Organizing for Peace

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Mid-September Events to Attend

Events for Monday, September 17th

Noon - 5:00 pm
Banner/Poster-making Party
CodePINK office, 1248 Solano Ave.
Help make signs, banners, posters for Friday's
Shut the War Down action.
http://www.bayareacodepink.org


Events for Wednesday, September 19th:

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Pelosi Protest
San Francisco Fed Building
450 Golden Gate Ave.
Join Campus Anti-War Network and help hold Pelosi accountable for shutting down the war now.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Banner/Poster-making Party
CodePINK office, 1248 Solano Ave.
Help make signs, banners, posters for Friday's
Shut the War Down action.
http://www.bayareacodepink.org


Events for The International Day of Peace
Friday, September 21st :

12 Noon - 1:00 pm
International Day of Peace
Sproul Plaza, University of California at Berkeley
Celebrate with us by sharing a moment of silence around the world.
Participate in a silent meditation circle of peaceful thoughts
12 Noon, Sproul Plaza, Mario Savio Steps
calliagreen@gmail.com

Last year more than 3500 Peace Day events took place in 200 countries
(including all 192 member nations of the United Nations)
for a CULTURE OF PEACE

1:00pm - 2:30 pm
Social Issues Dialogue
Stephens Room, Martin Luther King Jr. Building
University of California at Berkeley
We are at war, lets talk about it.
bishop@berkeley.edu

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Rally to Shut Down Oakland Docks
We The People, Shut Down War
Iraq Moratorium and International Day of Peace March
2:30 pm, gather at West Oakland Bart Station
http://www.bayareacodepink.org

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Berkeley Students for Peace
People's Park, Berkeley California
A meeting of concerned and active students and student leaders.
calliagreen@gmail.com

Email us to add your event for peace

US Congresswoman Barbara Lee speaks at The Peace Alliance

Leading the celebration yesterday was The Peace Alliance and friends of People's Park. Their efforts are to help create a cabinet-level U.S. Department of Peace.


The Department of Peace Campaign was launched in April 2003 in Washington, DC, at the first Department of Peace Conference, which was held in conjunction with the introduction into the 108th Congress of legislation to establish the department. The campaign was originally organized under the Global Renaissance Alliance (now called The Peace Alliance Foundation), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by the current chair of the Peace Alliance board of directors, Marianne Williamson. The Peace Alliance was founded in May 2004 as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation, at which time it took over the further organization of the U.S. Department of Peace Campaign.
It is with the help of thousands of citizen activists that we have taken this campaign from a beautiful idea into a political reality. Together we are building the foundation and infrastructure for a more peaceful nation and world.

How can you help? Email us to participate in our next meeting. To learn more about this important legistlation, go to http://www.dopcampaign.org or email info@dopcampaign.org

To help with local efforts in the east bay, email calliagreen@gmail.com


More information about the Peace Alliance can be found at http://www.thepeacealliance.org

Make Peace Happen Now.

Our First Meeting at People's Park

In celebration of the Peace Alliance Gathering yesterday, a group of concerned Berkeley students, alumni and staff members organized to increase peace awareness throughout campus and within their own student groups. Many of the students were leaders of different student groups on campus and agreed to meet weekly to support and strengthen eachother's efforts.