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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 562 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. 662 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. 597 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 556 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. 502 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. 471 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 591 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. 541 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 489 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. 634 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. 596 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. 642 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. 616 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. 645 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. 645 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. 660 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. 645 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. 617 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. 651 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. 645 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. 968 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. 631 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. 645 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. 883 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. 535 reads – more info
07 / 17 (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. 645 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. 883 reads – more info
07 / 18 (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. 883 reads – more info (event) ACE Member Meeting Start: 10:00 am End: 2:00 pm Please join us for an ACE Member Meeting We'll check in with a focus on the ACE wide rider's on board transit justice campaign. Saturday,July 18 10:00am-2:00pm ACE Office 871 reads – more info
07 / 19 (event) ROC Summer Institute: Radical Organizing Methods Start: 5:00 pm End: 7:00 pm We will look at what makes a radical organizing method. To examine this, we will look at questions such as winnability, strategy.tactics, coaliions, spirituality, building a majority movement, role of political education, and the effectiveness of well known organizing methods such as 1-1's, story-telling, relationship-building. The format will be group discussion. Facilitators: Steve Meacham, CLVU; host Rachel Beddick, CAAS To sign up for a class, send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com. 3 Sunday sessions July 19, July 26, August 2 from 5 pm - 7 pm, at Community Action Agency of Somerville 66-70 Union Square, #104, Somerville 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. 665 reads – more info
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07 / 21 (event) T Rider's Roxbury Meeting Start: 5:30 pm End: 7:30 pm TRU Meeting to discuss the fight against fare increases and service cuts! Tuesday,July 21 5:30pm-7:30pm ACE Office Childcare and refreshments are available but RSVP's are necessary! 681 reads – more info
07 / 22 (event) Chelsea Tru Meeting Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Wednesday, July 22 from 6 pm - 8 pm at the Chelsea Collaborative 300 Broadway St Chelsea For more information, contact Taisha. 682 reads – more info
07 / 23 (event) TRU Outreach in Dudley Station Start: 3:00 pm End: 5:00 pm 513 reads – more info (event) Green Justice Committee Meeting Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Thursday, July 23 from 6 pm- 8 pm at the ACE office For more information, contact Michelle. 559 reads – more info
07 / 24 (event) REEP's Youth Summit Start: 9:30 am End: 2:30 pm REEP's 15th Annual Environmental Justice Youth Summit Youth Justice in the Hood Friday, July 24 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Curry Student Center Northeastern University 360 Huntington Avenue 1237 reads – more info
07 / 25 (event) ROC Summer Institute: Health and Fitness for the Struggle / Bike Riding Start: 1:00 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. 547 reads – more info (event) East Boston Block Party Start: 2:00 pm End: 6:00 pm EAST BOSTON BLOCK PARTY event we are having this weekend on Saturday, July 25 from 2 pm- 6pm at the Urban Wild and City Yards Sponsored by Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH). Everyone is invited and more than welcome to volunteer. For more information, contact Melinda Alvarado-Vega at 617-418-8248. 598 reads – more info
07 / 26 (event) ROC Summer Institute: Radical Organizing Methods Start: 5:00 pm End: 7:00 pm We will look at what makes a radical organizing method. To examine this, we will look at questions such as winnability, strategy.tactics, coaliions, spirituality, building a majority movement, role of political education, and the effectiveness of well known organizing methods such as 1-1's, story-telling, relationship-building. The format will be group discussion. Facilitators: Steve Meacham, CLVU; host Rachel Beddick, CAAS To sign up for a class, send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com. 3 Sunday sessions July 19, July 26, August 2 from 5 pm - 7 pm, at Community Action Agency of Somerville 66-70 Union Square, #104, Somerville 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. 591 reads – more info
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07 / 28 (event) Judiciary Committee Hearing on CORI Reform Start: 1:00 pm End: 3:00 pm Judiciary Committee Hearing on CORI Reform Tuesday,July 28, 1pm. Inside the State House in Gardener Auditorium Please save the dates for these important CORI reform events this summer. 612 reads – more info (event) ROC Summer Institute: Financial Literacy Start: 6:30 pm End: 8:00 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. Facilitators: Mike Prokosch with Steve Schnapp (UFE) To sign up for a class, send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com. Thursday, July 28 and then a Saturday session TBD from 6:30 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. 594 reads – more info
07 / 29 (event) EJ in the 'Hood Planning Meeting Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Thursday, July 29 from 6 pm- 8pm at the ACE office Ongoing planning for the 14th annual EJ in the 'Hood event. For more information, contact 620 reads – more info
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