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People of Faith CT e-newsletter
Monday, September 25, 20006
CONTENTS
Rosh Hashanah & Ramadan: A Message to Our Muslim and Jewish Friends
Chavez at UN
Middle East Peace
"What is said about.....Arabs and Terrorism?" Documentary & Discussion, Mon., 9/25, New Haven
Impact of the Palestine-Israel crisis on Women and Children, Wed., 9/27, New London
Hope Out Loud Coffee House, Fri., Sept. 29, Hartford
Iraq for Sale, (Film), Tues., Oct. 3, West Hartford
World Can't Wait -- Drive Out The Bush Regime Rally, Thurs., Oct. 5, New Haven
Hope in A Time of War, Talk by Kathy Galloway, Thurs., Oct. 5, Storrs
Stop the Collective Punishment of Gaza, Action Alert
Christian Islamophobia & Anti-Semitism
The Pope and Christendom
Christians and Just War Mentality
Politics
Howar Zinn speaks at UConn, Tues., 9/26, Storrs
Elections 2006: The Socialist Alternative, Speech, Thurs., 9/28, New Britain
Immigrant Rights
Stop The Deportations/Free The Danbury 11 March & Rally, Sat., 9/30, Danbury
Immigrant Rights Rally, SUNDAY, Oct. 1, 2PM, Hartford
Racial and Economic Justice
Remembering the Black Panther Party, Tues., Sept. 26, Hartford
Call to Action: Tax Relief for the Working Poor, Thurs, Oct. 5, Hartford
Civil Liberties
Take Back Our Rights Conference, Sat., Oct. 7, Hamden
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Rosh Hashanah & Ramadan: A Message to Our Muslim and Jewish Friends
On the occasion of the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashana
And the beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan
We wish all of you:
A year of success in all of your endeavors
A year of good health
A year of prosperity
A year of fulfilling your dreams
A year of optimism and hope
A year when our leaders will lead us to peace
A year when the extremists from all sides will lose their ability to hurt us all
A year of new friendships across conflict lines
A year of true dialogue across and amongst cultures
A year when we learn to appreciate and to celebrate diversity
A year of activism and commitment to peace making
A year of peace
Gershon Baskin and Hanna Siniora
ISRAEL/PALESTINE CENTER FOR RESEARCH & INFORMATION
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President Chavez at the UN:
"The hegemonic pretensions of the American empire are placing
at risk the very survival of the human species. We continue to warn
you about this danger and we appeal to the people of the United States
and the world to halt this threat, which is like a sword hanging over
our heads."
-- President Hugo Chavez
Rise Up Against the Empire
Address to the United Nations
September 20, 2006
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Middle East Peace
"What is said about.....Arabs and Terrorism?"
Documentary & Discussion
Monday, September 25
5:00 pm
Luce Hall Auditorium
34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven
Middle East Studies/CMES CINEMA Film Series.
Q & A workshop session with film director Bassam Haddad
http://www.arabsandterrorism.com
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The Impact of the Palestine-Israel crisis on Women and Children:
Two mothers, a Muslim and a Jew, speak from the heart.
Dr. Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Lecturer, Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Ms. Hanan Abu Ghoush, Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counseling in Ramallah
Wednesday September 27 at 6:00 PM
Harkness Chapel, Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Avenue (Route –32)
New London, CT 06320
Directions: http://www.conncoll.edu/admissions/visiting/directions/
This event, which is free and open to the public, is co-sponsored by
Connecticut College office of Religious and Spiritual Life, First
Congregational Church of Old Lyme and The Islamic Center of New London.
For information call 860-434-8686
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HOPE OUT LOUD COFFEEHOUSE & OPEN MIKE
(last Friday of every month)
Friday, September 29, 2006
La Paloma Sabanera Coffeehouse
www.lapalomasabanera.com
405 Capital Ave, Hartford
(corner of Babcock Street)
Good music, performance, poetry, and spoken word
- good company. Free speech encouraged.
Open Mike 7 to 8 PM
Featured Artists to Follow
Suggested donation $5 Everyone is welcome.
info: (860) 523-4823
http://www.hopeoutloud.org
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"IRAQ FOR SALE" (a film)
Tuesday, OCTOBER 3rd
7 P.M.
St. James’s Church
(near 1022 Farmington Ave., just west of West Hartford Center)
followed by a brief discussion.
The documentary is a searing indictment of the war profiteering perpetrated by
Blackwater, CACI, KBR/Halliburton, and Titan – operating in Iraq
Info: Martin Wittmann (860-324-0512), Kathy Hucks (860-985-0998)
www.iraqforsale.org
The screening is free and open to the public, however donations will be accepted.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Sponsored by West Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice
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World Can't Wait -- Drive Out The Bush Regime Rally
Thursday October 5th 3:30 PM
Corner of York and Elm Street, New Haven
http://www.worldcantwait.net
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Hope in a Time of War
A Presentation by Kathy Galloway, Leader of the Iona Community, Scotland
St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel
University of CT Storrs Campus
Oct 5, 2006
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Free Admission
The Iona Community is an international ecumenical Christian community committed
to seeking new ways of living the Gospel in today’s world, working for social
and political change, striving for the renewal of the church with an ecumenical
emphasis, and exploring new, more inclusive approaches to worship.
The Colloquium is sponsored by St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Community and
Campus Ministry Center.
Directions to Campus:
http://www.uconn.edu/campuses/storrs.php
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http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/CFLWeb/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5225
Stop the Collective Punishment of Gaza -- Action Alert
"Please take a moment to write to your representatives asking them
to demand an end to the Israeli siege of Gaza.
The UN has issued several reports in the last two months warning that
food levels are at an all time low in the area and that all of Gaza
is suffering a humanitarian crisis.
Tell your representatives that you believe it is unacceptable for the U.S.
to support such draconian measures against millions of innocent Palestinians
over the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier."
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Christian Islamophobia & Anti-Semitism
"Our Islamophobia dates back to the time of the Crusades, and is
entwined with our chronic anti-semitism. Some of the first Crusaders
began their journey to the Holy Land by massacring the Jewish
communities along the Rhine valley; the Crusaders ended their campaign
in 1099 by slaughtering some 30,000 Muslims and Jews in Jerusalem. It
is always difficult to forgive people we know we have wronged.
Thenceforth Jews and Muslims became the shadow-self of Christendom, the
mirror image of everything that we hoped we were not - or feared that
we were."
-- Karen Armstrong
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The Pope and Christendom
"However, the Pope’s real fallibility . . . lies . . . in the underlying attachment
of his office to the ideology and practice of Christendom, the deal whereby the
church gains status in society by making itself dependent upon (and useful to)
society’s governing authorities.
This ‘Christendom mentality’, which has shaped much of historic Christianity since
the fourth century, is one which has grown accustomed to operating from a position of
power, prestige and protection.
Rather than developing the ekklesia (church) as a counter-cultural community which
lives out the Gospel, the Christendom church seeks to make societies and nations
‘Christian’ by accruing social advantage for itself and leaving unchallenged the
larger political agendas of ruling elites. It also expects to be listened to with respect;
and where it demands, others are called upon to obey."
-- Simon Barrow
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Christians and Just War Mentality
"When I speak of Gospel nonviolence around the nation, many respond to this effect:
This is all well and good, but sometimes you just have to kill someone!
Sometimes war is justified.
We really do have to kill Hitler, or Noriega, or Saddam, or Osama.
(Or whomever are told from time to time we're supposed to kill.)
If indeed the just-war theory finds endorsement in the Gospels,
then the garden scene stands as the ultimate moment in history in which
it could have been applied.
In that case Peter, in drawing his sword, would have fulfilled a
divine mission to protect his guy, the holy innocent one.
But at the precise moment Jesus commands the opposite: "Put down the sword."
-- John Dear, SJ
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Politics
Howar Zinn speaks at UConn
Tuesday, 9/26, Storrs
4 PM
UCONN Student Union
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Elections 2006: The Socialist Alternative
A Speech by Jeff Mackler
Socialist Candidate for U.S. Senate in California
Thursday, Sept. 28th 7:30 pm
Marcus White Living Room (Marcus White Building)
Central Connecticut State University
165 Stanley St. New Britain
Directions: http://www.ccsu.edu/viewbook/find_us.htm
Questions: 860-547-0122
How can our generation be poorer than our parents'
when we work longer hours and create higher profits than ever before?
Since When did crossing a border turn a person into an outlaw?
What prevents the wealthiest state on earth from saving its citizens
from a flood predicted for decades?
Who benefits from commiting this country to endless war?
And Why do elections seem incapable of solving anything that actually matters?
Come hear a socialist perspective on how we can we can take control
of the issues that shape our lives!
Jeff Mackler is running for U.S. Senate in California as a socialist against
pro-war Democrat Diane Feinstein. Jeff has been a prominent leader in movements
for social justice since the Cuban Revolution, and serves as co-founder of
Bay Area United Against the War, co-director of the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal,
co-chair of the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee, and national chairman of Socialist Action.
Sponsored by Youth for Socialist Action
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Immigrant Rights
STOP THE DEPORTATIONS!
FREE THE DANBURY 11!
LEGALIZATION FOR ALL!
On September 19, the city government of Danbury assisted an immigration raid
in our own community. Disguising themselves as contractors, a police agent
picked up 11 people looking for work and detained them without telling their families.
Mayor Boughton's Assistant told a local newspaper that raids are coming next to
Stamford, Brewster and Katonah.
This raid is taking place in the context of a massive
immigration crackdown named "opperation return to
sender" in which workplaces and specific residential
ares are being targetted. In the interests of building
a real, sustained, grassroots movement capable of
challenging la migra at every turn, and creating
communities that are safe places for immigrants to
live, regardless of documentation, we should join our
sisters and brothers from Danbury and demand an end to
the deportations, legalization for all immigrants now,
and the immediate release of the Danbury 11!
This is nothing but a conscious attempt to terrorize the immigrant community!
It is time to stop Mayor Boughton & his Police Chief:
We will not be terrorized!
Stop the Deportations!
WE WANT THE DANBURY 11 FREED!
Saturday, September 30
Assemble at Kennedy Park at 12:30 p.m.
March to City Hall at 2:00 p.m.
Las Derechas Inmigrantes
EL 30 de Septiembre:
¡Alto a las Deportaciones!
¡Libertad para los Presos!
¡Legalización para todos!
El 19 de septiembre, la Alcaldía de Danbury participó en la redada de
11 obreros inmigrantes que buscaban trabajo en Kennedy Park. Un agente
de la policía se disfrazó de contratista y se los llevó en una van
del parque a la comisaría, en donde estaba la migración. Ahora los
compañeros están detenidos sin cargos en una cárcel en Boston.
Mientras tanto, el asistente administrativo del Alcalde de Danbury dice
que estan el la mira de la migracion los pueblos de Stamford, Brewster
y Katonah. Esto es nada mas que un intento conciente de aterrorizar al
pueblo inmigrante!
Es tiempo de frenar al alcalde Boughton y su Jefe de Policía.¡Ya no
vamos a ser aterrorizados! ¡Alto a las deportaciones! ¡LIBERTAD PARA
LOS ONCE DE DANBURY!
Sábado, 30 de septiembre
Asamblea en el parque Kennedy a las 12:30 P.M.
Marcharemos a la Alcaldíaa las 2:00 P.M.
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Immigrant Rights Rally, SUNDAY, Oct. 1, 2PM, Hartford
Full Rights for Immigrants
March and Rally
Sunday, Oct. 1
2PM Corner of Capitol and Broad Streets, Hartford
2:30 March
Rally at Bushnell Park
Demands:
1. Legalization for every immigrant
2. Stop HR4437 and Senate version
3. No criminalization of immigrants
4. No walls and no militarization of the border
5. No guest worker program
6. No employer sanctions
7. No deportations
8. No use of local authorities as ICE agents
9. Yes to expedited visas for family reunification
10. Yes to workers' rights for immigrants
Also:
Not another dime for Bush's wars.
Spend the billions at home to help victims of Katrina,
to fight global warming, to raise the minimum wage,
to improve schools and guarantee universal health care.
Stop the attacks on Arabs and Muslims
Info: 203-606-3484, 203-934-2761, 860-231-0082, 860-297-4248
Sponsored by:
Regional Coalition for Immigrant Rights
Middle East Crisis Committee
Proudly endorsed by People of Faith CT
Call to add your organizational endorsements
Money for Jobs and Education, Not for War and Occupation!
http://www.socialjustice-ct.org/
Dowload rally flier:
www.faithCT.org/immigrantrightsrally.pdf
El 1o de Octubre:
JUSTICIA PARA LOS INMIGRANTES!!!!!!
Sí al trabajo y la educación; no a la guerra y la ocupación militar.
El Congreso estadounidense todavía no ha redactado ningún proyecto de ley para
legalizar a los millones de inmigrantes indocumentados. En la reunión de
Chicago de la Alianza Nacional por los Derechos de los Inmigrantes se decidió
luchar por una ley que promueva las siguientes ideas: Legalización para cada
inmigrante. No a la resolución de la Cámara de Representantes 4437 y la versión
similar del Senado. No a la criminalización de los inmigrantes. Ni muros ni
militares en las fronteras. No al programa de trabajadores temporeros. No a
las sanciones contra los empleadores. No a las deportaciones. No a la
utilización de la policía como agentes de ICE. Sí a los visados expeditos para
reunificar las familias. Sí a los derechos laborales de los inmigrantes.
Decimos “¡De ninguna manera!” Ni un centavo más para las guerras de Bush. Que
se gasten los millones para ayudar a las víctimas de Katrina, para luchar contra
el calentamiento global, par aumentar los sueldos, para mejorar las escuelas, y
para garantizar la salud para todos. Alto a los ataques contra musulmanes y
árabes.
Marcha y Manifestación
domingo 1o octubre 2 pm
Encuentro en Capitol Ave esq. Broad St, Hartford
Manifestación final en South Green Park (en Park St and Main St)
Información en español: (203) 606-3484, (860) 231-0082, (860) 297-4248.
In English: (203) 934-2761
Patrocinado por: Regional Coalition for Immigrant Rights (CT) and Middle East
Crisis Committee Endorsed by: American Friends Service Committee, Coalition for
Immigrants of Hartford, Colombia Action/CT, Connecticut Peace Coalition/New
Haven, International Socialist Organization/New Haven, Latinos Contra la Guerra,
La Sexta Internacional, Palestinian American Congress, People of Faith CT,
Socialist Action, Unidad Latina en Acción.
http://www.socialjustice-ct.org
El movimiento pro-inmigrante y el movimiento anti-guerra se unen
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Remembering the Black Panther Party
Tuesday September 26th 2006, 6:00 PM
Albany Branch of Hartford Public Library
1250 Albany Avenue, by the corner with Blue Hills Ave.
Speakers will include:
Butch Lewis: Founding member of the Black Panther
Party in Hartford.
Ashanti Alston: Former New Jersey Panther, Black
Liberation Army POW, prison abolitionist and recently
the former Northeast Coordinator for Critical
Resistance. www.AnarchistPanther.net
In 1966 the Black Panther Party was founded to advance
the cause of Black Liberation. Their Ten-Point Program
demanded "Land, Bread, Housing, Education, Clothing,
Justice And Peace," for African-American communities,
as well as exemption from military service that would
use African-Americans to "fight and kill other people
of color in the world who, like Black people, are
being victimized by the White racist government of
America."
The Party also started community survival programs
such as free breakfast for students, civilian
monitoring against racist police violence, and when
necessary, armed community self-defense. They sought
to build ties to other movements, including radical
white students, poor Whites, Puerto Ricans, Chicanos,
and Third World movements against imperialism.
Join us on the 40th anniversary of the Party’s
founding to learn what lessons this important history
has to offer us today.
Sponsored by the CLASH collective
860-241-0405
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Call to Action: Tax Relief for the Working Poor
Thursday, October 5th
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
First Church of the Living God
70 Whitney Street
Hartford, CT
Registration and doors open at 6pm
Last year we came very close to passing a program that would provide a greater
tax refund to many Connecticut residents.
This year, with your help, we will succeed!!
ICEJ congregations are using the following announcement in worship to encourage attendance:
The Interfaith Coalition for Equity and Justice, Connecticut Association for Human Services,
and over 20 allied organizations are jointly sponsoring
a 10/5 "Call to Action: Tax Relief for the Working Poor"
at First Church of the Living God (70 Whitney Street, Hartford).
We will start promptly at 6:30.
168,000 CT households (10.1% of tax filers) currently receive
Federal Earned Income Tax Credits totaling over $260 million.
Working families with incomes up to $38,222 qualify for the federal EITC.
The average payment per household is $1,580.
Our proposed 25% CT match will add another $65 million ($395 per household).
Eligibility rates are much higher in Hartford (34.9%) and other urban areas.
Sponsored by
Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity and Justice
http://www.ghicej.org/
Info: GHICEJ 860-548-1744
Proudly endorsed by People of Faith CT
Download bulletin insert/flier:
http://www.faithCT.org/eitcbulletininsert.pdf
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Civil Liberties
Take Back Our Rights
Saturday, October 7
9 AM -- 5 PM
Statewide Conference To:
Develop Resistance TO Government Domestic Sping
Quinnipiac University Law School
Hamden, CT
Speakers: Linda Chavez Thompson, AFL-CIO VP
Gilliam Sorenson, United Nations Foundation
Nationally Known Constitutional Lawyers
Registration: $25 w/lunch; $10 Students/Low Income
Initiated by: ACLU-CT, CT-AFL/CIO, United Nations Association-CT
Section, City of New Haven Peace Commission, Greater New Haven Peace
Council, CT Library Association, CT-National Organization for Women,
Planned Parenthood-CT
Co-Sponsors: Albert Schweitzer Institute, American Friends Service
Committee-CT, Greater Hartford Coalition on Cuba, NAACP-CT, We Refuse
to Be Enemies, (List in formation)
Info: 860-241-0065
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