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PEACEFUL TOMORROWS STONEWALK MASTER CALENDAR

DATE
TOWN AND ROUTE
MILES
SPEAKING EVENTS/OTHER EVENTS
     

Updated September 8

Please see details of our September 10, 11, 12 Stonewalk. events below. We welcome you to join us. In keeping with our nonpartisan mission, we ask all who participate to leave partisan political signs and slogans at home, keeping our focus on the human costs of terrorism, violence and war, which transcend politics, nationality or religious affiliation. Please use these cell phone numbers on the day of the walks for the most current information on the Stone's location:

(646) 408-5676, (919) 608-7322, (508)259-8508, (617)335-5408

7/22

BOSTON: Veterans for Peace National Convention, Emerson College, 3 - 4:15pm

 

Stonewalk Workshop with Dot Walsh (Peace Abbey) and Wright Salisbury (Peaceful Tomorrows), 3-4:15pm. VFPconvention registration required. [more info here]

7/23

BOSTON: Boston Social Forum seminar, UMass, 4:30 - 5:30pm

 

Veterans for Peace National Convention, Faneuil Hall, 7pm

 

"Stonewalk: 9/11 Families Honor Unknown Civilians Killed in War." Seminar with David Potorti discussing Peaceful Tomorrws' Boston to New York walk, bearing witness to the human cost of war. Location: Wheatley 44. BSF admission required. [more info here]

Stone will be on display at Boston Social Forum, UMass campus.

"Veterans Address the Nation" forum with David Potorti (Peaceful Tomorrows) plus Howard Zinn, Daniel Ellsberg, Dennis Kucinich, Hiroshima survivor Terumia Taka, Japan Council Against A&H Bombs president Hiroshi Tanaka, returning Iraq soldiers, Military Families Speak Out, songs of justice with Charlie King, Karen Brandow, David Rovics. Tickets $10, $15 at door, $20 solidarity donation. Call Boston Mobilization 617-782-2313 [more info here]

7/24 BOSTON: Boston Social Forum seminar, UMass, 3:30 - 5:30  

"The World Still Says No to War. " Leading figures of the US and global peace movements describe their organizing and mobilizing, outline what needs to be done, and explore future collaborations. Speakers include David Potorti (Peaceful Tomorrows), Leslie Cagan (United for Peace and Justice), Nancy Lessin (Military Families Speak Out), speakers from Yemen, Pakistan, Sweden, and many others. Location: McCormack Cafeteria.

Stone will be on display at the Boston Social Forum, UMass campus.

7/25

BOSTON: Boston Social Forum, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 1pm

  Pull stone from Boston Social Forum to portico of Old South Church, Copley Square. Meet at the stone on the UMass campus, 1:00pm. [more info here] Call 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408.
7/26

BOSTON: Old South Church, Copley Square

 

 

Stone will be on display at Old South Church, NW corner of Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay at the intersection of Dartmouth and Boylston St, right across the street from the Boston Public Library and diagonally across the square from Trinity Church. [more info here] Call 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408.

7/27 BOSTON: Copley Plaza  

Setup and all-day display of American Friends Service Committee's "Eyes Wide Open" exhibit and vigil, 9am-9pm, featuring the memorial stone. Speaking event 7:30-9pm. Copley Plaza. Terry Rockefeller (Peaceful Tomorrows). Military Families Speak Out, and others. [more info here] Call 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408.

7/28 Copley Square to BROOKLINE, MA 4

Meet 9am at Copley Square Plaza vicinity to pull stone to St. Paul's Church, 15 St. Paul Street, Brookline, for noontime speaking event with Kristina Olsen Tynes, Terry Rockefeller, David Potorti (Peaceful Tomorrows). Call 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408 only if necessary please.

Speaking event at Boston Shambhala Center, 646 Brookline Avenue, Brookline Village, one block N of Route 9, 7-9:30pm. Kristina Olsen Tynes, Terry Rockefeller, David Potorti (Peaceful Tomorrows) [more info here]

7/29 Brookline to NEWTON, MA 2

Meet 9am at St. Paul's Church, 15 St. Paul Street, Brookline, to pull stone to vigil at Boston University Marsh Chapel, Martin Luther King Plaza, 735 Commonwealth Avenue, 02215 {more info here].

After vigil at Marsh Chapel we will pull the stone to the Memorial Labyrinth at Boston College, located behind Burns Library at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and College Road, at 3pm where we will be greeted by Boston College's Vice President, Father Joe Appleyard. Call 646-408-5676, 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408, only if necessary please.

7/30 Newton to WELLESLEY, MA 7

Meet 9am at the Memorial Labyrinth at Boston College, located behind Burns Library at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and College Road, to pull stone to vigil and 7pm speaking event at Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington Street at Chapel Place, Wellesley Hills. Kristina Olsen Tynes, Terry Rockefeller, David Potorti (Peaceful Tomorrows) [more info here] Call 646-408-5676, 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408.

7/31 Wellesley to Natick, SHERBORN, MA 7

Meet 9am at Wellesley Hills Congregational Church to pull stone to the Peace Abbey, Two North Main Street, Sherborn, MA 01770 [more info here] Call 646-408-5676, 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408.

 

8/1 Sherborn to HOLLISTON, MA 5

Peaceful Tomorrows reception and noontime sendoff cermony at Peace Abbey with Dan Jones, Catherine Allison, Kristina Olsen Tynes, Colleen Kelly, Terry Rockefeller, Derrill Bodley, Andrea LeBlanc, David Potorti. Walk from Sherborn to Holliston, speaking event at Holliston First Congregational Church 725 Washington St. 01746, 7pm. [more info here] Call 646-408-5676,508-259-8508, 617-335-5408.

 

8/2 Holliston to MILFORD, MA 5

Speaking event at New England Sikh Study Circle, 204 East Main Street, Milford, 7:30pm. Catherine Allison, Derrill Bodley, Dan Jones, Andrea LeBlanc (Peaceful Tomorrows). [more info here] Call 646-408-5676, 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408.

 

8/3 Milford to Hopedale, Mendon, UXBRIDGE, MA 7

DEPART 9am from New England Sikh Study Circle, 204 East Main Street, Milford. The Shea Gallery and the Court Street Gallery will be hosting a speaking event that night in the Community House, 3 Court Street, Uxbridge, beginning at 7pm. The evening will be hosted by Orlando Corona and will feature Peaceful Tomorrows speakers Catherine Allison, Derrill Bodley, Dan Jones, Andrea LeBlanc and Loretta Filipov, along with poet Tony Brown. Howard Fortner of the Uxbridge First Holiday Night Festival will present Peaceful Tomorrows with videotapes of Uxbridge's September 11th memorial services. Closing the speaking event will be a performance of WomanSpiritRising. Rep. Jim McGovern, a co-sponsor of House Resolution 1673 calling for the creation of a Department of Peace, has also been invited to attend. Call 646-408-5676, 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408, 718-840-9010.

 

8/4 Uxbridge to Millville, MA, N. Smithfield, RI, SLATERSVILLE, RI 6

DEPART 9am from MILLVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS POLICE STATION PARKING LOT, 8 Central Street.

The Stone will arrive at the Free Will Baptist Church in Chapatchet, RI.

Pot luck dinner at Congregational Church, corner of School St. and Green St., Slatersville, hosted by Conregational Church and by the North Smithfield Quaker Meeting, 6pm. Music by Joyce Katzberg. Speaking event withCatherine Allison, Derrill Bodley, Dan Jones, Andrea LeBlanc, Loretta Filipov (Peaceful Tomorrows). Call 646-408-5676, 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408, 718-840-9010.

8/5 Slatersville to Burrillville, CHEPACHET, RI 7

DEPART 9am along 102 South to Route 6. No speaking event scheduled tonight.

Call 646-408-5676, 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408, 718-840-9010.

8/6 Chepachet to Scituate, Chopmist, FOSTER, RI 7

DEPART 9am FROM ST. PAUL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN FOSTER, ROUTE 6 JUST WEST OF 94 INTERESECTION. Call 646-408-5676, 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408, 718-840-9010.

Stonewalkers will travel to Providence this evening for a pot luck dinner at Beneficent Church, 300 Weybosset St., at 6pm. We will have musical entertainment from our friend Joyce Katzberg, and peace crane folding with Bruce Nichols, who will speak about the Peace Pilgrim. Also speaking is Prof. Neta Crawford an associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and associate professor (research) at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown; Eva Quigstorp, theologian, writer and co-founder of Women for Peace in Germany and Europe. Additionally, Catherine Allison, Derrill Bodley, Dan Jones, Andrea LeBlanc, Loretta Filipov (Peaceful Tomorrows) will speak.

There is also an all day prayer vigil from 6am to 6pm at the historic meeting house within Beneficent Church, in memory of Hiroshima Day. Please call (401)331-9844 for more information.

8/7 Foster, RI to S. KILLINGLY, CT 5

PLEASE NOTE: STONE WILL NOT BE PULLED TODAY.From noon to 1pm, the Stonewalkers will join in the "No Time to Be Silent" vigil. at Memorial Square Park, South Main St. in Providence.

8/8 S. Killingly to Danielson, BROOKLYN, CT 9

DEPART 9:30am FROM THE VILLAGE GREEN , DANIELSON, CT

This evening, we will be at a speaking event hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Society in Brooklyn at the Unitarian Meetinghouse at the intersection of Routes 6 and 169 on the Town Green. WithCatherine Allison, Dan Jones, Bob McIlvaine. (Peaceful Tomorrows). Call 646-408-5676, 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408, 718-840-9010.

8/9 Brooklyn to Hampton, CHAPLIN, CT 11 DEPART 10:30am just east of the intersection of Rte. 97 and Rte. 6. Stone will be welcomed by First Selectman/Mayor Rusty Lanzit of Chaplin at the Firehouse, Rte. 6 and Rte. 1, at approximately 1:30pm. For latest information, call 646-408-5676, 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408, 718-840-9010.
8/10 Chaplain to N. Windham, WILLIMANTIC, CT 8 DEPART FROM WILLIMANTIC FOOD CO-OP, Meadow and Bank Streets, 9:30am. Speaking event with Catherine Allison, Dan Jones, Bob McIlvaine, David Reynolds (Peaceful Tomorrows).  Program at Jilson Park, near the Frog Bridge. Supper served at the Union Hall 280 Jackson Street .
8/11 Willimantic to Columbia, HEBRON, CT 9

DEPART FROM INTERSECTION OF RTE. 87 and 66 in Columbia, CT, 9:30am.

Tonight's event has been cancelled.

8/12 Hebron to Marlborough, EAST HAMPTON, CT 10 DEPART FROM SENIOR CENTER, 27 School Drive, Marlborough, 9am. Speaking event with Catherine Allison, Dan Jones, Bob McIlvaine, David Reynolds (Peaceful Tomorrows), hosted by the Senior Center at Marlborough, CT, 7pm.
8/13 East Hampton to MIDDLETOWN, CT 7.5

DEPART FROM COBALT FIREHOUSE CO. #2, intersection of Rte. 151 and Rte. 66 (across from Happy Days), at 9:30am to Portland.

Stone will leave St. Mary's Church (23 Stone Ave.) at 4pm. A march will proceed over the bridge to Middletown at 4:30pm.Mayor Thornton will host a city "Special Event" at 5:30pm on the South Green in Middletown, with speakers Catherine Allison, Loretta Filipov, Dan Jones, Andrea LeBlanc, Bob McIlvaine, David Reynolds (Peaceful Tomorrows) and musicians at South Congregational Church (9 Pleasant Street). For more information please call (646)408-5676, (508)259-8508, (617)335-5408, (718)840-9010.

8/14 Middletown to DURHAM, CT 11

Sendoff from the South Green at 9am to Durham No speaking event planned for this evening.

8/15 Durham to Northford, NORTH HAVEN, CT 12

STONE WILL NOT MOVE TODAY DUE TO WEATHER. All other events will be held as planned: Speaking event with Catherine Allison, Loretta Filipov, Dan Jones, Andrea LeBlanc, Bob McIlvaine, David Reynolds (Peaceful Tomorrows) , with guest Reverend Allie Perry. Music will include Carol Holloman, soloist, Ann West, cellist, and Another Octave’s choral performance of "If I Could Give Your Name" by Pat Humphries, in memory of the immigrants who died September 11 in NYC. 7pm at the Unitarian Society of New Haven, located in Hamden at 700 Hartford Turnpike. Contact Lois Smith: (203) 457- 9477. For additional details call 646-408-5676, .

From I-91, North or South Take exit #10 onto Route 40. Take exit #1 (State St./Dixwell Avenue). At foot of ramp, turn left. At traffic light, turn left onto Hartford Turnpike. Drive two miles. USNH will be on your right.
From Wilbur Cross Parkway Northbound Take exit #62. At end of ramp, turn left onto Dixwell Avenue. Drive 1/2 mile to second traffic light. Turn right onto Hartford Turnpike. Drive two miles. USNH will be on your right.
From Wilbur Cross Parkway Southbound Take exit #63. At end of ramp, turn left onto Hartford Turnpike and drive three miles. USNH will be on your right.

8/16 North Haven to NEW HAVEN, CT 6 More information to come.
8/17 Rest day   Rest day. Stone will not be moved today.
8/18 New Haven to ORANGE, CT 8

Leaving from the Town Green in New Haven at 9:30am.

Women in Black will join us for this portion of Stonewalk. 7pm: Speaking event at the Friends Meeting House in New Haven (225 East Grand Avenue New Haven, CT 06513) with Catherine Allison, Loretta Filipov, Dan Jones, Andrea LeBlanc (Peaceful Tomorrows) . Contact: Kim Crichton (203) 488-4415.

8/19 Orange to MILFORD, CT 6

Leaving at 9am from Orange Volunteer Fire Department - Station 2 at 355 Boston Post Road, Orange, CT 06477. Firemen from the station will be accompanying the Stone with its departure this morning.

Speaking event 7pm: "Promoting Enduring Peace" with artist Jane Berhardt's program "The Hibakusha Project - Portraits & Stories of Hiroshima A-Bomb Survivors." at 112 Beach Avenue, Milford, CT 06460. With Anne Brodsky, author of "With All Our Strength: the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan" [more info here]; Catherine Allison, Loretta Filipov, Dan Jones, Andrea LeBlanc (Peaceful Tomorrows) Contact: Yael (203) 878-4769.

8/20 Milford to STRATFORD, CT 4.5 7:30pm program and service at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Greater Bridgeport, 96 Chapel St, Stratford, CT. With Anne Brodsky, author of "With All Our Strength: the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan" [more info here]; Catherine Allison, Loretta Filipov, Dan Jones, Andrea LeBlanc (Peaceful Tomorrows)
8/21 Stratford to BRIDGEPORT, CT 4.5 Peaceful Tomorrows would like to extend its apologies but today had to be rescheduled as a rest/ planning day and the Stone will not be moved. Please join us on Sunday!
8/22 Bridgeport to FAIRFIELD, CT 7 DEPART Putnam Street Fire Station, Bridgeport, CT, 9am. Speaking event 6-8:30pm, Burroughs Community Center, 2470 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06605. Rob Foley will show video of "Stonewalk," with speaking and commentary from members of Peaceful Tomorrows . Directions from south I95: take exit 23, right at exit by Home Depot, straight about three blocks until road ends, turn left onto Fairfield Ave, then about a mile on the left. Directions from north I95: take Fairfield Avenue exit 25, take left turn, half mile, will see it on right side.
8/23 Fairfield to NORWALK, CT 8

Stone will be pulled from Fairfield to First Congregational Church on the Green, Park and Lewis Streets, Norwalk, CT.
Fairfield County welcomes Peaceful Tomorrows at 7pm with cookies, literature tables, possible banner making. At 7:30, group singing led by Ledell Mulvaney, Pete Seeger, Bruce Taylor. Speakers include Danny Muller [Voices in the Wilderness], Catherine Allison, Beverly Eckert, Loretta Filipov, Dan Jones, Andrea LeBlanc (Peaceful Tomorrows). They will hold a memorial moment for CT victims of 9/11. SPONSORS: Peacemakers (Congregational Church). Peace Action of Connecticut, Wilton Friends Meeting (Quakers) and more to come. Contact: Barbara Hudgins, bhudg4jp@yahoo.com. Or call 646-408-5676, 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408, 718-840-9010.

8/24 Norwalk to STAMFORD, CT 8

The Stone will start off from the Green in Norwalk at 10am this morning. Speaking event with Danny Muller [Voices in the Wilderness], Catherine Allison, Beverly Eckert, Loretta Filipov, Dan Jones, Andrea LeBlanc (Peaceful Tomorrows) More information to come.

8/25 Stamford to PORT CHESTER, NY 7

At around 2:00pm (please call the above numbers for details) the Stone will be stopping at the Summerfield United Methodist Church, 225 King St. The children of the Summerfield Church Day Camp will be organizing a peace program for the Stonewalkers.

7pm: Speaking event with Catherine Allison, Dan Jones (Peaceful Tomorrows) and Danny Muller (Voices in the Wilderness) at the Summerfield United Methodist Church, 225 King St., Portchester, New York 10573-4117, phone: 914 939-4960. Pastor Garcia presides.

8/26 Port Chester to MAMARONECK, NY 6 Speaking event with Adele Welty, mother of a NYC firefighter lost on 9/11, Catherine Allison, Dan Jones (Peaceful Tomorrows); Shirley Young (Military Families Speak Out), Danny Muller (Voices in the Wilderness), Megan Bartlett (Ground Zero for Peace) at the Mamaroneck United Methodist Church, where Rev. Xavier Viera is the presiding minister. 546 East Boston Road, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Please call (212) 598-0970 (Peaceful Tomorrows office) or call 646-408-5676, 508-259-8508, 617-335-5408, 718-840-9010.
8/27 Mamaroneck to BRONX, NY 6 Speaking event with Cindy and Craig Corrie (parents of Rachel Corrie), Miriam Ford, whose aunt Ita was one of four church women raped and murdered in El Salvador in 1980, Shirley Young (Military Families Speak Out), Megan Bartlett (Ground Zero for Peace), John Burroughs (executive director of Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy); Catherine Allison, Loretta Filipov, Dan Jones, Andrea LeBlanc (Peaceful Tomorrows). Fordham Prep High School commons (cafeteria), on the grounds of Fordham University, entrance at guard booth on Southern Blvd., 7:30-9pm.
8/28 Bronx to WEST HARLEM, NY 6 Speaking event with Michael Berg (father of Nick Berg and longtime anti-war activist), Cindy and Craig Corrie (parents of Rachel Corrie), Ruth Messinger, Executive Director of American Jewish World Service, Monica Tarazi, New York Director, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Shirley Young (Military Families Speak Out), Megan Bartlett (Ground Zero for Peace), members of Peaceful Tomorrows and the St. Mary’s Gospel Choir, at St. Mary's Manhattanville, 521 West 126th St, Manhattan, NY, 7-8:30pm.
8/29 West Harlem to CENTRAL PARK 7

Vigil with memorial stone at Central Park Bandshell, 11am-5pm. Enter at 72nd Street.

8/30 New York City 5

The Stone will leave at 2pm from the northwest corner of 76th Street and Columbus Avenue to Holy Apostles Church.

Leave Stone resides at Holy Apostles Church at 296 Ninth Ave. (at 28th St.). Manhattan.7pm forum at Holy Apostles with speakers including: Kathy Kelly (Voices in the Wilderness), Rev. Bob Edgar (National Council of Churches), staff from the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, members of Peaceful Tomorrows and The Peace Abbey. Rev. Liz Maxwell presiding. For more information please call (212)807-6799.

8/31 New York City   Stone resides at Holy Apostles Church 296 Ninth Ave. (at 28th St.), Manhattan, where members of Peaceful Tomorrows will vigil.
9/1 New York City  

9am depart from Holy Apostles Church and pull memorial stone to to Union Square Park for all day vigil with American Friends Service Committee's "Eyes Wide Open" exhibit, 10am-7pm. That evening, stone will be pulled to American Friends Service Committee office, 15 Rutherford Place, Manhattan.

9/2 New York City   9am depart from 15 Rutherford Place and pull memorial stone to Union Square Park for vigil with members of Veterans for Peace, who will display the names of troops killed in Iraq. That evening, stone will be pulled to American Friends Service Committee office, 15 Rutherford Place, Manhattan.
9/3 New York City  

10am depart from American Friends Service Committee office at 15 Rutherford Place, and pull stone to 96th Street Mosque at Third Avenue. Remarks at Mosque approximately 1:45pm will feature Peaceful Tomorrows' Talat Hamdani and Bob McIlvaine, the Imam and other representatives of the Mosque. Stone will be pulled back to AFSC offices that afternoon.

9/4 New York City   Memorial stone on display outside American Friends Service Committee building, 15 Rutherford Place, New York, NY 10003
9/5 New York City   Memorial stone on display outside American Friends Service Committee building, 15 Rutherford Place, New York, NY 10003
9/6 New York City   Memorial stone on display outside American Friends Service Committee building, 15 Rutherford Place, New York, NY 10003
9/7 New York City   Memorial stone on display outside American Friends Service Committee building, 15 Rutherford Place, New York, NY 10003
9/8 New York City   Memorial stone on display outside American Friends Service Committee building, 15 Rutherford Place, New York, NY 10003. We are sorry that we have found it necessary to cancel events at St. Bart's Church today.
9/9 New York City   Memorial stone on display outside American Friends Service Committee building, 15 Rutherford Place, New York, NY 10003. We are sorry that we have found it necessary to cancel events at St. Bart's Church and at Steven Wise Free Synagogue today.
9/10

New York City

6-10pm

 

6pm pull memorial stone from AFSC offices at 15 Rutherford Place, Manhattan to Union Square Park. From 7-10pm, "Make a Peace Connection"candlelight vigil around the Stonewalk memorial, south plaza of Union Square Park, Manhattan. We will have writing materials, and art supplies, available for composing messages to those around the world who have been affected by terrorism, violence and war. Join members of The Peace Boat from Japan in folding paper cranes. Peaceful Tomorrows also will host Library of Congress representatives in recording your personal impressions, three years after September 11th, during our Union Square Park vigil. Later that evening, stone will be pulled to American Friends Service Committee office, 15 Rutherford Place, Manhattan.

9/11

New York City

Depart 7:30am

  Depart 7:30am from 15 Rutherford Place with final destination of Riverside Church, Riverside Drive and West 122nd Street. The Stonewalk will pause to be blessed during a 10-10:30am ceremony at the Buddhist Center, 332 Riverside Drive at 115th Street, Manhattan before continuing on to Riverside, where it will be part of a 1:30-9pm teach in with the Peace Boat. Peaceful Tomorrows Terry Rockefeller will speak at a commemoration ceremony starting at 6:00pm. To register for teach-in, call (646)981-7839, (917)330-2265 or email: freefromfear@gmail.com
9/12

New York City

Depart 8:30am

  Depart 8:30am from Riverside Church for procession to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 112th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, one block east of Broadway. Stone will be present in the nave for service and sermon beginning at 11am.
       
"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows"–Martin Luther King, Jr.