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Interfaith Center
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Peace and Justice
P.O. Box 3134
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0752
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July 2007 Central
PA Peace and Justice Calendar If you have items for future calendars,
please send them to Melissa Manning at papjcalendar@yahoo.com. Please
send any items for the August Calendar listing by July 27th . To receive this calendar by email at the beginning
of each month, email Darrel Reinford at kirstendarrel@pa.net. York People for Peace and Justice holds a weekly vigil on Continental Square(Corner of Market and George Streets) in York every Friday 4:30-5:30 pm (July 6, 13, 20, 27) Lancaster: Weekly Silent Peace Vigil held rain or shine on the steps of the Old Courthouse at East King and Duke Sts. every Saturday, 11 AM-Noon. All are welcome. For information, call Charles Lane at (717) 394-5912. (July 7, 14, 21, 28) Harrisburg Women in Black SILENT Vigil for Justice and Peace: First and Third Tuesdays of every month- 4:30-5:30 PM. Corner of Market and Front Sts. Harrisburg. Women and men dressed in black stand in silent vigil to mourn the losses of war. Join us for a few minutes or the full hour. Call Ann Marie @ 737-7211 for more information. (July 3, 17) MONTHLY MEETINGS/VIGILS: Harrisburg Peace Vigil: First Monday of every month; 3rd and Walnut Sts. Hbg, noon-1PM. Bring your own signs. All welcome. Contact: fherzel@aol.com or 545-6964. (July 2) Gettysburg Peace Vigil: Second Saturday of every month. 11 AM-Noon, Steinwahr Avenue entrance to the Gettysburg National Military Park opposite train museum. Park on Culp St. Bring signs; we have some extras also. Information: jpowers@gettysburg.edu or (717) 334-3871.(July 14) Carlisle: Silent Vigil at the U.S. Army War College will resume with the arrival of the 2008 class of International Fellows who come to town in August. The persistent witness of women (and men) asserting the Deceptiveness of War is a tribute to authentic Democracy and Patriotism. Join us when we resume on August 4th at 11 AM at the front gate on Rt 11. Contact: Elayne McClanen at kemcc@peoplepc.com Fairfield Community Prayer Vigil/Peace Walk: Lancaster: The Lancaster Coalition for Peace and Justice holds its monthly business meeting on the first Thursday of the month at 7 PM at the Unitarian Univeralist Church of Lancaster at 538 West Chestnut St. Contact: Melanie Hess (717)627-6160. All welcome. (July 5) The local York Amnesty group meets at the York County Community Against Racism (YCCAR) Center at 7 PM on the second Wednesday of every month.Location: 116 N. George St. York, PA 17401. For information call: (717) 755- 3031 or e-mail AmnestyYorkPA@comcast.net or visit us on the web at www.hractivists.org. (July 11) Food Not Bombs meets the last two Sundays of every month from 11-2 at 14 S. 13th St. Harrisburg. We find a form of dissent in offering free food to our community. With each meal we serve we are taking a stand against the system that puts profit before people and that spends billions of dollars on militarism and violence. We are a volunteer grassroots organization that recovers, prepares and distributes food that otherwise would be wasted. On the last two Sundays, we work in teams to collect, cook and serve yummy, nutritious food to the community. For more information contact Ashlee Shelton-Barnes at 773-2550 or harrisburgfoodnotbombs@yahoo.com . To learn more about the international FNB visit www.foodnotbombs.net. (July 22, 29) York People for Peace and Justice Monthly Meeting: Second Monday each month, 6:30-8:30pm, at the YCCAR Center, 116 North George Street, York PA 17401 (July 9) Pax Christi Meeting- 4th Tuesday of each month; 7 PM Cardinal Keeler Diocesan Center, 4800 Union Deposit Rd. Harrisburg. 545-1804 or 230-8328. (July 24)
EVENTS: July 7th. Party For the Planet, 7 PM at Herbie's Restaurant, 720 Main St., Steelton. Party will include watching MoveOn's virtual Town Hall Meeting on the Climate where MoveOn members will ask presidential candidates tough questions on the climate crisis. Then we'll tune into Live Earth, a consciousness-raising event sponsored by Al Gore that includes concerts on seven continents. (Herbie's is a Mexican restaurant. In order to have access, we have arranged for food to be provided at 10 dollars per person. The meeting will be in the basement room. It is not handicap accessible. Please RSVP as soon as possible to Lorenzo Canizares at canizar@verizon.net or C: 610-308-0783 or W:717-255-7098 July 14th. Ramona Africa speaking at 3 PM at the Harrisburg Friends Meeting House, 1100 North Sixth St. Harrisburg, More info: 236-3604. Ramona Africa, the only adult survivor of the 1985 fire-bombing in Philadelphia that killed 11 people, will be speaking in Harrisburg on the need for the 8 MOVE people who are languishing in jail to be released. These people were blamed for the 1978 assault on the previous MOVE home. They have been imprisoned for 30 years and are eligible for parole in 2008. Ramona is considered world-wide to be one of the most articulate and powerful speakers yet she gets very little attention here in the US. She will welcome questions after her talk.. Killing them and their children, and holding these people in jail maybe one of the most brutal and racist crimes ever committed by government officials. This story needs to be heard, and these people need to be released. July 21st. 8TH ANNUAL HEAVYWORD POETRY CHAMPIONSHIP, 6 P.M., at the Appalachian Brewing Company, 50 North Cameron Street in Harrisburg. Bigger, better than ever, with a $300 Prize for the Grand Champion. Loads of gift certificates for the runners-up. Limit of 30 contestants. Must be at least 17 to enter. Entries are already starting to trickle in, SO ENTER SOON! If you want to compete, mail your entry form and a check for $15.00 (payable to Randy Gross) to The Heavyword Society, P.O. Box 5358 , Harrisburg , PA 17110 . If you want to be “ringside” for the event: admission at the door is just a $5.00 donation. Proceeds benefit the annual Arts for Peace and Justice Exhibition. Contestants: remember to arrive by 5:45 the night of the event. July 28th and 31st. Drop-off dates for art for ANNUAL ARTS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE EXHIBITION: Saturday the 28th 1-4 PM and Tuesday July 31st, 3-6 PM. If anyone’s interested in submitting social commentary art, prose or poetry for the 18th ANNUAL ARTS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE EXHIBITION, we’re pleased to be back for our third consecutive year at The Gallery at Walnut Place, 413 Walnut Street in Harrisburg. The exhibit will run from August 4th through August 25th, with opening and closing receptions from 1 to 4 p.m. on those respective dates (entertainment to include: live music, poetry, plus staged readings of original plays). Check out the schedule and guidelines at www.artsforpeaceandjustice.net. LOOKING AHEAD: The Middle East Interest Group of Lancaster Interchurch Peace Witness is pleased to announce a future event of importance. Mark your calendars and register early. A Workshop on Peace and Justice Advocacy in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Ledy by Jim Fine and Adam Horowitz (resumes below), Saturday, September 15, 9:30 AM to 12 PM, Parish Resource Center, 633 Community Way, Lancaster\Space Limited -- Registration Fee $10 ; Register by contacting Urbane Peachey (upeach@aol.com) or Bob Webber (thewebbers@verizon. net). Jim Fine is Legislative Secretary for Foreign Policy of Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) based in Washington, D.C. He coordinates FCNL's Iraq Peace Campaign, which works with Congress to set a date for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, promote negotiations among parties within Iraq, participate in a regional peace process, and fund the reconstruction of Iraq. Jim has lived in Beirut, Jerusalem, Ramallah and, briefly, Baghdad. For over three decades he has traveled widely in the Middle East developing relationships of trust with regional political, social and religious leaders. He speaks and reads Arabic. Adam Horowitz is Program Assistant in the Middle East Peace Building Program of American Friends Service Committee in Philadelphia. Adam is a founding member of Jews Against Occupation and is active in Jewish Voice for Peace. Thursday, October 4- 7:00PM. Sister Helen Prejean
will be speaking at
the Dickinson College Anita Tuvin Schlecter Auditorium. This will
be
the annual Fred Speaker Memorial Lecture. Cosponsors of the event
are
the Legislative Initiative Against the Death Penalty, the Dickinson
College Clarke Forum and the Unitarian Universalists of the Cumberland ADDENDUM: Some of you might be familiar with an incredible group in Philadelphia called the Simple Way. They started a number of helpful programs in the Kensington neighborhood (after school program, art space, library, t-shirt business, record label). On June 20th, a huge fire wiped out their living space and most of their projects. 8 neighborhood families are also without homes as a result. Fortunately, no one was injured. If you would like to donate to them and/or the Kensington neighborhood, you can do so through the following website: http://www.thesimpleway.org/ |
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