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Thursday, January 19th, 3:30pm: LEPOCO Bike/Walkathon 2012 Planning Committee meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Call LEPOCO at 610-691-8730 for more information.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012, 3:30pm: Lehigh Valley Coalition Against State Killing (LV-CASK) meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Call LEPOCO at 610-691-8730 for more information.
Friday, February 3rd, 2012, 7pm: Popcorn and Politics Film Series: "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin" (2003). Documentary chronicles the life of the openly gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who, among many contributions to the cause, is best known for organizing the 1963 March on Washington. Directed by Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer. 83 minutes. Projected on the big screen at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Call LEPOCO at 610-691-8730 for more details.
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012, 6pm: The LEPOCO Book Group discusses "Honest Patriots: Loving a Country Enough to Remember Its Misdeeds" by Donald Shriver, at the Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe; (3301 Bath Pike; just off the 512/Center Street exit of Route 22) in Bethlehem. Call the LEPOCO Peace Center at 610-691-8730 for more information.
Thursday, February 9th, 2012, 6pm: Lehigh Valley Veterans for Peace meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Contact Louise Legun at 484-553-9476 for more information.
Saturday, February 11th, 2012, 1pm: March to "Bring Troops and War Dollars Home From Around the World" starting the Martin Luther & Coretta Scott King Memorial statue (intersection of Union Street, 4th Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard) in Allentown. Silent walk to honor the peace witness of Martin Luther King Jr. in the season of his birthday (January 15th) and Black History Month (February). Walkers will carry a 40' rope with signs attached noting the over 140 nations where U.S. troops are stationed. Around 2:15pm the loop walk will end at St. John's Lutheran Church (37 South 5th Street) in Allentown for a screening of "MLK: A Call to Conscience" a Tavis Smiley Special Report about King's Riverside Church speech "A Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam." Event organized by the Nuclear Abolition Sisters of LEPOCO. Call LEPOCO at 610-691-8730 for more information.
Monday, February 13th, 2012, 7pm: LEPOCO Action Meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Discuss current events, review the needs of various working groups, and plan Lehigh Valley activities for peace and justice. Call LEPOCO at 610-691-8730 for more information.
Friday, February 17th, 1pm: LEPOCO Newsletter Planning Committee meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Call LEPOCO at 610-691-8730 for more information.
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012, 5pm: LEPOCO's Annual Dinner at Episcopal Cathedral Church of the Nativity (321 Wyandotte Street) in Bethlehem. LEPOCO's annual fundraising banquet features a vegetarian feast, an art raffle, a speaker, and music by the LEPOCO Peace Singers. Ray McGovern will be the keynote speaker. Pre-dinner music at 5pm. Dinner at 5:30pm. Dinner tickets ($30 regular adult; $75 special supporter; $10 limited income/child) by advance reservation only. Program-only tickets ($10 regular adult; $5 limited income/child) are available at the door. Volunteers are needed to help the day of the event. Contact the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street, Bethlehem, PA, 18015) at 610-691-8730 or lepoco@fast.net for reservations, to volunteer, or for additional information.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012, 6pm: The LEPOCO Book Group discusses "Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood With Britain" by Lynn Olson, at the Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe; (3301 Bath Pike; just off the 512/Center Street exit of Route 22) in Bethlehem. Call the LEPOCO Peace Center at 610-691-8730 for more information.
Thursday, March 8th, 2012, 6pm: Lehigh Valley Veterans for Peace meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Contact Louise Legun at 484-553-9476 for more information.
Monday, March 12th, 2012, 7pm: LEPOCO Action Meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Discuss current events, review the needs of various working groups, and plan Lehigh Valley activities for peace and justice. Call LEPOCO at 610-691-8730 for more information.
Tuesday, April 3th, 2012, 6pm: The LEPOCO Book Group discusses "Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence" by Christian Parenti, at the Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe; (3301 Bath Pike; just off the 512/Center Street exit of Route 22) in Bethlehem. Call the LEPOCO Peace Center at 610-691-8730 for more information.
Friday, April 6th, 2012, 7pm: Popcorn and Politics Film Series: "Death and Taxes" (2010). Tightly paced film featuring twenty-eight people who offer their motivations for and methods of resisting the war machine with their tax money while redirecting tax dollars to peace. Produced by the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee. 30 minutes. Projected on the big screen at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Call LEPOCO at 610-691-8730 for more details.
Monday, April 9th, 2012, 7pm: LEPOCO Action Meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Discuss current events, review the needs of various working groups, and plan Lehigh Valley activities for peace and justice. Call LEPOCO at 610-691-8730 for more information.
Thursday, April 12th, 2012, 6pm: Lehigh Valley Veterans for Peace meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Contact Louise Legun at 484-553-9476 for more information.
Thursday, May 10th, 2012, 6pm: Lehigh Valley Veterans for Peace meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Contact Louise Legun at 484-553-9476 for more information.
Monday, May 14th, 2012, 7pm: LEPOCO Action Meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Discuss current events, review the needs of various working groups, and plan Lehigh Valley activities for peace and justice. Call LEPOCO at 610-691-8730 for more information.
Monday, June 11th, 2012, 7pm: LEPOCO Action Meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Discuss current events, review the needs of various working groups, and plan Lehigh Valley activities for peace and justice. Call LEPOCO at 610-691-8730 for more information.
Thursday, June 14th, 2012, 6pm: Lehigh Valley Veterans for Peace meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center (313 West 4th Street) in south Bethlehem. Contact Louise Legun at 484-553-9476 for more information.
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