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30September 30, 2018 Ruby Sales, Healing the Hurt of White Supremacy Ruby Sales, Healing the Hurt of White Supremacy Close September 28-30, 2018 N/A Financial aid is available if you wish to come to the Ruby Sales workshop on the weekend of September 28.  You can register and apply for aid on our website www.rowecenter.org Ruby Sales, Healing the Hurt of White Supremacy	1October 1, 2018 Feinberg Series: Imagining Community, Living in Community Feinberg Series: Imagining Community, Living in Community Close October 1, 2018 5:30 pm Imagining Community, Living in Community An exploration of efforts to create intentional communities based on visions of more just and harmonious social relationships. A panel conversation with Ousmane Power-Greene (Clark University), Lior Libman (Binghamton University), Jasmine Burems (Wildseed Community Farm and Healing Village), and Kate Daloz (author of We Are As Gods). Includes discussion of abolitionist, socialist-Zionist, anti-racist, queer/trans, and back-to-the-land utopian movements. 5:30 pm, Cape Cod Lounge, UMass Student Union. More info: https://www.umass.edu/history/event/imagining-community-living-community Feinberg Series: Imagining Community, Living in Community	2October 2, 2018	3October 3, 2018	4October 4, 2018	5October 5, 2018	6October 6, 2018 Confronting Systemic Racism: Voices for Racial Justice Confronting Systemic Racism: Voices for Racial Justice Close October 6, 2018 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Poster (pdf) Confronting Systemic Racism: Voices for Racial Justice
7October 7, 2018	8October 8, 2018	9October 9, 2018	10October 10, 2018 Interfaith gathering on immigration--Turners Falls Interfaith gathering on immigration--Turners Falls Close October 10, 2018 6:00 pm The next Interfaith gathering about the topic of immigration will be held Wednesday, October 10th at the Brick House in Turners. Potluck supper at 6 p.m., program at 6:45. Speakers from Montague Catholic social ministries, Center for New Americans, Sister Rosa from Our Lady of Peace, and Mt Toby's immigrant task force. Interfaith gathering on immigration--Turners Falls Film: "Two Towns of Jasper" Film: "Two Towns of Jasper" Close October 10, 2018 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm “Two Towns of Jasper” is perhaps the most revealing film about race relations ever made. Two filmmakers, one black and one white, who grew up together in one town, co—directed a film about a horrific murder of a black man in their home town. The fundamental difference in their reactions led them to conclude that making a film about the crime would provide an illuminating window on how race is lived in America. ‘On June 7, 1998, three white men from Jasper, Texas, chained African-American James Byrd to a pick-up truck and dragged him until his body disintegrated. This powerful documentary takes you to the white and black communities as it records their separate reactions to the most vicious racially motivated murder in the last 50 years. This film provides an unprecedented opportunity to see the divisions that separate one person from another. Post-film discussion leader: Prof. Linda Tropp of Social Psychology in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Faculty Associate in the School of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. For more than two decades she has studied how members of different groups experience contact with each other, and how group differences in status affect cross-group relations. She has worked with national organizations on court cases relevant to racial integration and equity, on national initiatives to improve interracial relations in schools, and with nongovernmental organizations to evaluate applied programs designed to reduce racial conflict. https://forbes.kanopy.com/video/two-towns-jasper Film: "Two Towns of Jasper"	11October 11, 2018	12October 12, 2018	13October 13, 2018 Movement for Justice in El Barrio's Organizing Symposium: Community & Movement Building for Justice Movement for Justice in El Barrio's Organizing Symposium: Community & Movement Building for Justice Close October 13, 2018 12:00 pm – 6:30 pm El Barrio poster 10-13-18 Movement for Justice in El Barrio's Organizing Symposium: Community & Movement Building for Justice
14October 14, 2018 Smith College Forum: Women and the 2018 Elections Smith College Forum: Women and the 2018 Elections Close October 14, 2018 7:00 pm Smith College Forum: Women and the 2018 Elections According to polls, an unprecedented majority of women disapprove of President Trump and Congress, numbers only likely to climb in the wake of Justice Kavanaugh's appointment. Meanwhile, women and femmes are are engaged in the political process like never before, and are running for office in record numbers. On Sunday, October 14 at 7pm, in Graham Hall in the Hillyer Art Building, join the Smith College Democrats for a discussion of where we’ve been and where we are going. Featuring three first-time female candidates - State Representative-Elect Lindsay Sabadosa, State Senator-Elect Jo Comerford, and Attorney Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, former candidate for the US House of Representatives. Elizabeth Silver, the Chair of the Northampton Democratic City Committee and the leader of the Western Massachusetts Take Back the House campaign, will be on hand to discuss current efforts to bring new voices to Washington. "I'm back at MoveOn until mid-December, so I experienced the campaign to block Kavanaugh's nomination up close. This loss is unspeakably wrenching. My solace has been—and I expect will be—the tireless national organizing led by survivors of sexual violence and allies that galvanized our nation. May we remain strongly united. And, of course, our fight isn't over. It's on to the mid-term elections, 2020, and the work to reclaim our nation and build back hope, for everyone's children." -Jo Comerford Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Smith College Democrats and Divest Smith College. Smith College Forum: Women and the 2018 Elections	15October 15, 2018	16October 16, 2018 Destroy to Replace: What 21st-Century Resistance Means to American Indians Destroy to Replace: What 21st-Century Resistance Means to American Indians Close October 16, 2018 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Resistance Studies Initiative Fall Speaker Series:  Distinguished researchers and activists share critical reflections on resistance issues. Kathleen A. Brown-Perez, Esq. Destroy to Replace: What Twenty-first Century Resistance Means to American Indians Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 3:30pm to 5:30pm Integrated Science Building (ISB) Room 145, UMass Amherst Refreshments will be served.   Open to all Kathleen A. Brown-Perez is a faculty member in the Commonwealth Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with an appointment in the Anthropology Department. She teaches criminal law and the Senior Honors Thesis seminar “Conquest by Law: The Use of Law to Subjugate and Marginalize in the U.S.” She has a JD and MBA from the University of Iowa and is licensed to practice in Arizona and Massachusetts. Previously a corporate attorney in Boston, Kathleen now limits her legal practice to federal Indian law. A member of the Brothertown Indian Nation (Wisconsin), her research and publications focus on issues of federal Indian policy and law, including sovereignty, identity, and federal acknowledgment. Recent publications include the article "By Whatever Means Necessary: The U.S. Government’s Ongoing Attempts to Remove Indigenous Peoples During an Era of Self-(De)termination" in the New Diversities special issue on Indigenous Politics of Resistance: From Erasure to Recognition (2017), and the chapter "'An Inconvenient Truth': The Use of Federal Policy to Erase American Indians, Indian Tribes, and Indigenous Heritage" in Heritage at the Interface (Univ. of Florida 2018). Abstract: In 21st century America, what does it mean to "resist" as an American Indian? Whether your resistance is private or public, big or small, you have to begin with understanding what you're up against. In the case of American Indians, we are up against a settler-colonial society. When such a society moves in, they do so to stay. The resource they primarily want cannot be extracted and taken back to Europe. They are here for the land and for the very air the Indigenous peoples breathe. They do not come to a new land with the intention of learning the language and the customs. They come to take over, to superimpose settler-colonial language, religion, customs, and values over the Indigenous population. As scholar Patrick Wolf noted, the goal of settler colonialism is "destroy to replace." He further pointed out that "settler colonizers come to stay: invasion is a structure not an event." That is what American Indians are up against, settler colonizers who have used many methods, reflected in federal Indian policies, to destroy the Indigenous peoples. While 21st century policies do not explicitly and publicly announce the goal to kill off the Indians, there are policies in place that nonetheless serve to destroy Indigeneity. One such policy in place includes the federal government taking control of the definitions of “Indian” and “tribe” in a way that excludes many Indigenous peoples. People are being defined out of existence, erased from the landscape. Federal actions may have changed over the years, but the result is the same:  fewer and fewer Indigenous peoples in the U.S.  Twenty-first century resistance must include understanding government policies and goals - past, present, and future - and how to fight against them, so that we can resist their goal to destroy and replace us. Series poster Destroy to Replace: What 21st-Century Resistance Means to American Indians	17October 17, 2018 Feinberg Series: 21st-Century Socialism: Venezuela’s Communes in Historical Perspective Feinberg Series: 21st-Century Socialism: Venezuela’s Communes in Historical Perspective Close October 17, 2018 6:00 pm 21st-Century Socialism: Venezuela’s Communes in Historical Perspective Venezuelan communes are radical experiments in grassroots democracy and economic production that attempt to “concretize utopia.” Atenea Jiménez (Network of Communers, Venezuela) and George Ciccariello-Maher (Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, New York) will examine the communes’ history, achievements, and present challenges. 6:00 pm, Bernie Dallas Room, Goodell Hall, UMass. More info: https://www.umass.edu/history/event/21st-century-socialism-venezuelas-communes-historical-perspective Feinberg Series: 21st-Century Socialism: Venezuela’s Communes in Historical Perspective Less than Human? Perceptions of Immigrants, Refugees, and Muslims Less than Human? Perceptions of Immigrants, Refugees, and Muslims Close October 17, 2018 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Critical Connections and the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding are excited to host professors Emile Bruneau of UPenn and Linda Tropp of UMass for our October event, Less than Human? Perceptions of Immigrants, Refugees, and Muslims. This event will provide Western Mass residents the opportunity to discuss groundbreaking research around dehumanization of immigrants and other minority groups and its policy implications. The event will take place on Wednesday, October 17th from 7:00-9:00 PM at the Jones Library of Amherst, MA. We hope you will consider sending a representative and/or highlighting the event before it occurs. It is free and open to the public, with RSVP. Less than Human? Perceptions of Immigrants, Refugees, and Muslims	18October 18, 2018 Northampton City Council resolution: STOP NORTHEAST PIPELINE EXPANSION! Northampton City Council resolution: STOP NORTHEAST PIPELINE EXPANSION! Close October 18, 2018 7:00 pm A second reading of the Northampton City Council resolution opposing the Columbia Gas pipeline expansion will be held THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, AT 7 PM City Council Chambers (behind City Hall). Public comment at start of meeting. Renewables are Ready! Northampton City Council resolution: STOP NORTHEAST PIPELINE EXPANSION!	19October 19, 2018	20October 20, 2018
21October 21, 2018	22October 22, 2018	23October 23, 2018	24October 24, 2018 The Charlemont Forum: Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative and The Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice The Charlemont Forum: Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative and The Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice Close October 24, 2018 6:45 pm The Charlemont Forum is pleased to invite you to a special presentation by Bryan Stevenson,  Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative and The Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, Alabama, and Author, Just Mercy:  A Story of Justice and Redemption. “The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.  We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated.”  Speaking via Live Stream from EDS@Union (Episcopal Divinity School@Union Seminary), New York, NY.  October 24, 2018, 6:45 PM, at The Academy at Charlemont, 1359 Route 2, Charlemont, MA Admission is free and open to all. For Information call 413 320-7010. The Charlemont Forum: Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative and The Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice	25October 25, 2018	26October 26, 2018	27October 27, 2018 Charlemont Forum: RACE: Facing the Truth, Owning Our Past Charlemont Forum: RACE: Facing the Truth, Owning Our Past Close October 27, 2018 7:00 pm Charlemont Forum: RACE: Facing the Truth, Owning Our Past Silent Auction for NuDay Syria Silent Auction for NuDay Syria Close October 27, 2018 7:00 pm   On behalf of Temple Israel, Greenfield - Hope you can be there: Save the Date! Please join us for a Silent Auction benefiting NuDay Syria, a stellar organization bringing desperately needed supplies to refugee camps within Syria.           Saturday, October 27, 7:00 PM           Temple Israel, 27 Pierce Street, Greenfield Come with a generous heart to buy the fine arts, crafts, and personal services of your friends and neighbors: gift certificates to restaurants & businesses,vacation stays, gift baskets and more. Though the crisis is dire, it will be a Festive evening with wine & hors d' oeurves. RSVP and questions: templesilentauction@gmail.com Silent Auction for NuDay Syria
28October 28, 2018 Professor and author Libby Garland on “LESSONS FROM HISTORY, CONNECTIONS FOR TODAY” Professor and author Libby Garland on “LESSONS FROM HISTORY, CONNECTIONS FOR TODAY” Close October 28, 2018 4:00 pm 2 opportunities to hear Libby Garland on “LESSONS FROM HISTORY, CONNECTIONS FOR TODAY”, based on her book: “AFTER THEY CLOSED THE GATES, JEWISH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES, 1921-1965”. Please join us for either of these events: Sunday October 28th, 4pm, Beit Ahavah, Florence, MA (followed by reception and book signing), or Monday October 29th, 5:30 pm First Church Amherst (followed by monthly community sanctuary potluck with Lucio Perez at 6:30) For many Jews this personal and collective history compels us to stand in solidarity with undocumented immigrants today who face injustice and deportation. For all of us, this piece of history stands out as one of many repeated and on going examples of racialized, restrictionist, discriminatory immigration policies that demand our engagement. Together we have the opportunity to deepen our understanding of what connects our history to our actions today. Professor and author Libby Garland on “LESSONS FROM HISTORY, CONNECTIONS FOR TODAY”	29October 29, 2018 #TheTrialOfTheCentury begins #TheTrialOfTheCentury begins Close October 29, 2018 4:00 pm Invitation from Greening Greenfield: #TheTrialOfTheCentury begins. 21 youth sue Uncle Sam for violating their right to life, liberty, and property and for failing to protect the public trust. October 29—Solidarity in Greenfield 4:00 p.m.—Theater Action on the Commons 4:45 p.m. —Panel—Hawks & Reed—Featuring Bill Newman of the ACLU plus local youth & climate activists Sponsored by Greening Greenfield #TheTrialOfTheCentury begins Professor and author Libby Garland on “LESSONS FROM HISTORY, CONNECTIONS FOR TODAY” Professor and author Libby Garland on “LESSONS FROM HISTORY, CONNECTIONS FOR TODAY” Close October 29, 2018 5:30 pm 2 opportunities to hear Libby Garland on “LESSONS FROM HISTORY, CONNECTIONS FOR TODAY”, based on her book: “AFTER THEY CLOSED THE GATES, JEWISH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES, 1921-1965”. Please join us for either of these events: Sunday October 28th, 4pm, Beit Ahavah, Florence, MA (followed by reception and book signing), or Monday October 29th, 5:30 pm First Church Amherst (followed by monthly community sanctuary potluck with Lucio Perez at 6:30) For many Jews this personal and collective history compels us to stand in solidarity with undocumented immigrants today who face injustice and deportation. For all of us, this piece of history stands out as one of many repeated and on going examples of racialized, restrictionist, discriminatory immigration policies that demand our engagement. Together we have the opportunity to deepen our understanding of what connects our history to our actions today. Professor and author Libby Garland on “LESSONS FROM HISTORY, CONNECTIONS FOR TODAY”	30October 30, 2018	31October 31, 2018	1November 1, 2018 Feinberg Series: Domestic Workers Building Dignity and Power, Past and Present Feinberg Series: Domestic Workers Building Dignity and Power, Past and Present Close November 1, 2018 5:30 pm Domestic Workers Building Dignity and Power, Past and Present Image by Rommy Torrico Domestic workers are organizing on a massive scale to build economies that respect the labor of women of color. This panel of organizers and historians will discuss the goals and challenges facing the domestic workers’ movement. Panelists will explore how the rich history of domestic worker organizing can inform present-day struggles for dignity and respect, and inform the creation of alternative feminist economies that respect the labor of women of color. Panelists: Linda Burnham, Senior Advisor, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Monique Tú Nguyen, Executive Director of the Matahari Women Workers’ Center; and Jennifer Guglielmo, Associate Professor of History at Smith College and Project Co-Director, Putting History in Domestic Workers’ Hands. Moderated by Diana Sierra Becerra, Project Coordinator, Putting History in Domestic Workers’ Hands and Postdoctoral Fellow, Smith College. Event Details Location Information: Goodell Hall is located in the central part of campus, approximately one city block from the UMass Parking Garage (1 Campus Center Way, $1.75/hr). Free parking is available in many staff parking lots after 5:00 pm. More information: bus schedule, campus map with Goodell Hall and nearby parking indicated. Accessibility: Goodell Hall is wheelchair accessible. More information: accessible parking, campus accessibility map. Young People Welcome: Young people of all ages are welcome at this event and all Feinberg Series events. There will be coloring books and crayons available for children. Stipends are available to support transportation for bringing groups of young adults to the event. Contact outreach@history.umass.edu for details. If you need directions or additional assistance to plan your visit, or to request specific accommodations, please contact the History Department's communications assistant, Adeline Broussan, at communications@umass.edu. MORE INFORMATION: https://www.umass.edu/history/event/domestic-workers-building-dignity-and-power-past-and-present Feinberg Series: Domestic Workers Building Dignity and Power, Past and Present	2November 2, 2018	3November 3, 2018

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