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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 four [...]

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

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 skiing [...]

Tagged as: climate change, community, Potluck

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

REDUCE: Abundance in a time of dwindling resources

Event info: Friday 23 April 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Click here to upload the powerpoint from this workshop: REDUCE! for JP Forum Website

We all know many of the conventional tips for reducing our use of resources, but what happens when people brainstorm their ideas about for taking it further? How can we use less gasoline every time we drive? Use the same water [...]

Tagged as: community, environment, local, urban sustainability

Creating your own Compost, Wormbin & Rain Barrel

Event info: Friday 7 May 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Do you ever wish that you could stop throwing away your kitchen scraps, and instead use them for something useful? Or, that you could water your garden with all of the valuable rainwater that runs off your roof? Join us at this Sustainability Series workshop where we will surprise you with how easy it is [...]

Tagged as: community, greening, urban sustainability

Addressing Torture at Home and Abroad: Fighting to Preserve Human Dignity

Event info: Friday 14 May 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Speakers: Ben Achtenberg and Brinton Lykes
Many immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the United States were victims of torture in their countries. Upon arrival to the United States, some never receive the care necessary to deal with the trauma suffered in their homeland. Come listen as two local Jamaica Plain residents share their experiences with [...]

Tagged as: community, history, immigration

Spring Songfest and Potluck!

Event info: Sunday 16 May 2010 – 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Featuring: Ken Ward
A family-favorite, singing together helps to bring us into community, learn history, and share a folk-language that can pass through the ages. They give us a way to build and express community, calm the heart, and share emotions that defy ordinary conversation.
More information to come!

Tagged as: community, food, Singing

Author Talk with Lynne Anderson – “Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens”

Event info: Wednesday 2 June 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Through stories of hand-rolled pasta and homemade chutney, local markets and backyard gardens, and wild mushrooms and foraged grape leaves— Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens recounts in loving detail the memories, recipes, and culinary traditions of people who have come to the United States from around the world. Chef, teacher and author [...]

Tagged as: author's reading, community, food, history, immigration, local

Songfest! Songs of Thanks

Event info: Sunday 15 November 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

This year we’re kicking off the holiday season with a songfest! Join us for a potluck, followed by songs of gratitude and thanks.
More information to come!

Tagged as: community, Potluck, Singing

Film: Young @ Heart

Event info: Sunday 20 December 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Get ready to rock with the most entertaining golden oldies you will ever meet in the senior citizen’s choir Young@Heart. With a show only weeks away, they must learn a slate of new songs ranging from James Brown to Coldplay. The chorus’ director leads them through tough rehearsals, proving that rock and roll can be [...]

Tagged as: community, elderly, Singing

Earth Day Community Songfest

Event info: Sunday 19 April 2009 – 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Singing together helps to bring us into community, learn history, and share a folk-language that can pass through the ages. They give us a way to build and express community, calm the heart, and share emotions that defy ordinary conversation. This special Earth Day program will focus on songs about our big blue planet!
Lead [...]

Tagged as: community, environment, kids, Singing

Singer-Songwriters of the Seventies: Community Songfest

Event info: Sunday 22 March 2009 – 5:00pm to 8:00pm

Singing together helps to bring us into community, learn history, and share a folk-language that can pass through the ages. They give us a way to build and express community, calm the heart, and share emotions that defy ordinary conversation.
Local musicians Ken Ward and Peter Thornton will bring down the house with their rousing style [...]

Tagged as: community, kids, Singing

Kim Bobo: Wage Theft in America

Event info: Thursday 29 January 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid-And What We Can Do About It

Kim Bobo, the co-founder of Interfaith Worker Justice discusses her new book (“Wage Theft in America”) about how billions of dollars worth of wages are stolen from millions of workers.
Each year, billions of dollars’ worth of wages are stolen from millions [...]

Tagged as: capitalism, community, economics, workers' rights

Closing the Racial Wealth Divide

Event info: Friday 23 January 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

with Meizhu Lui, Dedrick Muhammad and Amaad Rivera
Three national experts join us to both celebrate the election of Barack Obama and discuss the persistent disparities of wealth that still exist along racial lines. The forum corresponds with the release of “State of the Dream 2009,” a timely study examining racial wealth disparities.
Over the past few [...]

Tagged as: community, economics, race in America, social movements, wealth

Readings and Reflections from Accomplished Local Authors

Event info: Friday 5 December 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Did you know that Jamaica Plain is home to many of Bostonâ€™s distinguished and celebrated authors? For our first bi-anual â€œLocal Authorsâ€ night, Brendan Halpin, Catherine Sasanov and Ron Maclean will join us for an evening of reading, discussion and celebration of our local literati, storytellers, and writers.

Brendan Halpin is the author of two memoirs [...]

Tagged as: art, community, local

JP Family Songfest & Singalong

Event info: Sunday 16 November 2008 – 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Singing together helps to bring us into community, learn history, and share a folk-language that can pass through the ages. They give us a way to build and express community, calm the heart, and share emotions that defy ordinary conversation.
As we head into the winter darkness, letâ€™s join together and light up from the [...]

Tagged as: community, kids, local, Singing

All I Want for Christmas: Unplugging Consumption During the Holidays

Event info: Friday 14 November 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

As the holiday shopping season looms ahead, is the “Shop-ocalypse” inevitable? Â Join us for an inspiring film and discussion about deescalating the consumption frenzy. We will show the hilarious film, “What Would Jesus Buy?” featuring performance-artist, the Reverend Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping Choir. Â Through retail interventions, corporate exorcisms, and some good [...]

Tagged as: art, community, consumption, economics, recession, Singing

“Ask Dr. Dollar: The Market Meltdown and the Post-Election Economy” with Arthur MacEwan, Professor of Economics, UMass

Event info: Friday 7 November 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Whatâ€™s the real story behind the housing mortgage meltdown? Are you worried about the economy? Wondering how the new President will manage our financial affairs? Have you been mystified by the so-called experts who use obscure jargon to paint a rosy picture of â€œfree trade,â€ corporate bail-outs, and wage stagnation?
Let Dr. Dollar â€“answer your questions [...]

Tagged as: bubble economy, capitalism, community, economy, recession

“Pete Seeger and The Power of Song” Film and Singing

Event info: Sunday 19 October 2008 – 5:00pm to 7:30pm

Communities are created and strengthened through singing together: no one knew this better than one of Americaâ€™s most beloved folk singers, Pete Seeger. Come watch parts of the inspirational film, â€œThe Power of Songâ€ and observe Seegerâ€™s ability to bring great social issues into popular discussion through song. and sing a few tunes about [...]

Tagged as: art, community, elderly, kids, Singing, social movements

“Sustainable City Living” Talk with Scott from the Rhizome Collective

Event info: Friday 3 October 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

With a warming globe and diminishing oil, it is critical that we begin to live with a dramatically different way. Bike-power, rain water collection, permaculture and relocalization of our communites are just the beginning. We will discuss the creative methods that â€œurban environmental stewardsâ€ have been testing out to live within the earthâ€™s limits and [...]

Tagged as: climate, community, DIY, environment, greening, preparation, social movements

“There Are No Illegal People” with photojournalist David Bacon

Event info: Tuesday 9 September 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants, with David Bacon
â€œDavid Bacon is the conscience of American journalism; an extraordinary social documentarist in the rugged humanist tradition of Dorothea Lange, Carey McWilliams, and Ernesto Galarza.â€
â€”Mike Davis, author of No One Is Illegal

Jamaica Plain has a rich history as a “landing pad” for [...]

Tagged as: art, capitalism, community, economics, immigration, politics, race in America, social movements

A Report from New Orleans: 3 Years Later

Event info: Friday 27 June 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

“14 Hands, 7 Toolbelts, and 1 New Orleans Family: A Report Back from Post-Katrina Louisiana”

Did you know that, since Hurricane Katrina, Boston-area building trades people have made several trips to rewire and replumb flood-damaged homes on the Gulf coast?
In fact, a crew of seven local electricians, plumbers, and carpenters just returned from New Orleans’ [...]

Tagged as: community, New Orleans, race in America, report-back, service

Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times: Amy Goodman, David Goodman and You

Event info: Friday 16 May 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! visits the Jamaica Plain Forum on Friday, May 16th at 7:00pmÂ

This event is a Fundraiser for the Jamaica Plain Forum. Tickets are $5.00
Doors open at 6pm, event begins at 7pm. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis
Tickets are on sale at Rhythm and Muse [...]

Tagged as: book for sale, community, economics, local hero, media, militarism, politics, social movements

The Defining Moment for Climate Change with Bill McKibben

Event info: Sunday 8 June 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Bill McKibben, author, educator, environmentalist
Sunday, June 8th, 7:00pm

Read Bill’s most recent article on Alternet.org

As a part of our continuing series on climate-change, join the Jamaica Plain Forum for a conversation with Step-It-Up! global warming activist, Bill McKibben after the Bikes Not Bombs Bike-A-Thon and 1st annual Green Roots Festival.
Bill McKibben is an environmentalist and writer [...]

Tagged as: climate, community, DIY, environment, greening, social movements, urban sustainability

“Unnatural Causes” Film Screening at English High School

Event info: Thursday 1 May 2008 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Thursday, May 1st:Â 6:00pm – reception, 6:30-8:30 – screening
English High School Community Center, 144 McBride St., Jamaica Plain
Refreshments will be served.
“Unnatural Causes” is a documentary series that explores the racial and social inequalities in health. Please come to a special Jamaica Plain neighborhood viewing of the episode “Place Matters.” English-to-Spanish translation available.

Learn more about [...]

Tagged as: community, feedback, health care

Building a More Equitable Community/Creando una Comunidad Equitativa

Event info: Saturday 17 May 2008

Save the date!
Saturday, May 17, 2008, English High School

The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation invites you to join us in a day speakers, workshops, and films exploring what the Jamaica Plain community currently looks like, and what kind of a future we envision for our neighborhood.
JAMAICA PLAIN IS AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE. Across the country, [...]

Tagged as: community, economics, local

The Global Warming Cafe: Concrete Steps to Decreasing your Carbon Footprint

Event info: Saturday 29 March 2008 – 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Please note that the day and time of this event is different than other Jamaica Plain Forum Events
Saturday, March 29th from 1:00-5:00pm
If you were not able to RSVP for this event, please come!Â We still have plenty of space for you!

Scientists overwhelmingly agree that human activity is dangerously warming the earth. Heat is being [...]

Tagged as: climate, community, economics, greening, local, politics, social movements, urban sustainability

“Miss Navajo” Documentary Screening

Event info: Friday 26 October 2007 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist, Parish Hall
How many beauty contestants can say â€œI competed in a pageant where I butchered a sheep?â€ Crystal Frazier can. Follow this introverted, self-proclaimed tomboy as she makes bread, weaves a rug, sweats her way through a language quizâ€”and thatâ€™s just the first dayâ€”on her quest to be [...]

Tagged as: art, community, gender, history, native americans

Stacy Mitchell, Author of “Big Box Swindle”

Event info: Thursday 28 June 2007 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

First Church of Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, Parish Hall.
Presenting Stacy Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, author of “Big Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for Americaâ€™s Independent Businesses ”

We are blessed with specialty restaurants and independent food markets, gift shops, hardware stores, local relaters, medical professionals, clothing boutiques, [...]

Tagged as: book for sale, capitalism, community, economics

Effective Parenting for a Dynamic Family

Event info: Wednesday 23 May 2007 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, Parish Hall.
Presenting Dr. Beth Roy; author of “Parentâ€™s Lives, Childrenâ€™s Needs: Working Together for Everyoneâ€™s
The evening will feature an interactive workshop for parents by Dr. Beth Roy, noted psychologist and author of the new book â€œParentsâ€™ Lives, Childrenâ€™s Needs: Working Together for Everyoneâ€™s Well-Being.â€ Appropriate for all [...]

Tagged as: community, kids, parenting