[HCCN] February Calendar of events

[Larry Dansinger]

Dear Newsletter editors,



Here are some calendar items for February and later (not much  
happening this month that I know about, sorry).  FEEL FREE TO PICK  
AND CHOOSE AND NOT USE EVERY ITEM.



Larry Dansinger





January 29-30: Maine Farmers' Market Convention, all day, Belfast.  
Downeast Business Alliance, 664-2424 x4460 or sjsalagala at whcacap.org.



January 30: Regional Conference to Resist Militarism, War, Anti- 
imperialism, and Terror, MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA. Sponsored by New  
England United. Lisa Savage, 643-2356 or lsavage3 at gmail.com.



February 2 (+ next six Tuesdays): Discussion series on  
“Sustainability” w/Belfast Eco-Village and Maine Earth Institute,  
6:30-8 PM, 45 Edgecomb Rd., Belfast. Coleen, 342-4778 or  
croraven at fairpoint.net.



February 4: Writer and activist Nikki Giovanni speaks on writing,  
black arts, and social change, 2-4 PM (Grnite Room, MUB, UNH, Durham,  
NH) and 7-8:30 PM Johnson Theatre, UNH, Durham). Call 603-862-3290 or  
office.diversity at unh.edu.



February 4-5: “Introduction to Organic Farming” workshop for farmers  
considering converting to organic, Island Institute, Main St.,  
Rockland. MOFGA, 568-4142 or mofga at mofga.org or www.mofga.org.



February 6 (snow date: February 13): Workshop for war tax resisters  
and annual meeting to plan Tax Day activities, 10 AM-3 PM, U-U  
Church, 69 Silver St., Waterville. Maine War Tax Resistance Resource  
Center, 525-7776 or rosc at psouth.net.



February 15-19: “Mediation: Premises, Practices, and Policies”  
training, Hutchinson Center, Belfast. Call 338-8000 to register or  
for more information.



February 17: “Three Thousand Years and Life” film shown (prisoners  
run Walpole prison in 1970’s) and discussion with former political  
prisoner Ray Luc Levasseur on proposed legislation to limit solitary  
confinement in Maine prisons, 6 PM, Free Library, Belfast. Peace and  
Justice Group of Waldo County, 525-7776 or rosc at psouth.net.



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.



March 6: 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, 409-0778 or  
guide.freedomtrail1850 at yahoo.com.



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 rocs at psouth.net.



NOTICES:



Here are groups in Maine or nationally who are collecting donation  
for support and relief to Haiti: One is Konbit Sante/Cap Haitian  
Health Partnership, (207) 347-6733 or info at konbitsante.org or  
www.konbitsante.org; Maine Haiti Solidarity, c/o Wells Staley-Mays,  
(207) 774-1110 or guide.freedomtrail1850 at yahoo.com; IFCO/Haiti  
Relief, 418 W. 145th St., New York, NY 10031, 212-926-5757; and  
Partners in Health, PO Box 845578, Boston, MA 02284-5578 or  
www.pih.org/home.html, and finally, an article to help give a larger  
context to the current disaster—“Ten Things the US Can and Should Do  
for Haiti” by Bill Quigley.”



A new film, “Death and Taxes,” is ready for showing just before the  
April 15 Tax Day. Through interviews and a little music, it includes  
sections on “becoming a war tax resister,” “methods of resistance,”  
“redirecting taxes,” “risks and consequences,” and “goals and  
choices.” Almost thirty war tax resisters were interviewed, so there  
are a wide variety of perspectives on WTR. To arrange for a showing,  
contact the Maine War Tax Resistance Resource Center, 525-7776 or  
rocs at psouth.net.

One bill before the Maine legislature this winter is one on limiting  
solitary confinement in Maine prisons. Ray Luc Levasseur will be  
speaking about it on February 17 (see above) in Belfast. Education  
and lobbying leadership on the bill is being coordinated by the Maine  
Prisoner Advocacy Coalition. Contact Judy Garvey at 374-2437 or  
bluehillme at roadrunner.com or Robert Bothen at 553-0801 for more on  
the bill and how to support it.

“Bring Our War $$ Home” is a three month campaign (January 15 to  
April 15) to urge state legislators and Maine people to demand less  
money for the US military and more for state and local needs. It  
began with a press conference on January 14 and will include  
testimony at the capitol in Augusta, local events highlighting  
misplaced budget priorities, town meeting resolutions, and other  
actions. They have calculated the amount each town in Maine paid last  
year for war. For a copy of a sample town meeting resolution, town  
calculations, and other possible strategies for the three months,  
contact Lisa or Mark, 643-2356, lsavage3 at gmail.com or Bruce Gagnon,  
443-9502.
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