"Confronting the Crisis"
with Frances Fox Piven
Join NYC-UFPJ for a Peace and Justice cocktail party!
This party is a fundraiser for NYC-UFPJ. Tickets are $30. It will take place at the home of a supporter in Washington Heights. The address will be sent with a receipt of payment.
Wine and light refreshments will be served.
Purchase tickets here or by calling 212-868-5545.
On Sunday, February 22, 4:00 PM, Frances Fox Piven will analyze the political situation and will address what WE can do to advance the struggle for peace and social justice.
Frances Fox Piven, currently a professor at CUNY Graduate Center, is a noted academic and an activist who has long joined astute analysis of our social conditions with her engagement in the struggles of poor people for their human rights. She is the author of The War at Home - The Domestic Costs of Bush's Militarism and Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America among many other publications.
We are facing a period of heightened opportunity and challenge. Our country is in a profound crisis. But there is also still a sense of hope for change as well as the potential to engage the millions of people who helped get Obama elected. Dr. Piven's keen analysis is certain to stimulate discussion about how we, in the peace movement, can work with others to further our agenda.
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Friday, February 06, 2009
Friday, May 23, 2008
May 31: Pedal for Peace 2008
Pedal for Peace 2008
Saturday, May 31, 11AM
Central Park
110 St. & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd
(Rain or Shine*)
REGISTER TODAY!
This will be NYC-United for Peace & Justice second annual fundraising ride. It is a family-friendly 15-mile ride through East Harlem, Harlem and the Upper Westside. View the map of the route. The revenues generated from this ride are vital to help NYC-UFPJ to be able to continue to coordinate city-wide anti-war actions and amplify the work that our member groups are doing in neighborhoods around the city!
Riders are encouraged to get sponsors and there are great gifts for raising $250, $500 and $1000 (including an I-Pod shuffle for raising $1000). All riders get a fabulous Pedal for Peace T-shirt! But you don't have to ride to help us reach our fundraising goal of $10,000. Check out the Pedal for Peace donations page to donate!
Saturday, May 31, 11AM
Central Park
110 St. & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd
(Rain or Shine*)
REGISTER TODAY!
This will be NYC-United for Peace & Justice second annual fundraising ride. It is a family-friendly 15-mile ride through East Harlem, Harlem and the Upper Westside. View the map of the route. The revenues generated from this ride are vital to help NYC-UFPJ to be able to continue to coordinate city-wide anti-war actions and amplify the work that our member groups are doing in neighborhoods around the city!
Riders are encouraged to get sponsors and there are great gifts for raising $250, $500 and $1000 (including an I-Pod shuffle for raising $1000). All riders get a fabulous Pedal for Peace T-shirt! But you don't have to ride to help us reach our fundraising goal of $10,000. Check out the Pedal for Peace donations page to donate!
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