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<H2 style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mission-Based-Massachusetts/message/4202;_ylc=X3oDMTJya2JzOWVoBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzE2MjMyNTg1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA0NDI1OARtc2dJZAM0MjAyBHNlYwNkbXNnBHNsawN2bXNnBHN0aW1lAzEyNTUxMDk4OTA-" name=4 rel=nofollow target=_blank>FW: Upcoming Peace Events in and around Cambridge in October and Nov </A></H2>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 100% Arial">Posted by: "Deborah Elizabeth Finn" <A href="http://us.mc625.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=deborah_elizabeth_finn@post.harvard.edu&Subject= Re%3AFW%3A%20Upcoming%20Peace%20Events%20in%20and%20around%20Cambridge%20in%20October%20and%20Nov" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:deborah_elizabeth_finn@post.harvard.edu?Subject= Re%3AFW%3A%20Upcoming%20Peace%20Events%20in%20and%20around%20Cambridge%20in%20October%20and%20Nov">deborah_elizabeth_finn@post.harvard.edu </A> <A href="http://profiles.yahoo.com/deborah909" rel=nofollow target=_blank>deborah909 </A></H3>
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<H4 style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; FONT: 77% verdana"><BR>-----original message-----<BR>From: Corr, Brian <<A href="http://us.mc625.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bcorr%40cambridgema.gov" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:bcorr%40cambridgema.gov">bcorr@cambridgema. gov</A>><BR>Date: Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:44 AM<BR>Subject: Upcoming Peace Events in and around Cambridge in October and November<BR>To: Peace <<A href="http://us.mc625.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Peace%40cambridgema.gov" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:Peace%40cambridgema.gov">Peace@cambridgema. gov</A>><BR><BR>Upcoming Peace Events in and around Cambridge<BR><BR>Sat., October 10 • 2:00 to 4:00 PM • Rally for Peace and Justice in<BR>the Democratic Republic of Congo • Harvard Sq., Cambridge<BR>Sat., October 10 • 5:00 PM • Film Screening and Discussion: "New<BR>Muslim Cool" • Sackler Museum, Harvard Univ., Cambridge<BR>Sun., October 11 • Noon to 2:00 PM
• The Honk! Parade • from Davis<BR>Sq., Somerville to Harvard Sq., Cambridge<BR>Wed., October 14 • 6:00 PM • The School of the Americas in the Coup<BR>d'état in Honduras • Wong Auditorium, MIT, Cambridge<BR>Sat., October 17 • 1:00 to 4:00 PM • Rally for Peace in Afghanistan<BR>and Iraq • Copley Sq., Boston<BR>Wed., October 21 • 6:30 PM • Film Screening and Discussion: "Pray the<BR>Devil Back to Hell" • Wasserman Cinematheque, Brandeis Univ., •<BR>Waltham<BR>Wed., October 28 • 6:30 to 8:30 PM • An Update from El Salvador •<BR>Cambridge Senior Center, Cambridge<BR>Fri., November 6 • 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM • Confronting Legal<BR>Injustice/Imagining Legal Justice • Harvard Law School, Cambridge<BR><BR>Sat., October 10 • 2:00 to 4:00 PM • Rally for Peace and Justice in<BR>the Democratic Republic of Congo • Harvard Sq., Cambridge<BR><BR>Join Boston WILPF and local Congolese activists at a vigil to raise<BR>awareness of
the devastating war in the Democratic Republic of Congo<BR>and the sexual violence accompanying it. It will take place on<BR>Saturday, October 10 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM in Harvard Square to begin<BR>"Breaking the Silence/Congo Week”(the rain date is Sunday, October 11<BR>from 2:00 to 4:00 PM).<BR>For more information contact <A href="http://us.mc625.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pat.aron%40verizon.net" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:pat.aron%40verizon.net">pat.aron@verizon. net</A><BR><BR>Sat., October 10 • 5:00 PM • Film Screening and Discussion: "New<BR>Muslim Cool" • Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge<BR><BR>A new documentary by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, "New Muslim Cool"<BR>tells the true life story of Hamza Pérez, a Puerto Rican American hip<BR>hop artist who converted to Islam at age 21, pulling himself off the<BR>streets to become a community activist and rising star. Forging<BR>unlikely friendships with a Jewish
poet, a prison chaplain, and many<BR>others along his surprising spiritual journey, Hamza faces challenges<BR>with a message of hope, finding his balance in a world that never<BR>stops changing. Before the screening, the Sackler Museum will offer<BR>extended hours (until 6PM) for the special exhibit Sacred Spaces: The<BR>World of Dervishes, Fakirs and Sufis, which is on view through January<BR>3, 2010.<BR>Saturday, October 10 at 5:00PM, Sackler Museum, Harvard University,<BR>485 Broadway, Cambridge<BR>5:00-6:00PM: Sacred Spaces special exhibit and reception<BR>6:00-8:00PM: Screening of "New Muslim Cool" and a post-screening Q&A<BR>with Hamza Pérez<BR><BR>Sponsored by The Pluralism Project, the Harvard Art Museum, and<BR>Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries<BR>For more information about this event, contact <A href="http://us.mc625.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=staff%40pluralism.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:staff%40pluralism.org">staff@pluralism. org</A> •<BR>For more information about the New Muslim Cool community engagement<BR>campaign, visit: www.NewMuslimCool. com<BR><BR>Sun., October 11 • Noon to 2:00 PM • The Honk! Parade • from Davis<BR>Sq., Somerville to Harvard Sq., Cambridge<BR><BR>The Honk! Parade: Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes, and Feet is a<BR>giant processional performance that will take place Sunday, October 11<BR>from noon to 2 p.m., starting at Davis Square in Somerville and ending<BR>at Harvard Square.<BR>For more information, visit: www.honkfest. org<BR><BR>Wed., October 14 • 6:00 PM • The School of the Americas in the Coup<BR>d'état in Honduras • Wong Auditorium, MIT, Cambridge<BR><BR>The Western Hemisphere Project of MIT presents: The involvement of<BR>graduates from the School of the Americas in the Coup d'état in<BR>Honduras and Venezuela<BR>With Lisa Sullivan (Latin America Coordinator, School
of the Americas<BR>Watch) and Omar Sierra (Consul General in Boston, Republic of<BR>Venezuela)<BR>Lisa Sullivan has lived for in Latin America since 1977. She worked<BR>for 21 years as a Maryknoll lay missioner in Venezuela and Bolivia,<BR>and is the founder of the grassroots leadership group, Centro de<BR>Formación Rutilio Grande. Lisa is currently the coordinator for<BR>Partnership America Latina (PAL). Lisa works to connect North and<BR>South partners in the movement to close the School of the Americas and<BR>promote peace in the region, and has helped to organize numerous SOAW<BR>delegations to meet with leaders in Latin America, leading to the<BR>withdrawal of five countries from the SOA.<BR>Wednesday October 14th 6:00PM, Wong Auditorium (E51-115), 70 Memorial<BR>Dr., Cambridge. Tang Center, MIT<BR>Free admission. For further information visit:<BR><A href="http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere/about" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://web.mit.
edu/hemisphere/ about</A> or email:<BR><A href="http://us.mc625.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=info.venezuela.event%40gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:info.venezuela.event%40gmail.com">info.venezuela. event@gmail. com</A><BR><BR>Sat., October 17 • 1:00 to 4:00 PM • Rally for Peace in Afghanistan<BR>and Iraq • Copley Sq., Boston<BR><BR>United for Justice with Peace is organizing a rally and march on Oct.<BR>17 at Copley Sq. under the banner of "Eight Years of War, How Many<BR>More?"<BR>Speakers include:<BR><BR>Zoya – Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)<BR>Matthis Chiroux – Military resister; Iraq Veterans Against the War<BR>Sergio Reyes – Chilean activist and campaigner against Guantánamo<BR>Charles Derber – Professor at Boston College and author of "Greed to Green"<BR>Peter Knowlton – president, United Electrical Workers, District 2<BR>Jim Brooks – anti-foreclosure activist, City
Life<BR>Sarah Roche-Mahdi, Code Pink, recently returned from Gaza<BR><BR>Musical performers begin in Copley Sq. at Noon. The rally begins at<BR>1:00 PM, and the march will begin at 2:30.<BR>For more information visit: <A href="http://justicewithpeace.org/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://justicewithp eace.org</A><BR><BR>Wed., October 21 • 6:30 PM • Film Screening and Discussion: "Pray the<BR>Devil Back to Hell" • Wasserman Cinematheque, Brandeis University<BR><BR>As part of the Boston Interfaith Film Series, Coexistence<BR>International will host a screening of the inspiring documentary film<BR>"Pray the Devil Back to Hell" (2008), an award winning film by Gini<BR>Reticker and Abigail F. Disney.<BR>It is the story of a group of Liberian women who were instrumental in<BR>bringing peace to their country after decades of civil war. It<BR>chronicles the development of this interfaith women's movement amidst<BR>intense violence and poverty, and we
hear the compelling stories of<BR>the movement's leaders. The Liberian women's peace movement provides a<BR>stunning example of the unifying power and resilience of grassroots<BR>activism.<BR>Janet Johnson Bryant, a Liberian journalist who was one of the leaders<BR>of the movement, will be present at the event.<BR>This event is free and open to the public, but you are asked to RSVP<BR>to: <A href="http://us.mc625.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=coexistenceintl%40brandeis.edu" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:coexistenceintl%40brandeis.edu">coexistenceintl@ brandeis. edu</A><BR><BR>Wed., October 28 • 6:30 to 8:30 PM • An Update from El Salvador •<BR>Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Mass. Ave., Central Sq., Cambridge<BR><BR>Join the Cambridge-El Salvador Sister City Project, CISPES, and<BR>Councillor Marjorie Decker for a report from visits to our sister<BR>city, San José Las Flores, El Salvador. Greg and Zander Jobin-Leeds,<BR>Pat Goudvis, and
Cindy Weisbart will describe their visit, including<BR>the situation after the recent national elections, as well as the<BR>community's efforts to prevent multinational mining companies from<BR>devastating their region. The event will include photographs and video<BR>footage and more.<BR>For more information call 617.661.0974 or email: <A href="http://us.mc625.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cambridgeelsalvador%40gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:cambridgeelsalvador%40gmail.com">cambridgeelsalvador @gmail.com</A><BR><BR>Fri., November 6 • 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM • Confronting Legal<BR>Injustice/Imagining Legal Justice • Harvard Law School, Cambridge<BR><BR>This day-long conference will bring together authors from two recent<BR>books co-edited by Professors Charles Ogletree and Austin Sarat. They<BR>will discuss the various ways we confront the law’s failures as well<BR>as imagine a nation without capital punishment.<BR><BR>Morning
Panel: When Law Fails: Making Sense of Miscarriages of Justice<BR>Professor Douglas Berman, Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law<BR>Professor Mary Dudziak, University of Southern California<BR>Professor Patricia Ewick, Clark University<BR>Professor Linda Meyer, Quinnipiac University School of Law<BR><BR>Afternoon Panel: The Road to Abolition?: The Future of Capital Punishment<BR>Professor Simon Cole, University of California at Irvine<BR>Professor Deborah Denno, Fordham University School of Law<BR>Professor Bernard Harcourt, University of Chicago<BR>Professor Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Swarthmore College<BR><BR>Co-sponsored by: Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and<BR>Justice, Amherst College’s Charles Hamilton Houston Forum on Law and<BR>Social Justice, and NYU Press<BR>For more information or to RSVP visit:<BR><A href="http://www.charleshamiltonhouston.org/Events/Event.aspx?id=100098" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.charlesh
amiltonhouston. org/Events/ Event.aspx? id=100098</A><BR><BR>In an attempt not to send too many messages, I have compiled these<BR>into a single email. Please let me know if you prefer this format, or<BR>would rather receive individual emails for each item.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Brian<BR><BR>Brian Corr<BR>Executive Director<BR>Cambridge Peace Commission<BR>51 Inman St., Cambridge, MA 02139<BR>617.349.4694 voice<BR>617.349.4766 fax<BR><A href="http://us.mc625.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bcorr%40cambridgema.gov" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:bcorr%40cambridgema.gov">bcorr@cambridgema. gov</A><BR>www.cambridgema. gov/peace<BR><BR></H4><BR>
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