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From: Charles Underwood (peacecalendarvisi.com) | |
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:40:05 -0800 (PST) |
NOTE: To subscribe, to unsubscribe or to send event announcements, please write to peacecalendar [at] visi.com with "peace calendar" in the subject line. My calendar and Dave Shove's Progressive Calendar are archived at http://lists.justcomm.org/pipermail/mn-prog-events/ Peace Calendar for November 14,, 2007 SPECIAL NOTE: At the last minute, two seats have opened up on the Vets for Peace bus to close the School of the Americas. Leaves Friday (11/16) morning; gets back Monday evening. $200 plus your food plus share a motel room. Editor recommends this vigil above all other vigils and rallies. If interested, call Jim Steinhagen at 612-722-1112 right away. EDITOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WEEK: Go to Georgia Friday on the Vets for Peace bus, if you possibly can. Adults: do peace marshal training Wednesday to help with Friday's walkout. Hear Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer when he is in your neighborhood. See the film "War Made Easy" at the Peace Salon next Tuesday. Wednesday, 11/14, 8 to 9:30 am, People of Faith Peacemakers hosts Ruth and Loren Halvorson talking about "Relating faith commitment to public action" as part of the Inward-Outward Journey series, St Martin's Table, 2001 Riverside, Mpls. http://www.justview.org/POFcalendar.html Wednesday, 11/14, 6 pm, peace marshal training in preparation for Friday's student walkout and march (adults very much needed), Mayday Bookstore, 301 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls. against.war [at] gmail.com Wednesday, 11/14, 7 pm, US Senate peace candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer addresses the Southeast Area Labor Council Candidate Forum (for union members only), Operating Engineers Local 49, 308 Lundin Blvd, Mankato. http://www.jackforsenate.org Wednesday, 11/14, 7 to 8:30, Red Wing Vets for Peace meeting at home of Charles Nicolosi, Red Wing. tuvecino [at] redwing.org Wednesday, 11/14, 7 pm, Global Issues Forum hosts U of M prof emeritus Harlan Smith, talking about globalization, global warming and war, Hennepin Ave United Methodist Church, d511 Groveland Ave (Lyndale & Hennepin), Mpls Thursday, 11/15, 6:30 pm, Peace in the Precincts holds nonpartisan precinct caucus training, Arlington Hills Library, 1105 Greensbrier St, St Paul. info [at] peaceintheprecincts or 651-917-0383. Thursday, 11/15, 7 pm, Minneapolis Interfaith Forum sponsors Eliyahu McLean (director of Jerusalem Peacemakers) and Ghassan Manasra (director of Muslim peace center Anwar il-Salaam in Nazareth) speaking on "Jerusalem in our Day: Possibilities for Peace," Temple Israel, Hennepin and Emerson Ave, Mpls. Thursday, 11/15, 7 pm, documentary "Another Side of Peace" about an Israeli father who comes to terms with his two sons' deaths by working with Palestinian and Israeli bereaved families, Humphrey Institute, Cowles Auditorium, 301 - 19th Ave S, Mpls. ccfilmseries [at] gmail.com or http://www.creativeconversations.info/ 11/16 to 11/18, thousands gather in a non-violent vigil to close the School of the Americas, a US operated school for torturers and death squads. Buses leave from the Twin Cities in Friday morning, get back Monday evening. http://www.SOAW.org or Jim Steinhagen at 612-722-1112. 11/16 to 11/18, 7 and 9 pm, film "Oswald's Ghost" about the long lingering legacy following the assassination of JFK, Oak St Cinema, 309 Oak St SE, Mpls. http://www.mnflimarts.org 11/16 to 11/22, film "The Bubble" about 3 Israelis and a Palestinian, living in a protected bubble amid powerful conflict, Lagoon Cinema, 1312 Lagoon Ave, Mpls. http://www.landmarktheaters.com Friday, 11/16, all day, region-wide student walkout to end the occupation of Iraq. Walk out of school at 12 noon, rally at the Mpls Government Plaza at 1 pm, 300 S 6th St, Mpls (near light-rail station), march to the Augsburg College "Commons" for a big indoor rally. http://www.yawr.org (Peace marshals are still needed. Meet at noon at the Govt Plaza, 5th St and 4th Ave, downtown Mpls for an orientation.) Friday, 11/16, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, vigil to end the occupation of Palestine, Snelling & Summit Aves, St Paul. Karen, 651-283-3495. Friday, 11/16 Both the organizations Iraq Moratorium and General Strike for Peace are urging people to "take a break" from their usual activities (like work) on the 3rd Fridays of September, October and November... and participate in antiwar activities. Details TBA. www.worldwidewamm.org (Macalester College's newly formed chapter of SDS hosts all-day workshops, details at macpeace.justice [at] gmail or 505-363-0842.) Friday, 11/16, 7:30 pm, Karen Lyu and Maryam Yusefzadeh present multimedia and multicultural performance "Memories and Media Myths of Iran and North Korea," Walker Community Church, 3104 - 16th Ave S, Mpls. http://www.memoriesandmediamyths.com or 612-327-0050. Saturday, 11/17, 8:30 am, US Senate peace candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer addresses the SD 51 DFL Convention on Energy in Minnesota's Future, Mounds View Community Center Main Ballroom, 5394 Edgewood Drive (across the street from City Hall), Mounds View. http://www.jackforsenate.org Saturday, 11/17, 10:30 am, Wilderness Connections sponsors first half of "What a Way to Go: Life and the End of Empire" on peak oil, climate change, mass extinction and the demise of the American lifestyle (who could resist such cheerful tidings!), Merriam Park Library, corner Marshall and Fairview, St Paul. Free, with coffee and donuts. alteravista [at] earthlink.net Saturday, 11/17, 2 pm and 7:30 pm, Karen Lyu and Maryam Yusefzadeh present multimedia and multicultural performance "Memories and Media Myths of Iran and North Korea," Walker Community Church, 3104 - 16th Ave S, Mpls. http://www.memoriesandmediamyths.com or 612-327-0050. Saturday, 11/17, 5 pm, US Senate peace candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer at the Minnesota Farmers Union Convention Banquet, Four Points Sheraton Hotel, 1330 Industrial Blvd, Mpls. http://www.jackforsenate.org Sunday, 11/18, 11 am to 6 pm, Socialist Alternative sponsors conference, U of M (east bank) Rapson Hall, room 32, Mpls. Schedule: brunch 11 to noon, "How to end a war: lessons from history" from noon to 1:30, lunch on your own from 3 to 4, then breakout sessions until 6 on Jenna, elections, Venezuela, the environment. mn [at] socialistalternative.org or 612-226-9129. Sunday, 11/18, 1 pm, solidarity vigil for those thousands at Fort Benning to honor and commemorate the 6 Jesuit priests, their co-worker and her teenage daughter, massacred in El Salvador by graduates of the School of the Americas, Lake/Marshall bridge between the Twin Cities. Bring signs or crosses and a short poem or prayer if you'd like. http://www.mnsoaw.org Sunday, 11/18, 1 to 4 pm, Sherburne County DFL and SD16 DFL invite peace candidate and other U.S. Senate candidates to a spaghetti luncheon fundraiser, $20 adults, gily's on Hwy 10, Becker. http://jackforsenate.org or 763-633-1111 or 763-389-9414. Sunday, 11/18, 3 to 5 pm, Amnesty International hosts Sarah Deer, talking about sexual violence against indigenous women, Center for the Victims of Torture, 717 E River Rd (at Oak St), Mpls. http://www.twincitiesamnesty.org Sunday, 11/18, 5:30 pm putluck, 6:30 program, Minneapolis Interfaith Forum sponsors Eliyahu McLean (director of Jerusalem Peacemakers) and Ghassan Manasra (director of Muslim peace center Anwar il-Salaam in Nazareth) speaking on "Healing Abraham's Family," Woodbury United Methodist Church, 7465 Steepleview Rd, Woodbury. 651-738-0305. Monday, 11/19, 6:30 pm, WAMM movie "Rosewood" about 1923 racist rampage in Florida where white residents hunted down and murdered the black majority. St Joan of Arc Hospitality Hall, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls. http://www.worldwidewamm.org Tuesday, 11/20, 6:30 pm, US Senate peace candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer addresses the DFL SD 67 Women's Group, First Lutheran Church, 463 Maria Ave, St Paul. http://www.jackforsenate.org Tuesday, 11/20, 6:30 pm, Peace Salon shows film "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning us to Death," Mad Hatter Tea House,, 943 - 7th St, St Paul. pattypax [at] earthlink.net (Editor has seen film and recommends.) opens 11/21, Brian De Palma's film "Redacted" about the points of view of soldiers, media and local Iraqis, Edina Cinema, 3911 W 50th St, Edina. http://www.landmarktheaters.com 11/23 to 11/28, 7 pm, film "Terror's Advocate" about lawyer Jacques Verges and his defense of terrorists, Oak St Cinema, 309 Oak St SE, Mpls. http://www.mnfilmarts.org Sunday, 11/25, 1 to 4 pm, Mary Jane LaVigne hosts a house party for US Senate peace candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, 31 Birchwood Lane, Birchwood (on White Bear Lake). RSVP appreciated. http://www.jackforsenate.org or 651-261-6966. Monday, 11/26, 7 pm, free film about the Lost Boys of Sudan "God Grew Tired of Us," followed by remarks by lost boy Augustino Ting Mayai, Drew Hall of Science, room 118, Hamline U, 1536 Hewitt Ave, St Paul. http://mngin.org Tuesday, 11/27, noon to 1:30, F.A.O. Schwarz, Jr, lectures on "Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror," Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Institute, 301 - 19th Ave S, Mpls. http://www.hhh.umn.edu/ Tuesday, 11/27, 7 pm, human rights correspondent Janine di Giovanni speaks on journalists' response to war, Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave (at Lyndale), Mpls. http://walkerart.org/tickets Tuesday, 11/27, Peace Salon hosts local peace activist and writer Polly Mann reading her Vietnam era poetry, Mad Hatter Tea House,, 943 - 7th St, St Paul. pattypax [at] earthlink.net Tuesday, 11/27, 7 to 9 pm, DFL Senate District 62 and Congressional District 5 sponsor a U.S. Senate Candidate forum including peace candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, Roosevelt HS auditorium, 4029 - 28th Ave S, Mpls. Wednesday, 11/28, 8 to 9:30 am, People of Faith Peacemakers host MCTC prof Lena Jones talking about "What's going on in Somalia?" following her visits with Puntland State Univ. there, St Martin's Table, 2001 Riverside, Mpls. http://www.justview.org/POFcalendar.html Wednesday, 11/28, 7 pm, "Journey to Safety" about battered immigrant and refugee women, filmed performance of the Pangea World Theater production, at the Rice St Branch Library, 1011 Rice St, St Paul. http://www.mnadvocates.org Thursday, 11/29, 6:30 pm, Peace in the Precincts holds nonpartisan precinct caucus training, Roseville Library, 2180 N Hamline, Roseville. info [at] peaceintheprecincts or 651-917-0383. Friday, 11/30, 3 to 5 pm, Yale history prof Jay Winter lectures on "The Birth of the Human Rights Movement," Ford Room (710), Social Science Building, 267 - 19th Ave S, U of M West Bank, Mpls. http://igs.cla.umn.edu/events/ Friday, 11/30 (2 to 9 pm) and Saturday, 12/1 (9 am to 4 pm), craft sale to benefit Friends for a Nonviolent World, held at Minneapolis Friends Meetinghouse, 44th & York, South Mpls. http://www.fnvw.org Saturday, 12/1, 10 to 11:30 am, meeting of Homeless Veterans for Peace, Peacehouse, 510 E Franklin, Mpls. Bob 612-789-9020. Saturday, 12/1, 6 to 9 pm, spaghetti dinner to benefit Youth Against War and Racism, Walker Community United Methodist Church, 3104 - 16th Ave S, Mpls. Tickets $10 to 100. http://www.yawr.org or against.war [at] gmail.com Monday, 12/3, 9 am to 4 pm, Annual Human Rights Day Conference with theme "Voices from Silence: what We Need to Hear About the Impact of 9/11 on Refugees, Immigrants and Religious Minorities," U of M Law School, 229 - 19th Ave S, Mpls. http://www.mnadvocates.org Monday, 12/3, 7 pm, meeting Labor Against War, Merriam Park library, 1831 Marshall Ave, St Paul. Thomas Dooley 651-645-0295. Monday, 12/3, 7 pm, program "The Monroe Doctrine and its Significance" followed by film "No Volveran" about Venezuela's resistance to US domination, Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Ave, Mpls. http://www.maydaybooks.org or 612-333-4719. Monday, 12/3, 7:30 pm, film "Divided We Fall" about hate violence in the aftermath of 9/11, Coffman Union, 300 Washington Ave SE, Mpls. http://mnadvocates.org Tuesday, 12/4, 6:30 pm, Peace in the Precincts holds nonpartisan precinct caucus training, Matthews Community Center, 24th Ave & 24th St, Mpls. info [at] peaceintheprecincts or 651-917-0383. Tuesday, 12/4, 7 pm, discussion on Michael Parenti's book "Lies, War and Empire," Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Ave, Mpls. http://www.maydaybooks.org or 612-333-4719. Wednesday, 12/5, 5 pm, Women's Human Rights Film Series presents "Journey to Safety" about challenges facing battered immigrant and refugee women, Humphrey Center, U of M, 301 - 19th Ave S, Mpls. http://www.hhh.umn.edu Thursday, 12/6, 4 pm, Dr James Orbinski talks on "Moral Dilemmas of Interventions for Emergency Relief," Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Institute, 301 - 19th Ave S, Mpls. http://www.hhh.umn.edu Thursday, 12/6, 4 to 8 pm, open house and potluck at Friends for a Nonviolent World office, 1050 Selby Ave, St Paul. http://www.fnvw.org Thursday, 12/6, 6:30 pm, Peace in the Precincts holds nonpartisan precinct caucus training, Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W Minnehaha Ave, St Paul. info [at] peaceintheprecincts or 651-917-0383. Friday, 12/7, 7 to 10 pm, Ibtisam Barakat speaks at a publication reception of her book "Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood," a memoir of occupation, random detention, house bombing, and eventually flight to Jordan, Lift Literary Center, Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S, Mpls. http://www.mizna.org ******************** 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, 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, 5050 Lincoln, Edina. FFI: www.circlevision.org/alliantaction.html Every Wednesday, 4:45 to 5:45, Grandmothers for Peace vigil, 50th and Halifax, Edina (just west of France). www.worldwidewamm.org Every Wednesday, 5 to 6 pm, 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, 4:30 to 5:30 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, 5 to 6 pm, Chisago City gathering for peace, Moberg Park on Hwy 8, Chisago City. AARONWOODJW [at] aol.com 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. mcgrath1 [at] rconnect.com Every Saturday, 1 to 2 pm, peace vigil at Vinewood and 42nd, Plymouth. carydbeerg [at] comcast.net (Starts 11/3/07.) 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 (More vigils are listed at http://www.worldwidewamm.org/takeaction/vigil/statevigils.html )
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