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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
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PLEASE NOTE: 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!
PEACE Iowa 2011 in pictures
 PEACE Iowa Spring 2013 Newsletter—PDF
War and Peace in the News We thank Roger Farmer for providing these links.
Find out more about our project Iowans and Iranians Cultivating Peace
Poetry by Guantanamo Detainees published by the University of Iowa Press

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
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Peace Education and Action
Center of Eastern Iowa
Old Brick
26 East Market Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52245 (319) 354-1925
Wednesdays 12:15 to 4:00 pm Thursdays 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Promoting international peace
through education, intercultural communication,
public witness, citizen involvement,
and personal choices
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Peace Worker of the Week
Who's Who at PEACE Iowa?

Khady Hamid is new to Iowa
City, and we are thrilled that she
connected with PEACE Iowa so
quickly after her arrival. Originally
from the Maldives, Khady attended
college in the U.S., receiving her
degree in Economics and Global
Studies from St. Lawrence
University. While in the Maldives, she worked in the
pro-democracy organization Democracy Network. She
is helping us improving the layout of our web site and
the main PEACE Iowa pamphlet. Khady is also creating
a new section of our web site about weaponized
drones ... and is assisting at our
Peace Literacy workshops for youth.
—from the PEACE Iowa Spring 2013 Newsletter
Aaron Rempp grew up in Iowa
City and has many years of
experience in human services. He is
currently employed as a social
worker in Cedar Rapids. He is
working with our intern Peyton on an
interview project, as well as assisting
us with seeking in-kind donations
from local businesses and staffing the Peace Literacy
workshops for youth.
—from the PEACE Iowa Spring 2013 Newsletter
This semester, Peyton, an International Relations
major at the University of Iowa is doing an internship
at PEACE Iowa. He is assisting us with fundraising,
staffing information tables, and interviewing peace
activists about their motives for a new section of our
web site. We are excited about having our first intern,
and we are pleased to work with someone who is so
dedicated to human rights and peace.
—from the PEACE Iowa Spring 2013 Newsletter
HaYoung Jeong is a freshman at the University of
Iowa, majoring in International Relations. She and her
family immigrated to the U.S. from South Korea several
years ago, and she attended high school at West High
School in Iowa City. HaYoung is interested in human
rights, especially working to end modern slavery. She
and other volunteers are collaborating to create a display
to educate the community about conflict minerals
and modern slavery, and providing information about
purchasing conflict-free, slavery-free consumer goods.
We will also be including that material on our web
site.
—from the PEACE Iowa Spring 2013 Newsletter
Miriam Timmer-Hackert is our first ever
paid employee and works 8 hours per week, making a big
difference in the office, by taking
on tasks that had been put off,
organizing files, helping
coordinate the office volunteers,
and freeing up PEACE Iowa
director Lori Nelson to focus on
other things.
—from the PEACE Iowa September 2012 Newsletter
Marcia Shaffer, one of those faithful folks who hold PEACE Iowa together, is that familiar voice who answers the office phone on Wednesdays. In addition to taking on the duties of organizational treasurer, she is the principal staff person for the office once a week, handling the backlog of E-mail, returning and answering phone calls, and taking on the considerable PEACE Iowa paperwork.
Dennis Bricker is a Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering for the University of Iowa, having contributed to his field with a considerable body of published research. Dennis brings an unassuming, unruffled management style to the Internet office tasks required of him weekly, and is currently in the development stages of the PEACE Iowa website upgrade.
A member of Veterans for Peace, Jeff Strotmann has been involved in the movement since the Viet Nam war era when he was arrested for demonstrating against US involvement in that war. As a weekly PEACE Iowa office worker, Jeff terms himself "master of the copy machine," running off everything on that recalcitrant piece of equipment from fliers to mailings to meeting notes.
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Great new content for the PEACE Iowa website is on its way! Khady Hamid is creating a page for our website about drones used as weapons of war. Peyton, an International Relations major at UI and an intern at PEACE Iowa, has been talking with peace activists about what motivates them for a new PEACE Iowa webpage. HaYoung Jeong has been researching where to find conflict-free, slavery-free consumer goods, and her findings eventually will be available at this site. Please be sure to contact PEACE Iowa if you have any fresh new ideas!
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PEACE Iowa Receives Mention in Afghan Newspaper
Afghani writer Mohibullah Zegham, who spent time
in Iowa City this past fall with the International Writing
Program, also made connections with Peace Iowa
members. In October he spoke at a PEACE Iowasponsored Iowa City protest against the continuing war
in Afghanistan. Upon returning to Afghanistan he
wrote an article in about his experiences that mentions
PEACE Iowa and PEACE Iowa director Lori Nelson. —News item from the Spring 2013 PEACE Iowa Newsletter
EVENTS
Monday, June 10th
11:00 am-2:00 pm and 5:00-9:00 pm
340 East Burlington Avenue, Iowa City (Corner of Burlington & Gilbert)
To help PEACE Iowa, all you need to do is join us to eat delicious Thai food that day! PEACE Iowa will receive a percentage of all proceeds.
We hope to see you there!
Please join PEACE Iowa in hosting Brian Terrell, Kathy Kelly, and others walking through Iowa to protest drone warfare
COVERING GROUND TO GROUND THE DRONES Iowa City stop Friday June 14 to Saturday June 15
FRIDAY JUNE 14 EVENTS:
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4:30 Walkers from Voices for Creative Nonviolence, including Kathy Kelly and Brian Terrell, will arrive in Iowa City to attend the Friday vigil
4:30-5:00 Vigil at the corner of Clinton & Washington, downtown Iowa City, with focus on protesting drone strikes
5:00-5:30 Slow walk from vigil location to Iowa City Public Library
5:30 Set up for potluck and speakers in Meeting Room A, Iowa City Public Library
6:00 Potluck hosting walkers
6:30 (approximately) Speakers: Kathy Kelly, who will have just returned from Afghanistan, where U.S. drones have tragically impacted so many lives; and Brian Terrell, a Voices activist from Iowa, who will have just completed 6 months in prison for nonviolent civil resistance at a drone base.
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SATURDAY JUNE 15 EVENTS:
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The walkers will set out for their next stop at Kent Park, departure time TBA. They invite others to join them for all or part of the way. Perhaps we can arrange return transportation for those who want to walk just a little ways and then go back to Iowa City. Peace supporters can also join them in the evening at Kent Park. They will be camping there.
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MORE INFORMATION:
The group will walk about 190 miles from Rock Island Arsenal (where drone and bomb parts are made and stored) , to the Iowa Air National Guard Facility at Des Moines Airport, planned site of a new drone command center. Please let us know (and we can forward your name to Voices) if you would like to join in for any segment as we all strive to galvanlize public opinion against drone warfare.
The group will be making many stops including:
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June 08-10
June 14-15
June 19
June 22-24
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Rock Island/Quad CIties
Iowa City
Grinnell
Des Moines
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Sponsored by Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Iowa City host and local co-sponsors: PEACE Iowa, Veterans for Peace Iowa Chapter 161, and other groups TBA
Give 1/2 hour for peace!
The Friday afternoon peace vigils on the corner of Clinton & Washington Streets are held every Friday, 4:30 - 5:00
Covering Ground to Ground the Drones
A walk through Iowa to protest drone warfare
June 8-10 Rock Island/Quad Cities
June 14-15 Iowa City
June 19 Grinnell
June 22-24 Des Moines
Sponsored by Voices for Creative Nonviolence based in Chicago
We'll be walking about 190 miles from the Rock Island Arsenal (where drone and bomb parts are made and stored) to the Iowa Air National Guard Facility at Des Moines Airport, planned site of a new drone command center.
We'll need help in locating venues for speaking events along the route, for members of the public who might like to hear from Brian Terrell, a Voices activist from Iowa, who will have just completed 6 months in prison for nonviolent civil resistance at a drone base, and from Kathy Kelly, who will have just returned from Afghanistan, where U.S. drones have tragically impacted so many lives.
We will also need people who can help us find places to sleep along the route, including churches, private homes, or, for many of those walking, designated campsites, where available.
Please let us know if you would like to join in for any segment of the walk or assist the walk in any way as we all strive to galvanize public opinion against drone warfare. We welcome your emails and calls!
For related eastern Iowa events sponsored by other organizations please visit www.CopyExchange.org
The 2012-13 PEACE Iowa Board of Directors

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Diana
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Chris
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Maria
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Andy
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Lori
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Nancy
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Miriam
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Ann
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Yashar
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