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Saturday, September 20MILLION DOORS FOR PEACE DAY Each year since the Iraq war began we have seen and participated in massive anti-war demonstrations in Washington and around the country. THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT. This year, we're taking the message directly to our neighbors, instead of relying on the media. SIGN UP NOW. Join thousands of us on Sept. 20th, as we go door-to-door in our communities across America, finding the next wave of the movement to End the Iraq War. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 7:00 - 9:00 pm NEW ROCHELLE. Ossie Davis Theater, New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza. 
A PEACE CABARET
Special Guest: award winning actress and activist RUBY DEE. Mistress of Ceremonies: actress, author and educator Michelle Washington. Other artists: Theresa Sareo, singer/songwriter, trauma survivor, and public speaker; Chris N. Miller, Iraqi war veteran and war resister; Raging Grannies and Their Friends of Westchester; Shiny New Toys; Gloria Waslyn’s "Parrots for Peace"; Brother Malik Ford; Mario Giacalone; and more. Free and open to the public, but seating limited. Includes light refreshments. Co-sponsored by the Westchester Peace and Justice Coalition, No War Westchester, CODEPINK/Westchester, Peace Action New Rochelle, Peace Action New York State, The Westchester Progressive Forum, and Liberty Not Lies. For more information contact Theadora DeSoyza, (914) 235-1744, or Fredrica Rudell, (914) 637-2748. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 7:30 pm GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC. Brecht Forum, 451 West Street, on the West Side Highway between Bank and Bethune BENEFIT FOR THE NEW JERSEY 4: 4 YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN LESBIANS WHO WERE IMPRISIONED FOR SELF-DEFENSE. Speakers include Terrain Dandridge, one of the NJ4 who was recently exonerated, her mother Kimma Walker, and Renata Hill who is out on bail. Performers include Nedra Johnson, Gabriella Callender, Choir from Liberation in Truth Unity Fellowship Church, Yvonne Fly, Onakeme Etaghene, Nia Venera and Zaum. Tickets - sliding scale $10-25 no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Thursday, Sept. 18, 4-8 pm YONKERS. Yonkers RiverFront Library, Yonkers THE COLOR OF HEALTH: A COMMUNITY SERIES ON UNDOING RACISM. How inequality and racism affect our mental and physical health. This forum will provide an opportunity to examine structural racism and its implications for our mental and physical health care and social service systems. What can we do for ourselves and the people we work with? Featuring David Billings of the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, Meizhu Lui, co-author “Color of Wealth” and Barbara Major of the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond & St. Thomas Health Services. Will include a showing of "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?" a presentation based upon the new PBS series. This is an activity of the AntiRacist Aliance -a movement for racial equity and the work of Undoing Racism through the lens offered by The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond. Free and open to the public, although registration is required. To register call 914-682-4690 or email AntiRacistAlliance@gmail.com. 
Thursday, Sept. 18, 7:30 pmMANHASSET. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, 48 Shelter Rock Road PRESENTATION BY AMY GOODMAN OF DEMOCRACY NOW! AND THE WAR AND PEACE REPORT. Suggested donation, $5. For more information, contact the Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives at 516-741-4360 or www.longislandpeace.org. Wednesday, Sept. 24, 7:00 pm DOWNTOWN NYC. 16 Beaver (between Broad and Broadway) 4th Floor A COMMEMORATION OF THE LIFE AND POETRY OF MAHMOUD DARWISH. 
Mahmoud Darwish was a Palestinian poet who passed away on August 9th at the age of 67.
When his village was leveled by the Israeli army in 1948, Darwish fled with his family
to Lebanon. He lived "in exile" throughout his life. Palestine, "the beloved", became
a metaphor for dispossession and exile. When he finally was allowed to return to
Ramallah, in 1995, it was only to discover that exile had become a second nature.
"Exile is not a geographical concept" he said in a recent interview.
"If you have no memories of the place, you can be in exile in your own homeland."
In his long reflection on exile, Darwish asks the following question:
"How could the green orchard be imprisoned
Free and open to the public. Hosted by Alwan for the Arts:
www.alwanforthearts.org.
Exiled, banished to a port And yet remain green?" Monday, Oct. 6, 12 noon – 1:30 pm MIDTOWN NYC. Outside L-3 Communications Corporate Headquarters, 600 Third Avenue at E 39th Street 
PROTEST INVOLVEMENT OF NY STATE’S LARGEST MILITARY
CONTRACTOR IN SPACE WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT.This event is part of Keep Space for Peace: An International Week of Action to Prevent the Militarization of Space. No Weapons in Space, Stop Star Wars research and development, stop bombing Iraq and Afghanistan, convert the military industrial complex, fund human needs. For more information, contact PANYS at 646-723-1749. Sunday, Nov. 9, 1:30 – 5:00 pm UPPER WEST SIDE, NYC. Church of the Ascension, 221 West 107th Street (Broadway/Amsterdam) 3RD GRANNY PEACE BRIGADE TEACH-IN: "SAY NO TO U.S. MILIARIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. 
The Granny Peace Brigade has organized Teach-Ins dedicated to closing the more than 1,000 U.S. military
bases and installations worldwide. The U.S. Navy has now announced plans to re-establish its Fourth
Fleet (inactive since 1950) to patrol Latin America and Caribbean waters. Speakers will be
Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Ambassador to the UN from the Republic of Ecuador,
Greg Grandin, Prof. of History at NYU and author of “Empire’s Workshop:
Latin America, the United States and the Rise of New Imperialism” and
Col. (ret.) Ann Wright, former diplomat and author of “Dissent:
Voices of Conscience.” Free and open to the public. For more information, see
www.grannypeacebrigade.org.
Tuesday, September 16, 10:30 am DOWNTOWN ROCHESTER. Blue Cross Arena, corner of Broad and Exchange. RALLY TO TAKE BIG MONEY OUT OF POLITICS The Republican led State Senate is failing to act against increasing health insurance rates and refuses to end the big money game by supporting Clean Elections. We'll be holding a press conference in front of Blue Cross Arena to release a new report by Citizen Action of New York which finds that the Republican majority in the State Senate received more than three times the health insurance industry campaign contributions as the Democratic-controlled Assembly majority (2003-2007) while the same Senators failed to pass legislation to regulate the sky rocketing cost of health care premiums. Hosted by Metro Justice. For more information, call 585-325-2560. Wednesday, September 17, 5pm POUGHKEEPSIE. Sanders Classroom 212, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave. PRESENTATION BY TARIQ ALI ON THE DEADLY TRIANGLE: U.S. PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN. World-famous journalist, intellectual and activist Tariq Ali is co-editor of the New Left Review. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio and contributes articles to magazines and newspapers including The Guardian and the London Review of Books. His latest book is entitled THE DUEL: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power. Presented by the Vassar Green Party. For more info: redunlea@vassar.edu Friday, Sept. 19th, 7:00 snacks, 7:30 film PURCHASE. Purchase Meeting House, Lake Street and Route 120 
SCREENING AND DISCUSSION OF “RENEWAL”Ironically, this films about the climate crisis which was originally scheduled to be shown on August 15th, had to be rescheduled due to severe weather. For more information about the film see www.renewalproject.net. The film features Interfaith Power and Light as a group whose activities are making a difference. Nikki Coddington, Executive Director of NY Interfaith Power and Light, will be joining us and will lead our discussion. For questions, call Vitalah Simon at 914-769-8745. Mondays, September 22 & 29, 6-9 pm BUFFALO. UU Church of Buffalo, Elmwood and Ferry TWO PART ADVOCACY TRAINING. All Task Forces of the Western NY Peace Center asked to attend. For more information, contact the WNYPC at 716-894-2013. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 7:00 - 9:00 pm NEW ROCHELLE. Ossie Davis Theater, New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza.
A PEACE CABARET
Special Guest: award winning actress and activist RUBY DEE. Mistress of Ceremonies: actress, author and educator Michelle Washington. Other artists: Theresa Sareo, singer/songwriter, trauma survivor, and public speaker; Chris N. Miller, Iraqi war veteran and war resister; Raging Grannies and Their Friends of Westchester; Shiny New Toys; Gloria Waslyn’s "Parrots for Peace"; Brother Malik Ford; Mario Giacalone; and more. Free and open to the public, but seating limited. Includes light refreshments. Co-sponsored by the Westchester Peace and Justice Coalition, No War Westchester, CODEPINK/Westchester, Peace Action New Rochelle, Peace Action New York State, The Westchester Progressive Forum, and Liberty Not Lies. For more information contact Theadora DeSoyza, (914) 235-1744, or Fredrica Rudell, (914) 637-2748. Friday, October 3, 7:30 pm POUGHKEEPSIE. The Muddy Cup, 305 Main Street SCREENING OF “PETE SEEGER: THE POWER OF SONG” PART OF THE GIVE PEACE A FILM SERIES. "In two years he'll be 90. He is an institution and a monument, but also a living presence whose best songs grow less quaint and more urgent every day, and who can drive some listeners crazy even as he moves others to tears. If you watch the video (included in this film) of him singing "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" on CBS in 1968, you'll know just what I mean." -- A. O. SCOTT, New York Times. Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dutchess Peace Coalition at 845 452-4013. Saturday, October 4, 12 noon – 7:00 pm ROCHESTER. Monroe Community College, Building 4 (Theater) NORTHEAST WINTER SOLDIER Iraq Veterans from throughout the Northeastern US will be attending and some will be testifying about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Additional speakers will include Tod Ensign of Citizen Soldier, Michael Schwartz of Stony Brook University and Elliott Adams of Veterans for Peace. For more information see www.rochesterIVAW.org. Friday, October 10, 9:00 to 10:30 am WHITE PLAINS. YWCA of White Plains and Central Westchester, 515 North Street. HOW TO DEAL WITH THE LOOMING NEW YORK STATE BUDGET DEFICICT. Presentation by Frank Mauro, Executive Director of the Fiscal Policy Institute. Hosted by The Westchester Women’s Agenda • Open to the public. Elected officials, policy makers, nonprofit executives, advocates and business leaders are encouraged to attend. Registration is preferred but not required. Please call (914) 761-3456 to register. Co-sponsored by the YWCA of White Plains and Central Westchester. Saturday, October 18, 10:30am – 3:00 pm YONKERS. Riverfront Library RETHINKING RACE, POWER AND POLITICS IN WESTCHESTER THROUGH THE LENS OF CIVIL LIBERTIES. Hosted by the NY Civil Liberties Union. Keynote speakers are David Billings and Ron Chisom. These Core Trainers will present the innovative and effective power analysis of racism developed by the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The workshop will offer an analysis of the history of racism in the US, and distinguish between personal prejudice, discrimination and institutional racism. Individual, cultural and structural forms of racism will be examined. These core trainers will be followed by four break out sessions on immigration, criminal justice, housing and education where we will together come up with community solutions to address the impact of institutional racism on our local communities. This event is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be provided and pre-registration is requested. Call the Center for Racial Justice at 914-682-4690 to register. Sunday, October 26, 12:30 lunch, 1:00 meeting GENESEO. Omega Resturant, 4182 Lakeville Road, (Rt. 20A) GENESEE VALLEY CITIZENS FOR PEACE MONTHY MEETING Please note the date change! Saturday, November 1, 6-9pm BUFFALO. Buffalo/Niagara Convention Center WESTERN NY PEACE CENTER’S ANNUAL DINNER. Featuring keynote address by Dr. Sandra Steingraber on “Food and Oil” Many local peace groups hold regular events, vigils, "Honk for Peace" actions, etc. See our list: www.panys.org/ongoing.htm
Saturday, September 20MILLION DOORS FOR PEACE DAY Each year since the Iraq war began we have seen and participated in massive anti-war demonstrations in Washington and around the country. THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT. This year, we're taking the message directly to our neighbors, instead of relying on the media. SIGN UP NOW. Join thousands of us on Sept. 20th, as we go door-to-door in our communities across America, finding the next wave of the movement to End the Iraq War. Going out of state? Check UFPJ's national Events Calendar: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php. |