Join activists, researchers and policymakers from the U.S., Canada and Mexico in Minneapolis, MN, to review how NAFTA has affected all three countries, learn about efforts to expand NAFTA, and exchange ideas on a new fair trade agenda.

Join activists, researchers and policymakers from the U.S., Canada and Mexico in Minneapolis, MN, to review how NAFTA has affected all three countries, learn about efforts to expand NAFTA, and exchange ideas on a new fair trade agenda.

Thursday October 25, 2007

5:30 - 7 PM
Open fundraiser/reception for Jeff Halper
Coordinating Director
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)

($25 suggested contribution)



To be followed by:

Thursday October 25, 2007 7 - 9 PM
"In Search of a Just Peace in Israel-Palestine: A View from the Ground"
(free, donations encouraged)

Both events will take place at:
Workmen's Circle
1762 Beacon St Brookline, MA

Sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)-Boston
Workmen's Circle Middle East Working Group
and Grassroots International

Grassroots is pleased to cosponsor the Friends of Sabeel - North America conference on "The Apartheid Paradigm in Palestine-Israel: Issues of Justice and Equality" in the spirit of open dialogue and in the furtherance of peace with justice.

October 26 – 27, 2007
Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Boston

Friday—2:30 PM—10:00 PM
Saturday—8:00 AM—4:30 PM

Keynote Address: Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Panelists:
Naim Ateek * Anat Biletzki * Diana Buttu * Noam Chomsky
John Dugard * Farid Esack * Noura Erekat * Jeff Halper
Donald Wagner * David Wildman

Other Participants:
Phyllis Bennis * Joan M. Martin
Nancy Murray * Bishop Thomas Shaw

Grassroots is pleased to cosponsor the Friends of Sabeel - North America conference on "The Apartheid Paradigm in Palestine-Israel: Issues of Justice and Equality" in the spirit of open dialogue and in the furtherance of peace with justice.

October 26 – 27, 2007
Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Boston

Friday—2:30 PM—10:00 PM
Saturday—8:00 AM—4:30 PM

Keynote Address: Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Panelists:
Naim Ateek * Anat Biletzki * Diana Buttu * Noam Chomsky
John Dugard * Farid Esack * Noura Erekat * Jeff Halper
Donald Wagner * David Wildman

Other Participants:
Phyllis Bennis * Joan M. Martin
Nancy Murray * Bishop Thomas Shaw

Thursday, November 1st
7:00pm
FREE

First Church in Jamaica Plain
Unitarian Universalist Sanctuary
6 Eliot St (Across from the Monument)
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130

In 2006 an energized electorate seemed poised to reassert ownership of the democratic process. Since the elections, however, polls show that citizens confidence in government has resumed its downward trend. Far from waning, disillusion and disengagement continue to spread.

Why is this happening, and how can we stop it?

Panel: Resources Rights and Food Sovereignty: Linking Our Neighborhood of Main South to the Global South

With Matt Feinstein from The Food Justice Campaign, and Prof. Dianne Rocheleau from the Geography Department of Clark University.

Location

Clark University
Jefferson Building Room 218
950 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610

Event sponsored by Praxis, The Food Justice Campaign, School of Geography of Clark University, Worcester Immigrant Coalition, Urban Garden Resources of Worcester/Regional Environmental Council, Worcester Roots Project, Worcester Global Action Network (WoGAN).

Lecture: Agro-Energy and Its Impacts on the Food Sovereignty of Rural Communities in the Global South

Location

Brandeis University
Center of International Development
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454

This event is sponsored by The Heller School for Social Policy and Management.

Lecture: Land Rights, given by Luis Antonio of MST

Location

Northeastern University School of Law
Knowles 201
400 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Grassroots International reception for Luis Antonio at the Jamaica Plain home of Marie Kennedy & Chris Tilly.

To RSVP and request directions, please send an email to info@grassrootsonline.org. Bring your checkbook as we hope to inspire your generosity.