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2:00pm Kingston: Talk on the 19th century activist Matilda Joslyn Gage 
Category : General / Misc
Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner, a well known lecturer on women's rights, will discuss the life of Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826-1898).
From the organizers: "Although she was considered as important as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (they were called the 'triumvirate of the movement'), Gage has been all but forgotten by history."
Wagner, an authority on Gage, details how the historical figure offered her Fayetteville, N.Y., home as a station on the Underground Railroad, was adopted into the Wolf Clan of the Mohawk Nation, edited a newspaper, encouraged her son-in-law, L. Frank Baum, to write his "Oz" stories, offered...
2:30pm Beacon: Two speakers report back from Copenhagen Climate Summit
Category : Environment
"Report Back From Copenhagen: What Was Accomplished, What Can We Do Now?"
The speakers:
Professor Richard Ottinger, Dean Emeritus of Pace University School of Law, who attended the Dec. 7-18 UN climate conference as a delegate of the International Union for Conservation of Nature
Rev. Paul Mayer, a long time activist who co-founded and serves on the board of the Climate Crisis Coalition
Cost: Free.
Location:
Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries
199 Main St
Beacon, NY 12508
Map and directions:
4:00pm Poughkeepsie: Lecture on "My Life in Immigrant America: Stories of Young Latina Women"
Category : General / Misc
Joanna and Gabriella tell the stories of their families coming to New York, and their "... crusade to create a more just world."
Cost: Free
Location:
Auditorium
Blodgett Hall (Northeast campus)
Vassar College
124 Raymond Ave
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
(Take Collegeview Ave off Raymond Ave, just west of campus. At end of Collegeview, turn right into the campus' North Gate. Take immediate left and drive to parking lot. Blodgett Hall will be to the right.)
Map and directions to campus:
vassar.edu...
Campus map:
vassar.edu...
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6:00pm New Paltz: Ralph Nader at rally for Jonathan Tasini for Senate
Category : Politics
Well known consumer advocate and sometimes presidential candidate Ralph Nader appears in this small town, lending his support to Democrat Jonathan Tasini. Tasini is running against incumbent Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary in 2010.
Jonathan Tasini holds views popular with students at SUNY New Paltz, where campus organizations advocate for higher education, campaign finance reform, and the legalization of marijuana.
Cost: Suggested donation $5 or $10.
Location:
Oasis
58 Main St
New Paltz, NY 12561
Map and directions:
7:00pm White Plains: 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...
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