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[Charles Underwood (peacecalendar]

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Peace Calendar for November 2, 2006

PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING EVERY SPARE MOMENT BETWEEN NOW AND TUESDAY TO GET OUT
THE VOTE FOR PEACE CANDIDATES.  For example, www.keithellison.org would be a
worthy use of your waking hours, in my opinion.

[Ed heads up: the Vets for Peace takes a bus each year to the School of the
Americas at Ft Benning, Georgia, where the U.S. has trained many Latin
American torturers and death squad leaders.  The bus leaves around 9 am on
Friday, 11/17, and returns late afternoon on Monday, 11/20.  Cost is $200
plus room and food.  If you want to go, call Jim Steinhagen at 612-722-1112
for more information.  At this writing, there were 8 or 9 seats available,
but you should call quickly.  The Antiwar Committee will also be taking a
bus; email them at info [at] antiwarcommittee.org]

Find "Iraq for Sale" screenings at
http://iraqforsale.bravenewtheaters.com/screenings/us/
For "The Ground Truth" screenings, go to http://thegroundtruth.net

Month of November, Monday to Saturday, 11 am to 3 pm, Chante Wolf has a
photography show "Generations for PEACE" telling her story from Air Force
warrior to Veteran for Peace, St Martin's Table, 2001 Riverside Ave, Mpls.
lhowell [at] visi.com

now to 11/9, 7:15 & 9:15, film "Death of a President," this year's Toronto
festival winner with style of retrospective documentary offering a critique
of contemporary political landscape, Oak St Cinema, 309 Oak St SE, Mpls.
www.mnfilmarts.org

now to 11/9, film "Catch a Fire" about one man's journey to violent
resistance during South Africa apartheid, Lagoon Theater, 1320 Lagoon Ave,
Uptown Mpls.  www.landmarktheaters.com

now to 11/9, film "Last King of Scotland" about Ugandan President Idi Amin's
Scottish doctor, Lagoon Theater, 1320 Lagoon, Uptown Mpls.
www.landmarktheaters.com

now to 11/5, times vary, play "Wellstone!" about Paul and Sheila, History
Theater, 30 E 10th St, St Paul.  www.historytheatre.com or 651-292-4323.

11/3 to 11/9, film "Babel" about random gun accident in Morocco which causes
havoc with a US couple, a deaf Japanese teen and a Mexican nanny with two US
children, none of whom can communicate with each other, Uptown Theater,
Lagoon & Hennepin Aves, Mpls.  www.landmarktheaters.com
 
Friday, 11/3, 4:15 to 5:30, vigil to end U.S. military and political support
of Israel, Summit & Snelling Aves, St. Paul.  Karen, 651-283-3495.

Friday, 11/3, 6 pm, Bob Watada (father of Lt Ehren Watada, charged with
"contemptuous words" for saying that Bush "betrayed our trust" by
"misleading" us into war) will speak after showing of documentary of film
"Sir, No Sir," O'Shaughnessy Education Center Auditorium, U of St Thomas,
near Summit Ave (enter off Cleveland), St Paul.  Barry Riesch at
651-641-1087 or Vets for Peace office at 612-821-9141.

11/3 to 11/5, nonviolence training for students, Hamline University with
trainers Alice Kloker, Ken Beidler and Don Christensen, $45.  Register by
10/21 with Dylan Wright at dwright07 [at] hamline.edu

11/4 to 12/29, the Susan Hensel Gallery hosts Kari Gunter-Seymour's show
"Diary of a Military Mom," 3441 Cedar Ave S, Mpls.
www.susanhenseldesign.com/TheGalleryArchive3.html

11/4/06 to 1/4/07, noon to 5 pm Tues to Sun, MN Center for Photography
presents Lori Grinker's exhibit 'AFTERWAR: Veterans from a World in
Conflict" with physical and psychological wounds of frontline war vets from
WWI to present-day Iraq, 165 - 13th Ave NE, between Marshall & University,
just north of Boradway, Mpls.  www.mncp.org

Saturday, 11/4, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, facilitator training for a new
curriculum for people of faith "Faith Seeking Peace" which addresses budget
priorities, cost of war. terrorism and peacemaking from a Christian
perspective, free, St Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1832 James Ave N, Mpls.
www.faithwand.org

Saturday, 11/4, 9:30 am, Middle East Peace Now presents Dr Bernard Sabella,
Christian member of Palestinian Legislature, speaks on "Palestine and
Israel: the Politics of Talking Peace," Hennepin Ave United Methodist
Church, 511 Groveland Ave, Mpls.  651-696-1642.

Saturday, 11/4, 10 to 11:30 am, Kelly and Pat Floerke of the Center for
Development in Central America speak on "Nicaragua and the Elections,"
Resources Center of the Americas, 3019 Minnehaha Ave, Mpls.
www.americas.org

Saturday, 11/4, 10:30 to 11 am, protest the new Army "career center" in
Knollwood Mall, meet at mall sign on Hwy 7 and 36th St, enter through
several mall entrances and stand briefly at recruiting center carrying sign
w/ name of Minnesotan killed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
http://ProtectAction.blogspot.com

Saturday, 11/4 6 pm, free "Burning for Change II" including films "Iraq for
Sale" and the Wellstone documentary, plus progressive speeches and music,
U.A.W. Hall, 2191 Ford Parkway, St Paul.

Saturday, 11/4 (and each 1st Saturday), 10 to 11:30 am, Homeless Veterans
for Peace meeting, Peacehouse, 510 E Franklin Ave, Mpls.  Bob Heberle at
612-789-9020.

Sunday, 11/5, 9 and 11 am, Dr Bernard Sabella, Christian member of
Palestinian Legislature, speaks at both masses on "Palestine and Israel: the
Politics of Talking Peace," St Joan of Arc, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls.
streichenfm [at] usfamily.net

Sunday, 11/5, 2 pm, Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy presents
film "The Yes Men" about anti-corporate activist-pranksters impersonating
World Trade Organization spokesmen, Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W Lake St, Mpls.
$7 to 14.  www.iatp.org

Sunday, 11/5, 7 pm, DePaul Univ prof Norman G Finkelstein speaks on "Is
Criticism of Israel Anti-Semitic?" St Joan of Arc Church, 4537 - 3rd Ave S,
Mpls. www.worldwidewamm.org or  612-827-5364.

Monday, 11/6, noon to 1:15, editor-at-large of Daily Star Lebanon Rami G.
Khouri speaks on "Making Sense of the Middle East: an Insider's Critical
Analysis," Blegen 235, 269 - 19th Ave S, Mpls.  http://igs.cla.umn.edu

Mondays, 9/11 to 11/13, 5:30 to 8 pm, free class "American Empire 101" with
U of M prof Richard Martinez, Jack Pine Center, 2815 E Lake, Mpls.
612-624-6005.

Tuesday, 11/7, 7 am to 8 pm, GENERAL ELECTIONS; VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE PEACE
CANDIDATE.  For polling places, go to: http://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us/

Tuesday, 11/7, 7:30 pm film "Refuseniks" about Israelis refusing military
service in occupation of Palestine, followed by discussion with labor
historian Peter Rachleff and others, Jack Pine Collective, 2815 E Lake St,
Mpls.  info [at] thejackpine.org

Tuesday, 11/7, 5:30 to 8 pm, Vets for Peace classes to prepare families for
conscientious objector status, basement of St Stephens school building, 2123
Clinton Ave S, Mpls.  $10/family.  RSVP Kim at 612-721-6908.

Wednesday, 11/8, Lake/Marshall vigil has changed to 4:30 to 5:30 pm, due to
going off daylight saving time.

11/9 and 11/10, conference "Never Again, All Over Again: Teaching and
Learning About Genocide," Landmark Center and Metro State U, St Paul.  $25
to $50 with registration by 11/3,
www.ctl.mnscu.edu/fac.dev/reg.php?eventtype=discipline_workshop&eid=104

Thursday, 11/9, 5:30 to 8 pm, Vets for Peace classes to prepare families for
conscientious objector status, basement of St Stephens school building, 2123
Clinton Ave S, Mpls.  $10/family.  RSVP Kim at 612-721-6908.

Thursday, 11/9, 5:30 to 8 pm, Northwestern law prof and Guantanamo lawyer
presents "Civil Liberties at (Guantanamo) Bay" International Market Square
Atrium, 275 Market St, Mpls.  $15 students/$40 others.  kerry [at] mnjustice.org
or 612-626-9366.

Thursday, 11/9, 7 pm, Friends for a Nonviolent World director Phil Steger
speaks on "If Not War,What?  A Nonviolent National Security Strategy for the
United States," Parish Community of St Joseph, SW corner of Boon and 36th
Ave N, New Hope.  carydberg [at] comcast.net

11/10 to 11/14, film "Black Gold" about eye-opening contrast between
impoverished coffee growers and $3 cappuccino, Bell Museum, 10 Church St SE,
Mpls.  www.mnfilmarts.org

Friday, 11/10, 7 pm, panel discussion including Lori Grinker and others
regarding MN Center for Photography exhibit "Afterwar" about wounds of wars
from WWI to current Iraq conflict,  165 - 13th Ave NE, between Marshall &
University, just north of Boradway, Mpls.  www.mncp.org

Saturday, 11/11, 10 to 11:30 am, Laurie McGinley and Terry Gydesen of the
Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen speak on "El Salvador: Photography's Power
to Heal," Resource Center of the Americas, 3019 Minnehaha Ave, Mpls.
www.americas.org

Saturday, 11/11, 10 to noon, Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom hosts "Youth Views on Peace: Report Out from PeaceJam" with Angie
Martinez and Shivani Bhatt, Van Cleve Community Center, 901 - 15th Ave SE,
Mpls.  wilpf [at] earthlink.net

Saturday, 11/11,  (and 2nd Saturday of each month), 10:30 am, Coalition for
Alternatives to Military Service (or CAMS, a counter-recruitment group)
meets at Twin Cities Friends Meeting, 1725 Grand, St. Paul.  Contact Mary at
wamm [at] mtn.org

Saturday, 11/11, 10:30 to noon, Veterans for Peace bell-ringing program for
Armistice Day at First Shot Memorial, Capitol grounds, St. Paul.  Wayne
Wittman at 651-774-4008.

Saturday, 11/11, 11 am to 6 pm, Socialist Alternative conference including
class struggle, the war on terror, service sector organizing, Oaxaca,
abortion rights, supporting leftie Democrats and reform v. revolution,
Walker Library (Uptown), 2880 Hennepin Ave, Mpls.
www.socialistminnesota.org or 612-760-1980.

Saturday, 11/11, 1 to 4 pm, Peace First think tank session "Planning the
Peace," Friends for a Non-violent World, 1050 Selby Ave, St Paul.
651-917-0383.

Saturday, 11/11, 4 to 5:15 pm, MN Rep. Karen Clark reflects on "Harvest of
Gratitude" at 11th day prayer for peace, Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet,
Presentation Chapel, 1880 Randolph Ave. St Paul. www.csjstpaul.org or
651-690-7079.

Saturday, 11/11, 7 pm, photographer Chante Wolf describes her transformation
from Air Force warrior to Veteran for Peace, St Martin's Table, 2001
Riverside Ave, Mpls.  lhowell [at] visi.com

Saturday, 11/11, 7 pm, film "I Know I'm Not Alone," about Michael Franti
trip to Iraq, Israel and occupied Palestine with a guitar and a camera crew,
May Day Books, 301 Cedar, West Bank, Mpls. $5 benefits Youth Against War &
Racism counter-recruitment work.  612-333-4719.  (Party at 9 pm at 3024
Chicago, $5 suggested.)

Sunday, 11/12, 1 to 3:30 pm, Vets for Peace classes to prepare families for
conscientious objector status, basement of St Stephens school building, 2123
Clinton Ave S, Mpls.  $10/family.  RSVP Kim at 612-721-6908.

Sunday, 11/12, 1:30 pm, film "The Ground Truth," a ferociously honest look
at recruitment, training, combat, homecoming and the struggle to
reintegrate, First Unitarian Society, 900 Mt Curve, Mpls. FFI 763-546-5368.
(To locate screenings, go to http://thegroundtruth.net)

Sunday, 11/12, 2 to 5 pm, annual meeting of MN Fellowship of Reconciliation,
Macalester-Plymouth United Church, Macalester & Lincoln St, St Paul.
chris385 [at] umn.edu

Sunday, 11/12, 3 pm, peace activist couples Ralph and Kay Hilgendorf and
Marie and John Braun are honored by the Hawkinson Foundation, St Joan of Arc
Church large hall, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls.

Sunday, 11/12 (and every 2nd Sunday), 6 to 8:30 pm, Veterans for Peace
chapter 27 monthly meeting, VFP office, St Stephens School basement, 2130
Clinton Ave S, Mpls.  612-821-9141.

Sunday, 11/12, 7 pm, 1-hour film "500 Miles to Babylon" about the Iraq under
US occupation, St John's Episcopal Church, 60 Kent St, St Paul.
www.mppeace.org

Monday, 11/13, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, bimonthly potluck supper meeting of Every
Church a Peace Church, with video of Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy on the
nonviolence of Jesus, Hamline United Methodist church, 1514 Englewood Ave,
St Paul.  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MnECAPC/message/42

Monday, 11/13 (and each month's 2nd Monday), 7 pm (socialize 6:30), Network
of Spiritual Progressives hosts Sondra Samuels talking about the Northside's
PEACE Foundation at Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet, Mpls.
brucelissem [at] aol.com

Tuesday, 11/14, 6 pm doors, 7:20 program, MN Alliance of Peacemakers holds
annual Celebration of Peace with MN Rep Keith Ellison and former Institute
for Agriculture and Trade Policy president Mark Richie, talking about the
economics of peace, Hennepin Ave United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave,
Mpls.  www.mapm.org

Thursday, 11/16, noon (pre-forum concert at 11:30), Westminster Town Hall
Forum presents Amnesty International director William Schulz speaking on
"From Darfur to Guantanamo - Human Rights for All," Westminster Presbyterian
Church, Nicollet Mall at 12th St, Mpls.  www.micglobe.org

Thursday, 11/16, Tikkun magazine founder and "Left Hand of God" author Rabbi
Michael Lerner speaks on "The Spiritual Transformation of American Society"
(free), Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2128 - 4th St S, West Bank, Mpls.
www.ias.umn.edu or 612-626-5054.

Friday, 11/17, 6 pm, opening reception for "Rites of Passing: Works of Aaron
Johnson-Or, concerning racial profiling, the theatricality of war news
coverage and government scrutiny, Resource Center of the Americas, 3019
Minnehaha, Mpls.  (Exhibit continues until Debember 1.)  www.americas.org

11/17 to 11/20, yearly convergence to close the School of the Americas, Fort
Benning, GA.  Local buses leave 11/16 a.m. and return 11/17 p.m.  FFI
www.soaw.org (national) or www.circlevision.org/mnsoaw.html (local).

11/17 to 11/19, international Venezuela solidarity conference, Macalester
College, Grand and Snelling, St Paul.  www.venezuelasolidarityconference.org
or 612-624-1512.

11/17 and 11/18, 9 pm, play "It is the Seeing," a retrospective of war
illustrated through poetry, music, movement, Pillsbury Community Center
Theater, 3501 Chicago, Mpls.  $5 to $8. 612-825-0459.

Saturday, 11/18, 10 to 11:30 am, Resource Center of the Americas coffeehour
on "Guatemala Today," 3019 Minnehaha Ave, Mpls.  www.americas.org

Saturday, 11/18, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, Midwest Conference of Spiritual
Progressives "Igniting a Culture of Love, Peace and Justice" with Rabbi
Michael Lerner, then 6 concurrent afternoon workshops, Plymouth
Congregational Church Rev James Gertmenian and activist Farheen Hakeem, $45
advance registration ($20 for activists), lunch included, Wesley Church, 101
E Grant, downtown Mpls.  www.nspmn.org

Monday, 11/20, 6:30 pm, film "The Ground War: After the Killing Ends," the
shocking Iraq was is only a prelude to even more challenging battles upon
return home, St Joan of Arc Parish Center, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls.
www.worldwidewamm.org

Thursday, 11/23 (and every 4th Thursday), 7:45 to 9 pm, Dialogue about Peace
and listening to Deepok Chopra's set, pre-register at Body Prayers Yoga,
9201 Lexington Ave N, #5C, Circle Pines.  IndigaArt [at] aol.com or 
763-413-0612.
(Please call ahead to confirm this Thanksgiving day dialogue.)



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            VIGILS

Every Sunday, noon to 1 pm, peace vigil at Summit and Snelling, St Paul.
651-699-8655.

Every Monday, 4:15 to 5:15 pm, Vigil in downtown White Bear Lake at
intersection of Highway 61 and 4th Street.  FFI: www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Tuesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Peace vigil at 98th St. and Lyndale,
Bloomington.  952-831-4276.

Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm (all year), east end of Franklin bridge over the
Mississippi River, Mpls. carolynbelle [at] pressenter.com

Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm, Penn Ave just north of 394, Bryn Mawr neighborhood
of Mpls.  

Every Wednesday, 7 to 8 a.m., Vigil at Alliant Tech, 5050 Lincoln, Edina. 
FFI: www.circlevision.org/alliantaction.html

Every Wednesday, 4 to 5 pm, Peace walk, carrying signs in both directions
from the corner of Hwy 241 and Co Rd 19 (across from St. Michael's Church),
St. Michael.  FFI: regofam [at] earthlink.net

Every Wednesday, 4:45 to 5:45, Grandmothers for Peace vigil, 50th and
Halifax, Edina (just west of France). www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Wednesday, 5 to 6 pm, Vigil to end the occupation of Iraq,
Lake/Marshall bridge over the Mississippi.  www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Wednesday, 4:30-5:30 pm, Peace vigil over footbridge at 85th Ave N and
Hwy 252, Brooklyn Park FFI 763-566-8255

Every Wednesday, 6 pm, peace vigil at signal light on Hwy 169, Belle Plaine.
JoAnne, 952-873-3315

Every Thursday, 4 to 6 pm, NW Neighbors for Peace host anti-war vigil on
Vinewood, just north of Rockford Rd and just east of 494 (at Target/Rainbow
entrance), Plymouth. caryberg [at] comcast.net  (DAY IS CHANGING TO SATURDAY,
BEGINNING 11/11/06.  THE LAST DAY OF THURSDAY VIGIL IS 10/26.)

Every Thursday, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Vigil in front of Lockheed Martin, NW
corner of Pilot Knob Road and Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan.  FFI:
skograce [at] mtn.org 

Every Thursday, 5 to 6 pm, Peace vigil at intersection of Bridge and
Fountain Streets, Albert Lea.  sjmoore [at] smig.net

Every Thursday, 5:30 to 6:30 pm, Peace vigil at NE corner Co Hwy 10 & Univ
Ave NE, Blaine.  vanka485 [at] aol.com (note new corner and contact).

Every Friday, noon to 1 pm, Anti-Recruitment vigil ³Our Children Are Not
Cannon Fodder,² off Oak St and Washington Ave, East Bank of U, Minneapolis,
612-379-4716. 

Every Friday, 4:15 to 5:30 p.m., Vigil to end the occupation of Palestine,
Snelling and Summit, St. Paul.  steichenfm [at] usfamily.net

Every Friday, 4:30, Red Wing Alliance for Peace sponsors a vigil at John
Rick park, Red Wing, followed by potluck and discussion on alternate weeks.
tuvecino [at] redwing.net

Every Friday, 5 to 6 pm, Chisago City gathering for peace (chat, sing, run
around with the kids, share food), Moberg Park, Chisago City.
AARONWOODJW [at] aol.com

Every Friday, 5 to 6 pm, peace vigil at Lagoon and Hennepin, Uptown Mpls. 
FFI: WAMM. 

Every Friday, J. Rich Park, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Peace vigil, Hwy. 61 and West
Avenue, RedWing.  sherlev [at] redwing.net

Every Saturday, 9 am, Peace walk, Fern and Hwy. 95, Cambridge.  (8 block
walk) ytpsund [at] yahoo.com

Every Saturday, 10 to 11 am, peace vigil at corner of Bridge and River St,
Chippewa Falls, WI.  FFI: lagoclam [at] aol.com or 715-726-0365.

Every Saturday, 11 to noon (beginning 11/11/06), NW Neighbors for Peace
hosts antiwar vigil, along Vinewood, near Rockford Rd (AKA 42nd Ave or Cty
Rd 9), just east of 494, New Hope.  carydberg [at] comcast.net

Every Saturday, 1 to 3 pm, Vigil at Barnes and Noble, highways 15 and 23
(Division Street), St. Cloud.  FFI: Mnolde [at] CSBSJU.edu

Every Saturday, noon to 12:15, Vigil at Bridge Square (Division and 4th),
Northfield.  mcgrath1 [at] rconnect.com

(More vigils are listed at www.worldwidewamm.org  )