[pjw] INFO: Upcoming peace events April 17- May 4+

[Peace and Justice Works]

Hello PJW supporters

We've gotten a lot of information about events coming up in the next few 
weeks which people asked that we share with you.

Here we go:

-------

Wednesday, April 17 10 AM


Community Forum on Gaza and Israel Palestine with Benjamin Barnett,  Joel
Benin, Marlene Eid and Mazen Malik organized by the Community Education
Working Group and recorded at the Eastside Jewish Commons.  On KBOO
Community Radio Wednesday April 17th 10am 90.7 FM Portland and online at
Kboo.fm .


(From Emma)


------

Wednesday-Thursday April 17-18

Award-Winning Films about Atomic Energy and Uranium April 17-18 in 
Portland

The IUFF Atomic Age Cinema will be at the First Unitarian Church in 
Portland on Wednesday and Thursday, April 17th and 18th, with screenings 
followed by a Q and A and panel discussion.

ATOMIC BAMBOOZLE will be screened on the 17th along with the award-winning 
ATOMIC COVER-UP. Also, an award-winning film, DEMON MINERAL, screens on 
the 18th. Suggested donations at the door of $5-20.


Details are Here

https://uraniumfilmfestival.org/files/2024_iuff_portland_program_final.pdf

In its 13th year, the IUFF is dedicated to films about nuclear power and 
weapons, nuclear victims and environmental justice, and the risks of 
radioactivity, uranium mining, and nuclear waste. From Hiroshima to the 
Manhattan Project to Fukushima and everything in between, where 
Oppenheimer dared not go, these films throw much-needed light on all 
nuclear issues, past, present, and future.

Local sponsors for IUFF Portland are the Economic Action Group of the 
First Unitarian Church, Oregon Conservancy Foundation, and Alliance for 
Democracy.

(From the Alliance for Democracy)

------

Friday April 19- Sunday April 21

5th Annual SJCon:
"Health & Environmental Justice: Constructing Coalitions at the 
Intersections of Extraction, Militarism, and Climate Collapse"
Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20, 2024
8:30 am to 5:30 pm
and Sunday, April 21st from 3:30 to 8 pm

Presented virtually (on Zoom) with some in-person sessions

Militarism will particularly be included in the Friday morning 8:45 AM 
Plenary Session "Learning from the Past and Propelling the Future for 
Social and Environmental Justice-- Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions."

At 4 PM Friday keynote speaker Melanie Yazzie, a citizen of the Navajo 
Nation, will make links between Native American genocide and Gaza.

>From 10 AM to noon Friday there is a Chief Redheart Memorial Ceremony 
being held in person at Fort Vancouver, which about the violence the U.S. 
military perpetrated against the Nimiipuu/Nez Perce, including at the 
fort.

Details are here:
https://labs.wsu.edu/thethingreenlineispeople/announcing-the-5th-annual-sjcon/

(From Desiree)

-----

Thursday, April 25 and Saturdays starting May 4

Sign holding for peace events

Currently:
Once a month - last Thursday each month 3 to 4:30 PM (April 25)
Location:  SE 82nd and Division at PCC campus

Starting again on May 4:
Once a week - Saturday afternoon 3-4:30 PM
Location:  East end of the Burnside Bridge by the Car dealership
(SE Burnside and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd)

For both, Alliance for Democracy will provide signs.

(From the Alliance for Democracy)

-----

Thanks, hope that isn't too overwhelming!

dan handelman
peace and justice works