<div class="gmail_quote"><div><b style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0)">In This Email:</b></div><div><b style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0)"><br></b></div><div><b style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">1. Thursday, February 3rd Meeting in Jamaica Plain to Defend and Extend Public Education!</b></div>
<div><b style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><br></b></div><div><b>2. February 8th: Two Meetings on the Georgia Prisoners' Strike with Eljeer Hawkins</b></div>
<div><b><br></b></div><div><b>3. Daily Reports and Analysis from North Africa at SocialistWorld.net</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>4. Future Events</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><font color="#CC0000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="6"><u>1. Defend and Extend Public Education! Build a Parent-Teacher Alliance!</u></font></b></div>
<div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></b></div><div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">This meeting will be held on Thursday, February 3rd from 6:30pm to 8pm at the Jamaica Plain Library on 12 Sedgwick Street.</font></b></div>
<div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></b></div><div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">This is a community meeting for parents, teachers and students to discuss the recent closing of our schools and the need to fight back against further cuts. This event is free and open to the public.</font></b></div>
<div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></b></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Speakers will include <i><font color="#CC0000">Brenda Chaney</font>, </i>Parent and Community Liaison for the Boston Teachers Union along with <i><font color="#CC0000">Mike Russell</font></i>, David Ellis School Site Council Representative and finally, <font color="#FF0000"><i>Genevieve Morse</i>, </font>member of the Massachusetts Teachers Association and shop steward for the Classified Staff Union at UMass-Boston.</b></font></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This meeting intends to make steps towards building a parent-teacher alliance. Find the facebook event here:</div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174238039279098" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174238039279098</a><div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174238039279098" target="_blank"></a><font size="6">2. Georgia Prisoners' Strike Discussion with Eljeer Hawkins: Two Chances to Participate</font></div>
<div><b><i><font color="#990000" size="4"><br></font></i></b></div><div><b><i><font color="#990000" size="4">If you haven't heard about the Georgia Prisoners' Strike, then you NEED to.</font></i></b></div>
<div><b><i><font color="#990000" size="4"><br></font></i></b></div><div><font color="#990000" size="4"><b>Against all odds, prisoners went on strike throughout Georgia and won! Socialist Alternative members have been in touch with prisoners and their families throughout.</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#990000" size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div><font color="#990000" size="4"><b>Right now, prisoners face a tremendous amount of repression. See our specific solidarity appeal and interview here: </b></font><a href="http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=1511" target="_blank">http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=1511</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><font size="4">Eljeer Hawkins, an inspiring speaker born and raised in Harlem, NY is giving talks at two meetings in Boston on Tuesday, February 8th. Both are free and open to the public, and both will be held at UMass-Boston. Eljeer has been leading Socialist Alternative's campaign to defend Georgia state prisoner Shawn Whatley.</font></div>
<div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4"><u>Eljeer will be speaking about the Georgia Prisoners' Strike at the Criminal Injustice System on Tuesday, February 8th at 1pm in UMass-Boston's Campus Center Alumni Lounge. </u></font></div>
<div><font size="4"><u><br></u></font></div><div><font size="4"><u>That same evening, Socialist Alternative will be making our weekly branch meeting open to the public to hear Eljeer's talk. The second half of the meeting will deal with our campaigns and ongoing work. This meeting will be held from 7pm to 9pm at UMass-Boston's Wheatley Building 4th Floor Lounge.</u></font></div>
<div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div>The facebook event for the afternoon meeting can be found here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183376511694751" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183376511694751</a></div>
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<div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="6"><i>3. Uprising in North Africa: See SocialistWorld.net</i></font></div><div><font size="6"><i><br>
</i></font></div><div><font size="4"><u>Daily Reports and analysis! What an inspiration! </u></font><a href="http://www.socialistworld.net/?m=15&sk=100" target="_blank">http://www.socialistworld.net/?m=15&sk=100</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#990000" size="6">4. Future Events</font></div><div><font color="#990000" size="6"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Later in February, the Boston May Day Committee will be organizing action and education to defy the anti-immigrant "Secure Communities" proposal.</font></div>
<div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">In March, we'll be celebrating the hundredth anniversary of International Women's Day.</font></div><div><br>
</div><div><font size="4">In April, along with others, we'll be hosting a Cindy Sheehan visit to Boston.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Much more on the way, and we'll try to keep you all posted.</font></div>
<div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br>-Boston Socialist Alternative <br><a href="http://www.socialistalternative.org" target="_blank">www.socialistalternative.org</a><br>
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