People of Faith e-newsletter Sunday, August 3, 2008 CONTENTS 1. Dinner and Film on the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians, 8/3, Berlin 2. Memorial Ceremony for people killed in Iraq during July, 8/4, New Haven 3. Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance & Potluck Supper 8/6, Hartford 4. Urge Hartford Council Members to Support Pro-Immigrant Ordinance 5. Take the Pledge to Vote NO on Amending Our State Constitution 6. Drawings by Brian Kavanagh, Catholic Worker Artist, thru 9/30, Madison 7. Hartford Seminary Fall Courses = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = 1. Dinner and Film on the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians "The land speaks Arabic" a phenomenal film on the Nakba or catastrophe of ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Sunday August 3 2 PM The Meeting Room in the new Berlin Mosque on Rt 15. Directions: http://www.berlinmosque.org/Direction.htm RSVPs recommended Food and drinks are provided. Sponsored by the Palestinian American Congress-CT and We Refuse to Be Enemies. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = 2. Memorial Ceremony for people killed in Iraq during July Monday, August 4 6 PM Intersection of Broadway, Elm and Park streets New Haven The Memorial Cairn stone will be inscribed with the July numbers of US military personnel killed and the approximate documented numbers of Iraqi civilians killed. The ceremony for the installation of the July stone will be led by members of Congregation Mishkan Israel of Hamden. Sponsored by Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = 3. 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. Co-sponsored by West Hartford Citizens for Peace & Justice = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = 4. Urge Hartford Council Members to Support Pro-Immigrant Ordinance Phone Numbers Below. Sample Script: Hello, my name is [say your name]. I am calling to ask council member [*insert name of council member you called] to vote in favor of passing the proposed immigration ordinance on August 11th at City Hall. The ordinance benefits all Hartford residents and has not been legally challenged in the cities across America that implemented similar laws. These cities have not been punished by the federal government after passing these laws with federal budget cuts to social and law enforcement programs nor seen increased immigration raids. Hartford should pass the ordinance for the safety of our city. It ensures that all our residents who contribute to its economy are able to have a voice and foster a trusting relationship with our police department that has no business enforcing federal immigration law by asking, detaining, or reporting a person solely based on their immigration status. Thank you. Please call the Mayor, Eddie Perez and the councilors. Mayor Eddie A. Perez (860) 543-8500 Councilwoman Veronica Airey-Wilson <mailto:vaireywilson@hartford.gov> (860) 757-9575 Assistant Majority Leader Councilman James M. Boucher <mailto:jboucher@hartford.gov> (860) 757-9578 Councilperson Luis E. Cotto <mailto:COTTL002@hartford.gov> (860) 757-9573 Minority Leader Councilperson Larry Deutsch <mailto:deutl001@hartford.gov> (860) 757-9577 Councilman Kenneth Kennedy, Jr. <mailto:kkennedy@hartford.gov> (860) 757-9571 Councilman Matthew D. Ritter <mailto:rittm001@hartford.gov> (860) 757-9572 Councilman Pedro E. Segarra <mailto:segap001@hartford.gov> (860) 757-9579 Assistant Majority Leader Calixto Torres <mailto:ctorres@hartford.gov> (860) 757-9576 Majority Leader rJo Winch <mailto:rjowinch@hartford.gov> (860) 757-9574 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = 5. Take the Pledge to Vote NO on Amending Our State Constitution Do you know that our anti-gay groups recently launched a major campaign to amend the CT Constitution to exclude same-sex couples from marriage? In November, a question on the ballot will ask whether CT should hold a Constitutional Convention to amend our Constitution. Take the Pledge to VOTE NO on amending our Constitution: Sign the Pledge Sponsored by Love Makes A Family = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = 6. A Prophet's Ink: Drawings by Brian Kavanagh, Catholic Worker Artist July 7 - September 30, 2008 Mary Daly Art Gallery Mercy Center 167 Neck Road Madison, CT 06443 203-245-0401 www.mercybythesea.org Fidelity to the biblical call for justice can take many forms. Here it is ink drawn on paper. For some fourteen years - mostly on the pages of the Hartford Catholic Worker newsletter - Brian Kavanagh has made outrage and sorrow and hope powerfully visible. The Mary C. Daly, RSM Gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily or by appointment. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = 7. Hartford Seminary Fall Courses: http://www.hartsem.edu/academic/courses_Fall08.html |