Alaska Peace Center Committed to nonviolent conflict resolution, working for peace within ourselves, our community, and our world

Since early March Bus #75 has been moving around the Fairbanks area with a message from the World Beyond War Billboard Project prominently displayed. It’s been seen by several people so we know it’s out there. Feel free to leave comments on this post to share your feedback, any thoughts you have about the message and any conversations that arise.

We’re so grateful to have the use of this bus and to have community participation. And there is still opportunity to sponsor additional months. The cost to APC per month is $120. Donations can be made via PayPal on the right-hand panel of this website, or via check to:

Borough Bus #75 with APC-sponsored message from World Beyond War Billboard Project

If this is a medium that APC supporters feel good about, there is also the opportunity to eventually run other messages on Borough buses. See https://worldbeyondwar.org/billboardsproject/ to see other message designs available.

Monthly Meeting April 4, 2019, 5:30 pm

Alaska Peace Center Office

All welcome! Board of directors elections – Join the work for peace! – and planning events such as the Peace Feast, Fair booth, and more. Contact info@alaskapeace.org or call 479-0981. Agenda.

The Doctrine of Discovery

Potluck, Movie and Discussion

Friday, March 29 at the University Community Presbyterian Church

Potluck at 6:00, Movie starts at 7:00

Papal Bulls of the 15th and 16th Centuries gave “Christian” nations the right to discover and dominate lands occupied by non-Christian peoples. Through an 1823 Supreme Court decision by Justice John Marshall these bulls still form the foundation of laws concerning indigenous peoples in the United States today. This movie explains how this happened and its implications today. Sponsored by the Alaska Peace Center, the University Community Presbyterian Church, and Native Movement. See the flyer.

Thursday, January 24, 2019 7:00 pm

J.P. Jones Community Development Center—2400 Rickert Street

Arkansas Death Row inmate Kenneth Reams will call us from his cell to discuss solitary confinement, the injustice of the felony murder rule, and racism.

Suggested donation $10. All proceeds to benefit Who Decides, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to educating about the death penalty through art. Sponsored by the Alaska Peace Center and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fairbanks Social Justice Committee. For more information contact Alison Carter (907-322-8661, alisoncarter2@yahoo.com).

See the flyer.

The monthly business meeting of the Alaska Peace Center (held on the first Thursday of every month) will take place at 5:30 pm at the APC office, upstairs in the College Mall, 3535 College Road Suite 203 (stairs are at the west end sharing an external door with the Fuji Restaurant). All are welcome!

Draft agenda for APC January 3, 2019, meeting.

The 1960 San Francisco to Moscow Walk for Peace

Presentation by Suzanne Rich Osborn

at the

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fairbanks, Friday, 28 December 2018, 6 pm

In 1960 Suzanne Rich Osborn joined a group walking from San Francisco to Moscow organized by the Committee for Nonviolent Action. The purpose of the walk was to promote a world without war, pursuing the idea that every country disarm unilaterally and not wait for a joint agreement. “We were talking about making a unilateral peace and for each government to stop militarism.” The small group of people walked across the United States to New York, caught a flight to London, wound up on a boat to Belgium, and walked from there to Moscow (with a free bus ride from East Germany to Poland since the East German Government seemed embarrassed by them). They were treated quite well in Russia. They passed out thousands and thousands of leaflets along their travels, and picketed at military bases they passed by. Also see the article in the News-Miner.

Potluck at 6:00, Program and discussion begins at 7:00. Sponsored by the Alaska Peace Center and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fairbanks, 4448 Pikes Landing Road, across from the Princess Hotel.

Photo taken from the book, “You Come with Naked Hands–the San Francisco to Moscow Walk for Peace” by Bradford Lyttle, Greenleaf Books, 1966 (via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, November 26, 2018)

Veterans For Peace Convention, Report and Discussion

Friday, 30 November 2018, 6 pm, Alaska Peace Center Office, 3535 College Road Suite 203

Alan Batten will give a recap of the Veterans For Peace Convention held last August in St. Paul, MN. A wide range of issues was covered, including the Middle East, Korea, Okinawa, Viet Nam, Latin America, deported veterans, VA privatization, the Golden Rule (sailboat), the “Doctrine of Discovery” (disenfranchising indigenous peoples) and more. Potluck at 6:00, Program and discussion begins at 7:00

Massing for parade on Kellogg Boulevard

VFP Parade in downtown St. Paul, Convention 2018

Can You Help Support Alaska Peace Center Activities?

We are a small organization, and pretty frugal. However, we do have a number of expenses every year which must be met. If you believe in what we are doing and believe that we are making some difference in advancing the causes of peace, justice and sustainability in our community and our world, please consider making a donation. Contributions can be sent either through the mail (see the “About” page for our address) or securely online through our PayPal link. Thanks very much to those who have already contributed! We very much appreciate the support of our community. Thank you.