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Thursday, February 11,  2:00 p.m.

Porter Hall of Damariscotta's Skidompha Library.

Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement

When most of us think of Hawaii, we think of beautiful beaches, lush tropical forests, volcanic peaks and hula dancers. Few know the political history of the islands, its struggle for sovereignty past and present.

Jon Olsen, a resident of Jefferson and former 36-year resident of Hawaii, will present a talk, accompanied by music and some video clips, of this struggle in which he has taken a passionate interest and is writing a history.

“What are Hawaiians doing to regain their rightful sovereignty? This is not just ‘old’ history set in stone, but is very much a live issue in Hawaii today. It is about regaining independent status as a nation that was widely recognized as such in the 19th century,” Olsen states.

For more information, call 549-3869.  Click here to download a poster for this event.

 

 

2009:

November -- "Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives -- The Environmental Footprint of War"

October --   Sundance Channel's film debut of  "Big Ideas for a Small Planet" that includes a segment on Lincoln Academy's Climate Action Club.

 

September -- Helen Weld RN, MPH of Edgecomb talk accompanied by photos about her work in Sierra Leone, West Africa

 

June -- CONA annual meeting, with former Maine Governor Angus King speaking on his proposal for a huge wind farm in the Gulf of Maine.


May -- In conjunction with Maine Audubon, the showing of the hour-long independent film Division Street, that highlights the adverse impact highways have on wildlife, and ways to mitigate the effect.

 

April -- The first annual Green Beginnings -- a celebration of the end of the long winter featuring music, garden-related activities and organic foods donated by Rising Tide Market.

 

March -- A forum on aging, health and quality of life in the Damariscotta region featuring four local experts in the field.

 

February -- Diano Circo with the Natural Resources Council of Maine on the challenges facing Maine's north woods and what his organization is doing to try to protect the lands and waters from unwise development.

 

January -- Peaceful Beginnings -- CONA's annual celebration of the New Year.

2008:

December -- CONA's  annual Potluck and Poetry event, this time featuring the Pemaquid Poets.

 

November -- Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision -- a forum on the Israeli-Palestinian situation.   (read about this event in an LCN article)

 

October -- a talk by student members of the Lincoln Academy's Climate Action Club.

 

June --  CONA annual meeting, with author and professor Anouar Majid speaking on dissent in Islam and America.

 

April -- Andrea Licata on the opposition in Italy to the expansion of a U.S. airbase in Vicenza, Italy.

 

March -- International reproductive health and family planning discussed by Julia G. (Judy) Kahrl of Pathfinder International.

 

January -- Peaceful Beginnings -- CONA's annual celebration of the New Year.

2007:

Betsy Scholl, Maine's Poet Laureate reads at Potluck and Poetry 
Bruce Gagnon "Star Wars and U.S. Empire"
Stephen Wessler: Preventing Bias, Harassment and Violence in Schools and Communities (October)
Helen Weld, RN, and Dr. Judy Sandick report from Pakistan (Sept.)
JONATHAN CLARKE CONA ANNUAL MEETING SPEAKER (June)

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2006:

Exhibit of “Americans Who Tell the Truth” in Damariscotta (March)

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2006:

DON LORD, PH.D. and author of DUBYA: THE TOXIC TEXAN -- GEORGE W. BUSH AND Peaceful Beginnings (January)
A Report from Pakistan (January)
Wal-Mart debate (February)
 Ted Ames, “The State of North-east Fisheries” (March)
 ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION”; (April)
Jan Schrock, “Heifer International, Peacemaker” (May) 
HELEN THOMAS, CONA Annual Meeting (June)

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2005:

Peaceful Beginnings (January)
Battle for America's Soul (February)
Invisible - film documentary about Native Americans living in Maine (March)
Unipolar Worlds: The British Empire and the New American Imperialism. (April)
 Cuba on the Mind: Considerations of Justice and Independence (May)
Reza Jalali speaks about Iran (September)
Who gets hurt when Maine discriminates (October)
A Southern Perspective (November)
Potluck and Poetry (December)

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2004:

Peaceful Beginnings (January)
no other records...

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2003:

Peaceful Beginnings (January)
Empire Without End (January)
Co-sponsored with the Skidompha Library, Poets Against the War.org and
area poets, CONA at the Movies also held a poetry reading on February 12,
titled "Poems For Peace"
Brave New World (February)
The American emergency and Some Things We Can Do (March)
Biodiesel: A Renewable Liquid Fuel (May)
Stealing the Heart of the Democratic Process (June)
The Hidden Price of Globalization(September)
Making Hope Work in a Troubled World (October)
Maine tax reform proposals (October)

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2002:

Peaceful Beginnings (January)
Fighting for Peace(January)
The Earth Charter (February)
Affordable Health Care in Maine (March)
American Culture in a Time of Stress (April)
Alternative to war: A people's movement in Colombia  (October)
War on Iraq: International and Regional Consequences (October)
Hope Rises from the Ashes of MyLai, Vietnam (November)
Potluck and Poetry (December)
Movie: The trials of Henry Kissinger (December)

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2001:

  • Peaceful Beginnings (Multi-program Open House for the      Community)(January)
  • Balkans Update (February)
  • Report from Cuba (March)
  • The Tax Cut  Issue (April)
  • Electoral Reform(May)
  • Shelly Pingree on Democracy (June - annual meeting)
  • Change, Challenges and Prospects for a US-Cuban Relationship (October)
  • Sprawl (October)
    Dialogue: A Pathway to Peace (November)
  • Potluck and Poetry (December)
2000:
  • Peaceful Beginnings (Multi-program Open House for the      Community)(January)
  • GM Food: The Science and the Politics of Genetically Modified       Food (February)
  • The World Trade Organization and Democracy (March)
  • Sowing for Need or Sowing for Greed (March); a film on GM      seeds’ impact on farming Land Mines, Power and Responsibility (April)
  • The Death Penalty (May)
  • Applied Compassion (June - annual meeting)
  • Third Party Politics (October)
  • Globalization and Militarization in Chiapas, Mexico (November

1999:

  • Peaceful Beginnings (Multi-program Open House for the      Community)(January)
  • The Forgotten Maine (Film) (February)
  • Y2K, a Community Forum (March)
  • Child Labor In Pakistan (April)
  • Corporate World Rule and Democracy (June - annual meeting)
  • Health Care: Alternative Options (September)
  • Kosovo and the Politics of the Balkans (October)
  • Meeting Our Gay and Lesbian Neighbors (November)
  • Potluck and Poetry (December)

1998

  • Peaceful Beginnings (Multi-program Open House for the      Community)(January)
  • Developmental Assets (Lincoln Co. Juvenile Task Force)      (February)
  • Next Steps Toward Abolition: De-Alerting & Ratification of       the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (March)
  • The Tobacco Settlement (April)
  • Money In Our Lives (May)
  • Arts in the City (June - Annual Meeting)
  • Understanding Today’s Nuclear Threat (August)
  • Propaganda In Our Culture (September)
  • Solving Disputes Among the Youth in our Community      (October)
  • The Carpenter’s Boatshop and the Community it has    Nourished(November)
  • “Affluenza” (Video presentation) (December)

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1997  

  • Propaganda and How it Controls Our Lives (June)
  • The Economy as if People Mattered (July)
  • Hiroshima Day Commemoration (August)
  • Ithaca Hours (Video program on local currencies) (August)
  • Cuba through an Organic Farmer’s Eyes (September)
  • Simpler Living: Alternatives to Consumer Living (October)
  • The Day After the Election: What Next? (November)
  • Concepts of Beauty and Ugliness in the Creation of the Human Face (art) (December)

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