Message
First Wednesdays
BERKSHIRES FOR PROGRESSIVE CHANGE
7-8:30pm, Friends Meeting House, 280 State
Road, Great
Barrington. A chapter of Progressive
Democrats of Massachusetts. Info: Michael Wilcox, mailto:mfw@mfw.us.
First Thursdays
MASS CITIZENS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
7-8:30pm, Unitarian-Universalist Society, 245
Porter Lake Drive, Springfield.
Planning 2007 Sacco/Vanzetti Night, August 23. Info: 567-3451, mailto:mcadp1@aol.com or
mailto:CAJOWL66@aol.com or
Beth Moriarty, mailto:carys96@earthlink.net.
First Saturdays
SIREN TEST DIE IN
Noon, Brattleboro
VT. Sirens to warn people that a serious
accident has occurred at Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor are tested as
follows:
Brattleboro
VT - First Saturday of the month at Noon;
Vernon
VT - First Saturday of the month at 8am;
Hinsdale
NH - First Tuesday of the month at 6pm;
Swanzey
NH - First Saturday of the month at 12:30pm;
Winchester
NH - First Saturday of the month at 12:30pm;
Bernardston MA - First Wednesday of the month at 7pm;
Colrain MA - First Saturday of the month at Noon;
Northfield
MA - First Wednesday of the month at 7pm.
In the Brattleboro area,
activists are participating in a die-in protest whenever possible by freezing in
place, standing silent or falling down “dead” when the sirens go off. For the
full 3-5 minute test, people commit each month to stop their activities and
reflect on what it would mean if this were not a test but the real thing. Info:
Citizens Awareness Network (CAN), 339-5781, mailto:can@nukebusters.org; www.nukebusters.org.
Second Sundays
UNPLUG VERMONT
YANKEE
7-8pm, your home. Unplug all electrical appliances (including
refrigerator) for 1 hour on the second Sunday of each month. Called by Citizens
Awareness Network (CAN) to protest relicensing Vermont Yankee nuclear power
plant and let its owner, Entergy, know we want a green future. In
Massachusetts, the National
Grid/Mass Electric gets 25% of its electricity from Vermont Yankee. We can save
20-25% of our electrical use through conservation and energy efficiencies,
creating more jobs than the nuke industry. Info: Deb Katz, 339-5781, mailto:can@nukebusters.org; www.nukebusters.org/11.0.html.
Third Tuesdays
FRANKLIN/HAMPSHIRE HEALTH CARE COALITION
7pm (6:45pm social time), Lathrop Village Community Room,
Shallow Brook Drive, off
Bridge Rd,
Northampton. Organizing for the
Mass. Health Care Trust Fund Bill.
Info: Franklin/Hampshire Health Care Coalition,
PO Box 3011, Amherst
01004, 586-0345, markham@crocker.com or
franko1810@aol.com.
The Massachusetts Health Care Trust Fund Bill calls for a universal
health care system, providing universal access, a comprehensive range of
physical and mental health benefits, choice of provider, quality, unified
financing and cost controls, accountable governance, and stability. A
Massachusetts Health Care Trust Fund will be a “single-payer” of all health care
costs, statewide. Details of the Bill, action ideas: MASS-CARE, 800-383-1973,
masscare@aol.com,
www.masscare.org.
Third Tuesdays
VALLEYWIDE SPOKESCOUNCIL
7-9pm, South Meeting Room,
Bangs Community
Center, 70 Boltwood Walk, downtown
Amherst. The
Valleywide Spokescouncil is representatives of
groups or organizations with the goal of building critical mass to achieve goals
the groups are working on or care about. If you are part of a group or
organization of 20 or more people in Western
Massachusetts and can serve as its spokesperson, you are invited to
join the Valleywide Spokescouncil. Those who
join this Council are in general agreement with the Earth Charter:
www.earthcharter.org. Leadership is equally shared by all present
through consensus decision-making based roughly on Formal Consensus: www.consensus.net/ocaccontents.html. Info: Tim
Anderson, 559-1656, timbabwe1@aol.com.
Third Wednesdays
MASS SENIOR ACTION COUNCIL – GREATER
SPRINGFIELD
CHAPTER
2pm, Good
Life
Center, E Columbus Av,
Springfield (municipal parking
validated). MSAC tackles vital issues, including single-payer health care,
prescription drug price relief, and housing. No age requirement! For info or a
ride: Clodo Concepcion, 783-4807,
mailto:clodo@the-spa.com.
Third Wednesdays
ALLIANCE FOR INJURED
WORKERS
4-6pm, First Congregational Church, 20 Lathrop
St, corner of Park St,
W Springfield. Unique
organization run by injured workers for injured workers. No perfume, cologne
please; some members suffer from chemical sensitivity due to workplace injury.
Info: 827-0643 or 731-0760, mailto:comphurts@aol.com; www.afiw.org.
Ask for your FREE copy of “Injured Workers Survival Guide”.
New York City Bus Trip: Saturday
June 2, 8am, leave from Knights of Columbus, 1599
Memorial Drive (Rt 33),
Chicopee; leave NYC 7:30pm. $35.
Make check out to Western MassCOSH,
640 Page Blvd #104,
Springfield MA
01104. No refunds unless trip
canceled.
Third Wednesday
PIONEER
VALLEY CENTRAL LABOR
COUNCIL
7pm, AFL-CIO Hall, 640 Page
Blvd, near corner of Osborne Ter, across the street
from the old Westinghouse,
Springfield. Community and labor
activist guests are welcome, but contact 732-7970, mailto:unionyes@pvaflcio.org; www.pvaflcio.org.
Last Wednesdays
PIONEER VALLEY COALITION TO CHANGE & CHALLENGE
WAL-MART
7-9pm, Porter Lounge (3rd Floor) or another room, Converse Hall,
Amherst
College, Rts 116 & 9, Amherst.
Fighting the Wal-Mart in Hadley and maybe in
Greenfield, working on Wake-Up
Wal-Mart campaigns, giving mutual aid to the coalition members fighting Wal-Mart
in many ways. Info: mailto:socialchange@amherst.edu.
Hadley Neighbors for Sensible
Development (www.HadleyNeighbors.org), Sprawl Busters (www.sprawl-busters.com),
and Stop Sprawl-Mart (www.StopSprawlMart.org) are fighting sprawl. Want to help Wal-Mart
workers get fair treatment? Contact Dan
Clifford, Wake Up Wal-Mart, 732-6209 x14, mailto:dclifford@ufcw1459.com. Check out http://wmass.walmartvoices.com/ and www.wakeupwalmart.com.