12/15/09
Recent Traprock Activities
Traprock has been very busy! Some examples of recent activities are:
- Randy Kehler’s two-part presentation/discussion this fall on non-violence as a life ethic and practice. You can listen to his talk in our Resources section.
- Roots of War Speaker Series launched in October with a talk by Norman Solomon and continuing in March 2010 with Michael Klare, author of Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum. You can listen to Norman Solomon's talk in our Resources section. The series will conclude with a third speaker in late Spring 2010.
- Greenfield Community College film and cultural series held at Traprock taking Roots of War as its theme, highlighting the ongoing collaboration and integration between our two organizations. You can find out more about the collaboration between Traprock and GCC's Peace and Social Justice Studies program here.
- Expansion of Traprock’s website which has become a rich educational extension of the hard work that is done on Miles Street, featuring regularly updated sections on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Health Effects of War, Weapons of War, and Cuba. Also, we have started a Community Voices on-line forum to accompany our Roots of War speaker series, in which community members can participate by posting their opinion pieces and comments and also listen to live recordings of the series. We encourage you to visit our website and to add your voice. Roots of War: Community Voices
- Ongoing collaboration with AFSC and other valley organizations on issues of immigration, nuclear weapons and energy, closing Guantanamo and the Justice for Jason campaign
- Organizing actions to oppose the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Sharing our space with a number of progressive organizations, among them Western Mass Jobs with Justice, Progressive Democrats of America, Just Roots, and the Greenfield Quaker Meeting, further establishing ourselves as a community peace and justice center.
From the Director, December 2009