SOME EVENTS FOR PROGRESSIVES IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES-593
Bob Bender
SOME EVENTS FOR PROGRESSIVES IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES-593
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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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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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.
Solar Choice petition signature gatherers needed: Thanks so much for your signature gathering support thus far for the Floridians for Solar Choice ballot initiative. We are literally just hours away from having enough signatures for approval of the ballot language by the Florida Supreme Court. Yet, we still have many more signatures to go to get on the 2016 ballot.
This weekend we will be at PrideFest in Bryant Park in Lake Worth from 12-6 p.m. each day. We’re expecting beautiful sunny days with thousands of folks visiting the event.
As part of our signature gathering effort, we will have a table there. Can you volunteer some time to help us collect signatures on Saturday and/or Sunday? We will have clipboards, petitions, fact sheets, pens—everything you need.
Please respond to me directly (Rachelle Litt at 954-295-5714) with the times that you might be available to help out. We will be there all day, both days. Also please call me once you get to the park; I can meet you with a pass.
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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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Tuesday March 31, 7 p.m. From Sanford to Ferguson #AllLivesMatter:
A Community Conversation on Racial Justice in the LGBT Community
featuring:
Jocelyn Jones—#BlackLivesMatter
Tony Lima—Save Foundation
Christopher Bates—BrothaSpeak
Jowharah Sanders—MVEEE
The Pride Center
2040 North Dixie Hwy
Wilton Manors 33305
For more
information contact S.F. Makalani-MaHee, 954-463-9005, Ext. 205
smakala...@pridecenterflorida.org
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Tuesday March 31, 7 p.m. Move to Amend-Broward: The Shock Doctrine
Once a crisis strikes Milton Friedman`s economists act quickly to impose rapid and irreversible changes before the crisis-racked society slips back into the status quo. While in shock Friedman’s followers quickly privatize public systems, including schools, prisons and war-making; this privatization results in huge corporate profits.
Video and discussion.
We'll have a status report on the plans for our special May event.
Now that we have our resolution HM 1321 in committee, we'll discuss how to increase the pressure for the legislature to act.
Total Wine and More
801 S. University Drive
Plantation 33324
(In the Fountain Center, take main road to second stop sign and turn right.)
RSVP https://www.facebook.com/events/1573228719592689/
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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- - - - - - -
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.
John Dear is an internationally known voice for peace and nonviolence. A peacemaker, organizer, lecturer, and retreat leader, he is the author/editor of 30 books, including his autobiography, A Persistent Peace, and his latest book, The Nonviolent Life. In 2008, John was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. A former Jesuit, John is a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Monterey, California.
From 1998 until December 2000, he served as the executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the largest interfaith peace organization in the United States.
After the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, John served as a Red Cross Chaplain, and became one of the coordinators of the chaplain program at the Family Assistance Center.
From 2002-2004, he served as pastor of several parishes in northeastern New Mexico. Nowadays, he lectures to tens of thousands of people each year in churches and schools across the country and the world.
John has been arrested over seventy-five times in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience for peace, and has organized hundreds of demonstrations against war and nuclear weapons at military bases across the country, and he has worked with Mother Teresa and others to stop the death penalty.
John has two masters degrees in theology from the Graduate Theological Union in California.
http://www.fatherjohndear.org/
Saint Maurice Catholic Church
441 NE 2nd Street
Dania Beach 33004
If you plan to attend, please call John Schmidt at 954-999-6552, or email him at Joh...@bellsouth.net. He needs to have an idea of how many people will be attending.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1010264028998589/
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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, 10:30-11 a.m. Everglades Restoration and Sea Level Rise
Mary Crider, Program Coordinator
Arthur R. Marshall Foundation for the Everglades
Originally from Georgetown, Texas, Mary was first inspired to participate in the protection of the environment while earning her B.S. in Marine Biology and Environmental Sciences from Nova Southeastern University. In May 2012, Mary received her Masters in Environmental Sciences from Florida Atlantic University with a focus on human/environmental interactions. After completing her thesis research in Ecuador, Mary pursued a career in environmental education, joining the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation staff in August 2012. As a member of the education department, Mary enjoys teaching students, college interns, and the community about the unique Everglades system to encourage the development of stewards of this life-giving habitat. Since sea level rise will impact the Everglades this century, she also produces curriculum and helps organize an Annual Sea Level Rise Symposium to increase student and community awareness.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton
2601 St. Andrews Boulevard
Boca Raton 33434
In the Main Sanctuary
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: http://www.FloridaEarthFestival.com
Saturday April 18, indoor activities:
10
a.m.
Gridley-Howe Room
Breath Meditation for Teens
South Palm Zen Group
10:30
a.m.
Main Sanctuary
Everglades Restoration & Sea Level Rise
Arthur R. Marshall Foundation
Rockberger Hall
Great Cloth Diaper Change 2015
You and your baby can be part of the Great Cloth Diaper Change 2015 attempt to set a new Guinness Book of World Records number of babies changed into reusable cloth diapers around the world, sponsored by Stinkin’ Cute Natural Baby Boutique. Arrive for registration at 10:30am, so your baby can be photographed and documented to be a part of this internationally coordinated event. The event includes Cloth Diapering 101. Let’s keep disposable diapers out of landfills!
See how presenter Claudia Limerick is working to change the reputation of cloth diapers.
Smith
Room
Girl Scouts Activities
Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida
Sunflower
Room
Gardens that Drink Less Water (2-3 grade)
UUFBR Green Sanctuary Committee
11 a.m.
The Main Sanctuary
Highwaterline Delray Beach: From Science to Street Maps
GIS mapping specialist Dr. Keren Bolter (FAU Center for Environmental Studies) presents the science behind sea level rise predictions in Palm Beach County, and how the neighborhoods and streets that will be chalked on April 25th were determined.
11:30
a.m.
Main Sanctuary
HighWaterLine Delray Beach Project: History at Risk
Dr. Sandra Norman (FAU History Department) presents the history of the three
Delray Beach neighborhoods, highlighting personal oral histories and the
historic and cultural structures that are threatened by sea level rise. She
will also introduce best practices in compiling an Oral History.
Smith
Room
Girl Scouts Activities
Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida
12
noon
Main Sanctuary
HighWaterLine Delray Beach Project: How to Participate in a Performance Art
Project
All volunteers who will participate in chalking the line in Delray Beach on
April 25th will learn how to speak to the public about sea level
rise, their specific responsibilities and routes, and the logistics of chalking
the lines.
Gridley-Howe
Room
Breath Meditation for Teens
South Palm Zen Group
1
p.m.
Main Sanctuary
Vertical and Edible Walls
Green Living Technologies International
Hartley Room
Dr. Sandra Norman, FAU Department of History, conducts brief
video interviews with Delray Beach residents of the Nassau Historic District,
the Historic Marina District, and the Frog Alley area.
HighWaterLine Delray Beach project
Smith
Room
Girl Scout Activities
Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida
1:30 p.m.
Main Sanctuary
Climate Change at the Municipal Level
What we can do to engage our local communities in the climate change discussion, presented by Climate Action Coalition of South Florida members Rachelle Litt (Organizing for Action) and Julia Hathaway (Sierra Club Florida).
2
p.m.
Main Sanctuary
Beautiful Trouble/Beautiful Solutions Workshops for artists, sponsored by the
Delray Beach Public Art Advisory Board.
(Please see listing for 2 p.m. Sunday April 18 for further information)
Rockberger Hall
Just One Backyard: One Man’s Search for Food Sustainability
Dr. John Zahina-Ramos is a trained psychologist and ecologist. His Just One Backyard Project began as a search to promote urban agriculture. He worked for the South Florida Water Management District for 16 years, and has also been a consultant for major universities around the country on wetlands.
His book Just One Backyard: One Man’s Search for Food Sustainability is an entertaining and enlightening tale of how Dr. John Zahina-Ramos turned his urban residential backyard into a research study to measure the many benefits of urban agriculture. This is no dry lecture based on puffed-up rhetoric. Dr. Z has skillfully accomplished one of the more difficult challenges- weaving heartwarming storytelling and scientific facts together in a way that even a novice can appreciate and enjoy. The first half of the book takes the reader on a thoughtfully told journey through the history of food growing, from ancient times through the 21st century, carefully describing how our food supply has become dominated by an industrialized production system that is dependent of unsustainable practices and harms the environment. By drawing upon historical facts, his family’s experiences and stories told to him by food gardeners around the world, its eloquent message remains fresh right up to the end. The second half of the book gets down to the nitty-gritty of what sustainable urban food growing is and the numerous benefits it can give. Several chapters describe the social, environmental, ecological and economic benefits of urban agriculture in a way that has never been possible before- with hard numbers, rather than broad generalizations. Even though the current unsustainable food system is fraught with problems, Dr. Z lays out solutions that can provide for the needs of the 21st century. The result is inspirational and empowering.
4 p.m.
Main Sanctuary
Ms. Lynn Min (闵粼) presents community
building three dimensional origami art.
(Please see listing for 4 p.m. Sunday April 18 for further information.)
Rockberger
Hall
Vermi-Composting with Worms
UUFBR Green Sanctuary Committee
5-7 p.m.
Main Sanctuary
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
A documentary on the collective mobilization and creative innovations that helped Cuba survive the energy famine brought on by the Soviet collapse of the early 1990s. As the world now approaches peak oil resources, there is much we can learn from the Cuban example. 53 minute film (2006).
Hosted by MoveOn Council of South Palm Beach and North Broward.
Saturday April 18, outdoor activities:
Green
Kid Garden
10 a.m. 11 a.m. 12 noon 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m.
Eco Stars Club for Kids Storytelling
Earth Music Stage
11:30 a.m. Jazzercise
12 noon Pink Slip Band
2 p.m. Jazzercise
2:30 p.m. Liddy Clark
3:30 p.m. ARTIKaL Sound System
5 p.m. Jess Lee
Sunday April 19, indoor activities:
10:30-11:45 a.m.
Main Sanctuary
Worship Service
You are welcome to join Rev. Harris Riordan and the members of
the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton in joyous community in
celebration of Earth.
The UUFBR Chalice Choir will be joined by members of the River of Grass Unitarian Universalists and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ft. Lauderdale. They will sing Julliard trained composer Aaron Venable’s choral setting of the Earth Day Poem.
1
p.m.
Main Sanctuary
Chi Dancing
Rockberger
Hall
Vermi-Composting with Worms
UUFBR Green Sanctuary Committee
Hartley
Room
Games, Books, and Apps to Save Earth
Eco Star Kids Club
Smith
Room
Girl Scout Activities
Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida
Sunflower
Room
Trees and Air (6-8 grade)
UUFBR Green Sanctuary Committee
1:30 p.m.
Main Sanctuary
Holistic Medicine
Boca and Beyond Holistic Chamber of Commerce
Dr. George Love Jr. is a licensed primary care physician in the state of Florida since 1986 as a Doctor of Oriental Medicine (DOM), Herbalist, Qigong master since 1994 and certified Acupuncturist for 31 years. He is the former Dean of Oriental Medicine Studies at Barna College of Health Science in Ft. Lauderdale and the author of nine books on health including Shield Your Immune System in just 12 Weeks. He is the lineage holder of Lung Qing Neidan Qi Gong aka Blue Dragon Qi Gong which he has renamed Meridian Qi Gong. He has been leading fasting workshops since 1985 with 3 Day Green Clean kits and 7 Day Juice Feasting kits. He has created Psycho-puncture, Psycho-pressure and Food Therapy. After 30 years as a healer Dr. Love is committed to raising the skill level of acupuncturists throughout North America as a CEU provider.
2 p.m.
Main Sanctuary
Beautiful Trouble/Beautiful Solutions Workshops for artists sponsored by the Delray Beach Public Art Advisory Board.
The people who came together to write Beautiful Trouble stayed together and became a community: an extraordinary alliance of artists, trainers and creative campaigners who continue to make, teach, and celebrate game-changing creative activism in several exciting ways:
Training Network
Less than 2 years old, BT’s training program has conducted over 20 trainings, and served a range of movements: our LA training with SEIU helped bring a new creative edge to the fight for fast food worker rights; our NYC training gave voice to the grassroots wave that ushered mayor DeBlasio into office; and our 5-day creative action intensive with 350.org in Budapest has helped the emerging global climate justice movement.
In 2015, we’re building an open-source library of training tools and initiating a series of trainings focused on the specific needs and challenges of activism-curious artists, helping them leverage their unique skills to have an outsized impact on social change efforts.
Beautiful Solutions (@be_solutions)
In partnership with senior staff from the New Economy Coalition, a second book is in the works: Beautiful Solutions: A Toolbox for the Future. Building off the groundbreaking model of the original, the new book will focus on constructive solutions, gathering the most promising and contagious strategies for building a more just, democratic and resilient world. In partnership with Naomi Klein, we recently launched an online “solutions gallery” housed alongside the website for her new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate. We’re also working with The Other 98% to turn book modules into inspiring solution stories that can vastly expand the reach of the project.
Beautiful Rising (@BeautRising)
We’ve teamed up with the international NGO ActionAid to convene front-line activists from hotspots across the Global South. Adapting the Beautiful Trouble methodology, we will help participants map the approaches and tactical innovations that have been most effective at addressing the challenges faced by Global South movements. We will then disseminate these strategies via an innovative toolbox for global changemakers.
Climate Action Lab (@climateribbon)
BT’s Climate Action Lab is an incubator of exemplary creative interventions to advance climate justice. Most recently, we brought the Climate Ribbon to the streets of New York during the People’s Climate March. Dubbed “an AIDS Quilt for the Climate Justice movement,” the project has since been inundated with requests from communities and congregations seeking to host their own climate ribbon ceremonies. We’re assembling a DIY Kit and making plans for future large-scale climate mobilizations in the lead up to Paris and beyond.
4 p.m.
Main Sanctuary
Ms. Lynn Min (闵粼) presents community building three dimensional origami art.
The executive director of the Michael Graves Foundation, is an architect and entrepreneur with a passion for envisioning and launching multi-disciplinary projects. Currently, as the Executive Director of the MG Foundation, Inc., she dedicates her time and many talents to being a catalyst for social change through designing integrated cultural-technological ecosystems. Ms. Min has a particular concern for finding solutions to grassroots problems through promoting culture and bio-diversity, as well as community engagement.
Rockberger
Hall
Vermi-Composting with Worms
UUFBR Green Sanctuary Committee
5 p.m.
Rockberger Hall
Girl Scout Activities
Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida
Sunday April 19, outdoor activities:
Green Kid Garden 12 noon 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m.
Eco Stars Club for Kids Storytelling
Earth Music Stage
1 p.m. Jazzercise
1:30 p.m. Ava Boswell
2:15 p.m. Jazzercise
3 p.m. Maggie Baugh
4 p.m. Nick Aquilino
5 p.m. Sol Republic Band
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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
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Friday April 23, 6-7 p.m. Ecocentre-The Living Building Tour
The Living Building is a 33,000 square ft. Ecocentre incorporating natural “living” systems and green technologies designed to save energy, reduce carbon dioxide emissions and water consumption, and create an overall healthier environment. The building is registered with the U.S. Green Building Council, and is seeking Gold LEED Certification.
Palm Beach County’s first green, “living” building also features the Living Machine®, an on-site water purification and recycling technology that treats gray water (from the sinks and showers) and re-uses it for irrigation, further reducing potable water consumption in the building. In addition, rainwater from the rooftop is collected in an 8000-gallon cistern and re-used for flushing toilets, and air-conditioning condensate becomes the source of fish pond water, which is used to irrigate interior landscaping.
1005 Lake Ave
Lake Worth 33460
Contact: Elliot Richman ell...@romanolawgroup.com
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Saturday April 24, 2-4 p.m. FAU Engineering East Tour
The FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science is committed to sustainability. Their Engineering East Building is now certified as the first academic building in southeast Florida designed and built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum level standards. This facility places the University, College, and local community at the national forefront of energy conservation and environmental stewardship efforts and acts as a catalyst for building sustainable infrastructures. This living learning laboratory serves the University, local K-14 students, and the general public, as an important showcase for “green” building and system design strategies and building management practices.
The Engineering East building was constructed with efficiencies to decrease the College’s carbon footprint in every imaginable way, including: 75% recycled rate for waste generated by project construction 50% reduction in restroom fixture water demand 75% reduction in landscaping irrigation water demand 50% reduction in restroom flush fixture waste water generation 50% more energy efficient than a conventionally designed facility 75% of the occupied spaces will be naturally day lit 90% of the occupied spaces will have a window view.
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton 33431
Contact: in...@floridaearthfestival.com
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Saturday April 25, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Delray Beach Earth Day Festival
A full day of activities in Delray Beach, including:
Lines drawn in the streets of Delray Beach
East of the Intracoastal Waterway: Nassau Historic District
West of the Intracoastal Waterway: Historic Marina District
Southwest Delray Beach
Art Tile Treasure Hunt
Storm Drain Art
National Water Dance Highwaterline finale in Veteran’s Park with the Stand up for Earth Petition Banner
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Saturday April 25, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Earth Day Festival/Fiesta Dia de la Tierra
Free tree giveaway, eco-exhibits, Earth Ball Games
12 noon-5 p.m. Kids Activities: Tot Play Area, make-and-take crafts, drumming circle, family fun. No charge.
12 noon-9 p.m. live music
1-2p.m. Mel and Vinnie duo
Cultural Plaza in downtown Lake Worth
(Across from the library and TooJays)
Sponsored by Lake Worth Kiwanis, Downtown Cultural Alliance and City of Lake Worth
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Saturday May 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Workshop
- 9 a.m. Continental Breakfast
- 9:45 a.m. Welcome
- 10 a.m. Empowerment Workshop:
- The Rev. Richard “Bud” Murphy will lead us in exercises that will bring clarity to our motivation & release our power to make a difference in Social Justice.
- 12:45 p.m. Lunch
- 1:45 p.m. Choice of Environmental Justice or Racial Justice Workshops:
- The Environmental Justice Workshop will build on the Commit2Respond Campaign. Irene Keim, President of UU Ministry for Earth and Bob Keim will help us grow hope and effective action as we build sustainability.
- The Racial Justice Workshop will feature the Rev. Kevin Jones. He is Co-President of PEACE (People Engaged in Active Community Efforts), the largest grassroots organization working on justice in Palm Beach County. Then Bill Turner and Barbara Woshinsky from UU Congregation Miami will lead a discussion on white privilege and structural racism, and how we can become stronger allies in the struggle for racial justice.
- 3:15 p.m. Escalating Inequality Workshop and feedback from the Racial Justice and Environmental Justice workshops:
- Escalating Inequality is the UUA’s Study/Action Issue for 2014-18. Retired Economics Prof. Richard Hattwick will discuss how Escalating Inequality underlies many injustices: from economic injustice to mass incarceration; from migrant injustice to climate change; from sexual and gender injustice to attacks on voting rights. A short video will be shown.
4 p.m. Closing
First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches
635 Prosperity Farms Road
North Palm Beach 33408
Presented by the Unitarian Universalist SE Cluster www.uuflorida.org/secluster.htm http://www.facebook.com/UUFloridaSoutheastCluster and UU Justice Florida www.uujusticefl.org
$15 advance registration; $20 at the door. Registration includes lunch and continental breakfast.
Registration Scholarships and childcare available: please email seuuc...@gmail.com
To register in advance by US mail send a check payable to the SE Cluster for $15 each person to Kathy Jens-Rochow, Treasurer, 1420 SW 13 Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312. Indicate dietary preference on the note line.
For Childcare send a check for $15 for each child and their name[s] to the above address.
Deadline for advance and child registration is postmark Monday, April 27.
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Sunday May 3, 9
a.m.-Tuesday May 5, mid-afternoon Conference on
Prison
Divestment
#BlackLivesMatter and immigrant rights
movements are taking to the streets, demanding an end to criminalization and
incarceration of our communities.
We are beginning at ground zero—in Florida,
where criminalization, state violence and prison expansion are rampant. The
murders of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis are examples of what communities in
Florida face on a daily basis. Just a week ago, an investigative article in the
Miami Herald revealed that
Florida Governor Rick Scott has been aggressively steering state prison
contracts into private prison hands, while allowing conditions to further
deteriorate in the same public prison system that scalded 50-year-old Darren
Rainey to death in 2012. Florida is the state with the third
largest prison population, at 101,000 people--a number which has increased by
400% over the past 30 years.
Prison divestment target company GEO Group now owns more than three quarters of private prisons in Florida, and donated over $1.3 million in direct campaign contributions last year alone to Rick Scott’s reelection campaign.
This kind of political corruption, and its consequences for Black and Brown lives, is exactly why we need to take the fight against criminalization, incarceration, surveillance and anti-immigrant violence to the next level. We need to build a multi-racial alliance with proactive strategies to change a system that continues to successfully target communities of color, recent immigrants and others.The campaign already has groups actively involved in #Not1More and #BlackLivesMatter.
Each of the three days will be devoted to a different theme:
Sunday, May 3: Convergence
A mini-conference where movement leaders and partner organizations are invited to hold trainings and workshops for participants. This will include a keynote panel with #BlackLivesMatter co-founder Opal Tometi, Judith Dianis, Desmond Meade, youth organizer Ruth Jeannoel, and moderator Maria Rodriguez of the Florida Immigrant Coalition.Monday, May 4th: Day of Action
Begin with learning your rights, continue with direct action trainings, and conclude with an action targeting the root causes of criminalization and mass incarceration.Tuesday, May 5th – National Strategy Session
A day of reflection and planning for national and regional strategic collaboration. The program will end by mid-afternoon.
Location TBA
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Sunday May 3, 2-6 p.m. Mel and Vinnie present: Sing Out! –a Tribute to Pete and Toshi Seeger (on his 96th birth date)
Community potluck—bring food/drink to share
Garden tours—Gray Mockingbird Community Garden
Concert with some stories from folks who knew Pete and Toshi Seeger, including: Allan Aunapu, Bob Lusk, Fifi, Kat Mahoney, Katherine Archer, Marie Nofsinger, Mel and Vinnie, Robert Killian, Ron and Bari Litschauer, Tracy Sands, Mike Vullo.
Half-hour video Broad Old River
Pete Seeger and Friends, an Oral History of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater followed by Q & A with Andy Mele, former Executive Director, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. More about Hudson River Sloop Singers.
After-party 6 pm—story/song share out in the garden: bring instruments and voices.
2000 North D Street
Lake Worth
(Rain or shine)
In partnership with the Lake Worth Scottish Rite Center and Gray Mockingbird Community Garden.
Seeking sponsors and helpers. Please contact: spittoo...@gmail.com, Maryellen (Mel) Healy 845-399-4630.
Benefit for the Beacon Sloop Club restoration of the
sloop Woody Guthrie.
$5 adults, children under 12 free.