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April e-news update 2024
We join Peace Action's call to support critical Humanitarian Aid to UNRWA.
(PA alert: House to take up 4 separate funding bills.)
April 9-19 Wash. DC Cease Fire Now Advocacy Days have begun.
Apr. 18th at 7:30PM ET MA. PA's Peter Metz, peace activist, will share his 3 week March trip to Japan, on zoom.
Apr. 25, (Snow/Rescheduled) Thurs., 12:30-2:00, Always a popular lecturer: Professor Allen on Gandhi and his Critics. Hybrid event.
May 7, Tues. Noon, Warheads to Windmills Book tour in Portland flier, FB event.
John Raby's column for us: Co-Dependency
Maine Gun Safety Coalition update, what we each can do today, where to join the network.
Apr. 20, Sat. MVPR has 4 events to share.
Apr. 20, 21 Peaceworks of Greater Brunswick has 1 event on either day invitation is here.
May 31, Fri., Peace Action Maine 2024 Spring Annual Renewal, Friday Noon! Keynote Lindsay Koshgarian. Read her opinion piece on TAX DAY HERE.
If you missed the NY PA affiliate event, two remarkable historians talk about the beginnings of Peace Action and the years that followed. The link to the recording is HERE.
Save the Dates: Update: 350.org and VFP Climate Crisis and Militarism are planning to coordinate actions nationwide. Webinar recording   (Slides) Help raise awareness of the military’s role in the Climate Crisis, take action- by protesting the airshow in our community. FMI: Aug 3-4 Thunderbirds in Maine
Remembering the COSTS OF WAR: US Budgetary costs: $8 Trillion, Human Toll: 905,000-940,000 (Direct Deaths), People Displaced: 38 Million
July 27, 1997 Boston Globe Pictured Mirlam Barteaux and Wells Staley-Mays. (Thanks to the Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm event table.)
What's happening is unacceptable – we must stand up for peace and justice.
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