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Reserve your seat/more information: 508-840-0044 FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION for MAYDAY Film: Made in L.A. Saturday April 24th 6:00-8:00 pm The Woo Church 911 Main st, Worcester Potluck- [...]]]> Support the Worcester Immigrant Coalition in mobilizing for Immigrant and Worker Justice!

Get on the bus!
Saturday, May 1st, 2010
Bus to Boston area rallies leaves Worcester City Hall at 11am (returns 6pm. $10 sug. donation)

Download the flyer

Reserve your seat/more information: 508-840-0044
FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION for MAYDAY
Film: Made in L.A.
Saturday April 24th
6:00-8:00 pm
The Woo Church
911 Main st, Worcester
Potluck- free event

Round Point Movies presenta Vecin@ por Vecin@: Movilizando una comunidad invisible en Lewiston, Maine

Un documental por documentalista de Lewiston, Craig Saddlemire, y La Comunidad Visible

Film screening will be accompanied by a multi-lingual discussion with several groups in [...]]]>

Un documental por documentalista de Lewiston, Craig Saddlemire, y
La Comunidad Visible

Film screening will be accompanied by a multi-lingual discussion with several groups in Worcester organizing for people power. It will be a chance to be inspired and to see how our struggles are linked, as well as begin a conversation about how we can be more connected.

Date: Monday, February 8
Time: 6 to 8 pm
Location: 5 Pleasant St., 2nd Floor, Downtown Worcester
It’s a POTLUCK: bring food if you can.
Wheelchair accessible.
Spanish interpretation available.

Película y discusión
6-8 p.m., lunes, el 8 de febrero, 2010
5 Pleasant Street, segundo piso, Centro de Worcester
Habrá interpretación al español.

Co-sponsors of this event/ Co-patrocinadores:

• Stone Soup
• Worcester Roots Project and the Toxic Soil Busters Co-op
• Ex-prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement (EPOCA)
• Neighbor to Neighbor, Worcester chapter
• Save Our Poolz Coalition
• Worcester Immigrant Coalition
• Pleasant St Neighborhood Network Center
• Mosaic Cultural Complex
• Worcester Anti-Foreclosure Team
• Regional Environmental Council
• Worcester Friends Meeting
• Worcester Homeless Action Committee
• Pernet Family Health

About the film:
In 2004, the city of Lewiston announced plans to flatten part of a downtown residential neighborhood to make way for a new four-lane boulevard — an urban renewal scheme that would have displaced 850 people, most of them low income, from their homes. Saddlemire followed residents of the targeted area as they worked together to defeat those plans, and in turn developed and pursued their own vision of neighborhood improvement. This story of ordinary people becoming community organizers and agents of their own destiny is not to be missed.

http://www.roundpointmovies.org/roundpointmovies/neighbor.html

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Volante en español (PDF 1.4mb) | Más pequeño (JPG 200kb)

“In the wave of politically engaged documentaries made in the last decade, Neighbor by Neighbor stands out. This is not just a film about a social issue; it springs directly from the struggle for justice by the marginalized residents of one of America’s forgotten industrial cities. This is what political documentary should look like.”
Maple Razsa, activist/filmmaker, EnMasse Films

“An inspiring look at grassroots political organizing.”
Steve Dillon, film critic and scholar

“Uplifting, inspiring, and a reminder of how powerful community and human agency really are!”
Ashley Kehoe, Loyola University, Center for Experiential Learning

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WHEN: AUGUST 22, 2009: 4:00-8:00 PM (Rain Date, August 23, 2009: 4-8pm)

WHERE: STONE SOUP 4 KING STREET, WORCESTER MA

Stone Soup community center is rising from the ashes after a devastating fire destroyed a large portion of the newest organizing and resource center on King Street in the Main South [...]]]> WHAT: PRESS RELEASE
STONE SOUP, RISING FROM THE ASHES, KING STREET BLOCK PARTY

WHEN: AUGUST 22, 2009: 4:00-8:00 PM
(Rain Date, August 23, 2009: 4-8pm)

WHERE: STONE SOUP
4 KING STREET, WORCESTER MA

Stone Soup community center is rising from the ashes after a devastating fire destroyed a large portion of the newest organizing and resource center on King Street in the Main South neighborhood. But don’t worry, the groups that called Stone Soup home are still in action, working for justice for former prisoners, organizing for safer and lead free homes, providing a healthy meal to the city’s most marginalized, and opening their doors to all.

The third annual King Street block party this coming weekend is not just a chance to reconnect neighbors and celebrate the end of summer, it is an opportunity to bring the community back together around Stone Soup and the road of rebuilding that is ahead. The block party will feature area organizations and groups, games and activities for children, and also serve as a fundraiser for Stone Soup. Stone Soup brought the community together, the block party is a chance to reconvene and get energized for the rebuilding process ahead. With this community’s support, we will rise from the ashes.

Stone Soup is an organization that opens its doors to the community, to people like Janice Nyamekye, who is a member of the Toxic Soil Busters. For her, “Stone Soup is like a home, I love the smell of the building.” There are many community members and organizers that feel the same way. This is a place where individuals come to feel better, have fun, teach, and learn in a safe and healthy environment, surrounded by kind and giving individuals.

After a long process with the insurance agency, and with the help of community members and organizations, Stone Soup will begin rebuilding soon. The fire tragedy is making Stone Soup stronger than ever. It has united our community; many organizations have come out and given us a helping hand. We have made new friends around the city. The community is excited to get their building back.

Stone soup is planning to rebuild an energy efficient building. Solar panels, deep energy retrofit, a commercial kitchen and much more are among the changes that the building will endure.

This year Stone Soup is uniting the community once again by collaborating with many other organizations in the making of the King Street Block Party. On August 22, 2009, King Street will come alive with area talent and celebration. The block party will be a chance to keep building, keep coming together, and rise up the building that helped to get us here.

Thanks to Jon and all the contributing artists at Dark World Gallery for putting on a benefit show for Stone Soup called “Skate of the Art”. Yeah, you know skateboards are a great space for graphics, now come check out what happens when people push the envelope of creative expression on the back of a [...]]]>

Saturday, April 4 1:00 on – Volunteer Work Day at Stone Soup All are welcome! Bring your friends! Items needed: RESPIRATORS! ELECTRIC FANS! EXTENSION CORDS! Work gloves, rubber gloves, RAGS, box-cutters, contractor bags, crow-bars, cleaning supplies.

6:00: Community Meal at Castle St Garden Donations of vegetarian/vegan friendly foods are requested, contact Becky 860-573-5181. Before 6:00, food donations may be [...]]]>

6:00: Community Meal at Castle St Garden Donations of vegetarian/vegan friendly foods are requested, contact Becky 860-573-5181. Before 6:00, food donations may be brought to the Artichoke Food Coop at 800 Main Street. For more information contact Stephanie Katz at 603-305-0323.

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