Lynn starting 
> at 7:30 PM. Tickets: $20. For more information call (781) 244-1419 or 
> visit www.lynnhealthtaskforce.org.
>
>
>
> Sunday November 5
>
> **OUTREACH**
> Nov 5 Lt. Ehren Watada's father to speak Lt. Ehren Watada is
> >the first officer to refuse to fight in Iraq. He stated: "I will not 
> fight
> >in an illegal and unjust war." His father Bob Watada will speak and 
> screen
> >a speech by Lt. Watada. In addition, there will be speakers from the 
> Middle
> >East: Raid Jarrar (Iraq Project Director of Global Exchange), Antonia
> >Juhasz (Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies), Rostam
> >Pourzal (US President of the Campaign againist Sanctions and Military
> >Intervention in Iran.) For more information, visit 
> http://www.massvfp.org.
> >Send email to info at massvfp.org for additionalinformation. Other Contact
> >Information: Lee VanderLaan.
> >Unitarian Church 3 Church St. Harvard Square Cambridge
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>
> **OUTREACH**
>
> THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
> SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...
>
> Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 11:00am
> DANNI WEST & JASON LYDON
> "Gentrification by Genocide"
> at Community Church of Boston
> 565 Boylston St. (Copley Square)
> www.commchurch.org
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>
> **OUTREACH**
> This sunday at 2pm at 33 Harrison str. Encuentro 5
> sponsered by
> Asian American Movement Ezine
> Asian American resource workshop
> Boston Hawaiian club
> Chinese Progressive Associan
> Mass Global Action
> New England Japanese American Citizens League present
> A talk by Bob Watada &Rosa Sakanishi Father and Stepmother of Lt. Ehren
> Watada
> Their 28 yr old son awaits a desicion on his court marthial this past
> june 22 he became the first commisioned soldiere to refuse to go to 
> Iraq. he
> faces over six years alone for his fiirst amendment!
> contact info at aarw.org or call 617-426-5313
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------**OUTREACH** 
>
> November 5, 2006 *7:30 pm *
>
> Harvard Science Center , Hall B
> 1 Oxford Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02138
>
> Q&A and Discussion following the film with
>
> Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School and Founding Director of
> Partners In Health
> Gail Reed , MS, Producer and Executive Producer of /¡Salud!/
> Arachu Castro ,PhD, MPH, Harvard Medical School , Co-Director of the
> Cuban Studies Program
>
> Co-sponsored by
> Partners In Health * The Program in Infectious Disease and Social
> Change, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School * François
> Xavier-Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of
> Public Health * Cuban Studies Program at the David Rockefeller Center
> for Latin American Studies, Harvard University
>
> Contact: Cate Oswald Catherine_Oswald at hms.harvard.edu
> 617 432 2504
> *Seating is on a first-come first-serve basis. There are no tickets
> required for this event
>
> Monday November 6
>
> Just Foreign Policy in Iran and Iraq Tour
>
> Experts and Award winning photos to Visit Worcester Mass.,
> To Promote a Just Foreign Policy in Iran and Iraq
>
> WHEN: November 6, 2006
> WHERE: 950 Main Street, University Center, Lurie Room
>
> WHAT: As elections kick off in November, Veterans for Peace hosts the 
> Just Foreign Policy in Iran and Iraq Tour on Monday November 6th 7 p.m 
> at Clark University, University Center, Lurie room. The event will 
> focus on solutions for ending the Iraq war and preventing war with Iran.
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>
> Just Foreign Policy - Tour Information-
> Bob Watada speaking at Clark University
> Mon, Nov 6th - Worcester, MA
> 7:00 pm at Clark University in the Tilton Hall, University Center 
> Building, 950 Main St., Worcester, for more info contact 
> irishbob54 at verizon.net
> sponsored by Veterans for Peace
>
>
>
> Tuesday November 7 ELECTION DAY
>
>