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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>March 27-April 4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>NATIONAL
JOBS WITH JUSTICE “RESISTANCE & RECOVERY” WEEK OF ACTION <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>NATIONAL
STUDENT LABOR “RESIST & RECLAIM OUR FUTURE” WEEK OF ACTION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Momentum
is growing to create an economy that works for everyone, building a better
future for <b><i>all</i></b> workers. Jobs with Justice is organizing a <a
href="http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/4pzCzo71LPKF/">"Resistance and
Recovery" Week of Action</a> March 27 to April 4 in conjunction with the
10th Annual <a href="http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/4dzCzo71LPKH/">Student
Labor Week of Action to "Resist and Reclaim our Future"</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <a href="http://dreamact.info/">the DREAM Act</a>, 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 <b>César Chávez</b> –
born <i>March 31</i>, 1927 – and <b>Martin Luther King Jr</b> – assassinated <i>April
4</i>, 1968.) Info: <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Saturday March 28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<b>FREE FILM:</b> <b><i>WAR, INC</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7:30pm,
</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wendell Library’s new high-definition
video theater, 7 Wendell Depot Road, Wendell. <b>Starring John
Cusack, Dan Aykroyd, and Ben Kingsley, Marisa Tomei, Hilary Duff, and Joan
Cusack. </b><i>WAR, INC</i>, written and directed by Cusack, will be presented
in HD as part of the Wendell Real World Film Series. <i>WAR, INC</i>
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 <i>WAR, INC</i>. You’ll laugh,
you’ll cry. Very, very funny and very, very true.” - RACHEL
MADDOW, MSNBC and Air America Host. Info: Robbie Leppzer, <a
href="mailto:robbie@turningtide.com">robbie@turningtide.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Monday March 30 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WHAT
CAN WE DO?: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS & REGIONAL EQUITY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>12:30pm,
Urban League, 765 State St, Springfield. Light lunch provided. Dr. Manuel
Pastor will present his new book, <i>This could be the start of something big:
How social movements for regional equity are reshaping metropolitan America</i>
(bio <a href="http://college.usc.edu/faculty/faculty1013240.html">here</a>).
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: <a
href="http://www.springfieldinstitute.org">www.springfieldinstitute.org</a>.
Next monthly meeting: Wednesday April 1, 6pm, location TBD. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tuesday March 31<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<b><i>THE WOMAN BEHIND THE NEW DEAL</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
7pm, <a href="http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/map/index.shtml?pg=833">Gamble
Auditorium</a>, Mount Holyoke College, Rt 116, S Hadley. Kirstin Downey will
read from and sign her new book, <i>The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of
Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience</i>. 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
Info: Odyssey Bookshop, 9 College St (Routes 116 at 47), in the Village
Commons, S Hadley, 534-7307 or 800-540-7307; <a href="mailto:odysseybks@aol.com">odysseybks@aol.com</a>;
<a href="http://www.odysseybks.com">www.odysseybks.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tuesday March 31<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<b><i>SICK AROUND AMERICA</i> ON PBS<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
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: <a
href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundamerica/">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundamerica/</a>
and <a href="http://www.healthcare-now.org/">http://www.healthcare-now.org/</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wednesday April 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2009
WMJwJ MAY DAY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>6:30-8pm,
Student Government Assn office, room 420, Student Union, UMass Amherst (C3 on
map grid <a href="http://www.umass.edu/visitorsctr/downloads/campusmap.pdf">here</a>;
parking info <a href="http://parking.umass.edu/index.php/home/">here</a>).
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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This
year <b><i>Stewart Acuff </i></b>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
(<a
href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=Stewart+Acuff&aq=f">you
can watch many of his speeches at YouTube</a>). 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
Want to work on a committee? Want to receive planning notices? Contact
827-0301, <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wednesday April 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>SUSTAINABLE
LIVING: A PERSONAL STORY <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7:30pm,
Bangs Center, Boltwood Walk, Amherst. A talk on sustainable living by UMass
Professor John Gerber (<a href="http://people.umass.edu/jgerber/">http://people.umass.edu/jgerber/</a>).
Info: Mary Wentworth, <a href="mailto:mlwentworth@comcast.net">mlwentworth@comcast.net</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thursday April 2 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>NATIONAL
DAY OF ACTION ~ LEAFLET RITE AID STORES ~ EASTHAMPTON, SPRINGFIELD, GREENFIELD
…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <a
href="http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=39555383b6cbf8c4a7a3eb8d4ed20aa2">http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=39555383b6cbf8c4a7a3eb8d4ed20aa2</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Western
Mass opportunities to protest corporate power:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Easthampton:
<b>Noon-1pm</b>, 32 Union Street (Rt 141 near Rt 10). Contact: Fiore Grassetti,
246-8508, <a href="mailto:org7@comcast.net">org7@comcast.net</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Springfield:
<b>3-4pm</b>, 126 Island Pond Road (near Allen St). Contact: Jon Weissman,
827-0301, <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Greenfield:
<b>5:30-6:30pm</b>, 107 Main Street (Rt 2A). Contact: Norm Hirschfeld, <a
href="mailto:nhms41@comcast.net">nhms41@comcast.net</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thursday April 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>SICK
OF NO PAID SICK DAYS!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <i>Sick of No Paid Sick Days!</i> 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, <a
href="mailto:ewallace@gbls.org">ewallace@gbls.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thursday April 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>SPRINGFIELD
CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES CONTINUE DISCUSSING PRO-WORKER ORDINANCES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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@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, <a
href="mailto:rarieti@springfieldcityhall.com">rarieti@springfieldcityhall.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thursday April 2
(postponed from Fourth Thursday) <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<b>FRANKLIN COUNTY WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <b>People's
Bail-Out</b> and <b>Employee Free Choice Act</b>. Info: 827-0301, <a
href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thursday April 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>BILL
McKIBBEN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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
(<a href="http://www.billmckibben.com/">http://www.billmckibben.com/</a>) is
the best-selling author of <i>Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the
Durable Future</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>6pm,
prior to the reading, a fundraising reception for McKibben’s organization, <a
href="http://www.350.org/dia.php">350.org</a>, 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 <i>Deep Economy</i>. Info: 534-7307 or 800-540-7307; <a
href="mailto:odysseybks@aol.com">odysseybks@aol.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>April 3 & April 4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
MARCH ON WALL STREET<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
Friday activities led by the <a
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ulmFwyzFL%2B0TZGwaCYHryAE1VCHzq2as">Bail
Out the People Movement</a>; Saturday by <a
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AObmXvcW%2FZ4DEy%2F7ia3Z6gE1VCHzq2as">United
For Peace and Justice</a>. 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, <a href="mailto:wmassiac@hotmail.com">wmassiac@hotmail.com</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Friday April 3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>AMY
GOODMAN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>5:30pm,
60 Masonic Street, Northampton. Dedication of the Frances Crowe community room
at the Media Education Foundation. Info: (800) 897-0089, <a
href="mailto:info@mediaed.org">info@mediaed.org</a>, <a
href="http://www.mediaed.org.%20%0b">www.mediaed.org. <br>
</a> 7:30pm,
Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, Rt 116, South Hadley. Host of <i><a
href="http://www.democracynow.org/">Democracy Now</a></i> on radio and TV and
best-selling author Amy Goodman together with David Goodman will talk about
their latest book, <i>Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in
Extraordinary Times</i>. Info: 534-7307 or 800-540-7307; <a
href="mailto:odysseybks@aol.com">odysseybks@aol.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Friday April 3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>RIGOBERTA
MENCHU TUM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7pm,
Veritas Auditorium, <a href="http://www.elms.edu/">Elms College</a>, 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: <a
href="http://www.elms.edu/about/careforgod.htm">http://www.elms.edu/about/careforgod.htm</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>April 3-5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>CHANGING
OUR ECONOMIC STORY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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, <i>Agenda for a New Economy, From Phantom Wealth to
Real Wealth, Why Wall Street Can't Be Fixed and How to Replace It</i>. Info, to
register: 339-4954 or Marcia Meyers, 503-665-3957; <a
href="http://www.uujec.org">www.uujec.org</a> or <a
href="http://www.rowecenter.org">www.rowecenter.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>April 3-5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2009
WOMEN’S RETREAT: A WORLD OF OUR OWN: Women, Power & Spirituality<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Zen
Peacemakers’ House of One People, 177 Ripley Road, Montague. $250. <b>Sr. Helen
Prejean, </b>subject of the movie <i>Dead Man Walking</i>, will speak. She has
shaped the views of the Catholic Church and helped end executions in several
states. Info, to register: 413 367 5269, <a
href="mailto:seiki@zenpeacemakers.com">seiki@zenpeacemakers.com</a>, <a
href="http://www.zenpeacemakers.org/register">http://www.zenpeacemakers.org/register</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Saturday April 4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>MASS-CARE
/ UHCEF ANNUAL SINGLE PAYER GALA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <a
href="http://www.pnhp.org/">Physicians for a National Health Program</a>.
Comedian <a href="http://www.jimmytingle.com/">Jimmy Tingle</a>! The Joseph
Lillyman Jazz Band.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Honorees:
<b>Berkshire Mass-Care/PNHP</b>, Cape Care Coalition, and <b>Franklin/Hampshire
Health Care Coalition</b>. <i>Two of three honorees are from Western Mass! </i>Info,
event flyer, ad purchase form, invitation letter: <a
href="http://masscare.org/events/mass-cares-11th-annual-single-payer-gala-in-memory-of-ben-gill/">http://masscare.org/events/mass-cares-11th-annual-single-payer-gala-in-memory-of-ben-gill/</a>.
Mass-Care, 33 Harrison Ave, 5th floor, Boston MA 02111.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Carpooling</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> from
Western Mass</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>: Alice Swift, <a
href="mailto:acswift@comcast.net">acswift@comcast.net</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tuesday April 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>TRANSGENDER
EQUALITY LOBBY DAY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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: <a href="http://www.aclum.org/events">www.aclum.org/events</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Friday April 10 (Second
Friday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><a name=STREET><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>STREET HEAT </span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- THE AFL-CIO MOBILIZATION COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <b>focus on the campaign
to win the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act</b>, including meetings with
Congressmen and Sen. Kerry. Also on the agenda: the YWCA; Postal job loss; Bank
of America; Your Organizing! <b>Community and labor activists are urged to
attend.</b> Info; send agenda items to: Jon Weissman, 732-7970, <a
href="mailto:street_heat@pvaflcio.org">street_heat@pvaflcio.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Saturday April 11 (Second
Saturday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<b>SPRINGFIELD HEALTH DISPARITIES PROJECT ROUNDTABLE<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
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, <a
href="mailto:betagi7@verizon.net">betagi7@verizon.net</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wednesday April 15 (Third
Wednesday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>MASS
SENIOR ACTION COUNCIL – WESTERN MASS MONTHLY MEETING <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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. <b>Info</b>: 543-2334, <a
href="mailto:mbewsee@masssenioraction.org">mbewsee@masssenioraction.org</a>, <a
href="http://www.masssenioraction.org/">http://www.masssenioraction.org/</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wednesday April 15 (Third
Wednesday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>PIONEER
VALLEY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <b>RSVP</b> to Jon at 732-7970, <a href="mailto:mail@pvaflcio.org">mail@pvaflcio.org</a>,
or Rick at 374-1492, <a href="mailto:rbrown@pvaflcio.org">rbrown@pvaflcio.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Wednesday April 15 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>FREE FILM: <i>FLOW</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>7pm, Amherst Community
Television, 246 College St, Amherst. Part of "Empowering Ourselves: Think Globally
- Act Locally" film series screening timely eco conscious films: <i><a
href="http://www.flowthefilm.com/">FLOW: How Did A Handful of Corporations
Steal Our Water?</a> </i>Info: 256-6005, <a
href="http://www.actvamherst.com" target="_blank">www.actvamherst.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thursday April 16
(Quarterly)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>SAGE
COMMUNITY SUMMIT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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, <a href="mailto:r.last@comcast.net">r.last@comcast.net</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thursday April 16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>CAPITOL
CLIMATE ACTION REPORT BACK</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <a href="http://www.capitolclimateaction.org/">March
2 DC action</a>, to listen, and to help plan next steps toward a secure green future.
Info: Peter Vickery, 549-9933, <a href="mailto:peter@petervickery.com">peter@petervickery.com</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thursday April 16 (Third
Thursday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>NORTHAMPTON
LIVING WAGE COALITION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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, <a href="mailto:kcallaghan@wmls.org">kcallaghan@wmls.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WMASS
JOBS WITH JUSTICE <b>HAMPSHIRE WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE</b> meets with the
NORTHAMPTON LIVING WAGE COALITION. Info: 827-0301, <a
href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Friday April 17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>PIONEER
VALLEY AFL-CIO CONFERENCE & WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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, <a href="mailto:mail@pvaflcio.org">mail@pvaflcio.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Sunday April
19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>CLIMATE LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>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:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Describe the latest climate science and what it means for our
lives and the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Summarize criteria for solutions that can sustain human
civilization and earth’s ecosystems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Identify common emotions and reactions people have to the science,
and share experience on how to respond effectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Engage more people in education and action.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Presenters:
</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Philip Rice, PhD, directs
Our Climate Ourselves program at Sustainability Institute (<u><a
href="http://www.sustainer.org/" title="http://www.sustainer.org/">www.sustainer.org</a></u>).<b>
</b>Tina Clarke, Consultant, Sustainability Institute, previous Campaign
Director for Clean Water Action, certified Transition Towns Trainer (<u><a
href="http://www.transitiontowns.org/">www.transitiontowns.org</a></u>). Info, <b>RSVP:
</b><a href="mailto:workshop@pvclimate.org">workshop@pvclimate.org</a>; <a
href="http://www.pvclimate.org/">www.pvclimate.org</a>; Tina is at 863-5253, <a
href="mailto:tina@pvclimate.org">tina@pvclimate.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tuesday April 21 (Third
Tuesday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<b>FRANKLIN/HAMPSHIRE HEALTH CARE COALITION<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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: <a href="mailto:info@fhhcc.org">info@fhhcc.org</a>.
Please visit <a href="http://www.masscare.org">www.masscare.org</a> and <a
href="http://www.healthcare-now.org">www.healthcare-now.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Wednesday
April 22 (Fourth Wednesday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>WESTERN MASS GREEN ECONOMY WORKING GROUP ~ EARTH DAY GATHERING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>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 <a
href="http://lists.gaiahost.coop/mailman/listinfo/greenwork">http://lists.gaiahost.coop/mailman/listinfo/greenwork</a>
or send an email to <a href="mailto:greenwork-subscribe@lists.gaiahost.coop">greenwork-subscribe@lists.gaiahost.coop</a>.
Info: Jon Weissman, 827-0301, <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>,
or Eduardo Suárez, 335-6224, <a href="mailto:echonyc@hotmail.com">echonyc@hotmail.com</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thursday April 23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>UNDERSTANDING
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>6:30-9pm, 3rd Floor Gordon Hall (UMass Amherst Labor Center), 418
N Pleasant St, Amherst. </span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mark Brenner</span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>, Labor Notes, <span style='color:black'>leads this
Labor Extension Program Workshop. $15. </span>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, <a
href="mailto:dmelcher@lrrc.umass.edu">dmelcher@lrrc.umass.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thursday April 23 (Fourth
Thursday) <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<b>FRANKLIN COUNTY WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <b>People's
Bail-Out</b> and <b>Employee Free Choice Act</b>. Info: 827-0301, <a
href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Friday April 24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<b>WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATION<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Noon,
City Hall, 210 Main St, march to memorial stone near Jake's restaurant, 17 King
St, Northampton. Info: Fiore Grassetti, 246-8508, <a
href="mailto:org7@comcast.net">org7@comcast.net</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Saturday April 25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
WMCOSH NYC BUS TRIP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> April 25-26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<b>TRAINING FOR TRANSITION<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A
new movement, “Transition Towns”, is now spreading around the world: more at <a
href="http://www.transitiontowns.org/">www.transitiontowns.org</a> & <a
href="http://www.transitionus.org/" title="http://www.transitionus.org/">www.transitionus.org</a>.
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, <a
href="mailto:tinaclarke2@comcast.net">tinaclarke2@comcast.net</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Tuesday April </span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>28<span style='color:black'> (Fourth Tuesday)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>HAMPSHIRE/FRANKLIN CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>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 <b>RSVP</b> to Pres. Fiore Grassetti, 877-725-0357, <a
href="mailto:org7@comcast.net">org7@comcast.net</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wednesday April 29<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>ELECTION
DAY REGISTRATION LOBBY DAY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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: <a href="http://www.aclum.org/events">www.aclum.org/events</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Wednesday April 29<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>FREE FILM: <i>STIMULUS
ROADBLOCK?</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>7pm, Amherst Community
Television, 246 College St, Amherst. Part of "Empowering Ourselves: Think
Globally - Act Locally" film series screening timely eco conscious films: <a
href="http://Stimulus%20Roadblock?">Stimulus Roadblock?</a> Info:
256-6005, <a href="http://www.actvamherst.com" target="_blank">www.actvamherst.com</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
</span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>More events at <a
href="http://www.westernmassafsc.org/calendar/calendar.html">http://www.westernmassafsc.org/calendar/calendar.html</a>
& </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://people.umass.edu/jgerber/SustEvents.htm">http://people.umass.edu/jgerber/SustEvents.htm</a>.<span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send an email to
wmjwj@wmjwj.org with a Subject of "Unsub Workers' Rights".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>[Workers' Rights] posts opportunities for you
to learn about and show solidarity with workplace and working class struggles.
And these events are opportunities for JwJ members to fulfill their pledge: <a
href="http://www.jwj.org/pledge.html"><span style='text-decoration:none'>"</span>I'll
be there for workers' rights at least five times a year!<span style='text-decoration:
none'>"</span></a> This is the core mission of Jobs with Justice (<a
href="http://www.jwj.org/">www.jwj.org</a>), affirming that workers' rights are
human rights. To subscribe, send an email to wmjwj@wmjwj.org with a Subject of
"Subscribe Workers' Rights".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Mass Jobs with Justice<br>
640 Page Blvd #101<br>
Springfield MA 01104<br>
(413) 827-0301 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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