Friday, 30 January 2015 at Mary Siah Rec Center Conference Room

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

Tony is the coordinator of the Project Salvador Scholarship Program, which he initiated in 1998 after finishing up his service with the Peace Corps in a remote Salvadoran village. In addition to giving us an understanding of current circumstances in El Salvador, he will have insights on the broader phenomenon of the thousands of unaccompanied children from Latin America that have been showing up on our borders.

Salvadoran scholarship students

The Mary Siah Rec Center is at 805 14th Avenue, just east of Lathrop High School.  The conference room is on the 1st floor, to the left as you come in the front door, just beyond the small office.  The building closes shortly after 9:00 so we need to keep in mind that we need to finish up by 9:00.

July 25, 2014, 6 pm at Chena Ridge Friends Meeting (Hidden Hill), 2682 Gold Hill Road

Potluck and presentation on worker cooperatives

This presentation will introduce the listener to a democratic business model where the workers own the business equally and make governance decisions collectively.  Profits go to the workers who generate them rather than being sent off to absentee stockholders or to a single owner.  Business decisions are made with a commitment to the well-being of the local community, because that’s where the decision-makers live.  You’ll hear about existing worker cooperatives that have been thriving for over 20 twenty years.  This is an existing and growing business model, not a theory.  You will feel uplifted by what you learn.

Alison Carter is a long-time Fairbanksan who is earning her law degree at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.  She is affiliated with the local peace center there and is a founding member of Resilient Communities Initiative, an Arkansas nonprofit dedicated to developing worker owned cooperatives.

Wilderness Pavilion at Pioneer Park, Noon to 4 pm Saturday 31 May 2014

Come help us celebrate the 2nd Annual Peace Feast at the Pioneer Park Wilderness Pavilion (the northernmost picnic shelter, near the Peger Road parking lot and the Chena River), noon to 4 pm Saturday 31 May. Dick Farris will again cook his famous barbeque ribs.  Please bring a dish to share and eating utensils if possible.

First Annual Peace Feast, 2013

This will be an opportunity to share ideas and interests on the issues our Peace Center should target in the future with the APC board. We encourage those with a passion for peace to get involved at the personal level to make a difference in our own community.

The Next Peace Center meeting is Thursday, 2 January 2014, at 6:30 pm at the APC Office

The office is in Room 203 upstairs in the College Mall, 3535 College Rd. (stairs are at the west end of the building, next to the Fuji Restaurant).

All are welcome!

Draft Agenda

Present:

Agenda: Any additions or changes?

Minutes of APC meeting Thursday, December 12, 2013:  reading, amendments/additions, approval.

Actions taken by APC Board &/or officers since the last meeting:

Financial report:

Mail delivery options and costs:

Fundraising Committee: Letter for donors,  Bee the Change thank you seed packets

Newsletter:

APC-Fairbanks.Open Radio project update:

APC Website –update; board member addresses

Facebook site?  update

Events

Recent Past APC Events:

NVC:

Open Hours:

Last Friday Potluck & movie:

Upcoming & potential events

Open Hours scheduling

Monthly potluck scheduling & place – January recording from Code Pink’s drone conference

2014 Fair application

Alternatives to Violence weekend

Rob Mulford about Code Pink Drone summit, local drones, more about trip to Pakistan – in Feb?

Other proposals

Father John Deer & Rich Moniak in April 2014

May Day

Next mtg: Thursday, February 5, 2014, 6:30 pm. (Usually to be on the first Thursday of the month; 6:30pm)