[HCCN] May Calendar of Events

[Larry Dansinger]

Newsletter editors,

Here are some calendar items for May (plus a few earlier and/or  
later).  FEEL FREE TO PICK AND CHOOSE AND NOT USE EVERY ITEM. If you  
know of things that should be publicized, please send them to me by  
the 15th of the month preceding the month when the event occurs.

Larry Dansinger

April 28: Forum on public vs. private ownership of water and other  
resources, evening, Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland.  
Nisha Swinton, 202-683-4923 or nswinton at fwwatch.org.

April 29: "Gasland" film shown (effects of natural gas drilling/ 
fracking on environment), 7 PM, Public Library, Blue Hill. Peninsula  
Peace and Justice, 326-4405 or ccdogmail at yahoo.com.

April 30: 17th annual HOPE (Help Organize Peace Earthwide) Festival w/ 
organizational fair, music, talks, children's program, 11 AM-4 PM,  
Student Recreation and Fitness Center, U/Maine, Orono. Peace and  
Justice Center, 942-9343 or info at peacectr.org or www.peacectr.org.

April 30: Salt River in concert to benefit Peace Action Maine, 6:30-8  
PM, Sacred Heart Church, 80 Sherman St., Portland. Sally Breen,  
892-8391 or 712-7566.

April 30:  Democracy School (rights-based strategy to learn how to  
protect people from the influence of corporations), 8:30 AM-5 PM,  
Pleasant St. United Methodist Church, 61 Pleasant St., Waterville.  
Chad Nicholson, CELDF, 541-3649 or chad at celdf.org.

May 1: Maine Green Independent Party Convention, Brunswick. FMI:  
http://mainegreens.org.

May 1: Solarfest (U/New Hampshire student-sponsored music, arts, and  
energy displays and presentation by Beehive Design Collective), 11 AM- 
sunset, Boulder Field, UNH campus, Durham, NH. Lee Domeika,  
lcdomeika at gmail.com.

May 1: Community Rights Forum Protecting Our Health, Safety, and  
Welfare (corporatization of resources and what to do about that), 2-4  
PM, U-U Church, 292 State St., Portsmouth, NH. Chad Nicholson, CELDF,  
541-3649 or chad at celdf.org.

May 2: "Etty: The Play" (about letters of diaries of Holocaust poet/ 
writer Etty Hillesum, 7 PM, Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St.,  
Portland. Holocaust and Human Rights Center, 621-3530.

May 5: "Cross-Pollinating the Grassroots" presentation on "The True  
Cost of Coal" and other Beehive Design Collective graphics, 5-7 PM,  
Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland. Peace Action Maine,  
772-1051 and www.beehivecollective.org.

May 6: Affordable Housing Replacement Rally (replacing lost  
affordable units with new ones), 4 PM, Congress Square, High and  
Congress St., Portland. Homeless Voices for Justice, 775-0026 (Amy).

May 6-7: AIDS Walk Weekend to Support Frannie Peabody Center,  
especially Saturday morning on the beach and around town of Ogunquit.  
Call 774-6877 x8013.

May 7: Organic orcharding workshop w/Michael Phillips, 10 AM-4 PM,  
Common Ground Education Center, Unity. MOFGA, 568-4142 or  
mofga at mofga.org or www.mofga.org.

May 7: Annual Peace Action Maine Peace Supper w/speaker Medea  
Benjamin, 5 PM, Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St.,  
Portland . Peace Action Maine, 772-0680 or  
peaceactionme at peaceactionme.org.

May 7: General Assembly of Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine  
w/speaker Jo Comerford of National Priorities Project, 6 PM, 96  
Harlow St., Bangor. Call the Center, 942-9343 or info at peacectr.org or  
www.peacectr.org.

May 7-8: Crafting Frames of Timber workshop, Newforest Institute, 66  
Monroe Highway, Brooks. Call 722-3625.

May 7-8: "Resisting Racism" workshop with Ewuare Osayande, all day  
both days, location TBA, Portland. Jesse Newcomb, 949-6668 or  
j.c.newk at gmail.com.

May 8: Mother's Day peace vigil + reading of Julia Ward Howe's  
"Proclamation for Peace, noon-1 PM, Market Square, Portsmouth, NH.  
Amy Antonucci, 603-664-2796 or amyla44 at juno.com.

May 10: "Know Your Farmer" film shown about Maine farmers, 6:30 PM  
(with food and drinks from 5-6:30 PM), Brick Church, 126 Union St.,  
Bangor. Food AND Medicine, 989-5860 or laurab at foodandmedicine.org.

May 12: Louis Skolnik Award Dinner honoring Cushman Anthony, 7 PM,  
Harraseeket Inn, Freeport. Maine Civil Liberties Union, 774-5444 or  
ereilly at mclu.org.

May 14-15: "Building Bridges of Communication," an introduction to  
Nonviolent Communication, Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast.  
Peggy Smith, 789-5299 or peggy at opencommunication.org.

May 15: Community Rights Forum Protecting Our Health, Safety, and  
Welfare (corporatization of resources and what to do about that), 2-4  
PM, Peace and Justice Center, 96 Harlow St., Bangor. Chad Nicholson,  
CELDF, 541-3649 or chad at celdf.org.

May 15: "Affluenza" film shown (overwork, shopping fever, huge debt,  
too much commercialism), 7 PM, Peace and Justice Center, 96 Harlow  
St., Bangor. Call the Center, 942-9343 or info at peacectr.org or  
www.peacectr.org.

May 18: "The People Speak" film shown (words from Howard Zinn's A  
People's History of the United States), 6 PM, Free Library, Belfast.  
Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County, 525-7776.

May 20-22: "Speaking Peace in a World of Conflict," the basics of  
Nonviolent Communication, Augusta. Peggy Smith, 789-5299 or  
peggy at opencommunication.org.

June 5 (+ other programs almost monthly thru December): 11/11 forums  
on poverty with topics such as food issues, literacy, jail,  
transportation, mental health, classism, 11 AM, Unitarian- 
Universalist Church, 37 Miller St., Belfast. Call Jennifer Hill,  
722-3383 or rooted at fairpoint.net.

Notices:

Altho there are tons or bad bills in the Maine legislature this year,  
one is of special concern to human rights and justice advocates: LD  
1095, "An Act to Facilitate the Construction and Operation of Private  
Prisons by Authorizing the Transport of Prisoners out of State." This  
would be a "barter" by enabling the Corrections Corporation of  
America to build and run a federal prison in Maine in exchange for  
Maine sending some of its prisoners to CCA facilities in other  
states. Not only will this bill create a federal prison in an  
isolated area of Maine where it will make visits from families almost  
impossible, it will also take Maine prisoners away from their  
families as well. For more details and how to respond, contact Judy/ 
Jim, 374-2437 or maineprisoneradvocacy at yahoo.com or  
www.maineprisoneradvocacy.org.

PICA's (Power in Community Alliances) annual plant sale is  
approaching, and it's time to think perennial for your garden. Over  
seventy-five varieties are available, all organic, field grown, and  
many native. Orders will be taken until just before the May 14 pickup  
weekend (check web site to be sure). Local sellers of these plants  
are also being sought, since those purchases would also benefit PICA.  
For more info, call PICA at 947-4203 or www.pica.ws.

One other bill of note is LD 1077, a bill to ensure that voters have  
a say on any large public extractions of water in their town. Often  
town officials make deals with corporations to take water out of  
town, with no public input or a chance to find out what is happening  
until after it happens. In conjunction with this bill, there's a  
petition called "Let the People Decide" that is being circulated to  
support the concept and the bill. To sign the on-line petition, try  
http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org and look for the petition, and  
for the web site: www.foodandwaterwatch.org/take-action. Or call  
Nisha Swinton in Portland at 202-683-4923 or nswinton at fwwatch.org.
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