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

Veterans Memorial Park, 700 Cushman Street (7th and Cushman)

Meet at 11:00 to ring bells at 11:11

In remembrance of the universal sense of joy felt around the world when World War I ended, and in renewal of the call for world peace, a world-wide tradition of ringing bells on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month was observed for over 35 years.

Congress declared November 11 a holiday in 1938, ” …a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day’.”

On June 1, 1954, Congress amended the Act of 1938 by deleting the word “Armistice” and inserting the word “Veterans”.

With rhetoric and patriotic symbolism have we been distracting ourselves from recognizing the majority of war’s victims?

Can we envision a world without war and still appreciate friends, family, and neighbors who have made great sacrifice?

Maybe the best way we can honor our veterans is to focus on the original meaning of this day. Please consider joining us in ringing bells for peace. You have no bell to ring? Come anyway or be creative and make your own. This could be a great art project for children.

Maybe the best way we can honor our veterans is to focus on the original meaning of this day.

We’ll be viewing the video of “No War 2016”

Potluck at 6:00, movie (“No War 2016”) showing at 7:00 followed by discussion. #NoWar2016 was a series of panels and workshops sponsored by Worldbeyondwar.org, plus an awards ceremony and a protest action. The conference was sold out and universally praised in high terms. Various action plans came out of the workshops and other discussions at the conference. See http://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2016/ for more info.

The meeting will be at the APC office, 3535 College Road, Suite 203, upstairs in the College Mall (kitty-corner across the parking lot from Gulliver’s Bookstore). Stairs are at the west end next to the Fuji Japanese Steakhouse.

Our next monthly meeting will be the following Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7pm, also at our office. All are welcome.

David Swanson, renowned author of “War is a Lie” and “When the World Outlawed War”, will be speaking at Schaible Auditorium at the east end of Bunnell Building on the UAF campus at 7 pm on October 22, 2016. He is noted for his devastating critique of war and militarism as a national policy, and for his detailed plan on how American citizens can bring about a rejuvenation of our political values.

This event is cosponsored by the Alaska Peace Center and the UAF Peace Club.

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Stop by our booth at the Tanana Valley State Fair August 5-14. We are in the Borealis Pavilion, near the east entrance. The booth will be staffed during Fair open hours (or more specifically Borealis Pavilion open hours), noon to 10 pm.  If you would like to volunteer at the booth please send a note to info@alaskapeace.org.