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<DIV align=center><FONT style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)" size=6>Pioneer Valley
Mobilization <BR></FONT><FONT style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)" size=6><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)">for Another World</SPAN><BR
style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)">January 18 -
February 3, 2008</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT size=4><BR>Calendar of events at:<BR><A
href="http://populareconomics.org/">http://populareconomics.org/</A><BR></FONT><BR><FONT
size=4>Please forward widely!<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN class=navboxcont_C208CF35><IMG height=125
hspace=10 src="http://populareconomics.org/images/wsf_08.JPG" width=279
align=left vspace=10 border=1 NOSEND="1"> </SPAN>The World Social Forum (WSF)
has called for a Global Day of Action on January 26th, 2008, with a week of
activities in the preceding week. Here is the calendar for the Pioneer
Valley Mobilization for Another World. You can attend these local events
to participate in this global mobilization. <BR></DIV>Beginning on January
18th, vigils protesting the Iraq War are planned across the Pioneer
Valley. This calendar begins with details on Friday, <B>January 18th
Iraq Moratorium vigils in Amherst, Ashfield, Athol, Greenfield, Northampton,
and West Springfield. </B><BR><BR>The calendar includes <B>volunteer
workdays</B> with community organizations (Nuestras Raices and Arise for
Social Action), <B>drop-in meditation</B> (The Synthesis Center),
<B>workshops</B> on Universal Single Payer Healthcare (Franklin/Hampshire
Healthcare Coalition) and the Solidarity Economy (Center for Popular
Economics), <B>leafleting</B> to support Smithfield Workers (Western MA Jobs
with Justice), <B>Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day events</B> that include an
African American Heritage <B>walking tour</B>, <B>community celebration</B>
and <B>talent showcase</B> (American Friends Service Committee), <B>fundraiser
celebrations</B> for Class Action and the Good Neighbor Fund, and a kick-off
<B>party</B> for the national Focus the Nation teach-in on global warming
solutions ( Mt.Holyoke College). <BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=4>To see the calendar online go to
<A
href="http://populareconomics.org/">http://populareconomics.org/</A></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)">The website also features an
interactive map of solidarity economy initiatives in the Pioneer Valley.
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<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"><BR>Do you have additional events that
you think should be added to the online calendar? Email additional
events to <A
href="mailto:emily@populareconomics.org">emily@populareconomics.org</A>.</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=4>Please forward
widely!</FONT><BR></DIV><BR>
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