03 / 13
Start: 8:30 am
End: 4:00 pm
Saturday, 8:30 am-4 pm March 13, 2010 (Snow date: March 14) Pine Tree State Arboretum, 153 Hospital St., Augusta For more information Larry Dansinger, ROSC, (207) 525-7776 or rosc [at] psouth [dot] net Why a Day to Learn about Nonviolence?In a world filled with violence, how can we offer a different way to address problems and resolve conflicts? | ||
03 / 14
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03 / 15
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03 / 16
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03 / 17
Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 pm
Due to a scheduling conflict, the March MFTC board meeting will be WEDNESDAY MARCH 17th instead of this Wednesday the 10th. We are changing the time and place also. We are trying to keep you on your toes. MFTC Board Meeting Wednesday, March 17 Plumbers and Pipefitters 716 Hall 9:30 am - 11:30 am Pizza will be available for lunch for those folks who are staying for the AFL-CIO E-board meeting in the afternoon. Directions to Plumbers and Pipefitters: http://www.ualocal716.org/?q=node/290 Start: 11:30 pm
Wed., March. 17, 11:30 -1:00 pm Rep. Chellie Pingree Office 57 Exchange Street, Portland Join us as we participate in one of 74 [and growing] vigils at congressional offices across the country protesting the funding of the Afghanistan-Pakistan and Iraq Wars. Join Maine and National organizations to support Rep. Chellie Pingree’s co-sponsorship of Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s Resolution H.Con.Res. 248 calling for an immediate debate to end the war in Afghanistan. | ||
03 / 18
Start: 5:00 pm
It’s ANTHEM vs. MAINE, and Maine needs your help. The cost of health insurance keeps skyrocketing, and Anthem keeps profiting. Now, they are suing the State for the right to charge Mainers even more for the health insurance we ALREADY can’t afford. But Anthem and Maine will square off in court on March 19, and Maine needs your help! Start: 7:00 pm
Thursday, March 18 7 pm Frontier Cafe, Fort Andross, Brunswick, ME Brunswick with panelists Jonathan Carter, Peter Kent, Angus King, Joanne Moore, Lynne Williams, Peter Woodruff and moderator: Bruce Gagnon Where is the Wind? What is the Impact on the Environment? Who benefits? | ||
03 / 19
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03 / 20
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Contact: Ilze Petersons 942-9343 Afghan Woman to Keynote Teach-In Saturday, March 20th 1:00 - 4:00 Unitarian Universalist Church, 120 Park Street, Bangor | ||
03 / 21
Start: 3:00 pm
TAPPED the documentary filmed primarily in Maine, featuring Maine’s Water justice activists will be screened in Portland, Maine on Sunday, March 21st at 3:00pm followed by a Panel Discussion at ZERO STATION, 22 Anderson Street. FREE BABYSITTING Sponsored by SAVE OUR WATER, FOOD & WATER WATCH & DEFENDING WATER IN MAINE contact Jamilla: jamillaelshafei [at] gmail [dot] com Start: 4:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
The Documentary “Silent Cry” is going to be shown at USM, Luther Bonney Hall, 96 Falmouth St., Portland, ME 04101. Suggested Donation: $20. Food/Refreshments Available For more information: Shamso Ahmed, 207-518-1006. | ||
03 / 22
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03 / 23
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03 / 24
Start: 7:00 pm
Is access to clean drinking water a basic right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Invite friends to join you for a FREE film screening on March 24th. | ||
03 / 25
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03 / 26
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03 / 27
Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 am
Toxics Peer Educator Training with Sydney Sewall, M.D. Saturday, March 27, 2010, 9:30 am - 11:30 am at the PSR Maine office 163 Lancaster St., Suite 160B, Portland Free. To sign up or to learn more, please email Sue Kring. If you are a health care provider concerned about the impact that environmental toxins are having on pediatric health, we invite you to become a member of our Toxics Peer Educator Team. Start: 6:00 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church Some 20-50 walkers will be coming to Brunswick on Saturday, March 27th on the Maine Peace Walk for a Nuclear Free Future and Conversion to a Peaceful Economy. Fifteen or twenty of them will need housing overnight before they continue their walk to Freeport on Sunday. Volunteers are needed to house them, feed them breakfast in the morning and bring them to the Brunswick mall at 8:30 so they can start walking again. | ||
03 / 28
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03 / 29
Start: 5:00 pm
Members of the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist order and their supporters will be hosted at a potluck and discussion at the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland, Maine on Monday evening, March 29, 2010. | ||
03 / 30
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03 / 31
Start: 12:00 pm
Start: Mar 31 2010 - 12:00pm
End: Apr 3 2010 - 3:00pm
SIMPARCH has envisioned an architectural modeling of consciousness, prompted by Gallery Curator Carolyn Eyler’s invitation to create a project which considered Buddhism and architectures of awareness. SIMPARCH’S gallery intervention is an alternative interpretation of the Hindu-Buddhist stupa, a dome-shaped monument that commemorates significant Buddhist teachers through the housing of their relics and serves as representations of the enlightened mind. | ||
04 / 1
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Start: Mar 31 2010 - 12:00pm
End: Apr 3 2010 - 3:00pm
SIMPARCH has envisioned an architectural modeling of consciousness, prompted by Gallery Curator Carolyn Eyler’s invitation to create a project which considered Buddhism and architectures of awareness. SIMPARCH’S gallery intervention is an alternative interpretation of the Hindu-Buddhist stupa, a dome-shaped monument that commemorates significant Buddhist teachers through the housing of their relics and serves as representations of the enlightened mind. | ||
04 / 2
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Start: Mar 31 2010 - 12:00pm
End: Apr 3 2010 - 3:00pm
SIMPARCH has envisioned an architectural modeling of consciousness, prompted by Gallery Curator Carolyn Eyler’s invitation to create a project which considered Buddhism and architectures of awareness. SIMPARCH’S gallery intervention is an alternative interpretation of the Hindu-Buddhist stupa, a dome-shaped monument that commemorates significant Buddhist teachers through the housing of their relics and serves as representations of the enlightened mind. Start: 7:30 pm
Vegan Body-builder Robert Cheeke Presents: Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet—Take Action and Make It Happen. Bringing out the Best in You. 7:30 PM, April 2, 2010 Contact the Maine Animal Coalition at 207-773-2215 | ||
04 / 3
End: 3:00 pm
Start: Mar 31 2010 - 12:00pm
End: Apr 3 2010 - 3:00pm
SIMPARCH has envisioned an architectural modeling of consciousness, prompted by Gallery Curator Carolyn Eyler’s invitation to create a project which considered Buddhism and architectures of awareness. SIMPARCH’S gallery intervention is an alternative interpretation of the Hindu-Buddhist stupa, a dome-shaped monument that commemorates significant Buddhist teachers through the housing of their relics and serves as representations of the enlightened mind. | ||
04 / 4
Start: 3:00 pm
Oppose the illegal, immoral, and cruel U.S. anti-Cuban economic blockade. Help out with the 2010 Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan. Join us as we go to Cuba. We practice non-violent resistance by taking humanitarian supplies to Cuba against the rules. The Pastors for Peace leader Rev. Lucius Walker asks, “Why do you have to ask permission to help out a neighbor.” | ||
04 / 5
Start: 12:30 pm
Start: Apr 5 2010 - 12:30pm
End: Apr 6 2010 - 5:00pm
What: Military and Medical Perspectives on the Current Nuclear Threat April 5:
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04 / 6
End: 5:00 pm
Start: Apr 5 2010 - 12:30pm
End: Apr 6 2010 - 5:00pm
What: Military and Medical Perspectives on the Current Nuclear Threat April 5:
Start: 5:30 pm
Start: Apr 6 2010 - 5:30pm
End: Apr 10 2010 - 11:30pm
2nd MAINE AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL - April 6th - 10th 2010 Highlighting African Film, Culture, Art, Music and Dialogue | ||
04 / 7
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Start: Apr 6 2010 - 5:30pm
End: Apr 10 2010 - 11:30pm
2nd MAINE AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL - April 6th - 10th 2010 Highlighting African Film, Culture, Art, Music and Dialogue Start: 8:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm
A DVD presentation introducing Prem Rawat and his message of “Words of Peace” followed by a brief question and answer session will be held at the Maine College of Art, Osher Auditorium—2nd Floor, 522 Congress St, Portland, ME from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM on April 7, 2010. “There is something inside of you that is so beautiful that if you knew it you would fall in love with it. It is irresistible. You can truly experience that.” — Prem Rawat To find out more visit www.wopg.org | ||
04 / 8
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Start: Apr 6 2010 - 5:30pm
End: Apr 10 2010 - 11:30pm
2nd MAINE AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL - April 6th - 10th 2010 Highlighting African Film, Culture, Art, Music and Dialogue | ||
04 / 9
(all day)
Start: Apr 6 2010 - 5:30pm
End: Apr 10 2010 - 11:30pm
2nd MAINE AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL - April 6th - 10th 2010 Highlighting African Film, Culture, Art, Music and Dialogue | ||
04 / 10
End: 11:30 pm
Start: Apr 6 2010 - 5:30pm
End: Apr 10 2010 - 11:30pm
2nd MAINE AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL - April 6th - 10th 2010 Highlighting African Film, Culture, Art, Music and Dialogue Start: 8:30 am
End: 4:30 pm
April 10, 2010 St. Mary’s Nutrition Center, Lewiston 8:30am - 4:30pm Presented by Food for Maine’s Future, Lots to Gardens, Healthy Oxford Hills, Lewiston Public Library, St. Mary’s Nurtrition Center, and WERU JOIN US FOR FOOD, FUN, ENGAGING DISCUSSION, MUSIC, & SHARING SKILLS Space is Limited — Register Today at http://tinyurl.com/yfvqx59 Start: 9:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
You are invited to come to a population education day to learn about the problems of overpopulation, especially in the United States (and the influence of US policies on population throughout the world). It will take place on Saturday, April 10, 9 AM-4 PM at the Meeting and Facilitation Resources Building, 11 King St. (off State Street south of the Capitol Building—look for Pat’s Pizza at the corner of King St. and State St.), Augusta. Bring a bag lunch or food to share for a potluck—either is OK. There is no cost for this day. We hope you will attend. Start: 7:00 pm
Sponsored by Peace Action Maine and Maine Peace & Justice for Israel/Palestine WHEN: Saturday, April 10 FREE and open to the public. Parking in rectory lot on Sherman St. and in the PROP lot one block up at Cumberland and Mellen Sts. A presentation by Bob Schaible and Sally Bowden-Schaible with photos and film clips of their recent trip to Israel and Palestine. | ||
04 / 11
Start: 7:00 pm
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04 / 12
Start: 7:00 pm
Daisy Khan, Executive Director and Co-founder of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) Free and open to the public | ||
