Details on these events follow:
* November 17 (Thursday): National Not Your Soldier Youth and Student Day of Action
* November 18(Friday): National Stand Down Day - Demonstrations 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Patchogue
* November 18 (Friday): Meeting with Senator Charles Schumer and LI Camp Casey group
* November 18-20 (Friday-Sunday): Long Islanders Trip to Ft. Benning with School of Americas Watch
* November 18 (Friday): Meeting with Senator Charles Schumer and LI Camp Casey group in NYC
* November 19 (Saturday): Leafletting at Military Recruiting Station in Lindenhurst 10:00-11:30 am.
* November 19 (Saturday): Buddy Merriam and Backroads 25th Anniversary show in Riverhead 8:00 pm
* November 20 (Sunday): Code Pink Meeting in Huntington at 10am
* November 20 (Sunday): Vigil for Peace in Iraq & Israel/Palestine in Sag Harbor at 3pm
* November 22 (Tuesday): Film: "Wal-Mart, The High Cost of Low Cost" in Bayshore 7:15-9:30pm
* November 25 (Friday): Demonstration Against War and War Toys in Smithtown 1 - 2 pm
* November 27 (Sunday): Monthly Candlelight vigil in Patchogue from 5:30-6:30 pm
* December 8 (Thursday): Visit with Rep. Tim Bishop in Southampton at 7pm
* December 10,11 (Saturday, Sunday): Winter Festival at Shinnecock Museum from 11 am to 4pm
Repeating Events:
* DISCONTINUED: Wednesdays: Camp Casey LI at Senator Clinton and Schumer's offices at 4:30 to 6pm in Melville
* Sunday evenings Book Study Group in Water Mill at 6:30
* "Herstory" Writing Workshops in Spanish and English: Mondays in Farmingville 3 to 5 pm Thursdays in East Hampton at 7 pm
* Writers Guild of America East Strike in Wainscott, Mon-Fri 10am-4pm
Details follow:
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November 17 (Thursday): National Not Your Soldier Youth and Student Day of Action
Call is for a youth and student led counter-recruitment day of action at a high school or college Campus near you. Organized by the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition.
[ also see November 18 - local support demonstration in Patchogue ]
Go to http://www.nyspc.net/notyoursoldier.php for more info.
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November 18 (Friday): National Stand Down Day - Demonstrations 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Patchogue
This call is also made in support of the National Not Your Soldier Youth and Student Day of Action
Go to http://www.nyspc.net/notyoursoldier.php for more info.
Please join us as we say NO to the war in Iraq, and NO to the recruitment of our fellow Americans into this war. (spncr@active.ws);
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November 18 (Friday): Meeting with Senator Charles Schumer and LI Camp Casey group
On Friday, November 18 a meeting with Senator Schumer is planned at his NYC office. Members of the groups who conducted Camp Casey LI will talk with the Senator. He has been quoted as saying "even if I knew then what I know now I would still have voted for war." They plan to ask him "what do you need to change your mind?".
Call 631-385-3250 or or 631 427-5823 for more info.
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November 18-20 (Friday-Sunday): Long Islanders Trip to Ft. Benning with School of Americas Watch
Shut down the School of the Americas and change oppressive U.S. foreign policy! Converge on Fort Benning for 3 Days of Remembrance & Resistance to Close the SOA!
For November Mobilization information, visit http://www.soaw.org/.
For local info: contact Bill McNulty wmcnult@suffolk.lib.ny.us
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November 19 (Saturday): - Leafletting at Military Recruiting Station in Lindenhurst 10:00-11:30 am.
Monthly demonstratin at Lindenhurst military recruiting station on Wellwood Ave. just south of the LI Railroad station..
Info: call PeaceSmiths 631-798-0778 or email spncr@active.ws
(This demonstration is in support of the Not Your Soldier and National Stand Down
Day actions.)
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November 19 (Saturday): Buddy Merriam and Backroads 25th Anniversary show in Riverhead 8:00 pm
The Backroads Bluegrass group will perform at the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall in Riverhead at 8pm.
Call 631-849-4140 for info and ticket details.
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November 20 (Sunday): Code Pink Meeing in Huntington at 10am
Code Pink will conduct an organizational meeting at the Cinema Arts Centre, Park Avenue in Huntington from 10am to 12 Noon. All interested individuals welcome!
Email: ajustpeace@earthlink.net for more info.
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November 20 (Sunday): Vigil for Peace in Iraq & Israel/Palestine in Sag Harbor at 3pm
East End Women in Black vigil for peace in Sag Harbor at the Wharf at 3pm
Vigils are held on the third Sunday each month in Sag Harbor and on the first Sunday each month at the monument in Bridgehampton at 3pm.
Info at 631-831-4966 or www.eewib.blogspot.com
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November 22 (Tuesday): Film: "Wal-Mart, The High Cost of Low Cost" in Bayshore 7:15-9:30pm
The film "WalMart, The High Cost of Low Cost" by Robert Greenwald will be shown at the Bayshore/Brightwaters Library in Bayshore starting 7:15 pm.
Free admission and open to the public. Discussion to follow.
Call for more info: 631-968-5571
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November 25 (Friday): Demonstration Against War and War Toys in Smithtown 1 - 2 pm
Demonstrators will hold panels with photos of dead US soldiers and will leaflet against war toys.
Help is needed.
If you can "captain" and get 5 people to each carry a panel --
please contact Liz Folz (mollydog4@aol.com).
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November 27 (Sunday): Monthly Candlelight vigil in Patchogue from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
The montly vigil against the Iraq war will be at Main Street and North Ocean Ave. in Patchogue from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. The names of those killed in the war will be read.
For more info: 631-286-5879 or email dmu7@optonline.net
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December 8 (Thursday): Visit with Rep. Tim Bishop in Southampton at 7pm
Congressman Tim Bishop will discuss local and national issues and take questions from the audience at the Rogers Memorial Library on Windmill Lane in Southampton on Friday December 8 starting at 7pm. Reservations are required. Phone the library at 283-0774 ext. 523
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December 10,11 (Saturday, Sunday): Winter Festival at Shinnecock Museum from 11 am to 4pm
Join us in welcoming winter. Shinnecock artists will display their native crafts. There will be baked goods, bead work, candles, games and more.
The Cultural Center and Museum is at 100 Montauk Hway at West Gate Road, Southampton.
Phone 631-287-4923 for more information.
Repeating Events:
Discontinued:
Wednesdays: Camp Casey LI Senators Clinton and Schumer offices at 4:30 to 6pm in Melville
Long Island Camp Casey has been discontinued. A state-wide campaign to lobby our sentators is being planned. The purpose is to tell them to retract their vote for the illegal occupation of Iraq and that the time is NOW to bring our troops home.
A meeting with Senator Schumer is planned at his NYC office on Friday, Nov 18. Members of the groups that conducted Camp Casey LI will talk with the senator.
Call 631-385-3250 or or 631 427-5823 for more info.
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Sunday evenings: Book Study Group in Water Mill at 6:30
Book Study group forming to discuss "Don't Think of an Elephant" by George Lakoff at Incarnation Lutheran Church Montauk Highway at Hayground Road between Water Mill and Bridgehampton.
For more information go to www.thewelcomeplaceonline.com
or (631) 537-1187
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"Herstory" Writing Workshops in Spanish and English:
Mondays in Farmingville:
Herstory Writers Workshop meets every Monday afternoon at the Farmingville branch of the Workplace Project from 3 to 5. Both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking women come together to share and shape their life experiences through memoir writing. The workshop is conducted in both English and Spanish. Call 631-723-0150 for more information and directions to the center.
Thursdays in East Hampton:
Every Thursday women come together to share their writing with one another and receive feedback on how to structure and shape their lifewriting.The East Hampton workshop is open to East Hampton Town residents. It meets every Thursday, 7-9 p.m., at the Senior Citizens Center, 128 Springs-Fireplace Road. ___________________________________________________
Writers Guild of America East Strike in Wainscott, Mon-Fri 10am-4pm
The Writer's Guild is on strike against Big Big World Productions in East Hampton.They are picketing from Monday through Friday, 10 to 4 pm at 75 Industrial Road, Wainscott More Info at www dot wgaeast dot org ___________________________________________________
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