[act-ma] 5/23 MARA VERHEYDEN-HILLIARD - "Defending Democracy and Civil Rights... in the Courts and in the Streets"

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

Sunday, May 23, 2010
11:00am

MARA VERHEYDEN-HILLIARD
"Defending Democracy and Civil Rights... in the Courts and in the Streets"

Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and her husband, Carl Messineo, founded the
Partnership for Civil Justice in 1994. Based in the District of Columbia,
the Partnership is dedicated to the defense of human and civil rights
secured by law, the protection of free speech and dissent, and the
elimination of prejudice and discrimination. In the area of
constitutional/First Amendment litigation: they have defended hundreds of
activists and political organizations, as well as those whose rights were
violated simply because they associated with, or were in proximity to,
free-speech activities. The Partnership has been working directly with the
civilian populations--targeted communities in particular--of Washington, New
York City, Philadelphia and Miami.

As the Partnership confronts the mass arrests of protesters and other
unlawful police activity, they remind us that progressive social change has
never come from above. The civil rights, suffrage and anti-war movements
(embraced today as "mainstream" movements, but disparaged in their time)
have all been grassroots, collective actions--people's movements.

- music by Julie Daugherty -

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


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JOIN US ON SUNDAYS

10:00am 'Truth & Justice Radio' live w/ coffee, tea and bagels
11:00am Sunday Speakers' Service/Forum
12:45pm Luncheon


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NEXT WEEK'S COMMUNITY CHURCH FORUM (5/30)

MILITARY FAMILIES SPEAK OUT
"The Untold Stories of War: Surviving Loss and Organizing a Movement"


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LUNCH ON SUNDAYS, 12:45pm

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 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