3 Oct
The Alaska Peace Center monthly meeting will take place at 7 pm on Thursday, October 6, at our office upstairs in the College Mall building (above the Fuji Steakhouse–use the same external door as the Steakhouse). People can also connect to the meeting via zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84873864114?pwd=RTN3Z0xNNkFpNlhhOGJlcDRURjNxUT09
Meeting ID: 848 7386 4114
Passcode: 555264
30 Sep
The Alaska Peace Center, with support of Chena Ridge Friends Meeting Social Concerns Committee, will be showing the first hour of the video, “Land Acknowledgment: A First Step Towards Right Relationship with the Land and its People “ Part II, on Friday, September 30 at 6:30pmAK (7:30pmPT), with discussion to follow.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83400667036?pwd=aEtvQXU2cUwyZER4NUZqQ0taUEh1UT09
Meeting ID: 834 0066 7036, Passcode: 116449
This video is part of a Pendle Hill and Decolonizing Quakers presentation, featuring Tom Kunesh from Nashville Friends Meeting. His heritage is Standing Rock Lakota, White, Catholic, and he was raised in Minnesota.
In this Part II video, additional footage which we do not plan to view includes valuable commentary by Principal Chief Dennis Coker, a Delaware Lenape tribal leader, and Nia To Go There, PhD, an enrolled member of the Cree Tribe of Turtle Mountain in North Dakota and heritage including Rocky Boy Reservation in Montana.
If you wish to see the full video presentation, it is available on YouTube:
Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VonqmR0m90w
Part II: https://youtu.be/gkf2UnRgaPo
26 Aug
All are welcome! It has been a busy summer, but Fall is quickly approaching and it is time to start planning Fall and Winter activities. For our September meeting people will have the option of meeting in person at the Alaska Peace Center office or of connecting over the internet via zoom.
The office is in Room 203 of the College Mall Building, 3535 College Road, upstairs above the Fuji Japanese Steakhouse. The stairs utilize the same external doorway as the Steakhouse. The information to connect via Zoom is as follows:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84873864114?pwd=RTN3Z0xNNkFpNlhhOGJlcDRURjNxUT09
Meeting ID: 848 7386 4114
Passcode: 555264
This Zoom link will be used for all monthly meetings this winter (first Thursday of each month) through June 2023.
11 Aug
The Alaska Peace Center booth goes on the road this Sunday! — To the Renewable Energy Fair at Chena Hot Springs.
10am to 4pm, August 14.
Come on out, if you have the time! It is an inspirational, eclectic gathering of scientists, engineers, activists, businesses, and politicians. A great opportunity to connect in person with people involved in energy development, application and policy.
The focus this year is Hydrogen!
How we make it an energy standard ?
30 Jul
The Tanana Valley State Fair opened yesterday and runs through August 7th. Hours are from noon to 10 pm. Our booth is in the Borealis Pavilion near the large door at the east end. The Fair is the biggest opportunity of the year to interact with our community. All booth-sitting slots are filled, but most have only one volunteer. Stop by to say hello, or hang out for a while. Participate in our bean poll, where fairgoers can allocate 20 beans across a half-dozen budget categories to indicate how they would prioritize the national budget. While not exactly a scientific sample, the results are quite interesting compared to how our tax dollars are actually allocated in the current budget.
15 Jul
The 9th Annual Peace Feast on Saturday June 4th at Pioneer Park was a great opportunity for people to come together, relax in the summer sun, share ideas and interests, and find out about each other’s activities. As we emerge from all the restrictions of the covid pandemic it was great to have a meeting in each other’s presence. It was also nice that the weather was lovely! Our community is blessed with a multitude of small organizations working quietly to make all our lives better, and we heard short, insightful introductions to nine of them this year (see below for a list). Kudos to all the presenters and thanks to all who attended. We are always grateful for people’s support.
Coming up quickly is the Tanana Valley State Fair, which runs from July 29 through August 7. Our booth at the Fair is by far the largest opportunity of the year to interact with our community. Booth-sitters are needed, and we are very thankful for the people who have already volunteered. There are still 5 shifts (3 to 4 hours long) that need to be filled. All volunteers get a free day pass to the Fair. Check out the volunteer schedule and volunteer if you can! To volunteer please contact Maia Genaux at 907-388-0560 or at mg88morgan@gmail.com.
Organizing the Peace Feast and maintaining a presence at events such as Earth Day, Arbor Day, the Tanana Valley Fair, and the Renewable Energy Fair requires a lot of organizing, a lot of help and enthusiasm from many people, and, yes, money. Maintaining a website, maintaining our obligations as a charitable entity in the State of Alaska, maintaining an office where we can keep things and organize from, publicizing our events, booth fees at the Fair, all require a certain amount of money. We greatly appreciate the people who have already responded financially to our recent newsletter. If you would like to make a donation you can send a check to Alaska Peace Center, 3535 College Road Suite 203, Fairbanks, AK 99709-3722 or donate through PayPal. We very much appreciate your support.
Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition Interfaith Working Group – Charley Basham
First Alaskans tribunals – Carrie Farr
FCAC Renewable Energy Working Group – Mike Musick
Meals on Wheels – Violet Toney
Alliance for Reason and Knowledge – Robert Shields
Roaming Root Cellar – Erica Moeller
Chena Tool Library – Melissa Kellner
11 Jun
“Every war eventually ends with diplomacy. The question is how long the killing goes on before the diplomats stop it.”
We should not underestimate the very grave danger we are all in from the potential for this war to escalate into a nuclear conflagration.
Russia needs to cease military operations and pull its troops out of Ukraine. The United States, Western Europe, and Kyiv need to be prepared to listen honestly to Russia’s security concerns and to take concessions. We should call on President Biden to begin good faith negotiations with all concerned parties, respecting each party’s security concerns.
Peace, please.
For a better understanding of the issues at stake, please see the March 3 & 24, 2022, posts at www.alsakapeace.org.
8 Jun
View or download it here. Look for it soon in your inbox and, if you have provided us your USPS mailing address, in your mailbox. A big “Thank You” to editors Violet Toney and Maia Genaux, and to all who contributed.
3 Jun
Free barbeque! Please bring a dish to share and eating utensils if possible.
We’ve worked hard all winter and dealt with the December snowcalypse, months of icy roads, and more recently, floods. Soon it will be summer and we can take a day to relax. The Peace Feast is an opportunity for people working to make Interior Alaska a better place to live to come together, relax in the summer sun, share ideas and interests, and find out about each other’s activities. Our community is blessed with a multitude of small organizations working quietly to make all our lives better. We’ll be featuring short presentations from a sampling of these organizations that are improving the quality of life in our community.
The Square Dance Pavilion (aka picnic shelter) is between the Dance Hall and the Pioneer Air Museum.
The Alaska Peace Center works for peace, justice and sustainability – individually, in our community and globally – with a commitment to nonviolent conflict resolution. For more information, contact info@alaskapeace.org.
1 Jun
The Alaska Peace Center monthly meeting will take place at 7 pm on Thursday, June 2.
The link to join the meeting is:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82408901547?pwd=WjZLZ2FMRGZXaWFibjJSdGNUY2xtUT09
This link will be used for all monthly meetings this winter (first Thursday of each month) through June 2022.
More Zoom specifics: Meeting ID: 824 0890 1547, Passcode: 492648
All welcome! The primary topic will be finalizing plans for Saturday’s Peace Feast at Pioneer Park
3535 College Road Suite 203, Fairbanks, AK 99709-3722. Message phone: 907-374-0577. Open hours by appointment via email info@alaskapeace.org.
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