HUDSON
VALLEY ACTIVIST CALENDAR
JULY
EDITION, June 21 2014, Issue #683
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| Summertime is here at last. |
Dear Reader: We're actually on vacation as we send this out. Have a fine summer.
Monday, June 23,
NEW PALTZ: Green Party
gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins will speak, discuss the upcoming state
elections and answer audience questions starting at 7 p.m. at Village Hall on
Plattekill Ave., one block south of Main St. Information, Margaret Human, (845)
255-5727.
Saturday, June
28, HIGHLAND: The "Improv
Patrol" playback theatre is performing a show on civil rights 7- 8:30 p.m.
We’re told: “Audience members have the spotlight! In a playback event,
someone in the audience tells a moment or story from their life, chooses the
actors to play the different roles, and then all those present watch the
enactment as the playback actors use improvisational theater to make the story
come to life. Cost: $5. Sponsored by Improv Patrol. Information, christopherauthor@gmail.com, https://www.facebook.com/improvpatrol,
http://www.youtube.com/user/Christopherauthor,
Friday, July 4, NEW
PALTZ: An Independence Day rally and march against military and
surveillance drones and for many progressives causes will assemble at 12 noon
at Peace Park, adjacent to Village Hall on Plattekill Ave., sponsored by Drone
Alert-Hudson Valley. Rain date. July 5, 4 p.m. Information, (845) 699-3051.
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| The young stars from the documentary "Babies." |
Monday, July 7, OLD
CHATHAM: The Quaker Meeting will screen the documentary “Babies” at 7 p.m.,
preceded by a potluck (for those who wish to partake) at 6 p.m. at the Old
Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse 539 County RRt.13 (across from Pitt Hall Rd. and
Powell House). We’re told the film “follows four babies around the
world — from birth to first steps. The children are: Ponijao, who lives with
her family near Opuwo, Namibia; Bayarjargal, who resides with his family in
Mongolia, near Bayanchandmani; Mari, who lives with her family in Tokyo, Japan;
and Hattie, who resides with her family in San Francisco. Babies joyfully
captures on film the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at
once unique and universal to us all.” Free and public. Information, (518)
766-2992. Directions, http//www.oldchathamquakers.org.
Tuesday, July 8,
KINGSTON: The End the New Jim Crow Action Network! (ENJAN), a Hudson Valley
network dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial profiling, police
brutality, and mass incarceration (the "new Jim Crow"), meets 6-7:30 p.m. at the New Progressive Baptist Church, 8 Hone St. (Also meets
here Tuesday, July 22.) Information, (845) 475-8781, http://www.enjan.org.
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| One of many SodaStream actions. |
Wednesday, July 9,
POUGHKEEPSIE: The End the New Jim Crow Action network will meet 6-8 p.m. at
the Sadie Peterson Delaney African Roots Library, Family Partnership Center, 29 N. Hamilton St. (NOTE: Also meets here Wednesday, July 23. Information, (845)
475-8781, http://www.enjan.org.
Thursday, July 10,
WOODSTOCK: Middle East Crisis Response, a group of Hudson Valley residents
joined together to promote peace and human rights in Palestine and the Middle
East, will hold its regular meeting tonight, 7-8:30 p.m. at Woodstock
Public Library, 5 Library Lane. Next meeting Thursday, July 24. Information,
(845) 876-7906, http://www.mideastcrisis.org.
√ Thursday, July
24, ALBANY: Protests against the Israeli war Gaza will take place in a
number of cities today organized by many organizations. In Albany, the demonstration will be held 4:30 – 6 p.m.
at the park where Delaware Ave. and Madison Ave. meet in downtown Albany.
Please bring signs. Let your friends know. Sponsors include Bethleham
Neighbors for Peace and Womern against war.
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