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!

                              

FW: Howard Zinn Flyer.docx Hogarth Center showing 4.7.2010

CONNIE HOGARTH CENTER FOR SOCIAL ACTION

Presents a film showing:

A Tribute To A People’s Antiwar Historian

“You Can’t be Neutral on a Moving Train”

Ophir Room, Reid Castle

Manhattanville College,

Purchase,NY

Wed. April 7^th 2010, 7:15pm

For info: call  (914) 323-7156

The life and times of Howard Zinn: the historian, activist, and author  

of several classics, including “A People’s History of the United States”.   Archival footage and commentary by friends, colleagues and Zinn himself.

FW: THIS WILL BE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME CONCERT! DON'T MISS IT AND SAVE THE DATE! XXCONNIE

 

 

 

   THIS WILL BE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME CONCERT!  DON’T MISS IT AND ORDER TICKETS NOW!!  XXXCONNIE

 

  

The Klezmatics, Work o’ the Weavers,

Pete Seeger and Fred Hellerman Perform in

 

Kisses Sweeter Than Wine: The Guthrie Legacy Concert

 

At The Tarrytown Music Hall

Saturday, April 24^th at 8:00 PM

New York, NY — Legends of folk and klezmer music will perform at Kisses Sweeter Than Wine: The Guthrie Legacy Concert.  A benefit concert for the Woody Guthrie Foundation and The Sloop Woody Guthrie, the concert takes place on Saturday April 24^th at 8:00 PM at the Tarrytown Music Hall. 

The Klezmatics, Work o’ the Weavers, Pete Seeger and Fred Hellerman will pay tribute to trailblazing American singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie and others that followed in his wake with musical performances throughout the evening.  Actor/singer Rob Tepper will perform a scene from “When the Curfew Blows,” his one-man-show about Guthrie’s life and times and Toronto’s Theresa Tova will join Frank London for some contemporary Yiddish jazz.  Tickets are $85, $65 and $45 and available at tickets.tarrytownmusichall.org . 

 

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WED, 3/31 @ 7:15 PM > Alternatives to Fossil Fuels w/Manna Jo Greene & Ross Gould

The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action presents

Alternatives to Fossil Fuels and

A Critique of Oil, Gas, Coal, and Nuclear Power

Featuring MANNA JO GREENE

Environmental Director at Hudson River Clearwater

And ROSS GOULD

Air and Energy Program Director, Environmental Advocates of NY

Ross will also speak about the gas drilling of  Marcellus Shale

  A video segment, “COAL COUNTRY” by the

Sierra Club will be shown about mountain top mining

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31st 7:15pm

East Library in Reid Castle,

Manhattanville College

The community is welcome! Refreshments will be served!

3/24 John Cronin Flier

THE NEXT SEMINAR ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES…

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24th AT 7:15PM

IN THE EAST LIBRARY OF REID CASTLE ON THE MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE CAMPUS

Hear:

JOHN CRONIN, 

Time magazine’s “Hero for the Planet”

Director and CEO, Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries.

Internationally renowned environmentalist.  Sr Fellow for Environmental Affairs, Pace U.

He will deliver a compelling call to action about the emerging water crisis, from the era of industrialization that  caused blatant pollution of waterways, to the spectacularly failed Clean Water Act, to finally, a new paradigm for cooperation and imagination in environmental science that marries the genius of technological innovation with the passion of environmental advocacy.

FREE and the Community is invited to attend!

SAT, 4/24 @ 8 PM > Guthrie Legacy Concert in Tarrytown!

NOTE:  THIS WILL BE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME CONCERT!
DON'T MISS IT AND SAVE THE DATE!

XX CONNIE

For Immediate Release: Media Contact:  Eva Dilmanian
March 1, 2010
646-654-9324
eva [at ] buzzwordpr.com

The Klezmatics, Work o' the Weavers, Pete Seeger and Fred Hellerman Perform in Kisses Sweeter Than Wine: The Guthrie Legacy Concert

At The Tarrytown Music Hall
Saturday, April 24th at 8:00 PM

New York, NY - Legends of folk and klezmer music will perform at Kisses Sweeter Than Wine: The Guthrie Legacy Concert. A benefit concert for the Woody Guthrie Foundation and The Sloop Woody Guthrie, the concert takes place on Saturday April 24th at 8:00 PM at the Tarrytown Music Hall.  The Klezmatics, Work o' the Weavers, Pete Seeger and Fred Hellerman will pay tribute to trailblazing American singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie and others that followed in his wake with musical performances throughout the evening.
Actor/singer Rob Tepper will perform a scene from "When the Curfew Blows," his one-man-show about Guthrie's life and times and Toronto's Theresa Tova will join Frank London for some contemporary Yiddish jazz. Tickets are $85, $65 and $45 and available at tickets.tarrytownmusichall.org

http://tickets.tarrytownmusichall.org/

Grammy Award-winning band The Klezmatics are globally-renowned world music superstars. The group's eclectic musical influences combined with their human rights and anti-fundamentalism themes led to their collaboration with The Guthrie Archives. On their CDs "Wonder Wheel" and "Woody Guthrie's
Happy Joyous Hanukkah," The Klezmatics set Guthrie's lyrics to music in collaboration with Nora Guthrie.

Comprised of David Bernz, James Durst, Mark Murphy and Martha Sandefer, Work o' the Weavers is a group that recalls the spirit of the original Weavers by providing an echo of their timeless music and some insight into their story.  In addition to their interpretations of Weavers material, the group enjoys playing modern music in the Weavers trajectory.

Iconic singer and gifted songwriter Pete Seeger has been making music since the early 1940s when he travelled with Woody Guthrie. As co-founder of the prolific folk quartet The Weavers, Seeger shot to international acclaim with songs like "Tzena Tzena, Tzena" and "Goodnight Irene." Over the years,
Seeger's music has been covered by the likes of The Byrds; Peter, Paul and Mary; and Judy Collins. Still performing at age 90, this Voice of Justice and winner of the National Medal of Arts (the highest honor conferred on an individual artist created by the United States Congress and present by the
American President) continues to influence and inspire his 3rd and 4th generation of audiences, activists and luminary musicians alike.

A fellow original member of The Weavers, Fred Hellerman is a singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer. Along with Seeger, Hellerman helped to arrange many of The Weavers' hit songs. He also produced Arlo Guthrie's Thanksgiving anthem "Alice's Restaurant."

For more information, artist photos or press passes to the concert, please
contact Eva Dilmanian at 646.654.9324 or eva [at] buzzwordpr.com.

About The Woody Guthrie Foundation

Founded and curated by his daughter Nora, the Woody Guthrie Foundation's goal is to safeguard and perpetuate the legacy of folk musician Woody Guthrie. The Foundation works to preserve, maintain and share Guthrie artifacts for public use. Through exhibitions, educational programs and performances, Woody's daughter Nora is keeping his music, art, legacy and  ideals alive for generations to come. More information can be found at  http://www.woodyguthrie.org/foundation/foundationindex.htm

About The Sloop Woody Guthrie

The Sloop Woody Guthrie, is a replica of the popular gaff-rigged Hudson  River sloop from the days of 70-foot-long booms. For 31 years, the Sloop Woody Guthrie has offered the public free rides and education five evenings a week. Pete Seeger and his wife Toshi had the Woody built to promote the clean-up of the Hudson River and to keep the river open and accessible to everyone. Since its launch date in 1978, the Woody has given thousands of people their first experience on a sailboat as well as their first sights of the Hudson River's surrounding mountains' beauty from the vantage point of the river. More information can be found at http://www.beaconsloopclub.org/

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WED, 3/10 > Goal and Vision of A Zero Waste Society & Green Economy

The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action invites you to the second seminar on

"Our Environmental Crisis, Its Crippling Consequences-and What We Can Do"

Wed, March 10th, 7:15pm East Library, Reid Castle
Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY

GOAL AND VISION OF A ZERO WASTE SOCIETY AND A GREEN ECONOMY; COMPOSTING AND RECYCYLING; DEALING WITH A MOUNTAIN OF WASTE.  AND THE GREENING OF THIS CAMPUS!

SHABAZZ JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE PAPAGNI

of Greenway Environmental Services talk about their work with students at the Zero Waste projects at Marist and Vassar Colleges in Poughkeepsie,NY

ALL STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY WELCOME! (914) 323-7156

http://www.conniehogarth.org/

WED, 2/24 > Howard Zinn Film POSTPONED

NOTE: The film showing scheduled for tonight is POSTPONED -- We hope to Announce a new date shortly

PLEASE JOIN US ON WED EVENING, FEB 24th 7:15PM, FOR A FILM SHOWING AND TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT PEOPLE'S HISTORIAN, HOWARD ZINN.

In the Periodical Room of the Manhattanville campus Library on

MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE CAMPUS

"YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN"

PLEASE OPEN THE FLIER ATTACHMENT MADE FOR US BY PATRICIA THOMAS, one of our Hogarth Center student co-coordinators!

Click Here for Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Flyer

And don't forget the first seminar in the four seminar series on

Environmental crises, next Wed, March 3 at 7:15 PM (also in Periodical Room in Library):

An overview of Climate Change and Environmental Justice!

with CECIL CORBIN-MARK, outreach director at West Harlem Environmental Action (WEACT) organization. On his experience in Copenhagen, He is WONDERFUL!!!

March Seminar Series on Climate Change

DEAR FRIENDS,

I HOPE YOU WILL PLAN TO ATTEND THESE WONDERFUL AND IMPORTANT SEMINARS!

XXX CONNIE

CONNIE HOGARTH CENTER FOR SOCIAL ACTION
MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE, PURCHASE, NY

A FOUR PART SEMINAR SERIES ON FOUR WEDNESDAYS 7:15PM

MARCH 3, 10, 24, 31ST, 2010

YES, WE CAN!—Understanding and Combating Climate Change and its Crippling Consequences

March 3, Wed. An Overview: The Importance of the Dec. Copenhagen UN Conference on Climate Change; Green Jobs; Community Efforts and Public Policy changes; Environmental Justice
with CECIL CORBIN-MARK, Program Director at West Harlem Environmental Action (WEACT). In Library Periodicals Room

March 10, Wed. Goal and Vision: A Zero Waste Society and a Green Economy. How do We Start-With a Mountain of Garbage;Global, Local, and What Can We Do at Manhattanville? Conservation, recycling, community organizing and campus actions.
with SHABAZZ JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE PAPAGNI,GREENWAY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES OF DUTCHESS COUNTY. In East Library, Reid Castle

March 24, Wed. The World Crisis of Water: Access;Quality; Availability; Corporate Abuses; International Issues and Answers
with JOHN CRONIN, EXEC.DIRECTOR, BEACON INSTITUTE FOR RIVERS AND ESTUARIES; PACE U. ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER. In East Library, Reid Castle

March 31, Wed. Alternatives to Fossil Fuels: Solar, Windpower, Geothermal, Hydro. A Critique of Nuclear Power, Oil ,Gas, and Coal.
with MANNAJO GREENE, ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTOR AT HUDSON RIVER CLEARWATER; ROSS GOULD, AIR AND ENERGY PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES OF NY (ON GAS DRILLING AND MARCELLUS SHALE)
(and a segment of the Sierra Club’s film on mountain top mining, COAL COUNTRY)

STUDENTS WHO ARE REGISTERED FOR SOC. 4020 WILL RECEIVE ONE CREDIT OPTION
ALL STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND! THE COMMUNITY IS WELCOME!

For info: Hogarth Center, (914) 323-7156
http://www.conniehogarth.org/