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Tuesday, Feb, 9, 2010 6:30 PM  Workshop on Nonviolent Communication, Unitarian Universalist Church, 90 Holden St, Worcester, MA  Marguerite Robbins, "Relating Consciously and Compassionately to Ourselves, Others and the Planet" Concepts, techniques and practices based on Marshal Rosenberg's book Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life.  Free and open to the public.

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 4-6 pm  RI Rally for Marriage Equality at the RI State House. 

Thursday, Feb. 11, 11am  Rally/Press Conference about the exploited workers that had been hired to shovel snow at Gillette Stadium who now face deportation.  St. Charles Church, 178 Dexter Ave. Providence RI. 

Sunday, Feb.14th 3-5pm  Community Celebration at ONA:  Help celebrate two years of the Red de Defense program that responds to families in crisis from Immigration raids and the opening of the new Internet Cafe, Barrio Digital, projects of the Olneyville Neighborhood Association.  At ONA, 122 Manton Ave. Providence.  (The address is the huge Flea Market building.  Enter ONA through the tower on the right.)

Thurs. Feb.25, 4:30 pm  The Human Cost of War: Marking the death of 1000 US soldiers in Afghanistan and the deaths of thousands of civilians in Afghanistan.  Gather at Government Center in Fall River, MA (at the intersection of South Main and Pocasset Streets)  for a vigil that will include dramatic readings on the costs of war, images of Afghanistan and the making of cards honoring those who have died to send to Congress. 

Afghan voices:  In all the talk about Afghanistan, we hear very few Afghan voices.  AFSC recently recorded a converstation with Dr. Zaher Wahab, professor at Lewis and Clark College, who has also returned regularly to his native Afghanistan as a consultant to the Ministry of Education.  We think you will find this wide-ranging conversation interesting.   Listen by clicking here.  We hope to bring other interviews to you in the near future.

Racial Profiling:  AFSC-SENE is part of a coalition that is working to both document the extent of racial profiling behavior by state and local police and working to get the legislature to pass.  Please go the the RI ACLU website for flyers you can hand out in your community, a link to an online survey that you can fill out if you have experience racial profiling and information on pending legislation.   There will be a lobby day February 9th beginning at 3:30 pm.  Please contact us if you are interested either in the lobby day or being involved in this campaign. 

Recent Events

Many thanks to all who attended the events on the Cape and in Providence on Afghanistan and the Endless War on Terror.  If you were unable to attend but would still like to contribute to the fundraiser, you can make a check out to AFSC (put SENE in the memo) and send it to PO Box 3692, S. Attleboro MA 02703.   Thanks!


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