Arkansas Indymedia Movie Night @ The 5 Squirrels

Movies will be screened in the Big Room @ the 5 Squirrels Community Center every Wednesday Night starting at 8pm. A full bar is available and feel free to bring food to share.

Location:
The 5 Sqirrels
523 W. Poplar Street

Cost: Free

Organizer:

RäumungSchluss Tage 2

Public Netbase
Den Mächtigen eine lange Nase drehen ... (18:00 Uhr)
Taktische Netz- und Medienkultur als politische Positionierung
Martin Wassermair und Clemens Apprich geben anhand ausgewählter Projektbeispiele eine Einführung in die Welt des elektronischen zivilen Ungehorsams. Siehe dazu auch den Beitrag im SOHO Reader (S.50-52):

EKH
Austrofred liest aus seinen Memoiren & Guigue

TÜWI
Mittag: Infostand und Vokü am Gersthofer Platz
Nachmittag: Jonglierworkshop + T-Shirt Druck

VEKKS
videoprogramm:

* vergiss europa! ein weiß-schwarzfilm, 33 min kinoki, 1999
* hausfilm (arbeitstitel), 20 min lilo, nils, kaska, 2005
* nikaragua, 3 min lisbeth kovacic, 2004
* grenzen, 8 min katrin hornek, 2003
* der einbruch, 25 min max kaufmann, 2004
* home video, 10 min
* orten, 5 min paul wagner, 2003/04
* sozio schizo teil I, 30 min
* simultan zu den dreharbeiten fertig gewordene filme. bangkok, 15 min georg sturmelchner, 2004

lesungen:

* performatives abendamusement rund um gesellschaftspolitische belange. incl. hau-drauf und begleitend bewegten bildern.


hoppelmord karottnig, melamar, wolfgang e.e., valie göschl, amir p. peymann, turbotrixi

kurz- und mittelfristig alte medien: malerei, fotografie, installation mit konfliktpotential.
lilo, amin hak-hagir, d. gratisgeorg, albert huspeka

Breitenseer Lichtspiele
18:30; Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen. Inszenierte Doku über das Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus, von Lilo, Nils Olger, Kaska und anderen (15 min)
danach,
Wonderful - Urlaub wie noch nie. Ein Film von Hubsi Kramar

Location:

Kundgebung: EKH BLEIBT

zu beginn der räumungsschlusstage (23.3) wird es eine ekh bleibt kundgebung mit vokü, infos, mukke,und guter stimmung geben. kommt alle - nehmt freunde mit -

Location:
Mi. 23.3.2005 15 uhr
Museumsquartier/Volkstheater

Organizer:

Venezuela 2005: Die bolivarische Revolution und die Weltfestspiele

Diskussionsabend der Kommunistischen Initiative (KI):

Venezuela 2005: Die bolivarische Revolution und die Weltfestspiele

Einleitung:
Susanna Landauer [Vertreterin des KSV im Vorbereitungskomitee für die 16. Weltfestspiele der Jugend und Studenten]
Mittwoch, 23. März 2005, 19.30 Uhr
Salon Uhudla, Phorusgasse 7, 1040 Wien

Die Weltfestspiele der Jugend und StudentInnen sind das größte Ereignis, das von der fortschrittlichen und demokratischen Jugend weltweit organisiert wird. Nach den 15. Weltfestspielen 2001 in Algerien, die zum ersten Mal von einem afrikanischen Land ausgerichtet worden sind, finden die 16. Weltfestspiele 2005 in Venezuela statt und bieten so Gelegenheit, Solidarität mit der "Bolivarischen Revolution" zu üben. In Venezuela ist zweifellos ein Prozess im Gange, der mittels gezielter Maßnahmen das Bildungsniveau hebt, die Gesundheitsversorgung verbessert, demokratische Partizipationsmöglichkeiten großer Bevölkerungsteile vermehrt sowie eine Umverteilung des Reichtums anstrebt (und auch bereits bewirkt). Trotzdem fehlt es an einer umfassenden Analyse dieser Entwicklungen, um den Charakter dieses Prozesses einschätzen zu können.

Location:
Phorusgasse 7, 1040 Wien

Organizer:

URL: www.kominform.at

National Society of Black Engineers Convention

Quality programs, seminars, and networking events promise collegiate, technical professionals, graduate and pre-college students the chance to connect with over 12,000 conference attendees at one of the largest conventions of its kind.

Highlights include a two-day Career Fair and integrated Pre-Collegiate, Graduate School, and Technical Professional Conferences.

Golden Torch Awards recognize engineering, academic and career excellence.

The 2005 National Convention is an event not to miss!

Start Date: 3/23/2005
End Date: 3/27/2005

Location:
Hynes Convention Center 900 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02115

Directions: Nearest T Station: Green Line - Hynes Convention Center Station

URL: http://www.cityofboston.gov/calendar/calendar.asp?mode=single&id=8291&type=span

John Zogby

Seminar

BCSIA Student/Fellows Seminar with John Zogby

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is proud to host a BCSIA Student/Fellows Seminar with John Zogby, President and CEO of Zogby International.

John Zogby, President and CEO of Zogby International, remains by all accounts the hottest pollster in the United States today. His opinion research extends well beyond politics and current news events to measuring people’s values, consumer habits and the major trends that impact our global society. He has polled extensively throughout the world, including influencers from 6 African nations and a number of countries in Latin America.

Zogby’s extensive polling in the Arab World includes the recently released 10-nation survey (6 Arab, 3 Muslim non-Arab, 1 European, and 1 Latin American) measuring public opinion about Americans and American culture. Other notable polling in the region includes the Arab World Information Technology poll conducted in Cairo, Egypt.

He is highly regarded as a pollster who can talk the language of business while keeping his finger on the American and international pulse.

Since 1996, Zogby has polled for Reuters News Agency, the largest news agency in the world, and in 2000 polled for NBC News, the network news watched by most Americans. His clients also include MSNBC, the New York Post, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Fox News, Gannett News Service, the Albany Times Union, the Buffalo News, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jackson Ledger, Arkansas Democrat and Gazette, the Cincinnati Post, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Toledo Blade, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, the Syracuse Herald, and nearly every daily newspaper in New York State, as well as television stations throughout the U.S.

Zogby regularly appears on all three nightly network news programs plus CNN’s "Moneyline with Lou Dobbs," PBS’s "Wall Street Week with Fortune," NBC's "Today Show," ABC's "Good Morning America" and is a frequent guest for Fox News and MSNBC special programs, along with CNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews." He also is a regular political commentator for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the British Broadcasting Corporation.

RSVP REQUIRED!

Please RSVP to Cara Fitzpatrick by email at
cara_fitzpatrick (at ) ksg.harvard.edu
or at 617-495-3745

Be sure to specify the event you will be attending.

As space is limited for this event, RSVPs will be accepted on a first come-first served basis.

Event organized by Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Location:
BCSIA Library, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government

URL: http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/events.cfm?program=CORE&ln=upcoming&gma=4

Revisiting the Beijing Commission on the Status of Women

 Light refreshments provided.

Please bring a brown bag lunch.

There will be a short break at 1pm.

www.suffolk.edu

Location:
Suffolk University, exact location TBA. 

URL: http://prod.campuscruiser.com/PageServlet?pg=home_calendar&tg=Calendar-monthly&cmd=load&dt=20050309&cx=22.164&ts=1107994445780

Modern Tribal Sovereignty

Charles Wilkinson, University of Colorado Moses Lasky Professor of Law

The Harvard University Native American Program invites all KSG faculty, students and staff to attend a luncheon, lecture, and discussion with one of nation's leading scholars on tribal sovereignty, Charles Wilkinson.

Wilkinson has written broadly on law, history, and society in the American West and on American Indians.

Author of standard texts and books on federal public land law and Indian law, including Felix S. Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law (ed.), American Indians, Time, and the Law, The Next Meridian, Messages From Frank’s Landing: A Story of Salmon, Treaties, and the Indian Way.

Wilkinson practiced law with the Native Americans Rights Fund, serves as an advisor to the American Indian Resources Institute, has taken special assignments for the Departments of Interior, Agriculture, and Justice, and is currently serving as mediator in two sets of negotiations for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Location:
Harvard University Native American Program
124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 100 Conference Room

URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/189FBFB8D75B08C785256FC40067E569

When Business Takes on the Public Schools

Learning on the Job: When Business Takes on the Public Schools

Brown Bag Lunch with

Steven F. Wilson
Founder and Former CEO, Advantage Schools
Michael R. Sandler Senior Fellow
Center for Business and Government
Kennedy School of Government

on his forthcoming book:

Learning on the Job: When Business Takes on the Public Schools
(Harvard University Press, expected publication: Fall 2005)

Can the private sector do a better job of managing public schools? In Learning on the Job, Wilson explores the promise and pitfalls when schools are run by educational management organizations (EMOs).

Wilson documents the first tumultuous decade of the 1990s of the EMO movement, revealing the strengths and weaknesses of this ideologically charged social experiment.

Wilson never loses sight of the ultimate question: can this model give students a better education?

~Coffee and Dessert will be provided~

**Please RSVP to cbgfellows (at ) ksg.harvard.edu by Monday, March 21**

Steven F. Wilson is a senior fellow at the Center for Business and Government of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. At the Center, Wilson is researching the operation by private organizations of public schools. His book, Learning on the Job: When Business Takes on Public Schools, will be published by Harvard University Press in fall 2005. His paper, “Realizing the Promise of Brand Name Schools,” appears in Diane Ravitch, ed., Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 2005 (Brooking Institution, 2005).
He is the founder and former chairman and CEO of Advantage Schools, a charter school management company that recently merged with Mosaica Education to become the second largest private manager of public schools. At Advantage, he raised over $80 million in equity capital from leading institutional sources and enrolled 9,000 students in 20 new urban schools. Advantage reported among the largest annual academic gains of education management companies.

Prior to founding Advantage, Wilson was special assistant for strategic planning for Governor William Weld. He drafted the Governor’s plan to reorganize Massachusetts state government, which resulted in restructuring of the governor’s cabinet and the education agencies. He also oversaw and regulated the administration’s privatization programs, sited the state’s first charter schools, and secured the appointment of the three-member coalition of the Massachusetts board of education that instituted high academic standards and the MCAS test.

Wilson was the former executive director of the Pioneer Institute, where he wrote Reinventing the Schools: A Radical Plan for Boston. The book was the blueprint for Massachusetts charter schools, for which he wrote the law.
Wilson has been profiled in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and the Boston Globe, and is a frequent guest on radio and television.

Location:
Bell Hall, Fifth Floor, Belfer Building
Harvard's Kennedy School of Government

URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/98238080E30364AD85256FC5006E818C

Animal Rights Film: Peaceable Kingdom

Peaceable Kingdom

Imagine awakening one day to realize that the work you were trained to do since birth, the life you had always imagined you'd lead, the very values that had been taught in your family for generations, went against the deepest part of your being.

In Peaceable Kingdom, we hear the riveting stories of people struggling with their conscience around some of our society's most fundamental assumptions.

An inspiring story of personal redemption, compassion, healing and hope, Peaceable Kingdom is described by many of its viewers as "a life changing experience."

Peaceable Kingdom is Tribe of Heart's groundbreaking, award-winning 70-minute documentary about animal rescuers, former farmers, and the farmed animals they open their hearts to.

A must-see for animal advocates and non-advocates alike.

For more info about this film, see www.tribeofheart.org.

"Peaceable Kingdom is a masterpiece. I hope it inspires growing numbers of people to support this desperately important cause."
- Jane Goodall, Ph.D, D.B.E, U.N. Messenger of Peace

Please come see these groundbreaking, award-winning, and beautiful documentaries.

Each screening will be followed by a discussion and is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by The UMass Boston Animal Rights Club

Email for any info on diability accommodations.

Location:
2nd floor Campus Center, Room 2545, UMass Boston

Cost: free

Directions: www.umb.edu

Organizer:

URL: http://www.tribeofheart.org

What Is the Palestinian State Worth?

Sari Nusseibeh, Al-Quds University , current Radcliffe Institute fellow

Location:
2nd floor Colloquium Room, 34 Concord Avenue, Radcliffe Institute at Harvard

Organizer:

URL: http://www.radcliffe.edu/events/calendar.php

Women's Voices From Darfur

A Call To Listen, A Call To Action: Women's Voices From Darfur
A Multimedia, Interactive Community Forum

Linda Mason, Liz Walker, Dr. Reverend Gloria E. White-Hammond, and Susan Romanski, made a fact finding mission of mercy to the Darfur region of Sudan last month, taking with them songs written, performed, and recorded for the Sudanese women by Berklee students.

The evening will focus on the pervasive violence currently afflicting Sudanese women and, most importantly, what can be done to help. This event will feature musical performances, a panel discussion, and audio and video recordings from Darfur.

They heard firsthand accounts of the violence that has ripped families apart and dislocated tens of thousands to refugee camps, leaving women and children homeless, hungry, cold, and in personal danger. Many of these stories were told in song, and recorded as part of the team’s experience.

The songs are currently being incorporated into Sudanese-inspired music by Berklee faculty, staff, and students for release on a CD to benefit the women and children of Darfur.

On March 23, Mason, Walker, White-Hammond, and Romanski will facilitate an educational forum to relate their experiences, raise awareness of the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and other impoverished countries, and to transform that awareness into action within the community. They will provide an overview of the context of the conflict, report on the state of women and children in the camps, answer questions, share the images and recordings from Darfur, and offer avenues for activism. This is an opportunity for the public to hear about the needs of those affected in Sudan from a primary source, and learn what can be done to help.

About the extraordinary women who embarked on the weeklong trip to Sudan:

•Linda Mason is Chairman and Founder of Bright Horizons (the world’s leading provider of employer-sponsored child care), and the spouse of Berklee President Roger H. Brown. Author of The Working Mother’s Guide to Life: Strategies, Secrets, and Solutions, she managed large-scale relief operations overseas and served as co-director of Save the Children’s emergency program in Sudan, serving 400,000 famine and war victims.

•Liz Walker is an award-winning journalist on Boston television station CBS4, with a special interest in the victims and survivors of domestic violence. After twenty-five, highly-acclaimed years at the CBS4 News anchor desk, Walker decided to focus her expertise, creativity, and passion for the community on her new show, "Sunday With Liz Walker." She co-founded My Sister's Keeper, and helped found the Jane Doe Safety Fund to support domestic abuse shelters and safe houses around the Commonwealth.

•Dr. Rev. Gloria E. White-Hammond is Co-Pastor of Bethel AME Church in Boston, and a pediatrician at the South End Community Health Center. Dr. White-Hammond is the co-founder of My Sister’s Keeper, a humanitarian action group focused on women-led micro-enterprise projects in southern Sudan.

•Susan Romanski, Global Emergency Operations officer for Mercy Corps, set up Mercy Corps’ relief programs in Darfur in 2004. A graduate of Boston University, she has also served in Iran, Iraq, Liberia, and Zimbabwe, and most recently led the agency’s tsunami relief operations in Sri Lanka.

Mercy Corps, sponsor of the trip to Sudan, exists to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by helping people build secure, productive, and just communities. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided more than $830 million in assistance to people in 80 nations. With support from donors worldwide, nearly 2,000 staff, volunteers, and partners change lives each day, working hand-in-hand with those who seek to build a better future.

The Women’s Network at Berklee College of Music provides a community for women staff, faculty, and administrators at Berklee. The group holds no political beliefs save the fundamental idea that all humans should be treated with the respect inherent in humanity regardless of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, socioeconomic status, or ability. The Women's Network offers a social and professional forum for women at Berklee and serves as a catalyst for change and as a resource for the Berklee community.

Margot Edwards, Publicist
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston St. MS-1140 PI
Boston, MA 02215
617-747-2004

It is imperative that awareness of violence against women be raised. Action must be taken to ensure that violence against women in Sudan-and worldwide-ceases. This event promises to educate, stimulate, and offer avenues for activism.

Presented by the Berklee Women's Network, Mercy Corps, and My Sister's Keeper, and hosted by Massachusetts College of Art.

R.S.V.P. to Maria Resendes at mresendes (at ) berklee.edu or 617-747-2143. Those interested in supporting this effort may also contact Maria Resendes for sponsorship information.

Location:
Massachusetts College of Art Auditorium, 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston

Cost: free/open to public

Organizer:

URL: http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=692498&l=12372

The Rise of Modern Indian Nations

The Harvard Law School, Harvard University Native American Program
and The Native American Law Students Association invite you to a lecture, panel discussion, & book signing on:

“BLOOD STRUGGLE: THE RISE OF MODERN INDIAN NATIONS”
By Charles Wilkinson, University of Colorado Moses Lasky Professor of Law

Wilkinson has written broadly on law, history, and society in the American West and on American Indians. Author of standard texts and books on federal public land law and Indian law, including Felix S. Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law (ed.), American Indians, Time, and the Law, The Next Meridian, Messages From Frank’s Landing: A Story of Salmon, Treaties, and the Indian Way.

Wilkinson practiced law with the Native Americans Rights Fund, serves as an advisor to the American Indian Resources Institute, has taken special assignments for the Departments of Interior, Agriculture, and Justice, and is currently serving as mediator in two sets of negotiations for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Welcome:
Carmen Lopez, Executive Director, Harvard University Native America

Program Facilitator: Joseph Singer, Harvard Professor of Law

Panelists:
Randall Quinones Akee, PhD candidate in Political Economy & Government, Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Judy Kertész, PhD candidate in History of American Civilization, Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Carrie Newton Lyons, JD candidate, Harvard Law School

“Indian tribal sovereignty,” writes Wilkinson, one of the nation’s leading scholars, “is one of the noblest ideals that has ever touched my mind. It has been a struggle – a blood struggle – for tribal leaders to make tribal sovereignty a reality, but they have done it. It is one of the most uplifting, inspiring stories of the twentieth century.”

After the end of World War II, tribalism on this continent reached its all-time low point. For generations, Indian people had been relegated to a grinding poverty and political and cultural suppression on the reservations. But tenacious and visionary tribal leaders refused to give in. They knew their rights and insisted that the treaties be honored. Against all odds, they succeeded.

The modern tribal sovereignty movement deserves to be spoken of in the same breath as the civil rights, environmental, and women’s movement.

A reception and book signing with the guest speaker follows

Refreshments will be served .

Location:
Pound Hall, Room 335 Harvard Law School

URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/ksgtoday

If It Isn't Evil, What is It?

The Vision of War Photographer James Nachtwey

Lance Morrow, COM Journalism.

James Nachtwey, commentator.

Part of Evil, the Institute for Philosophy and Religion Program Series.

Location:
GSU Terrace Lounge, Boston University

Cost: Free. Open to the public.

URL: http://www.bu.edu

Microbicides: Promises and Challenges

Dr. Kenneth Mayer, Brown University

The Harvard Initiative for Global Health (HIGH) is happy to share that HUPA
(Harvard University Program on AIDS) will hold its third AIDS Frontiers
Seminar.

With an introduction by Dr. Judy Lieberman, Dr. Kenneth Mayer will deliver a talk entitled "Microbicides: Promises and Challenges."

Dr. Mayer is a Professor of Medicine & Community Health at Brown University and is the Director of the Brown University AIDS Program. He recently joined the Lifespan Division of Infectious Diseases faculty at The Miriam Hospital in Providence. He is also the Medical Research Director of the Fenway Community Health Center in Boston where he has conducted studies of the natural history and transmission of HIV since 1983. While doing his fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Harvard Medical School at the Brigham & Women's Hospital, Dr. Mayer was one of the first clinical researchers in Boston to see patients with AIDS and HIV infection. He also is an Adjunct Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health.

This event is free and open to the public.

We encourage you to share this announcement with any groups or individuals you think maybe interested in attending.

Penelope Van Tuyl penelope_vantuyl (at ) harvard.edu

No RSVP necessary

Location:
The Harvard Initiative for Global Health, Main Conference Room
104 Mt. Auburn St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge

URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/D724B32837841D1685256FC0006CF3BF

Breakthrough Elections in Albania?

Mr. Erion Veliaj, Executive Director of the MJAFT! (ENOUGH!) Movement of Albania will speak on the forthcoming 2005 elections including the assessment on the political scene, the prospects for fair voting, the trajectory of democracy of the country, and finally the importance of these elections in the regional context.

Location:
The Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe
Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor, Taubman Building
Harvard University

URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/ACEE28412F77CAE285256FC70069AC2F

Lorrie Moore Reading

Award-winning fiction writer LORRIE MOORE, author of Birds of America, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital, Like Life, Anagrams, and Self-Help will read her work.

Lorrie Moore is a Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, and Prize Stories: The O'Henry Awards.

Lorrie Moore's visit to Brandeis is sponsored by a Poses Funding grant and by the English/Creative Writing Department. She will be introduced by Jayne Anne Phillips, Brandeis Fiction Writer in Residence.

The reading is free and open to the public.

Reception follows.

Location:
Goldfarb Building, Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Brandeis University

URL: http://my.brandeis.edu/btime/item?item_id=464668

Women of Color Speak Out Against Violence

We're No Miss Saigon: Beyond War and Militarization: Women of Color Speak Out Against Violence

Please join us as we honor women's voices speaking out on the impact of US foreign policy decisions and military presence around the world and begin a necessary dialogue about the intersections between war, militarization, and women's lives and what we can do about it.

Location:
Cambridge Center for Adult Education
42 Brattle St. Cambridge

Cost: $5 donation requested

Organizer:

Give Ralph Reed a Fitting Welcome!

Ralph Reed, Presidential advisor & Christian Fascist will be at Harvard.

Let's welcome him properly!

RALPH REED on "VISION, VALUES & AMERICAN POLITICS"

Kennedy School of Government
Southeast Director, Bush/Cheney 2004;
Founder & President, Century Strategies
A Public Address By Harvard Republican Club, KSG Republican Caucus
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum

Co-sponsored by the Institute of Politics

Bio for Mr. Reed is from www.censtrat.com/index.cfm

Ralph Reed is founder and president of Century Strategies, a public relations and public affairs firm with offices in Atlanta and Washington. He advises numerous Fortune 500 companies.

As chairman of the Georgia Republican Party in 2002, he helped elect U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss, Sonny Perdue as the first GOP Governor in 130 years, and gained control of state Senate for first time since Reconstruction. During his tenure, the state party budget increased from $5 million to $10.7 million, the donor base increased from 12,000 to 34,000, and the grassroots network grew to over 3,000 volunteers.

Reed has worked on seven presidential campaigns and currently serves as Chairman of the Southeast Region for the Bush-Cheney ’04 and campaign manager in Georgia. He has advised 88 campaigns for U.S. Senate, Governor and Congress in 24 states.

Reed has been named one of the top ten political newsmakers in the nation by Newsweek, one of the twenty most influential leaders of his generation by Life magazine, and one of the 50 future leaders of America by Time magazine. As executive director of the Christian Coalition (1989-1997), he built one of nation's most effective grassroots organizations.

He has appeared on numerous television programs and his columns have appeared in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He is the author and editor of three best-selling books. He served as executive director, College Republican National Committee (1982-1984), and as youth co-chairman of the re-election campaign of President Ronald Reagan.

Reed has served on several corporate boards of directors and is active in SafeHouse, a faith-based organization helping the poor in inner city Atlanta.

Reed grew up in Toccoa, Georgia, and has a B.A. from the University of Georgia and Ph.D. in American History from Emory University. He and his wife Jo Anne have four children and reside in Duluth, Georgia.

Location:
Harvard University

URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/4C9F1F144988EF0185256FC7005C06DB

Building Heaven, Remembering Earth

Building Heaven, Remembering Earth:
Confessions of a Fallen Architect
(Canada/1999/97 min.)

Film Night is in conjunction with an exhibition by Pavel Braila on view through April 10, 2005

Directed by Oliver Hockenhull

The film offers a cross-cultural, pan-hostorical reflection on how the spiritual and intellectual aspirations of self and society are expressed in and confined by the language of architecture.

Sponsor
List Visual Arts Center

Open to the public

web.mit.edu/lvac

Location:
Bartos Theatre, E15 M.I.T.

Cost: free

URL: http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?92587

Ann Temkin, Curator, Museum of Modern Art

Robert J. Boardingham Memorial Lecture

Retelling The Story of Modern Art

Ann Temkin, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art

After months of intensive work reconsidering the presentation of the Museum of Modern Art’s landmark collection, MOMA’s new building opened in November 2004. Get a behind-the-scenes view of how curators decided what to display and how, as they took a fresh look at understanding and experiencing twentieth-century art.

Location:
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Cost: $13/$10

URL: http://www.mfa.org

"A Huey P. Newton Story" at Radical Film Night

Free Screening of ‘A Huey P. Newton Story’

Directed by Spike Lee

Originally born in a small town in Louisiana and later moving with his family to Oakland, California as an infant, Huey P. Newton became the co-founder and leader of the Black Panther movement. Director Spike Lee and Roger Guenveur Smith collaborate for the 7th time to bring Newton's thoughts, philosophies, history and flavour to life in A Huey P. Newton Story.

Produced by Luna Ray Films, A Huey P. Newton Story is the film adaptation of Smith's Obie Award-winning, off-Broadway solo performance of the same name. It was filmed before a live audience and Spike Lee directs the film with his signature mix of film and archival footage to capture the thoughts of this revolutionary political leader.

He was a modern day American revolutionary.

2001, 86 min


Upcoming Films:
Mar 30 – Salt of the Earth (1954, 94 min)
“Movies these days don't kick up as much dust as this one”

April 6 - Land & Freedom (1995, 109 min)
"Ken Loach creates a movie which speaks directly to our heart and makes us understand the pure and sincere motives of the rebels against Franco."

Location:
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston's South End

Cost: free

Organizer:

URL: http://www.lucyparsons.org

Palestinian Documentary "Women In Struggle"

Cinema in Palestine/Palestine in Cinema presents "Women in Struggle"

This documentary film follows the lives of four women who came out of their regular roles as sisters, mothers and wives, and took on a different role - being involved in the Palestinian national struggle for independence.

Without narration, these women give testimony about their past difficult experiences and of their suffering.

Since the initial research for the film, the outbreak of the current Palestinian Intifada, the growth of the separation wall in Israel/Palestine, and the growing "war on terror" have further impinged upon these women's lives.

These additional three elements have made this film critical in exploring, identifying, and understanding how these women detainees made the effort to preserve their dignity and integrate in the social and political aspects of the Palestinian life.

Location:
Langdell South Classroom, Harvard Law School, Cambridge

URL: http://www.law.harvard.edu

Biological Weapons

Boston College sociologist and expert on biological weapons JeanneGuillemin, discusses the threat of these weapons of mass destruction and international efforts to control their use and production with M.I.T. biologist Jonathan King.

How do biological weapons alter our understanding of warfare in the 21st century?

What are the greatest hazards of biological warfare?

Are existing diplomatic and intelligence strategies adequate to protect against them?

FUTURE EVENTS:

March 30
BLOOD AND OIL
The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Oil Dependency
Michael Klare, professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire
College

April 6
AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Professor of History and African American Studies at Harvard University

April 13
CAN GOD & CAESAR CO-EXIST?
Balancing Religious Freedom and International Law
Father Robert Drinan, former U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, professor of law and human rights advocate

April 20
THE RACE TO THE BOTTOM: Jobs, Trade, Deficits, and Justice
Alan Tonelson, a fellow at the United States Business and Industry
Council

May 4
THE RON BURNS MEMORIAL FORUM ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Ray Kurzweil, Internationally renowned scientist and entrepreneur

May 11
TERROR INCORPORATED: TRACING THE DOLLARS BEHIND THE TERROR NETWORK
Loretta Napoleoni, Italian journalist and terrorism expert

May 18 IN PRAISE OF SLOWNESS:
How a Worldwide Movement Is Changing the Cult of Speed
Canadian journalist Carl Honore

Cambridge Forums are free and open to the public.
Book signing will follow program.
Open discussion follows speaker presentation.
Events are recorded for public radio broadcast.
CDs and tapes are available. Call 617-495-2727.
Forums can also be viewed online:
Go to www.cambridgeforum.org and click on the WGBH Forum Network.

Cambridge Forum
3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
director-AT-cambridgeforum.org

"Bringing people together to talk again . . ."

Location:
First Parish, 3 Church Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge

Cost: free

URL: http://www.cambridgeforum.org

Life and Times of Frida Kahlo

This documentary chronicles the life and art of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), framing her life in relationship to the historical and cultural influences that inspired her and defined the first half of the 20th century.

It portrays Kahlo's private life, which was wracked with illness and pain, in contrast to her public persona, which was flamboyant and irreverent.

Through the prism of Kahlo's life and art, the documentary explores the ancient culture of Mexico, the Mexican Revolution, and the wildfire of communism that burned through Latin America in the 1920s and '30s.

Rita Moreno narrates.

Wed, March 23, 9pm, WGBH 2
Thu, March 24, 1am, WGBH 44
Thu, March 24, 4am, WGBH 2
Thu, March 24, 4am, WGBH 44

Location:
on TV

Cost: free

URL: http://www.wgbh.org

Per que discutim sobre la llengua?

Xerrada sobre la llengua a càrrec de Vicent Pitarch, membre de l'institut d'estudis catalans.
Aquest acte es realitzara el proper dia 23 de març a les 11:00 hores en la Facultat de Ciències Humanes i Socials (Universitat Jaume I), aula HA 1008 AA.
Entrada gratuita.

Location:
Facultat de Ciències Humanes i Socials (Universitat Jaume I), aula HA 1008 AA.

Organizer:

Per què discutim sobre la llengua?

Xerrada organitzada per la Cepc sobre la llengua a càrrec de Vicent Pitarch, membre de l'institut d'estudis catalans.
Aquesta xerrada no pretén reincidir sobre (al entendre de la Cepc) absurd i fals debat creat al voltant de la nostra llengua, sino mes bé, aprofondir amb l'ajuda de l'eminent filòleg en els interessos que el fomenten.

Location:
Facultat de Ciències Humanes i Socials (Universitat Jaume I), aula HA 1008 AA

Organizer:

VIGÍLIA DONES DE NEGRE PER LA PAU

Dones de Negre Castelló ens reunirem el proper dimecres 23, a la plaça del a Pau, per fer la nostra vigília mensual per la pau i contra la violència patriarcal i militarista.
Ens agradaria molt comptar amb la vostra participació.
Ja sabeu. Si voleu podeu vestir de negre, portar espelmes, pancartes...

Location:
PLAÇA DE LA PAU

Organizer:

concentracion contra las agresiones mafiosas especulativas

El proximo miercoles, 23 de marzo, va a haber una concentracion en frente de la oficina de la immobiliaria INMORIMA 3 SL. A a las 16 h en la Plaza Galla Placidia, en Gracia, via augusta junto a la FGC Gracia. cerca Metro Fontana.

En la noche del jueves pasado algunos deconocidos han tirado un coctel molotov contra una casa okupada, en el barrio de la ribera. Esta agresion viene evidentemente del dueño de la empresa INMORIMA 3 S.L , que es el propetario de la casa.
mas info:
barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/165564/index.php

Location:

URL: http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/165564/index.php

Film Screening: 'Jenin Jenin'

Award-winning documentary film 'Jenin Jenin'(54mins)exposes Israel's war crimes and consistent policy of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people. Banned in Israel 'Jenin Jenin' is dedicated to Iyad Samudi, the producer of the film, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on June 23rd 2002, as he returned home after completing the film.

Location:
Room 104, Livingstone Tower, University of Strathclyde, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow.

Cost: Donations

Organizer:

Fight the Right: "Academic Freedom Under Siege"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Ammar A Naqvi
Phone: 631-241-5155
www.rit.edu/~msawww
aan3854 rit.edu

The Muslim Students Association, RIT Anti War, International Students Association and various other groups present,

Fight the Right: "Academic Freedom Under Siege"

Speakers include Ahmed
Younis and Kathleen Kern.


Individuals such as Daniel Pipes are demonizing democracy and using their political clout to silence voices, narrow opinions and propagate racism. This seems to be reminiscent of communists Russia, and revives memoirs of McCarthyism of the 1950s. We should learn form the mistakes of the past and not allow the freedoms that the founders of this nation fought so hard for to be trampled over and dissipated in the mud of racist rhetoric.

Daniel Pipes is a supporter of Japanese interment camps, segregation and racial profiling. He has been invited to come speak at Rochester Institute of Technology. However, the students and other groups of the Rochester and Western New York have created a venue to promote protection of academic freedom.

Academic Freedom Under Siege will be occurring on Wednesday, March 23 at 8:00 PM in Building 6, room A205 at RIT. Speakers include Ahmed Younis and Kathleen Kern.

Ahmed Younis, the national director of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee, is a graduate of Washington & Lee School of Law in Lexington Virginia. Ahmed is the author of a book entitled American Muslims: Voir Dire (Speak the Truth), a post-September 11 look into
the reality of debate surrounding American Muslims and their country. He has worked with the United Nations, and was assigned to the Office of the Special Advisor to the Secretary General on Iraq. He is also a strong supporter of academic liberties and a defender of the United States Bill of Rights.

Kathleen Kern has worked with Christian Peacemaker Teams since 1993, serving on assignments in Haiti, Washington DC, Palestine, Chiapas, Canada, and Colombia. Kern has published two books: When it Hurts to Live: Devotions for Difficult Times_ (Faith and Life Press, 1994) and We Are the Pharisees (Herald Press, 1995.) The latter book explores how Christians have used Jesus' teaching about the Pharisees to justify persecution of Jews over the centuries.

The program will focus on the importance and the need of dialogue and the recent attacks on academic freedom and liberties. It is the responsibility of every human to defend freedom and justice. People can show their support by attending this event! For if one person is deprived their freedom of speech it is as if we have caged the tongue of humanity.

For information: www.rit.edu/~msawww
Contact: aan3854-AT-rit.edu
Phone: 631-241-5155


--
A Naqvi

Location:
RIT Campus - Building 6, room A205

Cost: No Charge - Donations Accepted to support the sponsoring groups

Directions: See www.rit.edu for directions and campus map

Organizer:

URL: http://www.rit.edu/~msawww

"From Vision to Venture" - Get to Know WEV

An inspiring introduction to the mission and clients of Women's Economic Ventures (WEV) and the Small Business Loan Fund.
WEV is a non-profit corporation in the business of creating opportunities for women.

RSVP is required.

Location:
Santa Barbara

Organizer:

Earthday Critical Mass Organizing Meeting

On Wednesday, March 23rd, we will be meeting on the USF campus to plan and coordinate the Earthcycle Earthday Critical Mass. Things to be planned are: routes and times, food, water, bikes, flyers, people, signs, fun!

Everyone has a say and all decisions will be based on consensus.

Please come and help plan this important and fun event!

Location:
Marshall Center Basement, Room 006
USF Tampa

Directions: www.usf.edu

URL: http://ctr.usf.edu/alliance

Town Hall Meeting Chairman Howard Dean - TSU

Town Hall Meeting
with
Chairman Howard Dean
of the
Democratic National Committee

Wednesday, March 23rd.
11:30am to 1:30pm
TSU
Humanities Building Auditorium

Public is invited to attend.
Doors open at 11am.

Come Early! Standing Room Only anticipated!

Please pass this along to anyone who might be interested!




www.davidsondemocrats.com
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/davidsoncountydemocrats


Rodd Mullins, Chair
Davidson County Democratic Party

Location:

TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION

TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005


5:00-7:00PM


This event is FREE and open to anyone who supports the rights of
immigrants
and refugees.

Location: Nashville, TN
Offices of Waller, Lansden, Dortch, & Davis, PLLC
511 Union Street, 27th Floor Conference Center

DON'T MISS THIS EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE YOUR CONCERNS TO
FEDERAL,
STATE, AND LOCAL POLICY-MAKERS

Last year over 50 Tennessee legislators, the mayor of Nashville,
numerous
representatives of all branches of government and over 175 New American
leaders from across Tennessee attended this historic occasion. All
those who
participated agreed it was an amazing opportunity to network with the
state's top decision-makers and advance issues of importance to
foreign-born
Tennesseans and their families!

This year promises to be bigger and better than ever. We expect U.S.
Congresspeople, State Legislators, State government officials and local
decision-makers to all take part in this unique gathering.

The easiest way to register is to follow the link below and submit your
registration online. You will be asked to return an email confirming
your
registration (subscription) for our Legislative Reception list.
www.tnimmigrant.org/TN_Coalition/RegistrationForm.htm


If you prefer, you can also RSVP by emailing Jamine Peterson, TIRRC’s
event
coordinator, at Jami-AT-tnimmigrant.org Jami-AT-tnimmigrant.org> ,
with
your name, address, phone number, and number of attendees (and
organization,
if applicable).

If you would like to consider co-sponsoring the event, please follow
the
link below for sponsorship information. The deadline for sponsorship
commitments is February 24th.
www.tnimmigrant.org/TN_Coalition/Sponsorship_form.doc


If you have any questions, please contact the TIRRC office anytime.

Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition
1103 Chapel Avenue
Nashville, TN 37206
(615) 846-6672
www.tnimmigrant.org

Location:

Untitled General Meeting

Untitled, an open membership artist' cooperative association that hosts non-juried bi-monthly multi-media one night artist exhibitions across Nashville, meets every other Wednesday at Plowhaus Artist Coop on 17th Ave So between Russell and Fatherland in East Nashville. for more info visit www.untitlednashville.org

Wanna be in a show?

Showing with Untitled is easy. All it takes is these very simple
steps:

1. PAY One week before the show, mail a check for $15, payable to
Untitled to the following address (or just bring it to a meeting):

Untitled
P.O. Box 40232
Nashville, TN 37204



2. REGISTER No later than midnight on the Sunday before the show, visit
www.untitlednashville.org and use the online form to send in the title,
dimensions and price of your piece. Each artist or collaboration team
may
submit one piece. It can be any size, any medium, and any price.

3. DROP OFF The Wednesday before the show, bring your piece to the
designated drop-off point between 6:00 and 8:00 PM. Sign in to make
sure
we know we have your work.

4. GET PAID If your art sells, pick up your money. Untitled charges no
commission, and if the buyer pays by check or cash, you can pick it up
the
night of the show. If the buyer uses a credit card, there will be a 3%
credit card fee (which goes to the credit card company, not Untitled),
and
you can pick up a check at the next Untitled meeting. You'll need to
arrange for your buyer to pick up your work at the end of the night, or
you can arrange to deliver it, if you prefer.

5. PICK-UP On the night of the show, if your piece does not sell, you
must take it down and take it home with you at 10:00 PM. Untitled is
not
responsible for work left at the venue.

That's it! No jury, no pressure, no commission. Just bring your stuff
and we'll hang it up.


If you'd like to get a little more involved, you can also take these
optional steps:

Come to a Wednesday meeting - they are casual and short, and usually
held
in a place that serves beer, if you are so inclined. Meetings are a
good
place to get to know other artists, share ideas, and find out about
other
art opportunities in town.

Volunteer to help with the show - we need lots of volunteers to make
each
show run smoothly. Folks are needed to help distribute posters and
handbills, handle publicity, prepare the venue, hang the show, and to
help
with set-up, coordination and clean-up on the day of the show. You can
also volunteer to help with other ongoing Untitled projects like the
web
site, newsletter, workshops, fundraisers, etc.

Submit a jpeg of your art work to publicity-AT-untitlednashville.org for
possible inclusion in press releases. Local papers frequently publish
images to help spread the word about Untitled shows, and this is a
great
opportunity to get your work seen.

Organize an Untitled event of your own - Untitled has resources to help
put on smaller art shows and events. If you have a great idea, gather
a
few folks to help you put it together, and send email to
publicity-AT-untitlednashville.org to learn more about using the group's
press contacts, logo, and name to help publicize the event.

Untitled is all of us, and it takes a lot of people working together
to
make it successful. No shame if you can't help out, but please do if
you
can.

Location:

AlliantACTION Vigil

Ninth year of a weekly vigil outside international war merchant Alliant Techsystem's corporate headquarters. Although we are opposed to specific weapon systems produced by ATK, our main concern is the violent solutions this Minnesota based company represents to complex world problems. We ask who profits and who dies?

Location:
Alliant’s corporate Headquarters, 5050 Lincoln Drive, Edina. Take Hwy 169 north or south toward Hopkins. Take the 5th St/Lincoln Dr. exit. Turn east one block.

Networking continues at breakfast for those interested following the vigil.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.circlevision.org/alliantaction.html

Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace Meeting

Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace Meeting
Wednesdays
7:00 p.m.

Most Wednesdays (all but the last Wednesday of the month), our meetings are held at St. Mark's Catholic Church, 2001 Dayton Avenue, St. Paul. Community Room in NW corner of Lower Church (basement). Enter through door on NW side of church near rectory and go downstairs to Community Room on immediate left.

Map to St. Mark's Catholic Church:
www.mppeace.org/images/mapmppeacemeeting.gif

On the last Wednesday of each month, a social potluck dinner is held at 6:00 p.m. at a member's home. Please e-mail us at info-AT-mppeace.org or call (651) 647-0580 or (651) 641-7592 for the location of this month's potluck, or for more information on our group. You can also visit our web site for a complete listing of all of our upcoming and ongoing events: www.mppeace.org/events/

To find a neighborhood peace/justice group near you, visit Minnesota Neighbors for Peace at www.mnneighbors4peace.org.

Location:
Community Room, St. Mark's Catholic Church, 2001 Dayton Avenue, St. Paul

Cost: Free

Organizer:

URL: http://www.mppeace.org/events/