From lionoak at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 15:13:51 2010 From: lionoak at gmail.com (Tribal Scribal) Date: Mon Aug 30 15:13:55 2010 Subject: [Sage] Where is this rage coming from? -- Krugman, NYTimes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 1877 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.gaiahost.coop/pipermail/sage/attachments/20100830/b02eebb4/attachment.gif From lionoak at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 16:07:40 2010 From: lionoak at gmail.com (Tribal Scribal) Date: Mon Aug 30 16:07:47 2010 Subject: [Sage] Our 5th B-Day Enviro Show!, Tues. 8/31, 6:30pm Message-ID: Our 5th B-Day Enviro Show! Tuesday, August 31, 6:30 - 7:30pm WXOJ-LP, 103.3fm, Valley Free Radio Monday, Sept. 6 & 13, 9pm. WMCB, 107.9fm, Greenfield [Blog w/links and YOUR comments at: http://envirosho.blogspot.com/ ] [Webstreaming on VFR at: http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/listen/web-stream-listening-help/ ] [Podcasting at: http://www.podomatic.com/profile/enviroshow2010 ] Greetings Earthlings. Believe it or not we've reached age 5 here on The Enviro Show. Yes, we have behavioral problems, but no, bed wetting is not one of them. The show turned 5 on August 26. We guess that makes us a Virgo and therefore: "fussy and a worrier; overcritical and harsh; perfectionist and (get this) CONSERVATIVE"! (OK, maybe not). Tom Neilson joins us in the studio for our Birthday bash. There will be cake....(well, it's really corn bread)...for eveyone! Sorry, no burning candles allowed in the studio. Just because we'll be partying doesn't mean we're asleep at the switch. Of course, there's another more somber 5 year year anniversary taking place in New Orleans, isn't there. We continue to update you on the ongoing BP Cover-upas well as hip you to other issues in The Enviro Show Echo Chamber and in our E-Valley-uation segment, but first it's time for....Revenge of the Critters! We jump into the Wayback Machine to visit tiny jellyfish who kill you! In our brand new Fool on the Hill segment we find that HuffPo has noted that Every New Hampshire Republican candidate for the Senate is a global warming denier. Well, like they say: live free or die! We're not sure if our Repugnican Senator, Scott Brown is a climate crisis denier but he sure is pals with folks who are. Looks like folks in Boston have been shadowingBrown with the message that "climate change deniers belong in jail!". In the Enviro Show Echo Chamber, back in the Gulf it's more science under siege . A BP sponsored studyfinds happy hungry microbes gobbling up oil plumes (like magic!), BUT that's not what our own Woods Hole oceanographers found, and it's not what U of Georgia oceanographers found! Speaking of finds: dead fish anyone? And this Enviro Show Blog Bonus: Help protect Sperm Whales in the Gulf! Finally, how about a 60 mile, weeks-long traffic jam? Better bring crayons for the kids. O, and guess what? It's brought to you by King Coal! In our E-Valley-uation segment we have a two-fer from the noertheast corner of the Valley. First, the news we didn't get to last time: We noticed back on August 15 that the Sawmill River in Leverett had almost everything in it but....water! It's Lake Wyola headwaters in Shutesbury, on the other hand, is topped off! What's THAT about?? Then we head northward up the hill in Leverett to threatened wetlandsby the Montague border. In the Meet the New Boss segment our native son, Rep. Ed Markey takes the Administration's minions to task for giving a passto toxic seafood from the Gulf. Go Ed! Of course, we'll get into all sorts of B-Day hi jinks with Tom. Maybe Glen will bring his banjo and torture us with that for a spell. There's also the chance we'll have games like Pin the Tail on the Toady. Then it's on to the Bus Stop Billboard: Saturday, Sept. 4th: Lafayette Park: 2 - 5pm. and Sunday, Sept. 5th: Washington Mall near Capitol Hill: 11am-4pm. Spill into Washington DC - Labor Day Weekend. A rally in the nation's capital is crucial to gaining the lasting attention of law makers around the BP oil disaster. Email:lydiaajohnson@gmail.com or Phone: 402/708-2224. Website: http://spillintowashington.org Tuesday, September 7, 7:00 in the Community Room of the Media Education Foundation in Northampton on Gothic Street, the Solentiname Friendship Group of Western MA welcomes Alan Wright, President of SOSTENICA and Rachel Lindsay, Coordinator of Sustainable Development for SOSTENICA, who will be discussing current efforts to develop a national Sustainable Rural Development program in northern Nicaragua. This gathering is free, open to the public and wheelchair accessible. For more information contact: Sandy Mandel @413-585-8240 Thursday, Sept 9, 4pm. Franklin County Fair Parade. No Nukes contingent or the CCFC Biomess contingent. Marchers need a wrist band for a dollar. CCFC has ordered 200 and it must be 1st come 1st served, but people can reserve by contacting janet, 625-2886 or at jasinclair@verizon.net. New Fair policy is you need a wrist band to be in the street. We line up at 4:00 behind the Middle School and Blessed Sacrament Church on Federal St. The parade begins at 5:30 and we get to the fair grounds at about 7:30. You can march in any or all of the parade. The theme this year is "We Grow, We Sow, We Celebrate". Use your imagination! Please make or bring signs (many lawn signs welcome) related to our effort and our success, bring visual aids, wear your favorite "no biomass" tee-shirt, or just come as you are. If you have muscial instruments--bring them and we can all play and march together. Saturday, September 11,11:00 am - 1:00 pm. Explore the Montague Sand Plain. Come learn about the story of fire on the Montague Sand plain! Why is the landscape like Cape Cod, but the ocean is miles away? Now?s your chance to explore a unique habitat designed by fire and sand. Join the Great Falls Discovery Center for an introduction to the fauna, flora, and geology of this amazing and threatened habitat. Free but registration required. For more information call 413-863-3221 September 25-27. Appalachia Rising in Washington DC. A national response to the poisoning of America?s water supply, the destruction of Appalachia's mountains, head water source streams, and communities through mountaintop removal coal mining. Email: Massachusetts Contact: Rana Xavier at shoot.rana.x@gmail.com or appalachiarising092710@gmail.com. Go to: http://appalachiarising.org/ That's it. You can send our B-Day presents to 140 Pine Street in beautiful downtown Florence, MA. Thanks! O, and remember: listen to your Mother. -- *************************************** "I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical world." - Thomas Jefferson more rebellion here: http://concertobi.blogspot.com/ *************************************** CAPE WIND: RIGHT PROJECT/WRONG PLACE!! Checkout The Enviro Show on WXOJ-LP, 103.3fm. Northampton, MA, Tuesdays, 6:30pm Also on WMCB, 107.9, Mondays at 9pm. http://envirosho.blogspot.com *************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gaiahost.coop/pipermail/sage/attachments/20100830/7f9b72df/attachment-0001.html From hattieshalom at verizon.net Mon Aug 30 17:12:30 2010 From: hattieshalom at verizon.net (Hattie Nestel) Date: Mon Aug 30 17:12:45 2010 Subject: [Sage] Vermont Yankee-on site storage for between 100 and 300 years!!!!! References: <0016e6407b9c856c2a048f108d01@google.com> Message-ID: <80F6A2A2-B14C-4148-B1FA-E9BA425B0FF7@verizon.net> MediaOne CardElectronic EditionMobileSubscribe Weather: BRATTLEBORO, VT | Now: 88?F | High: 90?F | Low: 57?F | 5-Day Forecast This SiteWeb Search powered by YAHOO! SEARCH Home News Lifestyles Sports Opinion Entertainment Obituaries Publications Contact Visitor Info Autos Real Estate Jobs Classifieds NRC considers long-term on-site storage of waste By JOSH STILTS, Reformer Staff Monday, Aug. 30 2010 BRATTLEBORO - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted earlier this month to explore the option of storing nuclear waste at decommissioned sites past the current 30-year standard. NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko wrote in his vote, "The Commission has made a generic determination that, if necessary, spent fuel generated in any reactor can be stored safely and without significant environmental impacts for at least 60 years beyond the licensed life for operation." He also recommended that the staff prepare an update to the Waste Confidence Findings and Proposed Rule, "to account for storage on site storage facilities, off-site storage facilities, or both, for more than 100 years, but no longer than 300 years, from the end of licensed operations of any nuclear power plant, which may include the term of a revised or renewed license." Now that all the chairmen have voted, the Secretary of the Commission will condense the information and provide guidance for the staff, NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said. "It's been proven you can store this material safely on site," Sheehan said. The Public Service Board issued a certificate of public good in 2006 allowing Entergy, which owns and operates the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, to store nuclear waste in dry casks on a concrete pad just to the north of the plant's reactor building. Spent fuel is stored at nuclear power plants either in spent fuel pools or in dry casks. In the United States, 45 Advertisement power plant sites have dry cask storage. According to Sheehan, dry casks are designed to withstand a range of naturally occurring phenomena, including earthquakes. There are 21 decommissioned nuclear reactors around the country, he said. "Some of the plants that were permanently shut down have been totally dismantled, as in the case of Maine Yankee and Connecticut Yankee," Sheehan said. "If you go to those sites today, all you will find from the nuclear operations are the dry cask storage facilities. Other decommissioned plants, like Millstone, are mothballed, awaiting the shutdown of the other units still operating at the site." The reactor core holds 368 fuel assemblies, each of which remains in the reactor for 4-anda- half years before being moved to the spent fuel pool. The capacity of the spent fuel pool is 3,355 assemblies and room must be maintained to keep space for the full-core offload of the reactor's 368 assemblies. Each dry cask weighs about 100 tons and contains 68 fuel assemblies. Thomas Kauffman, senior media relations manager for the Nuclear Energy Institute, an industry-funded organization that promotes nuclear power around the world, told the Reformer in an Oct. 2009 interview that safety and security would be improved if all the dry casks from every power plant site, active and decommissioned, were moved to an interim storage facility. "Dry cask storage is proven," he said. "It's safe. These things are designed to take anything that the plant can take," he said, including floods, fires, hurricanes, high and low temperatures and even impacts from aircraft. "They're very tough." Even if the storage pad at Vermont Yankee, which is located at an elevation of 254 feet above sea level, is flooded, he said, "The casks aren't going anywhere. They wouldn't be approved if they couldn't handle that." When a disposal facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada was proposed, in the mid-1980s, it was estimated that it would be opened between 2007 and 2009. Legal and environmental challenges have slowed that process to a halt, which prompted the research into on-site storage, Sheehan said. "There aren't many options left," he said. Entergy applied to the NRC in 2006 to extend the operating license of the power plant in Vernon from 2012 to 2032. In addition to NRC approval, Entergy must receive approval from the state Legislature, which voted in February 26 to 4 against continued operation. If the plant closes in 2012, it would be mothballed, or put into SAFSTOR, until its decommissioning fund reaches the level necessary to clean up the site, which could take up to 60 years. By 2012, another seven to eight canisters will need to be filled and if the plant closed that year, 55 to 60 dry casks will be needed. Before any changes to the plan are made however, a special committee, selected by President Obama will have to approve the recommendation by the NRC. Josh Stilts can be reached at jstilts@reformer.com, or 802-254-2311 ext. 273. Print Email Font ResizeReturn to Top Comments made here are the sole responsibility of the person posting them, and they are subject to the terms and conditions of Topix.com. Please note by clicking on "Post Comment" you acknowledge that you have read the Terms of Service and the comment you are posting is in compliance with such terms. Inappropriate posts may be removed by the moderator. These comments do not reflect the opinion or approval of the Brattleboro Reformer. This forum encourages open, honest, respectful and insightful discussions; there is no need to be offensive. If you feel a comment violates the terms and conditions of this site, please bring it to our attention by selecting the "report abuse" link. Send Topix your feedback. 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'Unusual Event' declared at VY Sunday night NRC considers long-term on-site storage of waste Police Log A greener Brattleboro Man pleads not guilty to charge he drove drunk with a child in the car Selectboard wants say in Scott Farm hearing Group seeks lower speed near Route 30 hotspot Dubie stumps in old-school whistle-stop style Jobs Stuff Autos Rentals HINSDALE - 3-4 bedroom, 2 All Listings 62 Black Mountain Road | Brattleboro, VT 05301 | (802) 254-2311 Copyright ? 2010 MediaNews Group ____ Hattie Nestel hattieshalom@verizon.net Begin forwarded message: > From: Google Alerts > Date: August 30, 2010 4:46:03 PM EDT > To: hattieshalom@verizon.net > Subject: Google Alert - Vermont Yankee > > News 3 new results for Vermont Yankee > > Vt. Yankee nuke plant has "unusual event" > BusinessWeek > The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon is continuing to > operate at full power after the staff declared a brief "unusual > event" due to a loss of ... > See all stories on this topic ? > NRC considers long-term on-site storage of waste > Brattleboro Reformer > The Public Service Board issued a certificate of public good in 2006 > allowing Entergy, which owns and operates the Vermont Yankee Nuclear > Power Plant, ... > See all stories on this topic ? > Vt. Yankee nuke plant has 'unusual event' > Boston Herald > By AP VERNON, Vt. ? The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon > is continuing to operate at full power after the staff declared a > brief "unusual event ... > See all stories on this topic ? > > Blogs 5 new results for Vermont Yankee > > Warning lights fail at Vermont Yankee: Rutland Herald Online > Screnci said that one of the NRC's resident inspectors for Vermont > Yankee went to the Vernon reactor Sunday night to observe the > plant's response to the emergency, and what caused the warning > lights not to work. ... > RutlandHerald.com: Southern Vermont News - http://rutlandherald.com/ > Vermont Yankee nuke plant has, the lifts, "unusual event" due to ... > The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon is continuing to > operate at full power after the staff declared a brief. > SF Examiner Site Feed - http://www.sfexaminer.com/templates/rss > Yes Vermont Yankee: Monday Blue Ribbon: People Making a Difference ... > By Meredith Angwin > Bob has also been a steady supporter of Vermont Yankee relicensing. > He wrote the popular letter suggesting that Vernon move to New > Hampshire. When I posted it on my blog, it received amazing numbers > of hits. Bob also did an excellent ... > Yes Vermont Yankee - http://yesvy.blogspot.com/ > Let's stop VT Yankee's 'unusual events' | CLF Scoop > By Sandy Levine > News of an unusual event at a nuclear power facility is not > comforting. It is particularly troubling when no details are given, > and the source is the same. > CLF Scoop - http://www.clf.org/blog/ > Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Entergy is looking to sell Vt ... > By Snuffysmith > Entergy is seeking to sell its Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and has > piqued the interest of Exelon and NRG Energy, said Jeff Beattie of > Energy Daily. Entergy refused to respond to the report but said that > as part of its "point-of-view" ... > Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - http://www.michelekearneynuclearwire.com/ > > Web 5 new results for Vermont Yankee > > Warning lights fail at Vermont Yankee: Rutland Herald Online > VERNON ? A low-level emergency was declared Sunday evening at the > Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor, when warning lights in the control > room failed. ... > www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100830/NEWS02/.../RSS10 > 'Unusual event' terminated at Vermont Yankee | Vermont Business ... > Operators at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant terminated an > unusual event at 8:28 pm Sunday evening, according to Laurence > Smith, ... > www.vermontbiz.com/.../unusual-event-terminated-vermont-y... > Vermont Yankee nuke plant has, the lifts, "unusual event" due to ... > The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon is continuing to > operate at full power after the staff declared a brief. > www.sfexaminer.com/.../vermont-yankee-nuke-plant-has-the-l... > Nuclear Alert: Vermont Yankee power plant put the surrounding ... > Discussion about Nuclear Alert: Vermont Yankee power plant put the > surrounding towns on alert tonight!!! at the GodlikeProductions > Conspiracy Forum. > www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1175678/pg1 > Vermont Yankee - UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO LOSS OF ANNUCIATORS ... > At 1905 EST, Vermont Yankee declared a Notice of an Unusual Event > (NOUE) based on EAL SU 4.1, loss of 75% of the control room > annunciators associated with ... > www.nucpros.com/.../vermont-yankee-unusual-event-declared... > > Tip: Use a minus sign (-) in front of terms in your query that you > want to exclude.Learn more. > > Remove this alert. > Create another alert. > Manage your alerts. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You can also show your support by emailing Constantine and Larry Hunt , Executive Director of Human Resources, and let them know that you support: ? a 2% raise on July 1, 2010 (the same as the majority of staff and faculty on campus), ? a commitment from the college to not lay off any more housekeepers and dining staff during the next 3 years (the expected term of the contract), and ? an eight hour work day for all. Click here to get started. Please copy supportsmithwomenworkers@gmail.com so they can keep track of the letters. Tuesday August 31 "THE JOB'S NOT DONE" BUS TOUR 8:30am, IBEW Local 7, 185 Industry Avenue, Springfield. Please join James J. Ferrera III, Springfield City Council Special Committee on Green City Initiatives; Bob Wilson, Business Manager IBEW Local 7; and Lora Wondolowski, Executive Director, Mass League of Environmental Voters. The Job's Not Done Tour is union members and environmentalists going across the nation urging action on comprehensive clean energy and climate change legislation that could create up to 40,000 jobs in Massachusetts. The Tour will travel to 17 states, with more than 30 stops along the way. It features clean energy workers, union members, and environmentalists urging Senate action on important job-creating clean energy legislation. The tour is organized by the BlueGreen Alliance, a national, strategic partnership of labor unions and environmental organizations working to expand the number and quality of green jobs in the United States. Info: Matt Nelson, 617-388-1204, www.bluegreenalliance.org. Wednesday September 1 (First Wednesday) FRANKLIN COUNTY WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE 7-8:30pm, Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, 24 Miles St, Greenfield ((413) 773-7427). Organizing local solidarity for Franklin County workers and unions; nurses and other workers at Franklin Medical Center; Greenfield municipal employees; and statewide and national workers' rights campaigns. Info: (413) 827-0301, wmjwj@wmjwj.org. Thursday September 2 (& Friday September 3+ ?) SUPPORT NURSES AT NORTH ADAMS REGIONAL HOSPITAL 5pm Rally at St. Elizabeth's of Hungary Parish Center, Saint Anthony Drive, North Adams (directions ). Barring a last-minute settlement, join the Nurses on the picket line at 71 Hospital Ave (directions ), especially on Friday September 3 (the strike begins at 6 am) and through the Labor Day weekend. After many month of protracted and largely unproductive negotiations with the Hospital's high-priced "Union Avoidance" consultant, the 100+ Registered Nurses who work at North Adams Regional Hospital, members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, have given official notice to the Hospital for a strike to begin at 6am on September 3. Please invite family and co-workers to the rally and the picket line. Info: Leo Maley, LMaley@mnarn.org. Click to RSVP for 9/2. Click to RSVP for 9/3+. Want to carpool? Need a ride? Can drive? Let us know at wmjwj@wmjwj.org. Thursday September 2 HELP WITH CORI APPLICATIONS 5pm, Labor Council Hall, 640 Page Blvd, Springfield. Sponsored by Springfield Health Disparities Project. Lawyers will be there to answer any question you might have about the criminal record (CORI) sealing application process. SHDP is looking for more in-kind service from other lawyers, law students, and notaries to help with the application process. Info: Betty Agin, 413-654-2888, director@ucved.org. Thursday September 2 (First Thursday) NORTHAMPTON LIVING WAGE COALITION 6-7:30pm, Western Mass Legal Services office, 20 Hampton Av #100, Northampton (enter near Pleasant St, south of/right angle to Sylvester's). The Northampton Living Wage Coalition was founded out of concern for those working in our community who cannot afford to live here and meet their basic needs (for a decent home, healthy food, appropriate clothing, and health care when needed.) On Nov. 19, 2009, the Northampton City Council voted for a living wage resolution updating its 1998 Living Wage resolution. Using data from the Crittenton Women's Union and the Northampton Housing Authority to calculate a basic needs budget for a single person without children, the 2010 Northampton living wage is at least $11.90 per hour. The NLWC will adjust it annually, publicize it, and honor those employers who pay a Living Wage or make a genuine attempt to do so. Info: Kitty Callaghan, (413) 584-4034, kcallaghan@wmls.org. Thursday September 2 NORTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL WAR DOLLARS RESOLUTION 7:15pm Speak Out in Council chambers (signup at 6:45), behind 210 Main St, Northampton. Every day, Northampton residents pay $40,000 in federal taxes to support the wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq: $14 million this year alone. In the last nine years 5400 American soldiers and perhaps a million Iraqis and Afghanis and Pakistanis have been killed. And overall $111.7 million federal tax dollars from the City of Northampton has been spent on these wars with no end in sight. Those lives lost are priceless. Those federal tax dollars, if spent in Northampton instead, would have paid for 4200 People with Health Care for One Year OR 275 Public Safety Officers for One year OR 1,175 Scholarships for College Students for One Year OR 1,675 Head Start Places for Children for One Year OR 200 Elementary School Teachers for One Year. If the War Dollar$ Resolution is passed, our City Council will instruct our Congressional representatives to vote against funding of the wars and bring the troops home. That is their job in our democracy - controlling the purse strings of the federal government - and we are exercising our democratic rights in requesting that they represent us in this way. Congressman Neal just voted against the last appropriation for the wars. We support full funding for the tens of thousands of veterans of these wars not appropriately treated for their wounds, and full protection of the troops on the ground until they are brought home. Info: Alliance for Peace and Justice, martygjf@comcast.net. Thursday September 2 (every Thursday) ISO MEETING 7:30pm, Campus Center, room TBD, UMass Amherst. Regular meeting of local chapter of International Socialist Organization. Info: Gary Lapon, glapon@gmail.com. Friday September 3 JOBS EMERGENCY ORGANIZING 9:30-11am for 9/15 Organizing Committee; 11am-12:30pm for 10/2 Organizing Committee, at the Central Labor Council, 640 Page Blvd, Springfield. Get directions here . Jobs with Justice has designated September 15 as National Jobs Emergency Day of Action (see www.jwj.org and http://wmjwj.org/march-good-jobs-now!-downtown-springfield!) and joined the One Nation March on Washington October 2 (see www.onenationworkingtogether.org). We are organizing for these at weekly meetings in Springfield. Can you come? RSVP . Info: 413-827-0301, wmjwj@wmjwj.org. Saturday September 4 WORKERS' RIGHTS AT THE STONE SOUL FESTIVAL On Labor Day Weekend, September 3-5, the 22nd Annual Stone Soul Festival takes place at Blunt Park, 2460 Roosevelt Ave, Springfield. Entrance to Park and all events is FREE. Schedule: http://home.comcast.net/~ssfestival/site/. Includes African-American Living History; Health Care Tent (over 30 medical/social service providers under one tent); and dancers, singers, musicians, comedians, ethnic cuisine, soul food, BBQ ribs, chicken, beef brisket, pig roast, Caribbean jerk chicken, oxtails, etc. Info: Jay Griffin, (413) 636-3881, griffin756@aol.com, http://home.comcast.net/~ssfestival/site/?/home/. LOOK FOR THE WORKERS' RIGHTS TENT on Saturday, sponsored by Western Mass Jobs with Justice Coalition Partners. Do you have any literature to put out on the tables in the Workers' Rights Tent? Members available to staff the tent? Contact 827-0301 or wmjwj@wmjwj.org. Sunday September 5 (Rain date: Monday September 6) GREAT HOLYOKE BLOCK PARTY 2010! 11am-8pm, Veterans Park, Dwight & Chestnut Sts, Holyoke. Come celebrate all that Holyoke has to be proud of in this day-long festival of local talent! Musical acts: Fear Nuttin Band; Wholesale Klezmer; La Perfecta Band; DJ Blaze; SP Hogan Blues Band; Rebirth; South Hadley Community Band; Holyoke Strings; and several more. Events include Farmer's Market; Gyroscope and Musical Bus for children (or for those young at heart); MIFA tours of the Victory Theater; Afternoon open mike event for local youth; HCC tours of Holyoke Transportation Center; Mad Science experiments; Crafts; Face painting; and much, much more. Info: crushonholyoke@gmail.com. Monday September 6 LABOR DAY Wednesday September 8 BOB ROMER: "SLAVERY IN COLONIAL EAST HADLEY (I.E., AMHERST)" 7:30pm, Hadley Historical Society, 12 Middle St (Route 47), Hadley. Lecture based on Dr. Robert H. Romer's new book, Slavery in the Connecticut Valley of Massachusetts. Info: email@massslaveryapology.org. Friday September 10 PIONEER VALLEY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL ANNUAL LABOR DAY BREAKFAST 8:30am, doors open at 8am, Castle of Knights, 1599 Memorial Drive, Chicopee. $20. Each year we pause to reflect on Labor's contributions to our lives and our communities. Come break bread with the working men and women of the Pioneer Valley and Congressional, State, and Local officials. Info: 732-7970, mail@pvaflcio.org. Note: regular STREET HEAT meeting canceled due to Breakfast. Saturday September 11 (Second Saturday) HEALTH EQUITY ROUNDTABLE 9:30-11:30am, 365 Bay St, Springfield. Addressing existing disparities in health care and outcomes, and the underlying racism, poverty, and homelessness. This Springfield Health Disparities Project roundtable provides a forum to engage community people in dialogue with folks working on community health initiatives, keeping the community abreast of what is happening, and getting people involved in working with others to improve community health. Info: Betty Agin, 747-0321, ucved@verizon.net. Saturday September 11 (Second Saturday) WALKING TOUR OF FLORENCE ABOLITION ERA SITES 10am, meet at the Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue, Park & Pine Sts, Florence. Visit the homes of Sojourner Truth, Samuel Hill, and fugitive slave Basil Dorsey. See the Mill River dam where David Lee and Lydia Maria Child processed sugar beets as an alternative to slave-grown sugar cane. Stand in the Pine Grove where William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips spoke before members of the Northampton Association "utopian" community. Hear about David Ruggles's Water Cure and the visits of Frederick Douglass. Donations benefit the David Ruggles Center. These tours are offered the second Saturday of the month from June through November. Info: info@davidrugglescenter.org, http://www.davidrugglescenter.org/. Monday September 13 JORDAN FLAHERTY: FLOODLINES: COMMUNITY & RESISTANCE FROM KATRINA TO THE JENA SIX 7pm, The New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, Mount Holyoke College, Rt 116, South Hadley. Floodlines is a firsthand account of community, culture, and resistance in New Orleans. The book weaves together the stories of gay rappers, Mardi Gras Indians, Arab and Latino immigrants, public housing residents, and grassroots activists in the years before and after Katrina. >From post-Katrina evacuee camps to torture testimony at Angola Prison to organizing with the family members of the Jena Six, Floodlines tells the stories behind the headlines from an unforgettable time and place in history. Info: Odyssey Bookshop, 534-7307 or 800-540-7307; odysseybks@aol.com; www.odysseybks.com. Tuesday September 14 MASSACHUSETTS PRIMARIES Wednesday September 15 MARCH FOR GOOD JOBS NOW! DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD! RSVP! Wednesday September 15 (Third Wednesday)(note time change to accommodate Jobs March) PIONEER VALLEY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL 6pm, AFL-CIO Hall, 640 Page Blvd, near corner of Osborne Terrace, across the street from the old Westinghouse, Springfield. Community and labor activist guests are welcome, but RSVP to Jon at 732-7970, mail@pvaflcio.org, or Rick at 374-1492, rbrown@pvaflcio.org. Wednesday September 15 ANN JONES: WAR IS NOT OVER WHEN IT'S OVER: WOMEN SPEAK OUT FROM THE RUINS OF WAR 7pm, Location to be determined at Mount Holyoke College, Rt 116, South Hadley. From the renowned authority on domestic violence, a startlingly original inquiry into the aftermath of wars and their impact on the least visible victims: women. In 2007, on behalf of the International Rescue Committee, Ann Jones spent two years traveling through Africa, East Asia, and the Middle East, giving cameras to women who had no other means of telling the world what war had done to their lives. The photography project -which moved from Liberia to Syria and points in between-quickly broadened to encompass the full consequences of modern warfare for the most vulnerable. Info: Odyssey Bookshop, 534-7307 or 800-540-7307; odysseybks@aol.com; www.odysseybks.com. Tuesday September 21 (Third Tuesday) FRANKLIN/HAMPSHIRE HEALTH CARE COALITION 7pm, Lathrop Village Community Room, 1 Shallowbrook Ln, off Bridge Rd, Northampton. Organizing for the Massachusetts Health Care Trust Fund Bill - a universal health care system, providing universal access, a comprehensive range of physical and mental health benefits, choice of provider, quality, unified financing and cost controls, accountable governance, and stability. The Massachusetts Health Care Trust Fund will be a "single-payer" of all health care costs, statewide. Also organizing for the national alternative to state action: Medicare for All - HR 676. Info: info@fhhcc.org. Please also visit www.masscare.org and www.healthcare-now.org. To subscribe to the WMass Health Care Action mailing list, send a blank email to healthcareaction-subscribe@lists.prometheuslabor.com or go to http://lists.wmjwj.org/mailman/listinfo/healthcareaction. Wednesday September 22 (Fourth Wednesday) GREENWORK: THE WESTERN MASS GREEN ECONOMY WORKING GROUP 12:30-2pm, Brown Bag Lunch at Noon, Pioneer Valley AFL-CIO Hall, 640 Page Boulevard, Springfield (732-7970). GreenWork consists of advocates for a Green Economy which serves local communities; guarantees workers' rights to organize; and promotes community-owned sustainable projects. GreenWork is working to create a strong movement of labor and community organizers, realtors and entrepreneurs, educators and workforce development folks, environmental experts and ordinary people with asthma, etc., to create a "high road" green economy that supports workers' rights and community benefits. Subscribe to the GreenWork listserve at http://lists.gaiahost.coop/mailman/listinfo/greenwork or send an email to greenwork-subscribe@lists.gaiahost.coop. Info: Jon Weissman, 827-0301, wmjwj@wmjwj.org, or Eduardo Su?rez, 335-6224, director@echosd.org. Wednesday September 22 (Fourth Wednesday) MASS SENIOR ACTION COUNCIL - WESTERN MASS 1:30-3pm, Hobby Club, 309 Chestnut St, Springfield (739-4874). Light refreshments, 50/50 raffle. MSAC was founded in 1981 to promote the rights, well being, and dignity of all people, particularly vulnerable senior citizens. Open to people of all ages. MSAC has a proud history of effective community organizing and legislative advocacy on health care, housing, transportation, and other issues. Info: 543-2334, lstone@masssenioraction.org, www.masssenioraction.org.. Saturday September 25 WESTERN MASS SINGLE PAYER NETWORK FALL MEETING 9:30-11:30am, Lathrop Village Community Room, 1 Shallowbrook Ln, off Bridge Rd, Northampton. Details to come. Info: wmspn@wmjwj.org. Monday September 27 WESTERN MASS. JOBS WITH JUSTICE QUARTERLY MEETING 6:30-8:30pm, Conference Room, second floor, room 234 &/or 236, Potpourri Plaza, 241/243 King St, Northampton, opposite Stop & Shop. Info: wmjwj@wmjwj.org. Monday September 27 (Fourth Monday) SPRINGFIELD BRANCH OF THE NAACP 6:30pm, Christian Embassy, 30 Bowdoin St, Springfield. The NAACP strives to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. Info: Van Johnson, (413) 426-3446. Tuesday September 28 (Fourth Tuesday) HAMPSHIRE/FRANKLIN CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL 5:30-7pm, Northampton Fire Station Community Room, 26 Carlon Drive at King St/Route 5, Northampton (587-1148). Community and labor activist guests are welcome, but RSVP to Pres. Fiore Grassetti, 877-725-0357, org7@comcast.net. Saturday October 2 ONE NATION WORKING TOGETHER MARCH ON WASHINGTON Please visit http://www.onenationworkingtogether.org/. We are organizing free bus rides from Springfield, Amherst, Northampton, Greenfield, Pittsfield - wherever we need them! Leaving very late October 1 and returning late October 2. Click here to reserve a seat. Sunday October 3 CONGRESSWOMAN DONNA EDWARDS OF MARYLAND 1pm, The Carrol Room, Smith College Campus Center, Rt 9, Northampton. National Priorities Project (NPP) brings Rep. Edwards to talk about the federal debt and deficit, immigration, healthcare reform, the FY2011 budget, and more. Maryland's first black Congresswoman, a staunch advocate for the public option in healthcare reform, and the key sponsor of a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission (FEC) ruling on corporate funding, Edwards is leaving an indelible mark on the Hill. In 1990, Edwards co-founded and served as executive director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, earning national prominence for her work in the passage of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act. As executive director of the Arca Foundation in 2000, she led concerted efforts to change the lives of working families directing millions of dollars to programs working for their benefit. Info: Lily Lawrence, leilakate@gmail.com. More events on the AFSC Calendar! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Western Mass. Jobs with Justice Workers' Rights list posts opportunities for you to learn about and show solidarity with workplace and working class struggles. And these events are opportunities for JwJ members to fulfill their pledge: " I'll be there for workers' rights at least five times a year!" This is the core mission of Jobs with Justice ( www.jwj.org), affirming that workers' rights are human rights. To subscribe, send a blank email to workersrights-subscribe@lists.prometheuslabor.com or go to http://lists.wmjwj.org/mailman/listinfo/workersrights. Western Mass Jobs with Justice 640 Page Blvd #101 Springfield MA 01104 (413) 827-0301 wmjwj@wmjwj.org Check out our other mailing lists at http://wmjwj.org/our-lists. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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