[HCCN] March calendar of events in Maine

[Larry Dansinger]

Dear Newsletter editors,

Here are some calendar items for March and later.  FEEL FREE TO PICK  
AND CHOOSE AND NOT USE EVERY ITEM.

Larry Dansinger



February 26: Filmmaker Tom Jackson speaks about his experience in and  
film about Gaza,  7 PM, Public Library, Blue Hill. Call Peninsula  
Peace and Justice, 326-4405, for details.



February 27: Sacred Heart/St. Dominic’s Haiti Project Empty Bowl  
supper to benefit Haiti relief, 6 PM, Sacred Heart Church, corner  
Sherman and Mellen Sts., Portland. Wells Staley-Mays, 409-0778 or  
guide.freedomtrail1850 at yahoo.com.



February 27: Robert Shetterly with "Americans Who Tell the Truth"  
ands Voices for Peace concert to benefit the Open Door Recovery  
Center, 7 PM, Grand Theater, Ellsworth. Call 667-9500.



February 27 (+ next 5 Saturdays): Annual Lenten Vigil at Bath Iron  
Works, 11:30 AM-12:30 PM, BIW entry gate, Washington St., Bath. jack  
Bussell, 772-1442 or jafabussell at gwi.net.



February 28: "Who's Got the Power?" film shown (causes of global  
climate change), 7 PM, Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170  
Park St., Bangor. P&J Center, 942-9343 or info at peacectr.org or  
www.peacectr.org.



February 28: Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and Fisheries  
(CSF) Fairs in twelve towns/cities in Maine (Bangor to Farmington to  
Sanford), 1-4 PM. For specific locations: MOFGA, 568-4142 or  
mofga at mofga.org or www.mofga.org.



March 3: "The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty" talk by Arnie Alpert,  
New Hampshire AFSC staff, 7 PM, Dover Friends Meeting, 141 Central  
Ave., Dover, NH. Phyllis, 603-580-1934 or pkillamabell at comcast.net.



March 6: "Feast for the Children" annual ASERELA dinner to benefit  
school programs in southern Sudan, 6 PM (tent.), Guild Hall,  
Immaculate Conception church, 307 Congress St., Portland. Wells  
Staley-Mays, 774-3314 orochira12 at yahoo.com or www.aserelamaine.org.



March 7: PICA's "Rice and Beans" potluck and report on popular  
education in El Salvador, 20 Spencer St., Orono. PICA, 947-4203 or  
info at pica.ws for directions.



March 13 (snow date, March 14): “Practicing Nonviolence in Our Daily  
Lives and in the World,” annual Changing Maine gathering, 8:30 AM-4  
PM, Pine Tree State Arboretum, 153 Hospital St., Augusta. For a  
brochure and more info: 525-7776 or rosc at psouth.net.


March 13: Annual Spring Growth conference on "From the Ground up:  
Soil Improvement," all day, Common Ground Education Center, Crosby  
Brook Rd., Unity. MOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners  
Association), 568-4142 or mofga at mofga.org or www.mofga.org.

March 15-16: Training for adults working with girls on images of  
women and the media (and what to do about them), School of Pharmacy  
building, Univ. of New England, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland. Jackie  
Dupont, Hardy Girls, Healthy Women, 861-8131 or info at hghw.org or  
www.hghw.org.

March 17: "Why Are We in Afghanistan?" film shown plus discussion to  
follow, 6 PM, Free Library, Belfast. Peace and Justice Group of Waldo  
County, 338-5089.

March 20: Active Community Teach-In on "Bring Our War Dollars Home" w/ 
speaker Mariam Raqib on Afghanistan, 1-5 PM, Unitarian-Universalist  
Church, 120 Park St., Bangor. Peace and Justice Center, 942-9343 or  
info at peacectr.org or www.peacectr.org.

March 20: National March on Washington (US out of Afghanistan, Iraq  
NOW! and money for human needs. Buses from Boston and maybe Maine and  
NH. Contact 857-334-5084 or boston at answercoalition.org or  
www.March20.org. There may also be buses going from Maine and/or NH.

March 20-25: Maine Jewish Film Festival, various times, Nickelodeon  
theaters, Temple St., Portland. MJFF, 831-7495 or filmfest at mjff.org  
or www.mjff.org.

March 21: Doris (Granny D) Haddock speaks on clean elections and  
money out of politics, 3-5 PM, Public Library, Portsmouth, NH. Nancy  
Brown, nrgbrown3 at comcast.net.

March 24: Eat Local Celebration and Variety Show, 5-8 PM, location  
TBA, Belfast. Belfast Co-op, 338-2532.

March 24-April 1: Walk for a Nuclear Free Future (going to the UN to  
ask for elimination of nuclear weapons and power) walks thru western  
and southern Maine, from Bethel (leaving from there on the 24th),  
Norway (25), Lewiston-Auburn (26), Bath (27), Brunswick (28),  
Freeport (29), Portland (31), Saco (April 1). For details on helping  
out, how to join the walk, overnight stays, evening programs, etc.,  
contact Bruce Gagnon, 443-9502 or globalnet at mindspring.com.

March 27: 26th annual EqualityMaine awards dinner, 5:30-9:30, Holiday  
Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland. Call 761-3732 or  
www.equalitymaine.org.

March 27: Annual Seed Swap and Scion Exchange, Common Ground  
Education Center, Unity. MOFGA, 568-4142 or mofga at mofga.org or  
www.mofga.org.

March 28: "Union Maids" film shown (union organizing from the '30's  
to the present), 7 PM, Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170  
Park St., Bangor. P&J Center, 942-9343 or info at peacectr.org or  
www.peacectr.org.

April 1: "Grow Your Own Organic Garden" evening courses in many parts  
of Maine. MOFGA, 568-4142 or mofga at mofga.org or www.mofga.org.


NOTICES:


Thanks to the campaign for legislation to reduce solitarity  
confinement in Maine prisons, I have a packet of information on what  
the legislation means, how solitary can be a form of torture, and how  
to help pass the bill, LD 1611. Contact me (Larry Dansinger, 525-7776  
or rosc at psouth.net) for a copy of the information (which is not  
electronic, altho the Maine Civil Liberties Union, 774-5444, should  
have at least some of it in that form).

Against Equality wants "your sassiest, snarkiest, silliest, and most  
sarcastic designs" for a new lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer/ 
questioning postcard project. The cards will question whether  
"equality" is really what it's cracked up to be, especially when it  
comes to gay marriage, hate crimes legislation, and military  
inclusion. Designs will be put on the www.againstequality.org web  
site if they address one or more of the above themes. All entries  
must be received by March 31. For more details on how to create and  
send images, see the website or email againstequality at gmail.com.

The 16th annual HOPE (Help Organize Peace Earthwide) Festival will  
take place on April 24 in Orono, sponsored by the Peace and Justice  
Center of Eastern Maine. This Earth Day + gathering always features  
scores of nonprofit groups, and the Center is encouraging more  
nonprofits (justice, peace, environment, whatever) to have  
information tables at the event. (They are also seeking local food  
vendors and ads for the program.) For an organizational table  
application: http://peacectr.org or call 942-9343 for an application.

"Your Tax Money: Schools or Tanks? Health Care or Bombs? You Have a  
Choice" is a small (1/3 page) flyer that will be passed out in many  
communities in Maine between now and Tax Day (April 15). It will  
highlight how much of every individual's income tax dollar is going  
for past, present, and future wars (just under 50%) and what we can  
do to pay much less for war and more for human needs. If you can pass  
out flyers in your own community (any public location or event is  
fine), contact Larry Dansinger, Maine War Tax Resistance Resource  
Center, 525-7776 or rosc at psouth.net. A similar campaign, "Bring Our  
War $$ Home" continues thru April 15 as well. It is urging people to  
push congress and Maine legislators to support actions to bring tax  
money back to Maine, since an estimated $320 million went from Maine  
to pay for US wars elsewhere. For more on that campaign:  
www.bringourwardollarshome.org.

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