Hear ‘Extinction Rebellion’ Rep at the General Assembly

Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, 2-4 p.m.

Guiding Star Grange 401 Chapman St. Greenfield

Agenda

1)   Financial report and Membership renewal

2)   Election of the Coordinating Committee. The following people were nominated. Dave Cohen, Susan Worgaftik, Patti Williams, and Doug Selwyn. You can read their statements here.

3)   Speaker from  Extinction Rebellion . This is one of the most exciting groups fighting climate change. See some of what they have been doing lately all over the world here.

Adrie Rose, Co-Chair of Extinction Rebellion Western Massachusetts, will talk with us about their take on the climate crisis and why they do what
they do.

4)   Report on the Greenfield Elections

5)   The Politics of Palestine in the Current Moment: Joe Levine is a Professor of Philosophy at UMass and an organizer with Western Mass Jewish Voice for Peace (and an FCCPR member). He will talk with us about The Politics of Palestine in the Current Moment. Here is a recent Opinion piece Joe had in the New York Times.

6)   Announcements

Women: Vote! Dance Party 6/19

FCCPR’s  Women’s Rights Task Force is pleased to sponsor a dance party in celebration of women and the power we have in the electorate.

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

6:30 p.m.

Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main Street, Greenfield

Musical performances:

ZoKi – “Folk rock fused trio”
SheSaid “Our all-female band plays original tunes drawing from traditions of blues, rock, jazz, and country music infused, at times, with a bad ass, punk vibe!”
Samirah Evans “Sultry…silken…smoking hot vocals” of jazz and blues

Tickets: $10-$50, per ticket, suggested donations, with no one being turned away for an inability to pay.

For ticket information, please Hawks and Reed’s website at https://hawksandreed.ticketfly.com/

Or email Maryelen Calderwood <maryelen.calderwood@gmail.com> or Sara Seinberg <coachseinberg@gmail.com>

In June of 1919, Congress passed the 19th Amendment, which states, “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” This was a powerful victory, and we celebrate it as a great beginning when white women were granted access to ballots and to a voice. Black women were granted the right to vote 46 years later, in the 1965 Voting Rights Act. And ten years after that, in 1975. Legendary Congresswoman, Barbara Jordan of Texas, fought to have the rights of “minority language” voters included as well. On June 19, 2019, we will honor all women and their contributions to political, religious, social and economic justice and gender equality, as well as our ongoing struggle to demand equality for all women.

All funds raised will benefit FairFightAction, which seeks to ensure “free and fair elections.” https://fairfightaction.com/

Support for Sovereignty and Independence of Venezuelan People

Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution expresses its support for the national sovereignty, freedom, and independence of the people of Venezuela and opposes any foreign economic, military, or diplomatic intervention in the domestic affairs of the Venezuelan people. We particularly oppose our government’s ongoing efforts to destabilize and overturn the government of Venezuela. The history of U.S. empire in the southern hemisphere should be a thing of the past.