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January 2015 Events
Dixville Notch RouteKeene RouteNashua RoutePortsmouth RouteEvent list is not final. Events are subject to change.
January 15th: Presentation & Discussion at Gibson Senior Center
[Dixville Notch Route]Speakers & Content:
- Prof. Lawrence Lessig
Place: Gibson Center for Senior Services
14 Grove Street, North Conway, NH 03860Time: 4:45 PM
January 16th: Activist Training: Bird-Dogging the Presidential Candidates
[Dixville Notch Route]Speakers & Content:
- American Friends Service Committee, Arnie Alpert
Place: Runnells Hall
Runnells Hall Rd, Chocorua, NH 03817Time: 7:00 PM
January 17th: Keene Route Kickoff
[Keene Route]Speakers & Content:
- Kickoff, Keene Route Walkers
Place: Soldier's Monument, Central Square
Keene, NH, 03431Time: 9:00 AM
January 17th: Lunch
[Keene Route]Speakers & Content:
- Lunch at Community House, provided by Federated Church of Marlborough
Place: Community House
160 Main Street, Marlborough NH 03455Time: 9:00 AM
January 17th: Granny D Play at Dublin Community Center
[Keene Route]Speakers & Content:
- Community Supper
- "Granny D: The Power of One", a play Dixie Tymitz
Place: Dublin Community Center (Across from the Public Library)
1114 Main Street Dublin, NH 03444Time: Dinner at 5:00 PM, play at 6:00
January 18th: Presentation & Discussion at Lakes Region Community College
[Dixville Notch Route] - CANCELLEDThis event has been canceled due to the ice storm in the Laconia area. We will keep you updated if the event is rescheduled.
Speakers & Content:
- Prof. Lawrence Lessig
Place: Lakes Region Community College
379 Belmont Road, Laconia, NH 03246Time: 4:30 PM
January 18th: Lunch Presentation at Unitarian Church in Peterborough
[Keene Route]Speakers & Content:
- Lunch Presentation provided by Peace & Justice Committee
Place: Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church
25 Main Street, Peterborough, NH 03458Time:
11:30 AMJanuary 18th: Dinner and Discussion at Bennington Congregational Church
[Keene Route]Place: Bennington Congregational Church,
Francestown Road, Bennington, NH 03442Time: 5:00 PM
January 18th: Presentation by Zephyr Teachout & Bird-Dog Training
[Nashua Route]Speakers & Content:
- Presentation by Zephyr Teachout, author, "Corruption in America"
- Training on Bird-Dogging
Place: Merrimack Public Library
470 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, NH 03054Time: 2:30-5:00 PM
January 18th: Portsmouth Kickoff Event
[Portsmouth Route]Speakers & Content:
- Meeting and Breakfast provided by South Church and Panera Dover
- Speakers: John Rauh, founder of Americans for Campaign Reform, former election opponents Newmarket Town Councillor Phil Nazzaro and State Senator Martha Fuller-Clark, and former Dean of Whittemore School of Business and Congressional Candidate Dan Innis.
Place: South Church, 292 State Street, Portsmouth for breakfast and briefing, Market Square for Kickoff
Time: 8:00 AM for breakfast and briefing, 9:00 AM for Kickoff
January 18th: MLK Celebration at UNH Congregational Church of Durham
[Portsmouth Route]Speakers & Content:
- Reverend Larry Brickner-Wood, chaplain of the United Campus Ministry to the University of New Hampshire
- "Granny D: The Power of One", a play Dixie Tymitz
Place: University of New Hampshire Congregational Church of Durham
17 Main Street, Durham, NH, 03824Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
January 19th: MLK Coalition Celebration at St. George Orthodox Cathedral
[Nashua Route]Speakers & Content:
- Keynote Speaker Hedrick Smith, author of Who Stole the American Dream
- Music and award presentations
For more information, click here
Place: St. George Greek Orthodox Church
650 Hanover Street, Manchester, NH 03101Time: 2:00 PM (community potluck and music); 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (program)
January 19th: Community supper at Henniker Congregational Church
[Keene Route]Place: Congregational Church of Henniker,
43 Maple Street, Henniker, NH 03242Time: 5:00 PM
January 19th: MLK Day at New England College
[Keene Route]Speakers & Content:
- Gilles Bissonette, Lawyer, American Civil Liberties Union, speaking on voter suppression and civil rights.
- Other speakers TBC
Place: New England College Great Room, New England College
Grove St, Henniker, NH 03242Time: 6:30 PM
January 19th: Breakfast and Invocation
[Portsmouth Route]Speakers & Content:
- Meeting and Breakfast provided by Panera Dover and Newmarket Community Church.
- Invocation by Rev. Larry Brickner-Wood
Place: University of New Hampshire Congregational Church of Durham
17 Main Street, Durham, NH, 03824Time: 8:00 AM
January 19th: Dinner, Speakers & Service
[Portsmouth Route]Speakers & Content:
- Potluck Dinner (beginning at 5:30)
- Church Service (beginning at 6:30)
- Noted New Hampshire Blues & Jazz musician and MLK activist TJ Wheeler
- Play: "Go, Granny D!" by Barbara Bates Smith and Jeff Sebens
Place: Northwood Congregational Church
881 1st New Hampshire Turnpike, Northwood, NH 03261Time: 5:30 PM
January 20th: Bird-Dog Training
[Keene Route]Speakers & Content:
- Bird-dog training provided by American Friends Service Committee
Place: Hopkinton Town Library,
61 Houston Drive, Hopkinton, NH 03229Time: 2:30 PM
January 20th: Granny D Play & Community Supper at Hopkinton Congregational Church
[Keene Route]Speakers & Content:
- Community Supper
- "Go, Granny D!" with Barbara Bates Smith and Jeff Sebens
Place: Hopkinton Area
Time: 6:00 PM
January 20th: Day Event: Hooksett Library
[Nashua Route]Speakers & Content:
- "Go, Granny D!" with Barbara Bates Smith and Jeff Sebens
Place: Hooksett Library
31 Mount Saint Mary’s Way, HooksettTime: 12:00 Noon
January 20th: Dinner with Ben Cohen at Southern NH University
[Nashua Route]Speakers & Content:
- Ben Cohen, co-founder, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, Founder, Stamp Stampede.
Place: Southern New Hampshire University Dining Hall,
2500 North River Road, Hooksett, NH 03106Time: 5:30 PM
January 20th: Meeting and Breakfast
[Portsmouth Route]Speakers & Content:
- Meeting and Breakfast provided by Panera Concord
- Invocation provided by Rev. Gayle Murphy
Place: Northwood Congregational Church
881 1st New Hampshire Turnpike, Northwood, NH 03261Time: 8:00AM
January 20th: Dinner, Speaker, and Bird-Dog Training
[Portsmouth Route]Speakers & Content:
- Dinner
- Speaker Hedrick Smith, author "Who Stole the American Dream?" (2012)
- AFSC Bird-Dog Training
Place: Epsom Public Library
1606 Dover Road, Epsom, NH 03234Time: 5:00PM
January 21st: Meeting and Breakfast
[Portsmouth Route]Speakers & Content:
- Breakfast provided by Panera Concord
Place: Epsom Public Library
1606 Dover Road, Epsom, NH 03234Time: 8:00AM
January 21st Concord Event
See our Concord Event Page for more details
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NH Rebellion at TED
In case you missed it, Prof. Lessig's second TED talk on campaign finance reform features a review of the New Hampshire Rebellion and a few other initiatives he's working with. Check it out:
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One Question. Many Answers.
As we've mentioned before, our biggest obstacle is not any sort of organized opposition, but the idea among many if not most Americans that removing the system of corruption from Washington is an unsolvable problem.
Our job as activists is to show people - not just in New Hampshire, but across the United States, that the conventional wisdom is wrong. This is a solvable problem.
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Brian Boyko published "In Bed with Wall Street" - a new book on the Wall Street connection to campaign finance corruption in Blog 2014-01-05 12:10:28 -0500
"In Bed with Wall Street" - a new book on the Wall Street connection to campaign finance corruption
Larry Doyle, author of popular business blog “Sense on Cents,” and Wall Street insider, is set to publish “In Bed with Wall Street” on January 7.
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