[act-ma] 4/5 RISING TIDE BOSTON - "Mobilizing for Climate Justice"

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THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...

Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 11:00am

RISING TIDE BOSTON
"Mobilizing for Climate Justice"

December 7-18, 2009 is the United Nation's 15th Round of Climate talks know
as COP 15. No one knows what COP 15 is, just like no one knew what the WTO
was before Seattle. Because the talk falls near the 10th anniversary of the
WTO Shutdown in Seattle it seems a great moment to honor by rebuilding a
grassroot nonviolent direct action movement that can influence the Obama
Administration prior to COP 15.

Rising Tide Boston is a local climate justice group that uses popular
education and direct action to address the climate crisis, not just as an
issue of carbon in the atmosphere, but as a symptom of colonialism,
capitalism, patriarchy, and other systems of oppression. Over the past year,
Rising Tide has been involved in campaigns to bring an end to the dirty and
deadly coal industry. Recently, they helped organize the largest civil
disobedience for the climate, as thousands of people risked arrest to
blockade the Capitol Power Plant, which fuels Congress with coal and
symbolizes a past that cannot be our future.

Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston St. (Copley Square)
www.communitychurchofboston.org


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JOIN US ON SUNDAYS

10:00am Coffee, Tea and Bagels
11:00am Sunday Speakers' Service/Forum (2nd floor)
12:30pm Luncheon
5:00pm  Meditation/Prayer Services

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NEXT WEEK'S COMMUNITY CHURCH FORUM (4/12)

JASON LYDON
"Another Easter Story: Resisting Collaboration with Empire"


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LUNCH ON SUNDAYS, 12:30PM

On Sunday after our morning programs, we have lunch with one another in the
Guatemala Room (3rd floor), prepared by our cook Luis Alonso Guzman. Enjoy a
delicious lunch with friends! A small contribution is requested to help
cover lunch expenses.


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DIRECTIONS/PARKING

The Community Church is located at 565 Boylston Street in Copley Square,
between Dartmouth and Clarendon Streets.

Parking is available on Sunday mornings at the Back Bay Garage (entrances on
Clarendon Street or St. James Ave.). We can provide a sticker to affix to
your parking receipt, and you will be charged $5.00 for 3 hours of parking.

By public transportation, take the Green line to Copley or take the Orange
line to Back Bay station. Community Church is a 2-minute walk from either
station.


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A PEACE AND JUSTICE CONGREGATION SINCE 1920

The Community Church of Boston is a free community of human beings united
for the study and practice of universal religion, seeking to apply ethical
ideals to individual life and the democratic and cooperative principle to
all forms of social and economic life.


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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT US

Jason Lydon, Congregational Director
Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617)266-6710
(617)266-0449 (fax)
info at commchurch.org
http://www.communitychurchofboston.org