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

Sunday, January 30, 2011
11:00am

GEORGE LEE
"Youth Violence in Boston: Organizing for Survival"

George Lee is a youth worker and community organizer in Boston. He supports
youth who are deeply impacted by oppression -- poverty, prisons, broken
schools, and violence -- through outreach work, leadership development, and
campaigns to change policy and build community power. George does outreach
work in Mission Hill, Dudley Square, and Jamaica Plain, and he has been
involved in programs and coalitions to advocate for youth power and
resources for young people.

George will discuss the root causes of violence -- including poverty and
additional forms of oppression -- and how they play out in the real,
everyday lives of young people. He will describe how systems and power
brokers have turned their backs on young people, and he will share ways that
adult allies can support the struggles of young people to survive and
organize.

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


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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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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

Rev. Jason Lydon, Minister
Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 266-6710
info at commchurch.org
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