Sept. 23, 24,& 25. Common Ground Country Fair. Last call for table volunteers!
Includes a free ticket for the day's admission, 2 hr. time slots. Contact info@peaceactionme.org. (FMI follow links embedded in sidebar graphics)
Peace Action Call:
write ME US Reps and call for diplomacy in Ukraine! John Raby's Maine petition will be at our CGCF table, along with his
explanatory piece that highlights Arias proposal.
Oct 1, 11:30-12:30
Call by Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm BIW. In solidarity with Global Network's
Keep Space for Peace Week Oct 1-8.
Oct 2, Sunday, 7-8 pm.
Register here for Peace Action Maine's Annual Keynote Address: with
Erik Edstrom, author of
Un-American and lead chapter in
Paths of Dissent. Talking American Militarism and Climate with our neighbors. Erik Edstrom graduated from West Point in 2007 and deployed to direct combat as an infantry officer in Afghanistan. He is the author of
Un-American: A Soldier’s Reckoning of our Longest War and a Senior Fellow at the
Eisenhower Media Network. He holds a graduate degree in
climate science from the University of Oxford. We hope you can join us. Look for his autographed books at the Common Ground Country Fair!
Ukraine Update:
Somerville's Brian Milakovsky continues work that includes evacuating civilians from eastern Ukraine (on Sept. 11, 117 people from
Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, and Pokrovsk) and helping with delivery of humanitarian aid. Donations still welcome: https://gofund.me/4e4a919d
Peace Action affiliates and peace activists from PA, NJ, RI, MA, NH, & ME(photo)- listening, learning and connecting at the fall World Fellowship Center retreat. We plan to continue this work together.
Lest we forget the
COSTS OF WAR:
New report: Costs of Threat Inflation
-8 TRILLION Dollars
-1.2 BILLION Metric Tons of GHGases,
-38 MILLION Displaced,
- 929,000 Dead.
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