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Fwd: FW: Boston Area: Ad Hoc Coaltiion - Corrected Working
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Outcalt)
Thu Sep 27 16:57:22 2001
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Here is the more complete information. This is the coalition of
groups which is organizing the Tuesday 6 p.m. vigils in Copley Square.
Jan
>From: Joseph Gerson <JGerson@afsc.org>
>To: "'jano@mit.edu'" <jano@mit.edu>
>Subject: FW: Boston Area: Ad Hoc Coaltiion - Corrected Working Group Con
> tacts & Scheduled Events,
>Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:13:32 -0400
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joseph Gerson
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 5:44 PM
>> Subject: Boston Area: Ad Hoc Coaltiion - Corrected Working Group
>> Contacts & Scheduled Events,
>>
>> 9/26
>> Friends,
>> Several announcements follow below: a corrected version of the
>> working group contact list. (It's a Faith Based working group, not "Fair
>> Based!"
>> An updated list of Ad Hoc Coalition events and a partial list of
>> talks in the Boston area is also appended. Additional information about
>> Sunday's teach-in should be ready tomorrow.
>> Thank you to those who rallied and came to the AFSC office
>> yesterday to make poster signs, do coalition data entry and to be
>> interviewed by the BBC, and for all of who who turned out for last
>> evening's vigil and organizing meeting. These events all seemed to go
>> quite successfully and were important steps in shattering the myth of
>> unity, opening dialog, and movement building. Thanks too for those who
>> phoned or wrote to Senators Kerry and Kennedy today.
>> With appreciation,
>> Joseph Gerson
>>
>> Corrected List: Working Groups & Contacts
>> To become involved in one of the ad hoc coalition's working groups,
>> contact the following people:
>>
>> Campus: Brad Hornbake 617-817-0651
>> abhornbake@hotmail.com
>>
>> Communities
>> at Risk Abha Sur 617-576-2388 asur@mit.edu
>> Jason Pramas 617-338-9966 jprams@igc.org
>>
>> Community
>> Outreach &
>> Education George Capaccio 781-641-9846 SaLaamg@aol.com
>>
>> Faith Based Laura Massie
>> lmassie@wso.williams.edu
>>
>> Labor Gabriel Camacho 617-787-8761
>> gabe@bostonhotelunion.org
>>
>> Legislative Eric Weltman 617-426-3040 eweltman@cppax.org
>> Shelagh Foreman 617-354-2169 masspa@gis.net
>>
>> Media Jonathan Leaning 617-522-1938
>> jonathanleaning@yahoo.com
>> Jennifer Horan 617-547-0708 jenniferhoran22@hotmail.com
>>
>> Nonviolent
>> Trainings &
>> Peacekeeping Grace Ross 617-625-3166 gracelross@aol.com
>>
>> Public Action Sarah Tyler 617-484-5349
>> scarlet_rose@hotmail.com
>>
>> Teach-In Paul Shannon 617-661-6130 pshannon@afsc.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Teach-In: Sunday - September 30
>>
>> Ad hoc coalition working groups are in the process of planning a
>> major public event scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 30 in Boston. Speakers,
>> site and time to be announced Thursday, Sept. 27. For information call
>> AFSC - 617-661-6130
>>
>> Weekly Vigil - Tuesdays- 6-7 pm
>> Copley Square - Boston
>> Organized by the Boston ad hoc coalition for peace and justice
>> For more information contact AFSC 617-661-6130
>>
>> Weekly Organizing Meeting, Tuesdays - 7:15 - 9:00
>> Boston Community Church
>> 565 Boylston St., Boston
>> For more information contact AFSC 617-661-6130
>>
>> Day After Events:
>> In the event of a major U.S. military attack in response to the
>> September 11 attacks, or another major attack, the Boston ad hoc coalition
>> has made plans for demonstrations or vigils. For more information, contact
>> American Friends Service Committee 617-661-6130 or afscnero@afsc.org
>>
>> Partial List of Speaking Events in Boston Area:
>>
>> Jerusalem Women, Teach-in, Uri Avnery, Noam Chomsky to speak
>>
>> September 27th 7 p.m.
>> Jerusalem Women Speak
>> Christ Church, Zero Garden St., Cambridge, Mass.
>> Rawan Damen, A Muslim Palestiian and author of book about Palestinian
>> Children
>> Michal Shohat, A Jewish Israeli and General Secretary of the Meretz Party
>> Jean Zaru, a Quaker Palestinian and founding member of Sabeel
>> Sponsored by Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights
>>
>> URI AVNERY IN BOSTON OCT. 11-13, 2001
>> Uri Avnery is Israel's quintessential dove. He was born in Germany in 1923
> > and emigrated to Palestine at the age of 10. He was a member of the Irgun
>> from 1938 to 1942 and fought with the Haganah in 1948, being wounded in
>> December of that year. An early Israeli advocate of an independent
>> Palestinian State, in 1974 Avnery was the first Israeli to establish
>> contact with the PLO leadership. During the Lebanon War in 1982 he crossed
>> military lines in besieged Beirut to interview Yasser Arafat. A founder of
>> Gush Shalom (Peace Bloc), a steadfast Israeli peace organization, he is
>> frequently on the frontlines of demonstrations against Israeli policies.
>> Avnery was a three-term member of the Knesset (the Israeli
>> parliament)-1965-69, 1969-73, 1979-81. A prolific writer, author of
>> several books and countless articles, he has challenged Jewish views for
>> over half a century. For 40 years he edited Haolam Hazeh, Israel's
>> best-circulating magazine. His humor and irony are well-known to all
>> Israelis.
>> At Harvard, Brandeis and Workmen's Circle, Avnery's topic will be: "Beyond
>> Retribution: Towards a New Middle East"
>> Thursday, October 11
>> 4-6 P.M. Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Coolidge Hall, Room 3,
>> 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge -
>> Thursday, October 11
>> 7:30 P.M., Golding Building Auditorium, Brandeis University Waltham
>> Friday, October 12
>> Services at 8, Speaker at 8:45, Temple Shir Tikvah, 34 Vine Street,
>> Winchester - Co-sponsored by Jewish Community Relations Council (Check web
>> site for directions: shir_tikvah.org).
>> Saturday, October 13
>> 8 P.M., Workmen's Circle, 1762 Beacon Street, BrooklineCo-sponsored by
>> Temple Beth Zion, Brookline. List of additional co-sponsoring synagogues
>> and organizations in formation.
>>
>> October 18th
>> Noam Chomsky. "the New War on Terrorism."
>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 26, Room 100
>> Vido overflow in Building 10, Room 250
>>
>> For more information on these and other South End Press Author events,
>> please visit our website at www.southendpress.org/books/speaking.shtml
