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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 podcastsHis Legacy for Maine Today
Sunday, January 17th, 2009, 4:00-8:00 P.M.
Keith Anderson Community Center, Orono (next to the Post Office)
Snow date: Monday, January 18th, 4:00-8:00 P.M. at the same location
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4:00-5:00 “Talking About the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. for Today”
Join an open conversation facilitated by Phyllis Brazee, Director of Peace & Reconciliation Studies at the [...]
This is video from our September action. Complete information about it is found HERE. The Bangor Daily News ran a story HERE.
Why a Walk for Real Security?
Has the endless war on terrorism made us safer than we were after the 9/11 attacks? We are told we cannot afford the cost of providing basic health insurance [...]
Walk for Real Security in Bangor Saturday September 12, 12:00 Noon, Davenport Park at the corner of Main and Cedar Streets
Health, Money and Fear . . .
a film about our Health Care System
Why does it cost so much?
What does it say about us?
What can we do about it?
Wednesday, July 29th at 7 PM
at the Peace & Justice Center
170 Park Street, Bangor
Watch as Dr. Paul Hochfeld, an experienced emergency room physician, and several other knowledgeable medical [...]
The Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine invites the public to participate THIS THURSDAY in a free event commemorating the 64th anniversary of the two nuclear bombings of civilian populations. We will gather outside the Bangor Public Library in Peirce Park at noon Thursday August 6th. Below is a description of the event.
12:00 [...]
miniature image of A New Way Forward Flyer
April 11th 2009 will be a national day protesting our current economic policies. Protesters will gather at 2PM at the State House in Augusta, Maine.
Interested protestors in the Bangor and Penobscot Bay region can contact Todd Russell at 469-7432 or jtrussell13@gmail.com for more information. Carpooling is [...]
Great coverage on Ch. 5 and the Bangor Daily News!
Bangor Ch. 5 11pm Saturday 9/13 coverage
I think it’s pretty good when you can get the teevee to give 1 minute, 10 seconds for peace late on a Saturday night. Thank you very much, Channel 5.
BDN coverage In Section B this time
Read the full story HERE.
As [...]
Channels 5 and 7 carried reports on our Sept. 10 pre-rally news conference. You may click the player below to watch.
Join Hands to End the War, Build the Peace and Rebuild Our Economy
September 13, 1:00 p.m. Paul Bunyan Park, Bangor
2:30 p.m. Walk for Peace to…
3:00 p.m. Talk with Democracy Now!’s AMY GOODMAN
at the Hammond Street Church
Updated!! Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! will appear at the Hammond Street Church in conjunction with our peace event and [...]
At the Blue Hill Library, 7 p.m. tonight, Friday August 15, there will be a slide show and presentation BUILDING PEACE WITH IRAN by Helen Lindsay.
A message about this was sent out to our mailing list this morning. The message contained an alarming list of U.S. battleships dispatched recently to the Persian Gulf region. I [...]
UPDATED w/Ch. 7 Coverage:
Original post:
On Wednesday, May 21st we will deliver copies of the signatories to to the petition below to the Bangor offices of Senators Collins and Snowe after a brief press conference at the Center at 11:00 a.m. (not noon as announced earlier). Let us know if [...]
Please see the links at right to the From Every Village Green website for all current information/weather news and Action details. Below is a summary of statewide actions:
March 15th 5th Anniversary Events
Androscoggin County Court House — Chain of Concern — 12-1pm
Augusta High Bridge between rotaries — 12:00noon — Chain of Concern
Bangor Paul Bunyan [...]
In partnership with the Bangor Public Library Children’s Division, the
Greater Bangor Area NAACP will be presenting a series of guest reader
programs featuring books with African-American & Afro-Caribbean
themes. The programs will be held in the Story Room of the Library’s
Children’s Division on:
Saturday, February 9,2008 from 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM
Saturday, February 16,2008 from 2:00 PM to [...]
A film on state oppression of Black Panthers in the 1970′s, entitled “Legacy of Torture” will be shown Sunday January 27th at 7 PM at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park Street in Bangor. Discussion with Carol Dove and Michael Vernon will follow. For more information, call the Center at [...]
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, the Peace & Justice
Center of Eastern Maine will sponsor a free and open to the public
” Keeping the Dream Alive Spoken Word Cafe” Monday, January 21st
from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Keith Anderson Community Center, Bennoch
Road, Orono (just behind the Post Office). Bring a dish for the
potluck [...]
UPDATED AGAIN! Bus Canceled! Urgent notice has been received for a soon-upcoming vigil in Augusta. Candlelight Vigil to stop Governor’s Proposed Cuts. A new time and place for the candlelight vigil has been announced for 5:00 PM Wednesday, January
9th in Augusta (see below). We encourage all who are able, to attend this event.
Unfortunately we have [...]
We hope you will consider sending a postcard to Governor Baldacci
which calls on him to “Find Another Way” beside cutting programs for
children and the neediest. The card urges him to work with our
congressional delegation so that funds going to the War in Iraq and
tax breaks for the wealthiest one percent instead can be [...]
THIS LITTLE CARD CAN CHANGE THE FUTURE FOR THOUSANDS
ACT TODAY TO BAN CLUSTER BOMBS
As you send out cards of peace during this holiday season, take the time to send this card of hope to your senators and representatives asking them to cosponsor S.594/H.R.1755
1. Print out this holiday postcard…
http://www.fcnl.org/pdfs/weapons/clusters-holiday-card-2007.pdf
…on card stock, which you can find at [...]
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED NOW TO HELP BAN CLUSTER BOMBS!!!
Mark your calendars to make a phone call to the offices of Senators Collins and Snowe on November 5, the National Call in Day and the Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs. Let them know that Maine wants them to cosponsor S. 594. [...]
Buses are available to go from Belfast to Boston for the October 27th regional national day of action to end the war. See below for more information about the rally and march. Three buses will leave Belfast at 7:00 a.m.Saturday morning and return to Belfast by [...]
