HUDSON VALLEY
ACTIVIST CALENDAR
January 4, 2014,
Issue #678
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Note:
The Activist Newsletter is posted just above this calendar.]
Sunday, Jan. 5, HIGHLAND and POUGHKEEPSIE: There will be a 350.org rally for ending use of fossil fuels, prohibiting fracking and other environmental objectives at the Walkway Over the Hudson. At 1 p.m. separate, brief rallies will be held on the Highland and Poughkeepsie sides of the Hudson River by residents of the east or west side. At 2 p.m. everyone will gather together in the middle of the Walkway for a combined rally. Information, (845) 453-2105, joeltyner@earthlink.net.
Sunday, Jan. 5 (snowdate Jan.
12), COTTEKILL:
Drone Alert Hudson Valley meeting, 7-9 p.m. at the Sustainable Living Resource
Center, 150 Cottekill Rd. Agenda includes working on strategies to raise
awareness of and to resist predator and surveillance drones. “Donation for use
of Center appreciated.” Information, bask999@yahoo.com, or Andrew, (845) 699-3051.
Monday, Jan. 6, KINGSTON: A free public showing of the
film "Slavery By Another Name" (Part 2) will begin at 7 p.m. at the
New Progressive Baptist Church, 8 Hone St. This is part of the "Who Is Jim
Crow?" film series. It’s sponsored by The End the New Jim Crow Action
Network! (ENJAN), New Progressive Baptist Church, Woodstock Jewish
Congregation, Task Force to End the New Jim Crow, NY Citizen Action (Hudson
Valley) and others. Information, (845) 475-8781, http://www.enjan.org.
Monday, Jan. 6, OLD CHATHAM: "The Healthcare Movie” will be
shown at 7 p.m. at Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse, 539 County Rt. 13 (at Pitt
Hall Rd.). A discussion will follow the film. This 65-minute documentary tells
how the health care systems in Canada and the United States, which were once
essentially the same, evolved to become dramatically different. The event is
free and there will be refreshments. Information, poetapoetus@taconic.net,
(518) 766-2992.
Wednesday, Jan. 8. ALBANY: There will be a Ban-Fracking rally at
Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State speech outside the Empire State Plaza
Convention Center, Madison Ave., being organized and sponsored by about 40
environmental and progressive groups. The event will last 11:30 a.m.-3
p.m. Cuomo says he will make his
decision to permit or ban fracking just after the elections. Anti-fracking
citizens should make a good showing at this rally if possible. According to New
Yorkers Against Fracking: “We know that fracktivists are dedicated, hardy
souls. But we want to assure you that this rally is entirely indoors. And
you’ll be joined by thousands of fellow New Yorkers, raising the temperature
with chants, singing, sign-waving, and joining together powerfully for a better
future.” You can purchase bus tickets to the event online at
https://secure3.convio.net/fww/site/Ticketing?view=Tickets&id=110481. NEWBURGH 8:30 a.m. 112 State Route 17K,
(Parking Lot adjacent to the Bus Depot at ShortLine/Coach USA).
NEW PALTZ
9
a.m. New Paltz Thruway Exit 18 Park & Ride. KINGSTON
9:45 a.m.
Hannaford Supermarket Parking Lot, 100 Plaza Rd. SAUGERTIES
10 a.m.
CVS
Parking Lot. CATSKILL
10:30
a.m. Catskill Park & Ride, NYS Thruway Exit 21.
Information,
http://nyagainstfracking.org.
Wednesday, Jan. 8, POUGHKEEPSIE: The End the New Jim Crow Action
Network — Hudson Valley groups dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial
profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration — is holding a regular
meeting 6-7:30 p.m. to which the concerned public is invited. The venue is
Sadie Peterson Delaney African Roots Library, Family Partnership Center, 29 N.
Hamilton St. Information, (845) 475-8781, http://www.enjan.org.
Thursday, Jan. 9, and Jan.
23,WOODSTOCK: Middle
East Crisis Response will meet both dates, 7-8:30 p.m., at the Woodstock Public
Library, 5 Library Lane. The group consists of Hudson Valley residents joined
together to promote peace and human rights in Palestine and the Middle East.
Information, (845) 876-7906 or http://www.mideastcrisis.org.
Thursday, Jan. 9, HIGHLAND: A weekly Thursday and Saturday
gathering to share ideas about community actions for "undoing racism"
in the Hudson Valley. These sessions take place on Thursday evenings from 5
p.m.-6:30 p.m., and Saturday mornings from 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. From the
organizers: "Join two groups coming together to share ideas: Improv
Patrol, an improve acting workshop that often deals with issues of race; and
Undoing Racism Community Outreach, a group that wants to bring Undoing Racism
Workshops to the Hudson Valley. This will be a great way to explore issues of
race and racism and how they effect everyone and all communities. Join us and
let's share and plan." It’s free and located at 278 State Route 299.
Information, (845) 642-1839, heymann.peter@gmail.com.
Friday,
Jan. 10, MILLBROOK: Investigative journalist Alan Weisman,
author of the bestselling “The World
Without Us,” will discuss practical solutions to support Earth’s
burgeoning population at 7 p.m. at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
auditorium,
2801 Sharon Turnpike (Rt. 44). Information, (845) 677-5343.
Tuesday, Jan.
14, KINGSTON:
This city’s End the
New Jim Crow Action Committee meets tonight 6-7:30 p.m. at the New Progressive Baptist
Church, 8 Hone St. Information, (845) 475-8781, http://www.enjan.org.
Saturday, Jan. 18, POUGHKEEPSIE: The 19th Annual Mid-Hudson
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March for Social and Economic Justice takes
place here today. At 12 noon there will be a one-hour meeting inside Smith
Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church — 124 Smith St. — for speeches and songs. At 1
p.m. participants will march to Dutchess County Office Building at 22 Market
St. St. At 3 p.m. there will a discussion and refreshments at Holy Light
Pentecostal Church, 33 Clover St. Information, Mae Parker-Harris (845)
485-3516, Ann Perry, (45) 454-0947, Rev. H. Dwight Bolton (845) 454-1913, Joel
Tyner at joeltyner@earthlink.net.
Sunday, Jan. 19, WOODSTOCK: This town’s 24th Annual
Birthday Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will begin at 2 p.m. at Woodstock Community Center, Rock City Rd. This
year’s slogan is “Justice for all — Stop
Criminalizing Immigrants!” A wide variety of speakers include Antonio Flores-Lobos former
editor of Las Noticias; Pam Africa, International Concerned Family and Friends
of Mumia Abu Jamal; Kat Fisher, organizer for Hudson Valley Citizen Action of
New York; several immigrants who will share their stories and hardships; and
Town Supervisor Jeremy Wilber. Music
includes NYC’s Tayino Trio, a Haitian
Voodoo-Jazz Band, and folk singer-songwriter Debra Burger.
Information, (845) 679-7320.
Monday, Jan. 20, KINGSTON: A Martin Luther King Jr. Community
Celebration will take place 6-8 p.m. at the New Progressive Baptist Church, 8
Hone St. It will feature a community reading and discussion of King’s famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” A discussion
will follow led by Professor Harriet Malinowitrz of Long Island University.
Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by End the New Jim Crow Action
Network! (ENJAN-Kingston), New Progressive Baptist Church, Woodstock Jewish
Congregation, Task Force to End the New Jim Crow, and Ulster County Human
Rights Commission. Information, Odell Winfield, (914) 388-3092.
Friday, Jan. 24, ROCK TAVERN: The film “Food Inc.” will be
screened at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, 9 Vance
Rd. (off Rt. 207). We’re told: “This documentary lifts the veil
on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized
underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer. It shows how our
nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often
put profit ahead of consumer health, the safety of workers and our own
environment. It reveals surprising and often shocking truths about
what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation, and where we
are going from here. The event is hosted by the Social Action Committee of the
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern; snacks and discussion follows.
A $5-$10 donation requested; no one turned away for lack of funds.
Information: verneMB@aol.com,
(845) 569-8965.
