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Two days after Memorial Day weekend, active duty soldiers and veterans will be invited to speak out at the PASI Annual Meeting about what patriotism means to them, on Wednesday, May 30th, from 6 to 8:30 pm at the Unitarian Church of Staten Island, 312 Fillmore Street, Staten Island, NY 10301.

In this era of seemingly endless wars, is it possible to be a patriot and to be against war? What is the difference between identifying as a patriot versus a nationalist? While these may sound like semantic questions, our different answers seem to define many of our political divisions.

The panel for this conversation will include Brittany DeBarros, Ghanim Khalil, and Patrick Youngkin, all who have experience in the military service since September 11, 2001.

The meeting is free and the public is invited.  New faces are especially welcome. Doors open at 6 pm and pizza will be served. 

A new PASI Board will be elected at this meeting.  Members who joined by April 30, 2018 are eligible to vote in the PASI Board election.  Go to www.peacesi.org to join or renew your membership. Flex your membership muscles!

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Candidates Forum: Peace, Foreign Policy, and Staten Islanders

Saturday, April 21st, 2 to 4 PM
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore Street (at Clinton Ave.)

All the candidates for Staten Island's congressional district, New York's 11th Congressional District, have been invited to participate in a non-partisan, public forum sponsored by Peace Action of Staten Island, Sustainable Staten Island, Staten Island 4 Change, the Staten Island Debate Society, Fight Back Bay Ridge and other groups. Come out to learn about the candidates' views on foreign policy and peace, and how those issues affect Staten Islanders, and to hear their responses to questions posed by members of the audience.

Doors open at 1:30pm.  

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PASI General Meeting: 
U.S. Militarism at Home and Abroad
With Tara Tabassi and Skanda Kadirgamar 
of the War Resisters League
Sat., March 10, 5:30 - 8:00 PM - Doors open at 5 PM
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore St.
We will also announce the slate for the PASI board

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PASI's January Meeting will be held at 4 PM at the #SIUnited2018 Conference!

#SIUnited2018 CONFERENCE

January 20, 2018

2800 VICTORY BLVD SI,NY 10314

Building 1P (the Performing Arts Center)

 

For the first time in the history of Staten Island, a coalition of grassroots community groups and organizations are mobilizing to hold the first ever #SIUnited2018 conference.
 
On the anniversary of the historic Women’s March and presidential inauguration, the #SIUnited2018 conference will be the first gathering to harness a movement that will create bold change on Staten Island. The goal of the conference is to build a strong progressive movement in New York’s most contested battleground.  A Women's March will also be taking place on the day of the conference.  We apologize for the conflict but please know that we will be organizing on Staten Island for the what women are marching for in NYC and around the country!
                        
From Labor rights, civil and LGBT+ rights, environmental justice, healthcare for all, to immigration reform, criminal justice and dignified housing, peace, equality, women's rights, and racial justice, the conference will touch on the multifaceted challenges facing Staten Island. Academics, community leaders, union leaders, civil rights attorneys and young activists will come together to discuss the issues and craft practical goals of leadership development and base building to fuel key advocacy campaigns.

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#YemenCantWait: Rally Against War

 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1557494060995150/

Yemen is at the center of the world’s worst, man made humanitarian disaster. Over 10,000 people have died from the conflict, 1 million people are impacted by the cholera outbreak, and 22 million people are food insecure, with millions on the brink of famine. Funeral halls, homes, hospitals and markets in Yemen are being bombed by the Saudi-led coalition, with U.S. assistance and U.S. weapons. With millions on the brink of famine, and in the middle of a cholera outbreak, the U.S.-supported Saudi-led coalition blockaded Yemeni ports, weaponizing aid that millions depend on. The United States must end all U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. Rally with us, and demand an end to all U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen!

Speakers: Dr. Debbie Almontaser - Director of Muslim Community Network Sahar Alsahlani - Board Member of CAIR-NY and National Council member of Religions for Peace and Fellowship of Reconciliation Summer Nasser - Chairperson of YemenAid

Kate Alexander - Peace Action New York State

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Art of the Protest Show Opening

Saturday, February 3rd @ 3:00pm

More Info Here:https://www.facebook.com/events/1523831964332629/

This is an art show curated from pieces from Staten Island protests. The show closes on February 23rd.

YEMEN: “THE
WORLD’S
WORST
HUMANITARIAN
DISASTER”
Our November Peace Action of Staten Island meeting will include a talk and discussion led by Ibraham Qatabi and a short video, “Inside Yemen”
SATURDAY, NOV. 18
5:30 – 8:00pm
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore St.

Doors open at 5 pm for Potluck repast. Program begins at 5:30 pm.  Program is free and open to the public.

PHOTO: Yemenis protest Saudi airstrikes in front of U.N. headquarters on the second anniversary of Yemen’s war. (Photo by Mallory Moench for Voices of NY)
This under-reported conflict is taking an enormous toll on the already-struggling people of Yemen. More than half are food-insecure and don't have access to clean water. Two million are internally displaced. More
than 10,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed. A cholera epidemic has exceeded 600,000 cases and caused over 2000 deaths.
The Saudi-led coalition, with U.S. support, has been blamed for most of the civilian casualties. The Houthis have also been accused of human rights violations.

PHOTO: Ibrahim Qatabi presenting on 23rd September 2016, Geneva International Centre for Justice on human rights violations in Yemen. http://www.gicj.org

Ibraham Qatabi is a Yemeni American political analyst and a human rights advocate and organizer. He is also a legal worker for the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). Mr. Qatabi serves as a UN-U.S. advisor to Nobel Peace Laureate Tawakkol Karman of Yemen, and was a lead advisor on the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.  He previously interned in the Terrorism/Counter-Terrorism section at Human Rights Watch in New York. As an expert on Yemen and Middle Eastern affairs, he has lived and traveled extensively in the Middle East. 

During the Arab Spring, Qatabi co-founded the Yemeni American Coalition for Change (YACC) to support peaceful change and the democracy movement in Yemen.

Following President Trump’s Muslim Ban, Mr. Qatabi helped mobilize the community, organized Know Your Rights events, and connected individuals and families with legal counsel. Mr. Qatabi remains involved in advocacy campaigns around the Muslim ban, immigration and other related national security issues and involved in a range of community service work.

Mr. Qatabi is a native Arabic speaker and frequent commentator on Yemeni affairs on various cable news networks, including Al Aljazeera, RT (Arabic and English), and Alhurra TV, among others.

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Saturday September 9: PASI General Meeting. Unitarian Church of Staten Island, 312 Fillmore Street (at Clinton Ave). 5:30 to 8 pm. "Trump, White Supremacy, and the Progressive Response"  with historian Debbie-Ann Paige.

In this Presidency, and particularly after Charlottesville, progressives have taken up an intense debate on how to best respond to hate groups and their bold expressions of fascism, racism, anti-Semitism, and misogyny. 

How can progressives and activists act to disrupt and challenge hate? Through video clips and readings, we will explore tactics and perspectives, past and present, and how hate develops and manifests, in hate groups and throughout society. 

Saturday, Sept. 16:
Staten Island Black Heritage Family Day/Parade.  12 noon parade Vanderbilt & Bay. Street.  Festival in Tappen Park/Stapleton.  Stop by Peace Action of Staten Island's table.

Tuesday September 19: PASI Board Meeting - All Are Welcome! ETG Book Café, 208 Bay Street.  7 - 9pm. 

Thursday, Sept. 21
International Day of Peace (United Nations) 

Friday, October 13:  Peace Action 60th Anniversary Gala. Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10027. 6 - 9 PM.  Harry Belafonte will receive Lifetime Achievement Award. LaDonna Brave Bull Allard of Standing Rock will receive the William Sloane Coffin Award.  Medea Benjamin will emcee.

Saturday October 28:  Make Food Not War Dinner.  5 – 8 pm.  Olivet Presbyterian Church, 97 Myrtle Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310.  A wonderful evening supporting four of Staten Island's own peacemakers with music by sisters Omnia and Leila Hegazy!  This is Peace Action of Staten Island's annual fundraiser and your support is so very much appreciated!  Tickets are $45 with a limited number of sliding scale tickets at $20.  Journal ads range from $30 to $100.  Click here to get your tickets or buy an ad.

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Saturday August 26: “Runaway Inequality” Training based on book by Les Leopold. CWA Union Hall. 3950 Amboy Road, Staten Island, NY 10308. 10 am – 3 pm .  Stay tuned towww.sustainablesi.com for updates on registration. Training is free but participants must register. 
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration

NEW Location and Time
Sunday, August 6, 2-4pm
Seaview Ave and Father Capodanno Blvd
One mile procession begins at 2pm and ends at the picnic area at Midland Beach.
At 3 pm, at the picnic area, there will be a performance by the Laura Neese Dancers and activities for children.
In the event of heavy rain, the program will be held at the Unitarian Church of SI, 312 Fillmore St.

Peace Action of Staten Island is partnering with the Unitarian Church of Staten Island to celebrate and bring awareness to the new UN nuclear weapons ban treaty with a procession for peace that will take place on the anniversary of the atom bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  The atom bombs were dropped on these two Japanese cities on August 6 and 9, respectively, in 1945. The human cost of the atom bomb attacks was enormous: conservatively over 240,000 people lost their lives.  Today’s nuclear weapons are 75 or more times powerful than those dropped 72 years ago, and the humanitarian consequences of just a small nuclear exchange could cause world-wide famine.  That is why it is so important to remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to work for complete nuclear weapons abolition.

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Women's March to Ban the Bomb!

Supporting UN negotiations to adopt a 

treaty to ban nuclear weapons

Saturday, June 17, NYC

10:30am Take the Staten Island Ferry to Manhattan with Peace Action of Staten Island

12:00 noon Gather across from Bryant Park on 41st St

1:15-4:00pm Rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza

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Next Steps at PASI’s Meeting
Forum with Citizen’s Climate Lobby
Saturday, May 13, 2017
from 5 to 8 PM
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore St. (at Clinton Ave.)

    After you have marched, take the next step, by joining Peace Action of Staten Island at its Saturday, May 13, 2017 general meeting to learn about the climate reality we face as citizens of the world. 
    Philip Kahn of Citizen’s Climate Lobby (CCL) will be our speaker.  He has worked in renewable energy and, in 2013, became active in CCL, citizensclimatelobby.org, a volunteer group dedicated to putting a national price on carbon pollution.  Philip and other members of CCL in New York State are reaching out to state legislators in the pursuit of statewide action on climate mitigation and carbon pricing.
    PASI will hold its annual election at this meeting also, in order to elect 2017-2018 officers and board members.  Members in good standing are eligible to vote.  Renew your membership or join PASI today at www.peacesi.org.
    At the meeting, refreshments will be served, donated by members and participants. Everyone is welcome!  For more information, email pasi.contact@gmail.com.

“The recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.”

-- Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Come celebrate Human Rights Day and stand against the current attack on marginalized peoples and for our shared commitment to ALL PEOPLE’S human rights. Demand President-elect Trump meet his sacred responsibility to uphold the human rights of ALL PEOPLE, including women, immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ+ people and Muslims, both in his rhetoric and deed.
 
Universal human rights include: freedom from discrimination; freedom from fear and want; a prohibition of torture or degrading treatment; a prohibition against arbitrary detention; the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution; the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association; the right to fair pay and human dignity in the workplace; a right to join a union and the promotion of a spirit of brother and sisterhood. 

Called by Peace Action of Staten Island with iCivica, SIARAPB, El Centro, Communities United for Respect and Trust, SI Immigrants Council, Unitarian Church of SI, Pride Center of SI, La Colmena, Sustainable Staten Island, Progressive Democrats of America, and more

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Peace Action of Staten Island
Cordially Invites You to Our Annual 
Make Food Not War Dinner
Honoring Staten Island Peace Makers
& Advocates:
Sajda Musawwir Ladner, Universal Temple of the Arts
Steve Lawton, CWA Local1102
Steve Jones and Katie McCarthy, Everything Goes Book Cafe
Students for Justice in Palestine, CSI Chapter
Krystal Lake, Staten Island Against Racism and Police Brutality
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With Music by Omnia Hegazy
Saturday, October 22, 2016, 5:00 -– 8:00 p.m.
Olivet Presbyterian Fellowship Hall, 97 Myrtle Ave, Staten Island (at Broadway)
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Buy tickets and journal ads by clicking the MFNW link on the sidebar, or send a check to PO Box 201,
St. George Station, Staten Island, NY 10301
For more info: 718-989-2881 or pasi.contact@gmail.com

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THURS., OCT. 13.  7:00 PM. Peace Action Manhattan

Monthly Community Forum presents Report Back on Fact-Finding Peace Delegation to Syria from Joe Jamison, Queens Peace Council, Madelyn Hoffman, NJ peace activist. Goddard-Riverside Community Center, 593 Columbus Avenue (at 88thSt.), Manhattan

Free and Open To The Public.

 

SAT., OCT. 22.  5 PM. MAKE FOOD NOT WAR DINNER. Olivet Presbyterian Fellowship Hall, 97 Myrtle Ave (at Broadway). Tickets www.peacesi.org.

 

MON., OCT. 24.  7 PM. William Perry, former Secretary of Defense: “My Journey at the

Calendar:

•  THURS. SEPT. 8, 4-8 PM. Art Build for Presidential Debate.  A. J. Muste Memorial Institute, 168 Canal St 6th Fl. Manhattan. RSVP Kate@panys.org. 

•  FRI. SEPT. 9, 7 PM. Noise Demo.  In solidarity with National Prison Work Stoppage Strike. Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center, 80 29th st Brooklyn NY 11232.

•  SAT. SEPT. 10-11, 9/11 Truth Symposium in NYC, The Great Hall, Cooper Union 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003.  Entrance fee $25-$35.

• TUES., SEPT. 15, All Day.  Ferry Flyering for PASI about the TPP  FORUM.  Contact pasi.contact@gmail.com to volunteer.

• TUES., SEPT. 15, 4 PM. Eric Garner Birthday Back to School Give Back.  202 Bay St. near Victory Blvd., Staten Island

• TUES., SEPT. 15, 7-9 PM. A New Cold War? The U.S., NATO and Putin's Russia.  The Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Ave. between Bond and Hoyt, Brooklyn.  Free, open to the public.

•  SAT. SEPT. 17, 1  - 5 PM, Black Heritage Parade & Festival, Tappen Park, Stapleton

•  SAT. SEPT. 17, 5 to 8 PM, PASI MEETING.  Unitarian Church of Staten Island, 312 Fillmore St.  Free, open to the public.

•  MON., SEPT. 26, 4 to 6 PM, Protest at First Presidential Debate, Hofstra University. Hempstead Ave. and Uniondale Ave., Hempstead, Long Island.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 6:30 - 8:30 PM 
WOMEN ON WAR & PEACE 
Peace Action General Meeting
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore Street @ Clinton Ave
(doors open at 6 PM)

http://www.forkfilms.net/pray-the-devil-back-to-hell/

Peace Action of Staten Island is holding a Women on War and Peace Forum in honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. 

Our guests will include: 
- Madeline Akibo-Betts from Sierra Leone. 
- Jenna Bitar from Adalah-NY is a young Palestinian-American interested in the rights of women political prisoners.
- Iram Ali from Pakistan and raised in Brooklyn, former Associate Director, Operations & Development, Iraq Veterans Against the War and currently Kairos Fellow at MoveOn.org. 

 
- Adama Demby from Sierra Leone who came to the U.S. in 1985. 
- Jennifer Gray-Brumskine from Liberia who came to the U.S. in the late 1980’s as a student and is currently President of the Liberian Community Association. 
- Parvina Olimova from Tajikistan, active in the Turkish Cultural Center, and interested in the role of women's education. 

The forum will bring women together to share their direct or indirect experience of war and peace. Too little attention is paid to the effect of war on women's and their families’ lives. Women are not equal partners in the processes that could have prevented conflicts in the first place.

Peace Action of Staten Island welcomes everyone to come to its meetings. New faces are very welcome. Doors will open at 6 pm. Please bring something to share for our light refreshment table. 

Bus Directions from Staten Island Ferry Terminal:  Take S40 Bus to Clinton Ave and Richmond Terrace.  Walk 2 blocks.  The Unitarian Church is at Clinton Ave and Fillmore St.  
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Shut Down Indian Point Forum
Thursday, February 18, 2016 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore St. (at Clinton Ave.), S.I.

Speakers:
Carl Lundgren, Chair, SDIPN
Catherine Skopic, Legislative Committee Chair, SDIPN
Dr. Alfred Meyer, Physicians for Social Responsibility

Peace Action of Staten Island, in collaboration with the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church of Staten Island, will sponsor a forum on shutting down the Indian Point Nuclear Power Facility, north of New York City.

The Indian Point Energy Center houses two working nuclear power plants and is just 35 miles from midtown Manhattan in Buchanan, New York. 20 million people live within 50 miles of the plants, including most of Staten Island.  A study commission by New York State found that evacuation is not possible.  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says, “Indian Point is a catastrophe waiting to happen.”  

Shut Down Indian Point Now! (SDIPN.net) is a grassroots organization, comprised of individuals working in New York City to shut down Entergy's Indian PointNuclear Plant and against the use of nuclear power in the US and around the world.

Find out why so many people are calling for the closure of Indian Point Nuclear Plant and the steps it will take to accomplish that goal.  Some of the reasons include: Indian Point’s vulnerability to terrorism, a laundry list of safety problems, the storage of 1500 tons of radioactive waste onsite, and the lack of a workable evacuation plan, 

Other community co-sponsors include:  Staten Island Democratic Association, New Yorkers for Clean Water, Inc., Food & Water Watch, and Eco-Poetry.org, SIARAPB Community, United for Action, Zeitgeist NYC Chapter, Alliance for a Green Economy, ISLA (list in formation).

This event is free and open to the public.  Light refreshments will be served.






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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 6:30-8:30 PM

What matters to you!? Peace Action of Staten Island (PASI) invites you to Flagship Brewery for their membership meeting. Take part in an open dialogue between the excitement building for the 2016 election and the issues that matter to you.

On Tuesday Sept 8th PASI will host a slew of young activists representing the campaigns and issues that are relevant in the world today. The panel discussion will feature supporters of various presidential campaigns, political views, and civic engagement and social justice issues.

Some of the organizations and campaigns that will be represented are the Green Party, 5 Boro for Bernie Sanders, Staten Island Libertarian Party, Isla and Black Lives Matter.

Flagship Brewery, regularly closed Monday through Wednesday, will be opening up its door for this special Tuesday night event at 6:30 PM. Flagship is located at 40 Minthorne Staten Island, NY 10301.

Directions: A short walk from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal down Bay Street 0.4 miles, pass Victory Blvd., turn left on Minthorne Street.

For more information, please contact Ilya Jalal 646-474-4713

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Dirty Wars Screening 

& PASI Annual Meeting

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Please note new location:

Fund our Communities!

Our speaker will be Jean Athey, coordinator of Peace Action Montgomery (MD) and chair of the Steering Committee of Fund Our Communities, Not the Pentagon, (www.OurFunds.org), a Maryland coalition composed of over 60 organizations whose mission is to establish a strong grassroots constituency for change in our nation’s priorities, away from war and militarism and towards peace and social justice.  Jean is also secretary of the Board of the national organization Peace Action.
The Fund Our Communities coalition has sponsored town hall meetings throughout Maryland, organized a campaign to prevent a special tax break for Lockheed Martin, managed an innovative Pull the Pork political event, and sponsored a bus tour in MD called “Prosperity Not Austerity.” The latest campaign is passing a bill in the state legislature designed to show that jobs need not be dependent on military spending.

In April, 2011, Jean went to Afghanistan on a peace mission. In October 2008, she volunteered with the International Solidarity Movement in Palestine for the olive harvest and at the Jerusalem home of a family threatened with eviction. In 2006, she co-founded the Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture, a coalition of religious groups working to end U.S.-sponsored torture and hold accountable those who have participated in torture. Jean has worked at the Federal Health Resources and Services Administration; taught at the University of Oklahoma; and served in the Peace Corps in Tunisia.  She received a Ph.D. in social services policy and administration from the University of Chicago.   
On the agenda for the evening is a presentation of the report by the nomination committee for the PASI board.  Elections are scheduled at the annual meeting on May 10, 2014.    This event is free and open to the public.   Light refreshments will be served.

"The Dark Side of Anti-Bullying Laws"
presented by Izzy Kalman, MS

In recent months, the United States Government has been under constant attack for its increasing growth as a totalitarian police state, conducting mass surveillance while curtailing the precious right to Freedom of Speech, all with the justification of protecting the population from terror.
Izzy Kalman, a Nationally Certified School Psychologist, is the author of numerous books and publications that teach individuals and organizations how to successfully eliminate bullying by using the age old wisdom of the Golden Rule. He is creator/author of the website, Bullies2Buddies.com, and writes a Psychology Today blog, A Psychological Solution to Bullying.  He worked as a school psychologist in Staten Island for fourteen years, until 2002.

Join us for an interesting and interactive presentation by Mr. Kalman who will talk about freedom of speech as the solution to verbal bullying and not the cause of it.  According to Mr. Kalman the anti-bullying movement is the most polular witch-hunt in human history.

This event is free and open to the public.   Light refreshments will be served. 

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 2013, 5:45 to 8 PM
PEACE ACTION MEETING
Weaponized & Surveillance Drone Teach-In

Speaker: Debra Sweet, World Can't Wait
Staten Island Museum Auditorium
75 Stuyvesant Pl., Staten Island, NY 10301
(1 block up from Staten Island Ferry)

Join Peace Action of Staten Island  as we discuss how the international community should address the new military paradigm of weaponized and surveillance drones.  There is a week of action planed for the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly from September 23-28 to bring drones to the attention of the public.

This event is free and open to the public.   Light refreshments will be served. 
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 2013, 6 TO 7:30 PM
DEMONSTRATION
in front of Rep. Michael Grimm's office, 265 New Dorp Lane, SI, NY
  Republicans! Please tell President Obama:
Hear Our Words...We Don't Want Another War!
Bring signs.
Peace Action will ask Republican elected officials to speak out against military intervention in Syria on Thursday, 9/5 in front of Rep. Grimm's office.
Train Directions: Take Staten Island Rapid Transit from Staten Island Ferry. Get off at New Dorp Lane.
CLICK HERE TO READ PRESS RELEASE
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TUESDAY, SEPT. 3, 2013, 5:30 TO 7 PM
DEMONSTRATION
in front of the Crystal Room, 67 Olympia Blvd, SI, NY
  Democrats! Please tell President Obama:
Hear Our Words...We Don't Want Another War!
Bring signs.
Peace Action will ask Democratic elected officials to speak out against military intervention in Syria on Tuesday, 9/3 in front of the SIDA Dinner.
Bus Directions: Take S51 Bus from Staten Island Ferry. Get off at Fr Capodanno Bl - Sand LA. Start out going North East on FR CAPODANNO BLVD (FATHER CAPODANNO BLVD) towards SAND LN.  Turn left onto SAND LN.Turn left onto OLYMPIA BLVD.
CLICK HERE TO READ PRESS RELEASE
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MONDAY, SEPT. 9, 2013, 6 TO 7:30 PM
NO ATTACK ON SYRIA VIGIL
in front of Rep. Michael Grimm's office, 265 New Dorp Lane, SI, NY
  Please tell Congress:
Hear Our Words...We Don't Want Another War!
Bring signs.
  Move On and Credo are helping to organize vigils across the country to ask more members of Congress like Rep. Michael Grimm to oppose military intervention in Syria.  Increase diplomacy and humanitarian aid instead!
Train Directions: Take Staten Island Rapid Transit from Staten Island Ferry. Get off at New Dorp Lane.
CLICK HERE TO FIND A VIGIL NEAR YOU OR ORGANIZE YOUR OWN

This coming week is critical in the effort to prevent a war. The Senate will probably vote on a resolution to authorize the use of military force (AUMF) in Syria early in the week, and the House may also vote. Both houses will hold hearings.  As friends of peace, we are sending the following message to Congress through our phone calls, messages, vigils and demonstrations:

    We do not want a U.S. military attack on Syria;
    We want the U.S. to use diplomacy to end the Syrian nightmare;
    We want the U.S. to provide generous assistance to Syrian refugees.
Click here for alternatives to the use of U.S. military force.

Congress has heard loud and clear from the American people that we do not want another war. On Thursday, September 5th, Rep. Michael Grimm switched from supporting U.S. military action to coming out publicly against it, partly because of the large number of calls to his office (202-225-3371 and 718-351-1062) opposed to more war.  Here's what we know about the positions of our Senators:

    Senator Charles Schumer:  Told reporters on Capital Hill that he will vote for the AUMF.  Call his office at 212-486-4430.

    Senator Kristin Gillibrand:  Told a reporter that she wants to see more intelligence before she makes her decision.  Call her office at 212-688-6262.
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Building Bridges presents
“BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER”
 A Gathering for Reflection & Hope
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25TH 2013
2:00PM – 5:30PM
The Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore Street (corner of Fillmore & Clinton Streets).
We will walk through Sailor Snug Harbor, stopping at Tuscan Garden & Healing Garden, and return to the Unitarian Church of Staten Island
Sharing, coffee & cake
For more Information call (718) 816-1998 or visit the Building Bridges website:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Building-Bridges-Coalition-of-Staten-Island/245446322132278
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Summer Tabling

       Get in the swing of summer by joining the PASI Summer Tabling Crew.  Sign up for a date on the doodle poll link below:

http://www.doodle.com/gsa4c44nwud5m4ki

We have the table, literature, buttons, pens, and shopping bags.  If you know of any beach festival, street fair or block party where you think PASI should set up and engage Staten Islanders in one-on-one dialogue about peace & justice, jobs & schools, or drones & scandals, let us know by calling 718-989-2881 or emailing pasi.eblast@gmail.com.  Have table, will travel. 
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration
Unitarian Church of Staten Island, 312 Fillmore St.
   This event is sponsored by Peace Action of Staten Island and the Unitarian Church of Staten Island.  It is free and open to the public.

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TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2013, 7 PM
Know Your Rights: The Path of a Criminal Case
Presented by The Legal Aid Society
College of Staten Island 1P Lecture Hall
2800 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10314

Topics to be discussed include: Civilian encounters with law enforcement, court proceedings, collateral consequences of criminal charges and conversions and much more.

This event is co-sponsored by The Academy of Retired Professors, The Urban League Staten Island Branch, Empowerment Zone, NYC Councilwoman Debi Rose, Peace Action of Staten Island, The Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program. 

For additional information contact Finda Gbollie at fgbollie@legal-aid.org or 917-727-9691.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2013, 5:45 to 8 PM
PEACE ACTION MEETING
The Grimm Truth about TPP and TTIP
Can We Prevent Staten Island's Congressional Rep from Supporting Backroom Trade Deals for the 1%?
Speaker: Adam Weissman, TradeJustice, NY Metro
Staten Island Museum Auditorium
75 Stuyvesant Pl., Staten Island, NY 10301
(1 block up from Staten Island Ferry

Join Peace Action of Staten Island  as we learn from Adam Weissman of TradeJustice New York Metro about how the Obama administration is trading our rights away in closed door international negotiations.  Adam has been campaigning to raise awareness about Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPP).  You might not be aware of the TPP because it is shrouded in secrecy and all but ignored by the corporate media.  By the end of October 2013, President Obama expects to finalize this trade agreement with 10 other nations, which will outsource jobs to sweatshops, limit access to lifesaving generic drugs, prohibit regulations on the banking industry, replace family farms with factory farms, and grant foreign corporations the power to sue our government when U.S. laws block their environmentally destructive projects and toxic exports.  TPP is part of "Obama's Pacific Pivot" - his administration's broader agenda for  US military and economic dominance in the Asia-Pacific region.  And TPP is setting the stage for TTIP - a trade agreement between the US and the European Union.  Rep. Grimm has voted for every job-killing, anti-environmental trade agreement to come to Congress since his election.  Find out what we can do to pressure him to change his tune before TPP and TTIP reach Congress.

This event is free and open to the public.   Light refreshments will be served.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2013

Staten Island LGBT Pride Parade & Festival
Come join us marching & tabling at the Staten Island Pride Parade and Festival.  PASI will have Free Bradley Manning signs and collect petition signatures (http://www.standwithbrad.org/) that will be sent to the Bradley Manning Support Network. 
  We meet at 11:30 am on Saturday, June 1st in front of the St. George Library on Central Ave. 
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Make Food Not War Dinner
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Olivet Presbyterian Fellowship Hall
97 Myrtle Avenue (at Broadway)
Honoring Staten Island Peace Makers
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, First Voices Indigenous Radio WBAI
Rev. Susan Karlson, Unitarian Church of Staten Island
The Honorable Diane Savino, New York State Senator
Gonzalo Mercado, Staten Island Immigrant Council
Catered by Lifestyles for the Disabled.
Entertainment by singer Joy Ryder and Jimmy Satten
M.C. David Jones.
Pre-paid tickets are $50.  Tickets at the door are $60.
Click here to buy tickets or journal ads.Below are notes and links about recent events of Peace Action of Staten Island.
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SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2013, 5:45 to 8 PM
PEACE ACTION ANNUAL MEETING & ELECTIONS
Iraq: 10 Years After
Speaker: Leslie Cagan

Staten Island Museum Auditorium
75 Stuyvesant Pl., Staten Island, NY 10301
(1 block up from Staten Island Ferry)

Join Peace Action of Staten Island and Leslie Cagan to reflect on the legacy of the Iraq War.  From 2002 to 2010, Leslie was the National  Coordinator of United for Peace and Justice, the nation's largest grassroots antiwar coalition with more than 1,400 local and national organizations, including PASI.

    In addition to the presentation, this is also PASI’s annual meeting.  Election of officers and at-large members of the PASI Board to fill terms to May 2014 will take place.  Following is the list of the candidates. 

• Chair – Eileen Bardel
• Co-Chair – Richard Greve
• Secretary – Patricia Berg
• Treasurer – Sally Jones
• At-Large –  Janice Bocchicchio, Lloyd Berg, Dennis Dell’Angelo, Richard Florentino, Matthew Gleason, David Jones, John Lawrence, David Poleshuck, Debby Poleshuck

This event is free and open to the public.   Light refreshments will be served.
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Tuesday, APRIL 30, 2013, 7 to 9 PM
What Does Just and Dignified Immigration Reform Look Like?
College of Staten Island, Center for the Arts 1P - Lecture Hall, 2600 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY
A Forum for the College and Community sponsored by:
Division of Student Affairs, Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program, CORE Program and Peace Action of Staten Island.  CLUE CERTIFIED.
Download small 4-up flyer
Download full page flyer
Moderator: Rev. Susan Karlson, Unitarian Church of Staten Island
Panelists: Dr. Calvin Holder, Department of History
Cesar Vargas of the Staten Island DREAM Coalition
Tania Castillo, CSI Dream Team
Gonzalo Mercado of Staten Island Immigrants Council
Introductions: Hina Naveed
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Drone Conference & PANYS Annual Meeting in Syracuse NY
Attend the April 27-28, a DRONE CONFERENCE and the ANNUAL MEETING of Peace Action NYS will be held at the Southwest Community Center, 401 South Ave in Syracuse, NY.  The Annual Meeting takes place at 8:15 AM on Sunday.  Make a weekend of it with Peace Action. 
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Monday, April 15, 2013, 6 to 9 AM
Global Day Against Military Spending
Staten Island Ferry Terminal
The US Congress and the President have been locked in cycles of brinkmanship over the federal budget priorities  and deficits that have brought the vast and wasteful Pentagon budget into public scrutiny.  The general public overwhelmingly supports cuts to military spending when shown the facts and the trade offs between human services and the Pentagon. There is a broad and growing movement of peace, community and economic justice groups pushing for new federal budget priorities.  This makes GDAMS and Tax Day in the US a particularly auspicious occasion this year.  Click here for more information. 
Download Tax Day flier.
Download US Budget Pie Chart
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Sunday, April 14, 2013, 2 to 4 PM
Film Screening: "Miss Representation"
Staten Island JCC, 1466 Manor Road, Staten Island, NY
Miss Representation (90 min; TV-14 DL) uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself.  Presented by the Unitarian Social Justice Committee and the Staten Island JCC.  PASI is proud to be one of the sponsoring organizations.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 5 to 6 PM
NYC Anti-Drone Rally with the Grannies
Rockefeller Center, Manhattan
Join Peace Action on Wednesday, April 3, from 5 to 6 at an anti-drone rally at Rockefeller Center sponsored by New York City peace grannies.  The protest will be held on the west side of 5th Avenue between 49th and 50th Sts.  Col. Ann Wright and Nick Mottern, editor of KnowDrones, will speak.
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REFLECTIONS ON THE CURRENT DISORDER:
Why Did Wall Street Get Bailed Out and We Got Sold Out?
Williamson Theater, Building 1P, College of Staten Island
A lecture by Doug Henwood
Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 7 pm 
  Come to a talk by Doug Henwood, the editor Left Business Observer and author of Wall Street and The State of USA, who will address the roots of the current global economic crisis and offer what a popular, rather than Wall Street centered, solution would look like.
Sponsored by : the Department f Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work; Campus Activities Board.

This event is free and open to the public.  It is funded by the Campus Activities Board and Student Activity Fees.  For more information call Jay Arena at 718-982-3779 or email: john.Arena@csi.cuny.edu.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013, 5:45 to 8 PM
PEACE ACTION MEETING
Post-Sandy Priorities
Staten Island Museum Auditorium
75 Stuyvesant Pl., Staten Island, NY 10301
(1 block up from Staten Island Ferry)
Join community activist and journalist Danny Panzella,  community activist Staci Memmesheimer, Katrina-survivor and College of Staten Island Sociology Professor John (Jay) Arena, and Dennis Dell'Angelo, PASI board member and Staten Island architect.  This talk is free and open to the public.  Light refreshments will be served.
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SATURDAY, January 12, 2013,

5:45 to 8 PM
PEACE ACTION MEETING
Staten Island Museum Auditorium
75 Stuyvesant Pl., Staten Island, NY 10301
(1 block up from Staten Island Ferry) 

Economic Democracy:
The Cure for Capitalism

Speakers:  John Lawrence and Rich Florentino

Another world is possible! We can create a more egalitarian democratic economy in which everyone has universal healthcare, access to high quality life-long education and arts, economic security and work that they enjoy. An institutional cornerstone of a just society is democratic workplaces in which workers own and manage their own work. In this talk, we will discuss the movement to for economic democracy.

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Wednesday, December 5th, 7-9 PM
The Story of the Suspect Behind the Largest Security Breach in U.S. History
Speaker: Chase Madar
on WikiLeaks Whistle-Blower Bradley Manning
College of Staten Island
Center for the Performing Arts Lecture Hall 1P-119
2800 Victory Boulevard . Staten Island, NY 10314

Lecture sponsored by the CSI Student Government.

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SATURDAY, NOV. 10, 8:30 AM
PEACE ACTION CLEAN-UP CREW
Peace Action members are encouraged to volunteer on Saturday in the recovery effort. 

 VOLUNTEERS needed to do demolition and sort donations in warehouse.
MEET-UP at 8:30 am at 568 Quincy Ave., near Seaview & Father Capadanno Blvd.
BY BUS: Take S51 from Staten Island Ferry to Seaview Ave.
DRESS WARMLY IN WORK CLOTHES & BOOTS
BRING TOOLS (hammer, crowbar).
RSVP pasi.eblast@gmail.com
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SATURDAY, NOV. 10, 5:45 to 8 PM
PEACE ACTION MEETING
Staten Island Museum Auditorium
75 Stuyvesant Pl., Staten Island, NY 10301
(1 block up from Staten Island Ferry) 
HURRICANE SANDY: GRASSROOTS RECOVERY
Guest Speaker: Rev. Susan Karlson, Unitarian Church of Staten Island

After the cleanup effort, meet for refreshments and a discussion of grassroots recovery efforts underway by local faith groups, volunteers and supported by websites like statenisland.recovers.org.
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Wed., October 3, 2012  - 6 pm to 7 pm
PROTEST ELEVEN YEARS OF WAR – STOP THE KILLING
New Dorp Lane and 10^th Street, Staten Island in front of Congressman Grimm’s office
Please join Peace Action in a demonstration that will mark the 11th ANNIVERSARY of the Afghanistan War.  It will take place this coming Wednesday, October 3, from 6:00  to 7:00 p.m. on New Dorp Lane at 10th Street, in front of Congressman Michael Grimm's office , a short walk from the New Dorp train station.  Together we must keep up the pressure to Exit Afghanistan, bring the troops home and end the killing.  Bring yourself, a friend and a sign.  Call 718-989-2881 and leave a message if you need more information or visit our website www.peacesi.org.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 10:30 AM
10:30 am Catch the Staten Island Ferry
11:30 am South Ferry Press Conference
1:00 pm Staten Island Borough Hall Rally

NUNS ON THE FERRY

Nuns and Faith Leaders continue the ride for Faith, Family and Fairness. ·Ryan's budget does not pass the basic moral test. Faith leaders and  participants will present the Washington DC Interfaith Coalition's "Faithful Budget" proposal to NY Congressmen. We must protect vulnerable Americans and their families from unjust cuts and alterations to responsible social Programs. We plan to tell our  elected officials that we do not want the budget balanced on the backs of the Poor. Come ride with us!  Take the 10:30 am ferry to go to the 11:30 Press Conference at South Ferry.  Then ride with the nuns over to Staten Island for a 1 p.m. Rally at Staten  Island Borough Hall. Watch for further details to follow! We are our brother's and sister's  keepers!
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 5:45 to 8 PM
PEACE ACTION MEETING
Staten Island Museum Auditorium
75 Stuyvesant Pl., Staten Island, NY 10301
(1 block up from Staten Island Ferry)

Voices for Peace & Justice for Israel & Palestine

On Saturday, September 8^th, at its first fall public meeting, Peace Action will be shining the light on some of the positive developments for peace: on the individual and organizational Jewish voices, both in Israel and in the United States, that are calling for peace and democracy in Israel and Palestine.  Our guest speaker will be Sefi Yahav, a young Jewish Israeli activist who is a student here in New York temporarily and has been working hard for unity between Palestinian and Israeli workers and students.  In addition, the recent Doris Shaffer Memorial Lecture by author Peter Beinart (author of “Crisis of Zionism”) that was given on August 21, 2012 in Lenox, Massachusetts will be viewed.  It is Peace Action’s hope that this will turn into more extensive conversations at different venues and times throughout the coming year sponsored by open-minded and peace-loving Staten Islanders.
Directions to the Staten Island Museum: From the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, walk to Richmond Terrace and Wall Street and walk up one short block.

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Sunday, August 26, 2 to 5:30 PM
Building Bridges Peace Walk:

What Makes Us One?

Hindu Temple, 1318 Victory Blvd.

    Join Peace Action of Staten Island and the Building Bridges Coalition in a gathering of reflection and hope.

   Our journey will begin at the Hindu Temple at 1318 Victory Boulevard.  It will take us on a walk through Clove Lake Park.  A prayer will be offered at the Vietnam Memorial at the Armory, at Martling Avenue and Manor Road.  We will end at Congregation Bnai’-Jeshurun at 275 Martling Avenue.  

    For more information call (718) 816-1998 or visit the Building Bridges website: www.buildingbridgessi.org.  Free and open to the public.

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Why Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki ?

Unitarian Church of Staten Island, 312 Fillmore St.

    This year’s program on Staten Island will open with the music of pianist David Jones and the Japanese jazz ensemble WaFoo.  Art will be used to retell the story of the A-bomb survivors.  Father Liam O’Dougherty of Our Lady of Good Counsel (who was unable to be with us last year due to illness) will reflect on his work in Nagasaki four decades after the bombing.   A dramatic skit will highlight how the nuclear age affects New Yorkers still living under the threat of nuclear weapons and nuclear power plant accidents. The program will conclude with a Native American drumming ceremony and a talk about the Medicine Wheel with the Guardians of Ancestral Wisdom in the churchyard.    
    Light refreshments will be served and participants will be invited to learn more at information tables and displays with a chance to engage and ask questions.     

   This event is sponsored by Peace Action of Staten Island and the Unitarian Church of Staten Island.  It is free and open to the public.

Click here to see photos of the event by Yuuki Koike

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PASI Summer Picnic
Sat., July 28, 2012, 4 to 8 pm

Peace Action will be holding its summer picnic in the backyard of an Eltingville member this year.  Come, hang out with your PASI family, bring the kids, throw down, and mainly relax!  If you would like to volunteer to bring food, setup or clean up, that’s good, too.  Contact us at pasi.eblast@gmail.com or call 718-989-2881.   The picnic is free with your PASI membership.  You can sign up at the picnic. 

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June 13, 2012 - Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the NYC March and Rally of
1 Million People for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
NO NUKES – NOW MORE THAN EVER!
6:30 pm: Cocktail Hour
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Main Event
DopDop Salon: 170 Mercer Street New York, NY
click here to download event flyer Guest performances by:
Judy Gorman: Vocal Artists & Peace Activist
Olivia Gatwood: Author and Poetry Slam Champion
Light food and drink will be provided.
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Saturday, June 9, 2012 - Disturbing the Peace
Stop & Frisk in NYC
Panelists: Ed Josey, NAACP, Cynthia Davis, SI National Action Network, OWS Activist, Debbie Almonaster, Muslim Consultative Network, NYPD
Saturday, June 9, 5:45 - 8 PM, Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island (across from the Staten Island Ferry ramp)

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Saturday, June 2, 2012 - Staten Island LGBT Pride Parade and Festival
March with Peace Action of Staten Island contingent.
Meet at PARADE start with your PASI T-Shirt at 11:30 am at Central and Slosson Aves, winds through the streets of St. George, and leads right into a Festival in Tompkinsville Park.

Nuclear Power & War

Guest Speaker Alicia Godsberg, Executive Director of Peace Action NYS

Saturday, May 12, 5:45 - 8 PM, Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island (across from the Staten Island Ferry ramp)

Come join us at PASI's General Meeting.   It is free and open to the public.

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MAY DAY 2012! 
May 1st: Labor, The Immigrant's Rights Movement, Peace Groups, and Occupy Wall Street are coming together for a mass rally and march.

Rally at Union Square at 4PM March to Wall Street at 5:30PM.

We are the 99%!
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Peace Action NYS Strategy Retreat April 28-29, 2012

First United Methodist Church: 603 State Street, Schenectady, NY

Saturday: 9am – 5pm – voting for officers, strategic planning and organizing retreat

Sunday: 9am – 5pm – fundraising and Board development, C3 Board Meeting, networking

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Dan Cantor: On Creating A National Third Party.
A House Party for Peace Action Fund of NYS.
March 18, 2012, 3 to 7 PM, 110 Hamilton Avenue.
RSVP to sjones1@si.rr.com  

Dan Cantor, the Executive Director of Working Families (WFP), will speak to the issue of creating a national third party.  WFP is a New York State party advocating for well-paying jobs, affordable housing, accessible health care, better public schools and more investment in public services.  It is aligned with parties from other states but is not national.  In a political environment where voters are disenchanted with the major parties…is a national third party a possible option?

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Hydrofracking vs. Clean Water

Guest Speaker Susan Chew of New Yorkers for Clean Water

Saturday, March 10, 2012 5:45 - 8 PM, Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island (across from the Staten Island Ferry ramp)

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Racism in the Age of Obama: From the Local to the Global

A Lecture by Glen Ford, Executive Editor of the Black Agenda Report
Date: Tuesday February 28th, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm-9:00pm
Location: College of Staten Island, The Center for the Arts, Lecture Hall

Prolific writer and activist Glen Ford will discuss these contradictions and the type of social movement that will be needed to end racial oppression.  Free and open to the public.
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TOP the CLOSING of PS 14! Protest at the PEP Panel
Thursday, Feb 9, 6 pm at Brooklyn Technical High School
Fort Green Ave. & Dekalb Ave., 2 blocks from Atlantic Ave
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January 14, 2011, Drones:  The New Face of Warfare and Domestic Spying.  Guest Speakers:   Zohra Amed from Pakistan; and Nick Mottern, WESPAC. 

click here to see photos of the event
click here to download audio recording by Fred Nguyen
click here to view video of Zohra Ahmed
click here to view video of Nick Mottern
click here to view video of Drone Discussion

Under the US global war of terror, 40% of the US budget goes to preserve and expand the US empire, killing people in the Middle East to protect a global system of exploitation. As an integral part of the terror program, drones are a weapon of choice. The Obama administration is coordinating drone strikes in at least six countries: Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact, these drones are being used eight times more by the Obama administration than by the previous one. PASI's January 14th meeting brought attention to what the new drone program costs, where they function, who flies them, and how our airspace is now occupied continually by drones, but "Predator" and "Reaper". 

Zohra Ahmed, who is from Pakistan, and has just recently returned, shared her own personal experiences with the human devastation and destruction of her country through the use of unmanned drones

Nick Mottern is coordinator of the kNOw Drones project that uses replicas of Reaper drones to do sidewalk education and works for an international ban on weaponized and spy drones. He is a member of WESPAC justice and peace organization in Westchester County where he has been involved in anti-war work for many years and is the director of Consumers for Peace.org. He is a journalist, writing most recently for Truthout.org, and he has worked for Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, Bread for the World and the US Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs as well as several newspapers.

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December 10, 2011, Ten Years + Counting.  A Rally/Walk to End the War in Afghanistan was held from Noon to 1 PM, starting at the corner of Forest Ave. and Jewett Aves in Staten Island.
click here to download flier
click here to print your own EXIT Afghanistan sign

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November 12, 2011, Occupy Wall Street Comes to Staten Island.  Occupy Wall Street activists and Rev. Earl Koopercamp of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in West Harlem will be at the Peace Action of Staten Island meeting & potluck gathering on Saturday, November 12th at the Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place to engage in a dialogue about the movement that has spread to more than 150 communities across the nation and more worldwide.  CLICK HERE FOR FLIER WITH DAY'S EVENTS . 
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4^th annual Make Food Not War Dinner

Keynote Speaker:  Colonel Ann Wright

Honoring Staten Island Peace Makers

Marjorie Garvin, Community Activist

Patricia and Lloyd Berg, Fellowship of Reconciliation

Saturday, November 5, 2011  - 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

New Dorp Moravian Church

2205 Richmond Road, Staten Island, NY 10306

Music by Jimmy Mack, Phyllis Forman, David Jones

Photos & Story, Courtesy of Thomas Good, Next Left Notes

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September 11, 2011, Coming to Peace with 9/11. 
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August 7, 2011, Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration in Music, Word, and a Walk.

     Hiroshima And Nagasaki — Retelling The Story by Ruth Benson

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July 3, 2011, Get to Know Your Neighbor Harmony Day Picnic at Miller Field.
     Get to Know Your Neighbor Website
     Photos
     Whitefeather Performance
     Potato Sack Race
     Link to NY1 story