Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Peace Vigil on Saturday, August 7, 10am
Please join us for a peace vigil on Saturday, August 7 from 10:00 to 11:00 AM as we call for the end of Afghanistan and Iraqi wars and the redirection of funds to human needs. The vigil will be held at the Walpole Common at the corner of Main and West Streets across from the Walpole Cooperative Bank. We are also observing the anniversary of the dropping of atomic bomb on Hiroshima and calling for nuclear disarmament.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Talk by Gaza Freedom Flotilla Filmmaker
There will be an interesting talk on Friday night by a Gaza Freedom Flotilla Filmmaker. Please see the information at the Justice for Peace web site. An extract is below. It’s an opportunity to hear a first-hand account of what happened.Gaza Freedom Flotilla Filmmaker Speaks Out
When: Friday, July 9, 2010, 7:00 pm
Where: Calvary Church, 300 Mass. Ave., Arlington
Scott Hamann, 29 year old filmmaker from Portland, Maine, had joined the Gaza Freedom Flotilla to document its mission when it fell victim to a deadly Israeli attack by IDF navy commandos. On July 9th he will speak about his first-hand experiences and show his own footage from the raid.
Nine passengers--among them a nineteen-year-old American citizen--were shot dead by Israeli forces when on May 31st they descended upon the Mavi Marmara passenger vessel in international waters in the dead of night. The flotilla, which carried more than 600 passengers from nearly 40 countries, was attempting to breach the illegal blockade of Gaza and to bring ten tons of humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Scott was traveling on the Challenger I, an American-flagged ship, when it was forcibly overtaken by the Israeli military. He was brought to the Israeli port of Ashdod, detained and then deported along with hundreds of other activists, journalists and human rights workers.
Hamann will speak about his personal experience on the flotilla, the illegality of Israel’s actions, his detainment in Be’er Sheva Prison and about the shameless brutality of the Israeli police and Navy that he witnessed firsthand. Despite soldiers’ efforts to confiscate all media taken by flotilla passengers, Scott was able to smuggle out his own video footage of the Israeli raid.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Medical Responder on the Haitian Earthquake Disaster - Tuesday, May 25 at 7:30
Please join us for a talk by Steven Cohen on his report as a Medical Responder to the Haitian Earthquake Disaster. The talk will be on Tuesday, May 25 at 7:30 PM at The United Church in Walpole. See below for more details.
A Report by a Medical Responder to the Haitian Earthquake Disaster will be given in Walpole on Tuesday, May 25 at 7:30 PM. Steven Cohen, a member of the International Medical Surgical Response Team (IMSURT) will talk about his experience as a medical responder, providing disaster relief in the days immediately following the January 12 earthquake.
Cohen’s description of his work at the Gheskio Clinic in Port Au Prince will give insight into conditions preceding the earthquake, the profound devastation that occurred, and the ongoing needs of the Haitian people. Cohen is a Nurse Anesthetist at Newton Wellesley Hospital. IMSURT is a division ot the US Governments Disaster Team which mobilizes for both national and international disasters.
Sponsored by the Walpole Peace and Justice Group, this Report by a Medical Responder to the Haitian Earthquake Disaster will be held at the United Church in Walpole, 30 Common Street, in the chapel. People may park in the parking lot to the right of the church, using the driveway after the Center for Community Counseling and Education house, and enter the church using the right side door.
Please note - that the meeting will be in the chapel, not the Bradford Lewis Hall.
A Report by a Medical Responder to the Haitian Earthquake Disaster will be given in Walpole on Tuesday, May 25 at 7:30 PM. Steven Cohen, a member of the International Medical Surgical Response Team (IMSURT) will talk about his experience as a medical responder, providing disaster relief in the days immediately following the January 12 earthquake.
Cohen’s description of his work at the Gheskio Clinic in Port Au Prince will give insight into conditions preceding the earthquake, the profound devastation that occurred, and the ongoing needs of the Haitian people. Cohen is a Nurse Anesthetist at Newton Wellesley Hospital. IMSURT is a division ot the US Governments Disaster Team which mobilizes for both national and international disasters.
Sponsored by the Walpole Peace and Justice Group, this Report by a Medical Responder to the Haitian Earthquake Disaster will be held at the United Church in Walpole, 30 Common Street, in the chapel. People may park in the parking lot to the right of the church, using the driveway after the Center for Community Counseling and Education house, and enter the church using the right side door.
Please note - that the meeting will be in the chapel, not the Bradford Lewis Hall.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Vigil on Walpole Common, Saturday, May 1, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Please join us for a peace vigil on Saturday, May 1 from 10:00 to 11:00 AM as we call for the end of Afghanistan and Iraqi wars and the redirection of funds to human needs. The vigil will be held at the Walpole Common at the corner of Main and West Streets across from the Walpole Cooperative Bank. Tragically, the number of U.S. service personnel killed in Afghanistan since the beginning of the war reached 1,000 on February 23, not to mention the thousands of Afghanistan troops and civilians killed and wounded and the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled the ongoing fighting.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Talk on U.S. budget on April 29
On Thursday, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, April 29, at the Natick Public Library, Chris Hellman, Communications liaison from National Priorities Project will present a powerpoint presentation entitled "Out of Balance". The topic will be the US budget and the huge disproportion in military spending vs human needs, with US defense spending almost equaling all other nations. The program is open to the public. Pax Christi Metrowest is organizing the event and Metrowest Peace Action and Military Families Speak Out are cosponsors.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Benjamin Day - The Need for a Massachusetts Single Payer Health Plan
The Walpole Peace and Justice Group is sponsoring a talk by Benjamin Day on The Need for a Massachusetts Single Payer Health Plan on Tuesday, April 27th at 7:30 PM.
The health reform plan just passed by Congress leaves millions of people with no or limited health coverage and does little to control costs. Benjamin Day will speak on the MassCare campaign for a single, publicly financed health insurance plan. This plan will cut costs and provide comprehensive health care to all residents in Massachusetts. Almost all developed nations have some form of universal, publicly financed health care which covers all people while realizing enormous savings. The single payer plan will give the Town of Walpole vital relief, removing the health insurance cost from the town budget, freeing up those funds for other badly needed town services and education.
Benjamin Day is the Executive Director of Mass-Care, the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care. Day's background is in labor research and labor education. He is the co-editor the Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History, and author of a number of articles on labor organizing and health care reform. Benjamin has had the privilege of becoming sick in England, where he lived for a year under socialized medicine. He currently organizes the campaign for single payer health care in Massachusetts and serves part-time as the state coordinator for Massachusetts Physicians for a National Health Program.
The talk is being held at the United Church in Walpole, 30 Common Street, in the Bradford Lewis Hall. People should park in the parking lot to the right of the church, using the driveway after the Center for Community Counseling and Education house, and enter the church using the right side door.
The health reform plan just passed by Congress leaves millions of people with no or limited health coverage and does little to control costs. Benjamin Day will speak on the MassCare campaign for a single, publicly financed health insurance plan. This plan will cut costs and provide comprehensive health care to all residents in Massachusetts. Almost all developed nations have some form of universal, publicly financed health care which covers all people while realizing enormous savings. The single payer plan will give the Town of Walpole vital relief, removing the health insurance cost from the town budget, freeing up those funds for other badly needed town services and education.
Benjamin Day is the Executive Director of Mass-Care, the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care. Day's background is in labor research and labor education. He is the co-editor the Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History, and author of a number of articles on labor organizing and health care reform. Benjamin has had the privilege of becoming sick in England, where he lived for a year under socialized medicine. He currently organizes the campaign for single payer health care in Massachusetts and serves part-time as the state coordinator for Massachusetts Physicians for a National Health Program.
The talk is being held at the United Church in Walpole, 30 Common Street, in the Bradford Lewis Hall. People should park in the parking lot to the right of the church, using the driveway after the Center for Community Counseling and Education house, and enter the church using the right side door.
Monday, April 05, 2010
Screening of "View from a Grain of Sand", Tuesday, April 13
The Walpole Peace and Justice Group will be showing the award winning documentary, View from a Grain of Sand, on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 7:30 PM at the United Church in Walpole, 30 Common Street. Filmed by Meena Nanji, View from a Grain of Sand, documents the state of women in Afghanistan through the eyes of three Afghan women: a doctor, a teacher, and a rights activist.“Illustrated with vérité footage, interviews and archival material, their personal stories lead us through the minefield of Afghanistan’s complex history, and provide illuminating context for Afghanistan’s current situation and the ongoing battle women face, even now, to gain basic human rights. Shot over a four-year period in the sprawling refugee camps of north-western Pakistan and in the war-torn city of Kabul, the documentary constructs a harrowing, thought-provoking, yet intimate portrait of the plight of Afghan women over the last 30 years—from the rule of King Zahir Shah to the current Hamid Karzai government. The women are powerfully moving as they re-define strength and resilience in the face of on-going struggle, and give a full and visceral picture of a still divided and brutalized nation. As world attention has shifted to other crises, this project re-focuses the camera on Afghanistan, remembering the voices of those most vulnerable and most affected by the conflicts: women.”
People may park in the parking lot to the right of the church, using the driveway after the Center for Community Counseling and Education, and enter the church using the right side door.
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