[act-ma] 5/03 “Encore: The Red & Green of May Day” with Judith Woodruff / Music by David Rovics
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*CCB SUNDAYS & More*
*May 2nd 2021 - 11 AM *(EST)
*“Encore: The Red & Green
of May Day”*
*with Judith Woodruff*
*Sunday, May 2nd at 11 AM:*
*“Encore: The Red & Green of May Day”*
/with/* Judith Woodruff*
May day is recognized around the world as a holiday of celebration and
appreciation of working people. Originally it was a springtime fertility
festival whose origins go back far into the ancient world. It is known
for its May poles, dances, floral wreaths, fertility rites, and general
rejoicing along with days off from work. This program will explore how
May Day came to be the working class holiday by 1894; a remembrance of
the Haymarket martyrs’ struggle for the eight hour day; and is now a day
of world wide working class demonstrations with efforts to make it a
legal American holiday, as it is in most of the countries of the world.
*• Judith Woodruff*, BA and MA in History and Education, has been an
educator and community activist in both New York and Massachusetts.. She
was a teacher in special projects of the NYC school system and a
director of Early Childhood centers in Brooklyn, NY and later in
Brookline, Ma. She was the Director of Place Runaway for teenagers and
was a consultant tor Northeastern University for the development of a
Boston day care center. She was also the Childcare Coordinator for the
city of Somerville. Judith has created as well as lead many programs
that bring artists from all disciplines together with community locally
and internationally. Currently, Judith works with Families Creating
Together and is currently serving on the Community Church of Boston Board.
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*Music by David Rovics*
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*Sunday, May 9th at 11 AM:*
*“Storytellers for a Small Planet”*
*with Andy Davis, Judith Black and Jackson Gillman*
This talk will explore Scott's role in the birth of Academic Freedom for
educators, his 1919 Federal Sedition trial for anti-war writings, and
his progressive stance on economics, social justice and Black lives.
Also covered will be how Scott & Helen integrated their
ecologically-based homesteading and maple syrup business with their
intellectual pursuits and social activism.
*Sunday, May 16th at 11 AM: *
*“Reinventing how we tackle Hunger"*
*with Katie Martin*
COVID has increased food insecurity and exposed systemic inequalities.
Learn about a new book that provides inspiration and action steps for
reinventing how we tackle hunger in the U.S. The key is shifting our
focus from a lack of food to strategies that build empathy, equity, and
political will.
*Music by CommUnity Voices*
*Sunday, May 23rd at 11 AM:*
*“The Sweet Chariot Music & Arts Festival”*
The Sweet Chariot Music and Arts Festival is a wild gaggle of
songwriters, musicians, divas and divos, poets storytellers and artists
who meet for a week each summer on an island off the Maine Coast and
deliver three nights of inspiration to a rapt audience in the funkiest
hall you’ve ever stepped into. They’ve been doing this for over 30
years, and keep coming back for more, except when a virus requires an
involuntary sabbatical. Now they’re rarin’ to go, and will give you a
sneak preview, in celebration of one of their member’s birthday (Dean),
and in fond memory our beloved Kathleen Dinan. Join us!
*Music by Eric Kilburn, Lisa Redfern, Dean Stevens, Ritt Henn, Beth
Falcone, Daisy and Stan, Geoff Kaufman, Suzy Williams, John and Rachel
Nicholas, David Dodson, Mary Kate Small*, and many more.... in other
words way too many to fit in one service, but who even cares??
*Sunday, May 30th at 11 AM: *
*“Film: Child's Play"*
*with Michael Sheridan*
Four children in Sialkot, Pakistan, introduce us to their daily lives
and tell us why they work stitching soccer balls. The film argues that
to eliminate child labor, viable economic options must be created so
that parents can afford not to have their children work. Produced for
Save the Children Fund-UK and shown at the United Nation's International
Conference on Child Labor and at the British Sports Apparel Industry's
annual conference. The film helped change policy and raised 1.2 million
dollars for Save the Children's Sialkot program.
*Sunday, June 6th at 11 AM:*
*“Exonerating Ethel”*
*with Jennifer Meeropol*
Jenn Meeropol discusses the successes and lessons learned from the 2016
campaign to exonerate her grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg. In 1951, at the
height of the McCarthy era, Ethel was convicted of “conspiracy to commit
espionage” alongside her husband Julius in a trial that would come to
symbolize "Red Scare" hysteria and the U.S.’s willingness to commit
injustice in the name of national security. As we mark the 70th
anniversary of the conviction, Jenn shares what comes next for the
exonerate campaign, including the exciting possibility of a relaunch
effort in the months to come, and why it still matters today.
*Music by CommUnity Voices*
*Sunday, June 13th at 11 AM: *
*“Centroamericanos Speak:
On Migration and Struggle"*
*with Members of the Central American News*
• Melissa Vida is a freelance journalist and filmmaker from Belgian and
Salvadoran descent. Melissa has had her work published in The New York
Times, Foreign Policy, World Politics Review and America Magazine and
has been hired by the Katholieke Universiteit van Leuven (KUL) to
produce a documentary on St. Oscar Romero's legacy in El Salvador. She
is also the founder and editor of the weekly newsletter Central American
News, which is followed by 500+ journalists, researchers and public
officials. She hones a bird's-eye view on Central America as a region
and specializes in El Salvador, for which she works as a consultant for
government institutions.
*Music by CommUnity Voices*
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