Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice 202 Harvard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-268-9557   Updated: 27 August 2010 Special Events Calendar August 2010
Special Events Calendar -- August 2010	E-mail calendar events to MonthlyCalendar@abqpeaceandjustice.org 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. Events are held at the Peace Center unless otherwise noted. Recent additions and recent changes to the calendar (made this month) are shown in green. Sunday, August 1, 5:00 - 8:00pm Opening reception for ACPJ art exhibit - meet the artist, Claudia Fluegge, and enjoy the art work. The exhibit will be on display at ACPJ until September 19. Please see our August 2010 newsletter for additional information about the exhibit and the artist.
Recent Addition! Wednesday, August 4, 4:00pm A demonstration outside the APS Bldg. (6400 Indian School Road NE - Albuquerque) - objecting to salaries for the military/JROTC "teachers" salaries ranging from $107,326.00 to $54,000.00. The lowest paid military "teacher" earns far more than the average teacher in APS and they are paid, it appears more than the most qualified and experienced real teacher with many years of experience. Supporting Groups: Military Families Speak Out, Vets for Peace, and Stop the War Machine. Information: 505-271-0273, mitzi919@yahoo.com . Recent Addition! Thursday, August 5, 9:00am - 7:00pm Eleventh Annual Peace Day - Commemorating the 65th year since the bombing of Hiroshima 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM - Peace Crane folding and peace stories at the Golden Acorn Summer Camp located at Monte del Sol Charter School (4158 Walking Rain Road - Santa Fe). Ages 5-11. Peace and sustainability activities all day. At 4:45 - 7:00 PM - you are invited to the Annual Hiroshima Peace Bell Ceremony at the Tree of Peace, South Lawn of the Capitol Round House and if you like to contribute with words, music, a song, a prayer - or in any way you see fit to help empower this global prayer for World Peace. At 5:15 PM - (New Mexico time) on Thursday, August 5th, 2010 we will ring a bell for peace together with the people of Hiroshima, Japan who ring the Peace Bell in Peace Park at this same moment in world time - 8:15 AM, August 6th. Each year, many thousands of citizens gather in Hiroshima Peace Park to remember the moment of the horrifying detonation of the atomic bomb over their city and share a fervent prayer for World Peace. The Peace Bell is rung. White doves are released to carry the prayer of peace to the heavens. Sirens blast signaling the moment to observe silence and prayer citywide. The Japanese remember this as the time when they painfully recognized that the human relationship to war must change or human life on Earth would perish. On Peace Day 2006, we planted a Tree of Peace on the south lawn of the Capitol in Santa Fe. This year we will continue the Annual Peace Bell practice there to hold the faith that the human species is fully capable of evolving - of transforming war into peace - hatred into compassion - fear into love - and of living in balance with the natural world. Presented by Golden Acorns Summer Camp and the Cranes for Peace Project. Information: 505-795-9079 and 505-577-0377. Recent Addition! Thursday, August 5, 7:00 - 8:00pm Iraq war vet(s), Military Families Speak out and Vietnam vets will be our guests, talking about ROTC in the schools (including APS), military recruiters hustling HS students. This is the subject of tonight's IndyMedia Show on cable channel 27 (Albuquerque). The program is simultaneously on the internet at http://quote-unquote.org . The call-in telephone number is 505-346-1633. Come down to 415 Tijeras NW (Albuquerque) and be a part of our live studio audience. For additional information concerning NM's IndyMedia and to view past shows, please check out our program's Web site at http://NMIndyMediaShow.org . Information: 505-304-3144. Friday, August 6 A vigil in concert with the ThinkOutsideTheBomb.org nonviolent direct action for peace at Los Alamos will be held by Trinity Nuclear Abolition. Please see Friday, July 30 - Monday, August 9 in our July calendar. Friday, August 6, 5:00 - 10:00pm Support Albuquerque's off-reservation Native community at the first annual Rain Cloud (RC) art auction. RC is a behavioral health movement working to address health disparities and lack of behavioral health services for Indians in Albuquerque. RC experienced an 85% budget cut for this fiscal year due to cuts in state funding. This dramatically reduces the effectiveness of services offered by RC. Art available for raffle, silent auction, and direct sale at the Lobo Theater (3013 Central Ave. NE - Albuquerque). Presented by Rain Cloud Off Reservation Local Collaborative 17. Information: 505-315-6498. Recent Addition! Friday, August 6, 5:00pm First Friday Coffee House - Musical entertainment featuring Eva Ave. and Carlosaur. Refreshments will be provided. The exhibit "Things In the Air" continues, answering the question: what draws your eyes, heart and mind upward? the Birds? the Bees? the Skies? the Heavens? the Butterflies or Superman's thighs? OFFCenter presents our latest community exhibit featuring this year's theme for our 8th Annual "We ART the People" Folk Art Festival, "Things in the Air". It all takes place at OFFCenter Community Arts (808 Park SW - Albuquerque) and it's free. Information: 505-247-1172. Friday, August 6, 7:00pm A discussion of major new developments in the Cuban Five Case and outline the truth about recent attacks on socialist Cuba emanating from the right-wing and the Obama administration. Find out what's behind the lies. The discussion will be lead by Gloria La Riva, who has traveled frequently to Cuba, written extensively on the revolution, and spoken at the million-person May Day rallies in Havana. Presented by ANSWER ABQ. Information: 505-268-2488 or abq@answercoalition.org . Friday, August 6 Countdown To Zero, a documentary that makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament, is being shown at at the Center for Contemporary Arts Cinematique (1050 Old Pecos Trail - Santa Fe). Information (including time): 505-982-1338 or contactcca@ccasantafe.org . Saturday, August 7, 10:30am Examining Capitalism! is a new group, still in its formative stage. One organizer of the group writes "We must change/replace our current, capitalistic economic model. We at First Unitarian are forming a long term study-advocacy group THIS FALL." The first (informal) meetings are being held at Village Inn (San Mateo at Academy - Albuquerque). Information: bbriley@gmail.com or 505-323-0364. Recent Addition! Sunday, August 8, 8:30am Immigration: A Faith Perspective - a 30-minute tv program airing on Channel 32 KAZQ (Albuquerque). Other broadcasts in August: 10th at 6:30pm, 17th at 10:30am, 18th at 7:00pm, 22nd at 1:00pm, and 28th at 11:30am. Information: 505-831-8152 or jbarajas@archdiosf.org . Recent Change! Monday-Wednesday, August 9-11 Creativity For Peace's tour for our three young leaders and 2 members to speak about their work for peace between Israel and Palestine: August 9: El Paso, Texas. Sponsored by Temple Mt. Sinai and the Jewish Federation of El Paso. August 10: Las Cruces, New Mexico. Dona Ana Community College. Sponsored by Sandra Stubblefield. August 11, 7-9 p.m.: ABQ, NM at The Ronald Gardenswartz Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque. Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of NM and Chavurat Hamidbar. Information: 505-982-3765. Recent Addition! Wednesday, August 11, 7:00 - 8:00pm Creativity For Peace's tour - three young leaders and two members will speak about important work for peace between Israel and Palestine. At The Ronald Gardenswartz Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque (5520 Wyoming Blvd NE - Albuquerque). Presented by the Jewish Federation of NM and Chavurat Hamidbar. Information: 505-982-3765. Thursday, Friday, and Sunday; August 12, 13, and 15 Reclaiming Their Voice: The Native American Vote in New Mexico is a film that weaves together two documentary stories: each drama moves from disenfranchisement to realization to taking action. Interviews include people from Laguna, Acoma, Taos, Ohkay Owingeh, the Navajo nation - plus Chicano/a voices and more. The story is woven artistically and succinctly - inÝ less than 1 hour. The filmmaker, Dorothy Fadiman, will be present at all 3 screenings. Thursday, August 12, 7 pm at the Taos Center for the Arts (145 Paseo Del Norte - Taos) Friday, August 13, 6:30 pm at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (2410 12th St. NW - Albuquerque) Sunday, August 15, 2:30 pm at the Center for Contemporary Arts (1050 Old Pecos Trail - Santa Fe Admission is $5 for the general public. [FREE admission for KUNM Members - see July 2010 issue of Zounds for details.] Friday, August 13, 5:30 - 7:30pm Please mark your calendars and join us for ENCUENTRO's Open House at 714 Fourth St. SW (Albuquerque). Your presence is most welcome, and this is a great opportunity to show your support for our immigrant community! ENCUENTRO is the result of collaboration between three Albuquerque immigrant-based organizations: ENLACE Comunitario, Southwest Creations Collaborative, and El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos.Through the center we will offer various programs including legal resources, educational programs, family strengthening opportunities, and links to valuable community resources. ENCUENTRO's programs will link community members not only to necessary resources but also to opportunities to learn about and organize to advance immigrant rights. Information: 247-2920. Recent Addition! Friday, August 13, 7:00pm The film "Looking in: Kids Who Are Homeless," will be shown at New Hope Baptist Church (1901 Pennsylvania NE - Albuquerque). Appetizers, desserts and live performance by New Hope Baptist and Covenant Presbyterian Choirs. A free will offering will benefit organizations working with families experiencing homelessness. Information: knavarro@smhc-nm.org . Recent Addition! Wednesday, August 18, 7:00pm Climate change: What is to be done? is the subject of a talk being presented by Winona LaDuke at Tipton Hall, College of Santa Fe (1600 St. Michael's Drive - Santa Fe). This event is co-sponsored by TEWA Women United and New Energy Economy. Information: 505-989-7262. Thursday, August 19, 7:00 - 9:00pm Citizen Hearing on U.S. Policy toward Palestine - a citizen hearing is an event where a citizen "witness" or "witnesses" provide testimony and answer questions on their experiences relating to Palestine and U.S. policy toward Palestine to a panel of citizen questioners and an assembled audience. In Albuquerque, our "citizen witnesses" areÝRich Forer and Curtis Sollohub. This event is FREE and is being hosted by the UNM Coalition for Peace and Justice in the Middle East, and sponsored by the American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights. Information: chandlermuf@yahoo.com . Recent Addition! Thursday, August 19, 7:00 - 8:00pm Mexico, the drug violence taking thousands of lives and how the people are fighting back, taking back their country is the subject of tonight's IndyMedia Show on cable channel 27 (Albuquerque). In our studios, we will have as our guests, the knowledgeable Rebeca Jasso-Aguilar and Kent Patterson. The program is simultaneously on the internet at http://quote-unquote.org . The call-in telephone number is 505-346-1633. Come down to 415 Tijeras NW (Albuquerque) and be a part of our live studio audience. For additional information concerning NM's IndyMedia and to view past shows, please check out our program's Web site at http://NMIndyMediaShow.org . Information: 505-304-3144. Friday, August 20 Countdown To Zero, a documentary that makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament, is being shown at at the Century 14 downtown (100 Central Avenue SW - Albuquerque). Information (including time): 505-243-9555. Saturday, August 21, 1:30 - 3:30pm Dialogue: Survival. There are many aspects to this topic, from personal concerns to awareness of our global fragility. Bring your perspective and join us for stimulating conversation. Learn to reach across differences and challenge your assumptions. Physicist David Bohm taught this model as a way to find "truth" through deep listening to many points of view. Information: 505-243-6174. Recent Addition! Saturday, August 21, 7:00pm Welcome back to the second season of peñas culturales, or coffeehouses! This year, we will have our peñas on the third Saturday of each month, as always at Bandido's Restaurant (2128 Central, SE - Albuquerque), as always free and great for the whole family. Information: 934-2419. Recent Addition! Tuesday, August 24, 5:30 to 8:00pm More Plutonium Destined for WIPP? Public "scoping" meeting presented by Department of Energy (DOE) in order for the public to tell DOE what to include in a draft environmental impact statement. The draft statement might be published in 2011 and released for public review, comment and hearings. This meeting takes place at the Best Western Stevens Inn (Carlsbad). Activists agree that the scope of the new statement must address whether the plutonium will fit into WIPP, which has a capacity for about seven metric tons. Further, it must address why the plutonium should be transported again. Much of the six metric tons was already shipped from the DOE sites at Hanford, Livermore, and Los Alamos to the Savannah River Site. DOE claims that the waste is similar to that at WIPP. Activists question why the plutonium was not shipped directly to WIPP in the first place. Information: http://www.spdsupplementaleis.com . Wednesday, August 25, 7:00pm Other Realities is a talk by Inés Hinojosa, who currently resides in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. She is an ethno-botanist who works with lowlands indigenous people around issues of plant resource management. She has worked extensively with the Ayorea artists' cooperative Checque Oitedie. She has accompanied them to the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market for two years. Hinojosa is in NM for three months working on collaborative projects with artists in NM and Swaziland. Information: mamachri@yahoo.com . Recent Addition! Thursday, August 26, 5:30 to 8:00pm More Plutonium Destined for WIPP? Public "scoping" meeting presented by Department of Energy (DOE) in order for the public to tell DOE what to include in a draft environmental impact statement. The draft statement might be published in 2011 and released for public review, comment and hearings. This meeting takes place at the Courtyard by Marriott (3347 Cerrillos Road - Santa Fe). Activists agree that the scope of the new statement must address whether the plutonium will fit into WIPP, which has a capacity for about seven metric tons. Further, it must address why the plutonium should be transported again. Much of the six metric tons was already shipped from the DOE sites at Hanford, Livermore, and Los Alamos to the Savannah River Site. DOE claims that the waste is similar to that at WIPP. Activists question why the plutonium was not shipped directly to WIPP in the first place. Information: http://www.spdsupplementaleis.com . Recent Addition! Thursday-Sunday, August 26-29, 7:00pm Leopold Legacy Film Series, 2010 - This series features films and events that speak to Aldo Leopold's message of land ethics and delves into environmental topics on water, energy, food and development. Each screening will look deeper into these issues with additional activities such as an arts fair, panel discussion, and sessions on related themes. These events are FREE to the public and mostly outdoors. Bring a blanket to sit on and enjoy the summer evening. Thursday, August 26, 6:00 - 10:00pm at the CABQ Open Space Visitor's Center (6500 Coors Blvd. NW - Albuquerque) 7:30-8:00pm, Screening indoors "Running Dry in the Southwest" followed by a Q and A session 8:00-9:30pm, Screening the feature film outdoors, "Running Dry" Information/more details: 505-897-8831. Friday, August 27, 6:00 - 11:00pm at UNM's Lower Johnson Field (at the University of New Mexico outdoors on the southeast end of the campus - Albuquerque) 8:00-9:30pm, Screening of "Split Estate" Information/more details: 505-277-3325. Saturday, August 28, 4:00 - 9:30pm at the Gutierrez-Hubbell House (6029 Isleta Blvd. SW - Albuquerque) 8:00-9:30pm, Screening "Fresh the Movie" Information/more details: 505-314-0398. Sunday, August 29, 2:00-3:30pm at UNM's George Pearl Hall Auditorium (at UNM's School or Architecture and Planning on the second floor - Albuquerque) 2:00-3:30pm, Screening "Butterflies and Bulldozers" Information/more details: 505-277-3325. The Series is sponsored by the SW Forum for Land Ethics and Bernalillo County Open Space ( http://www.bernco.gov/openspace ). Information: 505-314-0398. Recent Addition! Saturday, August 28, 10:00am - 12:30pm "Historical Trauma and Sexual Violence: Healing communities Through Knowledge" is being presented by the Rape Crisis Center of Central New Mexico at 9741 Candelaria Blvd. NE. Information: 505-266-7711. Recent Addition! Saturday, August 28, 1:30pm Agua es Vida Action Team (AVAT) and contaminants in our tap water is the subject of The Women's Show on KUNM 89.9FM (Albuquerque). Guests on the program are Janet Greenwald: co-coordinator of Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping (CARD) and Lesley Weinstock: coordinator of AVAT. Saturday, August 28, 7:30pm - 12:00am ART for Your Rights is an ACLU-NM benefit bash with live music, free food, cash bar, spoken word performance and a silent art auction. We're featuring a broad cross section of artists, musicians and performers who are donating their time and talent to help protect your rights, especially your right to free expression-no limits! This event takes place at the El Rey Theater (620-624 Central Ave SW - Albuquerque). Tickets $20 at the door; $15 advance. Information: http://nm.aclu.org . Recent Addition! Sunday, August 29, 3:00 - 5:00pm "Iran: Understanding Ahmadinejad and His Politics", presented by Dr. Bahman Baktiari, Director of the Middle East Center at the University of Utah, author, and highly respected commentator on events in Iran. At UNM's Continuing Education Conference Center (1634 University Blvd. NE - Albuquerque). Sponsored by The New Mexico Humanities Council. Cost: $15, members of Albuquerque International Association or $20, non-members. Students with valid ID are free. Information: http://www.abqinternational.org or 505-898-3212. Please send calendar items, comments, and questions concerning this Web document to Web@abqPeaceAndJustice.org .