Hogarth Center Film Series

The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action will be hosting three film screenings in the Castle at  Manhattanville College in Purchase,NY  starting February 26th at 7 pm.  (Everyone welcome!!  Free.refreshments.)  (see flyer, below)

Wed, Feb 26th  7pm:   LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT.

Feature documentary that showcases the close-knit ties between the Hip Hop Music community and America's social and political policy in the last 30 years.

Wed,  March 5th 7pm:  PETE SEEGER: THE POWER OF SONG 

Interviews, archival footage and home movies used to illustrate a social history of folk artist and activist Pete Seeger.     (IN MEMORY OF PETE, WHO DIED THIS JANUARY.  HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE CONNIE HOGARTH CENTER FOR SOCIAL ACTION) 

Wed, March 19th 7pm:  GASLAND #2.

The definitive documentary on HYDROFRACKING ('FRACKING); Documentary presents the gas industry's myth of natural gas as clean and safe; presents fracking wells as leaking over time, contaminating
water, air and endangering the earth's climate with the potent greenhouse gas, methane.

For info, call the Center: 914 323 7156.

Wed, Feb 19 >> One Billion Rising: Stop Violence Against Women Now!

The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action is sponsoring an event on at the Berman Student Center, Manhattanville Campus, Purchase,NY

We call for a Stop to Violence Against Women!

It will be a wonderful night of spoken word, films, dance, talks and
refreshments---and at 5:30 PM, a candlelight vigil starting at the Castle to kick off our
event

Cosponsored by Black Student Union and Duchesne Center (for info, call
the Center, 914 323-7156)

WED, 10/23 >> Environmental Racism

ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM:

WHO GETS HURT THE MOST FROM CLIMATE CHANGE?

 Cecil Corbin Mark,

WEACT (West Harlem Environmental Action organization)

Wednesday, October 23^rd, 7:15pm.

Ophir Room, Reid Castle

Contact the Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action

914 323 7156

EARTH DAY PROGRAMS!

SAVE THE DATE!

The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action, the Black Student Union and the Duchesne Center  offer:

An Earth Day Program,  on Tues. April 23^rd, 2013:

3:30pm   We will plant a RiverBirch Tree in memory of Wangari Maathai, Kenyan woman who planted trees all thru Kenya and was given the Nobel Peace Laureate honor.  She died in 2011 but her spirit and work live on!  (we will gather at 3:30 near Brownson Hall , on the Quad side for the planting)  

We are honored to have with us Prof. Daniel Nanjira who knew her and will speak.

7:30pm   We will show the film, “Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai”  East Library, Reid Castle.

The Community is Welcome to join us!

For information, call 914- 323-7156

4/28 Benefit to Close Indian Point

You are invited to an intimate gathering and fundraiser to support

Clearwater's Indian Point Campaign.

A BENEFIT TO 

CLOSE INDIAN POINT

April 28, 3 - 6 PM

Reid Castle at Manhattanville College

2900 Purchase St, Purchase, NY 10577 (campus map)

Co-sponsored by Hudson River Sloop Clearwater

& The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action. 

Special Musical Guests 

Dar Williams, Guy Davis, & Linda Richards

Special Honored Guests

Andrew Spano & Ellen Jaffe

Reservations are $125 per person, $200 for two, 

or $350 for two and includes two tickets to the 

Please click here to make your reservation through the Clearwater website donation page. Be sure to select

"Indian Point Benefit 2013" as your gift designation to secure your reservation.

Save the Date!!

Clearwater Festival, June 15 & 16 

Croton Point Park in Westchester County, NY. 

April 28 Benefit to Support Clearwater’s Indian Point Campaign

Posted on April 7, 2013

Featuring musical guests Dar Williams, Guy Davis, Linda Richards, and honoring NY Assemblyperson Ellen Jaffee, and former Westchester County Executive, Andrew Spano

Clearwater and The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action will host a benefit to support Clearwater’s Indian Point Campaign, Sunday, April 28, from 3:00-6:00 PM at Reid Castle at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY.

Clearwater has been at the forefront of the fight to close Indian Point to prevent the relicensing of outdated facility. Since its inception 15 years ago, the Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action has also actively opposed Indian Point and called for its closure. This intimate gathering will bring together many influential individuals from a constituency that is building community momentum to see the Indian Point nuclear facility permanently closed.

Special honored guests include New York Assembly Member, Ellen Jaffee, and former Westchester County Executive, Andrew Spano.

The event will also feature musical performances by singer-songwriter and pop folk artist, Dar Williams; bluesman, Guy Davis; and Hudson Valley songstress, Linda Richards.

The event will also feature a reception and silent auction that includes a week at a villa in Italy, fine wine,  a Peter Max print and other fine art and photography, including a signed print of the artwork for the album, River of Dreams, signed by Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley.

Other auction items include:

• Painting by Russell Cussick
• Painting by Penny Dell
• Two photos on canvas of  the Hudson River by William J. Kemble
• Painting by Katharyn LaRanger
• Tutoring Services with Dr. William Flank (2 sessions chemistry; kitchen chemistry; or math tutoring coaching)
• Graffiti Art by Zephyr
• Photograph by Carolyn Marks Blackwood

WHAT: A Benefit to Close Indian Point with reception, honored guests, musical performances and silent auction

WHEN: Sunday, April 28, 3:00 – 6:00 PM

WHERE: Reid Castle at Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase St, Purchase, NY 10577 (campus map)

WHO: Special musical guests Dar Williams, Guy Davis and Linda Richards; honored guestsAssemblymember Ellen Jaffee and former Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano. Co-sponsored by Hudson River Sloop Clearwater & The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action.

RSVP: Reservations are $125 per person, $200 for two, or $350 for two and includes two tickets to the Clearwater Festival taking place June 15 & 16 at Croton Point Park in Westchester County, NY. Reservations can be obtained through the Clearwater website at www.clearwater.org by going to the donation page and selecting “Indian Point Benefit 2013” as the gift designation.

All proceeds will go to support Clearwater’s legal fees, community outreach efforts, and public policy campaign to close the aged, leaking, outdated nuclear reactors located at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant in Buchanan, NY.

For more information, please contact Linda Richards at 845 265-8080, x7105, Events@Clearwater.org .

4/24, TUES >> Fr. Michael Lapsley on "Redeeming the Past"

Father Michael Lapsley Returns to Manhattanville College
to talk about his new book,
"Redeeming the Past: From Freedom Fighter to Healer"

Tuesday, April 24, 7:15pm
East Library in Reid Castle, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
 

Fr. Lapsley lost both hands and an eye to a letter bomb while working to end
Apartheid in South Africa. Following his involvement in the Truth and Reconciliation
hearings in South Africa he developed a method for addressing trauma and victimhood in
individuals, communities, and nations and does workshop all over the world.

Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action and Duchesne Center
(914)323-7156

SUN, 3/11 >> Commemorating Fukushima: Year One -- Walk, Vigil & Concert

Commemorating Fukushima: Year One

Schedule

1:00 pm Press Conference with the Peace Walkers at the at the Shoprite parking lot, South Riverside Drive, in Croton on Hudson, NY
3:30 pm Program at the gates of Indian Point, intersection of Bleakley and Broadway
4:00 pm Vigil at the intersection of Bleakley and Broadway, Buchanan, NY
5:00pm Potluck Old School House, 210 Sixth Street, Verplanck
6:00pm Concert at the Old School House, 210 Sixth Street, Verplanck.


Who: Leo Wiegman, Mayor of Croton will present the Walkers with a Proclamation of  Support prior to their departure for Indian Point.
The No More Fukushima’s Peace Walkers are led by Jun-san Yasuda a Buddhist nun from the Grafton Peace Pavilion who has done walks for peace around the world. People will gather at the gates of Indian Point prior to the arrival of the Peace Walkers.
Mark Jacobs will moderate the program. Redwing Blackbird Theater will begin with their dramatic piece Humanities which is performed in English, Japanese and other languages using their 10 foot puppets on stilts. Kitajima San, contract Laborer and Union Organizer from the Fukushima Dia-chi nuclear power plant will talk about conditions inside the failed nuclear plant in Japan. Other speakers include Harvey Wasserman of Solartopia fame, Gary Null, health expert, radio personality, and producer of many films including Knocking on the Devils Door, will speak as will Connie Hogarth of the Connie Hogarth Center for Social Justice, Manna Jo Greene, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Phillip Musegaas of Riverkeeper, Gary Shaw and Marilyn Elie of the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition.

Performers at the concert include: Dar Williams, Dan Einbender and the Rivertown Kids, James Durst, Hope Machine, Lydia Adams Davis, Sarah Underhill, Roland Moussa, Taeko Fukao, Raging Grannies and others.

Join us…


At the press conference 1:00 pm at the ShopRite parking lot on South Riverside Drive in Croton and walk all or part of the way with the No More Fukushima’s Peace Walkers. There is a van which will take you back to your car when you have walked enough.


At the gates of Indian Point, 3:30 pm at the intersection of Bleakley and Broadway, Buchanan, New York for a program that begins with Redwing Blackbird Theater performing their dramatic piece Humanities in English, Japanese and other languages using their 10 foot puppets on stilts. Listen to Kitajima San, contract Laborer and Union Organizer from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant who will talk about conditions inside the failed nuclear plant in Japan. Other speakers include Harvey Wasserman of Solartopia fame, Gary Null, health expert, radio personality, and producer of many films including Knocking on the Devils Door, Connie Hogarth of the Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action, Manna Jo Greene, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Phillip Musegaass of Riverkeeper, Gary Shaw and Marilyn Elie of the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition.


For the vigil at 4:00 pm, which will be conducted in the Japanese Buddhist tradition using prayer drums and chanting. Bring an origami paper crane, the Japanese symbol of good fortune and good health, if you can.


For a potluck dinner at the Old School House, at 5 pm, 210 Sixth Street, Verplanck after the vigil. Drop off your covered dish there before you go to the program.

For the commemorative concert with music and the spoken word at 6 pm after dinner. Performers include Dar Williams, Dan Einbender and the Rivertown Kids, James Durst, Hope Machine, Lydia Adams Davis, Sarah Underhill, Roland Moussa, Taeko Fukao, The Raging Grannies and others.

The Day Unfolds – Reflections and Actions


March 11, 2012 marks one year since an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster struck the coast of Japan and began what is still an on-going disaster. The consequences of this triple tragedy are still unfolding and it will take the country decades to recover. Four of the reactors at Fukushima are now closed and there is now a 12 mile exclusion zone surrounding them. As a result 160,000 people have been relocated, perhaps never to go home again.

We take this time to listen to the voices of the Japanese people and stand in solidarity with them in their sorrow and loss. We look at the reactors at Indian Point which are surrounded by 20 million people within a 50 mile radius and ask- Is this the way we need to generate our electricity? Is it necessary to jeopardize the lives and property of so many when there are so many alternatives? What about renewable and sustainable ways to generate the electricity we need? What about conservation and efficiency in a time when electricity usage is down? What about the studies and hearings that show closing Indian Point is possible with little impact on ratepayers.

These are all questions that need to be answered with public dialog and discussion, not 30 second commercials produced by the company which profits so heavily from continued operation.


While we are not in danger of a tsunami and 9.0 earthquake is unlikely, Indian Point is on the convergence of two fault lines and has on site more high level radioactive waste than was in the all of the spent fuel pools at Fukushima. There is no way to make anything 100% safe from human error. We are passing on a legacy that is deadly for over a million years to untold generations. What if we were to conserve more and to become more efficient? Japan is a country about the size of California. It had 54 nuclear reactors in place prior to the earthquake. Of that total the 4 at Fukushima can no longer operate and another 48 across the country are now closed. Only 2 of the Japanese fleet of reactors are still operating.

Japanese society continues to function with this dramatic decrease in generation. Conservation has been the key to this dramatic reduction in the use of electricity. Life continues in Japan as people struggle with their losses, with measuring radiation levels in schools, homes and on their children, as they worry about purchasing contaminated food in the market place, and the knowledge that many will never be able to go home again.


Those from Japan tell us that one of the most effective things we can do to protect our families and our communities is to close Indian Point. As Fukushima clearly demonstrates, continued operation in such a densely populated area is simply not worth the risk.

All are welcome! For more information call IPSEC, 1-888-474-8848 or Clearwater, 845-265-8080, or Riverkeeper, 914-941-2505 or visit www.shutdownindianpointnow.org or http://www.facebook.com/ShutDownIndianPointNow?sk=notes

WED, FEB 15 @ 7:15 PM >> Occupy Wall Street Panel

The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action Presents

A Panel Discussion 
on Occupy Wall Street

Wednesday, February 15,  7:15 PM

East Library in the Castle

Manhattanville College

Panelists will include:

• Richard Brodsky, former Assembly Member, Senior Fellow at Demos
• Christa Calbos, Manhattanville student
• Maggie Goff, Manhattanville Student
• J.A. Myerson, activist with Occupy Wall Street, a columnist at Truthout and a field reporter for Citizen Radio. His forthcoming book, 2011: The Year of Democracy, Solidarity and Revolution, will be published by Left Legacy Press.
• Nelini Stamp, organizer, Working Families Party and Occupy Wall Street activist

SPRING 2012 -- Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action Upcoming Events

February – Nonviolent civil disobedience training workshop (date and details to be announced)
Wednesday, February 15, 7:15 PM  -- A Panel Discussion on Occupy Wall Street, with Richard Brodsky, Christa Calbos, J.A. Myerson, Maggie Goff and Nelini Stamp.

Tuesday, March 6th, 7:00 PM  -- Fukushima Week -- Conference with First Responders from Japan, chaired by former County Executive Andy Spano.   East Library in the Castle, Manhattanville College.

Friday, April 20, Earth Day -- Tree planting in remembrance of Wangari Matthai, for Earth Day with a program, cosponsored with Black Students Union.   (details to be announced)

Tuesday, April 24th, 7:15 PM -- Seminar led by Father Michael Lapsley, Director of Institute for Healing of Memories.   East Library in the Castle, Manhattanville College.

A Movement Without Demands?

A Movement Without Demands? | Possible Futures:

by Marco Deseriis and Jodi Dean

The question of demands infused the initial weeks and months of Occupy Wall Street with the endless opening of desire. Nearly unbearable, the absence of demands concentrated interest, fear, expectation, and hope in the movement. What did they want? What could they want? Commentators have been nearly hysterical in their demand for demands: somebody has got to say what Occupy Wall Street wants! In part because of the excitement accumulating around the gap the movement opened up in the deadlocked US political scene—having done the impossible in creating a new political force it seemed as if the movement might even demand the impossible—many of those in and around Occupy Wall Street have also treated the absence of demands as a benefit, a strength. Commentators and protesters alike thus give the impression that the movement’s inability to agree upon demands and a shared political line is a conscious choice.

Read rest of article

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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