[act-ma] CCB Fall Virtual Programs: October - December 6th 2020
Charlie Welch
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CCB Fall Virtual Programs: October - December 6th 2020
Here is What's Happening virtually at Community Church of Boston in
October 4 - December 6, 2020
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*CCB Fall
Sundays & More:*
My Dear Friends,
A sad and lonely auditorium was made happy last Saturday by a
septet of jazz players, taking up the entire 2000 square feet, playing
to an audience of 3, kicking off CCB's One Hundredth Season. We were
wary about doing it, but in hindsight, were very happy that we pulled it
off so well. The most rewarding thing was that these excellent players
had not had a gig in many months. They expressed their deep gratitude
over and over. We send lots of thanks to *The Fulani Haynes Jazz
Collaborative*, to Paul Malachi, videographer, to Luis Guzman, our
tamale maker, and to Christle Rawlins-Jackson, for publicity and
chauffeuring. I went home tired and exhilarated, as if we’d have had a
sellout crowd.
Despite the planet’s very deadly, very strange Covid moment, we
are going to rise to our One Hundredth Anniversary Season! I want to
guide you through some highlights:
This is the time to *Get Out The Vote*. You can help make
phone calls. There are several groups doing this work. *Turnout2020
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where I am volunteering. Also, Swing Left
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Dailykos
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leading phone banks. Call us for their info. On the subject of voting,
2020 is also the *One Hundredth Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage*. On
*Sunday Oct. 4*, *Prof. Pam Swing*, from Brandeis, will tell us about
her research into the struggle for the women’s right to vote. We will
watch excerpts from a play Pam wrote, involving the arrest of her
grandmother, *Betty Gram Swing*, a leader in Boston’s campaign for the
women’s vote, for picketing Woodrow Wilson.
Have a look at our newsletter for our remarkable schedule of
upcoming folks: *Stephen Kinzer*,*Jill Stein*, *Norm Stockwell* (Editor:
The Progressive), *Chris Hedges*, *Howard Ehrman*, *Elizabeth Matos*
(Prison Legal Services). *Hartman Deetz* is a young Wampanoag activist
who joins us on Indigenous Peoples Day. And, are you ready? Roll the
drums: On Dec. 13, we will award the *Sacco Vanzetti Memorial Award*
to*Daniel Ellsberg*. Many more events are scheduled, and without the
restraints of geography, we have booked a bunch of great musicians:
*Emma’s Revolution*, *David Rovics*, *Beatrice Greene*, *Roy Zimmerman*,
*Reggie Harris*, *Tim Ray *and *Dan Greenspan*, and yes, *Dean Stevens
*with*Rob Flax*. I am looking forward to a full and inspiring season.
After what we’ve all been through, Covid 19, Racial Injustice,
Presidential Chaos, do we ever deserve to hear from all these people!
Will you join us online on Sundays? It’s a strange moment we
live in, but I for one, am becoming more comfortable with virtual
meetings. We learned one thing from this nightmare: we should always
broadcast our gatherings. There are lots of people who otherwise cannot
attend, who can tune in. You can do the same. Join us. And watch for a
fundraising letter we will send soon. We are in a very rough place. Our
sustenance is the first floor restaurant, which was closed for 3 months,
and now is only doing takeout, like all of the restaurants along this
Boylston Street food court. We are bargaining with the restaurant owner
for an equitable resolution to the Covid hit we all taking. We need
your help: send us a check, or click on the link below to make a
donation. And join the church. Become a member. Sign our Membership
Register. Call us 617-266-6710. We can tell you more.
With a Heart Full of Gratitude,
Dean Stevens
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*October 4th:*
*“Boston Suffrage and Activism in 1919”
with Pam Swing*
Members of the Six Point Group. Left to right: Monica Whately, Betty
Archdale,
Ruby Rich, Florence McFarland, Betty Gram Swing and Frances Slimon
*11AM Service:* One hundred years ago, women won the right to vote.
There were many key moments along the way. One was a little-known
incident in Boston, when suffragists, including Pam Swing’s grandmother,
Betty Gram Swing were jailed for picketing President Woodrow Wilson.
Swing has written a play about this incident. She will discuss her
research on the suffrage movement and show scenes of her play “I Want To
Go To Jail”. *Pam Swing* is a Resident Scholar at the Brandeis Women's
Studies Research Center. She is currently researching the suffrage
movement and her grandmother, Betty Gram Swing. Pam’s upcoming creative
nonfiction book will chronicle her grandmother’s journey to become a
suffragist. Pam is also a musician, a folklorist, and has researched
extensively the Shetland Isles of Scotland’s tradition of fiddle music.
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*Music by Cosy Sheridan*
Cosy Sheridan first appeared on the national folk scene in 1992 when she
won the songwriting contests at The Kerrville Folk Festival and The
Telluride Bluegrass Festival. The Boston Globe wrote: ”she is now being
called one of the best new singer/songwriters”.
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Sunday,October 11th:*
*“There is Nothing Left to Colonize but Ourselves.” with Hartman Deetz*
*11AM Service:*When the Mayflower left Europe, its passengers sought to
find a place in the world that they could be free to practice their
religion as they saw fit, to escape the overreach of the crown and the
materialism of that surrounded them. Sadly when they arrived they sought
to impose the same overreach and intolerance on the Native people they
were trying to escape. After 400 years the mentality of colonization,
the commodification of the natural world, and Native people is still
causing great harm to the ability of the earth to sustain human life.
*Hartman Deetz* is an artist/ educator who is an enrolled member of the
Mashpee Wampanoag tribe. Deetz has been involved in activism advocating
for Native rights and environmental preservation for the majority of his
life, traveling nationally and abroad to learn from and advocate for
issues affecting Native people.
*Music by Andre Longheart Gains*
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*Sunday, October 18th: *
*“America's Role in the World:
The Next Four Years” with Stephen Kinzer*
*11AM Service:*Americans are approaching a decisive presidential
election, but can it produce decisive change in our foreign policy?
Leaders of both major parties seem committed to continuing our
70-year-old project of seeking to dominate the world. Yet demands to end
our "forever wars" are intensifying. Will the United States change
course in the next four years?
*Stephen Kinzer* is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has
covered more than 50 countries on five continents. His articles and
books have led the Washington Post to place him "among the best in
popular foreign policy storytelling." He spent more than 20 years
working for the New York Times, posted in Nicaragua, Berlin, and
Istanbul. The most recent of his ten books is “Poisoner in Chief: Sidney
Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control.”
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writes a world affairs column for The Boston Globe and is a Senior
Fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown
University.
*Music by Roy Zimmerman
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“The best musical satirist working today.”
- Bay Area Reporter
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*Sunday, October 25th:
"Key issues for MA prison reform work"
with Atty. Elizabeth Matos*
*11AM Service:* I will discuss timely issues in prisoners' rights work
in the Commonwealth today such as protecting those incarcerated from the
ongoing threat of COVID, ending the use of solitary confinement, officer
brutality behind the walls, and barriers to rehabilitation and reentry
like the cost of prison phone calls and lack of access to family
visitation. *Elizabeth Matos* has been working at PLS since 2011 and has
been the Director since 2018. She has litigated cases on behalf of
prisoners with disabilities, transgender prisoners, and against the use
of solitary confinement. Prior to working at PLS, she litigated cases
involving the school-to-prison pipeline, access to housing, and
immigration matters. Prior to law school Elizabeth worked at the MIRA
Coalition on undocumented immigrant rights issues and with grassroots
human rights organizations in Mozambique.
*Music by Dean Stevens
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For several decades Dean Stevens has delighted audiences of all ages
throughout the Americas. An exuberant performer of distinctive style and
wit, he combines an intricate, self-taught guitar style with a versatile
and expressive singing voice.
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*SUNDAY, November 1st:
“How to Get Trump Out Without Surrendering to the Parties of War &
Wall Street” with Jill Stein *
*11AM Service: *In this historic moment, people are rising up like
we haven't seen for generations. From wildcat strikes to rent
boycotts and mutual aid networks, there is a growing revolt
against the rapacious oligarchy that's brought crises in virtually
every dimension of our lives-crushing inequality, global pandemic,
climate collapse, violent white supremacy, endless war and more.
But how can we rise up in the halls of power as well as in the
streets? And how do we get Trump out of the White House without
the deadly consequences of voting for the lesser evil, a strategy
that eviscerates progressive power and virtually assures the
continued slide to the right of both major party candidates in
elections to come? Join us for a pre-election power up for people,
planet and peace! (photo:AP)
* Jill Stein* was the Green Party’s presidential candidate in 2016
and 2012. She is an organizer, physician and environmental health
advocate. She was the first presidential candidate to call for a
Green New Deal, free public higher education, a student debt
bailout, reparations and demilitarization through a foreign policy
based on human rights, international law and diplomacy. She was
the only candidate to be arrested for supporting the Dakota Sioux
nation in resisting the DAPL pipeline. She launched a recount
campaign following the 2016 election to investigate potential
hacking, error and interference in voting machines used in the
election, for which legal action is ongoing.
*Music by Magpie
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Since 1973, Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner have brought their unique
sound and remarkable versatility to audiences everywhere, featuring
traditional and vintage Americana to contemporary and stirring original
compositions.
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*Sunday, November 8th:
**“A Transforming Moment: What Next?”
with Mark Solomon*
*11AM Service: *The defeat of Donald Trump augurs well for a democratic
transformation. How do we, the progressive majority, seize the moment to
deliver a fatal blow to reaction and usher in a new era of progress,
equality and peace? (subject to change.)
**
Mark Solomon, Professor Emeritus of History at Simmons University,
Boston holds a B.A. degree in History from Wayne State University, an
M.A. in History from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in The
History of American Civilization from Harvard University. He has written
scores of articles on African American history, race and racism, U.S.
foreign policy, globalization, and war and peace issues. Prof. Solomon
has written or edited five books. He is also past member of the
Presidential Committee of the World Peace Council, past national
co-chair of the US Peace Council and the Committees of Correspondence
for Democracy and Socialism.
*Music by Alastair Moock
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A Grammy-nominated American folk and family music performer from Boston,
Massachusetts. Alastair is known for his gruff voice, playful lyrics,
and finger-picking guitar style.
*November 15th:*
*“You Can’t Keep It Unless You Give It Away” with Arnie King*
*11AM Service: *Arnie King has been released from Massachusetts
custody!! We present Arnie here to tell us his story, and to celebrate
his freedom, after 48 years inside prison. For over 20 years, The
Community Church of Boston has advocated on Arnie’s behalf, written
numerous letters, attended parole hearings, tried to persuade a string
of recalcitrant governors that this man was a model of rehabilitation,
compassion and community engagement, worthy of being in the community.
In 2011 CCB awarded Arnie (by phone) the Sacco/Vanzetti Award for Social
Justice. And now that Arnie is free, pending a decision on a new trial,
we have a chance to hear from him in person (well, by Zoom). Let's
welcome Arnie, and join our voices to call for a correction system
that’s less about punishment, and more about restoration, more about
education, but most of all, about JUSTICE!
“I will never be able to return life to this man and my responsibility
for his death can never be excused. I will never be able to erase the
family’s pain or replace society’s loss in the early and tragic death of
this man. What I can do is help by giving myself to any teenager, whose
journey may be leading them down a similar path. I didn’t go to Boston
that night to kill anyone. But I did and take full responsibility for my
crime. I have made considerable efforts to transform myself from the
violent, reckless young man of 1971 to the remorseful, caring individual
of today. I have continued to make positive contributions to society and
I have received acclamation for my work with young people as well as for
my published writings.”
/If you’d like to know more about the work Arnie is doing or if you’re
interested in speaking to him directly or to your organization contact
him by email: throughbarbedwire at yahoo.com
<mailto:throughbarbedwire at yahoo.com>; by phone, (302)362-3634; or
website www.arnoldking.org
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(Photo: Boston Globe)/
*Music by Reggie Harris*
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A well-traveled performer, lecturer and cultural ambassador, Reggie has
earned wide acclaim and respect from peers and audiences alike
throughout the world. He combines spiritual and root music, historic
inspiration, and original songs, often in the themes of unity and social
justice.
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Sunday, November 22nd:
"The role of independent media - why we need it now more than ever"
with Norman Stockwell*
*11AM Service: *In a time when the very concept of truth has become
contested territory, the role of an independent media is more critical
than ever. Community-based, non-profit, and independent media outlets
abound. Norman Stockwell, publisher of the 111-year-old magazine "The
Progressive" will look at different forms of independent journalism and
discuss ways in which readers, viewers, and listeners can become better
consumers of the news, and even participants in its creation. *Norman
Stockwell *is publisher of The Progressive. Previously, for over 20
years, he served as WORT Community Radio’s Operations Coordinator in
Madison, Wisconsin. He also coordinated the Iraq Journal website in
2002-2003. In 2011, he regularly reported on protests in Madison for
Iran’s Press TV and other outlets. His reports and interviews have
appeared on Free Speech Radio News, Democracy Now!, and Air America, and
in print in Z Magazine, the Capital Times, AlterNet, Toward Freedom, the
Tico Times, the Feminist Connection, and elsewhere. He is co-editor of
the book REBEL REPORTING: John Ross Speaks to Independent Journalists.
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*Music by David Rovics*
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Since the pandemic hit, David is live-stream broadcasting. Currently
he's conducting an interviews most weekdays at
10 am Pacific (1 pm Eastern, 6 pm WET) and a concert from his living
room on the last Saturday of each month at 1 pm Pacific (4 pm Eastern, 9
pm WET). You can find him broadcasting on: *Twitch
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YouTube
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Twitter
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*Facebook
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*Sunday, November 29th:
"Public Health Amidst a Pandemic"
With Dr. Howard Ehrman*
*11AM Service:* Howard Ehrman, MD, MPH is a retired Assistant Professor
at the University of Illinois (UIC) in Chicago who has researched and
taught courses on the relationship of climate change to the global
economic and health crisis at UIC, DePaul University and Knox College
for two decades. He was a co-founder of the Little Village Environmental
Justice Organization (LVEJO) in Chicago, a student of Professor Barry
Commoner at Washington University, and a Labor Union Organizer./More
details about this program TBA. (photo: The Herald-News)/
*Music by Emma's Revolution
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Emma's Revolution is the dynamic, award-winning activist duo of Pat
Humphries & Sandy O, whose songs have been sung for the Dalai Lama,
praised by Pete Seeger, and covered by Holly Near. With beautiful
harmonies and genre-defying eclecticism, Emma’s Revolution delivers the
energy and strength of their convictions, in an uprising of truth and
hope for these tumultuous times.
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*Sunday December 6th:
“Where is the Hope?”
with The Rev. June R. Cooper*
*11AM Service:* Signs of Hope- Derrick Bell a noted Harvard Professor
wrote a book called Faces at the Bottom of the Well, The Permanence of
Racism (1992) in which he states that racism is a permanent feature of
American society. Do we accept this claim or do we see hope rising for
recent protest and calls for police reform? *Reverend Cooper* is the
Executive Director of City Mission Boston a social justice organization
that is addressing family homelessness and racial inequity and
reconciliation. She also serves as the Theologian in the City at Old
South Church in Coley Square.
*Music by Beatrice Greene
*
Beatrice Greene is a writer, composer, and pianist. Greene composed and
performed Spirit Warriors, a piano composition commissioned by the UN
Women's Reporting Network (WUNRN) in 2005. Her music and writing
highlights social justice, spirituality, nature, and science.
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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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