Saturday March 6 ~ Western Mass. Jobs with Justice Conference ~ Register <http://wmjwj.org/sites/wmjwj.org/files/Conf%20Regis%20Form.pdf> Now ~ Take <http://wmjwj.org/sites/wmjwj.org/files/Ad%20Book%20Form.pdf> an Ad ~ Join <http://wmjwj.org/sites/wmjwj.org/files/WMJwJ%20Membership%20Form.pdf> the Coalition ~ Make <http://wmjwj.org/sites/wmjwj.org/files/WMJwJ%20Membership%20Form.pdf> a Donation ~ Deadline February 19. Tuesday February 16 A CONVERSATION WITH BARNEY FRANK & STUART WEISBERG 11am, Student Union Ballroom, UMass Amherst. Congressman Barney Frank and author Stuart Weisberg discuss Congressman Frank's life and achievements. Weisberg will sign copies of Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman, published by University of Massachusetts Press. Info: http://www.umass.edu/umhome/events/articles/98932.php. Tuesday February 16 JOIN SEIU LOCAL 615 MEMBERS AS THEY DEMAND RECOGNITION OF THEIR UNION J4J Logo.jpg2pm, gather on Court Square, at Main & Court Streets, and walk together across the street to the MassMutual Center, 1277 Main Street, <http://www.massmutualcenter.com/400/Directions.asp> Springfield. Service Employees International Union Local 615 - the Justice for Janitors campaign - has organized a majority of the employees of Global Spectrum (GS) at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, which is owned by the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA). GS employs about 100 cleaners, security guards, food service workers, and set-up crew workers. MCCA owns convention centers across the state and contracts with Global Spectrum and other convention center management firms. GS at the MassMutual Center is the only non-union operation in the MCCA system. Feb. 16 the workers will present a demand for recognition to GS, and Feb. 17 to MCCA in Boston. GS can recognize the union or try to force it to go through an <http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/component/option,com_issues/Itemid,92/v iew,issue/id,9/> NLRB election, a delaying tactic. MCCA can require neutrality toward unions as a condition of the management contract. A new round of bidding to manage the MassMutual Center starts soon. Feb. 16 we do not have an appointment and will ask to meet with management, and may be denied, in which case we will leave the building. News media is invited. Parking information is at www.parkspa.com/facilities.shtml; the Civic Center Garage next to the Center is between Harrison Avenue, Court, Dwight, and Main Streets. Info: Jesse Martin, (413) 733-0590, jmartin@seiu615.org. RSVP: Click here: I <mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org?subject=I'll%20Be%20There%202/16&body=Name:%0aAddres s:%0aCity%20or%20Town:%0aHome%20and/or%20cell%20phone:%0a> 'll Be There! Tuesday February 16 (Third Tuesday) FRANKLIN/HAMPSHIRE HEALTH CARE COALITION 7pm, Lathrop Village Community Room, Shallow Brook Drive, off Bridge Rd, Northampton. Organizing for the Massachusetts Health Care Trust Fund Bill - a universal health care system, providing universal access, a comprehensive range of physical and mental health benefits, choice of provider, quality, unified financing and cost controls, accountable governance, and stability. The Massachusetts Health Care Trust Fund will be a "single-payer" of all health care costs, statewide. Also organizing for the national alternative to state action: Medicare for All - HR 676. Info: info@fhhcc.org. Please visit www.masscare.org and www.healthcare-now.org. Tuesday February 16 BOOK READING: AMERICAN RUST 7pm, Odyssey Bookshop, 9 College St (Routes 116 at 47), in the Village Commons, S Hadley, 534-7307 or 800-540-7307; odysseybks@aol.com; www.odysseybks.com (www.odysseybks.com/directions.html). It is rare for us to post a fiction book reading on this calendar, but this powerful story is just too relevant to our non-fiction lives in the workers' rights movement. What happens when union manufacturing jobs are shipped overseas? What happens to workers who lose their good paying jobs with benefits? What is life like in cities and towns when work disappears and a slow decay sets in to once vibrant communities? Philipp Meyer's debut novel is an absorbing portrait of ordinary people and communities that face the extraordinary and heartbreaking de-industrialization of America. His novel is set in the former steel towns of Pennsylvania, but the experience resonates with many once prosperous New England mill towns. Tuesday February 16 BRIAN JONES: WHEN THE WALLS OF SEGREGATION TOPPLED: FIFTY YEARS SINCE THE CIVIL RIGHTS SIT-INS 7:30pm, Campus Center Room 904, UMass Amherst. February 1, 1960: When four students from A & T College sat down at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, they had no idea that their action would initiate the largest mass movement for civil rights in the twentieth century. The sit-in movement kicked off a wave of civil rights actions that led to the destruction of Jim Crow segregation. In doing so, young people challenged not only white racists, but also established civil rights leaders and organizations. Brian Jones is a teacher, actor, and activist. He is a columnist for SocialistWorker.org and the author of a number of articles on the Civil Rights Movement. Info: Gary Lapon, glapon@gmail.com; RSVP on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=324807023134 <http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=324807023134&index=1> &index=1. Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization, isonoho.org <http://isonoho.org/> . Wednesday February 17 (Third Wednesday) BROWN BAG LUNCH VIGIL AT REP. NEAL'S OFFICE Noon-1pm, 300 State St, Springfield (map <http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?BFCat=&Pyt=Tmap&newFL=Use+Address+Below&ad dr=300+State+Street&csz=01105&country=us&Get%A0Map=Get+Map> ). Monthly vigil in front of Rep. Richard Neal's office to stop the escalation and funding for war and support for Improved Medicare for All. Info: Tim Carpenter, tim@pdamerica.org; go to the BBLV page <http://pdamerica.org/articles/misc/2009-11-13-12-49-50-misc.php> . Show your Representative and your neighbors what social <http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home> benefits we could have paid for if the money spent on foreign, nation-building wars had been spent building our own communities (courtesy of the National Priorities Project <http://nationalpriorities.org> ). Wednesday February 17 (Third Wednesday) MASS SENIOR ACTION COUNCIL - WESTERN MASS 1:30-3pm, Springfield Hobby Club, 309 Chestnut St, Springfield. Light refreshments, 50/50 raffle. MSAC was founded in 1981 to promote the rights, well being, and dignity of all people, particularly vulnerable senior citizens. Open to people of all ages. MSAC has a proud history of effective community organizing and legislative advocacy on health care, housing, transportation, and other issues. Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno is the guest speaker. Topic: 2010 Census and its impact on city services. Info: 543-2334, http://www.masssenioraction.org. NOTE: PIONEER VALLEY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL changed to Wednesday February 24 this month from Third Wednesday. Wednesday February 17 (Wednesdays in February & March 3) FREE FILM: THE BATTLE OF CHILE 7pm, Food For Thought Books, non-profit workers' co-op, 106 N Pleasant St, Amherst (253-5432, info@foodforthoughtbooks.com, www.foodforthoughtbooks.com). On September 11, 1973, President Salvador Allende's democratically elected Chilean government was overthrown in a bloody coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. Patricio Guzmán and five colleagues had been filming the political developments in Chile throughout the nine months leading up to that day. The bombing of the Presidential Palace, in which Allende died, would now become the ending for Guzmán's seminal documentary The Battle of Chile, an epic chronicle of that country's open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it. Shown in four parts. Thursday February 18 STAND OUT AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY! 2-3pm, Bus Station, 1776 Main St, Springfield. For a Real Civilian Police Review Board. Bring a sign and bring a friend! Info: Holly Richardson, outnow@comcast.net. Thursday February 18 (Third Thursday) IMMIGRANT & WORKERS RIGHTS COALITION 7-8:30pm, Conference Room, second floor, room 234 &/or 236, Potpourri Plaza, 243 King St, Northampton (opposite Stop & Shop, http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map <http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=243+King+St,+Northampton,+MA> &q=243+King+St,+Northampton,+MA). Organizing for comprehensive immigration reform and local issues, including know your rights training, reaching out to the victims of recent raids, Franklin County Jail detention center visitation project, restaurant workers project (collecting information, possible interviews), and a film series. Info: American Friends Service Committee, 584-8975, office@afscwm.org. Friday February 19 THE ROOTS OF WAR SPEAKER SERIES: MICHAEL KLARE <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Klare> ON THE GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR RESOURCES 12:30-2pm, Stinchfield Lecture Hall, Greenfield <http://www.gcc.mass.edu/maps/> Community College. Geopolitics scholar Michael Klare will address how 21st century wars will be driven by competition over access to scarce and valuable natural resources, due, on the one hand, to rising world affluence, population growth and the rise of China as a major industrial economy and, on the other hand, to the depletion of the world's resources. Because we lack effective mechanisms for the peaceful resolution of disputes over contested resources, he forecasts that conflict is the likely outcome of such disputes. Info: Abbie Jenks, 775-1127; Les Patlove, 625-9388. Saturday February 20 LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN SLEEP-OUT ON THE AMHERST COMMON 2pm, Routes 116 and 9, Amherst. The Leadership Campaign (http://www.theleadershipcampaign.org/) is a campaign mostly of Massachusetts students. Members pledge: "I am ready for Massachusetts to lead the country and the world with science-based climate policy. I call on Governor Patrick and the Legislature to put Massachusetts on the road to 350 by committing to 100% Clean Electricity in the next 10 years." Their Act to Create a Repower Massachusetts Emergency Task Force has officially been released from the House Rules Committee. Students of the Leadership Campaign are coming from all over the state to hold a sleep-out on the Amherst Common, the idea being to avoid sleeping in houses heated with non-renewable fuels. They have had sleep-outs like this in Boston. To support the students, you could bring them hot chocolate, give them something to warm up with, lend them a tent, talk with them! Info, to help: Kaia Zimmerman, zimgurl@comcast.net (local high school student). Saturday February 20 UFCW - STOP & SHOP CONTRACT EXPIRES TONIGHT Info at www.ufcw1459.com. On Feb. 21, workers will be either ratifying a new contract or taking a strike authorization vote! Shopping there this week? Get coupons from Western <mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org?subject=Send%20me%20the%20coupons!> Mass. Jobs with Justice to tell your local Stop & Shop store manager that your groceries will be "100%" off if the workers are forced to strike. (Coupons are in PDF format. In Western Mass, print out and use only page 3, UFCW Local 1459 version. Shop first, then give to manager, so he/she sees you're a real customer. Thanks!) Monday February 22 CLIMATE 350 CAMPAIGN ORGANIZING MEETING 7pm, Unitarian Universalist Church, 245 Porter Lake Drive, Springfield. The Climate 350 Campaign is committed to US 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. We are recruiting groups and individuals in the Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts, and beyond to join the Climate 350 Campaign and advocate and educate our congressional delegation. Info: http://pvclimate.org. Monday February 22 (note new times and places) THE GUANTANAMO LAWYERS 3:30-5pm, Western New England College of Law, 1215 Wilbraham Road, Springfield; 8-9pm, Amherst Books, 8 Main Street, Amherst. Accompanied by Guantánamo lawyers and book contributors, including local lawyer Bill Newman, Jonathan Hafetz will read from and sign his new book, The Guantanamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law. Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001, the US imprisoned more than 750 men at its naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. These men, ranging from teenage boys to men in their eighties from over 40 different countries, were detained for years without charges, trial, and a fair hearing. Without any legal status or protection, they were truly outside the law: imprisoned in secret, denied communication with their families, and subjected to extreme isolation, physical and mental abuse, and, in some instances, torture. These are the detainees' stories, told by their lawyers because the prisoners themselves were silenced. It took habeas counsel more than two years - and a ruling from the US Supreme Court - to finally gain the right to visit and talk to their clients at Guantanamo. Even then, lawyers were forced to operate under severe restrictions designed to inhibit communication and envelop the prison in secrecy. In time, however, lawyers were able to meet with their clients and bring the truth about Guantanamo to the world. RSVP for the WNEC <http://ma.aclu.org/site/R?i=g9yU0fysp-P97X3J2TGTlQ..> event. RSVP <http://ma.aclu.org/site/R?i=P58Z8XNXDfBczafOepZGgg..> for the Amherst Books event. Tuesday February 23 DATA FOR DEMOCRACY WEBINAR: OUT OF BALANCE 11am - Register <http://civicrm.nationalpriorities.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url. php?u=173401&qid=379359> ; Thursday February 25, 3pm - Register <http://civicrm.nationalpriorities.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url. php?u=173402&qid=379359> ; Tuesday March 2, 1pm - Register <http://civicrm.nationalpriorities.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url. php?u=173403&qid=379359> ; Thursday March 18, 3pm - Register <http://civicrm.nationalpriorities.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url. php?u=173404&qid=379359> . The National Priorities Project's Out of Balance webinar will provide a solid and accessible critique of national spending priorities, with a focus on discretionary spending. Facilitated by Greg Speeter and Chris Hellman, the webinar will also offer a critical look at the link between federal funds and state and local budgets. FY2011 state-level figures are available for every state to help participants "bring home" the webinar's main messages. About the 2010 Data for Democracy Series: The goal of Data for Democracy is to help NPP's constituents - elected officials, labor leaders, members of the media, organizers and community groups - use NPP's data and tools more effectively. In general, 2010 Data for Democracy webinars will last one hour, will be interactive and will include state and - when possible - even more localized data. With each new webinar, NPP will release a power point presentation, talking points, and data sheets so that people can customize the materials. Tuesday February 23 (Fourth Tuesday) HAMPSHIRE/FRANKLIN CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL 5:30pm, Northampton Fire Station Community Room, 26 Carlon Drive at King St/Route 5, Northampton (587-1148). Community and labor activist guests are welcome, but RSVP to Pres. Fiore Grassetti, 877-725-0357, org7@comcast.net. Wednesday February 24 (Fourth Wednesday) GREENWORK: THE WESTERN MASS GREEN ECONOMY WORKING GROUP 12:30-2:30pm, Brown Bag Lunch at Noon, Pioneer Valley AFL-CIO Hall, 640 Page Boulevard, Springfield (732-7970). GreenWork consists of advocates for a Green Economy which serves local communities; guarantees workers' rights to organize; and promotes community-owned sustainable projects. On the agenda: Jill Stein on the Massachusetts <http://www.masschc.org/> Coalition for Healthy Communities; progress report by GreenWork Organizational Subcommittee on our Articles of Organization and By-Laws. Subscribe to the GreenWork listserve at http://lists.gaiahost.coop/mailman/listinfo/greenwork or send an email to greenwork-subscribe@lists.gaiahost.coop. Info: Jon Weissman, 827-0301, wmjwj@wmjwj.org, or Eduardo Suárez, 335-6224, director@echosd.org. Wednesday February 24 (changed this month from Third Wednesday) PIONEER VALLEY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL 5:30pm, AFL-CIO Hall, 640 Page Blvd, near corner of Osborne Ter, across the street from the old Westinghouse, Springfield. Community and labor activist guests are welcome, but RSVP to Jon at 732-7970, mail@pvaflcio.org, or Rick at 374-1492, rbrown@pvaflcio.org. Friday February 26 FRIDAY NIGHT FREE FILMS: HOWARD <http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/howardzinn.html> ZINN: YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN 7pm, Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St, Northampton; enter via Woodstar Cafe. The life of historian Howard Zinn, author of A <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_People%27s_History_of_the_United_States> People's History of the United States Discussion follows. Info: The Northampton Committee Peace and Justice Film Series <http://www.northamptoncommittee.org/films.html> . Saturday February 27 JOBS WITH JUSTICE "TROUBLEMAKERS" SCHOOL! 8:30am-2pm, SEIU Local 888, 529 Main St (Schrafft's Building -- Sullivan Sq. T Station), Charlestown. New strategies for tough times. Workers in Massachusetts are fighting corporate greed using creative strategies and smart tactics. A panel of leaders from the Hyatt Regency boycott, the Angelica Laundry strike, hospital organizing campaigns, and two airport organizing drives will kick off the morning discussion. Join the discussion on how can we work together to step up the fight for more jobs, health care reform and workers' rights. Hear reports from the front lines and find out how you can be involved. "Troublemakers" workshops: Building a stronger local union; Organizing in the face of weak labor laws; Winning contract campaigns; Fighting layoffs and outsourcing; Organizing immigrant workers; Political action for tough times. Info, RSVP: 617-524-8778, jwj@massjwj.net, www.massjwj.net. February 27-28 TRAINING FOR TRANSITION Woolman Hill Retreat Center, Deerfield. The Transition Towns environmental movement out of the UK is rapidly going global. Transition United States (www.transitionus.org <http://www.transitionus.org/> ) is offering a two-day Training for Transition course as developed by the Transition Network in England (www.transitiontowns.org <http://www.transitiontowns.org/> ). Info: http://www.westernmassafsc.org/calendar/tt226_28.html. Wednesday March 3 (First Wednesday) FRANKLIN COUNTY WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE 7-8:30pm, Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, 24 Miles St, Greenfield ((413) 773-7427). Organizing local solidarity for Franklin County workers and unions; nurses and other workers at Franklin Medical Center; Greenfield municipal employees; and statewide and national workers' rights campaigns. Agenda includes proposed biomass plant. Info: (413) 827-0301, wmjwj@wmjwj.org. Thursday March 4 (First Thursday) NORTHAMPTON LIVING WAGE COALITION 6pm, Western Mass Legal Services office, 20 Hampton Av #100, Northampton (enter near Pleasant St, south of, right angle to Sylvester's). Planning for Living Wage Week: April 4-10. The Northampton Living Wage Coalition was founded out of concern for those working in our community who cannot afford to live here and meet their basic needs (for a decent home, healthy food, appropriate clothing, and health care when needed.) On Nov. 19, the Northampton City Council voted for a living wage resolution updating its 1998 Living Wage resolution. Using data from the Crittenton <http://www.liveworkthrive.org/> Women's Union and the Northampton Housing Authority to calculate a basic needs budget for a single person without children, the Northampton living wage begins at $11.90 per hour. The NLWC will adjust it annually, publicize it, and honor those employers who pay a Living Wage or make a genuine attempt to do so. Info: Kitty Callaghan, (413) 584-4034, kcallaghan@wmls.org. Thursday March 4 (First Thursday) MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY 7-8:30pm, 87 Birchwood Avenue, Longmeadow. A bill to reinstate the death penalty in Massachusetts has been proposed. This very important matter, as well as others, will be discussed. MCADP's mission is to keep the death penalty out of Massachusetts and work to abolish it nationally and internationally. Info: mcadp1@aol.com or cajowl66@aol.com, 567-3451. March 5-6 ASK FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE Red Barn, Hampshire College, Rt 116, Amherst. Free. Annual ASK (Attitudes, Skills, and Knowledge) for Social Justice program for the campus community. Info: Director of Multicultural and International Student Services, mscheidfrantz@hampshire.edu, http://www.hampshire.edu/culturalcenter/. March 5-7 LABOR CAMPAIGN FOR SINGLE-PAYER NATIONAL MEETING National Labor College, Washington DC Area. All labor organizations that want to continue to build the campaign for a universal, comprehensive, affordable single-payer system in this country are invited to attend and help shape the strategy to take the fight for healthcare justice to the next level for the enduring benefit of our members and all workers in America. The nation's lawmakers are taking a wrong turn with today's health care "reform" legislation. Collective bargaining will be further compromised and the need for single-payer will become more acute. The AFL-CIO Resolution to pursue health care as Social Insurance in the form of Single-Payer Legislation directs us to redouble our efforts to secure true social justice through universal, single-payer health care for all in America. Info, registration: www.laborforsinglepayer.org. Friday March 5 FRIDAY NIGHT FREE FILMS: THE <http://www.northamptoncommittee.org/films.html> MEAN WORLD SYNDROME: MEDIA VIOLENCE AND THE CULTIVATION OF FEAR 7pm, Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St, Northampton; enter via Woodstar Cafe. New Media Education Foundation film examines how TV violence makes people more fearful and more likely to accept violent solutions to social problems. Discussion follows. Info: The Northampton Committee Peace and Justice Film Series <http://www.northamptoncommittee.org/films.html> . Saturday March 6 WMJwJ EDUCATIONAL, <http://wmjwj.org/western-mass-jobs-justice-conference> ORGANIZING, & MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCE WITH DINNER & DANCE Noon, doors open; Conference starts at 1pm; dinner at 6pm; dance at 8pm; Holyoke <http://www.hcc.edu/about/get_arnd_drv.html> Community College Kittredge Center, 303 Homestead Avenue, Holyoke (easy off I-91). Visit website or click here: I <mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org?subject=I'll%20Be%20There%203/6&body=Name:%0aAddress :%0aCity%20or%20Town:%0aPhone:%20%20%20%20(Home?%20Cell?%20Work?)%0aNumber%2 0coming%20to%20the%20conference:%0aNumber%20coming%20to%20dinner:%0aNumber%2 0coming%20to%20the%20dance:%0aAmount%20of%20donation:%0a> 'll Be There! Saturday March 6 CHARLIE KING & KAREN BRANDOW AT PIONEER VALLEY FOLKSONG SOCIETY SONG & STORY SWAP 7pm, Nacul Center, 592 Main St, Amherst. 8-8:45pm: Charlie King and Karen Brandow <http://www.charlieking.org/> perform. All proceeds from passing the hat will go to the National Priorities Project (www.nationalpriorities.org <http://www.nationalpriorities.org/> ). Info: Paul Kaplan, 687-5002, or Charlie & Karen, 625-8115, VaguelyRem@aol.com. Saturday, March 6 CONCERT CELEBRATING RELEASE OF TOM NEILSON'S NEW CD: BIOMESS 8pm, Burrito Rojo, 50 Third St, Turners Falls (863-3111). $10 Cover. Serving beer & wine. Award winning local folk musician Tom Neilson is joined by Derrik Jordan on violin, bass & percussion and Kat Allen on backup vocals. Info: www.tomneilsonmusic.com. Monday March 8 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN <http://www.internationalwomensday.com/> 'S DAY Wednesday March 10 3,000 YEARS AWAY FROM HOME: HOW WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS IMPACT FAMILY AND SOCIETY 7.30pm, Gamble Auditorium, Art Building, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley. Part of series on the Limits <http://www.mtholyoke.edu/wcl/8564.shtml#limits> of the Law. Friday March 12 (Second Friday) STREET HEAT - THE AFL-CIO MOBILIZATION COMMITTEE 9:30-11am, AFL-CIO Hall, 640 Page Blvd, near corner of Osborne Ter, across the street from the old Westinghouse, Springfield. On the agenda: Stop & Shop; EFCA; Mass Mutual Center workers; Safe Hospital staffing; Green Jobs; Immigration Reform; Postal job loss; Servicenet; Your Organizing! Community and labor activists are urged to attend. Info, send agenda items to: Jon Weissman, 732-7970, street_heat@pvaflcio.org. Saturday March 13 (Second Saturday) HEALTH EQUITY ROUNDTABLE 9:30-11:30am, Tapestry Health, 365 Bay St, Springfield. Addressing existing disparities in health care and outcomes, and the underlying racism, poverty, and homelessness. This Springfield Health Disparities Project roundtable provides a forum to engage community people in dialogue with folks working on community health initiatives, keeping the community abreast of what is happening, and getting people involved in working with others to improve community health. Info: Betty Agin, 747-0321, ucved@verizon.net. More events at AFSC <http://www.westernmassafsc.org/calendar/calendar.html> CALENDAR. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send an email to wmjwj@wmjwj.org with a Subject of "Unsub Workers' Rights". [Workers' Rights] posts opportunities for you to learn about and show solidarity with workplace and working class struggles. And these events are opportunities for JwJ members to fulfill their pledge: <http://www.jwj.org/pledge.html> "I'll be there for workers' rights at least five times a year!" This is the core mission of Jobs with Justice (www.jwj.org <http://www.jwj.org/> ), affirming that workers' rights are human rights. To subscribe, send an email to wmjwj@wmjwj.org with a Subject of "Subscribe Workers' Rights". Western Mass Jobs with Justice 640 Page Blvd #101 Springfield MA 01104 (413) 827-0301