A very important dialogue between Johan Galtung and Amy Goodman entitled “Peace, Justice, Empire, and Occupation.” Johan Galtung is a Norwegian sociologist and is considered to be one of the founding fathers of peace and conflict studies; he has published more than 1000 articles, 100 books, and was awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize in 1987. Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now! This dialogue is sponsored by the Envision Peace Museum, American Friends Service Committee, and others.

Monday (4/9): Help Amherst Preserve our Civil Rights

Join us at 6:30 PM on Monday April 9 at Amherst Town Hall in front of the Amherst Select Board to support a proposed town bylaw (Article 29 on the Amherst Town Warrant) to protect immigrants and to stop the Federal Government’s “Secure Communities” Program

MONDAY, APRIL 9th at the Amherst Town Hall, 2nd Floor
• 6:30-6:45 PM: opportunity to give public comments
• 8:15-8:45 PM (roughly): Article 29 formally presented before the Amherst Select Board
*** Come to a meeting in between the above 2 agenda items from 7:00-8:15 PM at Amherst Town Hall, 1st floor, for supporters of Article 29 to plan outreach to Amherst Town Meeting Members

In May 2012, the Amherst Town Meeting (a 250-member governance body for the town) will vote on a first-of-its-kind proposed bylaw that would take a step in preventing Federal Immigration authorities from tasking the Amherst police department in the enforcement of federal immigration policies. These policies already cause millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States to live in constant fear and isolation.

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Dear Friends,