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26November 26, 2017	27November 27, 2017	28November 28, 2017	29November 29, 2017 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! Close November 29, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Map Amherst Center ENOUGH? ?IS? ?ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS!   Wednesday? ?Actions? ?to? ?Demand? ?Accountability Beginning November 29, 2017 through January 17, 2018; 12 noon - 1:00 pm   The President and his administration must be held accountable. Their behavior is immoral and illegal, and is destroying America. They do not represent us. Silence allows this to continue. Waiting for others to act is also silence. We? ?will? ?not? ?stay? ?silent!   JOIN? ?US: Beginning on November 29, we will gather each Wednesday at noon in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts (corner of Main and E. Pleasant). We invite everyone to join us - anywhere? ?you? ?are?. Go to the center of your town. Or just step outside your home and office. Bring signs, drums, pots and pans, noisemakers.   We will stand up each Wednesday before the national march planned for January 20th, saying clearly, “Enough is Enough!”   ? Enough corporate control of government! ? Enough racism, sexual abuse of women and bigotry from the highest offices of the land! ? Enough allowing the fossil fuel industry to destroy the environment and indigenous rights! ? Enough warmongering and nuclear proliferation!   AND:   ? We stand for respect, safety and opportunity for all people! ? We stand for moral leadership in all branches of government! ? We stand for a government that protects our environment! ? We stand for the rule of law and a politics of love!   REGISTER? ?AND? ?POST? ?YOUR? ?PICTURES.?   Anywhere you are, whether you are one...or many, share a picture of yourself: https://www.facebook.com/events/1868492320128154/   #EnoughIsEnoughWednesdays   It’s time to stand up. Joining together we will send a powerful message.   We will not stay silent. Enough? ?is? ?Enough!   ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS!	30November 30, 2017	1December 1, 2017	2December 2, 2017 Eliminate ALL Nuclear Weapons: Public Workshop Eliminate ALL Nuclear Weapons: Public Workshop Close December 2, 2017 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Eliminate ALL Nuclear Weapons from North Korea, USA, etc. forever   There is a solution!   There’s a new U.N. TREATY that bans Nuclear Weapons. Its creators won the 2017 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.   WE THE PEOPLE are pressuring U.S. corporations, banks, and local governments to comply with the new Treaty law.   The world needs to see a powerful movement of US citizens to build momentum toward total global abolition of WMDs.   FREE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS:   Saturday, December 2, 2017, 10:00am - 12:30pm Friends Meeting House, 43 Center Street, Northampton MA   ...or...   Tuesday, December 5, 2017, 4:00pm - 6:30pm 145 Integrated Science Building (ISB), UMass Amherst   www.NuclearBan.US Eliminate ALL Nuclear Weapons: Public Workshop RACE & RELIGION With Tim Bullock, Abrah Dresdale, Gloria Matlock, Asima Silva, & Ted Todd RACE & RELIGION With Tim Bullock, Abrah Dresdale, Gloria Matlock, Asima Silva, & Ted Todd Close December 2, 2017 10:15 am – 12:15 pm Map 1st Congregational Church of Greenfield On Saturday December 2, 2017, 10:15 a.m. — 12:15 p.m. Doors open at 9:45 a.m. First CongregationalChurch, 43 Silver Street, Greenfield MA. Racial Justice Rising presents a panel discussion on Race and Religion, followed by a Q&A. Light refreshments will be available. The program is free and donations are most welcome. The panel: Tim Bullock came to the New England Peace Pagoda in 1998, when he joined a year-long walk retracing the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The walk, interfaith in intent and spiritual in its manifestation, inspired Tim’s commitment to building unity and finding mutual understanding through our commonality. Abrah Dresdale’s work includes food justice, Jewish earth-based traditions, restorative justice, anti- oppression, and eliminating racism. An educator, community facilitator, and consultant, she teaches in UMass’s Sustainable Food and Farming program. www.abrahdresdale.com Gloria Matlock grew up in the Black Church and is descended from one of the founders of the Black AME Church. Asima Silva, a social justice, outreach, and interfaith activist, is a member of the American Muslim Democratic Caucus and a software engineer and Master Inventor at IBM. She cofounded EnjoinGood.org to follow her passion for building bridges of understanding and appreciation between communities of faith. Former Episcopal priest Ted Todd is a Buddhist practitioner who lives in an intentional community based on Rudolf Steiner’s teachings, where he lives and works with adults with developmental disabilities and special needs. Ted will share thoughts about how racism manifests in spiritual spaces. Childcare is available — RSVP with number & ages of children: email@racialjusticerising.org For more information or to reserve childcare: email@racialjusticerising.org or www.racialjusticerising.org Supported in part by the following Local Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency: Amherst, Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont- Hawley, Conway, Deerfield, Gill, Greenfield, Hadley, Leverett, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Pelham, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Wendell RACE & RELIGION With Tim Bullock, Abrah Dresdale, Gloria Matlock, Asima Silva, & Ted Todd RACE & RELIGION With Tim Bullock, Abrah Dresdale, Gloria Matlock, Asima Silva, & Ted Todd
3December 3, 2017	4December 4, 2017	5December 5, 2017 Eliminate ALL Nuclear Weapons: Public Workshop Eliminate ALL Nuclear Weapons: Public Workshop Close December 5, 2017 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm Eliminate ALL Nuclear Weapons from North Korea, USA, etc. forever   There is a solution!   There’s a new U.N. TREATY that bans Nuclear Weapons. Its creators won the 2017 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.   WE THE PEOPLE are pressuring U.S. corporations, banks, and local governments to comply with the new Treaty law.   The world needs to see a powerful movement of US citizens to build momentum toward total global abolition of WMDs.   FREE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS:   Saturday, December 2, 2017, 10:00am - 12:30pm Friends Meeting House, 43 Center Street, Northampton MA   ...or...   Tuesday, December 5, 2017, 4:00pm - 6:30pm 145 Integrated Science Building (ISB), UMass Amherst   www.NuclearBan.US Eliminate ALL Nuclear Weapons: Public Workshop Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock - December 5 at 6 PM, Athol Public Library Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock - December 5 at 6 PM, Athol Public Library Close December 5, 2017 6:00 pm Map Athol Public Library The film tells the dramatic story of the historic #NODAPL native-led peaceful resistance at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. Tens of thousands of activists traveled to North Dakota from all over the world to take a stand alongside the 'water protectors' -- activists opposing construction of the 3.7 billion dollar Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The pipeline transports fracked oil from North Dakota's Bakken oil fields directly underneath the Missouri River on sovereign Lakota land, the only water source for the Standing Rock reservation and the drinking water source for 17 million Americans downstream. The drama continues. Just now, on November 16, TransCanada’s Keystone 1 pipeline leaked 210,000 gallons of oil, gushing the equivalent of ten backyard swimming pools of toxic tar sand oil onto the grassy plains of South Dakota – just miles from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate reservation. And a coalition of Indigenous peoples, farmers and ranchers along the Keystone XL route continues to fight the proposed expansion of this pipeline. Moderated discussion to follow, led by Leigh Youngblood and Rhonda Anderson. Leigh Youngblood lives in Warwick and, as executive director of Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust, she stood, sat, and walked with other landowners to defend land from eminent domain takings for a fossil fuel project. Rhonda Anderson is a federally recognized and enrolled Inupiaq-Athabaskan. Born in Alaska, Anderson has lived in New England most of her life and is a trained herbalist and silversmith. Anderson has been to Standing Rock and continues to tell the story of and support the Water Is Life movement. Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock - December 5 at 6 PM, Athol Public Library Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock - December 5 at 6 PM, Athol Public Library Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock - December 5 at 6 PM, Athol Public Library Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock - December 5 at 6 PM, Athol Public Library Close December 5, 2017 6:00 pm Map Athol Public Library The film tells the dramatic story of the historic #NODAPL native-led peaceful resistance at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. Tens of thousands of activists traveled to North Dakota from all over the world to take a stand alongside the 'water protectors' -- activists opposing construction of the 3.7 billion dollar Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The pipeline transports fracked oil from North Dakota's Bakken oil fields directly underneath the Missouri River on sovereign Lakota land, the only water source for the Standing Rock reservation and the drinking water source for 17 million Americans downstream. The drama continues. Just now, on November 16, TransCanada’s Keystone 1 pipeline leaked 210,000 gallons of oil, gushing the equivalent of ten backyard swimming pools of toxic tar sand oil onto the grassy plains of South Dakota – just miles from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate reservation. And a coalition of Indigenous peoples, farmers and ranchers along the Keystone XL route continues to fight the proposed expansion of this pipeline. Moderated discussion to follow, led by Leigh Youngblood and Rhonda Anderson. Leigh Youngblood lives in Warwick and, as executive director of Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust, she stood, sat, and walked with other landowners to defend land from eminent domain takings for a fossil fuel project. Rhonda Anderson is a federally recognized and enrolled Inupiaq-Athabaskan. Born in Alaska, Anderson has lived in New England most of her life and is a trained herbalist and silversmith. Anderson has been to Standing Rock and continues to tell the story of and support the Water Is Life movement. Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock - December 5 at 6 PM, Athol Public Library Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock - December 5 at 6 PM, Athol Public Library Talking Across the Political Divide Talking Across the Political Divide Close December 5, 2017 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Map Bangs Community Center The Project for Amhest Area Civil Conversation (PAACC) Presents: Talking Across the Political Divide: A Conversation Between Former Democratic State Rep. Ellen Story and Current Republican State Rep. Todd Smola Moderated by Dr. Steve Brown, PAACC Organizer and Local Psychologist Date:   Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Time:   7:00 – 8:30 PM Location:   Bangs Community Center, Amherst, MA, Room 101 Political discourse in America is increasingly polarized. It’s getting harder to have civil conversations with people who have differences in their political views.  People find that both social and work relationships are fractured by the inability to talk across the political divide – and people of divergent political views doubt the ability of our elected officials to work together and find common ground. PAACC has been exploring a variety of methods and skills for advancing civil conversations between people with political differences. Among these have been skills that support conducting one-on-one interviews and facilitating group dialogue. Can we learn something about bridging from our elected officials? Modeled after the NPR program “On Being” and their Civil Conversations Project, this event is a moderated conversation between two elected officials.  It will explore their experiences, processes, and methods for bridging differences and accomplishing the work of government. Questions?  Linda Terry (lterry@mail.sdsu.edu)     Gail Perlman (gperlman@comcast.net) PAACC Steering Committee:  Norma Akamatsu -  Steve Brown - Paula Green – Ruth Henderson – Gail Perlman – Linda Terry Talking Across the Political Divide	6December 6, 2017 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! Close December 6, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Map Amherst Center ENOUGH? ?IS? ?ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS!   Wednesday? ?Actions? ?to? ?Demand? ?Accountability Beginning November 29, 2017 through January 17, 2018; 12 noon - 1:00 pm   The President and his administration must be held accountable. Their behavior is immoral and illegal, and is destroying America. They do not represent us. Silence allows this to continue. Waiting for others to act is also silence. We? ?will? ?not? ?stay? ?silent!   JOIN? ?US: Beginning on November 29, we will gather each Wednesday at noon in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts (corner of Main and E. Pleasant). We invite everyone to join us - anywhere? ?you? ?are?. Go to the center of your town. Or just step outside your home and office. Bring signs, drums, pots and pans, noisemakers.   We will stand up each Wednesday before the national march planned for January 20th, saying clearly, “Enough is Enough!”   ? Enough corporate control of government! ? Enough racism, sexual abuse of women and bigotry from the highest offices of the land! ? Enough allowing the fossil fuel industry to destroy the environment and indigenous rights! ? Enough warmongering and nuclear proliferation!   AND:   ? We stand for respect, safety and opportunity for all people! ? We stand for moral leadership in all branches of government! ? We stand for a government that protects our environment! ? We stand for the rule of law and a politics of love!   REGISTER? ?AND? ?POST? ?YOUR? ?PICTURES.?   Anywhere you are, whether you are one...or many, share a picture of yourself: https://www.facebook.com/events/1868492320128154/   #EnoughIsEnoughWednesdays   It’s time to stand up. Joining together we will send a powerful message.   We will not stay silent. Enough? ?is? ?Enough!   ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS!	7December 7, 2017	8December 8, 2017	9December 9, 2017
10December 10, 2017	11December 11, 2017 Hands Across the Hills - Reflections Hands Across the Hills - Reflections Close December 11, 2017 7:00 pm Map Mount Toby Friends REFLECTIONS What We Learned from our Weekend with our Kentucky Guests Monday, December 11, 7 pm Mt. Toby Friends Meeting House 194 Long Plain Rd (Rt. 63) Leverett FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC The Bridging Committee of the Leverett Alliance hosted 11 folks from Letcher County KY the weekend of Oct 27-30, all participating in dialogues, meeting the public at a community forum, contra dancing and shape-note singing. The success of the weekend in bridging two very different communities was exhilarating. Come hear members of the Bridging Committee speak about their experience. • What were the closed dialogues (6 hours altogether) like? • What thoughts went into the overall weekend design? • What did we learn about the Kentuckians and ourselves? • What kinds of shifts and insights took place? • How did we manage hot-button political issues? • Where does this bridging endeavor go from here? • Answers to your questions . . . and more Hands Across the Hills - Reflections	12December 12, 2017	13December 13, 2017 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! Close December 13, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Map Amherst Center ENOUGH? ?IS? ?ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS!   Wednesday? ?Actions? ?to? ?Demand? ?Accountability Beginning November 29, 2017 through January 17, 2018; 12 noon - 1:00 pm   The President and his administration must be held accountable. Their behavior is immoral and illegal, and is destroying America. They do not represent us. Silence allows this to continue. Waiting for others to act is also silence. We? ?will? ?not? ?stay? ?silent!   JOIN? ?US: Beginning on November 29, we will gather each Wednesday at noon in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts (corner of Main and E. Pleasant). We invite everyone to join us - anywhere? ?you? ?are?. Go to the center of your town. Or just step outside your home and office. Bring signs, drums, pots and pans, noisemakers.   We will stand up each Wednesday before the national march planned for January 20th, saying clearly, “Enough is Enough!”   ? Enough corporate control of government! ? Enough racism, sexual abuse of women and bigotry from the highest offices of the land! ? Enough allowing the fossil fuel industry to destroy the environment and indigenous rights! ? Enough warmongering and nuclear proliferation!   AND:   ? We stand for respect, safety and opportunity for all people! ? We stand for moral leadership in all branches of government! ? We stand for a government that protects our environment! ? We stand for the rule of law and a politics of love!   REGISTER? ?AND? ?POST? ?YOUR? ?PICTURES.?   Anywhere you are, whether you are one...or many, share a picture of yourself: https://www.facebook.com/events/1868492320128154/   #EnoughIsEnoughWednesdays   It’s time to stand up. Joining together we will send a powerful message.   We will not stay silent. Enough? ?is? ?Enough!   ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS!	14December 14, 2017	15December 15, 2017	16December 16, 2017
17December 17, 2017	18December 18, 2017	19December 19, 2017	20December 20, 2017 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! Close December 20, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Map Amherst Center ENOUGH? ?IS? ?ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS!   Wednesday? ?Actions? ?to? ?Demand? ?Accountability Beginning November 29, 2017 through January 17, 2018; 12 noon - 1:00 pm   The President and his administration must be held accountable. Their behavior is immoral and illegal, and is destroying America. They do not represent us. Silence allows this to continue. Waiting for others to act is also silence. We? ?will? ?not? ?stay? ?silent!   JOIN? ?US: Beginning on November 29, we will gather each Wednesday at noon in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts (corner of Main and E. Pleasant). We invite everyone to join us - anywhere? ?you? ?are?. Go to the center of your town. Or just step outside your home and office. Bring signs, drums, pots and pans, noisemakers.   We will stand up each Wednesday before the national march planned for January 20th, saying clearly, “Enough is Enough!”   ? Enough corporate control of government! ? Enough racism, sexual abuse of women and bigotry from the highest offices of the land! ? Enough allowing the fossil fuel industry to destroy the environment and indigenous rights! ? Enough warmongering and nuclear proliferation!   AND:   ? We stand for respect, safety and opportunity for all people! ? We stand for moral leadership in all branches of government! ? We stand for a government that protects our environment! ? We stand for the rule of law and a politics of love!   REGISTER? ?AND? ?POST? ?YOUR? ?PICTURES.?   Anywhere you are, whether you are one...or many, share a picture of yourself: https://www.facebook.com/events/1868492320128154/   #EnoughIsEnoughWednesdays   It’s time to stand up. Joining together we will send a powerful message.   We will not stay silent. Enough? ?is? ?Enough!   ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS!	21December 21, 2017	22December 22, 2017	23December 23, 2017
24December 24, 2017	25December 25, 2017	26December 26, 2017	27December 27, 2017 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! Close December 27, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Map Amherst Center ENOUGH? ?IS? ?ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS!   Wednesday? ?Actions? ?to? ?Demand? ?Accountability Beginning November 29, 2017 through January 17, 2018; 12 noon - 1:00 pm   The President and his administration must be held accountable. Their behavior is immoral and illegal, and is destroying America. They do not represent us. Silence allows this to continue. Waiting for others to act is also silence. We? ?will? ?not? ?stay? ?silent!   JOIN? ?US: Beginning on November 29, we will gather each Wednesday at noon in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts (corner of Main and E. Pleasant). We invite everyone to join us - anywhere? ?you? ?are?. Go to the center of your town. Or just step outside your home and office. Bring signs, drums, pots and pans, noisemakers.   We will stand up each Wednesday before the national march planned for January 20th, saying clearly, “Enough is Enough!”   ? Enough corporate control of government! ? Enough racism, sexual abuse of women and bigotry from the highest offices of the land! ? Enough allowing the fossil fuel industry to destroy the environment and indigenous rights! ? Enough warmongering and nuclear proliferation!   AND:   ? We stand for respect, safety and opportunity for all people! ? We stand for moral leadership in all branches of government! ? We stand for a government that protects our environment! ? We stand for the rule of law and a politics of love!   REGISTER? ?AND? ?POST? ?YOUR? ?PICTURES.?   Anywhere you are, whether you are one...or many, share a picture of yourself: https://www.facebook.com/events/1868492320128154/   #EnoughIsEnoughWednesdays   It’s time to stand up. Joining together we will send a powerful message.   We will not stay silent. Enough? ?is? ?Enough!   ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS!	28December 28, 2017	29December 29, 2017	30December 30, 2017
31December 31, 2017	1January 1, 2018	2January 2, 2018	3January 3, 2018 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! Close January 3, 2018 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Map Amherst Center ENOUGH? ?IS? ?ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS!   Wednesday? ?Actions? ?to? ?Demand? ?Accountability Beginning November 29, 2017 through January 17, 2018; 12 noon - 1:00 pm   The President and his administration must be held accountable. Their behavior is immoral and illegal, and is destroying America. They do not represent us. Silence allows this to continue. Waiting for others to act is also silence. We? ?will? ?not? ?stay? ?silent!   JOIN? ?US: Beginning on November 29, we will gather each Wednesday at noon in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts (corner of Main and E. Pleasant). We invite everyone to join us - anywhere? ?you? ?are?. Go to the center of your town. Or just step outside your home and office. Bring signs, drums, pots and pans, noisemakers.   We will stand up each Wednesday before the national march planned for January 20th, saying clearly, “Enough is Enough!”   ? Enough corporate control of government! ? Enough racism, sexual abuse of women and bigotry from the highest offices of the land! ? Enough allowing the fossil fuel industry to destroy the environment and indigenous rights! ? Enough warmongering and nuclear proliferation!   AND:   ? We stand for respect, safety and opportunity for all people! ? We stand for moral leadership in all branches of government! ? We stand for a government that protects our environment! ? We stand for the rule of law and a politics of love!   REGISTER? ?AND? ?POST? ?YOUR? ?PICTURES.?   Anywhere you are, whether you are one...or many, share a picture of yourself: https://www.facebook.com/events/1868492320128154/   #EnoughIsEnoughWednesdays   It’s time to stand up. Joining together we will send a powerful message.   We will not stay silent. Enough? ?is? ?Enough!   ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WEDNESDAYS!	4January 4, 2018	5January 5, 2018	6January 6, 2018 Dilalogue Across Generations Dilalogue Across Generations Close January 6, 2018 N/A Map Northampton Quaker Meeting Two local activists who are fifty years apart in age have teamed up to create a rare opportunity for people of all ages to dialogue and build understanding on Saturday January 6th. The dialogue, called "Connecting Ages, Changing Ageism" will be held 10 am to 3:30 pm at the Northampton Quaker Meetinghouse, 43 Center Street, and is sponsored by Traprock Center for Peace and Justice. It is offered at no cost, made possible by the Markam-Nathan Fund for Social Justice. According to the organizers, Larkin Christie and Sarah PIrtle, this dialogue conference is based on the idea that every age has something to teach and something to learn. Pirtle and Christie work together at Journey Camp, which is now in its 25th year in the Valley and is a place where ages share leadership.They explain, “We want to nurture a generative relationship that fosters mutual respect and support. Ageism is one of the spokes in the wheel of oppression that often isn't spoken about." Larkin Christie received a Peacemakers Award from Traprock and the Interfaith Council of Franklin County. Larkin is one of the founders of Youth Rise Together and an intern at the Resistance Center. Larkin offers these questions, “What do you want to share with someone of a different age engaged in progressive work? What do you want to ask? How do you wish people of other ages acted towards you and how is that different from how they do? Sarah Pirtle, who directs the Common Threads Program for Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, comments, “We have structured conversations in three ways. At the start, similar ages will convene, then small groups diverse by age will meet, and in the afternoon there will be a choice of four dialogue topics offered." Pirtle participates in the "Hand Across the Hills" dialogue between Leverett and Letcher County, Kentucky. Pirtle wrote, “Keepers of the Fire: Dialogue to Change Sexism and Foster Gender Reconciliation” which can be read or downloaded free online at traprock.org. Topics planned for afternoon sessions include: “Gender and Age,” “Everyday Interactions,”  “Generations addressing Sexism and Patriarchy," and “Racism, Ageism, and Intersectionality.” Registration is suggested at traprock.org, but people can also arrive the day of the conference, bringing their own lunch. All ages can attend, however, any families needing child care are required to register by Dec. 29th on the website. Dilalogue Across Generations 13TH: Screening & Discussion 13TH: Screening & Discussion Close January 6, 2018 10:15 am – 12:15 pm Map 1st Congregational Church of Greenfield Join Racial Justice Rising for a FREE screening of 13TH  on Saturday, January 6th at 10:15am Any cancellations due to weather will be announced on WHAI radio, 98.3 fm. AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE UNITED STATES’ PRISON SYSTEM AND HOW IT REVEALS THE NATION'S HISTORY OF RACISM FREE SCREENING - donations always welcome Saturday, January 6, 2018 10:15 a.m.— 12:15 p.m. Doors open at 9:45  First Congregational Church  43 Silver Street, Greenfield MA Childcare available—please RSVP with ages and number of childre  For more info or to reserve childcare: email@racialjusticerising.org or www.racialjusticerising.org   Join Racial Justice Rising for a screening of Ava DuVernay's in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality. The film will be followed by facilitated discussion. Saturday, January 6, 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Doors open at 9:45 FREE - donations always welcome. Any cancellations due to weather will be announced on WHAI radio, 98.3 fm. Childcare available—please RSVP with ages and number of children. For more info or to reserve childcare: email@racialjusticerising.orgor www.racialjusticerising.org The film's title refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States.” The progression from that second qualifying clause to the horrors of mass criminalization and the sprawling American prison industry is laid out by DuVernay with bracing lucidity. With a potent mixture of archival footage and testimony from a dazzling array of activists, politicians, historians, and formerly incarcerated women and men, DuVernay creates a work of grand historical synthesis. 13TH: Screening & Discussion 13TH: Screening & Discussion

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