New York Activist Calendar

April 23, 2005

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

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

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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 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



4/25 MON-4/26 TUE - Conference: 28th National Legal Conf on

Immigration & Refugee Policy, w/Leo Anchondo, Kevin Appleby, Ana

Avendano, Michael Biggs, Eric S Bord, many others. Session:

Impact Security Checks & Backlogs Have Had on Assorted

Industries; The Impact on Civil Rights & Liberties for Immigrants

in Our Post-9/11 World; Human Rights & Asylum Developments;

Emerging Issues in Employment-Based Immigration; Workplace

Enforcement Issues; Prospects for Immigration Reform. At Fordham

Law School. Sponsors: Center for Migration Studies (CMS), Fordham

Law School, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC).

Info/register: http://www.cmsny.org



4/25 MON, 8:30 am - Picket: support activist Juanita Young

(mother of Malcolm Ferguson, killed by NYPD 3/1/00) before

hearing in trial on criminal trespass charges stemming from an

illegal eviction engineered by her landlord. At Bx DA's office,

across from Supreme Court, 851 Grand Concourse (off 161st St, 4,

D to 161st St); hearing is in Part 60 at 10 am. Info:

oct22ny@yahoo.com, http://october22-ny.org



**4/25 MON, 6:30-9 pm - Screening: last of 3 parts on the

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

Journey." 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



**4/25 MON, 7-8:30 pm - Reading: New Brunswick poets. At Public

Library, 60 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ. Info: 732-

745-5108.



**4/25 MON, 7 pm - Screening: Barrio Cine: "Land, Yes! Airplanes,

No!" by Adan Xicotencatl, Constantino Miranda & Greg Berger:

campesinos resist plan for new Mexico City airport in their

farmland in Atenco. +"Why Cybraceros?" & "Water Willies in the

Global Village." 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



**4/26 TUE, 5:15, 7:15 pm - NY premiere of "Mas Alla del Mar"

("Beyond the Sea"), documentary on the 1980 Mariel boatlift.

Jacob Burns Film Center, 364 Manville Road, Pleasantville, NY,

914-747-5555.



4/26 TUE, 7 pm - Performance & open-mike: Women's Poetry Jam.

W/Jeanne Marie Beaumont's poetry about wonders & terrors

w/fondness for inversions & sly perversions & Lisa Rhoades'

award-winning "Strange Gravity," in which ordinary people &

actions are lit with visionary imagination. Host: Vittoria

Repetto. Open mike sign-up starts at 7 pm, (up to) 8 minutes of

your poetry, prose, songs & spoken word. At Bluestockings, 172

Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston). $3-$5. Info: 212-777-

6028, http://www.bluestockings.com/



4/26 TUE, 7:30 pm - 4th Annual Joanne Lukomnik Forum: "National

Health Care: A Women's Health Issue." W/Byllye Avery (Avery

Institute for Social Change & Nat'l Black Women's Health

Project), Linda Prine, MD (Reproductive Health Access Project) &

Martha Livingston, PhD (PNHP NY Metro). At Beth Israel Medical

Ctr, Phillips Ambulatory Care Ctr, 10 Union Sq E, 2nd fl lecture

hall (btw 14th & 15th St). Free. Sponsors: Physicians for a Nat'l

Health Program, NY Metro, Metro NY Health Care for All Campaign,

Public Health Assn NY, City Qns College Urban Studies Dept. Info:

jlandy@igc.org



4/27 WED - Action day to oppose US travel ban on Cuba, along

w/rest of embargo. Meeting, rally, visits to Congress. In DC.

Info: Latin America Working Group, manderson@lawg.org &

http://www.cubaactionday.org/ or http://www.lawg.org



4/27 WED - National Day of Action for Immigrant Rights. In DC.

Info: Beatriz Maya (FLOC), 419-243-3456, bmaya1@floc.com



4/27 WED, 7-9 pm - Talk: "The Marxist Critique of Ideology: What

It Is, How It Works & Why It's Important--Especially Now,"

w/Bertell Ollman. At Fusion Arts Museum, 57 Stanton St (1 block

south of Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave). $7-10 sliding scale. Sponsor:

New SPACE (New School for Pluralistic Anti-Capitalist Education).

Info: 800-377-6183, http://new-space.mahost.org



**4/27 WED, 7 pm - Benefit: Report from Iraq. W/Dahr Jamail, 1 of

the few independent US journalists to report from Iraq. At 235 W

23rd St (btw 7th & 8th Aves, 1/9, A/C/E, F/V, to 23rd St). $10

suggested. Sponsor: United for Peace & Justice. Info:

212-868-5545, http://www.unitedforpeace.org Info from Dahr

Jamail: http://dahrjamailiraq.com



4/28 THU, 9:30 am - Courtroom support: for Malcolm X Grassroots

Movement's Djibril, Dasaw & Lumumba, who were arrested while

documenting police as part of MXGM's CopWatch Program. At Bkn

Criminal Court, 120 Schermerhorn, 6th fl, Bkn (2/3/4/5 to Boro

Hall). Info: NYC Indymedia article,

http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/141108 & MXGM,

http://mxgm.org



**4/28 THU, 7 pm - Speakout: on Genetically Modified Organisms &

food, w/an update from members of NYers Against Genetic

Engineering. At Manhattan Green Party Office, 139 Fulton St,

#215. Info: 212-240-0501 & http://www.greenpartyoffice.org



4/28 THU, 7:30 pm - Talk: "Globalization & Agrarian Crisis in the

3rd World: The Case of Farmers' Suicides in South India,"

w/D Narasimha Reddy (U of Hyderabad, India). At Brecht Forum, 451

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

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



4/29 FRI, 7-9 am - Kickoff of Free Breakfast Program (every last

FRI), w/NYC Councilmember Charles Barron. Green tea, fresh fruit

& organic whole grain cereal. Also promotes startup of the East

NY Food Coop. At East NY Green Tea House, 300 Logan St, Bkn (btw

Atlantic & Liberty Ave, A to Euclid Ave, J to Norwood Ave). Info:

Gary Davidson, 718-277-6276, 646-549-1622; zool, 646-549-1612,

zoolTheArtandPolitics@hotmail.com



**4/29 FRI, 5:30 pm - Bergen County's 2nd Critical Mass ride.

Meet at Van Neste Square in Ridgewood, NJ. Info: gpason@sp-

usa.org



4/29 FRI, 8 pm - Music: Traveling Troubadour Series, w/Blues &

ragtime guitarist Nick Katzman. 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



**4/29 FRI, 8 pm - Benefit concert: political folksinger Tom

Neilson performs in support of a 1st Amendment suit against West

Point lodged by 8 Westchester residents arrested 2/04, charged

w/trespass & disorderly conduct after they stood silently in the

bleachers at the Army-Navy basketball game wearing T-shirts

saying: "US Out of Iraq"; they remain barred from W Point for 5

years. At 1 Station Plaza, 38 N. Division St, Peekskill, NY.

Info: Nick Mottern, 914-806-6179.



**4/29 FRI, 8-10:30 pm - Release party: for Wobblies! A Graphic

History of the Industrial Workers of the World. W/multimedia

presentations by Mac McGill, Sabrina Jones, Tom Keough, Nicole

Schulman & Seth Tobocman. At VOX POP-Books, Coffee, Democracy,

1022 Cortelyou Road, Bkn (Q to Cortelyou Road, exit left, walk a

few blocks). Free. Info: 718-940-2084, http://www.voxpopnet.net &

http://www.nicoleschulman.com/



4/30 SAT-5/1 SUN - 13th Annual Int'l Conference Global Network

Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space: "Full Spectrum

Resistance: An Int'l Space Organizing Conference." W/keynote

speaker Dr Michio Kaku (cofounder of string theory, a founding

member of Global Network). At Musicians Union Hall, 322 W 48th

St. $15-$60 sliding scale; adv registration necessary; some

housing available at Musicians Union Hall, 322 W 48th St.

Cosponsor: Abolition 2000. Info/register: Global Network,

207-729-0517, globalnet@mindspring.com or

http://www.space4peace.org



4/30 SAT-5/1 SUN, all hours - Open House party: "Painting &

Scheduling." There is painting & construction to be done at new

community space. +Propose projects & events for the benefit of

the community--art shows, bicycle workshops, political benefits,

dance parties, etc. At East NY Green Tea House, 300 Logan St, Bkn

(btw Atlantic & Liberty Ave, A to Euclid Ave, J to Norwood Ave).

Info: Gary Davidson, 718-277-6276, 646-549-1622; zool,

646-549-1612, zoolTheArtandPolitics@hotmail.com



4/30 SAT-5/1 SUN, 9 am-5 pm - Workshop: "Public Listening

Project." "You want to make a difference--but some activist

actions seem like preaching to the converted. How can we reach

out to all people--especially those w/whom we disagree?" Detailed

presentation of project's successes & methods, incl demos of

approach in action. At loc TBA in Stamford, CT. $20. Info/apply:

http://publiclisteningproject.org/contact.html



**4/30 SAT, 10 am-4 pm - Training: PNHP Leadership/Speaker

Training. If you are active in the movement for national health

care & would like to learn how to talk about the issues publicly.

At Weill Medical Coll (Cornell U), 1300 York Ave (at 69th St), Rm

A-126 (York is 1 block E of 1st Ave). $12 incl lunch & materials

(students free). Register: 212-666-4001, fax 212-866-5847,

pnhpnyc@igc.org



4/30 SAT, 10 am - Conf: Batey Relief: "HIV/AIDS in the Dominican

Republic & Haiti: A Bilateral Challenge." At Columbia U, Schapiro

Center, Davis Auditorium, 500 W 120th St (btw B'way & Amsterdam

Ave). Free, but space is limited. Sponsors: Columbia U Int'l

Family AIDS Program & Barnard College. Info/register: Ulrick

Gaillard, 917-627-5026, bra@bateyrelief.org &

http://www.bateyrelief.org>www.bateyrelief.org



**4/30 SAT, 3:30-6:30 pm - "Grand Jury Indictment of George W

Bush et Al for Torture, Illegal Detention & Murder," w/1st-hand &

media accounts of torture, illegal detention & murder. At Rutgers

U Douglass Student Center, Room B, George St & Nichol Ave, New

Brunswick, NJ. Sponsors: NJ Civil Rights Defense Cmt & Graduate

Student Assn of Rutgers. Info: elerner@igc.org & http://www.nj-

civilrights.org



4/30 SAT, 5-10:30 pm - Domestic Workers United (DWU) 5th

Anniversary Dinner. W/Robin DG Kelley, Kongo (Haitian Roots

Music), DWU members, Ishle Yi Park (Qns poet laureate), Keith

Wright (NYS Assembly), NYC Councilmembers Bill Perkins & Gale

Brewer, dancing. At Demo Hall, Our Lady of Pompeii Church, 25

Carmine St, (corner of Bleecker, A/C/E/F/V/B/D to W 4th & exit at

W 3rd St). Tix: $25/children under 5 free. Info/RSVP: 718-

220-7391 x11 or 23.



4/30 SAT, 7 pm - Info session & sign-up: "Community Supported

Agriculture (CSA)." Organic produce doesn't have to be expensive,

neither you nor farmers have to be at the mercy of the corporate

influence on the food chain; CSA is a collaboration btw farmers &

eaters. The Stanton St Settlement CSA is signing up members to

purchase shares in this year's harvest. At Bluestockings, 172

Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston). $3-$5. Info: 212-777-

6028, http://www.bluestockings.com/



**4/30 SAT, 7 pm - Screening: "Peace, Propaganda & the Promised

Land." Pivotal documentary compares US & int'l media coverage of

the Middle East Crisis. Scholars, media critics, peace activists,

religious figures, other experts expose toxic mix of American

political elites' foreign policy interests, Israeli public

relations strategies & complicity of US journalists in distorting

news. Light supper at 6 pm. At WESPAC Foundation, 255 Dr Martin

Luther King Jr Blvd, White Plains, NY. $10 donation/$5 students,

low-income. RSVP: 914-682-4690 or info@wespac.org



4/30 SAT, 8 pm - Peoples' Voice Cafe: Songs & Letters of the

Spanish Civil War, w/Dan Lynn Watt, Molly Lynn Watt, Tony Saletan

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

Madison & Park); wheelchair-accessible. $12 suggested/$9 members.

Info: 212-787-3903.



4/30 SAT, 8:30 pm - Music: Neues Kabarett w/Burton Greene/Roy

Campbell Quartet & Tom Abbs Group. At Brecht Forum, 451 West St

(btw Bank & Bethune St). $10 suggested. Info: 212-242-4201,

http://www.brechtforum.org



MAY

5/1 SUN, 11 am - March & rally: "No More Nuclear Excuses for

War!" Assemble near UN at 1st Ave from 50th St north; march at

noon to 2 pm rally in Heckshire Ballfields, Central Park (SW

corner, near Columbus Circle, 62nd St off CPW). Sponsors:

Abolition Now! & United for Peace & Justice. Info: 212-868-5545,

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ Volunteer: Nia or Joe,

212-868-5545, joe@unitedforpeace.org

--Not in Our Name: 11 am at SW corner, 2nd Ave & 49th St. Info:

212-760-1722, info@notinourname.net



5/1 SUN, 11 am-12:15 pm - Platform: "Can the Earth Charter & the

UN Millennium Goals Become a World Constitution & Bill of

Rights?" w/Lisel Burns. At Bkn Society for Ethical Culture,

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

Park Slope, Bkn. Free. Followed by film, "Thirst," examining

water conflicts on 3 continents, 1 pm. Info: 718-768-2972,

bsecOffice@aol.com &

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



**5/1 SUN, noon - March & celebration: march w/stops at stores

w/blatant labor exploitation, ends in park w/music, food,

entertainment & celebration of May Day. Meet at Make the Road by

Walking office, 301 Grove St at Knickerbocker Ave (L to Myrtle-

Wyckoff & walk 2 blocks SW, M to Knickerbocker, walk 2 blocks

SE); march to park on Knickerbocker. Sponsor: Make the Road by

Walking/Workers in Action (Bushwick workers center). Info: 718-

418-7690, http://www.maketheroad.org/contact.html



**5/1 SUN, 1 pm - Rally: "Unite, Fight Back, Jobs, Not War, Bring

the Troops Home Now." At Union Sq (4/5/6, L, N/R to 14th St,

Union Sq). Sponsors: NY Area Million Worker March, Troops Out Now

Coalition. Info: Brenda Stokely (DC 1707), 212-219-0022; Troops

Out Now, 212-633-6646, http:/TroopsOutNow.org

Note: On 4/19 Assistant Police Chief Bruce Smolka told organizers

they would not be granted a march permit. Protest by contacting:

Mayor Bloomberg, 212-788-3000, fax 212-788-2460,

http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html & Nicolas Estavillo,

NYPD, 646-610-6734



5/1 SUN, 1:30 pm - Celebration of Pete Seeger & the Abraham

Lincoln Brigade. W/"The Lives & Times of the Lincoln Brigade,"

musical revue written & performed by members of San Francisco

Mime Troupe; MC Henry Foner. At Skirball Center for the

Performing Arts, 60 Washington Sq South. Tix: 212-674-5552,

http://www.alba-valb.org/may1sttix.html



5/1 SUN, 2-3 pm - Protest: Demand Mayor Bloomberg hear tenant

concerns. At Bloomberg's house, 17 E 79th St (btw 5th & Madison

Ave). Sponsor: Met Council on Housing. Info: 212-797-6238,

active@metcouncil.net & http://www.metcouncil.net



**5/1 SUN, 3-6 pm - 19th Annual Squatters May Day Celebration.

Free music & arts festival. W/MC Baba Isreal (Open Thought

Music), Live Hip Hop The Kin--Live Rock Band, DJ Chrome

(Blackkat), Drum-n-bass, Missy Galore, Groovehoops, others. +Info

tables, speakers, art. At Tompkins Sq Park, St Mark's Pl & Ave A.

Free. Info: chrome@blackkat.org &

http://www.blackkat.org/news.html



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