Due to popular demand, PEACE Iowa is offering an expanded version of the Gandhi workshop we offered in April.
Free Gandhi workshop at PEACE Iowa
GANDHI, NONVIOLENCE, AND US
SATURDAY JUNE 28
10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
PEACE Iowa, Old Brick
Common Room (ground floor)
26 E. Market St., Iowa City
Facilitator: Chris Klug
Refreshments will be served, including a simple lunch.
Participants in this workshop will explore nonviolence as Gandhi understood and practiced it. They will be encouraged to consider how the practice of Gandhian nonviolence could change their ways of responding to the difficulties and conflicts of everyday life. Through experiential activities, participants will apply Gandhi’s philosophy to personal life and political activism. The workshop is designed for adults and high school students.
If you would like to attend (or might attend) this workshop, PLEASE REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE. An estimate of the number of attenders will help PEACE Iowa organize this event.
About the facilitator:
Working with the Gandhi Peace Foundation in New Delhi, Chris Klug has traveled to India more than a dozen times since 1983, leading groups to learn about Gandhi and nonviolence. He also has extensive experience with conflict resolution and violence prevention, including directing peace centers in Virginia and South Dakota. Chris is currently a grief counselor at Iowa City Hospice, and teaches Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction through the Department of Psychiatry at UIHC.
PEACE Iowa is a peace center in Iowa City that promotes international peace through education, intercultural communication, activism, and personal choices.
PEACE Iowa
Old Brick
26 E. Market St.
Iowa City, IA 522445
(319) 354-1925
peaceiowa.org
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Wednesday, June 18
Cuban Caravan Still Coming
MODIFICATION TO CUBA CARAVAN EVENT
The Cuba Caravan dinner scheduled for 6 p.m. Sunday June 22nd, at the Unitarian Universalist Society (corner of Gilbert St. and Iowa Ave.) will be held as scheduled, but will now be a potluck, without admission (or live music), but with donations encouraged. A percentage of donations (20%) will go to Iowa City flood relief. The speaker will be Jim Bauman, who is traveling across the country raising awareness about the U.S. embargo of Cuba, and who will travel to Cuba in July.
Attenders are invited to bring any of the following items, to be delivered to the Cuban people by the Cuba Caravan, in an act of civil disobedience to the U.S. embargo of Cuba:
Box of crayons
Pens, pencils
Notebooks
Bars of soap
Toothbrush (must be in original packaging)
Prenatal or children's vitamins (MUST be sealed in original packaging, with expiration date after Feb 2009)
For those who cannot attend the event, but who would like to contribute to sending school and medical supplies to Cuba, please WRITE CHECKS TO PASTORS FOR PEACE (memo: Cuba Caravan); MAIL to: Peace Iowa,
Old Brick, 26 E. Market St,. Iowa City, IA 522445.
For more information, call Andy at 358-0828.
Sponsored by PEACE Iowa and the Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Committee
The Cuba Caravan dinner scheduled for 6 p.m. Sunday June 22nd, at the Unitarian Universalist Society (corner of Gilbert St. and Iowa Ave.) will be held as scheduled, but will now be a potluck, without admission (or live music), but with donations encouraged. A percentage of donations (20%) will go to Iowa City flood relief. The speaker will be Jim Bauman, who is traveling across the country raising awareness about the U.S. embargo of Cuba, and who will travel to Cuba in July.
Attenders are invited to bring any of the following items, to be delivered to the Cuban people by the Cuba Caravan, in an act of civil disobedience to the U.S. embargo of Cuba:
Box of crayons
Pens, pencils
Notebooks
Bars of soap
Toothbrush (must be in original packaging)
Prenatal or children's vitamins (MUST be sealed in original packaging, with expiration date after Feb 2009)
For those who cannot attend the event, but who would like to contribute to sending school and medical supplies to Cuba, please WRITE CHECKS TO PASTORS FOR PEACE (memo: Cuba Caravan); MAIL to: Peace Iowa,
Old Brick, 26 E. Market St,. Iowa City, IA 522445.
For more information, call Andy at 358-0828.
Sponsored by PEACE Iowa and the Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Committee
Wednesday, March 26
Mark Your Calendar for Gandhi Workshop at PEACE Iowa
Free Gandhi workshop at PEACE Iowa
GANDHI, NONVIOLENCE, AND US
FRIDAY APRIL 25
6:30-8:45 p.m.
PEACE Iowa, Old Brick
Common Room (ground floor)
26 E. Market St., Iowa City
Facilitator: Chris Klug
Refreshments will be served.
Participants in this workshop will explore nonviolence as Gandhi understood and practiced it. They will be encouraged to consider how the practice of Gandhian nonviolence could change their ways of responding to the difficulties and conflicts of everyday life. Through experiential activities, participants will apply Gandhi’s philosophy to personal life and political activism. The workshop is designed for adults and high school students.
About the facilitator:
Working with the Gandhi Peace Foundation in New Delhi, Chris Klug has travelled to India more than a dozen times since 1983, leading groups to learn about Gandhi and nonviolence. He also has extensive experience with conflict resolution and violence prevention, including directing peace centers in Virginia and South Dakota. Chris is currently a grief counselor at Iowa City Hospice, and teaches Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction through the Department of Psychiatry at UIHC.
If you plan to attend this workshop (even if you're not sure), please RSVP to this and help us with planning the event.
GANDHI, NONVIOLENCE, AND US
FRIDAY APRIL 25
6:30-8:45 p.m.
PEACE Iowa, Old Brick
Common Room (ground floor)
26 E. Market St., Iowa City
Facilitator: Chris Klug
Refreshments will be served.
Participants in this workshop will explore nonviolence as Gandhi understood and practiced it. They will be encouraged to consider how the practice of Gandhian nonviolence could change their ways of responding to the difficulties and conflicts of everyday life. Through experiential activities, participants will apply Gandhi’s philosophy to personal life and political activism. The workshop is designed for adults and high school students.
About the facilitator:
Working with the Gandhi Peace Foundation in New Delhi, Chris Klug has travelled to India more than a dozen times since 1983, leading groups to learn about Gandhi and nonviolence. He also has extensive experience with conflict resolution and violence prevention, including directing peace centers in Virginia and South Dakota. Chris is currently a grief counselor at Iowa City Hospice, and teaches Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction through the Department of Psychiatry at UIHC.
If you plan to attend this workshop (even if you're not sure), please RSVP to this and help us with planning the event.
Friday, December 14
Make a Stop at PEACE Iowa
PEACE Iowa invites you to a low-key end-of-year event:
PEACE ON EARTH OPEN HOUSE
Tuesday, December 18
5:30-7:30 p.m.
PEACE Iowa
Old Brick, ground floor
26 E. Market St., Iowa City
Refreshments will be served.
Stop by to promote peace on earth:
- Peace-related gifts, supporting PEACE Iowa and other organizations
Bells from shells
Peace ornaments
Fair-trade highest quality Palestinian olive oil and soap
Peace yard signs, magnets, and bumper stickers
Free peace textbook covers and pencils
And more
- Contribute your ideas for PEACE Iowa activities during 2008
- Send postcards to Congress supporting a cluster bomb ban
- Kids create drawings and friendly messages for kids in Iran
And, as a favor to me, if you have some cash to spare, help PEACE Iowa with a donation. Lori Nelson and the volunteers do this on a shoestring budget, as a labor of love. But the rent requires dollars and cents.
PEACE ON EARTH OPEN HOUSE
Tuesday, December 18
5:30-7:30 p.m.
PEACE Iowa
Old Brick, ground floor
26 E. Market St., Iowa City
Refreshments will be served.
Stop by to promote peace on earth:
- Peace-related gifts, supporting PEACE Iowa and other organizations
Bells from shells
Peace ornaments
Fair-trade highest quality Palestinian olive oil and soap
Peace yard signs, magnets, and bumper stickers
Free peace textbook covers and pencils
And more
- Contribute your ideas for PEACE Iowa activities during 2008
- Send postcards to Congress supporting a cluster bomb ban
- Kids create drawings and friendly messages for kids in Iran
And, as a favor to me, if you have some cash to spare, help PEACE Iowa with a donation. Lori Nelson and the volunteers do this on a shoestring budget, as a labor of love. But the rent requires dollars and cents.
Wednesday, May 30
Focus on Diversity
Multicultural Mixer
Thursday May 31
5:00-7:00 PM
PEACE Iowa, ground floor Old Brick
26 E Market Street, Iowa City
Refreshments served.
All are welcome, even if only for a short time! We hope to see you there!
Diversity Focus is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the diversity of the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids corridor area, especially in the workplace, nonprofit organizations, and local government.
Thursday May 31
5:00-7:00 PM
PEACE Iowa, ground floor Old Brick
26 E Market Street, Iowa City
Refreshments served.
All are welcome, even if only for a short time! We hope to see you there!
Diversity Focus is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the diversity of the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids corridor area, especially in the workplace, nonprofit organizations, and local government.
Friday, April 13
It's Friday and You Know Where I'll Be
I'll be standing on the corner of Clinton and Washington in Iowa City from 5:15 to 5:45. I'll be there with sign in hand and a willing wave for those who honk for peace (pedestrians and bicyclists are welcome to honk too). Come if you can--do it for those who can't.
Monday, April 9
Standing on a Corner and Waiting for Peace
Every Friday in Iowa City, since the war in Iraq began, a small group of people have met at the corner of Washington and Clinton Streets between 5:15 and 5:45 pm to protest it. The number ebbs and flows. On really cold days, there may be one or two people out there.
My wife and I are relatively new to the group. There are at least two Iraq war Veterans and maybe a couple of Vietnam-era Vets, a mother of a soldier on his third tour, and a sister of an sibling who is out in the Persian Gulf on a naval vessel. Then there are the rest of us--a few college students, a professor or two, some retirees, and a handful of regular 9 to 5 people.
We hold up signs (including one that was cross-stitched by hand) and we wave to passing motorists who acknowledge our "honk for peace" signs. A couple of the protesters bang on drums and cowbells. Sometimes there are arm bands passed out. In fact this past Friday a dapper young fellow came by and passed out May 1 arm bands to all of us that would take them. Always there are kind words flowing, even if they sometimes come between chattering teeth.
Sometimes we deal with people who don't agree that the war must end--usually a weak drive-by epithet, and occasionally, an unbelieving stare. Sometimes people grab a sign and join us.
The best part of being there is that a community is forming, people look forward to seeing their Friday friends. We catch up on what's going on and support each other. But mostly we are there to speak for those who can't or won't speak for themselves; whether it is a soldier who wonders what the hell he or she is there for or the Vet who is dealing with the aftermath of their tour of duty or an Iraqi civilian that lives in fear of being killed or those blanked faced people we witness who scuttle down the sidewalk who, by their avoidance, allow this war to go on--we are there for all of them.
And, yes, we are there for ourselves. Each of us have our personal reasons. I am there because I can be. I believe in a just America, not the bellicose nation that others in the world may believe us to be. I believe, because we are a just nation, that we can stop our government's actions by our actions. Mostly, I believe in the power of insisting on peace.
I do not know where you live or what you can do, but I know that visible public protest is important. It says that we care what happens, we are participants in moving our government toward peace, and we believe we can affect change--even if it is showing up on a street corner in the heart of the Midwest and saying enough is enough.
My wife and I are relatively new to the group. There are at least two Iraq war Veterans and maybe a couple of Vietnam-era Vets, a mother of a soldier on his third tour, and a sister of an sibling who is out in the Persian Gulf on a naval vessel. Then there are the rest of us--a few college students, a professor or two, some retirees, and a handful of regular 9 to 5 people.
We hold up signs (including one that was cross-stitched by hand) and we wave to passing motorists who acknowledge our "honk for peace" signs. A couple of the protesters bang on drums and cowbells. Sometimes there are arm bands passed out. In fact this past Friday a dapper young fellow came by and passed out May 1 arm bands to all of us that would take them. Always there are kind words flowing, even if they sometimes come between chattering teeth.
Sometimes we deal with people who don't agree that the war must end--usually a weak drive-by epithet, and occasionally, an unbelieving stare. Sometimes people grab a sign and join us.
The best part of being there is that a community is forming, people look forward to seeing their Friday friends. We catch up on what's going on and support each other. But mostly we are there to speak for those who can't or won't speak for themselves; whether it is a soldier who wonders what the hell he or she is there for or the Vet who is dealing with the aftermath of their tour of duty or an Iraqi civilian that lives in fear of being killed or those blanked faced people we witness who scuttle down the sidewalk who, by their avoidance, allow this war to go on--we are there for all of them.
And, yes, we are there for ourselves. Each of us have our personal reasons. I am there because I can be. I believe in a just America, not the bellicose nation that others in the world may believe us to be. I believe, because we are a just nation, that we can stop our government's actions by our actions. Mostly, I believe in the power of insisting on peace.
I do not know where you live or what you can do, but I know that visible public protest is important. It says that we care what happens, we are participants in moving our government toward peace, and we believe we can affect change--even if it is showing up on a street corner in the heart of the Midwest and saying enough is enough.
Tuesday, April 3
A Gentle Reminder to Join the Peace Talks
For those peace seekers in the Iowa City area who want to let their hair down--or in my case, out...I invite you to join myself and Mona Shaw for "Peace Talks"A safe and comfortable space and time for peace seekers to reinvigorate mind and spirit and to help each other continue peace work. Brownies and beverages will be available.
Wed., April 4, 6:30 p.m.
Peace Center
Old Brick, 1st floor
Clinton and Market, Iowa City
If you want to come, please read the peace agreement.
(Image courtesy of the School for Moral Courage)
Monday, March 19
Taking the 4th
Tomorrow marks the 4th anniversary of the War in Iraq.
Tonight (Monday 3/19) there will be a candlelight vigil sponsored by MoveOn held on the corner of Washington and Linn St. in Iowa City at 6:45 pm and tomorrow on the Pentacrest, March for Peace will begin at 5 p.m. Organizers expect hundreds of University of Iowa students and area residents to attend. The rally for peace includes music by Illinois John Fever and speaker Frank Cordaro, a former Catholic priest who has served more than three years in federal prison for non- violent civil disobedience. A march through downtown follows, to demonstrate the community’s opposition to the war in Iraq. Event sponsors are the UI Antiwar Committee, Iowans for Peace, PEACE Iowa, University Democrats, People for Justice in Palestine, School for Moral Courage, GLBTAU and Iowans for Sensible Priorities.
Friday, March 2
PEACE Offering
UPDATED 3/5/07
Over 100 people attended the grand opening of the PEACE Iowa. If you weren't able to make it, here's what the Press-Citizen had to say.
"The people behind the new Peace Education & Action Center of Eastern Iowa believe there is power in numbers.
"A number of groups has wanted a peace center for years. This allows us to coordinate our efforts," said Lori Nelson, 41, who soon will be announced as the director of PEACE Iowa. The organization is based at Old Brick, 26 E. Market St. in Iowa City.
The center celebrated its grand opening Sunday at Old Brick. The center is a project of Iowans for Peace, a coalition of more than 20 political, religious, community, professional and student organizations throughout Eastern Iowa.
"It's been amazing," said Nelson, who lives in Iowa City. "We have never had so many people volunteer."
More
Please join us THIS SUNDAY for the grand opening of PEACE Iowa!
Peace Education & Action Center of Eastern Iowa
GRAND OPENING!SUNDAY MARCH 4, 2:00-4:30
Old Brick, GROUND FLOOR
Music, brief speakers, food, kids’ activities
Yard signs, bumperstickers, information, petitions, etc.
PARKING: There is very limited parking behind Old Brick, and most of it is reserved. We recommend parking (1) On the street (free on Sundays) near Old Brick-- Clinton St., Market St. before Clinton St., etc., or (2) In the parking ramp under Pappajohn Business Building, which is across Market St. from Old Brick; the entrance is on Clinton St.
ACCESSIBILITY: The Clinton St. door is the wheelchair accessible entrance to the area of the building where PEACE Iowa is located. There is one handicapped parking place in the Old Brick parking lot. The route between the parking lot door and PEACE Iowa has about 4 steps.
PEACE Iowa- Old Brick 26 E. Market St. (corner of Market St. & Clinton St.) Iowa City
Over 100 people attended the grand opening of the PEACE Iowa. If you weren't able to make it, here's what the Press-Citizen had to say.
"The people behind the new Peace Education & Action Center of Eastern Iowa believe there is power in numbers.
"A number of groups has wanted a peace center for years. This allows us to coordinate our efforts," said Lori Nelson, 41, who soon will be announced as the director of PEACE Iowa. The organization is based at Old Brick, 26 E. Market St. in Iowa City.
The center celebrated its grand opening Sunday at Old Brick. The center is a project of Iowans for Peace, a coalition of more than 20 political, religious, community, professional and student organizations throughout Eastern Iowa.
"It's been amazing," said Nelson, who lives in Iowa City. "We have never had so many people volunteer."
More
Please join us THIS SUNDAY for the grand opening of PEACE Iowa!
Peace Education & Action Center of Eastern Iowa
GRAND OPENING!SUNDAY MARCH 4, 2:00-4:30
Old Brick, GROUND FLOOR
Music, brief speakers, food, kids’ activities
Yard signs, bumperstickers, information, petitions, etc.
PARKING: There is very limited parking behind Old Brick, and most of it is reserved. We recommend parking (1) On the street (free on Sundays) near Old Brick-- Clinton St., Market St. before Clinton St., etc., or (2) In the parking ramp under Pappajohn Business Building, which is across Market St. from Old Brick; the entrance is on Clinton St.
ACCESSIBILITY: The Clinton St. door is the wheelchair accessible entrance to the area of the building where PEACE Iowa is located. There is one handicapped parking place in the Old Brick parking lot. The route between the parking lot door and PEACE Iowa has about 4 steps.
PEACE Iowa- Old Brick 26 E. Market St. (corner of Market St. & Clinton St.) Iowa City
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