NY Activist Calendar
April 9–16, 2005

The NY Activist Calendar (formerly the CREED NY Calendar) is a

weekly listing of events of interest to NYC-area activists. It is

compiled by volunteer labor and published by the Nicaragua

Solidarity Network of Greater NY.CONTENTS

Events: {1} Regular; {2} Ongoing. Selected Resources: {3} Tours

and Delegations; {4} Classes; {5} Calendars & Event Listings; {6}

Books & Videos; {7} Radio & TV; {8} Other Resources.



{1} APRIL

Through 4/14 THU, 6:45 pm - Medgar Evers College Film & Culture

Series: live performances & film screenings followed by dynamic

discussions w/community leaders, industry professionals &

scholars. 4/6 WED: "Shoot First...Ask Questions Later," 4/14 THU

"Catch a Fire." At Medgar Evers College Founders Auditorium, 1650

Bedford Ave, Bkn (2/3/4/5 to Franklin Ave). Free. Info:

718-270-6096, miles@mec.cuny.edu &

http://www.mec.cuny.edu/directions/mec_travdrct.htm



Through 4/14 THU - Photo exhibition/Exhibicion fotografica:

"Unarmed Resistance/Resistencia Desarmada," 3 peaceful Colombian

communities challenging the cycles of violence created by war/3

comunidades colombianas pacificas desafiando los ciclos de la

violencia creados por la guerra. At CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th

Ave (at 34th St). Sponsors: Fellowship of Reconciliation, CUNY

Assn of Latino & Latin American Students, Disarm Education Fund.

Info: 212-817-7866.



Through 4/26 TUE - NY premiere of "Mas Alla del Mar" ("Beyond the

Sea"), documentary on the 1980 Mariel boatlift. 3/28 MON-3/29

TUE, 5:15 & 9 pm: 2 Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 E 3rd St (btw Ave

A & B), 212-591-0434; 4/4 MON, 7:30 pm: Cinema Village, 22 E 12th

St, 212-924-3363; 4/8 FRI, 7:30 pm: American Museum of the Moving

Image, 35th Ave & 36th St, Astoria, Qns, 718-784-0077; 4/11 MON,

7:30 pm: Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave, Huntington, NY, 631-

423-3456; 4/20 WED, 4:30, 6:50, 9:15 pm: BAMCinematek, BAM Rose

Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave, Ft Green, Bkn (btw Ashland Place & St.

Felix St), 718-777-FILM; 4/26 TUE, 5:15, 7:15 pm: Jacob Burns

Film Center, 364 Manville Road, Pleasantville, NY, 914-747-5555.



Through 5/21 SAT, WED-SAT, noon-6 pm - Exhibition: "Jump Cuts:

Venezuelan Contemporary Art, Coleccion Mercantil," works from 28

Venezuelan artists from Banco Mercantil's extensive art

collection in Caracas. At Americas Society, 680 Park Ave (at 68th

St). Sponsor: Americas Society. Info: 212-249-8950,

http://www.americas-society.org



Through 6/5 MON - Film trilogy & multimedia installation:

"Disappeared in America." Humanizes the faces of some 3,000

"disappeared" US Muslims detained in post-9/11 security dragnet

(including NYC activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti). At Qns Museum,

Flushing Meadows, Corona, Qns (next to the Unisphere, 7 to Shea

Stadium/Willets Point). Info: 718-592-9700,

http://www.queensmuseum.org



4/11 MON, 4/18 MON, & 4/25 MON, 6:30-9 pm - 3-pt film on the

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, "Route 181: Fragments of a

Journey." 4/11: "The South"; 4/18: "The Center"; 4/25: "The

North." Arabs & Jews living along the 1947 partition line talk

about their memories, fears, anger, disappointment & hopes for

reconciliation w/Israeli filmmaker Eyal Sivan & Palestinian

filmmaker Michel Khleifi. Refreshments & time for discussion

following film. At Bkn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect

Pk W, Bkn (at 1st St). $8/ea night or $20 for all 3. Sponsors:

Int'l Human Rights Education Group, w/All Souls Bethlehem Church;

Bkn Dialogue Group; Bkn Parents for Peace; Bkn Soc for Ethical

Culture/Ethical Action Cmt; Jews Against the Occupation; & the

Social Action Cmte of the Pk Slope Methodist Church. Info: Laura,

718-230-1516; Cheryl, 718-636-3099; ihredu@yahoo.com



**4/11 MON, 5:30-7 pm - Lecture: "The Daily Planet: A

Journalist's Search for Sustainability, from the Amazon to the

Arctic," w/Andrew Revkin. At Purchase College, Social Sciences

Room 1008, Purchase, NY. Free but $5 parking. Sponsor:

Environmental Studies Program at Purchase. Info: Tracy Basile,

914-762-8898, t2basile@bestweb.net



**4/11 MON, 6:30 pm - Presentation w/q&a: on military recruiting

& service, the draft, conscientious objection & resistance,

w/Jeff Paterson, fmr Marine corporal, 1st publicly known Gulf War

resister, nat'l staff member of Not in Our Name (Oakland, CA)

working to build support for military objectors to current

war/occupation of Iraq. At Community Church, 28 E 35th St (btw

Park & Madison Ave). Sponsor: NYC Not in Our Name. Info:

nyc@notinourname.net



**4/11 MON, 7 pm - Screening: Barrio Cine: "We're Still Here,"

Greg Berger. Human mismanagement that has made Mexico City a

magnet for "natural" disasters, + "Superadobe," Martin Perna. At

Art for Change, 1701 Lexington Ave (btw 106th & 107th St, 6 to

103rd St). Info: 212-348-7044, eliana@artforchange.org &

http://www.artforchange.org



4/11 MON, 8-9:45 pm - Talk: "Occupation & Peace in Israel-

Palestine," w/Amira Hass (Haaretz correspondent, only Jewish

Israeli reporter on Palestinian affairs to live among the people

she reports about; author, Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days &

Nights in a Land under Siege & Reporting from Ramallah: An

Israeli Journalist in an Occupied Land). At Julius Held

Auditorium, 304 Barnard Hall, Barnard College, 116 St & B'way

(1/9 to 116th St). Free. Sponsor: English Dept, Anthropology

Dept, Asian & Middle Eastern Cultures Dept, Center for Research

on Women & the Middle East Institute at Columbia. Info:

http://www.barnard.edu/english/ & http://www.barnard.edu/cgi-

bin/calendar/calendar.cgi?

day=11&year=2005&month=4&category=0&id=223&action=view_event

(click on "view as guest")



4/12 TUE - Protest: ceremony honoring rightwing Supreme Court

justice Scalia at NYU. Info: OUTLaw (law school LGBT group),

eb747@nyu.edu



**4/12 TUE, various times - National Day of Action against

JPMorganChase. Make a scene & help stop war profiteer/oil

financier JPMorgan Chase from making more investments of mass

destruction. All Day: Adopt a Chase branch in NY & expose their

destructive policies to customers & bank employees alike--

http://www.dirtymoney.org to sign up & get materials. 12:30: Put

on your trusty lab coat & meet at Headquarters (270 Park Ave btw

46th & 47th St). Teams of "Investments Inspectors" stage an

Investment Inspection, featuring giant money bags & oversized

representations of JPMorgan Chase's irresponsible investments.

Sponsors: Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Code Pink NY,

Billionaires for Bush, Rev Billy, the Climate Campaign, Student

Environmental Action Coalition Info: Althea Erickson,

860-680-4987, newyork@ran.org



**4/12 TUE, 9:30 am-noon & 1:30-4 pm - 2-session lecture on

nuclear disarmament & non-proliferation. Pt 1, "60 Yrs of the

Nuclear Age," w/Maivan Clech Lam, Peter Weiss, Jacqueline

Cabasso, Frida Berrigan & Richard Falk. Pt 2, "Nuclear Abolition-

-Prospects & Initiatives," w/Maivan Clech Lam, Kathleen Sullivan,

Randy Rydell, Karl Grossman & George Andreopoulos. At Graduate

Center, CUNY, rm 9204-06, 365 5th Ave at 34th St. Sponsors:

GRACE, Educators for Social Responsibility-Metro Area (ESR-

Metro). Info & RSVP: Dulce Fernandes, 212-726-9161,

dfernandes@gracelinks.org & http://www.abolitionnow.org/may1-

ny.html



4/12 TUE, 3-5 pm - Discussion: "Immigrant Rights Are Human

Rights: Faith Communities Respond to the Immigration Debate,"

w/immigrant rights advocates & immigration lawyers from American

Friends Service Cmt & Justice for Our Neighbors on how

communities & individuals can get involved. At Interchurch

Center, 475 Riverside Drive (entrance on Claremont Ave, 1/9 to

116th St, west on 120th St). Info: Susan Wersan, 212-870-3807,

swersan@gbgm-umc.org



**4/12 TUE, 6:30 pm - Meeting: Mobilize for 5/1 anti-nuke demo.

At Winston Unity Hall, 235 W 23rd St (btw 7th & 8th Aves, 1/9,

C/D/E/F trains to 23rd St). Sponsor: United for Peace & Justice

NYC. Info: 212-868-5545, http://www.unitedforpeace.org Volunteer

list: nycvolunteers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com



4/12 TUE, 7 pm - Screening: "Peace, Propaganda & the Promised

Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict." Interviews

w/Middle East analysts, journalists & political activists on the

ongoing manipulation of US public opinion by the mainstream

media. At Nyack Public Library, 59 S B'way, Nyack, NY. Free.

Sponsor: Rockland Tikkun Community. Info: WESPAC, 914-682-4690.



**4/12 TUE, 7-9 pm - Focus Group: 35-40 executives from NYC non-

profit organizations gather to discuss their needs & ways that

Craigs List Foundation (CLF) can assist them. Loc TBA. Sponsor:

CLF. Info: Courtney@Pulitzer.com



4/12 TUE, 7:30 pm - Talk: Gush Shalom (Peace Bloc, Israel)

organizer Teddy Katz. At Bkn Society for Ethical Culture, 53

Prospect Park West, Bkn (at 2nd St). Free. Sponsors: BSEC Ethical

Action Cmt, Bkn Parents for Peace, Bkn Peace Action, Bkn Tikkun,

Jews Against the Occupation, Gush Shalom. Info: 718-624-5921,

bpfp@brooklynpeace.org & http://www.brooklynpeace.org/



4/13 WED - Int'l Day of Action Against Caterpillar. Demo in

Chicago, local protest actions worldwide. Info: info@stopcat.org

& http://www.stopcat.org/



**4/13 WED, noon-1 pm - Speakout against DR-CAFTA (Dominican

Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement, now before US

Congress). Demand that Sen Schumer reject CAFTA. At Foley Sq, out

US Int'l Trade Court House (btw Pearl @ Worth on Centre St, 4/5/6

to Bkn Bridge/City Hall, 2/3 to Chambers St). Sponsors: NYC

People's Referendum on Free Trade, NY CISPES, NY FMLN, others.

Info: newyorkcispes@mindspring.com & http://stopcafta.org Call

Congress to say no to CAFTA: 1-888-355-3588.



4/13 WED, 12:30 pm - Lunchtime Tour: "Bkn Works: 400 Years of

Making a Living in Bkn." Meet at Bkn Historical Society, 128

Pierrepont St, Bkn Hts (corner of Clinton & Pierrepont, R, 4/5,

2/3 to Court St/Boro Hall). Free, but limit 10 people. Info:

718-222-4111, http://www.brooklynhistory.org



4/13 WED, 6-9 pm - Session on an open topic: bring your current

concerns, thoughts, feelings, experiences, questions, successes

regarding ending racism. If possible, please bring food to share.

At private home, Peekskill, NY. Sponsor: Free at Last. Info:

Mahesh Thomas, 914-737-3415; Robin Alpern, 914-736-5447,

robinalpern@verizon.net



4/13 WED, 7 pm - "Is There a New Blacklist?" Discussion on

dissent in the US, examining the threat to intellectual freedom

on university campuses & the role of national media. W/renowned

activist Tariq Ali (author, Street-Fighting Years & Speaking of

Empire & Resistance), Joseph Massad (Middle East & Asian

Languages & Cultures, Columbia U), Sara Roy (Ctr for Middle

Eastern Studies, Harvard U), Monique Dols (Columbia U Campus

Antiwar Network), moderated by Amy Goodman (host, "Democracy

Now!" & author "The Exception to the Rulers"); book-signing to

follow. At the Great Hall, Cooper Union, 7 E 7th St. Free.

Sponsors: Verso Books & The New Press. Info: 212-807-9680.



**4/13 WED, 7:30 pm - Forum: "Empire & Resistance," w/David

Harvey (The New Imperialism) & Rahul Mahajan (Full Spectrum

Dominance: US Power in Iraq & Beyond). At Brecht Forum, 451 West

St (btw Bank & Bethune St). $6/$10/$15 suggested. Info:

212-242-4201, http://www.brechtforum.org



**4/14 THU & 4/19 TUE, 6 pm - Screening: "Whose Children Are

These?" in-depth view into lives of 3 Muslim teenagers affected

by the US Special Registration program: Navila, honors student

who fought to have her father released from prison detention;

Mohammad, popular high school athlete who confronts pending

deportation; Hager, who finds a life's calling to combat bias

crimes in NYC as a youth activist. 4/14: w/film "Liberty &

Justice for All" at NY Immigration Coalition, 275 7th Ave (btw

25th & 26th Sts, 1/9 to 28th St. 4/19: film & discussion at

Kimmel Center, NYU, Shorin Auditorium, rm 802, 60 Washington Sq

South (A/C/E to West 4th, 1/9 to Christopher St, N/R to 8th St).

Free. Sponsor: Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ). Info:

212-647-8966, jfrej@igc.org & http://www.jfrej.org More info:

http://www.nycmaharanifilms.com



**4/14 THU (RESCH to 4/13) - Local street actions against DR-

CAFTA (Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement,

now before US Congress).



**4/14 THU, 9 am - Action on NY's death penalty: give NY Assembly

speaker Sheldon Silver petitions against new death penalty law

yhe NY Senate passed last month. At 250 B'way (across from City

Hall Park), meet on sidewalk in front of bldg. Sponsor: Campaign

to End the Death Penalty. Info:



4/14 THU, 6:30-8:30 pm - Party: Working Families Party Spring

Thing. At 1199/SEIU Cherkasky-Davis Conf Center, 330 W 42nd St.

Info: Adina Berrios, 718-222-3796 x214,

adina@workingfamiliesparty.org



4/15 FRI-4/17 SUN - "A Better World Is Not Just Possible, It Is

Under Construction": Mass Mobilization during spring meetings of

World Bank & Int'l Monetary Fund. Oppose Wolfowitz as new WB

head. In DC. 4/15, noon: demo at the Treasury, Pennsylvania Ave &

15th St, NW as the G-7 finance ministers meet; 4/16, noon:

converge at World Bank & IMF, 18th & H Sts, NW, march to Dupont

Circle; 4/17: join w/DC community organizers in a day of

community service. Sponsor: Mobilization for Global Justice.

Info: mgj@riseup.net, www.globalizethis.org



4/15 FRI-4/17 SUN - Conference: 2005 Left Forum (successor to

Socialist Scholars Conference), "The US, the World & the Next 4

Years." W/Tariq Ali, Barbara Ehrenreich, Joe Trippi, Bill

Fletcher, Jr, Ralph Nader, Tod Ensign, Gilbert Achcar, Stanley

Aronowitz, Lynne Stewart, Manning Marable, Doug Henwood, Frances

Fox Piven, many others. At CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave.

Info: 212-817-2003, info@2005leftforum.org &

http://www.2005leftforum.org



4/15 FRI, 1-7 pm, & 4/16 SAT, 9:30 am-4:15 pm - Conf:

"Sovereignty Matters: An Interdisciplinary Conference on

Sovereignty in Native American, Pacific Islander & Puerto Rican

Communities." Aims to spur debate regarding discourses of

sovereignty & US nation-building implications. At Columbia U,

116th St & B'way (1/9 to W 116th St). Sponsor: Columbia U Center

for Study of Ethnicity & Race. Info: Frances Negron-Muntaner,

fn2103@columbia.edu & http://www.Hawaii-Nation.org



**4/15 FRI, noon - Rally & press conf: "No Taxation Without

Representation! Voting Rights for Non-Citizens." Tax Day rally to

support legislation that would allow documented, non-citizen NYC

residents to vote in municipal elections, & celebration of

upcoming introduction of legislation. At General Post Office, 441

8th Ave (btw 31st & 33rd Sts). Sponsor: NY Coalition to Expand

Immigration. Info: Cheryl, cherylatnice@yahoo.com,

http://www.immigrantvoting.org



**4/15 FRI, 3 pm - Rally: protest homophobic violence in Jamaica

& call on Jamaican government to abolish the Jamaican sodomy

statute. Part of annual Get on the Bus Day of Action. At Jamaican

Consulate, 47th St & 3rd Ave. Sponsor: Amnesty Int'l Local Group

133 from Somerville, MA. Info: a_lipman@hotmail.com Register:

http://www.GOTB.org



4/15 FRI, 5 pm-midnight - Tax day action: share coffee w/last-

minute tax filers & discuss how more than $1 trillion (48%) of

our federal income taxes pay for past, present & future wars. At

the Post Office, White Plains, NY. Sponsor: WESPAC. Info:

http://www.laohamutuk.org/nowar/



4/15 FRI, 8 pm - Music: 3rd FRI w/the Park Slope Food Coop: Jenny

Hill & Liquid Horn, mixture of jazz, Brazilian & Latin grooves, +

Robert Dick on flutes, w/percussion on a variety of world music

instruments. At The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor, 53 Prospect

Park West, Bkn, NY. $10/$6 children. Info: 718-768-2972,

718-965-8490, 917-514-5364, info@jamesreams.com,

http://www.bsec.org/events/coffeehouse/index.html



**4/16 SAT-4/17 SUN - 1st-ever Afghan Film Festival, tour of

contemporary Afghan art, handicrafts & films. At Alwan for the

Arts, 16 Beaver St, 4th fl (btw B'way & Broad St, 4/5 to Bowling

Green, R/W to Whitehall, 2/3 to Wall St, J/M to Broad St, 1/9 to

South Ferry). Sponsor: Afghan Communicator. Info/RSVP: 718-445-

6438, basima@afghancommunicator.com or

http://www.aff.afghancommunicator.com



4/16 SAT, 11 am-5 pm - Conference: "No Draft No Way: Youth &

Resistance," w/veterans, draft counselors, counter-recruiting

organizers, youth activists & community organizers.

Workshops/tactical discussions: Counter-Recruiting Strategies;

The Economic Draft; Organizing to Resist the Draft; Declaring

"Military-Free" Schools; Your Rights on Campus. At PS 41, 116th W

11th St. Info: 212-633-6646, http://www.NoDraftNoWay.org



**4/16 SAT, 1 pm - Discussion: "East Timor--the State of the

Nation," w/East Timor Action Network (ETAN) & Virgilio "Gil" da

Silva Guterres (leading E Timor journalist). Current issues

affecting the world's newest independent nation, formally called

the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. At 339 Lafayette St (1bk

E of Bway, 1 bk N of Houston, 6 to Bleecker St, B/D/F to B'way-

Lafayette). Sponsor: ETAN. Info: 718-596-7668, john@etan.org



4/16 SAT, 6 pm - Forum: "!Fuera la Marina de Vieques! Puerto

Rico: The Struggle Continues! Vieques, the Independence Movement

& the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners." W/Ismael Guadalupe Ortiz

(Cmt for the Rescue & Development of Vieques), Jorge Farinacci

(Socialist Front of Puerto Rico), Benjamin Ramos Rosado

(ProLibertad Freedom Campaign), w/moderator Frank Velgara

(ProLibertad, Socialist Front of Puerto Rico-NY). Sp/Eng

w/translation. At St Mary's Episcopal Church, 521 W 126th St (btw

B'way & Amsterdam, 1/9 to W 125th St). Conveners: Socialist Front

of Puerto Rico-NY, ProLibertad Freedom Campaign, Latin@s for

Mumia, Fuerzas de la Revolucion Dominicana, San Romero de las

Americas, Casa de las Americas, Vieques Support Campaign, 2005

For The Cuban 5, Jericho Movement & more. Info: 718-601-4751.



4/16 SAT, 6 pm - Secession Town Hall & Cabaret, w/Hakim Bey, The

Autonomous Zone, Jason Flores-Williams, Vermont-style town hall

on secession, Sara Valentine aka Little miss Bigmouth, DJ Erek

Tynker of Dysco Noir (new music industrial). At Union Pool, 484

Union Ave, Williamsburg, Bkn. $5. Info:

jasonflores_williams@hotmail.com



4/16 SAT, 6:30 pm - Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)

NY 7th annual fundraising dinner & awards ceremony: "Strength

from Within: Community & Responsibility." W/David Cole (author,

Enemy Aliens: Double Standards & Constitutional Freedoms in the

War on Terrorism) & Capt Youssef (James) Yee (Chinese-American

Muslim ex-Army chaplain). At LaGuardia Marriott, 102-05 Ditmars

Blvd, E Elmhurst, Qns. $45 before 4/1; $65 at door. Info:

212-870-2002, CAIRNYbanquet@aol.com



4/16 SAT, 7 pm - Lecture: "Religious Beliefs at the Service of

the US Empire." W/Ross Pourzal, researcher, writer, DC activist,

on Bush's "faith-based initiative to privatize foreign policy,"

analyzing administration's methods of fomenting schism btw

Shiites, Sunnis, Jews, Buddhists & Christians. At Wespac, 255 Dr

Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, White Plains, NY (914-689-4690). $5

suggested. Sponsor: American-Iranian Friendship Cmt. Info: 914-

273-8852, Ardeshiromm@optonline.net & Vrubeo@aol.com



4/16 SAT, 8 pm - Peoples' Voice Cafe: Sharon Abreu, Toby

Fagenson. At The Workmen's Circle, 45 E 33rd St (btw Madison &

Park); wheelchair-accessible. $12 suggested/$9 members. Info:

212-787-3903.



4/17 SUN, 11 am-12:15 pm - Platform: "Oral History: Strengthening

Family Ties," w/BSEC board member Joan Donnen Klips. At Bkn

Society for Ethical Culture, Meeting House main hall, 53 Prospect

Pk West (btw 1st & 2nd Sts), Park Slope, Bkn. Free. Followed by

"Performing Our Family Stories" (Art Play Session 2), 1-3 pm;

$10. Info: 718-768-2972, bsecOffice@aol.com &

http://www.bsec.org/events/platform/index.html



4/17 SUN, 1 pm - Radical Walking Tour, Lower East Side II--More

Radical Jews! Meet in front of Educational Alliance, 197 E B'way

(F to East B'way). $10. 718-492-0069,

http://www.radicalwalkingtours.org



**4/17 SUN, 7 pm - Talk: "The Future of the Movements Against

Global Capaital," w/Peter Hudis on his discussions at the World

Social Forum & new theoretic work concerning alternatives to

capitalism. At 39 W 14th Street, rm 205 (Identity House, buzzer

205). Free. Sponsor: NY News & Letters Cmt. Info: 212-663-3631,

arise@newsandletter.org & http:/www.newsandletters.org



**4/18 MON, 5 pm - Racial Justice Day 2005: Remember those who

have been killed & brutalized by the NYPD's

racist/sexist/transphobic/homophobic/anti-youth anti-immigrant

policing practices. At City Hall. Sponsors: NYC Coalition Against

Police Brutality (Audre Lorde Project, CAAAV: Organizing Asian

Communities, Justice Cmt, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement),

Domestic Workers United, FIERCE!, Nodutdol for Korean Community

Development, NYS Black Gay Network, Sista 2 Sista. Info:

212-353-7825, rjd05@hotmail.com



**4/18 MON, 6 pm - Talk: on the policy of closure & restrictions

of movements in the West Bank & Gaza, w/Amira Hass (Haaretz

correspondent, only Jewish Israeli reporter on Palestinian

affairs to live among the people she reports about; author,

Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days & Nights in a Land under Siege &

Reporting from Ramallah: An Israeli Journalist in an Occupied

Land). At NYU, Vanderbilt Hall, room 204, 40 Washington Sq West.

Info: dayvid@nyu.edu



4/19 TUE - National Civic Dialogue. Groups meet nationwide for

discussion about Social Security, values, & how to talk about the

issue using values-based messaging. Info on organizing a

dialogue: Civic Dialogue Project,

http://www.wellstone.org/network/issue_page.aspx?catID=1770



4/19 TUE, 3:30-5:30 pm- Mass rally & picket to support CUNY

faculty & staff. Professional Staff Congress (PSC; CUNY nnion) is

engaged in contract negotiations w/the university. At 5th Ave btw

43rd & 44th St, outside office of Benno Schmidt (CUNY Trustees

Board Chair). Info: Davis821@aol.com & PSC, 212-354-1252,

office@psc-cuny.org & http://www.psc-cuny.org/address.htm



4/19 TUE, 7 pm - Screening: "Poison Dust: A New Look at US

Radioactive Weapons." +Discussion w/Sue Harris (Peoples' Video

Network), Ray Ramos (Iraq War veteran), Qns antiwar & community

activists. At All Saints' Church, 43-12 46th St, Sunnyside, Qns

(at 43rd Ave, 7 to 46th St). Sponsors: Sunnyside Woodside Peace,

Int'l Action Center Depleted Uranium Education Project, West Qns

Greens, NY Area Million Worker March. Info: 718-512-5442.



**4/19 TUE, 7:30 pm - Book party/forum: "Separating Church &

State: The Struggle Against US Fundamentalism," w/Lenni Brenner

(editor, Jefferson & Madison on the Separation of Church &

State), Susan Jacoby (Freethinkers: A History of American

Secularism) & Esther Kaplan (W/God on Their Side). At Brecht

Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune St). $6/$10/$15 suggested.

Info: 212-242-4201, http://www.brechtforum.org



4/20 WED, 11 am-3 pm - Westchester Community College's 2005,

Earth Day Festival: Crafts Fair, Earth Day Deli, Earth Day Market

Music, Environmental Action Center Dance, guest speakers. At WCC

Student Center, Grasslands Road, Valhalla, NY. Info:

914-785-6731.



4/20 WED, 12:30 pm - Lunchtime Tour: "Bkn Works: 400 Years of

Making a Living in Bkn." Meet at Bkn Historical Society, 128

Pierrepont St, Bkn Hts (corner of Clinton & Pierrepont, R, 4/5,

2/3 to Court St/Boro Hall). Free, but limit 10 people. Info:

718-222-4111, http://www.brooklynhistory.org



4/20 WED, 6-10 pm - Benefit: Celebrate & support the Mass Defense

Cmt of the National Lawyers Guild. Live bluegrass w/The Cobble

Hillbillies at 8 pm; DJ & dancing 6-8 pm. At Galapagos, 70 N 6th

St, Williamsburg, Bkn. $10-$20 sliding scale. Info: Jeff Senter,

NLG, 212-679-6018 x 20.



**4/20 WED, 7:30 pm - Forum: "Sistas in the Center: Female Hip-

Hop Activists Fight Sexism, Misogyny & the Music Industry,"

w/panelists TBA. At Brecht Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune

St). $6/$10/$15 suggested. Info: 212-242-4201,

http://www.brechtforum.org



**4/20 WED, 7:30 pm - Report-back: "Stopping the War on Women of

Color & Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom," 1st-hand

accounts of national confs. At Freedom Hall, 113 W 128th St (btw

Malcolm X & 7th Ave). Free; dinner at 7 pm for $6 donation.

Sponsor: Radical Women. Info: 212-222-0633, fsprw@nyct.net,

http://radicalwomen.org



4/21 THU - Nationwide media activities around "Raising Immigrant

Voices for Dignity & Justice" campaign; announcement of results

of various local consultations (dialogues & a poll to explore

what members of diverse immigrant communities think about issues

as legalization, guest-worker programs, immigration law

enforcement, militarization of the border, civil liberties).

Sponsors: American Friends Service Cmt-Project Voice, CARECEN-LA,

National Day Laborer Organizing Network, National Network for

Immigrant & Refugee Rights, many others. Info: Regina Garza

(NDLON), rgarza@casamd.org & Catherine Tactaquin (NNIRR),

ctactaquin@nnirr.org



4/21 THU, 4:15-6:15 pm - NY Immigration Seminar Series: "The

Future of Race in the US," w/Herbert Gans (Columbia U), Stephen

Steinberg (Qns College), Edward Telles (UCLA). At CUNY Grad Ctr,

365 5th Ave, rm 9207 (btw 34th & 35th St). Free. Info:

DJackson@gc.cuny.edu



4/21 THU, 7-9 pm - Film festival: "Carla's Song," love saga of a

Nicaraguan woman refugee & a Glaswegian bus driver. At Columbia

School of Social Work (CUSSW), rm C03, corner Morningside Dr, W

122nd St & Amsterdam Ave (1/9 to 116th St, walk through main

campus & turn north on Amsterdam Ave; A/B/C/D to 125th St).

Sponsors: CUSSW Latin@s Caucus, NYC's People Referendum on Free

Trade. Info: milly0724@yahoo.com,

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/newhome/index.html



**4/21 THU, 7 pm - Film: "Con los Pobres de la Tierra," on

Venezuela, + 10-min clip from 14th World Festival for Youth &

Students in Cuba. In Sp w/Eng subtitles. At El Maestro, 700 Elton

Ave, 2nd fl, Bx (btw 154th & 155th St, 2/5 to 149th St & 3rd Ave.

Free. Sponsors: Puerto Rican Nationalist Youth (JNP-NY),

Bolivarian Circle Alberto Lovera, Fundacion Andres Figueroa

Cordero, Cuba Solidarity NY, Puerto Rican Nationalist Party-NY

Junta, NY LOC for World Festival for Youth Students. Info: 718-

585-6753, http://www.nuyorico.com



**4/22 FRI, 6-9 pm, 4/23 SAT & 4/24 SUN, 10 am-6 pm - Theater of

the Oppressed Laboratory (TOPLAB) workshop: Education for

Liberation, workshop on the Paulo Freire methodology. At Brecht

Forum, 451 West St. Tuition: $150-200. Info: 212-924-1858,

toplab@toplab.org, http://www.toplab.org



**4/22 FRI, 8 pm - Benefit concert for IWW Starbucks Workers

Union, w/folk singer David Rovics, political comedian Katie

Halper & spoken-word champion Amina Munoz-Ali. After Rovics,

dance to inspired DJ rhythms late into the night. At Dumba, 57

Jay St, Bkn (F to York, walk 2 bks towards river). $5-$12. Info:

http://www.wildlifespecial.net/sbuxb.html &

http://www.davidrovics.com & http://www.starbucksunion.org &

http://www.iww.org



**4/22 FRI, 8 pm - Music: Traveling Troubadour Series, w/Dale

Miller. At The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor, 53 Prospect Park

West, Bkn, NY. $15/$6 children. Info: 718-768-2972, 718-965-8490,

917-514-5364, info@jamesreams.com,

http://www.bsec.org/events/coffeehouse/index.html



4/23 SAT-4/24 SUN, 4-6 pm & 7-9 pm - 2-Day Intensive

Participatory Seminar on Alternatives to Capitalism,

w/facilitator Peter Staudenmaier (Institute for Social Ecology).

At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk south of

Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave). $40; scholarships available. Register

(required): brooke@bluestockings.com Info: 212-777-6028,

http://www.bluestockings.com



4/23 SAT, noon - March: "Take It to the Streets on Mumia's

Birthday." Assemble at Marcus Garvey Park, march through streets

of Harlem to an indoor loc TBA. Sponsor: National Task Force to

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal: Pam Africa, Robert Meeropol, many others.

Info: 212-330-8029, http://www.mumia.org



**4/24 SUN, 11 am-12:15 pm - Platform: "Peace, Values &

Transformative Experience Through the Wisdom of Native American

Spirituality," w/Dr Kurt Johnson, Rev Tom Downes, Lisa Lerner &

Dorothy Cunha. At Bkn Society for Ethical Culture, Meeting House

main hall, 53 Prospect Pk West (btw 1st & 2nd Sts), Park Slope,

Bkn. Free. Followed by workshop, "Delving Deeper into Indigenous

Wisdom & Ceremony," 1 pm. Info: 718-768-2972, bsecOffice@aol.com

& http://www.bsec.org/events/platform/index.html



**4/24 SUN, 4-6 pm - Training: volunteers for NY Taxi Workers

Alliance (NYTWA) Survey Outreach. At NYTWA office, 37 E 28th St,

#302. Info/volunteer: 212-627-5248, nytwa1@aol.com