JANUARY CALENDAR
01-08-15, Hudson Valley
Activist Calendar, Issue #687
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Editor’s note: Local
activism always slows down in December and January — a combination of cold
weather, campus vacations and holidays. But there probably will be more events
announced. Check back in a few days. We update each calendar online as new
events are announced until the next full calendar is posted. The additional
items will begin with this mark: √√.
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EVENTS:
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Friday, Jan. 9,
MILLBROOK: Explore the Northern Forest with Wildlife Conservation Society
auditorium, 2801 Sharon
Turnpike (Rt. 44). Information, freemanp@caryinstitute.org.
ecologist Jerry Jenkins. He will distill 45 years of research into a
visually-rich presentation on the ecology of the Northern Forest, which spans
New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Learn about habitat change, resident
wildlife, human impacts, and conservation priorities. Jenkins is the author
of “Climate Change in the Adirondacks: The Path to Sustainability” and “The
Adirondack Atlas.”
The free public
7 p.m. event will be held in the Cary
Institute  |
| Anti-pipeline protest in New Paltz. |
Saturday, Jan. 10,
SAUGERTIES: A forum will be held today about the potential danger to the
local community if the proposed Pilgrim Oil Pipeline passes through this
town along the New York State Thruway from Albany to refineries in New Jersey.
The pipeline would transport explosive, volatile crude oil from the Bakken
Shale fields of North Dakota. The 3 p.m. meeting is at Saugerties Senior
Citizens Center, 207 Market St. The sponsors are the Coalition Against
Pilgrim Pipeline-Saugerties and Esopus Creek Conservancy. Information, cappsny@gmail.com, (845) 246-3449.
√ Tuesday,
Jan.13, GARRISON: A film showing about an FBI sting
operation in Newburgh, N.Y., followed by
a panel discussion will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Desmond-Fish
Library meeting room
(enter at back of library building),
Rt. 403 and Rt. 9D.
“The Newburgh Sting,”an acclaimed HBO documentary, depictd the plight of four poverty-stricken
men from Newburgh who were recruited by an FBI
informant to take part in
a terrorist plot created, planned, and supplied
by the FBI. The panel includes
Elizabeth McWilliams, the mother of one of the men snared
by the FBI; Daniel
Berger, executive director of the NYCLU (Lower Hudson
Valley chapter), and
Bennett Weiss, Orange County Peace and Justice.
(Snow date, Tuesday, Jan.
20.)
Information, margaret@haines.org.
Wednesday,
JAN. 14, 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. (Also meets here Jan. 28.) Information, (845) 475-8781, http://www.enjan.org.
Thursday,
Jan. 15, 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 Jan. 29, same place.) Information, (845)
876-7906, http://www.mideastcrisis.org.
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| Kathy Kelly, on the job. |
Saturday, Jan. 17,
NEWBURGH: A screening of the film “Racism, White Denial & the Costs of
Inequality” begins at 1p.m. in the Newburgh Free Library Auditorium, 124 Grand
St., followed by a discussion. The showing consists of antiracist author and
educator Tim Wise expounding on dismantling racism in the unfinished quest
for racial justice. “Free, but a $5 good will offering will be welcomed.”
Information,Verne M. Bell, (845) 569-8965 or Steve Ruelke (845) 391-8890.
√ Saturday, Jan. 17,
MIDDLETOWN: There will be an M.L. King Day vigil to resist construction of
the CPV fracked-gas fired power plant starting at 3 p.m. Meet at the parking lot
of El Tequilero, 3491 Rt. 6 (intersection with Rt. 17M). In addition to
environmental concerns (it will release 2.1 million tons of CO2 annually) the proposed plant will
destroy a Native American burial ground. The vigil will be led by the Chief of
the Ramapough-Lenape tribe.
Sunday, Jan. 18, ROCK
TAVERN: Kathy Kelly will also speak today at the Unitarian Universalist
Congregation, 9 Vance Rd. Rev. Chris Antal is currently hosting the
Veterans for Peace "Drone Quilt Exhibit." Information,
including time, (845) 496-9696.
Sunday, Jan. 18,
WOODSTOCK: This Ulster County community’s 25th Annual Birthday Tribute to
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will begin at 2 p.m. in Woodstock Justice
Court, 76 Tinker St. Among those who will speak or entertain are Rev. G. Modele
Clarke, New Progressive Baptist Church; Pam Africa, International Friends of
Mumia Abu Jamal; Kortnee Simmons, Youth Activist, Kingston; Josh Otero, with
Spoken Word Poets; Urban Lyrics from SUNY New Paltz and Hip Hop Performers; and
Debra Burger, Freedom Songs. This free public event is sponsored by the Martin
Luther King Jr. Planning Committee, Haitian People's Support Project and Town
of Woodstock. Information, (845) 679-7320.
√ Monday, Jan. 19,
POUGHKEEPSIE: The Real Majority Project’s 20th annual Mid-Hudson Martin
Luther King Jr. March for Social and Economic Justice begins at 11 a.m. at
Smith Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church, 124 Smith St. Participants will march to
the Dutchess County Office Building, 22 Market St. The event will be followed
by refreshments and discussion at Holy Light Pentecostal Church at 33 South
Clover St. Information, Joel Tyner joeltyner@earthlink.net.
Friday, Jan. 23, HUDSON: The
First Presbyterian Church of Hudson is the venue for a free 7:30 p.m. showing
of the 96-minute documentary “Steadfast Hope: The Palestinian Quest for a Just
Peace.” This film “offers an inspiring view of the activities currently being
undertaken by Muslim, Jewish, and Christian peacemakers working for justice and
reconciliation. It also gives helpful guidance on how religious groups can
contribute to the cause of a just peace for the people who share the Holy Land.
The address is 369 Warren St. Information, Middle East Crisis Response, (518) 828-4275,
www.firstpreshudson.org, www.mideastcrisis.org,
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