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Join us in a fast and vigil outside the Supreme Court from 9am-4pm on Wednesday, December 5th. If you can’t come to DC, consider joining the fast in solidarity. If you would like to wear a jumpsuit on the 5th, please let us know The Supreme Court will hear the two consolidated cases testing the legal rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 10 a.m.—the only case scheduled for that day. Start: 5:00 pm
Morgan Spurlock presents a film by Ron VanAlkemade What Would Jesus Buy? takes a hard look at the commercialization of Christmas, globalization and the plight of the American worker—from the wildly entertaining perspective of Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. When activist/performer Bill Talen transforms into “Reverend Billy,” he and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir liven up the debate about over-consumption, waste and the harmful practices of | ||
12 / 6
Start: 7:00 pm
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Despite the frequency with which Iran is mentioned in the nightly news, few people know much about the country beyond its controversial president and its purported nuclear pursuits. This event seeks to shed light to a side of Iran that receives little attention from the mainstream media - the country’s people, history and culture. Join us for this informational panel discussion and question-and-answer session featuring Punnie Edgerton, Shadi Towfighi and Professor Eric Hooglund. Portland Public Library, Rines Auditorium. For more information, contact Stephanie at 772-0680. | ||
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Start: Dec 7 2007 - 10:10am
End: Dec 9 2007 - 5:00pm
FOR CARPOOLING FROM MAINE TO THIS, CONTACT LARRY DANSINGER, MAINE WTR RESOURCE CENTER, AT 525-7776 OR rosc [at] psouth [dot] net The annual New England Gathering of War Tax Resisters and Supporters will be held on December 7-9, 2007, at Woolman Hill Conference Center in Deerfield, MA. Whether you are interested in exploring war tax resistance (wtr) for the first time or already refusing to pay some or all of your federal income and phone taxes, this weekend is for you. This year’s theme is: “Taking Control of Change: Embracing Simplicity.” Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Opening December 7th 5-8pm, 2007 at the Meg Perry Center 644 Congress St., Portland Celebrations will be up at the Meg Perry Center through December. Open Hours 12-6pm Tuesday-Saturday. | ||
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Start: Dec 7 2007 - 10:10am
End: Dec 9 2007 - 5:00pm
FOR CARPOOLING FROM MAINE TO THIS, CONTACT LARRY DANSINGER, MAINE WTR RESOURCE CENTER, AT 525-7776 OR rosc [at] psouth [dot] net The annual New England Gathering of War Tax Resisters and Supporters will be held on December 7-9, 2007, at Woolman Hill Conference Center in Deerfield, MA. Whether you are interested in exploring war tax resistance (wtr) for the first time or already refusing to pay some or all of your federal income and phone taxes, this weekend is for you. This year’s theme is: “Taking Control of Change: Embracing Simplicity.” Start: 9:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2007 at The Reading of the Names of the Dead will be a reverent remembrance of Americans and Iraqis who have died in the war on Iraq. It is also a solemn reminder of those other unnamed but remembered emotional and physical casualties of the invasion and occupation of Iraq who still suffer unmercifully in life what others have been spared in death. All life is sacred. DATE AND TIME: Saturday, December 8, 2007 from 9AM to 6PM followed by a closing service. Start: 10:00 am
Start: Dec 8 2007 - 10:00am
End: Dec 9 2007 - 4:00pm
There will be a Christmas Tree and Wreath Sale at Cheverus High School on December 8th and 9th from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. This sale is a fundraiser for the Cheverus Haiti Solidarity Club. Come and enjoy Christmas carols performed by Cheverus musicians. There will be hot chocolate, snacks, and a limited supply of hand made Christmas cards and bracelets for sale. Proceeds from the sale will go to support our sister school in Bassin Start: 12:00 pm
Although it’s an especially busy time of year for us all, I hope you will plan to come to Topsham on Saturday afternoon, December 8th, to hear & discuss all the latest ICC news from John Washburn, Convener of the American NGOs Alliance for the International Criminal Court, presented by the Maine Chapter of the United Nations Association (UNA), one of the members of the Maine Alliance for the ICC (along with Amnesty Start: 8:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm
WHAT: A benefit to raise money for the performance space at The Meg Perry Center Peace Action Maine and The Foglight Collective are proud to present Big Blood, Visitations, and Cursillistas in concert at The Meg Perry Center at 644 Congress Street in Portland, Maine on Saturday, December 8 from 8-11PM. Donations are $5-$10, and will go toward the purchase of | ||
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End: 5:00 pm
Start: Dec 7 2007 - 10:10am
End: Dec 9 2007 - 5:00pm
FOR CARPOOLING FROM MAINE TO THIS, CONTACT LARRY DANSINGER, MAINE WTR RESOURCE CENTER, AT 525-7776 OR rosc [at] psouth [dot] net The annual New England Gathering of War Tax Resisters and Supporters will be held on December 7-9, 2007, at Woolman Hill Conference Center in Deerfield, MA. Whether you are interested in exploring war tax resistance (wtr) for the first time or already refusing to pay some or all of your federal income and phone taxes, this weekend is for you. This year’s theme is: “Taking Control of Change: Embracing Simplicity.” End: 4:00 pm
Start: Dec 8 2007 - 10:00am
End: Dec 9 2007 - 4:00pm
There will be a Christmas Tree and Wreath Sale at Cheverus High School on December 8th and 9th from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. This sale is a fundraiser for the Cheverus Haiti Solidarity Club. Come and enjoy Christmas carols performed by Cheverus musicians. There will be hot chocolate, snacks, and a limited supply of hand made Christmas cards and bracelets for sale. Proceeds from the sale will go to support our sister school in Bassin Start: 10:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
Date: Sunday December 9th from 10-4 with activities(games, crafts, dancing, storytelling etc.) for kids from 11-3. Place: Organization: I am hoping we will have local food for sale too and fair trade coffee, but am still figuring out who will handle that. Also, if you know anyone interested in volunteering for the event send them my way. Your help is much appreciated. For more information get in touch with: Start: 4:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
A Multi-Media presentation by Tim Wheeler People’s Weekly World reporter, Tim Wheeler, covered the Sept. 20 march in Jena, Louisiana, to “Free the Jena Six.” An estimated 50,000 turned out to stop the racist drive to railroad six Black teenagers. Wheeler traveled to New Orleans. On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina he wrote about angry protests against George W. Bush’s abandonment of the mostly Black residents of the Lower Ninth Ward. | ||
12 / 10
Start: 7:00 pm
The Women’s Studies Programs of the University of Southern Maine and the University of New England will join with Amnesty International as sponsors of a talk on “Maze of Injustice: The Failure to Protect Native American Women from Sexual Violence in the USA,” in commemoration of Human Rights Day. That research report recently demonstrated that American Indian and Alaska Native women are more than 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than other women in the USA. Some indigenous women said they didn’t know anyone in their community who had not experienced sexual violence. | ||
12 / 11
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
The League - Maine http://tinyurl.com/ypnqdt Wouldn’t it be nice to bring stop-light free traffic underground on Washington, Brighton and Forest? Wouldn’t you like to feel safer driving your bike from the East End to the West End? Wouldn’t you have liked to be at the table when the engineering geniuses of the day planned what has become a treacherous 295 corridor through Portland? Pipe dreams? Maybe…or *maybe not! Our next Real Deal is will be a panel discussion on regional and Portland transportation issues. December Real Deal Start: 6:00 pm
Because of snow and possibly slippery roads, this is rescheduled to December 11, 6 PM, U-U Church, Belfast. Please pass the word and come next Tuesday instead of this one. An Invitation to the wonderful, varied and hard working Peace and Justice Community! Come to a Potluck Dinner to celebrate peace and justice wherever we find it, and celebrate the good work we all do! Bring a story to tell, a dish to share—Tuesday December 11, 6 PM at the UU Church, Miller St., Belfast. Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights invites you to attend a PUBLIC FORUM on HEALTHCARE JUSTICE! 11th Annual Solstice Celebration and Ceremony to be Held at First Unviversalist Church in Auburn, ME
Start: 7:00 pm
Roots Down Music and Circle Voice are pleased to announce that the 11th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration and Ceremony will be taking place at the sanctuary of the First Universalist Church in Auburn, Maine on December 15th, 2007. For the last ten years, singer/songwriter Leah Wolfsong and featured guests have gathered to honor the darkness and celebrate the light with song, dance, and ceremony. The intention of the performers is to offer a spiritual event for people of all faiths. It is presented as an opportunity to build community and a way to give people an alternative Start: 7:00 pm
Compiled from presentations at the Commonwealth Club of California and the Grand Lakes Theater in Oakland, David Ray Griffin details nine of the most commonly held myths and misconceptions about the events surrounding 9/11 and logically proves the fallacies of each one. He argues that it is pivotally important to reinvestigate this watershed event that has launched the “war on Terror.” This film is first in a monthly 9/11 film series sponsored by Maine 9/11 Truth. It will be shown at the Meg Perry Center on 644 Congress Street in Portland. | ||
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End: 9:00 pm
On August 6th and 9th, 1945, two atomic bombs vaporized 210,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those who survived are called “hibakusha” —people exposed to the bomb—and there are an estimated 200,000 still living. Today, with the threat of nuclear weapons of mass destruction frighteningly real,the world’s arsenal capable of repeating the destruction at Hirshomia 400,000 times over, Oscar award-winning filmaker Steven Okazaki revisits the bombings and shares the stories of the only people to have survived a nuclear attack. | ||
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Start: 7:00 pm
BLUE HILL-In jeans and sneakers, Evo Morales traveled the Andes and the Amazon in his bid to become Bolivia’s first indigenous president in 2006. A film about Morales, “Cocalero,” will be shown on December 14 at the Blue Hill Public Library at 7 p.m. Cocalero is the name given coca leaf farmers in Bolivia and Peru. With Morales as their union leader, Bolivian farmers began a populist movement to resist U.S. efforts to eradicate coca in their country. The film is the third in Peninsula Peace & Justice’s Winter Film Series. All welcome. Info: 326-4405. | ||
12 / 15
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Mark your calendars and join us New Year’s Eve for our always delicious potluck at 5:00 pm followed by celebratory Dances of Universal Peace to usher in 2008 from 7 - 9 PM (I’ll remind you again), But come this Saturday the 15th as well! I’ve selected several dances we haven’t done in a while. Introductory Bismillah | ||
12 / 16
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:00 pm
The Black Bird Legal Collective is holding a strategy session this Sunday to address the ongoing human rights abuses in ME’s jails and prisons. Our focus will be on our ongoing Anti-torture Campaign and a statewide prisoner advocacy forum to be held in Belfast Maine on January 20th. This strategy session will take place at the Meg Perry Center this Sunday from 11-2. 11 - Meet and Greet, grab a plate of food, settle in. | ||
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12 / 19
Start: 3:00 pm
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Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition
12/19/2007 Retreat Part II. For information contact:
Ben Chin Desired Outcomes: 3:00-3:10 PM—Intros and What do you want to get out of the meeting?
Overview of Meeting | ||
12 / 20
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Thu Dec 20 7pm–9pm 92 Congress St., Portland, ME 04101 (map Calendar: Hello ALL! This will be our first meeting at the MHNO hillhouse. It is an exciting time of year. Come celebrate what we can envision and how we can create collabortion in the East End and beyond. Here is the draft agenda… INTRODUCTIONS—UPDATES—COMMUNITY MTG- tasks, promotion, roles, music, food, format—PUBLICITY—COMMUNITY INPUT, ANNUAL MTG, BOARD, AKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PORTLAND LEADERS, LETTERS OF SUPPORT, GRANTS | ||
12 / 21
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 5:30 pm
Meet us at: Veteran’s Memorial Park (Main St, Lewiston by Longley Bridge) Join us for light refreshments, hot drinks, and to warm up at New Beginnings Drop-In Center at 245 Lisbon Street immediately following the vigil. Sponsored by Lewiston/Auburn Alliance for Services to the Homeless & Recognizing National Homeless Person’s Memorial Day FMI: Bob Rowe 795-4077 or Barbara Rankins 576-0816 VIGIL TO REMEMBER THE HOMELESS Start: 4:30 pm
End: 5:30 pm
Portland’s Homeless Persons Annual Memorial Vigil Friday, December 21 4:30 p.m. Preble Street Resource Center (corner of Preble and Portland Streets) The City of Portland Health and Human Services Department, Preble Street and Homeless Voices for Justice invite you to join us at Portland’s Homeless Persons Annual Memorial Vigil. The vigil will begin on Friday, December 21, at 4:30 p.m. at Preble Street Resource Center, on the corner of Preble and Portland Streets. | ||
12 / 22
Start: 10:00 am
Demonstration and protest at Monument Square According to Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the top United Nations official for Somalia, “The situation in Somalia is the worst on the continent.” For more information about Saturday’s event, contact Wells Staley- Mays at (207) 409-0778 or info [at] peaceactionme [dot] org Start: 11:30 am
End: 12:30 pm
Saturday, December 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM We gather in front of the Administration building, Washington Street, from 11:30 to 12:30 every Saturday in December. Join Smilin? Trees Disarmament Farm, Maine Veterans For Peace, Pax Christi Maine, Peace Action Maine, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and other Maine activist groups at Bath Iron Works to call for end of the production of the Arleigh Burke Class destroyer, a weapon of mass destruction. Advent is a time for expectation, preparation, hope, a time to prepare for peace. Start: 5:00 pm
Imago Dea, Tengo Voz, Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Association, Mission San Lucus and many neighborhood businesses and individuals are sponsoring a community celebration on December 22, 2007. Please gather at EastEnd Children’s Workshop parking lot at the corner of Congress Street and Washington Avenue at 5:00 PM. A procession with music and a bilingual dramatization of Mary and Joseph’s search for lodging in Bethlehem will take place to the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Association, 92 Congress St., Portland, ME. | ||
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End: 9:00 pm
ASERELA, a Southern Sudanese Acholi organization in Maine, will hold its second annual Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 23, 2007 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at First Parish in Portland (Unitarian Universalist), 425 Congress Street, Portland. The suggested donation is $15.00 and children under six are free. | ||
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