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Events - Filter:Saturday, May 3, 2008
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:00 pm
Saturday, May 17 DENVER "Remembering al-Nakba: Palestine 60 Years Later" Cultural Festival 11 a.m. Come celebrate Palestinian/Arab culture with food and music! Participatory Remembrance Ceremony at 1 p.m. At the Denver Capitol Building at Colfax and Lincoln. Sunday, May 4, 2008
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Sunday, May 4 DENVER A Palestine Culturefest! Food, Music, Poetry and Film, 3:00-5:00 pm at Conference Center, Regis University, Denver 3333 Regis Blvd, Entrance 1, Parking Lot 5. Free and Open to the Public 303-494-2338; Sabeel.colorado@earthlink.net. Carpool from Boulder call Carolyn at 303-444-6981x2 and leave a message. Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Tuesday May 6 BOULDER "Creating A Journalism The Matters" with John Boyer, formerly of PBS, plus local media activists. 7:30 to 9:00 PM at the Atlas Building Auditorium, Room 100, CU. Info: www.ColoradoCommonCause.org or 303.292.2162 ext. 3 or e-mail: Henry@indra.com Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Tuesday May 6 BOULDER "Creating A Journalism The Matters" with John Boyer, formerly of PBS, plus local media activists. 7:30 to 9:00 PM at the Atlas Building Auditorium, Room 100, CU. Info: www.ColoradoCommonCause.org or 303.292.2162 ext. 3 or e-mail: Henry@indra.com Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Wednesday, May 7 DENVER Meeting about organizing for non-violent, peaceful protests for the DNC this summer. At 7 pm at AFSC at 901 w 14th Ave. Thursday, May 8, 2008
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Thursday, May 8 BOULDER International Collective (Iraq, Iran, global justice), 7 p.m. at RMPJC, 3970 Broadway, Suite 105. More info 303-444-6981x2. Friday, May 9, 2008
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Friday, May 9 BOULDER Dr. Stephen Zunes will speak on "Nonviolent Action, U.S. Foreign Policy, and the Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East and Beyond". Dr. Zunes is a Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, where he chairs the program in Middle Eastern Studies. He is the author of scores of articles for scholarly and general readership on Middle Eastern politics, U.S. foreign policy, international terrorism, nuclear nonproliferation, strategic nonviolent action, and human rights. He is the principal editor of Nonviolent Social Movements (Blackwell Publishers, 1999), the author of the highly-acclaimed Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism (Common Courage Press, 2003) and co-author (with Jacob Mundy) of the forthcoming Western Sahara: Nationalism, Conflict, and International Accountability (Syracuse University Press.) At 7 p.m. at Friends Meeting House at 1825 Upland, Boulder. Saturday, May 10, 2008
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Saturday, May 10 DENVER Gary Anderson & Joy Lapp on Personal Experiences in the West Bank. Mr. Anderson is a civil engineer who spent several years in the West Bank and was involved with the construction of water projects for the Palestinians. Ms. Lapp teaches at various colleges and takes groups yearly on a two-week trip to Palestine to witness the difficulties of Palestinian life under occupation. at 1:00 P.M. at the Colorado Muslim Society, 2071 South Parker Road, Denver, CO 80231 Tel: 303.696.9800 Fax: 303.750.4763 Denvermosque.org Monday, May 12, 2008
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Monday, May 12 BOULDER "The Constitution: What Have We Lost and Why Does It Matter to Me?" With speakers Kathy Hazouri, Executive Director of Colorado ACLU and Judd Golden, President of the Boulder County ACLU. 7:30 p.m. at the Wolf Law Building at CU. Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
BOULDER What role does faith play in the presidential election? What role, if any, should it play? Discuss these questions with a panel of experts:
Rev. Ron Stief, National Director of Organizing, Faith in Public Life, Washington DC.
Catherine Hazouri, Executive Director, ACLU of Colorado
Ira Chernus, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder.
7:30 PM Humanities 135, on the CU Boulder campus. Free. Thursday, May 15, 2008
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Thursday, May 15 BOULDER Commemoration of the Nakba, the catastrophe of the dispossession of the Palestinians' homeland by the founding of Israel. Reading of the names of 400 villages that were ethnically cleansed and destroyed. At 5:30 p.m. on the concrete area on the west side of the Boulder Municipal Building (SW corner Canyon and Broadway), followed by a solemn march on the Pearl Street Mall. Friday, May 16, 2008
Start: 10:00 am
End: 10:00 pm
Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17 COLORADO SPRINGS Leafletting about the war against Iraq at Democratic Party State Assembly. To participate, call Carolyn at 303-444-6981x2. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
DENVER One night only in Denver! Amazing Hip-Hop Artists Niza Wattad (Palestine), Omar Chakaki (Syria) and poet Mark Gonzales (Mexican-American) "Energetic, often startling performance in spoken-work and rhyme." Boettcher Center, University of Denver, 2050 E Iliff Avenue Tickets: $10: 303-494-2338, beirutstreets@earthlink.net Saturday, May 17, 2008
Start: 11:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
" Remembering al-Nakba: Palestine 60 Years Later" Cultural Festival 11 a.m. Come celebrate Palestinian/Arab culture with food and music! Participatory Remembrance Ceremony at 1 p.m. At the Denver Capitol Building at Colfax and Lincoln. Friday, May 23, 2008
Start: 7:15 pm
End: 8:15 pm
Friday, May 23 BOULDER Wish you were eating healthier foods and had more energy? Want to be lose weight and avoid chronic diseases? Care about the planet's health and the treatment of animals? Concerned about global warming and peak oil? Learn how easy it is to reach your goals for health and help the planet and our animal friends at the same time. Introductory evening to the "Eat for a healthy you & a healthy planet" class. 7:15-8:15 p.m. at the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, 3970 Broadway, Suite 105, Boulder. Attending the introductory evening does not obligate you to taking the course and is free. Course is $60-120 sliding scale for a six-week class (one two-hour class a week). . For a longer description of this course, send an email to Carolyn@rmpjc.org. or call her at 303-444-6981x2. Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Thursday, May 27 BOULDER "U.S. Policy and Iran: What Americans Need to Know". Former residents Hank Brusselback and Gaia Mike and locally based Iranians will discuss the current conflict between the U.S. and Iran and what we need to do about it. Brusselback and Mika will have just returned from a trip to Iran with the Fellowship of Reconciliation. At 7:30 p.m. at Humanities 1B50, CU.  
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