CALENDAR October 2016
Hudson Valley
Activist Calendar, Issue #701
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OCTOBER – ONE MONTH TO G O!
CALENDAR:
Wednesday-Friday,
Oct. 5-7, BEACON, POUGHKEEPSIE, KINGSTON, ALBANY: Ten years ago, the court
ruled that New York State is systematically underfunding our public schools —
and they still haven't paid what they owe. So this year, we are
taking the fight to a new level. Early this month, parents and educators are
marching 150 miles from New York City to Albany to tell our Governor and
legislators that we are not giving up on the Campaign for Fiscal Equity. Join a
rally for the #EdWalk in your city:
* BEACON #EdWalk:
Wednesday, Oct. 5.
Rally at 3:30 p.m. Beacon High School. Join us
afterward as we continue our march and stop at Fishkill Correctional
Facility
to hold a press conference on the School to Prison
Pipeline.
* POUGHKEEPSIE
#EdWalk: Thursday, Oct. 6.
Rally at 2 p.m. at Poughkeepsie High School. Join us
afterward as we bring our march to the Walkway Over the Hudson.
*KINGSTON
#EdWalk: Friday, October 7. Rally 2 p.m. at Kingston City Hall.
Join us
after the rally for a potluck with the Ed Walkers (location TBD).
Alex Deane, Citizen Action of New York. Information, <adeane@citizenactionny.org,
citizenactionny.org/
Thursday, Oct. 6,
NEW P ALTZ: The New Paltz Climate Action Coalition meets every Thursday
5-630 p.m. at Village Hall, Plattekill Ave. All are welcome. Information, (845)
255-9297, http://www.newpaltzclimateaction.org/.
Friday, Oct. 7,
DELMAR: The 2016 documentary Paying
the Price for Peace will be screened at 6:30 p.m. at the Bethlehem Public
Library,
451 Delaware Ave. This free offering features the true story of
Vietnam Veteran S. Brian Willson, who paid the price for peace by nearly being
killed by a military train during a nonviolent protest in 1987. Since then, he
has not stopped calling attention to the U.S. government’s defiance of
international law through waging endless illegal wars. The film also stars: Dan
Ellsberg, Ed Asner, Martin Sheen, Blase Bonpane, Colonel Ann Wright, Ron Kovic,
Medea Benjamin, Alice Walker, Bruce and David Swanson, and other current
outspoken antiwar veterans of U.S. Wars including Iraq and
Afghanistan. A discussion will follow the free public film.
Information, (518) 466-1192.
Friday, Oct. 7,
KINGSTON: The War Around Us will be screened 7-9 p.m. at the Unitarian
Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Rd. In 2008, two best
friends found themselves trapped in one of the most dangerous places on earth
as the only western journalists in the Gaza Strip. The free film tells their
true story as they witness and cover one of the most disturbing wars of our
time. Sponsored by Middle East Crisis Response (www.mideastcrisis.org), Hudson
Valley Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (www.hudsonvalleybds.org. Contact: Jane.toby7@gmail.com, (518) 291-6808.
Saturday, Oct. 8, 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.
Monday,
Oct. 10, 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 is Oct. 24. Information, (845)
475-8781 or www.enjan.org.
Wednesday,
Oct. 12, 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 is Oct. 26. Information, (845) 475-8781 or www.enjan.org.
Thursday,
Oct. 13, 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
next meeting is Oct. 27. Information,
(845) 876-7906 or www.mideastcrisis.org.
Thursday, Oct. 13,
HYDE PARK: Author Susan Quinn will discuss her recently published book Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That
Shaped A First Lady at 7 p.m.
in the Henry A. Wallace Center of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential
Library and Museum, 4079 Albany Post Road. She will sign purchased books. Information (845)
486-7770.
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√√ Friday, Oct. 14,
TROY: The James Connolly Forum presents "Elections and
Democracy in Cuba" starting at 7 p.m.
at Oakwood Community Center, 313 10th
St. The speaker is Canadian journalist Arnold August, the author of Democracy in Cuba and the 1997–98 Elections,
and, more recently, Cuba and Its Neighbors: Democracy in Motion.
Cosponsored by the Solidarity Committee
of the Capital District,
Bethlehem
Neighbors for Peace,
Albany Cuba
Solidarity, and
the Hampton
Institute.
Donation of $5 requested, $2 unemployed and students. Information, map and
parking, https://jamesconnollyforum.wordpress.com/2014/08/29/forumnews/, (518)
407-7582.
Saturday, Oct. 15,
SARATOGA SPRINGS: The Saratoga Peace
Alliance sponsors a weekly peace vigil Saturdays at noon at the Post Office at 475
Broadway. You are welcome to stand with us.
Information, Jim Fulmer, (518) 859-5873.
Saturday, Oct. 15, POUGHKEEPSIE:
A 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. teach-in on the Dutchess County jail expansion takes place in the Cafeteria, downstairs at The Family Partnership Center, 29 N. Hamilton
St. Topics include Restorative Justice, Alternatives to Mass Incarceration and
the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Sponsors
include Sadie Peterson Delaney African Roots Library, New York Civil Liberties
Union (NYCLU) and End the New Jim Crow Action Network (ENJAN). A light
breakfast begins at 9:30 a.m.. Information, www.enjan.org, enjanhv@gmail.com, (845) 475-8781.
√√ Thursday, Oct. 20, NEW PALTZ (SUNY Campus): A free public pre-screening
of the environmental film Before the
Flood will be shown tonight at 8:30 p.m. at the Coykendall Science Building
auditorium. National Geographic wrote:
"From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Academy
Award-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio, Before The Flood presents a riveting
account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate
change." Campus map: http://www.newpaltz.edu/map/ .
Friday, Oct 21, MILLBROOK: Dr. Karen Lips will describe the impact chytrid pathogens have had on frogs and salamanders globally, and what we might expect as new pathogens emerge and spread. The 7 p.m. meeting will be held in the Cary Institute auditorium, 2801 Sharon Turnpike (Route 44). Free and public. Information, doylev@caryinstitute.org.
Saturday. Oct. 22,
CHATHAM: Every Saturday for years, Chatham Neighbors for Peace conducts a
12 noon-1 p.m. peace and justice vigil at The Gazebo, 1 Park Row. You can bring
your own sign or use one of ours. For Map and directions: https://goo.gl/maps/sqBFimbbJR72.
Information, (518) 542 4194.
Saturday, Oct, 22,
HYDE PARK: The FDR Presidential Library (4079 Albany Post Rd.) will host an talk
at 3p.m. with Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of the
forthcoming Eleanor Roosevelt,
Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962. Public and free. Information (845) 486-7745.
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| From Birth of a Nation |
√√ Wednesday, Oct. 26,
NEW PALTZ (SUNY campus): A symposium on the influential 1915 anti-black racist
film The Birth of a Nation will take
place 6:30-8 p.m. in Lecture Center 108, sponsored by the Black Studies
Department. There will be four speakers. Considering the role this film played
in reinforcing Jim Crow segregation, the discussions should be most
enlightening
√√ Wednesday, Oct. 26,
NEW PALTZ (SUNY campus): A free public screening of ecologist Sandra
Steingraber's documentary Living
Downstream will takej place at 7 p.m. in Lecture Center 100. It is based on
the ecologist’s personal Investigation of cancer and the environment. Imformation.
<bomsm@newpaltz.edu>
√√ Thursday, Oct. 27,
NEW PALTZ (SUNY Campus): The free public program "Emotions Matter:
Creating More Compassionate Schools and Communities Through Emotional
Intelligence," begins at 7 p.m. in CSB Auditorium. Shauna Tominey and
Kathryn Lee of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence will present a
program, geared for families and teens, that will provide tools and strategies
for managing emotions to reduce stress, improve communication, and support one
another. This interactive evening will include full group learning activities
and breakout discussions. It will emphasize emotions as a point of
connection across race, gender, and class difference. The program is presented
by the Maya Gold Foundation and co-sponsored by the Humanistic/Multicultural
Education Program.
√√ Saturday, Oct. 29,
POUIGHKEEPSIE, HIGHLAND: the 4th Annual Walk for Gun Sense, Sponsored by
New Yorkers Against Violence, begins at 10 a.m. at the Walkway Over the
Hudson State Historic Park. The march will demand an end to the gun
violence that’s devastating our communities, families and loved ones. The event
begins on the Poughkeepsie side of the Walkway. All are welcome. Information, http://nyagv.org/join-us-to-walk-for-gun-sense-oct-29-in-poughkeepsie/.
Saturday, Oct. 29, ALBANY: A free public screening of Michael Moore's latest film, Where To Invade Next, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Channing Hall of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany, 405 Washington Ave. (across from the downtown SUNY campus). Public an free, sponsored by the Solidarity Committee and Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace. Information, (518) 466-1192.
√√ Saturday, Oct. 29,
CASTLETON-ON-HUDSON: A Renewable Energy Fair will take place 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
at Maple Hill High School, 1216 Maple Hill Rd., sponsored by Stop NY Fracked
Gas Pipeline. The group says "Visit and learn how to save money, save
energy and save the planet." Information, http://www.stopnypipeline.org/
To Our Readers: The recent anti-Russia, anti-Putin comments coming from Washington and the commercial mass media portend the possibility of moving ever closer to a war no none will win. We have tried to make this case in the Sept. 26 Activist Newsletter. Check out this educational article directly below this calendar. Jack
