Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice 202 Harvard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-268-9557   Updated: 27 November 2009 Special Events Calendar November 2009
Special Events Calendar -- Novemberr 2009	E-mail calendar events to MonthlyCalendar@abqpeaceandjustice.org by the 20th of the month (for the following month's print edition of our newsletter). Please limit submissions to a maximum of 60 words and follow the format below to make it easier on our volunteer! E-mail calendar events to Web@abqPeaceAndJustice.org at any time for the Web site calendar. Event notices are appreciated at least ten (10) days before the event takes place. Also, please check calendar posted at the Peace Center for additional events not listed here. Events are held at the Peace Center unless otherwise noted. Recent additions and recent changes to the calendar (made this month) are shown in green. Sunday, November 1, 1:30 - 4:00pm Art Reception for Connections, photographs by Roger Harmon. As part of P&J's Art Project - which will run until November 3. The reception will include an informal ceremony of connection called a "baci", common in Laos & Thailand.
Sunday, November 1, 4:00 - 8:00pm Slum dogs - Gatos Gordos & Hood Rats: 2009 South Valley Día de los Muertos Marigold Parade starts at Centro Familiar on Isleta and goes to the West Side Community Center. Music, altars, food, and art. Information: 505-620-3575. Tuesday, November 3, 5:30pm Annual Dorothy Day Night, coordinated by Albuquerque's two Catholic Worker Houses. All are welcome to participate in mass and a potluck dinner at Immaculate Conception Church, followed by readings from Ms. Day's writings. Dinner is in the basement of the Church at 7th and Copper. Thursday, November 5, 2:00 - 9:00pm A benefit for the Center for the Promotion of Peace (Albuquerque) is taking place at Mes Amis Tea House (3208 Silver Ave SE - Albuquerque). Clothing and sacred items handcrafted from vintage Asian textiles will be sold. Part of the proceeds of the show will be donated to the Center for the Promotion of Peace. Sponsors: WabiSabi Wares and Forestwind Studios. Information: wabisabiwares@live.com . Thursday, November 5, 7:00 - 9:00pm People Before Profit Film & Lecture Series presents Descansos: - eight vignettes about love, loss and death, and the many steps we take in between. The story spans all the way across northern NM, from Albuquerque to Taos, ending in the small village of Chimayo at its sacred church, El Santuario. Local filmmaker Chris Roybal will speak after the film. Information: www.theincrediblefilms.com . Recent Addition! Friday, November 6, 5:00 - 8:00pm FIrst Friday Coffee House - Exhibit on display will be "Threads From The Dead: Who Are You From?". Musical entertainment will be provided by Norm Everett. This is a "pass the hat" production. At OFFCenter Community Arts (808 PARK SW - Albuquerque). Information: 505-247-1172. Sunday, November 8, 11:00am - 3:00pm Join us for a 5th year celebratory Brunch Benefit for Casa de Salud Family Medical Office (South Valley - Albuquerque). Local artists will share good music and have donated art pieces for a silent auction. Suggested Donation of $30. All donations will support our patient care fund. With gratitude to Scalos Restaurant (3500 Central SE - Albuquerque) for offering their restaurant and providing free food. Please RSVP by Nov. 3rd to casadesalud2012@yahoo.com . Monday-Wednesday, November 9-11, 4:00pm Poetry & Song Movie Program, first year line-up! Opener will be Albuquerque's slam poet laureate Danny Solis. This event takes place at Guild Cinema (Albuquerque). Regular price is $7, students with ID pay $5. A $20 movie pass to attend all films is available. Information: 505-264-6979. Tuesday, November 10, 6:00pm Agua es Vida Action Team meeting: at Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice - includes dinner. Friday, November 13, 4:00 - 8:00pm Come celebrate Hilary Heyl's first 10 years of weaving at the opening of the show Becoming, Un-becoming and Beyond. Also, see November ACPJ Noticias. Information: 505-873-8683. Friday-Saturday, November 13-14, 7:00pm The Third Annual Hane' Storytelling Festival features 28 Native Hawaiian chanters, singers, dancers, and tellers. They will perform at the First United Methodist Church-Gallup (1800 Red Rock Drive - Gallup). A good will donation will be accepted at each Story Concert. The group will also be part of the November 15 Sunday morning worship services at 8:30 and 10:45 am. Information: 505-863-4512, 505-722-3000, info@NativeStorytellingFestival.com, and www.NativeStorytellingFestival.com . Saturday, November 14, 9:00am - 3:00pm Stop the War Machine Yard Sale!: at the northeast corner of Richmond and Coal SE (Albuquerque). Buy inexpensive recycled items and support social change! To donate items for the yard sale, contact 505-401-4808 or StoptheWarMachine@comcast.net . Saturday, November 14, 10:00am - 3:00pm Artisans' Fair - come all. Information: 505-255-4296. Saturday, November 14, 4:00 - 7:00pm A fundraiser for the Black Mesa Indigenous Support Caravan from November 21-28. This fundraiser is for the Dine/Navajo Elders who have been resisting relocation/cultural genocide in Black Mesa Arizona from 1975 to the present. People from all over the country will be coming to support their resistance. As supporters we will be doing observing work to make sure the Elders are not harassed by rangers, police or the F.B.I. We will be sheep herding, cooking, cleaning, fixing roofs, cutting wood to help get ready for winter, and learning from the land and the Elders. Presented by Black Mesa Indigenous Support. Also, see November Más Noticias. Information: Derek@Bobadochie@aol.com or 215-820-3444 or www.Blackmesais.org . Saturday, November 14, 7:00pm Film presentation of "Wetback, The Undocumented Documentary", directed by Arturo Perez Torres, is the story of immigrants in search of the American Dream, crossing Central America and Mexico to 'el Norte'. Showing at First Unitarian Church (3701 Carlisle Boulevard NE - Albuquerque). Sponsored by Central America Solidarity Network. Information: 505-341-9146. Saturday, November 14, 7:00pm - 12:00am Young Women United's 10th Anniversary Celebration - This is an evening to acknowledge and appreciate the fabulous women and allies who have made YWU a meaningful force of social change. Join us for an all-ages reception and dance party as we shake it up and boogie down... the YWU way at El Rey Theatre (Downtown - Albuquerque). It's a family-friendly, all-ages event. Information: mcadena@youngwomenunited.org or 575-644-5830. Sunday, November 15, 3:30 - 6:00pm Celebrate the life of Maurice Weisberg, M.D, with food, music and remembrance. The Rio Grande is now supplying drinking water to Albuquerque and will soon be supplying Santa Fe as well. Maurice was passionate about how the radioactive pollutants in the river affect everyone, including children and fetuses. A donation to The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research to support Arjun Makhijani's testimony -- concerning the need for more protective standards for rivers -- in NM's upcoming state hearings would be greatly appreciated. For more info on Dr. Makhijani's work: www.ieer.org. You can send your tax-deductible donation to: IEER, 6935 Laurel Ave., Suite 201,Takoma Park, Maryland 20912, or bring it to this event. Information: 505-242-5511. Tuesday, November 17, 6:30 - 8:000pm The Day After Peace charts the remarkable 10-year journey of award-winning filmmaker Jeremy Gilley to establish an annual Peace Day on 21 September. The camera follows Jeremy as he galvanises the countries of the world to recognise an official day of ceasefire and non-violence. But, even after the member states of the UN unanimously adopt Peace Day, the struggle isn't over. As the years pass, there's not a single ceasefire. The voices of the cynics are growing louder - and now Gilley's non-profit organisation, Peace One Day, is in dire financial straits. But he can't let it fail. The Day After Peace is a moving testament to the power of the individual and the perseverance of the human spirit. Information: 505-255-2042 or projectpeacepal@gmail.com . Recent Addition! Tuesday, November 17, 7:00 - 9:000pm The annual meeting of the Albuquerque chapter of PFLAG is taking place at First Congregational Church (Lomas and Girard NE - Albuquerque). We begin with a potluck dinner. The chapter will provide a sandwich platter along with beverages and serving utensils. We are asking attendees to bring potluck dishes according to their last names: A-G, Salads/Cold Plates; H-O, Hot Dishes/Entrees; P-Z, Desserts. Information: 2Spirit@comcast.net or 505-281-2269. Wednesday, November 18, 12:00 - 1:00pm Brown Bag Presentation: Creativity for Peace is being presented at UNM Student Union Building - Santa Ana A & B (Albuquerque). This summer, a camp outside Santa Fe has helped 146 young women from Palestine and Israel transform suspicion, fear and hatred into understanding and friendship. Dottie Indyke, Executive Director, will speak about how these young women rise above prejudice and violence to influence their families, communities and countries. Presented in Partnership with UNM Women Studies and the Feminist Research Institute. Information: 505-277-3716 Thursday-Saturday, November 19-21, 10:00am - 1:00pm (Th. and Fr.) 1:00 - 3:00pm (Sa.) "Learn to live Healthy & Prevent disease" Nutrition class includes: Cooking with less salt, using herbs, menu ideas, safety practices nutrient and adequate calories. Self care to reduce tension, and lack of energy and Mother earth healing. Cost: $36. Registration and information: 505-275-0597. Thursday, November 19, 7:00 - 9:00pm People Before Profit Film & Lecture Series presents Split Estate (2009, 76 minutes) which explores federal land use policy passed in favor of oil & gas in 2003 and has had repucussions throughout the West. This film documents the effects of oil & gas production in Colorado and North Western New Mexico where individuals and communities are dealing with the destruction of their landbase, polluted wells, sickness, and community disintergration in the face of an industry exempt from the Clean Drinking Water or Clean Air Acts. The Split Estate that this film documents refers to the sub-surface mineral rights that the majority of property owners either do not own, or sell, which are bought by large corporations who then have the right to retrieve those minerals by whatever means they deem fit, be it a flaring rig within 100 feet of your house, a pipe line through your cow field or the constant roll of trucks on a myriad of newly cut roads. With natural gas touted as the new climate change stepping stone due to its carbon neutrality, the pressure is now on to drill the last remaining pristine areas of the country. Here in New Mexico the industry has been rapidly buying leases in San Miguel, Mora, Rio Arriba and Colfax counties. Not only will the Mora, Canadian, Vegas, and Tucumcari Waterbasins be severely affected if this is allowed to go ahead, but the primary agricultural areas of the state will be industrialized and ruined for generations to come. If you care about the West, come to this film and participate in the struggle to promote sustainable alternatives. Guest Speaker: Dr. Fiona Sinclair, Commuunity Activist, Mora County. Information: 505-268-9557. Recent Addition! Friday, November 20, 6:30 - 8:00pm "Good Jobs, Clean Environment, Green Economy" presented by Shrayas Jatkar (from Sierra Club). The forum will discuss the current situation with climate change and the impacts on the local economy. Hosted by Peoples World Forum. Information: shawemil@msn.com or 505-892-3480. Friday-Sunday, November 20-22 Vigil to shut down the School of the Americas: a massive rally at the gates of Fort Benning as well as workshops, teach-ins and concerts in Columbus, Georgia. More details are available in our October newsletter. Saturday, November 21, 10:00am - 12:00pm Dialogue -Leadership: What does it mean for, me and our future? We will share our experiences on styles of leadership and their effectiveness. Encouraged by physicist David Bohm, we do not attempt to convince others of our perspective, rather we practice deep listening and appreciation of each person's viewpoint as we reach for shared meaning about thethat surround us. www.dialogue4peace.com . Recent Addition! Saturday, November 21, 6:00pm Our monthly peña/coffeehouse cultural featuring music, poetry, and open mic. A free event for the whole family. Sponsored by Somos los otros...and they are us! It's at Bandido's Restaurant (2128 Central, SE - Albuquerque). Information: 505-934-2419 or dair_o@yahoo.com . Thursday-Friday, November 26-27 P&J's office closed - pamper the turkey party. Thursday, November 26, sunrise Remembrance ceremony in honor of 700 Pequot women, children, and men massacred on Thanksgiving in 1637 during an annual green corn dance. All are welcome - bring food to share with our homeless friends. Information: 505-304-3144. Recent Change! Saturday, November 28, 3:00 - 6:00pm Tilda Sosaya memorial service at the Center. Also, see December newsletter memoriam article. Please send calendar items, comments, and questions concerning this Web document to Web@abqPeaceAndJustice.org .