“TORTURE PRESERVED” exhibit of sculptures of torture victims, by Lin Lisberger of Gorham, Maine. Thursday, May 31 through Thursday, June 5. At the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland.

Artist Statement

Amnesty International USA is touring an exact replica of a Guantanamo Bay prison cell, in support of AIUSA’s “Denounce Torture” Campaign. The 1,650-pound cell is stopping in Portland and will be on display at Monument Square June 5-7.

ACTION NAME: Demonstration in support of a port free Sears Island

DATE: 6 Jun 08

DESCRIPTION: Fair Play For Sears Island will sponsor a peaceful demonstration at the next meeting of the State sponsored committee tasked with dividing up Sears Island.

The next meeting of the committee tasked with dividing Sears Island into a port zone and a recreation zone will be held on 6 Jun from 1200-1500 hrs. Some of us who oppose the DUAL USE [port & park] philosophy will stage a peaceful demonstration at that meeting, in front of the First Congregational church in Searsport [the big

“TORTURE PRESERVED” exhibit of sculptures of torture victims, by Lin Lisberger of Gorham, Maine. Thursday, May 31 through Thursday, June 5. At the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland.

Artist Statement

Amnesty International USA is touring an exact replica of a Guantanamo Bay prison cell, in support of AIUSA’s “Denounce Torture” Campaign. The 1,650-pound cell is stopping in Portland and will be on display at Monument Square June 5-7.

Saturday, June 7, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, The Hannaford Lecture Hall at the University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Center, Portland Campus.

About the Speakers, their Topics and their Professional Backgrounds

Penny Coleman—“Soldiers’ Heart: Old News and Disingenuous Surprise”

Its National Trails Day. What better way then join Native Forest Network (NFN) on an organized bushwack to one of Maine’s last remaining old growth stands.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. (Dr. Seuss The Lorax)

The trees are 200+ years old. Soaring white pines, cedars, birch, maple, hemlock and spruce bank Little Wilson Stream in Elliotsville. The sight isn’t too far from the Appalachian Trail and is a must see for any nature enthusiast. YOU WON”T BE DISAPPOINTED

“FAITHFUL VOICES: EXPLORING BELIEFS IN ACTION” repeat performance of readings of work by Ed Schwartz, performed by the Senior Players troupe of the OLLI of USM.Saturday, June 7 at 4:00 p.m., Meg Perry Center of Peace Action Maine, 644 Congress Street, Portland.

“TORTURE PRESERVED” exhibit of sculptures of torture victims, by Lin Lisberger of Gorham, Maine. Thursday, May 31 through Thursday, June 5. At the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland.

Artist Statement

For the Maine bus joining the Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan in McAllen, Texas. From there trucks & buses filled with humanitarian supplies head for Cuba by way of Tampico, Mexico. They go in spite of U.S. rules on the Cuban embargo.

FEATURING PRIMO CUBANO: Maine’s own Cuban son and salsa band will be on hand for dancing. Enjoy Cuban food and refreshments. It’s all happening at the beautiful historical “Paris Hill Academy,?” Paris Hill, Maine.

Kim Keyser is an activist from the nascent anarchist movement in Norway - the so-called “social democratic paradise” in Northern Europe. This summer he’ll be touring the US with an illustrated presentation called “The Prefigurative Organization”. The presentation will try to answer the question “How can we reflect the future we want, in our present work?”. It will touch upon subjects such as direct democracy, direct action, workers councils, anarchist organizing and involvement in social movements.

Stories told from within communities in Darfur, to bring more local attention and knowledge to the genocide situation currently ongoing, and what you can do to help!

For more information, call 207 772 0680

Saturday, June 14
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Woodfords Congregational Church
202 Woodford Street, Portland
Adults $10 and Children $5

Featuring Middle Eastern Cuisine & Music Bring your family, friends and neighbors to support this humanitarian mission bringing five-year-old Nora Afif Abdulhameed to Portland for reconstructive surgery at Maine Medical Center.

Starting Housing, Food, Worker and Community Cooperatives in Portland
Adams School 44 Moody Street, Munjoy Hill
Saturday June 14th 6-9pm
Flower Garden Planting 4-6pm

Local Sprouts Cooperative and the Community Building Collaborative are hosting a Community Potluck Dinner and a discussion on Starting Cooperatives on June 14th at the Adams School in Portland.

The evening will start at 4pm with a flower garden planting around the Adams School facilitated by the Winter Cache Project.

June 14, 2008 – Saturday at 8:00 PM
St. Lawrence Arts & Community Center
76 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
Tickets available at St. Lawrence Arts & Community Center
http://www.stlawrencearts.org/tickets.html

Tickets available at all Bull Moose Stores

Bull Moose Web site on my Upcoming Shows web page.

Tickets: Advance Sales: $18, At the Door: $20.

The humble Farmer television show, which is the radio show on television, is now being sent to 30 towns. If you don’t see it on cable in your town,

Mainers for Cynthia McKinney Formed

A new grassroots group has been created called Mainers for Cynthia McKinney to support the former Georgia Congresswoman?s run for the Green Party presidential nomination. Cynthia McKinney is widely acknowledged, both inside and outside the campaign, as the leading contender to be the Green Party’s top pick.

You’re Invited!

The monthly Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County film series each third Wednesday will present “Burning Bridges” on June 18. For this program, the location has been changed to the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Belfast, 37 Miller St., and the program begins at 6:30 PM. The focus of the film and program is restorative justice and the Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast.

ACTION NAME: Wetlands mitigation in Maine: the truth

DATE: 6-19-2008

ORGANIZATION: Fair Play for Sears Island

Yard Sale to Benefit the Brunswick Peace Fair 10 Noble Street, Brunswick Saturday, June 21, 8-11 a.m. Rain date: Sunday, June 22. Items for sale: building supplies (doors and wood), light fixtures, furniture, decorative pillows, and lots of unique stuff.

The Fourth Annual Peace Fair will be held on the Brunswick Mall on Saturday, August 2 and is an opportunity to gather, to learn and to create a vision for a non-violent sustainable future. For information: 725-8253

I’m writing to invite you to come to a meeting on Saturday, June 21st from 10-1 at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park Street, Bangor. The purpose of the meeting would be to discuss a large (we hope) peace rally in Bangor on Saturday, September 13th.

Hello fellow MaineShare members. I just want to make you aware of an upcoming event hosted by Maine Animal Coalition and ask for your assistance with getting the word out. Below are some details about the event. Thanks so much.

Portland Peace Festival

ACTION NAME: Benefit at Bubbas 4 Portland Peace Fest

DATES: 6-21-2008 through 6-21-2008

ORGANIZATION: Peace Action Maine

DESCRIPTION: Dear Friends: Please join us on June 21st at Bubba’s Sulky Lounge for a /Summer

Portland Peace Festival

ACTION NAME: Benefit at Bubbas 4 Portland Peace Fest

DATES: 6-21-2008 through 6-21-2008

ORGANIZATION: Peace Action Maine

DESCRIPTION: Dear Friends: Please join us on June 21st at Bubba’s Sulky Lounge for a /Summer

Contact: Bruce Gagnon (207) 443-9502

The Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space is inviting our neighbors in MidCoast Maine to join in solidarity with the Czech Republic hunger strikers against building a U.S. Star Wars radar base in their country.

June 23-29, 2008

Voluntown, CT

ARE YOU SERIOUS ABOUT ENDING WAR? Are you an environmentalist; LGBT activist; concerned with immigrant rights; an artist? How do these issues intersect with war? Are you interested in building a nonviolent force in this country strong enough to shake the very foundations of militarism?

Sign up to be part of an organizing training where activists from around the country will gather to train and strategize on how to build a mass movement for peace?

Tuesday, June 24, 5-9 p.m., Pizza benefit for Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Haiti Project at Flatbread Company, 72 Commercial Street. $3.50 per pizza sold will support teachers’ salaries and a children’s nutrition and education program.

For more information, contact Ursula Slavick 773-6562.

At 7:00 pm on Wednesday, June 25th, at the Reversing Falls Sanctuary in Brooksville, Maine there will be an evening with Cynthia McKinney. Well, sort of. The former Congressman from Georgia is seeking the Green Party’s nomination for President and, though she won’t be in Brooksville, noted activist Bruce Gagnon and regional VP of the National Lawyers Guild, Lynne Williams, will and they will speak of the Green Party and McKinney’s candidacy.

The Flatbread Company and Peace Action Maine present a Rent Party benefit at The Meg Perry Center featuring Marissa Nadler, Glenn Jones, Arborea, and Bird Microphone on Thursday, June 26, 2008 from 8:00 to 11:00 PM. This will take place at The Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland, Maine. Suggested donation is $8-15. This is an all-ages event.

Friday, June 27, 7:00 p.m.
Meg Perry Center
644 Congress St., Portland, ME

A showing of the significant and revealing PBS documentary by Bill Moyers, now disappeared from availability. But we have it!

A discussion will follow

As you might know, some solar guru friends are coming to my farm on Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and 29, to teach me how to make solar hot water heaters that will be hooked on the south side of my house. I took it upon myself to invite you to attend.

From solar guru emails that have been exchanged and that I have intercepted, I gather that said gurus are still working out the details of how to actually construct and attach these solar hot water heaters to my house. Although you have read about the Yogis who actually

As you might know, some solar guru friends are coming to my farm on Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and 29, to teach me how to make solar hot water heaters that will be hooked on the south side of my house. I took it upon myself to invite you to attend.

From solar guru emails that have been exchanged and that I have intercepted, I gather that said gurus are still working out the details of how to actually construct and attach these solar hot water heaters to my house. Although you have read about the Yogis who actually

Friday, July 4, at 12 noon

A July 4th picnic with speakers at Laurie Dobson’s farm (which was Camp Alex last August), 78 Old Cape Rd. in Kennebunkport, Maine. Please arrive before noon on Friday and bring your own food plus food to share. Overnight camping is available at the farm on Friday and Saturday nights - bring firewood for campfires if you plan to camp. Breakfasts of blueberries and granola with coffee for a nominal fee are a possibility. Campers need to RSVP to Laurie Dobson (contact info at the end).

July 4: Solidarity Celebration for freedom for working people w/speakers, food, music, theater, etc. 20 Ivers St., Brewer, ME.(off South Main Street, behind St. Theresa’s Church)

$10 individuals, $2 children, $20 for the whole family

Food AND Medicine, 989-5860, fam [at] foodandmedicine [dot] org or www.foodandmedicine.org.