King Corn Friday Jan 29, 7PM
with director Ian Cheney in attendance.
a documentary movie about two-friends, one acre of corn, and the
subsidized crop that that drives our fast-food nation. The two
friends from the east coast move to the heartland to learn where
their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors,
genetically modified seeds, corn on one acre of Iowa soil. But
when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system,
what they find raised troubling questions about how we eat -- and
how we farm.

Join Repower America, the Green Alliance and members of the seacoast business community for a round table discussion on the economic benefits of clean energy.

Sarah Brown, project director for the Green Alliance, will talk about how small businesses have contributed to the growth of the seacoast green economy. Jan Pendlebury, senior field associate for the Pew Environment Group/Pew Charitable Trusts, will discuss research showing how the emerging clean energy economy has already created hundreds of thousands of jobs nationwide. Jeff Haydock of Waterline Renewable Energies will provide an overview of his company's work providing renewable energy solutions to customers across New England.

The floor will be open for discussion, providing local residents and business leaders with the opportunity to share their own stories.

This is a great chance to get involved in Repower America's campaign to build broad-based grassroots support for comprehensive federal clean energy and climate legislation that will create 1.7 new clean energy jobs!

Answer: Quality, Affordable health care reform. Question: What does New Hampshire need?

Join New Hampshire for Health Care and our very own Alex Trebek impersonator for a very special edition of Judd Gregg Jeopardy. Join us for a fun-filled evening of games, trivia, and and action about health care. In this episode we'll explore the current health care crisis and Senator Gregg's deeply sincere desire to keep his own taxpayer-funded, affordable health care package all to himself.

That's right, by the time it's over you'll be just angry enough to want to ensure every New Hampshire resident has access to quality, affordable health care. Let's let Senator Gregg know that the future of our state's health care is NOT a game. Let's not put our future into any further Jeopardy. Call (603) 227-0883 for any questions.

This is part of the The UNH Center for the Humanities
FACULTY FELLOWS LECTURE SERIES

Free and Open to the Public
Light Refreshments to be served

In 1767, Wentworth Cheswell married Mary Davis of Durham, daughter of David and Elizabeth Crommett Davis. Some of Cheswell's descendants lived in Durham, marrying into the Edgerly, Durgin, Mathes and Langley families.

This year, after intensive research, George Mason University declared Mr. Cheswell to be the first African American elected to public office in the history of the United States. The Cheswell's family graveyard was recently recognized with Newmarket's first N.H. Historical Marker.

Come hear about the life of this remarkable African-American patriot, schoolmaster and farmer who held public office for 42 years, fought at Saratoga and carried secret messages during the Revolution.

Thursday, Dec. 11, at 6:30 pm: Film: "Joyeux Noel" at Portsmouth Public Library, Levenson Room, 175 Parrott Ave. Followed by discussion led by Will Thomas from NH Veterans for Peace and Will Hopkins from Iraq Veterans Against War. In 1914, WWI, the bloodiest war yet, was under way. However on Christmas Eve, sections of the Western Front called an informal - and unauthorized - truce where front-line soldiers peacefully met each other in No Man's Land to share a precious pause in the carnage. This film dramatizes French, British and German sides partaking in the unique event, even while aware that their superiors will not tolerate its occurrence. Free and open to the public. For more information contact amyla44@juno.com or 603-749-9159. Sponsored by Seacoast Peace Response, NH Codepink, NH Veterans for Peace, NH Vietnam Veterans Against War, Durham Students for a Democratic Society & Amnesty International Group 550.

107 N. Main St. If you have never marched or been to a rally, NOW IS THE TIME!

The Peace Day Exeter festival will be held on Sunday, September 21 in the lovely downtown Swasey Parkway between the hours of 1 and 5 PM. Activities for the festival include workshops and games for children, music and poetry, guest speakers, panel discussions on peace and sustainability issues, and other exciting events under two tents and the Swasey Parkway gazebo. Some of the participants to date include key note speaker, peace and campaign finance reform advocate Doris “Granny D” Haddock, The Tents of Hope Project, Camps for Diversity with Marilyn Kellogg, the Taoist Tai Chi Society, yoga and meditation with Julie Rost, environmental activist Beth Tener, Mark McPeak from UUSC Just Democracy, music supplied by Chris Avery and The Sassafras String Band, Reni Taylor, Drew Sullivan, Ruth George and other musical guests and poets. The festival is planned to coincide with the UN International Day of Peace. The Blue Moon Market and Café will supply a wonderful array of food and drink. Phillips Exeter Academy students will work with children in supportive and educational roles. Films and meditative exercises for adults are also scheduled. This is a family festival, and those attending are encouraged to bring a blanket or folding chairs and enjoy the day’s activities. The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Exeter is the rain location for this event. For more information, please visit our webpage: www.peacedayexeter.org. If you’re interested in volunteering for Peace Day Exeter, please contact either Cindy at clategan@comcast.net or Bob at bmoore628@comcast.net, phone: 603-642-4648.

Monday, August 25, 7 pm: Poetry for Peace at the Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave. A poetry reading along with an exhibit of photographs and information concerning the atom bomb attacks on Japan in August 1945. Poets reading their work include John-Michael Albert, Neil English and Maren Tirabassi. Attendees may bring a short poem on peace to read during a twenty-minute open reading period.
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Seacoast Peace Response.
For more information contact Lee Roberts at 431-0448, email lnr4@verizon.net

The Kennebunks PEACE Department and CODE PINK are organizing a protest march to Walker's Point to bring our message to Bush to keep his bloody hands off Iran !!

The permitted march will commence from the Consolidated School on School Street , which is the same location as last August's protest march. There will not be shuttle buses available, so please allow plenty of extra time to get into Kennebunkport and to find parking. There is a free lot by the Fire Station on North St, which is within walking distance from the assembly site.
please note--if you are coming from out of the area do NOT take the Wells exit to rt#1 then rt#9 as it is always congested!! Take the Kennebunk exit off rt#95.

PLEASE wear comfy shoes and bring plenty of water (NO Poland Spring bottles please as locals are boycotting Nestle).

endorsed by: Maine Veterans for Peace chapters 001 and 003, Veterans for Peace-Smedley Butler Brigade and Seacoast Peace Response

for more info contact Jamilla: jamilla

Friday, August 15th, 7:30 pm: The Power of One: A Talk by and Conversation with Doris “Granny D” Haddock at South Church, 292 State St, Portsmouth NH. NH's own Granny D talks about how each of us can make a difference, and how public funding of elections can help us. Changing our election funding system can bring peace, the environment, alternative energy, education, poverty, healthcare and more the attention they deserve. Also, from 5-6pm join Granny D and the Leftist Marching Band for the Peace Vigil, Market Square, Portsmouth.
Free and open to the public. Refreshments and a book signing will follow the program. Sponsored by Outreach Associates of South Church, NH Codepink: Women for Peace & Seacoast Peace Response. For more info contact bgh3@comcast.net or 603-431-0138.

Wednesday, August 6th, 7:15 pm: Hiroshima Commemorative Vigil at South Mill Pond, Junkins Ave, Portsmouth NH. Join us for a service to remember the victims and survivors of the August 6, 1945 nuclear bombing of Japan. The evening will include remarks by Representative Jim Splaine, a candle-lighting ceremony, and poetry.
Free & open to all. Candles provided. Sponsored by Seacoast Peace Response, NH Codepink, Witness for Peace NE & Rockingham/Strafford Democracy for America. For more information contact 603-433-4119 or amyla44@juno.com or see www.seacoastpeaceresponse.org

Tuesday, August 5, 6:30pm: Screening of the documentary "Soldiers of Conscience" followed by discussion at the Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave. Eight soldiers face the most difficult decision of their lives - to kill or not to kill. This film takes a realistic look at war, peace, and the power of the human conscience. Post-film discussion will be led by Iraq War veterans Will Hopkins & Mike Hamilton. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by NH Codepink & Seacoast Peace Response. For more information contact: Barbara Hilton at 603.431.0138. This film is not recommended for children. For more information about the film visit www.socfilm.com.

We at SAPL have been making a concerted effort to raise the issues we all care about to a new, younger generation of New Hampshire seacoast residents, and to engage the area press in these issues:

Independent, offsite monitoring of the man-made-radiation environment
Containment and treatment of toxic waste sites
A push for energy conservation and sustainable energy alternatives
A physically and biologically healthy NH seacoast environment

Our annual meeting, May 29th 7PM at the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth, will feature the nationally recognized President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Arjun Makhijani as the main speaker. His seminal work, “Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free, A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy”, gives us a glimpse at a hopeful American energy future.
His bio: http://www.nuclearabolition.research.umich.edu/makhijani.html

Maude Barlow Canadian author and water justice activist to speak March 31 at the Portsmouth Library at 7 in the Levenson Room 175 Parrot Avenue.. Portsmouth New Hampshire

Save Our Groundwater, a grassroots, regional organization advocating to conserve and protect water as a public trust, is co-sponsoring a talk and book signing with author and international water justice activist Maude Barlow.
Barlow who is the national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, will discuss her latest book Blue Covenant,The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water which investigates the environmental issues pertaining to the world's freshwater supply and the political struggle to control this natural resource that life depends on. Her talk will look at the links between climate change and displacement of water, the growing corporate cartel seeking to control water resources and the movement to conserve and protect water as a human and ecological right.

Wednesday, March 19, at 6 pm: A candlelight vigil in Market Square in Portsmouth on the actual date of the beginning of the Iraq war five years ago. We will have some signs and candles, or bring your own. For more information contact Seacoast Peace Response at info@seacoastpeaceresponse.org or 603-749-9159.

NH = NEW HOLLYWOOD? Richardson Surrogate Judge Reinhold on Celebrity Layover with New Hampshire Young Democrats at Airport Diner in Manchester.

Richardson Supporter Judge Reinhold Joins NHYD for breakfast on Sunday,December 16th.

10:00am

The Airport Diner Street

2280 Brown Ave

Manchester, NH

Judge Reinhold Bio:

http://www.myspace.com/therealjudgereinhold

NH For Richardson Campaign:

http://newhampshire.richardsonforpresident.com

NH Young Dems:

nhyoungdemocrats.org

RSVP to:

nhyoungdems@gmail.com

On December 16, actor Judge Reinhold (best known for his roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Beverly Hills Cop) will be stumping for Democratic presidential candidate Governor Bill Richardson. He’ll be “flying” into the Airport Diner on Brown Avenue in Manchester with his wife Amy for a Q&A brunch with the New Hampshire Young Dems. Judge and his wife Amy plan to mingle with the NHYD crowd, answer questions, talk about the issues that matter to young voters and discuss his involvement on the Richardson campaign.