527-SOME EVENTS FOR PROGRESSIVES IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES
Bob Bender
URGENT ACTION REQUEST-527
SUPPORT CONTINUATION OF PROMISING NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN
Please call Florida U.S. Senator Bill Nelson—202-224-5274 or 954-693-4851—advocating that he support the promising negotiations by the international community with Iran regarding their nuclear program and international relations and to oppose sabotaging a negotiated agreement by imposing unwarranted roadblocks as Senators Kirk and Menendez are proposing.
Republicans have indicated they would soon move a bill drafted by Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) that would provide a set of tough sanctions against the Iranian economy. The White House worries such a provocative move could prompt Iran to back out of a sweeping nuclear deal with the U.S. and other world powers before a June 30 deadline.
Willing to do more on this? Email warvhum...@gmail.com
SOME EVENTS FOR PROGRESSIVES IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES
Sunday, March 15, 1 p.m. The Meaning of Moral Mondays, 2015
Guest speaker: Professor Harry Targ
Dr. Targ will be speaking on the political philosophy of Rev. William Barber in the context of the three reconstructions; fusion politics; what happened to Moral Monday in the fall 2014 elections; and his own Indiana Moral Monday experience.
The meeting, with ample opportunity for discussion is sponsored by the UUCFL Social Justice Committee and Occupy Ft Lauderdale Labor Outreach. The public is welcome at this free event.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Ft Lauderdale
3970 NW 21st Avenue
Oakland Park 33309
Harry Targ is an erudite professor of political science at Purdue University, specializing in foreign policy, US/Latin American relations, international political economy and working-class and peace studies. His books include Strategy of an Empire in Decline: Cold War II; and Challenging Late Capitalism, Neo-Liberal Globalization and Militarism: Building a Progressive Majority. Targ is a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) and serves on its National Executive Committee. He has helped organize the new Indiana Moral Mondays Moving Forward Together coalition. His blog is heartlandradical.blogspot.com
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Tuesday March 3, 4:30 p.m. Awake the State–Broward County
Help send the loudest, clearest progressive message from Fort Lauderdale to Tallahassee on the First Day of legislative session.
United States Federal Courthouse
299 E. Broward Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale 33301
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Tuesday March 3, 4:30 p.m. Awake the State–Palm Beach County
Join us in West Palm Beach as we gather with others throughout the state to present a strong progressive agenda, designed to build a Florida that works for every Floridian.
West Palm Beach City Hall/Library Plaza
(corner of Clematis Street and North Dixie Highway)
407 Clematis Street
West Palm Beach 33401
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Thursday
March 5, 7-8:30 p.m. The Peace Chapel at St. Mark's
Lecture Series
Samantha Lawler, advocate for inclusion—
Compassion as the Gateway to Forgiveness
St. Mark's Episcopal Church and School
3395 Burns Road
Palm Beach Gardens 33410
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Thursday March
5, 7-9 p.m. PinkSlip—If I Had a Hammer:
The Life and Song of Pete Seeger
A multimedia sing-along program
FAU-Boca Lifelong
Learning Society
Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium
Boca Raton
Tickets: $25 at the
door; $20 for members with advance registration
Free parking close-by in lots #15 and #16
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Saturday March 7, 10 a.m.-12 noon Deerfield Progressive Forum
Speaker from Center for Constitutional Rights:
Stop and Frisk and Stand Your Ground
Activities Center adjacent to LeClub at Deerfield Century Village East. (Please see entry dated Saturday March 21 for directions.)
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Saturday March 7, 5 p.m. Housing Rights Movie Night
Fort Lauderdale advocates for the homeless welcome the public to a free screening as part of the ongoing campaign to stop the City's anti-homeless policies. The film's story will be all too familiar for anyone who has taken part in the debates that have surrounded our "homeless hate laws" in the last year.
Uncharted: The Truth Behind Homelessness is a recently filmed documentary about the struggle between homeless people, homeless advocates, and gov't homeless services in Indianapolis. Filmmaker Don Sawyer is expected to join us via Skype after the film, and we'll have some light refreshments and discussion as well.
This screening is a part of a continuing collaboration between homeless advocacy volunteers including, but not limited to, participants from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Lauderdale, Ft Lauderdale Food Not Bombs, Love Thy Neighbor, Peanut Butter & Jelly Project, St Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church,
Royal Palm Christian Church, REMAR USA.
Unitarian Universalist of Fort Lauderdale
3970 NW 21st Avenue
Fort Lauderdale 33309
RSVP for this event, and obtain more information about Fort Lauderdale's homeless hate laws: http://homelesshatelaws.blogspot.com/2015/02/movie-night-for-housing-rights-march-7th.html
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Thursday March 12, 2 p.m. James McNeill Whistler: The Case for Beauty
Martin Lipschultz will present James McNeill Whistler: The Case for Beauty, a film that presents Whistler's revolutionary art and his influence on the art and artists of today. The speaker will be curator of the Boca Raton Museum of Art Kathleen Goncharov.
Mandel Public Library, Third Floor Auditorium
411 Clematis Street
West Palm Beach 33401
Free event; no registration needed. Call 561-868-7701 for more information.
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Friday,
March 13, 7 p.m. Professor Harry Targ: Globalization
in the
21st Century and its Discontents
A talk on the United States, the other rich countries, and growing resistance globally and within countries…sponsored by War vs Human Needs and First United Church of Christ.
Harry Targ is a professor of political science at Purdue University, specializing in foreign policy, US/Latin American relations, international political economy and working class and peace studies. His books include Strategy of an Empire in Decline: Cold War II; and Challenging Late Capitalism, Neo-Liberal Globalization and Militarism: Building a Progressive Majority. Targ is a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) and serves on its National Executive Committee. He has helped organize the new Indiana Moral Mondays Moving Forward Together coalition. His blog is heartlandradical.blogspot.com
First United Church of Christ
1415 North K Street
Lake Worth 33460
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Saturday March 14, 10 a.m.-12 noon Deerfield Progressive Forum
Deepa Kumar, Professor at Rutgers University:
Manufacturing the Terrorist Threat: from the 1970s to the War on Terror
Activities Center adjacent to LeClub at Deerfield Century Village East. (Please see entry dated Saturday March 21 for directions.)
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Sunday, March 15, 1 p.m. The Meaning of Moral Mondays, 2015
Guest speaker: Professor Harry Targ
Dr. Targ will be speaking on the political philosophy of Rev. William Barber in the context of the three reconstructions; fusion politics; what happened to Moral Monday in the fall 2014 elections; and his own Indiana Moral Monday experience.
The meeting, with ample opportunity for discussion is sponsored by the UUCFL Social Justice Committee and Occupy Ft Lauderdale Labor Outreach. The public is welcome at this free event.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Ft Lauderdale
3970 NW 21st Avenue
Oakland Park 33309
Harry Targ is an erudite professor of political science at Purdue University, specializing in foreign policy, US/Latin American relations, international political economy and working-class and peace studies. His books include Strategy of an Empire in Decline: Cold War II; and Challenging Late Capitalism, Neo-Liberal Globalization and Militarism: Building a Progressive Majority. Targ is a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) and serves on its National Executive Committee. He has helped organize the new Indiana Moral Mondays Moving Forward Together coalition. His blog is heartlandradical.blogspot.com
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Thursday
March 19, 7-8:30 p.m. The Peace Chapel at St. Mark's
Lecture Series
Stephanie Cassatly, author and professor—Fifty Shades of Forgiveness
St. Mark's Episcopal Church and School
3395 Burns Road
Palm Beach Gardens 33410
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Saturday March 21, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. All People’s Day Diversity Festival
To Discover our Connections
9:30-11 a.m. Craft Dough People Workshop (for only 30 kids: to save a space, call (561) 495-9818)
11 a.m.-5 p.m. the Main Event
Twenty live diversity performances
Fifty interactive & selling booths
Ethnic foods, health fair & prizes
Pompey Park (indoors)
1101 N.W. 2nd Street
Delray Beach 33444
All People’s Day is a 501 (c) (3) Nonprofit Organization. All events are free of charge.
For more information, call (561) 495-9818
View a short festival video www.allpeoplesday.org
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Saturday March 21, 10 a.m.-12 noon Deerfield Progressive Forum
Amy Carol Webb, Composer, Performer: Songs of the People
Activities Center adjacent to LeClub at Deerfield Century Village East. Enter Century Village through the West Gate at West Drive (off Powerline between SW 10th St. and Hillsboro Boulevard). Tell the gatekeeper that you are attending the Forum. Take an immediate left after the gate and then another immediate left. Follow the road around until you come to a "T," then turn left and go to the end of that parking area. The building on the left is the Activity Center. Enter Room A. $5 donation is suggested, but first visit is free. You are advised to call (917) 344-0798 to ensure that these instructions still hold. deerfieldprogressiveforum.org
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Tuesday
March 24, 6-7:30 p.m. The Democratic Women’s Club of
Southwest
Broward
Speaker: Vickie
Machado, Florida Organizer for Food and Water Watch:
Don’t Frack Our Backyard!
The public is invited to attend and find out more about the DWCF anti-fracking campaign and the Food and Water Watch which “champions healthy food and clean water for all. We stand up to corporations that put profits before people, and advocate for a democracy that improves people’s lives and protects our environment.”
Please join us to find out more about the Democratic Women’s Club of Florida environmental platform which “urge[s] the Legislators of the State of Florida to pass legislation prohibiting hydraulic and acidic fracturing—fracking—or other extreme methods of oil and gas extraction anywhere within the State of Florida or in the waters adjacent to the State.”
Denny’s
1727 N. University Drive
Plantation 33322
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Saturday-Sunday March 28-29, 12 noon-6 p.m. PrideFest of the Palm Beaches
The two-day event, which draws some 12,000 attendees, is organized by Compass, the Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Palm Beach County. More than 140 local businesses and organizations partake of Palm Beach Pride, and there will be a number of musicians performing throughout the weekend.
Bryant Park
Lake Avenue at South Golfview Road
Lake Worth
The Palm Beach County Gay Pride Parade begins at Lucerne Avenue and North M Street Sunday March 29 at 12 noon.
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Sunday March 29, 1 p.m. Discussion of Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
Discussion will be led by Carol Lewis.
Co-sponsored by War vs Human Needs and UUCFL Social Justice Committee.
ALL ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THE BOOK.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Ft Lauderdale
3970 NW 21st Avenue
Oakland Park 33309
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Wednesday April 8, 7-8:30 p.m. PinkSlip— Voices of Women of the 60's: Joan, Joni, Judy, Janis, Carly and Carole
A multimedia program
FAU-Jupiter Lifelong Learning
Society
Rosenthal Complex, Florida Atlantic University
5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter
(Donald Ross Road Exit off I-95, go east)
Tickets: $25/member;
$35/non-member (+$5 if at the door)
More information: 561-799-8547
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Friday April 10, 7 p.m. Discussion of Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
Discussion will be led by Carol Lewis.
Co-sponsored by War vs Human Needs and First United Church of Christ.
ALL ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THE BOOK.
First United Church of Christ
1415 North K Street
Lake Worth 33460
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Friday April 10, 7 p.m. Pace e Bene and Campaign Nonviolence
Father John Dear from Pace e Bene and Campaign Nonviolence will speak.
Saint Maurice Catholic Church
441 NE 2nd Street
Dania Beach 33004
http://www.fatherjohndear.org/
Local organizer: John Schmidt joh...@bellsouth.net 954-999-6552
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Saturday
April 11, 2-3:30 p.m. PinkSlip—Bleecker Street and Beyond:
The Greenwich Village music scene of the 60's
Mandel Public Library
411 Clematis Street
West Palm Beach
561-868-7782 www.mycitylibrary.org
No charge
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Saturday April 18-Sunday April 19 Earth Day Fair, the Heart of Florida Earth Festival 2015
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton
2601 St. Andrews Boulevard
Boca Raton 33434
and the adjoining Woodlands Park
Plan to visit the alternative-fuel car park, the bicycle corral, the green business eco-park, the kids’ activity area, and the food truck. Enjoy live music.
Renewable energy. We will highlight alternative-fuel cars and solar energy in booths and in the alternative-fuel car park.
Youth programming will teach our kids about energy. The need for renewable energy sources is acute in our region, because our current energy grid cannot support the amount of pumping that will be necessary to manage water as the sea level rises.
Sea level rise in Southeast Florida. The HighWaterLine Delray Project will culminate in a community project drawing 15 miles of chalk line showing the high water line at 3 feet or 6 feet of sea level rise in Delray Beach. Our region is already experiencing climate change impacts in the form of flooding, saltwater intrusion into our drinking water wells, and failing canal infrastructure.
Protection of our water supply and Everglades restoration. Outreach and education on water conservation are important to protect our water supply. Youth programming on water issues, with Girl Scout Badges, and booths and displays for adults on water management, will be highlighted at the festival.
Air quality. Youth programming on air quality will be offered. Non-profit booths will offer opportunities for citizens to sign petitions and to learn about Florida’s air quality challenges.
Partners include: The Unitarian Universalist Southeast Florida Cluster; Unitarian Universalist Justice Florida; First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches; Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida; The U.S. Green Building Council South Florida Chapter; Sierra Club Loxahatchee Chapter; Eve Mosher and the HighWaterLine Project; The League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County (with partial funding from the Florida Humanities Council); The U.S. Green Building Council South Florida Chapter; Florida Atlantic University Pine Jog Environmental Center; The City of Delray Beach; EcoArt South Florida; The Delray Beach Rising Waters Task Force; The Delray Beach Historic Marina District Home Owners Association
For further information, please go to:
www.faithify.org/projects/florida-earth-festival/#sthash.AWdpUjTW.6zWMd0vu.dpuf
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Sunday April 19, 1:45-5:30 p.m. Save the date and time for a
Pete and Toshi Seeger Commemorative Concert: details will follow- - - - - - -
Saturday May 2 Social Justice Cluster meeting
Kindra Muntz of UU Justice Florida will be organizing the program
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches
635 Prosperity Farms Road
North Palm Beach 33408
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Sunday May 3, 2-6 p.m. Mel and Vinnie present: Sing Out! –a Tribute to Pete and Toshi Seeger
Community potluck
Songwriters notebook
Half-hour video with discussion
Concert with speakers
Story/song swap, open to any and all
Grand finale, followed by music in the garden
2000 North D Street
Lake Worth
Scottish Rite Center, home to Gray Mockingbird Community Garden
$5 admission. Save the date. Volunteers needed.