All Welcome to Potluck after Meeting for Worship on Sunday, November 24
Join us for potluck on Sunday, November 24, after meeting for worship, from 12:30 to 1:30. All are encouraged to come -- bring a dish or snack to share. Labeling the ingredients is helpful for those with food preferences.
Are Economic Sanctions Weapons of War?
Tom Ellis is speaking at Old Chatham Quaker Meeting on Sunday, November 17, 2024 12:30 PM, on “Are Economic Sanctions Weapons of War” at its Meetinghouse at 539 County Route 13, Old Chatham NY.
The lecture will define economic sanctions, give a brief history of economic sanctions, describe the US sanctions in Afghanistan, Iran and Venezuela, reference US domestic reasons for imposing foreign sanctions, cite The Center for Economic and Policy Research report, consider whether economic sanctions are acts of war, explore whether sanctions are ever justified and appropriate, cite lies told in support of economic sanctions.
Free and open to the public. A moderated discussion will follow. Refreshments provided. For more information call 518-610-3735. For directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org
Tom Ellis lives in and works as a social studies teacher at a private school in Albany, and has college degrees in economics, elementary education, and history. He has been an environmental health and peace activist for more than forty years. He helped organize and has been a leader in the Palestinian Rights Committee since 1982.
He frequently writes articles for the Save the Pine Bush News, Solidarity Notes, and letters to the editor of newspapers. He helped block reducing the size of the Albany County Legislature.
He worked with an informal coalition that in 1994 helped force closure of the filthy state-owned ANSWERS trash incinerator in downtown Albany. He worked with Selkirk-Coeymans-Ravena Against Pollution (SCRAP) from 2005-2008. SCRAP blocked the siting of a regional solid waste landfill in Coeymans. Since 2005, he has worked with an informal coalition to prevent Lafarge from burning tires in its cement kiln in Ravena, located directly across Route 9W from the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk middle and high schools. He has worked with the Rensselaer Environmental Coalition and its predecessor groups since 2017 trying to close the Waste Connections S.A.Dunn construction and demolition debris dump in Rensselaer, located right next to the Rensselaer public school campus.
He was a leader in Don't Waste New York (!989-1994) in its successful effort blocking the siting of a "low-level" radioactive waste disposal facility in rural New York. He was an officer of the statewide Citizens' Environmental Coalition (CEC) for many years. CEC was a statewide group whose members shared resources, skills, and information to obtain clean-ups of many different types of dumps in NYS, enact state legislation, monitor state agency activities, and other goals. He worked with the Community Concerned about National Lead (CCNL) from 1982-2017 in its successful efforts to obtain a high quality federal clean-up of the 11-acre NL Industries depleted uranium armaments factory and waste dump in Colonie, and to obtain health tests from the NYS Health Department for the neighbors, former neighbors, and NL factory workers. He worked with the Solidarity Committee of the Capital District from 1990-1994 in a successful international coalition to block the Great Whale River megadams hydroelectric project in northern Quebec, and, since 2010, with another international coalition trying to block the proposed Champlain Hudson Power Express electricity transmission project.
The lecture will define economic sanctions, give a brief history of economic sanctions, describe the US sanctions in Afghanistan, Iran and Venezuela, reference US domestic reasons for imposing foreign sanctions, cite The Center for Economic and Policy Research report, consider whether economic sanctions are acts of war, explore whether sanctions are ever justified and appropriate, cite lies told in support of economic sanctions.
Free and open to the public. A moderated discussion will follow. Refreshments provided. For more information call 518-610-3735. For directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org
Tom Ellis lives in and works as a social studies teacher at a private school in Albany, and has college degrees in economics, elementary education, and history. He has been an environmental health and peace activist for more than forty years. He helped organize and has been a leader in the Palestinian Rights Committee since 1982.
He frequently writes articles for the Save the Pine Bush News, Solidarity Notes, and letters to the editor of newspapers. He helped block reducing the size of the Albany County Legislature.
He worked with an informal coalition that in 1994 helped force closure of the filthy state-owned ANSWERS trash incinerator in downtown Albany. He worked with Selkirk-Coeymans-Ravena Against Pollution (SCRAP) from 2005-2008. SCRAP blocked the siting of a regional solid waste landfill in Coeymans. Since 2005, he has worked with an informal coalition to prevent Lafarge from burning tires in its cement kiln in Ravena, located directly across Route 9W from the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk middle and high schools. He has worked with the Rensselaer Environmental Coalition and its predecessor groups since 2017 trying to close the Waste Connections S.A.Dunn construction and demolition debris dump in Rensselaer, located right next to the Rensselaer public school campus.
He was a leader in Don't Waste New York (!989-1994) in its successful effort blocking the siting of a "low-level" radioactive waste disposal facility in rural New York. He was an officer of the statewide Citizens' Environmental Coalition (CEC) for many years. CEC was a statewide group whose members shared resources, skills, and information to obtain clean-ups of many different types of dumps in NYS, enact state legislation, monitor state agency activities, and other goals. He worked with the Community Concerned about National Lead (CCNL) from 1982-2017 in its successful efforts to obtain a high quality federal clean-up of the 11-acre NL Industries depleted uranium armaments factory and waste dump in Colonie, and to obtain health tests from the NYS Health Department for the neighbors, former neighbors, and NL factory workers. He worked with the Solidarity Committee of the Capital District from 1990-1994 in a successful international coalition to block the Great Whale River megadams hydroelectric project in northern Quebec, and, since 2010, with another international coalition trying to block the proposed Champlain Hudson Power Express electricity transmission project.
Healing and Worship Group
A group of F/friends have been gathering in the Light on Tuesday and Thursday mornings to hold particular concerns or people; as well as to ground ourselves in the energy and love that we find in these opportunities. Please join us if you are led; we gather at 8:30 a.m. and end at 9:00 a.m on Zoom. You are also welcome to join late or leave early, if your schedule requires it. This is a wonderful way to start the day. To join, use this link.