November Events!

November is a busy month for the Connie Hogarth center!

Saturday, November 13th:
Women's Cafe at Sarah Lawrence College
College women will get a chance to discuss sexism and issues facing women today

Friday, November 19th- Monday, November 21st
School of the Americas Candle Light Vigil
Students will camp out and attend a protest and
candle light vigil at the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia

Monday, November 29th
Schwarzschild Lecture, 7 pm Reid Castle, Manhattanville College
New York Civil Liberties Union and the Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action will host the 12th Annual Henry Schwarzschild Memorial Lecture on the death penalty.

Tuesday, November 30th
Islamophoia Seminar, 7pm Reid Castle
More information to come

Start the semester off right!

The fall semester is in full swing, and the Connie Hogarth Center has wasted no time in getting active and hosting events.

On October 2nd, six students from the center attended the "One Nation Working Together" rally in Washington DC, sacrificing sleep and a precious Saturday night. As soon as we stepped off the bus at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, we were engulfed in a sea of people- wearing colorful t-shirts, carrying signs, and chanting union cheers- we knew this rally was going to be huge. When we arrived at the Lincoln memorial, tens of thousands of people had already gathered at the steps and either side of the reflecting pool; we were greeted by lively music and the palpable energy of the crowd.

While walking around, we were bombarded with fliers, literature, buttons and stickers from every kind of organization from Jobs with Justice to Code Pink while listening to the words of figures such as Medea Benjamin and Harry Belefonte.

Though long and tiring as the day was, we returned to campus inspired and empowered by the energy of the rally and the willingness of people and organizations to transcend ideologies, disagreements and individual goals to come together for a day of solidarity and unity.

4/29 THURSDAY > Annual Peace Concert!!

Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action Presents:

ANNUAL PEACE CONCERT
THURSDAY, APRIL 29TH 7:15PM

PIUS X THEATER IN THE MUSIC BUILDING

(NEXT TO BROWNSON)

Performing will be:

Dan Einbender and David Bernz

Great Folk Musicians and Songwriters

Manhattanville’s Percussion Ensemble

and readings of PEACE POETRY!

Everyone invited…..community welcome…
For info: call the Center at 914 323-7156

SUN, 5/2 > Take a Peace Train to NYC

SUNDAY, May 2 Rally and March for Peace & Human Needs in NYC, starting at 2 PM

Join with thousands from around the world for an International Day of Action, in connection with the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference taking place at the United Nations.  Bring your posters, your drums, your children and your neighbors to say to the world and the leaders who will come to the UN :

• We want a Nuclear Free Future!
• Fund Human Needs, Not War!
• End the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan!
• Protect the planet instead of destroying it with war and nuclear proliferation!

Download Westchester May 2 Flyer
Download Westchester Peace Train Schedule

Hop on a Metro North Train and plan to arrive before 2:00 PM. Meet at Grand Central Main Lobby at 1:50 PM and/or assemble with Westchester contingent at 38th Street and 7th Avenue

Please RSVP on Evite or Facebook so we’ll know if you’re coming.

Sunday, May 2 Events Schedule

1:30 PM               Assembly (7th Ave + South of 41st Street)
2:00 – 3:30 PM    Rally
3:30 PM               March across 42nd Street to the United Nations
4:00 – 6:00 PM    International Peace & Music Festival in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza

Many other events are taking place in connection with the NPT Treaty review conference, including:

International Conference For a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World
April 30 – May 1, 2010

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Address International Conference at Riverside Church

On the eve of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will address the “For a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World” International Conference at the Riverside Church.

The UN Secretary-General’s participation in the international conference reflects the urgency and importance of the engagement of grassroots peace and disarmament movements in the drive to eliminate nuclear weapons. Ban is urging the nuclear powers to take immediate steps to fulfill their NPT disarmament obligation, and has put forward a “Five Point Plan” calling on them to begin their promised ‘good faith negotiations’ for nuclear weapons abolition.

Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10027-5788

More info at: http://www.peaceandjusticenow.org/
and http://www.nowarwestchester.org/

Contact:  Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action:  (914) 323-7156

4/12 Vigil for Peace

   Photos from 4/12 Vigil for Peace, sponsored by the Center. 

Thanks to all who participated and helped organize this event!!

Photo Credit: Andrew Courtney.

Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse in White Plains

Connie Hogarth with Manhattanville Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action students and leaders for the Fall -- Mustafa Ahmed (Iraqi Student Project student), Patricia Thomas (Jamaica), and Daerak Lee (Guatemala) -- with Pat Humphries and Sandy O of Emma's Revolution (musical group) at the Clearwater Walkabout Coffeehouse on 4.10.10 at Memorial United Methodist Church in White Plains, NY. 

Photo credit:  Andrew Courtney

END THE WAR VIGIL ON MANHATTANVILLE CAMPUS!

 The students at the Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action  are holding a Peace Vigil…

Monday April 12^th, at 6:30pm…starting in front

of the cafeteria entrance to Benziger.

 Please join , and if possible, make a sign, and bring a candle . But in any case, just join us  to say:

NO MORE WAR…END THIS ENDLESS WAR…IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ!

WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER….WAR IS NEVER THE ANSWER…….

THE HUMAN COST:  AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF WAR--  OVER 4,000 AMERICAN DEATHS

AND UNTOLD IRAQI  AND AFHANI PEOPLE

THE COST: OVER $3 TRILLION---THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT ON JOBS, HEALTHCARE,

SCHOOLS AND A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT  AND ENDING GLOBAL WARMING

IT’S TIME TO END THIS WAR AND THE U.S. OCCUPATION NOW!