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12:00pm - 1:00pm Chatham: Peace vigil 
Category : Peace / War
A weekly Saturday vigil to protest the wars the U.S. is waging against Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The group also wants the Bush Administration to be prosecuted for war crimes.
From the organizers: "We advocate non-violent solutions to the world's problems and support human rights everywhere."
Location:
Chatham Green (next to the railroad station)
5 Depot Square
Chatham, NY 12307
Map and directions:
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Contact: 518 766-2992, or via the email address below.
Sponsored by: The Chatham Peace Initiative
12:00pm - 1:00pm Saratoga Springs: Peace vigil
Category : Peace / War
A peace vigil every Saturday in front of the Post Office.
From the organizer: "Please keep the crosswalks clear and be the peace you want in the world. Many among us will be making signs with positive messages reflecting our hopes or our concerns for the future. Our goal is to: Support the United Nations in promoting peace; Encourage people to consider effective alternatives to war; Empower people to express their views to their elected officials."
Location:
outside the Post Office
Broadway and Church Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Map and directions:
12:00pm - 2:00pm Wappingers Falls: Weekly peace and climate change vigil
Category : General / Misc
A long standing peace vigil, now with a climate change aspect, happening every Saturday. Pete Seeger attends when he can.
Organizer's statement: "There is no Planet B, but a better world is possible."
Location:
On the grassy knoll
Intersection of Routes 9 & 9D
(near the South Hills Mall, at the "West Main St" sign)
Wappingers Falls, NY 12601
Map and directions:
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Contact: 845 632-1552, or via the email address below.
12:30pm - 1:30pm New Paltz: Women in Black peace vigil
Category : Peace / War
A peace vigil occurring every Saturday.
From the organizers: "Women in Black has been standing for an end to war and violence in all its forms for over 8 years. We wear black in resistance and mourning for all the senseless killing. We are also calling for a progressive agenda that provides green jobs, universal health care, and in general, policies that benefit the people and not special interests. We are silent for the last ten minutes. Please join us."
Men are welcome to the vigil.
Location:
In front of the Elting Library
Corner of Main St and North Front Street
New Paltz, NY 12561
Map and directions:
3:00pm - 4:30pm Albany: Panel on problems and solutions in the NYS public defense system
Category : Crime / Punishment
"Public Defense Representation from the Client's Point of View"
Members of the Client Advisory Board of the New York State Defenders Association will describe current problems in the state's public defense system and what citizen's can do to bring about change, build reform, and help develop client advisory boards.
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Location:
Meeting Room 3
Convention Center
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12212
Venue's directions:
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Google map and directions:
3:00pm - 11:00pm Hudson: WGXC community radio benefit, with postcard gallery and performances
Category : Media
Two events in one day, benefiting WGXC's fundraising efforts to launch its community-oriented FM signal in 2010.
"Hudson Gallery Events: Postcard Preview" from 3:00pm to 5:00pm - Postcard sized artworks available by over 70 artists in support of WGXC. Each card will be for sale for $50.
"Hudson Gallery Events: Sound + Voice + Image" from 7:00pm to 11:00pm - The evening will see MC Norman Douglas presenting performances and readings with and by: Bunnybrains, Brian Dewan, Cornelius Eady, Maggie Estep, Fall Harbor, Peter Head, Lady Moon, Bernadette Mayer & Philip Good, Prana, George Quasha, Jody Rael, David Rothenberg & Matt...
7:00pm - 9:00pm Albany: Talk by director of West Bank Quaker school
Category : Education
Joyce Ajlouny is in her sixth year as the director of the Ramallah Friends School (RFS), located in the West Bank/Palestine, about 15 miles north of Jerusalem. She will speak about the important impact that the RFS has had on the community throughout its 140 year history as a leading school in the Middle East. She will also describe her personal challenges, as well as those of the RFS community of students and teachers, which result from living and working under a military occupation.
Ms. Ajlouny is a member of the Ramallah Monthly Meeting and is one of the very few Palestinian Quakers left in the country. She is a graduate of RFS and...
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