Rev. Wright, Sen. Obama's ex-religous advisor, is absolutely right: Five years of war, torture, destruction of civil liberties and social programs and all White Americans can think about is: who's Eliott Spitzer sleeping with! Contents Peace/Anti-War/Anti-Torture 1. Interfaith Public Witness Against the Iraq Occupation, 3/19, Hartford 2. March Against War Abroad & At Home, 3/19, New Haven 3. Stations of the Cross In a Time of Torture, 3/21, Groton 4. The Re-Education of George W. Bush, 3/22, Hartford Queer Rights 1. Public Hearing on Trans Equality Bill, 3/19, Hartford 2. Trans Plantations: A Play, 3/19, Hartford Theology 1. Exploring the Borderlands Between Science and Religion, 3/25, Hartford Animal Rights 1. "For the Prevention of Cruelty" 3/30, Storrs ================================================== Interfaith Prayer Service, Silent Procession, Public Witness Lamentation and Protest Remember the Dead, Count the Cost, End the War 12:00 Noon Center Church, Hartford (Corner of Gold Street and Main Street) followed by a silent procession, ending with a Public Witness to the Destruction of War Federal Building, 450 Main Street Contact Rev. Kathleen McTigue (203-288-1807 x202) for info re an affinity group that may risk arrest. Participants are encouraged to wear black and to bring one or more stones to add to a pile, making visible the destruction and human cost of the war. On each stone, please inscribe the name of an Iraqi civilian who has died in the war. www.iraqbodycount.org/database/individuals/ Stones should be large enough to write on with a permanent marker but small enough to carry five blocks. Clergy are asked to wear visible signs of their office. Sponsored by Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice http://www.reclaimingthepropheticvoice.org/ Download flyer: http://www.faithCT.org/flyers/antiwar/march_19_rtpv.doc ================================================== March Against War Abroad & At Home New Haven Wednesday, March 19 4:30PM Rally at Federal Building 141 Church Street 5:00 March thru Downtown to New Haven Correctional Center 245 Whalley Avenue 6:00 Rally for Prisoners Rights In front of entrance on County Street Vigils at these sites will symbolize the continuity between the U.S. government's devastating wars on the Middle East and its devastating wars on our communities. End the War NOW Money for Peoples Needs, Not War and Prisons Stop the Criminal Siege of Gaza Initiated by Middle East Crisis Committee; ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism), CT; American Friends Service Committee, Hartford Green Party, Iranians for Peace and Justice, Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) Youth for Justice, People of Faith, CT Peace Coalition (New Haven), CT Coaltion for Peace and Justice/Hope Out Loud, Socialist Action (CT) Download flyer: http:www.faithCT.org/flyers/antiwar/march_19_nh.doc ================================================== Stations of the Cross In a Time of Torture Good Friday, March 21, 2008 10 a.m. Naval Submarine Base, Groton, CT Coming north on I-95, cross the Gold Star Memorial Bridge. Take left exit on the Groton side of the bridge (Exit 86), stay right on the ramp to reach CT 12 North marked "To US Sub Base Gales Ferry." About 1 mile up Rte 12 N, turn left onto Pleasant Valley Road. Pleasant Valley Elementary School is 0.3 mile up the road on the right. Park there. Coming south on I-95, take exit 86, bear right to Rte 12 N, then directions as above. Organized by the Hartford Catholic Worker For more information telephone (860) 724-7066 or (203) 777-3849 ================================================== The Re-Education of George W. Bush: No President Left Behind Saturday, March 22nd at 7:30 p.m. Unitarian Meeting House 50 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, CT (near the intersection of Albany Ave/Rte. 44 and Bloomfield Ave.) The Unitarian Society of Hartford presents Peterson Toscano. Toscano portrays a cast of outrageously funny and thoughtful characters who playfully instruct President Bush about history, war, skin privilege, the environment, sexism, misreading the Bible, and lots more! Bitingly comic and painfully insightful, Peterson Toscano takes no prisoners as he speaks to the George W. Bush lurking in each of us. Tickets - $15 in advance/$20 at the door. For tickets call, (860) 233-9897 For more information, visit www.ushartford.com or www.petersontoscano.com ================================================== Public Hearing on Trans Equality Bill Wednesday, March 19th 12 Noon Legislative Office Building, Hartford More info: http://www.transequalityct.org/ ================================================== Trans Plantations Wednesday, March 19 Hartford Stage 6:30 PM Reception, Cash Bar, Hot Appetizers 8 PM Performance TRANS PLANTATIONS is a one-woman show written and performed by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Janis Astor del Valle and directed by Carolyn Kirsch. The play-- which Janis performs in a straitjacket-- explores her lifelong struggle with cultural and sexual identity as a New York-born Puerto Rican uprooted from her Bronx barrio and transplanted to rural Connecticut at age 7. Sponsored by: Connecticut Latinos Achieving Rights and Opportunties (CLARO) Hispanic Health Council Latino Community Services Love Makes a Family More info / Purchase Tickets: http://www.lmfct.org/site/Calendar/639513559?view=Detail&id=104061 ================================================== Exploring the Borderlands Between Science and Religion With Kathleen L. Housley Tuesday, March 25, 2008 7 p.m. Presented by: Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford Online registration is located at: http://www.hartsem.edu/events/Exploring_the_Borderlands.html Faith and science are often considered to be polar opposites, requiring a person to be either a skeptic or a true believer. Some people contend that they are totally separate realms that speak different languages. Others attempt to unite them by ideas such as intelligent design and the anthropic principle. One difficult sticking point is the nature of human intelligence. If the human mind is only a "computer made of meat" as one scientist has stated, what does that mean to the idea of people being made in God's image? ================================================== "For the Prevention of Cruelty" a presentation by Dr. Diane Beers Sunday, March 30th, 3:00 p.m. University of Connecticut - Storrs Campus Biology/Physics Building, Room 130 Beers presents an intriguing and important story that reveals society's often-changing relationship with animals through the lens of those who struggled to shepherd the public toward a greater compassion for non-human species. There will be a book-signing after the talk. |