Peacemaker News / Events:

Twin Cities Premiere!
Heights Theatre 7:30pm Monday June 15
3951 Central Ave NE, Columbia Heights MN 55421

The Department of Peace campaign in Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District is excited to be hosting this fundraiser with FNVW.org
http://www.soldiersofpeacemovie.com

The Lake Street /Marshall Avenue Bridge Peace Vigil:
Ten Years of Resistance to War
Come to a Special Vigil, Potluck and Speakout to remember 10 years of consistent public witness against sanctions, war and occupation and to share our “bridge stories.”
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
5:00 pm Vigil on the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge
6:30 pm Potluck dinner at
St. Albert the Great Church2836 – 33rd Avenue South, Minneapolis
(parking: Enter driveway on 33rd Avenue between 28th & 29th streets)
7:00 pm Music by Bret Hesla and Linda Breitag Story telling: sharing of memories on the bridge
www.worldwidewamm.org

Saturday, July 18 - http://pigstockwi.com/

Check our Online Calendar and Action Tool for more details

Holdover News Items

In 1970 Minnesota experienced the largest draft raid in American history, where over 54 draft boards - centralized in St.Paul and Minneapolis post offices - were raided and ten-thousand-plus “1A” files destroyed….. more

Season for Nonviolence
2007 was MAP's first observance of the 64-day Season for Nonviolence, January 30 through April 4. Remembering, respectively, the deaths of Mahatma Gandhi (Jan. 30, 1948) and Martin Luther King Jr (Apr. 4, 1968). We continue to observe each year ..details here

The US Peace Memorial Foundation has joined the nationwide
Peace is Patriotic Initiative. Celebrate Independence - Add your peace biography to the US Peace Registry
The US Peace Registry recognizes role models for a broad range of peace and antiwar activities.  Individuals who have written an antiwar letter to their representatives in Congress or to a newspaper are included, along with Americans who have devoted their lives to peace and opposing war.

MAP member Minneapolis Better Ballot Campaign:
"Instant Runoff Voting PASSED! "
click for more on their website

Twin Cities Produce Twin Proclamations
Declaring September 21, 2005 Peace Day (proclamations and other details here)

MAP endorses the Apollo Alliance Project
See  www.apolloalliance.org for more information about the project. View copies of the letters MAP has sent to all state and national leaders about this project here.

Department of Peace: MAP has been on record since June, 2002, in support of establishing "a cabinet level Department of Peace to develop a change in the definition of and approach to national security.” More on the proposed department, and what you can do to support its establishment at www.dopcampaign.org.

MAP Issues Resolution Denouncing Torture in Iraq

The ForeSight20/20 video is still available for sale. DVDs and VHS versions of this thought-provoking video are available to the public at a very low price in order to encourage wide circulation and education. More info on actionelection.org website.

MAP has signed on as part of another new and very important long range national initiative, the "US Peace Memorial Foundation."
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Find a speaker or build a coalition using the Activism Profile and Resource People Project page.

MAP Calendar of Events is a great resource!

Link to Peace in the Precincts - a Minnesota-based coalition of citizens from established peace organizations and neighborhoods. A project of MAP member, Friends for a Nonviolent World.

Link to SE Minnesota Peacemakers - Southeast Minnesota peace organization modeled on MAP principles.

Link to Minnesota Neighbors For Peace - Working for Peace, Justice and Tolerance in our own Neighborhoods. Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace is a part of this effort.

Link to New Orleans Katrina Relief page - Resource created by MAP in 2005, ongoing efforts and links to other organizations that continue to track needs.