You are invited to join women from 1st Parish Church of Groton on an exciting Women’s Trip to Nicaragua this October, 18-26, 2008. We’ll stay in the farming community of Papayal (located just outside of Managua and in the heart of the largest free-trade zones in Nicaragua), where we’ll work side-by-side with local families, helping construct a home and plant a community garden. Thanks to fundraising efforts through Bridges to Community, women from the small rural village of Santa Rosa will travel to join the Papayal group learn about women’s cooperatives and micro-loan opportunities.

The training will be fun, practical, and very hands-on. But, yes, there will certainly be time for snacks and lunch, which will be provided!
We will learn:
· Communications - how to talk persuasively about our issues
· Voter contact - methods and targeting
· Volunteer recruitment – how to motivate others to get involved

Bill McKibben at the JP Forum - This is sponsored by First Church
Sunday, June 8, 7pm
First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist, 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain (across from the Monument)
http://jamaicaplainforum.org/2008/04/14/bill-mckibben/

David C. Korten
Author of When Corporations rule the World and
The Great Turning: from Empire to Earth Community
will speak on

"The World We Want"
Monday, June 9
7:00 PM
in the Parish House of
Unitarian Memorial Church, Fairhaven, MA

Question and answer period to follow.
All are welcome. No cost.

The Reverend Ann C. Fox

"We are the ones we have been waiting for. The time is now. We have the power."

6:00 pm Refreshments with books available for purchase
6:30 pm Live music
7-8 pm David Korten lecture and Powerpoint presentation
8-8:30 Q&A and book signing

Tickets are $10. Reserve tickets at www.bernardstonunitarian.org.

Details to follow.