There’s Fridays for Future, Scientists for Future, and even Artists,
Parents, Grandparents, and Teachers for Future….and now there’s
Freelancers for Future. On Friday, May 24, is Global Climate Strike 2,
perhaps the largest worldwide demonstration ever. Its purpose is to
change the course of the European elections and influence climate policy
worldwide. A group of us — freelancers of different stripes, writers,
scholars, expats, pensioners, and anyone else who wants to join — is
meeting at 11:45 in front of Dunkin Donuts on Pariser Platz. We intend
to demonstrate together with the kids, in solidarity with them, which
they have expressly encouraged adults to do. We will have a Freelancers
for Future sign and will join the demo at 12:00 when it begins. If
there’s interest, perhaps we can make more of Freelancers for Future
in the future.
This week we had a special speaker, Ellen Rosen, who told us about Frances Perkins, the principle architect of the New Deal. Ellen is working on her next book, which has the tentative title: Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor: A Woman Who Worked for the Common People. Ellen sent us a brief biography with good photos from the Frances Perkins Center: 
June 30 demo. Photo by Florian Schiedhelm 
Reverend Dr. William Emerson Downey (28.2.1931 – 24.3.2018) founded the Democrats Abroad Germany – Berlin Chapter and cooperated with AVA-Berlin in many joint activities.
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We had an stimulating discussion after the films “Care in Chaos” and “Vessel” on the subject of abortion. The films were presented by the One World Berlin Human Rights Film Festival with support from AVA-Berlin. October 14, 2017
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Guest speaker Sarah van Gelder, “YES! Magazine co-founder and editor at large speaking at our Stammtisch. Sarah drove 12,000 miles through the heartland of the United States, living in her tiny truck camper, interviewing people on Native American reservations, in rust belt cities, Appalachian towns, and southern communities. Her book, “The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from a 12,000 Mile Journey Through a New America” (Berrett Koehler, 2017), tells the stories of broken economies, devastated ecosystems, and communities shattered by racism, violence, and exclusion. But the focus of her book is on the extraordinary work of ordinary people who are transforming their communities, even in the places that seemed to have run out of hope.” Find details 
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Saturday, February 4, at 14:00 American Voices Abroad Berlin joined 
MIGUEL VERDE gave us a well-prepared update on the trade treaties, especially TTIP and CETA. We had a lively discussion afterwards and a long question and answer period. Many thanks to Miguel.
On Saturday, September 17, AVA took part in the anti-TTIP/CETA demonstration here in Berlin. We joined our German friends from Campact, the Berliner Wassertisch, the World Wildlife Fund, Brot für die Welt, Oxfam, Greenpeace, Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz, Attac, the DGB and many other organisations.
from Viktoria Luise Platz at 8 p.m.
from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Dave’s parents, Mark and Pauline, and his brother Bill invite you to join them in the courtyard behind Books in Berlin at Goethestraße 69, 10625 Berlin. Feel free to bring memories to share. If you wish, you may donate in Dave’s memory to a cause that reflects his spirit, but the family prefers that you do not bring flowers.
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