Community Meeting

Forget the malls: Shop Palestine! Support Fair Trade!

AdamE — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:34:32 -0600

Start: 12/07/2008 - 3:00pm

End: 12/07/2008 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

3-8pm, 4 Newell St., Cambridge (near Porter Square at end of
Upland Rd) Open House / Palestine Market just in time for Chanukah and
Christmas shopping: Olive Branch Olive Oil (Extra Virgin, Fair-Traded,
and delicious!) Olive oil soap, Handmade embroidery, Olive wood boxes and
ornaments, Jewelryv& more -- all items are made by Palestinians in the West
Bank, Gaza and the camps of Lebanon and are fairly traded.

Green Jobs" Campaign Launch

AdamE — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:32:35 -0600

Start: 12/06/2008 - 11:00am

End: 12/06/2008 - 3:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Twelfth Baptist Church, 150 Warren St, Roxbury. Join
Community Labor United as they kick off a new campaign that will insulate
people's homes, slow climate change, create jobs in our neighborhoods, and keep
people in their homes despite the foreclosure crisis. Followed by ACORN's
Energy Fair from 11 to 3. Free. Contact Kalila Barnett, kalila@massclu.org.

Reconciliation in Iraq: The Arab Nations; The Challenges for the New U.S. Administration

AdamE — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:30:53 -0600

Start: 12/05/2008 - 4:30pm

End: 12/05/2008 - 6:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

The Forum. Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F. Kennedy
St., Cambridge. A Panel Presentation sponsored by the Middle East Initiative and the
Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, the Middle East Forum at
the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, .

.The panel will feature:

Ambassador
Hussein Hassouna,
Arab League Ambassador to the United States
Ambassador
David Newton,
Former U.S. Ambassador and Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute
Milton
Viorst,
Writer and Scholar on Middle Eastern Affairs; Author of Seven books on the
Middle East
Dr. Judith
Yaphe,
Senior Fellow for the Near East/Persian Gulf, Institute for National
Strategic Studies, National Defense University

Moderated by:

Charles
Sennott,
Executive Editor and Vice President, Global News Enterprises

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

AdamE — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:28:46 -0600

Start: 11/29/2008 - 6:30pm

End: 11/29/2008 - 8:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

The
Palestine Cultural Center for Peace, 41 Quint Ave. Allston. Join
us for an evening of community, education, and inspiration to mark the
international day of solidarity with the Palestinian
people. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Husam Zomlot, PLO Diplomat. Visiting scholar at
the Center of Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. Food and the
Palestinian Film "HARDBALL" Cosponsored by The Palestinian
House of New England, & The American Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee of Massachusetts. Suggested
Donation: $10 per/person - No one turned away!

Dorchester People for Peace (DPP) Post-Election Strategy

AdamE — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:01:23 -0600

Start: 11/22/2008 - 1:30pm

End: 11/22/2008 - 5:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Saturday, November
22, 1:30-5:30 pm: UJP Post-election Strategy Session. Three
activists will share their views on the meaning of the election and the
economic crisis, and the implications for our peace and justice work. Following
these presentations there will be ample time for discussion, questions,
answers, new proposals for projects, etc.

For more information, please visit the DPP website at http://www.dotpeace.org/

[DEHC] Invitation to Green Boston: City Policy & Practices

AdamE — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:56:06 -0600

Start: 11/20/2008 - 8:30am

End: 11/20/2008 - 10:00am

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

You are invited to join James Hunt, Chief of Environmental and Energy Services for the City of Boston, and Kairos Shen, Chief Planner for the City of Boston, as they discuss innovative programs and policies that the City of Boston has implemented to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions and the implications of Boston?s nationally recognized green building zoning requirements.

WHEN: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 8:30 to 10:00 AM

WHERE: Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Rabb Lecture Hall
700 Boylston Street (MBTA Green Line Copley Station)

Please RSVP at: katherine.painter@cityofboston.gov or by calling
617-635-3425 read more »

Community Housing Forum

greater four corners action coalition — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:54:30 -0600

Start: 11/19/2008 - 6:00pm

End: 11/19/2008 - 9:00pm

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Join the Greater Four Corners Action Coalition and the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp as we work to address the housing crisis in our community. Workshops in credit repair and counseling, mortgage counseling, homebuying and tenants rights relating to foreclosures. City councillors Charles Yancey and Chuck Turner are co-sponsors. . A collaborative effort of DOTWELL and Mt Washington Bank and the Mass Alliance Against Predatory Lending-(City Life/Vida urbana, Boston Tenant Coalition and GFCAC) read more »

East Boston Greenway Council Meeting

AdamE — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:16:26 -0600

Start: 12/18/2008 - 6:30pm

End: 12/18/2008 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

East Boston YMCA
215 Bremen Street
East Boston
6:30 p.m.

Monthly meeting. All are welcome. For more information contact Candice Cook at BNAN at 617-542-7696 x16 or candice@bostonnatural.org

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Boston Community Garden Council Meeting

AdamE — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:15:03 -0600

Start: 12/10/2008 - 6:00pm

End: 12/10/2008 - 7:30pm

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MEETING DATE HAS CHANGED TO WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10
BNAN Office
62 Summer Street
Near Downtown Crossing
6:00 p.m.

Monthly meeting. All are welcome. For more information email Pat Grady at mpgtrees@hotmail.com or call BNAN at 617-542-7696.

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East Boston Greenway Council Meeting

AdamE — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:07:15 -0600

Start: 11/20/2008 - 6:30pm

End: 11/20/2008 - 8:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

East Boston YMCA
215 Bremen Street
East Boston
6:30 p.m.

Monthly meeting. All are welcome. For more information contact Candice Cook at BNAN at 617-542-7696 x16 or candice@bostonnatural.org

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