Howard Zinn’s “The People Speak” – The All Souls Community Forum is pleased to present a special screening of the new Howard Zinn tribute film, “The People Speak,” a documentary based on Howard Zinn’s groundbreaking books A People’s History of the United States and Voices of a People’s History of the United States. The documentary shows the rich history of dissent in our nation’s history, and explores why it is so relevant and urgent today. Come hear the likes of Matt Damon, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Penn, Don Cheadle and many others pay tribute to a Boston Great.

Led by Hilary Allen, Community Engagement Manager at Boston Center for Community and Justice, and Meck Groot, MBD Social Justice Coordinator and former Co-Director of Women’s Theological Center.

Unitarian Universalists work hard against systems of domination and oppression. The needs created by these systems are enormous and the strategies for dealing with them perplexing. Those working for transformation can easily feel overwhelmed and spent.

"Build a Home, Grow a Community" Live Music, Good Food and Drinks, and a Great Cause... For more information and to RSVP go to...Lucy Stone Cooperative

JOURNEY TO FREEDOM tells the story of Waitstill Sharp, a Unitarian minister, and his wife Martha, a social worker, who just days prior to the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia left their young children in Wellesley, MA to embark on an uncertain journey as the first commissioners of the Unitarian Service Committee (now the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee or UUSC). At a time when most Americans were either ignorant of or indifferent to the clouds of war gathering over Europe, this unassuming pair of New Englanders plunged into the storm.

Due to homophobia, young people who are questioning their sexuality or gender identity, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth face disproportionate rates of harassment and mistreatment in their schools and communities.

This FREE workshop will explore best practices in evaluating the risks youth are faced with in educational environments, and will explore effective interventions as well as strategies through which staff may foster resilience and improve service delivery for this underserved population.

Poster below. More information at http://www.uubedford.org/

Network with other Social Justice Committee members as you
learn about NEW MEDIA TOOLS that can help you spread the
social-justice message and inspire your congregation.

RSVP for this event to Nancy Banks at
nancy.banks1@verizon.net or 617.835.5426.

Coffee, Tea and Snacks will be provided. Feel free to bring your lunch or
donate $3.00 for a Pizza Lunch. Flyer attached.

Newsletter article

> May Day: Friday May 1st
>
> Defend Immigrant Rights!
>
> We voted for change, Today we make our demands!
> Respect the dignity of Immigrant Workers
>
> Where and When?
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> East Boston
> 2:30 pm
> Central Square
> March from Liberty Plaza in
> Central Square to Chelsea City
> Hall
>
> Chelsea
> 3:00 pm
> Chelsea City Hall
> March from Chelsea City
> Hall to Glendale Park in
> Everett
>
> Everett
> 4:30—5:30 pm
> Glendale Park
> Rally and Entertainment at
> Glendale Park
> (50 Elm Street, Everett)
>

Event: Dean Baker - Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy
What: Lecture
Host: Jamaica Plain Forum
Start Time: Thursday, April 30 at 7:00pm
End Time: Thursday, April 30 at 9:00pm
Where: First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=96808240790&mid=516e47G2e6bd2ba...

7TH ANNUAL
Anti-Racism
Film Festival
Please join us on Saturday, April 18, 2009, for a film festival to help all of us, across racial lines,
promote understanding and work together effectively to build a more cohesive community.
Facilitated discussion to follow each film. FREE ADMISSION!
Where: All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
Corner of Hope and Main Streets, Greenfield
When: Saturday, April 18, 2009
Call All Souls UU Church at (413) 773-5018 or Molly Chambers at
(413) 772-0003 for more information.

ALL SOULS COMMUNITY FORUM:
WALKING TO NEW ORLEANS

Reconstruction and social responsibility

after Hurricane Katrina

Presented by co-author

Robert R.N. Ross

Walking to New Orleans: Ethics and
the Concept of Participatory Design in
Post-Disaster Reconstruction
by Robert R.N. Ross and Deanne E.B. Ross

Saturday, March 21, 2009 — 2 to 4 PM

ALL SOULS CHURCH
196 Elm Street
Braintree, MA 02184