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«	March 23, 2008 - April 22, 2008	»
03 / 23 (event) Easter Sunday at Crawford Texas Peace House Start: 12:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: This April will mark five years since the inception of the Crawford Texas Peace House. We officially opened our doors on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2003. However, Easter falls on March 23, this year, and many of our friends will be in town, so we will take that occasion to give thanks to the Creator, for our many volunteers and for the opportunity to be a witness for peace and justice in Crawford, Texas. This week also marks the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq War. Let us use this occasion for remembrance, remorse, repentance. Please join us as we commemorate the journey, and ask for peace, wisdom and blessings for the future of our community and our world. more info
03 / 24 (event) Don't Attack Iran Meeting Start: 7:30 pm more info (event) Race Abuse Support Group Meeting Start: 7:00 pm more info
03 / 25
03 / 26 (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) WAC Lecture: Solar Power as a Fundamental Enabler of Sustainable Development Start: 6:00 pm Body: Grid power won’t reach much of rural Africa in our lifetimes, but the solar power solution can – and is. Bob Freling is executive director of the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), a Washington, D.C.- based nonprofit organization that has been on the cutting edge of using solar technology to improve lives in rural communities in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the South Pacific. By partnering with such organizations as the Jane Goodall Institute, Boston-based Partners In Health and Stanford University's Program on Food Security and the Environment, SELF has brought alternative power and new opportunities to countless people in the developing world. more info (event) Pax Christi Dallas Start: 7:00 pm Body: Contact Joyce Hall, 214-357-2173, for location. more info (event) Amnesty International Tarrant County Start: 7:00 pm Body: Contacts: Curt Crum at 817 423-1372 or 817 645-9151 or Ellen Kaner at 817 691-7198. more info (event) Tarrant County Clean Air Now Start: 7:00 pm more info
03 / 27 (event) Candlelight Vigil at KBH office for Global Warming Bill Start: 7:00 pm Body: Candlelight vigil to encourage Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to vote for the Lieberman/Warner Global Warming Bill, with the amendments put forward by the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations. Click HERE for Sierra Club’s statement. more info
03 / 28 (event) Lunafest Film Fest Start: 6:00 pm Body: Filled with stories of reflection and whimsy, hope and humor, grace and perseverance, LUNAFEST films are renowned for celebrating the talents and stories of women. Our films include many off the traditional “festival circuit.” Collectively, LUNAFEST films captivate audiences, compel dialogue and arm those who participate with both the knowledge and the motivation to make a difference in their communities. Lunafest’s films have won industry awards and audience accolades, and the films selected for 2007-08 LUNAFEST share this brilliance. From quirky animation to touching documentaries, the 9 selected films are incredibly diverse in both style and subject matter, united by a common thread of exceptional storytelling by…for…about women. more info
03 / 29 (event) Communications Committee Meeting Start: 1:00 pm more info
03 / 30 (event) Peace & Justice Center - Arlington Start: 5:00 pm more info
03 / 31 (event) Cesar Chavez 81st Birthday Celebration Start: 5:30 pm Body: Come to dinner at Cuquita's Restaurant (birthplace of the immigrant rights movement in Farmers Branch) for dinner, entertainment and speakers. Tables of four -- $100, individual seats -- $35. Dinner served from 5:30-7:00 p.m., program at 7:00 p.m. Make your reservations at www.dallaspeacecenter.org/Chavez. more info
04 / 1 (event) Film Screening: "In Debt We Trust" Start: 7:00 pm Body: Emmy Award winner Danny Schechter's In Debt We Trust explores the relationship between Congress and the credit complex and how it is having an enormously negative impact on the country's financial health. 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
04 / 2 (event) Peace Action Tarrant County Start: 7:00 am more info (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
04 / 3 (event) Urban Engagement Book Club: 'Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World' Start: 12:00 am End: 1:15 am Body: From Amazon.com: "Here, from Bill Clinton, is a call to action. Giving is an inspiring look at how each of us can change the world. First, it reveals the extraordinary and innovative efforts now being made by companies and organizations—and by individuals—to solve problems and save lives both “down the street and around the world.” Then it urges us to seek out what each of us, “regardless of income, available time, age, and skills,” can do to help, to give people a chance to live out their dreams." For more information on the Urban Engagement Book Club, go to www.centraldallasministries.org/uebc/index.htm. more info (event) Panel Discussion on Darfur Start: 7:00 pm Body: A panel discussion on Darfur will be moderated by Dr. Rick Halperin, director of the Human Rights Education Program at SMU. Panelists will include Dr. Alusine Jalloh, director of the Africa Program at UT Arlington, Victoria Smith, a human rights activist who has worked in Chad refugee camps twice during the past year and Ismail Abrahim, a refugee from Darfur. Presented by UT-Arlington Freshman Leaders On Campus (FLOC). more info
04 / 4 (event) 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' Peace Concert Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Body: Munger Place United Methodist Church invites you to an evening of tribute to the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 40th anniversary of his death. The evening will move from lively celebration to powerful oratory to candle-lit reflective silence. Special performances include: The St. Luke "Community" UMC Choir and Sacred Dancers; the spirited Minnesingers and the Treble Varsity Choir of Booker T. Washington High School; Dalton Sherman, award-winning 10-year-old Dallas student and gifted orator; and Willis Johnson of KKDA Radio will be Master of Ceremonies. more info
04 / 5 (event) Wine Tasting/Peace Talk Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Body: Featured guest speaker: Susan Barkley, Dean of World Languages, Cultures and Communications Division, Richland College. Cost: $35. For more information and to register for event, visit: www.womenspeaceconference.org Sponsored by Peacemakers Incorporated, a 501(c)(3)corporation. more info
04 / 6 (event) World Peace Meeting Start: 10:00 am more info
04 / 7 (event) UNT Walk-Out against War and Military Recruitment Start: 9:11 am Body: The walkout and rally every first Monday is meant to call attention to the war in Iraqi/Afghanistan, the responsibility of UNT for letting the Armed Forces actively recruit on campus, and a call for students to organize counter-recruitment groups. At 9:30 a.m. unite in front of the University Union to demand access for counter-recruitment representatives. For information, contact Aron Duhon, adduhon@live.com, 409-828-0393. more info (event) Summer Dinner Committee Start: 6:30 pm more info (event) Cuba Friendship Committee Start: 6:30 pm Body: 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 (event) Lecture: “Xenophobia and Xenophilia: Towards a Theology of Migration” Start: 7:00 pm Body: A Public Lecture by Dr. Luis River-Pagan, Henry White Luce Emeritus Professor of Ecumenics, Princeton Theological Seminary. Presented by the Center for the Study of Latino/a Christianity and Religions, Perkins School of Theology, SMU. more info
04 / 8 (event) Dallas Sierra Club Start: 7:00 pm more info
04 / 9 (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) Jobs With Justice Start: 7:00 pm more info (event) Amnesty International Fort Worth Start: 7:30 pm more info
04 / 10 (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) Amnesty International Dallas Start: 7:30 pm more info
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04 / 12 (event) World Women for World Peace Start: 10:00 am End: 12:00 pm Body: Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's Annual Conference Stay tuned for details. 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) 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) 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) 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) Art for Darfur Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Body: Art for Darfur is an evening of silent auction, educational speakers, music and Tents of Hope community art projects to raise funds for the desperately needed clean-water wells and medical supplies in refugee camps of Darfur, Sudan and Eastern Chad. All proceeds raised from the event will go to the International Rescue Committee’s work on the ground in Darfur and Eastern Chad. $5 for students $10 for regular admission For more information visit artfordarfurdallas.org more info
04 / 13 (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) Global Sacred Music Celebration Start: 4:00 pm Body: Sacred music is the vehicle for spiritual awakening in many world cultures, touching us all with a sense of peace, hope and connection with the Divine. A dozen faiths and traditions will be represented in the 3^rd Annual Global Sacred Music Celebration including African Traditions, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Native American and Polynesian/Hawaiian. Tickets are $5, children 10 and under free. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the church’s bookstore or at www.dfwinternational.org/Sacred, and will also be available at the door. more info
04 / 14 (event) Don't Attack Iran Meeting Start: 7:00 pm more info
04 / 15
04 / 16 (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) Interfaith Environmental Alliance Meeting Start: 6:30 pm more info (event) Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty -- Dallas Chapter Start: 7:00 pm more info (event) DFW Clean Air Start: 7:00 pm more info
04 / 17 (event) Amnesty International Group 663 Start: 7:00 pm more info
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04 / 19 (event) Peace & Justice in Sudan Meeting Start: 11:00 am more info
04 / 20 (event) Munger Place United Methodist Church Presents Dr. Joseph E. Lowery Start: 10:50 am End: 12:00 pm Body: The Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery of Atlanta, “the dean of the civil rights movement,” will be the guest preacher at Munger Place United Methodist Church, 5200 Bryan Street, Dallas, 75206 on Sunday, April 20, 2008, at the 10:50 a.m. worship service. Dr. Lowery will be in Dallas to accept the prestigious Robert O. Cooper Peace and Justice Fellowship from Southern Methodist University. An internationally acclaimed minister and civil/human rights activist, Dr. Lowery and the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). In 1965, he was chairman of the delegation to take demands to then Alabama Governor George Wallace during the historical Selma to Montgomery March. Come hear a power-packed message from, one of the greatest preachers in America. Munger Place United Methodist Church is located on the corner of Munger Boulevard and Bryan Street in Old East Dallas across from Garrett Park. All are welcome. For more information: (214) 823-9929. more info (event) Oak Cliff Earth Day Start: 11:00 am End: 5:00 pm Body: Come celebrate the Second Annual Oak Cliff Earth Day at historic Lake Cliff Park in Oak Cliff. Become a part of the effort to save and protect our environment. Visit information booths on environmental issues and products. Enjoy the all day entertainment, browse and shop art from local artists and eat great food. Bring your children, your pets (on leashes), and your family. Please park at Methodist Dallas Medical Center, 1441 N. Beckley Ave., in parking lot # 10 on the east side of the 1400 block of N. Beckley. Be sure to bring your old cell phones and ink cartidges for recycling. The Chiapas Project, which will be at Oak Cliff Earth Day, fights poverty and protects the environment at the same time by simply collecting old cell phones and ink cartridges. The Chiapas Project receives up to a $300 donation for every used cell phone and up to a $5 donation for every used ink cartridge collected. more info (event) Cooper Lecture: Joseph Lowery Start: 7:00 pm Body: The Robert O. Cooper Peace & Justice Fellowship Lecture will be presented by Joseph Lowery, an icon of the Civil Rights movement, and presidentof the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1977 to 1997. Also that evening, the The William K. McElvaney Award in Social Justice will be awarded to SMU students actively involved in human rights and social justice issues. more info (event) Play: "A View from the Underside: The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer" Start: 7:00 pm Body: “A View from the Underside: The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer,” a one-person play starring former minister and hospital chaplain Al Staggs, brings the life of one of the great heroes of the 20th century to the stage. The audience is brought into the prison cell where Bonhoeffer awaits execution and listens to his struggles with evil, injustice and God. Bonhoeffer tells of the profound influence of fellow Union Theological student Frank Fisher, an African-American who introduced Bonhoeffer to the blight of racism in America. Bonhoeffer expresses moral outrage against the Nazi treatment of Jews and explains how that outrage led him to become involved in the German resistance movement, a commitment that would result in his execution by hanging on April 9, 1945. more info
04 / 21 (event) Summer Dinner Committee Start: 6:30 pm more info (event) Cuba Friendship Committee Special Meeting Start: 6:30 pm more info
04 / 22 (event) We are the forgotten Children of Indonesia Start: 6:38 am Body: MAP more info

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