Concert To Benefit Nadgia James

We met Nadgia at a gathering in East Hampton some time ago and were shocked to see this item in this week's Southampton Press. a.e.
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Guild Hall in East Hampton will be hosting a “Night for Nadgia: Healing Sounds” benefit on Friday, January 27 at 8 p.m. to raise funds for Nadgia James and Miracle House, a New York City halfway house for patients fighting life-threatening illnesses.

Ms. James is an East Hampton resident whose breast cancer has spread to her spine, skull and hip. She is also the mother of a one-year-old daughter, Nia.

The evening will include music from the Belafonte Alumni Band, with Richard Cummings serving as musical director. The band includes accomplished jazz musicians from the bands of Harry Belafonte, Paul Simon, Branford Marsalis, Herbie Hancock and Chuck Berry, among others.

Ms. James’s father, John R. Cartwright, a professional musician, producer, composer and arranger, is organizing the event for his daughter.

Mr. Cartwright attended the Manhattan School of Music after completing his military duties in the Air Force Band of the West in 1956.

Tickets are $75, with proceeds to be shared between Ms. James and Miracle House, which is lending Ms. James its non-profit status to help her raise funds for her medical and living needs during treatment.

For more information, call 329-7130; general admission tickets will also be sold at the door.

Week of January 19, 2006

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In this week's report: [ click on any of the bold headers below ]

Darkness Cannot Drive Out Darkness

Peace & Justice Calendar

Suffolk Peace Vigils

Counter Recruiting Schedule

Alternative Media for Eastern LI

Also see the Suffolk Progressive Vision web site for links to the Suffolk Peace Network Counter Military Recruiting Committee, Brookhaven Public Access TV and much more.

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness

Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that.

Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.

Hate multiplies hate,
violence multiplies violence,
and toughness multiplies toughness
in a descending spiral of destruction.

The chain reaction of evil --
hate begetting hate,wars producing more wars --
must be broken, or we shall be plunged
into the darkness of annihilation.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968

Peace & Justice Calendar Starting January 19

* January 21 (Saturday): Film "Worlds Apart: 9/11 First Responders Against War" in Bellport at 7 pm

* January 24(Tuesday): Suffolk Peace Network Forum in Bay Shore 7:15-9:30pm

* January 26(Thursday): Jobs with Justice Delegate Assembly in Commack at 8am

* January 27 (Friday): Night for Nadgia - Benefit Concert in East Hampton at 8pm

* January 28(Saturday): POSTPONED Dance Benefit for Whalebone Village in East Hampton 6-10 pm

* January 31(Tuesday) and February 1(Wednesday): Conference on Reconciliation in Water Mill 9am-5pm

* February 6 (Monday): Suffolk Vets for Peace Meets in Bellport at 6pm

* February 6 (Monday): Suffolk Peace Network Meets in Bellport

* February 12 ( Sunday): Poets Speak Out for Peace in Bellport at 2-5pm

Repeating Events:

( see Suffolk Peace Vigils for a complete list of weekly and monthly vigils and

Counter Recruiting Schedule for listing of weekly and monthly demonstrations)

* Thursday evening 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

* Second Tuesday of Month: South Fork Chapter of LI Progressive Coalition Meets in Water Mill at 6:30 pm

Details follow:

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January 21 (Saturday) Film: "Worlds Apart: 9/11 First Responders Against War" in Bellport at 7 pm

Tom Jackson’s moving new documentary explores the complex and heroic work of a small group of 9/11 first responders.

Guest speakers – Megan Bartlett, John Keenan, and Maggie Dubris.
The program is at the Unitarian Universalists Fellowship of Bellport, 51 Browns Lane.

Suggested donation: $5.00
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January 24(Tuesday): Suffolk Peace Network Forum in Bay Shore 7:15-9:30pm

The Suffolk Peace Network Form at the Bay Shore/Brightwaters Library will feature "Harry Belafonte Appreciation Night” and the film “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" about the 2002 coup against Chavez in Venezuela. All welcome! Free admission, light refreshments.

More info: 631-968-5571 or spncr@active.ws
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January 26(Thursday): Jobs with Justice Delegate Assembly in Commack at 8am

Our next Delegate Assembly is set for Thursday January 26th.
Breakfast is at 8am.

The meeting will take place at CSEA in Commack.

These meetings are open and welcoming to new faces.
An agenda will be sent out prior to the meeting.

CSEA Union Office is at 3 Garet Pl Commack off Comack Road.

for directions: Jim@jwj.org
or (631) 806-2932

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January 27 (Friday): Night for Nadgia - Concert in East Hampton at 8pm

Guild Hall in East Hampton will be hosting a “Night for Nadgia: Healing Sounds” benefit on Friday, January 27 at 8 p.m. to raise funds for Nadgia James and Miracle House, a New York City halfway house for patients fighting life-threatening illnesses.

Ms. James is an East Hampton resident whose breast cancer has spread to her spine, skull and hip. She is also the mother of a one-year-old daughter, Nia. The evening will include music from the Belafonte Alumni Band, with Richard Cummings serving as musical director. The band includes accomplished jazz musicians from the bands of Harry Belafonte, Paul Simon, Branford Marsalis, Herbie Hancock and Chuck Berry, among others.

Ms. James’s father, John R. Cartwright, a professional musician, producer, composer and arranger, is organizing the event for his daughter. Mr. Cartwright attended the Manhattan School of Music after completing his military duties in the Air Force Band of the West in 1956. Tickets are $75, with proceeds to be shared between Ms. James and Miracle House, which is lending Ms. James its non-profit status to help her raise funds for her medical and living needs during treatment.

For more information, call 329-7130; general admission tickets will also be sold at the door.

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POSTPONED
January 28(Saturday): Dance Benefit for Whalebone Village in East Hampton 6-10 pm

Dear Friends,

We wouldlike to thank you for your support of Whalebone Village and the WhaleboneVillage Tutoring Program. Affordable Housing as we know is almost impossible on the east end. Whalebone Village provides housing for forty-six low-income families and has been doing so since 1989. Your contribution to Whalebone helps maintain and keep up with rising operating costs.

Unfortunately at this time our Benefit for Saturday, January 28th has been postponed until the spring. We will contact you soon with anew benefit date and time for our dinner and dance party.

Contact: JohnGWRL@aol.com

January 31(Tuesday) and February 1(Wednesday): Conference on Reconciliation in Water Mill 9am-5pm

A web cast of the Trinity Church (NYC) Conference "The Anatomy of Reconciliation: from violence to healing" will be shown at the Incarnation Lutheran Church Tuesday and Wednesday January 31 and February 1. Each half-day session will provide a simultaneous webcast of the featured speaker, followed by a facilitated round table discussion.

The church is on Route 27 at Hayground Road between Water Mill and Bridgehampton. --
There is fee for each day which includes lunch.

The four sessions are:

Tuesday Morning 9 am - Noon

James Alison, Catholic theologian, priest and author brings "the gay issue" down to
a single point: either homosexuality exists or it doesn't.

Tueday Afternoon: 1:30 to 5pm

Gwendolyn Zohara Simmons, American Muslim professor, a Sufi Muslim, talks about the struggle she's felt as a black woman in the United States -- and about the struggle to get rid of feelings of anger and revenge.

Wednesday Morning 9am - 12noon

Miroslav Volf, a professor of theology at Yale Divinity School, and native Croatian, tells a "foundational" story of his life that pivots around a heartbreaking accident, and a surprising forgiveness.

Wednesday Afternoon 1:30 - 5pm

Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ, author of "Dead Man Walking", the nation's leading death-penalty opponent, speaks of the "huge tension" in her soul in counseling murderers. Yet she also talks of descending "deep to where God is," and how "all people are worth more than the worst thing they did in their lives."

For more information call 631 537-1187, or go to

www dot thewelcomeplaceonline dot com
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February 6 (Monday): Suffolk Vets for Peace Meets in Bellport at 6pm

The initial meeting of the Suffolk chapter of Vets for Peace will be at 6pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Bellport.

Organizers say: we are finding at demos in front of recruiting stations that veterans come up and thank us and offer support. Now there will be a way for them to associate with other anti-war vets and share their views and concerns with a public that is now extremely fed up with war
and lies.

The meeting is at 51 Browns Lane in Bellport immediately preceding the Suffolk Peace Network meeting. (See calendar entry).

Info at www (dot) spv (dot) active (dot) ws for info
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February 6 (Monday): Suffolk Peace Network Meets in Bellport

Monthly meeting of the Suffolk Peace Network at the UU Fellowship, 51 Browns Road

More Info at 631-875-8647 or scroke@verizon.net
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February 12 ( Sunday): Poets Speak Out for Peace in Bellport at 2-5pm

Poets Speak Out for Peace:Love Letters to the Human Race

February 12th from 2-5pm at the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship on Brown’s Lane in Bellport
Refreshments served.

Sponsored by the South Country Peace Group

call 631- 281-0055 to read
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Repeating Events:

( see Suffolk Peace Vigils for a complete list of weekly and monthly vigils)

( see Counter Recruiting Schedule for a listing of weekly and monthly demonstrations)

Saturdays: Weekly demonstrations at Coram Recruiting stations 10-11am

Every Saturday from 10-11 a.m., there will be a demonstration at the Coram recruiting stations, 356 Middle Counry Road

Info: Karen at 631-875-8647
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Thursday evening Book Study Group in Water Mill at 6:30 pm

The group meets at the Lutheran Church at Hayground Road and Montauk Highway on Thursdays at 6:30pm

Contact Pastor Vita at 631-537-1187 or pastorvita@verizon.net

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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.

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Second Tuesday each month: South Fork Chapter - LI Progressive Coalition Meets in Water Mill at 6:30pm

The regular monthly meeting of the South Fork chapter of the Progressive Coalition is at 6:30pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Lutheran Church on Montauk Highway & Hayground Rd. between Water Mill and Bridgehampton.

Info: 516-541-1006, ext.55 or www dot lipc dot org

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