3:30pm Philly Jail Support Collective - Jail Solidarity For All
Prisoners - Jail Solidarity For All Prisoners Across from CFCF - 8101
State Rd - Near the bus stop
6:00pm The Philadelphia Unemployment Project & PhARE - "Americans In
Struggle" 'Union Maids' - 112 N Broad St, 2nd Floor
6:00pm May Day 2013 Planning Meeting - PhilaPOSH Office - 5th Floor
of AFSCME DC 33 - 3001 Walnut Street
6:00pm School Reform Commission Monthly Meeting - How Children
Learn-Implications for Classrooms and Communities - 440 N Broad St -
2nd Floor Auditorium
6:00pm Net Tuesday - Social Web Sampler - Friends Center - 1501 Cherry St
7:30pm Books Through Bars Packing Cafe - The A-Space 4722 Baltimore Ave
Tuesday, November 13th, 6pm - May Day USA Education Committee
(Cosponsored by PhilaPOSH and the Pennsylvania Labor History Society)
PhilaPOSH Office 5th Floor of AFSCME DC 33 3001 Walnut St - Agenda:
May Day Speakers - Rally/March - Music/Entertainment - Kids
"Stuff"/Entertainment. Since May Day 2008, the "May Day USA Education
Committee" has worked to organize an annual Philadelphia May Day
observance and celebration at Elmwood Park (71st and Buist Ave,
Southwest Philly). This site was selected because the surrounding
neighborhood had a vision and leadership that organized and worked
hard over many years to create the city's (and the Nation's!) first
and only Park dedicated to the Labor Movement. "The Labor Monument:
Philadelphia's Tribute to The American Worker" was completed and
dedicated to the city in the fall of 2010. Since Philadelphia Labor
has this great venue - something to be very proud of - we're seeking
your valued input and participation in planning a May Day 2013
celebration at Elmwood Park. Please RSVP your attendance to: Jim
Moran <Jimmoran2...@comcast.net> Thank You.
Tuesday, November 13th, 6pm - Net Tuesday - Friends Center - 1501
Cherry St - Net Tuesday, featuring our “Social Web Sampler” will be in
TWO weeks, November 13 Doors will open at 6:00 PM at the Friends
Center, 1501 Cherry Street. The next Social Web Sampler has taken
shape. Doors open at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, November 13 at the Friends
Center, 1501 Cherry Street. As of November 8, the topics that people
have volunteered to lead small group discussions on include: · Legal
issues in social media · Local DIY Internet marketing · Beyond the
flash mob: social gaming · Content curation for your blog · United
Nations Earth Dashboard · Strategies for storing pictures and video ·
Using Wordpress to build a website · Google Analytics · Desktop tools
to manage the social web flood · Open source currency · Build it and
they will come · Google Custom Search · Videoconferencing options (And
there may be room for one or two more. If interested, fill in the
intake form at http://tinyurl.com/SocialWebSampler ASAP.) Please join
the couple dozen people who have already RSVP'd via Facebook or
Meetup. (RSVP's are appreciated for planning purposes, but you're
most welcome, even without an RSVP. Like previous Samplers, this will
be a fast-paced and fun event, with lots to share and learn. Hope to
see you there!
Tuesday, November 13th, 6pm - The School District of Philadelphia -
440 N Broad St - The School Reform Commission’s (SRC) Strategy,
Policy, and Priorities meeting is on Tuesday, November 13, 2012. The
monthly meetings are designed to foster meaningful, topic driven
discussions among the SRC, the School District and the community. For
the month of November, the District's Academic Office will discuss
"How Children Learn - Implications for Classrooms and Communities."
We look forward to an honest and meaningful conversation. Copies of
the agenda, the presentations and the reports will be made available
on the district's website at: www.philasd.org. The Strategy, Policy
and Priorities (SPP) meetings are open to anyone interested in the
topic. The SPP formats are roundtables. Registration to speak is not
required. However, we ask that anyone participating in the discussion
comment on the meeting topic. Date: Nov. 13 (due to Veterans day,
November's meeting is on a Tuesday) Watch the meeting live on PSTV
Comcast Channel 52, Verizon Fios Channel 20, or streaming online at
http://www.philasd.org/stream.
Tuesday, November 13th, 6pm - The Philadelphia Unemployment Project -
112 N Broad St - 3rd Floor - The Philadelphia Unemployment Project &
PhARE - "Americans In Struggle" Film Series - 'Union Maids' - -
Inspiration story of three women who took part in the labor struggles
of the 1930s that lead to the creation of the CIO and mass
unionization of workers.
Thursday, November, 15th 7pm - Friends Center - 1501 Cherry St -
Occupy Philly will be sponsoring a livestream viewing party of the
Strike Debt telethon, to launch The Rolling Jubilee, a campaign that
buys debt for pennies on the dollar and does away with it. Instead of
collecting the debt, we will abolish it and help free the debtors!
http://www.facebook.com/events/394920527248194/ For years, all kinds
of communities have been facing down a debt crisis that has stretched
their resources thin and made them especially vulnerable to sudden
shocks. 76% of Americans households are in serious debt, and 15% are
being pursued by a debt collector. Though the banks got bailed out,
the people are still waiting for their turn. It’s time for us to step
up. It’s time for a People’s Bailout. On November 15th, Strike Debt is
holding a telethon & variety show, featuring some remarkable artists,
including Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel, Lee Ranaldo of Sonic
Youth, Guy Picciotto of Fugazi, Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio,
plus some special surprise guests. Most of all, it features, you, the
people. This event will support the Rolling Jubilee, an ingenious way
to buy debt for pennies on the dollar, and abolish it. The Rolling
Jubilee is designed to scale up, but it need donations to do so. Each
dollar of contributions goes a long way -- $5 can abolish $100 of
debt. For $50,000, we can eliminate around a million dollars of debt.
Think of that: Together we abolish $1 million of debt, and that’s just
the start. The event will be streamed live at www.rollingjubilee.org -
https://www.facebook.com/events/514903165186949/
Thursday, November 15th 7:30pm - Prison Divestment Campaign Comes to
Philly: Dump the Prison Stock, Invest in Humanity - Arch St UMC - 55 N
Broad St - Are you concerned about anti-immigrant policies, mass
incarceration and the growth of the private for-profit prison and
immigrant detention center industry? Do you want to know what you can
do to put a stop to companies that waste billions of tax payer dollars
and profit from incarceration, deportation and tearing communities
(and families) apart? Come out for a talk and discussion with Amanda
Garcés of the National Prison Divestment Campaign and learn how to get
involved in ending the private prison and immigrant detention center
industry. This talk will also feature the launch of the "MISSING"
project, a collaboration between Decarcerate PA and the National
Prison Divestment Campaign. “MISSING” is a visibility project which
utilizes public art by creating life size silhouettes to be placed on
walls, used as signs, props, etc. to raise awareness of those who have
been stolen from our communities by the criminal justice system.
Private prison companies, like GEO group (which built George W. Hill
prison in Delaware County and currently operate Moshannon Valley
Correctional Center in Phillipsburg, PA) rely on financing and other
assistance from major investors, such as Wells Fargo, to employ
powerful lobbying efforts in Congress, Federal agencies and state
capitols across the country. These lobbying efforts result in laws
that increase the rate of deportation and mass incarceration thereby
generating profits for themselves while costing tax payers billions of
dollars. But we can stop these companies, stem the tide of mass
incarceration and deportation and invest in communities, restorative
justice and education. The National Prison Divestment Campaign is a
growing national movement that is pressuring financial institutions,
large companies, municipalities and pension funds to divest from the
private prison industry. Come out and learn how you can get involved.
For more information: http://prisondivestment.wordpress.com/
prisondivestmentphi...@gmail.com -
https://www.facebook.com/events/245743232220608/
Friday, November 16th, 7pm - Don't Clean Up This Blood - Wooden Shoe
Books - 704 South St - On July 20th 2001, in the city of Genoa, Italy,
the corpse of a 23 year old man, Carlo Giuliani, lies on the pavement.
Carlo was shot for protesting the G8, where representatives of the 8
most powerful countries meet to plan the world economy, together with
200.000 other people. The next day the streets of Genoa are flooded
with nearly 500.000 protesters. The response of the police is brutal
and unprecedented in Europe, with mass beatings and almost 400 people
arrested. The police repressive action culminates with a night raid at
the Diaz, a school that had been transformed in dormitory and media
center. Officers in full riot gear enter a building full of sleeping
people from all over the world and, when they leave, the rooms are
covered in blood. 93 people were arrested, dozens hospitalized, 2 of
them in coma and one with irreversible brain damage. Those detained
are abused and tortured for days, denied any contact with lawyers and
family and no medical assistance, despite their serious injuries. 10
years later the Italian court of appeal decides to charge some of
those arrested with 15 years of jail for conspiracy against the state.
While Italy is mobilizing, here in the States we are facing the
threats of the NDAA, in the grip of a global strategy that aims at
creating a space of suspension of our basic rights, in order to deal
with our dissent. Join us on Friday, November 16th at the Wooden Shoe
at 7pm, for the screening of “Don't Clean up this Blood”, a fictional
documentary that retells that story following the thread of
testimonies and court recordings. After the movie there will be an
open discussion. - https://www.facebook.com/events/278462525608299/
Saturday, November 17th, 1pm - From Chicago To Philly: The Fight For
Public Education!- Science Leadership Academy - 22nd & Arch -
Philadelphia is facing the same struggles over public education that
Chicago just faced. On November 17, leaders from the Chicago Teachers
Union are coming to Philly to talk about: Transforming their union
into a democratic organization Fighting against the austerity-driven
cuts to public education and the severe impact on our most vulnerable
Building alliances with parents and students to win! Implications for
teachers and activists locally We face a huge struggle ahead and the
time to come together and organize is now - come out to learn from
Chicago's courageous leaders and share your own ideas and experiences
with the Philly community at large! Co-Sponsored by the Teacher Action
Group and Labor Working Group PLEASE spread the word far and wide! -
https://www.facebook.com/events/167200880086278/
Saturday, November 17th, 3:30pm - BROKEN ON ALL SIDES Movie Screening,
Discussion, & Activist Networking event- International House - 3701
Chestnut St - Join us for a huge Philly screening and discussion of
the new documentary by Philly filmmaker, activist, and attorney, Matt
Pillischer. "Broken On All Sides is a compelling documentary
addressing racial inequities within our criminal justice system and
its devastating collateral consequences. It is an excellent resource
to use in educating, motivating, and empowering your group,
organization, or community on this critical issue." - James E.
Williams, Jr., Public Defender & Chair of the Task Force on Racial and
Ethnic Bias in the Criminal Justice System -
https://www.facebook.com/events/446501588725813/
Events listed here include Occupy Philly related events as well as
other social justice events. For more updates be sure to check the
Occupy Philadelphia Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/OccupyPhiladelphia. Your support is greatly
appreciated!
