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Apr
Peace Fresno Friends and Members,
UPCOMING PEACE FRESNO EVENTS:
Saturday, April 19
Join members of Peace Fresno at the Female Leadership Academy, a project of Advocacy Coalition of Tulare County (ACT) for Women and Girls. The event takes place at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia. The CSUF Women’s Studies Program is planning to charter a bus for the day. For more information, visit the ACT website at www.actulareco.org or call Erin at (559) 679-2114 or Robyn at (559) 779-6716. Dan Yaseen will be coordinating Peace Fresno’s involvement. He can be reached at (559) 251-3361 or danyaseen@comcast.net.
Monday, April 21, 7 PM
Gathering for Peace, Justice and Reconciliation for Tibet and China. Come join others at the Peace Garden at CSU Fresno at 7 pm. There will be relaxed parking in Lots K and L. This event will include music, speakers and reflection. It is co- sponsored by Campus Peace, Fresno Center for Nonviolence, WILPF, Peace Fresno and others. For more information, contact Dr. Su Kapoor at (559) 435-2212.
Tuesday, April 22, 7:00 PM
Earth Day film at the Unitarian Univeralist Church. Peace Fresno has canceled its meeting and encourages everyone to go watch “Kilowatt Ours.” This documentary explores the issue of energy. For more information contact Connie Young at (559) 225-2547 or visit www.KilowattOurs.org.
Tuesday, April 29, 7 PM
Amy Goodman comes to Fresno. Peace Fresno has canceled its meeting. The Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Committee and KFCF 88.1 FM are co-sponsoring the event. Amy will be speaking at the UU Church, 2672 E. Alluvial in Clovis. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased by calling KFCF at (559) 233-2221 or Steve Sacks at (559) 224-4426.
Saturday, May 3, 10-2 PM
National Healthcare Symposium. This event will take place at Alice Peters Auditorium, Unversity Business Center, CSU Fresno. There will be relaxed parking in Lot J. This event is co-sponsored by CSUF College of Arts and Humanities, CSUF College of Health and Human Services, Physicians for a National Health Program, Peace Fresno and others.
OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST:
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.
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 (559) 251-3361 or danyaseen@comcast.net.
Empty Your Drawers. Social Action Justice abd Dawa (SAJAD) is collecting donations of new and used clothing for the homeless in Fresno. The idea is to collect the close by April 25 for distribution on May 4. For more information, contact Teresa at (559) 360-2699 or teresab81@yahoo.com.
For other events of interest, see the Community Alliance Community Calendar: http://www.fresnoalliance.com/home/calendar.htm.
If you are interested in very informative articles and calls to action, check out http://www.truthout.org or http://commondreams.org.
Finally, check out our updated website at http://www.peacefresno.org.
Peace,
Scott Key
President
Peace Fresno
