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«July 16, 2009 - August 15, 2009»
07 / 16
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.
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.
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.
07 / 17
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.
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.
07 / 18
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.
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
07 / 19
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.
07 / 20
07 / 21
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!
07 / 22
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.
07 / 23
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
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.
07 / 24
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
07 / 25
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.
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.
07 / 26
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.
07 / 27
07 / 28
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.
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.
07 / 29
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
07 / 30
07 / 31
08 / 1
08 / 2
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.
08 / 3
08 / 4
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at ACE 2181 Washington Street, third floor Roxbury, MA We will be learning about utility and barnraising. For more information, contact Michelle
08 / 5
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The conflict in Afghanistan/Pakistan continues to worsen. The US has sent more troops; there is increased fighting, violence, death and destruction; and a major new war may be coming. The escalation of the war occurs in the midst of a severe economic recession and puts even more spending into a huge military budget. We must organize to stop this war, end militarism and put the priority on funding social justice and improving the quality of life in our communities. This particpatory workshop will present some basic information about the war in Afghanistan/Pakistan and cutting the military budget. We will discuss things we can do to help set things right. Facilitator: Duncan McFarland, United for Justice with Peace, mcfarland13@gmail.com. To sign up for a class, send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com. Wednesday, August 5 from 6 pm - 8 pm, Location TBD 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.
08 / 6
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Thursday, August 6, 2009 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Transportation Building MBTA Board Room 10 Park Street, third floor Boston, MA TRU will be testifying during the board's public comment period.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Thursday, August 6, 2009 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at ACE 2181 Washington Street, third floor Roxbury, MA Come out to see some of the past and present environmental injustices in our community of Dudley Square while learning about ACE's work.
08 / 7
08 / 8
Start: 11:00 am
Boston, one of New England's largest and most important cities is crammed full of spectacular landmarks and monuments. Enjoy a 2-hour narrated trolley tour that will highlight major works of art that feature the monumental ideas of protest and existence from the 19th through the 21st centuries. The tour will travel through downtown Boston, Beacon Hill, Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain and will include sculptures and murals that document the history of resistance. Rich with history, the tour will offer the understanding of the roles of public art and its power for community engagement, demonstration of civic and cultural pride and the rare discussion of the connections these artworks have to the expression of freedom and visual vocabulary manifested through the eyes of the artists. The trolley will accommodate 40 people. Participation for the tour requires registration. Facilitator: L'Merchie Frazier works at the Museum of African American History and is a bank tenant. Call City Life to register at 617.524.3541, ext. 310. Saturday, August 8 at 11 am. Meet at the Boston Common, across the street from the State House. 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.
08 / 9
08 / 10
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Come out to let the MBTA know your thoughts on fare increases and service cuts! Monday, August 10, 2009 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Gardner Auditorium in the State House 24 Beacon Street
08 / 11
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Come out to let the MBTA know your thoughts on fare increases and service cuts! Tuesday, August 11, 2009 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Garfield Elementary School 176 Garfield Avenue Revere, MA
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Explore with other activists the role of spirituality in our social justice work. Facilitator: Mary Wright, City Life tenant organizer To sign up for a class, send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com. Tuesday, August 11 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.
08 / 12
08 / 13
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Come out to let the MBTA know your thoughts on fare increases and service cuts! Thursday, August 13, 2009 from 5:30- 7:30 p.m. Somerville High School Auditorium 81 Highland Avenue Somerville, MA
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
We will start with an interactive exercise to help us answer he question: what is solidarity economy? Then we will hear about real life solidarity economy efforts from right here in Boston and around the world We will also break into small groups to envision and discuss what we want Solidarity Economy to look like in Boston. Panelists and Facilitators: Sarah Horsley, CLVU volunteer and member of the Boston Area Solidarity Economy Network (BASEN); Orion Kriegman, co-founder of PUEBLO land trust co-op housing project and member of BASEN; Julie Matthaei, member of the US Solidarity Economy Network and member of BASEN; Germai Medhanie, founder of Guramylay: Growing the Green Economy and member of BASEN. To sign up for a class, send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com. Thursday, August 13 from 6 pm - 89 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.
08 / 14
08 / 15
Start: 12:00 pm
Talk about where people ge ttheir food and what are some ways that fresh, healthy food access needs to be and can be improved in our community. Then try out spme gardening at ReVision Urban Farm in Dorchester or possibly at one of the community gardens that the BWA has recently been involved in (pending me contacting these folks and seeing what they think might be possibly. Contact: Joli Olivetti, jolivetti@gmail.com, 617.851.9356. To sign up for a class, send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com. Saturday, August 15 time to be determined, 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.
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Saturday, August 15 from 12 pm- 6pm at Mary Hannon Park Volunteers are needed for the committee which will meet on Tuesday, June 9th from 6-7:30pm at DSNI. All are invited! Call Jose Barros at 617 442 9670 x16 798 reads – more info
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