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On Friday February 29th, Leap Day, Worcester Activists Welcomed Earth Crisis concertgoers with a banner that read WELCOME TO WORCESTER—DON’T BE SCARED BE GREEN that was dropped across the street from the Palladium where the concert was being held.

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Women Together, a neighborhood group organized out of the Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center is holding their First International Women's Day celebration at 10:00 am on Saturday March 8th.

Women Together is organizing a potluck brunch where we will share stories that honor women, and our unity. It will be held at the Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center at 301 Pleasant St.
Women Together is a group of women from the Pleasant Street area who are committed to getting to know their neighbors, seeking opportunities for youth and building safe neighborhoods. This group of women first came together three years ago in response to increased violence in the area.

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Neighborhood leaders have begun a campaign to end the Worcester Telegram & Gazette’s distribution of advertisement circulars on sidewalks and curbs across Worcester. After nearly one year, the T&G is still continuing to litter sidewalks across the city.

Residents who no longer want to be cleaning-up after the T&G
can join the “Stop Unwanted Trash” campaign.

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In this clip from the cable access program Soapbox, Ron Madnick of the ACLU and Anne Lewenberg and Rachel Hamilton of Worcester Global Action Network discuss the Green Scare and voice disapproval of S.1959, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007.

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This week's 508 podcast begins with Jesse Pack discussing the founding of a fund for area transsexuals facing homelessness and other challenges.

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From Nov 2007: Gov’t to report alarming spike in HIV

As reported in the Telegram & Gazette, two Worcester residents were arrested Thursday for hanging a banner above I-290 reading "Have a Heart, Boycott KFC."

They are currently sorting things out. Pictures and follow-up details will be posted to Worcester Indymedia as they are available.

See also: NECN report

This past Saturday February 2nd, neighbors in Green Island, along with Pernet Family Health, Carpenter’s Local 109 107, the crew at East Coat Autowerks, residents of the Hotel Vernon, and the Worcester Fire Department all joined together to build a community ice skating rink at Crompton Park.

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FOCUS THE NATION – 2 day event
JANUARY 30th & 31st

This week, Clark University will be participating in a nationwide event focused on Climate Change, FOCUS THE NATION – a national teach-in on global warming solutions for America that aims to create dialogue at over 1000 colleges, universities, high schools, middle schools, places of worship, civic organizations and businesses, to directly engage millions of students and citizens with the nation’s decision-makers. (http://focusthenatio
n.org/)

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Mike Benedetti, Brendan Melican, Jeff Barnard, and Anne Lewenberg talk nonsense about Worcester. Topics include EPA, Facebook, anarchism, and avant garde blogging.

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