Inside Books Volunteer Night

Inside Books Volunteer Night



Come and open letters from Texas inmates and send them books that they request. We need all the help we can get.
Also, we always encourage people to bring dictionaries and book donations (soft back, please)for our library.

This is a non-profit organization formed to help Texas inmates through literacy and self-education.

Thursdays 6pm-10pm
Sundays 7pm-12am

Location:
Rhizome Collective
(300 E Allen St)

Cost: FREE

Directions: To volunteer: On volunteer nights we can be found at 300 Allen Street in the Allen Street Warehouse. From the highway, take 7th Street east past Pleasant Valley. Once you pass Pleasant Valley you will go over a bridge. The first right turn after the bridge is Allen Street. Allen Street will dead end into the Allen Street Warehouse, which will be on your right.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&address=300+Allen+street&city=A

documentary" "Preventive Warriors"

Documentary, "Preventive Warriors"
The National Security Strategy released by the White House in September of 2002 lays out a plan for preventive warfare in which the US government reserves the right to attack any nation that aspires to what the government perceives to be a potetial military rival or threat. Preventive Warriors is a documentary project that takes an in depth look at this document--its goals, its origins and its potential consequences. Through interviews with intellectuals, academics, and representatives from leading Washington based think tanks, the film expleres the key theoretical and practical underpinnings of a document that encapsulates the current direction of US foreign policy. Touching on the most current debates effecting global security including terrorism, rogue states, and weapons of mass destruction, the film addresses the US response to these international crises in a unipolar world.

Location:
Mezes Hall 1.306, UT campus.

Cost: free

Organizer:

Buch Präsentation von “Infidelitas, -tatis”

Buch Präsentation von “Infidelitas, -tatis”

Filmvorführung von “Amantes” (Lovers)
Von Vincente Aranda
(Spanisch mit englischen Untertiteln)

Die spanische Autorin Caremen Lloret präsentiert am Do. 31. März ihre kritische Abhandlung über die Darstellung von Untreue in Filmen aller Epochen im v.e.k.k.s. (Zentag. 26, 5.Bezirk).
Begin 19 Uhr.

In ihrem Buch „Infidelitas, -tatis“ setzt sich die Autorin mit dem Akt der Untreue in unserer westlichen Kult und dessen sozialen Spiegel, dem Spielfilm, auseinander. Sie stellt sich hierbei Fragen wie:

º Warum kommt es zur Untreue?
º Gibt es Unterschiede zwischen Mann und Frau?
º Was für eine Rolle haben die Betrogenen und die Liebhaber dabei?
º Und, wie bewertet unsere westliche „aufgeschlossene“ Gesellschaft den Akt der Untreue moralisch?

Der in diesem Zausammenhang präsentierte Film „Amantes“ stammt aus dem Jahr 1991, befasst sich aber mit einer fatalen Dreiecksbeziehung in Zeiten des Regimes von Franco in Spanien.

Am Ende des Abends würde sich Caremen Lloret auf eine interessante Diskussion über das Buch wie auch den Film mit den Anwesenden freuen.

Präsentation in Spanisch mit deutscher Übersetzung

Location:
v.e.k.k.s. (Zentag. 26, 5.Bezirk).

Organizer:

Ernst Kirchweger, Kommunist, Antifaschist, wurde vor 40 Jahren ermordet!

Kein Vergeben, kein Vergessen!

Kundgebung am 31.3.05
17-19 Uhr,
1100 Reumannplatz beim Antifa-Denkmal
Ankündigung, März 2005

Ernst Kirchweger war das Kind einer Wiener Arbeiter­fami­lie, Als Jugendlicher beteiligte er sich 1918 am revolu­tio­nä­ren Matrosenaufstand von Cattaro/Kotor. Nach der ver­nich­tenden Nie­derlage des Austro­marxis­mus im Febru­ar 1934 schloss sich Kirchweger der da­mals noch revoluti­o­nä­ren KPÖ an, die bereits seit 1 Jahr illegal war. Kirch­we­ger wurde zum unermüd­li­chen Käm­pfer gegen den grünen und braunen Faschismus.

Während einer Demonstration am 31.3.1965 gegen den antisemitischen und rechts­extre­men Hochschulprofessor Borodajkewycz wur­de der damals 67 jährige Kirchweger von einem Faschisten niedergeschlagen. Ernst Kirch­we­ger starb am 2.4.65 an den tödlichen Verletzungen und war da­­mit eines der ersten Opfer des antifaschistischen Kam­pfes nach 1945.

Der Name des revolutio­nä­ren Kommunisten Ernst Kirch­weger verpflichtet! Er steht für un­er­bittlichen Kampf gegen Kapita­lismus, Imperialismus, Fa­schismus und Reak­tion. Das dürfen diejenigen nie verges­sen, die das Ernst-Kirch­weger-Haus (EKH) gegen Polizeiterror und die Machen­schaf­ten der Baier-Graber-Clique verteidig

Location:

Organizer:

Wiener Kongress: Volxküchenplenum

Aufruf der Kongressvolxküche:

Derzeit haben sich ein paar KochkünstlerInnen für die Organisierung einer Volxküche zum Wr.Kongress zusammengefunden.
Wir benötigen daher noch weitere Hilfe damit wir auch tatsächlich uns alle versorgen können.
In der der Vorbereitungszeit wäre das zB.: besorgen oder zur Verfügung stellen von Kochutensilien, wieTöpfe, Teller, Besteck, Putzzeugx, Wannen, Kochplatten, sowie Mithilfe beim Auftreiben von länger haltbaren Nahrungsmitteln, wie z.B.: Öle, Salze, Gewürze, Getreide, Hülsenfrüchte(auch in Dosen), Zwiebel, Kartoffel …
Während dem Kongress braucht es noch kreative KöcheInnen und sentimentale ZwiebelschneiderInnen, sowie Menschen zum Einsammeln von Brot/ Obst/ Gemüse / … von diversen (Super-)Märkten …
Also VOlxKÜche von allen für alle!

Location:
EKH, Wielandgasse 2-4, 1100 Wien (U1 Keplerplatz)

URL: http://wienerkongress.info

Indymedia Linz Lokaltreffen

Indymedia Lokaltreffen Linz

Location:
Kapu

Conference on Innovative Approaches

The Fletcher Conference on Innovative Approaches:
Who Speaks? Who Leads? Who Listens?

March 31 - April 1, 2005

Keynote:
Olara A. Otunnu
UN Under-Secretary-General
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

Registration required

The shape of local society as well as broader international relations rests on who speaks, who leads, and who listens. The prospect of a globalized world was supposed to open the opportunity for all of the world’s voices to be heard – from the fields to the factories, from the domestic domain to the business decision-making table. Yet, some voices emerge louder, while others are clearly unrepresented. The ability to take innovative approaches to today’s international challenges and opportunities depends on working with and possibly changing this dynamic. Who speaks, who leads, and who listens in today’s world? What are the implications of the divide between the voiced and the voiceless for all of us?

The Second Annual Fletcher Conference on Innovative Approaches (FCIA) seeks to challenge current and future global leaders to find the innovation that emerges from the changing shape of power relationships, communication, and the ability to influence others. Within the intersection of international relations theory and practice, we provide a forum to engage participants from various social, economic, political, cultural and regional settings to contribute to the debate. Participating in the FCIA conference gives the participants an opportunity to explore the interwoven nature in each of the various backgrounds, professions, and futures. The Second Annual FCIA Conference will utilize this interdisciplinary approach to examine current and future concerns arising from who speaks, who leads, and who listens in today’s world.

Location:
The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA

URL: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/fcia/index.html

Stop the Draft! Shut Down Military Recruiting!

National Day of Action

Stop the Draft! Shut Down Military Recruiting!

JOBS & SCHOOLS, NOT WAR!

Join with students from Somerville High School and elsewhere to demand No Draft! Troops Out Now! Military Recruiters off our campuses and out of our communities! Money for Education not for War & Occupation.

* Student Walk-outs
* Shut down Recruiting Stations
* Picket Selective Service Offices
* Throw military recruiters off of your campus

On March 31, the Selective Service System (SSS) will report to President Bush that it is ready to implement the draft within 75 days. Right now the SSS is busy staffing local draft boards, training high schools registrars, and searching the Dept. of Education's computer files to ensure maximum compliance. It is clear that the Bush Administration is preparing for a draft. They need thousands of new troops to carry out their dream of global empire. It is time for young people, who are already under attack from the Bush Administration, to take a stand. On March 31, the same day that the Selective Service System is reporting that the draft is ready to go, youth all over the country will report that they will refuse to go. Local No Draft, No Way organizers and other anti-draft activists are planning protests, walkouts, and direct action at recruiting centers, selective service offices, andother sites. We call upon students, youth, and antiwar activists to organize local actions on March 31 to say "No Draft, No Way!"

On March 31, the Selective Service System will report to President Bush that it has met its FY 2004 performance guidelines (see www.nodraftnoway.org/perf2004.pdf).

These guidelines clearly indicate that the Bush Administration is gearing up for a draft--the Selective Service System is staffing local draft boards, training volunteer registrars to work on high school and college campuses, and refining its procedures so that it can
implement a draft within 75 days of authorization.

On that same day, No Draft, No Way has called for nation-wide actions to fight the draft and military recruiting. Organizers all over the country are planning activities.

Called by: nodraftnoway.org

Location:
Military Recruiter, Tremont St., Boston (near Park St. T)

URL: http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html

Bisexuality 101

Bisexuality 101: Robin Ochs 

Part of the Unity Week Celebration!!!

What is bisexuality?

Is there no such thing, or is everyone really bisexual?

In this workshop, bisexual activist and scholar Robyn Ochs examines the myths and realities of bisexuality.

People of all sexual orientations are welcome.

Robyn Ochs, Ed.M., co-founder of the Boston Bisexual Women’s Network in 1983 and the Bisexual Resource center in 1985, is one of the nation’s leading experts on bisexuality.

Editor of the Bisexual Resource Guide (4th edition, 2001) and the International Directory of Bisexual Groups (11 editions, 1987-94), her writings have been published in several anthologies, including Bi Any Other Name: Bisexuals Speak Out (Kaahumanu & Hutchins, ed.), Bisexuality: A Reader and Sourcebook (Geller, ed.), and Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price (Blumenfeld, ed.).

She has also taught courses on bisexual identity and other GLBT issues at Tufts University and at MIT.

For more information, contact the President's Office of Diversity Services, 617-573-8613, glbt-AT-suffolk.edu

www.suffolk.edu

Location:
Suffolk University
Donahue 403 

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

U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Children & Armed Conflict

The Fletcher Conference on Innovative Approaches:
Who Speaks? Who Leads? Who Listens?

March 31 - April 1, 2005

Keynote:
Olara A. Otunnu
UN Under-Secretary-General
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

Friday, April 1st, 8am – 5pm
Registration required

The shape of local society as well as broader international relations rests on who speaks, who leads, and who listens. The prospect of a globalized world was supposed to open the opportunity for all of the world’s voices to be heard – from the fields to the factories, from the domestic domain to the business decision-making table. Yet, some voices emerge louder, while others are clearly unrepresented. The ability to take innovative approaches to today’s international challenges and opportunities depends on working with and possibly changing this dynamic. Who speaks, who leads, and who listens in today’s world? What are the implications of the divide between the voiced and the voiceless for all of us?

Who are the international experts that purport to understand what countries on the other side of their world need and want?

What are the key factors that influence and hinder women as they take on decision-making roles in countries transitioning to democracy?

Do those who use violence to get to the negotiating table or to inflict terror deserve the attention and the power that they receive? Do they represent the people that they purport to protect?

Is a woman toiling her field prepared to make the sacrifices demanded by environmental lobbies and extracting corporations? What will be the cost to her, her family and the community?

Can financially-driven corporations legitimately play a role in promoting environmentally and socially sound practices in the global market?

Is civil society consultation in constitution-making effective? Are non-elite voices actually integrated into the drafting process?

How do voices change when people are migrating? How do changing communities continue to listen to their members, both physically present and long-gone?

How have people of African Descent engaged in international diplomacy, scholarship, leadership and influencing global decision-making?

Whose vision is being followed? What is being created?

Location:
The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA

URL: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/fcia/index.html

What's New at the MIT Media Lab?

Technologies for the Young and the Restless

Chris Csikszentmihályi, Mitchel Resnick

In this forum, two Media Lab professors discuss their efforts to develop technologies to empower children and those outside traditional power structures.

The session will include examples of projects that are moving out of the lab and into the world.

Chris Csikszentmihly is the Muriel Cooper Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences and directs the Computing Culture Group at the MIT Media Lab. Interested in cultural narratives, his work typically aims to create a new technology to embody a particular social agenda. "Afghan Explorer," for example, was designed to defend the First Amendment by creating a tele-operated robot reporter that bypassed American military censorship. It recently won an International Association of Art Critics award for Best Web Art. His "Natural Language Processor," was commissioned by the KIASMA Museum in Helsinki, Finland.

Mitchel Resnick, associate professor at the MIT Media Laboratory, explores how new technologies can help people learn new things in new ways. Resnick's research group developed the ideas and technologies underlying the LEGO Mindstorms robotics construction kit, used by millions of kids around the world. He co-founded the Computer Clubhouse project, a worldwide network of after-school centers, and is the author of Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams (1994) and co-author of Adventures in Modeling (2001).

Sponsor
Communications Forum

Location:
Bartos Theater, M.I.T., 15 Ames Street, Cambridge

Cost: free/open to public

URL: http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum

Women's Law Association

Reception to meet women from Boston's legal community.

Location:
Barristers Hall, Boston University

URL: http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/sao-events/main.php?detail_page=1&id=802

The Pursuit of African Roots in the Age of Genomics

Distinguished Visiting Scholars Series:
The Pursuit of African Roots in the Age of Genomics
  
presented by Professor Alondra Nelson
Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Yale University

The Distinguished Visiting Scholars is a series hosted by the Sociology Department. The theme for this year is Black Social Thought and Research in the Early Twenty-First Century. This series will bring three scholars to the Boston College campus, each for two days. Each scholar will present a public lecture of her choosing and conduct a session of a Faculty/Graduate Student seminar. Professor Nelson will be the second scholar to visit our campus.

Sponsored by:
The BC Sociology Department’s Distinguished Visiting Scholars Series is funded by a gift from Robert & Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and Beckman Coulter

Location:
Devlin 101, Boston College

Cost: free

Directions: www.bc.edu/about/maps

URL: http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/vss/

Free tax assistance for low income residents

VITA Program

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance

Thursday, March 10, 24, 31 & April 7 from 6 to 8pm

Saturday, March 12, 19, 26 & April 2nd, 9th from 10am to 4pm

Location:
Boston Public Library 700 Boylston Street, Boston
in the Training Room (2nd floor Johnson Building)

URL: http://www.bpl.org/news/upcomingevents.htm

Soraida: Woman of Palestine

Soraida:  A Woman of Palestine

WOMEN IN FILM & VIDEO/NEW ENGLAND is proud to present the documentary Soraida: A Woman of Palestine, by Tahani Rached.

This is the story of the personal struggle of a woman trying to retain her humanity in the midst of oppression. In  her neighbourhood, the women do not all wear veils, the men do not rattle off empty political slogans, and the young people do not have bombs strapped to their belts. Life goes on despite the curfews and checkpoints that confine the people in a barless cage. Through their simple, everyday actions, we discover the worst thing about living under a state of siege: the loss of control over one's own life.

Women in Focus is a monthly program presented by Women in Film & Video/New England. Each program will revolve around a theme, demonstrating the diverse genres and various capacities in which women work with film and video. Please check our website or join our mailing list for updates.

www.womeninfilmvideo.org

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This program is wheelchair accessible. Assistive listening devices are available. To request a sign language interpreter or for other special needs, please call 617-536-5400, x2295 (V), 617-536-7055 (TTY) at least two weeks before the program date.

Location:
Rabb Lecture Hall
Boston Public Library in Copley Square

Cost: free and open to the public

URL: http://www.bpl.org

2005 Monseñor Romero Truth Award Recipient

To commemorate Romero´s legacy, Centro Presente has established the Moneñor Romero Truth Award to honor those who have dedicated their lives to building a better world for all.

Reception with music, refreshments and Salvadoran antojitos.

Keynote speaker and award presenter: Felix Arroyo, Boston City Councillor.

2005 Monseñor Romero Truth Award Recipient: The Honorable James McGovern, US Representative

Location:
The International Institute of Boston, One Milk Street, near State Street, Government Center & Downtown Crossing.

Cost: $50/person. Volunteers will receive discounts.

Directions: There are parking garages located nearby on Arch Street, Washington Street, and in Post Office Square.

Organizer:

War Tax Resistance Workshop

War Tax Resistance Workshop

TIRED OF PAYING FOR THE IRAQ WAR?

Military spending already accounts for a large portion of the U.S. federal budget and is currently on the rise. Many who oppose the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism are asking themselves: what can we do to reduce our complicity in these campaigns?

This workshop serves as a practical introduction to redirecting the military portion of your tax dollars to organizations working to promote social, economic, and environmental justice. We'll also discuss possible consequences of engaging in this kind of nonviolent direct action; bring your questions!

Location:
Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park in Cambridge

Directions: By T, take the red line to Harvard and walk down Brattle St. to Longfellow Park.

Organizer:

Can We Avert Another Nuclear Arms Race?

Forum: Can We Avert Another Nuclear Arms Race?

Please join us for a forum with Lisbeth Gronlund (Global Security Program, Co-Director and Senior Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists) and Dr. Paul Walker (Legacy Program Director, Global Green USA). Massachusetts Peace Action will also outline the Mayors for Peace initiative and tell you how concerned citizens can play an active role in defending the NPT and supporting nuclear disarmament.

Parking available

Handicap accessible

Sponsored by Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety, Massachusetts
Peace Action, and Arlington UJP

Location:
First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church Street Watertown Square

Cost: free

Directions: Also accessible by the #71 bus from Harvard Square (last stop).

URL: http://lists.topica.com/lists/act-ma@igc.topica.com/read/message.html?mid=810859560&sort=d&start=7287

Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture

Ilan Stavans
Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture
Amherst College

The Second Annual Commonwealth Humanities Lecture

The Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities (MassHumanities) in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC) has selected Ilan Stavans to deliver the second annual Commonwealth Humanities Lecture.

Topic:
The Land Is Our Land: The Challenge of Diversity in Massachusetts

Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 29th to 617-742-6800 x113
or email rsvp (at ) massinc.org

A reception will follow the lecture.

Location:
National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Road/Route 2A, Lexington

Cost: free/open to the public

URL: http://www.massinc.org/events_forums/

The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide and America's First International Human Rights Movement

Presented by Peter Balakian, author of The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response.

The Burning Tigris, a national and New York Times bestseller, was A New York Times Notable Book of 2003 and one of Publisher's Weekly's Best Books of 2003. Peter Balakian is the author of seven previous books including the memoir, Black Dog of Fate, which won the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for the Art of the Memoir and was a New York Times Notable Book, and a best books of the year for the Los Angeles Times and Publisher's Weekly. His June-tree: New and Selected Poems, 1974-2000 (HarperCollins 2001) received critical acclaim in the New York Times Book Review. He is the recipient of honors and awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Anahit Literary Prize, and an Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Balakian is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities and Professor of English at Colgate University.
www.harpercollins.com/authorintro/index.asp

Sponsored by: The Boston College Armenian Club, The American Studies Program, The English Department, The Faith, Peace & Justice Program, and The English Association.

Location:
McGuinn 121, Boston College

Cost: free

Directions: www.bc.edu/about/maps

URL: http://www.bc.edu

Repensar Barcelona, recuperar la ciutat - Jornades obertes de debat

Primera sessió:
divendres 1 d'abril a les 19,30h.

-Roser Veciana: "Institucions versus veïns - Mecanismes del poder"
-Adolfo Castaños: "Genealogia del poder - Història de les associacions de veïns de Barcelona".

Location:
Espai Obert
C/Blasco de Garay, 2
M Poble Sec

Cost: gratis

URL: http://www.coordinadoraraval.org/repensarbarcelona

Voices for Peace Vigil

Meet at Las Vegas Blvd and Bridger every Thursday morning from 8am to 9am to show continued commitment to stopping not only the occupation of Iraq , but also the other forms US imperialism are sure to take in the future, such as occupations of Syria, Iran, Korea, Jordan, Libya...

Location:
Bridger and Las Vegas Blvd

Organizer:

URL: http://lasvegas.staughton.indypgh.org/news/2005/03/1828.php

TV Dinner Show

Rochester Channel 15

This week TV Dinner features a documentary called
"Motherhood by Choice",

This award-winning documentary traces the history of abortion rights through the present day struggle, with personal stories from those whose lives have been affected by the emotional, legal and medical issues surrounding abortion. Honors for the Director’s media work in women’s rights include an Academy Award nomination, an Emmy, and the CPB Gold Medal (Best Short Documentary from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting).

Location:
Cable 15

Organizer:

A HUGE VIVISECTION CONFERENCE IS COMING TO SAN DIEGO

A HUGE VIVISECTION CONFERENCE IS COMING TO SAN DIEGO
Join San Diego Animal Advocates to Protest March 31 - April 5, 2005!

Speak out for animals in laboratories: From March 31 to April 5, 2005, the 35th Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) will meet at the downtown Convention Center in San Diego, California. This massive summit of animal researchers includes six member organizations—the American Physiological Society, the Society for Neuroscience, the Microcirculatory Society, the Society of General Physiologists, the Biomedical Engineering Society, and the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology—many of which contribute to the suffering of millions of animals each year in U.S. laboratories. The conference will also host booths by hundreds of vendors of animal research supplies and torture devices.
And we’ll be there! San Diego Animal Advocates is calling on California activists to join us in leafleting and protesting researchers at the convention, and to help educate the public in downtown San Diego and through the local media on the horrors of animal research. Will you be there, too?

For More Information: www.animaladvocates.org/

Location:
downtown Convention Center in San Diego

URL: http://www.animaladvocates.org/#vivisection

A HUGE VIVISECTION CONFERENCE IS COMING TO SAN DIEGO

A HUGE VIVISECTION CONFERENCE IS COMING TO SAN DIEGO
Join San Diego Animal Advocates to Protest March 31 - April 5, 2005!

Speak out for animals in laboratories: From March 31 to April 5, 2005, the 35th Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) will meet at the downtown Convention Center in San Diego, California. This massive summit of animal researchers includes six member organizations—the American Physiological Society, the Society for Neuroscience, the Microcirculatory Society, the Society of General Physiologists, the Biomedical Engineering Society, and the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology—many of which contribute to the suffering of millions of animals each year in U.S. laboratories. The conference will also host booths by hundreds of vendors of animal research supplies and torture devices.
And we’ll be there! San Diego Animal Advocates is calling on California activists to join us in leafleting and protesting researchers at the convention, and to help educate the public in downtown San Diego and through the local media on the horrors of animal research. Will you be there, too?

For More Information: www.animaladvocates.org/

Location:
downtown Convention Center in San Diego

URL: http://www.animaladvocates.org/#vivisection

A HUGE VIVISECTION CONFERENCE IS COMING TO SAN DIEGO

A HUGE VIVISECTION CONFERENCE IS COMING TO SAN DIEGO
Join San Diego Animal Advocates to Protest March 31 - April 5, 2005!

Speak out for animals in laboratories: From March 31 to April 5, 2005, the 35th Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) will meet at the downtown Convention Center in San Diego, California. This massive summit of animal researchers includes six member organizations—the American Physiological Society, the Society for Neuroscience, the Microcirculatory Society, the Society of General Physiologists, the Biomedical Engineering Society, and the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology—many of which contribute to the suffering of millions of animals each year in U.S. laboratories. The conference will also host booths by hundreds of vendors of animal research supplies and torture devices.
And we’ll be there! San Diego Animal Advocates is calling on California activists to join us in leafleting and protesting researchers at the convention, and to help educate the public in downtown San Diego and through the local media on the horrors of animal research. Will you be there, too?

For More Information: www.animaladvocates.org/

Location:
downtown Convention Center in San Diego

URL: http://www.animaladvocates.org/#vivisection

A HUGE VIVISECTION CONFERENCE IS COMING TO SAN DIEGO

A HUGE VIVISECTION CONFERENCE IS COMING TO SAN DIEGO
Join San Diego Animal Advocates to Protest March 31 - April 5, 2005!

Speak out for animals in laboratories: From March 31 to April 5, 2005, the 35th Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) will meet at the downtown Convention Center in San Diego, California. This massive summit of animal researchers includes six member organizations—the American Physiological Society, the Society for Neuroscience, the Microcirculatory Society, the Society of General Physiologists, the Biomedical Engineering Society, and the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology—many of which contribute to the suffering of millions of animals each year in U.S. laboratories. The conference will also host booths by hundreds of vendors of animal research supplies and torture devices.
And we’ll be there! San Diego Animal Advocates is calling on California activists to join us in leafleting and protesting researchers at the convention, and to help educate the public in downtown San Diego and through the local media on the horrors of animal research. Will you be there, too?

For More Information: www.animaladvocates.org/

Location:
downtown Convention Center in San Diego

URL: http://www.animaladvocates.org/#vivisection

The New Alchemy: Transforming Water and Soil

This week's presenters are:
Dr. Chuin-nan Lai, Director, Lapiz Lazuli Light Institute
Bob Cannard, Restoration Ecologist, Organic Farmer

To view the entire lecture series schedule, please go to: www.biosbcc.net/green/eslp.htm. If you would like to support this lecture series, please contact the SBCC Student Sustainability Coalition, Shawn Jacobson (coordinator) at 805-252-3031

Location:
UCSB's Girvetz Hall, Room #1004

Organizer:

URL: http://www.biosbcc.net/green/eslp.htm

Peace Witness - Tallahassee

Join the Tallahassee Network for Justice and Peace, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, Sundays and Thursdays in front of the Old Capitol, corner of Apalachee Parkway and Monroe Street
BUSH LIED; CHENEY LIED; RUMSFIELD LIED; POWELL LIED; THEY ARE ALL LIARS; AND THEY THINK YOU ARE TOO DUMB TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. BUSH LIES - GIs DIE
Sundays 12:30 to 2:30.
Thursdays 4:00 to 6:00
www.tnjp.org
organize-AT-TNJP.org

Location:
Old Capitol, corner of Apalachee Parkway and Monroe Street

Cost: FREE!!!!!

WOMEN, ACTION & THE MEDIA: Making Noise, Making Change

WOMEN, ACTION & THE MEDIA: Making Noise, Making Change
Friday, March 31 -- Sunday, April 2
MIT's Stata Center, Cambridge, MA


Have you noticed that progressive women's voices have been
increasingly been shut out of the media (and, as a result, out of much
public policy discussion)? It's time to put women back in the story.
That's why the Center for New Words is hosting the third annual Women,
Action & the Media (WAM!) conference. Our past two conferences have
featured such speakers as Katha Pollitt, Medea Benjamin, Marie Wilson,
Julianne Malveaux, Jill Nelson, Amy Goodman, Daisy Hernandez, Rita
Henley-Jensen, Lisa Jervis, Shelley Lewis, Elaine Lafferty, Noy
Thrupkaew, and many more. This year's conference will bring together
more than 300 participants for over two days of meeting, discussing,
and exchanging our observations, ideas, experiences, opinions, and
tools for change-and to plan together for action.


Read more here: www.centerfornewwords.org/wam2006.html .


SAVE THE DATE! Registration opens in November. Don't miss a thing --
email wam-AT-centerfornewwords.org today to be put on the WAM!2006
announcement list.


CALL FOR PROPOSALS:


At WAM!2006, we'll develop skills and action plans to amplify
progressive women's public voices-as analysts, opinion-makers,
educated citizens and influences in civil society. But to do that, we
need you. What questions, issues, and concerns do you want to hear
debated? What are the actions we should be taking, and what should we
be preparing for? Our CFP guidelines are attached in a word document,
and are also available at www.centerfornewwords.org/wam2006.html .
Please send us your session proposals! Plus -- let us know you're
working on it! Email us wam-AT-centerfornewwords.org and we'll send you
reminders about upcoming deadlines and other important CFP
information.

Location:

National Day of Action to Save Social Security

Local Workers and Community Groups

Call on Charles Schwab to

Drop Support for Social Security Privatization



(Nashville, Tn) —A delegation of seniors, young people, union members, labor leaders, and others concerned about their retirement security will march to the local office of the Charles Schwab Corp. on Thursday, March 31 at 12:00 p.m. at 1801 West End Ave. The group will first gather at 1808 West End Avenue in the parking lot behind the Tennessee Citizen Action offices. The group will call on the company to drop its support for privatizing Social Security.



Charles Schwab has been a major backer of the push to create privatized Social Security accounts. Its actions reflect a conflict of interest for Schwab and other firms that stand to make huge profits managing private accounts. Schwab belongs to the Alliance for Worker Retirement Security, one of several industry-backed front groups promoting Social Security privatization.







WHO: Jerry Lee, President, TN AFL-CIO

Gregory King, Tennessee Citizen Action

Meira Bakari, mother, children receive survivor benefits





WHAT: Protest against Charles Schwab's support for Social Security privatization



WHEN: Thursday, March 31, 12:00 p.m.



WHERE: Charles Schwab office

1801 West End Ave.

Nashville, TN 37203



Please call Jerry Lee at (615) 269-7111 or Megan Macaraeg at (615)-977-7118 for more information.




CEF is a workplace giving campaign for HBCU’s working to strenghten capacity and economic justice. All funds received will be divided equally among member groups.

Location:

Stop the Draft Before it Starts March 31st

This event is being organized by the Peace Coalition.

An Afternoon of Peace, Education and Saying No to War!
Three Events to Educate, Activate and Motivate
Thursday March 31st 4pm-8pm

First:

Lecture:"Women: The Secret Weapon of Modern Warfare."
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2005
Time: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Wilson 103 (Near 21st and Division, Vanderbilt University)

Second:

Stop the Draft Before It Starts! A Call to Action

What: Rally to say No Draft! No Way!
When: Thursday March 31st, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Where: 21st and Division (Across from Vanderbilt University)

Third:

Clarksville Weekly Peace Vigil
Thursday March 31st 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Downtown Clarksville, Public Square and Main Street

Cars will be carpooling from Vanderbilt to Clarksville at 6:00pm

For more information contact Nashville Peace Coalition
Chris Lugo 593-0304
Jane Hussein 650-8868

Location:

Clarksville Weekly Peace Vigil

Our candlelight vigils are every Thursday night, 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in
downtown Clarksville, Public Square and Main Street.

We read poetry at the vigils and display the number of US soldiers
killed
and wounded and number of Iraqi civilians killed to date.


We have a newsletter called: Clarksville Freethinkers for Peace and
Civil
Liberties. Our e-mail is Freeinthesouth-AT-bellsouth.net

Thanks again,
debbie

Location:

Vigil in front of Lockheed Martin

Weekly givil in front of Lockheed Martin, NW corner of Pilot Knob Road and Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan. (These folks could use a presence. The local police have been bothering them recently - 3/3/05.)

Location:
NW corner of Pilot Knob Road and Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan

Women of the World and War

Nadifa Osman (native of Somalia and director of the Women of Africa Resource Development Association) speaks on the effects of war on women and children, with focus on Somalia.

Location:
Foss Center, Augsburg College, 625 - 22nd Avenue South, Minneapolis.

Organizer:

Women of the World & War: Somalia

Women of the World and War, Focus: Somalia
Third in a compelling series on the effects of war on women and children around the world.
Nadifa Osman, a native of Somalia, will speak about those who have remained in Somalia and those who have migrated to the U.S.
Nadifa Osman is a research assistant, Dept. of Pediatrics, U of MN. She began to demonstrate an avid sense of awreness and deication to human rights and social justice during the totalitarian regime (1969-1990). From 1979 to 1985, she worked as a volunteer in her homeland of Somalia, on poverty assessment and community empowerment projects with a humanitarian NGO. Ms Osman immigrated before the civil war and was displaced, along with other fleeing people. From the time she arrive in Minnesota in 1999, she has operated programs to address the many needs of Somali women and girls who have recently immigrated to the Twin cities, which has one of the largest Somali populations in the United Staes. She is the founder and Executive Director of the Women of Africa Resource Development Association. Event is co-sponsored by Augusburg women's Resource Center, Women's Studies and Coalition for Student Activism.

Location:
Foss Center, Augsburg College
625 22nd Avenue South
Minneapolis

Cost: Free and open to the public

Directions: Augsburg College is located on Riverside Avenue in Minneapolis. There will be signs and people directing to free parking.

Organizer:

URL: www.worldwidewamm.org

MARCH FOR FAIR CONTRACT

EO/UAW 2322 MARCH FOR FAIR CONTRACT

*Fair Wages
*Fair Health Care
*Fair Child Care
*Fair Treatment for Same-Sex Couples

Graduate employees at UMass Amherst have been bargaining for a new contract for
over a year. UMass continues to propose real wage cuts, cuts to health care and
exclusion of currently covered same-sex couples, and drastic increases in child
care costs. If you thought UMass was the state school where working people and
families could get an education and better their lives - think again! A typical
grad family could be paying $5000 more next year for the same child care
services; their health care costs could quadruple over the next three years.

March to beat back the attack!



www.people.umass.edu/geo/gp/news/3reasons.html

Location:
Student Union steps, UMass Amherst

URL: http://www.people.umass.edu/geo/gp/cal/march31.html