Events

« June 18, 2008 - July 18, 2008 »
 
06 / 18
Start: 6:30 pm

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.


06 / 19
Start: 3:00 pm

ACTION NAME: Wetlands mitigation in Maine: the truth

DATE: 6-19-2008

ORGANIZATION: Fair Play for Sears Island


06 / 20
06 / 21
Start: 8:00 am
End: 11:00 am

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


Start: 10:00 am
End: 1:00 pm

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.


Start: 11:00 am
End: 4:00 pm

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.


Start: 9:00 pm
Start: Jun 21 2008 - 9:00pm
End: Jun 22 2008 - 1:00am

Portland Peace FestivalPortland 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


06 / 22
End: 1:00 am
Start: Jun 21 2008 - 9:00pm
End: Jun 22 2008 - 1:00am

Portland Peace FestivalPortland 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


Start: 12:30 pm
End: 1:30 pm

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.


06 / 23
Start: 9:00 am

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?


06 / 24
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

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.


06 / 25
Start: 7:00 pm

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.


06 / 26
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm

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.


06 / 27
Start: 7:00 pm

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


06 / 28
Start: 8:30 am
Start: Jun 28 2008 - 8:30am
End: Jun 29 2008 - 4:30pm

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


06 / 29
End: 4:30 pm
Start: Jun 28 2008 - 8:30am
End: Jun 29 2008 - 4:30pm

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


06 / 30
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07 / 4
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

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).


Start: 5:30 pm

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.


07 / 5
07 / 6
07 / 7
Start: 7:00 pm

July 7: “Can Religion Save the Environment?” part of Good Life Center Monday night meeting series, potluck (5:30) and meeting (7 PM), Reversing Falls Sanctuary, North Brooksville. Good Life Center, 326-8211 or www.goodlife.org.


07 / 8
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

On Tuesday, July 8th from 5-9pm, $3.50 of every pizza sold at the Flatbread Co. will be donated to support the work of Peace Action Maine! Spread the word!

Flatbread Co. is located in Portland’s Old Port at 72 Commercial Street.


07 / 9
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07 / 11
07 / 12
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm

Portland Peace Festival at Eastern Prominade in Portland, July 12, 2008 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

The Portland Peace FEstival will be held at the park at the intersection of Congress St and the Eastern Prom.
Map of Portland Peace Fest Location:
http://tinyurl.com/6qmlfo

ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN IN THE FUN!


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07 / 18
Start: 9:00 am
Start: Jul 18 2008 - 9:00am
End: Jul 20 2008 - 4:00pm

SAVE THE DATES AND START MAKING YOUR PLANS TO ATTEND THE PEACE ACTION NATIONAL CONGRESS IN DC JULY 18-20!

This is going to be an exciting year for the peace movement, so don’t miss Peace Action’s National Congress this summer! The National Congress will be held July 18-20 at Trinity University in Washington D.C. (http://www.trinitydc.edu/) with optional lobby days on Capitol Hill July 21-22. The Congress schedule is not yet finalized, but we will likely not convene until late afternoon or evening on Friday, July 18,


Start: 7:00 pm

At least one million children in Iraq have seen their lives ravaged by conflict. Please join me to support the work of one woman who is trying to help them.

Dear Friend, I would like to invite you to the first showing of my video portrait, “Hear My Song, Kathy Kelly: Stories from Iraq” at the studio-theater in my home.

The evening will be a fundraiser to help Kathy Kelly, the subject of the video, publish a pamphlet about what can be done to help young victims of the Iraq War who have been torn from their homes and their families.


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