People of Faith e-newsletter July 6, 2008 Fighting Poverty, Keep Htfd. Libraries Open, Ending Iraq War, Catholics for Marriage Equality Contents 1. Announcement: Catholics for Marriage Equality 2. Remembering People Killed In Iraq During June, 7/7, New Haven 3. Community Conversation About Hartford, 7/9, Hartford 4. Sen. Edwards: Fighting Poverty, 7/10, Hartford, Bridgeport 5. Rally to Keep Hartford Northend Library Open, 7/14, Hartford 6. Shutdown: Direct Action to Stop the War, 7/14, Hartford 7. Report from Natl Assem. to End Iraq War/Occupation, 7/20, Middletown 8. Annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki Remembrance, 8/6, Hartford = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 1. Announcement: Catholics for Marriage Equality Love Makes a Family hopes to identify Catholics who support marriage equality for same-sex couples in Connecticut. If you are Catholic and support marriage for same-sex couples, please email Obadiah Ballinger at obadiah@lmfct.org or call 203.464.3455. Please include your name, complete address, phone and email. More info: email or call Obadiah as above. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 2. Remembering People Killed in Iraq During June Monday, July 7 6PM Intersection of Broadway, Elm and Park Streets, New Haven Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice will again be marking the cost of the continuing war in Iraq, by placing the June stone on the Iraq Memorial Cairn. This stone will be inscribed with the June numbers of US military personnel killed and the approximate documented numbers of Iraqi civilians killed. The liturgy for the installation of the June stone will be led by members of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of New Haven. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 3. Community Conversation About Hartford Wednesday, July 9 7 PM Charter Oak Cultural Center 21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford Please, come and share your thoughts about the challenges and opportunities we face in Hartford. Panel will include Police Chief Darryl K. Roberts and Angel Arce, son of Angel Torres. Free and open to the public. http://www.charteroakcenter.org/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 4. Fighting Poverty & Building Prosperity Senator John Edwards will be in CT for 2 events on Thursday, July 10 to unveil his Half in Ten Campaign: Cut poverty in half in ten years. http://www.halfinten.org/ Press Conference 11:45 AM Boys & Girls Club 1 Nahum Drive, Hartford Rally for Living Wage Jobs and Affordable Housing 2 PM East Main & Stratford Avenue, Bridgeport Raising the minimum wage and enhancing the Earned Income Tax Credit are just two ideas that can help improve living standards of CT's low-wage workers. Info: Joe at Working Families at (860) 523-1699 Sponsored by Working Families Party CT Association of Human Services 32 BJ, Service Employees Internatioanl Union and numerous supporting organizations proudly including People of Faith Download Hartford flier: http://www.faithCT.org/pdfs/edwardshartford.pdf Download Bridgeport flier: http://www.faithCT.org/pdfs/edwardsbridgeport.pdf = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 5. Rally in Northend of Hartford to Keep Library Open and for Resources for Schools and the Community Monday, July 14 2:30 PM Mark Twain School 395 Lyme Stree, Hartford Info: DONNA 922-8453 or DEB 985-2402 Sponsored by the North Hartford Coalition Download Flier: http://www.faithCT.org/pdfs/north_hartford_rally.pdf (Note: a court injunction has been filed to prevent the closing of 2 branch libraries.) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 6. Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War Film, Discussion, Workshop Monday July 14th 6:00 - 9:00 PM 1199 King-Davis Labor Center 77 Huyshope Ave, Hartford SHUTDOWN is a in-depth and action packed documentary exploration of how 20,000 San Franciscans successfully organized to blockade and shutdown their financial district in March, 2003 to protest the US attack on Iraq. A inspirational, informative, and engagingly honest look at the difficulties they faced in maintaining militant opposition. Created by people directly involved with the organizing, utilizing on the street footage, news clips and interviews with eighteen key participants. It is a peoples history made in support of the movement against war and empire, aiming to galvanize resistance and further critical analysis in cities and towns throughout the country. Sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society, Hartford = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 7. Report From National Assembly to End the Iraq War & Occupation Sunday, July 20 2 PM Church of the Holy Trinity 381 Main Street, Middletown (side door entrance) An Awesome 44 Activists from CT attended! More Details to Follow = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 8. Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance Speak Out Against New Forms of Nuclear Weapons Wednesday, August 6th 2008 5:00-9pm Hartford's Riverside Park East Service Road /Jennings Road, Hartford, CT Potluck Picnic with conversations about nuclear weapons and Remembrance Ceremony with "candle boats" adrift on the Connecticut River. Sponsored by: No Nukes! No War! Connecticut Coalition For Peace and Justice (CCPJ) and the American Friends Service Committee. |