[HCCN] December calendar of events
Larry Dansinger
rosc at psouth.net
Mon Nov 15 16:44:24 EST 2010
Newsletter editors,
Here are some calendar items for December (plus a few earlier and/or
later). FEEL FREE TO PICK AND CHOOSE AND NOT USE EVERY ITEM.
Larry Dansinger
November 27 (+ next three Saturdays): Advent vigil for disarmament
"We cannot both prepare for peace while we continue to build for
war"), 11:30 AM-12:30 PM, across from Bath Iron Works administration
building, Washington St., Bath. Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm,
763-4062 or Jack Bussell, 772-1442.
November 27: Action to protest Army Regional Recruiting Battalion,
3:30-5 PM, Portsmouth Shipyard (Main gate, Walker Street), Kittery.
Jacqui Deveneau, Peace Action Maine, 284-3358 or 772-0680.
November 28: Sustainability Film Festival w/"Dirt: The Movie," "For
the Next Seven Generations," and more, 1 PM on, Lincoln Street
Center, 24 Lincoln St., Rockland. Phil Whitehawk, 993-2327 or
pwhitehawk at fairpoint.net.
November 30: Marc Herold speaks on "White House/Pentagon Lies and the
Afghan War Today," Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave.
Portsmouth. David Diamond, info at seacoastpeaceresponse.org or
603-749-9159.
December 1: World AIDS Day, with events in various locations in
Maine, including U-U Church in Brunswick and vigil in Belfast. Maine
AIDS Alliance, 899-9983 or info at maineaidsalliance.org.
December 2 Fiachra O'Luain and Scott Hamann speak on the Gaza
Flotilla action last spring and how to support Palestinian and Gazan
rights, 7 PM, Sacred Heart/St. Dom's church, Portland. Robert
Schaible, rmschaible at gmail.com.
December 7: "Bucking the Assimilation Trend" program, part of Women's
Leadership Series, 11:30 AM-1 PM, Public Library, Auburn. (Also same
program on December 8, CIEE at 300 Fore St., Portland, December 9,
Bangor Public Library and December 17, Rockland Public Library, all
from noon-1:30 PM). Maine Women's Fund, 774-5513 or
thewomen at mainewomensfund.org.
December 9: Rally in support of Sudan independence election (on Jan.
9), time TBA, Monument Square, Portland. Jacqui Deveneau, 284-3358 or
Wells Staley-Mays, 409-0778.
December 10: International Human Rights day w/events in various
locations. Amnesty International, 832-6863 or thesil at midcoast.com.
December 10: Rally for economic human rights, noon-3 PM, corner of
High and Congress Sts., Portland. Laurel Merchant, 761-7936.
December 15: "The Yes Men" film shown (anti-corporate
monkeywrenching), 5:30 PM (potluck) and 6:15 PM (film), Free Library,
Belfast. Meredith Bruskin, 338-5089.
December 18: Action to protest Army Regional Recruiting Battalion,
3:30-5 PM, Portsmouth Shipyard (Main gate, Walker Street), Kittery.
Jacqui Deveneau, Peace Action Maine, 284-3358 or 772-0680.
December 19: "Lage Raho Munna Bhai" film shown (entertaining
Bollywood film with Gandhi theme), 7 PM, Peace and Justice Center, 92
Harlow St., Bangor. Call 942-9343 or info at peacectr.org.
December 31: Polar Bear Plunge to help fight Global Warming
(fundraising event), noon, East End Beach, Portland. Stacie, Natural
Resources Council of Maine, 430-0127 or stacie at nrcm.org.
December 31: Peace Vigil in Market Square, 6 PM (tent.), downtown
Portsmouth, NH. Wes Flierl, wesflierl1 at netzero.net.
NOTICES:
For Human Rights Day, December 10th, the Maine Poor People's Economic
Human Rights Coalition is urging everyone to write letters to the
editor and to groups they work with about the importance of economic
human rights in ending poverty in Maine and the US. They are also
encouraging people to do two internet searches: One on "economic
human rights" and the other on "livable wage," as ways to see
solutions to poverty. Contact: Maine Poor People's Economic Human
Rights Coalition, 453-2353 or mlightfootlane at gmail.com.
Platypus is a reading group with a focus on preventing the extinction
of the left and finding a way to understand and resurrect it as a
viable political movement. Chris McKinnon is trying to get a group
started in the Augusta area but needs readers for a ten-week series
of books on bringing the left back to life. To find out more: Chris
McKinnon, 430-8419 or macionmhuinn at gmail.com.
If five people were recently arrested trying to save Lincoln Lakes
from a wind farm, then something is amiss with this project. First
Wind's Rollins Project near Lincoln is expected to endanger wildlife,
destroy part of Rollins mountain, create large clearcuts, and
endanger the ecosystem of nearby lakes. Opponents also question
whether the project is needed if Maine already produces more
electricity than it uses. To find out more about the project, contact
Friends of Lincoln Lakes, garnish at yahoo.com or bblake02 at maine.rr.com
or www.friendsoflincolnlakes.org.
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