[Antiracism] [Workers' Rights] Calendar 3/28-4/29

[WMass Jobs With Justice]

March 27-April 4

NATIONAL JOBS WITH JUSTICE “RESISTANCE & RECOVERY” WEEK OF ACTION 

NATIONAL STUDENT LABOR “RESIST & RECLAIM OUR FUTURE” WEEK OF ACTION

Momentum is growing to create an economy that works for everyone, building a better future for all workers. Jobs with Justice is organizing a  <http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/4pzCzo71LPKF/> "Resistance and Recovery" Week of Action March 27 to April 4 in conjunction with the 10th Annual Student <http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/4dzCzo71LPKH/>  Labor Week of Action to "Resist and Reclaim our Future".  

Hundreds of actions are planned in support of the Employee Free Choice Act, local workers' struggles, university codes of conduct that support workers’ rights both on campus and overseas, development of green jobs that support workers in our communities and promote a healthy environment, access to higher education for all, passage of the DREAM Act <http://dreamact.info/> , and fair wages and working conditions for the people who grow our food and harvest our crops. (The National Student Labor Week of Action honors César Chávez – born March 31, 1927 – and Martin Luther King Jr – assassinated April 4, 1968.) Info: wmjwj at wmjwj.org.   

 

Saturday March 28

            FREE FILM: WAR, INC

7:30pm, Wendell Library’s new high-definition video theater, 7 Wendell Depot Road, Wendell. Starring John Cusack, Dan Aykroyd, and Ben Kingsley, Marisa Tomei, Hilary Duff, and Joan Cusack. WAR, INC, written and directed by Cusack, will be presented in HD as part of the Wendell Real World Film Series. WAR, INC is an outrageous political satire set in “Turaqistan”, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President, that reveals more truth about current US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan than most documentaries. co-star. 106 minutes. Rated R. “I can’t explain anything anymore about the war or politics without referencing WAR, INC. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. Very, very funny and very, very true.” - RACHEL MADDOW, MSNBC and Air America Host. Info: Robbie Leppzer, robbie at turningtide.com. 

 

Monday March 30 

WHAT CAN WE DO?: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS & REGIONAL EQUITY

12:30pm, Urban League, 765 State St, Springfield. Light lunch provided. Dr. Manuel Pastor will present his new book, This could be the start of something big: How social movements for regional equity are reshaping metropolitan America (bio here <http://college.usc.edu/faculty/faculty1013240.html> ). This is the first in a series of provocative multi-sector public discussions led by the Springfield Institute about what’s possible in Springfield. Events will take place all over the city. The Springfield Institute, at 32-34 Hampden St, exists to bring fresh perspectives, raise the level of debate, broaden the range of people participating in the debate, support community groups, and contribute to urban transformation. It is a think tank with a twist: a central commitment to outreach, inclusion, and community organizing. Info: www.springfieldinstitute.org. Next monthly meeting: Wednesday April 1, 6pm, location TBD. 

 

Tuesday March 31

            THE WOMAN BEHIND THE NEW DEAL

            7pm, Gamble <http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/map/index.shtml?pg=833>  Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, Rt 116, S Hadley. Kirstin Downey will read from and sign her new book, The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience. Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. Perkins was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. As the first female cabinet secretary, she spearheaded the fight to improve the lives of America’s working people while juggling her own complex family responsibilities. Perkins’s ideas became the cornerstones of the most important social welfare and legislation in the nation’s history, including unemployment compensation, child labor laws, and the forty-hour work week. Written with a wit that echoes Frances Perkins’s own, award-winning journalist Kirstin Downey gives us a riveting exploration of how and why Perkins slipped into historical oblivion and restores Perkins to her proper place in history.

            Info: Odyssey Bookshop, 9 College St (Routes 116 at 47), in the Village Commons, S Hadley, 534-7307 or 800-540-7307; odysseybks at aol.com; www.odysseybks.com.

 

Tuesday March 31

            SICK AROUND AMERICA ON PBS

            9pm, WGBY-TV; also April 1, 1am, and April 5, 2am. A compelling and timely documentary exposing the very serious consequences of getting sick in the US; sequel to the highly acclaimed Frontline documentary, Sick Around the World. As the worsening economy leads to massive job losses and increases the ranks of the tens of millions of Americans without health insurance, FRONTLINE travels the country examining the nation's broken health care system and exploring the need for a fundamental overhaul. The scale of the problem now facing the Obama administration, FRONTLINE finds, is staggering, as lay-offs, major illness, and other unexpected life changes leave more and more Americans uninsured, underinsured or uninsurable. FRONTLINE also goes inside insurance companies to question executives on their policies, programs, and priorities, and examines the problems in one state's attempts at health care reform. Info: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundamerica/ and http://www.healthcare-now.org/. 

 

Wednesday April 1

2009 WMJwJ MAY DAY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

6:30-8pm, Student Government Assn office, room 420, Student Union, UMass Amherst (C3 on map grid here <http://www.umass.edu/visitorsctr/downloads/campusmap.pdf> ; parking info here <http://parking.umass.edu/index.php/home/> ). Western Massachusetts Jobs with Justice traditionally celebrates International Workers Day. The event is also a fundraiser for WMJwJ. There are suggested donation ticket prices, but no one is turned away for lack of funds. 

This year Stewart Acuff will speak alongside lots of music. He is Special Assistant to the President of the AFL-CIO, National Jobs with Justice Board Member, a long-time union and community organizer, and a stirring speaker (you <http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=Stewart+Acuff&aq=f>  can watch many of his speeches at YouTube). He will focus us on an economic recovery that puts Main Street before Wall Street, passes the Employee Free Choice Act and restores workers’ right to organize, ensures health care for all, creates good green jobs, and holds bailed out corporations accountable to the people.

            Want to work on a committee? Want to receive planning notices? Contact 827-0301, wmjwj at wmjwj.org. 

 

Wednesday April 1

SUSTAINABLE LIVING: A PERSONAL STORY 

7:30pm, Bangs Center, Boltwood Walk, Amherst. A talk on sustainable living by UMass Professor John Gerber (http://people.umass.edu/jgerber/). Info: Mary Wentworth, mlwentworth at comcast.net. 

 

Thursday April 2 

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION ~ LEAFLET RITE AID STORES ~ EASTHAMPTON, SPRINGFIELD, GREENFIELD …

and across the country. Rite Aid warehouse workers in Lancaster CA, trying to organize a union at their workplace over the last three years, face continual resistance and active disruption by management. See http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=39555383b6cbf8c4a7a3eb8d4ed20aa2.  

We will leaflet Rite Aid’s customers at least at stores in Springfield, Easthampton, and Greenfield. You can also suggest a store if you can volunteer an hour, preferably with at least one other person. We’ll supply leaflets and signs. Please hit Reply and let us know.

Western Mass opportunities to protest corporate power:

Easthampton: Noon-1pm, 32 Union Street (Rt 141 near Rt 10). Contact: Fiore Grassetti, 246-8508, org7 at comcast.net. 

Springfield: 3-4pm, 126 Island Pond Road (near Allen St). Contact: Jon Weissman, 827-0301, wmjwj at wmjwj.org.  

Greenfield: 5:30-6:30pm, 107 Main Street (Rt 2A). Contact: Norm Hirschfeld, nhms41 at comcast.net. 

Note: it’s important that we be very courteous at the Rite Aids – the company is looking for any opportunity to make unions look scary or threatening to the Rite Aid workers. Each site has a Captain who will lead the leafleting.

 

Thursday April 2

SICK OF NO PAID SICK DAYS!

1-2:30pm, 20 Maple St, Springfield (SEIU 1199 & 615 office). Workers, community organizations, advocates, public officials, and labor unions will come together in Lawrence, Worcester, Springfield, and Boston to let the State House know that we are Sick of No Paid Sick Days! Meet others working on the campaign. Learn more about the benefits of paid sick days. Hear updates on what we’ve accomplished. Help plan what we need to do next to pass An Act Establishing Paid Sick Days (S688 & H1815). Info, share your story: Massachusetts Paid Leave Coalition, Ellen Wallace, ewallace at gbls.org. 

 

Thursday April 2

SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES CONTINUE DISCUSSING PRO-WORKER ORDINANCES

5pm, IBEW Local 7 Hall, 185 Industry Avenue, Springfield (734-7137). The Veterans, Administration, and Human Services Committee and the Planning and Economic Development Committee of the City Council will continue their joint meetings on ordinance amendments entitled "Springfield Residents Construction Employment", "Living Wages", and "Responsible Employer Policy" (copies available by email from mail at pvaflcio.org). These ordinances initiated by the Pioneer Valley Building & Construction Trades Council would benefit Springfield residents and stimulate the local economy. Info: City Council Aide Robert Arieti, 787-6170, rarieti at springfieldcityhall.com.

 

Thursday April 2 (postponed from Fourth Thursday) 

            FRANKLIN COUNTY WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE

7-8:30pm, First Congregational Church, 43 Silver St, Greenfield (774-3449). Organizing local solidarity for Franklin County workers and unions; nurses and other workers at Franklin Medical Center; Greenfield municipal employees; and statewide and national workers' rights campaigns, including People's Bail-Out and Employee Free Choice Act. Info: 827-0301, wmjwj at wmjwj.org. 

 

Thursday April 2

BILL McKIBBEN

7:30pm, Hooker Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, Rt 116, South Hadley. Leading environmentalist and best-selling author Bill McKibben will give an evening lecture titled, “350 – The Most Important Number in the World,” in which he will meld his insightful understanding of communities, environmental policy, and climate change into a call for climate action – and offer alternatives for individual as well as collective engagement with this critical issue. McKibben (http://www.billmckibben.com/) is the best-selling author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future.

6pm, prior to the reading, a fundraising reception for McKibben’s organization, 350.org <http://www.350.org/dia.php> , will take place at the Odyssey Bookshop, 9 College St (Routes 116 at 47), in the Village Commons, South Hadley,. Tickets for the fundraiser are $40 and include both light refreshments and a copy of Deep Economy. Info: 534-7307 or 800-540-7307; odysseybks at aol.com. 

 

April 3 & April 4

            MARCH ON WALL STREET

            Friday activities led by the Bail <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ulmFwyzFL%2B0TZGwaCYHryAE1VCHzq2as>  Out the People Movement; Saturday by United <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AObmXvcW%2FZ4DEy%2F7ia3Z6gE1VCHzq2as>  For Peace and Justice. Tell the Wall Street bankers: "We are sick and tired of trillions for the banks and pennies for the people! We demand Employee Free Choice Act Now!" Local contact: Western Mass International Action Center, 896-5219, wmassiac at hotmail.com. 

 

Friday April 3

AMY GOODMAN

5:30pm,  60 Masonic Street, Northampton. Dedication of the Frances Crowe community room at the Media Education Foundation. Info: (800) 897-0089, info at mediaed.org, www.mediaed.org.  <http://www.mediaed.org.%20%0b> 
            7:30pm, Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, Rt 116, South Hadley. Host of Democracy Now <http://www.democracynow.org/>  on radio and TV and best-selling author Amy Goodman together with David Goodman will talk about their latest book, Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times. Info: 534-7307 or 800-540-7307; odysseybks at aol.com. 

 

Friday April 3

RIGOBERTA MENCHU TUM

7pm, Veritas Auditorium, Elms College <http://www.elms.edu/> , 291 Springfield St, Chicopee. Rigoberta Menchú Tum, winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, will speak on “Ending Racism and Hate.” The event will launch the 2009 PeaceJam Northeast Youth Conference weekend at Elms. Rigoberta Menchú Tum was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work as a peaceful advocate for native Indian rights in Central America and for her leadership among indigenous peoples worldwide. A member of the Quiche branch of the Maya, she was the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, at age 33. Menchú Tum played a pivotal role in bringing the plight of the Maya people to the attention of the world during the Guatemalan civil war, in which more than 200,000 Maya, including many members of her family, perished. Info: http://www.elms.edu/about/careforgod.htm. 

 

April 3-5

CHANGING OUR ECONOMIC STORY

Rowe Camp Conference Center, Rowe. Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community (UUJEC) 20th Anniversary Conference. With nationally recognized economists and visionaries David Korten, Nancy Folbre, Robert Pollin, Ward Morehouse, and Chuck Collins, participants will examine and more fully understand the causes of the current economic collapse and together re-envision economics and economic justice, creating a vision of an earth centered, humane, and sustainable economic system that benefits all beings. David Korten will be presenting on his new book, Agenda for a New Economy, From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth, Why Wall Street Can't Be Fixed and How to Replace It. Info, to register: 339-4954 or Marcia Meyers, 503-665-3957; www.uujec.org or www.rowecenter.org. 

 

April 3-5

2009 WOMEN’S RETREAT: A WORLD OF OUR OWN: Women, Power & Spirituality

Zen Peacemakers’ House of One People, 177 Ripley Road, Montague. $250. Sr. Helen Prejean, subject of the movie Dead Man Walking, will speak. She has shaped the views of the Catholic Church and helped end executions in several states. Info, to register: 413 367 5269, seiki at zenpeacemakers.com, http://www.zenpeacemakers.org/register. 

 

Saturday April 4

MASS-CARE / UHCEF ANNUAL SINGLE PAYER GALA

2-5pm, Ryles Jazz Club, Inman Square, 212 Hampshire St, Cambridge. In memory of Dr Ben Gill. $35; $10 for students; no one turned away. Keynote Speaker: Dr Gordon Schiff, Associate Director, Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and past president of Physicians for a National Health Program <http://www.pnhp.org/> . Comedian Jimmy Tingle <http://www.jimmytingle.com/> ! The Joseph Lillyman Jazz Band.

Honorees: Berkshire Mass-Care/PNHP, Cape Care Coalition, and Franklin/Hampshire Health Care Coalition. Two of three honorees are from Western Mass! Info, event flyer, ad purchase form, invitation letter: http://masscare.org/events/mass-cares-11th-annual-single-payer-gala-in-memory-of-ben-gill/. Mass-Care, 33 Harrison Ave, 5th floor, Boston MA 02111.

Carpooling from Western Mass: Alice Swift, acswift at comcast.net. 

 

Tuesday April 7

TRANSGENDER EQUALITY LOBBY DAY

10am-1pm, State House, Boston. No previous lobbying experience necessary! Make your voice heard on critical civil rights and liberties issues in Massachusetts: Expand civil rights: Include gender identity and expression in state nondiscrimination law. Info: www.aclum.org/events. 

 

Friday April 10 (Second Friday)

STREET HEAT - THE AFL-CIO MOBILIZATION COMMITTEE

9:30-11am, AFL-CIO Hall, 640 Page Blvd, near corner of Osborne Ter, across the street from the old Westinghouse, Springfield. This meeting will focus on the campaign to win the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, including meetings with Congressmen and Sen. Kerry. Also on the agenda: the YWCA; Postal job loss; Bank of America; Your Organizing! Community and labor activists are urged to attend. Info; send agenda items to: Jon Weissman, 732-7970, street_heat at pvaflcio.org.

 

Saturday April 11 (Second Saturday)

            SPRINGFIELD HEALTH DISPARITIES PROJECT ROUNDTABLE

            9:30am, Tapestry Health, 365 Bay St, Springfield. Addressing existing disparities in health care and outcomes, and the underlying racism, poverty, and homelessness. Info: Betty Agin, 627-4028, betagi7 at verizon.net. 

 

Wednesday April 15 (Third Wednesday)

MASS SENIOR ACTION COUNCIL – WESTERN MASS MONTHLY MEETING 

1:30-3:30pm, Independence House, 1475 Roosevelt Av, Springfield. MSAC was founded in 1981 to promote the rights, well being, and dignity of all people, particularly vulnerable senior citizens. Open to people of all ages. MSAC has a proud history of effective community organizing and legislative advocacy on health care, housing, transportation, and other issues. Info: 543-2334, mbewsee at masssenioraction.org, http://www.masssenioraction.org/. 

 

Wednesday April 15 (Third Wednesday)

PIONEER VALLEY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL 

5:30pm, AFL-CIO Hall, 640 Page Blvd, near corner of Osborne Ter, across the street from the old Westinghouse, Springfield. Community and labor activist guests are welcome, but RSVP to Jon at 732-7970, mail at pvaflcio.org, or Rick at 374-1492, rbrown at pvaflcio.org.

 

Wednesday April 15 

FREE FILM: FLOW

7pm, Amherst Community Television, 246 College St, Amherst. Part of "Empowering Ourselves: Think Globally - Act Locally" film series screening timely eco conscious films: FLOW: How Did A Handful of Corporations <http://www.flowthefilm.com/>  Steal Our Water? Info: 256-6005, www.actvamherst.com. 

 

Thursday April 16 (Quarterly)

SAGE COMMUNITY SUMMIT

6-8:30pm, Studio/Community Room, Amherst Community Television, 246 College St, Amherst. Hear what progressive activists are doing in the area. Support the good work that is being done. Find a place to learn about and get involved in the work. Info: Rick Last, r.last at comcast.net. 

 

Thursday April 16

CAPITOL CLIMATE ACTION REPORT BACK

7pm, Unitarian Society, 220 Main St, Northampton. Jill Stein, Eli Beckerman, and Dave Dionne are coming to Western Massachusetts for a conversation with local activists; to report back on the March <http://www.capitolclimateaction.org/>  2 DC action, to listen, and to help plan next steps toward a secure green future. Info: Peter Vickery, 549-9933, peter at petervickery.com. 

 

Thursday April 16 (Third Thursday)

NORTHAMPTON LIVING WAGE COALITION

7pm, Western Mass Legal Services office, 20 Hampton Av #100, Northampton (enter near Pleasant St, south of, right angle to Sylvester’s). The NLWC is organizing for a City Council resolution updating the 1998 Northampton Living Wage Resolution for employees with health insurance to $9.52, and to $11.44 for employees without health insurance. Collecting petition signatures supporting the resolution. Asking local business owners to commit to paying a living wage or at least commit to working toward a living wage. Publicly recognizing them if they do. Info: Kitty Callaghan, kcallaghan at wmls.org.

WMASS JOBS WITH JUSTICE HAMPSHIRE WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE meets with the NORTHAMPTON LIVING WAGE COALITION. Info: 827-0301, wmjwj at wmjwj.org.

 

Friday April 17

PIONEER VALLEY AFL-CIO CONFERENCE & WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATION

8:15am-3pm, Teamsters Local 404 Hall, 115 Progress Avenue, Springfield (781-6326). $35. Ad deadline March 30; resolutions deadline April 1; registration deadline April 7. Info: 732-7970, mail at pvaflcio.org. 

 

Sunday April 19

CLIMATE LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP

1pm-4pm, McConnell 103, Smith College, Rt 9, Northampton. Suggested donation $15 but all are welcome, regardless of what you can afford (free to Smith College faculty, students, staff). At this workshop you will receive training, background information, and electronic access to a Sustainability Institute PowerPoint presentation that you can use as you wish with strategies for reaching different populations. The resources and the training have been developed to help community leaders:

Describe the latest climate science and what it means for our lives and the world.

Summarize criteria for solutions that can sustain human civilization and earth’s ecosystems.

Identify common emotions and reactions people have to the science, and share experience on how to respond effectively.

Engage more people in education and action.

Presenters: Philip Rice, PhD, directs Our Climate Ourselves program at Sustainability Institute (www.sustainer.org <http://www.sustainer.org/> ). Tina Clarke, Consultant, Sustainability Institute, previous Campaign Director for Clean Water Action, certified Transition Towns Trainer (www.transitiontowns.org <http://www.transitiontowns.org/> ). Info, RSVP: workshop at pvclimate.org; www.pvclimate.org <http://www.pvclimate.org/> ; Tina is at 863-5253, tina at pvclimate.org.   

 

Tuesday April 21 (Third Tuesday)

            FRANKLIN/HAMPSHIRE HEALTH CARE COALITION

7pm, Lathrop Village Community Room, Shallow Brook Drive, off Bridge Rd, Northampton. Organizing for the Massachusetts Health Care Trust Fund Bill - a universal health care system, providing universal access, a comprehensive range of physical and mental health benefits, choice of provider, quality, unified financing and cost controls, accountable governance, and stability. A Massachusetts Health Care Trust Fund will be a “single-payer” of all health care costs, statewide. Also organizing for the national alternative to state action: Medicare for All – HR 676. Info: info at fhhcc.org. Please visit www.masscare.org and www.healthcare-now.org.  

 

Wednesday April 22 (Fourth Wednesday)

WESTERN MASS GREEN ECONOMY WORKING GROUP ~ EARTH DAY GATHERING

5:30-7:30pm, Pioneer Valley AFL-CIO Hall, 640 Page Boulevard, Springfield (732-7970). This Working Group consists of advocates for a Green Economy which serves local communities; guarantees workers' rights to organize; and promotes community-owned sustainable projects. Subscribe to the WMGEWG listserve (“GreenWork”) at http://lists.gaiahost.coop/mailman/listinfo/greenwork or send an email to greenwork-subscribe at lists.gaiahost.coop. Info: Jon Weissman, 827-0301, wmjwj at wmjwj.org, or Eduardo Suárez, 335-6224, echonyc at hotmail.com. 

 

Thursday April 23

UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

6:30-9pm, 3rd Floor Gordon Hall (UMass Amherst Labor Center), 418 N Pleasant St, Amherst. Mark Brenner, Labor Notes, leads this Labor Extension Program Workshop. $15. Are you angry that bankers get bailed out and workers get sold out? We know that our economy’s in freefall. What can the government do? That depends on the goal: Are we looking to save the financial system or to save good jobs? How can unions make a difference here in Massachusetts and across the country? This workshop will discuss what a real recovery would look like, why our bosses are fighting it, and what labor needs to do. Info: Dale Melcher, 545-6166, dmelcher at lrrc.umass.edu. 

 

Thursday April 23 (Fourth Thursday) 

            FRANKLIN COUNTY WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE

7-8:30pm, Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, 24 Miles St, Greenfield (773-7427). Organizing local solidarity for Franklin County workers and unions; nurses and other workers at Franklin Medical Center; Greenfield municipal employees; and statewide and national workers' rights campaigns, including People's Bail-Out and Employee Free Choice Act. Info: 827-0301, wmjwj at wmjwj.org. 

 

Friday April 24

            WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATION

Noon, City Hall, 210 Main St, march to memorial stone near Jake's restaurant, 17 King St, Northampton. Info: Fiore Grassetti, 246-8508, org7 at comcast.net. 

 

Saturday April 25

            WMCOSH NYC BUS TRIP

8am, leave from West Springfield High School; leave New York City 7:30pm. $35. Fund-raising bus trip benefits the Western Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health. Passengers are on their own to plan their day. Drop-off points include the Metropolitan Museum, Times Square, Radio City, and Ground Zero. Info: 731-0760 or send name, phone number, and check payable to Western MassCOSH, 640 Page Blvd, Suite 104, Springfield, MA 01104.

 

 April 25-26

            TRAINING FOR TRANSITION

A new movement, “Transition Towns”, is now spreading around the world: more at www.transitiontowns.org <http://www.transitiontowns.org/>   & www.transitionus.org <http://www.transitionus.org/> . Western Mass activist Tina Clarke is one of a handful of certified Transition Towns trainers in the US. She will offer a free, full 2-day “Training for Transition” for people who would like to know more. Info: 549-6834, tinaclarke2 at comcast.net. 

 

Tuesday April 28 (Fourth Tuesday)

HAMPSHIRE/FRANKLIN CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL

7:30pm, Northampton Fire Station Community Room, 26 Carlon Drive at King St/Route 5, Northampton (587-1148). Community and labor activist guests are welcome, but RSVP to Pres. Fiore Grassetti, 877-725-0357, org7 at comcast.net.

 

Wednesday April 29

ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION LOBBY DAY

10am-1:30pm, State House, Boston. No previous lobbying experience necessary! Make your voice heard on critical civil rights and liberties issues in Massachusetts: Increase voting rights: Enable eligible voters to register to vote at certain polling locations on election day. Info: www.aclum.org/events. 

 

Wednesday April 29

FREE FILM: STIMULUS ROADBLOCK?

7pm, Amherst Community Television, 246 College St, Amherst. Part of "Empowering Ourselves: Think Globally - Act Locally" film series screening timely eco conscious films: Stimulus Roadblock? <http://Stimulus%20Roadblock?>  Info: 256-6005, www.actvamherst.com. 

 


More events at http://www.westernmassafsc.org/calendar/calendar.html & http://people.umass.edu/jgerber/SustEvents.htm.

A NOTE ABOUT PUBLIC MEETINGS & CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES:  Men and women are requested to avoid wearing scented personal products when attending public meetings. Scents trigger adverse responses in those with chemical sensitivities, allergies, and asthma. Note that many workers develop chemical sensitivities on the job. 

 

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