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PRC Events
- Saturday, June 28, 2008
ANNUAL WORK-A-THON FOR PEACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
On June 28, volunteers will work at the new Friends Center, an exciting project that combines environmentalism, peace activism and social justice organizing. Join us to work on the sidewalk areas, inside wiring and outdoor landscaping. No Skills Required, training will be provided. Location: City Heights, San Diego. Time frame: 9 am to mid-afternoon (people can work all or part of this). Workers are asked to solicit sponsorships from family members, friends, em ployers, etc., to match their contribution of labor with a donation. To volunteer as a worker, please complete and re turn the bottom coupon now and an information packet will be sent to you. You should begin collecting sponsor ships right away using the form on the back of this flier to record sponsors’ names and contributions/pledges.
Download and print out a Flyer/Signup Sheet/Sponsor List
For more Work-a-thon information, contact the Peace Resource Center, 619-263-9301, or Project YANO, 760-634-3604
-Wednesday, June 25, 2008-
COLLATERAL DAMAGE: America’s War Against Iraqi Citizens:
Chris Hedges Lecture and Book Signing
Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author, returns to his war correspondent roots in COLLATERAL DAMAGE: America’s War Against Iraqi Civilians (Nation Books; June 9, 2008). In this exposé, Hedges and co-author Laila Al-Arian take the current occupation of Iraq as their subject, exposing the reality and extent of Iraqi civilian abuse by American troops. Based on interviews with 50 combat veterans, these pages describe, often in gruesome detail, the way in which American military protocol sacrifices the rights and humanity of innocent Iraqis. The interviewees that make up this volume represent the largest number of active servicemen and women to have spoken on the record about the atrocities taking place throughout the region at the hands of American troops. After five years of American occupation the troop casualty count has reached 4,000. Sadly, this number is but a shadow of the loss of life that has been endured when considering the Iraqi civilian count as well. Hedges and Al-Arian structure their narrative around key military operations: Convoys, Checkpoints, Raids, Detentions, and Hearts and Minds. Filled with first-hand accounts, COLLATERAL DAMAGE provides shocking revelations about the state of the U.S. mission in Iraq and the price that is being paid by so many innocent individuals.
Chris Hedges, currently a senior fellow at The Nation Institute and a Lecturer in the Council of the Humanities and the Anschutz Distinguished Fellow at Princeton University, spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. Hedges, who has reported from more than 50 countries, worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News and The New York Times, where he spent fifteen years. Hedges was part of the New York Times team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s coverage of global terrorism and he received the 2002 Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008; 6:30 p.m. Reception 7 p.m. Free Lecture and book signing;
Books will be available for purchase. San Diego First Church of the Brethren
3850 Westgate Place,
San Diego, CA 92105
For more info, please contact the Peace Resource Center of San Diego info@prcsd.org www.prcsd.org or 619-263-9301 or Click here for flier.
-Tuesday, June 17, 10 a.m.-
Stop Blackwater Demonstration,
San Diego Federal Courthouse, 880 Front St. (downtown San Diego/Front and Broadway)
Blackwater abused the City of San Diego's permitting process with a disgusting series of steps shielding their activities from public scrutiny. Then, when their subterfuge was discovered, they circumvented the City by going to a Federal judge--all to gain a foothold in Otay Mesa, for their new training facility at the border.
A Federal court hearing was held on the issue on May 30, 2008, followed by a Temporary Restraining Order issued on June 4, 2008, which forced the City of San Diego to grant Blackwater an occupancy permit for the Otay Mesa facility.
A FOLLOW UP HEARING WILL BE HELD IN SAN DIEGO FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ON TUESDAY, JUNE 17, AT 10:30AM. WE WILL BE PROTESTING STARTING AT 10AM, 880 Front Street, downtown San Diego (Broadway and Front Street). Bring Signs, etc. (Park in Horton Plaza, free with kiosk validation)
CITY ATTORNEY MIKE AGUIRRE WILL BE ARGUING THE CASE FOR THE CITY BEFORE JUDGE MARILYN HUFF, APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT’S FATHER.
Note: If you wish to enter thecourt hearing, you must not have signs, T-shirts, or other expressive gear.
For More Info, Please Contact the Peace Resource Center of San Diego, 619-263-9301 or info@prcsd.org
You can read court documents, including Blackwater's complaint, the City's response and Judge Huff's ruling at www.prcsd.org (Click on the No Mercenaries button).
SPONSORED BY San Diego Peace Resource Center (www.prcsd.org), Activist San Diego (www.ActivistSanDiego.org), Citizens' Oversight (www.citizensoversight.org)
-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 3-5 pm.-
SAY NO TO BLACKWATER DEMONSTRATION
STOP WAR PROFITEERS -- STOP BLACKWATER!
We've had enough of this administration and their private mercenary guard, BLACKWATER, twisting the rules
to get into town! NO BLACKWATER BULLIES ON THE BORDER.
Wednesday, Jun 11, 3-5 p.m. -- STOP BLACKWATER RALLY/PROTEST
-- 7685 Siempre Viva Rd, San Diego, CA 92154.
Join the community in making our voice heard! Blackwater is not wanted in San Diego! Their underhanded scheme to sneak into our town has been detected and they used the Federal Court to muscle their way in! We must tell them "NO BAGHDAD ON THE BORDER!"
Please bring signs! DIRECTIONS: 805 South to 905 East, Turn right at Britannia (just opposite Brown Field Control Tower), Turn left on to Siempre Viva (third light). Continue to 7685 Via Siempre (park along the street)
More Info: 619-263--9301 or info@prcsd.org
-Tuesday, June 10, 7 p.m.
"Mercenaries on our Border?" Jeremy Scahill, Lecture and booksigning
Jeremy Scahill, author of "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army" returns to San Diego for a lecture and book signing. Initially released in March 2007, a fully revised and updated edition featuring an expose on "Baghdad's Bloody Sunday," a shooting spree carried out by Blackwater in Baghdad's Nisour Square on September 16, 2007 will be released June 1 and available at the booksigning. First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front St., (Hillcrest) San Diego. $5-10 donation requested; no one will be turned away. Info: 619-263-9301 or 858-459-4650. For more info and a flier about the event Click Here.
-Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 6-8 p.m.
SPAGHETTI DINNER AT THE BIG KITCHEN!
Support the Peace Resource Center by joining us for a SPAGHETTI DINNER at the Big Kitchen!
3003 Grape Street, San Diego, 92101; Includes meat or veggie sauce, garlic bread, salad, tea, coffee lemonade and a brownie.
6-8 p.m.; Suggested minimum donation $10--? sliding scale.
Music by whoever brings an instrument: This could be your big chance!
Please buy tickets in advance or RSVP so we will know how much food to prepare by calling Allen 619-282-4358 or Sue 858-274-8447
For a flier about the event, click here.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
-5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRAQ WAR MARCH & RALLY
Welcome in Spring! Shake off your Winter stupor with this energizing PEACE RALLY! Make your voice heard again, bring friends and family to let Washington and your community know that the never-ending Iraq occupation is NOT ACCEPTABLE!
Location: Normal Heights community
Schedule:
· street rally - noon to 1 PM, University Ave. at 43rd Street
· march (less than 1 mile) - 1 PM, from street rally location to TerAlta Park
· main rally - TerAlta Park, bounded by Orange Ave. (N), Polk Ave. (S), Central Ave. (E) and 40th St. (W) - speakers, poetry, and organization tables w/information. Eat lunch, and be energized!
Theme: "COSTS OF THE WAR" Ð The U.S. invasion/occupation of Iraq has led to well over 4000 American deaths alone; and roughly 30,000 American injuries. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died and millions have been made homeless. These are conservative counts! YOUR taxpayer spending on Bush's Iraq "adventure" so far has been $493,000,000,000. Again, this is a conservative count. And this grows by about $185,000 EVERY MINUTE! Think you're getting a tax rebate this year because of recession? Think again. YOUR tax obligation of the Iraq invasion/occupation overwhelms any rebate . . . with principal and interest, you, your family, and your children will be paying thousands and thousands for years to come, JUST FOR IRAQ. Your dollars poured down this black hole have surely been a major contributor to the recession, and the drastic fall in the value of the U.S. dollar. INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE, THIS WAR HAS "INVESTED" IN WASTE . . wasted lives, dollars, the reputation of the U.S. world-wide. It is truly difficult to overstate this horrible, horrible cost.
So, come out and let your voice be heard! For a flier about the event, Click Here.
-Saturday, December 8, 2007-
ANNUAL PEACE ON EARTH HOLIDAY BAZAAR!
Support local peace, social justice and environmental organizations and avoid the commercialization of the holidays by purchasing alternative gifts at the Annual Peace on Earth Holiday Bazaar, Saturday, December 8, 2007, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Location: Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 4011 Ohio Street (corner of Ohio and Lincoln in North Park). Gift items will include t-shirts, holiday cards, calendars, buttons, peace jewelry, books, imported goods, free trade coffee and tea, ornaments, soap products, lotions and more! Come hungry! Come thirsty! Middle Eastern food, ice cream and other goodies including baked goods, coffee, cold sodas and hot spiced cider will be available for purchase. For more information, please contact the Peace Resource Center of San Diego, 619-263-9301 or e-mail info@prcsd.org or Project YANO, 760-634-3604.
Click here for downloadable flier.
-Sunday, November 18, 2007-
PEACE RESOURCE CENTER'S 27TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
PLEASE JOIN US TO CELEBRATE THE PEACE RESOURCE CENTER'S 27TH ANNIVERSARY! Souper Supper: Enjoy a variety of soups (vegetarian and vegan) and breads prepared by our Peace Cooks!
Sunday, November 18, 2007;
5:30-8:30 p.m. Doors open 5:30 p.m.; Dinner 6:00 -7:00 p.m. Program: 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Suggested Donation $20 to ??? Sliding scale; $5 children under twelve
Location: First Church of the Brethren,
3850 Westgate Place, San Diego, CA 92105
Please join us for an evening celebrating our accomplishments this year, including the beginning of the raising of the walls of our new building!
Musical Guest: Peggy Watson, New CD just released "Just Like You and Me"; Special Appearance byThe San Diego Puppet Insurgency
Reservations and info, please call 619-263-9301 or e-mail info@prcsd.org
For a flier about the event, please click here.
POSTPONED-Saturday, October 27, 2007-
MARCH AND RALLY TO END THE WAR IN IRAQ;
FUND HEALTHCARE NOT WARFARE!
Posted October 25: Dear Members of the San Diego Peace and Justice Community,
After much discussion and with very heavy hearts, the planning group for this Saturday's March and Rally has decided that the event must be postponed due to the firestorm catastrophe unfolding in our county. We discussed links we see with shortages of local resources, the outcomes they've had on our fire crisis and the enormity of the devastation of Iraq. We debated whether the larger community would be open to this message. We decided, finally, that now was not the time for such a public discussion but rather a time for coming together in support of those most impacted by the fire's destruction.
With this in mind, we would like to urge each and every person who planned to come to the demonstration this Saturday to volunteer and/or contribute to relief efforts - especially for those who find themselves outside of the traditional safety net. Suggestions include the collection point at Chicano Park and the Displaced Farm Worker Drive. Please find details at www.sdcpj.org
We will seek to re-schedule the demonstration for the near future and appreciate your understanding.
We will also be posting links at www.sdcpj.org to the demonstration in Los Angeles for those who would like to travel there in solidarity of the National call date this Saturday.
Again, thank you for your understanding.
The Planning Group for Oct. 27th and the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice
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Postponed: Gather 12 Noon, Horton Plaza, Downtown San Diego, 4th and Broadway; March to Pantoja Park Park from 1-3 p.m.
The U.S. war in Iraq is responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis and over 3700 American military personnel with tens of thousands more injured. It's time for peace and social justice activists and those fighting for universal healthcare to unite! Change the twisted priorities in this country. Please join us in an historic march in Sn Diego to demand that our government bring our troops home now, fund universal quality health care not war, and stop neglecting our vets.
Click here for flier (English)
Click here for flier (Spanish)
-Wednesday, October 17, 2007-
SPAGHETTI DINNER AT THE BIG KITCHEN!
Support the Peace Resource Center and San Diego Street Light Newspaper by joining us for a SPAGHETTI DINNER at the Big Kitchen!
3003 Grape Street, San Diego, 92101; Includes meat or veggie sauce, garlic bread, salad, tea, coffee lemonade and a brownie.
6-8 p.m.; Suggested minimum donation $10--? sliding scale.
Music by whoever brings an instrument: This could be your big chance!
Please buy tickets in advance or RSVP so we will know how much food to prepare by calling Allen 619-282-4358 or Sue 858-274-8447
www.prcsd.org or www.streetlightnews.org
-Saturday and Sunday, October 6 & 7, 2007-
STOP BLACKWATER ENCAMPMENT AND RALLY!
Click here for more details
- Sat., June 30, 2007 -
ANNUAL WORK-A-THON FOR PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
On June 30, volunteers will do light construction tasks including inside wall framing (mostly with screwguns), assorted maintenance tasks, and outside planting, mulching and replacement planting in permaculture landscape areas. Location: City Heights, San Diego. Time frame: 9 am to mid-afternoon (people can work all or part of this). Workers are asked to solicit sponsorships from family members, friends, em ployers, etc., to match their contribution of labor with a donation. To volunteer as a worker, please complete and re turn the bottom coupon now and an information packet will be sent to you. You should begin collecting sponsor ships right away using the form on the back of this flier to record sponsors’ names and contributions/pledges.
Download and print out a Flyer/Signup Sheet/Sponsor List
For more Work-a-thon information, contact the Peace Resource Center, 619-263-9301, or Project YANO, 760-634-3604
- Saturday, June 24, 2006 -
ANNUAL WORK-A-THON FOR PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
This annual event, organized like a walk-a-thon or bike-a-thon, is cosponsored by the Peace Resource Center of San Diego and Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities. For the third year in a row, volunteers will donate a day of labor to help construct the new Friends Center, an energy-efficient building that will be a center for peace and social justice activity in San Diego. The work on June 24 will include installing landscape irrigation lines, preparing components for wall framing, weeding and adding new plants to the permaculture landscape. Check-in time is 9-9:30 a.m., work will continue until around mid-afternoon.
For a downloadable flyer, including signup form, click here.
For more information, contact: Work-a-thon 2006, c/o PRC, 3850 Westgate Place, San Diego, CA 92105; phone 619-263-9301 or 760-634-3604; email prcsandiego@igc.org or ProjYANO@aol.com.
- SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2006 -
DIFFERENT PATHS TO A COMMONG GOAL: PEACE
Jewish, Christian, & Muslim speakers share how
their passionate peacemaking is rooted in faith, with guest speakers... Congressman Bob Filner, Azim Khamisa,
Linda K.Williams/Sylvia Boaz Leighton
WHERE: First Church of the Brethren of San Diego,
3850 Westgate Place, San Diego CA 92105
6:30-7:00 pm Fair Trade coffee/tea, goodies, book signing, tabling, fellowship,
music by guitarist " KEV" (Kevin Rones)
7:00-8:00 pm: Speakers
8:00-8:30 pm: Questions & Answers
8:30-9:00 pm: Book Signing
SPONSORED BY: First Church of the Brethren (an historic peace church)
and the Communities of Conscience.
ENDORSED BY:
San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice
Peace Resource Center
Restorative Justice Mediation Program
Tariq Khamisa Foundation
Global Village Foundation
POSSIBLE WAR ON IRAN
Saturday, May 6th, at 12p.m., in front of the Federal Building
Come and Join this Peace Demonstration and Rally!
IRAN
COULD BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF
U.S.
NUCLEAR ATTACK, CONVENTIONAL ATTACK, OR SANCTIONS WHICH WOULD BRING DEVASTATION TO THE IRANIAN PEOPLE AND TO THE WHOLE REGION
With the majority of the people in this country now opposing the war in
Iraq
, it is almost inconceivable that the Bush Administration could be planning to launch another illegal, immoral war.
DATE: SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2006 FROM 12-2P.M.
LOCATION: 880 FRONT STREET, SAN DIEGO 92101
CONTACT: ALI GOLCHIN: 619-827-8777
SPONSORED BY
The 3rd Anniversary of
the Iraq War
ANTI-WAR RALLY
AND
PEACE FESTIVAL
Saturday, March 18
6TH & LAUREL
BALBOA PARK SAN DIEGO
PEACE FESTIVAL 1:00 - 5:00
ANTI-WAR RALLY 2:00 - 4:00
The week surrounding March 18th will mark the third anniversary of a war that never should have happened -- a war based on lies that continues to devastate the lives of thousands, both in Iraq and the United States.
The San Diego Coalition for Peace & Justice joins our partners in the global antiwar movement in calling for a massive outpouring of opposition to the war in Iraq. We are urging opponents of the war to rally in the park to show outrage for the lies and deception our leaders have inflicted upon the United States and the rest of the world.
The North County Coalition for Peace & Justice will be organizing a "Peace Train" on the Coaster that will arrive at the Santa Fe train station at 1:00. People are encouraged to meet them and march to the park. Please check the NCCP&J website, nccpj.org , for more information.
You can download a flyer about the event at www.sdcpj.org
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16TH ANNUAL
HIGH SCHOOL PEACE WRITING CONTEST
All San Diego City and County high school students, grades 9-12 are invited to participate by submitting essays or creative writing!
This year's topic: "What Can My Generation Do To Help Create a Peaceful World Free of War and Violence?
Deadline: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
For guidelines, including word length, focus, rules and some suggestions for getting started:
click here
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March With the Peace Resource Center in the
Martin Luther King Jr. Parade!
Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006
Assemble 9:30am (march 10am-1pm)
Peace, social justice and environmental advocates are invited to march in the SDCPJ contingent Bring signs and banners reminding people of King's philosophy of peace, social justice and global interdependence. Help us create a large peace and justice contingent to counter the presence in the parade of militaristic organizations like the Navy, JROTC, ROTC, Border Patrol, Police and Sheriff's Department.
NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR: Assembly location will be at Tailgate Park (13th and Imperial Ave.) Parade route will be North on Park Blvd. to "J" Street, West on "J" to 7th, South on 7th Ave. back to Tailgate Park. ARRIVE EARLY and park on side streets. The area will be crowded with members of different parade units, so look for the peace flags, banners and signs we will be carrying.
We will be officially registered as the Peace Resource Center. Our position is Division 2, Number 22. (There will be several separate contingents this year marching together, so you can also ask for the San Diego Coalition for Peace Resource Center.)
More info? Email to: prcsandiego@igc.org or call 619-263-9301
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Peace Resource Center 25th Annniversary Celebration!
Sunday, November 20, 2005
5:30-8:30 p.m.
Dinner, music, community!
Celebrate 25 years of working for peace and justice in San Diego!
For flyer with details click here
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Annual Peace on Earth Holiday Bazaar
Saturday, December 10 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
4011 Ohio St., San Diego (corner of Lincoln and Ohio)
Support local peace, justice and environmental groups by buying socially-responsible gifts this year! 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., . For a flyer about the event, see Bazaar Flyer
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16TH ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL PEACE WRITING CONTEST 2005-2006
"What Can My Generation Do To Help Create
a Peaceful World
Free of War and Violence ?"
Categories: Essay and Creative Writing
For informational flier, including deadline, categories, rules click here
-SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2005 -
ANNUAL
WORK-A-THON FORPEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
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This annual event, organized like a
walk-a-thon or bike-a-thon, is cosponsored by the Peace
Resource Center of San Diego and Project on Youth and Non-Military
Opportunities. For the second year in a row, volunteers
will donate a day of labor to help construct the new Friends
Center, an energy-efficient building that will be a center
for peace and social justice activity in San Diego. The
work on June 4 will include preparing the site for a section
of the building foundation, plus some weed removal. Check-in
time is 9-9:30 a.m., work will continue until around mid-afternoon.
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For more information, contact: Work-a-thon
2005,
c/o PRC, 3850 Westgate Place,
San Diego, CA 92105;
phone
619-263-9301 or 760-634-3604;
email prcsandiego@igc.apc.org or ProjYANO@aol.com.
For a downloadable flyer about the event CLICK
HERE
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