Friday, December 2, 2016

This & That ~ December 2016

CALENDAR
It is recommended that you check original links to confirm accuracy of dates, times, location etc. listed here

 thru Dec 6 - MATV Coat Drive Booker T Washington Center, 18th & Holland Extended deadline still in need, gently used or new kids coats.
thru Dec 21 - Urban Erie Coat Drive
Mon-Fri 9-5pm 2046 E. 19th St., Erie PA.
Dec 2 – Prayer Vigil: Justice for Immigrants 5:15pm 2nd & State, Erie
Dec 2 – G2H2/Erie Happy Hour Holiday Event Bourbon Barrel Erie PA. 6-8pm ". I hope you will be able to join us next week for the festivities, and encourage you to bring LGBT allies and members of other diverse groups. There will be specials like in the past. A Toys-for-Tots fundraiser is also there that night so if you are able maybe give back to the community and those less fortunate. We will have some safety pins (bedazzled of course) for those interested in showing solidarity in being a safe haven against hate and violence."

Dec 2 - "Jackie" (2016) Opens nationally. 
Dec 3 - Erie Resistance Meeting Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie Daniel Doubet: "On the agenda:*Developing committees*Reports on digital tools for activism *Construct plan for Direct Action on White Supremacist appointments*Outreach to other groupsIt's going to be a lot to cover, but I'm hoping we can work through everything in 90 minutes...  make sure to RSVP so that we can make sure we're prepared for everybody who comes."
Dec 3 - Empty Bowls Clarion Hotel, Dunkirk NY Benefits Chautauqua County Rural Ministry
Dec 4 - Quaker Silent Meeting 10:30am every Sunday; 1st Sunday of month followed by potluck Whole Foods Co-op, Erie PA. (814) 825-2183
Dec 4 - Interfaith Day of Prayer for Standing Rock Water Protectors 5pm Federal Building, Erie PA. Hosted by Mary the Apostle House
Dec 7 – “Hairspray Live!” 8pm NBC
Dec 10 - Human Rights Day
Dec. 10  - “Lady in the Van” (2015)  Venango College, Rhoades Auditorium Oil City PA.Free and open to public.7:00 pm. For questions regarding the series or any of the films, please contact Emily Aubele at
  +1 814 676 6591, ext. 1269.
Dec 10 -  AmeriMasala presents The Gathering: A Call for Active Unity Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie, 7:30 contact Lynn Johnson
Dec 12 – Erie Green Drinks "A gathering of like-minded folk, interested in all things 'green'. Environmentalists, conservationists, activists, pacifists, tech-savvy folk into green technologies, renewable energy, and energy efficiency, are all welcome to join us for beverages and informal discussion.  2nd Tuesday of  month, at Brewerie. 6:30-8:30pm.
Dec 15 - National Bill of Rights Day 

Dec 25 - "Hidden Figures" (2016)
Jan 13 – Souper Book Swap 11:30am-1:30pm. Donation $5.  Mercyhurst Student Union, Erie PA. Benefits Neighborhood Art House
Jan 16 - Martin Luther King Holiday
Jan 20 – “Art, Jewels & Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone” Erie Movie House, Erie PA
Jan 21 – Women’s March on Washington
PA Chapter NW PA)  WNY Chapter  March group National page (don't need to join) "The Women's March on Washington Explained" Vox 11/21/16)
Jan 27-Feb 11 - "King Charles III" Dramashop 2014 play by Michael Bartlett.
Feb 15 – “Moonlight” (2016) FILM at the Erie Art Museum, Erie PA.
Feb 17-18 - Keystone Progress Summit Hilton Harrisburg Harrisburg PA
Feb 18 – American Spiritual Ensemble Mercyhurst University, Erie PA. "Composed of some of the finest classically trained singers in the United States, the group strives to keep the tradition of the American Negro spiritual alive. "


ALSO
 "As I See It"  Katie Chriest (Erie Reader Nov 23 201 Op-ed about Erie Stands with Standing Rock vigil Nov 15.
“Why We Needed A Vigil for Democracy”
by Daniel Doubet (Erie Reader Nov 23, 2016)

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This & That is published now and then providing info of interest to members of the Erie area progressive community. Focus is local/regional.
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Images from Erie Stands with Standing Rock event November 15, 2016, a national solidarity event

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