Calendar of upcoming peace and justice events in the Valley and nearby
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| Monday 2/8, 7:30, Smith College | Participant Tales of the Gaza Freedom March: Come hear first-person accounts by local heroes of the 1,400-strong non-violent campaign in Egypt, Dec. 27, 2009-Jan. 7, 2010 to free Gaza from the crippling blockade: Paki Wieland, Ruth Hooke, Ellen Grave and Priscilla Lynch. More... |
| Tuesday 2/9, 5-7 and 7-9, Amherst Regional Middle School Cafeteria,170 Chestnut Street | The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) public forum to discuss draft recommendations on the future stewardship and management of forest lands within the Massachusetts state parks system. An opportunity to speak up about logging in the forests. More... |
| Wednesday 2/10, 7:30, Mount Holyoke College | Lani Guinier on Racial Literacy or Post-Racial Blindness? Gamble Auditorium, Art Building, Mount Holyoke College. Part of series on the Limits of the Law. |
| Friday 2/12, 7pm, Northampton MEF |
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| Saturday 2/13, 1-5pm, Greenfield | Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream symposium. Join us to explore a new global vision built on Sustainability, Spiritual Fulfillment and Social Justice. Flyer |
| Tuesday 2/16, 7-8:30pm, Traprock | Learn about Focusing with Rosie Fanale APRN. The focusing method is a gentle, safe, and easy-to-learn personal growth technique which can help an individual find deep inner peace and personal inner knowing and wisdom. Developed in the early 1960s by Eugene Gendlin, the focusing practice invites an individual to create a gentle inner awareness as a way to greater inner peace and personal wisdom. Focusing can move us to an improved state of personal empowerment helping us find ways to build a more peaceful personal and global world. All welcome - Free. |
| Wednesday 2/17, Springfield | Brown bag lunch vigil at Rep. Neal's office. More... |
| Friday 2/19, 12:30, Greenfield Community College | The Roots of War Speaker Series continues with Michael Klare: "The Global Struggle for Resources." He will address how 21st century wars will be driven by competition over access to scarce and valuable natural resources and by the depletion of the world's resources. More... and Flyer |
| Friday 2/19, 7pm, Northampton MEF | Death and Taxes: US citizens,
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| Saturday 2/20, noon, Northampton | meeting of Alliance for Peace. More info as it becomes available. |
| Monday 2/22, noon, Greenfield Community College | Film: Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North In this award-winning documentary, filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain a powerful new perspective on the black/white divide. More... |
| Monday 2/22, 7pm, Springfield | The Climate 350 Campaign invites you to an organizing meeting. The Campaign is committed to U.S policies and legislation that will provide global leadership in lowering carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere to below 350 ppm as quickly as possible, and no later than 2100. All policies and legislation must be based on current science. More... |
| Monday 2/22, 7pm, S Hadley | Jonathan Hafetz will read from and sign his new book, The Guantanamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law. More... |
| Wednesday 2/24, noon, Greenfield Community College | Working for Racial Justice. A group of area residents who describe themselves as "regular white folks" will speak about how they came to write an apology for slavery. The workshop will include discussions of white privilege, how it feels to confront racism, and how to work for racial justice. More... |
| Friday 2/26, free intro, then Sat-Sun 2/27-28, Deerfield | Tina Clarke, Transition Towns trainer, offers the two-day "Training for Transition" course , an in-depth experiential introduction to Transition for those considering bringing Transition to their community. More... |
| Sunday 2/28, 1-5:30, Amherst | Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream symposium. Join us to explore a new global vision built on Sustainability, Spiritual Fulfillment and Social Justice. Flyer |
| Monday 3/1, 6pm, Greenfield | Soup and Games Night at the Hope and Olive restaurant on Hope Street in Greenfield. It's Traprock's turn for this great monthly event! A wonderful way to have fun, eat good free food, play games and enjoy each other and participate in supporting Traprock. More... |
| Saturday 3/6, 8pm, Turners Falls | A CD Release Concert : Award Winning Local Folk Musician Tom Neilson’s New CD Biomess More... |
| Saturday 3/6, Holyoke Community College | Western Mass. Jobs with Justice Conference. More... and Ad Book Form and Conference Registration and JobsWithJustice Membership Form |
| Saturday 3/6, Northampton | First session of Basic Mediation Training. More... |
| Tuesday 3/23, 7-9pm, Pelham | Tina Clarke, a trainer for the Transition Towns movement, will be coming to Pelham to give a presentation on what transition means and how we can begin. Transition Towns are communities proactively addressing the "Triple Challenge" of long-term rising energy costs, economic instability and climate change. More... |
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