All Events in First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) (37)

Food Security in Jamaica Plain and New England

February 3, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) Speakers: Hugh Joseph (Tufts University), Glynn Lloyd (City Growers) and Jamey Lionette and Edith Murnane (City of Boston) As part of the JP New Economy Transition series, this forum will look at the… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

Lisa Napoli: Happiness Lessons From the Kingdom of Bhutan

February 10, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) Speaker: Lisa Napoli, veteran public radio journalist and author of RADIO SHANGRI-LA: What I Learned in Bhutan, The Happiest Kingdom on Earth When Lisa Napoli found herself unhappy with the fast-pace… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

Special Guest: Senator Bernie Sanders

February 13, 2011 from 3pm to 5pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) The JP Forum hosts Vermont Senator Bernard Sanders in his only public Boston appearance. Bernie is the longest serving independent member of Congress in U.S. history. He has been an outspoken champi… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

Time Trade Circle: Creating a Local Economy

March 20, 2011 from 4pm to 6pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) After the economic crisis, more people are bartering with friends and neighbors and forming time banks to share goods and services locally. Come meet local members of the Time Trade Circle, a Boston-… Organized by Liz W. | Type: orientation, workshop, discussion

Special Guest: Malalai Joya: Liberating Afghan Women

March 26, 2011 from 3pm to 5pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) At a constitutional assembly in Kabul in 2003, Malalai Joya stood up and denounced her country’s powerful U.S./NATO-backed warlords. She was only 25 years old. Two years later, she became the younges… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

The Pigment of Your Imagination: Life Between Black and White

April 10, 2011 from 3pm to 5pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) Joy Zarembka is executive director of the Institute for Policy Studies and author of The Pigment of Your Imagination: Mixed Race in a Global Society (Madera Press). Does society or the individual det… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

Israel and Palestine: Is Peace and Justice Possible? - A Report From the Ground-

April 28, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) Alice Rothchild and Alan Meyers are Boston-area doctors who have led multiple delegations to Israel and Palestine. As members of The Health and Human Rights Project of American Jews for a Just Peace… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion
Israel and Palestine: Are Peace and Justice Possible? A Report From the Ground

April 28, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) Speakers: Alice Rothchild and Alan Meyers RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends, http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=164101910313657 Alice Rothchild and Alan Meyers are Boston-area doctors… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

Richard Heinberg - The End of Growth: Peak Oil and the Economy of the Future

May 15, 2011 from 3pm to 5pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) We all take economic growth for granted – until it falters, as in 2008. But what if the recent economic meltdown was not just an interruption in the story of continuous economic expansion, but the fi… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

Rising Cost of Food and Fuel: Are We Ready?

May 26, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from the monument) $6.50 a gallon for gas? How will that impact you? How will it impact our community? What can we do about it? Whole Foods pricing isn’t the only thing making healthy food expensive these days. Globall… Organized by Liz W. | Type: discussion

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