From the category archives:

Fall 2011

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

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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

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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

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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 [...]

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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

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Special Guest: Nonviolence Activist Kathy Kelly

Event info: Friday 30 September 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

To RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook, Click Here Kathy Kelly, a long-time anti-war activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee will join us for a special presentation. She co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org), a campaign to end U.S. military and economic warfare. About Kathy Kelly: Kathy Kelly co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence, (www.vcnv.org) a [...]

Tagged as: militarism, peace, social movements, war

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Tar Sands Action: A Report Back

Event info: Friday 9 September 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Panelists: Journalist Ellen Cantarow, Unitarian Universalist pastor Rev. Terry Burke, Cool JP Green Block leader Carolyn Nikkal, and Boston Climate Action Network’s Coordinator Loie Hayes. To RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook, Click Here Have you heard about the Tar Sands protests at the White House? Over the past few weeks thousands of people [...]

Tagged as: environment, report-back, social movements

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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

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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

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Radical Refuge: 70 Years of World Fellowship

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

To RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook, Click Here The World Fellowship Center is a unique, affordable, progressive oasis on 455 acres in the splendor of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Founded in 1941 as a retreat center nestled in the White Mountains of N.H., this “camp with a social conscience” has a rich history of [...]

Tagged as: community, history, social movements

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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

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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

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