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War & Peace
The Great WILPF Community Peace Craft Faire Is 47 Years Old
By Ellie Bluestein Our history starts in 1915, when 1,200 women from many cultures came together during the First World War to study, make known and eliminate the causes of war. They created our [...] Continue Reading
National Recognition for Local Activist: Nancy Hatcher Wins Prestigious Social Work Award
By Richard Stone Nancy Hatcher is known to many of us for her seemingly innumerable involvements in peace and social justice activities. Sometimes it’s prison work, like gathering and assembling [...] Continue Reading
Human Rights Commemoration in Fresno
By Sudarshan Kapoor “We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – November 2013
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, November 14, 7 p.m., at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK November 5, first [...] Continue Reading
Valley, Nation Rally to Quiet the Drumbeat of War
By Mike Bridges As of this writing, we have not yet fired on Syria. Not directly anyway. But for some time now, we’ve already been at war-by-proxy with Syria by giving direct and indirect support to [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner
Edited by Richard Stone The Poetry Corner returns with two contributions from our Visalian friend, Bill Warner. Those of you similarly incited to poetry (having foresworn violence), your submissions [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – October 2013
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday October 10, 7PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK October 2, first Wednesday of [...] Continue Reading
Peace Fresno Membership Drive and Annual Elections Meeting
By Beverly Fitzpatrick September is a busy month for Peace Fresno, as it has been since 2001. Today, Peace Fresno continues to speak out against war and oppose injustice. Soon in your mailbox you [...] Continue Reading
Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Calendar – September 2013
Compiled by Fresno Metro Ministry ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to [...] Continue Reading
Documenting the Data Wars: Fresno Filmworks Presents WikiLeaks Documentary
By Andrew Veihmeyer In a digital world where exposing sensitive details is often commonplace and instant, what happens when decades worth of data is revealed in one of the largest breaches of [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – August 2013
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING No WILPF business meeting in August. See August retreat information below. WOMEN IN BLACK August 7, first Wednesday of each month at noon at the Fresno County Courthouse; [...] Continue Reading