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Weekly peace vigil: Fridays from noon to 1PM, at Federal Courthouse,
5th and Hamilton Streets, Allentown, 18101; contact John Clint Fowler, 610-746-5013
Weekly peace vigil: Fridays from 4PM to 6PM, outside the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory, 15th and Allen Streets, Allentown, 18104; contact Carol, 610-262-4644
Weekly peace vigil: Saturdays from 10AM to 11AM, Center Square, Easton, 18042;
contact Reggie Regrut, 908-859-5632
Weekly peace vigil: Saturdays from 10AM to 11AM, at the corner of Main and Noble Streets, Sellersville, 18960; contact Angela Nez, 215-257-1300
Weekly peace vigil: Sundays from 12:30PM, in Kings Plaza parking lot, Rt. 73, Oley, 19547.
Monthly peace vigil: First Sunday of every month from 5PM to 6PM, Bally Mennonite Church, Bally, 19503; contact Greg & Ellen Bowman, 610-845-2436.
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Monday July 21st - Friday July 25th, 2008, 9am - noon,
Young People Making Peace Summer Day Camp at the First Presbyterian Church of Allentown (at the northwest corner of Cedar Crest and Tilghman Streets). Children between the ages of 5-12 are encouraged to participate in five mornings of stories, songs, games, crafts, and learning activities related to the broad topic of peace and justice. Sliding scale fee of $5-$35 per child for the week. Sponsored by the LEPOCO Peace Center and the Center for Humanistic Change. Early registration is suggested. Click here for a printable registration form. To volunteer please print and fill out the application or call 610-691-8730 for more information.
Thursday July 24th, 2008, noon, Association of Students Advocating Peace (ASAP) meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center.
Thursday July 24th - Sunday July 27th, 2008, Lehigh Valley Sportsfest at Cedar Beach Park in Allentown. The LEPOCO Peace Center is teaming up with the Lehigh Valley Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War for a booth at this annual summer festival. Important information for those considering joining the military will be available as well as items (including buttons and bumper stickers) from the "peace boutique". Volunteers are still needed to staff the tent. Please call 610-691-8730 if you are interested.
Monday July 28th, 2008, 5pm, LEPOCO Fundraising Committee meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center.
Friday August 1st, 2008, 7pm, Popcorn and Politics Film Series: "Investigation of a Flame" (2003). Experimental documentary portrait of the "Catonsville Nine" who, on May 17th, 1968, walked into a draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service registration records and burned them with homemade napalm. The action was an act of protest against the Vietnam war. Combining archival footage, impressionistic imagery, and interviews with Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Tom Lewis, Marjorie and Tom Melville, and Howard Zinn among others, director Lynne Sachs presents a film that forces viewers to confront their own definitions of nonviolence, patriotism, and personal sacrifice. 45 minutes. Projected on the big screen at the LEPOCO Peace Center.
Saturday August 2nd, 2008, noon, Stop War on Iran Rally and March at Times Square (43rd Street & Broadway) in New York City. Congress will soon be voting on House Resolution 362, which calls on the President to initiate a land, sea, and air blockade of Iran. Such a blockade is considered an act of war under international law and is clearly meant to escalate tensions and pave the way for an attack on Iran. Say "No!" by joining this demonstration, part of over 50 nationwide. Partial list of sponsors: American-Iranian Friendship Committee International Action Center, Ramsey Clark, Howard Zinn, Michael Parenti, Pax Christi, George Galloway, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Iranian Cultural Association, NYC Labor Against the War, AFL-CIO, First Voices Indigenous Radio Association of Mexican American Workers, Troops Out Now Coalition, Arab American Civic Organization,WBAI-NY. For more information contact Sarah Flounders: iacenter@action-mail.org or 212-633-6646. Bus transportation available from the Lehigh Valley via Trans-Bridge Lines and Bieber Tourways.
Wednesday August 6th - Sunday August 10th, 2008, Creating a Culture of Peace Facilitator Training with Janet Chisholm and Reverend T. Michael Rock at the Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center in Bangor, Pennsylvania. Jumpstart your peacemaking and group facilitation skills and join a national network of certified CCP facilitators. This course increases your ability to use popular education’s interactive and mutual learning techniques. You will practice presenting the five CCP modules and receive constructive feedback. You will learn to design safe and spiritual environments and to maximize participation. You will explore group dynamics, story telling, role plays, learning styles, and the secret to excellent group exercises. If you are committed to the principles of active nonviolence, enjoy small group facilitation, and want to offer engaging and spiritually-grounded CCP training for intergenerational groups and communities, this training is for you. You will empower yourself and prepare to help others recognize their power for peacemaking. To register or for more information see the Kirkridge website or call 610-588-1793.
Saturday August 9th, 2008, 7:30pm, Candlelight Vigil to Commemorate the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the "Free Speech Zone" of Bethlehem's Musikfest. Event sponsored by the Nuclear Abolition Sisters, the disarmament working group of LEPOCO.
Sunday August 10th, 2008, 7pm, LEPOCO Peace Singers rehearsal at the home of Bob and Carmen Riggs. Please call 610-691-8730 for directions.
Monday August 11th, 2008, 7pm, LEPOCO Action Meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center.
Wednesday August 13th, 2008, 7pm, Americas Solidarity Group meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center.
Thursday August 14th, 2008, 7pm, Lehigh Valley Veterans for Peace meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center.
Tuesday August 19th, 2008, 8:30am, Lehigh Valley Committee Against State Killing meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center.
Wednesday August 20th, 2008, 7pm, Lehigh Valley Peace Coalition meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center.
Friday August 22nd, 2008, 7pm, LEPOCO Peace Singers rehearsal at the home of Bob and Carmen Riggs. Please call 610-691-8730 for directions.
Monday September 1st, 2008, 7pm, LEPOCO Steering Committee Meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center.
Monday September 8th, 2008, 7pm, LEPOCO Action Meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center.
Thursday September 11h, 2008, 7pm, Lehigh Valley Veterans for Peace meeting at the LEPOCO Peace Center.
Friday September 19th - Sunday September 21st, 2008, Exodus for Today: "Let My People Go" with Dan Berrigan and Liz McAlister at the Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center in Bangor, Pennsylvania. We will walk through EXODUS, praying anew, in our context, its theme: LET MY PEOPLE GO! We will walk through EXODUS, knowing that it is biased beyond doubt. It dwells compassionately on those left out of the imperial records. It is good news for the poor and a warning to the Project for a New American Century and their kind. We will walk through EXODUS, knowing that the word of God names things aright. The pharaoh is not named; he is a stereotype, a stone face on a frieze. Like him, the mighty today are moral clones, their methods predictably awful. They make war; are boundless in greed and appetite; waste human lives in forced labor and the lash. But the boundaries of empire are thin and vulnerable. Troubled colonies abroad, resentment at home, a queasy economy, envy in the air. To register or for more information see the Kirkridge website or call 610-588-1793.
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