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Pricing Carbon to Fight Climate Change
4 Nov 2015

Pricing Carbon to Fight Climate Change

by sarahb | | 0

The JP Forum is hosting a panel co-sponsored by 350 Massachusetts/Better Future Project and the Coalition for a Clean Energy Future on carbon pricing on Wednesday November 4th at 7:00 pm at the First Church Jamaica Plain, 6 Elliot St., Jamaica Plain

climate change, economics, environment, politics
Economic Crap Shoot? The Real Cost of the Boston 2024 Olympic Bid
23 Jun 2015

Economic Crap Shoot? The Real Cost of the Boston 2024 Olympic Bid

by sarahb | posted in: Blog | 0

Andrew Zimbalist provided hard facts and numbers regarding Boston hosting the Olympics in 2024 and urged us all to continue to organize against the Boston 2024 bid that will not serve our city, economically or otherwise.

activism, capitalism, economics, gentrification, inequality, olympics, politics, urban sustainability
EVENT POSTPONED-Listen, Yankee!: Why Cuba Matters with Tom Hayden
27 May 2015

EVENT POSTPONED-Listen, Yankee!: Why Cuba Matters with Tom Hayden

by sarahb | | 0

Book Talk with Tom Hayden–based on unprecedented access to both Cuban and American officials, a book that offers fresh insight into one of history’s most enigmatic relationships between nation-states—from one of America’s best-known voices of political and social activism.

activism, Cuba, Cuban Five, politics, social movements
Teach In: West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline
11 May 2015

Teach In: West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline

by sarahb | | 0

What is the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline? Where will it go? Will it lower our energy costs? What are the risks? Why are Mayor Walsh and all our elected officials concerned about it? How can a federal agency overrule our community concerns?

activism, climate change, community, economy, local economies, pipeline, politics
It Runs in the Family: On Being Raised By Radicals and Growing into Rebellious Motherhood with Frida Berrigan
23 Apr 2015

It Runs in the Family: On Being Raised By Radicals and Growing into Rebellious Motherhood with Frida Berrigan

by sarahb | | 0

First Church JP RSVP on Facebook Join the Jamaica Plain Forum in welcoming Frida Berrigan as she discusses her latest book, It Runs in the Family. Parenting is hard. So is being a peacemaker in a violent world. It Runs in … Continued

activism, family, motherhood, politics, social movements

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