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LABOR - The 2016 Labor Notes Conference will be held April 1-3, in Chicago.
Contact: Labor Notes, 7435 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI, 48210; 313-842-6262; labornotes@labornotes.org www.labornotes.org.
BLACK GIRLS - Black Girl Movement: A National Conference, will be held April 7-9, in New York City, to address the paucity of attention, resources, and research paid to addressing the disadvantages that Black girls in the U.S. face and to create the political will to publicly acknowledge their achievements, contributions, and leadership.
Contact: blackgirlmvmt@gmail.com; http://iraas.columbia.edu/Event/black-girl -movement-conference.
HIP-HOP - “Show & Prove” Hip Hop Studies Conference is dedicated to being a platform for scholars from around the world who do focused work on Hip Hop culture. April 8-9, in Riverside, CA.
Contact: 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521; 951-827-1012; http://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu/conferences/otherwise_worlds.
ABORTION - CLPP (Civil Liberties and Public Policy) 35th anniversary annual conference, From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom, will take place April 8-10, 2016 at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.
Contact: Civil Liberties and Public Policy, 893 West Street, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 01002; 413-559-6976; clpp@hampshire.edu; http://clpp.hampshire.edu/conference.
MILITARY SPENDING - April 13 is a Global Day of Action on Military Spending. Events are planned worldwide.
Contact: http://demilitarize.org/.
POETRY - The annual Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness 2016 will be held April 14-17, in Washington, DC. This year’s theme is Poems of Provocation & Witness.
Contact: Split This Rock, 1112 16th Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036; 202-787-5210; info@splitthisrock.org; http://www.splitthisrock.org/.
ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR - The 10th Annual New York City Anarchist Book Fair will be held in its original site at Judson Memorial Church, April 16, with workshops, books, childcare, video projections, art, panels, more. The Anarchist Art Festival will be April 15-16.
Contact: nycabf@riseup.net; http://anarchistbookfair.net/.
CLIMATE - April 16-18, thousands will mobilize in Washington, D.C., to spur a Democracy Awakening, Rally for Democracy and call for a Congress of Conscience. The Awakening will feature panels and workshops, music, and speakers and activists from around the country, joining together to demand solutions.
Contact:democracy awakening.org/.
CLIMATE - Global Climate Convergence is organizing days of action - Mother Earth Day (April 22)-May Day (May 1) - including civil disobedience, boycotts and creative community alternatives. Events worldwide are listed online.
Contact: TheClimateStrike @gmail.com; http://global climateconvergence.org/.
WORKERS - The Vermont People’s Convention, April 30-May 1 in Montpelier, is being organized by the Vermont Human Rights Council, an alliance of grassroots community and labor organizations in Vermont, and by Grassroots Global Justice Alliance.
Contact: 294 N Winooski Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401; 802-861-4VWC; http://www.workerscenter.org/.
BLACK WOMEN - Black Women’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, April 28-May 1, will have Intergenerational Testimony, Truth-Telling from Black Women Survivors, Justice for Communities of Black Women Survivors, and more.
Contact: Black Women’s Blutprint, P.O. Box 24713, Brooklyn, NY 11202; 347-533-9102; info@blackwomensblueprint.org; http://www.blackwomensblueprint.org/tribunal.html.
WORKERS / FILM - The 5th Annual Workers Unite Film Festival will be May 4-21, in New York City.
Contact: http://www.worker sunite film festival .org/.
MARIJUANA - On May 7, the first Saturday in May, marijuana legalization activists will hold informational and educational events, rallies and marches in over 300 cities around the world.
Contact: http://cannabisparade.org/.
MOTHER’S DAY - The 19th Annual Mother’s Day Walk For Peace will be May 8, in Dorchester, MA.
Contact: http://mothersday walk4peace.org/.
WOMEN/LABOR - The Regina V. Polk Women’s Labor Leadership Conference will be held May 12-15, in Grafton, IL. The Conference has been educating working women throughout the Midwest.
Contact: reginavpolk @gmail.com; https://www.regina polkschool.org/.
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR - International Conscientious Objectors Day is marked around the world each year on May 15.
Contact: http://www.ppu.org.uk/ nomorewar/a_conscientiousObjection/coDay2.html.
INCARCERATION/YOUTH - May 15-21 is National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth. Events are organized in cities nationwide.
Contact: http://savethe kidsgroup.org/.
MALCOLM X - May 19th is the birthday of Malcolm X. Calls have been issued for a holiday, Claim Malcolm X Day, to celebrate the birthday of a freedom fighter.
LABOR - The Pacific Northwest Labor History Association Conference will be held May 20-22, in Portland, Oregon, where historians, students, unionists and others come together to share information and exchange views on past events that shaped the labor movement in both the United States and Canada.
Contact: 206-406-2604; pnlha1@aol.com; https://pnlha.wordpress.com/.
LEFT FORUM - The 2016 Left Forum will be held May 20-22, at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.
Contact: 212-817-2003; leftforum @leftforum.org; http://www.leftforum.org.
FOOD/MONSANTO - March Against Monsanto will be May 21 in New York City and elsewhere.
Contact: http://www.march-against- monsanto.com/.
MULTICULTURE- The annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) will take place May 31-June 4, in San Francisco, CA.
Contact: SWCHRS, 3200 Marshall Avenue, Suite 290, Norman, OK 73072; 405-325-3694; ncore@ou.edu; www.ncore.ou.edu.
WHISTLEBLOWING - June 1-7 is International Week to Support Whistleblowing. Events and actions are planned all over the world.
Contact: Stand Up For Truth, c/o Institute for Public Accuracy, 980 National Press Building, Washington, DC 20045; 202-347-0020’ dcinstitute@igc.org; http://standupfortruth.org.
BIKES - Bikes Not Bombs is holding its 29th annual Bike-A-Thon in Boston, MA on June 5.
Contact: Bikes Not Bombs, 284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130; 617-522-0222; mail@bikesnotbombs.org; www.bikesnot bombs.org.
FEMINIST CAMP - Feminist Camp is open to all who are interested in learning more about transforming feminist theory into practice. Camps are scheduled June 5-10 in New York City, and July 18-29 in Amherst, MA.
Contact: http://www.feministcamp.com/.
PEACE - The Ohio Peace Festival will be June 6-14, in various parts of Ohio. The Ohio Peace Festival is a celebration of community, unity, and peace in all its forms. Emphasizing events by the people of Ohio for the people of Ohio, the Festival focuses on peaceful collaboration within and among communities.
Contact: 1501 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43201; 614-327-8389; ohiopeacecollaborative@gmail.com; http://www.ohiopeace.com/.
RADIO - The 40th Annual National Federation of Community Broadcasters Community Media Conference will be held June 8-11, in Denver, CO, with break-out sessions, two keynotes, affinity group summits, panel discussions and tours around the host city.
Contact: 1101 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004; 202-756-2268; comments @nfcb.org; http://www.nfcb.org/.
PEACE CONFERENCE - Peace, Justice and Security is an international conference on conflict resolution and festival hosted in Columbus, OH, June 8-13.
Contact: http://www.creducation.org/.
CLASS - The Center for Study of Working Class Life at SUNY Stony Brook will host the How Class Works 2016 conference at Stony Brook,: June 9-11, 2016.
Contact: michael.zweig@stonybrook.edu; http://www.stonybrook.edu/workingclass/; http://www.stonybrook.edu/workingclass/.
JUNETEENTH - June 16 is Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the announcement of the end of slavery in Texas and in the rest of the U.S. through the Emancipation Proclamation; June 19 is Juneteenth Independence Day
Contact: http://nationaljuneteenth. com/Juneteenth_Movement.html.
MEDIA - The 18th annual Allied Media Conference will be held June 16-19, in Detroit. Held every summer, the conference brings together a community of people using media to incite change: filmmakers, radio producers, technologists, youth organizers, writers, entrepreneurs, musicians, dancers, and artists.
Contact: Allied Media Projects, 4126 Third St., Detroit, MI 48201; 313-718-2267; http://alliedmedia.org/.
VEGAN FEST - The annual Mad City Vegan Fest will be held in Madison, WI, June 18. The annual event features food, speakers, and exhibitors.
Contact: 122 State Street, Suite 405 B, Madison, WI 53701; madcityveganfes t@gmail.com; http://veganfest.org/.
SOCIALISM - The Socialism 2015 Conference is scheduled for July 1-4 in Chicago, featuring talks and panel discussions.
Contact: info@socialismconference.org; http://www.socialismconference.org.
PEACESTOCK - On July 9, the 14th Annual Peacestock: A Gathering for Peace, will take place near Cannon Falls, MN. The event is a mixture of music, speakers and community for peace. Sponsored by Veterans for Peace and others.
Contact: Bill Habedank, 1913 Grandview Ave., Red Wing, MN 55066; 651-388-7733; billhabedank@yahoo.com; http://www.peacestockvfp.org.
LA RAZA - The annual National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Conference is scheduled for July 23-26 in Orlando, with workshops, presentations and panel discussions.
Contact: NCLR Headquarters Office, Raul Yzaguirre Building, 1126 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036; 202-785-1670; www.nclr.org.
Contact: Netroots Nation, 1559B Sloat Blvd #316, San Francisco,CA 94132; http://www.netrootsnation.org.
CLEAN ENERGY - The March for a Clean Energy Revolution will be July 24, the night before the Democratic Convention, in Philadelphia.
Contact: http://www.cleanenergy march.org/.
FOOD/MONSANTO - July 27 is Korean Armistice Day. Commemoration events are planned nationwide.
Contact: http://www.veteransforpeace.org/.
ACTIVIST CAMP - Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp will have sessions in July and August in CA, OR, and NY. YEA Camp is designed for activists 12-17 years old who want to make a difference in the world.
Contact: info@yeacamp.org; http://yeacamp.org/.
FOLK FESTIVAL - The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival will be held August 5-7, in the Berkshires, NY.
Contact: falcridge@aol.com; http://www.falconridgefolk.com/.
SCHOOLS - The Satyagraha Institute: Training Leaders in the Traditions of Nonviolence, will be August 7-19, in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Contact: Satyagraha Institute, c/o Carl Kline, 825 Fourth Street, Brookings, SD 57006; 605-692-8465; info@saty agrahainstitute.org; http://www.satya grahainstitute.org.
VETERANS/PEACE - Veterans for Peace is holding the 31st annual convention is August 11-15 in Berkeley, CA. This year’s theme is, Peace At Home, Peace Abroad: A Just and Sustainable Future for the World’s Children.
Contact: http://www.vfpnationalconvention.org/.
MEDIA - Alliance for Community Media (ACM) and the National Alliance for Media Arts & Culture (NAMAC) will host a joint conference in Boston, MA, August 18-20.
Contact: http://www.allcommunitymedia.org/annual-conference.
WOMEN’S CONFERENCE - The annual Twin Oaks Women’s Gathering will be held August 19-21.
Contact: 138 Twin Oaks Road # W, Louisa, VA 23093; 540-894-5126; twinoaks@ic.org; http:// womensgathering.org/.