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Good Works: Can a Bad Economy Make for Better Citizens?

May 5, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm – Ned Devine’s Faneuil Hall Marketplace "Good Works: Can a Bad Economy Make for Better Citizens?" The first of three in the Our Economy event series will examine the effects the current recession is having on public service. In “Good Work… Organized by Real Talk | Type: panel, discussion

Green Friday: Film and Dialogue

November 20, 2009 from 7pm to 9:45pm – Spontaneous Celebrations Please join us on Friday, November 20, 2009 for Green Friday: Film and Dialogue, hosted by Lauren Paap held at Spontaneous Celebrations. This is a pilot project with the goal of providing an on-going… Organized by Lauren Paap | Type: movie, community, discussion, environment, sustainability

Reportback from Copenhagen: Next Steps for the Climate Movement.

January 28, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) Many people hoped that the December’s United Nation’s Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen would generate a decisive global stance to curb the planet’s warming. With world leaders joining jou… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

Climate change, the economy and unending war: A new strategy in a time of crisis

February 5, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) Health care, war, global warming and the economy: These are the greatest problems we're facing today. The media and our elected officials like to portray them as isolated issues, focusing on blame ra… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

Hidden JP History: Worker Housing and the Legacy of Robert Treat Paine

March 21, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) Come learn the inspiring local history of Robert Treat Paine and his work to build affordable housing in the Hyde Square neighborhood. Paine was a prominent business leader and great grandson of a si… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

The Carnivore's Dilemma: How To Eat Meat Responsibly

March 31, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) Speakers: Speakers: Kim Denney, owner/operator of Chestnut Farm Meat CSA, cattle farmer Ridge Shinn, author and local food activist Jamey Lionette All-natural. Organic. Free-range. Grass-fed. Are yo… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

Why We Can’t Get Ahead: Job Challenges for the American Worker – Steven Greenhouse of the New York Times

April 8, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) Speaker: Steven Greenhouse, New York Times business and economics correspondent Since the recession’s peak, the U.S. unemployment rate has been hovering around 10 percent. But the challenges to the… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

The Coming Population Crash: Our Planet's Surprising Future – Author Fred Pearce

April 13, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) Fred Pearce has chronicled the troubling history of efforts to contain the demographic explosion, -- from the early environmental movement's racism and involvement in eugenics, to coercive family-pla… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

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