The Erie Peace Initiative will be be holding a Veterans Day vigil on November 11 in Perry Square in downtown Erie.The vigil will observe the original antiwar purpose of the day.More details soon. Information (814)864-8818

The Allegheny College Peace Coalition is sponsoring a concert on October 24th at 9:00-11:00p.m. Campus Center Lobby at Allegheny College, Meadville PA.  Features Matty B. & the Dirty Pickles and Ice Cream Social. Refreshments include pizza, ice cream and pop.  The concert is to support Operation Homefront. Operation Homefront supports soldiers who don't want to engage in the current US wars of choice and whose families are suffering wrongfully because of these wars.  Contact: brandea@allegheny.edu

Vietnam War Veteran Mike Hastie will display his original photography about the tragedies of the Vietnam War at the Allegheny College Campus Center in Meadville PA on October 9 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. The event is sponsored by the Allegheny Peace Coalition. For more information contact Sandy Kelson at sandkel@hughes.net (related event at LaRoche College in  in McCandless PA  October 14).

Allegheny College Peace Coalition (ACPC) will be holding a candlelight vigil on September 11th.
We'd like the vigil to memorialize those lives lost on the
actual day in 2001, while acknowledging the continuing loss of life
through the act of war. ACPC is committed to making events such as this
open, healing, and peace-promoting.

Erie , Pennsylvania – On Friday, August 8 at 12:00 p.m., members of the Erie Peace Initiative (EPI) will assemble at Pennsylvania State Senator Jane Earll’s Erie office and announce a “People’s Resolution” campaign:

Be it resolved, the citizens of Pennsylvania demand:

(1) That our Governor pursue and exhaust every avenue in his power to stop further deployment of Pennsylvania National Guard troops to Iraq .
(2) That our Governor pursue and exhaust every avenue in his power to bring the Pennsylvania National Guard troops currently deployed in Iraq home without delay.

We are collecting signatures on a petition addressed to Governor Rendell, to bring the PA National Guard home from Iraq, with no new deployments. We are working with partners across the state. Legislation will be introduced the the Pennsylvania House and Senate. Download the Word version of the petition here. ~ Erie Peace Initiative

A coalition of peace, justice and antiwar groups is calling for a
protest against John McCain when he appears at a fundraising event at
Buffalo's Albright Knox on July 21.

More yard and window signs available. They read "Support

UU ERIE FOUR THOUSAND RIBBONS WITH SAMANTHA SZEICIORKA
May 25 service at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie.The Erie Peace Initiative “Four Thousands Ribbons” will be displayed. In addition, we will honor all lost loved ones. Our speaker will be Samantha Szesciorka, daughter of Michelle Rupp, who was on active duty as a journalist and videographer. http://www.uuerie.org/

Pro-war types aren’t the only ones who are opposed to a “Cut-and-Run” end to the war in Iraq. For different reasons, many antiwar people are concerned that we not just walk away from the unfathomable damage the war has caused.