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01 / 26 (event) Crawford Peace House Annual Meeting Start: 10:00 am End: 5:00 pm Body: The Crawford Texas Peace House will have our annual meeting to discuss Peace presence in Crawford. Bree Walker the new owner of Camp Casey is making plans to join us to plan our united effort for success in this last Year of Bush's Presidency 10:00 Peace House at for Karma Yoga & house cleaning 12:30 to 1:00 lunch 1:00 to 2:00 meeting 2:30 to 5:00 scrap book party more info
01 / 27 (event) Gandhi the Man Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: The second session of a six-week exploration of the book Gandhi the Man by Eknath Easwaran and Michael N. Nagler, sponsored by the Peace Education Team of the Dallas Peace Center. Free to members of the Peace Center (memberships start at $35). Register online at www.dallaspeacecenter.org or call 214-823-7793. more info (event) Envisioning a Sustainable Dallas Workshop Start: 2:00 pm End: 6:00 pm Body: On Sunday, January 27^th we will be hosting a workshop in Dallas and would like to invite you to join us. Terms like “sustainability, LEED, ecology, carbon emissions” are becoming more and more central to the conversation throughout our country. Mainstream publications, such as Time, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, and USA Today, continue to dedicate front-page coverage to the issue of global warming, environmental devastation and renewable energy innovations. But even as awareness builds, there is much left to be done! more info (event) Peace & Justice Center - Arlington Start: 5:00 pm more info
01 / 28 (event) Nuclear Free Texas Meeting Start: 2:00 pm Body: We will be meeting every Monday to prepare for the February Texas tour of Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER). more info (event) Race Abuse Support Group Meeting Start: 7:00 pm more info (event) Don't Attack Iran Committee Start: 7:30 pm more info
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01 / 30 (event) Focus the Nation at Richland College Start: 9:00 am End: 9:00 pm Body: 9:05-10:00 Climate, Science, and Social Justice 10:10-11:05 Climate, Economics, and Good Business 11:15-12:10 Climate, Faith, and Stewardship 7:00-8:00 pm Webcast: The 2% Solution – A free, live, interactive webcast featuring Stanford University climate scientist Stephen Schneider, sustainability expert Hunter Lovins, green jobs pioneer Van Jones, and youth climate leaders. For more information, contact Scot Branks, Institute for Peace, Richland College, 972-238-6369, sbranks@dcccd.edu more info (event) Brown Bag: Update on Cuba Start: 12:00 pm Body: Rev Diane Baker & Wendy Drucker, who traveled to Cuba last summer with Pastors for Peace, will present their findings. Bring a bag lunch. more info (event) Amnesty Int'l and Peace & Justice Club -- Brookhaven College Start: 3:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: Call 972-860-4646 for details. more info (event) Nonviolent Communications Foundations Class Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:30 pm Body: CONTACT: Judith Stuart-Coale, 214-315-4288 more info (event) Season For Nonviolence Opening Ceremony Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Body: A rich and powerful midweek experience of music and message for today, with multimedia, silent meditation and community dialogue to deepen and enliven your spiritual and personal growth. Tonight's event is dedicated to the opening of the Season for Nonviolence. Led by Rev. Dr. Petra Weldes, Senior Minister, Michael Gott, RScP, Music & Fine Arts Director. For further information contact Veronica Valles at veronica@csldallas.org or go to www.csldallas.org. more info
01 / 31 (event) Focus the Nation at Richland College Start: 9:00 am End: 12:20 pm Body: All Day Rebroadcast of “The 2% Solution” Webcast 9:30-10:50 Climate, Politics, and the Role of Government 11:00-12:20 Climate, the Future, and Our Choices For more information, contact Scot Branks, Institute for Peace, Richland College, 972-238-6369, sbranks@dcccd.edu more info (event) Training Session for Immigration Hearing Start: 6:30 pm Body: The Texas House Committees on Corrections and County Affairs will hold a joint public hearing at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas from 10:30am to 4:00pm on Friday, February 1, 2007, on issues surrounding the role of criminal justice personnel in enforcing federal immigration law and the impact of "illegal immigration" on the criminal justice system in Texas. The purpose of the hearing is two-fold: The first is fact-finding, i.e. for legislators to determine how jails, prisons, and probation departments currently identify and process undocumented immigrants. The second purpose is for legislators to hear public input on these issues. more info
02 / 1 (event) Public Hearing to Review Immigration Enforcement Policies Start: 10:30 am End: 4:00 pm Body: The Texas House Committees on Corrections and County Affairs will hold a joint public hearing at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas from 10:30am to 4:00pm on Friday, February 1, 2007, on issues surrounding the role of criminal justice personnel in enforcing federal immigration law and the impact of "illegal immigration" on the criminal justice system in Texas. The purpose of the hearing is two-fold: The first is fact-finding, i.e. for legislators to determine how jails, prisons, and probation departments currently identify and process undocumented immigrants. The second purpose is for legislators to hear public input on these issues. more info
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02 / 3 (event) World Peace Meeting Start: 10:00 am more info (event) Gandhi the Man Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: The third session of a six-week exploration of the book Gandhi the Man by Eknath Easwaran and Michael N. Nagler, sponsored by the Peace Education Team of the Dallas Peace Center. Free to members of the Peace Center (memberships start at $35). Register online at www.dallaspeacecenter.org or call 214-823-7793. more info
02 / 4 (event) Cuba Friendship Committee Start: 6:30 pm Body: The DPC Cuba Friendship Committee will meet the first Monday of every month. Be a part of facilitating the 2008 Pastors for Peace Cuba Friendship Caravan. more info (event) Downwinders at Risk Start: 7:00 pm more info
02 / 5 (event) Film Screening: "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Start: 7:00 pm Body: A murder mystery, a call to arms and an effective inducement to rage, Who Killed the Electric Car? is the latest and one of the more successful additions to the growing ranks of issue-oriented documentaries. - The New York Times Ist Tuesday Social Action Film Festival (held on the 2nd Tuesday this month), is presented by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff Social Action Committee in cooperation with the Dallas Peace Center. Films are free, but a donation is suggested to defray costs. more info (event) NAACP Start: 7:00 pm more info
02 / 6 (event) Amnesty Int'l and Peace & Justice Club -- Brookhaven College Start: 3:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: Call 972-860-4646 for details. more info (event) Nonviolent Communications Foundations Class Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:30 pm Body: CONTACT: Judith Stuart-Coale, 214-315-4288 more info (event) Peace Action Tarrant County Start: 7:00 pm more info
02 / 7 (event) Urban Engagement Book Club: "Immigrants and Boomers" Start: 12:00 pm End: 1:15 pm Body: Dowell Myers' Immigrants and Boomers: Forging a New Social Contract for the Future of America looks to California as a bellwether state--where whites are no longer a majority of the population and represent just a third of residents under age twenty--to afford us a glimpse into the future impact of immigration on the rest of the nation. Myers opens with an examination of the roots of voter resistance to providing social services for immigrants. Drawing on detailed census data, Myers demonstrates that long-established immigrants have been far more successful than the public believes. more info (event) Lecture: Les Roberts Start: 7:00 pm Body: The Waco Friends of Peace will present a lecture by Les Roberts, PhD, Epidemiologist and Associate Professor at Columbia University. Dr. Roberts was the lead author of the groundbreaking Lancet medical journal article of 2006 that determined 655,000 Iraqis died due to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Free pizza and lecture. For more information, visit www.friendsofpeace.org. more info
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02 / 9 (event) Prison Pipeline Community Roundtable Start: 10:00 am End: 12:00 pm Body: Rev. L. Charles Stovall, Senior Pastor at Munger Place and co-sponsor of the Children Defense Fund’s Community Roundtable, inviting concerned citizens to participate in this local forum stated, “We face an urgent national crisis at the intersection of poverty and race that puts Black boys at a one in three lifetime risk of going to jail, and Latino boys at a one in six lifetime risk of the same fate.” What: Community leaders, youth advocates and concerned persons contemplate measures for dismantling the “cradle to prison pipeline”. Who: Presented by the Children’s Defense Fund and hosted by Munger Place United Methodist Church, the Community Forum shall provide an update by Barbara Best, Texas Executive Director, Children Defense Fund, and Laura Guerra-Cardus CDF, Texas Policy Director. The Roundtable is an opportunity for conversation among local concerned citizens and experts on solutions to dismantle the pipeline, including improving our juvenile justice system, enhancing early childhood education, health and mental health coverage for children and strategies to prevent violence and strengthen communities. more info (event) Animal Connection of Texas Start: 11:00 am Body: Contact Carol Ware, myminuit@yahoo.com, phone 972-551-2364, website is http://www.animalconnectiontx.org. more info (event) RESULTS Domestic Issues Start: 11:15 am End: 1:00 pm Body: Conference call and letter writing on domestic issues. Lunch provided. Contact Bob & Diane Baker at 214-739-6945. more info (event) RESULTS Global Issues Start: 1:00 pm End: 2:15 pm Body: Conference call and letter writing on global issues. Snack provided. more info (event) Maryknoll Affiliates mtg. Start: 1:00 pm Body: Maryknoll Affiliates mtg., "spirituality, global vision, community, action.” Call Ken Eppes for location, 214-337-6867. more info (event) Dallas Area Christian Progressive Alliance Meeting Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: This group is dedicated to living the radical love, compassion and justice of Jesus and promoting these values in religious and public discourse and policy. For more information, go to www.matthew-25.org/. more info (event) Communications Committee Meeting Start: 2:00 pm more info
02 / 10 (event) UUCOC Social Action Ministry Meeting Start: 12:00 pm Body: The Unitarian Universalist Social Action Ministry Meeting is open to the public. more info (event) Gandhi the Man Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: The fourth session of an exploration of the book Gandhi the Man by Eknath Easwaran and Michael N. Nagler that will run through March 16, sponsored by the Peace Education Team of the Dallas Peace Center. Free to members of the Peace Center (memberships start at $35). Feel free to come, even if you have missed the other sessions. Register online at www.dallaspeacecenter.org or call 214-823-7793. more info (event) Denton Lecture: Arjun Makhijani Start: 2:30 pm Body: Arjun Makhijani, scientist, nuclear engineer and president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), will lecture on nuclear energy as an alternative to oil based fuels, and on the proliferation of nuclear arms throughout the world. Book signing afterward. Sponsored by Peace Action Denton, Sierra Club, and Peace Studies of University of North Texas. For more information, call 940-382-8815. more info
02 / 11 (event) Don't Attack Iran Meeting Start: 7:30 pm more info
02 / 12 (event) Dallas Sierra Club Start: 7:00 pm more info
02 / 13 (event) Amnesty Int'l and Peace & Justice Club -- Brookhaven College Start: 3:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: Call 972-860-4646 for details. more info (event) Nonviolent Communications Foundations Class Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:30 pm Body: CONTACT: Judith Stuart-Coale, 214-315-4288 more info (event) Jobs With Justice Start: 7:00 pm more info (event) Amnesty International Fort Worth Start: 7:30 pm more info
02 / 14 (event) PFLAG Start: 7:00 pm more info (event) Texas Inmates Families Association -- SW Dallas Chap Start: 7:00 pm Body: For information, call Micki Roark, 214-543-8043, or go to www.tifa.org. more info (event) Lecture: Arjun Makhijani Start: 7:00 pm Body: Arjun Makhijani, scientist, nuclear engineer and president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), will lecture on nuclear energy as an alternative to oil based fuels, and on the proliferation of nuclear arms throughout the world. more info (event) Amnesty International Dallas Start: 7:30 pm more info
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02 / 16 (event) Brunch with Arjun Makhijani Start: 10:00 am Body: For more information, contact Jan Sanders, 214-369-9388 or Nuclear@DallasPeaceCenter.org. more info (event) Nonviolent Communications Foundations Class Start: 10:00 am End: 3:00 pm Body: CONTACT: Judith Stuart-Coale, 214-315-4288 more info (event) Peace & Justice in Sudan Meeting Start: 11:00 am more info
02 / 17 (event) Gandhi the Man Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: The fifth session of an exploration of the book Gandhi the Man by Eknath Easwaran and Michael N. Nagler that will run through March 16, sponsored by the Peace Education Team of the Dallas Peace Center. Free to members of the Peace Center (memberships start at $35). Feel free to come, even if you have missed the other sessions. Register online at www.dallaspeacecenter.org or call 214-823-7793. more info
02 / 18 (event) Orbits of Influence: Innovating Immigration Start: 5:30 pm End: 8:30 pm Body: A true, candid - and civil - dialogue among diverse community leaders and committed citizens about Immigration, to gain a full 360-degree view of this topic's interrelated issues. Register at https://www.creatorsguide.com/registration_form.php. $10 per participant. more info
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02 / 20 (event) Amnesty Int'l and Peace & Justice Club -- Brookhaven Start: 3:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: Call 972-860-4646 for details. more info (event) Nonviolent Communications Foundations Class Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:30 pm Body: CONTACT: Judith Stuart-Coale, 214-315-4288 more info (event) DFW Clean Air Start: 7:00 pm more info (event) Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty -- Dallas Chapter Start: 7:00 pm more info (event) Interfaith Environmental Alliance Meeting Start: 6:30 pm more info
02 / 21 (event) Nation of Immigrants: 21st Century Challenges Start: 8:00 am End: 2:15 pm Body: Conference convened by the national Council of Jewish Women, Greater Dallas Section, will explore the complex issues surrounding immigration, highlight the needs of immigrants and promote communication and coordination among area groups that serve immigrants. Keynote Speaker: Doris Meissner, former commissioner of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service, and a senior fellow atr eht Migration Policy Institute. Meissner is also director of MPI's Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future. For more information on workshops and registration, go to www.ncjwdallas.org. more info (event) Brown Bag: Taking Peace to the Polls Start: 12:00 pm Body: Learn how to present peace resolutions at your precinct convention, become a delegate to political party conventions, and how to support a peace caucus at the conventions. Bring a brown bag lunch. more info (event) Amnesty International Group 663 Start: 7:00 pm more info
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02 / 23 (event) North Texas Peace Alliance Meeting Start: 10:00 am more info

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