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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 podcastsEvery 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.
All films are shown at the Center, 7pm, Sunday evenings:
February 20 — War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
March 20 — Taking Root: the Vision of Wangari Maathai
April 17 — Flow: How Did a Handful of Corporations Steal Our Water
May 15 — Affluenza
More details available in the links below:
FEBRUARY 20 [...]
Click the image for a color pdf file of the poster, or the link below to download a black & white pdf file of the flyer.
Community Summer Solstice Celebration 6-18-11 B&W flyer
A Growing Time!
Music by
Voices for Peace
Women with Wings
Leah Wolfsong
Circle Voices
Saturday, June 18, 2011
6 PM Arts ~ Crafts, Open Drum Circle & more
7 PM Music
Location: [...]
Our new mailing address is:
96 Harlow Street, Suite 100
Bangor, ME 04401
This 2006 movie has all of the comedy and lively music one finds in big Bollywood films, and was a smash hit in India. .
The big surprise, which has led to a national movement of “Gandhigiri,” is the film’s dramatic and moving emphasis on the appearance of the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi. In a [...]
Join us to Inaugurate new Peace & Justice Center space on Sunday, January 16th
2:00 – 4:00 Regional gathering of justice & peace groups in Eastern Maine
5:00 – 7:00 Open House, Potluck supper and Sing-Along to Commemorate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Snow date is Monday, January 17th.
Download the flyer below:
Martin Luther King flyer
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 [...]
Sunday, November 21st, 2010, 7 PM
Peace & Justice Center, 170 Park Street, Bangor
Filmed in the slums of Africa and the barrios of Latin America, “The End of Poverty?” features expert insights from economists, authors, government ministers and the leaders of social movements in Brazil, Venezuela, Kenya and Tanzania.
Global poverty did not just happen. It began [...]
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 [...]
Sunday, September 26, 7 PM at the Peace & Justice Center, 170 Park Street, Bangor.
Rethink Afghanistan
Rethink Afghanistan is a 2009 documentary about the ongoing war in Afghanistan. This full-length documentary features experts from Afghanistan, the U.S., and Russia discussing military escalation, how escalation will affect Pakistan and the surrounding region, the cost of war, [...]
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 [...]
Saturday, October 9th, 6 – 8 PM
at the Bangor Unitarian Universalist Church, 120 Park Street in Bangor.
Honoring Dud Hendrick, President of Maine’s 001 Chapter of Veterans for Peace, and Will Whitham, recent graduate of Bangor High School,
and concluding with a talk on
Organic Gardening in the Tradition of Helen and Scott Nearing
by Masanobu Ikemiya.
Let us know [...]
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 [...]
May 8th, 6-8 pm
at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park Street, Bangor
Featuring:
music with Judd Esty-Kendall
Election of the Steering Committee
and a special visit by
Dr Ashok Jhunjhunwala and his wife, Bahvani, from Chennai, India.
Ashok was a student at the University of Maine in the l970’s and an active member of the Maine Peace [...]
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 [...]
His 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 [...]
Please join us for the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine’s 20th annual Harvest Supper Saturday, October 3rd, 6–8 P.M., Unitarian Universalist Church on Park Street in Bangor
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 [...]
