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Weekly News Update
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Number 466 CREED NY CALENDAR May 29, 2004
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The CREED NY Calendar is a weekly listing of events of interest
for NYC activists; it is compiled by CREED (Campaign for Real,
Equitable Economic Development, a coalition of local solidarity
groups), which does not necessarily endorse listed events. Send
listings and corrections to: CREED, 339 Lafayette St, New York,
NY 10012, fax 212-674-9139, email <nic...@earthlink.net>. Send
plain text only; no attachments will be accepted. For informa-
tion, call 212-674-9499. New or updated information is marked **.
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CONTENTS
Events: {1} Regular; {2} Ongoing. Selected Resources: {3} Tours
and Delegations; {4} Classes; {5} Calendars & Event Listings; {6}
Books & Videos; {7} Radio & TV; {8} Other Resources.
{1} JUNE
**6/1 TUE, 5:30 pm - "The Challenge of Reforms in the Brazilian
Congress/O Desafio das Reformas no Congresso Brasileiro," w/Mauro
Benevides (PMDB-CE, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party-State of
Ceara). CUNY Grad Center, rm C202 (Concourse Level), 365 5th Ave
(at 34th St). In Port only. Sponsor: Bildner Center.
Reservations: <brazil...@gc.cuny.edu>.
**6/1 TUE, 7-9 pm - What would the State Assembly look like if 22
progressive activists were elected? How does one run an election
campaign? What are the requirements? How much does it cost?
Discussion w/3rd party candidates. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St
at Stanton (1 block south of Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave, 1st Ave
exit). Sliding scale to pay for space $15-$5. Green Education &
Activism Ctr. Info: 212-240-0501, <in...@greenpartyoffice.org>,
http://www.greenpartyoffice.org
6/2 WED-6/5 SAT - Queer Cultural Festival of Qns, visual arts,
film, theater & dramatic performances. At Qns Pride House (QPH),
67-03 Woodside Ave, Woodside, & other locs. Info:
<boxo...@nativesrestaurant.com>.
6/2 WED, 6:30 pm - Film Screening w/Q&A: "Chasing Freedom," a
Court TV original movie, depicts nearly insurmountable obstacles
that asylum seekers face when they arrive in the US. At Assn of
the Bar of the City of NY, CLE Ctr, 42 W 44th St. Free. Sponsors:
Immigration Cmt of the Assn of the Bar of the City of NY, Human
Rights 1st, Refugee Assistance Program. RSVP: 212-845-5259,
<benn...@humanrightsfirst.org>.
6/2 WED, 7:30 pm - "W/Parties Like These...Is It Time for a US
Socialist Alliance?" Discussion of 2004 elections & prospects for
forging a united socialist electoral slate. W/Ray Laforest (WBAI
FM/Pacifica Foundation), Sean Sweeney (NY Socialist Project),
Guerry Hoddersen (Freedom Socialist Party), reps from Socialist
Party & Socialist Alternative. Social hour after program. At
Freedom Hall, 113 W 128th St (bet Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell
Blvds, 2/3 to 125th St, 4/5/6 to 125th St); wheelchair
accessible. $3. Freedom Socialist Party, 212-222-0633,
<fs...@nyct.net>, http://www.socialism.com
6/3 THU, 9 am-noon - Forum: "Immigrant Women: Pursuing the
American Dream, the Struggles & Challenges They Encounter."
W/Yvonne Graham (Deputy Bkn borough president), Una Clarke
(Empire State Development Corp), +presentation by Thirteen/WNET
NY. At Jewish Community Relations Council of NY, 70 W 36th St,
Suite 700. Southern Bkn Women's Economic Empowerment (project of
the NY Ctr for Community & Coalition Building). Register & info:
212-983-4800x147, <beke...@jcrcny.org>,
http://www.communityuplink.net
**6/4 FRI-6/6 SUN - Street Medic Training, w/focus on most common
injuries (pepperspray/teargas, hypothermia, heat injuries), basic
street operations, & providing life-saving support for critical
injuries until more help arrives. At Queens Rainbow Center, 30-74
Steinway St. Info/register: <trans...@takethestreets.org>,
http://www.takethestreets.org/register.php
6/4 FRI-6/7 MON - URPE (Union for Radical Political Economics)
Summer Conf: "Rightwing Coup, or Neoliberalism as Usual?" W/Doug
Henwood, Nomi Prins, Gerard Dumenil, Ilene Grabel, Greg Wilpert,
Mike McGuire, Cyndi Milstein, Ashanti Alston, Ann Markusen: many
others. Workshops, as well as time for recreation. At Camp
Chinqueka, Bantam, CT. $200 (includes food & lodging); $150 low
income. Contact URPE Nat'l Office, 413-577-0806, fax
413-577-0261, <UR...@labornet.org>, http://www.urpe.org.
6/4 FRI-6/7 MON - US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation 3rd
Annual National Organizers' Conference. In DC. Register:
http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=74
6/4 FRI, 7:30 pm (CANCELLED) - "Lula in Government," w/Maria
Helena Moreira Alves. Brecht Forum. Info: 212-242-4201,
<info@brechtforum>, http://www.brechtforum.org
6/4 FRI, 7:30 pm - Forum w/Fr Roy Bourgeois (founder, School of
the Americas Watch). At St Brigid's Catholic Church (school
hall), 101 Maple Ave, Westbury, NY. Info: 866-293-0680.
**6/5 SAT & 6/6 SUN, 10 am-6 pm (public performance 4-6 pm) -
Forum Theater: Workshop in Theater of the Oppressed Techniques
(TOPLAB). Features exercises, games & improvised scene work from
the Theater of the Oppressed repertory developed by Brazilian
director & Workers Party activist Augusto Boal. At Brecht Forum,
122 W 27th St, 10th fl. Sliding Scale: $75/$100. For SUN
performance: $6/$8/$10. Register: TOPLAB <top...@toplab.org>,
http://www.toplab.org
**6/5 SAT, 10 am-1 pm - "Making Art History: Developing Archives
of Latino/Latin American Art," w/Miriam Basilio (MoMA), Rita
Gonzalez (UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center), Jessica Hankey
(MoMA Library), Amy Rosenblum Martin (Bx Museum of the Arts),
Tomas Ybarra-Frausto (Rockefeller Foundation). El Museo del
Barrio, Teatro Heckscher, 1230 5th Ave at 104 St (6 to 103rd St,
2/3 to 110th St & Lenox Ave). Free w/museum admission. Sponsors:
Museo del Barrio & MoMA Library. Info: 212-408-6364,
http://www.elmuseo.org
**6/5 SAT, noon - March on the Pentagon. Bring the troops home
now, all foreign troops out of Iraq. End the occupation-support
the right of return. US out of Haiti, Afghanistan, Philippines,
Columbia, Venezuela, Korea & Cuba. Money for jobs, education
housing & healthcare. Defend civil liberties & civil rights. In
DC. Assemble at Lafayette Park (north of White House,
intersection H & 16th Sts, NW, McPherson Sq on blue/orange line,
Metro Center on red/blue/orange line). Int'l ANSWER. Info/buses:
212-633-6646, <in...@internationalanswer.org>,
http://www.ANSWERcoalition.org
6/5 SAT, 2 pm & 7 pm - Speakout & funeral procession to honor the
US & Iraqi dead. Dress in black. At Veterans Memorial,
intersection of Tarrytown Rd (Route 119) & Chatterton Ave, south
of the Westchester County Ctr, White Plains. 7 pm: Speakers from
MFSO, First Voices & Black Voices for Peace. At Memorial United
Methodist Church. WESPAC Foundation, Military Families Speak Out,
First Voices Indigenous Radio, BlackVoices for Peace & Veterans
for Peace. Info: 914-682-0488.
6/5 SAT, 6:30 pm - Peace concert featuring Pat Humphreys &
honoring Fr Roy Bourgeois (founder, School of the Americas
Watch). At Holy Family Church, 315 E 47th St. Tix $25-$40.
Sponsor: Pax Christi. Info: 866-293-0680.
6/6, 6/13, 6/27 SUN, 4:30 pm - "John Brown: Trumpet of Freedom,"
performance w/Norman Marshall. At St Mark's in the Bowery, 2nd
Ave at 10th St (6 to Astor Pl, L to 1st or 3rd Ave). Suggested
donation $20. Reservations: 718-784-0905,
http://www.wbworks.com/johnbrown
6/6 SUN-6/8 TUE - ETAN Lobby Days 2004. Keep Bush administration
from trumping justice for East Timor & human rights in Indonesia.
In DC. Info: Karen Orenstein, East Timor Action Network (ETAN),
202-544-6911, <etanor...@igc.org>, http://www.etan.org
6/6 SUN, 1 pm - Radical Walking Tour, Radical Lovers Tour of
Greenwich Village. Meet at MacDougal St & Washington Sq North.
$10. 718-492-0069, http://www.he.net/~radtours
6/6 SUN, 2-5 pm - "Same Shame; Different Hemisphere! Stop US-
sponsored terror from the Americas to Iraq!" Forum w/Fr Roy
Bourgeois (founder, School of the Americas Watch) & Jocelyn Perry
(Christian Peacemakers Team, recently returned from Iraq). St
Michael's Episcopal Church, 99th St & Amsterdam Ave (1/9, 2/3 to
96th St). Sponsors: NYC School of the America's Watch & St Mary's
Episcopal Church. Info: 866-293-0680.
6/6 SUN, 2:30 pm - Walking Tour of Radical NY History &
Architecture: visit sites of Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire,
Draft Riots, May Days of 1970, Trotsky's farewell to US, many
others. Meet outside Peace Bldg, 339 Lafayette St (at Bleecker
St, B/D/F to B'way Lafayette, 6 to Bleecker St). Contribution.
Info: 718-264-3021.
**6/8 TUE, 7:30 pm - Libertarian Book Club's Anarchist Forum:
"Women's Right to Pornography," w/Judith Malina (Living Theater)
& Karen Malpede (Women & the Theater). At Brecht Forum, 122 W
27th St, 10th fl. Contribution to aid LBC requested. Info: 212-
979-8353, <ws...@hotmail.com>.
**6/8 TUE, 7:30 pm - Reading w/Grace Paley
(author/activist/Vermont poet laureate) & Gale Jackson
(poet.activist). At Medicine Show, 549 W 52nd St (10th-11th
Aves). Info: <medicines...@juno.com>.
**6/9 WED, 11 am & 6 pm (CHANGED because NYPD denied march
permit) - Justice for Jose Santos, Jr press conf. On 6/9/97 Jose
Santos, Jr mysteriously died at Riker's Island waiting to go
before a judge. Join the Santos family as they demand the case be
reopened & properly investigated, & those responsible brought to
justice. At NYC Dept of Corrections, 60 Hudson St (bet Thomas &
Worth St, A/C, 1/2/3 to Chambers St). 6 pm: candlelight vigil at
the Santos residence, 438 61st St (bet 4th & 5th Ave, N/R to 59th
St). Info: http://october22-ny.org
6/9 WED, 7:30 pm - Book Party & Discussion: "Reclaiming
Development: A manual for Alternative Economic Policy," w/Ilene
Grabel. Feasible alternatives to neoliberalism that can promote
equitable & sustainable economic development in the South. At
Brecht Forum, 122 W 27th St, 10th fl. Suggested: $6/$8/$10.
Refreshments. Info: 212-242-4201, <info@brechtforum>,
http://www.brechtforum.org
**6/9 WED, 7:30 pm - Radical Women general meeting. At Freedom
Hall, 113 W 128th St (bet Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell Blvds,
2/3 to 125th St, 4/5/6 to 125th St). Free; $6 for supper at 7 pm.
Radical Women, 212-222-0633, <fs...@nyct.net>,
http://www.radicalwomen.org
**6/10 THU & 6/12 SAT - "Follow Me Home" (1997), Native American
film. Q&A w/director Peter Bratt. National Museum of the American
Indian, 1 Bowling Green. Info/reservations: 212-514-3737,
<f...@si.edu>.
6/10 THU-6/12 SAT - How Class Works--2004 conference.
Understanding the social world we live in through recognizing
class. W/Walden Bello, Medea Benjamin, Rep David Bonior, Heather
Boushey, Gene Bruskin, Jefferson Cowie, Stan Goff, Thea Lee, Jack
O'Dell, Adolph Reed, Leslie Sklair, Joan Williams & more. At
Stony Brook U. Ctr for Study of Working Class Life. $150/75 low-
income, student. Info: Michael Zweig, 631-632-7536,
<michae...@stonybrook.edu>,
http://www.workingclass.sunysb.edu
**6/10 THU, 12:30 pm - Rally (on Bkn/Qns Day) to support
immigrant student's rights... Pass the Dream Act! It's June--
graduation time--& around 6,500 NYC public high school students
face significant barriors in going to college since they don't
qualify for any form of financial aid. The DREAM Act would grant
undocumented students the support they need to go to college.
Dancing, drumming, drama & more! At John Paul Jones Park, Bkn (R
to 95th street, walk down 4th Ave to 101st St). Sponsor: NY DREAM
Act Task Force. Info: Patricia or Carly, 212-226-0130,
<hr...@globalkids.org>, http://www.globalkids.org/hrap
6/10 THU, 7:30 pm - Book Party/Forum: "No Surrender: the New
Collected Writings of Political Prisoner David Gilbert," w/Chesa
Boudin, Juan Gonzalez, Naomi Jaffe, Jeff Jones, Monifa Lumumba
Bandele, Susan Rosenberg, Barbara Smith & Laura Whitehorn. At
Columbia University Law School, W 116th St & Amsterdam Ave.
Suggested: $6/$8/$10. Refreshments. Info: 212-242-4201,
<info@brechtforum>, http://www.brechtforum.org
**6/11 FRI-6/24 THU - Human Rights Watch Int'l Film Festival,
powerful documentaries & films: immigrants' & women's rights,
resistance to economic repression, ethnic cleansing,
dictatorship... At Walter Reade Theater Film Society of Lincoln
Ctr, W 65th & B'way, plaza level. Schedule:
http://www.hrw.org/iff
6/11 FRI, 8:30 am - Hands off Juanita Young, mother of Malcolm
Ferguson (killed by NYPD 3/1/00)--drop the charges now! In front
of Bx DA's office, across street from Bx Criminal Court, 215 E
161st St, 1 block east of Grand Concourse (4/D to 161st St). 10
am: court appearance, Criminal Court, 2nd fl, AP3. Info: Oct 22
Coalition, 866-235-7814 (toll-free), <oct...@yahoo.com>.
6/11 FRI, 5-8 pm - Art to Celebrate Gay Pride Rockland, Free
Artists' Reception. At Firefly Farm Gallery, 85 S B'way, Nyack,
NY. Exhibit is open 6/2-6/27.
6/11 FRI, 6:30 pm - War Resisters League Annual Dinner & 81st
Annual Peace Award, honoring Fernando Suarez del Solar, whose son
was killed in Iraq. At Cyril & Methodius Hall, 502 W 41st St (at
10th Ave). $45/25 low-income, students, unemployed. Reservations:
212-228-0450, <w...@warresisters.org>, http://www.warresisters.org
**6/11 FRI, 7:30 pm - "Thief in Chief: Will President George W
Bush Steal the Elections in Florida & Iraq?" w/BBC investigative
reporter Greg Palast. At Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125
B'way, Hewlett, NY. Sponsors: Five Towns Forum & Long Island
Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives. Info: Al Dorfman
516-528-9752, Paul Zulkowitz <zoolTheArt...@Hotmail.com>.
Directions: 516-374-1967,
http://www.nassaulibrary.org/hewlett/index.html
6/11 FRI, 8 pm (doors open 7:30 pm) - Uptown Express Concert:
Dynamic pop group of NYC Gay Men's Chorus. Standards, show tunes,
gospel & blues. At St Paul's United Methodist Church, South
Nyack, NY. Tix: $15 advance/$20 door. Cosponsor: St Paul's
Festival of the Arts, call 845-634-5729.
**6/11 FRI, 8-9:30 pm & 10-11:30 pm - "Friday Night Jazz at the
Black Workers Pub," w/trombonist Craig Harris. At Zante, 120
Evergreen Place, East Orange, NJ. $10 adv/$15 door. Black
Telephone Workers for Justice. Info: 201-320-8689,
<blacktel...@aol.com>.
6/12 SAT, 4 pm - Stolen Lives Induction Ceremony. At Cuyler
United Methodist Church, 450 Warren St, corner of Bond St, Boerum
Hill, Bkn (F to Bergen St). Info: Oct 22 Coalition, 866-235-7814
(toll-free), <oct...@yahoo.com>.
6/13 SUN, 11:30 am-5 pm - Gay Pride Rockland: An Event for
Everyone! Children's carnival, family activities, balloons,
clowns, street vendors, food indoors on stage (12:30-5 pm).
Welcome, opening remarks from elected officials & faith community
leaders; music by singer/songwriter, Toshi Reagon; special guest
speakers; youth speakout & so much more. Nyack Center, B'way &
Depew, Nyack, NY. Free.
6/13 SUN, 1 pm - Radical Walking Tour, East Village II. Meet in
front of St Mark's in the Bowery Church (corner of 2nd Ave & 10th
St). $10. 718-492-0069, http://www.he.net/~radtours
6/15 TUE - NYPD deadline for groups to file for sound or march
permits. Info: Office of the Chief of Dept, 1 Police Plaza.
**6/15 TUE - Say NO to unaffordable rent increases as Rent
Guidelines Board gets set to vote on BIG rent increases! At Great
Hall, Cooper Union, 7 E 7th St (N/R to 8th St, 6 to Astor Pl).
10 am-10 pm: public hearing. 4-5 pm: picket/demo. Info: Eric
Schneiderman (senator, 31st District), 212-928-5578, fax 212-
928-0396, <schnei...@schneiderman.org>. To testify: 212-
385-2934.
**6/15 TUE, 4-9 pm - "Healthy Women: A Mandate for Affordable
Health Care for All, Symposium on Women's Health Across Life."
W/Dr Claudia Fegan & Linda Prine (Physicians for a National
Health Program). At NYU, Helen & Martin Kimmel Center for
University Life, Eisner-Lubin Theater, 4th fl, 60 Washington Sq
Park South. Sponsors: Rekindling Reform & Robert F Wagner School
of Public Service, NYU. $25/$10 retired over 65 & f/t students
(copy student ID). Info: 212-998-7546.
**6/17 THU - Clothesline Show: art sale to benefit ABC No Rio
Building Renovation Fund. At ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. Info:
212-254-3697 x13, <a...@abcnorio.org>, http://www.abcnorio.org
**6/19 SAT & 6/20 SUN, 10 am-6 pm - Creating Caring Communities:
comprehensive, sequential, educational community building
program. W/Theatre of the Oppressed trainer/facilitator Sha'an
Mouliert. At Brecht Forum, 122 W 27th St, 10th fl. Sliding Scale:
$75/$100. Register: TOPLAB <top...@toplab.org>,
http://www.toplab.org
**6/19 SAT, 7:30-10 pm - NYC Send-Off Rally for 15th
Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba, w/Rev Lucius Walker (IFCO). At
Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave (bet 120th & 122nd St).
IFCO/Pastors for Peace & Venceremos Brigade. Info: 212/926-5757,
fax 212/926-5842, <if...@igc.org>, http://www.ifconews.org
6/21 MON - Fill the Courtroom for Lynne Stewart for next phase of
trial. In US District Court, 40 Foley Sq (4/5/6 to Bkn Bridge,
A/C/E to Chambers, 1/2 to Franklin, N/R to City Hall). Info:
212-625-9696, http://www.lynnestewart.org
**6/25 FRI, 8-9:30 pm & 10-11:30 pm - "Friday Night Jazz at the
Black Workers Pub," w/violinist Billy Bang. At Zante, 120
Evergreen Place, East Orange, NJ. $10 adv/$15 door. Black
Telephone Workers for Justice. Info: 201-320-8689,
<blacktel...@aol.com>.
**6/30 WED, 7:30 pm - LGBT Pride Month commemoration: "Same-Sex
Marriage: Turning Convention into Civil Disobedience," w/lesbian
activist Emily Woo Yamasaki. At Freedom Hall, 113 W 128th St (bet
Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell Blvds, 2/3 to 125th St, 4/5/6 to
125th St). Free; $6 for supper at 7 pm. Radical Women,
212-222-0633, <fs...@nyct.net>, http://www.radicalwomen.org
JULY
**7/3 SAT, 6-9:30 pm - Bill Nevins Freedom of Speech Benefit
Concert: "Poetic Justice--Committing Poetry in Time of War."
W/Bob Holman, Seanchai & the Unity Squad, The Ruffians, Tuli
Kupferberg (of The Fugs), Priscilla Baca y Candelaria (of the
Republic of Aztlan) & NY & New Mexico poets & musicians. At
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (1st St bet Houston & Bleecker St,
F to 2nd Ave or B'way-Lafayette, 6 to Bleecker). $10. 2 pm: youth
free speech poetry reading. 4 pm: Open mike reading on freedom of
speech. Info: 212-614-0505, http://www.bowerypoetry.com
7/11 SUN, 1 pm - Radical Walking Tour, Central Park--Trees Grass
& the Working Class. Meet at Maine Monument, Columbus Circle.
$10. 718-492-0069, http://www.he.net/~radtours
**7/12 MON-8/19 THU - NYC Summer: liberation school/popular
education program for youth. Participants attend Democracy School
1 day/wk & intern w/grassroots economic & social justice
organizations 2 days/wk. Info: 212-340-9462,
<con...@nycsummer.org>, http://www.nycsummer.org
**7/16 FRI, 8-9:30 pm & 10-11:30 pm - "Friday Night Jazz at the
Black Workers Pub," w/all female group Femm Nameless. At Zante,
120 Evergreen Place, East Orange, NJ. $10 adv/$15 door. Black
Telephone Workers for Justice. Info: 201-320-8689,
<blacktel...@aol.com>.
7/25 SAT, 1 pm - Radical Walking Tour, Greenwich Village III--
Abbie Hoffman, the 1910s & Progressive Churches. Meet in front of
Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Sq South. $10. 718-492-
0069, http://www.he.net/~radtours
7/23 FRI-7/25 SUN - Boston Social Forum. At U Mass-Boston. Info:
http://www.bostonsocialforum.org/content.php?content.9
**7/24 SAT, noon-7 pm - Harlem Book Fair. On 135th St bet 5th Ave
& Adam Clayton Powell, Jr, Blvd. Info: 212-348-1681,
<harlemb...@qbr.com>, http://www.qbr.com
**7/30 FRI, 8-9:30 pm & 10-11:30 pm - "Friday Night Jazz at the
Black Workers Pub," w/bassist Radu. At Zante, 120 Evergreen
Place, East Orange, NJ. $10 adv/$15 door. Black Telephone Workers
for Justice. Info: 201-320-8689, <blacktel...@aol.com>.
AUGUST
8/20 FRI, 7-10 pm, 8/21 SAT 10 am-8 pm, 8/22 SUN 10 am-8 pm -
Life After Capitalism conf, w/Naomi Klein, Suheir Hammad, Vijay
Prashad & Michael Albert. Loc TBA. $45/$25 student/low-income.
Register: 212-817-8215, fax 212-817-1511,
<contin...@gc.cuny.edu>. Info:
<LifeAfter...@riseup.net>,
http://www.lifeaftercapitalism.org
**8/25 WED-8/29 SUN - Imagenation Film Festival: using the arts
to promote media literacy, encourage cross-cultural exchange &
foster solidarity among people from the African Diaspora,
w/special focus on Harlem community. At Apollo Theater, 253 W
125th St; Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Blvd; Marcus Garvey
Park Amphitheater, Mt Morris Park W & 122nd St; Jackie Robinson
Park Band Shell, 146th St & Bradhurst Ave; Harlem State Office
Building's Plaza, 163 W 125th St; theater at Riverside Church,
120th & Claremont Ave; Oberia Dempsey Center, 127 W 127th St.
Info: 212-694-2887, fax 212-690-5037, <gre...@imagenation.us>,
http://www.imagenation.us
**8/28 SAT - National Youth & Student Peace Coalition "Books not
Bombs Youth Convergence." Loc & time TBA. Info:
http://www.nyspc.net, http://www.unitedforpeace.org
8/29 SUN - March & rally to protest Republican National
Convention. March past convention site, rally in Central Park.
Info: United for Peace & Justice, 212-868-5545,
http://www.unitedforpeace.org
OCTOBER
**10/2 FRI - YKASEC's 20th Anniversary Gala: "Advancing Immigrant
Rights Through Civic Participation." At Crystal Ballroom, Seoul
Plaza, 150-24 Northern Blvd, Flushing, Qns. Sponsor: YKASEC-
Empowering the Korean American Community. Info: 718-460-5600, fax
718-445-0032, http://www.ykasec.org
NOVEMBER
11/10 WED-11/14 SUN - ILPS 2nd Int'l Assembly: "People's
Solidarity & Struggle for Liberation & Democracy Against
Imperialist Plunder & War." In the Netherlands. Info:
<sia...@ilps2001.com>, <ilp...@runbox.com>.
Number 466 CREED NY CALENDAR May 29, 2004
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The CREED NY Calendar is a weekly listing of events of interest
for NYC activists; it is compiled by CREED (Campaign for Real,
Equitable Economic Development, a coalition of local solidarity
groups), which does not necessarily endorse listed events. Send
listings and corrections to: CREED, 339 Lafayette St, New York,
NY 10012, fax 212-674-9139, email <nic...@earthlink.net>. Send
plain text only; no attachments will be accepted. For informa-
tion, call 212-674-9499. New or updated information is marked **.
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CONTENTS
Events: {1} Regular; {2} Ongoing. Selected Resources: {3} Tours
and Delegations; {4} Classes; {5} Calendars & Event Listings; {6}
Books & Videos; {7} Radio & TV; {8} Other Resources.
{1} JUNE
**6/1 TUE, 5:30 pm - "The Challenge of Reforms in the Brazilian
Congress/O Desafio das Reformas no Congresso Brasileiro," w/Mauro
Benevides (PMDB-CE, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party-State of
Ceara). CUNY Grad Center, rm C202 (Concourse Level), 365 5th Ave
(at 34th St). In Port only. Sponsor: Bildner Center.
Reservations: <brazil...@gc.cuny.edu>.
**6/1 TUE, 7-9 pm - What would the State Assembly look like if 22
progressive activists were elected? How does one run an election
campaign? What are the requirements? How much does it cost?
Discussion w/3rd party candidates. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St
at Stanton (1 block south of Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave, 1st Ave
exit). Sliding scale to pay for space $15-$5. Green Education &
Activism Ctr. Info: 212-240-0501, <in...@greenpartyoffice.org>,
http://www.greenpartyoffice.org
6/2 WED-6/5 SAT - Queer Cultural Festival of Qns, visual arts,
film, theater & dramatic performances. At Qns Pride House (QPH),
67-03 Woodside Ave, Woodside, & other locs. Info:
<boxo...@nativesrestaurant.com>.
6/2 WED, 6:30 pm - Film Screening w/Q&A: "Chasing Freedom," a
Court TV original movie, depicts nearly insurmountable obstacles
that asylum seekers face when they arrive in the US. At Assn of
the Bar of the City of NY, CLE Ctr, 42 W 44th St. Free. Sponsors:
Immigration Cmt of the Assn of the Bar of the City of NY, Human
Rights 1st, Refugee Assistance Program. RSVP: 212-845-5259,
<benn...@humanrightsfirst.org>.
6/2 WED, 7:30 pm - "W/Parties Like These...Is It Time for a US
Socialist Alliance?" Discussion of 2004 elections & prospects for
forging a united socialist electoral slate. W/Ray Laforest (WBAI
FM/Pacifica Foundation), Sean Sweeney (NY Socialist Project),
Guerry Hoddersen (Freedom Socialist Party), reps from Socialist
Party & Socialist Alternative. Social hour after program. At
Freedom Hall, 113 W 128th St (bet Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell
Blvds, 2/3 to 125th St, 4/5/6 to 125th St); wheelchair
accessible. $3. Freedom Socialist Party, 212-222-0633,
<fs...@nyct.net>, http://www.socialism.com
6/3 THU, 9 am-noon - Forum: "Immigrant Women: Pursuing the
American Dream, the Struggles & Challenges They Encounter."
W/Yvonne Graham (Deputy Bkn borough president), Una Clarke
(Empire State Development Corp), +presentation by Thirteen/WNET
NY. At Jewish Community Relations Council of NY, 70 W 36th St,
Suite 700. Southern Bkn Women's Economic Empowerment (project of
the NY Ctr for Community & Coalition Building). Register & info:
212-983-4800x147, <beke...@jcrcny.org>,
http://www.communityuplink.net
**6/4 FRI-6/6 SUN - Street Medic Training, w/focus on most common
injuries (pepperspray/teargas, hypothermia, heat injuries), basic
street operations, & providing life-saving support for critical
injuries until more help arrives. At Queens Rainbow Center, 30-74
Steinway St. Info/register: <trans...@takethestreets.org>,
http://www.takethestreets.org/register.php
6/4 FRI-6/7 MON - URPE (Union for Radical Political Economics)
Summer Conf: "Rightwing Coup, or Neoliberalism as Usual?" W/Doug
Henwood, Nomi Prins, Gerard Dumenil, Ilene Grabel, Greg Wilpert,
Mike McGuire, Cyndi Milstein, Ashanti Alston, Ann Markusen: many
others. Workshops, as well as time for recreation. At Camp
Chinqueka, Bantam, CT. $200 (includes food & lodging); $150 low
income. Contact URPE Nat'l Office, 413-577-0806, fax
413-577-0261, <UR...@labornet.org>, http://www.urpe.org.
6/4 FRI-6/7 MON - US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation 3rd
Annual National Organizers' Conference. In DC. Register:
http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=74
6/4 FRI, 7:30 pm (CANCELLED) - "Lula in Government," w/Maria
Helena Moreira Alves. Brecht Forum. Info: 212-242-4201,
<info@brechtforum>, http://www.brechtforum.org
6/4 FRI, 7:30 pm - Forum w/Fr Roy Bourgeois (founder, School of
the Americas Watch). At St Brigid's Catholic Church (school
hall), 101 Maple Ave, Westbury, NY. Info: 866-293-0680.
**6/5 SAT & 6/6 SUN, 10 am-6 pm (public performance 4-6 pm) -
Forum Theater: Workshop in Theater of the Oppressed Techniques
(TOPLAB). Features exercises, games & improvised scene work from
the Theater of the Oppressed repertory developed by Brazilian
director & Workers Party activist Augusto Boal. At Brecht Forum,
122 W 27th St, 10th fl. Sliding Scale: $75/$100. For SUN
performance: $6/$8/$10. Register: TOPLAB <top...@toplab.org>,
http://www.toplab.org
**6/5 SAT, 10 am-1 pm - "Making Art History: Developing Archives
of Latino/Latin American Art," w/Miriam Basilio (MoMA), Rita
Gonzalez (UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center), Jessica Hankey
(MoMA Library), Amy Rosenblum Martin (Bx Museum of the Arts),
Tomas Ybarra-Frausto (Rockefeller Foundation). El Museo del
Barrio, Teatro Heckscher, 1230 5th Ave at 104 St (6 to 103rd St,
2/3 to 110th St & Lenox Ave). Free w/museum admission. Sponsors:
Museo del Barrio & MoMA Library. Info: 212-408-6364,
http://www.elmuseo.org
**6/5 SAT, noon - March on the Pentagon. Bring the troops home
now, all foreign troops out of Iraq. End the occupation-support
the right of return. US out of Haiti, Afghanistan, Philippines,
Columbia, Venezuela, Korea & Cuba. Money for jobs, education
housing & healthcare. Defend civil liberties & civil rights. In
DC. Assemble at Lafayette Park (north of White House,
intersection H & 16th Sts, NW, McPherson Sq on blue/orange line,
Metro Center on red/blue/orange line). Int'l ANSWER. Info/buses:
212-633-6646, <in...@internationalanswer.org>,
http://www.ANSWERcoalition.org
6/5 SAT, 2 pm & 7 pm - Speakout & funeral procession to honor the
US & Iraqi dead. Dress in black. At Veterans Memorial,
intersection of Tarrytown Rd (Route 119) & Chatterton Ave, south
of the Westchester County Ctr, White Plains. 7 pm: Speakers from
MFSO, First Voices & Black Voices for Peace. At Memorial United
Methodist Church. WESPAC Foundation, Military Families Speak Out,
First Voices Indigenous Radio, BlackVoices for Peace & Veterans
for Peace. Info: 914-682-0488.
6/5 SAT, 6:30 pm - Peace concert featuring Pat Humphreys &
honoring Fr Roy Bourgeois (founder, School of the Americas
Watch). At Holy Family Church, 315 E 47th St. Tix $25-$40.
Sponsor: Pax Christi. Info: 866-293-0680.
6/6, 6/13, 6/27 SUN, 4:30 pm - "John Brown: Trumpet of Freedom,"
performance w/Norman Marshall. At St Mark's in the Bowery, 2nd
Ave at 10th St (6 to Astor Pl, L to 1st or 3rd Ave). Suggested
donation $20. Reservations: 718-784-0905,
http://www.wbworks.com/johnbrown
6/6 SUN-6/8 TUE - ETAN Lobby Days 2004. Keep Bush administration
from trumping justice for East Timor & human rights in Indonesia.
In DC. Info: Karen Orenstein, East Timor Action Network (ETAN),
202-544-6911, <etanor...@igc.org>, http://www.etan.org
6/6 SUN, 1 pm - Radical Walking Tour, Radical Lovers Tour of
Greenwich Village. Meet at MacDougal St & Washington Sq North.
$10. 718-492-0069, http://www.he.net/~radtours
6/6 SUN, 2-5 pm - "Same Shame; Different Hemisphere! Stop US-
sponsored terror from the Americas to Iraq!" Forum w/Fr Roy
Bourgeois (founder, School of the Americas Watch) & Jocelyn Perry
(Christian Peacemakers Team, recently returned from Iraq). St
Michael's Episcopal Church, 99th St & Amsterdam Ave (1/9, 2/3 to
96th St). Sponsors: NYC School of the America's Watch & St Mary's
Episcopal Church. Info: 866-293-0680.
6/6 SUN, 2:30 pm - Walking Tour of Radical NY History &
Architecture: visit sites of Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire,
Draft Riots, May Days of 1970, Trotsky's farewell to US, many
others. Meet outside Peace Bldg, 339 Lafayette St (at Bleecker
St, B/D/F to B'way Lafayette, 6 to Bleecker St). Contribution.
Info: 718-264-3021.
**6/8 TUE, 7:30 pm - Libertarian Book Club's Anarchist Forum:
"Women's Right to Pornography," w/Judith Malina (Living Theater)
& Karen Malpede (Women & the Theater). At Brecht Forum, 122 W
27th St, 10th fl. Contribution to aid LBC requested. Info: 212-
979-8353, <ws...@hotmail.com>.
**6/8 TUE, 7:30 pm - Reading w/Grace Paley
(author/activist/Vermont poet laureate) & Gale Jackson
(poet.activist). At Medicine Show, 549 W 52nd St (10th-11th
Aves). Info: <medicines...@juno.com>.
**6/9 WED, 11 am & 6 pm (CHANGED because NYPD denied march
permit) - Justice for Jose Santos, Jr press conf. On 6/9/97 Jose
Santos, Jr mysteriously died at Riker's Island waiting to go
before a judge. Join the Santos family as they demand the case be
reopened & properly investigated, & those responsible brought to
justice. At NYC Dept of Corrections, 60 Hudson St (bet Thomas &
Worth St, A/C, 1/2/3 to Chambers St). 6 pm: candlelight vigil at
the Santos residence, 438 61st St (bet 4th & 5th Ave, N/R to 59th
St). Info: http://october22-ny.org
6/9 WED, 7:30 pm - Book Party & Discussion: "Reclaiming
Development: A manual for Alternative Economic Policy," w/Ilene
Grabel. Feasible alternatives to neoliberalism that can promote
equitable & sustainable economic development in the South. At
Brecht Forum, 122 W 27th St, 10th fl. Suggested: $6/$8/$10.
Refreshments. Info: 212-242-4201, <info@brechtforum>,
http://www.brechtforum.org
**6/9 WED, 7:30 pm - Radical Women general meeting. At Freedom
Hall, 113 W 128th St (bet Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell Blvds,
2/3 to 125th St, 4/5/6 to 125th St). Free; $6 for supper at 7 pm.
Radical Women, 212-222-0633, <fs...@nyct.net>,
http://www.radicalwomen.org
**6/10 THU & 6/12 SAT - "Follow Me Home" (1997), Native American
film. Q&A w/director Peter Bratt. National Museum of the American
Indian, 1 Bowling Green. Info/reservations: 212-514-3737,
<f...@si.edu>.
6/10 THU-6/12 SAT - How Class Works--2004 conference.
Understanding the social world we live in through recognizing
class. W/Walden Bello, Medea Benjamin, Rep David Bonior, Heather
Boushey, Gene Bruskin, Jefferson Cowie, Stan Goff, Thea Lee, Jack
O'Dell, Adolph Reed, Leslie Sklair, Joan Williams & more. At
Stony Brook U. Ctr for Study of Working Class Life. $150/75 low-
income, student. Info: Michael Zweig, 631-632-7536,
<michae...@stonybrook.edu>,
http://www.workingclass.sunysb.edu
**6/10 THU, 12:30 pm - Rally (on Bkn/Qns Day) to support
immigrant student's rights... Pass the Dream Act! It's June--
graduation time--& around 6,500 NYC public high school students
face significant barriors in going to college since they don't
qualify for any form of financial aid. The DREAM Act would grant
undocumented students the support they need to go to college.
Dancing, drumming, drama & more! At John Paul Jones Park, Bkn (R
to 95th street, walk down 4th Ave to 101st St). Sponsor: NY DREAM
Act Task Force. Info: Patricia or Carly, 212-226-0130,
<hr...@globalkids.org>, http://www.globalkids.org/hrap
6/10 THU, 7:30 pm - Book Party/Forum: "No Surrender: the New
Collected Writings of Political Prisoner David Gilbert," w/Chesa
Boudin, Juan Gonzalez, Naomi Jaffe, Jeff Jones, Monifa Lumumba
Bandele, Susan Rosenberg, Barbara Smith & Laura Whitehorn. At
Columbia University Law School, W 116th St & Amsterdam Ave.
Suggested: $6/$8/$10. Refreshments. Info: 212-242-4201,
<info@brechtforum>, http://www.brechtforum.org
**6/11 FRI-6/24 THU - Human Rights Watch Int'l Film Festival,
powerful documentaries & films: immigrants' & women's rights,
resistance to economic repression, ethnic cleansing,
dictatorship... At Walter Reade Theater Film Society of Lincoln
Ctr, W 65th & B'way, plaza level. Schedule:
http://www.hrw.org/iff
6/11 FRI, 8:30 am - Hands off Juanita Young, mother of Malcolm
Ferguson (killed by NYPD 3/1/00)--drop the charges now! In front
of Bx DA's office, across street from Bx Criminal Court, 215 E
161st St, 1 block east of Grand Concourse (4/D to 161st St). 10
am: court appearance, Criminal Court, 2nd fl, AP3. Info: Oct 22
Coalition, 866-235-7814 (toll-free), <oct...@yahoo.com>.
6/11 FRI, 5-8 pm - Art to Celebrate Gay Pride Rockland, Free
Artists' Reception. At Firefly Farm Gallery, 85 S B'way, Nyack,
NY. Exhibit is open 6/2-6/27.
6/11 FRI, 6:30 pm - War Resisters League Annual Dinner & 81st
Annual Peace Award, honoring Fernando Suarez del Solar, whose son
was killed in Iraq. At Cyril & Methodius Hall, 502 W 41st St (at
10th Ave). $45/25 low-income, students, unemployed. Reservations:
212-228-0450, <w...@warresisters.org>, http://www.warresisters.org
**6/11 FRI, 7:30 pm - "Thief in Chief: Will President George W
Bush Steal the Elections in Florida & Iraq?" w/BBC investigative
reporter Greg Palast. At Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125
B'way, Hewlett, NY. Sponsors: Five Towns Forum & Long Island
Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives. Info: Al Dorfman
516-528-9752, Paul Zulkowitz <zoolTheArt...@Hotmail.com>.
Directions: 516-374-1967,
http://www.nassaulibrary.org/hewlett/index.html
6/11 FRI, 8 pm (doors open 7:30 pm) - Uptown Express Concert:
Dynamic pop group of NYC Gay Men's Chorus. Standards, show tunes,
gospel & blues. At St Paul's United Methodist Church, South
Nyack, NY. Tix: $15 advance/$20 door. Cosponsor: St Paul's
Festival of the Arts, call 845-634-5729.
**6/11 FRI, 8-9:30 pm & 10-11:30 pm - "Friday Night Jazz at the
Black Workers Pub," w/trombonist Craig Harris. At Zante, 120
Evergreen Place, East Orange, NJ. $10 adv/$15 door. Black
Telephone Workers for Justice. Info: 201-320-8689,
<blacktel...@aol.com>.
6/12 SAT, 4 pm - Stolen Lives Induction Ceremony. At Cuyler
United Methodist Church, 450 Warren St, corner of Bond St, Boerum
Hill, Bkn (F to Bergen St). Info: Oct 22 Coalition, 866-235-7814
(toll-free), <oct...@yahoo.com>.
6/13 SUN, 11:30 am-5 pm - Gay Pride Rockland: An Event for
Everyone! Children's carnival, family activities, balloons,
clowns, street vendors, food indoors on stage (12:30-5 pm).
Welcome, opening remarks from elected officials & faith community
leaders; music by singer/songwriter, Toshi Reagon; special guest
speakers; youth speakout & so much more. Nyack Center, B'way &
Depew, Nyack, NY. Free.
6/13 SUN, 1 pm - Radical Walking Tour, East Village II. Meet in
front of St Mark's in the Bowery Church (corner of 2nd Ave & 10th
St). $10. 718-492-0069, http://www.he.net/~radtours
6/15 TUE - NYPD deadline for groups to file for sound or march
permits. Info: Office of the Chief of Dept, 1 Police Plaza.
**6/15 TUE - Say NO to unaffordable rent increases as Rent
Guidelines Board gets set to vote on BIG rent increases! At Great
Hall, Cooper Union, 7 E 7th St (N/R to 8th St, 6 to Astor Pl).
10 am-10 pm: public hearing. 4-5 pm: picket/demo. Info: Eric
Schneiderman (senator, 31st District), 212-928-5578, fax 212-
928-0396, <schnei...@schneiderman.org>. To testify: 212-
385-2934.
**6/15 TUE, 4-9 pm - "Healthy Women: A Mandate for Affordable
Health Care for All, Symposium on Women's Health Across Life."
W/Dr Claudia Fegan & Linda Prine (Physicians for a National
Health Program). At NYU, Helen & Martin Kimmel Center for
University Life, Eisner-Lubin Theater, 4th fl, 60 Washington Sq
Park South. Sponsors: Rekindling Reform & Robert F Wagner School
of Public Service, NYU. $25/$10 retired over 65 & f/t students
(copy student ID). Info: 212-998-7546.
**6/17 THU - Clothesline Show: art sale to benefit ABC No Rio
Building Renovation Fund. At ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. Info:
212-254-3697 x13, <a...@abcnorio.org>, http://www.abcnorio.org
**6/19 SAT & 6/20 SUN, 10 am-6 pm - Creating Caring Communities:
comprehensive, sequential, educational community building
program. W/Theatre of the Oppressed trainer/facilitator Sha'an
Mouliert. At Brecht Forum, 122 W 27th St, 10th fl. Sliding Scale:
$75/$100. Register: TOPLAB <top...@toplab.org>,
http://www.toplab.org
**6/19 SAT, 7:30-10 pm - NYC Send-Off Rally for 15th
Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba, w/Rev Lucius Walker (IFCO). At
Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave (bet 120th & 122nd St).
IFCO/Pastors for Peace & Venceremos Brigade. Info: 212/926-5757,
fax 212/926-5842, <if...@igc.org>, http://www.ifconews.org
6/21 MON - Fill the Courtroom for Lynne Stewart for next phase of
trial. In US District Court, 40 Foley Sq (4/5/6 to Bkn Bridge,
A/C/E to Chambers, 1/2 to Franklin, N/R to City Hall). Info:
212-625-9696, http://www.lynnestewart.org
**6/25 FRI, 8-9:30 pm & 10-11:30 pm - "Friday Night Jazz at the
Black Workers Pub," w/violinist Billy Bang. At Zante, 120
Evergreen Place, East Orange, NJ. $10 adv/$15 door. Black
Telephone Workers for Justice. Info: 201-320-8689,
<blacktel...@aol.com>.
**6/30 WED, 7:30 pm - LGBT Pride Month commemoration: "Same-Sex
Marriage: Turning Convention into Civil Disobedience," w/lesbian
activist Emily Woo Yamasaki. At Freedom Hall, 113 W 128th St (bet
Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell Blvds, 2/3 to 125th St, 4/5/6 to
125th St). Free; $6 for supper at 7 pm. Radical Women,
212-222-0633, <fs...@nyct.net>, http://www.radicalwomen.org
JULY
**7/3 SAT, 6-9:30 pm - Bill Nevins Freedom of Speech Benefit
Concert: "Poetic Justice--Committing Poetry in Time of War."
W/Bob Holman, Seanchai & the Unity Squad, The Ruffians, Tuli
Kupferberg (of The Fugs), Priscilla Baca y Candelaria (of the
Republic of Aztlan) & NY & New Mexico poets & musicians. At
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (1st St bet Houston & Bleecker St,
F to 2nd Ave or B'way-Lafayette, 6 to Bleecker). $10. 2 pm: youth
free speech poetry reading. 4 pm: Open mike reading on freedom of
speech. Info: 212-614-0505, http://www.bowerypoetry.com
7/11 SUN, 1 pm - Radical Walking Tour, Central Park--Trees Grass
& the Working Class. Meet at Maine Monument, Columbus Circle.
$10. 718-492-0069, http://www.he.net/~radtours
**7/12 MON-8/19 THU - NYC Summer: liberation school/popular
education program for youth. Participants attend Democracy School
1 day/wk & intern w/grassroots economic & social justice
organizations 2 days/wk. Info: 212-340-9462,
<con...@nycsummer.org>, http://www.nycsummer.org
**7/16 FRI, 8-9:30 pm & 10-11:30 pm - "Friday Night Jazz at the
Black Workers Pub," w/all female group Femm Nameless. At Zante,
120 Evergreen Place, East Orange, NJ. $10 adv/$15 door. Black
Telephone Workers for Justice. Info: 201-320-8689,
<blacktel...@aol.com>.
7/25 SAT, 1 pm - Radical Walking Tour, Greenwich Village III--
Abbie Hoffman, the 1910s & Progressive Churches. Meet in front of
Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Sq South. $10. 718-492-
0069, http://www.he.net/~radtours
7/23 FRI-7/25 SUN - Boston Social Forum. At U Mass-Boston. Info:
http://www.bostonsocialforum.org/content.php?content.9
**7/24 SAT, noon-7 pm - Harlem Book Fair. On 135th St bet 5th Ave
& Adam Clayton Powell, Jr, Blvd. Info: 212-348-1681,
<harlemb...@qbr.com>, http://www.qbr.com
**7/30 FRI, 8-9:30 pm & 10-11:30 pm - "Friday Night Jazz at the
Black Workers Pub," w/bassist Radu. At Zante, 120 Evergreen
Place, East Orange, NJ. $10 adv/$15 door. Black Telephone Workers
for Justice. Info: 201-320-8689, <blacktel...@aol.com>.
AUGUST
8/20 FRI, 7-10 pm, 8/21 SAT 10 am-8 pm, 8/22 SUN 10 am-8 pm -
Life After Capitalism conf, w/Naomi Klein, Suheir Hammad, Vijay
Prashad & Michael Albert. Loc TBA. $45/$25 student/low-income.
Register: 212-817-8215, fax 212-817-1511,
<contin...@gc.cuny.edu>. Info:
<LifeAfter...@riseup.net>,
http://www.lifeaftercapitalism.org
**8/25 WED-8/29 SUN - Imagenation Film Festival: using the arts
to promote media literacy, encourage cross-cultural exchange &
foster solidarity among people from the African Diaspora,
w/special focus on Harlem community. At Apollo Theater, 253 W
125th St; Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Blvd; Marcus Garvey
Park Amphitheater, Mt Morris Park W & 122nd St; Jackie Robinson
Park Band Shell, 146th St & Bradhurst Ave; Harlem State Office
Building's Plaza, 163 W 125th St; theater at Riverside Church,
120th & Claremont Ave; Oberia Dempsey Center, 127 W 127th St.
Info: 212-694-2887, fax 212-690-5037, <gre...@imagenation.us>,
http://www.imagenation.us
**8/28 SAT - National Youth & Student Peace Coalition "Books not
Bombs Youth Convergence." Loc & time TBA. Info:
http://www.nyspc.net, http://www.unitedforpeace.org
8/29 SUN - March & rally to protest Republican National
Convention. March past convention site, rally in Central Park.
Info: United for Peace & Justice, 212-868-5545,
http://www.unitedforpeace.org
OCTOBER
**10/2 FRI - YKASEC's 20th Anniversary Gala: "Advancing Immigrant
Rights Through Civic Participation." At Crystal Ballroom, Seoul
Plaza, 150-24 Northern Blvd, Flushing, Qns. Sponsor: YKASEC-
Empowering the Korean American Community. Info: 718-460-5600, fax
718-445-0032, http://www.ykasec.org
NOVEMBER
11/10 WED-11/14 SUN - ILPS 2nd Int'l Assembly: "People's
Solidarity & Struggle for Liberation & Democracy Against
Imperialist Plunder & War." In the Netherlands. Info:
<sia...@ilps2001.com>, <ilp...@runbox.com>.
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