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.