Category: Community
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IMF Protest Coordination Meeting
Each spring, thousands of government officials, the private sector, journalists, academia, civil society representatives, and other interested observers gather in Washington, D.C. for the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group. At the heart of the gathering are meetings of the IMF’s International Monetary and Financial Committee and the joint…
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Donate Matching
ATTENTION PLEASE: Today from 7 pm to 930 pm EST, Taking Actions will be matching donations made out to the Peace House! After donating to us at www.thepeacehousedc.org please go to their Facebook page and click like, to show Solidarity and to make sure that your donations can be matched! Taking Actions facebook Page is…
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Closing the Gap: A Teach-in on Environmental and Climate Justice
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT for Environmental Justice) is a Northern Manhattan community-based organization whose mission is to build healthy communities by ensuring that people of color and/or low-income participate meaningfully in the creation of sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices. As a result of our ongoing work to…
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Film Screening of “Ground Zero: Syria”
Ground Zero: Syria is a compiled photojournalist and videographer Robert King’s footage into a series of raw, largely unedited vignettes that present a snapshot of the ancient city as it crumbles and burns while its citizens are killed indiscriminately. Amid a fierce battle between Assad’s security forces and Free Syrian Army insurgents, fire swept through…
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Family & Friends of Incarcerated People – Youth Peer Group Meeting
The Peace House will be working with Family & Friends of Incarcerated People (FFOIP) with there Youth Peer Group. Touching on what The Peace House is and what programs and projects we do. As well as focusing on the importance of activism and art through brainstorming ideas that have strong feelings associated with them such…
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Peace House Landlord ready to evict activists
For Immediate Release Peace House Landlord ready to evict activists February 19th, 2014 Effective today, The Peace House has been notified that we will face eviction if we don’t come up with $1,350 by March 15th, 2014. This has threatened and may cause the dissolution of the iconic and historic White House Anti-Nuclear Peace vigil…
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The Green and Dirty Project: Film Screening of Blue Gold: World Water Wars
Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive.…
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Petition: Apply the same policy to both the Iranian and Israeli nuclear development programs
We are not a big fan of petitions but this is a good one. Sign this petition and demand a nuclear free Israel. Tell Obama and AIPAC to ask the same from Israel as they are pushing for a nuclear free Iran act. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), has announced that they “remain…
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Gaza Speaking Tour with Eva Bartlett
Having been active in Canada for a number of years now in the pursuit of justice and peace for the Palestinian people, Eva’s presentation about Israeli brutality and the indiscriminate infliction of suffering on the people of Gaza, complete with graphic and heart-wrenching images, is among the most inspiring I’ve witnessed to date. Her absolute…