Bucks/Mont Progressive Events Email - 3/30

Fellow Progressives:Check out the interesting
events in the Bucks/Mont area in the next month.
Please help us expand by telling your friends to
email tomulrich@mybluelight.com to be
included. Also, let us know about other
events in the Bucks/Mont area that should be included.Also, another site to check regularly for an excellent calendar is
http://www.progressivenetworksepa.org. It has individual calendars for Bucks & Montgomery counties.
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CALENDAR - (Daily/Weekly Events
at the end)  1a. Sun. March 30, 2-5 PM - PA Bread for the World Advocacy Workshop
at Villanova University (Health Services Bldg). What these workshops offer--advocacy tools,
the creative spark, and the knowledge you need to make a difference in
ending hunger and poverty and help achieve the Millennium Development
Goals! Register  http://ga4.org/Bread/events/philadelphia2008/details.tcl1b. Sun. March 30, 6-8:30 PM
- NE Philly for Justice &
Peace Meeting at Holy Spirit
Lutheran Church, Robbins Ave. & Loretta St. in NE Philly. (Potluck at
6, meeting at &) For more info call Al Krass at 215-547-2656. (last
Sun)2. Mon. March 31, 11 AM - Senator Casey meeting of the NIETC issue at
offices of the Wildlands Trust in Emmaus in Lehigh County. For more info
call Ari at 215-405-9660. They are looking for "stakeholders" who should be
involved with the NIETC and powerline issues (Sierra Club, Safe Energy
Advocates, etc).   3. Tues, Wed, Thurs. April
1,2 & 3 - Death Penalty
Moratorium Groups Speaking Tour in Pennsylvania featuring
death row survivors and murder victims' families in a discussion of
the problems with the dealth penalty. For locations and
times in Bethlehem, Reading, and Lancaster go to http://www.aclupa.org/events/deathpenaltytour.htm 4a. Tues. April 1, 7 PM - Hear Colombian Trade Union Leader Edgar Paez on
union struggles in Colombia and how to unite the struggle for workers
rights globally at AFSCME DC 47 Union Hall, 1606 Walnut Street. For
info call 215-724-1618.4b. Tues. April 1, 7 PM
- Democratic Presidential Primary Town Hall
Meeting at the Venetian Club, 8030 Germantown Ave. Phila.
with reps from the Obama and Clinton campaigns. For more info call John
O'connell at 267-312-1925. 5a.
Wed. April 2, 7 PM - Philly for
Change Meeting at Tritone, 1508 South
Street Phila. (1st Wed)5b. Wed. April
2, 10 AM - Bucks
County Commissioners' Meeting
at the Warwick Twp. Municipal Building, 1733 Township Greene in
Jamison 6a. Thurs April 3, 7-8:30 PM -
Northwest Greens Meeting at
Weaver's Way Meeting Room, 610 Carpenter Lane, Phila. For more info call
215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com6b. Thurs. April 3, 9:30 -
Montgomery County Commissioners, Salary Board,
and Election Board Meeting in Norristown on the 8th Floor,
One Montgomery Plaza. For more info go to http://www.montcopa.org 7. Fri. April 4, 7 PM
- First Friday Film Forum at
The Peace Center at Maple and Bellvue Ave. in Langhorne. We will show
"Uncounted – The New Math of American Elections"
which is a new documentary about election fraud.  Contact Linda
at 215-702-8387 or lindamanzo224@verizon.net for info. (1st
Fri)8a. Sat. April 5, 9-4 PM - 5th Annual Cooks Creek Watershed Greenup
at Springtown Firehouse (Bucks County). For info contact
Scott Douglas at 610-346-1604.8b. Sat. April 5, 10:30
AM - Montco DFA screening of
"War Made Easy" featuring Norman Solomon at Jenkintown
Library, 460 Old York Rd. RSVP and preview athttp://www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=286589a. Sun. April
6, 6:30-7:30 PM - Wayne Monthly Peace
Vigil takes place on the corner of
Lancaster and South Wayne Avenues in Wayne. For info email marilyn.furfari@oracle.com or call 610-640-2716)(1st Sun)9b.
Sun. April 6, 6-8 PM - Lower Bucks Coalition for Peace Action
meeting at 6:30 (potluck at 6) at St.
James Episcopal Church, 330 S. Bellevue Ave in Langhorne. For more info
call Al Krass at 215-547-2656. (1st Sun)10a. Mon. April
7, 6:45-8:30 PM - SPQ
Progressives  at the Perkasie Library at 491 Arthur Ave. in
Perkasie. Come hear about current progressive political
issues. For more info call Tom at 215-258-3894 (1st Mon) 10b. Mon. April 7, 6:30-7 PM -
Bryn Mawr Peace Coalition Silent
Vigil followed by our regular monthly meeting at 7 at
Ludington Library in Bryn Mawr. All are welcome. Call Karen Barton at
610-525-3784 or email astrique@aol.com for more info. (1st
Mon)11.
Tues. April 8 - Bucks County NAACP General
Meeting at Levittown Regional Library.12a. Thurs. April 10, 8 PM - Bucks County Sierra Club Executive Committee Meeting
at the Levittown Library, 7311 New Falls Rd. We will
discuss, plan and vote on issues central to the running of the
organization. 12b. Thurs. April 10, 7 pm
- Blooming Glen Mennonite
Church- Peace and Justice Film Series will show 2,
one-hour films. First "On
The Line" is a bold new look at the movement to shut down
the School of the Americas and U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. Second
film is "Alive Day
Memories-Home From Iraq" which presents the interviews of
ten soldiers and surveys the physical and emotional cost of war. Films
will be shown in the Fellowship hall at 713 Blooming Glen
Rd. For more info call Sarah Witter at 215-510-2979. 13. Fri. April 11 to Sun. April 13 - PA College Democrats Convention at Temple
University Campus, Broad & Cecil B. Moore Ave., Phila. Registration Fee
is $40. For info, see www.pacollegedems.com14a. Sat. April 12, 10:30-12 Noon - E.
Montgomery County Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) meeting
at Foulkeways Retirement Community, 1120 Meeting House Rd. in Gwynedd. For
info call Al Krass at 215-547-2656. (2nd Sat) 14b. Sat. April 12, 3:30-5:30 PM - A Health Care Symposium presented by the
BuxMont Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Peace and Justice Committee. The
3 presentations are Donna Cooper on Governor Rendell's "Prescription
for Pennsylvania"; State Reps Scott Petri and Katharine Watson on
"Health Savings Accounts; and  Chuck Pennacchio on "Health
Care 4 All" (the publicly-privately provided option.14c. Sat. April 12, 9-5 PM - Global Constitution Forums presents IRAQ: WHAT TO
DO? Forum presents a spectrum of viewpoints on the issue at
the National Constitution Center (Kirby Auditorium), 525 Arch Street in
Phila. Speakers include Robert Dreyfuss, Paul Hughes, William Polk, and
others. For info about registration and cost go to http://www.globalconstitutionforum.org
or email jamestranney@post.harvard.edu
or call 215-849-916515a. Sun. April 13, 4:30
PM - Brandywine Peace Community
Monthly Potluck Supper & Program at the University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut
Street, Phila. Bring a main dish, salad, or dessert to share. For
info 610-544-1818 or email brandywine@juno.com. (2nd Sun)15b. Sun. April 13, 2-4
PM - Interfaith Forum on
US-Sponsored Torture at Unitarian Fellowship of West
Chester, 501 S. High St. West Chester.
First of a series of events celebrating Peace Week. For more info
go to http://www.ccpeace.org ,
call Barbara Quintiliano at 610-519-5207 or email grellet06@gmail.com 16. Mon. April 14, 7 PM - Main
Line Peace Network meeting at the Ludington Library in Bryn
Mawr. All are welcome to help plan activities for March 19th. Call
Robin Stelly at 267-240-9819 or email rstelly@pennaction.org for more info. (2nd Mon)17a.Tues. April 15, 7:15 PM - Upper
Bucks Coalition for Peace Action
Meeting. Call Angela for more info at 215-257-1300. (3rd
Tues)17b. Tues. April 15, 7:15 PM - Bucks County Chapter for Nonviolent Peaceforce
meets at Doylestown Friends Meetinghouse, 95 East Oakland
Ave., Doylestown. You are welcome to join us. For information, email Carol Miller at
camil888@verizon.net or call 215-345-1714. It is a nonpartisan unarmed
peacekeeping force composed of trained civilians from around the world.
(3rd Tues) 18a. Wed. April 16, 7 PM - Uncounted: The New Math of American
Elections at the Hiway Theatre, a
beautifully restored community facility, at 212 Old York Road in
Jenkintown. Also, stay and watch the Democratic debate. Tickets
are $8, available at the door, but RSVP today to Steve Strahs at
215-782-8218. Go to http://www.electionreformnetwork.us
for more.18b. Wed. April 16 - Democratic Presidential Debate on ABC from
National Constitution Center in Phila18c. Wed. April
16, 10 AM - Bucks County
Commissioners' Meeting at
location TBA. For info http://www.buckscounty.org/20. Thurs. April 17, 9:30 - Montgomery County Commissioners, Salary Board, and
Election Board Meeting in Norristown on the 8th Floor, One
Montgomery Plaza. For more info go to http://www.montcopa.org 21a. Tues.
April 22 - Pennsylvania Primary
Elections (All levels)21b. Tues. April
22 - Earth
Day info at http://www.earthday.net22. Thurs. April 24, 7 PM - Lecture and Book Signing for "Amish Grace - How Forgiveness
Transcended Tragedy" by Donald Kraybill (Elizabethtown
College) at Immaculata University (Alumnae Hall) For more info call
610-647-4400 or email bgirafalco@immaculata.edu23. Sun. April 27, 5-9 PM - Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) Annual Membership
Dinner with keynote speaker Jonathan Schell, noted nuclear
weapons abolition expert, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 33 Mercer St. in
Princeton, NJ. Reserve at http://www.peacecoalition.org24. Tues. May 13th - Bucks County NAACP General Meeting at
Levittown Regional Library.25. Fri. May 16 to Sun. May
18 - Kirkridge Peace and Justice Programs presents "Experiments in Truth and Conscience with the Ellsbergs
(Daniel & Robert) in Bangor, PA. Go to http://www.kirkridge.org to
register.26. Fri. June 6- Sun. June 8 - National Conference for Media
Reform in Minneapolis. Go to http://www.freepress.net/conference
for more info.27. Mon. Aug. 11 - Thurs. Aug
14. - 5th Annual Youth Assembly at
the United Nations "Step Up: Taking Plans Into
Action" to apply go
to http://www.faf.org/programs/unyouthassembly/ya_home.htm28. Sat. Aug. 16 & Sun. Aug 17
- 5th Annual DemocracyFest
(DFA - Democracy for America) will be held just outside Washington DC. For
more info go to http://www.democracyfest.net/____________________________________________________________
DAILY/WEEKLY EVENTS 1. Every Other Mon. 6:30 - 7:30 PM - NAACP Youth Council Meeting at No
Longer Bound Recreation Center on Norton Ave. in Bristol Pa.2. Every Mon. and Thurs.
at 9 PM, and Sat. at 7 PM - TV Program "Democracy Now" with Amy Goodman on
WYBE (Channe 20 or 35 in some areas). It's an hour interviews on issues of
the day that are not often heard on other programs. You can also listen
daily online at http://www.democracynow.org 3. Every Tues., 6-7 PM - Doylestown Peace Vigil at the
intersection of State4 and Main in Doylestown. All are welcome and we have
signs.4. Every Wed., 8-9 PM - "Voices of the Voters" Radio program
on Voting Integrity and other issues which
effect our rights and Democracy at local "Philadelphia Radio Station" WNJC
1360 AM. Online at http://www.wnjc1360.com/Live_Netcast/live_netcast.html.5a. Every Fri., 9:30 PM - Bill
Moyers Journal on PBS - Followed at 10:30 by NOW on
PBS. You can watch any program later at http://www.pbs.org/moyers/ and http://www.pbs.org/now/ 5b. Every Fri., 5-5:30 PM - Phoenixville Peace Vigil at the
corner of Bridge and Main in downtown Phoenixville.6a Every Sat., 10-11 AM - Sellersville Peace Vigil at Main
St. and Temple Ave. sponsored by Upper Bucks Coalition for Peace Action.
Call Angela at 215-257-1300 for more info.6b. Every
Sat., 11AM-Noon - Bryn Mawr Honk to
Impreach Rally will be held at the Lancaster Ave. and Bryn
Mawr Ave. Sponsored by Main Line Citizens for Impeachment. Call Jane
Dugdale at 610-527-41706c.
Every Sat., 10:30-11:30 AM - PA
Action/CFPA Peace Vigil near the intersection of Rt. 1 and Oxford Valley Rd. (near
Oxford Valley Mall - we stand in fron of the closed Fuddrucker's restaurant
and park in the vacant lot behind it) Call Robin at 267-240-9819 for more
info. 7a. Every Sunday, 12-3 PM -
United for Progress radio show
at
http://www.thericksmithshow.com on WHYL
960 Carlisle/Harrisburg. 7b. Every Sunday 3-5 PM - VoteRescue Radio, a
new weekly two-hour radio show steaming live on We the
People Radio Network (100.1 FM in the Austin area and http://www.wtprn.com ) 7c. Every Sunday - Interesting Weekly
Newsletter called "Stephen Views the
News" comes out. Go to http://stephenviewsthenews.blogspot.com
8. Every evening on
MSNBC at 8-9 PM - Countdown with
Keith Olbermann. News of the day and
it is worthwhile viewing if only for the Special Commentary at
the end.Finally someone speaks truth to power. 9.
Every day on your computer, you can listen
to Thom Hartmann
at http://www.AirAmerica.com/listen . A progressive voice of reason. Live from noon
to 3 PM (EST) on Air America Talk Radio. 10. New
Progressive on-line monthly, the
Philadelphia Jewish Voice an alternative to the increasingly conservative Jewish Exponent. Check us out at
http://www.pjvoice.com 11. To contact members of
Congress a. Call
1-800-828-0498 or 1-866-340-9281 for anyone in
Congress.b. Use this excellent link. http://www.capwiz.com/ncec/home