Schedule and Announcements for the week of February 3 - 9, 2014 Mon Feb 3 6:00pm Act-UP Weekly Meeting - St Lukes Church Basement - 330 S. 13th St Between Pine and Spruce Tue Feb 4 7:30pm Books Through Bars Packing Cafe - The A-Space 4722 Baltimore Ave Fri Feb 7 12:00pm Bubbas and Zaydas for Peace in the Middle East - 19th & JFK Sun Feb 9 5:00pm Long Term Organizing MDU working group - Ethical Humanist Society, Rittenhouse Square 6:00pm Russell Maroon Shoatz Support Mtg - A-Space Anarchist Community Center- 4722 Baltimore Ave, West Philly Monday, February 3, 4:00pm, Protest vs Larry Summers and Wall Street Cronyism, Fitts Auditorium at Penn Law (downstairs by the Sansom Street entrance), 3501 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Students with the National Lawyers Guild at Penn Law are organizing a protest on Monday, Feb. 3, against Larry Summers, the ex-Secretary of the Treasury who deregulated banks for Wall Street and caused the financial crisis. Summers is notorious for using the IMF and WTO to bully countries into gutting trade protections, resulting in the loss of millions of American jobs to sweatshop labor. His environmental record is almost as bad as his economic policies: he played a key role in blocking the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. As if this guy couldnt get any worse, hes also infamous for advocating the export of toxic waste to under-polluted African countries with the lowest wages. The demonstration is taking place at 4pm in front of the Fitts Auditorium at Penn Law (downstairs by the Sansom Street entrance). If youve got a half hour on Monday, wed really appreciate your show of support in opposing the poster child of Wall Street cronyism - but if you cant make it, please help spread the word! We hope to see you there! For information: nlg.pennlaw@gmail Tuesday, February 4, 6:00pm, Philly Net Tuesday, Friends Center 1501 Cherry St. On February 4, Philly Net Tuesday will feature our signature “Crowdsourcing Change” format. Here’s how it works: Two or three local nonprofits share how they’re using online marketing and social media/networking to achieve their goals and objectives. Then the crowd (that’s you!) participates in a facilitated discussion about how each organization might use the social web to even greater effect. Note this is not an event ABOUT crowdsourcing; were simply using the term crowdsourcing to describe the flavor of the process being used to provide feedback to these three local organizations. The three local groups anxious to receive the wisdom of the crowd are the Newbold Neighbors Association, the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, and West Philly Local. The event will be held at the Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street. Doors open at 6:00 PM on the evening of Tuesday, February 4. Light fare will be available, and RSVPs are appreciated for planning, but not required. Whether you’re a social media expert or an interested citizen your perspectives and opinions are welcome and valuable. So, come and join the crowd with your questions, insights and reactions, and help these local organizations more effectively use social tools to achieve their important objectives. This is a great learning and sharing opportunity – not only for the presenting organizations, but for all participants! Thanks to the American Friends Service Committee for sponsorship. Wednesday, February 5, 2:00pm, Peoples Hearing on Prison Expansion, Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA Join Decarcerate PA and many others on February 5th at the Capitol in Harrisburg for a People’s Hearing on prison expansion. Pennsylvania is currently spending over $400 million to build two new prisons in Montgomery County. The two prisons, named SCI Phoenix I and II, are the second most expensive construction project in the states history. We now know that the Department of Corrections lied to legislators in order to justify these unjustifiable projects. The legislature has so far refused to investigate, so we are holding our own hearings to demand that prison construction be stopped and the DOC held accountable. Instead of investing in mass incarceration, Pennsylvania should be investing in education, healthcare, jobs, community based reentry, and social services. Instead of building more prison cells, politicians should engage in meaningful sentencing reform to reduce the prison population and bring people home to their families and communities. Peoples Hearing starts at 2:00 in the Rotunda. All three buses for the peoples hearing are now full. We are trying to arrange carpools for additional people who want to attend, so if you want to try and join us for the trip you are still welcome to come at 10am at the Youth United for Change office and we will fit as many people in cars as we can. But unfortunately we can no longer guarantee rides for people who are just now registering. If you have a car and are driving to Harrisburg and want to help give other people rides, please let us know by emailing decarceratepa@gmail! Cant make it on the 5th but still want to support? Consider making a donation to help us pay for the buses. You can donate at decarceratepa.info/donate. Thursday, February 6, 6:00pm, Standardized Screening with Teacher Action Group Philadelphia, The Ritz East Theater, 125 South 2nd Street. Come see the documentary everyones talking about! Panel Discussion afterward with the filmmakers and local activists. Buy your tickets in advance -- this show is expected to sell out! Thursday, February 6, 7:30p.m. -Betty Medsger author of The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI. In conversation with Bonnie and John Raines and Keith Forsyth, of The Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI, Phila. Free Library, 1901 Vine Street, Phila., PA 19103. On March 8, 1971 a group of anti-war activists calling themselves The Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI broke into an small FBI office in Media, PA, just outside of Philadelphia, and took thousands of files that documented the Constitutional violations, harassment and domestic spying of J. Edgar Hoover’s secret COINTELPRO program. Washington Post reporter Betty Medsger was the first to receive and report on these files. For three years she made headlines and history with this information, and continued her investigation long after she left the paper. After decades of silence, the former Philadelphia Evening Bulletin reporter convinced the anonymous activists to come forward with their story in this prescient tale that foreshadows post-9/11 spying and NSA state secrets. Cost: FREE For Information call: 215-567-4341. Friday, February 7, 7:30pm, Short Sighted (Short Film Open Mic), A-Space, 4722 Baltimore Ave. The Philly Film Co-Op presents SHORT SIGHTED, a monthly open mic for filmmakers to present short films, music videos, works in progress, etc. Filmmakers bring your shorts on DVD or flash drive. You may show more than 1 short, but please keep it under 15 minutes. Come watch and support local independent film! Suggested donation $5, includes admission and refreshments. Friday, February 7, 7:00pm, First-Friday Free Large Screen Film Series: Iron Jawed Angels, Peace Center of Delaware County, 1001 Old Sproul Road, Springfield, PA 19064. Regrettably, the Fri., February 7th showing of MARLEY at the Peace Center of Delaware County has been CANCELED due to the films unexpected unavailability on that date. IRON JAWED ANGELS, postponed due to the early January snow storm, will be shown instead. Doors open at 6:30p.m. for light refreshments and stay for an after film discussion. For more information and directions, and upcoming films, delcopeacecenter.org/ or call 610-544-1818. Co-sponsored by the Brandywine Peace Community. Saturday, February 8, 9:00am – 3:15pm, Peacemaking in an Age of Endless War, Sacred Heart Church Gathering for Peace & Justice, Broadway & Ferry Avenues, Camden, NJ 08104. Keynote Address by Rev. Robert Gregorio, American Military Interventions and the Conscience of the Citizen followed by morning and afternoon workshops on The National Security State and Our Civil Rights, War Tax Resistance, Chemical Warfare: Lessons from Vietnam, Endless War and the Prize Paid by the Poor, and more...Free, Lunch Provided. For more information and to register, call: Pat Johnston, 609-220-3999. Saturday, February 8, 11:00am – 3:00pm, Valentine Cards & Crafts Fundraiser, 4722 Baltimore Avenue. PLEASE SHARE! Support 4722 Association (home of the A-Space and Books Through Bars) while making creative cards and crafts for Valentines Day! Sat. Feb 8th, 11am - 3pm (stop by anytime between those hours!) Kid-friendly - and fun for grown folks too! Make secret message scratch-off valentines, stained glass cards or ornaments, monster valentines, friendship bracelets, and more...and possibly most exciting of all, decorate (and eat!) cookies! $5 - $15 suggested donation (all are welcome/no one turned away for lack of funds) Sunday, February 9, 4:30pm. - Brandywine Peace Community Monthly *Potluck Supper/Program, University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut Street, Phila., PA 19104 (37th & Chestnut Streets). Bring main dish, salad, or dessert to share. Program at 5:30p.m - Presente Pete Seeger, a Celebration of Pete with music (be prepared to sing!) personal remembrances, and the Acclaimed 2007 PBS American Masters film, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, 93 mins. Wednesday, February 12, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, ItAG Kickoff Event, Science Leadership Academy, 55 N. 22nd Street Join TAG for the start of our annual Inquiry to Action Group series! Sign up for an ItAG in advance -- some may fill up before the event! Friday, February 14, 4:00pm Phila. PM Rush Hour Leafleting w/banners and signs at Bellevue Hotel, (SE PA Office of PA Gov. Corbett, head of PA Air Guard), 200 S. Broad Street, Broad & Walnut Streets, Phila., PA 19102/ YO Gov! Pull the Plug on Drone War Command Center...Not In Our Backyard (or anyone elses). Bring whistles, noisemakers, and big hearts. Broad Street Subway Stop: Walnut & Locust. Saturday, February 15, 2:00pm, Lets Build $15 Now in Philly!, 112 N. Broad St. Across the country low wage workers are rising up, protesting and striking for a $15/hour minimum wage. Lets get together to build a campaign in Philadelphia!! Wednesday, February 26, Actions to Remember Trayvon Martin. 4:30pm, LOVE Park, 15th and JFK, This event honors the second anniversary of Trayvon Martins killing. It will involve a reflection, reading, single, and candle lighting, and a silent march for Trayvon and all the young people harmed by police officers, security guards, and vigilantes and fueled by a system of racially coded violence against people of color. 5:30pm, Malcolm X Park on 52nd and Pine Street, West Philadelphia. If you remember the tragic death of our brother Trayvon Benjamin Martin and are still sickened by the widespread acceptance of the Zimmerman verdict, please join PURP to rally against discriminatory violence against our generation! https://facebook/PURPCollective. NatGat 2014 planning is underway so now is the time to roll up your sleeves and get involved! Please visit their hub and get connected! A whole website is coming soon too. February 11th is The Day We Fight Back To Honor Aaron Swartz and Celebrate the SOPA Blackout. Keep up to date on that action and find out how you can get involved. Events listed here include Occupy Philadelphia related events as well as other social justice events. Your support is greatly appreciated!
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