tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169576142011-06-07T22:19:02.765-08:00www.alaskapeace.orgPaul Adasiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594124840553279378noreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-20242638969219537062008-08-12T14:39:00.001-08:002008-08-12T15:25:38.482-08:00

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This Friday, Sept.22, the Alaska Peace Center willhost a potluck (6pm) and DVD Presentations (7pm)ofPeace Warriors Camilo Mejia and Kathy Kelly who willbe coming to Fairbanks in person Oct.3 and 9th. After serving 6 months in Iraq, Camilo's conscienceled him to refuse orders he believed to be illegal. He was courtmartialed and served 9 months in the brig,but continues to have the courage to

David Bantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08075370433426279954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1154768029390800392006-08-05T00:53:00.000-08:002006-08-05T00:53:50.740-08:00

Peace and Justice Groups in Fairbanks, AlaskaAlaska IMPACT Richard K. Heacock, Jr. ; 474-0700Alaska IMPACT is an Interfaith Educational Legislative Network for Alaskans who care about Peace, Justice, and Creation. Publications include background papers on critical issues called PREPARE, current status of issues called UPDATE, and ACTION alerts. Membership is $20 per year and the annual meeting

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There will be a contradance and auction fundraiser for the Alaska Peace Center dance on Saturday, August 19th with live and lively music byFrostfire and calling by Lynn Bashamy. There will also be food, auction items, fascinating conversation and information on the groups that are connected with APC.Place: Pioneer Park Dance Hall. 8 pm. The suggested donation is $10.00. For more information,

Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12082325680619266399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1154765622864961862006-08-05T00:13:00.000-08:002006-08-05T00:15:33.563-08:00

The Alaska Peace Center has a booth at the Tanana Valley Fair Friday, August 4th, throughSaturday, August 12th (2006). It is in the Borealis Pavilion, near the north end andcoincidentally directly across the aisle from some recruiters.One of the main emphases at the booth is Positive Opportunities: Alternatives to Enlistment,and Truth in Recruiting (posopps@yahoo.com: see entry from last winter

Heather Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12082325680619266399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1145485786339744132006-04-19T14:24:00.000-08:002006-04-19T14:29:46.433-08:00

Hello again, This April we will be addressing an important issue of environmental justice with our monthly potluck and program. On Friday April 28 Abel Bult-Ito will be giving a presentation on depleted uranium. The potluck will begin at 6:00pm and be followed by the presentation.I really enjoying seeing you at these monthly gatherings. Thank you so much for making them such a big success.Safia

Safiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875441511725155144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1145484476147844522006-04-19T14:00:00.000-08:002006-04-19T14:07:57.086-08:00

Hello peace folk, I want to belatedly let you all know how meaningful the March 19 vigil was. Thank you all for helping to remember the beginning of this multiyear tragedy in Iraq. In a real way we were part of an international communtiy all standing for peace on that night...may we continue to be so.Here are a few pictures David Koester took at the event.

Safiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875441511725155144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1143156585157436482006-03-23T13:54:00.000-09:002006-03-23T18:53:30.566-09:00

Parents and other community members concerned about military recruitment in our schools are working to lessen or at least bring balance to the access afforded recruiters and their propaganda. We first met December, 2004; a loose group of individuals who heard by word of mouth. Since then our activities have included: Networking to share information about recruitment and

Safiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875441511725155144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1141875320264937222006-03-08T18:28:00.000-09:002006-03-17T07:12:34.726-09:00

Sunday, March 19 marks the eve of the third anniversary of our invasion of Iraq. Join us at the Alaska Peace Center to mark this grave event -- come to honor those who have fallen in the last three years and those whose lives have been changed forever, come walk with us one step at a time towards the promise of a peaceful tomorrow.The Alaska Peace Center will host a potluck on Sunday, March 19

Safiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875441511725155144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1138740816850264012006-01-31T11:51:00.000-09:002006-01-31T16:30:26.886-09:00

Come join us for our inaugural monthly potluck and program on Friday Feb. 17!This first monthly peace presentation is sponsored by the Alaska Peace Center's Chapter at a Time (CHAAT) book club "Educating Ourselves About Peace". We'll be sharing what we've learned about a progressive, modern peace maker, Oscar Arias, former president and current presidential candidate of Costa Rica. We will also

Safiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875441511725155144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1138333686253292532006-01-26T18:43:00.000-09:002006-01-26T18:48:06.470-09:00

CHAAT Book Club"Educating ourselves about peace." The CHAAT Book Club will next meet on Tuesday, February 7th, at 6pm at the Alaska Peace Center. We will be discussing the final chapter in Scott Hunt's The Future of Peace about Jane Goodall. We will also be choosing our next book.Everyone is welcome and encouraged!

Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953620791597287446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1138254637517092772006-01-25T20:45:00.000-09:002006-01-25T20:50:37.830-09:00

1/28/06 "The Corporation""The Corporation" takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. American law defines the business corporation organizational model as legally a person. In the twenty-first century the coporation is the dominate economic, political and social force. Looking at the corporation as a person offers an insight into the

Blair & Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15092616708413255062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1137364036324177122006-01-15T13:06:00.000-09:002006-01-15T13:27:18.486-09:00

The CHAAT book club will be meeting on January 24th at 6pm at the Alaska Peace Center. We will be discussing the 6th chapter in The Future of Peace about Maha Ghosananda.Everyone is welcome and encouraged.Hope to see you there!Chapter At A Time book clubEducating ourselves about peace.

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On January 13, 2006 the Fairbanks Coalition for Peace and Justice will present “The War Crimes Trial of George Bush, Puppet President of the United States.” This courtroom drama presents a compilation of published evidence and testimony about illegal, covert and military actions of U.S. agents under the authority and/or direction of the president. Beginning with a review of war crimes covered

David Koesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232256092500154044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1136173542962791112006-01-01T18:39:00.000-09:002006-01-01T18:45:43.110-09:00

CHAAT Book Club"Educating ourselves about peace" The CHAAT book club will be meeting on Tuesday, January 10th at 6pm in the Alaska Peace Center. We will be discussing the next chapter in Scott Hunt's The Future of Peace which is about Oscar Arias. Oscar Arias served as president of the Republic of Costa Rica from 1986-1990. In 1987 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end

Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953620791597287446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1135985453949344712005-12-30T14:30:00.000-09:002006-01-31T17:05:02.613-09:00

1:30-5pm Sunday January 8th:"Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties"A film by Nonny de la Peña, sponsored by the ACLUhttp://www.publicinterestpictures.org/unconstitutional/at the Alaska Peace Center, 507 GaffneyLocally sponsored byFairbanks Bill of Rights Defense CommitteeA potluck and discussion will follow.For more information, contact Karen Parr at 488-2555.

David Bantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08075370433426279954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1135061437932567582005-12-19T21:43:00.000-09:002005-12-19T21:52:18.616-09:00

Volunteer to provide important information about military discharges, resolving AWOL/UA status, applying for conscientious objector status, filing grievances and other issues faced by many military personnel.Counselor training will be held Saturday and Sunday, January 14-15, 2006 at the Alaska Peace Center in Fairbanks. There is no charge for the training but donations are requested to help pay

Alison Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347971726849037095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1134661669777027512005-12-15T06:43:00.000-09:002005-12-15T06:47:50.050-09:00

"CHapter At A Time" Book ClubEducating Ourselves About PeaceThe CHAAT book club will be meeting on Tuesday, December 27th at 6pm at the Alaska Peace Center on Gaffney between Cushman and Noble. We will be discussing the chapter on Vietnam's Thich Quang Do. As always, everyone is welcome and encouraged. Hope to see you there.

Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953620791597287446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1134006724007638262005-12-07T16:45:00.000-09:002005-12-07T16:58:54.346-09:00

Open House Friday December 9th, 5 to 9 pm at the Alaska Peace Center, 507 Gaffney (just North of Airport between Cushman & Noble)The Fairbanks community is invited to the Peace Center to learn about various peace and justice related groups in town. There will be live music and finger food (your pot luck contribution welcome!), and lots of information...The groups that use the building have been

David Bantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08075370433426279954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1133797640591821102005-12-05T06:46:00.000-09:002005-12-05T06:47:20.896-09:00

The Chapter At A Time (CHAAT) book club will be meeting next Tuesday, December 13th at the Alaska Peace Center at 6pm. We will be discussing the third chapter in Scott Hunt's The Future of Peace about peace leaders in the Isreal - Palestine conflict.As always, all are welcome and encouraged!

Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953620791597287446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1133160556761283302005-11-27T21:46:00.000-09:002005-11-27T21:50:10.496-09:00

The CHapter At A Time (CHAAT) book club will be meeting this Tuesday, 11/29, at the Alaska Peace Center (on Gaffney between Noble and Cushman) at 6pm. The chapter we are reading is the 2nd chapter--on the Dalai Lama--in Scott Hunt's The Future of Peace. As always, everyone is welcome and encouraged. See you there.(Posted on behalf of Mark Billingsley.)

Paul Adasiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594124840553279378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1131464361745507662005-11-08T06:36:00.000-09:002005-11-08T18:10:39.313-09:00

The CHAAT (Chapter At A Time) book club will next meet on Tuesday, 11/15 at 6pm at the Alaska Peace Center. The reading assignment is chapter 1 of Scott A. Hunt's The Future of Peace: On the Frontlines with the World’s Great Peacemakers. Hope to see you there!

Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953620791597287446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1131353650185924152005-11-07T00:08:00.000-09:002005-11-07T00:06:31.896-09:00

Tarika Lea presents:

Paul Adasiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594124840553279378noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1131354082014968952005-11-07T00:01:00.000-09:002005-11-07T00:03:04.446-09:00

Though the Alaska Peace Center has no activities planned for Friday, November 11, some APC associates are sponsoring a peace presentation at UAF's Wood Center Ballroom. Posted on behalf of Tarika Lea and Jeanne Olson:There's a bit of modification to the scheduling of events for Friday, November 11th. In recognition of this national holiday (it still feels right to call it Armistice Day), there

Paul Adasiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594124840553279378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1131332004731526502005-11-06T17:49:00.000-09:002005-11-06T18:45:18.406-09:00

Alaska Peace Center is organizing local training for volunteers interested in supporting our military through G.I. Rights Hotline counseling.The G.I. Rights Hotline is a national 800 number staffed by trained volunteer counselors from a coalition of nonprofit, non-governmental organizations who provide information to members of the military about discharges, grievance and complaint procedures,

Paul Adasiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594124840553279378noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1129868784652879242005-10-20T20:24:00.000-08:002005-10-20T20:26:24.656-08:00

The CHAAT book club met for its 2nd meeting on Tuesday at the Alaska Peace Center (despite the poor weather) and discussed part two of Thich Nhat Hanh's Peace is Every Step. Our next meeting, where we'll cover the last part of the book, will be Tuesday, November 1st, at 6pm at the Alaska Peace Center. All are welcome and encouraged.At Tuesday’s meeting we also chose Scott A. Hunt's The Future of

Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953620791597287446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1129583437399773602005-10-17T13:01:00.000-08:002005-10-17T13:10:37.403-08:00

An unexpected event has come up, and very few of our board will actually be able to attend tonight's scheduled meeting. We are re-scheduling the meeting for next week at 5:30 on Monday, October 24.We apologize for the short notice.

Paul Adasiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594124840553279378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1129254676713381922005-10-13T17:50:00.000-08:002005-10-13T17:51:16.720-08:00

Last Tuesday, October 4th, the CHAAT (“Chapter At A Time”) book club had its first meeting and things went very well. We discussed Part 1 of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Peace is Every Step. There is still room for more members and all are welcome. The next meeting is on Tuesday, October 18th at 6pm at the Alaska Peace Center. If you’re interested in joining us, please come by. Because the book has

Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953620791597287446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1129252335682013012005-10-13T17:04:00.000-08:002005-10-13T17:12:15.690-08:00

APC's next meeting for the general membership is 6:30 pm Monday 17 October.APC's Board meets just prior to the general meeting, at 5:30 pm.All interested parties are invited to participate in these meetings. Come to learn about ongoing APC activitites and volunteer opportunities, help plan future endeavors, and share your ideas with others working for peace.

David Bantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08075370433426279954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1127528931125272942005-09-23T18:28:00.000-08:002005-09-24T14:32:28.156-08:00

CH.A.A.T.Book Club“Chapter At A Time”First Meeting: Tuesday, October 4th 6:15 P.M.Biweekly thereafterFirst Book: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Peace Is Every StepRead Part 1 for the 1st MeetingMeeting Location: Alaska Peace Center—507 Gaffney Roadbetween Cushman and Noble, previously the Stone Soup CafeAll books will be Peace related, i.e. alternative solutions, nonviolence, historical leaders, etc.Contact

Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953620791597287446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957614.post-1127283708392634432005-08-31T12:43:00.000-08:002005-09-21T09:22:42.440-08:00

Welcome to the new APC web site! On this page, you'll find postings about all our news and events. To learn more about the APC's mission and activities, follow the links at right. Help us build peace in our lives and peace in the world. We welcome your involvement.

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