17 May

First Annual Sunday Sharing Peace Feast, June 2

Posted by Alan Batten in News, Uncategorized.

Come help us celebrate the First Annual Sunday Sharing Peace Feast at Pioneer Park on Sunday, June 2 from 1 pm to 5 pm

Alaska Peace Center volunteers will be hosting this event at the back picnic area (the Wilderness Pavilion) off the Peger Road parking lot (by the river). Dick Farris will cook his famous barbeque chicken and ribs!  We are asking people to bring something to add to the potluck like: chips, bread, salad or desserts. Please also bring your own cups, plates and utensils as we want to encourage Earth care by not providing plastic or Styrofoam products.

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

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8 Apr

Meeting and Potluck 24 April 2013, 6:30 pm

Posted by Alan Batten in News.

This evening I picked up a small package from the Post Office. On opening it, I was delighted to find an assortment of vegetable seeds that I had ordered for my garden. Immediately my thoughts turned to the joy of seeing new life germinate and with loving care grow, flower and produce healthy fruit. The cause of peace is like a garden. It needs constant proactive loving care to bear its fruit of health and happiness for all.

Unfortunately, I have not been a good gardener for the Alaska Peace Center. It is starting to wilt, looking sad, in need of new energy and loving care. I am stepping down as chairman to allow this to happen. I will be happy however to lend a hand to whoever steps up.

We will be having a potluck / meeting at 6:30 on April 24th hopefully to initiate this fresh start. Bring your ideas, dreams, and energy and share them with us. If you are interested in taking on the job of gardener of peace maybe you’re the one to take this on.The Alaska Peace Center is located in room 203 the College Mall (3535 College Rd.) upstairs from the Fuji Restaurant. The potluck will start at 6:30 PM with meeting beginning around 7:00.
Love,

rob mulford

For more information write to info@alaskapeace.org.

21 Feb

Potluck and Intro to NVC Class at Hidden HIll Friends Center Monday Feb 25 at 6:30

Posted by Alan Batten in News, Uncategorized.

A few of us are interested in starting a new class in non-violent communication or NVC using Marshall Rosenberg’s teachings and books.  Some of us have already taken a class or workshop on NVC and have found the concepts very helpful.

For those unfamiliar with NVC,  basically, NVC sees our actions as coming from needs we all have that we are trying to meet.  NVC uses feelings and needs to connect more fully with others and to get everyone’s needs met.  These ideas have been used around the country and worldwide to help mediate conflicts.

There will be an introduction to NVC at the Hidden Hill Friends Center on Monday, Feb. 25 (Hidden Hill Friends Center is located at 2682 Gold Hill Rd.–look for the sign on the right side).  The potluck/introduction will start at 6:30 pm with food and program to follow.  All those interested, whether new or more experienced, are welcome.

If you can not come but want to take the class or have questions, please email me or call (contact info below).  We will be deciding on a night to have the classes to try to accommodate all who are interested.

For more information contact Carrie Farr at chugny@yahoo.com, 750-1049.

2 Jan

Potluck and Movie Friday, 4 Jan 2013, 6:30 pm

Posted by Alan Batten in News, Uncategorized.

Alaska Peace Center/KRFF offices, 3535 College Rd, rm 203, upstairs from the Fuji Restaurant in the College Mall. Potluck at 6:30, Movies at 7:00.

We will be showing short films by two great Iranian artists:

THE HOUSE IS BLACK
The House is Black (Persian: تسا هایس هناخ , Khaneh siah ast) is an
acclaimed Iranian documentary short film directed by Forough
Farrokhzad. The film is a look at life and suffering in the Behkadeh
Raji leper colony and focuses on the human condition and the beauty of
creation. During the shooting she became attached to a child of two
lepers, whom she later adopted. It has since been recognized as a
landmark in Iranian film.

"The House is Black paved the way for the Iranian New Wave." -
Reviewer Eric Henderson

THE SCHOOL BLOWN AWAY BY THE WIND
Written, directed and edited by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, one of Iran's
leading filmmakers, The School Blown Away by the Wind (1996) is set in
the school for nomad children seen in Makhmalbaf's Gabbeh. In this
brief, humanist tale, an old man enters the improvised classroom to
revisit memories of his youth.

Flyer with photos

17 Feb

March 3: Six Blind Men and the Elephant

Posted by apcsecretary in Uncategorized.

Six Blind Men and the Elephant
– Empire In the Age of Austerity

North Star Veterans for Peace member Rob Mulford exposes current imperial military strategy learned while attending exclusive conferences between top Dept. of Defense officials and executives of the world’s most powerful corporations.

Saturday, March 3, 2012, at Empress Theater, Fairbanks
3rd ave between Cushman & Noble sts.

5 Feb

Potluck and Movie Friday, February 17th, 2012, 6pm

Posted by apcsecretary in Uncategorized.

Potluck & movie Friday, February 17th, 6 pm.

at Alaska Peace Center/KRFF offices, 3535 College Rd, rm 203.
After everyone has a chance to eat and visit a bit, we will start the movie End of Poverty.
Bring some food and a friend!

3 Feb

Alaska Peace Center Open Hours and Meetings

Posted by apcsecretary in Uncategorized.

Come watch videos, listen to CDs, read and/or borrow books, discuss issues of peace, and have a cup of brew at the Fairbanks

                                               Alaska Peace Center Open Hours:                                                         5-8 pm the first & 3rd Tuesday of each month                     (e.g. Feb. 7th & 21st, March 6th & 20th, April 3rd &17th, 2012),

 rm 203 College Mall, 3535 College Rd, above Sipping Streams & Fuji restaurants.  Other open hours will be posted to our calendar (see link to right) as volunteers are available.

Email us at any time to volunteer for event preparation, fundraising, communications, fundraising or other!  info@alaskapeace.org

                                         Help plan Alaska Peace Center activities!                                            Everyone is welcome to Meetings every 2nd & 4th Tuesday at 7 pm,                             at the office, as above.  Upcoming meetings will be Feb. 14th & 28th, March 13th & 27th, and April 10th & 24th.

31 Dec

Planting Peace, one olive tree at a time

Posted by Alan Batten in Uncategorized.

Planting Peace, one olive tree at a time

Run Across Palestine iconThe Alaska Peace Center and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fairbanks are sponsoring a Sing-Along Concert with Susan Grace and Friends on Saturday, January 14 at 7:00 pm in the Unitarian Fellowship Building (4448 Pikes Landing Road–across from the Princess Hotel).

This concert is to raise funds for the “Run Across Palestine” sponsored by “On the Ground”.  A small group of runners will run 125 miles (25 miles per day) across Palestine during February 2012 to support Palestinian olive farmers by providing olive trees to be planted and scholarships for their children.  Olive trees have traditionally provided livelihoods for Palestinians, but many trees have been destroyed in recent years as a consequence of regional hostilities.

Susan GraceThe concert will feature civil rights and peace songs.  There will also be door prizes, delicious desserts and a short video of Martin Luther King, Jr.  Information will be available about last year’s “Run Across Ethiopia” and other work of “On the Ground” as they support sustainable farming around the world. Tickets will be available at the door for $12 for adults, $6 for students/seniors/military.   Doors open at 6:30; program begins at 7:00.  Additional donations welcome!

For more information contact Susan Grace at 479-0779.

11 Nov

Ring In Peace on Armistice Day

Posted by Alan Batten in News.

Ring In Peace on Armistice Day

Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 @ 11:00 AM

Veterans Memorial Park, 700 Cushman Street (Next to State Building)

Bell and dovesWriter Kurt Vonnegut, a WWII Prisoner of war wrote: “…November eleventh, accidentally my birthday, was a sacred day called Armistice Day. When I was a boy all the people of all nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh month.”

“It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind.” (Breakfast of Champions, 1973)

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?

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.

Download a flyer for this event.

8 Nov

New Alaska Peace Center website

Posted by cowgirl53 in Uncategorized.

pretty soon we’ll have real posts here. Need to make a list of categories, tags? And there’ll be a PayPal link for donations, a calendar page, and an “About the APC” page too? Or maybe the mission statement? Also a page to list all the newsletter PDFs.

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