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[act-ma] Free - UP film screening: Zero: an Investigation into 9/11 - Thurs, Dec 4th
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[act-ma] Fwd: chomsky tribute foro 80th birthday
Sun, 11/30/2008 - 15:08> > I thought you might like to know about this opportunity to add your > best > wishes to Noam Chomsky in celebration of his 80th birthday. Think > of it as a > massive, electronic, international birthday card! > http://www.chomskytribute.org/ > > _______________________________________________ act-ma mailing list act-ma@act-ma.org http://act-ma.org/mailman/listinfo/act-ma_act-ma.org To set options or unsubscribe http://act-ma.org/mailman/options/act-ma_act-ma.org
[act-ma] Come join me on GET EDUCATED
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[act-ma] Dec. 8, 6 pm: Traces of the Trade at Faneuil Hall
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[act-ma] 12/02 "At Higher Risk" screening and discussion at MIT
Sat, 11/29/2008 - 16:40
The
MIT Western Hemisphere Project presents
"At
Higher Risk"
and following-up discussion
by Professor Dolores Acevedo-Garcia
Co-sponsored
by the Latino Cultural Center, MIT Traditional Medicine Society, and
MIT Amnesty International
Time: December 2nd, 7:30pm
Location: 6-120
At
Higher Risk
Just as the rivers of the Andes mountains
twist and coil in a curious maze, so does the grave situation of
Peruvian women's health care
Within the past decade, the Andean women in
Peru have faced a massive sterilization campaign, exorbitant fines for
homebirths, remnants of a deadly civil war, and the second highest
maternal death rate in South America. Yet, as the have for centuries,
the Quechua and Aymara people are fighting to preserve their
traditions, beliefs and integrity
Through the compelling story of one Andean
woman, Judyth Aguero Vega, we see the horrors and triumphs of Peru's
volatile health care situation. Inside a small adobe kitchen, Elsa
Romero-Murrado, a midwife in the rural town of Ccapacmarca, takes us
through rarely seen birthing ceremonies. Down the dirt path, her
neighbor Judyth, 27, shares her fears of birth as she bestrides the
lines of modern and traditional medicine. Their town sits seven hours
from the nearest hospital. Cerlia Mendoza, president of the Mother's
Club, testifies to a list of 200 women who were bribed by doctors to
undergo sterilization
At Higher Risk winds through the beauty of Andean people's
spirituality and their mysterious gift of self-preservation throughout
centuries of adversity. As part of Fullbright grant, the crew spent one
year researching and filming in some of the most inaccessible regions
of the Peruvian Andes This is one of the most intimate looks at the
reproductive health care yet filmed in a developing country
Professor
Acevedo
Professor Dolores Acevedo-Garcia is a
Martin Luther King Jr. visiting professor at MIT for this academic
year, and an associated professor at Harvard school of Public Health.
She has a doctoral degree in public policy and demography; and her
research interests include the effect of social determinants (e.g.
residential segregation, immigrant integration) on health disparities,
especially along racial and ethnic lines, and the role of non-health
policies (e.g. housing policies, immigrant policies) in reducing those
disparities
[act-ma] Political Crises, Marches, Rallies and More at Open Media Boston (week of 11/28/08)
Sat, 11/29/2008 - 00:05[please forward widely] Hi folks, Check out this week's top stories from Open Media Boston (and toss us a donation at http://www.openmediaboston.org/donate if the holiday spirit/whatever moves you): News: "Energy Empowerment Revolution Rally" Calls for Billion Dollar State Fund; Sen. Kerry Addresses Crowd http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/441 News: SEIU Local 615 March Calls on Real Estate Industry to Preserve Full-Time Jobs http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/438 News: Turner Takes Aim at Pols and Press; Feeney Cancels Council Meeting http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/434 News: Former New Bedford Factory Owner Settles Class Action Lawsuit with Workers; Many Deported, Others Seeking Asylum http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/430 Editorial: Reflections on the National Day of Mourning http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/442 Opinion: Chomsky: Is There Truth in Obama's Advertising? http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/444 Living: Vegetarian Holiday Meal Alternatives http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/445 Also, check out the OMB Blog where you can check out and comment on the site-related thoughts and random musing of OMB Editors and Staff at http://www.openmediaboston.org/omb_blog. If you'd like to join OMB on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/openmediaboston) and Facebook (organizational page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Media-Boston/16603698226 and group http://www.facebook.com/inbox/#/group.php?gid=16418766006). NEW: If you'd like to post an event listing in the Upcoming Events section in the left-hand menu column of OMB, find out how at http://www.openmediaboston.org/usersguide#event. Now easier to use. For registered users only. If you'd like to subscribe to our RSS Feed (or get email updates of new articles as they appear), click the following link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/OpenMediaBoston-ProgressiveNewsViewsAndArtsFromThehubOfTheUniverse (If you don't know what an RSS Feed is, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss) If you'd like to follow our latest stories via the micro-blogging service Twitter, click the following link: http://twitter.com/openmediaboston (If you don't know what micro-blogging is, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-blogging) Enjoy, Jason Pramas Editor/Publisher Open Media Boston www.openmediaboston.org p.s. - Open Media Boston is a social media news site. As such, we are only as good as the contributions we get from you, the viewers, from week to week. We'd like to encourage you all to always feel free to submit content in any media form anytime. And be sure to comment on content that's already posted to the site. If you've never posted content or a comment to OMB before, check out our handy User's Guide at http://www.openmediaboston.org/usersguide. _______________________________________________ act-ma mailing list act-ma@act-ma.org http://act-ma.org/mailman/listinfo/act-ma_act-ma.org To set options or unsubscribe http://act-ma.org/mailman/options/act-ma_act-ma.org
[act-ma] 12/4, 6:45 First Thursday Film
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[act-ma] Carolyn Chute at Gulf of Maine Books on November 30
Thu, 11/27/2008 - 19:04Carolyn Chute will do a rare reading/signing to celebrate her new novel "The School on Heart's Content Road" at Gulf of Maine Books at 134 Maine Street in Brunswick on Sunday, November 30 at 1:00 PM Free and open to the public For more info: 729-5083 Radio Free Maine audio tapes noted in Carolyn Chute's new novel Carolyn Chute is an American writer and populist political activist strongly identified with the culture of poor, rural radical Maine. Chute's first, and best known, novel "The Beans of Egypt, Maine" was published in 1985 to critical acclaim. Chute's next two books "Letourneau's Used Auto Parts" (1988) and "Merry Men" (1994), are also set in the town of Egypt, Maine. Her 1999 novel "Snow Man" dealt with the underground militia movement, something that Chute has devoted more of her time to in recent years. Chute is currently the leader of the Second Maine Militia (as is Roger Leisner), and she speaks publicly about class issues in America. Chute also publishes "The Fringe", a monthly collection of in-depth political journalism, short stories and intellectual commentary on current events. Her first novel in ten years returns to Egypt, and is a rousing, politically charged portrait of a group of lives on the margins of our society. "The School on Heart's Content Road" (Grove/Atlantic, Inc . - November 2008) spirals out from the story of Mickey Gammon, a fifteen-year-old dropout who has been evicted from his home and introduced to the secretive world of the Settlement. Run by The Prophet, the Settlement is a rural cooperative in alternative energy, farm produce and locally made goods. Falsely demonized by the media as a compound of sin, the Settlement’s true nature remains foreign to outsiders. It is there that Mickey meets another deserted child, six-year-old Jane, whose mother is in jail on trumped-up drug charges. Secret Agent Jane cunningly prowls the Settlement in her heart-shaped sunglasses, imagining that her plans to bring down the community will reunite her with her mother. As they struggle to adjust to their new, complex surrogate family, Mickey and Jane witness the mounting unrest within the Settlement's ranks, which soon builds to a shocking and devastating crescendo. The following excerpt is from pages 121-122 of "The School on Heart's Content Road" "From a future time, Whitney St. Onge remembers the Parlor Night Salons. Bree and I were both fifteen. Everyone thought I was smart. Physics, architecture, anthropology, politics, at least in some humid not-too-academic way, were to me desserts. But Bree was ancient. Her face deformed, her brain golden. Daytimes she still worked in the woods with her brothers and her father. So we called her Paul Bunyan Woman. After work, she'd sneak one of their trucks and whiz up here to the Settlement, driver's license-free, sawdust in her cuffs. And sometimes oil paints and ink on her hands, for she was an artist with no boundaries. Our salons began to wheel in high gear around that head of scarlet hair. One night I especially recall, it was deep summer. She arrived late, her arms loaded with newsletters and hurried notes, her research. It was damp in the West Parlor. Maybe not the most horrible hot, but that stuffy-clammy that makes the cedar ceiling pour out a prehistoric smell, as my mother called it. We older girls, the most devoted salonites, were hunched on the rugs digging through a box of Radio Free Maine audio tapes that belonged to our devout leftist, Nathan Knapp who, in his black waleless corduroy jacket and combed-wet dark hair, sat on one of the big couches, his dark-brown eyes level on everything. He was near Gordon's age, late thirties or so. Our library had a stash of more such tapes, and Bree was sending away for further selections with her logger money. There were enough of these tapes lectures to last a lifetime. And some you'd have to play three times or keep backing up so you could unravel all the Chomsky clauses, especially for Samantha and some of the others who would listen with such a toothache-looking squint." _______________________________________________ act-ma mailing list act-ma@act-ma.org http://act-ma.org/mailman/listinfo/act-ma_act-ma.org To set options or unsubscribe http://act-ma.org/mailman/options/act-ma_act-ma.org
[act-ma] "Zero" @ the Belmont Studio Cinema, Thursday December 4th
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[act-ma] Office Space Available for Grassroots Organizations
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[act-ma] Sat Dec. 6 Boston Green Justice Coalition launch
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[act-ma] No Militant Labor Forum this week, invitation to a social
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[act-ma] 11/30: TONIA HINES - "Health Care Access in Communities of Color"
Tue, 11/25/2008 - 15:53THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents... Sunday, Novdember 30, 2008 at 11:00am World AIDS Day TONIA HINES "Health Care Access in Communities of Color" AIDS is the leading cause of death for black women between the ages of 21 and 34 in Massachusetts. One time thought as a white gay men's disease, HIV/AIDS is disproportionately affecting people of color while services continue to be directed toward white communities. December 1st is a reminder of the need to talk about those most impacted by HIV/AIDS. Tonia Hines is affiliated with Healing Our Land, and has been involved in the struggle against HIV/AIDS for over ten years. Ms. Hines will discuss the barriers to health care and the extreme disparities that inhibit black women from accessing the services needed. Community Church of Boston 565 Boylston St. (Copley Square) www.communitychurchofboston.org ************* JOIN US ON SUNDAYS 10:00am Coffee, Tea and Bagels 11:00am Sunday Speakers' Service/Forum (2nd floor) 12:30pm Luncheon 5:00pm Meditation/Prayer Services ************* NEXT WEEK'S COMMUNITY CHURCH FORUM (12/7) Annual Sacco-Vanzetti Award for Social Justice. Please join us for a day of honoring activist JIM HARNEY while remembering the legacy of Sacco & Vanzetti. Invitations will be mailed to church members and friends soon. As this is the Community Church of Boston's major fundraiser for the year tickets are available for $15 ($5 for seniors, youth, and students). However, all are welcome regardless of ability to pay. ************* LUNCH ON SUNDAYS, 12:30PM On Sunday after our morning programs, we have lunch with one another in the Guatemala Room (3rd floor), prepared by our cook Luis Alonso Guzman. Enjoy a delicious lunch with friends! A small contribution is requested to help cover lunch expenses. ************* DIRECTIONS/PARKING The Community Church is located at 565 Boylston Street in Copley Square, between Dartmouth and Clarendon Streets. Parking is available on Sunday mornings at the Back Bay Garage (entrances on Clarendon Street or St. James Ave.). We can provide a sticker to affix to your parking receipt, and you will be charged $5.00 for 3 hours of parking. By public transportation, take the Green line to Copley or take the Orange line to Back Bay station. Community Church is a 2-minute walk from either station. ************* A PEACE AND JUSTICE CONGREGATION SINCE 1920 The Community Church of Boston is a free community of human beings united for the study and practice of universal religion, seeking to apply ethical ideals to individual life and the democratic and cooperative principle to all forms of social and economic life. ************* FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT US Jason Lydon, Congregational Director Community Church of Boston 565 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 (617)266-6710 (617)266-0449 (fax) info@commchurch.org http://www.communitychurchofboston.org _______________________________________________ act-ma mailing list act-ma@act-ma.org http://act-ma.org/mailman/listinfo/act-ma_act-ma.org To set options or unsubscribe http://act-ma.org/mailman/options/act-ma_act-ma.org
[act-ma] John Kerry at Faneuil Hall tonight
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[act-ma] Wed, 11/26: Press conference and rally for Chuck Turner, Roxbury, 10am / press release, report-back on Monday rally at City Hall
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[act-ma] BIMC Headlines: Chuck Turner, New Bedford, Veterans for Peace, RNC video, Aristide in Exile
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[act-ma] Tue, 6:30, Film and Discussion on Immigration and Human Rights
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[act-ma] tues 11/25 Fanueil Hall rally for Energy Empowerment
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[act-ma] Chuck Turner Press Release (11/23) and Events (11/24)
Mon, 11/24/2008 - 02:07<< please forward widely >> Stand With Chuck 1) Monday Actions (11/24) 2) Call-In for Chuck 3) Press Release from Chuck Turner (11/23) 4) Letter to Council President Feeney ===== Monday, November 24 Events 8am - 106.1 Touch FM Interview (http://www.touchfm.org for live stream) 2:30pm - Press Conference @ City Hall Steps 3pm - Emergency Council Meeting on Chuck Turner @ 5th Floor City Hall ===== Stand With Chuck: Call-In Monday Council President Feeney has called an emergency meeting to decide negative actions against Turner at 3pm on Monday. Call your local and at-large councilors and demand that they halt any negative action against Chuck, until a legal decision is made. Only the courts, or the voters in his district should have the power to remove him from his duties. Ensure that the 3pm meeting is open to the public and that any Council decisions are accountable to his District 7 constituents. Call the Boston City Hall operator to be connected to any Councilors: (617) 635-4000 Find out who your Councilors are at http://www.cityofboston.gov/myneighborhood/ Boston at-large City Councilors are: Michael Flaherty (michael.f.flaherty@cityofboston.gov) (617.635.4205) Stephen J. Murphy (stephen.murphy@cityofboston.gov) (617.635.4376) John Connolly (john.r.connolly@cityofboston.gov) (617.635.3115) Sam Yoon (sam.yoon@cityofboston.gov) (617.635.4203) Thank you for calling to support Chuck. To add or remove emails from this list, please email SupportChuckTurner@gmail.com http://supportchuckturner.com (coming soon) ===== For Immediate Release November 23, 2008 City Hall Office: (617) 635 3510 District Office: (617) 427-8100 City Councilor Chuck Turner released today the following statement: While I intensely dislike and think that it is highly unfair to decide a person's guilt or innocence through the media, it is clear that once you become the target of a media witch hunt, you either fight back by presenting the essence of your legal defense or allow the media wolves to destroy your reputation so that the jury's decision becomes irrelevant to public perception. Since my reputation for integrity has been the foundation of my fort-five year history as an activist and organizer and since I intend to continue my fight for justice until the day that I die, I find myself confronted by the daunting task of using the media coverage to present my case to the public. This will not be easy, but I have no other alternative. I have spent my entire life since graduating from Harvard College in 1963 fighting against the injustices faced by my racial community and my human community. I refuse to allow the political desires of the U.S. Attorney's Office to destroy my reputation. My defense begins today with the release to my community and the press of a copy of my response to Council President Feeney's call for a special Council meeting this Monday, November 24, 2008 at 3p.m. to decide my fate as a Councilor. I don't believe that the Council has a moral or ethical right to do that. My service as a Councilor should only be interrupted by a decision from my constituents or by a verdict from a jury of my peers. At 8 a.m. on Monday, November 24th, I will be on my community's radio station, Touch 106.1 F.M.. At 2:30p.m. on Monday, I will hold a press conference on the City Hall steps. At 3p.m. I will attend the special City Council meeting that Council President Feeney has called to have the Council decide my fate. I have requested as is my right under law, that this hearing be public so that the media and public can hear the Counsel's discussions in order to be able to decide whether whatever actions the Council chooses to take are appropriate. ===== Letter to Council President Feeney, from Councilor Chuck Turner November 23, 3008 Dear Council President Feeney, I am very troubled by the news report that you have removed me from my committees and chairpersonships. I am also troubled by the fact that you have called a special Council meeting on Monday at 3 p.m. to apparently discuss whether to take action against me based on my arrest. I would urge you to cancel the meeting and allow the judicial process to judge my guilt or innocence. Not only would a meeting at this point be premature, unjust, and unfair, but also, it would create a situation in which I will not be able to defend myself since discussing specific aspects of my case would cause me to be in violation of the conditions imposed by the Court. While I believe I have a right to a jury trial before any Council action, if you choose to forward with the special Council meeting, I am requesting that it be an open meeting as is my right. I sincerely believe that if the Council is going to put me on trial that it should not take place behind closed doors. Sincerely, Chuck Turner ===== For more information call Lorraine Fowlkes (617) 635-3510 (main office) or Angela Yarde (617) 427-8100 (district office) _______________________________________________ act-ma mailing list act-ma@act-ma.org http://act-ma.org/mailman/listinfo/act-ma_act-ma.org To set options or unsubscribe http://act-ma.org/mailman/options/act-ma_act-ma.org
[act-ma] 11/24 Help Plan First Night Against the War
Sun, 11/23/2008 - 13:24Join us for the Fourth Annual First Night Against the Wars, when we greet the New Year with a resounding call to end war and militarism. On December 31^st , we will be in Copley Square from 1pm until 7pm. Over a quarter of a million folks, young and old alike, pass through Copley Square for the First Night celebration. We at the Greater Boston Stop the Wars Coalition have had a very good reception in previous years, and have successfully created a strong anti-war presence at this popular event. No More Wars! US out of Iraq and Afghanistan! Bring the Troops Home Now! Come help prepare and add your voice to the event. The next planning meeting will be at encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave., 5^th Floor, on Monday, November 24^th , at 7pm. Remember to check out our website: www.stopthewars.org _______________________________________________ act-ma mailing list act-ma@act-ma.org http://act-ma.org/mailman/listinfo/act-ma_act-ma.org To set options or unsubscribe http://act-ma.org/mailman/options/act-ma_act-ma.org