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Lansing (MI) City Council to Consider Lansing MOVE TO AMEND...

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:35:43 -0400

Lansing (MI) City Council to Consider Lansing MOVE TO AMEND Proposal on August 6, 2012

The Truth About the Rich as “Jobs Creators” This TED...

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:43:00 -0400

The Truth About the Rich as “Jobs Creators”

This TED talk is incredibly honest and truthful.

Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear (www.beyondnuclear.org) talks to...

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:44:20 -0400

Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear (www.beyondnuclear.org) talks to the Peace Education Center about Ontario, Canada’s plans for a deep underground dump (DUD) for nuclear waste on the Great Lakes. The conversation took place in Lansing, Michigan, on May 2, 2012 and was an offshoot of the showing of the documentary, “Into Eternity.”

1870 Response to War: A Mother’s Day Proclamation This...

Sun, 13 May 2012 12:26:00 -0400

1870 Response to War: A Mother’s Day Proclamation

This photo of Code Pink activists is an appropriate message and reminder for today.

Mother’s Day was originally created after the U.S. Civil War as a call for peace. Too many women had lost sons in the Civil War and Julia Ward Howe penned “A Mother’s Day Proclamation.” which is a call for women to protest war and to end the use of their sons to kill the sons of other women. Her words (below) still resonate today.

A MOTHER’S DAY PROCLAMATION

by Julia Ward Howe

Arise, then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts,
whether our baptism be that of water or of fears!

Say firmly: “We will not have great questions decided by
irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking
with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be
taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach
them of charity, mercy and patience.

We women of one country will be too tender of those of another
country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From
the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own.
It says “Disarm, Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance
of justice.”

Blood does not wipe our dishonor nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons
of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a
great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women,
to bewail and commemorate the dead.

Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as to the
means whereby the great human family can live in peace, each
bearing after their own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
but of God.

In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that a
general congress of women without limit of nationality may be
appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient and at
the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the
alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement
of international questions, the great and general interests of
peace.

Julia Ward Howe
Boston
1870

The 10 Most Disturbing Facts About Racial Inequality in the U.S. Criminal Justice System

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:32:57 -0400

The 10 Most Disturbing Facts About Racial Inequality in the U.S. Criminal Justice System:...

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Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:13:07 -0400

Peace Education Center Launches Women’s Rights Task Force in East Lansing, Michigan

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:33:00 -0400

From the Desk of Melissa Osborn, Co-Chair of the Peace Education Center The Peace Education Center...

Games people play.

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:06:10 -0500

Games people play.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:01:01 -0500

Grand Rapids, Michigan

“Socialist!” by Roy Zimmerman with Rick Overton

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:45:05 -0500

“Socialist!” by Roy Zimmerman with Rick Overton

So... I noticed a trend in my shirts today...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:56:02 -0500

timelord-of-the-coldplayers:

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Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:18:52 -0500

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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:50:25 -0500

“It’s not in the best interest of this country to...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:46:12 -0500

“It’s not in the best interest of this country to start another with Iran.” — Rita Jacobs of Holt, Michigan USA

Citizen commentary from Rita Jacobs of Holt, Michigan, who talks about the prospect of U.S. war with Iran. The comments and protest were part of the “No War on Iran: The National Day of Protest” on February, 4, 2012. Jacobs’ comments were part of a protest in front of U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (Republican - MI 8th Congressional District) office in Lansing, Michigan.

“Tell Them to start concentrating on our own country and...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:51:54 -0500

“Tell Them to start concentrating on our own country and start moving toward a peaceful society, instead of getting into everyone else’s business.” — Tam Heaton, Lansing, Michigan USA

Lansing, Michigan resident Tam Heaton talks about the prospects of U.S. war on Iran, an interview recorded by the Peace Education Center at the February 4, 2012, rally for the “No War on Iran: The National Day of Action.”

“We need to put our energies toward peacemaking.”...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:52:18 -0500

“We need to put our energies toward peacemaking.” — Dick Preston, Lansing, Michigan USA

A new video interview from the Peace Education Center at last Saturday’s action in Lansing, Michigan, for the “No War on Iran: The National Day of Action.” Here Lansing resident Dick Preston talks about the prospects of U.S. war on Iran.

Words & Afterwards: Free Collage Workshops for Mid-Michigan...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:59:22 -0500

Words & Afterwards: Free Collage Workshops for Mid-Michigan in February

Event: Words & Afterwards: Free Collage Workshops

Two Available Sessions
When: Monday, February 13, 2012, 7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Where: RCAH Art Studio, Snyder-Phillips Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

When: Monday, February 20, 2012, 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Where: RCAH Art Studio, Snyder-Phillips Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

This free collage workshop is for adults and high-school aged youth, artists and first-time art-makers. The same session is offered twice — Feb. 13, 2012, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. and Feb. 20, 2012, 4:00 p.m. -6:30 p.m. — at the RCAH Art Studio (basement Snyder-Phillips Hall) at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. There are 15 spots per session. Register at 517.897.5833 or by email to melissahasbrook[at]gmail[dot]com.

Gail Bohner (visual artist, artist educator) and Melissa Dey Hasbrook (writer, community organizer) use image and word to explore stories and attitudes about violence and healing. Violence is widely applied, including war, bullying, hate speech and crimes, domestic and sexual violence, and suicide. Healing is a process for survivors, including those left behind after someone’s death.

Work by participants becomes part of a community collaboration that culminates in an exhibition at (SCENE) Metrospace of East Lansing from April 27 to June 24, 2012. The workshop collages are rendered into book art by featured artists Bohner and Hasbrook for the exhibition. Collages may be selected for individual exhibition.

This activity is supported by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, Inc. Partners include the Peace Education Center, the RCAH Center for Poetry, and (SCENE) Metrospace.

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Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:09:50 -0500

Now More Than Ever: Education Equity Rally At Michigan State Unversity

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:17:00 -0500

A “Now More Than Ever: Education Equity Rally at MSU” has been announced for January 28, 2012, on...

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Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:58:24 -0500