In Boston -[MAPA nuclear disarmament] Peace & Justice Calendar, Dec 29, 2016

[MAPA nuclear disarmament] Peace & Justice Calendar, Dec 29, 2016

 

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First Night Against All Wars at home and abroad 2016 2017 December 31 @ 12:05 pm - 5:00 pm Copley Square, Boston, 02115 + Google Map Attention Bostonians, and (all are welcome to join us) First Night Against All Wars, Boston, MA. Copley Square. Dec. 31, 2016... please join us, invite your friends, share everywhere. Thank you. https://www.facebook.com/events/623461181171435/ For more updated info. call Daniel Kontoff, 857-272-6743. Live Peace Massachusetts and others. To be held in Copely Square, Boston, MA. ****NOTE:We will be right in front of the Library facing the park.**** 12 Noon to 5:30pm. Dec 31, 2016 Invite your friends, make Boston history. We are… Find out more »

Moral Revival Poor People’s Campaign Watch Night Service December 31 @ 10:00 pm - 11:55 pm Standing down is not an option! Join us on New Year's Eve for a national Moral Revival Poor People's Campaign Watch Night Service in the nation's capital! The watch night service in 1862 was celebrated by enslaved and free African Americans, abolitionsits, and others awaiting news that the Emancipation Proclamation would become law to free Blacks living in the South. The national Moral Revival Poor People's Campaign Watch Night Service in 2016 will bring together diverse communities into a shared… Find out more » January 2017

The Next Four Years: Organizing Followup January 12, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Save the date for an organizing meeting to follow up on the ideas raised at The Next Four Years conference at Simmons College on December 3.    Read a report on the conference, view pictures at http://bit.ly/2gFpHFV and http://bit.ly/2h4zbI5, and watch the video recording at http://bit.ly/2h4hWK.    The venue will be announced shortly after January 1 and will be in Cambridge. Find out more »

Solidarity Fundraiser for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe – #NoDAPL January 14, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Calvary United Methodist Church, 300 Mass. Ave. Arlington, MA United States + Google Map Arlington United for Justice with Peace is organizing a fundraiser event for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on Saturday January 14, 2017 (Doors will open at 7 PM) to aid in their struggle to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.   Join us for a Sing Along to Songs of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, and more! Performers: The Harmonators, Arc&Land, Chris and Quinn Eastburn, Anne Sandstrum and John Loretz, Liz Buchanan and Gordon… Find out more »

Incident at Vichy: An Anti-Inaugural Event January 19, 2017 @ 8:00 pm Inner City Sanctuary for the Arts, 1127 Harrison Ave Roxbury, MA 02119 + Google Map The Praxis Stage Company’s Production of Arthur Miller's INCIDENT AT VICHY 7 performances in Dudley Square’s dynamic gallery/performance space The Inner Sanctum Dates: January 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, and 26th All nights at 8pm, two shows Saturday the 21st (4 & 8), 2pm matinee Sunday, 22nd, only.      Praxis Stage is a new theater company, formed on 11/9, 2016, as a response to the disaster of Trump’s election. Our vision is to link theater with activism, producing plays that enter contemporary political… Find out more »

Resist Trump: Occupy Inauguration Boston! January 20, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Boston Common – Parkman Bandstand, Tremont St Boston, + Google Map #ResistTrump !! #OccupyInauguration !! Trump’s victory in the presidential election was a profound shock to tens of millions of progressive workers, young people, immigrants, women, people of color, Muslims, and LGBTQ people across the U.S. As Trump’s reactionary cabinet appointments have been announced and the list of targets of his administration has become clearer, there is enormous fear and anger in many communities. The reported plans to deport up to three million people, establish a “registry” for Muslims, criminalize dissent,… Find out more »

Women’s March on Washington January 21, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm National Mall, Independence Ave & Third St SW Washington, DC + Google Map WEBSITE: https://www.womensmarch.com/ FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/Womens-March-on-Washington-1338822066131069/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/womensmarch INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/womensmarch RSVP on our OFFICIAL EVENTBRITE: bit.ly/womensmarchrsvp (not required, but greatly helpful for planning!) This is an INCLUSIVE march, is FREE to join and EVERYONE who supports women's rights are welcome. PLEASE SHARE, we need to spread the word everywhere! ------------------------- OFFICIAL STATEMENT, National Organizers On January 21, 2017 we will unite in Washington, DC for the Women’s March on Washington. We stand together in solidarity with our partners and children for… Find out more »

Boston Women’s March For America January 21, 2017 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Boston Common, On January 21, 2017, we will unite in Boston to march in solidarity with communities most affected by the hate, intolerance and acts of violence being perpetrated throughout the nation -- among many are communities of women, immigrants, people of color, and people who identify as LGBTQIA and people with disabilities. We stand for religious freedom, human rights, climate justice, racial justice, economic justice and reproductive justice.  Together, we will send a message to our leaders and the world that… Find out more »

Our Revolution MA Statewide Organizing Meeting January 28, 2017 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester, 90 Holden St Worcester, MA 01606 + Google Map   WHEN: Doors Open at noon for registration and networking Program begins at 1:00 PM sharp! More details after Jan. 3, 2017 Maximum capacity 225 people Save the Date!! Find out more »

Nuclear Resistance in Word and Deed January 30, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm St Susanna Parish, 262 Needham St Dedham, MA United States + Google Map A Conversation with The Prophet, The Professor, and The Journalist GUEST SPEAKERS The Prophet: Sr. Megan Rice - 85 yr. old Roman Catholic nun, who earned 2 yrs. in prison for breaching the security perimeter of Y-12, the largest uranium storage facility in the country. "Being an anti-nuclear activist satisfied my need to do what is just common sense," The Professor: Elaine Scarry – Harvard Professor, author of Thermonuclear Monarchy: Choosing between Democracy and Doom The Journalist: Dan Zak –… Find out more »

A reporter’s perspective: Islamic State, Assad, Russia, and the failure of US Policy January 31, 2017 @ 7:00 pm First Church in Cambridge – Choir Room, 11 Garden St Cambridge, MA 02138 + Google Map Based on numerous reporting trips to the region, freelance foreign correspondent Reese Erlich discusses the growth of Syrian extremist rebel groups, the status of the Assad regime, foreign intervention and the failure of US policy. He provides up to date analysis and what the new US president will likely face after the November elections. Erlich is a Peabody winning journalist and author of Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect (Foreword by Noam… Find out more »

The Enemy is Us: The Perils of Nuclear Arms January 31, 2017 @ 7:30 pm St. Michael’s Parish Hall, 196 Main St North Andover, MA 01845 + Google Map Sr. Megan Rice - 85 yr. old Roman Catholic nun, who earned 2 yrs. in prison for breaching the security perimeter of Y-12, the largest uranium storage facility in the country. "Being an anti-nuclear activist satisfied my need to do what is just common sense," Dan Zak – Washington Post journalist and author of Almighty: Courage, Resistance and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age Elaine Scarry – Harvard Professor, author of Thermonuclear Monarchy: Choosing between Democracy and Doom Presented by… Find out more » February 2017

Celebration of the Life of John Maher February 4, 2017 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm First Parish Cambridge (Meeting House), 1446 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, 02138 + Google Map Our board member, leader, cheerleader, strategist, and inspirer, John Maher, passed away November 2 after a tough battle with cancer. We relied on his wisdom, counsel, and judgement. He will be sorely missed. John wrote his political biography "Learning from the Sixties: Memoir of an Organizer", http://www.learningfromthesixties.com/, published in 2011. We recommend it to all! Ellen Sarkisian writes:   "We expect to share stories of how much he meant to us, his wonderful quirks, as well as his steadfast commitment… Find out more »

US Foreign Policy: Intervention or Restraint? February 21, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Watertown Public Library, 23 Main St Watertown, + Google Map Boston Globe contributor Stephen Kinzer will speak about his new book, The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire.     Sponsored by Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice & the Environment; Cosponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action. Find out more »

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