"DRUMS FOR PEACE" & "BUSH HAS NO MANDATE"

Hello everyone,

The organizing committee for the "DRUMS FOR PEACE" anti-war contingent with the KING march on Jan 17 and for the "BUSH HAS NO MANDATE" counter-inaugural march and rally from CNN to the State Capitol on Jan 20th has launched a WEBSITE www.nomandateatlanta.org/ . Please check our website.

You can download our flyers for both of these events from our website and distribute them anywhere you are able. We only have a couple of weeks to go to reach OUR GOAL -- WHICH IS TO BRING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREETS for these events.

We, the individuals and organizations who STAND for human needs, human rights, civil liberties and other worthy causes need to get our there by the thousands to show the supporters of Bush administration policies and our own local government officials and representatives THAT THE MAJORITY OF GEORGIANS DON'T SUPPORT these militaristic and inhumane policies.

In our website we also have a page for organizations who would like to endorse the Counter-Inaugural march and rally on Jan 20th, and a page for volunteers and tasks they can help us with.


Please help us to get the word out. We would like to make January, 2005 a TURNING POINT in the presidency of George W. Bush, as people rise up to say the Bush has NO MANDATE for his destructive policies, and he does not have the support of the majority of American people.

WE NEED YOUR HELP.
For peace and justice for all human beings,
PLEASE JOIN US
PLEASE HELP US TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE.
THANK YOU
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A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

Albert Einstein

Location:
"DRUMS FOR PEACE" We will be meeting at 12:00 in front of the Georgia Pacific Building
at the intersection of Peachtree and John Wesley Dobbs
and will join the March down Peachtree Street and Auburn Avenue to the King Center
"BUSH HAS NO MANDATE" We wi

Organizer:

URL: http://www.nomandateatlanta.org

Martin Luther King Jr. March

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March and Festival
This year the day begins with an 8 am program at UT's MLK statue. From
there participants will march to the State Capitol and then to
Huston-Tillotson College for a program of music and speakers that will
run until 2pm. Program information and a map are online at
www.mlkcelebration.com/marchandrally.php

Location:

MLK celebration

On Monday, January 17 around noontime, Pledge members will march in the MLK, Jr. parade, carrying signs WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER. March with the Pledge and take a stance against the awful invasion and occupation of Iraq. Meet at 11:30 AM at Dolphin Street and Eutaw Place.

Location:
The march takes place on Martin Luther King Boulevard

Organizer:

URL: www.afsc.org

Justice Monday

Justice Monday is a call to action to all citizens - working families, communities of color and women, ex-offenders, victims of crime and everyone concerned with the justice and civil rights issues facing us today. It is an historic civil rights/human rights march on our State capital. It will be the first justice/civil rights march in Maryland in at least 20 years and it will be the first time we have stood together and in a collective voice demanded justice for every Maryland resident.

The time is right for a march of this kind. Never before in our history have we seen so many communities devastated by the twin cycles of substance abuse and incarceration. Never before has prison become so normalized for our children and have thousands of people been denied the right to full participation in the democratic process. Never before have our communities of color, of women, and the poor been so relegated to the position of bystander.

The time is NOW for us to stand shoulder to shoulder - offenders, victims, advocates and all citizens alike - to stand united and in a collective voice say "NO MORE!"
NOW is the time to let our elected officials know that we are going to hold them accountable to restore our communities, to let them know that we are not going anywhere this session but into their offices. NOW is the time to bring our voices, our stories and our votes and let the State know that we will see reform this session.

For too long we have allowed others to speak for us. On this one night we can speak for ourselves.

Our goals are not unattainable. Our mission is simple. We want a fair and just criminal justice system for all Marylanders. And we want it now.

We want a State that strikes a fair balance between public safety concerns and the welfare of prisoners and former offenders.

We want a State where every individual with a substance abuse problem, regardless of criminal history, can receive effective treatment on demand and in a safe and respectful environment.

We want a State where judges have the discretion to distinguish between high-level dealers and low-level users

We want a State where no community's voting power is diluted because of the struggles and challenges unique to that community.

We want a State where no resident with a felony conviction is relieved of the right and the duty to participate fully in the democratic process.

We want a State where the laws and policies promote, not hinder, employment opportunities for persons with criminal records.

We want a State where laws do not deny former offenders access to services that promote stability and self-sufficiency, like food stamps and debt-leveraging programs.

We want a State where prisoners and correctional staff are safe, and where prisoners have access to quality rehabiliative programs.

We want a State that does not mandate the trying and sentencing of our children as adults

We want a State that does not imprison our children, but that works to strengthen and protect our children within their families and their communities.

Get involved. Now is not the time to be silent.

www. justicemonday.org

Location:
Lawyers Mall - Annapolis, Maryland

Cost: FREE

Organizer:

URL: www.justicemonday.org

Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore Meeting

Join the Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore as it meets on Monday nights at the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) building on York Road. The Pledge, formerly the Iraq Pledge of Resistance, regularly engages in civil disobedience on behalf of our collective civil liberties. Every action is non-violent and is conducted peacefully.

The Pledge has a series of actions planned in the upcoming months that are designed to visibly oppose the Bush administration's "preemptive" warmongering and attacks on the Bill of Rights. If you're concerned about the direction the US is heading to please consider coming out and joining us. (Note: it is always advisable to call in advance to confirm the meeting is being held as scheduled.)

Location:
806 York Road, Baltimore, MD

Organizer:

Unity Breakfast

Unity Breakfast with Friends and Neighbors
with Music and Award

9am

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

featured speaker: Renee Landers
Professor of Law at Suffolk University, Past President of the Boston Bar Association, and Watertown resident

Free day care provided for pre-schoolers.

RSVP 617-924-6143 by January 10

preceded by Interfaith Worship Service at 8:30am
Greek Orthodox Church 25 Bigelow Avenue Watertown

Location:
Hellenic Cultural Center 25 Bigelow Avenue Watertown

Cost: $7 donation / free for children under 12

Organizer:

American Library Association Conference

The 2005 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting will be held in Boston, MA, from January 14-19, 2005. The exhibits will be held January 14-17, 2005 in the Hynes Convention Center, with the Ribbon-Cutting held Friday, January 14 at 5:15 pm preceding the All-Conference Reception.

Headquarter Hotels will be the Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston Hotel and the Westin Copley Plaza.

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
50 E. Huron Chicago, IL 60611 Call Us Toll Free 1-800-545-2433

ALA President's Program
Creating an Advocacy Epidemic
Sunday, January 16, 2005, 3 - 5pm
In today’s difficult economic conditions, it is more important than ever before to stand up and speak out for libraries to ensure that we retain our funding and support. Join ALA President Carol A. Brey-Casiano as she welcomes Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, and a panel of distinguished speakers in an exciting program that demonstrates how to mobilize individual grassroots advocacy efforts in your community into a nation-wide advocacy ‘epidemic.’ By turning passive support into educated action, we can enhance the image of and increase support for libraries, librarians and library workers, bring increased attention to critical national issues such as literacy and equity of access, and expand the global reach of librarians. Whether you are an experienced library advocate or are taking your first steps along this important path, you can’t afford to miss this program. We Can Do It!/Si, Se Puede!
Sponsored by Little, Brown and Company

Author Forum
The Friday afternoon Author Forum has three speakers on the panel this year.
Come and hear these exciting New England authors
Friday, January 14, 4pm - 5:15pm, Convention Center
Chris Bohjalian, author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Midwives, is once again engaging readers in his latest novel, Before You Know Kindness. Bohjalian is the author of nine novels, various magazine credits, and currently has three works in development for movies (The Buffalo Soldier, The Law of Similars, and Water Witches), establishing him as not only as “America’s answer to Joanna Trollope” (Kirkus), but an American treasure.    
Sponsored by Random House

Nathaniel Philbrick takes his fans on yet another riveting voyage with his latest book Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery-The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. Sea of Glory integrates his esteem and acute knowledge of history with his proclivity for compelling drama, while he discuss the journey from the South Pacific to the Antarctic, Pacific Northwest to New York City. Philbrick is currently working on a novel about the voyage of the Mayflower.     
Sponsored by Penguin Putnam

Tom Perrotta is the author of several works of fiction, including Joe College and Election, which was made into the acclaimed 1999 movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick. Perrotta’s latest novel, Little Children finds him illuminating some new yet familiar territory-the American suburb.  Hailed as his best work, Kirkus calls Perrotta “an accomplished comic novelist extends his range brilliantly”.
Sponsored by Holtzbrinck Publishers including St. Martin's Press; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Henry Holt; Picador; Tor Books and Audio Renaissance

ALA Planned Giving Seminar
ALA Development
Monday, January 17, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Please join the ALA Development Office for a one-hour seminar on estate planning and recent changes in estate and gift lax laws. Reservations are required. An invitation can be requested by calling 800-545-2433, extension 5050. There is no fee for this event.

From the Top: Technology Opportunities Program Basics
Wash/LITA
Friday, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
This lively and interactive session will provide ALA members information about the TOP program, its support of libraries in the past, and give participants an opportunity to think about how to put together a technology project in your community. First, TOP staff and library grantees from years past will share lessons learned and describe outstanding projects featuring libraries. Next, TOP staff will outline a typical grant round, including the award criteria, tips on elements to include, and pitfalls to avoid. Finally, participants will collaboratively brainstorm project ideas and share them with the rest of the group. TOP staff will be available for more detailed critique of potential project ideas after the meeting. No fee is required to attend, but attendees must register in advance. To reserve your spot, please send an email to rreynolds-AT-alawash.org.

Serving the Underserved IV
YALSA
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Registration for this event is by invitation only. To register for this event, Please contact YALSA at yalsa-AT-ala.org.

Friends of Libraries U.S.A. – Boston Tea Party
AFL-FOLUSA
Monday, 2pm - 4pm
A Boston Tea Party - FOLUSA style! Friends of Libraries U.S.A. will host four best-selling authors discussing their work while you munch on finger sandwiches, fine pastries, fruits and cheeses, and a wide assortment of teas. All authors will sign copies of their latest books – many of which will be available free - others will be offered at a very generous discount. Don’t miss this opportunity to hobnob with some of your favorite authors and leave with signed, first editions! Call 800-936-5872 or logon www.folusa.org for tickets. Tickets are $35 in advance, and $45 onsite.

Exhibit Information
The exhibits will include over 800 booths, and will be housed in the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The ALA Midwinter Exhibition is packed with demonstrations and free samples from over 425 vendors.

For detailed information on all our exhibitors, please visit our online exhibitor database. Or, you can view an online, interactive exhibit floorplan.

Exhibit Events and Hours
Friday, January 14
4 – 5:15 pm  Best-Selling Authors Forum  
5:15 – 7:30pm Exhibits Opening Ceremony and ALA/ERT All Conference Reception (includes entertainment and complimentary refreshments)
Saturday and Sunday, January 15-16
9am – 5pm Exhibits Open

Monday, January 17
9am – 2pm Exhibits Open
10am – 1:15pm Technology Showcase

Special Events on the Exhibit Floor

Basket Raffle
Friday, January 14, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Exhibitors will be raffling off exciting gift baskets at their booths during the All Conference Reception. Baskets will be displayed near registration on Friday afternoon. Check the Final Meeting Program and Cognotes for descriptions of the baskets.

Technology Showcase
Monday, January 17, 10am - 1:15pm
Don’t miss this year’s Technology Showcase, which will consist of free concurrent programs on the exhibit floor featuring new products and demonstrations. See the Final Meeting Program and Cognotes for further information.

Location:
Hynes Convention Center

URL: http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2005/home.htm

Counter-Inaugural Events

This is a great site for info on the Counter-Inaugural activites.

Location:
Washington DC mostly

URL: http://www.counter-inaugural.org/index.php?name=events

MLK Celebration, Northampton

20th Anniversary MLK Celebration

Two FREE Community Programs

For Children up to age 12 [10am to Noon]

DREAM!

and

For Teens and Adults [10am to 6pm]

Dreams Deferred: The Criminalization of America

Are We Building Safer Communities? which will focus on prisons, post-incarceration barriers and the death penalty.

AFSC 413-584-8975

The central location for MLK 2005 is First Churches Northampton, 129 Main Street. However teen and adult workshops will be held in community spaces throughout downtown Northampton. All programs are free, accessible, open to all. Donations are most welcome.

Details for both DREAM! and Dreams Deferred follow. It is co-sponsored by the Peace Development Fund, the President's Office of Smith College, the Valley Advocate and the community.

details:

An interactive and engaging morning program for children up to age 12. Dream! features age-specific activities (peace games, dance, theatre, poetry/rap, story-telling, discussions) and exhibits that will help kids, in age-appropriate ways, talk about the roots of violence in their lives and explore the many ways they can use their inner resources of peacemaking to create a just, loving and peaceful world for themselves, their communities and our world.

featuring:
The young people of Victory Over Violence a national youth-sponsored non-violence initiative which helps young people identify and counteract the root causes of violence. VOV emphasizes self-examination and taking personal responsibility so that young people can be the change they wish to see in the world. and Youth teaching artists from Project 2050 a youth initiative of the New World Theater, Project 2050 engages Western Massachusetts youth in examining the social, political and personal implications of demographers' projections that by the year 2050, People of Color will be the majority in the United States. Project 2050 brings together youth and adult artist, organizers, scholars and activists to create original theater/poetry dance pieces. Past 2050 themes include: Nation/Conflict/Freedom and Immigration, Identification, Incarceration, Exploitation, Negotiation.

Also featuring the Victory Over Violence video Quest for Peace, story-telling, young people sharing personal experiences of overcoming violence, and a community transforming violence tree.

Age 12 and up:

Dreams Deferred: The Criminalization of America
Are We Building Safer Communities?
Registration begins at 9:30am

Workshops: 10:00am to noon
choose one

Unlock the Block, Release the Vote
A workshop on voter disenfranchisement led by Joseph "Jazz" Hayden, the formerly-incarcerated lead plaintiff in Hayden v. Pataki, a lawsuit which challenges the New York State statute which disenfranchises prisoners and parolees. Jazz is the director of Unlock the Block, Release the Vote, a voter restoration campaign based in New York City.

Moral Values and the Death Penalty
A panel and community discussion featuring a member of Murder Victims' Families Speak Out, Imam Wissam Abdulbaki, the spiritual leader of the Western Massachusetts Islamic Center, Kevin O'Regan, the Assistant United States Attorney in charge of the Western Massachusetts Office of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, and others.

Lyrical Liberation: Poetry and Prison Abolition
A multi-media, spoken-word performance featuring Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman which exposes two faces of the War on Drugs and its effects on the People of the Americas - untangling complex and parallel realities of racism, classism, and violence at home and abroad.

(De)Criminalization of Women's Lives
A workshop to unearth the work to decriminalize women's lives on the street and in the home. Featuring women from the Statewide Harm Reduction Coalition (SHaRC) and the W.I.S.E. Committee of Arise for Social Justice.

Know Your Rights
This workshop discusses what rights people have when they are in contact with law enforcement. It focuses on developing the skills to keep safe and protect liberty, what searches are legal, what to look for in a search warrant, etc. It is presented by the New England AFSC Criminial Justice program.

Queer Youth and the Prison Industrial Complex
This interactive workshop will offer an introduction into the prison industrial complex and the particular impact on members of the LGBT community. Facilitated by young people from Out Now.

Raising Awareness on the Reintegration Process for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Donald Perry will discuss the many issues facing individuals as they leave the correctional system and reintegrate back into our communities. Donald has recently returned to the valley after having served 18 years in Massachusetts prisons and jails.

Community Gathering: 1:00pm to 3:00pm
First Churches Northampton Sanctuary
129 Main Street

Keynote address by Tina Reynolds To Name Oneself: An Act of Revolution Tina Reynolds is a survivor of the criminal justice system. A nonviolent drug offender, she has been arrested 61 times and has served a total of five years. She is the mother of seven, holds a Master's degree, and for the ten years since last jailed has been an activist and advocate for mothers and children. Tina is the co-founder of Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH), a NYC-based association of formerly incarcerated women.

Moving From Reflection to Action
Action steps and current campaigns surrounding the death penalty, the proposed Chicopee and Franklin County jails and reintegration. Featuring an inspiring message from Joseph "Jazz" Hayden, the formerly-incarcerated lead plaintiff in Hayden v. Pataki, a lawsuit challenging mass disenfranchisement of prisoners and parolees in New York State.

Featuring performances by:
ClimbingPoetree
Performance Project
Project 2050
Voices from the Inside
5 College Gospel Choir

Workshops: 3:30pm to 5:30pm
choose one

The Struggle to Free Vieques and the Truth About the Cuban 5
Incarcerated in Puerto Rico for his nonviolent actions which helped end the six-decade target bombing by the US Navy of the island of Vieques, facilitator Rafael Rodriguez is now part of the legal team representing the Cuba 5. An attorney in Hartford, CT, Rafael serves on the board of the Rosenberg Fund for Children. This workshop will explore the often-untold story of both of these struggles.

Behind the Razor Wire: Slide show and talk by Michael Jacobson-Hardy
Michael Jacobson-Hardy photographed and published a book about Massachusetts jails and prisons. His book contains essays by Angela Davis and John Edgar Wideman. He will present his work and talk about issues raised by his photographs.

walk with me
The premier of an original work by the Performance Project, an artistic ensemble which creates original works of theater and movement through a collaboration of men and women in jail, those who have been released from jail, and other artists in the community.

Voices From Inside: Using Writing as a Tool for Liberation
The workshop will explore how creative writing groups are formed and facilitated, the benefits of such groups for giving voice to individual experiences, as well as how writing can be used as a tool for political change. Facilitated by Jody Boss and Lissette Navarro, both of whom are formerly incarcerated writers and Sara Weinberger, co-founder and co-director of Voices From Inside.

Freedom: Summer '65 with Dr. King
Trained by Rev. Dr. King, Adele Smith-Penniman spent the summer of 1965 in South Carolina doing voter registration and community organization. Back then it was a radical (and dangerous) act for African Americans to try to vote. Adele's experiences will serve as a window to the civil rights movement of the sixties.

Making Justice Personal
Participants in this workshop will compare the fundamental philosophies of criminal justice and of restorative justice. They will consider what justice means to them individually and to the community, and they will define for themselves the attributes of a "just" system. Facilitated by Lucinda Brown, Community Relations Coordinator for the Courts of Franklin County and members of the Franklin County Restorative Probation Program.

Racial Disparities, Into the Funnel of Injustice
The US imprisons more people than any other nation; well over half of these individuals are People of Color. This workshop will use the criminal justice system as a lens to contextualize racial disparities in the US. A failed education system, lack of affordable housing, toxic air in urban communities, no health care how did the war on poverty become a war on poor people? The combination of racism and corporate greed equals the US Criminal Injustice System. America's solution: Lock them up: What's yours?

Location:
First Churches Northampton, 129 Main Street

Organizer:

URL: http://lists.topica.com/lists/act-ma@igc.topica.com/read/message.html?mid=810442867&sort=d&start=7095

Stand for Peace in the Spirit of MLK

Stand for Peace in the Spirit of Martin Luther King

As information about the war increases, stories of destruction of Iraqi communities, approval and practices of torture, extended stays for veterans, and disregard for civil liberties at home, IT’S TIME TO STAND FOR PEACE.

In recognition of the need to have a presence for peace in these times of war abroad and cut-backs at home, UJP invites you to Stand-out for Peace in front of Cambridge City Hall at 2:30 PM on Jan.17. Bring a photocopy of something which inspires you to keep Martin’s spirit of peace and justice alive in our community.

We will also be signing a 4 foot by 6 foot post card to President Bush letting him know that we are alive and well and standing for the values of equality, fairness and justice. At 3:15, we’ll gather at St. Peter’s Church in Central Square to share our hopes and hear community members read the words of Martin Luther King.

also 4:30 to 7pm at The Middle East Downstairs
Free and all ages: Open Mic (sign up at 4:30) Opening Ceremony @5pm sharp, 3 DJs spinning conscious music, Collective art installation. *Bring images or objects to add to the Martin Luther King Jr Shrine*

Location:
in front of Cambridge City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, Central Square, Cambridge

URL: http://www.justicewithpeace.org

MLK Unity Party @ Middle East

Some of our Beat Research friends are playing
at/throwing a party in honor of Martin Luther King:

TOOLBOX PRODUCTIONS & AQUARII ARTS in conjunction
with the CITY OF CAMBRIDGE PEACE COMMISSION and
CAMBRIDGE UNITED FOR JUSTICE WITH PEACE, PROUDLY
PRESENT:

A Unity Party for MLK Jr Day
Monday January 17th 2005
*FREE & ALL Ages* 4:30pm - 7pm
@ THE MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS
> 474 Mass Ave, Central Sq. Cambridge.
> (Don't forget to stop by Beat Research later,
> starting at 9pm)
>
> FEATURING: DJ Pace, Wayne & Wax (DJ/MC), NateBox
> (HumanBeatBox), OKE (freestyle rapper), ChillBreeze
> (Latino poet - PRESENTE), Amatul Hannan (host MC -
> ToolBox Productions), Open Mic, Community artwork on
> a Rev. Martin Luther King Shrine.
>
> Unite with us for performance and art in honor of
> Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr's life and his will
> to promote social justice and peace against all
> odds.
>
> OPEN MIC (Sign up at 4:30 pm) limited slots.
>
> OPENING CEREMONY @ 5:00 pm sharp with? Host MC:
> Amatul Hannan and DJ's *Pace* & *Wayne & Wax*.
>
> Collective Art Installation - make Art at the party!
> Bring images & or objects to add to our Rev. Martin
> Luther King Shrine.
>
> DONATIONS ACCEPTED TO BENEFIT: The Margaret Fuller
> Neighborhood House, Inc.,
> 71 Cherry Street, Cambridge MA, Area 4.

Location:
THE MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS
474 Mass Ave, Central Sq. Cambridge.

Cost: free

Directions: redline to Central Sq. stop

Organizer:

A Dream to Remember

“A DREAM TO REMEMBER” MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION 2005

An evening of poetry and speeches to commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Merrimack Valley Community Service Corps

Location:
Grace Episcopal Church 35 Jackson St. Lawrence MA

Organizer:

South Africa Ten Years After

"Truth, Justice and Healing in South Africa Ten Years After."

(A.R.T.)

Heeten Kalan, South Africa Development Fund and Free South Africa; Jack Geiger, Partners in Health; other speakers to be announced.

open to the public

Location:
Zero Arrow Theatre, Harvard University

Cost: free

URL: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/calendar/lectures.html

Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Forum

Speakers include Susan Frey, Vietnam era Navy Nurse, Dr. Avi Chomsky of Salem State College, Loyda Martinez of North Shore Community College

Location:
Congregational Church, intersection of Market St. and North Main St. Ipswich, MA

URL: http://www.afsc.org/events/boston.htm

Taller de Dansa al CSOA l'Estella

Com cada dilluns es fa un curs de dansa principalment oriental al CSOA l'Estella.

Location:
CSOA l'Estella

Directions: c/ Lepant, 83
al costat de l'estació de tren
de Mataró

Organizer:

URL: http://www.musaik.net/estella

Stirling Anti-G8 meeting

General anti-g8 meeting getting to know those responding to the G8 summit who are from ecological direct action movement, anti-authoritarian groups, the anti-war movement and previous anti-summit mobilisations, who aspire to being leaderless, organising horizontally, making decisions by consensus and taking direct action against the Summit.

Location:
Rm. 2A17, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Cost: donation

Directions: Nearest rail station: Bridge of Allan with little walk.
dissent.org.uk/component/option,com_akogallery/Itemid,33/func,detail/id,96/
Also buses from Stirling

Organizer:

URL: http://www.dissent.org.uk/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=48&year=2005&month=01&day=17&Itemid=29

MLK Celebration, Northampton

20th Anniversary MLK Celebration

Two FREE Community Programs

For Children up to age 12 [10am to Noon]

DREAM!

and

For Teens and Adults [10am to 6pm]

Dreams Deferred: The Criminalization of America

Are We Building Safer Communities? which will focus on prisons, post-incarceration barriers and the death penalty.

AFSC 413-584-8975

The central location for MLK 2005 is First Churches Northampton, 129 Main Street. However teen and adult workshops will be held in community spaces throughout downtown Northampton. All programs are free, accessible, open to all. Donations are most welcome.

Details for both DREAM! and Dreams Deferred follow. It is co-sponsored by the Peace Development Fund, the President's Office of Smith College, the Valley Advocate and the community.

details:

An interactive and engaging morning program for children up to age 12. Dream! features age-specific activities (peace games, dance, theatre, poetry/rap, story-telling, discussions) and exhibits that will help kids, in age-appropriate ways, talk about the roots of violence in their lives and explore the many ways they can use their inner resources of peacemaking to create a just, loving and peaceful world for themselves, their communities and our world.

featuring:
The young people of Victory Over Violence a national youth-sponsored non-violence initiative which helps young people identify and counteract the root causes of violence. VOV emphasizes self-examination and taking personal responsibility so that young people can be the change they wish to see in the world. and Youth teaching artists from Project 2050 a youth initiative of the New World Theater, Project 2050 engages Western Massachusetts youth in examining the social, political and personal implications of demographers' projections that by the year 2050, People of Color will be the majority in the United States. Project 2050 brings together youth and adult artist, organizers, scholars and activists to create original theater/poetry dance pieces. Past 2050 themes include: Nation/Conflict/Freedom and Immigration, Identification, Incarceration, Exploitation, Negotiation.

Also featuring the Victory Over Violence video Quest for Peace, story-telling, young people sharing personal experiences of overcoming violence, and a community transforming violence tree.

Age 12 and up:

Dreams Deferred: The Criminalization of America
Are We Building Safer Communities?
Registration begins at 9:30am

Workshops: 10:00am to noon
choose one

Unlock the Block, Release the Vote
A workshop on voter disenfranchisement led by Joseph "Jazz" Hayden, the formerly-incarcerated lead plaintiff in Hayden v. Pataki, a lawsuit which challenges the New York State statute which disenfranchises prisoners and parolees. Jazz is the director of Unlock the Block, Release the Vote, a voter restoration campaign based in New York City.

Moral Values and the Death Penalty
A panel and community discussion featuring a member of Murder Victims' Families Speak Out, Imam Wissam Abdulbaki, the spiritual leader of the Western Massachusetts Islamic Center, Kevin O'Regan, the Assistant United States Attorney in charge of the Western Massachusetts Office of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, and others.

Lyrical Liberation: Poetry and Prison Abolition
A multi-media, spoken-word performance featuring Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman which exposes two faces of the War on Drugs and its effects on the People of the Americas - untangling complex and parallel realities of racism, classism, and violence at home and abroad.

(De)Criminalization of Women's Lives
A workshop to unearth the work to decriminalize women's lives on the street and in the home. Featuring women from the Statewide Harm Reduction Coalition (SHaRC) and the W.I.S.E. Committee of Arise for Social Justice.

Know Your Rights
This workshop discusses what rights people have when they are in contact with law enforcement. It focuses on developing the skills to keep safe and protect liberty, what searches are legal, what to look for in a search warrant, etc. It is presented by the New England AFSC Criminial Justice program.

Queer Youth and the Prison Industrial Complex
This interactive workshop will offer an introduction into the prison industrial complex and the particular impact on members of the LGBT community. Facilitated by young people from Out Now.

Raising Awareness on the Reintegration Process for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Donald Perry will discuss the many issues facing individuals as they leave the correctional system and reintegrate back into our communities. Donald has recently returned to the valley after having served 18 years in Massachusetts prisons and jails.

Community Gathering: 1:00pm to 3:00pm
First Churches Northampton Sanctuary
129 Main Street

Keynote address by Tina Reynolds To Name Oneself: An Act of Revolution Tina Reynolds is a survivor of the criminal justice system. A nonviolent drug offender, she has been arrested 61 times and has served a total of five years. She is the mother of seven, holds a Master's degree, and for the ten years since last jailed has been an activist and advocate for mothers and children. Tina is the co-founder of Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH), a NYC-based association of formerly incarcerated women.

Moving From Reflection to Action
Action steps and current campaigns surrounding the death penalty, the proposed Chicopee and Franklin County jails and reintegration. Featuring an inspiring message from Joseph "Jazz" Hayden, the formerly-incarcerated lead plaintiff in Hayden v. Pataki, a lawsuit challenging mass disenfranchisement of prisoners and parolees in New York State.

Featuring performances by:
ClimbingPoetree
Performance Project
Project 2050
Voices from the Inside
5 College Gospel Choir

Workshops: 3:30pm to 5:30pm
choose one

The Struggle to Free Vieques and the Truth About the Cuban 5
Incarcerated in Puerto Rico for his nonviolent actions which helped end the six-decade target bombing by the US Navy of the island of Vieques, facilitator Rafael Rodriguez is now part of the legal team representing the Cuba 5. An attorney in Hartford, CT, Rafael serves on the board of the Rosenberg Fund for Children. This workshop will explore the often-untold story of both of these struggles.

Behind the Razor Wire: Slide show and talk by Michael Jacobson-Hardy
Michael Jacobson-Hardy photographed and published a book about Massachusetts jails and prisons. His book contains essays by Angela Davis and John Edgar Wideman. He will present his work and talk about issues raised by his photographs.

walk with me
The premier of an original work by the Performance Project, an artistic ensemble which creates original works of theater and movement through a collaboration of men and women in jail, those who have been released from jail, and other artists in the community.

Voices From Inside: Using Writing as a Tool for Liberation
The workshop will explore how creative writing groups are formed and facilitated, the benefits of such groups for giving voice to individual experiences, as well as how writing can be used as a tool for political change. Facilitated by Jody Boss and Lissette Navarro, both of whom are formerly incarcerated writers and Sara Weinberger, co-founder and co-director of Voices From Inside.

Freedom: Summer '65 with Dr. King
Trained by Rev. Dr. King, Adele Smith-Penniman spent the summer of 1965 in South Carolina doing voter registration and community organization. Back then it was a radical (and dangerous) act for African Americans to try to vote. Adele's experiences will serve as a window to the civil rights movement of the sixties.

Making Justice Personal
Participants in this workshop will compare the fundamental philosophies of criminal justice and of restorative justice. They will consider what justice means to them individually and to the community, and they will define for themselves the attributes of a "just" system. Facilitated by Lucinda Brown, Community Relations Coordinator for the Courts of Franklin County and members of the Franklin County Restorative Probation Program.

Racial Disparities, Into the Funnel of Injustice
The US imprisons more people than any other nation; well over half of these individuals are People of Color. This workshop will use the criminal justice system as a lens to contextualize racial disparities in the US. A failed education system, lack of affordable housing, toxic air in urban communities, no health care how did the war on poverty become a war on poor people? The combination of racism and corporate greed equals the US Criminal Injustice System. America's solution: Lock them up: What's yours?

Location:
First Churches Northampton, 129 Main Street

Organizer:

URL: http://lists.topica.com/lists/act-ma@igc.topica.com/read/message.html?mid=810442867&sort=d&start=7095

Martin Luther King Day Parade

The annual Martin Luther King Day Parade will take over the downtown area of Pensacola. You should go. It's the only good parade this city does.

Location:
Palafox and many other parts of downtown area

MLK Celebration, Northampton

20th Anniversary MLK Celebration

Two FREE Community Programs

For Children up to age 12 [10am to Noon]

DREAM!

and

For Teens and Adults [10am to 6pm]

Dreams Deferred: The Criminalization of America

Are We Building Safer Communities? which will focus on prisons, post-incarceration barriers and the death penalty.

AFSC 413-584-8975

The central location for MLK 2005 is First Churches Northampton, 129 Main Street. However teen and adult workshops will be held in community spaces throughout downtown Northampton. All programs are free, accessible, open to all. Donations are most welcome.

Details for both DREAM! and Dreams Deferred follow. It is co-sponsored by the Peace Development Fund, the President's Office of Smith College, the Valley Advocate and the community.

details:

An interactive and engaging morning program for children up to age 12. Dream! features age-specific activities (peace games, dance, theatre, poetry/rap, story-telling, discussions) and exhibits that will help kids, in age-appropriate ways, talk about the roots of violence in their lives and explore the many ways they can use their inner resources of peacemaking to create a just, loving and peaceful world for themselves, their communities and our world.

featuring:
The young people of Victory Over Violence a national youth-sponsored non-violence initiative which helps young people identify and counteract the root causes of violence. VOV emphasizes self-examination and taking personal responsibility so that young people can be the change they wish to see in the world. and Youth teaching artists from Project 2050 a youth initiative of the New World Theater, Project 2050 engages Western Massachusetts youth in examining the social, political and personal implications of demographers' projections that by the year 2050, People of Color will be the majority in the United States. Project 2050 brings together youth and adult artist, organizers, scholars and activists to create original theater/poetry dance pieces. Past 2050 themes include: Nation/Conflict/Freedom and Immigration, Identification, Incarceration, Exploitation, Negotiation.

Also featuring the Victory Over Violence video Quest for Peace, story-telling, young people sharing personal experiences of overcoming violence, and a community transforming violence tree.

Age 12 and up:

Dreams Deferred: The Criminalization of America
Are We Building Safer Communities?
Registration begins at 9:30am

Workshops: 10:00am to noon
choose one

Unlock the Block, Release the Vote
A workshop on voter disenfranchisement led by Joseph "Jazz" Hayden, the formerly-incarcerated lead plaintiff in Hayden v. Pataki, a lawsuit which challenges the New York State statute which disenfranchises prisoners and parolees. Jazz is the director of Unlock the Block, Release the Vote, a voter restoration campaign based in New York City.

Moral Values and the Death Penalty
A panel and community discussion featuring a member of Murder Victims' Families Speak Out, Imam Wissam Abdulbaki, the spiritual leader of the Western Massachusetts Islamic Center, Kevin O'Regan, the Assistant United States Attorney in charge of the Western Massachusetts Office of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, and others.

Lyrical Liberation: Poetry and Prison Abolition
A multi-media, spoken-word performance featuring Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman which exposes two faces of the War on Drugs and its effects on the People of the Americas - untangling complex and parallel realities of racism, classism, and violence at home and abroad.

(De)Criminalization of Women's Lives
A workshop to unearth the work to decriminalize women's lives on the street and in the home. Featuring women from the Statewide Harm Reduction Coalition (SHaRC) and the W.I.S.E. Committee of Arise for Social Justice.

Know Your Rights
This workshop discusses what rights people have when they are in contact with law enforcement. It focuses on developing the skills to keep safe and protect liberty, what searches are legal, what to look for in a search warrant, etc. It is presented by the New England AFSC Criminial Justice program.

Queer Youth and the Prison Industrial Complex
This interactive workshop will offer an introduction into the prison industrial complex and the particular impact on members of the LGBT community. Facilitated by young people from Out Now.

Raising Awareness on the Reintegration Process for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Donald Perry will discuss the many issues facing individuals as they leave the correctional system and reintegrate back into our communities. Donald has recently returned to the valley after having served 18 years in Massachusetts prisons and jails.

Community Gathering: 1:00pm to 3:00pm
First Churches Northampton Sanctuary
129 Main Street

Keynote address by Tina Reynolds To Name Oneself: An Act of Revolution Tina Reynolds is a survivor of the criminal justice system. A nonviolent drug offender, she has been arrested 61 times and has served a total of five years. She is the mother of seven, holds a Master's degree, and for the ten years since last jailed has been an activist and advocate for mothers and children. Tina is the co-founder of Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH), a NYC-based association of formerly incarcerated women.

Moving From Reflection to Action
Action steps and current campaigns surrounding the death penalty, the proposed Chicopee and Franklin County jails and reintegration. Featuring an inspiring message from Joseph "Jazz" Hayden, the formerly-incarcerated lead plaintiff in Hayden v. Pataki, a lawsuit challenging mass disenfranchisement of prisoners and parolees in New York State.

Featuring performances by:
ClimbingPoetree
Performance Project
Project 2050
Voices from the Inside
5 College Gospel Choir

Workshops: 3:30pm to 5:30pm
choose one

The Struggle to Free Vieques and the Truth About the Cuban 5
Incarcerated in Puerto Rico for his nonviolent actions which helped end the six-decade target bombing by the US Navy of the island of Vieques, facilitator Rafael Rodriguez is now part of the legal team representing the Cuba 5. An attorney in Hartford, CT, Rafael serves on the board of the Rosenberg Fund for Children. This workshop will explore the often-untold story of both of these struggles.

Behind the Razor Wire: Slide show and talk by Michael Jacobson-Hardy
Michael Jacobson-Hardy photographed and published a book about Massachusetts jails and prisons. His book contains essays by Angela Davis and John Edgar Wideman. He will present his work and talk about issues raised by his photographs.

walk with me
The premier of an original work by the Performance Project, an artistic ensemble which creates original works of theater and movement through a collaboration of men and women in jail, those who have been released from jail, and other artists in the community.

Voices From Inside: Using Writing as a Tool for Liberation
The workshop will explore how creative writing groups are formed and facilitated, the benefits of such groups for giving voice to individual experiences, as well as how writing can be used as a tool for political change. Facilitated by Jody Boss and Lissette Navarro, both of whom are formerly incarcerated writers and Sara Weinberger, co-founder and co-director of Voices From Inside.

Freedom: Summer '65 with Dr. King
Trained by Rev. Dr. King, Adele Smith-Penniman spent the summer of 1965 in South Carolina doing voter registration and community organization. Back then it was a radical (and dangerous) act for African Americans to try to vote. Adele's experiences will serve as a window to the civil rights movement of the sixties.

Making Justice Personal
Participants in this workshop will compare the fundamental philosophies of criminal justice and of restorative justice. They will consider what justice means to them individually and to the community, and they will define for themselves the attributes of a "just" system. Facilitated by Lucinda Brown, Community Relations Coordinator for the Courts of Franklin County and members of the Franklin County Restorative Probation Program.

Racial Disparities, Into the Funnel of Injustice
The US imprisons more people than any other nation; well over half of these individuals are People of Color. This workshop will use the criminal justice system as a lens to contextualize racial disparities in the US. A failed education system, lack of affordable housing, toxic air in urban communities, no health care how did the war on poverty become a war on poor people? The combination of racism and corporate greed equals the US Criminal Injustice System. America's solution: Lock them up: What's yours?

Location:
First Churches Northampton, 129 Main Street

Organizer:

URL: http://lists.topica.com/lists/act-ma@igc.topica.com/read/message.html?mid=810442867&sort=d&start=7095

Java Poetry Open Mic

Java's Presents
One MIC
Poetry Open Mic
an avenue of _expression for poets singers mc's and the frustrated.

Let off some steam every Monday night from 9-11pm

All Artist and points of views welcomed.

Location:
16 Gibbs St

Cost: free

MLK Day Events: Book and Food Drive; Rally and March; Youth March for Peace

Local Coalition Invites Community to Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.'s Birthday

A coalition of local organizations invite the entire community to
honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by joining in
activities that promote peace, equality and social justice on Monday,
January 17th. The family of Dr. King has spent the past 10 years
promoting the idea of people commemorating the holiday by engaging in
community service activities - making his birthday a "Day on, not a
Day off".

The YouthSERVE Program, Youth Coalition Santa Cruz and the National
Coalition Building Institute are sponsoring these activities to honor
the memory of Dr. King.

10 am to 5 pm - Food and Book Drive
YouthSERVE is collecting nonperishable food to help feed local
families in need and new or used books to be used in the local Jail
Literacy Project. Donations can be brought to the Boys and Girls
Club at 543 Center Street in Santa Cruz. "We believe that helping to
put food on the table of a hungry family or providing reading
material to help educate someone in jail are perfect examples of
things that bring us one step closer to Dr. King's dream of an
equitable, just society" notes Volunteer Center Director Karen
Delaney. YouthSERVE hopes to collect 1,000 books for Friends Outside
and 10,000 pounds of food for Second Harvest Food Bank between Dr,
Kings' Brithday next Monday and Cesar Chavez day in March.
Collection boxes for food and books will also be available at the
rally and march. For more information, call Krista at 427-5070

12:00 - Rally and March - Let There Be Peace And Let It Begin With Me
Local activist Pat Clark and the National Coalition Building
Institute are sponsoring a rally at the town clock, followed by a
silent march to the Louden Nelson Center. Pat Clark, former NAACP
President and one of the local organizers, hopes that people will use
part of their holiday to help spread Dr. King's message of hope,
equality, compassion and peace. "People think of Dr. King saying "I
have a Dream". We want people to remember that Dr. King was also an
advocate for ending poverty, promoting peace and taking personal
responsibility for making the world a better place. Participants are
encouraged to bring donations for the food and book drive.

1:00 - Youth March for Peace
Youth Coalition of Santa Cruz is inviting youth to gather at Holy
Cross Park for a peace march to the town clock, where they will join
the silent march to Louden Nelson Center. Youth are encouraged to
bring signs that support Dr. King's message of equality, peace and
non-violence.

--

Location:
Santa Cruz

Organizer:

Bring Urban Recycling to Nashville Today

BURNT (Bring Urban Recycling to Nashville Today) has their regular monthly board meeting at 5:30 pm on the Third Monday of every month at the Nashville Peace and Justice Center 1016 18th Ave So
321-9066

Location:

8am Breakfast - 2877 Lawrance St. Denver

Everyone is Welcome

Location:
Volunteers of America
2877 Lawrence Street, Denver, Co

Cost: Free

Organizer:

11:30am Lunch - 2877 Lawrance St. Denver

Everyone is Welcome

Location:
Volunteers of America
2877 Lawrence St.
Denver, Co.

Organizer:

MLK Celebration, Northampton

20th Anniversary MLK Celebration

Two FREE Community Programs

For Children up to age 12 [10am to Noon]

DREAM!

and

For Teens and Adults [10am to 6pm]

Dreams Deferred: The Criminalization of America

Are We Building Safer Communities? which will focus on prisons, post-incarceration barriers and the death penalty.

AFSC 413-584-8975

The central location for MLK 2005 is First Churches Northampton, 129 Main Street. However teen and adult workshops will be held in community spaces throughout downtown Northampton. All programs are free, accessible, open to all. Donations are most welcome.

Details for both DREAM! and Dreams Deferred follow. It is co-sponsored by the Peace Development Fund, the President's Office of Smith College, the Valley Advocate and the community.

details:

An interactive and engaging morning program for children up to age 12. Dream! features age-specific activities (peace games, dance, theatre, poetry/rap, story-telling, discussions) and exhibits that will help kids, in age-appropriate ways, talk about the roots of violence in their lives and explore the many ways they can use their inner resources of peacemaking to create a just, loving and peaceful world for themselves, their communities and our world.

featuring:
The young people of Victory Over Violence a national youth-sponsored non-violence initiative which helps young people identify and counteract the root causes of violence. VOV emphasizes self-examination and taking personal responsibility so that young people can be the change they wish to see in the world. and Youth teaching artists from Project 2050 a youth initiative of the New World Theater, Project 2050 engages Western Massachusetts youth in examining the social, political and personal implications of demographers' projections that by the year 2050, People of Color will be the majority in the United States. Project 2050 brings together youth and adult artist, organizers, scholars and activists to create original theater/poetry dance pieces. Past 2050 themes include: Nation/Conflict/Freedom and Immigration, Identification, Incarceration, Exploitation, Negotiation.

Also featuring the Victory Over Violence video Quest for Peace, story-telling, young people sharing personal experiences of overcoming violence, and a community transforming violence tree.

Age 12 and up:

Dreams Deferred: The Criminalization of America
Are We Building Safer Communities?
Registration begins at 9:30am

Workshops: 10:00am to noon
choose one

Unlock the Block, Release the Vote
A workshop on voter disenfranchisement led by Joseph "Jazz" Hayden, the formerly-incarcerated lead plaintiff in Hayden v. Pataki, a lawsuit which challenges the New York State statute which disenfranchises prisoners and parolees. Jazz is the director of Unlock the Block, Release the Vote, a voter restoration campaign based in New York City.

Moral Values and the Death Penalty
A panel and community discussion featuring a member of Murder Victims' Families Speak Out, Imam Wissam Abdulbaki, the spiritual leader of the Western Massachusetts Islamic Center, Kevin O'Regan, the Assistant United States Attorney in charge of the Western Massachusetts Office of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, and others.

Lyrical Liberation: Poetry and Prison Abolition
A multi-media, spoken-word performance featuring Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman which exposes two faces of the War on Drugs and its effects on the People of the Americas - untangling complex and parallel realities of racism, classism, and violence at home and abroad.

(De)Criminalization of Women's Lives
A workshop to unearth the work to decriminalize women's lives on the street and in the home. Featuring women from the Statewide Harm Reduction Coalition (SHaRC) and the W.I.S.E. Committee of Arise for Social Justice.

Know Your Rights
This workshop discusses what rights people have when they are in contact with law enforcement. It focuses on developing the skills to keep safe and protect liberty, what searches are legal, what to look for in a search warrant, etc. It is presented by the New England AFSC Criminial Justice program.

Queer Youth and the Prison Industrial Complex
This interactive workshop will offer an introduction into the prison industrial complex and the particular impact on members of the LGBT community. Facilitated by young people from Out Now.

Raising Awareness on the Reintegration Process for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Donald Perry will discuss the many issues facing individuals as they leave the correctional system and reintegrate back into our communities. Donald has recently returned to the valley after having served 18 years in Massachusetts prisons and jails.

Community Gathering: 1:00pm to 3:00pm
First Churches Northampton Sanctuary
129 Main Street

Keynote address by Tina Reynolds To Name Oneself: An Act of Revolution Tina Reynolds is a survivor of the criminal justice system. A nonviolent drug offender, she has been arrested 61 times and has served a total of five years. She is the mother of seven, holds a Master's degree, and for the ten years since last jailed has been an activist and advocate for mothers and children. Tina is the co-founder of Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH), a NYC-based association of formerly incarcerated women.

Moving From Reflection to Action
Action steps and current campaigns surrounding the death penalty, the proposed Chicopee and Franklin County jails and reintegration. Featuring an inspiring message from Joseph "Jazz" Hayden, the formerly-incarcerated lead plaintiff in Hayden v. Pataki, a lawsuit challenging mass disenfranchisement of prisoners and parolees in New York State.

Featuring performances by:
ClimbingPoetree
Performance Project
Project 2050
Voices from the Inside
5 College Gospel Choir

Workshops: 3:30pm to 5:30pm
choose one

The Struggle to Free Vieques and the Truth About the Cuban 5
Incarcerated in Puerto Rico for his nonviolent actions which helped end the six-decade target bombing by the US Navy of the island of Vieques, facilitator Rafael Rodriguez is now part of the legal team representing the Cuba 5. An attorney in Hartford, CT, Rafael serves on the board of the Rosenberg Fund for Children. This workshop will explore the often-untold story of both of these struggles.

Behind the Razor Wire: Slide show and talk by Michael Jacobson-Hardy
Michael Jacobson-Hardy photographed and published a book about Massachusetts jails and prisons. His book contains essays by Angela Davis and John Edgar Wideman. He will present his work and talk about issues raised by his photographs.

walk with me
The premier of an original work by the Performance Project, an artistic ensemble which creates original works of theater and movement through a collaboration of men and women in jail, those who have been released from jail, and other artists in the community.

Voices From Inside: Using Writing as a Tool for Liberation
The workshop will explore how creative writing groups are formed and facilitated, the benefits of such groups for giving voice to individual experiences, as well as how writing can be used as a tool for political change. Facilitated by Jody Boss and Lissette Navarro, both of whom are formerly incarcerated writers and Sara Weinberger, co-founder and co-director of Voices From Inside.

Freedom: Summer '65 with Dr. King
Trained by Rev. Dr. King, Adele Smith-Penniman spent the summer of 1965 in South Carolina doing voter registration and community organization. Back then it was a radical (and dangerous) act for African Americans to try to vote. Adele's experiences will serve as a window to the civil rights movement of the sixties.

Making Justice Personal
Participants in this workshop will compare the fundamental philosophies of criminal justice and of restorative justice. They will consider what justice means to them individually and to the community, and they will define for themselves the attributes of a "just" system. Facilitated by Lucinda Brown, Community Relations Coordinator for the Courts of Franklin County and members of the Franklin County Restorative Probation Program.

Racial Disparities, Into the Funnel of Injustice
The US imprisons more people than any other nation; well over half of these individuals are People of Color. This workshop will use the criminal justice system as a lens to contextualize racial disparities in the US. A failed education system, lack of affordable housing, toxic air in urban communities, no health care how did the war on poverty become a war on poor people? The combination of racism and corporate greed equals the US Criminal Injustice System. America's solution: Lock them up: What's yours?

Location:
First Churches Northampton, 129 Main Street

Organizer:

URL: http://lists.topica.com/lists/act-ma@igc.topica.com/read/message.html?mid=810442867&sort=d&start=7095