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Criminal Injustice: The High Cost of 3-Strikes Laws in Massachusetts

Event info: Friday 27 January 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Criminal Injustice: The High Cost of 3-Strikes Laws in Massachusetts Friday, January 27th, 7-9 PM First Church of Jamaica Plain 6 Eliot St, Boston, MA In November, despite protests from community activists and legal experts, both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts State Senate passed “3-Strikes” bills that could have disastrous consequences [...]

“Buen Camino!”: 21st Century Pilgrims

Event info: Friday 3 February 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Friday, February 3 7-9 PM First Church in Jamaica Plain 6 Eliot St., Boston, MA Every year, thousands of modern-day pilgrims walk a centuries-old trail leading to the tomb of St. James in Santiago, Spain. What is the Camino de Santiago, and why are so many drawn to make this arduous journey today? Hear [...]

The History of JP and its First Church: Presentation and Potluck!

Event info: Sunday 29 January 2012 – 5:00pm to 8:00pm

First Church History & Potluck First Church in Jamaica Plain 6 Eliot St. January 29, 2012 5-8 PM Jamaica and West Roxbury were synonymous until the creation of a new parish church on the “Pond Plain in Jamaica” within the colonial town of Roxbury. Over the course of its history, Jamaica Plain was the Third [...]

State of Our Neighborhood 2012

Event info: Thursday 9 February 2012 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm

English High School 144 McBride Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Just like the President offers a State of the Union, and the Mayor offers a State of the City, JP NET is proud to present… The 2nd Annual State of our Neighborhood forum JP City Councilor – Matt O’Malley At-Large City Councilor – Felix Arroyo [...]

Teach In on the Economy

Event info: Sunday 13 November 2011 – 9:00am to 4:00pm

Hosted By: School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs – Northeastern University Where: Northeastern University Blackman Auditorium, 342 Huntington Avenue in Ell Hall, Boston, MA 02115 Click Here to RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook. The purpose of the Teach In is to educate and enlighten about the state of the economy, its impact on [...]

Tagged as: 99%, economy, inequality, Occupy Wall Street, teach in

Screening and Talk with Renowned Filmmaker Saul Landau: Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up?

Event info: Thursday 1 December 2011 – 7:30pm to 9:30pm

RSVP and Invite your Friends on Facebook Internationally renowned filmmaker Saul Landau will present his latest film, “Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up,” which chronicles half a century of hostile US-Cuba relations. Landau will kick of the First Thursday Film series, in conjunction with First Thursdays in Jamaica Plain, which will happen every month [...]

Tagged as: Cuba, Cuba Five, Cuban Five, Saul Landau, Terrorism

Winter Solstice Dance Party – Benefit for JP Forum

This event has been postponed until the New Year. Stay tuned for details. Happy Holidays!

Tagged as: community, dance, dance party, solstice

Movie Screening: “The Power of Community”

Event info: Tuesday 27 September 2011 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm

About “The Power of Community”… When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba’s economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban [...]

Resilience Circles Introduction in Jamaica Plain, MA

Event info: Wednesday 5 October 2011 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Jamaica Plain Introduction to Resilience Circles Join us to learn about Resilience Circles, an approach to strengthening community during tough times. Resilience Circles are Smalls Group to… …Get to Know Your Neighbors …Help Each Other Through “Mutual Aid” …Work for a fair economy that serves everyone …Have Fun! First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain 633 Centre [...]

Heard about Occupy Boston?

Event info: Wednesday 19 October 2011 – 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Activists involved with the occupation will explain why they are there, how they coordinate with Occupy Wall Street and other occupations across the country, and what is happening with the movement. Andrea Gordillo will moderate a diverse panel (panelists TBA – stay tuned!), followed by Q&A. Come out to show your support and learn more [...]

Preserving Summer’s Bounty: A Canning and Freezing Workshop

Event info: Thursday 15 September 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Looking for some inspiration to preserve some tomato sauce or other sweet tastes of summer? With anticipation of New England’s short growing season drawing to a close, the rush is on to save the bounty of the harvest for the long winter months. Following the forum will be information on canning demonstrations taking place in [...]

Tagged as: community, DIY, food

Faces & Places of Affordable Housing Forum

Event info: Thursday 13 October 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

To RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook, Click Here In the context of Boston’s lopsided real estate market, in which a household earning median income cannot afford a median-priced house or apartment, affordable housing has become a key strategy for ensuring that residents with limited resources have a home they can afford. However, everyone [...]

Tagged as: community, local

Meet Your Coffee Farmer!

Event info: Sunday 16 October 2011 – 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Pedro Ascencio is a member and marketing coordinator of Las Colinas coffee cooperative in El Salvador. Equal Exchange (one of their coffee suppliers) and Pedro will visit the Jamaica Plain Forum. It will be a great opportunity to have an in-depth conversation with Pedro and hear more about what Fair Trade means to his community, [...]

Tagged as: community, Latin America

Winterizing Workshop: Making a More Efficient Home

Event info: Friday 4 November 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

To RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook, Click Here Presenters: Paul Keifer, Alex Minm and Loie Hayes Get ready for the winter heating season with this workshop. How much are you spending to keep yourself warm? Winterizing your home is simple and can produce enormous benefits for the environment as well as your home budget. [...]

Tagged as: community, DIY, environment, local, urban sustainability

Jonathan Steele: Ten Years, Cost of War

Event info: Tuesday 18 October 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Jonathan Steele has covered Afghanistan for the Guardian (London) for more than thirty years, and was part of the Guardian team which published the Wikileaks Afghanistan cables. His latest book, Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground, will be published by Counterpoint in October. October 2011 marks ten years of U.S. war and occupation in Afghanistan. [...]

Tagged as: community, history, Middle East, militarism, politics, war

Job Opening: Administrative Associate & Event Organizer: Boston Office

Event info: Sunday 18 December 2011 1:00am

The Institute for Policy Studies, the nation’s oldest progressive multi-issue think tank, seeks applicants for a in a Program and Administrative Associate & Event Organizing position for in its Boston office located in Jamaica Plain, MA. The Boston office coordinates Program on Inequality and several other activities including the Jamaica Plain Forum (www.jamaicaplainforum.org), a community [...]

August 18 – New Resilience Circle in Somerville MA

Come have coffee with us at Diesel Café in Davis Square in Somerville on Thursday, August 18th at 7pm! RSVP here on MeetUp.com. We’ll start with the intro session of the curriculum and meet each other over coffee. We’ll be at the big table in the back. Visit our MeetUp page or email info@commonsecurityclub.org with [...]

Tagged as: community, economy, environment, food, local, recession

NOW FORMING: J.P. Family Chorus and String Band

Event info: Wednesday 29 June 2011 – 6:30pm to 8:30pm

To RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook, Click Here For: Individuals & Families, including • Adults • Kids • Seniors • Banjos Come to our introductory sing Wednesday June 29, 6:30 pm, at the UU Church in JP. Looking for a chance to make real, quality music from many different genres? Want to meet [...]

Stay Tuned!

Event info: – Thursday 30 June 2011 to Thursday 1 September 2011

Check back soon for any updates or events during the summer. Thanks for your support and making this past year the best one yet! Sincerely, The JP Forum Team

Gentrification: What does it mean for JP?

Event info: Thursday 9 June 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

To RSVP and to invite your friends on Facebook, please Click Here Displacement of one group by another? It has been happening in Jamaica Plain for decades. Find out how the dynamic of gentrification works and what it means for the future of Jamaica Plain. Come hear an expert panel with: Curdina Hill, Executive Director [...]

Tagged as: community, economics, local

Richard Heinberg, The End of Growth: Peak Oil and the Economy of the Future

Event info: Sunday 15 May 2011 – 3:00pm to 5:00pm

RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook, Click Here We all take economic growth for granted – until it falters, as in 2008. But what if the recent economic meltdown was not just an interruption in the story of continuous economic expansion, but the first sign of the end of growth as we know it? [...]

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: IS PEACE AND JUSTICE POSSIBLE? A Report From the Ground

Event info: Thursday 28 April 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends, Click Here Alice Rothchild and Alan Meyers are Boston-area doctors who have led multiple delegations to Israel and Palestine. As members of The Health and Human Rights Project of American Jews for a Just Peace (AJJP), they have worked with NGOs in clinics, hospitals and refugee camps. They [...]

Tagged as: community, democracy, peace, report-back

Save Jamaica Pond Public Forum

Event info: Wednesday 27 April 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

When: Wednesday, April 27th; 7:00 PM; FREE Where: First Church in Jamaica Plain. 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (Corner of Centre and Eliot Streets by the Monument) Information: Gerry Wright at 6l7-524-7070. Web site: www.FriendsofJamaicaPond.org The public is invited to share visions, reflections, ideas and concerns about the sale and development of Hellenic Hill that threatens Jamaica Pond. The [...]

Rising Cost of Food and Fuel: Are We Ready?

Event info: Thursday 19 May 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

(Note Location: Egleston Community High School, 3134 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02119) RSVP and Invite your friends of Facebook, Click Here $6.50 a gallon for gas? How will that impact you? How will it impact our community? What can we do about it? Whole Foods pricing isn’t the only thing making healthy food expensive [...]

Tagged as: community, economics, economy, food, local, urban sustainability

Rising Cost of Food and Fuel: Are We Ready?

Event info: Thursday 26 May 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

(Note Location: First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130) RSVP and Invite your friends of Facebook, Click Here $6.50 a gallon for gas? How will that impact you? How will it impact our community? What can we do about it? Whole Foods pricing isn’t the only thing making healthy [...]

Tagged as: community, economics, economy, food, local, urban sustainability

Time Trade Circle: Creating a Local Economy

Event info: Sunday 20 March 2011 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm

RSVP and Invite your friends to join you on Facebook, Click Here After the economic crisis, more people are bartering with friends and neighbors and forming time banks to share goods and services locally. Come meet local members of the Time Trade Circle, a Boston-area organization with more than 700 members, to learn how you [...]

Tagged as: community, economics, Potluck, urban sustainability

The Pigment of Your Imagination: Life Between Black and White

Event info: Sunday 10 April 2011 – 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Speaker: Joy Zarembka is executive director of the Institute for Policy Studies and author of The Pigment of Your Imagination: Mixed Race in a Global Society (Madera Press). RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends, Click Here Does society or the individual determine racial classification? By combining vivid anecdotes of her travels, historical background, and oral [...]

Special Guest: Malalai Joya: Liberating Afghan Women

Event info: Saturday 26 March 2011 – 3:00pm to 5:00pm

BREAKING NEWS: Malalai Joya is on her way! Her visa was granted and she will be in Boston for her JP Forum appearance. Please help spread the word! RSVP and Invite your friends to join you on Facebook, Click Here Speaker: Malalai Joya, author of A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of a Woman [...]

Tagged as: author's reading, book for sale, democracy, gender, militarism, peace, politics, report-back, social movements

Commons Rising: Re-claiming the Commons and our Communities

Event info: Friday 4 March 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Speaker: Jay Walljasper, author and editor with On the Commons, author All that We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons Can we dream, innovate and create a society that goes beyond the constructs and confines of our market economy? Join us for inspiring conversation with local and national activists, dreamers and doers who are [...]

HarvestFest: A Food Preserving Workshop with Annie Cardinaux and CityGrowers

Event info: Friday 10 September 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Looking for some inspiration to preserve some tomato sauce or other sweet tastes of summer? Join us for this food preservation workshop where we will learn various methods of preserving tomatoes and other produce. You can also order a case of hyper-local organic tomatoes to pick up at the workshop through City Growers. Visit http://citygrowers.wordpress.com/bulk-tomatoes/ [...]

Tagged as: community, food, preparation, urban sustainability

Boston Climate Report Back, with Carl Spector, Viki Bok and Rebecca Park

Event info: Friday 1 October 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

In March 2009, Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced the formation of the Boston Climate Action Leadership Committee and Community Advisory Committee. The charge to the committees was to give recommendations to the Mayor on the next set of goals, policies, and programs that Boston should establish for itself as it confronts the risks and opportunities [...]

Tagged as: climate change, community, environment, urban sustainability

Michael Blanding, “The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World’s Favorite Soft Drink.”

Event info: Thursday 16 September 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Come celebrate the publication of J.P. journalist Michael Blanding’s new book, “The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World’s Favorite Soft Drink.” The Coke Machine takes readers deep inside the Coca-Cola Company and its international franchises to reveal how they became the number one brand in the world, and just how far they’ll go [...]

Tagged as: author's reading, capitalism, economy

The Beehive Collective: The True Cost of Coal: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Our Future

Event info: Wednesday 6 October 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Come view the Beehive Collective’s amazing new portable mural called the “True Cost of Coal” and a discussion. Long-exploited as a resource-extraction colony within the U.S., the Appalachian Mountains are home to a fight for survival whose outcome will determine in part the industrial might of this country. Our insatiable demand for cheap power has [...]

Tagged as: capitalism, climate change, environment

350.org Day of Action at the J.P. Greenhouse

Event info: Sunday 10 October 2010 – 2:00pm to 8:00pm

Join us for an Open House at the JP Green House, a zero-carbon demonstration home and garden in Jamaica Plain, which also serves as the hub for 350.org in Boston. They will be opening our doors from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM , with a variety of activities and demonstrations, a meal, and an evening [...]

Tagged as: climate change, community, environment, urban sustainability

Special Guest: Annie Leonard, The Story of Stuff and our Garbage Dilemma

Event info: Friday 22 October 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Society’s consumption of the earth’s resources are at an all time high. Globally renowned filmmaker and author of “The Story of Stuff,” Annie Leonard will join us for her insights on creating a more sustainable and just world. Annie’s Story Annie Leonard is the author and host of our very own The Story of Stuff. [...]

Tagged as: capitalism, community, environment, urban sustainability

The Transition Towns Movement with Tina Clarke

Event info: Friday 5 November 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

How do we prepare for a transition to the new economy in Jamaica Plain? Join us for a presentation about the Transition Town movement that is sweeping the U.K and the U.S. Learn what other communities are doing to create local-scale, ecologically-oriented development models to adapt to our changing environment and economy. About Tina Clark: [...]

Tagged as: community, local, urban sustainability

Buttoning up for Winter: A Weatherization Workshop

Event info: Friday 12 November 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Save on your energy bills, save the climate, and be more comfortable in your home: How’s that for a win-win-win for the winter? This Weatherization Forum will start with the basics of how heat gets lost in your home. Then we’ll look at ways to reduce the energy that gets used intentionally and unintentionally, starting [...]

Tagged as: climate change, community, economics, greening, local, urban sustainability

Special Guest: Juliet Schor, Fixing the Economy and Addressing Climate Change: The Path to Plentitude

Event info: Thursday 9 December 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Economist and bestselling author Juliet B. Schor of Boston College discusses her book “Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth.” Schor proposes a path to address the Great Recession while addressing climate change and peak oil, suggesting a radical change in how we think about wealth, consumer goods, and how we live. As we travel [...]

Tagged as: community, economics, urban sustainability

Common Security Clubs: Building Resilient Communities

Event info: Thursday 16 December 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: Nate Smith House, 155 Lamartine Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 How do we prepare for economic and ecological change? In response to our insecure times, congregations and communities are forming “Common Security Clubs” to build resilience and strengthen community ties. This J.P. Forum will be an overview of how the clubs work ¬and an [...]

Tagged as: community, local, social movements, urban sustainability

Kristen E. Gwinn, “Celebrating Emily Greene Balch: Jamaica Plain’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner”

Event info: Saturday 8 January 2011 – 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Sixty-five years ago, in 1946, Jamaica Plain’s Emily Greene Balch won the Nobel Peace Prize for her visionary work with Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. January 8th marks her 144th birthday and the first public event celebrating the publication of Kristen E. Gwinn’s new book about Balch’s life. Balch was a renowned writer, [...]

Tagged as: author's reading, community

Food Security in Jamaica Plain and New England

Event info: Thursday 3 February 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Speakers: Hugh Joseph (Tufts University), Glynn Lloyd (City Growers) and Jamey Lionette and Edith Murnane (City of Boston) As part of the JP New Economy Transition series this forum will look at the current state of food security and food justice in the northeast. It will also explore how our community can work to strengthen [...]

Tagged as: agriculture, bubble economy, community, food, local, urban sustainability

Citizens United: One Year Later, How Has the Supreme Court’s Decision Changed U.S. Politics?

Event info: Thursday 20 January 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the ruling, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, potentially altering the political landscape for years to come. Join us for a discussion with veteran journalist Renee Loth of The Boston Globe and pioneering legal advocate John Bonifaz, co-founder of Free Speech for People. What has been [...]

Tagged as: community, economy, political campaigns

Frederick Law Olmsted: One Man Play by Gerry Wright

Event info: Friday 28 January 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

One Man Play by Gerry Wright followed by Q&A Gerry Wright has researched, written and produced a one-man show honoring the life and work of Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture. The play provides insights into Olmsted’s passionate vision as he played critical roles in the dynamics of slavery as a writer, in [...]

Lisa Napoli: Happiness Lessons From the Kingdom of Bhutan

Event info: Thursday 10 February 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Speaker: Lisa Napoli, veteran public radio journalist and author of RADIO SHANGRI-LA: What I Learned in Bhutan, The Happiest Kingdom on Earth When Lisa Napoli found herself unhappy with the fast-paced U.S. media world, she volunteered to help start Bhutan’s first youth-oriented radio station. Bhutan is a small kingdom in the Himalayas, home to 650,000 [...]

Tagged as: author's reading, community

Special Guest: Senator Bernie Sanders

Event info: Sunday 13 February 2011 – 3:00pm to 5:00pm

The JP Forum hosts Vermont Senator Bernard Sanders in his only public Boston appearance. Bernie is the longest serving independent member of Congress in U.S. history. He has been an outspoken champion for peace, worker rights, energy independence, environmental health, and fair taxation. During the 2010 Lame Duck Congress, the nation watched as Senator Sanders [...]

State of J.P.: A Community Conversation

Event info: Tuesday 15 February 2011 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Where: English High School, 144 McBride Street, Boston, MA 02130, Second Floor Cafetaria Elected Officials Confirmed: Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, Rep. Liz Malia, Rep. Jeffery Sanchez , City Councilor Matt O’Malley and At-Large Councilor Felix Arroyo Join your neighbors for our First Annual “State of J.P.” The President and the Mayor reflect upon the State of [...]

Tagged as: community, economy, local

Dispatches From Mexico: John Ross and the Journey through Mexico

Event info: Friday 30 April 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Speaker: John Ross Author and activist John Ross has spent many years traveling and chronicling struggles for human rights in Mexico. He has written ten books of fiction and non-fiction. His latest volume “El Monstruo – Dread & Redemption in Mexico City”, a street-level peoples’ history of the most polluted, overcrowded, corrupt and crime-ridden megalopolis [...]

Tagged as: author's reading, community, democracy, history, Latin America

The Coming Population Crash: Our Planet’s Surprising Future

Event info: Friday 16 April 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Fred Pearce, Author of When the Rivers Run Dry For more than two centuries there has been mounting concern that rapidly growing populations are putting an unsustainable strain on the Earth’s resources. However, much has been misunderstood about the current rate of population growth and its effect on the environment. Though the global population is [...]

Tagged as: author's reading, community, economics, urban sustainability

Yoga for Haiti

Event info: Saturday 20 February 2010 – 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Yoga • Community • Disaster Relief • Humanitarian Aid A donation-based yoga class. Our proceeds go to the UUSC/UUA Joint Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund. Our love goes to the people of Haiti. $20 minimum donation for class Everyone welcome, from newcomers to experienced yogis! Bring your mat or use one of ours The Charity: UUSC’s [...]

The Time Trade Circle: A local, recession-proof economy

Event info: Sunday 21 February 2010 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm

What’s a time bank? A time bank is an organization where members have a bank account of time, and exchange time-based services with other members. It’s a pool of members, and operates like a circle, not a one-to-one swap or barter. In a time bank, for example, Lara makes a cake for Aldo, Keren gives [...]

Tagged as: climate change, community, Potluck

DIRT! The Movie

Event info: Friday 12 March 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

It’s under our feet and under our fingernails, but what is it? And how did it get there? Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, find out how industrial farming, mining and urban development have led us toward cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods and climate change. Dirt is a [...]

Tagged as: agriculture, climate change, ecological systems, food, greening

Backyard Chicken Basics

Event info: Sunday 14 March 2010 – 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Raising polutry for eggs, meat and pets used to be a standard practice in America. As we have moved farther away from a local food system, many people are now reclaiming the right to raise chickens in their own backyards. But how can those of us urban dwellers do the same? In this birdkeeping 101 [...]

Tagged as: comments, community, greening, urban sustainability

Meet Your Chocolate Farmer: The Story Behind Your Treats

Event info: Friday 19 March 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Come meet a cacao farmer and a staff member of CONACADO cacao co-op in the Dominican Republic who will share their history. In 1988, the cacao industry in the Dominican Republic was dominated by four major exporters. Most Dominican cacao production was low quality, unfermented beans shipped to the United States at low prices. Seven [...]

Tagged as: agriculture, community, food, Latin America

Hidden JP History: “Worker Housing and the Legacy of Robert Treat Paine”

Event info: Sunday 21 March 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Speaker: Prof. Ruediger Volk Come learn the inspiring local history of Robert Treat Paine and his work to build affordable housing in the Hyde Square neighborhood. Paine was a prominent business leader and great grandson of a signer of the Declaration of Independence with the same name. Paine pushed to expand homeownership for working families, [...]

Tagged as: affordable, democracy, history, housing, local

The Carnivore’s Dilemma: How to Eat Meat Responsibly

Event info: Wednesday 31 March 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Speakers: Kim Denney, owner/operator of Chestnut Farm Meat CSA, cattle farmer Ridge Shinn, author and local food activist Jamey Lionette All-natural. Organic. Free-range. Grass-fed. Are you a conscientious meat-eater trying to navigate this new terrain of labels and concerns? Are you wondering whether it’s safe and sustainable to eat meat at all? Bring your questions [...]

Tagged as: food, greening, urban sustainability

Why We Can’t Get Ahead: Job Challenges for the American Worker – Steven Greenhouse of the New York Times

Event info: Thursday 8 April 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Speaker: Steven Greenhouse, New York Times business and economics correspondent Since the recession’s peak, the U.S. unemployment rate has been hovering around 10 percent. But the challenges to the American worker go beyond the current economic crisis. Steven Greenhouse will talk about how American companies have squeezed millions of workers by clamping down on wages, [...]

Tagged as: big labor, bubble economy, economy, government, wages

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