From:
Charley Underwood
Date:
Nov 21 08:51 UTC
Short link
NOTE: This is a very shortened version of the peace calendar, edited to
include only events within the city limits. To receive a blind-copy email of
the complete calendar or to submit events, please write to peacecalendar (at)
visi (dot) com with "peace calendar" in the subject line. The calendar is also
archived at http://lists.justcomm.org/pipermail/mn-prog-events/
11/22 to 11/23, 5 pm, former priest James Carroll's documentary "Constantine's
Sword," tracing the Catholic Church's transformation of cross into sword during
emperor Constantine, the Crusades, through anti-Semitism under Pius Xii during
the Holocaust, Oak St Cinema, 309 Oak St SE, Mpls. http://www.mnfilmarts.org
Saturday, 11/22, 2 pm, Economic Crisis Action Group sponsors people's economist
Karen Redleaf giving a "Crash Course on the Crash," wherein she explains
deregulation and complex financial dealings have led to the downfall of
financial institutions and massive foreclosures, Walker Community Church, 3104
- 16th Ave S, Mpls. <email obscured> or 651-644-1173. (Refreshments
served and childcare provided.)
Sunday, 11/23, 12:30 to 2 pm, the Twin Cities Peace with Justice Forum series
presents a program on youth speaking for peace, Central Lutheran Church, 3rd
Ave and 12th St (next to Mpls Convention Center), Mpls. Info from
<email obscured> or 612-825-1481. (Lunch available for $7. Validated
parking available in the Central lot/ramp on the south side of the church.)
Thursday, 12/4, 6 pm, film "Meeting Resistance," about reactions and actions
Iraqis have taken to occupation, Mayday Bookstore, 301 Cedar Ave, Mpls.
http://twincities.indymedia.org/event/
Thursday, 12/4, 7 pm, panel discussion "U.S. Cuban Relations: Will Obama Make a
Difference?" with U of Havana prof Soraya Castro, St John/St Benedict prof Gary
Prevost and moderated by U of M prof August Nimtz, Benjamin Lippincott Room,
Social Science Tower room 1314, 267 - 19th Ave S, Mpls.
Saturday, 12/6, 10 am, DC-based Voices on the Border director Roddy Hughes
discusses "The 2009 Legislative and Presidential Elections in El Salvador and
the Role of International Observers," Resource Center of the Americas, 3019
Minnehaha Ave, Suite 20, Mpls. http://www.americas.org
Saturday, 12/6, 10 to 11:30 am, meeting Homeless Veterans for Peace,
Peacehouse, 510 E Franklin, Mpls. Bob Heberle 612-789-9020.
Monday, 12/8, 5:30 pm, potluck with Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom co-presidents Nancy Munger and Laura Roskos, to talk about future work
for peace and justice. FFI (including directions) contact <email obscured> or
651-645-6992.
Wednesday, 12/10, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, special emphasis to commemorate Human Rights
Day, Marshall/Lake bridge over the Mississippi, Mpls/St Paul.
Wednesday, 12/10, 5 to 7 pm, Macalester College sociology prof Khaldoun Samman
speaks on "The Colonizer's Time Machine and the Remaking of the Middles East,"
examining the influences of Turkish Kemalism, Israeli Zionism, Arab nationalism
and Islamism, Social Science Building room 710, 267 - 19th Ave S, Mpls.
<email obscured> or http://igs.cla.umn.edu
Wednesday, 12/10, 7 pm, Polly Mann's script adapted from Virginia Woolf's book
"Three Guineas," performed by Erica Bouza, with Ed Felien as director and
featuring Eskit, St Joan of Arc Church, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls. Sliding scale
$10 to $25. http://www.worldwidewamm.org
Thursday, 12/11, noon to 1:30, Macalester College sociology prof Khaldoun
Samman speaks on "Why Jewish and Arabic History Books are Stacked in Two
Different Sections of the Library Stacks," Nicholson Hall, room 135, 216
Pillsbury Dr SE, Mpls. <email obscured> or http://igs.cla.umn.edu
12/12, 12/13 and 12/14, 8 pm, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus presents "Peace,"
Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2128 S 4th St, West Bank, Mpls. http://www.tcfmc.org
or 612-339-7664.
Saturday, 12/13, 2 pm, Anti-War Committee sponsors Human Rights Day protest,
meeting at Walker Church, a quick outdoor rally, a march through the Powderhorn
neighborhood and end with an indoor rally, Walker Church, 3104 - 16th Ave S,
Mpls. http://www.antiwarcommittee.org
Sunday, 12/14, 6 to 8:30 pm, monthly meeting of Veterans for Peace chapter 27,
St Stephens school basement, 2123 Clinton Ave S, Mpls. John Varone
952-448-2665.
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VIGILS
Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm (all year), east end of Franklin bridge over the
Mississippi River, Mpls. <email obscured>
Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm (back to summer hours), Penn Ave just north of 394,
Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Mpls. <email obscured>
Every Wednesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm (back to winter hours), Vigil to end the
occupation of Iraq, Lake/Marshall bridge over the Mississippi.
www.worldwidewamm.org
Every Friday, noon to 1 pm, Anti-Recruitment vigil “Our Children Are Not Cannon
Fodder,” off Oak St and Washington Ave, East Bank of U, Minneapolis,
612-379-4716.
Every Friday, 5 to 6 pm, peace vigil at Lagoon and Hennepin, Uptown Mpls. FFI:
WAMM.
(More vigils are listed at
http://www.worldwidewamm.org/takeaction/vigil/statevigils.html )