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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MONTHLY
CALENDAR - (Daily/Weekly Events
at the end)
1a.
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)
1b. Tues. April 15, 7 PM -
Lecture on "Latin America in Crisis: Roots of
Immigration" by Ben Beachy of Witness for Peace at Frazer
Mennonite Church, 57 Maple Linden Lane, Frazer. Part of Chester County
Peace Movement's annual Peace Week activities.
1c. Tues. April 15, 7
PM -
Sierra Club Community
Meeting at the Quakertown Library, 401 W. Mill St.
will discuss our local campaign to raise awareness about clean energy
solutions and global warming. To RSVP and more info go
to
http://environment.meetup.com/240/calendar/7648458/1d. Mon April 14 - Fri. April 18 -
Fair Elections Action Week. Go to
http://www.fairelectionsnow.org/
for more info.
2a. 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.
2b. Wed. April 16 -
Democratic Presidential Debate on ABC from
National Constitution Center in Phila
2c. Wed. April 16,
10 AM -
Bucks County
Commissioners' Meeting at
location TBA. For info
http://www.buckscounty.org/3. 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 4. Sat. April 19, 10-3:30 PM -
Sierra Club Workshop - Protecting Streams and
Wetlands at Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA. The
sessions are designed to provide concerned citizens, community leaders, and
municipal officials with tools to enable them to protect streams and
wetlands in their communities. Registration is required and lunch will be
provided at no charge. Call 717-232-0101 or go to website at
http://pennsylvania.sierraclub.org.
Learn more here:
http://environment.meetup.com/240/calendar/7698390/5a. Sun. April 20, 2-4 PM -
Bay of Pigs Peace Event near Senator Arlen
Specter's house, West Schoolhouse Lane in East Falls, Phila. For info call
215-843-4256 or email
nwgreens@yahoo.com.
5b. Sun. April 20, 10-5 PM -
2nd Annual Pocono Climate Action Fest 2008 "
Sustainability" Film Fest with speakers, Energy Fair
and music at the Dear Head Inn & Dutot Museum, Delaware Water Gap, PA.
For more info call 570-242-1952 or go to
http://www.poconoclimatefest.com
6a. Tues.
April 22 - Pennsylvania Primary
Elections (All levels)
6b. Tues. April
22 - Earth
Day info at http://www.earthday.net
6c. Tues. April 22, 8 PM - Phila Free Library Author Series featuring Cokie
Roberts discussing her book "Ladies of Liberty: The Women
Who Shaped Our Nation" at the Phila Free Library, 1901 Vine St. $14. For
more info go to http://www.freelibrary.org
7. Wed. April 23, 9:15 AM - League of Women Voters "Exceptional Women of Bucks
County" Series continues featuring Libby White,
Mayor of Doylestown Borough and Stacey Mulholland, Plumstead Supervisor at
Doylestown Library (Pearl S. Buck Room), 150 S. Pine St. in Doylestown.
Free and open to public.
8a. 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.edu
8b. Thurs. April 24, 7:15 PM - CFPA Central and Upper Bucks Chapters combined
meeting at the Doylestown Presbyterian Church, Andrews Hall
Room 205. Andre Salz, a member of the Richland Monthly Meeting in
Quakertown, will speak to the group about the Compassionate Listening
Project (Israel and Palestine issue). Call Angela Nez (215-257-1300) or
Susan Hauser (215-345-0653) with any questions.
9a. 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.org
9b. Sun. April 27, 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)
10a. Thurs May 1, 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.com (1st
Thurs)
11a. Fri. May 2, 7 PM - First Friday Film Forum at The
Peace Center at Maple and Bellvue Ave. in Langhorne. Contact
Linda at 215-702-8387 or lindamanzo224@verizon.net for info. (1st
Fri)
11b. Fri. May 2 - "Body of War", a documentary by Phil
Donahue, begins at the Ritz at the Bourse, 4th St in Phila
with an Q&A with Phil Donahue Opening Night. Go to http://www.bodyofwar.com for more
info.
12a. Sun. May 4, 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)
12b. Sun. May 4, 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)
13a. Mon. May 5,
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)
13b. Mon. May 5, 6:45-8:30 PM
-Sellersville/Perkasie/Quakertown
(SPQ) Progressives
will discuss Healthcare at the Perkasie Library at 491 Arthur
Ave. A DVD of the recent Pennsylvania Healthcare Forum held in Bucks
County will be used discuss the various options being discussed in
PA. For more info call Tom at 215-258-3894 (1st Mon)
14. Wed.
May 7, 7 PM - Philly for
Change Meeting at Tritone, 1508 South
Street Phila. (1st Wed)
15a. Thurs. May 8, 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. (2nd Tues)
15b. Thurs. May 8, 7 PM - Blooming Glen Mennonite Church- Peace and
Justice Film Series will show "Breaking Rank" (56 min).
This is a Canadian Documentary that tells the story of four U.S. soldiers
seeking sanctuary in Canada as part of their resistence to the war in
Iraq. For more information call Sarah Witter at 215-510-2979.
16. Fri. May 9, 2:45 PM - Live Phila taping of Washington Week with Gwen
Ifill at U. of Pennsylvania (Irvine Auditorium), 3401
Spruce St. Call 215-351-0511 for free tickets (Limit of 4 each) before May
2nd.
17. Sat. May 10, 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)
18. Sun. May 11, 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. Celebrating
the “Catonsville 9" and
showing of “Investigation of a
Flame”; readings from Daniel Berrigan’s “The Trail of
the Catonsville 9", and discussion on “Resistance, Then &
Now”. For info 610-544-1818 or email brandywine@juno.com. (2nd Sun)
19. Mon. May 12, 7 PM - Main Line Peace Network meeting at the
Ludington Library in Bryn Mawr. Call Robin Stelly at 267-240-9819 or email
rstelly@pennaction.org for more info. (2nd Mon)
20. Tues. May 13, 7 PM - Bucks County NAACP General Meeting at
Levittown Regional Library. For more info go to http://www.bucksnaacp.org or
email bucksnaacp@yahoo.com
(2nd Tues)
21. 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.
22. Sun. May 18, 2-6:30 PM -
Interfaith Walk for Peace and
Reconciliation. Starts at 1501 Germantown Ave. Phila.
Please wear white as expression of unity (No political signs, please). Go
to http://www.interfaithpeacewalk.org
for more info.
23. Tues. May 20, 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)
24. Fri. June 6-
Sun. June 8 - National Conference
for Media Reform in Minneapolis. Go
to http://www.freepress.net for
more info.
25. 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.htm
26. 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/
27. Mon. Oct 27, 8 PM - Phila Speakers Series presents Paul Rusesabagina,
courageous humanitarian of Hotel Rwanda. For tickets
and more info go to http://www.philadelphiaspeakersseries.org/
28. Mon. Dec. 1, 8 PM - Phila Speakers Series presents Garrison Keillor, author,
humorist, and radio host of A Prairie Home Companion. For
tickets and more info go to http://www.philadelphiaspeakersseries.org/
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DAILY/WEEKLY EVENTS
1. Every evening 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
2. 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.
3.
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.
4. Every
Other Mon. 6:30 - 7:30 PM - NAACP Youth Council
Meeting at No Longer Bound Recreation Center on Norton Ave. in
Bristol Pa.
5a. Every Tues., 6-7 PM - Doylestown Peace Vigil at the intersection
of State4 and Main in Doylestown. All are welcome and we have signs.
5b. Every Tues. 9-11 PM (usually) - Frontline on PBS - looks at current issues
in the news.
6a. 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.
6b. Every Wed., 5-6 PM - Peace Vigil #1 outside the
Unitarian Society of Germantown, 6511 Lincoln Drive in West Mount Airy. For
info call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
6c. Every Wed., 7-8 PM - Peace Vigil #2 outside Border's
Book Store in Germantown Ave. at Bethlehem Pike in Chestnut Hill. For info
call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
7. Every Thurs., 5:30-6:30 PM - 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.
8a. 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/
8b. Every Fri., 5-5:30 PM - Phoenixville Peace Vigil at the
corner of Bridge and Main in downtown Phoenixville.
9a 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.
9b. 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 610-527-4170
10a. Every Sunday, 12-3 PM - United for Progress radio show
at
http://www.thericksmithshow.com on WHYL
960 Carlisle/Harrisburg.
10b. 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 )
11. Weekly Email -
Interesting Weekly Newsletter called "Stephen
Views the News" comes out. Go to http://stephenviewsthenews.blogspot.com
12. 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
13. 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
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