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12:00pm - 1:00pm Chatham: Peace vigil 
Category : Peace / War
A weekly Saturday vigil to protest the wars the U.S. is waging against Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The group also wants the Bush Administration to be prosecuted for war crimes.
From the organizers: "We advocate non-violent solutions to the world's problems and support human rights everywhere."
Location:
Chatham Green (next to the railroad station)
5 Depot Square
Chatham, NY 12307
Map and directions:
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Contact: 518 766-2992, or via the email address below.
Sponsored by: The Chatham Peace Initiative
12:00pm - 1:00pm Saratoga Springs: Peace vigil
Category : Peace / War
A peace vigil every Saturday in front of the Post Office.
From the organizer: "Please keep the crosswalks clear and be the peace you want in the world. Many among us will be making signs with positive messages reflecting our hopes or our concerns for the future. Our goal is to: Support the United Nations in promoting peace; Encourage people to consider effective alternatives to war; Empower people to express their views to their elected officials."
Location:
outside the Post Office
Broadway and Church Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Map and directions:
12:00pm - 2:00pm Wappingers Falls: Weekly peace and climate change vigil
Category : General / Misc
A long standing peace vigil, now with a climate change aspect, happening every Saturday. Pete Seeger attends when he can.
Organizer's statement: "There is no Planet B, but a better world is possible."
Location:
On the grassy knoll
Intersection of Routes 9 & 9D
(near the South Hills Mall, at the "West Main St" sign)
Wappingers Falls, NY 12601
Map and directions:
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Contact: 845 632-1552, or via the email address below.
12:30pm - 1:30pm New Paltz: Women in Black peace vigil
Category : Peace / War
A peace vigil occurring every Saturday.
From the organizers: "Women in Black has been standing for an end to war and violence in all its forms for over 8 years. We wear black in resistance and mourning for all the senseless killing. We are also calling for a progressive agenda that provides green jobs, universal health care, and in general, policies that benefit the people and not special interests. We are silent for the last ten minutes. Please join us."
Men are welcome to the vigil.
Location:
In front of the Elting Library
Corner of Main St and North Front Street
New Paltz, NY 12561
Map and directions:
7:00pm Mount Kisco: Documentary - "The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream"
Category : General / Misc
"The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream" (2004, 78 min, dir. Gregory Greene, endofsuburbia.com... )
A documentary about the lack of sustainability of the American suburbs and general way-of-life, and the implications as oil becomes increasingly scarce.
"We're literally stuck up a cul-de-sac, in a cement SUV without a fill-up." --James Howard Kunstler
From the film's web site: "The consequences of inaction in the face of global crisis are enormous. What does Peak Oil mean for North America? As energy prices skyrocket in...
7:00pm - 9:30pm NYC: Black History commemoration with panel on "The Myth of a Post-Racial Society"
Category : Race Issues
Throughout Barack Obama's campaign for president, social commentators promoted the idea that the U.S. had become colorblind by embracing his candidacy. The organizers suggest that there is "... some question whether colorblindness and race neutrality are achievable, or even desirable, goals in this country."
Panelists will tackle how today's supposed "post-racial" society measures up to the reality of poor and working people's lives, 60 years after the Black civil rights movement. Scheduled to speak are Norma Abdulah, a retired school teacher and longtime Harlem civil rights leader; Kenyon Farrow, from Queers for Economic...
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