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Past Events "Whereof what's past
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TUESDAY, Sept. 3, 2007
St James Episcopal Church, West Hartford WHCPJ sponsors another Movie Night IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS and special guest Chris Doucot TUESDAY, July 3, 2007 WHCPJ sponsors another Movie Night St James Episcopal Church, West Hartford FILM:
War Made Easy
Click this link to VIEW VIDEO FOOTAGE OF RECENT PEACE and JUSTICE events Sat. - March 17, 2007 - CONNECTICUT OPPOSES THE WAR - state-wide rally in Hartford at the Old State House, 800 Main St, from 3:00-4:30pm. marking 4th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq West Hartford Citizens for Peace & Justice present Robi Damelin and Ali Abu Awwad of the…. PARENTS CIRCLE-FAMILIES FORUM MONDAY, MARCH 19 ~ TWICE!!!
Robi and Ali will talk about their paths of reconciliation after the losses of their own family members. They are members of the Parents Circle - Families Forum, a non-political group consisting of hundreds of families--equal numbers of Palestinian and Israeli families--that have lost loved ones in the Middle East conflict and are initiating a reconciliation process between Israelis and Palestinians; www.theparentscircle.org Afternoon Forum: 1- 3 p.m. Great Room of Konover Campus Center, University of Hartford Panelists include: Rabbi Stephen Fuchs,Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford, Sohaib Nazeer Sultan, Muslim Chaplain, Trinity College, Hartford; Rabbi Andrea Cohen Kiener, Trainer/ Facilitator, Compassionate Listening Project.
Evening Forum: 7 - 9 p.m. West Hartford Town Hall Auditorium, (3rd floor) Hartford Courant Columnist Susan Campbell Moderates the panel: Yehezkel Landau, Faculty Associate in Interfaith Relations, Hartford Seminary; Abdullah Antepli, Assistant Director of Islamic Chaplaincy Program & Interfaith Relations, Hartford Seminary; Margaret Steinegger-Keyser, Executive Director, Center for Conflict Transformation Co-Sponsors Include: University of Hartford Campus Alliance for Progressive Politics and Action; University of Hartford Humanities Center; We Refuse To Be Enemies; American Friends Service Committee; CT Coalition for Peace & Justice; Promoting Enduring Peace; Pax Educare, Bread and Roses, Congregation P'nai Or
West
Hartford Opposes the War!!! Town Meeting February
24, 2007 2:00 PM -
3:30 PM One of Over 20, Simultaneous, Conference-Call- Connected Town Meetings Statewide! St.
James Episcopal Church 20 Walden
St./Farmington Ave. Testify and hear from each other on the cost of the war, why we should leave, how to support our troops!
Partial List of Sponsors: Connecticut Opposes the War; CT Citizen Action Group; CT AFL-CIO; Kevin Sullivan; former Lt. Governor; Irv Stolberg; former Speaker of CT House; Rev. Steve Sidorak, Exec. Dir. of Christian Coalition of CT; Anti-Nuke Coalition Call (860) 233-1980 to help with this meeting, or for more information. Stop the War $400 Billion Spent So Far - 3,000 Americans & Hundreds of Thousands of Iraqis Dead; Countless More Wounded & Displaced Money For Making Our Cities Safe; Health Care, Education and Jobs; Full Financial and Medical Support for Returning Troops ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ******* COW Town Meetings on Saturday, February 24. CT OPPOSES THE WAR (COW) has decided on an ambitious
plan to bring the anti-war movement to every corner of
Connecticut by holding simultaneous These meetings should be co-sponsored by congregations,
union locals, community leaders, and regular citizens all over CT to share viewpoints
and strategize on how to keep the pressure on to end the war. The COW Town Meetings will
also help to organize a massive rally in Hartford to mark the anniversary of the invasion in March.
WE NEED YOU TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP ORGANIZE THE MEETING IN YOUR TOWN!
With your help, we brought 1,500 people to
protest the war at the Statehouse in March.
With your help, we brought 500 people to an anti-war meeting with 3
Congressmen in January 2007.
With your help, we will make history by holding simultaneous,
conference-call connected anti-war meetings involving religious, union
and community leadership, plus thousands of regular citizens, all over
Connecticut on February 24.
Only YOU can make this happen!
Call 203 329-1629 or 860 655-4179, or write to CtOpposesWar@ yahoo.com,
to volunteer,
AND FORWARD THIS MESSAGE FAR AND WIDE THROUGHOUT CONNECTICUT
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Call 203 329-1629 or 860 655-4179 or email ctopposeswar@ yahoo.com
to help organize a COW Town Meeting in your area.
Endorsers from March '06 CT OPPOSES THE WAR rally at Statehouse in
Hartford
Sisters Of Notre Dame De Namur; Sisters of Mercy Leadership Team; Sisters of St. Joseph
of Chambery; CT State Legislators Andy Fleischmann, Toni Harp, Jonathan Harris,
Jack Hennessy; Evelyn Mantilla, David McCluskey, Denise Merrill, Tim O'Brien,
Melissa Olson, Elizabeth Ritter; Brendan Sharkey, Toni Walker; AFL-CIO CT; AFT CT;
AFSCME Council 4; AFSC CT; CCAG; CT NOW; Charter Oak Cultural Center; CT Coalition
for Peace & Justice; CT State Council of Machinists IAM & AW;
Citizens for Global Solutions-NE CT Chapter; Collaborative Center for Justice; Congress of CT
Community Colleges Peace Caucus; CT Trans Advocacy Coalition; Communist Party USA -CT;
District 1199, SEIU; Episcopal Peace Fellowship; Greater Hartford Coalition on Cuba;
United Nations Assn. Greater Hartford & Mansfield Chapters; Greater Hartford Labor Council;
Greater New Haven Peace Council; Green Party CT; Harmony House New Haven;
Hartford Catholic Worker; Interfaith Coalition for Equity & Justice; Media Education Foundation;
Military Families Speak Out; New Haven People's Center; New London Meeting (Quaker);
Northeast Coalition for Peace & Justice; Northeast CT Media Coalition;
Peace Action of Greater Hartford; People of Faith CT; Queers Without Borders;
Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice; Socialist Party USA Central CT; UE Northeast Region;
UAW CT State CAP Council; W. Hartford Citizens for Peace & Justice; Witness for Peace,
New England; Veterans for Peace, Central CT.
Connecticut Opposes the War (COW)
Call (860) 655-4179, or (203) 329-1629 for more information or visit ctcow.org
Feb 6, 2007, TUESDAY WHCPJ MOVIE NIGHT in WEST HARTFORD CENTER directed by Eugene Jarecki St. James Church Hall FREE • OPEN TO THE PUBLIC • Doors open at 6 p.m. Film at 7 p.m. followed by discussion afterwards Tax deductible donations encouraged Free refreshments Directions: Enter Church Hall from parking lot behind church. Driveway to parking lot is off Farmington Avenue, between Church and The Bridge Family Center at 1022 Farmington Avenue or at 19 Walden Drive, across from Sovereign Bank parking lot.
film showing of War and the Soul -sponsored by Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice Monday, January 22, 2007 at 7:30
p.m. CCPJ will show Dr. Ed Tick's 90 minute DVD (a brief synopsis of his book "War and the Soul") and discuss efforts to hold a larger Central Connecticut and/or State forum on PTSS / PTSD and helping returning Iraq War Veterans.
Rabbis for Human
Rights
For the information on this talk ... Click => here November 9, 2005, Wednesday; 7:00 PM, West Hartford Town Hall Forum: Ray McGovern: A Retired CIA Intelligence Officer Speaks on: Iraq Exit Strategies - Sooner or Later? Click here for more information. |
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