This master calendar shows upcoming events in all MESJ chapters. If you'd like more information about an activity that appears here, click on the chapter name to send an email to that chapter's contact person.

March 8 - International Women's Day

Salt Lake City

Wednesday 6-9 PM The SLC Chapter will NOT be holding its regular meeting on Thursday, March 9 in hopes that many of you will be able to attend the celebrations for INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY this Wednesday, March 8. Held at Westminister College: Vieve Gore Concert Hall 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm MESJ will have a table along with NCCJ, PPJ, Planned Parenthood, Rape Recovery, SLC Film Center, Westminister Divesity Center, and YWCA. 6:00 - Reception 7:00 - Film: "Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines" 8:30 - Discussion with Karrie Galloway (Planned Parenthood), Katie Olson (Ten Thousand Villages), and Dr. Joan Smith (NCCJ)

March 19 - Where have all the Mormon Feminists Gone?

Boston

Sunday 7 PM Panel discussion on Mormon Feminism (a shoot off from the paper "Where have all the Mormon Feminists Gone?") We'll be doing a joint discussion with some members from the Harvard Divinity School. We have on board so far: HDS Visiting scholar, Maxine Hanks, Editor and co-author of Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism, and Mormon Faith in America Our own Pulitzer Prize winning Laurel Ulrich (who teaches a class at Harvard on the history of the feminist movement in the US) and wrote A Midwife's Tale and Good Wives, We will also have someone to represent a Mormon feminist in her twenties and one in her thirties on the panel--but we're not sure if they've agreed yet-more info to come soon. We'd like to get an idea of how many will be coming so that we can plan the size of room we'll need. If you could send us an email with a yes in the subject line, we can count you in.

March 25 - Pro-Immigrant march

Los Angeles

Saturday 10 AM Olympic and Broadway Join us in demanding - family unity - permanent residency for all - an end to racist legislation - an end to inhumane borders/fences. Against the racist migrant hunting vigilantes who violate the human rights of our brothers and sisters along the border. Also read other recent important developments about immigration: Catholic Cardinal Mahony Rebukes Bush on Immigration, Pledges to Defy Proposed New Law. If interested to participate, please email the chapter's contactperson.

March 27 - Mormonism and War	San Francisco
Monday 7 PM Home of Bob and Janice Wrathall Bob and Janice Wrathall have graciously offered to host this meeting, in which we will discuss Mormonism and War. Everyone should bring whatever references they would like to share (scriptures, quotes etc.) and also come with ideas for activism. More details to follow (addresses, directions etc.) Please come support and bring any friends!

April 2 - Conference Discussion and Brunch	Madison
Sunday MESJ Madison Center The MESJ Madison (Wisconsin) chapter invites you to her Conference Discussion and following brunch. For more information please contact Alexa Dimick by email.

April 10 - Reading for Awareness	Las Vegas
Monday 7 PM MESJ Las Vegas Center The Las Vegas reading-circle meets on a regular basis to discuss Equality, Social Justice, Peace, and Environmental issues, using easily accessible readers from the internet. Our selection this month: No Respecter of Persons - a Mormon Ethics of Diversity We can all be healed and changed by each other - Eugene England

April 11 - How Men Can Help Prevent Sexual Violence	Salt Lake City
Tuesday - 12:00 Noon Union, Room 293, University of Utah How Men Can Help Prevent Sexual Violence Please join Marty Liccardo, B.S. on at the Women’s Resource Center, U of U for his presentation. April is Sexual Assault Awareness month.

April 12 - League of Women Voters	Salt Lake City
Wednesday Little America Hotel - 500 South Main Street M League of Women Voters – Community Luncheon Reception at 11:30 a.m. and luncheon from Noon - 1:30 p.m. The League Community Service Award will be presented to Claire Geddes. Call League of Women Voters of Salt Lake at 272-8683 for more information and to make reservations

April 13 - MESJ Salt Lake meeting	Salt Lake City
Thursday - 7:30 pm 36 F Street, #2 SLC

April 20 - Los Angeles chapter meeting

Los Angeles

Thursday 7:30 PM Place: Philippe the Original - 1001 N. Alameda St. - Downtown Los Angeles 90012 We will be discussing the immigration rally on May 1st as well as other ways we can get involved in our neighborhoods and Latter day Saint communities. Philippe's (which is famous for its french dip sandwhiches) is just two or three blocks from Union Station train station for those of you that would like to ride the train or subway to the meeting. It is also just a few blocks off the 101. For those of you that are driving I've included a link to the address on Yahoo Maps. Also, there is free parking on the west side of the restaurant across the street. We will be meeting in one of the upstairs rooms. Please call me on my cell if you have questions or need directions to the meeting 323-974-6015.

April 21 - Mandatory Minimums

Salt Lake

Friday 3 - 5 PM MESJ is co-sponsoring with FAMM-Utah (Families against Mandatory Minimums) a panel discussion on Mandatory Minimums. 3:00 - 5:00 pm at U of U College of Social Work Auditorium (room 134) - 395 South 1500 East - just northeast of the stadium and southwest of Marriott Library. Join us! This should be very interesting - learn more about FAMM and listen to a discussion about what we can do to change Mandatory Minimums.

April 22 - Green Earth Fest	Salt Lake City
Saturday noon to 6pm City County Building at Washington Square (east side) · Learn what you can do to help improve the health of our planet · Visit the Veg Fest the same day at Library Square · Visit with organizations and vendors which advocate for a healthier environment · Reduce, Reuse, Recycle fair! Information: 502-8556 or gpu at gput.org

April 24 - CORC Annual Meeting	Salt Lake City
Monday, 5:30 - 8.30 PM Zion Lutheran Church: 1070 Foothill Drive Annual Meeting for CORC (Coalition of Religious Communities). 5:30 - 8:30 pm with dinner included Discussion will be around CORCs leading issues for 2006-2007, including Effective Payday Loan Industry Regulation, Further Removal of Sales Tax on Food, Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund, Raising the minimum wage

April 29 - Habitat for Humanity

San Francisco

Saturday 8.30 AM The San Francisco-Bay Area chapter has planned an exciting hands-on day with Habitat for Humanity, working on the construction of some homes in Daly City. MESJ San Francisco has committed to a group of at least 15 people to help at the Daly City Habitat for Humanity site.This particular project is the construction of 4 homes for needy families who otherwise could not afford a home. These homes are build entirely by volunteer efforts, such as the one we are trying to organize. The gift of the security of a home for families is probably one of the greatest you can give.Hopefully many will be willing to sacrifice a Saturday for this cause. There are various tasks assigned at the site and some are less strenuous than others. They vary from jackhammering, nailing boards/panel, to painting or helping transport supplies. The time commitment is 8:30 am- 4:30 pm (a normal workday with breaks). Since a count of the number that will be coming is needed , please email back if you can or cannot be part of this volunteer effort. Also, it would be appreciated if you would let any friends/ family know about this. If you are able to recruit more volunteers, please give me their name and email address. Click here to request information with directions and instructions for the site.

April 30 - NYC Chapter Meeting	New York City
Sunday Time and Place TBA A discussion on participatory democracy, and the quandaries we face when trying to translate our religious beliefs into votes and/or policy arguments.

May 1 - Pro-Immigration Marches & Rallies

Los Angeles

Los Angeles March & Rally 12 p.m. – Start at Olympic & Broadway and end at City Hall (1st and Temple); Rally begins at 2:30 p.m. Maywood/Huntington Park March & Rally 10 a.m. – Start at Santa Rose of Lima Church (Atlantic Blvd. and 60th Street in Maywood) and end at Salt Lake Park in Huntington Park; Rally begins at 12 p.m. Contact – 323.560.1111 or 323.589.2089 Santa Ana March & Rally 11 a.m. – Start at Plaza of the Flags (Santa Ana Blvd. and Flower), proceed through the civic center and end back at Plaza of the Flags; Rally begins at 2 p.m. Contact – Maria Rosa Ibarra, 714.541.0250 Santa Barbara March & Rally 3 p.m. – Start at Ortega Park (Cota and Salispuedes) and end at Sunken Gardens; Rally at 5 p.m. Santa Maria March & Rally 10 a.m. – Start at Minami Park (Depot and Enos) and end at Preisker Park; Rally at 1 p.m. San Francisco March & Rally 11 a.m. – Start at Embarcadero and Market and end at the Civic Center; Rally begins at 2 p.m. **Please note that other marches and rallies will take place in the cities of Riverside, Sacramento, Salinas, San Jose, Bakersfield, Fresno, San Diego, Tijuana and several more.** For more information visit: <www.mapa.org> or call boycott organizers at: 323-260-8012. If people in the Los Angeles area want to meet up for the march, let us know by email.

May 13 - Saturday Night at the Movies

Las Vegas

Saturday 7PM MESJ Las Vegas Center The Las Vegas chapter will meet to watch the DVD: Truth and Conviction - The Helmuth Hubener Story Hitler's Nazi regime had seized unbelievable control over the German people, directing what they read, what they said--even what they believed. A whispered criticism of the Nazi Party could lead to a Gestapo interrogation and prison. But sixteen-year-old Helmuth Hubener saw through Hitler's lies and took action to let the truth be known. Helmuth Hubener and two friends from his LDS branch formed a resistance group. The three of them printed and distributed flyers through Hamburg that denounced Hitler and his propaganda machine. This documentary chronicles what happened to these young men, and the ultimate price paid by those who dared to stand up for the truth.

June 11- NYC Chapter Meeting

New York City

Sunday, 7 PM As you may recall, we were scheduled to have a MESJ meeting, Sunday, June 4th. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like that's going to happen. The meeting will be RESCHEDULED for Sunday, JUNE 11TH at 7:00pm . As originally planned, our dicussion topic will be IMMIGRATION. Julie Butler was kind enough to offer to host us on the 4th, but can't do so on the 11th (alas), so we'll be meeting at the lovely Natalie Brown's apartment: 530 W 112th St. #22 New York, NY 10025 (Between Broadway and Amsterdam, off the 110th St. stop on the #1).

September 9 - San Francisco Chapter Meeting

San Francisco

Saturday, 7 PM 327 King Drive (home of Tina Byrd) South San Francisco directions: by BART : take the BART to the South San Francisco station. Once you get there call 702-812-1709 and we'll swing by to pick you up! by Car : exit highway 280 on Westborough, go north on Junipero Serra, east on King Drive. (when taking highway 101: take the 380 to connect to 280 north) As a chapter we'll discuss MESJ in general and our San Francisco chapter in particular. MESJ has presented many social issues on her website lately and we'd like to get your response! dessert will be served !