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Peace Conference Sat at Northeastern
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Thu May 29 23:44:29 2003
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Peace & Justice In Boston and the World
A Strategy Conference for
Building a Movement
Saturday, May 31, 2003
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Northeastern University Law School
400 Huntington Avenue, Room 97
Sponsored by United for Justice with Peace
Co-sponsored by the Northeastern University School of Law Anti-War
Society
How can we stop the Bush Administration from future invasions?
How can we reduce spending on weapons and increase funding for schools,
housing, and jobs?
How can we unite across gender, race, class, age, and geographic lines?
How we can alter the politics of the State House and the White House?
Please join us in helping answer these questions - and building a
powerful
peace & justice movement. The conference will feature speakers,
strategy
discussions, and workshops on issues such as war & the economy, Iraq,
the
media, civil liberties, immigrant rights, and globalization.
The cost of the conference is $5. A suggested donation of $10 for a
light
breakfast and lunch; no one goes hungry. For more information, call
617.661.6130 x500, or 617.426.3040, or email UJPCoalition@yahoo.com.
United for Justice with Peace is a Greater Boston coalition of over 50
organization and groups. UJP members include Peace Action, CPPAX, and
the
American Friends Service Committee, as well as several dozen grassroots
groups in communities such as Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Somerville,
and
Arlington. For a complete list, visit www.justicewithpeace.org.
DIRECTIONS TO THE CONFERENCE:
Getting to Northeastern University Law School
400 Huntington Ave, Rm 97
>From the north (via Route I-93 or Route 1)
Take the Storrow Drive exit, and proceed to the Fenway
exit. Follow signs for Boylston Street inbound, and bear
right onto Westland Avenue. Turn right onto
Massachusetts Avenue, proceed to the third traffic light,
and turn right onto Columbus Avenue. The Renaissance
Parking Garage is at 835 Columbus Ave.
>From the west (via Route 90, Massachusetts
Turnpike)
Take Exit 22 (Copley Square), and bear right. Proceed to
the first traffic light, and turn right onto Dartmouth
Street. Take the next right onto Columbus Avenue. The
Renaissance Parking Garage is at 835 Columbus Ave.
>From the west (via Route 9)
Proceed east on Route 9; it will become Huntington
Avenue. Turn right onto Ruggles Street. At the third traffic
light, turn left onto Tremont Street. At the second set of
lights, turn left onto Melnea Cass Boulevard, and then turn
left onto Columbus Avenue. The Renaissance Parking
Garage is at 835 Columbus Ave.
>From the south (via Route 3, Southeast Expressway)
Take Exit 18 (Massachusetts Avenue), and proceed onto
Melnea Cass Boulevard. Continue for approximately two
miles, and turn left onto Columbus Avenue. The
Renaissance Parking Garage is at 835 Columbus Ave.
Via public transportation
Northeastern is accessible by subway via the Green Line of
the MBTA. From downtown Boston, take an ìEî train
outbound to the Northeastern stop, the first stop above
ground. The campus can also be reached from downtown
via the Orange Line by taking any train going outbound to
Forest Hills and getting off at Ruggles Station. Commuter
rail lines connect with the Orange Line at Back Bay Station
and North Station.
