{"id":1478,"date":"2014-12-30T12:09:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T19:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.communitychurchofboston.org\/home\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2014-12-30T12:09:58","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T19:09:58","slug":"january-2015-community-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.communitychurchofboston.org\/home\/newsletter\/january-2015-community-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2015 Community Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CCB Program Committee Meeting<\/strong> on Sunday, January 11th at 1:30pm in the Lothrop Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CCB Board Meeting<\/strong> on Thursday, January 15th at 7pm in the Lothrop Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Break the Chains All-Gender Liberation Dance Party<\/strong> on Saturday, January 10th from 6pm to 10pm at MakeShift, 549 Columbus Ave in the South End. BREAK THE CHAINS! is a semi-monthly all ages, all gender, all genre liberation dance party headlined by nationally touring queer and trans performers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lessons from Cuba with Mario Alberto Arrast\u00c3\u00ada Avila<\/strong> on Monday, January 12, at 7:00pm at the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, 633 Centre St. What can we learn from Cuba? When nearly 70% of Cuba\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s oil supply stopped in 1989 after the USSR collapsed, transportation, electricity, and food production were jeopardized. Cuba responded by shifting to widespread use of renewables and permaculture-based agriculture systems, making the country a world leader in sustainable development. Join us in welcoming Cuba\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leading Energy Efficiency and Renewables educator, Mario Alberto Arrast\u00c3\u00ada Avila. Mario is responsible for the development and delivery of energy education at all levels in Cuba, and is a passionate and engaging speaker. Hear about Cuba\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Energy Revolution\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and what New England can learn from it. Hosted by the JP Forum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Potluck: Mutual Aid, Not Money &#8211; Join JP\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Time Exchange<\/strong> on Thursday, January 15th, 6:30pm at the First Unitarian Church in Jamaica Plain, 6 Eliot St.\u00c2\u00a0 Join us to learn more and sign up for JP&#8217;s new Time Exchange! We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll hear from Linda Hogan, one of the founders of the hOurworld software that powers Time Exchanges around the world. Linda is a true innovator \u00e2\u20ac\u201c she lives her life almost entirely through time, rather than dollars. Hear her amazing story, and hear from neighbors who are using time banking to meet their needs, at our potluck on January 15. In a Time Exchange, members share skills and provide services for each other, such as cooking, sewing, carpentry, pet care, health care, and much more. When you provide an hour of service, you are credited with one \u00e2\u20ac\u0153TimeHour\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in your online account. You can use that Hour for services you need or want that other members are offering \u00e2\u20ac\u201c like child care or reiki! Bring a dish to share if you can. Hosted by the JP Forum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interpreting for Multilingual Justice: 2-day Certificate Workshop<\/strong> on Saturday, January 15th and Sunday, January 16th from 9am to 6pm at SEIU 615, 26 West St. How do we build the capacity as individuals and organizations in social movements to create multilingual spaces where everyone can have their voices heard? How do we build our skills as interpreters? What is the role of the interpreter in social justice work? This workshop will provide practical tools for developing and improving simultaneous and consecutive interpretation skills, explore the social, political and ethical dimensions of language access and explore how we can include this work in social movements. Sliding-scale fee of $10-$60, email\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@interpreterscollective.org\" target=\"_blank\">info@interpreterscollective.<wbr \/>org<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0for more info or to register.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connecting for Justice: SoJust Open House<\/strong> on Thursday, January 22nd from 6pm to 8:30pm at Lir, 903 Boylston St. Meet like-minded progressives and get connected to great social justice organizations in Boston. SoJust (short for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Socializing for Justice\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) is all about building a cross-issue progressive community and network in Boston. We&#8217;re doing it by putting the social back in social justice. We focus on creating welcoming spaces that foster relationship-building across issue silos. Go beyond allies and build a cross-issue progressive movement. RSVP at\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sojust.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.sojust.org<\/a>. Cost: $5-$20 collected at the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CCB Program Committee Meeting on Sunday, January 11th at 1:30pm in the Lothrop Auditorium. CCB Board Meeting on Thursday, January 15th at 7pm in the Lothrop Auditorium. 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