Hudson Valley
Activist Calendar, Issue #700
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Its still summer but
BEAUTIFUL FALL IS ON
THE WAY
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| A mountain lake in New York's Adirondacks |
EVENTS
Sunday, Sept. 4, NEW
PALTZ: A protest against proposed oil pipelines in the Hudson
Valley will take place 4-6 p.m. at Main St. and North Front
St., sponsored by the New Paltz Climate Action Coalition. Information, www.newpaltzclimateaction.org,
or (845) 255-9297.
Tuesday, Sept. 6, KINGSTON: In response to the racism and stereotypes
evident in this election cycle, faith, labor, and community leaders are coming
together for a series of conversations that will expose the harm in
"dog-whistle" politics. It is called, "Our Best Selves" and
will be held at 6 p.m. at the Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St. Information from
Citizen Action of New York (Kingston), <imogene@simmonskellyconsulting.com>
Wednesday, Sept.7,
ALBANY: A public meeting on the topic "Is NATO Counterproductive to
World Peace?" will start at 7 p.m. at
Bethlehem Public Library, 451
Delaware Ave. Tom Ellis and Joe Lombardo will discuss the history of NATO and
its current function. They will also address other questions such
as "Has NATO outlived its usefulness and should it be
abolished?" and "Could NATO provocations against Russia lead to
nuclear war?" Information, (518) 466-1192.
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| Missy LeHand |
Thursday, Sept. 8,
HYDE PARK: The FDR Presidential Library will host an author talk and book
signing at 7 p.m. in the Henry A. Wallace Center with Kathryn Smith, author of The Gatekeeper: Missy Lehand, FDR, and The
Untold Story of the Partnership That Defined A Presidency. Copies of the
book will be available for sale after the talk. The address is 4079 Albany Post Road.
Information, (845) 486-7770.
Thursday, Sept. 8, WOODSTOCK: Middle East Crisis Response (MECR) will meet from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Woodstock Public Library, 5 Library Lane. MECR is a group of Hudson Valley residents joined together to promote peace and human rights in Palestine and the Middle East. (The following meeting — Sept. 22.) Information, (845) 876-7906 or www.mideastcrisis.org.
Friday, Sept. 9, NEW PALTZ: Improv theatre and music by the Hudson River Playback Theatre is based this evening on audience members’ personal stories relating to climate change. New Paltz Climate Action Coalition invites you to "join us to share these vital stories in a beautiful woodland setting, lit by torchlight as the sun goes down. The event begins at 7 p.m. at the Rail Trail Café, 310 River Road Ext., right beside the parking lot on Stone Mountain Farm off Springtown Road, which serves delicious food and drinks. Come early to eat!" This outdoor show will be cancelled in case of rain. Information https://www.facebook.com/search/top/q=hudson%20river%20playback%20theatre%20inc.
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| A flotilla of opponents protested the Bakken oil pipeline in Iowa last year. |
Saturday, Sept. 10,
NEW PALTZ: The progressive group Woman in Black, which has been fighting
for peace and numerous good causes every Saturday since soon after 9/11, will
be holding their signs in front of the Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main St. 12:45
to 1:30 p.m. You are welcome to stand with them.
√√ Sunday, Sept. 11, NEWBURGH: A protest rally against the
proposed Pilgrim Pipeline will take place 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the intersection
of Rt.300 and Rt. 17K., close to the New York State Thruway. The event is
sponsored by RAPP (Residents Against Pilgrim Pipelines), which invites you to
join them for any amount of time. They are making signs and banners.
Information, Sandra at (845) 564-3018, sandraks@frontiernet.net.
Sunday, Sept. 11,
KINGSTON: The LGBTQ Task Force to Undo Mass Incarceration and Institutional
Racism meets on the 2nd and 4th Sundays 3-5 p.m. at
the LGBTQ Community Center, 300 Wall St. Information, Janet at (845) 797-7691.
Monday,
Sept. 12, KINGSTON: The End The New Jim Crow Action Network (ENJAN) will meet 6-8 p.m. at
the New Progressive Baptist Church, 8 Hone St. ENJAN is a Hudson Valley network
dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial profiling, police brutality,
and mass incarceration. The next meeting — Sept. 26. Information, (845) 475-8781 or www.enjan.org.
√√ Tuesday, Sept. 13, New PALTZ (SUNY campus): Professor
Ilgu Ozler will speak on the recent coup attempt in Turkey and its significance
at 7 p.m. in the Coykendall Science Building Auditorium. Campus map: http://www.newpaltz.edu/map/. Information,
<millerj@newpaltz.edu>.
Wednesday, Sept. 14,
POUGHKEEPSIE: A community training on “Reversing Runaway Inequality” will
be held 5:30-9 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 67 South Randolph
Ave. Admission is free; please bring a dish to share for the potluck meal, which
begins at 5:30 p.m. Over the past 50 years, inequality has grown at a rapid
pace in the U.S. severely weakening the middle class,
intensifying poverty in communities of color and among low wage whites, and
concentrating wealth in the hands of the top 1%. Reversing Runaway
Inequality workshops are highly interactive, building on participants’ own
experiences with how concentration of wealth has impacted their lives and
communities. The workshop is co-sponsored by Citizens Action NYS, Dutchess
County Progressive Alliance and the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie. Information, (845) 229-7890 or qbush713@optonline.net.
Wednesday,
Sept. 14, POUGHKEEPSIE: ENJAN (End The New Jim Crow Action Network) will meet 6-8 p.m. in the
Sadie Peterson Delaney African Roots Library, Family Partnership Center, 29 N.
Hamilton St. ENJAN is a Hudson Valley network dedicated to fighting racist
policies of racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration. The
next meeting — Sept. 28. Information, (845) 475-8781 or www.enjan.org.
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| Artwork on the West Bank side Israel's imprisoning wall. |
√√ Wednesday, Sept. 14,
WOODSTOCK: "My Life as a Christian Palestinian in the West Bank," is
the title of a 7 p.m. talk by Salam Qumsiyeh, at the Woodstock Reformed Church,
16 Tinker St. Middle East Crisis Response (www.mideastcrisis.org) is
cosponsoring the event, which will include refreshments and is open to the
public. Information, Jane.toby7@gmail.com,
(518) 291-6808.
√√ Fridqy, Sept. 16, NEW PLTZ: A rally featuring Bernie Sanders and Zepher Teachout — the liberal Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives from New York's 19th CD — will begin at 11 a.m. in Hasbrouck Park on Mohonk Ave., just south of Village Hall. In a mailing announcing the event, Sanders noted that "Zephyr Teachout is one of the very first people I endorsed as part of our political revolution." The Activist Newsletter supports Teachout as do just about all our
√√ Fridqy, Sept. 16, NEW PLTZ: A rally featuring Bernie Sanders and Zepher Teachout — the liberal Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives from New York's 19th CD — will begin at 11 a.m. in Hasbrouck Park on Mohonk Ave., just south of Village Hall. In a mailing announcing the event, Sanders noted that "Zephyr Teachout is one of the very first people I endorsed as part of our political revolution." The Activist Newsletter supports Teachout as do just about all our
Friday, Sept. 16, TROY: Progressive journalist and author Sarah Jaffe is giving a talk titled "Necessary Trouble: America's New Radicals" starting at 7 p.m., in Oakwood Community Center, 313 10th St. Jaffe is a Nation Institute fellow and an independent journalist covering labor, economic justice, social movements, politics, gender, and pop culture. She is the author this year of Necessary Trouble: America's New Radicals. This event is Sponsored by the James Connolly Forum and co-sponsored by The Solidarity Committee, Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace and SEIU Local 200 United. Donation of $5 requested, $2 unemployed and students. Information: (518) 407 3582.
√√ Monday, Sept. 19,
NEW PALTZ (SUNY campus): A free public screening of Michael Moore's latest
film, Where To Invade Next, will
begin at 7 p.m. in Lecture Center 100. The sponsor is the campus Environmental
Task Force. Campus map: http://www.newpaltz.edu/map/
√√ Tuesday, Sept. 20,
NEW PALTZ (SUNY campus): Filmmaker Michael Moore will speak
about "The Youth Vote and the 2016 Election" at 7 p.m. in
LC100. The sponsor of this free public event is the campus Environmental Task
Force. Campus map: http://www.newpaltz.edu/map/
Wednesday, Sept. 21, COLONIE: Grannies for Peace will be
gathering with other members of Women Against War and allies in the peace and
justice community to highlight the urgency of waging peace in a world
descending into a never ending cycle of violence. The theme of the 5-6 p.m.
vigil outside Colonie Shopping Center at Wolf Rd. and Central Ave. is “Violence
begets violence.” They say: "We will stand together to call for an end to
the ever expanding wars that our country is involved in. We will instead
recommend ceasefires and negotiations to end the suffering of the millions of
people caught in these conflicts. Information, info@womenagainstwar.org.
Thursday, Sept. 22,
SUFFERN (Rockland Community College): Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson are
holding a public information meeting on the proposed Pilgrim oil pipelines in
the Hudson Valley. The event begins at 6:30 p.m., 145 College Rd. Information,
(845) 574-4000.5 College
Road, Suffern, NY
Thursdays,
Sept. 22, NEW PALTZ: The Climate Action Coalition meets every Thursday in New Paltz
Village Hall (upstairs), 25 Plattekill Ave. The 5-6:30 p.m. meetings feature
weekly reports on local current actions in solar, composting, fracking and
pipeline resistance, energy transition and more. Information,www.newpaltzclimateaction.org/, or www.facebook.com/#!/pages/New-Paltz-Climate-Action-Coalition/440970735951732.
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| West Point: the more officers, the more wars of aggression. |
√√ Monday, Sept 26,
HIGHLAND FALLS: A “Stop the U.S. Colonial Wars” protest will be held at 11
a.m. at the West Point U.S. Military Academy’s Thayer Gate. The demonstration
will call on Washington to totally disengage militarily from wars in
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, Syria and Libya and for a halt in
all U.S. drone attacks. “We are protesting at West Point because students are
being trained there to fight dishonorable wars of aggression and domination
solely to the benefit of wealthy interests,” said Nick Mottern, Coordinator of Knowdrones.com, an organizer of the
protest. The event is in solidarity with an antiwar protest being held the same
morning at the Pentagon in Washington, by the National Campaign for Non-Violent
Resistance (NCNR). This protest will be the culmination of the
international “No-War 2016” conference being organized by World Beyond War. The
West Point action is endorsed by NCNR, Knowdrones.com,
WESPAC Foundation, World Beyond War, Middle East Crisis Response and the Hudson
Valley Activist Newsletter. Information, nickmottern@gmail.com,
or call (914) 806-6179, http://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2016agenda/.
Wednesday, Sept 28,
HYDE PARK: The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will
present "Listening to the Roosevelts: Franklin D. Roosevelt — The War
Years" at 7 p.m. in the Henry A. Wallace Center. Hosted by Library
Director Paul Sparrow — in conversation with Mary Stuckey, author and professor
of communication at Georgia State University —this program will include
selected audio recordings of FDR during World War II. The address is 4079 Albany Post Road.
Information, (845) 486-7770.
√√ Thursday, Sept. 29, CATSKILL: A Pilgrim Pipelines Public Information Meeting will be held 7-9 p.m. at Catskill High School Auditorium, 343 W. Main St.4
√√ Thursday, Sept. 29, CATSKILL: A Pilgrim Pipelines Public Information Meeting will be held 7-9 p.m. at Catskill High School Auditorium, 343 W. Main St.4
√√ Friday, Sept 30: MILLBROOK: A lecture by noted herpetologist Harry Greene, a Professor of
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University, will take place at 7
p.m. in the Cary Institute auditorium located at 2801 Sharon Turnpike. He will
discuss his new book, Tracks and Shadows:
Field Biology as Art. In the process he will explain, "Through an
exploration of frogs, snakes, African megafauna and other charismatic wildlife,
one can discover how natural history, aesthetics, and ethics underpin
conservation.: Information, (845) 677-7600 ext. 203.
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