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06 / 16 (event) BYOP Youth Way Creative Action Start: 12:00 pm End: 3:00 pm Paint for POWER, sponsored by BYOP Snowden Goals: 200 postcards, 100 Petition signatures and 50 or more hand prints to show support of the Youth Way Campaign 4 Stations to engage youth and the general public: 559 reads – more info (event) BYOP Youth Way March & Rallyin’ Start: 2:00 pm End: 3:30 pm It’s Time for a Fare Ride: It’s time for a Youth Pass! John D. OB Chapter will begin marching (with a big bus banner) from Dudley Sq Station to Roxbury Crossing and Ruggles Station. Along the march BYOP will try to get 50 people to join the march. 558 reads – more info (event) Roxbury TRU Committee Meeting Start: 5:30 pm End: 7:30 pm Tuesday, June 16 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the ACE Office. For more information, email 680 reads – more info
06 / 17 (event) Dudley Park Community Block Party Start: 12:00 pm End: 4:00 pm DSNI has partnered with Boston Police Area B-2, Greater Hartford Street Neighborhood Association, The Salvation Army and Suffolk County District Attorney's Office to host a Community Block Party! The day will include: inflatable games, 3-on-3 basketball tournament, flag football, tasty food, face painting, summer program information, music and relay races. This is a FREE event open to all, young and older alike. 580 reads – more info (event) BYOP Youth Way Chalk Walk Start: 2:30 pm End: 4:30 pm It’s time for a change! Create a Youth Pass. Cambridge chapter BYOP walk to Harvard Square and celebrate at Ben & Jerry’s. Goals: Get media visibility, build awareness and build power towards the Youth Way Campaign and Have Fun 538 reads – more info
06 / 18 (event) BYOP Youth Way on the MBTA March Start: 3:00 pm End: 5:00 pm BYOP and Friends will gather at Copley Square in front of the fountain build up power, march to the Transportation Building. End with appreciations & pictures. Goals: 50 postcards, 50 Petition signatures, make the MBTA recognize our campaign and Have Fun 594 reads – more info (event) ROC Summer Institute: Economic Crisis, part 1 Start: 6:00 pm The current crisis, its roots in the past 35 years of economic history, the shift from a manufacturing economy to a finance economy, how workers lost leverage, the multiple crises of sustainability we are facing now, and the unsustainability of capitalism. 670 reads – more info
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06 / 20 (event) Urban Environmental Health Fair Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Are communities of color at greater risk of environmentally related diseases? Hosted by the Healthy Environment Leadership Coalition Saturday, June 20 2:00 p.m. 690 reads – more info
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06 / 22 (event) Weatherization Barnraising Leadership Training #3 Start: 6:30 pm End: 9:00 pm The Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) is pleased to offer free leadership trainings through a grant from the Massachusetts Service Alliance. These hands-on trainings will teach new volunteers to: 629 reads – more info (event) Co-op Power Boston-Metro East Monthly Meeting Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Come to learn about ways Co-op Power members are working together to ;Create a sustainable and just energy future; Create community-owned Green Jobs and Green Energy ;Secure affordable, quality, clean energy for our members and for our communities. 584 reads – more info
06 / 23 (event) Commonwealth CORI Coalition Planning Meeting Start: 10:00 am End: 12:00 pm The Commonwealth CORI Coalition is sponsoring a major Press Conference & Lobby Day at the State house for comprehensive CORI reform. To participate in the planning process, join us: Tuesday June 23, 10am-12pm 913 reads – more info
06 / 24 (event) T Rider's Union Chelsea Meeting Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Wednesday, June 24 from 6 pm - 8 pm at the Chelsea Collaborative 300 Broadway St Chelsea For more information, contact Taisha. 653 reads – more info
06 / 25 (event) ROC Summer Institute: Economic Crisis, part 2 Start: 8:00 am How the drive to restore profits changed government: what the right wing "shrink government" agenda really means, what deregulation and free markets are really for, government as a site of class struggle, why the right wing's attack on economic human rights concentrated on government. Facilitators: Mike Prokosch with Steve Schnapp (UFE) To sign up for a class, send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com. Thursday, June 25 from 6 pm - 8 pm, at City Life/Vida Urbana the Brewery, 284 Amory Street, Jamaica Plain If you have questions about the workshop, call or email the appropriate contact person listed above. Classes will fill quickly and space is limited. For more information, contact City Life/Vida Urbana at 617.524.3541, or by email at organize@clvu.org. 520 reads – more info (event) Pride and Prejudice: The Fight for Marriage Equality Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Pride and Prejudice: The Fight for Marriage Equality Join MassEquality, a local LGBT rights organization, in discussing how people can get involved in the movement to secure equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. Whether you want to get involved, hear what this is all about, or share your experience, you are welcome and encouraged to attend. 514 reads – more info (event) Dudley Vision Project: Transportation Action Plan Draft Recommendations Start: 6:30 pm End: 8:30 pm Dudley Vision Project: Transportation Action Plan Draft Recommendations June 25, 2009 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Central Boston Elder Services 2315 Washington Street Roxbury, MA 02119 843 reads – more info (event) LivableStreets Alliance Street Talk Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:00 pm What we can learn from Spain: urban mobility planning in Barcelona by Marius Navazo, Urban Planner, Barcelona, Spain Thursday, June 25 7:00pm - 9:00 pm @ LivableStreets office space, 586 reads – more info
06 / 26 (event) Beats for Peace Block Party with Critical Breakdown Start: 6:00 pm End: 10:00 pm Critical Breakdown will bring together youth, adults, families, organizations, local and national artists, designers, models, dancers, DJ’s and visual artists to create a space to celebrate life, share knowledge and promote the arrival of a safe summer. 775 reads – more info (event) Dudley Square Organizing Project Table Start: 6:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Learn about a new division of ACE- the Dudley Square Organizing Project. Speak with Michelle McGruder at the table or contact her at ACE: michelle@ace-ej.org 548 reads – more info
06 / 27 (event) Discovery Roxbury Bike Tour Start: 11:00 am End: 1:00 pm Come explore Roxbury for free, with Discovery Roxbury Discover Roxbury designs, organizes and conducts tours of Roxbury’s historic sites, arts community, cultural institutions and businesses. 697 reads – more info (event) Project Peace Community Field Day Start: 12:00 pm End: 7:00 pm Games, Food, Raffles, and Performance Saturday, June 27 from 12pm- 7pm at Harambee Park (next to Lee School on Talbot Ave) Free for all! For info, to donate, to volunteer or participate: 590 reads – more info (event) Youth Unity Day Start: 1:00 pm End: 6:00 pm Come and join us as we celebrate family with food, resources, entertainment, and a raffle. Candidates for the Orchard Tenant Association will be present. Saturday, June 27 from 1 pm- 6pm 634 reads – more info
06 / 28 (event) Weatherization Barnraising Leadership Training #4 Start: 12:00 pm End: 2:00 pm Follow-up internship: serve as a team leader intern at an actual barnraising, supervised by consultant trainers. Sunday,June 28 For more info or to RSVP contact S 619 reads – more info
06 / 29 (event) MBTA Rider's Oversight Committee Meeting Start: 5:00 pm End: 7:00 pm Public comment periods at begining and end of meeting. Monday, June 29 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Transportation Building 10 Park Plaza Second floor Conference Rooms 1,2,3 REMEMBER TO BRING PHOTO ID 694 reads – more info
06 / 30 (event) CORI Press Conference & Lobby Day Start: 10:00 am End: 12:00 pm Save the Dates CORI Press Conference & Lobby Day Tuesday,June 30 10:00am - 12:00pm Inside the State House at the Grand Staircase Judiciary Committee Hearing on CORI Reform 594 reads – more info (event) CORI Reform Press Conference & Lobby Day Start: 11:00 am Please join us for a major Press Conference & Lobby Day at the State House to call for comprehensive CORI reform in 2009. Confirmed CORI reform speakers include Mayor Thomas Menino, Sheriff Andrea Cabral, State Rep. Liz Malia and State Senator Harriette Chandler. More speakers TBA. 696 reads – more info (event) Mattapan Transportaton Meeting Start: 5:30 pm End: 7:30 pm Please join Executive Office of Transportation Secretary James A. Alosi, the MBTA, Sen. Jack Hart, Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz,Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry, Rep. Willie Mae Allen & Rep. Marie St. Fleua to disucess trasnportation issues in Mattapan and the oute 28 bus corridor. 625 reads – more info (event) Dudley Square Organizing Ptoject Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Green Meeting Tuesday, June 30 6:00pm-8:00pm at ACE Office ContactKhalida for more info 585 reads – more info (event) ROC Summer Institute: Protest Singing Start: 6:00 pm Karin Parker, an accomplished jazz singer, will organize a group to practice several protest songs. The group will perform the songs at the City Life fundraiser n July 11 and perhaps at subsequent events. 523 reads – more info (event) ROC Summer Institute: Class and Race Start: 6:30 pm Historic movements have arisen in the United States in response to oppression based on class and race. What is the basis of these oppressions? How have these movements united; how and why have they been divided? We will discuss these issues using a few readings, group interactions, and reflections of participants. 494 reads – more info
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07 / 2 (event) ROC Summer Institute: Economic Crisis, part 3 Start: 6:00 pm Naming the enemy: where is the core of resistance to a working people's agenda and economic human rights in the United States? What is their identity, their ideology, what accounts for their remarkabl 619 reads – more info (event) ROC Summer Institute: Protest Singing Start: 6:00 pm Karin Parker, an accomplished jazz singer, will organize a group to practice several protest songs. The group will perform the songs at the City Life fundraiser n July 11 and perhaps at subsequent events. 569 reads – more info
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07 / 8 (event) TRU Campaign Committee Meeting Start: 5:30 pm End: 8:00 pm Wednesday, July 8 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the ACE Office. For more information, email 517 reads – more info
07 / 9 (event) ROC Summer Institute: Protest Singing Start: 6:00 pm Karin Parker, an accomplished jazz singer, will organize a group to practice several protest songs. The group will perform the songs at the City Life fundraiser n July 11 and perhaps at subsequent events. 670 reads – more info (event) ROC Summer Institute: Economic Refugees- Migration and the Growing Divide Start: 6:00 pm What are the facts about immigration? What is pushing and pulling workers and families to leave their homeland and emigrate to the U.S.? Who benefits from the rules that allow in some workers and criminalize others? What do foreign-born and domestic workers have in common? What about immigration "reforms"? Learn about ways to close the political and social divides that put workers and communities against each other. 626 reads – more info
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07 / 11 (event) ROC Summer Institute: Identifying the Local Power Structure Start: 1:00 pm Research local power structures so we can position ourselves to fight back. What I can offer is a couple power analysis tools. One on power mapping; this process is about building grassroots power as well as doing a power analysis of targets. The other tool that I can offer is a power/political landscaping exercise, which is a participatory/collective process that can be used to illustrate and monitor shifts in power during a campaign/organizing project. 672 reads – more info (event) ROC Summer Institute: Health and Fitness for the Struggle / Bike Riding Start: 1:00 pm End: 3:00 pm One on nutrition, one on diseases we face as we get older, one on physical fitness and training programs. The training session will involve actual exercise. Facilitator: Paula Taylor, physical trainer, bank tenant To sign up for a class, send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com. 3 sessions July 11, July 25, and August (Date TBD) Time TBD, at City Life/Vida Urbana the Brewery, 284 Amory Street, Jamaica Plain If you have questions about the workshop, call or email the appropriate contact person listed above. Classes will fill quickly and space is limited. For more information, contact City Life/Vida Urbana at 617.524.3541, or by email at organize@clvu.org. 642 reads – more info
07 / 12 (event) Institute: After the Economic Meltdown, Building a Solidarity Economy End: 12:00 pm Start: 07/12/2009 - 12:00pm End: 07/17/2009 - 12:00pm Learn how the economy works and gain tools to make your activism more effective. July 12-17, 2009 at the World Fellowship Center, Conway, N.H. CPE’s Summer Institute CPE’s Summer Institute is a week-long intensive training in economics for activists, educators, and anyone who wants a better understanding of economics. We focus on how economic systems impact our lives and work every day. Our trainings are highly participatory and build on the knowledge and experience of our participants. No background in economics is required. Academic credit is available. 673 reads – more info
07 / 13 (event) Institute: After the Economic Meltdown, Building a Solidarity Economy End: 12:00 pm Start: 07/12/2009 - 12:00pm End: 07/17/2009 - 12:00pm Learn how the economy works and gain tools to make your activism more effective. July 12-17, 2009 at the World Fellowship Center, Conway, N.H. CPE’s Summer Institute CPE’s Summer Institute is a week-long intensive training in economics for activists, educators, and anyone who wants a better understanding of economics. We focus on how economic systems impact our lives and work every day. Our trainings are highly participatory and build on the knowledge and experience of our participants. No background in economics is required. Academic credit is available. 673 reads – more info (event) ROC Summer Institute: 30 Years of Resistance in El Salvador Start: 6:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Workshop featuring the past 30 years of struggle and recent election win in El Salvador. Jeannette will facilitate along with Equipo Maiz, a Salvadorian popular education group, that is touring in the U.S. Also, Jeannettes husband Carlos will speak about the election- he was a volunteer with the FMLN campaign. Sounds like Equipo Maiz will broaden discussion beyond El Salvador, as they also do a training regarding capitalism and economic crisis. To sign up for a class, send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com. Monday, July 13 from 6 pm - 9 pm Location to be determined in Spanish and English If you have questions about the workshop, call or email the appropriate contact person listed above. Classes will fill quickly and space is limited. For more information, contact City Life/Vida Urbana at 617.524.3541, or by email at organize@clvu.org. 692 reads – more info
07 / 14 (event) Institute: After the Economic Meltdown, Building a Solidarity Economy End: 12:00 pm Start: 07/12/2009 - 12:00pm End: 07/17/2009 - 12:00pm Learn how the economy works and gain tools to make your activism more effective. July 12-17, 2009 at the World Fellowship Center, Conway, N.H. CPE’s Summer Institute CPE’s Summer Institute is a week-long intensive training in economics for activists, educators, and anyone who wants a better understanding of economics. We focus on how economic systems impact our lives and work every day. Our trainings are highly participatory and build on the knowledge and experience of our participants. No background in economics is required. Academic credit is available. 673 reads – more info (event) ROC Summer Institute: Political posters for public places Start: 6:30 pm End: 8:00 pm Creating images and word phrases t bring political issues into piblic spaces. We'll talk about issues that affect us and issues of justice and how to present them visually. We'll look at examples of existing public posters. We will create our own posters, take them out and put them up! Facilitaroes: Katherine Mallory and Denise Baudet, Amherst artists To sign up for a class, send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com. Tusday, July 14 from 6:30 pm - 8 pm at City Life / Vida Urbana If you have questions about the workshop, call or email the appropriate contact person listed above. Classes will fill quickly and space is limited. For more information, contact City Life/Vida Urbana at 617.524.3541, or by email at organize@clvu.org. 645 reads – more info (event) ROC Summer Institute: Class and Race Start: 6:30 pm Historic movements have arisen in the United States in response to oppression based on class and race. What is the basis of these oppressions? How have these movements united; how and why have they been divided? We will discuss these issues using a few readings, group interactions, and reflections of participants. 682 reads – more info
07 / 15 (event) Institute: After the Economic Meltdown, Building a Solidarity Economy End: 12:00 pm Start: 07/12/2009 - 12:00pm End: 07/17/2009 - 12:00pm Learn how the economy works and gain tools to make your activism more effective. July 12-17, 2009 at the World Fellowship Center, Conway, N.H. CPE’s Summer Institute CPE’s Summer Institute is a week-long intensive training in economics for activists, educators, and anyone who wants a better understanding of economics. We focus on how economic systems impact our lives and work every day. Our trainings are highly participatory and build on the knowledge and experience of our participants. No background in economics is required. Academic credit is available. 673 reads – more info (event) Public Meetings About Climate Change Adaptation Start: 3:00 pm End: 5:00 pm How will global warming affect Massachusetts, Boston and Dudley Square? What should we do about it? Come share your thoughts with the State's Climate Change Adaptation Advisory Committee, who will be evaluating strategies for adapting to the predicted effects of climate change. 1003 reads – more info (event) ROC Summer Institute: Street Law Clinic: Stop & Search Start: 6:30 pm End: 8:00 pm Learn what to do if the police stop you on the street and want to search you. What are your rights? Contact Robert at >a href="mailto:presspull@graffiti.net">presspull@graffiti.net. To sign up for a class, send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com. Wednesday, July 15 from 6:30 pm - 8 pm, Location to be determined If you have questions about the workshop, call or email the appropriate contact person listed above. Classes will fill quickly and space is limited. For more information, contact City Life/Vida Urbana at 617.524.3541, or by email at organize@clvu.org. 655 reads – more info
07 / 16 (event) Institute: After the Economic Meltdown, Building a Solidarity Economy End: 12:00 pm Start: 07/12/2009 - 12:00pm End: 07/17/2009 - 12:00pm Learn how the economy works and gain tools to make your activism more effective. July 12-17, 2009 at the World Fellowship Center, Conway, N.H. CPE’s Summer Institute CPE’s Summer Institute is a week-long intensive training in economics for activists, educators, and anyone who wants a better understanding of economics. We focus on how economic systems impact our lives and work every day. Our trainings are highly participatory and build on the knowledge and experience of our participants. No background in economics is required. Academic credit is available. 673 reads – more info (event) Public Meetings About Climate Change Adaptation End: 7:00 pm Start: 07/16/2009 - 5:00pm End: 07/18/2009 - 7:00pm How will global warming affect Massachusetts, Boston and Dudley Square? What should we do about it? Come share your thoughts with the State's Climate Change Adaptation Advisory Committee, who will be evaluating strategies for adapting to the predicted effects of climate change. 918 reads – more info (event) ROC Summer Institute: Screening of Documentary "At Home in Utopia" Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm "At Home in Utopia brings back to life a lost world of American radicalism. Through the history of a cooperative housing project founded by New York Jewish communists, it reconstructs two generations of political activists who sought not only to build anew society but to live out their ideals then and there." Facilitator: The director Michael Goldman will be present to lead a panel discussion following the screening. To sign up for a class, send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com. Thursday, July 16 Reception with food from 6 pm - 8 pm, at the Connolly Branch Library in Jamaica Plain If you have questions about the workshop, call or email the appropriate contact person listed above. Classes will fill quickly and space is limited. For more information, contact City Life/Vida Urbana at 617.524.3541, or by email at organize@clvu.org. 556 reads – more info

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