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NOVEMBER CALENDAR, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2016
Hudson Valley
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NOVEMBER
EVENTS
Wednesday,
Nov. 2, NEW PALTZ (SUNY campus): Biologist Sandra Steingraber, the author of "Living Downstream: An
Ecologist’s Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment," will
speak at 5:30 p.m. in Lecture Center 100. Her topic is "The Health
Consequences of Fossil Fuel." Steingraber has been named a Woman of the
Year by Ms. Magazine, and is the recipient of the Rachel Carson Leadership
Award. This free public event is sponsored by the campus Office of
Sustainability.
Thursday,
Nov. 3, DELMAR: The Obama
administration's Trans-Pacific Partnership is in the news, but most people know
little about it. Susan Weber and Susan DuBois will each give a critical
presentation on this multi-national agreement that could supersede federal,
state and local laws if it is passed by Congress as President Obama suggests. Candidates
Trump and Clinton both oppose the measure for quite different reasons.
"Stop the TPP" is the title of tonight's discussion beginning at 7
p.m.at the Bethlehem Pubic Library, 451 Delaware Ave. Information, (518)
466-1192.
Friday, Nov.
4, WOODSTOCK: A free
public showing of the documentary "Two Blue Lines" begins at 7 p.m.
at Town Hall, 76 Tinker St. Filmed over a period of 25 years, this 2015 film
explores the passionate dispute among Israeli citizens about their government’s
occupation of Palestine. The movie debates competing views of Judaism: a
religious entitlement to land versus a spiritual commitment to freeing the
oppressed. Sponsored by Middle East Crisis Response (www.mideastcrisis.org) and Hudson Valley BDS (www.hudsonvalleybds.org). Contact: Jane.toby7@gmail.com.
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"We take this land in the name of Christ."
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Friday, Nov.
4, OLD CHATHAM: The Quaker Meeting will screen
"Doctrine of Discovery” at 7 p.m. in the Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse,
539 County Rt.13, across from Pitt Hall Rd. and Powell House. The film
"shows how Christian governments used a framework of moral and legal
'rights' to invade and seize indigenous lands and dominate their
peoples. Enslavement, extraction and extinction were the result and
continue to happen. The end of the film deals with the undoing of this
doctrine." There will be a potluck at 6 p.m. for those wishing to share dinner.
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served and a moderated
discussion will follow. Information (518) 766-2992. Directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org
Saturdays,
Nov. 5, NEW PALTZ: The progressive
group Women 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.
Poughkeepsie,
Saturday, Nov. 5: The annual
Fair Trade Bazaar, which took a hiatus last year, will re-open as the “Fair
Trade and Handmade” Bazaar in a new location: the Hellenic Center, 54 Park Ave.
from 11 to 5, and Sunday, Nov.6, from 11 to 3. Cosponsored by the Dutchess
County Interfaith Council (www.dutchesscountyinterfaith.org),
and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie (www.uupok.org). Organizer Pat Lamanna, a member of the
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, says, “I see this work as related to the
commitment of all the major religions to social justice, to concern for those
in poverty, and for stewardship of the earth. It also helps raise awareness of
the effect of our actions on others.” Information, patla42@gmail.com, or visit https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=fair%20trade%20and%20handmade%20hudson%20valley.
Saturday,
Nov. 5, NEW PALTZ: A
"SlutWalk" March Against Rape Culture will begin at 3:30 p.m. from
Manheim and Main Sts. (by New Paltz Middle School). At 4:30 the march resumes from
Peace Park/Village Hall to Unframed Artists Gallery. From 5-8 p.m.
there will be "Counter Stories pop-up feminist art show at 173
Huguenot Street." Information, Alex Wojcik (631) 335-2402 (cell), Rachel
Caprari (845) 542-6212, or SlutWalkNPZ@gmail.com,
http://tinyurl.com/SlutWalkNPZ.
√√ Sunday, Nov. 6,
NEW PALTZ: We have been informed: A group of community members have been
holding vigils for victims of state violence outside the Elting Memorial
library in downtown New Paltz every other Sunday from noon to 1 p.m. Today they focus on solidarity with the
protestors at Standing Rock who are being assaulted for opposing an oil
pipeline project that has the potential to disrupt their source for clean water
and that runs through sacred burial sites. JOIN THEM IF YOU CAN. (Note daylight
saving time ends. Turn clocks back an hour)
Mondays, Nov.
7, DELMAR: A peace
vigil takes place each Monday, 5 to 6 p.m. at the four corners intersection of
Kenwood and Delaware Aves. Bring your sign or use one of ours. Stay for a few
minutes or an hour. Let's stand together for peace. Information, (518)
466-1192.
Tuesday, Nov.
8, USA: Election Day: We assume
just about everyone on our list in the U.S. is going to vote against Trump, one
way or another.
In our 19th Congressional District progressives are voting for Zephyr
Teachout for a seat in the House of Representatives.
Wednesday,
Nov. 9, 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
Nov. 23. Information, (845) 475-8781 or www.enjan.org.
Thursdays,
Nov. 10, 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, led by Ann Guenther
and Miriam Strouse, 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
Thursday,
Nov. 10, 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. Information Middle East Crisis Response www.mideastcrisis.org
Thursday,
Nov. 10, HYDE PARK: The FDR
Presidential Library will host an author talk and book signing at 7 p.m. in the
Henry A. Wallace Center, 4079 Albany Post Rd. Craig Nelson will discuss his new
book Pearl Harbor: From Infamy To Greatness. Copies of the book will be
available for sale after the talk. Information (845) 486-7745.
Saturday.
Nov. 12, 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.
Monday, Nov.
14, WHITE PLAINS:
"Protecting Civil Liberties and Public Safety in an Age of Terror" is
the title of a 6 to 8:30 p.m. panel discussion about potential terrorist
activity to be held in the Tudor Room at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law
at Pace University, 78 N. Broadway. The event will address public concern
and review procedures that are in place to keep us safe while at the same time
respecting the rule of law, constitutional rights and civil liberties.
Panelists will explore why protecting civil rights domestically is
important to fighting terrorism. Panelists include: Mariko Hirose, senior
staff attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union; Chief Inspector John
Hodges with the Westchester County Police Department's counter-terrorism unit;
and Professor Thomas McDonnell, an expert in international human rights,
the law of war, and the war on terrorism. This event is free and open to the
public and is co-sponsored by the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York
CLU, the Pace Criminal Justice Institute, WESPAC, the Westchester Coalition
against Islamophobia and the Westchester Coalition for Police Reform.
Information, Pace Criminal Justice Institute Director Lissa Griffin
at lgriffin@law.pace.edu. Parking is available on
campus.
Monday, Nov.
14, 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 Nov. 28. Information, (845)
475-8781 or www.enjan.org.
Mondays, Nov.
14, GUILDERLAND: Guilderland
Neighbors for Peace conducts a peace vigil every Monday at the corner of routes
20 and 155 every Monday between 5 and 6 p.m.
Friday, Nov.
18, TROY: Long time activist and professor
Joel Kovel will speak at 7 p.m. at the James Connolly Forum, Oakwood Community
Center, 313 10th St.
His topic is
"The Future of Israel: Occupier with a Wall or at Peace with the
Palestinians?" Kovel is currently editor-in-chief of "Capitalism
Nature Socialism," an author and media commentator. Sponsored by The James
Connolly Forum. Co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace. Donation of $5
requested, $2 unemployed and students. Information, and directions, (518)
407-3582.
Saturday,
Nov. 19, 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,
Nov. 19, ALBANY: The film: Sacco
and Vanzetti
will be screened free at 7:30 p.m.
in Channing Hall of the
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany, 405 Washington Ave. (across
from downtown SUNY). Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two Italian
immigrant anarchists who were accused of a murder in 1920 and were executed
after a notoriously biased trial. In this award-winning film, John
Turturro and Tony Shalhoub serve as voices of Sacco and Vanzetti, while Howard
Zinn, Studs Terkel, and Arlo Guthrie are interviewed about the doomed men’s case.
Sponsored by the Solidarity Committee and co-sponsored by Bethlehem Neighbors
for Peace, the Social Justice Center, and Upper Hudson Peace Action. Admission
and refreshments are free. Information: (518) 466-1192.
VV Saturday, Nov. 19,
ALBANY: Join the Rally and March Against Trump’s 100 Days Agenda. Meet at
1:30 p.m. at Townsend Park (Intersection of Central and Washington Aves.) for a
rally followed by a march to the Masjid As-Salam on Central Ave. We will
demand: Stop deportations, stop white supremacy, stop racism, stop
Islamophobia, for LGBT rights, support free speech, support Social Security and
other social benefits that are now threatened. The action is initiated by the
Capital District Coalition Against Islamophobia and endorsed by a number of
other area groups. Information, (518)366-7324).
VV Saturday, Nov. 19,
TROY: Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the women-led peace group CodePink, and
the author or editor of eight books including a new one about the Saudi-U.S.
relationship, will speak at 7 p.m. at the Sanctuary for Independent Media, 3361
6th Ave. Admission: by donation ($10 suggested, $5 student/low-income), Information,
(518) 272-2390.
√√ Saturday and Sunday, Nov 19-20, HYDE PARK: at the FDR
Library/Wallace Center, 4079 Albany Post Rd. (Rt. 9), Hyde Park. The fourth
Annual Veteran Arts Showcase starts at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, and celebrates
veterans and the healing power of the arts. Artists, crafters, writers, poets,
musicians, and other performers will be featured at this free weekend program. Information,
914) 522-5518, www.veteranartsshowcase.org.
VV Sunday, Nov. 20,
NEW PALTZ: Join community members to stand vigil from noon to 1 p.m. outside
the Elting library, 93 Main St. "These are dark times we live in. This
week has seen incidents of verbal and physical violence based on prejudice
across the country. At the same time it is so heartening that we also have
constructive and positive push-back by campus and community members. More than
at any time in the recent past we need to demonstrate solidarity with
like-minded people in our community and across the region and the country and
make sure that the future administration in Washington gets the message that
they are not acting in our name when they engage in discriminatory policies
that violate basic principles of human rights." In Solidarity, Gowri
Parameswaran.
Thursday,
Nov. 24, USA: Happy Thanksgiving.
We’d like to talk turkey about turkeys. All told throughout the year in the
U.S., up to 300 million turkeys are raised for slaughter every year, nearly 47
million for this single day of gluttony. Their lives are short and brutal. Many
never leave the cruel factory “farm” until they are about to be killed. Turkeys are frequently confined so
tightly that each bird has only between 2.5 to 4 square feet of space each.
This space only gets tighter as the turkeys grow. “The symbolism surrounding the
Thanksgiving turkey, much like the modern domestic turkey itself, has been
largely manufactured by cynical commercial interests. There is neither
compelling historical precedent nor meaningful rationale for associating the butchered
carcass of a turkey with our national day of thanksgiving.” This information
comes from a brief article titled “The History of Thanksgiving” on the Farm
Sanctuary website, http://www.farmsanctuary.org Google “Vegetarian and vegan
recipes for Thanksgiving” and you will find some very delicious recipes.
Thursday,
Nov. 24, BEAR MOUNTAIN: A 1-2
p.m. demonstration in solidarity with Standing Rock and #NoDAPL, as well as the
pipeline fiascoes in the Hudson Valley will take place on the Bear Mountain
Bridge. Information, Tom O'Reilly, (845) 735-5926.
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