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Call us: (207) 942-9343
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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 podcastsP&J Monthly Film Series
This documentary features Dr. Paul Hochfeld, an experienced emergency room physician, and several other knowledgeable medical professionals who diagnose the U. S. health care system as sick, broken and in dire need of repair.
These experts reveal the complex contributing factors that have led to a costly system that cares more about profits [...]
WHO’S GOT THE POWER?
Sunday, February 28, 7:00pm
Who's Got the Power?
A forceful, new documentary film, addresses head on the reality of global warming, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, coal, oil and gas, and its attendant dangers in the form of carbon dioxide emissions and presents genuine and workable solutions. From [...]
Spring 2010 Film Series
All films begin at 7 p.m. Sunday evenings at the Center, 170 Park Street, Bangor.
February 28: Who’s Got the Power?
Who’s Got The Power, a forceful, new documentary film, addresses head on the reality of global warming, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, coal, oil and gas, and its attendant dangers in [...]
Fall 2009 Film Series to start this SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2009 with RETHINK AFGHANISTAN
Fall 2009 Film Series
All events are 7 p.m. on Sunday evenings at the Center, 170 Park Street, Bangor.
SEPTEMBER 20: RETHINK AFGHANISTAN
President Obama has repeatedly said that Afghanistan is “the good war” and has escalated U.S. commitment with no end in sight. Director Robert Greenwald’s latest film, “Rethink Afghanistan” focuses on the human and financial costs [...]
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 [...]
Spring 2009 Film Series
All events are 7 p.m. on Sunday evenings at the Center, 170 Park Street, Bangor.
May 17 Noam Chomsky’s “What’s Next”.The Elections, the Economy, and the World
World-renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky discusses the meaning of President-elect Barack Obama’s victory and the possibilities ahead for real democratic change at a speech recorded in Boston. [...]
Sunday, December 14th 2008 at 7:00 PM
Peace & Justice Center, 170 Park St, Bangor
Discussion after film. Phone ahead for childcare, 942-9343
PETE SEEGER: POWER OF SONG documents the life of one of the greatest American singer / songwriters of the last century. Largely misunderstood by [...]
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Sunday November 16 at 7:00 pm
Winner of numerous awards, this 2007 film, produced and directed by award-winning European journalists and filmmakers, tells the story of how our civilization’s addiction to oil puts it on a collision course with geology. Compelling, intelligent, and highly entertaining, the film visits with the world’s [...]
In Search of the Future: What do the wise ones know?
Kicking off the Peace and Justice Center’s fall film series is a film that is generating thought and discussion across the country. “In Search of the Future: What do the wise ones know?” which features Penobscot elder Arnold Neptune will be [...]
Special film showing
We have decided to add a film to our spring series on Tuesday June 24, at the Center, 170 Park Street, Bangor, 7:00 6:30 pm. (Note earlier time.)
From the Bullfrog films description: “STEALING A NATION is an extraordinary film about the plight of people of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean – [...]
The War on Democracy documents the history of U.S. attempts to subvert democratic movements in Latin America. The film sheds light on U.S. actions such as the use of the ‘School of the Americas’, a defense department facility used to train people who eventually took part in the dismantling of democratic movements in places such [...]
Please join us on Sunday March 16, 2008, 7:00 pm at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park St., Bangor for our regularly scheduled Film Series program.
We are including Sunday’s program as part of the Iraq War 5th Anniversary Commemoration. We will show:
Brief excerpts of this weekend’s Winter Soldier Hearings. Note: The [...]
At the University of Maine, the Maine Peace Action Committee presents…
The Spring 2008 Film Series
All showings are on Thursdays at 7:00 PM, 140 Little Hall, on the University of Maine Orono campus
Free Admission; Discussion After the Film
January 31 — Hearts and Minds
Winner of the 1974 Academy Award for Best Documentary, Peter Davis’ film shows the [...]
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 [...]
Update! The next film in our Fall 2007 series is the superb documentary about the Dixie Chicks musical group, “Shut Up and Sing”. Join us on Sunday December 23 at The Peace & Justice Center, 170 Park St., Bangor, 7:00pm! (Originally scheduled for December 16, but postponed due to snow storm.)
Sunday September 23, 7:00pm
We are [...]
[ June 24, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Fidel – The Untold Story: Remarkable documentary of Fidel Castro, covering over 40 years of Cuban Revolution, rare Castro footage, scenes of his youth and formative years, and interactions with Mandela, Elian Gonzalez. Buena Vista Social Club group, and others.
image from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_castro
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PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER FILM SERIES
PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER OF EASTERN MAINE
170 PARK STREET, [...]
[ May 20, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] In Debt We Trust: Latest film by Danny Schechter, director of “Weapons of Mass Deception,” is a hard-hitting investigation of why so many Americans are strangled by debt, maxed-out on credit cards, and how this is part of a deeper story of power shifting into fewer hands with frightening consequences. This powerful film is also [...]
[ April 29, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] An Inconvenient Truth: Al Gore’s widely-acclaimed, passionate, and informative film showing that humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe of global destruction.
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PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER FILM SERIES
PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER OF EASTERN MAINE
170 PARK STREET, BANGOR
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[ March 25, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Iraq’s Missing Billions: What happened to the billions of dollars intended for Iraqi reconstruction? This shocking investigation uncovers the horrific story of fraud, incompetence, and corruption.
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PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER FILM SERIES
PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER OF EASTERN MAINE
170 PARK STREET, BANGOR
942-9343
SUNDAYS SPRING 2007
7:00 p.m.
Discussion After Each Film
Phone Ahead For Childcare
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