Week of April 6, 2006 UPDATED 4/07/06

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Springtime for the Minutemen

Peace & Justice Calendar UPDATED

Suffolk Peace Vigils

Alternative Media for Eastern LI - Starting April 1


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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman: Monday- Saturday evenings on Riverhead/Southampton/Southold Channel 20 starting April 1

Counter Recruiting Demonstrations



April 29 in NYC - March for Peace, Justice and Democracy


See the North Fork People of Conscience web site

Also see the Suffolk Progressive Vision web site for links to more local events.

The East End Report is compiled by Tony Ernst. Send comments, corrections and
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Springtime for the "Minutemen"

Mayor Mark Epley of Southampton should be congratulated for coming out strongly in favor of a just solution to the problems posed by the open - air shape up site in the Village. Let's hope that the non-profit group planning for a hiring center, the Mayor and Town officials including the police can cooperate to make a hiring center a reality - sooner rather than later.

The few local members of a hate group known as the Minutemen have threatened the Mayor by promising to demonstrate at the local shape-up site if public funds are used for the much needed hiring center.

Public funds should not be required for such a facility. There are foundations whose mission includes funding for this type of project. Of the hundreds of worker hiring centers in the US there are several on Long Island, among them the Workplace Project in Hempstead and the affiliated Work Link Center in Freeport. These could not function without cooperation of local authorities but it should not be necessary for those authorities to fund them.

It was disturbing to read in the Southampton Press that the police are considering installing surveillance cameras at the present shape up site. Singling out the day laborers as criminals requiring police surveillance reflects the bias of our law enforcement. The workers have no criminal intent, although some have broken one law in order for their families to survive.

Surveillance cameras would most likely scare away employers looking for workers as it did when photos were taken in East Hampton's railroad station. The workers simply moved to other locations in East Hampton and Southampton.

Perhaps more importantly, setting up surveillance cameras in a public space is a technique of totalitarian regimes. It should have no place in a democratic society.

Peace & Justice Calendar Starting April 6 UPDATED

Updated 7 April

For details on the following events, scroll down:


* April 8(Saturday): Book Reading "Losing the Moon" by Kathryn Levy in Sag Harbor at 6:00pm

* April 9 (Sunday): Rally for Human Rights of Immigrants - Cong. King Office - Buses from Riverhead at Noon, Rally 2-4 pm

* April 10 (Monday): Panel Discussion on Hamptons Center for Day Laborers in Bridgehampton at 7pm

* April 15 (Saturday): Tax Day Rally - Bring Troops Home Now - in East Hampton from 3 to 5 pm

* April 17 (Monday): Know Your Labor Rights - Q & A with Dept. of Labor Salary & Hours Director in Bridgehampton at 7:30 pm

* April 29, 30 (Sat, Sunday): Spring Festival at Shinnecock Museum - Artists, Jewelery, Food

* April 29 (Saturday): March for Peace, Justice, Democracy in NYC

Repeating Events:

( see for listing of weekly and monthly demonstrations)

* First Thursdays: Waging Peace - Meditation and Visualization in Westhampton Beach at 7pm

* Every Thursday evening - Book Study Group in Water Mill at 6:30

* "Herstory" Writing Workshops now on Wednesdays in Farmingville (Spanish and English) 3 to 5 pm and Thursdays in Spanish only 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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April 8(Saturday) Book Reading "Losing the Moon" by Kathryn Levy in Sag Harbor at 6:00pm

Kathryn Levy will read from her new book of poetry "Losing the Moon" at Canio's Books on Main Street in Sag Harbor at 6pm on Saturday April 8.

More Info: (631) 725-2940
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April 9 (Sunday): Rally for Human Rights of Immigrants - Buses from Riverhead at Noon, Rally 2-4 pm

A rally for Immigrants Human rights will be held in front of the Massapequa Park office of Rep. King on Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 pm. Congressman King is the co-author of HR 4437 , a bill which passed the House of Representatives in December. It would make it a felony crime to be an un-documented immigrant and it would also make it a crime to aid an un-documented person. Clergy and laity now working to help immigrants cope with problems in the USA would be criminals if this law passes Congress. It is now being debated in the Senate.

The rally is sponsored by many LI organizations including the LI Progressive Coalition, the Long Island Immigrant Alliance and the American Friends Service Committee.

Buses from the Riverhead area going to the rally are being coordinated by Sister Margaret Smyth of the North Fork Hispanic Apostalate. Call 631-369-4601 for information on the buses.

For info on the rally call: 631- 789 - 0720

Info on HR 4437:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04437:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr_4437

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April 10 (Monday): Panel Discussion on Hamptons Center for Day Laborers in Bridgehampton at 7pm

The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons will present a panel discussion "What Would it Mean to Have a Work Site for Day Laborers in the Hamptons?". The forum will feature Southampton Town Councilman Steve Kenny, architect Amado Ortiz, Betty Campisi of the Freeport Work Link Center for day laborers and a representative of the coalition planning for a hiring center in Southampton. The event will be at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House at 977 Bridgehampton - Sag Harbor Turnpike at 7pm
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April 15 (Saturday): Tax Day Rally - Bring Troops Home Now - in East Hampton from 3 to 5pm

A Tax Day rally and a memorial for US fallen soldiers will be held on Main Street and the Village Green in East Hampton on Saturday April 15 from 3 to 5 pm. Join us in front of the East Hampton movie theater at 3pm.

Sponsored by the East End Peace & Justice Coalition.

More Info: 631 - 324 - 3025

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April 17 (Monday): Know Your Labor Rights - Q & A with Dept. of Labor Salary & Hours Director in Bridgehampton at 7:30 pm

A question and answer session on your rights as a worker will be conducted by Irv Miljoner, Director of the Division of Salary and Hours on LI of the Department of Labor. The session will be presented at a meeting of OLA, Organizacion Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island at the Bridgehampton National Bank Community Room on Monday April 10 at 7:30pm. The bank is at 2200 Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton.

More info available at 631-726-OLA6 (6526)
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April 29, 30 (Saturday, Sunday): Spring Festival at Shinnecock Museum in Southampton

The Shinnecock Museum on Montauk Highway at West Gate Road will hold its Spring Festival featuring Native artists, jewelery and food on Saturday and Sunday April 29 and 30.

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April 29 (Saturday): March for Peace, Justice, Democracy in NYC

For information on this event go to

www(dot)unitedforpeace(dot)org

Transportation is being coordinated for the event by several LI Peace and Justice organizations. Watch this space for more information.

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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. ___________________________________________________

First Thursday each month: Waging Peace - Meditation and Visualization in Westhampton Beach at 7pm

A community gathering designed by a psychotherapist to combat feellings of helplessness and powerlessness. This is the first of a series every first Thursday of the month at 32 Mill Road in Westhampton Beach from 7 to 8pm.

Contact Nancy Privett at 325-1402 or nlprivett@yahoo.com

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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(at)verizon(dot)net
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"Herstory" Writing Workshops in Spanish and English

Wednesdays 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 Spanish-speaking 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 and is conducted entirely in Spanish

It meets every Thursday, 7-9 p.m., at the Senior Citizens Center, 128 Springs-Fireplace Road.

Call 631-723-0150 for more information.
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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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