WAMM Calendar-Jan 15-Feb 26
From: Women Against Military Madness (wammmtn.org)
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:21:36 -0800 (PST)
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WAMM EVENTS

1. WAMM Book Club: Her Honor: Rosalie Wahl and the Minnesota Women’s
Movement   1/17

2. Dispatches from the Desert: Militarization and Resistance in the
U.S.-Mexico Border Zone 1/28

3. The Ghosts of Jeju: Documentary Film   1/29

4. Changing Perceptions: Israel/Palestine  2/8

5. Opening Night of WAMM Second Monday Movie Nights 2/09

6. WAMM Valentine’s Day Party   2/14

S A V E   T H E   D A T E       Saturday March 7    A N N U A L   M E E T I
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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: March 1, 2015. FFI and details: Visit[1] ONLINE

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COALITION EVENTS

7. MEPN: The War Around Us – a Video with Discussion to follow 1/17

ALSO OF INTEREST

8. Human Rights and Labor Rights: Eyewitness Account from Colombia

9. Global Issues Forum: Global Health, the Greatest Story Rarely Told
1/15

10. Catalyst Change-Makers Series   1/18

11. Jack Nelson Pallmeyer: Waging Peace   1/18

12. YouthLink: Youth Homelessness   1/18

13. #ReclaimMLK March   1/19

14. ECAPC: Martin Luther King and the Nonviolent Jesus   1/19

15. Larry Johnson: The Real Meaning of “Just War” and Defense   1/25

16. ISIS, Assad, Obama, and the Latest Middle East War   1/26

17. Cultivating Courage in Community   1/31

18. Clean Energy and Jobs Day on the Hill   2/2

19. Dispatches from Occupied Palestine: Sabry Wazwaz Speaks Out   2/7

20. A Call for Immigration Reform    2/17

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

WAMM EVENTS

1. WAMM Book Club: Her Honor: Rosalie Wahl and the Minnesota Women’s
Movement

Saturday, January 17, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Afro Deli, 1939 S 5th Street,
Minneapolis. The WAMM Bookclub meets every third Saturday of the month. In
January the Bookclub will discuss, Her Honor: Rosalie Wahl and the
Minnesota Women’s Movement by Lori Sturdevant. Sponsored by: The WAMM
Bookclub. FFI: Call 612-827-5364. [2]Join and share on Facebook

2. Dispatches from the Desert: Militarization and Resistance in the
U.S.-Mexico Border Zone

Wednesday January 28, 7:00 pm, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis. From Arizona,
Hadley Pope and Sophie Smith from No More Deaths. Helicopters, checkpoints,
ground sensors, drones, surveillance towers, thousands of armed agents on
the ground: in the past twenty years, the rural desert regions of the
U.S.-Mexico border have become a principle terrain in the War on Terror. As
the US security presence rapidly increases, so does the risk to people
attempting the perilous trek through harsh and remote desert lands into the
U.S interior. In the past decade the remains of several thousand people
have been recovered from the region; many more will never be found. In
response, residents in border communities on the U.S. side have organized
to provide direct humanitarian aid to the lost, the sick, and the injured.
In the rural border town of Arivaca, Arizona, community members have
initiated an unprecedented campaign to push back against border
militarization by calling for the removal of the Border Patrol immigration
checkpoints that encircle their town. Come learn about resistance to
border militarization, direct aid in the borderlands, and what you can do
to support the cause. Sponsored by Women Against Military Madness. Endorsed
by: MIRAc (MN Immigrant Rights Coalition) and Witness for Peace Upper
Midwest. FFI: WAMM Office 612.827.5364 [3]Join and share on Facebook

3. The Ghosts of Jeju: Documentary Film

Thursday, January 29, 7:00 p.m. St. Joan of Arc Church, 4537 3rd Avenue
South, Minneapolis. The Ghosts of Jeju describes the non-violent resistance
by residents of a small village on Jeju Island, South Korea, to their
government's construction of a gigantic naval base on the island. The film
also describes the effect the base would have on the environment and the
traditional culture and livelihood of the villagers who live there. And it
links the resistance today to the resistance of the peasants to U.S. and
South Korean military domination following World War II. The base also
represents a major expansion of American militarism in that region, the
so-called "Pivot to Asia." Sponsored by: St. Joan of Arc/WAMM Peacemakers.
FFI: Call Marie 612-275-2720.

4. Changing Perceptions: Israel/Palestine
Sunday, February 8, 1:00 p.m. 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis. Ilan Pappe
will join WAMM via Skype from London. Ilan Pappe is a major, revisionist
Israeli historian who published the results of his groundbreaking research
on the war of 1948 in The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006). After
receiving numerous death threats in Israel while teaching at Haifa
University, Pappe was hired by the history department at the University of
Exeter in England, and moved there in 2007 with his family. A prolific
author, Pappe is also an activist committed to a non-Zionist “one-state
solution” for Israel/Palestine. Sponsored by: WAMM Middle East Committee.
FFI: Call 612-827-5364

5. Opening Night of WAMM Second Monday Movie Nights “The Age of Stupid”

Monday February 9, 7:00 pm, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis. Join us opening
night for our series of monthly movies and lively discussion. Sit back and
enjoy freshly popped popcorn. Make it an evening you won't want to miss!
Bring a date! First movie for opening night: Age of Stupid. A future
archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why
humankind failed to address climate change. Touches on the connections
between the environment, the effects of war, and corporate power. Free and
open to the public. Sponsored by the WAMM Second Monday Monthly Movie
Committee. FFI: WAMM Office 612.827.5364 [4]Join and share on Facebook

6. WAMM Valentine’s Day Party

Saturday, February 14, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Kenwood Isles Party Room, 1425
West 28th Street, Minneapolis. Share the love with WAMM on Valentine’s Day.
New this year: Peace Bingo and Wine Pull! Sponsored by: Women Against
Military Madness. FFI: Call 612-827-5364.

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WAMM WInter ll Newsletter is now available [5]online.
And in your mailboxes soon!

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COALITION EVENTS

7. MEPN: The War Around Us – a Video with Discussion to follow

Saturday, January 17, 9:30 a.m. (refreshments) 10:00 a.m. (presentation and
discussion) Southdale Hennepin County Library, 7001 York Avenue South,
Edina. Only two English-language journalists reported from Gaza as it
suffered an all-out attack from Israel in late 2008 and early 2009. The War
Around Us is a powerful, deeply moving new 75 minute documentary through
the eyes of these two reporters, Ayman Mohyeldin and Sherine Tadros. At the
time, both were reporting for Al Jazeera English. Sponsored by: Middle East
Peace Now (MEPN). FFI: Call Dale Stuepfert 612-374-4049.

ALSO OF INTEREST

8. Human Rights and Labor Rights: Eyewitness Account from Colombia

Thursday, January 15, 7:00 p.m. 4200 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis.

Jim Dimock, an antiwar activist and a professor from Minnesota State
University, Mankato traveled to Colombia on a “From Dollars to Pesos”
delegation last summer through Witness for Peace; to witness the impact of
the Free Trade Agreement with the US has on the Colombian people.  Dimock
saw the impacts of US intervention first hand meeting with Afro-Colombians
in the port city of Buenaventura and with campesino and indigenous groups
in Cauca. Sponsored by: the Anti-War Committee. Co-sponsored by Witness for
Peace - Upper Midwest. Endorsed by Women Against Military Madness and
Veterans for Peace. FFI: Call 612-379-3899. [6]Facebook

9. Global Issues Forum: Global Health, the Greatest Story Rarely Told

Thursday, January 15, 7:00 p.m. Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900
Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis. In this presentation Christy Hanson, Dean of
the Institute for Global Citizenship and a Distinguished Lecturer in
International Studies, Macalester College will provide an overview of
trends, problems, and successes in global health, including the role of
United Nations agencies such as the World Health Organization in preventing
pandemics. Followed by Q&A and discussion. Sponsored by: Citizens for
Global Solutions. FFI: Visit [7]Online

10. Catalyst Change-Makers Series

Sunday, January 18, 3:00 p.m. Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Avenue South, West
Bank, Minneapolis. Lydia Howell hosts showing of film "Martin Luther King:
Man of Peace In A Time of War" (60 min.). Discussion will follow on peace
movements then and now. Enjoy Lydia Howell's Texas Chili (Meat &
Vegetarian), Breads, Tortilla Chips, Pineapple Upside-Down Cake. Suggested
Donation: $5-7 (all goes to KFAI Radio). Sponsored by: Catalyst: Politics
and Culture on KFAI: Radio Without Boundaries. FFI: Visit [8]Online

11. Jack Nelson Pallmeyer: Waging Peace

Sunday, January 18, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Plymouth Congregational Church,
1900 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis. Jack Nelson Pallmeyer, Professor of
Peace and Justice Studies at St. Thomas,
will speak at Plymouth Sunday
forum, 9-10 a.m. on his vision of waging peace. Jack is author of 13 books,
the latest being AUTHENTIC HOPE: It's the End of the World As We Know It,
But Soft Landings are Possible. Sponsored by: Plymouth Congregational
Church Global Connections. FFI: Call Larry 612-747-3904.

12. YouthLink: Youth Homelessness

Sunday, January 18, 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. First Unitarian Society of
Minneapolis, 900 Mount Curve Avenue, Minneapolis. Speaker: Jelena Song,
Development and Volunteer Coordinator, YouthLink. Find out about
YouthLink's work, the inspiring stories of the youth who are experiencing
homelessness, and what you can do to help! Sponsored by: First Unitarian
Society of Minneapolis Social Justice Committee. FFI: Visit [9]Online

13. #ReclaimMLK March

Monday, January 19, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Snelling and University Avenues, St.
Paul. Dr. King’s legacy has been clouded by efforts to soften, sanitize,
and commercialize it. From here on, MLK weekend will be known as a time of
national resistance to injustice. Sponsored by: Black Lives Matter
Minneapolis. FFI: Visit [10]Facebook or text @BlackLives to 23559 for
action updates.

14. ECAPC: Martin Luther King and the Nonviolent Jesus
Monday, January 19, 6:30 p.m. St. Joan of Arc Church, 4537 3rd Avenue
South, Minneapolis. Potluck and Mel Reeves Speaking. Mel Reeves has been a
human rights activist for the last 30 years. He has led or been involved in
struggles against South African Apartheid and struggles for workers rights,
and has helped lead several efforts to get justice in some well-known cases
of police brutality. He has been a long time anti-war and anti-racist
activist. Most recently he worked with Occupy Homes and is the adviser to a
fledgling young peoples alternative political party. He has spent most of
his time in the Twin Cities, but helped lead anti-war and anti-racist
struggles in Miami Florida as well. Sponsored by: Every Church a Peace
Church (ECAPC). FFI: Visit[11] MAPM

15. Larry Johnson: The Real Meaning of “Just War” and Defense

Sunday, January 25, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Plymouth Congregational Church,
1900 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis.Larry Johnson, immediate past President
of Veterans for Peace, will speak on the real meaning of "just war" and
defense. Larry was a conscientious objector during the War in Vietnam,
serving as an army medic, refusing to carry a weapon. He is listed with the
National Christian Witness Speakers Bureau. Sponsored by: Plymouth
Congregational Church Global Connections. FFI: Call Larry 612-747-3904.

16. ISIS, Assad, Obama, and the Latest Middle East War

Monday, January 26, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. HHH Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H.
Humphrey School, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis. Reese Erlich is a
best-selling author and journalist who writes regularly for the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, CBS Radio, and NPR. Reese is also a Special
Correspondent for GlobalPost. Sponsored by: the Anthropology, Journalism,
Political Science, and Global Studies departments at the University of
Minnesota. FFI: Call Marjorie Schalles, Department of Anthropology,
612-624-6579.

17. Cultivating Courage in Community

Saturday, January 31, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Walker Church, 3104 16th Avenue
South, Minneapolis. Four inspiring and informative talks from four
extraordinary leaders from the 2014 Bioneers Conference. Each talk is
approximately 25 minutes and will be followed by time to engage, explore,
and envision the possibilities within our community. Co-sponsored by:
Future First, Northland Sustainable Solutions, and Minnesota Pachamama
Community. FFI: Visit [12]Online

18. Clean Energy and Jobs Day on the Hill

Monday, February 2, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Christ Lutheran Church, 105
University Avenue West, St. Paul. Minnesota has taken several important
bipartisan steps toward cleaner energy and a stronger economy over the last
few years. But our work is not done. We will meet with our Legislators to
urge them to support an increase in clean energy in Minnesota. Gather at
Christ Lutheran Church to hear from lobby and policy experts before we hit
the ground at the Capitol. Lunch will be provided and rides to the Capitol
are available. Sponsored by: First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis Social
Justice Committee. FFI: Visit [13]Online

19. Dispatches from Occupied Palestine: Sabry Wazwaz Speaks Out

Saturday, February 7, 3:00 p.m. Karmel West, 312 West Lake Street,
Minneapolis. After over a month of traveling in Palestine, Anti-War
Committee member Sabry Wazwaz is returning to Minnesota with a treasure
trove of video, photos and first-hand accounts of life in the occupied West
Bank. Palestinian American Sabry is an outspoken leader of Minnesota’s
movement for a free Palestine, and against U.S.-backed Israeli apartheid.
Many have followed his December-January trip on social media. His almost
daily posts have given a preview of what Sabry witnessed: military
checkpoints, the violence of Israeli settlements, racist apartheid laws,
and the denied right of return have been paired with inspiring stories of
the determination and resilience of the Palestinian people, from Al Khalil
to Jerusalem. Join us for Sabry’s stories from Palestine, and his thoughts
on our continuing work for Palestine here in Minnesota. Sponsored by: the
Anti-War Committee. FFI: Visit [14]Anti-war Cmt

20. 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 [15]ghedstrom [at] csjstpaul.org

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

21. 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 - [16]Online   or  [17]UNACpeace [at] gmail.com, or
call 518-227-6947

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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: March 1, 2015. FFI and details: Visit[18] ONLINE

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5. http://womenagainstmilitarymadness.org/
6. https://www.facebook.com/events/666012616851196/
7. http://www.globalsolutionsmn.org/
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http://mapm.pjep.org/calendar/2015/January/19/Pot-Luck-Mel-Reeves-Speaking-Martin-Luther-Kings-Birthday-Celebration
12. http://futurefirst.us/events/other-events/
13. http://www.cleanenergyjobs.mn/
14. http://antiwarcommittee.org/
15. mailto:ghedstrom [at] csjstpaul.org
16. http://nepajac.org/UNAC_120314.html%20%20
17. mailto:UNACpeace [at] gmail.com
18. http://tacklingtorturevideocontest.webs.com/
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26. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tackling-Torture-at-the-Top/370422110962
27. http://groundalldrones.blogspot.com/
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