\nPeaceWorks Rochester Community Calendar

Time:

7:30am - 8:30am

Location:

Park Avenue & Culver Road

Description:

Witness against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Come and leave as it fits your schedule. The goal is to bring an awareness of the war into our daily lives, remind those driving by that the wars are still going on, call for our troops to come home, and advocate for another approach to healing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

STAND WITH US! Signs are provided.

Bring Them Home Vigils

UU PEACE ADVOCATES
www.rochesterunitarian.org/peaceadvocates.html

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Time:

1:00pm

Location:

Federal Building, 100 State Street

Description:

Rochester Responds to Paris Climate Agreement Withdrawal

Please join the rally at 1 PM,

June 2, 2017 at the Federal Building on State street

Time:

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Description:

Peace/Anti-War vigil at corner of East Ave. and Goodman Street, Rochester. All are welome!

Time:

7:00pm

Location:

Henrietta United Church of Christ, Henrietta, 1400 Lehigh Station Rd, Henrietta, NY 14467, in the

Description:

Special Event: Anthony Marr will speak on “How to Save a Million

Species at A Time.” Anthony and his wife Shannon Wright are on a

nationwide Journey of HOPE Tour (Heal Our Planet Earth).

WHEN: Sunday June 4, 2017

7:00 PM Free Vegan Refreshments; 7:30 PM Lecture

WHERE: Henrietta United Church of Christ, Henrietta, 1400 Lehigh Station Rd,

Henrietta, NY 14467, in the sanctuary.

This is a shared event of the Living in Harmony Group and the

Rochester Area Vegan Society.

Time:

10:00am

Location:

230 Packetts Landing, Fairport, NY

Description:

NYS Senator Rich Funke Opposes the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act (CCCA) because he thinks the morning after pill is an abortifacient (it is not) and after reading comments some of his constituents wrote on a survey (which had nothing to do with women's health) he distributed.

Join us (bring signs) for a press conference when we explain that Senator Funke is wrong about the morning after pill and that women's health demands more thought than reading comments.

Monday, June 5
10:00 am
230 Packetts Landing, Fairport, NY
Facebook event: https://goo.gl/nJKhk4

The CCCA is NY legislation which, if and when the Affordable Care Act is repealed, will require NY insurance companies to provide access to free contraception. The Act has passed the NYS Assembly but the Senate has not allowed it to come to the floor for a vote.

Speaking at the press conference will be Kelly LeBlanc, Vice President of Rochester NOW and Action Together Rochester Women's Rights Team Lead; Jaclyn Richard, President of Rochester NOW; and Matt Brown, MD, a family physician and candidate for Perinton Town Council.

Sponsored by Rochester NOW and Action Together Rochester Women's Rights Team. For more information, email info@rochesternow.org.

Time:

4:30pm - 6:30pm

Location:

Twelve Corners, Brighton

Description:

Enough! Join CW4P for A Day of Action
Twelve Corners, Brighton

Monday, June 5th, 2017, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Week of Action graphic
2017 marks:

10+ years of Israel's blockade of Gaza
50 years of Israel's military occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem
70 years since the Nakba and ethnic cleansing of Palestine began following the partition of the land against the will of the indigenous people; and
100 years since the Balfour Declaration, which set the stage for the Zionist movement to colonize Palestine and later to establish a Jewish state.
Join Christians Witnessing for Palestine June 5, 2017 on this 50th anniversary to demand an end to Israel's brutal military occupation as part of a commitment to justice for all Palestinians, whether in historic Palestine or in exile. Israel's actions since 1967 make clear that the occupation was never meant to be temporary. It is not an aberration. It is the latest extension of Israel's ethnic cleansing and subjugation of Palestinians, which continues to this day.

We are responding to a call from Palestinians to send a clear message: Israel must end all its oppression of Palestinians for freedom, justice, and equality to prevail.

Christians
Witnessing for Palestine

Time:

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Location:

Barnes and Noble@Pittsford, 3349 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618

Description:

Discussion of the book: The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande.

Everyone is welcome whether or not you have read the book

Time:

7:00pm

Location:

Downtown United Presbyterian Church* 121 North Fitzhugh Street

Description:

Enough Is Enough and the Police Accountability Organizing Committee invite you to attend a Kick-Off Campaign meeting on Tuesday, June 6, 7:00 pm, at the Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 Fitzhugh Street North.

All spring we have been promoting "The Case for and Independent Police Accountability System: Transforming the Civilian Review Process in Rochester, New York," (attached). Plans are underway to make this a major campaign issue for the Rochester City Council and Mayoral elections so that we can have a new Police Accountability Board established this year.

We need police accountability and transparency, an end to racial profiling, and justice for all Rochester's residents!

Please attend the June 6 meeting where we will update you on what has been happening, what needs to happen, and how you can help make it happen!

All hands on deck! If you care about justice, dignity, and respect for all people, especially the Black and Brown residents of Rochester, please join us, whether you are a Rochester resident or not. This is a community issue, and now is the time to act!

Please share this message with any who might be interested in being involved in this issue.

Thank you in advance for your support! See you on Tuesday, June 6 at 7:00 pm. you to attend a Kick-Off Campaign meeting on Tuesday, June 6, 7:00 pm, at the Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 Fitzhugh Street North.

All spring we have been promoting "The Case for and Independent Police Accountability System: Transforming the Civilian Review Process in Rochester, New York," (attached). Plans are underway to make this a major campaign issue for the Rochester City Council and Mayoral elections so that we can have a new Police Accountability Board established this year.

We need police accountability and transparency, an end to racial profiling, and justice for all Rochester's residents!

Please attend the June 6 meeting where we will update you on what has been happening, what needs to happen, and how you can help make it happen!

All hands on deck! If you care about justice, dignity, and respect for all people, especially the Black and Brown residents of Rochester, please join us, whether you are a Rochester resident or not. This is a community issue, and now is the time to act!

Please share this message with any who might be interested in being involved in this issue.

Thank you in advance for your support! See you on Tuesday, June 6 at 7:00 pm.

Thank you!

Enough Is Enough and the Police Accountability Board Organizing Committee

Time:

7:00pm

Location:

Downtown United Presbyterian Church* 121 North Fitzhugh Street

Description:

Upcoming ROCLA Program--“Honduras: Dispelling the Myth”

Sister Phyllis Tierney, SSJ
Wednesday, June 7, 7 PM
Downtown United Presbyterian Church*
121 North Fitzhugh Street
Free and open to the public

Sister Phyllis Tierney, SSJ, will discuss her experiences of a 10-day pilgrimage with the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity to Honduras in December 2016. Their goal was to learn the root causes of greatly increased migration from Honduras to the U.S. since the 2009 coup. Honduras has become known as the “the murder capital of the world.” Come and learn what has caused the growing violence, killings and human rights violations that have led Hondurans to flee their country in record numbers.
Sister Phyllis is a long-time immigrant rights advocate and activist and member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester for 56 years. Since 2006, she has served as Coordinator of the Congregation's Justice and Peace office and is Editor of the Justice and Peace office’s bi-weekly newsletter, Just Us. You will also find her joining local delegations to legislators to advocate for justice for farmworkers and helping organize Rochester’s local “Nuns on the Bus” tours.
*The church is accessible to the handicapped and looped for the hearing impaired.

Description:

Description: Good news: Nazareth College, Hickey Center is pleased to invite you to its 3 day international conference on Sacred Texts and Human Contexts: Women and Gender on July 30-Aug1, 2017. Some 51 scholars from around the world will be presenting their research papers on Women and Gender from different religious perspectives.The Conference tentative schedule is attached below. Three known and reputed women scholars will be keynote and they are:

July 30, 6:15, Dinner Keynote: Rabbi Dr. Rachel Sabath -Halachmi, "Gender and Judaism: The Ethics of Transformation
July 31, 12:30PM Luncheon Keynote: Dr. Asma Afsaruddin,“The Qur'an, Gender, and Feminist Interpretations”

July 31, 6:00PM, Dinner Keynote: Dr. Mary E. Hunt, "Religious Dynamism and Feminist Action: Anchors of Contemporary Spirituality”

The conference is open now to 87 participants: Registration Options are:

1. individuals participating in the 3 day conference without dinners and lunches: $55.00 only

2. Dinner per individual is: $35.00

3. Lunch per individual is: $25.00

4. Table of 10 is:$159.00 per individual including all, dinners, lunches, refreshments and presentations.

5. individual is:$175.00 including everything

please register through: interfaith@naz.edu by July 1, 2017.and mail the check written to Nazareth College, Hickey Center on the address below

This is a unique and significant conference to hear academic scholars on issues of women and gender.. Please visit our website for details: https://www2.naz.edu/interfaith/programs/academic-conferences/sacred-texts-human-contexts/schedule/

Thanks-
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Muhammad Shafiq, Ph.D.
Professor & Executive Director
Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue
IIIT Interfaith Studies Chair
Nazareth College
4245 East Avenue, Rochester NY, 14618
www2.naz.edu/interfaith
cisd@naz.edu
(585)-389-2963

Time:

10:30am

Location:

Temple Beth Am East Entrance (A) to TBK Education wing, 2131 Elmwood Ave., Brighton

Description:

The Six-Day War was a watershed moment that dramatically shaped not only the lives of Israelis and Palestinians, but also the bond between Diaspora Jews and Israel.

As its 50th anniversary approaches, we are both celebrating Israel's triumph over a threat to its survival and wrestling with the consequences of the beginning of the occupation.

In the lead up to this challenging time, we must participate in discussions about these topics and engage with nuance.

50 Years On: The Cost of Occupation From An Israeli Perspective.

A Conversation with Dr. Maya Haber (Director of Programming and Strategy, Partners for a Progressive Israel)

Sunday, June 11, 10:30am | Temple Beth Am
East Entrance (A) to TBK Education wing, 2131 Elmwood Ave., Brighton

RSVP Here http://act.jstreet.org/signup/june11roc/?akid=5764.152323.I8D8jK&rd=1&t=5

More information on special guest Dr. Maya Haber can be found below.

If you have any questions, please do't hesitate to email Adam Steinberg at adam@jstreet.org.

Hope you can make it!

All the best,

Yonathan Shapir
J Street Rochester

Time:

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Description:

Peace/Anti-War vigil at corner of East Ave. and Goodman Street, Rochester. All are welome!

Time:

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Location:

First Unitarian Church, 220 S. Winton Road

Description:

Witness against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Come and leave as it fits your schedule. The goal is to bring an awareness of the war into our daily lives, remind those driving by that the wars are still going on, call for our troops to come home, and advocate for another approach to healing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

STAND WITH US! Signs are provided.

UU PEACE ADVOCATES
www.rochesterunitarian.org/peaceadvocates.html

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Time:

7:00pm

Location:

Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave, Brighton

Description:

Garrett Epps

Church and State: The Strange Career of “Free Exercise”

Garrett Epps is a legal scholar, nonfiction author and novelist. A graduate of Harvard University and Duke Law School, he teaches constitutional law, as well as fiction and nonfiction writing at the University of Baltimore School of Law and is the Supreme Court correspondent for the Atlantic. com. He is a former staff writer for the Washington Post, and his journalism and criticism have been published in leading national newspapers and magazines.

As the author of such works as To an Unknown God: Religious Freedom on Trial; Ten Right-Wing Myths About Our Constitution; and American Justice 2014: Nine Clashing Visions on the Supreme
Court, he brings an uniquely insightful and informed perspective to the understanding of issues regarding church-state separation.

In his upcoming talk, Epps will focus on how the “free exercise” of religion guaranteed in the Constitution became a freedom to discriminate.

When: Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Where: Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave, Brighton
Time: 7 pm Admission: Free and open to the public

Time:

12:00pm

Location:

Temple B'rith Kodesh 2131 Elmwood Avenue Rochester, NY 14618

Description:

From: "Susan Porter *** Judical Process Commission ***" Dear Friends, I hope you will consider supporting JPC’s 45th anniversary fundraising luncheon on Thurs. June 15 at noon! The speaker, TheArthur Duncan II Esq., a Buffalo native, will share his journey. His struggles and tenacity - from the streets of Buffalo, law school, the court house and beyond. Register now! https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ee5j8x2s85413b08&oseq=&c=e1570b80-c765-11e4-9dcd-d4ae529a8575&ch=e15b0320-c765-11e4-9dcd-d4ae529a8575 Susan Porter

Time:

10:00am - 1:00pm

Location:

Fellowship Hall at Asbury First United Methodist Church 1050 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607

Description:

Beyond Labels:
Resourcing Yourself with the Work that Reconnects

Over the last few decades, society and its systems have been evolving in ways that, if left unchecked, will have grave implications for our children’s civil rights and freedom.

Join Kit Miller, Director of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, for this workshop, which utilizes Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects and its call for systemic thinking to move beyond partisan labels and create timely, effective responses to the challenges of our times.

Saturday, June 17, 2017 10AM-1PM
Fellowship Hall at Asbury First United Methodist Church
1050 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
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Registration requested for our planning at https://www.pachamama.org/workshop/3646/beyond
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Kit Miller has been learning about and organizing for nonviolence for the past 24 years in a variety of capacities, including as the Director of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence since 2009. She works on community projects related to restorative justice, sustainability, and race as applications of nonviolence in Rochester.

The workshop will include a potluck lunch. Please bring a dish to pass and your own dishes and utensils as well as any jokes or songs you may wish to share.

Donations to support the work of the Gandhi Institute with Rochester youth and adults will be gratefully accepted.

This Event is Sponsored by
The Rochester Pachamama Alliance,
The M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence and
Asbury First United Methodist Church

Time:

9:00am - 1:00pm

Location:

Brighton High School front lawn on S. Winton Road.

Description:

The Brighton Eco-Fair
(formerly Brighton Green Energy Fair)
alongside the Brighton Farmer's Market

Sunday, June 18, 2017
9:00am to 1:00pm
Brighton High School front lawn on S. Winton Road.

Come enjoy Nonprofits, Green Vendors, Student Projects, Children's Activities, and a Silent Auction to benefit ColorBrightonGreen.org. Learn about recycling, green energy, water conservation, green products, and more!

ColorBrightonGreen.org

Cheryl Frank and Jennifer Ahrens
Co-chairs, ColorBrightonGreen.org Energy Fair committee
Cheryl 730-1719
or
Jennifer 512-0089

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Time:

10:45am

Location:

Webster Presbyterian Church, 550 Webster Rd, Webster, NY 14580

Description:

The Time for Geo-engineering is NOW!
by Charlie Brucker, Physics Hobbiest and Educator

Sunday, June 18, at 10:45 am
Webster Presbyterian Church
550 Webster Rd, Webster, NY 14580

Wednesday, June 21 at 7:30 pm
Mountain Rise United Church of Christ
2 Mountain Rise, Fairport, NY 14450

Free and open to the public
Questions? Contact Sue Pixley
susanbpixley@gmail.com
585-425-1414

The Rochester area welcomes Charlie Brucker, PhD in Engineering Physics and HS Math/Computer Science teacher, who's current passion is climate science, in particular Geo-engineering to cool the planet, to share his work and lead discussions on Sunday morning, June 18 and Wednesday evening, June 21. In his talks he will discuss how we have unwittingly overwhelmed nature's ability to absorb the amount of CO2 emissions created by our global carbon footprint and the technology that exists today to quickly (~40 years!) counter rising temperature, restore Arctic sea ice, and minimize the consequences of global warming. All are welcome to come and hear a fascinating and hopeful discussion on climate change!

Charlie Brucker has a PhD in Engineering Physics from Cornell University, 1977. He worked in information storage and retrieval at Xerox, Kodak, and Seagate for 27 years. For the last 11 years, he has been teaching Math and Computer Science at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, CA.

Abstract from Charlie:
The United States has “achieved” by far the highest energy consumption per capita of any populous developed nation, currently about 17 tons of CO2 equivalent emissions per person per year. Worldwide, the average carbon footprint is about four tons per person per year and rising. Unwittingly, humans have shocked our atmosphere with infrared heat-absorbing CO2 and triggered a rise in sea level, currently about 3.5 mm per year and accelerating. We have completely overwhelmed nature’s ability to absorb CO2, currently estimated at about two tons per person per year. Even with aggressive conservation initiatives on a global scale, it is likely that low-lying island nations such as the Maldives – bellwethers for inundation of costal lowlands worldwide – will be swept under the waves in a few generations if we rely on conservation alone. Inconvenient as this is, the loss of the Maldives is not inevitable. In this talk I will discuss a Geo-engineering approach to cool the planet using stratospheric aerosols – what it is and what it isn’t. Technology exists today to quickly (~40 years) counter rising temperature, restore Arctic sea ice, and minimize the consequences of global warming.

Time:

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Description:

Peace/Anti-War vigil at corner of East Ave. and Goodman Street, Rochester. All are welome!

Time:

5:00pm - 8:00pm

Location:

RCTV, 21 Gorham St.

Description:

On June 19, from 5-8 pm, at the RCTV, 21 Gorham St., the Rochester International Center will show the award winning film: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
o help inform ourselves and discuss what can be done to stem the assault on Venezuela by the U.S. The film documents the U.S. attempt to overthrow Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian revolution in 2002-2003, and the resistance which defeated the coup attempt, Discussion will follow, admission is free.

Time:

5:00pm - 8:00pm

Location:

RCTV, 21 Gorham St.

Description:

On June 19, from 5-8 pm, at the RCTV, 21 Gorham St., the Rochester International Center will show the award winning film: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
o help inform ourselves and discuss what can be done to stem the assault on Venezuela by the U.S. The film documents the U.S. attempt to overthrow Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian revolution in 2002-2003, and the resistance which defeated the coup attempt, Discussion will follow, admission is free.

Time:

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:

First Unitarian Church 220 Winton Road South

Description:

Are you concerned about what’s happening to immigrants in our area under the Trump administration? Wondering how you can help?

Greater Rochester Coalition for Immigration Justice invites you to come and learn about the important initiatives in the Rochester area confronting the immigrant crackdown!!

SAVE THE DATE! Tuesday, June 20th, 2017, 7-9 PM

WHAT:
“Introduction to Immigrant Rights Action in the Rochester Area”

WHERE:
First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road, Rochester, NY

Sponsored by:
Greater Rochester Coalition for Immigration Justice and the Worker Justice Center of New York

For information: Grania Marcus, graniamarcus@gmail.com
or Loret Steinberg, loretgs@gmail.com

Details will also be available at https://www.facebook.com/GRCIJ

Time:

7:30am - 8:30am

Location:

Park Avenue & Culver Road

Description:

Witness against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Come and leave as it fits your schedule. The goal is to bring an awareness of the war into our daily lives, remind those driving by that the wars are still going on, call for our troops to come home, and advocate for another approach to healing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

STAND WITH US! Signs are provided.

UU PEACE ADVOCATES
www.rochesterunitarian.org/peaceadvocates.html

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Time:

7:30pm

Location:

Mountain Rise United Church of Christ, 2 Mountain Rise, Fairport, NY 14450

Description:

The Time for Geo-engineering is NOW!
by Charlie Brucker, Physics Hobbiest and Educator

Sunday, June 18, at 10:45 am
Webster Presbyterian Church
550 Webster Rd, Webster, NY 14580

Wednesday, June 21 at 7:30 pm
Mountain Rise United Church of Christ
2 Mountain Rise, Fairport, NY 14450

Free and open to the public
Questions? Contact Sue Pixley
susanbpixley@gmail.com
585-425-1414

The Rochester area welcomes Charlie Brucker, PhD in Engineering Physics and HS Math/Computer Science teacher, who's current passion is climate science, in particular Geo-engineering to cool the planet, to share his work and lead discussions on Sunday morning, June 18 and Wednesday evening, June 21. In his talks he will discuss how we have unwittingly overwhelmed nature's ability to absorb the amount of CO2 emissions created by our global carbon footprint and the technology that exists today to quickly (~40 years!) counter rising temperature, restore Arctic sea ice, and minimize the consequences of global warming. All are welcome to come and hear a fascinating and hopeful discussion on climate change!

Charlie Brucker has a PhD in Engineering Physics from Cornell University, 1977. He worked in information storage and retrieval at Xerox, Kodak, and Seagate for 27 years. For the last 11 years, he has been teaching Math and Computer Science at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, CA.

Abstract from Charlie:
The United States has “achieved” by far the highest energy consumption per capita of any populous developed nation, currently about 17 tons of CO2 equivalent emissions per person per year. Worldwide, the average carbon footprint is about four tons per person per year and rising. Unwittingly, humans have shocked our atmosphere with infrared heat-absorbing CO2 and triggered a rise in sea level, currently about 3.5 mm per year and accelerating. We have completely overwhelmed nature’s ability to absorb CO2, currently estimated at about two tons per person per year. Even with aggressive conservation initiatives on a global scale, it is likely that low-lying island nations such as the Maldives – bellwethers for inundation of costal lowlands worldwide – will be swept under the waves in a few generations if we rely on conservation alone. Inconvenient as this is, the loss of the Maldives is not inevitable. In this talk I will discuss a Geo-engineering approach to cool the planet using stratospheric aerosols – what it is and what it isn’t. Technology exists today to quickly (~40 years) counter rising temperature, restore Arctic sea ice, and minimize the consequences of global warming.

Time:

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Description:

Peace/Anti-War vigil at corner of East Ave. and Goodman Street, Rochester. All are welome!