Peace news and events in the Northwest Pennsylvania region.

Join Women in Black contingent of 2013 Meadville Memorial Day parade

 NOTE CHANGE OF ROUTE THIS YEAR…Check back here a few days before the the event and we'll have the most updated information. May 27 – Women in Black invite you to march with them in Meadville Memorial Day Parade, Women in Black has  have made a long term commitment to march in Meadville’s Memorial Day Parade every year. They  march in silence. All are welcome to join the contingent, please wear black. Gathering time is between 8:30 and 9:30 am.

Peace Newsletter ~ May 7, 2013

Connecting Erie area peace people. Not affiliated with any organization.  

May 7, 2013

This Yemeni's heartbreaking testimony about drones has gone viral.

by Deb Spilko

Oh, how I wish every American would sit down and listen to the testimony given by this young Yemeni in the Senate on  April 23, 2013. In just six minutes he breaks hearts and opens minds in a way I have not yet seen before as regards the drone wars. The video of his testimony  has already gone viral.

Local/Regional April Drone Awareness Events

During the month of April there are events going on around the country to raise awareness about drones, especially those that are “weaponized”

Large national anti-drone protest in Syracuse April 26-28

Resist Global Wars, Drones & Empire!
April 26, 27 and 28, 2013
Southwest Community Center, 401 South Avenue, Syracuse NY

Together we can ground the drones and end the wars!

Friday, April 26: 6 PM – 8 PM Rice and Beans dinner with potluck deserts and snacks

8 PM: Welcome and introductions, music and dancing with Charley King

33rd Annual Good Friday Pilgrimage for Peace

"Christ is crucified today whenever and wherever hatred, violence and injustice prevail. We will walk the Way of the Cross through Erie, mindful that we are all connected—that an injustice to one is an injustice to all."

33rd Annual
Good Friday Pilgrimage for Peace
March 29, 2013
11 am

Station 1 St Peter Cathedral 10th & Sassafras
Hate Speech and Intolerance

Station 2 Community Health Net 12th and State
Health Care

Station 3 Adult Book Store 11th and State
Exploitation of Women & Children

Benedictines for Peace presents Kathy Kelly in March

by Sister Marlene Bertke, OSB/ Beneductines for Peace

Benedictines for Peace is sponsoring a presentation by Kathy Kelly March 11, 2013 7 pm Mount St. Benedict Monastery 6101 East Lake Road, Erie PA

Kathy Kelly recently returned from a 12th trip to Afghanistan where she spent a month as a guest of the Afghan Peace Volunteers in a working class neighborhood of Kabul. She and her colleagues lived alongside ordinary people in areas afflicted by U.S. wars and weapons, learning from them and helping raise their voices on behalf of ending wars.

New Strategy for Peace movement

 Feb 2 – New Strategy for Peace movement (Pittsburgh). Meeting at the Friends Meeting House 4836 Ellsworth Ave.

January 11 will be 11th anniversary of Guantanamo.

Jan 11 - National Day of Action Against Guantánamo . There will probably be a local event, check with Erie Peace Initiative or NWPA Peace websites.

Nicaragua collection project

Again this year, in conjuction with Catholic social worker Ann Marie Zon, members of the Dunkirk-Fredonia Peace and Justice Center will organize the collection of items to help the poor in Nicaragua.

Non-perishable food, household items, clothes and footwear suitable for warm weather, school supplies, toys (not toy guns), and linens will be welcome. (Please do not send computer related items, books or games written in English, clothes hangers, or curtain rods.)

Pages

Subscribe to NW PA Peace RSS