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E-mail calendar events to bookruth@swcp.com or call Ruth at 505-842-0843 by the 20th of the month (for the following month's print edition of our newsletter). Please limit submissions to a maximum of 60 words and follow the format below to make it easier on our volunteer!
E-mail calendar events to Web@abqPeaceAndJustice.org at any time for the Web site calendar. Event notices are appreciated at least ten (10) days before the event takes place.
Also, please check calendar posted at the Peace Center for additional events not listed here.
Additions and changes to the calendar are shown in green.
Saturday, December 1, 5:00pm
Getting the Best Deal We Can: A Practioner's View by Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. Chair Cypress Fund for Peace and Security, Special Representative of the President (Clinton) for Arms Control, Non-Proliferation, and Disarmament from 1994-1997. This is the fourth lecture in the 4 lecture series, Safety in a Nuclear World: Fears, Hopes, Realities, being presented at the National Atomic Museum (Albuquerque). Cost: $15 / Albuquerque International Association members; $20 / non-members; students attend free. November 28: reservation due date for this lecture. More info: visit http://www.abqinternational.org/pdf/SafetyinaNuclear_World-FLYER.pdf .
Saturday, December 1, 7:00pmA World AIDS Day Interfaith Service will take place at Metropolitan Community Church of Albuquerque (1103 Texas NE - Albuquerque). The service will include area clergy, the NM Gay Women's Chorus and the stories of people who are living with HIV and AIDS. People are invited to bring a picture or pictures of loved ones who have died from this disease. The service is open to the public and everyone is invited to attend. Information: 505-268-5252 or e-mail revjudym@mccabq.com . | ||||
Sunday, December 2, 12:30pmThe Kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt (US/Colombia, 2003, 76 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles) is being shown as part of the Restless Cinema series (exploring Latin America's "disappeared"). It's screening at The Cinematheque at the Center for Contemporary Arts (1050 Old Pecos Trail - Santa Fe). This screening is free. More info: call 505-982-1338 or visit www.ccasantafe.org . | ||||
Tuesday, December 4, 6:00 - 9:00pmFundraiser for APRODEHNI, a nonprofit organization in El Salvador that works for the promotion of human rights of children and families. This event includes an Italian dinner, a silent auction, speakers, and entertainment. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children under 12, and $8 for students and seniors. This event is being hosted by the El Salvador Ministry from the Aquinas Newman Center (UNM - Albuquerque). Info: 505-321-2052 or ggolden@unm.edu . | ||||
Recent Addition!Wednesday, December 5, 7:30pm"The 99th Monkey", a new original play, is being presented at the Cell Theatre (700 1st Street NW - Albuquerque). The play, by Paul Adamian, in two acts, is set in the early months of 2003 prior to the Iraq War, and revolves around a high school history teacher and veteran of the Gulf War's decision to join a global protest against the war, revealing the ex-soldier's search for redemption and forgiveness. | ||||
Recent Addition!Thursday, December 6, 6:00pmA free lecture and book signing for Manifest Destinies - The Making of the Mexican American Race by Laura E. Gómez takes place in Salón Ortega at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (1701 4th Street SW - Albuquerque). Using the territory that is now New Mexico as a case study, Manifest Destinies traces the origins of Mexican Americans as a racial group in the United States, paying particular attention to shifting meanings of race and law in the nineteenth century. Laura Gómez was born in Roswell and raised in Albuquerque. She is currently on the faculty of the University of New Mexico in the Law School and in the Department of American Studies. More info: call 505-246-2261. | ||||
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Thursday, December 6, 7:00 - 9:00pmSAGE Council's annual holiday celebration includes a comedy show and a potluck. Several comedians have been invited. Location will be posted soon after it is determined by SAGE. Info: sage@sagecouncil.org . | ||||
Friday, December 7, 12:00pmFlowers for Guadalupe a film in the Fall 2007 Films presented by The Women's Resource Center (WRC) at UNM. Join us in the WRC Group Room (1160 Mesa Vista Hall, UNM - Albuquerque - beside the Student Health Center's back entrance). No charge - bring your lunch. Synopsis: Explores the importance of the Virgin of Guadalupe as a liberating symbol for Mexican women today. For more info, call 505-277-3716 or e-mail women@unm.edu . | ||||
Recent Addition!Friday, December 7, 7:00 - 8:00pmThe IndyMedia show features Hakim Bellamy from the State Office of African American Affairs along with poet and storyteller Ramona King. They will talk about the growing racism in our communities, the Jena 6 students in Lousiana who are facing years in jail for a schoolyard fight involving the hanging of hangman's nooses from a schoolyard tree. Join our discussion by calling in at 505-346-1633. View the program on Channel 27 (Albuquerque). Also, on the Web in real time at http://quote-unquote.org . More info: call 505-304-3144. | ||||
Friday-Sunday, December 7-9OFFCenter Community Arts Project includes a group paint-a-thon and silent auction on Friday evening, holiday gift workshops on Saturday, a shrine-making workshop on Sunday. Music, food, and chair massages each night. Benefit for OFFCenter. Info: stop by 808 Park Ave SW or call 505-247-1172. | ||||
Saturday, December 8, 9:15am - 12:30pmA "Lobbying Workshop" is being conducted by the League of Women Voters of Albuquerque/Bernalillo County at Sandia Preparatory School (532 Osuna Road NE, Building 100 - Albuquerque). The event is designed to help the public and non-profit organizations communicate more effectively with their legislators. The workshop will cover the lobbying process in general and will not address specific issues. Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino (D) and Representative Larry Larrañaga (R) will discuss lobbying from the legislator's perspective. There will also be a presentation on "Lobbying at Home and on the Internet." The workshop costs $10 for nonmembers of the League and reservations are required as space is limited. Reservations and info: 505-884-8441 (LWV of A/BC). | ||||
Recent Addition!Saturday, December 8, 2:00 - 3:30pmStarting in December, "Take Back Our Country !!" Peace Rally has been changed to Saturdays from 2:00 to 3:30pm. It takes place at the corner of Central at Tulane (Albuquerque). More info: call 505-266-0242 or 505-796-9110 or 505-898-4544. | ||||
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Recent Addition!Tuesday, December 11, 6:00pmRoundtable discussion on global warming and peak oil at Trinity House (1925 Five Points Road SW - Albuquerque) with a vegetarian potluck. More information: call 505-242-0497. | ||||
Thursday, December 13, 6:00 - 9:00pmAn Evening with Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder including opening remarks by Lt. Governor Diane Denish. Sponsored by Sierra Club and taking place at National Hispanic Cultural Center's (1701 4th Street SW - Albuquerque) Bank of America Theater. Info: Michael Casaus, 505-417-5288, michael.casaus@sierraclub.org . | ||||
Friday, December 14, 5:00 - 8:00pmReception for Art Auction of Works by Thora Guinn: a benefit for the Peace Center. The works are on exhibit at the Center until the reception. If you find pieces that appeal to you, please make your bids at any time on the sheets posted. There is no minimum bid - the highest bid wins. Thora Guinn has made art for over twenty years. She is a founding member of Rainbow Artists, a Women's Art Collective formed in 1990. Her work is mostly watercolor with some works in colored pencil and collage. The pieces she is donating reflect strong feelings and her sense of humor. She has been a Peace Center member since 1983, when Dorie Bunting and Blanche Fitzpatrick founded it. She would like an e-mail reply to GuinnThora@gmail saying that you will be coming. | ||||
Saturday, December 15Submission deadline: Call for Artwork by Caregivers for an exhibition of works made by caregivers in the Albuquerque community being presented by VSA North Fourth Art Center in February 2008. For more information call 505-345-2872 or email: jreedphoto@gmail.com . | ||||
Recent Change!Recent Addition!Sunday, December 16, 6:00pmPeace Potluck and Jam Session for Peace! with music by Holy Road Tours, traveling around the southwest in their schoolbus trying to meet up with local community peace groups and musicians to discuss the future of the world through music. This event is a great way to network with others involved in the peace movement, eat some great food, and listen to some amazing music! Everyone is welcome (bring some food)! More info: send e-mail to thomas@bringdanoise.com . | ||||
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Monday, December 17, 6:00 - 8:00pmSecond Annual El Salvador Scholarship Benefit to support a Salvadoran campesina to continue going to university in El Salvador. Salvadoran food, silent auction, poetry by Margaret Randall and Demetria Martinez. Music by L@s Otr@s (formerly Nuevo Mexico Presente). Admission: $15, $10 for students. Pupuseria y Restaurant Salvadoreno (Bridge and Goff SW - Albuquerque). More info: call Jeff at 505-404-1119. | ||||
Tuesday, December 18, 1:30 - 3:30pmHomeless Memorial: Gather at Healthcare for the Homeless (1st & Mountain - Albuquerque) for ceremony and march past Civic Plaza through downtown, to service at First United Methodist Church at 2:30. Commemorates all those who have died as a result of homelessness, and brings attention to our friends who are left vulnerable in the cold season. Info: 505-217-9570. | ||||
Tuesday, December 18, 2:00 - 4:00pmReception for the Peace Center's beautiful 2008 Nuclear Resistance Date Calendar ($12) in the Center's office. Refreshments. | ||||
Tuesday, December 18, 7:00pmCome enjoy comedians taking on American attitudes about the middle east, in a video compilation. Sponsored by Justice First!. | ||||
Recent Addition!Friday-Saturday, December 21-22, 11:00am - 8:00pm (both days)Grand Opening Holiday Gift Sale to benefit The Taos Peace House and Infoshop (801 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte - Taos). Hand crafted peace ornaments, peace buttons, clothing, bumper stickers, books, art and more to celebrate this season of peace. Free hot cider, tea and refreshments. More info: call 575-776-3880 (NM's new area code). | ||||
Recent Addition!Friday, December 21, 5:30 - 8:30pmPlease join us for our annual Noche Comunitaria honoring International Migrants' Day: celebrating the unity of our families. There will be live music, a DJ, food, and activies for the kids. Entrance and food is free! El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos is sponsoring the event and it all takes place at St. Francis Xavier Church (820 Broadway SE - Albuquerque). More info: call 505-246-1627. | ||||
Recent Addition!Friday, December 21, 7:00 - 8:00pmIndy Media TV will be honoring and remembering sheroes and heroes who have passed during the last year. They include Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Vernon Bellecourt aka Waban Nui Nini, Mary Anne Fiske, Jack Kutz, "Doc' Ron Rosen, and other sisters and brothers. All of these companeros stood for Justice and Peace, for Sovereignty and Treaty Rights. All these ones and more stood opposed to racism and sexism and war, struggling for Human Rights, Freedom and Peace. They are our mentors, our models for how to live a full and beautiful life. It'll be storytelling time, reminiscing, laughing and crying. View the program at Channel 27 (Albuquerque) or on the Web at http://quote-unquote.org or join our conversation by phone at 505-346-1633. Let me know those whom we've missed by phone at 505-304-3144. | ||||
Recent Addition!Friday-Monday, December 21-24"Solstice Disarmament Walk" to Los Alamos at the rate of 20 miles per day for four days. The Walk celebrates the Winter Solstice and the hope for nuclear disarmament in 2008. It is sponsored by the Los Alamos Study Group. For more information, visit http://LASG.org/calendar.htm or call 505-265-1200. | ||||
Recent Addition!Saturday, December 22, 2:00 - 4:00pmCook for peace with Taos Food Not Bombs ( http://www.foodnotbombs.net/taos.html ) and share meals at the Taos Plaza (Taos). Call 575-776-2747 (NM's new area code) to volunteer to cook, serve and clean up after the meal. | ||||
Recent Addition!Saturday, December 22, 5:00 - 9:00pmThe 1st Christmas for new refugees children/youth is hosted by and takes place at the Harwood Art Center (Albuquerque), Tutoring at Bambanani Village(TABV) in honor of the esl students, their families, and volunteer tutors.The community is invited to be part of this festivity which is meant, among other things, to ease the loneliness, and help the immigrants enjoy the spirit of the season. The variety of languages and the abundance of ethnic foods will give this event the "air of a "mini united nations". This party will feature ethnic cuisine - all you can eat, presentation of cultural music and dances by new immigrants and local artists, and cultural exchange. Admission is free. Donations of new educational toys, new toys, warm gloves, woolen hats, scarves, tights, socks and new shoes. Gifts should be wrapped and marked for boy or girl. More info: call 505-224-4313. | ||||
Recent Addition!Saturday, December 29, 7:00 - 9:00pmHuman Rights Accompaniment in Guatemala is the subject of a short film, talk about the work and about how you can become involved. Join us for an alternative experience, and learn about an ongoing human rights project. Renee Wolters, a local activist, will be working with the Guatemala Accompaniment Project as a human rights accompanier for survivors who have testified in the genocide cases (massacres in the 80's). The strategy of this project is to have an international presence and moral support for those at risk of threats and attacks. Advocacy and education of the issues connect the global north. It takes place at the First Unitarian Church (3701 Carlisle Blvd. NE - Albuquerque) and it's sponsored by First Unitarian Church's Social Justice Council. Info: 505-344-5735. | ||||
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