Peace calendar
From: Charles Underwood (peacecalendarvisi.com)
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:40:05 -0800 (PST)
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Peace Calendar for November 14,, 2007
 
SPECIAL NOTE: At the last minute, two seats have opened up on the Vets for
Peace bus to close the School of the Americas.  Leaves Friday (11/16)
morning; gets back Monday evening.  $200 plus your food plus share a motel
room.  Editor recommends this vigil above all other vigils and rallies.  If
interested, call Jim Steinhagen at 612-722-1112 right away.
 
EDITOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WEEK:
   Go to Georgia Friday on the Vets for Peace bus, if you possibly can.
   Adults: do peace marshal training Wednesday to help with Friday's
walkout.
   Hear Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer when he is in your neighborhood.
   See the film "War Made Easy" at the Peace Salon next Tuesday.

Wednesday, 11/14, 8 to 9:30 am, People of Faith Peacemakers hosts Ruth and
Loren Halvorson talking about "Relating faith commitment to public action"
as part of the Inward-Outward Journey series, St Martin's Table, 2001
Riverside, Mpls.  http://www.justview.org/POFcalendar.html

Wednesday, 11/14, 6 pm, peace marshal training in preparation for Friday's
student walkout and march (adults very much needed), Mayday Bookstore, 301 -
3rd Ave S, Mpls.  against.war [at] gmail.com

Wednesday, 11/14, 7 pm, US Senate peace candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer
addresses the Southeast Area Labor Council Candidate Forum (for union
members only), Operating Engineers Local 49, 308 Lundin Blvd, Mankato.
http://www.jackforsenate.org

Wednesday, 11/14, 7 to 8:30, Red Wing Vets for Peace meeting at home of
Charles Nicolosi, Red Wing.  tuvecino [at] redwing.org

Wednesday, 11/14, 7 pm, Global Issues Forum hosts U of M prof emeritus
Harlan Smith, talking about globalization, global warming and war, Hennepin
Ave United Methodist Church, d511 Groveland Ave (Lyndale & Hennepin), Mpls

Thursday, 11/15, 6:30 pm, Peace in the Precincts holds nonpartisan precinct
caucus training, Arlington Hills Library, 1105 Greensbrier St, St Paul.
info [at] peaceintheprecincts or 651-917-0383.

Thursday, 11/15, 7 pm, Minneapolis Interfaith Forum sponsors Eliyahu McLean
(director of Jerusalem Peacemakers) and Ghassan Manasra (director of Muslim
peace center Anwar il-Salaam in Nazareth) speaking on "Jerusalem in our Day:
Possibilities for Peace," Temple Israel, Hennepin and Emerson Ave, Mpls.

Thursday, 11/15, 7 pm, documentary "Another Side of Peace" about an Israeli
father who comes to terms with his two sons' deaths by working with
Palestinian and Israeli bereaved families, Humphrey Institute, Cowles
Auditorium, 301 - 19th Ave S, Mpls.  ccfilmseries [at] gmail.com or
http://www.creativeconversations.info/

11/16 to 11/18, thousands gather in a non-violent vigil to close the School
of the Americas, a US operated school for torturers and death squads.  Buses
leave from the Twin Cities in Friday morning, get back Monday evening.
http://www.SOAW.org or Jim Steinhagen at 612-722-1112.

11/16 to 11/18, 7 and 9 pm, film "Oswald's Ghost" about the long lingering
legacy following the assassination of JFK, Oak St Cinema, 309 Oak St SE,
Mpls.  http://www.mnflimarts.org

11/16 to 11/22, film "The Bubble" about 3 Israelis and a Palestinian, living
in a protected bubble amid powerful conflict, Lagoon Cinema, 1312 Lagoon
Ave, Mpls.  http://www.landmarktheaters.com

Friday, 11/16, all day, region-wide student walkout to end the occupation of
Iraq.  Walk out of school at 12 noon, rally at the Mpls Government Plaza at
1 pm, 300 S 6th St, Mpls  (near light-rail station), march to the Augsburg
College "Commons" for a big indoor rally.  http://www.yawr.org  (Peace
marshals are still needed.  Meet at noon at the Govt Plaza, 5th St and 4th
Ave, downtown Mpls for an orientation.)

Friday, 11/16, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, vigil to end the occupation of Palestine,
Snelling & Summit Aves, St Paul.  Karen, 651-283-3495.

Friday, 11/16 Both the organizations Iraq Moratorium and General Strike for
Peace are urging people to "take a break" from their usual activities (like
work) on the 3rd Fridays of September, October and November... and
participate in antiwar activities.  Details TBA.  www.worldwidewamm.org
(Macalester College's newly formed chapter of SDS hosts all-day workshops,
details at macpeace.justice [at] gmail or 505-363-0842.)

Friday, 11/16, 7:30 pm, Karen Lyu and Maryam Yusefzadeh present multimedia
and multicultural performance "Memories and Media Myths of Iran and North
Korea," Walker Community Church, 3104 - 16th Ave S, Mpls.
http://www.memoriesandmediamyths.com or 612-327-0050.

Saturday, 11/17, 8:30 am, US Senate peace candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer
addresses the SD 51 DFL Convention on Energy in Minnesota's Future, Mounds
View Community Center Main Ballroom, 5394 Edgewood Drive (across the street
from City Hall), Mounds View.  http://www.jackforsenate.org

Saturday, 11/17, 10:30 am, Wilderness Connections sponsors first half of
"What a Way to Go: Life and the End of Empire" on peak oil, climate change,
mass extinction and the demise of the American lifestyle (who could resist
such cheerful tidings!), Merriam Park Library, corner Marshall and Fairview,
St Paul.  Free, with coffee and donuts.  alteravista [at] earthlink.net

Saturday, 11/17, 2 pm and 7:30 pm, Karen Lyu and Maryam Yusefzadeh present
multimedia and multicultural performance "Memories and Media Myths of Iran
and North Korea," Walker Community Church, 3104 - 16th Ave S, Mpls.
http://www.memoriesandmediamyths.com or 612-327-0050.

Saturday, 11/17, 5 pm, US Senate peace candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer at
the Minnesota Farmers Union Convention Banquet, Four Points Sheraton Hotel,
1330 Industrial Blvd, Mpls.  http://www.jackforsenate.org

Sunday, 11/18, 11 am to 6 pm, Socialist Alternative sponsors conference, U
of M (east bank) Rapson Hall, room 32, Mpls.  Schedule: brunch 11 to noon,
"How to end a war: lessons from history" from noon to 1:30, lunch on your
own from 3 to 4, then breakout sessions until 6 on Jenna, elections,
Venezuela, the environment.  mn [at] socialistalternative.org or 612-226-9129.

Sunday, 11/18, 1 pm, solidarity vigil for those thousands at Fort Benning to
honor and commemorate the 6 Jesuit priests, their co-worker and her teenage
daughter, massacred in El Salvador by graduates of the School of the
Americas, Lake/Marshall bridge between the Twin Cities.  Bring signs or
crosses and a short poem or prayer if you'd like.  http://www.mnsoaw.org

Sunday, 11/18, 1 to 4 pm, Sherburne County DFL and SD16 DFL invite peace
candidate and other U.S. Senate candidates to a spaghetti luncheon
fundraiser, $20 adults, gily's on Hwy 10, Becker.  http://jackforsenate.org
or 763-633-1111 or 763-389-9414.

Sunday, 11/18, 3 to 5 pm, Amnesty International hosts Sarah Deer, talking
about sexual violence against indigenous women, Center for the Victims of
Torture, 717 E River Rd (at Oak St), Mpls.  http://www.twincitiesamnesty.org

Sunday, 11/18, 5:30 pm putluck, 6:30 program, Minneapolis Interfaith Forum
sponsors Eliyahu McLean (director of Jerusalem Peacemakers) and Ghassan
Manasra (director of Muslim peace center Anwar il-Salaam in Nazareth)
speaking on "Healing Abraham's Family," Woodbury United Methodist Church,
7465 Steepleview Rd, Woodbury.  651-738-0305.

Monday, 11/19, 6:30 pm, WAMM movie "Rosewood" about 1923 racist rampage in
Florida where white residents hunted down and murdered the black majority.
St Joan of Arc Hospitality Hall, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls.
http://www.worldwidewamm.org

Tuesday, 11/20, 6:30 pm, US Senate peace candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer
addresses the DFL SD 67 Women's Group, First Lutheran Church, 463 Maria Ave,
St Paul.  http://www.jackforsenate.org

Tuesday, 11/20, 6:30 pm, Peace Salon shows film "War Made Easy: How
Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning us to Death," Mad Hatter Tea House,,
943 - 7th St, St Paul.  pattypax [at] earthlink.net  (Editor has seen film and
recommends.)

opens 11/21, Brian De Palma's film "Redacted" about the points of view of
soldiers, media and local Iraqis, Edina Cinema, 3911 W 50th St, Edina.
http://www.landmarktheaters.com

11/23 to 11/28, 7 pm, film "Terror's Advocate" about lawyer Jacques Verges
and his defense of terrorists, Oak St Cinema, 309 Oak St SE, Mpls.
http://www.mnfilmarts.org

Sunday, 11/25, 1 to 4 pm, Mary Jane LaVigne hosts a house party for US
Senate peace candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, 31 Birchwood Lane, Birchwood
(on White Bear Lake).  RSVP appreciated.  http://www.jackforsenate.org or
651-261-6966.

Monday, 11/26, 7 pm, free film about the Lost Boys of Sudan "God Grew Tired
of Us," followed by remarks by lost boy Augustino Ting Mayai, Drew Hall of
Science, room 118, Hamline U, 1536 Hewitt Ave, St Paul.  http://mngin.org

Tuesday, 11/27, noon to 1:30, F.A.O. Schwarz, Jr, lectures on "Unchecked and
Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror," Cowles Auditorium,
Humphrey Institute, 301 - 19th Ave S, Mpls.  http://www.hhh.umn.edu/

Tuesday, 11/27, 7 pm, human rights correspondent Janine di Giovanni speaks
on journalists' response to war, Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave (at
Lyndale), Mpls.  http://walkerart.org/tickets

Tuesday, 11/27, Peace Salon hosts local peace activist and writer Polly Mann
reading her Vietnam era poetry, Mad Hatter Tea House,, 943 - 7th St, St
Paul.  pattypax [at] earthlink.net

Tuesday, 11/27, 7 to 9 pm, DFL Senate District 62 and Congressional District
5 sponsor a U.S. Senate Candidate forum including peace candidate Jack
Nelson-Pallmeyer, Roosevelt HS auditorium, 4029 - 28th Ave S, Mpls.

Wednesday, 11/28, 8 to 9:30 am, People of Faith Peacemakers host MCTC prof
Lena Jones talking about "What's going on in Somalia?" following her visits
with Puntland State Univ. there, St Martin's Table, 2001 Riverside, Mpls.
http://www.justview.org/POFcalendar.html

Wednesday, 11/28, 7 pm, "Journey to Safety" about battered immigrant and
refugee women, filmed performance of the Pangea World Theater production, at
the Rice St Branch Library, 1011 Rice St, St Paul.
http://www.mnadvocates.org
 
Thursday, 11/29, 6:30 pm, Peace in the Precincts holds nonpartisan precinct
caucus training, Roseville Library, 2180 N Hamline, Roseville.
info [at] peaceintheprecincts or 651-917-0383.

Friday, 11/30, 3 to 5 pm, Yale history prof Jay Winter lectures on "The
Birth of the Human Rights Movement," Ford Room (710), Social Science
Building, 267 - 19th Ave S, U of M West Bank, Mpls.
http://igs.cla.umn.edu/events/

Friday, 11/30 (2 to 9 pm) and Saturday, 12/1 (9 am to 4 pm), craft sale to
benefit Friends for a Nonviolent World, held at Minneapolis Friends
Meetinghouse, 44th & York, South Mpls.  http://www.fnvw.org

Saturday, 12/1, 10 to 11:30 am, meeting of Homeless Veterans for Peace,
Peacehouse, 510 E Franklin, Mpls.  Bob 612-789-9020.

Saturday, 12/1, 6 to 9 pm, spaghetti dinner to benefit Youth Against War and
Racism, Walker Community United Methodist Church, 3104 - 16th Ave S, Mpls.
Tickets $10 to 100.  http://www.yawr.org or against.war [at] gmail.com

Monday, 12/3, 9 am to 4 pm, Annual Human Rights Day Conference with theme
"Voices from Silence: what We Need to Hear About the Impact of 9/11 on
Refugees, Immigrants and Religious Minorities," U of M Law School, 229 -
19th Ave S, Mpls.  http://www.mnadvocates.org

Monday, 12/3, 7 pm, meeting Labor Against War,  Merriam Park library, 1831
Marshall Ave, St Paul.  Thomas Dooley 651-645-0295.

Monday, 12/3, 7 pm, program "The Monroe Doctrine and its Significance"
followed by film "No Volveran" about Venezuela's resistance to US
domination, Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Ave, Mpls.  http://www.maydaybooks.org
or 612-333-4719.

Monday, 12/3, 7:30 pm, film "Divided We Fall" about hate violence in the
aftermath of 9/11, Coffman Union, 300 Washington Ave SE, Mpls.
http://mnadvocates.org

Tuesday, 12/4, 6:30 pm, Peace in the Precincts holds nonpartisan precinct
caucus training, Matthews Community Center, 24th Ave & 24th St, Mpls.
info [at] peaceintheprecincts or 651-917-0383.

Tuesday, 12/4, 7 pm, discussion on Michael Parenti's book "Lies, War and
Empire," Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Ave, Mpls.  http://www.maydaybooks.org or
612-333-4719.

Wednesday, 12/5, 5 pm, Women's Human Rights Film Series presents "Journey to
Safety" about challenges facing battered immigrant and refugee women,
Humphrey Center, U of M, 301 - 19th Ave S, Mpls.  http://www.hhh.umn.edu

Thursday, 12/6, 4 pm, Dr James Orbinski talks on "Moral Dilemmas of
Interventions for Emergency Relief," Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Institute,
301 - 19th Ave S, Mpls.  http://www.hhh.umn.edu

Thursday, 12/6, 4 to 8 pm, open house and potluck at Friends for a
Nonviolent World office, 1050 Selby Ave, St Paul.  http://www.fnvw.org

Thursday, 12/6, 6:30 pm, Peace in the Precincts holds nonpartisan precinct
caucus training, Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W Minnehaha Ave, St Paul.
info [at] peaceintheprecincts or 651-917-0383.

Friday, 12/7, 7 to 10 pm, Ibtisam Barakat speaks at a publication reception
of her book "Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood," a memoir of
occupation, random detention, house bombing, and eventually flight to
Jordan, Lift Literary Center, Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S, Mpls.
http://www.mizna.org

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            VIGILS

Every Sunday, noon to 1 pm, peace vigil at Summit and Snelling, St Paul.
651-699-8655.

Every Sunday, 1 to 2 pm, St Crook Valley Peacemakers sponsors peace vigil at
the Stillwater bridge, Stillwater.  www.stcroixvalleypeacemakers.com or
651-275-0247.

Every Monday, 4:15 to 5:15 pm, Vigil in downtown White Bear Lake at
intersection of Highway 61 and 4th Street.  FFI: www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Tuesday, 4 to 5 pm, Peace walk, carrying signs in both directions from
the corner of Hwy 241 and Co Rd 19 (across from St. Michael's Church), St.
Michael.  FFI: regofam [at] earthlink.net

Every Tuesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Peace vigil at 98th St. and Lyndale,
Bloomington.  952-831-4276.

Every Tuesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, peace vigil outside John Kline's office at
intersection of Burnsville Parkway and Nicollet, Burnsville.
family4peace [at] msn.com

Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm (all year), east end of Franklin bridge over the
Mississippi River, Mpls. carolynbelle [at] pressenter.com

Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm, Penn Ave just north of 394, Bryn Mawr neighborhood
of Mpls.  bnlberry [at] netscape.net

Every Wednesday, 7 to 8 a.m., Vigil at Alliant Tech, 5050 Lincoln, Edina. 
FFI: www.circlevision.org/alliantaction.html

Every Wednesday, 4:45 to 5:45, Grandmothers for Peace vigil, 50th and
Halifax, Edina (just west of France). www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Wednesday, 5 to 6 pm, Vigil to end the occupation of Iraq,
Lake/Marshall bridge over the Mississippi.  www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Wednesday, 4:30-5:30 pm, Peace vigil over footbridge at 85th Ave N and
Hwy 252, Brooklyn Park FFI 763-566-8255

Every Wednesday, 6 pm, peace vigil at signal light on Hwy 169, Belle Plaine.
JoAnne, 952-873-3315

Every Thursday, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Vigil in front of Lockheed Martin, NW
corner of Pilot Knob Road and Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan.  FFI:
family4peace [at] msn.com

Every Thursday, 5 to 6 pm, Chisago City gathering for peace, Moberg Park on
Hwy 8, Chisago City.  AARONWOODJW [at] aol.com

Every Thursday, 5 to 6 pm, Peace vigil at intersection of Bridge and
Fountain Streets, Albert Lea.  sjmoore [at] smig.net

Every Friday, noon to 1 pm, Anti-Recruitment vigil ³Our Children Are Not
Cannon Fodder,² off Oak St and Washington Ave, East Bank of U, Minneapolis,
612-379-4716. 

Every Friday, 4:15 to 5:30 p.m., Vigil to end the occupation of Palestine,
Snelling and Summit, St. Paul.  steichenfm [at] usfamily.net

Every Friday, 4:30, Red Wing Alliance for Peace sponsors a vigil at John
Rick park, Red Wing, followed by potluck and discussion on alternate weeks.
tuvecino [at] redwing.net

Every Friday, 5 to 6 pm, peace vigil at Lagoon and Hennepin, Uptown Mpls. 
FFI: WAMM. 

Every Saturday, 9 am, Peace walk, Fern and Hwy. 95, Cambridge.  (8 block
walk) ytpsund [at] yahoo.com

Every Saturday, 11 am to noon, peace vigil at corner of Bridge and River St,
Chippewa Falls, WI.  FFI: lagoclam [at] aol.com or 715-726-0365.

Every Saturday, 11 to noon, Minnetonka weekly peace demonstration, at Hwy 7
and 101.  Park in Target Greatland lot; meet near entrance fountain.
carydberg [at] comcast.net

Every Saturday, noon to 12:15, Vigil at Bridge Square (Division and 4th),
Northfield.  mcgrath1 [at] rconnect.com

Every Saturday, 1 to 2 pm, peace vigil at Vinewood and 42nd, Plymouth.
carydbeerg [at] comcast.net (Starts 11/3/07.)

Every Saturday, 2 to 3 pm, Mounds View peace vigil, SE corner of Hwy 10 and
University Ave NE in Blaine.  vanka485 [at] aol.com or 763-717-9168.

Every Saturday, 2 to 3 pm, Peace vigil at NE corner Co Hwy 10 & Univ Ave NE,
Blaine.  vanka485 [at] aol.com

(More vigils are listed at
http://www.worldwidewamm.org/takeaction/vigil/statevigils.html ) 


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