10 / 7
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10 / 8
Start: 1:30 pm
End: 3:30 pm
Meet the Health Funders Fee — $15 MPC Members / $25 Non-Members This program is co-sponsored by the Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF) Who should attend? Staff and trustees of health care organizations and foundations | ||
10 / 9
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10 / 10
Start: 9:30 am
Start: Oct 10 2008 - 9:30am
End: Oct 12 2008 - 4:30pm
On October 4-12, 2008 we will again be organizing “Keep Space for Peace Week” which is an international week of local protest events to stop the weaponization of space. Use this link to view the poster http://tinyurl.com/692lyv and this link to see the flyer http://tinyurl.com/6oz8ew This year the week is being co-sponsored by Europe for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom. | ||
10 / 11
(all day)
Start: Oct 10 2008 - 9:30am
End: Oct 12 2008 - 4:30pm
On October 4-12, 2008 we will again be organizing “Keep Space for Peace Week” which is an international week of local protest events to stop the weaponization of space. Use this link to view the poster http://tinyurl.com/692lyv and this link to see the flyer http://tinyurl.com/6oz8ew This year the week is being co-sponsored by Europe for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom. Start: 9:00 am
Start: Oct 11 2008 - 9:00am
End: Oct 12 2008 - 3:00pm
October 11-12 Spiritual Life Center in Winslow Maine Featured Rev. Dick Snyder is Founder and Chair of the Board of the Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast; Former Maine Council of Churches’ Restorative Justice Advisory Board; Professor emeritus of theology and ethics and former academic dean at New York Theological Seminary, and author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Punishment Start: 12:30 pm
October 11: Unite for Justice and Peace! Bring the troops home NOW! No attack on Iran! The RI Mobilization Committee to Stop War and Occupation (RIMC), and other organizations in the RI area, are calling on all progressive forces in the area to converge on Providence on October 11 to unite for justice and peace! Start: 6:30 pm
Don’t forget, we’re hosting the world premiere of Chris Hume’s “Red State Road Trip 2” at channel 2 in Portland this Saturday the 11th, reception at 6:30 PM, film at 7:30 PM. It’s relatively family friendly and has some amazing footage from all over the U.S. that gives you a sense of where the rest of the country stands on war, water, Barack Obama, John McCain and Sarah “Barracuda” Palin. Location is CTAM It’s a fundraiser for Channel 2, Portland’s community television station. | ||
10 / 12
End: 4:30 pm
Start: Oct 10 2008 - 9:30am
End: Oct 12 2008 - 4:30pm
On October 4-12, 2008 we will again be organizing “Keep Space for Peace Week” which is an international week of local protest events to stop the weaponization of space. Use this link to view the poster http://tinyurl.com/692lyv and this link to see the flyer http://tinyurl.com/6oz8ew This year the week is being co-sponsored by Europe for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom. End: 3:00 pm
Start: Oct 11 2008 - 9:00am
End: Oct 12 2008 - 3:00pm
October 11-12 Spiritual Life Center in Winslow Maine Featured Rev. Dick Snyder is Founder and Chair of the Board of the Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast; Former Maine Council of Churches’ Restorative Justice Advisory Board; Professor emeritus of theology and ethics and former academic dean at New York Theological Seminary, and author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Punishment Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
When: Oct. 12, 2008 Where: Vernon Walker Game Management Area, Rt. 11 Why: Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Embrace Portland: A Benefit for Victims of Hate Violence Sunday, October 12th Portland, Maine A community event to support the victim of last months anti-gay hate crime will be held on Sunday, October 12th at the North Star Music Café, 225 Congress Street, from 6-9:30pm. Being held on the 10th Anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepherd in Wyoming, Embrace Portland seeks to increase public attention of hate and bias incidents in our communities. Featured speakers are Steve Wessler from the Center for Prevention of Hate Violence, Sarah | ||
10 / 13
Start: 4:00 pm
Start: Oct 13 2008 - 4:00pm
End: Oct 15 2008 - 9:00pm
Forced from Home: US Policy and The Roots of Migration BAR HARBOR ROCKLAND PORTLAND | ||
10 / 14
(all day)
Start: Oct 13 2008 - 4:00pm
End: Oct 15 2008 - 9:00pm
Forced from Home: US Policy and The Roots of Migration BAR HARBOR ROCKLAND PORTLAND Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Meg Perry Center (644 Congress St) Accompanied by her father Afef, NO MORE VICTIMS brought Noora to the US for reconstructive surgery. Meet Noora and Afef and listen to Afef’s story about life in Iraq before and after the arrival of the US military. | ||
10 / 15
End: 9:00 pm
Start: Oct 13 2008 - 4:00pm
End: Oct 15 2008 - 9:00pm
Forced from Home: US Policy and The Roots of Migration BAR HARBOR ROCKLAND PORTLAND Start: 6:00 pm
Start: Oct 15 2008 - 6:00pm
End: Oct 20 2008 - 7:30pm
All classes will be held at Camden Hills Regional High School. FMI or to register call Adult Education at 236-7800, option 5. Oct. 15 “Wood Pellet Heating — What Is It?” is a one-night workshop on Oct. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m., taught by Liz Hanlon of Smith & May Masonry. The workshop is free, but participants should call to register. Oct. 20 “Green Cleaning” Oct. 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m will be a one-night session — the focus will be on addressing the issue of indoor chemicals, with instructor Marlee Luehman, who has an all-natural cleaning business, Healthy Havens. Start: 6:30 pm
The film “UNCOUNTED: the New Math of American Elections” will be presented at the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library on Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m., October 15, 2008. Produced in 2007, the film exposes the shady activities involved in the 2004 and 2006 Federal elections and why, without public scrutiny, they will occur again in the 2008 upcoming elections. This film is sponsored by the Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County. Please join us. For info call 338-4920. | ||
10 / 16
(all day)
Start: Oct 15 2008 - 6:00pm
End: Oct 20 2008 - 7:30pm
All classes will be held at Camden Hills Regional High School. FMI or to register call Adult Education at 236-7800, option 5. Oct. 15 “Wood Pellet Heating — What Is It?” is a one-night workshop on Oct. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m., taught by Liz Hanlon of Smith & May Masonry. The workshop is free, but participants should call to register. Oct. 20 “Green Cleaning” Oct. 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m will be a one-night session — the focus will be on addressing the issue of indoor chemicals, with instructor Marlee Luehman, who has an all-natural cleaning business, Healthy Havens. Start: 10:47 am
Monday, October 27, 2008 The Symposium will focus on the systemic causes of poverty and be a call to action, featuring presentations by Nicole Witherbee of Maine Center for Economic Policy and Maura Daly, VP of Government Relations and Advocacy at Feeding America. Start: 6:00 pm
During these difficult times we all need hope more than ever. For the past 14 years, each spring the HOPE Festival has brought together 70-80 organizations to celebrate our connections to the earth and to each other. Exciting performers and a fun children’s program have attracted up to 1000 people from the larger community to this free event. However, since we have lost our staff coordinator for this Festival, in order to continue we need volunteers who are willing to take on pieces of the following: coordinating volunteers, logistics, children’s program, food vendors and performers. Start: 6:30 pm
October 16 Changing Lives, Encouraging Voices Stream Reggae, Portland Playback Theater Company, and Say It Loud! take the stage for an engaging evening of music, improvisation, and spoken word. This special event recognizes 31 years of Family Crisis Services’ work to end domestic violence in Cumberland and Sagadahoc counties. WCLZ is providing an emcee. Door prizes and raffles! One Longfellow Square, Portland. Doors open at 6:30. Desserts and snacks provided by Local Sprouts available for purchase. Suggested donation: $5.00 at the door. www.familycrisis.org/event/ Start: 9:00 pm
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10 / 17
(all day)
Start: Oct 15 2008 - 6:00pm
End: Oct 20 2008 - 7:30pm
All classes will be held at Camden Hills Regional High School. FMI or to register call Adult Education at 236-7800, option 5. Oct. 15 “Wood Pellet Heating — What Is It?” is a one-night workshop on Oct. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m., taught by Liz Hanlon of Smith & May Masonry. The workshop is free, but participants should call to register. Oct. 20 “Green Cleaning” Oct. 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m will be a one-night session — the focus will be on addressing the issue of indoor chemicals, with instructor Marlee Luehman, who has an all-natural cleaning business, Healthy Havens. Start: 7:00 am
Start: Oct 17 2008 - 7:00am
End: Oct 19 2008 - 4:00pm
Oct. 17-19 Kindle: A Northern New England Bioneers Conference, USM, Portland, Maine Speakers are internationally celebrated voices, minds and nationally recognized environmental or social justice heroes. 28 workshops on Food/Farming, Green Building, Futurists, International, New Media, Natural Rights/ The Planted World, and Climate Change. http://www.kindledinme.com/about.php Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Rob’s talk takes place Friday,Oct. 17, from 6:30 to 8:30. I hope many of you can attend. The Atrium Gallery and Hall Gallery are very special exhibition spaces and the curator, Robyn Holman, does a wonderful job with documentation & PR as well as superb presentation. She also has many groups lined up to tour the exhibitions. If you know of a group, give her a call to line up a gallery talk. go to their website for directions. Upcoming exhibitions, mark your calendars: Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth, Start: 7:00 pm
BLUE HILL — On Friday, October 17, at Blue Hill Library, 7:00 p.m., Peninsula Peace and Justice will show the film OUR BRAND IS CRISIS — how U.S. political strategists try to affect election outcomes beyond U.S. borders. Start: 7:00 pm
Contact: Liz McGhee 207-725-8820 What: B-Side: a spoken word event | ||
10 / 18
(all day)
Start: Oct 15 2008 - 6:00pm
End: Oct 20 2008 - 7:30pm
All classes will be held at Camden Hills Regional High School. FMI or to register call Adult Education at 236-7800, option 5. Oct. 15 “Wood Pellet Heating — What Is It?” is a one-night workshop on Oct. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m., taught by Liz Hanlon of Smith & May Masonry. The workshop is free, but participants should call to register. Oct. 20 “Green Cleaning” Oct. 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m will be a one-night session — the focus will be on addressing the issue of indoor chemicals, with instructor Marlee Luehman, who has an all-natural cleaning business, Healthy Havens. (all day)
Start: Oct 17 2008 - 7:00am
End: Oct 19 2008 - 4:00pm
Oct. 17-19 Kindle: A Northern New England Bioneers Conference, USM, Portland, Maine Speakers are internationally celebrated voices, minds and nationally recognized environmental or social justice heroes. 28 workshops on Food/Farming, Green Building, Futurists, International, New Media, Natural Rights/ The Planted World, and Climate Change. http://www.kindledinme.com/about.php Start: 9:00 am
Protest of another BIW “Christening” of an Aegis destroyer in Bath on Saturday, October 18. The DDG-108, outfitted with “missile defense” systems, will be used to surround China as the U.S. now moves to double its naval presence in the Asian-Pacific region. For the past several years the Pentagon has been “war gaming” a U.S. first-strike attack on China and the Aegis destroyers role would be to intercept any remaining Chinese nuclear weapons that would be fired after the U.S. initial attack. Start: 12:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
We would like to formally invite you to come to the Fur Cultural Revival’s Open House On October 18, 2008, From 12 noon to 5 pm, At 222 St. John Street, Suite 140, Portland, Maine. FREE COFFEE — DONUTS Come and learn about our free services to the Sudanese Community living around Portland, Maine. Open House. Best wishes’ Mansour Ahmed | ||
10 / 19
(all day)
Start: Oct 15 2008 - 6:00pm
End: Oct 20 2008 - 7:30pm
All classes will be held at Camden Hills Regional High School. FMI or to register call Adult Education at 236-7800, option 5. Oct. 15 “Wood Pellet Heating — What Is It?” is a one-night workshop on Oct. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m., taught by Liz Hanlon of Smith & May Masonry. The workshop is free, but participants should call to register. Oct. 20 “Green Cleaning” Oct. 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m will be a one-night session — the focus will be on addressing the issue of indoor chemicals, with instructor Marlee Luehman, who has an all-natural cleaning business, Healthy Havens. End: 4:00 pm
Start: Oct 17 2008 - 7:00am
End: Oct 19 2008 - 4:00pm
Oct. 17-19 Kindle: A Northern New England Bioneers Conference, USM, Portland, Maine Speakers are internationally celebrated voices, minds and nationally recognized environmental or social justice heroes. 28 workshops on Food/Farming, Green Building, Futurists, International, New Media, Natural Rights/ The Planted World, and Climate Change. http://www.kindledinme.com/about.php | ||
10 / 20
End: 7:30 pm
Start: Oct 15 2008 - 6:00pm
End: Oct 20 2008 - 7:30pm
All classes will be held at Camden Hills Regional High School. FMI or to register call Adult Education at 236-7800, option 5. Oct. 15 “Wood Pellet Heating — What Is It?” is a one-night workshop on Oct. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m., taught by Liz Hanlon of Smith & May Masonry. The workshop is free, but participants should call to register. Oct. 20 “Green Cleaning” Oct. 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m will be a one-night session — the focus will be on addressing the issue of indoor chemicals, with instructor Marlee Luehman, who has an all-natural cleaning business, Healthy Havens. Start: 9:00 am
End: 2:00 pm
One day Democracy School in Portland, Maine, Monday, October 20, 2008 Thomas Linzey, Executive Director of The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) and Gail Darrell, NH organizer for CELDF, will be holding Democracy School at the Meg Perry Center in Portland, ME., on Monday October 20th, 2008, from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. The Daniel Pennock Democracy School reveals the hidden history which has allowed corporate, fictional, entities to override community decision making authority and teaches a new organizing strategy to citizens involved in local, grassroots efforts. | ||
10 / 21
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10 / 22
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10 / 23
Start: 8:00 am
Start: Oct 23 2008 - 8:00am
End: Oct 24 2008 - 5:00pm
Oct. 23 & 24 - Climate Change21: Choices for the 21st Century The University of Maine presents this interactive forum and environmental festival at the Wells Commons Environmental Center at the University of Maine in Orono. http://www.umaine.edu/conferences/ Start: 7:00 pm
The Portland Food Co-op presents “The Real Dirt on Farmer John” at 7pm on Thursday October 23rd. The Real Dirt on Farmer John will turn every idea you ever had about what it means to be an American farmer, or an American dreamer, on its head. Meet Farmer John, the incredible human being whose inspirational story of revolutionizing his family farm and redeeming his own life has won accolades and awards at film festivals around the world. Join us for the movie followed by discussion. | ||
10 / 24
End: 5:00 pm
Start: Oct 23 2008 - 8:00am
End: Oct 24 2008 - 5:00pm
Oct. 23 & 24 - Climate Change21: Choices for the 21st Century The University of Maine presents this interactive forum and environmental festival at the Wells Commons Environmental Center at the University of Maine in Orono. http://www.umaine.edu/conferences/ Start: 7:00 pm
Can there be an honest and fair election in America? Friday, October 24 7:00 pm Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME This extraordinary film, “American Blackout”, chronicles the recurring patterns of voter suppression and disenfranchisement in 2000 and 2004 and raises the question whether we can have a fair election in 2008. “American Blackout” has won the Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and many other awards. Start: 7:00 pm
Global Community Action League and Aserela Maine proudly present Acholi Awareness 2008 Join us for one or all of our scheduled events meant to raise awareness of the plight of the Acholi people in northern Uganda, southern Sudan, and around the world. In collaboration with, and with the support of groups, agencies, and individuals from across cultural and national borders, we are working to have an impact on the lives of those who need help the most. Join with us to show your support for peace, for justice, and for hope. | ||
10 / 25
Start: 9:00 am
Hi, Political Friends in Maine. The submarine is the USS New Hampshire, but it’s being commissioned in Kittery, Maine. Please join Seacoast Peace Response and Durham Students for a Democratic Society in offering an alternative message to this celebration of militarism on Oct. 25. Please forward to all appropriate lists. Thanks. Dave Diamond for SEACOAST PEACE RESPONSE Start: 11:00 am
http://tinyurl.com/6nlw2d
Saturday October 25th 11am Start: 1:00 pm
Saturday October 25th 1pm Sponsors/Participating groups: Start: 6:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Co-authors, Steven Fake and Kevin Funk, of “Scramble for Africa: Darfur-Intervention and the USA,” speak at the MPC | ||
10 / 26
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
WHEN: Sunday October 26th TIME: 12-5 pm WHERE: Turner Grange Hall Bring a snack to share with everyone Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Portland Bridges for Peace would like to invite all Friends of the Bridge to join us for the next two weeks (October 26 and November 2) for special election vigils. Same time (12-1) same place (S. Portland end of the Casco Bay Bridge), but a focus on electoral matters. We want to encourage voting, participatory democracy, helping friends vote…. Keep it positive. (Is “Get Rid of the Oily-garchy” positive?) Hope to see a lot of people. Please spread the word. | ||
10 / 27
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10 / 28
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10 / 29
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Taste local organic food at the Public Market House, 28 Monument Square in the Community Kitchen in the Lower Level. | ||
10 / 30
Start: 6:00 pm
Please save OCTOBER 30TH for the first film of the 2008-9 Wellstone Documentary Series. We will be showing IRON JAWED ANGELS at the South Portland Community Center. PLEASE NOTE — BECAUSE THIS FILM RUNS 124 MINUTES, WE WILL BEGIN AT 6:15 INSTEAD OF 6:30. As usual, doors will open at 6:00 p.m. Also as usual, admission is free, but donations are always welcome. | ||
10 / 31
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11 / 1
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Boom, Bang, Crash: Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008 Ongoing financial crises associated with the Wall Street crash pose major threats to our families and communities: | ||
11 / 2
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11 / 3
Start: 4:00 pm
Augusta Women in Black will hold an election eve Peace Vigil on Monday, November 3, 2008 at the West Side Rotary of Augusta beginning at 4:00 pm and going until just after darkness. Augusta are citizens interested in promoting peace and justice are encouraged to bring signs concerning the on-going wars, the election, the economy and people’s health and well-being. For more information, please contact Start: 7:00 pm
Film Series & Discussion EPISODE ONE In India in the 1930s, after Gandhi had returned from South Africa, he and his followers adopted a strategy of refusing to cooperate with British rule. Through civil disobedience and boycotts, they successfully loosened their oppressors’ grip on power and set India on the path to freedom. | ||
11 / 4
Start: 12:00 pm
Please join us for a Vote for Peace Rally at Monument Square in Portland, ME on Election Day! Power to the People! One People, One Planet! Bring your banners, signs, music and our voices! Sponsored by the Peace Energy Project! | ||
11 / 5
Start: 6:30 pm
Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County meeting is on Wednesday, November 5 at 6:30 PM at the Unitarian-Universalist Church, 37 Miller St. (behind the Library) in Belfast. Please join us! All are welcome at our meetings. If you can’t make it to a meeting you can still participate. We encourage you to initiate projects and bring them to our attention for discussion. We may be able to help you to work on these and/or co-sponsor them. Some agenda items for the meeting (add to this list before or at the meeting):
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11 / 6
Start: 8:30 pm
What: Reggae for Haiti, a benefit for Haitian flood relief The suggested donation is $7 for this event. | ||
