May 1 – May Day – International Workers Holiday

May 1 – May Day March for Immigrant Rights

• Cleveland noon meet at Market Square Info Don Bryant 216 772-6788
• Pittsburgh 5pm, Wednesday May 1–Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers Hall, 10 s 19th St., Pittsburgh, PA 6pm—March to IBEW Local 5 Hall, 5 Hot Metal St, Pittsburgh PA  http://fightbackpittsburgh.org FB event page

May 1 –  Erie Crawford Central Labor Council Candidates Forum 7:30pm USW 3199 Hall 703 French St., Erie, PA

May 2 – Greater Erie Awards Night: Reconsidering John Nolen Masonic Temple Ballroom, 32 West 8th Street, Erie.Greater Erie Awards Night is being held in celebration of National Historic Preservation Month.To learn more about Preservation Erie, visit www.preservationerie.org.To learn more about Preservation Erie, visit www.preservationerie.org. Some of the work of Civitas can be found at www.JohnNolenProject.com.

May 2 STUCK Tour Cleveland Cedar Lee Theatre Documentary presentation about international adoption from the Both Ends Burning Campaign.

May 3 – STUCK Tour in Pittsburgh Southside Works Cinema

My 4 -   Erie to sponsor 1 day electronics collection Also tire recycling

May 4 PSU Behrend Trash to Treasures Sale 7:30am-noon. Benefits United Way, keeps end-of-school- year discards out of the landfill!

May 7-8 –Destination Erie: A Regional Vision “Join conversation in Girard, Erie, Harborcreek, Waterford… Destination Erie is working together with citizens throughout Erie County to build a more sustainable region by creating a plan to meet the economic, social and environmental challenges of the 21st Century.

May 8 – Julian Bond speaks at Law Day luncheon

May 10 – David Francey at Fredonia Opera House.

May 11 – Erie Bluffs Hike

May 11 -12 – No Drones Niagara Mothers Day Weekend events:

• May 11 – Educational event at Hallwalls Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY. “Join us for an educational event featuring speaker Ed Kinane, as well as a panel of local civil resisters”. A short bio of Ed can be found here: http://vcnv.org/speaker-bio/ed-kinane
• May 12 – No Drones Niagara at Niagara Falls Air Base 2720 Kirkbridge Dr., Niagara Falls, NY 1PM “We will be protesting at the gate of the base against drone program which has already cost the lives of so many innocent mothers and children. If you are able to give a ride, or need a ride, from Buffalo to Niagara Falls, we’ll be meeting at noon on the 12th in the Park and Ride lot of University Station next to UB’s South Campus. Driving directions from there to the base can be found here: http://goo.gl/maps/kWBmh No Drones Niagara is a grassroots organization in Buffalo, NY working to prevent the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station from adding a drone operation. Part of the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars”. Visit nodronesniagara.org

May 12 – Click here for antiwar origins of Mothers Day

May 15-16 Buffalo Juneteenth Celebration

May 16 – Erie County Democratic Party Candidates Night Party 6-9PM. Dem HQ 1305 State, Erie PA  Free admission. All welcome! Refreshments provided. This is your opportunity to be informed of the issues important to all of us to hear from the candidates directly. Sponsored by the Erie County Democratic Party http://www.eriedems.com/node/2201

May 16 – Erie County Executive Candidates Debate WQLN-TV 8pm, repeats on WQLN-FM (radio) at Sat 7am and Sun 4pm.

May 18 – Bike Around the Bay Sponsored by Environment Erie.  Join hundreds of tri-state bicyclists on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at the Intermodel Transportation Center on the Bayfront Parkway. Bike 10 Miles – Town Tour, especially designed for families and less experienced riders; 30 Miles – Bay Tour, for casual riders or 50 Miles – Endurance Tour, for seasoned riders. All riders bike along Presque Isle Bay and Lake Erie. Cost: Individuals are $20.00, families are $40.00. Group rates available: scouts, churches, youth groups, etc. Support Environment Erie, the non-profit youth environmental education program.

May 18 – Hands-On Jamestown 8am-noon Comprehensive community wide clean-up. Mulshing, weeding, reaking, planting.

May 25 – March Against Monsanto

• Buffalo – Niagara Square 2pm
• Erie – nothing planned yet.

May 31-Jun 2 – Allegany Nature Pilgrimage “Arrive at the pilgrimage and you are instantly part of a community; there is a sense of family.  Each nature enthusiast is eager to explore the forests, fields, lakes, and streams, to share knowledge, to embrace learning, to celebrate this incredible planet, and to soak up the salve that nature is to the soul.  Old friends re-unite; new friends are made.”

Jun 1 – Rally for Bradley Manning at Fort Meade (Maryland) Some folks driving from Erie to participate.

Jun 14 – Sheryl Crow @ WYRK 2013 Taste of Country – Buffalo, NY

Jun 17-19 – Games for Change Festival NYC. Last year sold out so register early if you plan on attending. You can also watch it online.

Jun 20-23 – Netroots

NEWS & VARIOUS

GE & UE 506

• Mark Haller’s photo set of UE 506 Impact rally AFL CIO CLC
• UE 506 photos of Rally
• UE 506 Begins talks with GE
• Petition: Keep it Made in Erie! Tell GE to Stop the Destruction of 1,000 Jobs!
• UE 506 Impact rally video

HEALTH CARE

• Pennsylvania Health Access Network (PHAN) statewide action (photos)
• Report: PA stands to gain $5 billion  Pennsylvania would realize an economic boost of $5 billion if Gov. Corbett approves expansion of Medicaid, a new report by the Pennsylvania Economy League found.

LGBT

• Philadelphia City Council passes landmark bill for LGBT benefits
• WJET/WFXP coverage of Marriage Equality rally at Gov Corbett’s Erie office.

ANTI-FRACKING PROTEST AT DEP OFFICE IN MEADVILLE

Special thanks to Scott Hrsina for collecting most of these links to local and area coverage of the event

• Erie Times-News
• WICU/WSEE (12/35) Erie TV News
• WJET/WFXP 66 (YourErie.com)
• Protesters Voice Their Concerns to DEP About Fracking (full text)
• Meadville Tribune 
• Marcellus Outreach Butler (FB photo album)
• ·         Photo of march–Erie newspaper: and/or here
• ·        Erie Times-News write-up

UPSTATE NY PEACE CONVERGENCE

• Very good coverage of Sunday’s anti-drone events at Hancock AFB at Syracuse Peace Council Facebook page and http://www.peacecouncil.net/
• 30 arrested at drone base outside Syracuse April 28

VARIOUS

• Union Trades Memorial Day 2013 Suzanne Boone’s photoset
• Gov Tom Corbett Protest at Erie Co GOP Dinner Mark Haller’s Photos
• Crawford County Tires to Energy plant under construction
• Europe bans pesticides in hopes of restoring bees
• PA Poll: Everyone beats Tom Corbett
• ‘Tainted by radical feminism’? More like ‘living the Gospel’ Sr Joan Chittister  |  Apr. 24, 2013

Oh, how I wish every American would sit down and listen to the testimony given by this young Yemeni in the Senate on  April 23, 2013. In just six minutes Farea Al-Muslimi breaks hearts and opens American minds in an unprecedented way. The video of his testimony  has already gone viral. Please share with everyone.  [ Continue reading here ]

Share from: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151583455524653&set=a.101638599652.88574.54124414652&type=1&theater

 

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.  ~Pablo Neruda

Feb 15 – On Screen/In Person: Cafeteria Man Mercyhurst. The documentary chronicles the ambitious effort to “green” the public school diet serving 83,000 students in Baltimore. Leading the charge to replace pre-plated, processed foods with locally grown, freshly prepared meals is New Orleans chef Tony Geraci, whose bold vision includes school vegetable gardens, student-designed meals, meatless Mondays and nutrition education in the classroom. This film will screen on Friday, Feb. 15, at 2:15 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. in the Taylor Little Theater at Mercyhurst University and will include a Q-and-A session with the director following both screenings.

Feb 17 –  “Forward on Climate” Rally “Largest Climate Rally in History” with the Sierra Club
Sunday, February 17, 2013 Washington, DC On Join this historic event to make your voice heard and help the president start his second term with strong climate action. Rally will feature critical action, inspiring speakers, and a march to the president’s doorstep to show him that we can’t afford to wait any longer.

• For more information about rides, housing and answers to Frequently Asked Questions, visit http://forwardonclimate.org
• BUS FROM PITTSBURGH: Please contact Peter Wray, Chair, Conservation Committee Allegheny Group, Sierra Club pjwray@verizon.net   412-244-9907 BUS FROM BUFFALO: Email Linda or Sara at rmc.law2511@yahoo.com  to reserve a space.

Feb  18 – Author Peter Annin on “The Great Lakes Water Wars” Penn State Erie

Feb 18 – “Death: The Great Adventure” with Mary Hembrow Snyder PhD 7pm Mount St Benedict, 6101 East Lake Rd, Erie. Dr. Snyder has authored or edited three books. “The Christology of Rosemary Radford Ruether (Twenty-Third Publications, 1988); “Liberation Theology: An Introductory Reader (Orbis, 1992); and “Spiritual Questions for the Twenty-First Century: Essays in Honor of Joan D. Chittister” (Orbis, 2001). Free and open to the public. 814-899-0614 ErieBenedictines.org

Feb 19-24 – American Idiot Heinz Hall Pgh. Tour website at http://www.americanidiotthemusical.com/

Feb 21 – A Priest Speaks His Conscience: The Struggle for Gender Equality in the Catholic Church (Film and Presentation) 7 PM Market Arcade Theater, 639 Main St./ 628 Washington St., Buffalo The documentary Pink Smoke will be shown at 7:00pm and a presentation by Fr. Roy Bourgeois will begin at 8:00pm. Fr. Roy has spoken at National CTA Conferences as well as many venues around the United States not only as a leader of S.O.A. Watch, but also as a leading advocate for the ordination of women in the Catholic Church. On Nov. 19, 2012, after 36 years in the Priesthood, Fr. Roy bourgeois discovered he had been “expelled from the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, his religious order and faith community for 46 years and the Vatican had removed his priesthood – all for his refusal to be silent about his support for womens’s ordination.” The talk is free and open to the public. A Free will offering will be taken. Contact: Lucille Gervase (716) 837-8685. Convenient parking is available on Washington St. Sponsored by Upstate NY Call To Action.

Feb 26 – Makers: Women Who Make America 8:00pm 54.1 – WQLN HD (PBS-Erie) The modern women’s movement is chronicled. Included: first-person accounts from movement leaders (Gloria Steinem, Eleanor Holmes Norton); opponents (Phyllis Schlafly); celebrities (Oprah Winfrey, Katie Couric); political figures (Hillary Clinton).

Mar 2 – Pennsylvania Progressive Summit Harrisburg

Mar 8-9 – Allegheny To Host Photojournalism Conference on the Ethics and Challenges of Visual Storytelling Allegheny College will host a two-day conference, “Documents of War: the Ethics and Challenges of Visual Storytelling,” exploring the role of photojournalism and film documentaries in the context of armed conflict, on March 8 and 9. The conference, which is free and open to the public, requires no preregistration.

Mar 11 – Erie Benedictines for Peace present peace activist and author Kathy Kelly. 7 pm Mount St. Benedict Monastery 6101 East Lake Road, Erie PA

Apr 8 – “Invisible War” 7-9pm –Presented by Passages, Inc. Clarion University 840 Wood Street Clarion, PA More Information: (814) 226-7273

Apr 12 – Apr 13 (Fri – Fri) – Erie Reader Staged Reading Series: “8” by Dustin Lance Black (PACA – Performing Arts Center & Theater, 1505 State St, Erie, PA 16501) Portrays the legal argument and witness testimony of the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial, which led to the overturning of California’s Proposition 8. Using actual transcripts from the court case, Black has crafted a heartbreaking and compelling look at this monumental legal case. Free admission – no reservations needed. Performance time is 8 PM both nights. Contact: Mark Tanenbaum. Phone: (814) 434-0687 . Email: director@papa1505.com. Browse to http://www.paca1505.com.

Apr 12-14 – SpiritQuest Film Festival Edinboro University campus. Focusing on the human experience, from day to day relationships to matters of life and death, war and peace, science and spirituality

Apr 13 – Thomas Merton 2013 Award Honoring Martin Sheen 5 PM Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall – 4141 Fifth Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Apr 21 – Wild & Scenic Film Festival Bradford PA

Jun 20-23 – Netroots Nation

NEWS & VARIOUS

FOOD CO-OP Deserves to be said again: Erie’s Whole Foods Co-op is not affiliated with Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods Co-op is a local, member-run cooperative whose one store is located in Erie. Whole Foods Market is a Texas-based national chain of supermarkets,  whose CEO has been quite a jerk lately. Nice article about the co-op in the Erie Times-News, featuring one of their chefs and schedule for their monthly full moon dinners. Also here is a WICU/WSEE story on the co-op from last year. The community center is now a reality, and available for use by community members and groups.

ART Two art shows of interest: Q2 at Glass Growers (through Feb 28) and Lincoln exhibit stirs the soul at Erie Art Museum  Check out this video of the new, green LEED-certified Erie Art Museum, and remember second Sundays of the month is free admission.

FRACKING NY Group Praises New York’s Common Sense Schedule for Fracking Regulations Health impact review will precede final rules on fracking, not vice-versa

CORBETT BUDGET PROTESTS  Erie: Erie budget protest     Harrisburg:   Protestors provide backing track to Gov. Corbett’s budget address, disrupt some of normal postgame show at Capitol

GUNS CeaseFirePA Applauds Attorney General Kathleen Kane for Closing “The Florida Loophole”   From Erie Times-News: “Pat Howard: Flap over gun forum illuminates how political ground has shifted”   “Feds: Erie felon possessed gun, cocaine”   “McCrorey obtained one of the handguns in December after he lied about his identity in paperwork he filled out at Bob’s Gun Shop in McKean and also falsely indicated that he had no felony conviction, the indictment charges.”

ALSO…

• Allegheny Defense Project 2013 schedule is here.
• Edinboro University Women’s History Month events calendar
• “House of Cards” series with Kevin Spacey exposes power of Israeli lobby.     Watch online.
• “God Made a Farmer” parodies
• UPMC to reinstate fired workers under NLRB settlement
• SUNY Fredonia¨Calling for more recyclable trash, campus signs up for national tournament

DRONES

Brought out of the shadows by the confirmation process Obama’s drone czar John Brennan…

• John Brennan’s “Trust Me” is Not Good Enough by Dana Milbank
• Cenk Uyger takes on the White House response to white paper on drones: “Deadly Drone Strikes – Obama is ‘Serious’
• See how serious Obama really is about drones (haha, you won’t see it coming!)
•  Are drones already over US skies? Amid the controversy over a newly-released memo, documenting the CIA’s policy on the targeted killing of American citizens with drones, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a list of public organizations that have applied for a special permission to use drones over USA towns and cities.
• Drone activism in central NY: “Ground the drones, end the wars” (basic, readable background on drone warfare), “History of drone activism in central NY” From Syracuse Peace Council. (“Founded in 2010, Upstate Drone Action is a decentralized, informally — organized grassroots group of mostly upstate New York activists. We seek to educate the public and Hancock Air Base personnel re the war crimes perpetrated with the MQ9 Reaper drone piloted from Hancock on the outskirts of Syracuse. We also seek to educate the public re drone proliferation and blowback dangers  as well as the surveillance and civil liberties threat the Reaper and other military robots poses domestically. Legitimized by international law and by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, Upstate Drone Action members heed our consciences and the Nuremburg mandate to expose and impede our nation’s war crimes.”)
• Moyers: Obama’s cold-blooded use of drones shows seeming indifference to innocent bystanders une of drones
• Wash. state residents kill Seattle Police drone program

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This & That is published now and then for the Erie area progressive community. Always good to double-check dates and times.  Event submissions should have “T&T” in subject line, send to moonkat2014@gmail.com . If you don’t want to receive this please reply with “Unsubscribe” in subject line. Also posted to http://occupyerie.net and www.erielead.org

Jan 8 – The Abolitionists premieres on PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/abolitionists/

Jan 9 – Meeting for CeaseFirePA  5:30-7 PM Jefferson Educational Society, 3207 State St., Erie, PA. The topic of the program will be legislative efforts to control gun violence in PA. “ WE SEEK an end to gun violence and an end to the trafficking of illegal firearms–a plague that continues to ravage our communities.  WE INVITE all area residents, community leaders (both faith and secular), activists and students to work together as a community to forge a safer environment for all generations.” http://www.ceasefirepa.org/ All are welcome.For more information and/or to RSVP, please contact Rob Conroy, Western PA Field Coordinator of CeaseFirePA, at rob.conroy@ceasefirepa.org or (412) 965-0383.

Jan 9 – Rally to Stop Fracking in NY at the State of the State Address RSVP and sign up for more info and transportation here: http://bit.ly/VmdiS7 The New Yorkers Against Fracking coalition is calling on all New Yorkers to come to Albany for a rally to keep fracking out of our beloved state. We will take our message right to the Governor as we gather outside the annual State of the State Address, delivered by Andrew Cuomo. By New Yorkers Against Fracking

Jan 11 – National Day of Action Against Guantánamo

• In Erie: Please join us in demanding the closure of the detention centers at Guantanamo and Bagram. Friday, January 11, 2013 @ Erie Federal Building, 4:00-4:45pm. Called by Mary the Apostle Catholic Worker, Erie Peace initiative co-sponsoring.  Share on Facebook  join FB event page
• Nationally: visit Close Guantanamo, also DC events by National Religious Campaign Against Torture

Jan 11– Lewis Black in Erie “The Rant is Due” Warner Theater

Jan 12 -   UU Erie Black and White Movie Series is showing “Citizen Kane.”7 pmUnitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie is at 7180 Perry Highway (Route 97) in Erie, less than a mile north of I-90.

Jan 17-26 – David Mamet’s “Race” at Dramashop. One of David Mamet’s most recent works, “Race” follows “three attorneys, two black and one white, offered a chance to defend a white man charged with a crime against a black woman.” The plot unfolds as the three lawyers and defendant grapple with the evidence of the case and their own feelings about race. Socially relevant, poignant, and often biting, “Race” offers a crash course in racial tension and the nature of resolution. Renaissance Centre Theatre (2nd floor)1001 State Street Erie, PA 16501

Jan 18-26 – ‘Pageant Play’: Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m. at t PACA, 1505 State St. Erie PA (2^nd floor); Edgy satire that explores the totally twisted world of child pageants. Cost: $10 adv/ $15 at the door. Info: www.paca1505.com. PACA is a wonderful new space for the performing arts, right in Erie’s Entertainment District.

Jan. 18 – Martin Luther King Tribute Concert 7:30 p.m. Central Tech High School, 3325 Cherry St.presented by Gannon University’s Erie Chamber Orchestra with Shiloh Baptist Choir.  Free. Info: 871-7755.

Jan 19 – All Aboard Erie  Annual Membership Meeting  “This is your chance to be a part of the push for improved mass transit, locally and regionally. Local author Steven Porter will speak, as well as the “e” Director of Operations Mike Tann, and then the annual elections will be conducted. You will be able to join All Aboard Erie for $10, which will allow you to vote in the elections. Please show your support of our efforts…”  Saturday January 19 at 1PM, at the Brewerie at Union Station, 123 West 14^th Street, Erie. www.allaboarderie.com

Jan 20 – UU Erie  Breakfast Standing on the Side of Love (an interfaith public advocacy project of the UUA) 9 am.Unitarian Universalist congregations nationwide are launching a THIRTY DAYS OF LOVE campaign — from MLK Jr. Day to Valentine’s Day — to harness love’s power to stop oppression. This special service will address issues related to LGBT equality, immigrant justice, Islamophobia, and bullying. You will be treated to a video of a rousing sermon by Rev. Gail Geisenhainer: “We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest.” Service Coordinator: Al Richardson Musician: Lin Lang Su, Rebecca and Hannah http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/

Jan. 20 – A Day of Expression Honoring Dr Martin Luther King. At Erie Art Museum, 20 E. Fifth St., Erie. Presented by The Youth Leadership Institute of Erie and Youth Service America with live performances by the Victory Christian Center alternative youth group, Kemoni Farmer with “The Legacy Of MLK” and more. $10 (donation), Info: 806-0103.

January 21 Annual Martin Luther King March and Rally. Marchers will gather on South Perry Square next to City Hall at about 11:30 a.m. with the march kicking off at 12 noon. The marchers will walk up W.6th St. to Chestnut and then north to the Martin Luther King Center for a brief rally. Dress for weather…In observance of the Martin Luther King Holiday, Gannon will host a prayer service at 9 a.m. in the University’s Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel, 520 Peach St. The public is welcome to participate. Also on Martin Luther King Day, Gannon will host a light lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Yehl Ballroom of the Waldron Campus Center, 124 West Seventh St. The lunch is free and open to the public.

Jan 21 – Anti-Drone protest at the Inauguration Set to coincide with the Presidential Inauguration Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and the third anniversary of the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling, the Arc of Justice rally and parade will be a determined but hopeful expression of our concern and dissent against the wars, occupations, loss of civil liberties, overwhelming corporate and big money power over our lives, environmental degradation, and many other important issues mostly abused, ignored, or minimized by recent administrations and Congress.

Feb 2 – New Strategy for Peace movement (Pittsburgh). 2:30-5pm Meeting at the Friends Meeting House 4836 Ellsworth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Map to Meeting House ”While many groups are working for peace and are opposing the military mindset of our society, we each have been pushing our little part of it with some success, but little notice by the general public or the media. Several of us, involved with the American Friends Service Committee PA, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Code Pink, Peace Action, Anti-War Committee know that there are many more groups and individuals who contribute in their own way or would like to bring about a more peaceful world. We believe that if we pool our efforts and ideas, that we could be a more powerful force and have more impact on events in Washington and the world. Since President Obama’s election to a second term, he himself has said that he needs to hear from us, and so does the rest of our government.” Group of peace people from Erie are going, email Erie Peace Initiative at eriepeaceinitiative@yahoo.com or message at EPI Facebook .

Feb 15 – On Screen/In Person: Cafeteria Man Mercyhurst

Mar 1-2 – Pennsylvania Progressive Summit Harrisburg

NEWS & VARIOUS

SUNY Fredonia Study Finds High Levels of Plastic Pollution in Lake Erie The highest levels of concentration were found in Lake Erie between Dunkirk and Erie, Pa. where the research team found concentrations of over 600,000 plastic pieces per square kilometer…”That’s two times higher than any published number from any sample anywhere in the world,” explained Dr. Mason. Many of the samples included very tiny beads, and researchers believe they were flushed into the lakes by consumers using facial cleaners…”Many people don’t realize that these micro-beads, these exfoliants, that are in their common consumer products are actually plastic.” … What makes the finding so troublesome is that the micro-plastic is often the same size as fish eggs, something that is eaten by local marine life. … “If you find it in a bird, if you find it in a fish, it is in us,” warned Dr. Mason.

Gas field workers cited in Pa. hospital’s debts  The CEO of a north-central Pennsylvania hospital says the facility’s first operating loss in about five years is a sign of the influx of natural gas field workers without health insurance.

Marcellus Protest page has posts about anti-Fracking activists leafletting at “Promised Land” screenings in the region

This & That is published now and then for the Erie area progressive community. Always good to double-check dates and times.  Event submissions should have “T&T” in subject line, send to moonkat2014@gmail.com . If you don’t want to receive this please reply with “Unsubscribe” in subject line. Also posted to http://occupyerie.net and www.erielead.org

Dec 7 – Langer Film Series: Where Do We Go Now    Set in a remote village where the church and the mosque stand side by side, the film “Where Do We Go Now?” follows the antics of the town’s women to keep their blowhard men from starting a religious war. Women of the town are heartsick from losing the men they love to violent religious conflict – so they distract them in the biggest, zaniest ways they can muster. Their clever ruses range from faking a miracle to hiring a troop of Ukrainian strippers.

Dec 7 – Preach Freedom at Crooked i 1013 State, Erie 10pm

Dec 10 – Rally at Mike Kelly’s Erie Office 208 E Bayfront Pkwy, Erie. Noon. “Tell Congress Jobs not cuts!” Unions are on-board with this rally. “Tell Rep Mike Kelly Congress needs to: -Protect the middle class-Put job creation first – End tax cuts for the richest 2%   Info call Molly (814)  450-8652. Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/events/112594982238996/

Dec 10 – Erie Bike Coalition meeting “The Coalition meeting is open to the public. 5:45 PM at the brand new community center of Erie Whole Foods COOP 26th & Brown Avenue  . We are presently working on three events for 2013. A bike expo for March or April, a Ride of Silence in June and National Bike Challenge for May through August.”  Related: http://bikeerie.org/

Dec 10 – International Human Rights Day

Dec 13 – Take Back the Site Vigil for Mary Anne Smith  5:15pm 428 W 17^th, Erie

Dec 14 – Buffalo premier of “Dear Governor Cuomo” with filmmaker A Documentary Film on the  Anti-Fracking Movement in NY State http://renewnrg.blogspot.com    6:30 PM Daemen College, 107 Schenck Science Building2495 Main Street, Buffalo Premiered in October at the Woodstock Film Festival and it was a tremendous hit. The film was made by award winning filmmaker Jon Bowermaster and takes a look at the anti-fracking movement in NY, features Mark Ruffalo, Melissa Leo, Natalie Merchant, Joan Osborne, The Felice Brothers, Medeski  Martin & Wood, Sandra Steingraber, and many more musicians and anti-fracking organizers from throughout the state. Screening will feature filmmaker Jon Bowermaster and it is free of charge.It will also feature expert panelists to take your questions and give insight in to where fracking stands in New York right now. Details and RSVP here:  http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/R?i=8tSEKCDSKope_i6N1V8b4w

Dec 15 – Bill of Rights Day commemorates the day that they were added to the Constitution

Dec 25 – “Les Misérables” Musical film release (w/live performances) based on the stage musical of the same name, based on the novel by Victor Hugo and set in the June Rebellion of 1832.

Jan 4 – Wide release of Promised Land, the highly anticipated anti-fracking film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski.

Jan 11– Lewis Black in Erie “The Rant is Due” Warner Theater

Jan 17-26 – David Mamet’s “Race” at Dramashop

Feb 15 – On Screen/In Person: Cafeteria Man Mercyhurst

Apr 10 – Date of rescheduled Bob Woodward appearance at ‘Hurst.

NEWS & VARIOUS

Judge extends deadline for tire plant evidence from Meadville Tribune

MSNBC’s Disgrace: In Five Hours of Prime Time, Fifteen Minutes on Israel-Gaza

Jewish Voice for Peace intro to Israel and Palestine (short video)

“Tax the Rich” An Animated Fairy Tale (video)

This & That is published now and then for the Erie area progressive community. Always good to double-check dates and times.  Event submissions should have “T&T” in subject line, send to moonkat2014@gmail.com . If you don’t want to receive this please reply with “Unsubscribe” in subject line. Also posted to http://occupyerie.net and www.erielead.org

PA VOTERS – YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SHOW ID TO VOTE!         

EVERYONE: If you are denied your vote, demand a provisional ballot.

VOTER INTIMIDATION HOTLINE: 1-866-OUR-VOTE    (en español  1-888-Ve-Y-Vota )

CALENDAR

Nov 6 – Sister Joan Chittister, 6-8 p.m.; Pogue Student Center Multipurpose Room, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; “American Women and the Rest of the World: No Woman Left Behind.”  Free, at this point may be standing room only.

Nov 7 – Wrong was date given for Ringling protest. It took place on Nov 2.  Organizers gave the wrong date, and had no working phone number or email address to contact them with.  Come on guys, lose the ditziness please!

Nov 8 – NWPA American Federation of Labor fundraiser at Jr’s Last Laugh 14th & State Ticket sale proceeds benefit NWPA ALF Scholarship Fund. You must mention the NWPA ALF when ordering your tickets– advance reservations required.

Nov 8 -Thomas Merton Center 40th Anniversary Party with Medea Benjamin Pittsburgh, PA (Mike Michaelson from Erie is looking for riders to go to the event with him. Details: Leave Erie at 3:30pm, Mike’s cell is  814-397-0323 “If going with me do not register on line, link is for info about event!$50 per person if we get 8 it drops to $45 RSVP to me by Oct 31st and pay by Nov 1st.  Transportation included!- Mike”)

Nov 8 – “Checkpoint” (2003)    (Titusville film series) A  2003 documentary film by Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir, showing the everyday humiliations experienced by Palestinian civilians in their interactions with Israeli soldiers at the various checkpoints they have to pass through in their daily travels to and from their homes. 7- 9 p.m. in Rm G-5 of the Broadhurst Science Bldg. at Pitt Titusville. Info (814) 827-2238

Nov 10 – WNY Peace Center  Annual Dinner ‘Celebrating our 45th year Bishop Thomas Gumbleton will speak on “The Challenge of Peace”. We need to know by 5 PM  Nov. 6, if you are coming…. to inform the convention center how many meals — and what kind — chicken or vegetarian – to prepare. Those of you making reservations after Tuesday risk not having a meal and sitting next to someone who is enjoying some excellent food. You can make a reservation by giving us a call and leaving a message: 716-332-3904 or by visiting our web site: WNYPeace.org On Saturday, tickets will be sold at the door…but meals cannot be guaranteed.’ Buffalo-Niagara Convention Center Buffalo NY. Doors open: 5:30 PM; Dinner at 6:30 PM Standard Tickets: $50 Low Income/Students: $20 Pay via PayPal or send a check: For more details visit: www.WNYPeace.org

Nov 11 – “The Healthy Planet Series Pro (All of) Life” Unitarian Universalist Cong of Jamestown

Nov 11- Erie Peace Initiative Veterans Day Demo Veterans day peace demo Sun Nov 11th 1pm across from Barnes and Noble …

Nov 12 – “”Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream WQLN 10pm.  A look at income disparity in the U.S.  In Manhattan, 740 Park Ave. is home to the highest concentration of billionaires in the U.S.; about five miles away, in the South Bronx, the same road runs through the nation’s poorest congressional district.

Nov 12 – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in Cleveland 6m Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre

Nov 13-16 – JES Global Summit

Nov 14 – “A New Definition of Religious Freedom: the Fraud of Fundamentalism” A talk by Rev. Barry Lynn, JD, Exec. Director of Americans United for Separation of Church & State (http://au.org), at noon. at Jefferson Educational Society’s Global Futures Summit, 3207 State St., Erie Advance registration and payment are required. Cost is $20 (including lunch served at 11:30). To register, call 459-8000 or www.jeserie.org  (click on “JES Summit / Civic Forum”).

Nov 16 – Lunch Beat – CLE

Nov 23 –  Black Friday at Wal-Mart “This is our local action of an National event. Here is the link for the National Event” www.facebook.com/events/436392286418592/

Dec 10 – International Human Rights Day

NEWS & VARIOUS

Just got this from Erie Peace Intiatiive: “Veterans day peace demo Sun Nov 11th 1pm across from Barnes and Noble … also come view the ribbons of the Us fallen troops from Iraq and Afghanistan at Jr Comedy club in honor of veterans week there….14th and State St….set up for this display is 4pm on wed Nov 7th if anyone can help!”  Lora Caldwell, EPI secretary eriepeace.initiative@facebook.com

Care workers file lawsuit against company screwing up their paychecks

Sister Joan Chitester quote on “pro-life”

Photos of Erie Peace event 1969 posted in the wonderful FB page  History and Memorabilia – Erie Pennsylvania The photographer, George A. Hughes, says he believes they are from the same event.

Occupy Sandy, offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, amasses NY volunteers

Plastic pollution in Great Lakes most concentrated in the world

ELECTIONS

Obama volunteers needed: If you want to do some last minute volunteering call:  Kat Blair (West Erie/Millcreek/Fairview): 814-229-7640. Matt Difiore (East Erie/Harborcreek/Lawrence Park): 814-919-4351. Zac Ogle (Erie County): 814-441-9429.

Video the Vote “Join the thousands who are documenting the election in their community this year. If you encounter a problem at your polling place be prepared to use your smart phone to document what is happening and then share that content on your YouTube, Twitter, Instagram or Ustream account by using #VideoTheVote so our team can follow your stories. Keep watch on democracy this election. Sign Up. Document. Share.

CanIVote.org Provides information about where to vote, VOTER ID INFORMATION, etc.

OurVote.us “The nonpartisan Election Protection coalition was formed to ensure that all voters have an equal opportunity to participate in the political process. Through our state of the art hotlines: 1-866-OUR-VOTE (administered by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law) and 1-888-Ve-Y-Vota (administered by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund), this website, and comprehensive voter protection field programs across the country, we provide Americans from coast to coast with comprehensive voter information and advice on how they can make sure their vote is counted.”

Romney v. Sandy Climate Silence video juxtaposes Romney’s joke about climate change (with GOP audience) with disturbing footage of Sandy. Very powerful, SHARE!

“You Don’t Own Me” PSA http://vimeo.com/51920265 Pro-Obama message to women voters. If you have trouble with link try this one  

Education Voters Guide

Voter Fraud Is Rare – and in This Cycle, It’s All Been Committed by Republicans

Nearing a million hits, brilliant parody video “Bad Romance: Women’s Suffrage”  Based on Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.”

FBI Voter Intimidation Hotline — 202-514-1888 Don’t call the FBI unless it becomes obvious that local and State officials and Democratic poll watchers aren’t addressing the situation. FBI Voter Intimidation article in Post-Gazette

US Conference of Bishops faces IRS lawsuit over election advocacy