| Date: | April 15, 2010 |
| Place: | Nederland Best Western Lodge |
| Event: | David Barsamian: speaker & showing of film "Rethink Afghanistan" |
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Rethink Afghanistan: is a new documentary about the ongoing war in Afghanistan. It discusses critical issues such as military escalation, how escalation will affect the surrounding region, the cost of war, civilian casualties, and the rights of Afghan women.David Barsamian: a well-respected expert who has travelled extensively in the Middle East, introduced the film and led a discussion afterwards. |
| Date: | November 20, 2009 |
| Place: | Nederland Best Western Lodge |
| Event: | DAN WINTERS - GAZA TODAY |
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In July 2009, Dan traveled with Viva Palestinia bringing medical supplies to help alleviate the suffering caused by the Israeli attack and the embargo of the Palestinian people which continues today. He showed pictures and brought us up to date on the conditions in Gaza. |
| Date: | April 3, 2009 |
| Place: | Nederland Best Western Lodge |
| Event: | a showing of the film: "WHY WE FIGHT" |
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Director: Eugene JareckWinner Grand Jury Prize / Sundance Film Festival"Why We Fight" covers the rise of the US military since WWII
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| Date: | November 21, 2008 |
| Place: | Nederland Community Presbyterian Church |
| Event: | a presentation by Beverly Lyne "A Boulder Nurse in Uganda, Africa" |
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Beverly Lyne, a Boulder based nurse, told stirring slides and stories
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| Date: | September 13, 2008 |
| Place: | Teen Center - Nederland, CO |
| Event: | Annual Potluck / Business Meeting
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Uintah went to Togo to help build a well in a village and teach
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| Date: | June 12, 2008 |
| Place: | Blue Owl Books / Nederland |
| Event: | Film Showing
"AT THE DEATH HOUSE DOOR" |
| Date: | Sunday April 13 2008 |
| Place: | Teen Center - Nederland, CO |
| Event: | "ARLENE STRAND MEMORIAL" |
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A celebration of one of the founders of Mountain Forum for Peace,
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| Date: | November 16, 2007 |
| Place: | Shining Star Cafe - Nederland, CO |
| Event: | "DAVID BARSAMIAN" |
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David Barsamian is the award winning founder and director of Alternative Radio,
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| Date: | August 10, 2007 |
| Place: | Unity of Boulder Colorado |
| Event: | "MARX IN SOHO" |
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A play by HOWARD ZINN - author of "A People's History of the United States" featuring Jerry Levy as Karl Marx Imagine all Karl Marx would have to say after one hundred years . . . The play offers an entertaining and thorough introduction to any person |
| Date: | 2007 June 16 10am-Noon |
| Place: | Nederland Youth & Family Center, 151 East St |
| Event: | "WHAT'S HAPPENING IN VENEZUELA?" speaker: TOM MOORE |
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Boulder resident Tom Moore spent 9 days in Venezuela in February 2007. The trip, organized by the group Witness for Peace, was aimed at getting a first-hand picture of what is happening in Venezuela and the impact of the US policy there. Tom has been concerned with US foreign policy issues, particularly Latin America, since the 1600s. He and his wife Nancy have made numerous visits to Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua and Guatemala. For 10 years, they published a monthly news letter dealing with issues of Central America and the Caribbean. Tom will bring us up to date on the tensions between presidents Hugo Chavez and George W. Bush. As well as insights on how Chavez is putting large amounts of money into programs that improve the welfare of poor people there, and his help to other countries in South America to become independent from the influence of the United States. |
| Date: | 2007 May 12 10am-Noon |
| Place: | Nederland Youth & Family Center, 151 East St |
| Event: | ``Sowing Seeds of Sustainability in Jalapa, Nicaragua'' Boulder Jalapa Friendship City Projects (FCP), formed in 1983, has had a presence in the Jalapa Valley in northern Nicaragua for more than 20 years. This non-profit organization is dedicated to building peace and understanding between the people of Nicaragua and Colorado, and fosters people-to-people diplomacy through organizing delegations to and from Nicaragua. |
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FCP's present program is one of encouraging sustainable family agriculture in Jalapa. A huertos is a system of vegetable gardens, small domestic animals, medicinal trees and plants, fruit trees, and timber, and organic fertilizers, pesticides, and insecticides that make families self-sufficient. The huertos familiares movement is sweeping Central America as campesinos respond to the grinding poverty produced by ``Free Trade,'' and decades of intervention by corporations, and international financial institutions and governments in their internal economy. FCP's current in-country representative, Tamara Czyzyk, arrived in Jalapa in Oct. 2005. She has facilitated the planning process whereby Pueblos Unidos, the FCP sister board in Jalapa, identified as its top priority community organization around family agriculture. She has also networked with a number of organizations in the region to produce workshops on various aspects of these family gardens, including organics, vermiculture, biodigestors, alternative (and efficient) stove technology, saving seeds, and nutrition. Tamara will show slides and a video of these activities and of the 22 highly successful huertos in the barrio of El Polvorin. Come see why Jalapa has been called the Breadbasket of Nicaragua, and what self reliance looks like. |
| Date: | 2007 March 17 Saturday 9-10:00 |
| Place: | Nederland Peace Garden (Hwy 119 & E 3rd St) |
| Event: | End the Iraq War Now Peace Vigil In solidarity with tens (?), hundreds (?) or thousands of demonstrators who will March on the Pentagon to End the War on Iraq, on hopefully the last anniversary of the March 19 war launch, please join with neighbors and members of the Nederland-area Mountain Forum for Peace for a vigil. Questions? Contact Ellen at 303-258-9246 or emoore@aiusa.org. |
| Date: | 2007 February 24 10am-Noon |
| Place: | Nederland Youth & Family Center, 151 East St |
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``From Boulder to Beirut'' Dan Winters, a Boulder activist, was on the second commercial flight to land in Beirut after the cease fire in Lebanon took effect. He will speak about what he saw on the ground and also about the current situation in Lebanon. During almost a full month in Lebanon he was able to visit a number of places. Dan spoke to Lebanese people of different persuasions and in different parts of the country. His trips took him to south Lebanon where destruction was intense, to the Bekaa valley where he met with a father who's son was taken from his house to Israel, to Tyre and the UN de-mining headquarters, to Sidon where they have the only prosthetics manufacturing plant and to the Palestinian enclaves (refugee camps) of Shatila and Sabra in Beirut. |
| Date: | 2007 January 20 10am-Noon |
| Place: | Nederland Youth & Family Center, 151 East St |
| Event: | ``What's going on down in Chiapas and Oaxaca?'' A forum with Margot Rode of Nederland, who MFP recently supported as a Global Exchange delegate to Chiapas to meet with organizations & indigenous groups and discuss human rights, women's struggles, land ownership, Zapatistas, autonomy, & "The Other Campaign". She also visited Hurricane Stan refugee camps. She is a civil engineer who works with Engineers Without Borders in Nepal and Guatemala. |
| Date: | 2006 December 8 |
| Place: | Nederland Middle Senior High School (NMSHS) auditorium |
| Event: | Nederland High celebration of Human Rights Day. Students wrote letters and made holiday cards as part of an annual 2006 Global Writeathon sponsored by Amnesty International, and attended Julie Davis' storytelling assemblies and Metro State professor Robert Hasan's in-depth lecture and Q&A on human rights and politics in the Middle East. |
| Date: | 2006 November 18 Saturday 10am |
| Place: | Nederland Youth & Family Center, 151 East St |
| Event: | This year's Peace Jam event, where Nederland teens met with several Nobel Laureates, was a great success. |
| They want to meet with MFP members and others, and get our feedback and ideas on it. There will be a short presentation on our experience at the 10th Anniversery Peace Jam, followed by a discussion/brainstorm on peace issues and how to spread the ideas throughout the community. |
| Date: | 2006 October 14 Saturday 10am-noon |
| Place: | Nederland Youth & Family Center, 151 East St |
| Event: | A public forum with speaker: Dr Thomas Melville, missionary, passionate peace activist, author of "Through a Glass Darkly", |
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recipient of the Global Peacemaker Award, is on a national speaking tour addressing the issues lifted up in his book. Dr Melville relates the US situation in Iraq to long-term US policies in Central America. Thomas R Melville was a Catholic missionary in Central America from 1958--1967. He experienced a process of radicalization based on his work with the Mayan peoples of Guatemala, as he learned their history, listened to their life stories, and came to understand their values, frustrations, and oppression. In 1967 Melville was expelled from Guatemala forhis connections with the incipient antigovernment guerrilla movement. When he returned to the United States, he and his wife, Margarita Bradford, joined a group of Vietnam War protesters in burning draft files at Catonsville, Maryland, in May 1968. An effort to alert American citizens to the United States' undeclared war on the Guatemalan people and to point out that the Vietnam War was not an aberration, but yet another example of the senseless killing our country carries out throughout the world. They were both imprisioned. Afterwards both Melvilles received doctorates in sociocultural anthropology from American University. |
| Tom Melville has devoted his life to scholarship and activism on behalf of Guatemala. His passion for peace and global justice resounds through his books. His latest book, "Through a Glass Darkly: The U.S. Holocaust in Central America", tells the awful story of innocent people caught up in a brutal civil war that pitted succeeding Guatemalan governments, backed by the U.S., against a ragtag insurgency representing Mayan peasants and various other factions. The book reveals how the US sponsored, and even directed, the government side in the war. Now that the US is engaging in torture, and spying on its own citizens, in the name of the fight on terrorism, this is especially relevant. |
| Date: | 2006 August 20 Sunday 4pm |
| Place: | Nederland Youth & Family Center, 151 East St |
| Event: | The Mountain Forum for Peace Annual Membership Meeting. We'll start with our business meeting and follow with a potluck picnic. Please bring a dish to share, and other picnic items such as folding chairs. Most importantly, the ``business meeting'' is a great time to provide your guidance for the Board on fund-raising activities, public programs, allocating how we spend money to support our mission, etc. Also, please bring articles, books, dvd etc. to share. Finally, suggestions for organizing new volunteering opportunities will be especially welcome! Please e-mail any suggestions to mfpadmin@ecomail.org (for board consideration) or if you're a subscriber, to mfplist@MountainForumForPeace.Org (for full membership discussion). |
| Date: | 2006 July 11 Tuesday 6-8pm |
| Place: | 1st St Pub & Grill, 35 E 1st St, Nederland |
| Event: | An evening in support of Darfur, Sudan, with humanitarian aid worker and Nederland-area resident Jen Poitras (flyer) |
| Silent Auction Fundraiser and slide show/talk emceed by former State Representative Tom Plant and sponsored by the Mountain Forum for Peace. Admission $10 (including wine tasting and munchies). Dozens of items for auction: Rocky Grass Tickets (event is sold out---get tickets here!); Crafts from Africa---including Darfur; Gift Certificates for restaurants, massage, yoga, and more! Proceeds benefit youth programs in Darfur. Childcare will be provided by Over The Rainbow Preschool ---call 303-258-0390 by July 6 to make arrangements. To donate to the silent auction or make a contribution, contact Jen at 303-258-8288. Jen writes: In Darfur, Sudan, local militia are waging a terror campaign on the people of Darfur - with the support of Sudanese governments. The people in Darfur are facing systematic killings, rape, and destruction of villages. Over 2 million have been driven from their homes, and an estimated 300,000 people have been killed. A genocide is taking place. And the situation is getting worse... |
| Date: | 2006 June 24 Saturday 9am-5pm & June 25 Sunday 10am-2pm |
| Place: | Nederland Youth & Family Center, 151 East St |
| Event: | Mountain Forum for Peace Annual Rummage Sale Fundraiser. Bring Donations to Youth & Family Center Friday June 23 9am-9pm, or call Carlene (303-258-0550) to donate and store items before the sale. For large items, call with a description to be posted at sale. Working vehicles welcome ---here's a Subaru you can bid for! No mattresses, large appliances, defective items, cribs, carseats, computers, or monitors. Tax donation forms available at sale. Volunteers with trucks sought to move items from storage to Youth & Family Center (Friday 9am-9pm) and move unsold items to disposal areas (Sunday 2-4pm). Call Betsy Buck (303-258-3056) or Ellen Moore (303-258-9246). |
| Date: | 7:00 pm, Thursday, April 20, 2006 |
| Place: | Nederland Mining Museum |
| Event: | Jo Wildings' Iraq diary, A letter to the Prime Minister, directed by Julia Guest ($3 donation requested) |
| A remarkable one-hour film that follows British activist Jo Wilding on her journey through Iraq before and during the 2003 Invasion. Narrated as a letter to Tony Blair, this film offers a window into the lives of ordinary Iraqi people, and shows how the US actions have affected them. It also shows Jo performing in the Boomchucka Circus, which she formed to work with school children and refugees there. In April 2004, Jo entered Fallujah in advance of the US attack, to stand with the civilians trapped and targeted by US forces. Unusual footage from that besieged city creates a compelling picture of the impact of US/UK foreign policy. Suitable for ages 12 and over. Jo Wilding is a 30 year old law student and international activist. She first travelled to Iraq in August 2001 to witness the effects of sanctions. Julia Guest has been working in documentary as a photographer and film-maker for the past ten years across the Middle East and in the UK. She has been working in Iraq since 1998. |
| Date: | 10:15 am-12:05 pm, Thursday, April 20, 2006 |
| Place: | Nederland Middle Senior High School |
| Event: | There Can Be No Peace Without Justice, EarthDay Celebration |
| featuring displays by Mountain Forum for Peace, Global Response, Amnesty International, and Eco-cycle, music by The Giraffes Marimba Band, and reports from students and teachers about environmental and peace efforts afoot at NMSHS. The public is invited. Questions: Ellen at 303-258-7886 |
| Date: | 11:00 am-1:00 pm, Saturday November 5 |
| Place: | Youth and Family Ctr., 151 East St |
| Event: | Another World is Possible: Public Power in the Age of Empire. Citizens in the U.S. often complain that they feel helpless and can't do anything to shake the power structure. But citizens in impoverished East Timor, Nicaragua, Haiti and India have resisted oppression and overthrown tyrannies. David Barsamian recently spent 2 months in Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Egypt and will discuss a tonic for apathy, and ways to seize opportunities to get active! |
| Date: | 2:40 pm, Wednesday 2005 November 2 |
| Place: | Clear Creek High School |
| Event: | Peace Postcard Project. Art project to create and send small visual messages of peace and good will to citizens of Iraq. This idea developed at the 2nd annual Colorado Peace Convergence last summer. Students, staff, and community members are all invited to participate. The speaker will be Dr Dahlia Wasfi. Dr. Wasfi was born in New York in 1971 to a mother from Brooklyn and a father from Iraq. She spent her early childhood in Saddam Hussein's Iraq until she returned with her family to the United States in 1977. Her latest trip to Iraq was in February/ March of 2004. She will be returning to Iraq carrying the Peace Postcards at the end of this year. Dr. Wasfi's presentation includes the history and culture of the Iraq, what life was like under the Hussein regime and what life is like now in Baghdad and Basrah. She shares many personal photos and stories. She is articulate, funny, and thought-provoking. This art project is one in a series of international art/peace endeavors. CCHS students in the recent past have exchanged art twice with schools in Japan and once with a school in New Zealand. Art is the universal language. It can connect us to people who speak a different language or live in a very different culture. For more information, contact Virginia Unseld at 303-679-4600. |
| Date: | 7:15 pm sharp, Friday 2005 October 28 |
| Place: | Buck Residence (directions, RSVP 303-258-3056) |
| Event: | The Fog of War ---Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, an award winning documentary directed by Errol Morris (Gates of Heaven, Vernon, Florida & The Thin Blue Line). |
| For his award-winning documentary The Fog of War, a study of the moral complexities of war and those who wage it, Errol Morris has found the perfect subject in Robert S. McNamara, the man who served as Secretary of Defense in the early days of the Vietnam War. McNamara is astute, articulate, lively and thoughtful, and as a wizened man of 85, he is able to look back on the events of his life with the kind of analytical clarity and sober-minded judgment that only old age can provide. As a documentary filmmaker, Morris demonstrates his usual skill at combining archival footage with one-on-one interviews as a way of bringing his subject matter to life. The caveat here is that Morris provides no counter voices to challenge any of McNamara's statements or his interpretation of events. Yet, as McNamara relates the story of his life, a fascinating history of 20th Century American foreign policy emerges in the background. We see many of the seminal figures from McNamara's time playing out the roles history and the fates assigned to them, from John Kennedy to Lyndon Johnson to Nikita Khrushchev to a whole host of other key players on the world stage. In addition, Philip Glass and John Kusiak have provided a haunting score to go along with the haunting images. As the title suggests, this is a complex film on a complex subject and McNamara and Morris leave us with no pat or easy answers. That is as it should be. |
| Date: | 7 pm, Wednesday 2005 September 21 |
| Place: | Buck Residence |
| Event: | Viewing party to watch an interesting DVD, "The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream." This is a thought-provoking look at what is in store for us in the near future. |
| Date: | 8-9 pm, Tuesday 2005 August 9 |
| Place: | Barker Reservoir |
| Event: | Candlelight/flashlight vigil to commemorate the thousands of lives lost on August 9, 1945 during the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan. We'll meet at the reservoir 8-9 pm, Tuesday. Bring short readings and musical instruments. This vigil is an apolitical opportunity to mourn all war dead. |
| Date: | 7:30 PM July 27, 2005 |
| Place: | Buck Residence |
| Event: | Suzuki Speaks dvd viewing. A one-hour special capturing the passion and integrity of world-renowned scientist/visionary David Suzuki on the human animal and our place in the universe. Suzuki delivers the most important message of his career in an intimate and dramatic presentation. His powerful words, mixed with stunning live action and digital images, create a documentary that you won't just watch- you'll experience! Suzuki Speaks is a powerful presentation from one of Canada's most radical thinkers. It will open your eyes to a new way of seeing our world and give you hope and the tools for positive change. |
| Brent Warren says ``The reason I was so taken by this dvd is that this is not a bunch of boring and dry facts thrown at them, but a study of a serious, complex subject, made simple, put into common sense, and presented in a beautiful artistic manner.'' You can get the dvd here. Part 1 ``Journey into New Worlds'' The achievements of science have come at a cost. What have we gained? What have we lost? A look at the promise and limitations of reductionist science and a celebration of the interconnectedness of all living things. Part 2 ``The Matrix of Life'' Water and air move endlessly together, atoms linking and delinking to form ocean and atmosphere. Scientists are discovering just how complex this matrix is where water defies human boundaries and human ownership. Part 3 ``The Fire of Creation'' This is the way the cosmos began: in a single moment matter coalesced, and the stars turned on. All life on Earth is forged in the furnace of the sun and human beings are its children, accumulating cosmic energies, transforming them into matter. Part 4 ``Coming Home'' Meeting basic physical needs is just a beginning for human well-being. Beyond these we have yet another that is just as vital to our long-term health and happiness. It is an aspect of human life that is so mysterious it is often disregarded. Like air and water, fire and earth, we need spiritual connection; we need to understand where we belong. |
| Date: | July 9, 2005 |
| Place: | Nederland Community Center, 750 N Hwy 72 just north of downtown Ned. |
| Event: | ``Mothers of Plaza de Mayo'' Local writer David Miller and his wife Laura will share stories of their recent trip to interview and film the Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, women whose children were ``disappeared'' during Argentina's military dictatorship in the 1970s and 80s. Come and learn how their persistent, peaceful demand for truth and justice outlasted and continues to outlive the decades of bloodshed and military rule. |
| Date: | June 24-26, 2005 |
| Place: | Youth & Family Center, 151 East St, Nederland |
| Event: | MFP Yardsale. For more information click here or contact Ellen V. Moore, 303-258-1170. |
| Date: | 11 am Sunday May 29, 2005 |
| Place: | Nederland Peace Garden |
| Event: | Memorial Day Weekend Vigil for All War Dead We will read the names of the 1,500 plus US soldiers who have died, simultaneously with a chorus of "unnamed Iraqi fatality." Musicians welcome, personal signs, rhythm instruments, children. Please invite anyone you know who is dismayed by War, all WAR, and the enormous and continuing loss of life in Iraq. For more information call Ellen at 303-258-1170. |
| Date: | 10 am Saturday, May 21 2005 |
| Place: | Nederland Community Center, 750 N Hwy 72 just north of downtown Ned. |
| Event: | ``Nederland/Rollinsville & the Tsunami Connection'' Jen Poitras and Jim Spotts will present a slide show and take questions about their experience for several months helping victims of the Tsunami in Sumatra, Indonesia, including stories, personal observations, and the many challenges they faced. It was an intense, difficult, rewarding, and life-changing experience. This event is free and open to all, and snacks and beverages will be provided. For more information call 303-258-3472. |
| Date: | Saturday, January 15, 2005 |
| Time and Place: | 10:00 am at the Nederland Community Center. 750 N. Hwy 72 just north of downtown Ned. |
| Event: | ``Chiapas --- Ten Years Later'' In Summer 2004 Gilpin County resident Kristi Venditti traveled to Chiapas as part of a human rights delegation. They met with local social justice organizations and heard first-hand the stories of Mexican indigenous persons struggling with the devastating impact of NAFTA, the indifference of the Mexican government, and paramilitary intimidation. Questions and answers to follow |
| Date: | Sunday, February 29, 2004 |
| Time and Place: | 2pm-4pm at Strand's |
| Event: | Annual MFP meeting and potluck |
| Date: | Saturday, February 28, 2004 |
| Time and Place: | 10am-12 noon, Youth and Family Center, 151 East Street, Nederland |
| Topic: | ``51 Days in Baghdad'' Presentation by journalist and CU-Boulder alumnus Urban Hamid about his March-April 2003 experience in Baghdad Questions and answers to follow |
| Date: | Saturday, October 18, 2003 |
| Time and Place: | 10am-12 noon, Youth and Family Center, 151 East Street, Nederland |
| Topic: | ``Cuba at a Crossroads'' Andrew West will speak about his MFP sponsored trip to Cuba Questions and answers to follow |
| Date: | Saturday, July 26, 2003 |
| Time and Place: | 11am, at the nuclear missile silo fields of northeastern Colorado |
| Topic: | Citizen Weapon Inspection Teams Concerned citizens are being asked to form groups of Citizen Weapon Inspection Teams to support and honor the nuns, Ardeth Platte, Carol Gilbert and Jackie Hudson, the day after they begin their prison sentences by carrying forward their message to the American public regarding the illegal existence and dangers of the 49 nuclear missile silos in Colorado. We will let our government know that they can't silence the Sisters. More info: http://www.ColoradoPeace.org/2003/Adopt-a-Missile-Silo.html An open letter to Cynda, who organized the Adopt-a-Silo Action |
| Date: | Wednesday, April 23, 2003 |
| Time and Place: | 7:00-9:00pm, University of Colorado, Boulder, Chem. 142 |
| Topic: | ``Civil Liberties, CU and You'' a panel discussion on the public's rights and an inside look at the PATRIOT ACTs I and II. Included on the panel are private investigators and the head of technology services. Sponsored by Faculty and Staff Against War. |
| Date: | Thursday, April 24, 2003 |
| Time and Place: | 7:00 pm, University of Colorado, Boulder, Engineering Center 245 |
| Topic: | ``Em Bed with the Military: The Media at War'' Is embedded journalism working? How does a war in real time impact the American public? A panel discussion with Rocky Mountain News reporter Charlie Brennan, an embedded reporter who just returned from Iraq; Vicky Sama, former CNN producer and CU Journalism instructor; Westword's Juliet Wittman; and CU Journalism Professor and former BBC head of research Michael Tracey. Sponsored by CU students. |
| Date: | March 23, 2003 |
| Picture from a recent Nederland War Protest |
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| Date: | Jan 28, 2003 |
| Nederland passes resolution on Iraq | |
| Date: | Jan 25, 2003 |
| Time and Place: | 10am-12pm, Nederland Community Center |
| Topic: | Oil: Politics and Alternatives |
| Speakers: | Onno Koelman, Rocky Mountain Institute Tom Plant, State Rep Marty Stenflo, Activist from Boulder Paula Palmer, Global Response |
| Date: | Jan 11, 2003 |
| Time and Place: | 10am-12pm, Nederland Community Center |
| Speakers: | Elias and Rabia, Iraq Peace Team |
| Date: | Oct 12, 2002 |
| Time and Place: | 10am-12pm, Nederland Community Center |
| Speakers: | Kay Cafasso & Willow King |
| Topic: | A Trip to Chiapas -- ``Our experience in mexico'' |
