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05 / 1 (event) Urban Engagement Book Club: 'Poverty and Place: Ghettos, Barrios, and the American City' Start: 12:00 pm End: 1:15 pm Body: Paul Jargowsky's book "documents the geographic spread of the nation's ghettos and shows how economic shifts have had a particularly devastating impact on certain regions, particularly in the "rust-belt" states of the Midwest. Paul Jargowsky's thoughtful analysis of the causes of ghetto formation clarifies the importance of widespread urban trends, particularly those changes in the labor and housing markets that have fostered income inequality and segregated the rich from the poor." -- Midwest Book Review For more information on the Urban Engagement Book Club, go to www.centraldallasministries.org/uebc/index.htm. more info (event) Jim Douglass: "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters" Start: 7:00 pm Body: James W. Douglass served as a theological adviser to Catholic bishops at the Second Vatican Council in Rome on questions of nuclear war and conscientious objection, taught theology at three universities and has written four books on the theology of nonviolence. He will be in Dallas to introduce his fifth book, published by Orbis Press. JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters is written from a contemplative perspective, attuned to the grave moral and spiritual matters at stake. For more information, call 214-357-2173. more info
05 / 2 (event) Paint for Peace Party Start: 5:30 pm End: 9:30 pm Body: Peacemakers Inc. invites you to find inner peace in self expression at Quiggly’s Clayhouse, a fun and safe art studio for children and adults. Here you and your kids can paint pottery, make mosaics, sculpt clay, fuse glass and learn the pottery wheel. Light refreshments will be served. Bring your daughters, sisters, mother and friends. Your creations will be ready just in time for Mother’s Day. Register here . more info (event) Jim Douglass: "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters" Start: 7:00 pm Body: James W. Douglass served as a theological adviser to Catholic bishops at the Second Vatican Council in Rome on questions of nuclear war and conscientious objection, taught theology at three universities and has written four books on the theology of nonviolence. He will be in Dallas to introduce his fifth book, published by Orbis Press. JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters is written from a contemplative perspective, attuned to the grave moral and spiritual matters at stake. For more information, call 214-357-2173. more info
05 / 3 (event) Spring Village Fest Cinco de Mayo Brunch Start: 10:30 am End: 12:30 pm Body: Promoting the purchase of fair trade goods through Ten Thousand Villages, whose products provide a living wage for artisans in developing countries. Tickets for brunch are $20 for adults, $10 for chilcren aged 3-12. Send your check to Ten Thousand Villages - Dallas, 1206 Hills Creek Dr., McKinney, TX 75070, or call 214-368-8200. more info (event) Human Rights Torch Relay Start: 2:30 pm End: 5:00 pm Body: Event: Representatives from athletes, human rights organizations, Chinese democracy groups, Tibetan rights activists, religious groups, government officials, and other concerned individuals will rally and give remarks and supports to the Human Rights Torch arriving at Dallas and send out the message: The Olympics and Crimes Against Humanity Cannot Coexist in China Sponsor: Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China (CIPFG) Contact: Shirley, 469-619-4209 shirley7239@gmail.com The Human Rights Torch Relay (HRTR) (http://humanrightstorch.org) is a global grassroots campaign to raise awareness of, and to try to stop, the Chinese Communist regime's human rights crimes prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. On top of the recent violence in Tibet and the Chinese communist regime’s support in Myanmar and Darfur, many groups inside China are claiming that the persecutions against them have been intensified this year as well, including Falun Gong, Muslim Uighurs, underground Christians, democracy advocates, and journalists. more info
05 / 4 (event) Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day Prayer Service Start: 10:00 am Body: RSVP to 214-741-7500, ext. 105. more info (event) World Peace Meeting Start: 10:00 am more info (event) Yom Hashoah Commemoration Start: 2:00 pm Body: No RSVP necessary. more info
05 / 5 (event) Summer Dinner Committee Start: 6:30 pm more info (event) Downwinders at Risk Start: 7:00 pm more info (event) Cuba Friendship Committee Start: 7:00 pm Body: Be a part of facilitating the 2008 Pastors for Peace Cuba Friendship Caravan. more info
05 / 6 (event) Film Screening: "Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World" Start: 7:00 pm Body: This is the first documentary to deeply explore the lives of gay and lesbian people in non-western cultures. Traveling to five different continents, we hear the heartbreaking and triumphant stories of gays and lesbians from Egypt, Honduras, Kenya, Thailand and elsewhere, where most occurrences of oppression receive no media coverage at all. By sharing the personal stories coming out of developing nations, Dangerous Living sheds light on an emerging global movement striving to end discrimination and violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. Ist Tuesday Social Action Film Festival (held on the 2nd Tuesday this month), is presented by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff Social Action Committee in cooperation with the Dallas Peace Center. Films are free, but a donation is suggested to defray costs. more info (event) NAACP Start: 7:00 pm more info
05 / 7 (event) Amnesty Int'l and Peace & Justice Club -- Brookhaven Start: 3:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: Call 972-860-4646 for details. more info (event) Peace Action Tarrant County Start: 7:00 pm more info
05 / 8 (event) Undocumented Hispanic Immigrants in the United States: Problems, Benefits and Prospects Start: 7:30 am End: 5:00 pm Body: This conference will provide scholarly information, focusing on the benefits as well as problems of undocumented immigration. The conference will feature speakers on legal, cultural, human rights, economic and education issues. For a complete list of conference speakers and a schedule, and to register, go to www.coe.unt.edu/cser//CSER/Index.htm. more info (event) PFLAG Start: 7:00 pm more info (event) Texas Inmates Families Association -- SW Dallas Chap Start: 7:00 pm Body: For information, call Micki Roark, 214-543-8043, or go to www.tifa.org. more info (event) Amnesty International Dallas Start: 7:30 pm more info
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05 / 10 (event) Animal Connection of Texas Start: 11:00 am Body: Contact Carol Ware, myminuit@yahoo.com, phone 972-551-2364, website is http://www.animalconnectiontx.org. more info (event) RESULTS Domestic Issues Start: 11:15 am End: 1:00 pm Body: Conference call and letter writing on domestic issues. Lunch provided. Contact Bob & Diane Baker at 214-739-6945. more info (event) RESULTS Global Issues Start: 1:00 pm End: 2:15 pm Body: Conference call and letter writing on global issues. Snack provided. more info (event) Maryknoll Affiliates mtg. Start: 1:00 pm Body: Maryknoll Affiliates mtg., "spirituality, global vision, community, action.” Call Ken Eppes for location, 214-337-6867. more info (event) Dallas Area Christian Progressive Alliance Meeting Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: This group is dedicated to living the radical love, compassion and justice of Jesus and promoting these values in religious and public discourse and policy. For more information, go to www.matthew-25.org/. more info (event) Prayer Service for Burma Start: 3:00 pm End: 5:00 pm Body: There will be a multi-denominational prayer service for the people of Burma who have been stricken by the cyclone Nargis, and the reticence of their government to allow foreign aid to help them. Donations are encouraged and will be sent to organizations on the ground in Burma such as UNICEF. For more information, please contact James Orrock at 214-354-2256, or tripholiada@yahoo.com more info
05 / 11 (event) UUCOC Social Action Ministry Meeting Start: 12:00 pm Body: The Unitarian Universalist Social Action Ministry Meeting is open to the public. more info
05 / 12 (event) Don't Attack Iran Meeting Start: 6:30 pm more info
05 / 13 (event) Dallas Sierra Club Start: 7:00 pm more info (event) Dallas Sierra Club Start: 7:00 pm more info
05 / 14 (event) Amnesty Int'l and Peace & Justice Club -- Brookhaven Start: 3:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: Call 972-860-4646 for details. more info (event) Jobs With Justice Start: 7:00 pm more info (event) Amnesty International Fort Worth Start: 7:30 pm more info
05 / 15 (event) Amnesty International Group 663 Start: 7:00 pm more info
05 / 16 (event) Presentation: "Rev. McElvaney's Unjust War" Start: 1:00 pm Body: Stephen Fagin, oral historian at The Sixth Floor Museum, will repeat his multi-media presentation that was reviewed in the March 2008 issue of the Dallas Peace Times, “Rev. McElvaney’s Unjust War,” about the movement in Dallas to oppose the Vietnam War. For more information call 214-747-6660 or visit www.jfk.org. more info
05 / 17 (event) Peace & Justice in Sudan Meeting Start: 11:00 am more info (event) Peacemaking with David Lamotte Start: 2:00 pm Body: Spend the afternoon with award-winning singer-songwriter David Lamotte and friends! David will lead a thoughtful and inspirational discussion on Peacemaking, to be held in the Parlor of the church from 2:00-3:00. Learn how David weaves peacemaking into his daily life and work, and discover how we might use some of his peacemaking tools in the life of our church and community. The group will head by foot to downtown's hip Urban Market for dinner and visiting prior to an evening of great live music! The Knuckleheads will kick off the music entertainment from 6:00-7:00 pm in Byrd Hall, delivering a unique selection of traditional country and rock songs with their passion for music and entertaining! David Lamotte will headline the evening with a performance that begins at 7:00 pm. The Black Mountain, NC, native has traveled throughout the world singing his message of peace and engaging audiences with his significantly personal lyrics and beautiful guitar melodies. more info
05 / 18 (event) Burma Aid Fundraiser Start: 6:00 pm Body: Location, food, and music for this fundraiser are donated by Thai community of Dallas, which is planning to raise $10,000 for cyclone victims in Burma. The money will be donated to UNICEF to help victims in Burma. Tickets: $25. For more information, please call Myint M Myat-Soe (Mi Mi) at 469-878-8730, or ohnthi@gmail.com. more info
05 / 19 (event) Hope for Peace and Justice Monday night mixer Start: 5:00 pm End: 7:00 pm Body: Monday Night Mixer more info (event) Summer Dinner Committee Start: 6:30 pm more info
05 / 20 (event) Film Screening: "Recount" Start: 5:45 pm Body: Dallas will play host to a special premiere of the new HBO film, RECOUNT. The film follows the Florida recount from Election Day in November 2000 through the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of George W. Bush over Al Gore five weeks later. RECOUNT, which stars Kevin Spacey, Ed Begley, Jr., Laura Dern, John Hurt, Denis Leary, Bob Balaban and Tom Wilkinson, pulls back the veil on the headlines and explores the human drama of characters involved in events that would determine the leadership of the country. Following the screening, Cal Jillson, author and professor of Political Science at Southern Methodist University, will lead a discussion with two of the influential participants who were on the ground in Florida during the 2000 recount. Mr. Ben Ginsberg, national counsel for the Bush-Cheney campaign in 2000, will be joined by Mr. Mitchell Berger, senior advisor to the 2000 Gore-Lieberman campaign, to discuss the problems with the election process that led to the Florida recount. more info
05 / 21 (event) Amnesty Int'l and Peace & Justice Club -- Brookhaven Start: 3:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: Call 972-860-4646 for details. more info (event) Interfaith Environmental Alliance Meeting Start: 6:30 pm more info (event) DFW Clean Air Start: 7:00 pm more info (event) Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty -- Dallas Chapter Start: 7:00 pm more info
05 / 22 (event) Hope for Humanity a film presentation of Benjamin Creme’s 2007 Paris lecture Start: 7:30 pm End: 9:30 pm Body: Paris, France: March 27, 2008 I am close to you indeed my friends. I am so near to you that you have but little time to wait to see Me. Many of you have been very patient, but the timing of My approach to you and the world is governed by many laws, and I come at the earliest possible moment. Look for Me then sooner than you think possible. Perhaps not tomorrow, or next week, or even next month, but very very soon. My heart is filled with the urge to complete this great endeavour. This will need the assistance of all who love their fellow man. Men must save the world which ails badly. My Masters and I will show the way to do so. It gladdens Our hearts to see the start already made by the ordinary people of the world. It is to them I speak now. Raise your voices. Tell the world your needs: your need for peace; your need for justice and freedom; the need for all people to live in harmony, no matter the religion, the colour, the race. All men are essentially One. They are my brothers and I love each one. My blessing of love flows to you all. Until soon, my friends. Maitreya, the World Teacher Admission is free. WakeUpDallas.org. 214-328-2124. The Dallas Transmission Meditation group more info
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05 / 24 (event) North Texas Peace Alliance Meeting Start: 10:00 am more info
05 / 25 (event) Peace & Justice Center - Arlington Picnic Start: 5:00 pm more info
05 / 26 (event) Don't Attack Iran Meeting Start: 6:30 pm more info (event) Race Abuse Support Group Meeting Start: 7:00 pm more info
05 / 27 (event) Exxon Enough! Environmental Justice Hearing Start: 1:00 pm Body: State and national representatives have been invited to hear from experts and victims about the environmental justice issues related to emissions from ExxonMobil’s refineries and chemical plants in the Texas Gulf Coast. more info
05 / 28 (event) Exxon Enough! News Conference and Rally Start: 8:00 am Body: On this day, ExxonMobil shareholders will gather at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas At the same time, in front of the building, the War Profiteering/Global Warming News Conference will be held to discuss Iraq war-profiteering, ExxonMobil’s dangerous role in Iraq, excess profits and high gas prices; and ExxonMobil’s lack of investment in clean renewable energy. Meanwhile, victims of refinery pollution and high cost of gas, as well as all who favor of ending war, will gather with banners to loudly voice objections to the way ExxonMobil is doing business. more info (event) Amnesty Int'l and Peace & Justice Club -- Brookhaven Start: 3:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: Call 972-860-4646 for details. more info
05 / 29 (event) Sweatshop Campaign Kickoff Start: 7:00 pm Body: Millions of people around the world work in garment sweatshops, struggling with extremely low pay, unsafe working conditions, and degrading treatment. 85% of these workers are young women ages 15 to 25. Many of these workers are fighting to improve conditions in their factories, but face sustained oppression and denial of their rights. The Texas Fair Trade Coalition invites concerned people and organizations from across Dallas to join together and begin a campaign to get the city of Dallas to pass an anti-sweatshop ordinance. This ordinance would require the city to make sure that the uniforms and other garments that the city buys are not being made in sweatshops. more info
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