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peace

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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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

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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

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Our Military Budget: Does More Make Us Safe?

Event info: Friday 25 September 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Twenty years ago, a miracle happened when the Cold War ended peacefully.  We were handed the chance to walk away from the nuclear nightmare and redirect billions of Cold War dollars to neglected needs at home. Now we are spending more money on the military than we ever did during that War. But we also have the [...]

Tagged as: economics, militarism, military spending, peace, social movements

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Saving the Appalachian Mountains

Event info: Sunday 4 October 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

If your house is on the electric grid, chances are at least some of your power comes from coal companies that use mountaintop removal in their mining practices. Mountaintop removal is destroying the landscape and threatening communities in Appalachia. Activist and author Mike Roselle, co-founder of Earth First, Rainforest Action Network and Ruckus Society has [...]

Tagged as: climate, coal, direct action, environment, mountain top removal, peace, social movements

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“Ask Not” Documentary Screening

Event info: Sunday 3 May 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

ASK NOT is a rare and compelling exploration of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The film exposes the tangled political battles that led to the discriminatory law, and profiles charismatic activists determined to abolish it. As the war rages on, ASK NOT reveals personal stories of gay Americans who serve in combat [...]

Tagged as: LGBT, militarism, peace, social movements

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“The Dhamma Brothers” Film and Discussion

Event info: Thursday 11 December 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

THE DHAMMA BROTHERS tells a dramatic tale of human potential and transformation as it closely follows and documents the stories of the prison inmates at Donaldson Correction Facility who enter into this arduous and intensive program. This film, with the power to dismantle stereotypes about men behind prison bars also gives you hope for the [...]

Tagged as: meditation, peace, prisons, race in America, reparations

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“Lioness” Film and Discussion

Event info: Friday 10 October 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

They went to Iraq as cooks, clerks, and mechanics and returned a year later as part of America’s first generation of female combat veterans. Despite an official government policy that states that women are not supposed to partake in direct ground combat, the five women featured here most certainly did. LIONESS, tells the story of [...]

Tagged as: gender, Middle East, military, peace, trauma, war

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“New Year Baby” Documentary Screening and Discussion

Event info: Friday 30 May 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

  Born in a Thai refugee camp on Cambodian New Year, filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing that her family had survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In NEW YEAR BABY, she embarks on a journey to Cambodia in search of the truth and why her family’s history had been buried [...]

Tagged as: militarism, peace, reparations, social movements, South East Asia, war

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“Iron Ladies of Liberia”

Event info: Friday 22 February 2008 – 6:00pm to 6:01pm

Due to inclement weather, this event is being postponed. Please check this website for further updates, or join our email list for the most current information. Catch it on WGBH stations: Wednesday, March 19, 8 – 9pm, WGBH WORLD Sunday, March 23, 9 – 10pm, WGBX, Chanel 44 She’s already overcome tremendous obstacles to become [...]

Tagged as: Africa, gender, militarism, peace, politics, social movements

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