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96 Harlow Street
Suite 100
Bangor Maine 04401
(across the street from Peirce Park, next to the Bangor Public Library)
"What has the Center been doing lately?"
Bill McKibben of 350.org spoke at the HOPE Festival this April. Listen to his speech here. (Thanks WERU)
Jo Comerford, Executive Director of the National Priorities Project, gave the keynote talk at the Active Community Teach-In on Saturday, October 9th 2010. You can download her presentation as pdf & mp3 files below:
Thanks to Amy Browne of WERU for editing the audio file.
Appearance by author and activist David Swanson at the Center on Nov. 5, 2009:
Video clips from our Walk for Real Security on Sept. 12, 2009:
Local media coverage and full program from our Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemoration:
Local media coverage from the 2009 HOPE Festival in April:
Joseph Gerson keynote (AUDIO) from March 21, 2009 Teach-In:
March 19, 2009 press event on 6-years of war and the Obama era, full program and local coverage:
Local media coverage of our September 13, 2008 peace rally:
Click below for local coverage of our Sept. 10, 2008 news event:
Click below to see Ch. 7 coverage from our May 21, 2008 press conference on war funding:
Click HERE for our March 19, 2008 press conference with Veterans for Peace.
Click HERE to view extensive local teevee coverage of the 5-yr anniversary of the Iraq war on March 19, 2008.
Delivering Peace Voter Pledges, on 5th anniversary of war, March 19, 2008:
Recent podcastsSaturday, May 12th from 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Come join a conversation about U.S. policy toward Iran and how the peace & justice movement in our region can respond. Let’s share information, analysis, ideas for action and identify possible next steps. Then stay for the potluck and sing-along afterwards. Please let us know if you plan to [...]
Featuring Bill McKibben, 350.org, Keynote Speaker, at noon,
Timbered Lake
Timbered Lake, (music for Mother Earth) performing at 2 PM
Innana, Sisters in Rhythm
Innana, Sisters in Rhythm, performing at 3 PM
plus Children’s activities, local food, 70 Social Change Groups, and more!
Saturday, April 21st, 11 AM – 4 PM
Student Recreation & Fitness Center, University of Maine, Orono
Directions Here
Full Schedule Here [...]
Friday, March 16, 2012 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.
(Snow date: Friday, March 23,2012 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.)
Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 96 Harlow St., Suite 100
Cost: $15 per person, $30 for up to three people from one organization, or
free for Peace and Justice Center volunteers.
To register, send a check to the Peace and [...]
Download this Flyer
Marching Against Fiscal
Madness in Augusta:
fund human needs rally March 20
Where? Hall of Flags, Augusta
When? Tuesday March 20th, 2012, 2 – 4 PM
Fund Human Needs Rally – March 20
Please help us spread the word about this rally by clicking here to download the flyer, printing copies and posting them.
Tell folks to get there early, [...]
Terry Rockefeller, Keynote Speaker
Saturday, September 17, 3 – 6 pm at First Congregational Church of Brewer, 45 Church Street, with keynote by Terry Rockefeller of Families for Peaceful Tomorrows.
Planned by area religious and social justice organizations in conjunction with the International Day of Peace (on September 21st), the event is free and open to the [...]
Join members of the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine and the Orono Peace group, who are inviting members of the community to share their federal budget priorities. Contact the Center if you would like to help.
11 am at Peirce Park, Bangor
“Die-in” and Readings
Followed by showing of the film
Hiroshima No Pika
At the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine
96 Harlow Street, Suite 100, Bangor
“Hiroshima No Pika” is the title of a story about the bombing of Hiroshima written and illustrated for children elementary age + by Toshi Maruki.
Susan Sarandon narrates this [...]
to Bring our War Dollar$$ Home
In support of National End the Wars at Home and Abroad Demonstrations in New York and San Francisco
Saturday, April 9th 1:00 p.m.
Paul Bunyan Park, Bangor
Music and Talks
Speakers:
Douglas Allen, Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine
William Murphy, Bureau of Labor Education University of Maine
Maryalice Horrigan, Gold Star Mother
Dud Hendrick, Veterans for [...]
EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION
50-STATE WISCONSIN SOLIDARITY MOBILIZATION
WHEN:
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26
12:00 NOON
WHERE: AUGUSTA, MAINE
(Rally will begin at State Capitol…State Street and Capitol Street)
WHAT: SUPPORT U.S. WORKERS
and SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH
PROTESTERS IN
WISCONSIN
(Download this flyer as pdf)
In Wisconsin and around our country, the American Dream is under fierce attack.
Instead of creating jobs, legislators are giving tax breaks to corporations and [...]
Every Tuesday thru April 19, from 12 noon to 1:30 PM
Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 96 Harlow Street, Suite 100, Bangor
The catalysts for the discussion group are essays from the book “The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear” edited by [...]
Friday, March l8th, 12 noon
at the P&J Center, 96 Harlow St, STE 100, Bangor
Join us at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine to mark the anniversary of the “shock and awe” bombing of Iraq in 2003, the on-going occupation of Iraq and the endless war in Afghanistan.
The 2011 HOPE Festival will be Saturday, April 30, from 11 AM to 4 PM at the UMaine Student Recreation & Fitness Center in Orono Maine.
2011 HOPE ad form.pdf
2011 HOPE Org Fair Table Application.pdf
2011 HOPE Food Vendor Application.pdf
2011 HOPE Festival Flyer lite
Bangor, November 5 & 6
Vets for Peace Walk for Peace flyer
Join Maine Veterans for Peace and Buddhist monks as they walk across the state from November 2nd to November 11th.
They intend to engage the public about the need to end the war in Afghanistan (now costing us over $8 billion a month), promote social progress, take care [...]
Come to a press conference
in support of the March/Rally
“One Nation Working Together for Jobs, Justice and Education for All”
in Washington D.C., Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 at the Lincoln Memorial
Press Conference is Friday, October 1st, 2010
in Bangor at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park Street,
from noon to 12:30 PM.
An [...]
The P&J Center celebrates its 21st annual Harvest Supper on Saturday, October 9th.
The Harvest Supper usually draws between 50 and 200 people. This year it caps a big day for us, as it follows our Active Community Teach-In and the commemoration of the Chain of Concern, which was our first demonstration against the war in [...]
Teach-In Saturday, October 9, from 1 – 4 PM
at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 120 Park Street in Bangor.
Keynote Speaker will be Jo Comerford, Executive Director of the National Priorities Project, followed by group discussions.
At 4 PM, those who wish will take part in a “Walk for Peace” to Cascade Park (just beyond Eastern Maine [...]
65th Anniversary of Hiroshima Commemoration
Friday, August 6th
2:00 p.m. Remembrance and Die-In
Peirce Park (next to Bangor Public Library on Harlow Street)
2:30 Masanobu & Tomoko Ikemya read “Grandmother’s Doll” Kamishibai (picture card story)
followed by introduction to the film
“Railroad of Love: Spanning Australia and Japan”
The story of an Australian Catholic Priest, Rev. Tony Glynn, who led reconciliation efforts [...]
From Dana Williams, of Veterans for Peace:
Veterans For Peace, Jim Harney Chapter 003, would like you to join them at the Bangor-Brewer 2010 July 4th Parade.
We will begin gathering at 9:00AM at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park Street, Bangor, Maine. From there, we will car-pool to where the parade [...]
Saturday, April 24th • 11 A.M.–4 P.M.
Student Recreation & Fitness Center, University of Maine, Orono
HOPE stands for
Help Organize Peace Earthwide
2010 HOPE Schedule Flyer
Performers:
11:00 Opening honoring Penobscot Elder Arnold Neptune with Timbered Lake
11:30 Hope Festival Singers
12:00 Zachary Field’s Amazing Juggling
1:00 Emma’s Revolution – Award-winning songwriters & folksingers
3:30 Community Dance of HOPE
Talks
2:00 Keynote: Betty [...]
The Peace & Justice Center celebrates the sixteenth annual HOPE Festival this year on April 24, 2010, at the University of Maine. We are forming a community based group of singers to perform as part of the Opening Ceremonies in celebration of hope and peace in our world. We invite you, your family and your [...]
