Peace calendar
From: Charles Underwood (peacecalendarvisi.com)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:55:12 -0800 (PST)
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Peace Calendar for November 11, 2008

not to 12/12, Mon-Fri from 8 to noon and 1 to 4, Family Social Science of
the U of M sponsors Iraqi Art Project exhibit from the city of Karbala,
Iraq, 290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Ave, St Paul.  612-625-6202.

11/4 to 11/26, COURT SUPPORT NEEDED for those arrested during the Republican
National Convention.  Details of dates, times and courtrooms are listed
immediately after the vigils.

Tuesday, 11/11, 10:30 am, Armistice Day bell ringing service at the First
Shot Memorial just west of the Veterans Service Building on the MN State
Capitol Approach, St Paul.  Contact Wayne Wittman, 651-774-4008.

Tuesday, 11/11, 6:30 pm, Peace Salon presents Larry Olds talking about
"Popular Education" (which is not about schools, but education against
oppression and for sustainability, justice and peace), Mad Hatter's Tea
House, 943 W 7th St, St Paul.  pattypax [at] earthlink.net or 651-227-3228.

Tuesday, 11/11, 7 pm, film "New Year Baby" about girl born on Cambodian New
Year in Thai refugee camp, but parents hid the story of the Khmer Rouge
genocide, room 25, 1701 Classroom Building, East Bank Campus U of M, Mpls.
http://www.chgs.umn.edu/news/

Tuesday, 11/11, 7 pm, Road to Reconciliation keynote address by Immaculee
Ilibasgizi, O'Shaughnessy Hall, St Thomas University, St Paul.  Mickey
Friesen, 651-291-4445.

Tuesday, 11/11, 7 pm, film "Why We Fight," Comstock Memorial Union, room
227, U of M Moorhead, Moorhead.  http://minnesotasds.org

11/11 to 11/12, conference "The Road to Reconciliation" in St Paul and
Oakdale, concerned with bridging misunderstandings and healing trauma when
conflicts turn violent, Guardian Angels Parish, 8260 - 4th St N, Oakdale.
Contact Deacon Mickey Friesen at friesenm [at] archspm.org or 651-291-4445 or
http://www.centerformission.org

Wednesday, 11/12, social gathering 11:30, luncheon noon, program 12:40,
career diplomat William Davnie describes his 4 months in 2007 as Chief of
Staff of Provincial Affairs in the U.S. embassy in Baghdad during the
"surge," talk titled "Life in the Emerald Embassy," Town and Country Club,
300 Mississippi Blvd N, St Paul.  $25.  612-231-4501.  http://micglobe.org

Friday, 11/14, 4:15 to 5:30 pm, vigil to end US military/political support
of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, corner Summit and Snelling, St Paul.
 
11/14 to 11/20, film "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" about an unlikely
friendship between a Jewish boy imprisoned in a concentration camp and the
son of the Nazi commandant, Edina Cinema, 3911 W 50th St, Edina.
http://www.landmarktheaters.com

11/14 to 11/18, 9:15 pm, former priest James Carroll's documentary
"Constantine's Sword," tracing the Catholic Church's transformation of cross
into sword during emperor Constantine, the Crusades, through anti-Semitism
under Pius XII during the Holocaust, Oak St Cinema, 309 Oak St SE, Mpls.
http://www.mnfilmarts.org

11/15 and 11/16, Northland Bioneers Conference with Naomi Klein (author
"Shock Doctrine"), global warming expert David Orr, bio-mimicry expert
Janine Benyus and more, Willy Hall, 225 - 19th Ave S, West Bank U of M,
Mpls.  http://www.nbconference.org

Saturday, 11/15, 9:30 am to 4 pm, free workshop for teaching and learning
about genocide "Genocide and Gender-Based Violence: Darfur, the Holocaust
and American Indians," with genocide scholar and Congressman Tim Walz,
holocaust scholar Dr Elizabeth Baer and Genocide Intervention Network
director Mark Hanis, at Gustavus Adolphus College and Treaty Site History
Center, St Peter.  Register at http://chgs.umn.edu/news/darfur.html (CEU and
teacher clock-hours available)

Saturday, 11/15, 10 am to 6 pm, rummage sale for the RNC 8, Walker Community
Church, 3104 - 16th Ave S, Mpls.  (Books, music, movies, clothes, household
goods, art, children's stuff may all be dropped off from 8:30 to 11 am on
the day of the sale.)  612-874-7867

Sunday, 11/16, 2 to 4 pm, panel "Women, War and Peace: Hearing Women's
Stories of War and Creating Initiatives for Peace," with HealAfrica worker
Harper McConnell, Conservative rabbi Amy Eilberg and Bethlehem University
(Palestine) prof Muna Matar, U of St Thomas, McNeely 100, 2115 Summit Ave,
St Paul.  $10. http://www.womenspirit-twincities.org or 612-823-5901.

Sunday, 11/16, 4 pm, Hawkinson Foundation for Peace and Justice honors Rhoda
Gilman, Betsy Raasch-Gilman and Arvid "Bud" Dixen for lives of peace
activism, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2730 E 31st St, Mpls.

Monday, 11/17, 8:30 am, People's Fishing Expedition: put on your fishing
clothes and bring your gear, to protest the Grand Jury fishing expedition
into RNC protests, Federal Courthouse, 300 S 4th St, Mpls.

Monday, 11/17, 6:30 pm, free movie "Taxi to the Dark Side," an in-depth look
at torture practices of the U.S. in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo,
focusing on the torture death of an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan, St
Joan of Arc Church, Upper Room, Parish Center, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls.
http://www.worldwidewamm.org

Monday, 11/17, 7 to 9 pm,  4th of 5 Monday evenings in series "My Truth and
Your Truth: Absolutes and Openness in Our Religious Traditions" with Rabbi
Amy Eilberg (Jewish) of the Jay Phillips Center and Dr Wilbur Stone
(Christian) of Bethel Seminary, at Islamic Institute of Minnesota, Masjid
Al-Salaam, 1460 Skillman Ave E, Maplewood. FFI see http://www.spacc.org/spin
or mblakesley [at] spacc.org or 651-789-3840 or register at
http://www.interfaithings.org

Wednesday, 11/19, noon to 1:15, Genocide Watch executive director Gregory
Stanton and U. of Mary Washington human rights prof James Farr talk on
"Genocide, 'Ethnic Cleansing' and Cloaks of Invisibility" including
epidemiological markers for mass killings and inconsistent international
response to different genocides, Moos Tower, 515 Delaware St SE. U of M East
Bank campus, Mpls.  http://phrh.umn.edu or 612-625-6559.

Wednesday, 11/19, 7 pm, Advocates for Human Rights presents free film "Iron
Ladies of Liberia" about the 2006 election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and the
task of lifting her country from debt and devastation, St Anthony Park
Library, 2245 Como Ave, St Paul.  http://www.mnadvocates.org

Thursday, 11/20, 4 pm, bus leaves Augsburg College for School of Americas
vigil in Georgia, to return 11/24.  Cost around $120 for the bus (camping
while there). 5 to 8 spots open as of this writing.  Contact Nathan Barrett
at barrettn [at] augsburg.edu or 612-229-9571.

Thursday, 11/20, 7 pm, A. Ghafar Lakanwal, native of Afghanistan, former
Deputy Foreign Minister and former head of Afghanistan's UN delegation,
speaks to NW Neighbors for Peace, Parish Community of St Joseph, 8701 - 36th
Ave N (corner of Boone), New Hope.  NWN4P [at] yahoo.com or 763-545-2296.

Thursday, 11/20, 7 pm, Global Solutions presents Michael Andregg, U of M and
St Thomas prof, as well as director of Grand Zero Minnesota, speaking on
"Rethinking 9/11," Hennepin Ave United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave
(Lyndale & Hennepin), Mpls.  http://www.globalsolutionsmn.org

11/21 to 11/23, Alternatives to Violence Project advanced workshop,
Stillwater Prison.  http://www.fnvw.org

11/21 to 11/23, Alternatives to Violence Project basic workshop, Faribault
Medium Custody Prison.  http://www.fnvw.org

11/21 to 11/24, Veterans for Peace bus to Columbus, Georgia, to close the
SOA.  Jim Steinhagen, 612-722-1112.  ($225 for the bus; $25 and up for motel
overnight; food on your own.)  (On 11/9, all seats were taken and no waiting
list available.  The same is apparently true of a bus from St Thomas/St
Kates/St Martin's community.  An Augsburg bus still has seats, however; see
11/20 above.  There are also rumors of a Macalester bus that I am checking
on.)

Friday, 11/21, 4:15 to 5:30 pm, vigil to end US military/political support
of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, corner Summit and Snelling, St Paul.

Friday, 11/21, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Iraq Moratorium picket, Pennel Park, corner
Central Entrance and Arlington Ave, Duluth.
http://www.northlandantiwar.blogspot.com/

Sunday, 11/23, 12:30 to 2 pm, the Twin Cities Peace with Justice Forum
series presents a program on youth speaking for peace, Central Lutheran
Church, 3rd Ave and 12th St (next to Mpls Convention Center), Mpls.  Info
from dhilden [at] comcast.net or 612-825-1481.  (Lunch available for $7.
Validated parking available in the Central lot/ramp on the south side of the
church.)

Monday, 11/24, 7 to 9 pm, last of 5 Monday evenings in series "My Truth and
Your Truth: Absolutes and Openness in Our Religious Traditions" with Dar
Al-Hajrah Civic Center director Imam Abdisalam Adam (Muslim), Mount Zion
Temple Rabbi Adam Spilker (Jewish) and St Thomas prof Roxanne Mesler
(Christian) at St Pascal Baylon Catholic Church, 1757 Conway St, St Paul.
FFI see http://www.spacc.org/spin or mblakesley [at] spacc.org or 651-789-3840 
or
register at http://www.interfaithings.org

Tuesday, 11/25, 5 to 8 pm, shopping night at fair-trade retailer Ten
Thousand Villages to benefit (20% of proceeds) WAMM, 867 Grand Ave, St Paul.
http://www.worldwidewamm.org

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            VIGILS

Every Sunday, noon to 1 pm, peace vigil at Summit and Snelling, St Paul.
651-699-8655.

Every Sunday, 1 to 2 pm, St Crook Valley Peacemakers sponsors peace vigil at
the Stillwater bridge, Stillwater.  www.stcroixvalleypeacemakers.com or
651-275-0247.

Every Monday, 4:15 to 5:15 pm, Vigil in downtown White Bear Lake at
intersection of Highway 61 and 4th Street.  FFI: www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Tuesday, 4 to 5 pm, Peace walk, carrying signs in both directions from
the corner of Hwy 241 and Co Rd 19 (across from St. Michael's Church), St.
Michael.  FFI: regofam [at] earthlink.net

Every Tuesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Peace vigil at 98th St. and Lyndale,
Bloomington.  952-831-4276.

Every Tuesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, peace vigil outside John Kline's office at
intersection of Burnsville Parkway and Nicollet, Burnsville.
family4peace [at] msn.com

Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm (all year), east end of Franklin bridge over the
Mississippi River, Mpls. carolynbelle [at] pressenter.com

Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm (back to summer hours), Penn Ave just north of 394,
Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Mpls.  bnlberry [at] netscape.net

Every Wednesday, 7 to 8 a.m., Vigil at Alliant Tech, 7430 Flying Cloud
Dr,Eden Prairie.  FFI: http://alliantaction.org

Every Wednesday, noon to 1, peace vigil across from the post office,
Mankato.  richard.wintersteen [at] mnsu.edu

Every Wednesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm (winter hours), Grandmothers for Peace
vigil, 50th and Halifax, Edina (just west of France). www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Wednesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm (back to winter hours), Vigil to end the
occupation of Iraq, Lake/Marshall bridge over the Mississippi. 
www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Wednesday, 4:30-5:30 pm, Peace vigil over footbridge at 85th Ave N and
Hwy 252, Brooklyn Park FFI 763-566-8255

Every Wednesday, 6 pm, peace vigil at signal light on Hwy 169, Belle Plaine.
JoAnne, 952-873-3315

Every Thursday, 4:45 to 5:45 p.m., Vigil in front of Lockheed Martin, NW
corner of Pilot Knob Road and Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan.  FFI:
family4peace [at] msn.com

Every Thursday, 4:30 to 6, vigil at 42nd (County Rd 9) and Winnetka Ave N,
New Hope.  carydberg [at] comcast.net  (Vigil canceled after 10/30/08.)

Every Thursday, 5 to 6 pm, Chisago City gathering for peace, Moberg Park on
Hwy 8, Chisago City.  AARONWOODJW [at] aol.com (VIGIL DISCONTINUED.)

Every Thursday, 5 to 6 pm, Peace vigil at intersection of Bridge and
Fountain Streets, Albert Lea.  sjmoore [at] smig.net

Every Friday, noon to 1 pm, Anti-Recruitment vigil ³Our Children Are Not
Cannon Fodder,² off Oak St and Washington Ave, East Bank of U, Minneapolis,
612-379-4716. 

Every Friday, 4:15 to 5:30 p.m., Vigil to end the occupation of Palestine,
Snelling and Summit, St. Paul.  steichenfm [at] usfamily.net

Every Friday, 4:30, Red Wing Alliance for Peace sponsors a vigil at John
Rick park, Red Wing, followed by potluck and discussion on alternate weeks.
tuvecino [at] redwing.net

Every Friday, 5 to 6 pm, peace vigil at Lagoon and Hennepin, Uptown Mpls. 
FFI: WAMM. 

Every Saturday, 9 am, Peace walk, Fern and Hwy. 95, Cambridge.  (8 block
walk) ytpsund [at] yahoo.com

Every Saturday, 11 am to noon, peace vigil at corner of Bridge and River St,
Chippewa Falls, WI.  FFI: lagoclam [at] aol.com or 715-726-0365.

Every Saturday, 11 to noon, Minnetonka weekly peace demonstration, at Hwy 7
and 101.  Park in Target Greatland lot; meet near entrance fountain.
carydberg [at] comcast.net

Every Saturday, noon to 12:15, Vigil at Bridge Square (Division and 4th),
Northfield.  billmcgrath52 [at] gmail.com

Every Saturday, 2 to 3 pm, Mounds View peace vigil, SE corner of Hwy 10 and
University Ave NE in Blaine.  vanka485 [at] aol.com or 763-717-9168.

Every Saturday, 2 to 3 pm, Peace vigil at NE corner Co Hwy 10 & Univ Ave NE,
Blaine.  vanka485 [at] aol.com

Every Saturday, 4:45 to 5:45 pm, Northwest Neighbors for Peace hoswt weekly
vigil on pedestrian bridge over Highway 55, just west of Winnetka, Golden
Valley.  carydberg [at] comcast.net

(More vigils are listed at
http://www.worldwidewamm.org/takeaction/vigil/statevigils.html )

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RNC Court Support Information

  (For more information, contact rnccourtwatch [at] gmail.com  Specific
information on the RNC 8 can also be found at http://rnc8.org)

Where: Monday November 10, 2008
Time: 9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.
Where: Ramsey County Courthouse
Judge Guthmann

Where: Monday November 10, 2008
Time: 9:00 A.M.-11:30 A.M.
Where: Ramsey County Courthouse
Judge Fetsch

When: Thursday November 13, 2008
Time: 8:30 A.M.-11:30 A.M.
Where: Public Safety Facility, Room 142
Judge (please contact rnccourtwatch [at] gmail.com for updated info)

When: Thursday November 13, 2008
Time: 8:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M.
Where: Public Safety Facility, Room 141
Judge Hopper

When: Thursday November 13, 2008
Time: 1:15 P.M.-3:45 P.M.
Where: LEC, Room 102
Judge Gearin

When: Thursday November 13, 2008
Time: 1:30 P.M.-4:00 P.M.
Where: (please contact rnccourtwatch [at] gmail.com for updated info)
Judge Nathanson

When: Monday November 17, 2008
Time: 9:00 A.M.-11:30 A.M.
Where: Ramsey County Courthouse
Judge Clark

When: Monday November 17, 2008
Time: 1:30 P.M.-4:00 P.M.
Where: Ramsey County Courthouse
Judge Guthmann

When: Tuesday November 18, 2008
Time: 1:30 P.M.-3:30 P.M.
Where: Ramsey County Courthouse
Judge Monahan

When: Wednesday November 19, 2008
Time: 1:15 P.M.-3:45 P.M.
Where: LEC, Room 102
Judge Finley

When: Wednesday November 26, 2008
Time: 9:00 A.M.-11:30 A.M.
Where: Ramsey County Courthouse
Judge Awsumb


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