Brown Bag Vigil
Bring the Troops Home, Fund Jobs & Health
Wednesday, January 18, noon to 1:30 pm
downstairs from Sen. Kerry's office
One Bowdoin Square, Boston
(Government Center or Bowdoin T)
See the list of legislation we will be supporting this year in our monthly Brown Bag Vigils.
Peace & Pizza
Membership Outreach Night
Wednesday, January 18, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Peace Action office, 11 Garden St., Cambridge (Harvard Square T)
We will call our members inviting them to our annual meeting on January 28, requesting them to pay dues for 2012, and suggesting they connect with other Peace Action members in their area.
We will divide up the names based on each caller's location in the state, so that people will be calling their neighbors, and beginning to know them. If you let us know in advance that you will be there and what town you are from, we'll get your list of neighbors ready. Write info@masspeaceaction.org or call 617-354-2169.
Get Corporate Money out of Politics
Occupy the Court: Friday, January 20, 12:30pm to 1:30 pm
John J. Moakley United States Courthouse
Old Northern Avenue at Courthouse Way, Boston
(Courthouse stop on Silver Line
A rally with speakers and democracy street theater. Boston will join 80 cities across the nation protesting the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, which opened up the floodgate to unlimited corporate spending to influence elections.
Come and hear about and protest the Citizens United decision. Raise your voice against the deeper problem of “corporate personhood” and the “purchase” of elections by the super-rich. Hear about our campaign to amend the US constitution, and the exciting grassroots effort envisioned for Massachusetts. Info: http://justicewithpeace.org/node/3395
Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy
Friday, January 20, 4 to 8pm at St. Paul's Cathedral, 138 Tremont St., Boston (Park St. T)
Saturday, January 21, 10am to 4pm at Suffolk University, Donahue Hall, 41 Temple St., Boston (Park St T)
Speakers, workshops, training, powermapping. Details: http://justicewithpeace.org/node/3396 and http://justicewithpeace.org/node/3397
This week’s required reading is Dr. King’s astonishing speech, “Beyond Vietnam.” It says why we are working for a peaceful world, it reinforces the need for that work as the Iran war noise grows, and it’s 
Saturday, January 28