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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

 


 
Peace Education and Action
 
Center of Eastern Iowa
 

Old Brick

26 East Market Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52245

(319) 354-1925

Mondays 12:00-2:00
Wednesdays 12:45-3:45
Thursdays 4:00-6:30
Closed Nov. 24th thru 27th for Thanksgiving

PEACE Iowa is operated by volunteers. If a volunteer is absent due to illness or bad weather, PEACE Iowa might not be open during regular office hours. We apologize for any inconvenience and ask for your understanding. Thank you!


 
Promoting international peace
 
through education,
 
intercultural communication,
 
activism, and personal choices

 

 




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PEACE Iowa at PeaceFest

Lori Nelson (center), a volunteer for the Peace Education and Action Center of Eastern Iowa, distributes information at the third-annual Iowa City Peacefest in College Green Park on September 9, 2007. Photo by Robin Svec/The Daily Iowan

 

PEACE FORUM
WELCOMING THE STRANGER:
FAITH RESPONSE TO IMMIGRATION
Saulo A. Padilla

Director for the Office on Immigration/Mennonite Central Committee U.S.
Public Lecture - Sunday Nov. 16 - 1:30 PM
4th Annual Peace Forum
First Mennonite Church, 405 Myrtle Ave., Iowa City
Parking in back, Child Care Provided

Immigration affects millions of people. The US spends millions of dollars every year enforcing immigration laws. Padilla will put a human face on this complex issue. He will challenge us to reflect on how our faith commitments can guide our response to immigration in our community and our country.

Padilla lived in Guatemala for the first 15 years of his life. In 1986 he migrated with his family to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to reuinite with his father, who left Guatemala as a political refugee during his country's civil war. Padilla later moved with his family to the U.S. to pursue studies. He is a graduate of both Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary and Goshen College. He is employed by Mennonite Central Committee US as director for the Office on Immigration as part of the Peace and Justice Ministries department.

For more information contact PEACE Iowa.


Marie Garry will be leading a discussion of the book, The Future of Peace: On the Front Lines with the Worlds Great Peacemakers
November 18 at 7 PM at PEACE Iowa in the common room at Old Brick

The book is written by Scott A. Hunt with a forward by Ela Gandhi

The book jacket has the following paragraph: "What does it mean to fight for peace today? We all want lasting peace. But is it really possible, and how do we achieve it? Defying military intelligence officers in Burma, secret police in Vietnam, and combatants in the Occupied Territories of Palestine, Scott Hunt spent three years traveling across the globe - often under arduous conditions - to seek out the wisdom of the world's leading peacemakers." There are individual chapters about Aung San Suu Kyi, the Dalai Lama, Israel and Palestinian peacemakers, Thich Quang Do, Oscar Arias, Maha Ghosananda and Jane Goodall. If you don't have time to read the whole book you could read the chapters that interest you. The book is not at the Iowa City or Coralville Public Libraries but used copies are available from Amazon for as low as $2.00.

Let us know if you are interested in this discussion by CONTACTING PEACE IOWA.


Related eastern Iowa events sponsored by other organizations




1/1/2007 candle light vigil

Thanks to Rose & Peter Persaud for this photo of the January 1, 2007 Iowa City vigil mourning the Iraq War dead — 3000 U.S. soldiers and many more Iraqi civilians.

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