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

Organizer:

Raidcal Cheerleading Meeting

Radical Cheerleading is Protest + Performance. It's activism with pom poms and middle fingers extended. It's screaming FUCK CAPITALISM while doing a split.

Location:
1206 Leona

Cost: nothing

Directions: 12th and Leona (on the east side of Austin)

"FrauenWelten" - FrauenFilmTage 2005 im Filcasino, Wien

Die FrauenFilmTage 2005 "Frauenwelten" zeigen eine Auswahl international anerkannter Spielfilme und Dokumentarfilme, die sich mit der Rolle der Frau in der jeweiligen Gesellschaft auseinandersetzen. Wir zeigen engagierte Gewerkschafterinnen in Indien ebenso wie kämpferische Frauen in traditionellen Gesellschaften. Unser Ziel ist, durch ein vielfältiges Bild der Frauenwelten auch auf die Bedeutung der Frauen als Motor für eine positive gesellschaftliche Entwicklung hinzuweisen, aber auch Hemmnisse und Hindernisse für diese Entwickung aufzuzeigen. Wir wollen die Frauen aus ihrer Opferrolle "befreien", in der wir sie in den Medien normalerweise wahrnehmen. Dieses Bild ist uns zu einseitig, und daher legen wir Wert auf Filme, die die Frauen auch als engagierte und selbstbewußte Trägerinnen wichtiger Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse zeigen, mit eigenen Wünschen und Bedürfnissen.

Location:
Filmcasino (www.filmcasino.at), 1050 Wien, Margaretenstraße 78

Organizer:

URL: http://www.profrau.at/de/veranstaltungen/filmtage.htm

IMC Vienna Treffen

Treffen von vienna.indymedia.org.
Tagesordnung: docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcViennaTreffen10

Location:
Infoladen 10/EKH (1100 Wien, Wielandgasse 2-4)

Organizer:

URL: http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcVienna

linz: at.indy lokaltreffen

im 2 wöchentlichen abstand treffen sich die in linz und umgebung ansaessigen at.indy aktivistInnen zum erfahrungsaustausch und zum besprechen von neuen features.

jede(r) die/der interesse am mitarbeiten bei at.indy hat ist eingeladen zu kommen.

don't hate the media - be the media.

Location:
kv kapu, kapuzinerstr. 36, 4020 Linz

URL: http://www.kapu.or.at

Panel discussion on "Is homicide an epidemic in Baltimore?"

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2005 Martin Luther King Jr. convocation
celebrating the work of the
Rose Street Community Center
for their non-violent struggle against drugs and violence in East Baltimore
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Panel Discussion
"Is homicide an epidemic in Baltimore?"

Panelists

* Dr. Peter Beilenson, Baltimore City Health Commissioner
* Mr. Clayton Guyton, Rose Street Community Center
* Dr. Robert Lawrence, Professor, School of Public Health, JHU
* Dr. Philip Leaf, Professor, School of Public Health, JHU
* Chief Antonio Williams, Detective Division, Baltimore police

Moderator: Marc Steiner, NPR radio show host

Thursday March 3, 2005
6:00-7:30pm
University Baptist Church
3501 N Charles Street
All are invited, and the event is open to the public.

Sponsored by:
JHU Offices of Multicultural Student Affairs, Community Affairs,
Center for Social Concern, Campus Ministries
JHU Season for Non-violence
Co-sponsored by
Black Student Union, Health & Human Rights Group (School of Public Health)
The Student OUtreach Resource CEnter, JHMI Schools

Location:
University Baptist Church
3501 N Charles Street

Cost: free

Organizer:

URL: http://www.jhu.edu/snv

The Civilization of Clashes

Pinhas Ish-Shalom, ISP Research Fellow
BCSIA's International Security Program

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Location:
Malkin Penthouse, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/NT000143A2

Life, Death & the Post-Autobiographical Self

Nancer Ballard will draw upon sources such as Sylvia Plath’s Unabridged Journals and The Bell Jar, Tim O'Brien's, The Things They Carried, and A. Alvarez’ The Savage God, among other works, to explore constructions of post-life meaning and being, and examine the role of gender in the formulation of the post-autobiographical self.

Location:
Epstein Building, Lecture Hall, Brandeis University

URL: http://my.brandeis.edu/btime/item?item_id=467733

Racism, Sexism, & Homophobia

A Black History Month Event with Rev. Irene Monroe 

Sponsored by the President’s Office of Diversity Services, the Office of Retention Services, and the Center for Women's Health and Human Rights.

For more information, contact the President’s Office of Diversity Services, 617-573-8613.

www.suffolk.edu

Location:
Suffolk University
Donahue 403 

URL: http://prod.campuscruiser.com/PageServlet?pg=home_calendar&cx=22.164

Office of Naval Research

MIT Technology Executives Lecture Series

Stephen C. Lubard - OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH

Steven C. Lubard, Technical Director of Science and Technology will address the audience. Bio and abstract will be posted once available.

Reception to Follow

Open to the public

Location:
MIT Tang Center, Wong Auditorium, Bldg. E51

Cost: free

URL: http://ilp-www.mit.edu/display_event.a4d?eventId=991

PXL This: Pixelvision Presentation

Gerry Fialka will speak on Pixelvision at the Comparative Media Studies colloquium and PXL THIS 13 will be screened.

5pm Gerry Fialka
7pm PXL THIS 13 screening

www.indiespace.com/pxlthis/

Location:
M.I.T., Room 2-105

Cost: free and open to the public

Organizer:

URL: http://web.mit.edu/cms/

HIV-positive artist exhibit

Opening Reception: Mary Fisher From Negative to Positive

The Women’s Studies Research Center is proud to present a one-woman show featuring Mary Fisher’s handmade paper, quilts, sculptures, and mixed media work.

Mary Fisher is an HIV-positive woman whose artistic talents have been marshaled to raise public awareness about AIDS.

Her anthologies of speeches and photography have received critical national acclaim.

She and her art have been featured in national publications and network broadcasts.

She has been a tapestry weaver (1968-70), TV producer (1968-74), and government worker (Assistant to the President of the United States, the Honorable, Gerald R. Ford, 1974-76).

Her widely recognized work in handmade papers began in 1985, followed by photography, sculpture, prints and fiber art.

Senator Edward Kennedy remarked, “Mary Fisher’s journey of hope and compassion has opened doors, hearts and minds and brought a new understanding to overcome ignorance and the fear of AIDS. Her eloquent words and healing message are a powerful demonstration that a courageous individual can still make a difference in our society- and what a difference she has made.”

Location:
Epstein Building, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University

URL: http://my.brandeis.edu/btime/item?item_id=467607

Great Apes Project

Great Ape World Heritage Species/UNEP Project

Dr. Richard Wrangham, Chair of Anthropology, Harvard University

Come hear an amazing lecture/discussion on an endeavor to secure for the Great Apes the status of "World Heritage Species."

The Great Ape World Heritage Species Project recognizes the Great Apes as species of outstanding universal value from a scientific, educational, and cultural perspective warranting a special conservation and protection effort.

Included in the project's mission:

Radically increase the worldwide effort to protect Great Apes.

Draft an international Declaration for the Protection of the Great Apes naming the Great Apes as World Heritage Species.

Draft a Convention designating the Great Apes as World Heritage Species

Promote international cooperation in protecting and conserving the Great Apes.

Undertake public awareness campaigns to help protect Great Apes in all countries.

This event is being jointly sponsored by the Center for Animals and Public Policy at Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine and the Center for International Environment & Resource Policy at The Fletcher School.

Location:
Cabot Hall, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford

URL: http://www.tufts.edu/tie/getting_involved/events.html#greatape

Rate Your Community Center

How is Your Community Center Working for You?

Do you want to voice your opinion on what you would like to see at the center to the Executive Director of all 46 city community centers and his staff?

Now’s your chance!

Boston Centers for Youth & Families and new Executive Director, Robert Lewis, Jr., will host a series of Community Forums across the city.

Boston residents are invited to come to discuss their local center, meet Executive Director Lewis, and learn how they can be involved.

6pm: Meet & Greet/Refreshments
6:30pm: Agenda begins

Location:
Hyde Park Community Center 1179 River Street Hyde Park

URL: http://www.cityofboston.gov/calendar/calendar.asp?mode=single&id=8604&type=single

Human Rights Commission

Public Meeting of the Human Rights Commission

Location:
51 Inman St., 2nd Floor Conference Room, Cambridge

URL: http://www.cambridgema.gov/ViewSchedule.cfm?event_id=1715

To Awaken the Nation

An Invitation to Study and Conversation

In the 19th century, on the north slope of Beacon Hill, a remarkable community of black and white men and women gave leadership to the national movement to abolish slavery, and to claim Equal School Rights for its black children.

Join in study and conversation to uncover and claim this history as motivation for work to be done today.

Four Thursday evenings in March: the 3rd, the 10th, the 17th and the 24th.

Bring you own sandwiches, coffee and tea provided.

Discussion will be based on Black Bostonians by James Oliver and Lois E. Horton.

It will be guided by Horace Seldon, Professor at Boston College.

Registration: No admission but participants must indicate intention to attend all four sessions and to read the Horton book.

Registration deadline: Feb 25th by phone at 617-742-5415.

The book may be purchased at the office of the Black Heritage Store (46 Joy St.)

This event is sponsored by Community Change

Location:
Abiel Smith School, Museum of Afro-American History, 46 Joy, Boston

Cost: free

Culture: Does Everyone Have One?

Open Discussion

A candid discussion about the definition of culture, its endless interpretations and what we each define as our own culture. Bring your thoughts, beliefs and stories and please be ready to share!

Location:
Howard Thurman Center Lounge, GSU, Lower Level, Boston University

Cost: free

URL: http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/sao-events/main.php?detail_page=1&id=801

Chinese Women in America

Unbinding Our Lives: Chinese Women in America (1850-1935)

Christina R.Chan

A one-women show, performed by Christina R.Chan.

Christina Chan shatters the exotic, subservient, China doll stereotype in her powerful one woman show "Unbinding Our Lives".

Christina portrays three real Chinese American women from China in the 1800's and their personal stories of being sold into child slavery, being forced into prostitution, and facing abandonment in the streets of China.

Reception to follow performance.

Sponsor
Women's Studies Program

Open to the public

Location:
32-155 M.I.T.

Cost: free

URL: http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?94285

Jenny Holzer: Working in Public

Contemporary Art

The Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Celebrity Lectures

March 2nd and 3rd, 2005

For more than twenty-five years, Jenny Holzer has presented her astringent ideas, arguments, and sorrows in public places and international exhibitions, from the Venice Biennale, to the Guggenheim in New York and in Bilbao, Spain, as well as the MFA’s West Wing. Whether formulated as a T-shirt, plaque, or LED sign, Holzer’s medium is always language, and the public dimension is integral to the delivery of her work. Starting in the late 1970s with Truisms and Inflammatory Essays—posters plastered to the walls of New York buildings—Holtzer’s LED screens, granite benches, and recently, projections on prominent façades, counter ignorance and violence with humor, kindness, and moral courage. Join Jenny Holzer for a discussion of the nature of public art and working in public spaces.

This annual series, generously funded by the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation, brings the greatest names in the arts to the MFA. Join us from October through April for six exciting lectures with celebrated speakers chosen for their achievements, creativity, and fresh perspectives.

Location:
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts

URL: http://www.mfa.org

Prison Book Program

Help us get books out to prisoners.
Read some letters, browse our book stacks, grab a couple of books, package them up.
Start again.
We get over 100 letters per week.
Join us.

Learn more at our website www.prisonbookprogram.org

Location:
Prison Book Program
1306 Hancock Street, Suite 100
Quincy, MA 02169

Directions: see our website

URL: www.prisonbookprogram.org

Fallen Heroes of 9/11

All Our Sons: Fallen Heroes of 9/11

Framed by the events of September 11th, All Our Sons: Fallen Heroes of 9/11 is the story of the twelve black firefighters who died at the World Trade Center.

It is a story about their courage, what they meant to their community and what they will inspire for the future.

Presented by The Color of Film Collaborative. www.coloroffilm.com

Location:
Rabb Lecture Hall (Ext. 2270)
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street Boston

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

Rethinking Agricultural Subsidies

The Future of Food Series
March 3, 2005
March 10, 2005
April 26, 2005

Rethinking Agricultural Subsidies
March 3rd, 7pm, Room 3-270

Speaker: Barry Goodwin
Prof. of Agricultural Economics, NC State University.
Author of Landowners' Riches: The Distribution of Agricultural Subsidies.
Barrett Kirwan
Lecturer, Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University.
Tim Wise
Deputy Director, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University

Moderator:
Prof. Judith Tendler

Beyond Agribusiness: New Models for Agricultural Production
March 10th, 7pm, Rm. 3-270

Speakers:
Brian Donahue
Assoc. Prof. Brandeis University, author of Reclaiming the Commons: Community Farms and Forests in a New England Town.
Kathleen Merrigan
Director of the Center for Agriculture, Food and Environment, Tufts Univ.
Frederick L. Kirschenmann
Director of the Leopold Center at Iowa State University

Moderator:
Deborah Fitzgerald
Prof. STS at MIT

Feeding the Global Poor: Innovations in Food Production
April 26th, 7pm, Rm. 3-270

Speakers:
Pedro Sanchez
Director of Tropical Agriculture at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, 2002 World Food Prize recipient, a MacArthur Fellow for 2004.
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Religion in the 21st Century: A Four-Part Series
Understanding the Dynamics and Impact of Change

The headlines are filled with stories about events in which religious faith or religious institutions are central. The dynamics within and between major faiths, as well as the role of faith in political and social life, are shifting quickly. These shifts are affecting how technologies are being used, how policy is framed and debated, and much, much more. This series will offer an overview of the factors and dynamics behind today's religious landscape. The goal of the series is to equip participants to understand the context within which they are working, leading, voting and living.  Our aim is for thoughtful conversation with experts which involves education, self- reflection, and lots of opportunity for discussion

Thursdays: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5 7:00pm in Building W11--Registration is required. Please e-mail weinmann-AT-mit.edu

Women's Rights and Islam
April 14

Speaker:
TBA

The Rise of Fundamentalism in the 20th Century
April 21

Speaker:
R. Scott Appleby
Director, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame University

Religious Terrorism
April 28

Speaker:
Mark Juergensmeyer
Director, Global & International Studies, UC-Santa Barbara

Religion and the Media in the US
May 5

Speaker:
Gustav Niebuhr
Associate Professor, Religion and the Media, Syracuse University
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30th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War
Saturday, April 30th, MIT Kresge Auditorium

Speakers:
Noam Chomsky
MIT Institute Professor Emeritus
Ngo Vinh Long
Professor History, University of Maine

Through public lectures, the Technology and Culture Forum presents speakers of diverse viewpoints who come from a wide variety of academic and professional backgrounds. In planning programs, the Technology and Culture Steering Committee, made up of MIT faculty, students and alumni, seek to address critical issues and raise important questions.

Location:
M.I.T. Cambridge

Organizer:

URL: http://web.mit.edu/tac/upcoming/index.html

Legalities of Climate Change

Location:
Pound Hall 106, Harvard Law School, Cambridge

Organizer:

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

Terror Breeds Comedy!

Stop the BU Bioterrorism Lab

Terror Breeds Comedy!

A night of stand-up comedy with information about BU's proposed bioterrorism lab.

The latest in infotainment.

Laugh and learn.

Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center
85 West Newton Street, Boston's South End

ALSO:

Public Forum!
Tuesday, March 8, 2005, 6-8pm.

A panel of scientists will discuss and answer questions about the potential effect of BU's bioterrorism lab on Boston and beyond.

South End Branch Public Library, 685 Tremont Street, Boston.

Tell your family, friends, and neighbors about these events!

Bring them with you.

We are updating two of our webpages tomorrow with new information about the campaign against the lab.

www.ace-ej.org/BiolabWeb/Backgroundinfopage.html and

www.ace-ej.org/BiolabWeb/Whoelse.html

We will be updating the current pages and perhaps adding new pages throughout March.  Please let us know what you would like to see on our webpages about the lab.

Stopbioterrorlab (at ) ace-ej.org

Location:
Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center
85 West Newton Street, Boston's South End

URL: http://www.ace-ej.org

Setmana de mobilització antitransgènica : roda de premsa, concentració i sopar

* 11:00: Roda de premsa
* 19:00: Concentració a la plaça Sant Jaume. Lectura d'un manifest. Marxa fins a la plaça Universitat
* 21:00: Sopar popular a la plaça universitat

Location:
diferents

Organizer:

URL: http://www.agrariamanresa.org/transgenics/

Exposició Ferrer i Guardia i l'Escola Moderna

Exposició sobre Francisco Ferrer i Guardia i la Escola Moderna
A la Bilblioteca Pública Pompeu Fabra (Plç Occitània, Mataró)
Inauguració: Dimecres, 3 de Març de 2005
Durada: fins al 13 de Març.
A càrrec de Antoni Garcia i Ferran Aissa (Ateneu Enciclopedia Popular)
Organitza: Federació Local de CNT-AIT (Mataró)

Location:
Bilblioteca Pública Pompeu Fabra

Directions: Plç Occitània, Mataró

Organizer:

Denuncia els desallotjaments il·legals de Mataró

Vine a denunciar els desallotjaments il·legals del CSOA l'Estella i Cal Ronk al "ple" de l'Ajuntament de Mataró.

FES SENTIR LA TEVA VEU

Location:
Davant l'Ajuntament

Organizer:

URL: http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/162375/index.php

Barcelona: un model que s'ensorra. Acte a l'Ateneu Barcelonès

BARCELONA: UN MODEL QUE S'ENSORRA
Del "model Barcelona" a la Barcelona real


PRESENTACIÓ DE LA PLATAFORMA VEÏNAL CONTRA L'ESPECULACIÓ


Manuel Delgado
Santiago López Pétit
Bernat Muniesa

En motiu de la presentació del llibre de M. Delgado, Elogi del vianant
(Edicions de 1984)

Dijous, 3 de març de 2005
19 h.

Location:
Ateneu Barcelonès
Canuda, 6 - Barcelona

URL: http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/161819/index.php

Violaciones de derechos de la mujer en el mundo

**Día 2, miércoles, a las 19:30 horas
CHARLA + PROYECCIÓN: Ana Bereziartua y Marian González miembros de
Amnistía Internacional desarrollarán la charla bajo el
título: "Violaciones de derechos de la mujer en el mundo".

Antes se proyectará un vídeo titulado "el cine denuncia". En él,
directores y actores de cine (Fernando Leon, Imanol Arias, Luis Tosar,
Iciar Bollaín, Charo López, Ariadna Gil, Achero Mañas... entre otros)
denuncian en unos spots, de unos pocos
minutos cada uno, su rechazo a la pena de muerte, trafico de armas,
violencia de género, minorías sexuales...etc

Location:

Organizer:

URL: www.kabigorri.org

VAGINA MONOLOGUES

The Vagina monologues is a play about women's rights and gender issues more generally. It deals with a whole range of subject matter, in a sensitive, shocking and HILARIOUS way!
We are performing in the MOOD BAR (next to the Omni Centre, opposite the St. James' Centre at the west end of Princes St.) on Tuesday, Wed and Thurs 1-3rd MARCH (THIS WEEK!). It's £4 for students, £6 for non, no age restrictions, it's at 7pm and it will last about 1.5 hours.
[The money is all going to women's rights and gender-based violence charities.]

Come and hear a triple orgasm moan, the story of the old lady who hadn't been 'down there' since 1953, and some shocking facts about masterbation...

All are welcome!

Location:
MOOD BAR (next to the Omni Centre at the top of Leith Walk/West end of Princes St

Cost: £4 students, £6 other

Radio Live

Radio Live is held on the first thursday of every month at the Museum of Commerce on Tarragona

Location:

Cost: donation of one can of food for Manna Food Bank

Organizer:

Movement for Change Weekly Meeting

MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE MEETINGS ARE HELD

EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE

CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AT 7:00 P. M....

COME JOIN US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Location:
Center for Social Justice
1603 N Davis Hwy
Pensacola FL 32501

Cost: free

Directions: corner of Davis and Moreno

Organizer:

URL: http://www.movementforchange.org

First Thursday: "Creatures" by Derek Arnold

"Creatures" will be making Red Emma's their home this March. Join us this Thursday for an opening reception to celebrate new work by longtime Baltimore artist, known necroferrophile, and frequenter of heavy-equipment graveyards, Derek Arnold. (Show runs throughout March at RE's)

Location:
Red Emma's Coffeehouse Bookstore

Cost: Free

URL: www.redemmas.org

CONCERNED ABOUT HEALTHCARE?

GET INVOLVED ON THURSDAY

Join us in Santa Barbara for our monthly meeting

www.healthcareforall.org

www.healthcareforall.org/san_barb.html

Meetings: first Thursday of each month, 7-9 p.m.

Location:
328 A East Carrillo Street
Santa Barbara

URL: www.healthcareforall.org/san_barb.html

Santa Barbara Indymedia Meeting

Be The Media! Help us organize, run this website, etc. Thursday March 3 at 7pm.

Location:
1129 State St. at the Rain.org office (off the indoor patio)

Organizer:

URL: http://www.sbindymedia.org/

Watsonville Brown Berets

The Brown Berets are a historical part of the Chicano movement that was launched during the late 1960's. Our organization has been active in Watsonville since 1994 in responce to gang violance and ignorance that was taking the lives of our young people. Since then we have worked tirelessly on issues such as police harrassment, imrovement of our educational institutions, and demanding the voice of the disenfranchised community to be heard. We believe that through education, spiritaulity, cultura, and resistance that we can create effective changes in this society. We invite you to join our efforts. Mexica TIahui!!

Location:
406 Main Street and Beach Suite# 408b
(First Floor behind the Luttnich ( Ritmo Latino)Bld)
Watsonville, Califaztlan 95076

Cost: Dedication, an open mind, and corazon

Directions: Accroos the street of the Watsonville plaza and
next to Plaza Vigil

Film Screening: Solo un Cargador (Porter) and Sacred Game

Dear Friends
Two very cool films at MAH March 3 7PM
Thor Anderson will be present for Q + A
Hope you can make it!

CineMAH Features International Award Winning Film

CineMAH: Solo un Cargador (Porter) and Sacred Game
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WHAT: CineMAH: Solo un Cargador and Sacred Game with Thor Anderson
WHERE: The Museum of Art & History (MAH)
705 Front Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060

WHEN: Thursday, March 3, 2005

COST: FREE to MAH members;
$5 general;
$3 students 18+ and seniors 62+;
$2 Students 12-17; children under 12 free
Includes gallery viewing and film.
Refreshments available: FREE Popcorn and $1 beverages

HOURS: Extended gallery viewing hours: 5:00 - 6:45 pm;
Film screening: 7:00 - 8:30 pm
INFO: Call the Museum at (831) 429-1964


Santa Cruz, California -- The Museum of Art & History (MAH), in partnership with the Santa Cruz Film Festival (SCFF), presents the second installment of MAH's after-hours programming, CineMAH, a film event for the entire family. CineMAH is held the first Thursday of the month and offers yet another perspective on current exhibitions at MAH. The event includes extended gallery viewing hours. The films featured on March 3, 2005, are Solo un Cargador (Porter) by Peruvian filmmaker Juan Alejandro Ramirez and Sacred Game by Thor Anderson. Both films compliment MAH's current exhibition Ancient Artists: Pre-Columbian Art from the Mississippi Museum of Art on view through March 13, 2005.

Solo un Cargador (Porter) is a heartbreakingly beautiful meditation about the life, hopes and dreams of a fictional Peruvian porter named Chuqui Orozco. Porter is the recipient of several international film awards and recently screened at The Sundance Film Festival 2005. This short film is a series of visually stunning scenes primarily taken from the streets of Cuzco and the footpaths through the Andes Mountains to Macchu Picchu. Sacred Game is a feature documentary set in the Chiapas region of Mexico documenting Mayan locals who retain much of their ancient ancestral rites and rituals. Filmmaker and SFSU professor Thor Anderson will be on hand to introduce his film and the Q + A that will follow the screenings.


Filmmaker's Biography

Thor Anderson began his studies with the Highland Maya in 1973, and has been returning to Chiapas periodically for the past thirty years. His ethnographic research has focused on material culture, ritual, and cosmology, including a ten-year project that culminated with the making of Sacred Games in 1988. He has also worked in Northern Spain (Basque Country), as well as in U.S. inner-cities. He currently teaches anthropology at San Francisco State University. He and his wife Consuelo have two daughters, Madeleine and Thea. They live in San Francisco.


Sacred Games: Ritual Warfare in a Maya Village

(1988. One-hour. University of California ExtensionMedia)
This film depicts the spectacular celebration of Carnival in San Juan Chamula (Chiapas, Mexico). The upside-down world of "crazy February" features communitarian feasts, cross-dressing, and a five-day, break-neck schedule that calls for non-stop running from mountaintops to the plaza, from circle dances to waging a mock war. The Highland Maya pantheon includes both historical figures and mythological beasts, creating a world view that is at once wondrous, complex, and compelling.

Media sponsors: KWAV 97/Magic 63 and Metro Santa Cruz

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705 Front Street l Santa Cruz l California l 95060
831.429.1964 l Fax 831.429.1954 l www.santacruzmah.org
A Non-Profit Organization

On the web at: www.santacruzmah.org
--
Jane Sullivan
PR + Event Production
seebrightproductions.com
Director + Founder
Santa Cruz Film Festival
santacruzfilmfestival.com
312 Seabright Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
831.459.7676

Location:
The Museum of Art & History (MAH)
705 Front Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Cost: between 0 and 5 bucks / free popcorn

Organizer:

URL: http://www.santacruzmah.org

ACLU Community Forum On America's Failed Drug War

The American Civil Liberties Union, which is headquartered in New York City, recently relocated one of its national projects - the ACLU Drug Law Reform Project - to Santa Cruz.

To introduce itself to the community, the ACLU Drug Law Reform Project will co-host a community forum with the ACLU's Santa Cruz chapter on Thursday March 3rd at 7 pm at Parish Hall in Holy Cross Church.

The topic of the forum will be, America's Failed Drug War - Santa Cruz & the National Debate.

Location:
Holy Cross Church, 126 High Street, Santa Cruz

Organizer:

Until When? Refugee Life in Palestine

Set during the current Intifada, this documentary follows four Palestinian families living in Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem.

They talk about their past and discuss the future with humor, sorrow, frustration and hope.
"Until When?" paints an intimate in-depth portrait of Palestinian lives today.

Location:
Oakes College, Room 105
University of California, Santa Cruz

Cost: free

Directions: UCSC West entrance follow signs to Oakes College.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.cjp.vze.com/

Anti-War Teach-in

Take action against the war!

Empower yourself!

Come to a mass anti-war event on March 3rd to find out how to...

- End Military Recruitment
- End Weapons Research
- End Surveillance of International Students
... at UCSC

8pm Thursday March 3rd
Classroom Unit 2
UCSC

Location:

Organizer:

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!!!!!

Community Organizing Job Discussion

Representatives from the Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center will be on the University of South Florida campus on Thursday, March 3 in the Marshall Center, Room 129 at 4 PM to discuss careers in the field of community organizing, and to interview anyone with an interest in organizing around poverty and race issues.

The DART Center is a nonprofit network of affiliates, founded in 1982 to assist in the development of strong, grassroots community organizations committed to democratic principles and values of justice and fairness. The DART Network currently consists of 21 affiliates spread throughout Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, and Kentucky, each with their own leaders, staff, funding base, and accomplishments toward justice at the local level. DART has fought and won across the country on a broad set of issues like joblessness, access to health care, living wage and job source agreements, police misconduct, improved public education, quality affordable housing, fair immigration practices, and dozens of others. We are broadening our power into new communities throughout the state of Florida by training a new generation of community organizers

During our visit to the USF campus, representatives from DART will discuss how community organizers:

· Develop and training leaders to take successful action on community problems
· Identify and train local leaders
· Strengthen communities through One-on-One relationship building

We will also accept applications and schedule interviews with anyone interested in launching a career in community organizing through the DART Organizers Institute, a summer, paid training program in grassroots organizing. This program is designed to give people in Florida the skills in grassroots organizing to launch a permanent career in the field within the DART Network.

The Information Session will take place on the University of South Florida campus on Thursday, March 3 in the Marshall Center, Room 129 at 4 PM. If you are interested, but cannot make the info session, please contact: Ben MacConnell at ben-AT-thedartcenter.org or (785) 841-2680 immediately. We will also schedule interviews with interested parties for the following day to take place in the USF Career Center. For more details, feel free to call/email Ben at: 785-841-2680 or ben-AT-thedartcenter.org. Or check out our website: www.thedartcenter.org.

Location:
University of South Florida Main Campus, Marshall Center, Room 129

Cost: No Cost

Directions: The Phyllis P. Marshall Center (CTR) and adjacent Special Events Center (SEC) are located on the corner of West Holly and East Holly on the Tampa Campus of the University of South Florida, just south of Crescent Hill.

* Students, faculty and staff with parking permits may park in lots designated for them or in metered spaces.

* Visitors must obtain a USF parking permit for $2.50 from the Campus Information Center during designated hours and can park in lots designated for visitors.

* There are about 40 metered parking spaces located at the Marshall Center along Cedar Circle, and several dozen more in lot 5A in front of the Bookstore (BKS). The Crescent Hill Parking Garage (CHG), located a short walk from the northeast, has over 800 parking spaces. Additional parking is located to the west in lots 3A, B, C, and D (see graphic insert above).

* Tampa's public bus system, Hartline, has a regular stops on the USF Tampa campus.

* Additional directions and information may be obtained by calling the Marshall Center Information Desk: (813) 974-3180.

Organizer:

URL: www.thedartcenter.org

Lenten Film Series

The Downtown Presbyterian Church
Presents
Seven International Films During Lent
exploring the theme of “The Already” and “The Not Yet”

Presented in the Historic Egyptian Revival Sanctuary
Thursdays at 6:30 PM with meals at 5:30 PM
On the corner of 5th Ave. North and Church St.

Contact Tom Wills at 260-6238 or at WillyWonkaIs-AT-comcast.net for more
information
or visit www.dpchurch.com

The international film series is a presentation of seven films from
seven countries on the seven Thursdays in the Lenten church season
between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. All films and meals are free
to the public. Our hope is to provoke meaningful discussion around
classic films that are both known or rarely seen.

February 10th 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Pather Panchali (Song of the Road)
INDIA 1955 115 Min. Bengali w. English Subtitles; Directed by
Satyajit Ray
Master filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s directorial debut is a story of the
human condition told with absolute simplicity.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0048473/


February 17th 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
UNITED STATES 1971 100 Min; Directed by Mel Stuart
“The candyman can ‘cause he mixes it with love, and makes the world
taste good;
And the world tastes good because the candyman thinks it should.”
‘nuff said.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0067992/


February 24th 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Ikiru (To Live)
JAPAN 1952 143 Min. Japanese w. English Subtitles; Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
The story of a man with cancer, his will to live with meaning, and the
perplexed community around him who witness his transformation without
knowing the cause. A must-see Kurosawa masterpiece.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0044741/


March 3rd 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Miracolo a Milano (Miracle in Milan)
ITALY 1951 100 Min. Italian w. English Subtitles; Directed by
Vittorio De Sica
This is a magical realist view of life in a homeless shanty town where
dignity is a precious commodity.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0043809/


March 10th 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Nattvardsgästerna (Winter Light)
SWEDEN 1963 81 Min. Swedish w. English Subtitles; Directed by Ingmar
Bergman
In the second film in a faith trilogy, a pastor of a small rural church
in Sweden struggles with doubt.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0057358/


March 17th 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Christ In Concrete (Give Us This Day)
GREAT BRITAIN 1949 120 Min. Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Blacklisted film-maker Edward Dmytryk brings us the story of an Italian
immigrant brick-layer’s quest for a home.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0041416/


March 24th 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal)
CANADA 1989 120 Min. Rated R; French w. English Subtitles;
Directed by Denys Arcand
A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play
which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors'
lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself. Rated “R”.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0097635/


Each film will be preceeded by a community meal for those that wish
to
partake at 5:30 p.m., and following each film there will be a short
panel discussion with coffee. On April 8th, Maundy Thursday, the 5:30
meal will feature a Maundy Thursday service.

for more info contact:

Tom Wills
615-260-6238
WillyWonkaIs-AT-comcast.net

The Downtown Presbyterian Church is located at:
154 5th Ave. North
Nashville, TN 37219
on the corner of 5th Ave. North and Church St.
615-254-7584
www.dpchurch.com

Location:

Living Wage Meeting

Here is a tentative agenda:

· Introductions

· MLK report back

o At the River I Stand

§ Summary

§ Panel Discussion

§ Ideas for outreach

o Ideas for next year

o What went well/not well

· Job Standards

o What are they?

o How can we use them?

o How does it happen?

· Living Wage Convening

o What orgs should be there?

o Who should plan?

o Timeline

· COLW

o Article in Tn’n

· Fundraising

o Pancake Breakfast

· April 15th Action

o Manufacturing job loss vs. service sector growth

o Lack of LW jobs

o CEO pay disparities

· Announcements/Close

Location:
Green Hills Public Library - Nashville

Green Party Meeting

the next chapter meeting of the Middle
Tennessee Green Party is Thursday March 3, 6:00-7:45 PM at the East
Library in East Nashville.

Location:

TEN COMMANDMENTS - BASIS FOR LAW OR RELIGION?

TEN COMMANDMENTS - BASIS FOR LAW OR RELIGION?

HEDY WEINBERG TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC MEETING, THURSDAY, MARCH 3.

The public is invited to hear Tennessee ACLU Director, Hedy Weinberg, the evening of Thursday, March 3. Refreshments will be served at 6:45. Public invited - free. This is the very day on which the United States Supreme Court is holding hearings on TWO cases involving the Ten Commandments, so it will be very timely. Hedy will give her impression of the arguments presented, which often gives clues as to what the decision will be.

The location is Cohn Senior Center in Nashville. The Senior Center is on the ground floor at 4805 Park Avenue in Nashville. Use the 46th Avenue exit (#205) of I-40. Courtyard parking is off 48th Avenue South with a special entrance. The meeting is sponsored by Nashville Chapter Americans United for Separation of Church and State.



TEN COMMANDMENTS CONTROVERSY

Even though the Ten Commandments are basic to Judaism and also to Christianity, both Jewish and Christian groups and individuals are among those who do not believe that they should be posted by government in public buildings. The two cases being heard by the United States Supreme Court in early March, McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, and Van Orden v. Perry in Texas are examples. The American Jewish Committee supports the ACLU in the former, and the National Council of Jewish Women has an Amicus brief in the latter. In addition a brief filed in the Texas case on behalf of Hindus, Buddhists and Jains says that while they regard the Ten Commandments with utmost respect, an overtly religious monument is a blow to pluralism.

"The display of religious symbols, including the Ten Commandments, on public property, violates the constitutional principle of separation of church and state, and sends the message to non-adherents that they are outsiders in their own communities," said Jeffrey Sinensky, AJC's general counsel. "Such displays are especially inappropriate in situations where people of all faiths and of no faith convene daily to seek justice."

The AJC brief was filed with a coalition of Christian, Jewish and interfaith organizations. "When government attempts to rationalize its display of sacred texts by claiming secular purposes and secular effects, the inevitable tendency is to distort and desacralize the sacred text," the brief states.

It is estimated that 30 of Tennessee's 95 counties are posting the Ten Commandments. There are also other cases in various stages of litigation across the nation.

In Kentucky the Commandments were first posted alone, but after litigation was begun other items were added to the display in hopes of avoiding a decision against them. The Sixth Circuit ruled against the display, and a previous high court decision had already stated that the Commandments are religious and therefore may not be posted in public schools.

In Texas a lower court had decided that the six-foot granite monument on the grounds of the Austin State Capitol had been in place so long (since 1961) without being controversial that it did not violate the Constitution. The Amicus brief filed by Americans United together with People for the American Way and NCJW argues that just because a display is longstanding does not validate it. It also calls to the Court's attention the death-threats, vandalism and harassment against people who have brought church-state litigation.


Nashville Chapter Americans United for Separation of Church and State, PO Box 210005, Nashville TN 37221. President-AT-Nashville-AU.org 615-646-9946 or 646-7976 www.Nashville-AU.org. www.AU.org. A nonprofit educational organization. Membership $25. Ask about our Tennessee Network.

CONTACT: Charles Sumner, 615-646-9946, President-AT-Nashville-AU.org

Location:

TEN COMMANDMENTS - BASIS FOR LAW OR RELIGION?

HEDY WEINBERG TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC MEETING, THURSDAY, MARCH 3.

The public is invited to hear Tennessee ACLU Director, Hedy Weinberg, the evening of Thursday, March 3. Refreshments will be served at 6:45. Public invited - free. This is the very day on which the United States Supreme Court is holding hearings on TWO cases involving the Ten Commandments, so it will be very timely. Hedy will give her impression of the arguments presented, which often gives clues as to what the decision will be.

The location is Cohn Senior Center in Nashville. The Senior Center is on the ground floor at 4805 Park Avenue in Nashville. Use the 46th Avenue exit (#205) of I-40. Courtyard parking is off 48th Avenue South with a special entrance. The meeting is sponsored by Nashville Chapter Americans United for Separation of Church and State.


TEN COMMANDMENTS CONTROVERSY

Even though the Ten Commandments are basic to Judaism and also to Christianity, both Jewish and Christian groups and individuals are among those who do not believe that they should be posted by government in public buildings. The two cases being heard by the United States Supreme Court in early March, McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, and Van Orden v. Perry in Texas are examples. The American Jewish Committee supports the ACLU in the former, and the National Council of Jewish Women has an Amicus brief in the latter. In addition a brief filed in the Texas case on behalf of Hindus, Buddhists and Jains says that while they regard the Ten Commandments with utmost respect, an overtly religious monument is a blow to pluralism.

"The display of religious symbols, including the Ten Commandments, on public property, violates the constitutional principle of separation of church and state, and sends the message to non-adherents that they are outsiders in their own communities," said Jeffrey Sinensky, AJC's general counsel. "Such displays are especially inappropriate in situations where people of all faiths and of no faith convene daily to seek justice."

The AJC brief was filed with a coalition of Christian, Jewish and interfaith organizations. "When government attempts to rationalize its display of sacred texts by claiming secular purposes and secular effects, the inevitable tendency is to distort and desacralize the sacred text," the brief states.

It is estimated that 30 of Tennessee's 95 counties are posting the Ten Commandments. There are also other cases in various stages of litigation across the nation.

In Kentucky the Commandments were first posted alone, but after litigation was begun other items were added to the display in hopes of avoiding a decision against them. The Sixth Circuit ruled against the display, and a previous high court decision had already stated that the Commandments are religious and therefore may not be posted in public schools.

In Texas a lower court had decided that the six-foot granite monument on the grounds of the Austin State Capitol had been in place so long (since 1961) without being controversial that it did not violate the Constitution. The Amicus brief filed by Americans United together with People for the American Way and NCJW argues that just because a display is longstanding does not validate it. It also calls to the Court's attention the death-threats, vandalism and harassment against people who have brought church-state litigation.


Nashville Chapter Americans United for Separation of Church and State, PO Box 210005, Nashville TN 37221. President-AT-Nashville-AU.org 615-646-9946 or 646-7976 www.Nashville-AU.org. www.AU.org. A nonprofit educational organization. Membership $25. Ask about our Tennessee Network.

CONTACT: Charles Sumner, 615-646-9946, President-AT-Nashville-AU.org

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:

bell hooks speaking

March 3, 2005 - bell hooks

Town Hall , Seattle located at Eight and Seneca at 7pm. Admission is free and no tickets are required. Lobby doors will open at 6:00 PM and seating will begin at 6:30 PM. Seating is first come-first served.

Location:

Cost: free

Reclaim Democracy dialogue

Join us for a dialogue with National Reclaim Democracy Organization Director Jeff Milchen.

ReclaimDemocracy.org: What is it? Why do we need to "reclaim democracy"? What actions can we take locally to reclaim democracy? What are Independent Business Alliances and can they help our communities resist chain proliferation and support local, independent business development?

The nationally based ReclaimDemocracy.org is dedicated to
* Restoring democratic authority over corporations
* Reviving grassroots democracy
* Revoking the power of money and corporations to control government and civic society.

Local chapters of Reclaimdemocracy.org are forming around the country, including one recently launched in Greenfield, MA. The goals of these groups include reversing corporate claims to Constitutional rights and reversing the judicial creation of "money = speech."

ReclaimDemocracy.org is a non-partisan (501c3) non-profit organization.
For more information, visit ReclaimDemocracy.org.
Join the local listserve at: groups.yahoo.com/group/reclaimdemocracy_MA
or send a blank email to: reclaimdemocracy_MA-subscribe-AT-yahoogroups.com

The next meeting of the newly formed Greenfield chapter of ReclaimDemocracy.org will be on March 8, from 6-7:30 pm at Green Fields Market. These meetings are open to everyone.

Location:
Green Fields Market
144 Main Street, downtown Greenfield (upstairs meeting room)

Organizer: