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UPCOMING EVENTS
NYC Metro Area Upstate NY Out-of-State & Nationwide
| "THE FOLLY OF ATTACKING IRAN" TOUR |
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Thursday Feb. 28, 7:00 pm. NEW YORK CITY: COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY.
School of International and Public Affairs, 420 West 118th Street, Faculty Room 1501 Stephen Kinzer, Christopher Hedges, Bill Berkely, Everand Abrahamian. Join Stephen Kinzer, longtime New York Times correspondent and author of All the Shah's Men, as he travels  across
the nation to make the case against a U.S. attack on Iran and
for real diplomacy. The tour coincides with a new publication
of his book with a new foreword on "The Folly of Attacking
Iran." Tickets $10, Ticket and a copy of All the Shah's
Men $20, Free entrance with Columbia Univ. ID. Reservations and info: www.justforeignpolicy.org/iran/nyc.html or contact Cheryl at the Peace Action Fund of New York State, cheryl@panys.org or 646-723-1749. Friday Feb. 29, 7:00 pm. LONG ISLAND: GREAT NECK LIBRARY Bayview Avenue & Gristmill Lane Free and open to the public. For more information, call 516-487-3786 or 516-466-5560. Sponsored by Great Neck SANE/Peace Action. |
| FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRAQ WAR ( WED. MAR. 19) |
Friday, March 14, 7:00 pm MANHATTANThe Quad Cinema, 34 W. 13th Street SCREENING OF “WAR MADE EASY.” Benefit for Progressive Democrats of America. There will be a post-show reception with authors Laura Flanders and Norman Solomon in the Kaplan Room in the GLBT Center 208 W. 13th Street. Proceeds from this event will help PDA's 2008 organizing efforts in New York Congressional Districts and elsewhere. Tickets are $100. RSVP, more information: Frances Anderson, msfrancesa@gmail.com. Tuesday, March 18, 8:00 pm. DUMBO St. Ann's Warehouse, 38 Water Street at Dock (directions). 
SPEAK UP! A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR PEACE IN
IRAQ & JUSTICE AT HOME. With Laurie Anderson, Antony,
Blonde Redhead, David Byrne, Norah Jones, MEN, Moby, Lou Reed, Damien
Rice, Scissor Sisters, emcee Richard Belzer,
and more. Exhibition of photos from “Alive Day Memories,” portraits
of soldiers injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars by Timothy
Greenfield-Sanders. All proceeds benefit United for Peace and Justice
and Iraq Veterans Against the War. Tickets $65, 718.254.8779 [Already
SOLD OUT, but watch here for news of SPEAK
OUT EVENT to be held "down the street" before
the event.] More info:
http://www.stannswarehouse.org/current_season.php?show_id=22.Wednesday, March 19, 12 noon – 2:00 pm. BAY RIDGE, BROOKLYN Bay Ridge Offices of Vito Fossella – 85th Street and 4th Avenue DEMONSTRATION TO DEMAND THE REP. FOSSELLA STOP VOTING FOR WAR AND BRING THE TROOPS HOME. Rep. Fossella is the only Congress Member in Brooklyn to has consistently voted for funding the war in Iraq with no timetable for withdrawal. For more information, contact Bay Ridge Peace Action at bklynpeaceaction@yahoo.com. Wednesday, March 19, 4:30 – 6:30 PM. GENESEO St. Michael’s Church, 23 Main St. 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Solemn vigil. 5:30 - 6:30 PM: Gathering inside church. SOLEMN COMMEMORATION OF THE START OF THE 6TH YEAR OF THE U.S. OCCUPATION OF IRAQ. For more information, contact GVCP at 585.271.2678. Wednesday, March 19th. 5:30pm. MANHATTAN Beginning at St. Paul and St. Andrew Church on 86th Street and West End Avenue. Ending at Verdi Park on Broadway between 72nd and 73rd Street. CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON BROADWAY. For more details call West Side Peace Action at 212-580-1504. Saturday, March 22nd. 2:00 pm. ALBANY West Capital Park 5TH ANNIVERSARY MARCH AGAINST THE WAR: REMEMBERING THE FALLEN. Stop the War; Bring the Troops Home Now; Reparations for the Iraqi People; Full Benefits for Returning Veterans; Money for Jobs, Health Care, Education and Community Needs. Sponsored by Northeastern Peace and Justice Action Coalition (NEPAJAC). Upper Hudson Peace Action is a co-sponsor. More Information: 391-2830 Saturday, March 22nd. 11:30am – 2:00pm. MANHATTAN 
14th Street between Avenue A and 11th Avenue. RIVER TO RIVER: STAND UP FOR PEACE A human chain from River to River along 14th St. Grab your friends and family and find a spot anywhere along the south side of 14th St. between Avenue A and 11th Avenue. Bring your signs as we make a strong statement for peace! We will gather between 11:30 and noon, stand shoulder to shoulder until 1:00. Both ends will then march toward each other, converging at 5th Avenue for a march around Washington Square and back up University Place for a rally. Stay tuned to www.unitedforpeace.org/nyc for maps, leaflets to download, and specific meet-up locations of organizations. Saturday, March 22nd. STATEN ISLAND Time and location TBD. More details to follow. Tuesday, March 25th (*NOTE THE NEW DATE*) GENESEO SUNY Geneseo campus. DAY OF PEACE ON SUNY GENESEO CAMPUS. Students from Students for a Peaceful Solution in Iraq and Progressive Students Coalition plan a full day of peace activities to commemorate the start of the sixth year of the occupation of Iraq, and also (sadly) the 4,000th reported U.S. military death in Iraq. |
| New York Metro Area and Long Island Events |
| Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2:00pm.BROOKLYN. Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, corner of Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues. LAWRENCE WILDERSON, FORMER HIGH-RANKING STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SPEAKING ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S MISTAKES IN THE IRAQ WAR. Sponsored by the Political Science Department at the Brooklyn Campus, which has launched a team-taught undergraduate course called “The Iraq War” that examines the conflict as a defining event for this generation. For more information contact (718) 488-1015. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2:20 pm. HEMPSTEAD Hofstra University Business Development Center, Room 246. "CAN DISSENT CHANGE FOREIGN POLICY?" Speech by Col (Ret.) Ann Wright, Author of Dissent: Voices of Conscience. For more information, contact 516-463-5595. Thursday, Feb. 21, 7:00 – 9:00 pm. UPPER WEST SIDE. Ethical Culture Society, 2 West 64th Street NYC WINTER SOLIDER INVESTIGATION HEARINGS. Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War will give firsthand testimony from combat experiences to show how official policies have created the reality on the ground. Thursday, Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m. MANHASSET. 
Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 48 Shelter Rock Road, "CAN DISSENT CHANGE FOREIGN POLICY?" Speech by Col (Ret.) Ann Wright, Author of Dissent: Voices of Conscience. For more information, contact 516-741-4360. Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. BROOKLYN Community Bookstore, 143 Seventh Avenue (Carroll and Garfield) "CAN DISSENT CHANGE FOREIGN POLICY?" Speech by Col (Ret.) Ann Wright, Author of Dissent: Voices of Conscience. For more information, contact 718-783-3075. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2:00pm. BROOKLYN. Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, corner of Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues. LAWRENCE WILDERSON, FORMER HIGH-RANKING STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SPEAKING ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S MISTAKES IN THE IRAQ WAR. Sponsored by the Political Science Department at the Brooklyn Campus, which has launched a team-taught undergraduate course called “The Iraq War” that examines the conflict as a defining event for this generation. For more information contact (718) 488-1015. 
Saturday, March 1. 8:00pm. MANHATTAN.Cooper Union, Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street at 3rd Avenue. ENSEMBLE PI AND GUESTS PRESENT: THE PEACE CONCERT, “THE REST IS SILENCE.” Join the new music collective Ensemble Pi and author Naomi Wolf for politically evocative and lyrically compelling works written in response to war and the upcoming 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq. Suggested admission $10. For more information, please see www.ensemble-pi.org Sunday, March 2, 6:00 – 8:00pm. EAST VILLAGE. St. Mark’s Church on the Bowery, 2nd Avenue and East 10th Street COMMUNITY FORUM ON THE COST OF THE IRAQ WAR. Hosted by Council Member Rosie Mendez. Will include information on the lack of resources for healthcare, housing, education, food programs and HIV services. Co-sponsored by NYC United for Peace and Justice, Lower East Siders for Peace and Justice, Lower East Side Girls Club and Metropolitan Community Church. For more information call Council Member Mendez at 212-868-5545. 
Monday, March 3rd, 6:30 to 8:30 pm. THEATER DISTRICT.K Lounge, 30 W. 52nd Street between 5th Ave and Avenue of the Americas AN EVENING WITH CONGRESSMAN ROBERT WEXLER. The leading proponent of impeachment, the Florida Democrat will speak and answer questions Impeachment efforts, the recent Contempt of Congress citations, and other topics. RSVP Ruth_Benedict@comcast.net.. 
Thursday, March 6. 7:00 – 8:30pm. UPPER EAST SIDE.St. Bartholomew’s Church on Park Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION. On the Money: Women Investing in Women. Reception to follow. Free and open to the public. For more information visit www.womensdaynyc.org or contact Carol Coonrod at csc@thp.org. Saturday, March 8. 9:30 am – 5:00 pm. UPPER WEST SIDE. Columbia University, 2960 Broadway. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ACTIVIST TRAINING WORKSHOP. Led by experienced trainers, courageous women and girls will weave creativity, political awareness, feminism and activism into a rigorous day of skill & idea sharing, community building and fun! There will also be a fantastic evening concert with Middle Eastern Folk Music Ensemble NOUR. More info, sign up or donate at www.codepinknyc.org. $20 for students & seniors/ $30 with concert or $25 general/ $35 with concert/ Free for women with their CSW badges. (All funds raised will go to supporting the trainers and panelists for the day and covering basic costs) Sunday, March 9, 7:00 – 8:30 pm. BROOKLYN. Congregation Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield Place, near corner of 8th Ave. 
Saturday, March 30. (NOTE NEW DATE) 6:00pm. MIDTOWN.Chashama, 217 East 42nd Street. SCREENING OF “OPERATION LYSISTRATA” On March 3, 2003 over 1,000 productions of the anti-war production Lysistrata were performed in all fifty states and in 59 countries. This documentary is about the production and the worldwide happening for peace that it engendered. |
| Upstate Events |
| Friday, Feb. 29. 6:00pm. ROCHESTER. Downtown Presbyterian Chruch. 121 N. Fitzhugh Street. THE ROCHESTER COMMITTEE ON LATIN AMERICA’S ANNUAL RICE AND BEANS DINNER AND WHITE DOVE AWARDS. Honoring Chuck Kaufman, Sarah Brownell and Kevin Foos. There will also be an auction, including a week at a vacation home in Hawaii. For more information, contact the Kaisers at 293-3194 or the Motts at 381-5606. Saturday, March 1st, 1:30 PM (Lunch), 2:00 PM (Meeting). GENESEO. Omega Restaurant, 4182 Lakeville Rd. MEETING OF GENESEE VALLEY CITIZENS FOR PEACE. For more information contact GVCP at 585.271.2678. Tuesday, March 4 (8pm) – Thursday, March 6 (noon.) 40 Hour Fast: Welcoming the Stranger: Prophetic Voices for Immigrants Labor-Religious Coalition of NYS. For more information, contact the WNYPC at 716-894-2013. Thursday, March 6, 7:00 pm. <ROCHESTER. First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South, ROCHESTER DECLARATION OF PEACE TOWN HALL MEETING WITH SCOTT RITTER AND ELIZABETH DE LA VEGA. Scott Ritter and Elizabeth De la Vega, along with Iraq War veterans and local elected officials tackle the question “Is the Iraq War Legal?” Suggested donation $10. For more information, contact 585-317-2367. Saturday, March 8, 12 – 4 pm. BUFFALO. 1272 Delaware Ave. IMMIGRATION TRAINING: Advocacy, Legality, Current Issues, How to help. Sponsored by the Network of Religious Communities, Rural Migrant Ministries, Interfaith Peace Network, Syracuse Worker’s Right Center & WNY Peace Center. For more information, contact the WNYPC at 716-894-2013. Saturday, March 8, 6 pm. CLARENCE. Samuel’s Grande Manor, 8750 Main Street. 7TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION AND DISCUSSION. Modern India: Sacred Cows & High Tech Business. Speaker: Geeta Desai: Activist, Advocate, and International Development Consultant. Sponsored by the American Association of University Women. Tickets $35. For more information, contact Judy Weidemann 716-655-3649 or JWeide7170@aol.com Tuesday, March 25. 7-9 pm. BUFFALO. Hallwalls, in “Babeville” (formerly “The Church”) 341 Delaware Ave PEACE ACTION FILM SCREENING: “BRINGING DOWN A DICTATOR”. For more information, contact the WNYPC at 716-894-2013. Wednesday, March 26th. GENESEO. SUNY GENESEO CAMPUS. DAY OF PEACE ON SUNY GENESEO CAMPUS. Students from Students for a Peaceful Solution in Iraq and Progressive Students Coalition plan a full day of peace activities to commemorate the start of the sixth year of the occupation of Iraq, and also (sadly) the 4,000th reported U.S. military death in Iraq. Tuesday, April 29. Time TBD. ALBANY. EQUALITY AND JUSTICE DAY. This year the Empire State Pride Agenda, LGBTQ advocates and straight Allies will once again be making history in Albany. Last year a record 1,100 people from all across NYS lobbied their legislators on the marriage equality bill, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA). This year the goal is to bring 1,600 change agents to Albany. Make sure that your voice is heard on Equality & Justice Day by planning now to attend this super charged event. www.prideagenda.org OR |
| Ongoing Local Events |
| Many local peace groups hold regular events,
vigils, "Honk for Peace" actions, etc. See our list: www.panys.org/ongoing.htm |
| Out of State & Nationwide Events |
| Sunday, March 2. 2:00 – 4:00pm. GREENWICH
CONNECTICUT. Greenwich Public Library, 101 West Putnam Ave. THE WILD CARDS IN CLIMATE CHANGE: WEATHER WARFARE, GEOENGINEERING AND ENMOD. A talk by Pauline Cantwell, United Nations NGO Representative for Peace Action. For more information, contact PANYS at 646-723-1749. March 13-16. Washington DC.  WINTER SOLDIER: IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN. EYEWITNESS ACOUUNTS OF THE OCCUPATIONS. Four days of testimony by U.S. veterans giving an accurate account of what it really happening on the ground, day after day. Live television broadcast through Dish Network and public access stations - Friday and Satruday only. Live video stream on the web all four days. Live radio broadcase via WBAI, and other Pacifica stations, Friday through Sunday. Live audio stream via KPFA's website Fri-Sun. More information: www.ivaw.org/wintersoldier. FIFTH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS: www.5yearstoomany.org |