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| THIS WEEK IN PEACE & JUSTICE HISTORY | |
July 4: The U.S. Declaration of Independence from King George III and Great Britain began the first successful anti-imperial revolution in world history, asserting the right of a people to create its own form of government. (1776) 
The burning of the Bastille, July 14, 1789
July 4: The Freedom of Information Act, P.L. 89-487, became law. It established the right of Americans to know what their government is doing by establishing procedures for getting access to internal documents.(1966) July 5: The National Labor Relations or Wagner Act became law,recognizing workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively. (1935)
July 7: Scientists held their first peace conference in the village of Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their goal was to "... bring scientific insight and reason to bear on threats to human security arising from science and technology in general, and above all from the catastrophic threat posed to humanity by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction...."(1957) July 14: Bastille Day in France: Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops stormed and dismantled the Bastille, a royal fortress converted to a state prison, that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. (1789) July 17:In a significant early use of close air support, a U.S. Marine squadron of seven airplanes dive-bombed rebels and peasants surrounding Marines and Nicaraguan military (then under direct U.S. control) in Ocotal, Nicaragua, killing more than 100. The rebels were opposed the presence of U.S. forces, essentially continuous since 1909.
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Focused on the vision of God's peace, the peaceCENTER supports the learning of peace in our lives and the demonstration of peace within our community| "Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life." - Ralph Ransom Fr. Ralph Ransom, a long-time friend of the peaceCENTER, died in Baltimore on June 7. We will be celebrating his life on Sunday, July 13 at 3 pm at the peaceCENTER, 1443 S. St. Mary's. There will be opportunity for those who knew Ralph to share their memories and for those who were not blessed with knowing him to learn how he touched so many lives. (Poet Naomi Shihab Nye called him "walking kindness.") We have made copies of one of Ralph's little booklets that he passed out on the streets of San Antonio, we will add Ralph's name to our Peace Pole and there will be time for socializing over lemonade and cookies. For more information, call 210-224-HOPE.
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 The Art of Happiness: Buddhist Philosophy and Practice
Presented by Lama Passang Gelek
Three Wednesdays: July 16 - July 30 - August 13, from 6 to 8 pm at Viva Books, 8407 Broadway, San Antonio 78209
Co-presented by the peaceCENTER. Free and open to the public. |
The weekly VIGIL FOR PEACE, every Thursday, 4-5 pm, now takes place at the corner of Flores and Commerce Streets, one block west of Main
Plaza / Plaza de las Islas.
The peaceCENTER has been experimenting with video production and our first video of "Deep in the Heart," an interview with Naomi Shihab Nye and her late father, Aziz, can now bee seen on YouTube. Let us know what you think!
July 10: The San Antonio Fair Trade Coalition meets the 2nd Thursday of every month at the Guadalupe Street Coffee House, next to the Guadalupe Cultural Center at 1320 Guadalupe. The coalition is currently working to pass an ordinance that would prohibit the City of San Antonio from purchasing clothing that is made by sweatshop, child or slave labor. For more information contact Marc Jacobson, 469.835.6211, marc@texasfairtrade.org. sweatfreesanantonio.org/
July 5: The San Antonio Area Progressive Action Coalition will feature Janet Ahmad, President of Homeowners for Better Building. The topic of discussion will be Homeownership: Protecting the Biggest Investment of your life. The meeting is from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at Grady’s Barbeque at 6510 San Pedro.
July 5: The San Antonio Audubon Society's July meeting will be a potluck picnic at the Judson Nature Trail House. The picnic begins at 5:30 p.m. and recommended items for the picnic are a potluck dish, card table, chairs and bug spray. The Judson Nature Trail House is located in Alamo Heights at the intersection of Viesca and Greely. More information is available online at www.saaudubon.org.
July 13: Wendy Green, managing director of the campaign to establish a Department of Peace will be speaking from 4-5:30 pm at Madison Square Presbyterian Church, 319 Lexington at Camden. Wendy will talk about how the campaign is going, give us an overview of developments and discuss prospects of its legislative process. For more information call Phin Washer at 210-493-1519.
August 9: There will be a celebration of and for peace at Sam's Burger Joint on August 9, from 1:00-5:00pm. Featuring: Craving Amy, Devil's Hollow Trio, Eddie & The All Nighters, Jimmy Cribb Band, Chris Baker/Mitsue McCoy, Rod C. Stryker and Watts Sisters. Suggested donation: $5. Sam's Burger Joint is at 330 E. Grayson. The peaceCENTER will have a table there - stop by and say hey!
October 10-11: The Mexican-American Cultural Center will be holding its 2nd Annual Bilingual Symposium on Immigration. For more information contact: 210.732.2156, www.MACCsa.org.
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