Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice 202 Harvard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-268-9557   Updated: 27 September 2010 Special Events Calendar September 2010
Special Events Calendar -- September 2010	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. Thursday, September 2, 7:00 - 9:00pm Mad Pride Spoken Word Night! - Join us for a celebration of the voices, visions, and unique culture of those considered "different" from society. Come be a part of one of the largest world wide civil rights movement of the 21st century. This free event is to raise awareness for the 2010 Consumer Wellness Conference. Information: solfugid36@yahoo.com .
Friday, September 3, 7:00pm Quality Education is a Right! forum - It's time to demand the full funding of public education from pre-K through college, and the empowerment of communities to decide for themselves what their children need most. *Come to a community forum on the fight for quality education for all, from pre-K through college. Hear from students, teachers and educators on what's wrong with the system and what needs to be done to change it. Affirmative action programs previously won through struggle are under attack. The forum is being presented by Albuquerque A.N.S.W.E.R. Information: 505-268-2488 or abq@answercoalition.org . Friday-Monday, September 3-6 Albuquerque Cultural Conference opens with songs by the Raging Grannies at 6:30pm on Friday in the lobby of the Kimo Theater (Albuquerque). The Grannies will be followed by several poets. On Saturday, the Conference continues at the Harwood Art Center (1114 Seventh Street NW - Albuquerque). Activists, cultural workers and artists will explore how to build a resilient society in the face of war, unemployment, and stressful social and political conditions. Topics will include immigration, prisons, education, technology and much more. Information: http://www.albuquerqueculturalconference.org . Sunday, September 5, 9:00am The second half of the movie "Marjoe", about a child evangelist who outgrew it (sort of), is being presented by Atheists and Freethinkers of New Mexico. Information: 505-837-2915. Monday, September 6 Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice will be closed for Labor Day! Recent Addition! Tuesday, September 7, 7:00 - 9:00pm A speaking and fund raising tour meant to inform communities, activists, students and the wider public about the current situation in Israel/Palestine and raise funds to cover Anarchists Against the Wall's (AATW - an Israeli group working together with Palestinian communities in the Occupied West Bank) legal expenses which grow thanks to relentless state repression. FREE. Yorav Beirach, an Israel youth activist with AATW, will speak in the UNM Santa Ana Room A and B, on the third floor SUB (UNM - Albuquerque). Information: chandlermuf@yahoo.com . Saturday, September 11, 8:45am Join Trinity House and ACPJ at this year's state fair parade All are welcome. Information/participation: 505-242-0497. Saturday, September 11, 12:00pm in Nob Hill; 3:00pm at Peace Center Be part of A New Focus on building a national coalition with peace, labor, civil rights, immigration and student groups (outlined in July 2010 by 700 activists who met in Albany, NY). Actions are being planned all over. Here in Albuquerque, Veterans for Peace and Vecinos United invite you and your organization to be part of The Focus - come join us at noon at Tulane and Central followed by a meeting/potluck at the Peace Center at 3pm. Information: 505-261-0792, 505-440-7372, or vecinosunited@gmail.com . Recent Addition! Saturday-Sunday, September 11-12, 1:00pm and 2:45pm (both days) South of the Border (2010, 78minutes) - There's a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesn't know it. Oliver Stone (director) sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements and the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents. In casual conversations with Presidents Hugo Ch·vez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her husband and ex-President Nestor Kirchner, Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and Ra™l Castro (Cuba), Stone gains unprecedented access and sheds new light upon the exciting transformations in the region. Showing at Guild Cinema (Albuquerque). Sunday, September 12, 10:00am - 5:00pm "We ART the People" Folk Art Festival - featuring over 100 vendors, live music and dance performances, the Giant Puppet Samba Parade at 11am, and art making activities for kids and adults. Free. At Robinson Park (8th and Central Ave. NE - Albuquerque). Information: 505-247-1172. Recent Addition! Sunday, September 12, 11:00am Sunday Forum: Cuidando los Nños - Come learn how we can support Cuidando's mission to end child and family homelessness in New Mexico. Homeless families now account for about one-third of the homeless population. An estimated 14,500 children in New Mexico have no permanent place to spend the night, and the number is growing. Homeless families now account for about one-third of the homeless population. An estimated 14,500 children in New Mexico have no permanent place to spend the night, and the number is growing. This forum takes place at First Unitarian Church social hall. Information: 505-884-1801. Sunday, September 12, 3:00pm DÌa de los San Patricios will be an afternoon celebration of Mexican and Irish cultures, including live Irish and Mexican music and dance, food, a film excerpt, and a panel discussion. Presenting in both English and Spanish, performers will address life, love, war, loss, and the resiliency of two cultures that at different times in their histories have had to endure challenging events. See a documentary film by producer Mark Day entitled "The San Patricios: The Tragic Story of the St. Patrick's Battalion" which chronicles a time during the Mexican American War of 1846 - 48 when both Irish and Mexicans were on the same side in battle.DÌa de los San Patricios is sponsored by the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Mexican Consulate in Albuquerque, the General Consul of Ireland in San Francisco, the Irish-American Society, the NM Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Irish Freedom Committee. At NHCC's Albuquerque Journal Theatre (1701 4th Street SW - Albuquerque). Tickets: $12 for adults and $5 for students, seniors and NHCC members. Children under 12 are free. Information: 505-246-2261 ext. 120. Recent Addition! Sunday, September 12, 3:00pm A slideshow of the SouthWest Organizing Project's reissue of 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures will be presented by Joaquin Lujan, David Montoya, Ruth Contreras, and Susan Seymore at Bookworks (4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW - Albuquerque). Free. Information: 505-344-8139. Sunday, September 12, 5:00 - 9:00pm Coins for Commissary Potluck Birthday Party for Leonard Peltier, sponsored by Albuquerque Jericho, Albuquerque Anarchist Black Cross Federation, Jericho at UNM, Albuquerque Chapter - Leonard Peltier. Information: 646-271-4677. Recent Addition! Monday, September 13; Monday, September 20, 9:00am - 7:30pm (each day) Buy some very fresh ORGANIC, NATIVE New Mexican green chile and support a SouthWest Organizing Project fundraiser. The chile will be picked, roasted and available for pick up, all on the same day! 5 different types of New Mexican green chile will be available. In order from hottest to most mild: Barker, Espanola, Extra Hot, Sandia, and Big Jim. The quarter sacks (about 7lbs.) are $20-25, sliding scale (pay what you can). You can pick up your chile at the SWOP office during the above dates and times. To make your order, please call us at the SWOP office: 505-247-8832. Information: 505-247-8832. Monday, September 13, 12:00pm Free The Cuban Five! National Demonstrations are being held around the country today - including here in Albuquerque. Information (including location): 505-268-2488 or abq@answercoalition.org . Tuesday, September 14, 12:00pm A Populist Vision for America is the theme of a message from Dr. Robert Bowman, former director of the Star Wars program under Presidents Carter and Ford. He will be speaking in the ballroom at UNM's (Albuquerque) SUB. Information: 505-268-5073. Tuesday, September 14, 6:00 - 8:00pm The Impact of "Belief in UFOs" is a public presentation by Norio Hayakawa, a long-time UFO researcher specializing in Area 51 in Nevada and widespread claims about the existence of Dulce underground base in New Mexico. He will speak on why a segment of the population keeps holding on to its "belief in UFOs" (despite the apparent lack of physical, irrefutable "scientific evidence"). He says there is a reason for this. Hear the free talk at Meadowlark Senior Center (4330 Meadowlark Lane SE - Rio Rancho). Tuesday, September 14, 7:00pm Dr. Robert Bowman will speak again at the Peace Center. Please see calendar event at noon today (above) for more details. Recent Addition! Wednesday, September 15, 12:00 - 1:00pm Please join us for our Brown Bag lecture in the LAII library (UNM - Albuquerque). In lieu of a talk, we're going to watching a documentary called Granito de Arena (2005, 62 minutes, Corrugate Films). This documentary follows the uprising of school teachers in southern Mexico in their struggle to defend the public education system. Green chile stew (made by Frances Rico, yum!) will be provided, as well as other light refreshments. Information: solas@unm.edu . Recent Addition! Wednesday, September 15, 7:00 - 8:00pm Immigration Town Hall Discussion, community discussion regarding the recent developments in immigration law and reform, and the problems presented with state and local immigration enforcement. It's taking place at South Valley Multi-Purpose Center (2008 Larrazolo SW - Albuquerque). Presented by the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Information and RSVP: christina@vigillawoffices.com . Recent Addition! Thursday, September 16, 7:30am (9:30am ET) Action Alert! -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote on the New START on Thursday, September 16 at 9:30 am ET -- Action Alert! For those of you in New Mexico, please contact Senators Bingaman - < http://bingaman.senate.gov > - and Udall - < http://tomudall.senate.gov > - and tell them you want a "clean" vote on the New START and no "modernization" of the nuclear weapons complex. Neither of them are on the Foreign Relations Committee, but they will vote on the New START when it reaches the floor of the Senate. For more details please see our Welcome page. Thursday, September 16, 11:00am - 2:00pm A Memorial Service & Celebration of Emil Shaw's Life - The service is taking place at Congregation Nahalat Shalom (3606 Rio Grande Blvd NW - Albuquerque - between Candelaria and Griegos NW). In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations made to your favorite charity, social justice organization or to Peoplesworld.org . Thursday, September 16, 7:00pm People Before Profit Film & Lecture Series, back from its summer hiatus, presents The Cats of Mirikitan, 74 minutes. Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens his life on the New York City streets and a local filmmaker brings him to her home, the two embark on a journey to confront Jimmy's painful past. An intimate exploration of the lingering wounds of war and the healing powers of friendship and art, this documentary won the Audience Award at its premiere in the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. Discussion will follow the film. Information: 505-268-9557. Saturday, September 18, 10:00am - 6:00pm Ampersand's first Sustainable Neighborhood Earth Building Project is being presented at the homestead of Sonya and Mark Benson. Learn about the basics of building with earth and contribute to the building of this off-grid sustainable homestead. 10-11:30am: Earth Building mini-class, $10 to 15 suggested donation. Topics covered are adobe, earth bags, cob, earth plaster and floors. Bring a soil sample to test. 11:30am-6pm: Hands-on Earth Plastering on a straw bale house. Learn how Sonya and Mark have been using their local soil to create durable earthen plasters. Bonus! Lunch will be provided by the hosts for those who RSVP by September 6. Location is off Hwy 14, a 45-minute drive from Albuquerque. Information (including directions and details): http://www.ampersandproject.org . Recent Change! Saturday, September 18, 11:00am - 1:00pm Demonstration calling for transparency regarding the investigations of disappearances and murders of young women. Support the relatives. Join them at the Albuquerque Police Dept. (400 Roma NW - Albuquerque). Protest called by Justice of West Mesa Women, an organization formed to assist the families who lost daughters that were murdered on the West Mesa. Information/questions: 505-907-1730. Saturday, September 18, 1:30 - 3:30pm Dialogue:The Taboo of Anger. This emotion has many faces. Why do we fear it? Does it harm? Is it helpful? Challenge your assumptions in our lively interchange. Information: 505-243-6174. Recent Addition! Saturday, September 18, 3:00pm The books Stories from the Edge and A Glass of Water will be discussed and signed by the author, Jimmy Santiago Baca, at Bookworks (4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW - Albuquerque). Baca has established himself as an inspiring and important spokesperson for the Chicano experience, continually giving voice to the voiceless. Recent Addition! Saturday, September 18, 6:30 - 8:30pm No Borders, No Walls - Bringing Our Issues Together in the Spirit of Internationalism and Solidarity - Palestine and Mexico will include music qne the movie: Slingshots Hip Hop which weaves together the stories of young Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. There will also be short presentations by folks doing Palestinian and immigration work and a discussion. Corporations that build walls in Palestine also build the wall on the Mexico/US border. This event takes place at 803 La Vega SW (Albuquerque). Sponsored by Cambio and Raza Unida - fundraiser for Day of the Dead Marigold Parade. Information: 505-573-1904. Recent Addition! Saturday, September 18, 6:30 - 9:00pm The 8th Annual Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Official Launch Party will be held at Scalo Northern Italian Grill (3500 Central Avenue SE - Albuquerque). Tickets at the door: $25. Information: http://www.closetcinema.org . Recent Addition! Saturday, September 18, 7:00 - 10:00pm Please join us for our Peña / Coffeehouse with music, poetry, and more (coffeehouse, open mic, cultural exchange)! This month: Celebrating Silvio RodrÌguez - bring your favorite songs by this amazing Cuban singer/songwriter! Let's jam! Live performances by local favorites: L@SOTR@S, MarÌa Teresa Guevara, Armando Ortega of Wagogo Banda and more (open mic). At Bandido's Restaurant (2128 Central, SE - Albuquerque). A free event for the whole family! Sponsored by Somos los otros … and they are us! Information: 505-934-2419 or dair_o@yahoo.com . Recent Addition! Sunday, September 19, 11:00am A show solidarity with immigrants during the Border Governors Conference in Santa Fe Meet at 9:00am at UNM Mesa Vista Hall (Albuquerque), across from the SUB to take the RailRunner. Or, supporters will meet at the Peace Center's parking lot at 11am to begin the trip to Santa Fe. The Coalition for Immigration, Race & Social Justice is sponsoring this event. Information (need/offer a ride): biel@cybermesa.com . Recent Addition! Sunday, September 19, 3:00pm The book My Town: A Memoir of Albuquerque, New Mexico in Poems, Prose and Photographs will be discussed and signed by the author, Margaret Randall, at Bookworks (4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW - Albuquerque). Randall is a feminist poet, writer, photographer, and social activist. Recent Addition! Sunday, September 19, 3:00pm The book Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs: A Mid-term Report on My Generation and The Future of Our Super Movement will be discussed and signed by the author, William Upski Wimsatt, at Bookworks (4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW - Albuquerque). Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs takes on the theme of the Super Movement: a theory that predicts the long-term convergence of progressive social and political movements around a shared vision, using a 21st Century operating system, as part of the fabric of everyday life. Recent Addition! Monday, September 20 Albuquerque City Council City resolution R-10-121 - CALLING ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REMOVE AND DISMANTLE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, introduced by City Councilor Rey Garduño , will be voted at today's Albuquerque City Council meeting. Encourage your City Councilor to vote for the resolution. And please attend the meeting to be part of our strength in support of this resolution. Recent Addition! Monday, September 20, 5:30pm Speak Out to Stop Police Brutality! at the Albuquerque City Council Meeting (1 Civic Plaza NW - basement level - Albuquerque). Those wishing to speak can sign up starting at 5:00pm. Join ANSWER activists and other concerned community individuals at this City Council meeting. Information: 505-268-2488 or abq@answercoalition.org . Recent Addition! Tuesday-Thursday, September 21-30 Strong Starts for Children is a series of events at which people from all walks of life are invited to talk about what they can do to make Albuquerque better for our families and children. This process moves from dialogue to action to change. Working together, we can create new ways to make a difference for all our children. Sponsored by Everyday Democracy (a national organization that explores ways to help all kinds of people think, talk and work together to solve problems). Here are the 5 opportunities to be part of this series of events - all at our public libraries. Date Time Location Tuesday - September 21 10:00am - 12:00pm Alamosa Branch Library 6900 Gonzales Road SW Thursday - September 23 5:30 - 8:00pm South Broadway Library 1025 Broadway Blvd. SE Saturday - September 25 10:00am - 12:00pm South Valley Library 3904 Isleta Blvd. SW Tuesday - September 28 10:00am - 12:00pm Alamosa Branch Library 6900 Gonzales Road SW Thursday - September 30 5:30 - 8:00pm South Broadway Library 1025 Broadway Blvd. SE Information: 505-843-6899 x115. Recent Addition! Thursday, September 23, 7:00pm The film The Zionist Story, a concise history of the Zionist colonization of Palestine and the dispossession of the Palestinian people, will be shown at Teatro Paraguas (3221 Richards Lane - Santa Fe). It is being presented by The Palestine Truth Coalition and The Coalition for Prisoners' Rights. Free copies of the film are available at the presentation. Information: 505-466-7891 Recent Addition! Saturday, September 25 Today marks the start of Banned Books Week, a national celebration of the freedom to read. The Peace Center invites you to visit our library, where you can find interesting books that explore various topics dealing with peace and justice movements around the world. Recent Addition! Saturday, September 25, sunrise to sunset and Sunday, September 26, sunrise to about lunchtime 14th annual Gathering for Mother Earth, at Pojoaque Ben's Gathering Grounds (Highway 502 West - Pojoaque). Organized by Tewa Women United. The Gathering brings together those living in and around military and nuclear weapons sites throughout the world. It raises environmental awareness about radiation, transportation, and health risks, while nurturing and encouraging the healing of the mind, heart, and spirit. Activities will include memorial ceremonies, healing arts, ecological safety information, drumming circles, health related information sharing, raffle drawings every hour, arts and crafts booths, alternative energy and activities for youth. Information: http://tewawomenunited.org or 505-747-3259. Saturday, September 25, 8:00am - 3:00pm Our Annual Yard Sale - heads up! For current details, please see our September newsletter. Saturday, September 25, 9:00am - 3:00pm "Beauty and The Breast" consists of a health fair and breast cancer education seminar. Also, there will be a silent auction health fair including massages, osteoporosis screening, many services which support the breast cancer patient, women healers, etc. It takes place at the Hard Rock Casino and Resort (11000 Broadway SE - Albuquerque). Presented by Anita Salas Memorial Fund and the Central New Mexico affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Registration and information: 505-559-6216 or csullivan5@phs. org . Saturday, September 25, 9:00am - 12:00pm Taking Heart in Tough Times is being presented by the Center for Action and Contemplation. Joanna Macy and Fr. Richard Rohr will share reflections on how to stay balanced and work for a livable future, explore the Buddhist notion of Deep Ecology, and more. At The Lodge in Santa Fe (750 N. Saint Francis Dr. - Santa Fe). $50 or $35 student/senior. Information and registration: http://www.cacradicalgrace.org . Saturday, September 25, 10:00am - 6:00pm Ampersand (click link to left for additional information) Open House: All are invited to tour our site (3pm), join in a volunteer porject (10am to 2:30pm), and be a part of our community at a potluck (4 to 6pm). Come for a couple hours or the whole day. Information: http://www.ampersandproject.org or 505-780-0535. Saturday, September 25, 1:00 - 4:00pm Copwatch Training and envisioning event at Young Women United (120 Morningside NE - Albuquerque - corner w/ Copper). Information: bobadochie@aol. com . Recent Addition! Wednesday, September 29 International Action Day on Radioactive Waste : All across the world there are others who are also living with radioactive hazards... who are seeking to impact the policies that will either continue the Nuclear Madness or NOT! How do we build our strength? By working together! We are calling on you to join in with a big or small action of some kind - as long as it is non-violent. Why September 29? ÝThree reasons: 1) To support folks in Candada and Sweden: to rise with them and oppose the international transport of radioactive reactor components and the indiscrimate release of radioactive waste via "recycling." There is a hearing in Ottawa on September 29; 2) The US and international bodies are in a big "waste policy" process (see www.brc.gov ) and we need to make this Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future hear us; 3) The date marks the worst radioactive waste accident so far: on September 29, 1957, a liquid radwaste tank in Russia exploded causing widespread contamination. Organized by the Nuclear Information and Resource Service. Information: www.nirs.org/factsheets/fctsht.htm . Recent Addition! Wednesday, September 29, 10:00 - 11:00am A press conference officially the report *Locked Out: NM Housing Crisis Impacts All State Legislative Districts.* is taking place at Title 1 Homelessness Project (1730 University Bldv. SE - Albuquerque) The report, written by the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness, ranks legislative districts on housing affordability and shows that across the state - in both rural and urban areas - low-income working families, people with disabilities and senior citizens cannot find affordable housing. We plan to use *Locked Out* to educate legislators about housing needs in their districts and to develop legislative housing champions. Information: 505-217-9570. Recent Addition! Wednesday, September 29, 6:00 - 8:00pm Identity and Assimilation - An evening of individual stories from many walks of life: Come early for greetings, meeting starts promptly at 6:00. Suggested donation: $5.00. Seating is limited, so reserve a place today. Moderated by Bay Stevens. Information: bay@ReUseIt.info . Recent Change! Thursday, September 30, 6:00pm Celebration! We stopped open burning and open detonation at Kirtland Air Force Base. Your calls made a difference! Let's celebrate our victories. Come to an enchilada dinner sponsored by Protect Our Air and Water and by Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping. Donations gratefully accepted. Information: 505-319-1117, 505-242-5511, or contactus@ cardnm.org . Recent Addition! Thursday, September 30, 6:00 - 8:00pm A public meeting about the Independent Peer Review for Buckman Direct Diversion Project will be held at the Genoveva Chavez Community Center Community Room (3221 Rodeo Road - Santa Fe). The Independent Peer Review team will summarize their process, the preliminary results, and how the public may obtain the draft Review. A question and answer period will follow the presentation. The participation of the public will be considered part of the formal public review. Refreshments will be served. Information: http://www.bddproject.org . Recent Addition! Thursday, September 30, 6:00pm The talk, Passing Judgment on the Drug War, is taking place at UNM Law School, Room 2402 (1117 Stanford Drive NE - Albuquerque). Judge James Gray, a self-avowed "drug warrior" turned drug legalization advocate. will give the presentation. Please send calendar items, comments, and questions concerning this Web document to Web@abqPeaceAndJustice.org .