Mn-prog-events Mailing List: WAMM Calendar-Feb 12-Mar 26

[Women Against Military Madness (wamm]

Coming to the WAMM Valentine's Party? The Fundraising Committee is looking
forward to the wine pull! Details below.

Following more than two years in her role as WAMM Office Manager, Elina
Kolstad will be leaving the WAMM office to pursue exciting new
opportunities.  WAMM has benefitted enormously from Elina's focused support
and deep commitment to WAMM's mission and success. Thank you, Elina!

WAMM is fortunate to have Laura (Lo) Ross in place, bringing her
significant experience and talents to serve as full-time WAMM Director.

Work for peace, and get paid!

Please send your cover letter and resume to apply for the Office Manager
position by February 15, 2015, to WAMMhiringcommittee2014 [at] gmail.com -- or
forward this announcement to someone you know will be suitable.

For more details [1]visit our website

WAMM EVENTS

1. WAMM Weekly Vigil – Solidarity with Rasmea Odeh  2/13

2. WAMM Valentine’s Day Party   2/14

3. WAMM Book Club: Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless War by

James Risen   2/21

4. WAMM Annual Meeting: The Price of Drone Warfare   3/7

5. Tackling Torture at the Top Video Contest

COALITION EVENTS

6. The Son of Eilaboun: A Documentary   2/14

ALSO OF INTEREST

7. Rasmea Speaks!  2/13

8. 1st Annual Women’s Memorial March: "Sing Our Rivers Red -  Twin Cities"

9.  Minnesota & the Freedom Rides:  an Eyewitness Account  2/14

10  A Call for Immigration Reform  2/17

11. Eve, Winona, and Louise  2/17

12. Storytelling and the Struggle for Justice   2/21

13. Rock for Rasmea, Rally Against the Injustice System   2/21

14. Confronting Slavery Today   2/24
15. Women and Native Struggles: Toward Ecological Transformation   3/10

16. Rally to Stop U.S. Wars 3/21

17. A National Antiwar & Social Justice Conference:  Stop the Wars at Home
& Abroad!   5/8

WAMM EVENTS

1.  WAMM Weekly Solidarity with Palestine Vigil

Friday, February 13, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.  Intersection of Snelling & Summit,

St. Paul.   This week’s vigil will be held to Demand Justice for Rasmea.

Come to the vigil then to 4200 Cedar, Mpls., to warm up, have some pizza

and stay for the livestream event with Rasmea Odeh from 6 to 8.

FFI:  Call 612-827-5364

2. WAMM's 9th Annual Valentine’s Day Party

Saturday, February 14, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Kenwood Isles Party Room, 1425
West 28th Street (at Hennepin Ave), Minneapolis. Share the love with WAMM
on Valentine’s Day. Come Honor (some of) the sweethearts (volunteers
extraordinaire) of WAMM and Bid "Adieu" to Pepperwolf. Wine, punch, coffee
and hors d'oeuvres.New this year: Peace Bingo (first card free) and Wine
Pull($20)! Sponsored by: Women Against Military Madness. FFI: Call
612-827-5364 [2]Join and share on Facebook.

3. WAMM Book Club: Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless War by James
Risen

Saturday, February 21, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Afro Deli, 1939 S 5th Street,
Minneapolis. The WAMM Book Club meets every third Saturday of the month. In
January the Book Club will discuss Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless
War by James Risen. Check out MayDay Books for your own copy. Sponsored by:
The WAMM Book Club. FFI: Call 612-827-5364.

4. WAMM Annual Meeting: The Price of Drone Warfare

Saturday, March 7, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Community of Saint Stephens,
2201 1st Avenue South, Minneapolis. Featuring interdisciplinary artist Sha
Cage, one of the Star Tribune's Best of 2014 Movers and Makers. Renew your
membership, enjoy a light brunch, elect new board members, and network with
other WAMM members! The program is free and open to the public. Sponsored
by: Women Against Military. FFI: Call 612-827-5364 [3]Join and Share on
Facebook.

5. Tackling Torture at the Top Video Contest

WAMM’s Tackling Torture at the Top ([4]T3) committee announces a video
contest on the subject of torture and torture accountability. The jury
consists of international experts on film and on the torture issue,
including Prof. Peter Kuznick, American University, co-writer of the 10
part TV series “The Untold History of the United States” (2012), Sebastian
Doggart, director of the critically acclaimed documentary “American Faust:
>From Condi to Neo-Condi” (2009), longtime peace activist, Andy Worthington,
and Joseph Jolton, Minneapolis filmmaker and instructor video arts at
Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the Blake School. Winners will be
feted at Twin Cities events on June 26th, the UN-designated Torture
Awareness Day. Deadline extended to June 1, 2015.FFI: Visit
[5]http://tacklingtorturevideocontest.webs.com/

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Tackling  Torture  at  the  Top  Video  Contest

WAMM’s Tackling Torture at the Top (T3) committee announces their
2nd Annual video contest on the subject of torture
and torture accountability.

Two prizes in each Serious and Satirical Categories:
Jury ($500) and Audience Favorite ($300).
Deadline for entries: June 1, 2015. FFI and details: Visit[6] ONLINE

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COALITION EVENTS

6. The Son of Eilaboun: A Documentary

Saturday, February 14, 9:30 a.m. (refreshments) 10:00 a.m. (presentation
and discussion). Southdale Hennepin County Library, 7001 York Avenue South,
Edina. A touching documentary by Palestinian film maker Hisham Zreik The
Son of Eilaboun tells the story of Eilaboun a small Palestinian town in the
North Galilee which was ruthlessly attacked, brutalized and dispossessed by
the Israeli Defense Forces in 1948. Sponsored by: Middle East Peace Now
(MEPN). FFI: Call Dale Stuepfert 612-374-4049.

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Can Free Trade Agreements Be Stopped in Their Fast Tracks?

Fast Track is a procedure, rarely used, that allows executive branch
negotiators to skirt Congress and the public, rewriting trade policies that
affect our daily lives––from the stability of our jobs to the safety of our
food. Read about Fast Track and the newest trade agreements: the
Transpacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership (TTIP) in an article by Carol Masters in the [7]Spring I, 2015
WAMM newsletter coming soon.

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ALSO OF INTEREST

7. Rasmea Speaks!

Livestream Event with Palestinian American Activist

Friday, February 13, 6:00 p.m. 4200 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis. Rasmea Odeh
will address supporters and respond to questions via livestream. The event
will also feature local anti-war activists targeted by 2010 FBI raids & and
a grand jury investigation, who will address how folks in Minneapolis can
support Rasmea with her March 12 sentencing hearing that will take place in
Detroit.  Come to the weekly Solidarity with Palestine Vigil at the
intersection of Summit and Snelling in St. Paul from 4:30 to 5:30 then head
to 4200 to warm up with pizza before the streaming!  Cosponsored by:
Anti-War Committee and Committee to Stop FBI Repression.FFI: Visit
[8]facebook

8.  1st Annual Women’s Memorial March: "Sing Our Rivers Red -  Twin Cities"

Saturday February 14, 11:30am, starting with water ceremony, at the
Minneapolis American Indian Center, 1530 E Franklin Ave. The march will be
in step with "Sing Our Rivers Red" annual recognition marches held on this
date throughout the US and Canada to grieve the loss of Native and First
Nation women and remember the women who are still missing. All women are
encouraged to journey and heal together on this day because women face
physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual violence on a daily basis. FFI:
on [9]Facebook

9. Minnesota & the Freedom Rides: An Eyewitness Account

Saturday, February 14, 3:00 p.m. The East Side Freedom Library, 1105
Greenbrier Street, St. Paul. A conversation with Claire O’Connor, the only
woman among Minnesota’s six Freedom Riders in the summer of 1961.
Co-Sponsored by: The East Side Freedom Library and African American
Registry. FFI: Email info [at] eastsidefreedomlibrary.org or Call 651-774-8687.

10. A Call for Immigration Reform

Tuesday, February 17, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Coeur de Catherine Ballroom, St.
Catherine University, 2004 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul. Featured speakers:
Simone Campbell, SSS (nuns on the bus) Executive Director of a National
Catholic Social Justice Lobby and Dr Bruce Corrie, PhD, Assoc. V.P. for
University Relations and International Programs Concordia University. Free
and open to the public. Sponsored by: Justice Commission of the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Carondelet and Consociates. FFI: Contact Ginger K. Hedstrom,
Justice Coordinator, (651) 690-7054 or [10]ghedstrom [at] csjstpaul.org

11. Eve, Winona, and Louise

Tuesday, February 17, 7:30 p.m. The Women’s Club Theater, 407 West 15th
Street, Minneapolis. Eve Ensler and Winona LaDuke will lead an evening of
conversation at the intersection of extreme extraction and violence against
Native women with special guest Louise Erdrich. Tickets $20. Sponsored by:
Honor the Earth, One Billion Rising, and The Women’s Congress. FFI or for
tickets: Visit [11]honorearth.org/eve_winona_and_louise

12. Storytelling and the Struggle for Justice

Saturday, February 21, 1:00 p.m. The East Side Freedom Library, 1105
Greenbrier Street, St. Paul. A conversation with Naima Richmond of the
Black Storytellers’ Alliance. Sponsored by The East Side Freedom Library.
FFI: Email eastsidefreedomlibrary [at] gmail.com or Call 651-774-8687.

13. Rock for Rasmea, Rally Against the Injustice System

Saturday, February 21, 6:30 p.m. to Midnight. Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale
Avenue South, Minneapolis. This inspiring multimedia arts event aims to
engage youth and raise awareness of Palestinian-American community leader
Rasmea Odeh and all political prisoners targeted by the FBI. Featuring
short films curated by MIZNA, spoken word poetry curated by local artist
Sarah Thamer, and sets by local musicians. This event is made possible
thanks to Intermedia Arts’ VERVE Grants for Spoken Word poets and 2012
grant winner Misty Rowan. Sponsored by: Anti-War Committee. FFI: Visit the
[12]website.

14. Confronting Slavery Today

Tuesday, February 24, 7:00 p.m. The East Side Freedom Library, 1105
Greenbrier Street, St. Paul. A presentation by Jim Stewart, founder of
Historians Against Slavery. Sponsored by The East Side Freedom Library.
FFI: Email eastsidefreedomlibrary [at] gmail.com or Call 651-774-8687.

15. Women and Native Struggles: Toward Ecological Transformation

Tuesday, March 10, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. O’Shaughnessy Education Center
Auditorium, 2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul. Native American activist and
advocate for environmental, women's, and children's rights, Winona LaDuke
(Anishinaabe) is founder and co-chair of the Indigenous Women's Network.
She is also the founder and campaign director of the White Earth Land
Recovery Project, a reservation-based environmental organization. Sponsored
by: the University of St. Thomas. FFI: Visit [13]St. Thomas online

L O O K I N G   A H E A D

16. Rally to Stop U.S. WARS and Drone Killings!

Saturday March 21 at 1:00 pm Lake Street & Hiawatha Avenues, Minneapolis.
Sponsored by MPAC (MN Peace Action Coalition) FFI: 612.827.5364

17. A National Antiwar & Social Justice Conference:  Stop the Wars at Home
& Abroad!

Friday, May 8 to Sunday, May 10 Empire Meadows (Clarion) Hotel in Secaucus,
New Jersey (30 minutes from New York City). To register for a hotel room at
the conference reduced rate, call 201-348-6900 and say it is for the UNAC
Antiwar Coalition conference.  Sponsored by: UNAC - United National Antiwar
Coalition 
 Conference info - [14]Online   or  [15]UNACpeace [at] gmail.com, or
call 518-227-6947

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Ground All Drones Committee has a [24]blog and [25]Facebook group

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Please Note: The preceding are events sponsored or endorsed by WAMM
committees or
coalitions. We regret that we cannot accommodate all the many wonderful
peace and justice
events occurring in the Twin Cities. For more WAMM events or ongoing peace
vigils,
call WAMM at 612-827-5364 or see the WAMM calendar on
WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org

WAMM’s provision of information on other group’s events is not meant to
convey nor
endorse any action contrary to public policy that would be inconsistent
with exempt
purposes under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) i.e., charitable
purposes.

References

1. http://womenagainstmilitarymadness.org/about/hire/om2015.html
2. https://www.facebook.com/events/330407803823122/
3. https://www.facebook.com/events/1582243378677239/
4. http://tacklingtorturevideocontest.webs.com/background-links
5. http://tacklingtorturevideocontest.webs.com/
6. http://tacklingtorturevideocontest.webs.com/
7. http://womenagainstmilitarymadness.org/newsletter/newsletter.html
8. https://www.facebook.com/events/335491259984824/
9. https://www.facebook.com/events/751358301618122/
10. mailto:ghedstrom [at] csjstpaul.org
11. http://www.honorearth.org/eve_winona_and_louise
12. http://rockforrasmea.com/
13. 
http://www.stthomas.edu/ldcw/programs/upcomingfeaturedevents/2015-march-womens-history-month-speaker--winona-laduke.html
14. http://nepajac.org/UNAC_120314.html
15. mailto:UNACpeace [at] gmail.com
16. http://worldwidewamm.org/joinsupport/joinsupport.html
17. http://worldwidewamm.org/joinsupport/joinsupport.html
18. http://worldwidewamm.org/
19. 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Women-Against-Military-Madness-WAMM/105317032831328?ref=search&v=wall
20. https://twitter.com/WAMMwoman
21. http://womenagainstmilitarymadness.org/
22. http://mec.worldwidewamm.org/home.html
23. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tackling-Torture-at-the-Top/370422110962
24. http://groundalldrones.blogspot.com/
25. https://www.facebook.com/groups/wammgroundalldrones/

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