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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 podcastsBangor, 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 [...]
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 interfaith group of clergy [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Author and organizer David Swanson will visit Bangor and Orono on Thursday November 5, 2009. Swanson is well known for creation of the website AfterDowningStreet.org following the publication in the U.K. of the revealing contents of the July 2002 Downing Street Memo:
C reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in [...]
Philosophy at the Edge
Presents its third annual one-day conference
Philosophy at the Edge 2009
Ethics in Today’s
Policy Choices
Cutting-Edge Thinking on Philosophy
Geared toward the general public, as well as academic philosophers
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church Hall • Friday, July 24, 2009
Featured speakers and their topics:
Compassion in Medicine:
What is it and can [...]
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 [...]
Food AND Medicine and the Eastern Maine Labor Council invites you to attend our Ninth Annual …
FOURTH OF JULY SOLIDARITY CELEBRATION
Featuring Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion with Slaid Cleaves
PLACE: at the Solidarity Center, 20 Ivers St. Brewer, 04412.
TIME: 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m Rain or Shine
This year’s Fourth of July promises to be a [...]
Active Community Teach-In (ACT VIII) March 21, 2009, 1-5:00 PM
Please join us in March for a special event,
ACT VIII: New Strategies for Organizing in the Obama Era
Place: Unitarian Universalist Church, 120 Park Street, Bangor
Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Saturday March 21
Keynote: Joseph Gerson, Director of Programs and Director of the Peace and Economic [...]
Sunday, January 18th from 3:00 – 8:00 pm
Keith Anderson Community Center in Orono (next to Post Office)
Snow Date is now in effect! Monday, January 19th , Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine 170 Park Street, Bangor
3:00 – 5:00 “Talking about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barak Obama” — join an open conversation [...]
There will be a presentation titled “Sorrows of Empire” with Dud Hendrick on Tuesday January 13th at 6:00 p.m. at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine 170 Park Street in Bangor. The showing is co-sponsored by the Center and Veterans for Peace. For more information, call or email the Center at 942-9343, [...]
Foundations of Authentic Communication will meet weekly for 8 sessions beginning Sep 22 at the Peace and Justice Center in Bangor. Sessions will run from 6:30-8:30pm and will conclude on Dec 1. Please call to inquire:
Contact: Peggy Smith
(207)789-5299
Please read below for more information.
SPEAKING PEACE in a WORLD of CONFLICT
This fall, Peggy Smith, co-founder of [...]
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 [...]
