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Sunday Oct 28th
1:00pm  The People’s Protest Against the Fraternal Order of Police! – 1336 Spring Garden St
2:00pm  PHARE/Wells Fargo working group – 1706 Race St.
2:00pm  SAVE YOUR POST OFFICE & YOUR JOB – SOLIDARITY RALLY & MARCH – Baltimore Main Post Office 900 E. Fayette Street Baltimore, MD
2:00pm  Strike Debt Planning Meeting – Wooden Shoe Books – 704 South St
5:00pm  Long Term Organizing MDU working group – Ethical Humanist Society, Rittenhouse Square
7:00pm  Loving This Planet: An Evening with Dr. Helen Caldicott – Ethical Socety – 1906 S Rittenhouse Square

Arch Street United Methodist Church is starting their overnight mission in November.  There is a microwave, and lots of clothes and other things in Room C downstairs.  They need to empty that room to store cots, etc. for the mission.  These items are left over from eviction night! If these are your belongings please go to Arch Street UMC to collect these items between 10 & 3, Monday through Friday or call 215-568-6250 to make other arrangements.  They will begin disposing of things the first week of November and take things to Purple Heart or a thrift store.

Saturday October 27th, 11am – 2901 Germantown Ave – Historic Fair Hill Orchard Day Workparty & Potluck – Help to put the 3 gardens around 9th & Indiana Streets to bed for the winter, bring food & share in our first attempt at a community-wide potluck, & join us for the 2nd annual Philadelphia Orchard Project Orchard Day within Historic Fair Hill Burial Ground where we’ll be eating apples, drinking cider, roasting marshmallows, painting pumpkins, & enjoying the beautiful fall weather with the neighborhood. – https://www.facebook.com/events/160584604086112/

Sunday October 28th 1:00pm – The Fraternal Order of Police is organizing a fund-raiser party in honor of Jonathan D. Josey, the cop who bashed Aida Guzman in the face at the recent Puerto Rican Day parade. There is a rally and speak-out in front of the FOP office during the duration of the party inside. We want to make it uncompromisingly clear that it is unacceptable that the FOP is celebrating this policeman’s actions. Not that we expected anything different. The fact that this was a black cop does not change the fact that he was engaging in racist violence and acting in the interests of white supremacy.  Mayor Nutter’s apology is not justice. The firing of Josey is not justice. Any ordinary person caught doing this on tape would be receiving criminal charges. But because Josey is a cop, he is above the law. We can’t rely on the police for justice. We can’t rely on the politicians either. We can only rely on ourselves and our capacity for collective action. Philly FOP office number: (215) 629-3600 – https://www.facebook.com/events/188074867994875/

Sunday, October 28, 2012 2:00pm  ALL UNIONS – ALL ORGANIZATIONS – ALL CITIZENS The Postal Service is moving forward with closings way ahead of schedule, literally destroying itself and causing a severe delay of mail. SOLIDARITY RALLY Baltimore Main Post Office 900 E. Fayette Street Baltimore, Maryland 2:45PM – MARCH from MPO thru the Baltimore Inner Harbor & back to MPO PLENTY OF FREE PARKING at the Baltimore Main Post Office –  For more information go to
http://cpwunited.com/home or https://www.facebook.com/events/292951954142007/. For those from Philadelphia wishing to attend the Baltimore event: please contact Joe Piette at 610-931-2615 or  jpiette660@hotmail.com

Women Activist Artists in Conversation: Please join us for a series of dinner party conversation during fall 2012. Our dinners are intended to engage young women in the Philadelphia area making activist art in public spaces. Whether you are a performance artist, DIY zine maker, muralist, or dancer, you’re encouraged to attend and speak about your
practice. Aspiring as well as established activist artists are welcome. Please contact Phoebe Bachman for more information at activistart@phoebebachman.com, or check out http://wmaaps.blogspot.com/p/dinner-parties.html The first dinner will be held this Sunday the 28th of October, with the subsequent dinners on the 12th and 23rd of November.

Strike Debt Philly Planning Meeting Sunday, October 28, 2012 2:00pm Wooden Shoe Books and Records 704 South Street. Join us on Sunday to meet, greet, and brainstorm how to launch a Philly chapter of Strike Debt! Debt assemblies, debt burnings, and debt workshops are just a few of our ideas, but we need yours as well. Strike Debt is a new movement for the refusal of payment of debts to Wall St., whether student debt, credit card debt, medical debt, municipal debt, or whatever you got! Strike Debt (NYC) recently released the Debt
Resistors’ Operations Manual, which provides strategies for how to avoid and resist debts, a s well as historical and political context for why it is that so many of us are trapped in this unfair system to begin with. The Manual is free for download! Hope to see you on Sunday to launch the next phase of the movement against Wall St. http://strikedebt.org/ Debt Resistors’ Operations Manual: http://strikedebt.org/initiatives/the-debt-resistors-operations-manual/

Monday October 29th, 6:30pm – UPenn 3620 Locust Walk – Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall, Room 109 – “Living Under Drones! Report from Pakistan”  A first-hand report by the U.S. anti-war/anti-drone delegation to Pakistan. The speakers will be:  Joe Lombardo,  National Co-coordinator, United National Antiwar Coalition,  www.nationalpeaceconference.org,
and a participant in the delegation to Pakistan; Peter Lems,  American Friends Service Committee, www.afsc.org,  providing information on the geo-political situation of  southern Asia and the use of drone warfare; and  Marjorie Van Cleef,  Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, www.wilpfus.org, speaking about war research and development at Penn an Drexel universities. Other speakers, including student members of the Penn Pakistan Society, will be announced. Sponsored by Philly Against War, www.phillyagainstwar.org,
and the Penn Pakistan Society, www.dolphin.upenn.edu/paksoc/.  Endorsers: Penn for Palestine; Brandywine Peace Community, www.brandywinepeace.com; Temple Students for Justice in Palestine; Philadelphia International Action Center, www.iacenter.org/philly-iac; Socialist Action; Green Party of Philadelphia, www.gpop.org,
and Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, www.wilpfus.org. For more information, please contact 215-243-7103 and gpop@gpop.org

Events listed here include Occupy Philly related events as well as other social justice events. For more updates be sure to check the Occupy Philadelphia Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OccupyPhiladelphia. Your support is greatly appreciated!

bookmark_borderThe Best of Philly Perform at Benefit

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A benefit for local music legend, Paul Kurrey, was held at the legendary Dobbs on South Street to help support his fight against cancer. Performers included: Richard Bush formally of The A’s, The Peace Creeps, Nick Clemens Band, Bob Beru, Beru Revue, Last Minute Jam Band, George Manney, Greg Davis, Allen James, Wally Smith, Garry Lee, Kenn Kweder, J. R. Stanton, Lou’s Privileged Few, Skip Deneberg, Debbi Calton, Lou Pica, Terrence Donnelly, Nicky Sbaffoni, Michael Tearson, Paul Kurrey, Blue Heather.

 

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PHILADELPHIA, PA — The 2012 Delaware Investments U.S. Open Squash Championship has returned to Philadelphia. The prestigious squash tournament kicks off today, October 4, and runs through October 12 at Drexel University’s Daskalakis Athletic Center. One of the most significant tournaments in the world, the U.S. Open is a major international showcase of talent in squash, featuring the top ten professional players worldwide and drawing visitors from across the globe.

“Philadelphia possesses a deep connection to squash and proudly calls itself home to a passionate and knowledgeable squash community, which is energized by the return of its most prestigious tournament,” said Mayor Nutter. “It is with great pleasure that I welcome these players and fans to the 2012 Delaware Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships.”

The event forms part of the 2012 World Series for both the Professional Squash Association (PSA) and Women’s Squash Association (WSA). This year’s prize money of $185,000 is the most that has ever been offered in the history of the U.S. Open, making it one of the top paying and most highly sought after squash championships in the world.

Since 2011, the U.S. Open has been held in Philadelphia, at the heart of the squash community, where Drexel University is transformed into a world-class showcase venue to host the prominent event. A number of local Philadelphia pro players will also compete in the world-class event, which will be streamed live at www.psasquashtv.com and broadcast by 17 distributors worldwide, reaching a potential audience of 300 million people around the globe. WatchESPN will also broadcast the semi-finals and finals of the Championships online, reaching 60 million households.

“We are thrilled for the U.S. Open to return to Philadelphia, a city with a deep history in the sport and an outstanding squash community,” said U.S. SQUASH CEO Kevin Klipstein. “Our partnership with Drexel University allows us to take the U.S. Open to an entirely new level, and develop it into what we fully anticipate to be the best squash tournament in the world for fans and players alike.”

John Fry, President of Drexel University added, “Drexel University is delighted to welcome the 2012 U.S. Open Squash Championships to Philadelphia, the home of many of the game’s most storied players and historic squash venues. Drexel University is founded on equality and competitive opportunity that extends beyond academics to the frontiers of entrepreneurship, technological innovation and athletics. We are delighted to host these remarkable championships in an urban collegiate athletic facility that can attract a diverse fan-base, and help advance the great sport of squash at Drexel and in the region.”

Larry Needle, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Sports Congress said, “We are really excited to have the U.S. Open Squash Championships coming to Philadelphia. It is another example of Philadelphia as a diverse, dynamic and passionate sports destination, and we are extremely grateful to Drexel University for hosting this year’s tournament.”