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9:00am - 1:30pm New Paltz: Workshop / expo to help municipalities reduce energy usage 
Category : Energy
"Keeping PACE with Energy Options for Municipalities: Helping municipalities reduce energy usage, emissions, and costs" (PACE stands for "Property-Assessed Clean Energy")
Presentations, a short video, panel discussions with Q&A, and a vendor show primarily aimed at municipal officials and the environmental advisers and advocates who work with them. Experts will provide an overview of energy conservation and alternative energy initiatives and funding strategies. Will feature several opportunities for financing energy efficiency and renewables for home, municipal buildings and businesses. There will also be Green Job / Green NY...
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:
maps.google.com...
Contact: 518 766-2992, or via the email address below.
Sponsored by: The Chatham Peace Initiative
12:00pm - 2:00pm New Paltz: Demonstration for marriage equality
Category : Gender / Sexuality
"Unhappy Anniversary: New Paltz Marriage Equality Demonstration"
This is the site of historic 2004 weddings by Mayor Jason West. It is located on Plattekill Avenue in New Paltz, adjacent to the Village Hall.
A commemoration of the 6th anniversary of the 2004 weddings, famously held by then-Mayor Jason West, and to peacefully protest New York State's rejection of same-sex marriage rights.
There will be brief speeches by Jason West; Jeff Baltes, Board Member of the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center; a representative from Marriage Equality New York; and a representative from the office of Senator Tom Duane, the sponsor of the...
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:
maps.google.com...
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:
3:00pm - 9:00pm Woodstock: Concert and speakers to benefit Haiti
Category : General / Misc
"Benefit For The People of Haiti"
A large array of singers, musicians, and speakers will raise funds for two groups: The Haitian People's Support Project, which sponsors orphanages with over 400 children in Haiti; and Partners in Health, which has worked in Haiti for over 20 years, supplying mobile health clinics, nurses, doctors and community health workers.
Those who cannot attend the event may donate at haitiansupportproject.org... or mail a check made out to Haitian Peoples Support Project, PO Box 496, Woodstock, NY 12498.
Cost: $7 suggested donation.
Location:
Dutch...
7:30pm Albany: Documentary on universal health care in Cuba and the world - "Salud!"
Category : Health / Care
"Salud!" (2006, dir Connie Field, 93 mins, SaludTheFilm.net... )
Against the backdrop of the deteriorating public health systems in even the richest nations, "Salud!" tells the little-known story of how Cuba, a poor country with few resources, provides universal health care to its citizens and helps other developing nations do the same. The film travels with some of the 28,000 Cuban health professionals who serve in 68 countries, and explored the hearts and minds of international medical students in Cuba are explored. These students now number 30,000, including nearly 100 from...
8:00pm Catskill: Benefit performances for community-based local WGXC radio
Category : Media
Performance art and music benefiting WGXC's fundraising efforts to launch its community-oriented FM signal for Greene and Columbia counties.
Featuring performance / mixing by The Magic Stranger, Tony Fletcher, DJ Jean Deux, The NRG People/Male Room, DJ Sam, DJ Dizzy, and others.
There will be projections, lights, and "other surprises." The event will be an opportunity to become a WGXC Founding Member, buy a WGXC T-shirt, or purchase donated artwork from local artists.
About the project: WGXC received a 3,300-watt non-commercial license from the FCC to start a community radio station, covering most of Greene and...
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