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APRIL Peace Calendar

 Thu. Mar. 29, 6:30pm Veterans for Peace Monthly meeting.  Dryhootch, 1030 E Brady. Contact Paul Moriarity for more details. 801-7679

Mon. Apr. 2, 7pm. “Democracy in Crisis: From Economic Austerity to Racism” Dr. Cornel West  UWM Union Wisconsin Room. Sponsored by: SDS, Occupy Milwaukee, Black Student Union, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Union Programming, Union Sociocultural Programming, Campus Activities Board, Cultures and Communities, Department of History. Tickets are free at the UWM Bookstore. 

Wed. Apr. 4, 7pm Movie screening: Peter Joseph lecture – “Social Pathology”.  How our society creates terrible mental problems, especially regarding violence and economics, and a plan for how to change it.   Popcorn and soda provided. Peace Action Center. Contact Deb Metke for info:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sat.  Apr. 7  Milwaukee Stand for Peace. Take a stand against the U.S. War and Occupation in Afghanistan. 12, noon-1pm EVERY SAT at various intersections. Locations on page 5.

Sat.  Apr. 7, 1:30pm  Socialist Party of Milwaukee Meeting. Peace Action Center. 

Tues. Apr. 6, 7pm Movie screening: Peter Joseph lecture – “Social Pathology”.  How our society creates terrible mental problems, especially regarding violence and economics, and a plan for how to change it.   Popcorn and soda provided. Contact Deb Metke for info:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Tue.  Apr. 10,  7pm WI Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba Monthly Meeting. Central United Methodist Church, 639 N. 25th Street.

Thu.  Apr. 12, 7pm Disarmament Committee Meeting Peace Action Center. Nuclear Disarmament Committee meets the second Thursday of every month. All are welcome to join! 

Thu.  Apr. 12, 7:30 “The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration and Abuse” Author & Law Prof. Marjorie Cohn, past president, Natl. Lawyers Guild. UWM Union Room 280, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. Sponsored by the Progressive Students of Milwaukee, National Lawyers Guild- Milwaukee Chapter, WI Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba and Peace Action Wisconsin. Free and open to the public.

Sat. Apr. 14, 7pm. 25th Annual Earth Poets & Musicians Performances Urban Ecology Center, 1500 E. Park Place Jahmes Finlayson, Holly Haebig, Louisa Loveridge-Gallas, Jeff Poniewaz, Suzanne Rosenblatt, Harvey Taylor Special Guests: DENA ARONSON & MICHELLE HATFIELD. Interactive poetry and music for the whole family, share your own earth poems. 8pm Earth Poets and Musicians perform. Free Admission, Donations to the Urban Ecology Center Welcome

Tue. Apr. 18, noon. Casa Maria War Tax Resistance Tax Day Vigil.  The vigil is from noon to 1pm with anyone wishing to participate in a nonviolent act of civil disobedience welcome to join us shortly after 1pm. Please call us for more details or for last minute changes.Army Recruiting Center on 3133 N. Oakland 

Wed. Apr. 18, 6pm Friends of Palestine Monthly Meeting  Capitol Library, 74th and Capitol.  Friends of Palestine meets the third Wednesday of every month. 

Wed. Apr. 18, 7pm “A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City Bombing” film screening. Co-producer and narrator Chris Emery will be available for discussion. Friends Meeting House: 3224 N Gordon Pl. Sponsored by Take a Stand for 9/11 Truth. 

Thu. Apr. 19, 5:30pm Fashionably Fair Trade Dinner, Auction, and Fashion Show. Southminster Presbyterian Church, 200 Richard Street, Waukesha. Tickets are $50. Please contact the Plowshare Center for more information. 262-547-5188 orwww.plowsharecenter.org

Sat. Apr. 21-28: Seventh Annual Progressive Latin American Film Series at UWM. Join Latin America Solidarity Committee, Peace Action-WI, and a host of other sponsors for this year’s film fest. The series features progressive films that explore Latin American politics and culture, free of charge. On Monday, April 23, in UWM’s Union Theatre at 7:00pm, attend a special director’s screening with Emmy-award-winner Saul Landau of his latest film, “Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up?” All films at 7:00 nightly, rooms & films to be announced.

Sat.  Apr. 21, 8pm  25th Annual Earth Poets & Musicians Performance. The Coffee House,  631 North 19th Street. Jahmes Finlayson, Holly Haebig, Louisa Loveridge-Gallas, Jeff Poniewaz, Suzanne Rosenblatt, Harvey Taylor. SPECIAL GUEST: Michael Pettit. Admission: $5.00.  Contacts: Harvey Taylor 414-265-2549or Suzanne Rosenblatt  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sun. April 22, 6pm Peace Action's 35th Anniversary Celebration and Dinner. The Islamic Society of Milwaukee Community Center Hall, 815 W. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee. Dinner by Aladdin's Middle Eastern Cuisine. Music by a collective of Peace Action musicians who have contributed to our culture of peace. Special guest speaker is activist and award-winning filmmaker Saul Landau.  $35 Per Person, $50 "No More Nukes" Sponsor, $100 "Fund Human Needs" Sponsor, $350 "No More Wars" Sponsor. Please RSVP by calling Peace Action at (414) 964-5158.

Tue. Apr. 24, 7pm End the Wars Committee  Peace 
Action Center. ETW Committee meets the 4th Tuesday of every month. All are welcome to join!

Fri. Apr. 27 and Sat.  Apr. 28. Boston Store Community Days. Donate $5 to Peace Action and receive a coupon book with more than $200 worth of discounts, good at any Boston Store (or affiliates) nationwide. Coupon books are available now through the PAWI store, so call or come in today!

May newsletter deadline:  Tues Apr. 17
May newsletter mailing: Tues. Apr. 24

Peace Action Wisconsin Affiliate Events

Thu. Apr. 5 and 19, 7 pm, Racine Coalition for a Just Peace Meeting Cup of Hope coffee shop, 507-6th Street.  All  are welcome.   Info: Dick Kinch at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

Fri. Apr. 6,  Lakeshore Peacemakers Peace Vigil. Manitowoc. 4:30-5pm, 8th & Maritime. Stand for peace is held on the first Friday each month.

Fri. Apr. 6, Sheboygan Stand for Peace and Justice. EVERY FRIDAY, 4:15-5:15, 9th & Erie. Sponsored by Sheboygan PeaceSeekers. Contact Chris Kuehnel,920.918.2405.

Sat. Apr. 14, Peaceseekers of Washington County Stand for Peace. West Bend. 11:30am-12:30pm, corner of Decorah & Main. Information: Tom Haebig,262.334.3179.  

Sat. Apr. 21, Monthly Racine Stand for Peace. 10-11am, northwest corner of Hwys. 20 & 31. 

For other vigils in Wisconsin check WI Network for Peace and Justice website:www.wnpj.org

 

 

Our Mission

Peace Action-Wisconsin is a peace and justice organization that works for a world where human needs are met, the environment is preserved, and the threats of war and nuclear weapons have been abolished. We are committed to non-violence as a way of life and offer our members opportunities for education, lobbying and public witness.

“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

-Martin Luther King, Jr., "Strength to Love" (1963)