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March 2004

Tuesday, March 2: ICPJ Board Meeting, 7:00 p.m. Location: Gettysburg YWCA..

Tuesdays, March 9, 16, 23, and 30. "Building Your Own Theology", a course offered by the Unitarian Universalists of Gettysburg from 7 to 9 pm. Location: home of Bruce Boenau, 154 S. Hay Street, Gettysburg. To register, contact Bruce Boneau, 334-5141. Mr. Boneau and Ralph Taylor are the co-leaders. The course is a structured opportunity to think through and to express one's own personal beliefs about religion in a congenial setting free from indoctrination.

Saturday, March 13 (and every second Saturday): 11:00 am to 12:00 noon. Peace Vigil at Gettysburg National Military Park, Steinwehr Ave. (opposite train museum). Bring your own signs. Park on nearby streets. Contact: Jan at jpowers@gettysburg.edu

Tuesday, March 23: Heritage Festival Committee meeting, 7 p.m., Location: Gettysburg YWCA. Information: Bill Collinge, 334-8943 or achf@icpj-gettysburg.org

Thursday, March 25: Workshop "End Violence Against Refugee & Immigrant Women" held at the YWCA of Greater Harrisburg. Contact: Lisa Hummel, (717) 238-7273 ext. 3020.Cost: $50. Deadline for registration: March 19. Download flyer and registration form here.
Additional information: Participants will learn how to provide options to, and advocate on behalf of, immigrant and refugee victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking; provisions of the Violence Against Women Act; legal rights of refugee and immigrant victims, including an overview of basic family law, basic immigration law, criminal justice, public benefits, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Target audience: those who serve refugee and immigrant victims of domestic and sexual violence, law enforcement personnel, attorneys, victims advocate and educators.

Upcoming events

Monday, April 26: 7:00 pm. Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice Peacemaker Award Ceremony. The award will be presented to Louis and Patricia Hammann at the Eisenhower Room of the Adams County Public Library, Gettysburg Branch. For more information, contact icpj@icpj-gettysburg.org or 334-0752.

Selected local events from the Justice and Peace Calendar for the Central PA area by ChoosingPeace.com.

Click here to view their entire calendar.

Weekly events

Wednesday, March 3 (and every Wednesday): 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm. Women In Black Lancaster Vigil. On the old courthouse steps, Lancaster. Contact: Sarah at sarahc405@aol.com.

Friday, March 5 (and every Friday): 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm. Weekly Peace and Justice Vigil. On the square in York.

Sunday, March 7 (and every Sunday): 10:00 am. Harrisburg Chapter of Food not Bombs. Catholic Worker House (1440 Market Street in Harrisburg). Meet to cook up some vegetarian food and discuss future peaceful endeavors. Contact: Ashlee at 234-3033 or email yourlocalfnb@yahoo.com.

Monthly events

Saturday, March 6 (first Saturday of the month): 11:00 am. First Saturday Peace Vigil at front entrance of the Carlisle War College. Rt. 11 (North Hanover St.) Bring your own signs. Women in black among others urged to be visible. Carlisle Peace College meets following the vigil at Friends Meeting, 252 A St., Carlisle. Contact: Elayne McClanen at kemcc@peoplepc.com, (301) 260-7447.

Other events

Thursday, March 4: 11:00 am. Anti-death penalty action at the State Capitol, Harrisburg. Contact: (215) 729-8720 or email stoppadp@yahoo.com.
Additional information: Protest rally marking one year to the date when recommendations for for a moratorium were made by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court committee. (There will also be coordinated vigils in Bethlehem, Erie, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Wilkes-Barré on March 4.)

Friday, March 5: 7:30 pm. The moratorium debate: should we shut down the death penalty? Featuring Ernie Preate, former PA Attorney General, and Ed Marsico, Dauphin County District Attorney. Unitarian Church of Harrisburg, 1280 Clover Lane, Swatara Twp. (behind the Travelodge on Eisenhower Blvd.). CONTACT: CPADP, centralpadp@yahoo.com.

Sunday, March 7: 9:30 am. Historic aspects fo the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Quake Meetinghouse, Oxford, PA. Contact: mlmmaule@juno.com or 238-7878.
Additional information: Blair Seitz will speak and show maps and slides to illustrate historical aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and report on the progress of the wall being built in the West Bank. Blair traveled to Israel and Palestine in February.

Monday, March 8: 7:00 pm. People for Peace and Justice- York PA meeting. Vigil from prison: perspectives on the merchants of death, by Sachio Ko Yin, member of the War Resister's League who spent 2 1/2 years in prison as a result of a Plowshares action against the Minuteman in 1998. More information about the WRL's speaking tour at: http://www.warresisters.org/merchants_death.htm. Contact: alt-leadadietz@blazenet.net

Thursday, March 11: 7:30 pm. The Wall: A Picture Essay. Harrisburg Friends Meeting, 1100 N. Sixth St. (6th and Herr Sts.), Harrisburg. Contact: keren4L@aol.com.
Additional information: Well-known photographer, Blair Seitz, has just returned from assignment in Palestine where he and his daughter, Charmaine, a journalist living in Ramallah, worked together preparing an essay about the Israeli barrier in the West Bank. He will update us on the progress of the barrier and resistance to it. Sponsored by the Mideast Justice and Peace Group.

Saturday, March 13: 7:00 pm. Spirtuality and the Quest for Justice. Eckels Lecture: Author Sam Keen. Unitarian Universalist Church, 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg.

Sunday, March 14: 9:30 am - 10:40 am. "Justice Denied" Art Exhibit and Talk. Pine St. Presbyterian Church, 3rd and South Street, Harrisburg.
Additional information: Joanna Buck, the artist, will be speaking about her work. "Justice Denied" (a moving collection of fifteen drawings showing the victims of wrongful execution throughout history, including Socrates, Jesus and Joan of Arc), as well as a series of paintings of the Stations of the Cross, painted for a mission in Nicaragua, will be on display until April 10.

Friday, March 19: IRAQ ADVOCACY DAY: MEET WITH YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS! March 20 will mark the one year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.Friday will be a national lobby day as people across the country will meet with their members of Congress in their district offices to deliver the message that WAR IS STILL NOT THE ANSWER, to urge them to help stop the suffering in Iraq, and to uphold the principles of democracy and international law. Act now to schedule face-to-face meetings with your members of Congress for Friday, March 19. For your members' contact information: http://capwiz.com/fconl/dbq/officials/ (or go to www.fcnl.org, click on "Legislative Action Center" and then "Elected Officials") and enter your ZIP code. Call the district offices and ask for face-to-face meetings with your senators and representative to discuss your concerns related to Iraq BE PART OF A DELEGATION: Your message is amplified when you join with other constituents from your community.

March 19 - 21. CALL FOR PLACES OF WORSHIP TO OBSERVE THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE START OF THE IRAQ WAR. It is the one-year anniversary of the start of the Iraq War and groups are organizing peace vigils. You can too. Litanies, prayers and other worship materials are available at www.ncccusa.org. Also visit http://www.iraqbodycount.net for updates.

Saturday, March 20: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm. A pre-emptive peace rally, State Capitol Steps, Harrisburg, PA. Contact: Mary, 545-6964.
Additional information: The World Still Says No to War! SUPPORT THE TROOPS, bring them home, it's time to heal! We ask you to join us for this International Day of Action to end the Occupation of Iraq; to pre-empt any future wars planned to increase corporate profits; to denounce militarism as foreign policy, and to ask that U.S. occupation be turned over to the UN as quickly as possible. If your organization would like to endorse this rally, or you would like to volunteer for this event (media contact, press releases, sign-makers, event marshalls, set-up, etc.), please email Ben: BenGPrice@aol.com.

Saturday, March 20: 11:30 am. A WALK AGAINST WAR, sponsored by People for Peace and Justice. in support of GLOBAL DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST WAR. Meet at the Unitarian Universalist Church parking lot, 925 S. George St. at 11:30 am. Walk down George Street beginning at Noon. Join us from the side streets as we walk along. VIGIL at Continental Square followed by readings of classic peace literature. (If March 20 becomes a rain date for the St. Patrick's Day Parade, the walk will end in Penn Park.) Bring a sign and one for a friend to carry. Suggested messages should emphasize peaceful solutions to world problems, and not personal attacks on individuals, such as: The World Still Says No to War; War Is Not the Answer; Peace is the Way; International Cooperation, Not Pre-emptive War. Contact Ken Woerthwein (428-2477) or Leada Dietz (848-5033).

Monday, March 23: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Of Exile and Return. Opening reception, Seitz Gallery, 1010 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg. Art exhibit by Palestinian artist Zahi Khamis. Continues until May 1. Contact: 232-7944.

Tuesday, March 30: SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS (SOA) LOBBY DAY. A number of people from the Harrisburg Area went to Washington for training and to tell Congress to support Bill HR 1258, the bill to close the SOA/WHISC, which uses tax money to train assassins. Support their efforts by letting your representatives know they work for you when this bill comes to a vote. For information and resources: http://www.soaw.org.

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