Peace Fresno Friends and Members,
UPCOMING PEACE FRESNO EVENTS:
Saturday, March 29, 10 AM
Annual Chavez Day March. Peace Fresno invites you to join the march which starts at Holmes Playground.
Saturday, March 29, 1-5 PM
South Valley Peace Center commemorates 4000 American dead in . The commemoration begins at the corner of Akers and 198 in Visalia then will travel to other communities. For more information, Uncle Bill at 782-9265 or warner1@sosinet.net.Iraq
Sunday, March 30, 1 PM
Memorial for Cynthia Loweburg. Potluck with music at North Fork Town Hall.
Sunday, March 30, 12-5 PM
Peace Fresno will table at the Mariachi Festival at the Fresno Convention Center, 700 M. Street, Fresno. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Dan Yaseen at (559)251-3361 or danyaseen@comcast.net.
Tuesday, April 1, 7:00 PM
Peace Fresno business meeting to discuss future action. All are welcome. We meet at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness, Fresno.
Friday, April 4, 4:30-6:30 PM
Join us at the Peace Corner as we encourage motorists to call Congress to stop the war! The Peace Corner is located at Blackstone and Shaw in Fresno.
Saturday, April 5, 10-6 PM
Peace Fresno will table and flyer at Fashion Fair Mall. We will be handing out “Stop the Funding” flyers and asking people to sign a petition. If you are interested, please contact Dan Yaseen at (559) 251-3361 or danyaseen@comcast.net.
Saturday, April 12
Pace e Bene workshop sponsored by the Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative. Peace Fresno is a co-sponsor of this event. This workshop providing training in nonviolent living and communication, peacemaking, and creative nonviolence as a process for social transformation. For more information, contact (559)346-1680 or marme@sbcglobal.net.
Tuesday, April 29, 7 PM
Amy Goodman comes to Fresno. The Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Committee and KFCK 88.1FM are co-sponsoring the event. Amy and her brother David will be speaking at the UU Church, 2672 E. Alluvial in Clovis. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased by calling KFCF at 233-2221 or Steve Sacks at 224-4426.
OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST:
Saturday, March 29, 10:00-3:00 PM
Local Candidates Forum. This event will be held at Fresno City College in the Faculty Dining Room (corner of Weldon and College avenues) with Jack Nolan of KSEE24 as moderator.
Thursday, April 10, 7 PM
Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Meeting at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 2672 E. Alluvial in Clovis.
now - May 1
“Dream what we can become and rejoice.” Chavez Adult School in downtown Fresno. FREE. See 155 powerful, revealing photos of the farm workers movement by George Elfie Ballis. For more information, check out www.sunmt.org. Elifie will be hosting a special showing during ART HOP on Thursday, April 3, 5-8 PM.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST:
Counter Recruitment: Peace Fresno is a member of the Central Valley Counter Recruitment Coalition which visits Fresno high schools to distribute literature and talk with kids about alternatives to military service. We always need more volunteers. If you would like to help, contact Dan Yaseen at 251-3361 or danyaseen@comcast.net.
For other events of interest, see the Community Alliance Community Calendar: http://www.fresnoalliance.com/home/calendar.htm.
Peace,
Scott Key
President
Peace Fresno
