[HCCN] February Calendar of events

Thu Jan 21 15:19:39 UTC 2010

Hi Laurie,

I just do one calendar list each month and need info for it by the  
15th of the month previous to the month in which the event happens  
(Jan. 15 for Feb.). Otherwise, I would spend a lot of time just  
sending out calendar items. Since the Next Step is in Hancock County  
and most of those who would attend would go there, you could just  
send the notice to HCCN (Matt Baya, I am copying him on this) and  
have him send it out. Hope that's OK.

Larry Dansinger

PS I know Spruce Run will do a similar party at the end of March and  
Mabel Wadsworth will be doing one either in January or February, so  
maybe groups doing similarly good work could vary their times of the  
year a little more. Maybe you already know about both of those (I'm  
sure you know about Spruce Run).

On Jan 21, 2010, at 9:44 AM, Laurie Fogelman wrote:

> Hi Larry,
> Could you let everyone on the list serve know that February 13th  
> (snow date Feb 14th) is our big Chocolate Fest and Silent Auction ?  
> This year it will be held at the new and beautiful cafeteria at the  
> Ellsworth Middle School.  From 2-4pm, all the chocolate and  
> desserts you can eat plus some great items to bid on (last minute  
> Valentine's Day presents and more), the Fletcher's Landing  
> Philharmonic providing music, and lots of fun.  All to benefit  
> victims of domestic abuse right here in Hancock and Washington  
> Counties.
> Thanks.
> Laurie Fogelman
> Executive Director of The Next Step Domestic Violence Project
>
> Larry Dansinger wrote:
>>
>> 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 <mailto: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  
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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  
>> <mailto: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  
>> <mailto:mofga at mofga.org> or www.mofga.org <http://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  
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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  
>> <mailto: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  
>> <mailto: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  
>> <mailto: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  
>> <mailto:info at konbitsante.org> or www.konbitsante.org <http:// 
>> www.konbitsante.org/>; Maine Haiti Solidarity, c/o Wells Staley- 
>> Mays, (207) 774-1110 or guide.freedomtrail1850 at yahoo.com  
>> <mailto:guide.freedomtrail1850 at yahoo.com>; IFCO/Haiti Relief, 418  
>> W. 145^th 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 <http://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  
>> <mailto: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  
>> <mailto: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  
>> <mailto:lsavage3 at gmail.com> or Bruce Gagnon, 443-9502.
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