Week of September 15

In this week's report:

Home

Flood Relief Update

Long Island to Congress: Bring them Home

Anti-Immigrant Group Invades Long Island

Peace & Justice Calendar


Also see the

Suffolk Progressive Vision

web site for links to the

Suffolk Peace Network Counter Military Recruiting Committee

and much more.

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Home

Olive tree still
calls the sky
from dry
ground
cayenne seas
coffee so thick I can drink it
women who work together
(the way we work together)
gave me tapestry, during war
(always during war):
I placed on my daughter's wall when she was three
like a portrait laced with green and red thread
for memory

In that same ground of sacred old stories
where poem means to aim
an ageless man
skin creased gold like farmers
I knew as a child on the tractor after school
stood beside a sheet of plastic on a stick
one small table left in tact
the children ___they've been taken
he waved his arms in the bulldozed stubble air
taken, locked
up
We've been forgotten he said
Please have some tea

My new brother near what was bayou
told me
after the storm
in the shelters people fight to move their cots
closer to each other
what we know, what we have
is community
we will stay and fight for our space
fight for our space

are we far from home
are we moving towards home
are we home yet

it's always about home

let's get it out in the open
each name, unacceptable incorrect untranslatable
name of pain
unaccounted for
borderline, travesty, occupied
shanty, refugee, abandoned, genocide
it's our work to make language
it's our work to claim
it's our work to not allow forgetting
hold the letters in every alphabet in our tongues
blankets around our lungs to warm our breath

its always about home
suddenly I cling to my messy
piles of things
its always about home
who dares deny
look the other way

where the phoenix rises
this time the fire
is a flood
this time

Kathy Engel _ September 2005

UPDATE: Flood Relief

The Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton reports that they have completed the collection of materials to be shipped to Avoyalee Parish in Lousiana. A truck will be leaving Thursday or Friday with supplies donated at various drop off points in the area. Materials were collected at the Parrish Art Museum, the North Sea Community House, Human Resources at Sacred Hearts Church and the Hayground School in Bridgehampton. The St. Johns Episcopal Church in Southampton has donated the funds to ship the material.

Other ways to Contribute to Flood victims:

ACORN

Kathryn Szoka of Canio's Books and the LI Progressive Coalition's South Fork Chapter sent this note:

Seth Weingart formerly of the LI Progressive Coalition staff moved to New Orleans last April.

{ Seth helped organize the voter calling effort on the East End last year_ ed. }.

He & his fiance, Kady, safely evacuated with other family members outside the city. They have no idea if their home survived the floods.


Seth worked for ACORN, which is headquartered in New Orleans, helping the area's poor. Their offices are lost. Seth suggests sending donations to their Hurricane Relief fund for anyone interested in helping: acorn.org

ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities.

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Donations can also be sent to:

The People's Hurricane Relief Fund

c/o Ishmael Muhammad

440 N. Mills St., Ste 200

Jackson, MS 39202

Kathy Engel of Sagaponack is in Mississippi working with this group.

Long Island to Congress: Bring Them Home!

On Friday afternoon Long Island peace activists will visit the local offices of three U.S. representatives to call on them to reverse course and to oppose the war in Iraq.

This action follows a similar protest last week at the Melville, Long Island offices of Senators Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton.

The Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives and the Suffolk Peace Network, South Country Peace Group and others plan to tell the representatives:

"We ask you to recant your vote for the war. We ask you to give voice and support to bringing the troops home now. How many more have to die? "

The activists plan to read the names of the dead US Soldiers in the Iraq war who number more than 1800.

In Suffolk County the action will take place between 4 and 6 pm in Coram at the Route 112 office of Timothy Bishop who represents the 1st Congressional District. ( contact Susan McKeon at 631-281 0055 for information on this action.)

In Nassau County the action will be start at 2 pm at the Garden City office of Caroline McCarthy at 200 Garden City Plaza and in Queens at 2pm at the Bayside office of Gary Ackerman
at 218-14 Northern Boulevard. Ackerman's district covers parts of Queens and Nassau County Long Island. All three representatives are Democrats.


During last week's action in Melville, Senator Schumer's staff promised that protesters would be given a chance to meet with the Senator according to Bill McNulty of Setauket, one of the organizers of that action. No meeting has been scheduled so far.

Peace & Justice Calendar - Starting September 15

* September 16 (Friday): Peace Activists meet at Congressman's Office in Coram at 4-6pm

* September 16 (Friday): East End Vets Meeting and Documentary Film on Iraq in Bridgehampton at 7 pm

* September 16 (Friday): OLA Film Festival- Loco Fever (Chile) & Motorcycle Diaries (USA) in Southampton at 5:30pm

* September 17 (Saturday): US Constitution - The Reading at Whalers Church, Sag Harbor 6pm

* September 18 (Sunday): OLA Film Festival - Machuca (Chile) and Te Busco (Colombia) in East Hampton at 5:30pm

* September 21(Wednesday): Equal Exchange & Fair Trade - Lecture in Water Mill at 7:30 pm

* September 24 (Saturday): United for Peace & Justice and A.N.S.W.E.R. Joint Rally in DC to End Iraq War: - Buses from LI

* September 30 to October 2 (Friday-Sunday) Exhibition of Honor the Fallen memorial at Camp Quinipet, Shelter Island

* October 9 (Sunday): Benefit-Celebration - South Fork Chapter Long Island Progressive Coalition in East Hampton at 3pm

* Repeating Events:

"Herstory" Writing Workshops in Spanish and English:

Mondays in Farmingville 3 to 5 pm

Thursdays in East Hampton at 7 pm

Details follow:

September 16 (Friday): Peace Activists meet at Congressman's Office in Coram at 4-6pm

On Sept. 16th from 4pm-6pm, members of South Country Peace Group, Suffolk Peace Network and others will be visiting the Coram Office of Rep. Timothy Bishop. They intend to call on the congressman to 'recant his vote' for the war. They will read the names of dead US soldiers. Similar actions will be held at Rep. Caroline McCarthy's office in Garden City and Rep. Garry Ackerman's office in Bayside, Queens.

Congressman Bishop's office is on Route 112 near Middle Country Road.

For more information contact Susan McKeon at 631-281-0055.
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September 16 (Friday): OLA Film Festival- Loco Fever (Chile) & Motorcycle Diaries (USA) in Southampton at 5:30pm

Two films in Spanish with English sub-titles will be shown as part of the OLA Film Festival on Friday evening at 5:30 pm at the Parrish Art Museum. The film festival continues on Sunday at Guild Hall in East Hampton at 5:30 (see September 18 below). Presented by Organizacion Latino Americana and supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and others.

Call for info: OLA at 726-OLA6
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September 16 (Friday): East End Vets Meeting and Documentary Film on Iraq in Bridgehampton at 7 pm

The film "Uncovered: The War On Iraq" will be shown at the Bridgehampton Bank Community Room following the East End Vets meeting which starts at 7 pm on Friday

info: Michael O'Neill at 725-4573
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September 17 (Saturday): US Constitution -The Reading at Whalers Church, Sag Harbor 6pm

The East End Bill of Rights Defense Committee will hold a public reading of the U.S. Constitution Saturday September 9 starting promptly at 6 pm at the historic Whaler's Church in Sag Harbor.
Also early American music will be performed.

Members of the community are invited to join us in reading aloud a portion of the U.S. Constitution on the day set aside by Congress to celebrate this covenant between the government and its people.

Those wanting to join the readers should contact myrna_truitt@yahoo.com or 728-7601
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September 18 (Sunday): OLA Film Festival - Machuca (Chile) and Te Busco (Colombia) in East Hampton at 5:30pm

Two films in Spanish with English sub-titles will be shown as part of the OLA Film Festival on Friday evening at 5:30 pm at the Parrish Art Museum. Presented by Organizacion Latino Americana and supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and others.

More info: OLA at 726-OLA6
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September 21(Wednesday): Equal Exchange & Fair Trade - Lecture in Water Mill at 7:30 pm

Ed Eckart of World Mission Crafts will deliver a lecture "Thou Shalt Not Exploit: Equal Exchange & Fair Trade" as part of the series Religion and Ethics at the Incarnation Lutheran Church, Montauk Highway at Hayground Road between Water Mill and Bridgehampton.

Info at 631-537-1187.

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September 24 (Saturday): United for Peace & Justice and A.N.S.W.E.R. Joint Rally in DC to End Iraq War: - Buses from LI

United for Peace & Justice and International A.N.S.W.E.R. will join forces for a joint rally and march on Septermber 24 in Washington, D.C.

Buses from many points on Long Island are being arranged for Saturday September 24 round trips to DC.

East End Buses:

East Hampton and Water Mill: Betty Mazur at 631-267-8392
Riverhead: Pat Hovey at 631-765-4612

Buses from other points - see updated bus info

September 30 to October 2 (Friday-Sunday) Exhibition of Honor the Fallen memorial at Camp Quinipet, Shelter Island

The memorial with photos and biographies of soldiers who died in Afhanistan and Iraq will be shown.

More info at 631 765-4612 and Honor the fallen

October 9 (Sunday): Benefit &Celebration - South Fork Chapter Long Island Progressive Coalition in East Hampton at 3pm

Join the celebration of the 5th anniversary of the South Fork Chapter of LI Progessive Coalition.
Special guest speaker is Michael Ratner, Vice President of the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Honorees are Joseph Giannini of the East End Veterans, Linda Kabot, Southampton Town Concil, Judy Lerner of Peace Action and Lucius Ware, President of the Eastern LI Branch of NAACP.

There will be food and music. The celebration is at 16 Todd Lane, East Hampton, the home of Jean Hoffmann and Eric Kruh. For directions and reservations call 516-541-1006 ___________________________________________________
Repeating Events:

"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.

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Anti-Immigrant Group 'Invades' Long Island

The Minutemen Project, a Conservative anti-immigration group held a recruitment meeting on Saturday afternoon at the American Legion Hall in Babylon. The meeting drew a small group of 'invitees' and about 50 pro-immigrant protesters according to Long Island Newsday. The Minutemen "Civil Defense Corps" are seeking volunteers to patrol the US border with Canada.

A coalition of Long Island immigrant support groups including the Workplace Project says the Minutemen have strong links to violent white supremacist and neo-Nazi organizations. Before the meeting the coalition asked members to call the American Legion and demand the meeting be cancelled.

Earlier in the day the Minutemen staged a demonstration in Farmingville at the corner where day laborers seek work. Thirty people held signs reading "Deport Illegal Aliens" and "No Border, No Order, No Nation". Passing motorists sounded their horns in approval according to Newsday.

This report was prepared by the WPKN/WPKM East End News Team.
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