The Annual Meeting of Peace Action of Staten Island (PASI) will go online this year with a forum on "Workers' Solidarity in the Time of Crisis."
This will be a ZOOM meeting.
Click here to Register and get Zoom Link
The following panelists will describe the challenges that youth and workers face that have been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ways workers and their supporters can respond.PANEL:
Larry Goldbetter, President, National Writers Union
Tatiana Arguello, Director Of Workforce Development at United Activities Unlimited
Selina Grey Brown, New York State Nurses Association representative
Sneferu Boatwright, TWU Caucus Progressive Action
Steve Lawton, President, Communications Workers of America Local 1102
Ibrahim Sangare, former Amazon worker
Moderator: Dave Poleshuck, PASI Board Member
Click here to Register and get Zoom Link
Board Elections for the 2020-2021 PASI will take place at the Annual Meeting. Only current PASI members will be eligible to vote.
Photo Credit: New York State Nurses Association photo from May 16, 2020 Staten Island Car Procession for Essential & Excluded Workers at La Colmena - Community Job Center and National Day Laborer Organizing Network.
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A Recording of our Election 2020 Forum is available on YouTube. Click here to see recording.
STATEN ISLAND VOTES:MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT
Saturday, April 18, 2020
Speakers discuss the 2020 Election season, how the covid-19 crisis is affecting the election, key dates and guidelines for voting. There is an emphasis on healthcare, workers’ rights and the environment. Learn what is at stake for Staten Island in the 2020 Elections and how you can get involved.
- Opening Remarks – Roxanne Mustafa, SIWWM
- Healthcare & 2020 Elections – Mark Hannay, Metro New York Health Care for All
- Environment & 2020 Elections – Nidhi Khanna, Peace Action of Staten Island
- Labor & 2020 Elections – Representative, CWA Local 1102
Sponsors: Peace Action of Staten Island, Staten Island Women Who March (SIWWM), NAACP-SI Chapter, Move Forward SI, SI4Change, CWA Local 1102, Swing Left, Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church of SI, Metro New York Health Care for All, Staten Island Political Action Club
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Korea Peace: Film & Forum
Sat., February 15, 2020,
312 Fillmore Street (at Clinton Ave), SI, NY
WHEELCHAIR ACCESS is via walkway through side of the church on Fillmore
This Peace Action of Staten Island meeting is free and open to the public. Doors open at 2:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served. Program starts promptly at 2:30 pm.
There will be a screening of "Memory of Forgotten War" (37 minutes) followed by a panel to discuss the film and the peace process as it stands now.
MEMORY OF FORGOTTEN WAR conveys the human costs of military conflict through deeply personal accounts of the Korean War (1950-53) by four Korean-American survivors. Their stories take audiences through the trajectory of the war, from extensive bombing campaigns, to day-to-day struggle for survival and separation from family members across the DMZ. Decades later, each person reunites with relatives in North Korea, conveying beyond words the meaning of family loss. These stories belie the notion that war ends when the guns are silenced and foreshadow the future of countless others displaced by ongoing military conflict today. Find out more at http://www.mufilms.org/films/
Panelists
Betsy Yoon. Member of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development and part of the Korea Education and Exposure Planning Team, which organizes trips to both Koreas. She has a degree in international relations and lives in Staten Island..
Dr. Hosu Kim. Born and raised in South Korea, Hosu Kim is a feminist researcher and teacher whose work has actively engages in methods and praxis of decolonization and peace building efforts. Her current research project examines the tourism and an idea of healing and reparation at various sites, including the former US military base, civilian massacre, the grounds of popular protests in South Korea and Vietnam. She is the author of Birth Mothers and Transnational Adoption Practice in South Korea: Virtual Mothering, published by Palgrave-Macmillan in 2016. She has been a member and a Korean language instructor at Nodutdol, community organization for peace in Korea. Hosu Kim is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the College of Staten Island.
Health Care and the 2020 Election:
A Must Attend Community Meeting
Thurs., Dec. 12, 2019, 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall
312 Fillmore Street (at Clinton Ave), SI, NY
WHEELCHAIR ACCESS is via walkway through side of the church on Fillmore
Doors open at 6:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served. Program starts promptly at 6:30 pm.
Peace Action of Staten Island has invited organizers and experts on health care policy to help Staten Islanders understand the debates over healthcare we are hearing in the 2020 Election Debates. Do we need "medicare for all," "medicare if you want it," "Obamacare with a public option," or none of the above? If you are confused with the back and forth on the presidential debate stage, then this forum is your chance to clear things up.
CO-SPONSORS: Metro New York Health Care for All Campaign, Unitarian Church of Staten Island Social Justice/Black Lives Matter Committees, Staten Island Democratic Association, Move Forward SI, Staten Island NAACP, Communications Workers of America Local 1102, Sustainable Staten Island. Staten Island 4 Change, Young Democrats of Richmond County, Campaign for New York Health, Project Hospitality, Staten Island Family Health Care Coalition, Staten Island Immigrants Council, DSA - Staten Island Branch (list in formation)
Katie Robbins is the Director of the Campaign for New York Health, the statewide campaign advocating for universal, guaranteed health care in New York. She served as national organizer with Healthcare-NOW! from 2008 - 2011 during the healthcare debate leading to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, and is a graduate from Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health. She lives with her family in New York City.
Mark Hannay is Director of Metro New York Health Care for All, a citywide coalition of community groups and labor unions founded in 1993 that advocates for fundamental health care reform leading to a universal health care program. He co-chairs the Steering Committees of Health Care for All New York, chairs the board of the national Universal Health Care Action Network, and coordinates the New York City Organizing Committee of Health Care for America Now. Mark began his health activist career in 1991 as a member of the Insurance and Health Care Access Committee of ACT UP/New York. During the Clinton health care reform period of 1993-4, Mark worked as a Public Policy Associate at Gay Men’s Health Crisis, where he focused on health care and insurance issues for people living with HIV. Mark was a 2016 recipient of the Health Advocate of the Year given by Families USA, was a recipient of the 2012 Tisch Community Health Prize given by the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, was the inaugural recipient of the Health Advocate of the Year Award given by the Public Health Association of New York City in 2005, and also received its Health Media Professional Award in 2010. He served on the Community Advisory Committee of the New York State Health Foundation from 2007-12. In 2015, he was appointed to the Steering Committee of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Population Health Improvement Program. From 2002 to 2018, Mark co-hosted the “Health Action” program on WBAI/Pacifica Radio.
Neal Frumpkin is the associate VP for Inter-Union Relations for the Retirees Association of District Council 37 of AFSCME. This association represents 50,000 retired city workers. He is also a Trustee for the DC 37 Health and Security Fund. He has helped build the fight against the criminally high cost of prescription drugs.
Sally Jones, Chair, Peace Action Fund of New York State, member of PASI, and volunteer with the Move the Money NYC Campaign which advocates for moving Pentagon dollars to fund the needs of people and communities.
COME WITH ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS!
The program will include updates on activism on Staten Island.
This event is free & open to the public.
Iran Teach-In:
Get Up to Speed to Stop A War
Meeting & Teach-In
Sat., Sept 14, 2019, 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall
312 Fillmore Street (at Clinton Ave), SI, NY
PASI has invited Iran experts
COME WITH ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS!
Ervand Abahamian (B.A, Oxford University. Ph.D., Columbia University) is a historian of the Middle East specializing in modern Iran. He has taught at the universities of Oxford, Columbia, New York, and Princeton, in addition to the Graduate Center in the City University of New York and over forty years at Baruch College. He has written several books about Iran, including Iran Between Two Revolutions (Princeton University Press). He is now working on a book on the 1979 revolution in Iran.
Sina Toossi is a Senior Research Analyst with the National Iranian American Council. In this role, Sina conducts research and writing on U.S.-Iran relations, Iranian politics, and Middle East policy issues. Previously, he was a research specialist at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where he focused on nuclear and security policy issues related to the Middle East. Sina has been published in Newsweek, The National Interest, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic Council’s IranSource, ThinkProgress, and The Washington Quarterly.
Doors open at 5:00 pm. Lignt refreshments will be served.Program starts promptly at 5:30 pm.
The agenda will include updates on activism on Staten Island.
This event is free & open to the public.
RSVP
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Children Tell the Story of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Sunday, August 4, 11 am to NOON
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore St., Staten Island, NY 10301 
This event will feature young musicians and storytellers retelling the story of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from a young person's perspective. There will be music by the Mighty String Demons, readings, and origami crafts and the making of boats to float on small pools that will keep the spirit of peace alive for the next generation.
Cool off with popsicles and watermelon!
Child care available.
Co-sponsored by the Unitarian Church of Staten Island Social Justice and Religious Exploration Committees and Peace Action of Staten Island. Contact pasi.contact@gmail.com for more information.
Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/687102955062398/
RSVP here.
Photo from World Conference Against Atom and Hydrogen Bombs, August 6, 2014.
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Surviving Climate Change on Staten Island
Sat, June 8, 5:30-8:00pm
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore St., Staten Island, NY 10301
Join Peace Action of Staten Island for its annual meeting which will focus on “Surviving Climate Change on Staten Island.” We are inviting Staten Island environmentalists to talk to us about the role of Staten Islanders in the ongoing climate crisis. The meeting will begin with an earth-friendly potluck meal and a panel of invited Staten Island environmentalists will talk to us about what we face as Staten Islanders as climate change reshapes our world.
Bring your ideas and your questions, and an earth-friendly dish to share, as we join together to build a people's climate movement on Staten Island and make the connections between peace, justice, and climate change. If you don't have a dish to bring, come anyway!
Doors open at 5:00pm.
At the meeting, PASI will also hold its annual election for the Peace Action of Staten Island board for the upcoming year. For more information, email pasi.contact@gmail.com.
Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2308397386086992/
Sponsored by Peace Action of Staten Island
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Sunday, August 4, 11 am to NOON
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore St., Staten Island, NY 10301
This event will feature young musicians and storytellers retelling the story of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from a young person's perspective. There will be music by the Mighty String Demons, readings, and origami crafts and the making of boats to float on small pools that will keep the spirit of peace alive for the next generation.
Cool off with popsicles and watermelon!
Child care available.
Co-sponsored by the Unitarian Church of Staten Island Social Justice and Religious Exploration Committees and Peace Action of Staten Island. Contact pasi.contact@gmail.com for more information.
Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/687102955062398/
RSVP here.
Photo from World Conference Against Atom and Hydrogen Bombs, August 6, 2014.
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Surviving Climate Change on Staten IslandUnitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore St., Staten Island, NY 10301
Bring your ideas and your questions, and an earth-friendly dish to share, as we join together to build a people's climate movement on Staten Island and make the connections between peace, justice, and climate change. If you don't have a dish to bring, come anyway!
Doors open at 5:00pm.
At the meeting, PASI will also hold its annual election for the Peace Action of Staten Island board for the upcoming year. For more information, email pasi.contact@gmail.com.
Sponsored by Peace Action of Staten Island
Staten Island Green New Deal Meet-Up
... and festive potluck!
Sat, May 11, 5:30-8:00pm
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore St., Staten Island, NY 10301
Join Peace Action of Staten Island for a festive potluck meal to learn about the Green New Deal and the environmental challenges that affect Staten Island, and to talk about strategies to combat climate change and work toward environmental justice. Expert panelists and activists will give background on the issues and help frame the questions, with a discussion to follow.
Speakers for our panel, with more to come:
Nancy Romer, Ph.D., Peoples Climate Movement-NY, the Environmental Justice committee of her union (Professional Staff Congress-CUNY, AFT local 2334), Divest NY and the national Labor Network for Sustainability. She was a founding member of the DSA National Ecosocialist Working Group and a member of DSA-NYC Ecosocialists.
Xiye Bastida, youth climate organizer, Beacon High School Student, member of the school's Environmental Club, member of the PCM Administrative Team will join her.
Bill Beckler is an outreach coordinator for Extinction Rebellion NYC. He was trained as a community organizer by the Gamaliel Foundation, the organization in which Barack Obama worked before he entered politics.
Bring your ideas and your questions, and an earth-friendly dish to share, as we join together to seek out ways toward a greener, sustainable, and environmentally just future. If you don't have a dish to bring, come anyway!
Doors open at 5:00pm.
PASI will also be announcing the slate of candidates for the Peace Action of Staten Island board for the upcoming year. Other names for candidacy may be offered at this event. Their candidacy must be seconded by at least two other members of PASI and they themselves need to be members of PASI.
Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/448064182600300/
Sponsored by Peace Action of Staten Island
---Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 1 PM – 4 PM
Flagship Brewery
Join us for a celebration of community, hope, and fun! There will be performances by: Bob and Ruth, Bobaloo, Nu Davi Dancers, Ashley Santangelo, Phoebe Blue and the Make Baleaves, Hannah and Angelo, and Jonathan Nemzer. There will be free tours at the National Lighthouse Museum at 1:30pm and at the Sonic Gates Sculpture walk with creator Volker Goetze at 2:15pm.
We will also have fun activities including: Doll-making, graffiti writing, dragon art, trash-to –treasure, temporary tattoos, Bingo, A Love Wall, Table Topics, neighborhood clean-up and demos and give-aways with Lime and Jump Bikes. We will also have free tree giveaways! Join us us for a fun, and family friendly event!
To sign-up for the Doll-making activity at 1:15pm, please sign-up through the Google Form. There are only 15 spots available for this activity! Sign up here: http://bit.ly/2Iz1u41.
On Wednesday, January 23, 2019, join Peace Action of Staten Island at 3950 Amboy Road, 7pm, for a unique exploration of gun ownership in the United States.
RSVP on Facebook
Thank you to our co-sponsors (list in formation):
CANVAS.Institute of Arts, Culture and Civic Engagement
Communication Worker of America Local 1102
(DRM) Dream Action Coalition
March for Our Lives Staten Island
Move Forward Staten Island
New Yorker's Against Gun Violence
NYSNA Staten Island
Occupy the Block Staten Island
Staten Island 4 Change
Sustainable Staten Island
Young Democrats of Richmond County
Youth Over Guns
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Peace Action Staten Island (PASI) hosts:
Profiled: The Documentary
Saturday, Feb. 9, 5:30-8 pm
312 Fillmore St, Staten Island, NY 10301
This will be followed by a discussion of reforming the police.
Refreshments.
RSVP on Facebook.
Profiled was selected as Best Documentary Feature at the
2016 Workers Unite! Film Festival 5.
It is a WMM Women Make Movies Release.
You can purchase the film and learn even more about here:http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c942.shtml
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018, 6:30-9 pm,
Unitarian Church of Staten Island,
Reese Erlich's new book is "The Iran Agenda Today: The Real Story Inside Iran and What's Wrong with US Policy" (Routledge). Mr. Ehrlich is on a book tour and will be speaking at this Peace Action of Staten Island meeting about the latest developments in Iran and critiquing US policy in the region. At the event, the books will be on sale.
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John Halle will speak on voting strategically to protect the most vulnerable and avert the worst outcomes.
Brittany DeBarros will speak on peace activism beyond the ballot box.
John Halle is Director of Studies in Music Theory and Practice at Bard College, and he frequently writes about political topics. He is the author with Noam Chomsky of "An Eight Point Brief for LEV (Lesser Evil Voting)." https://chomsky.info/an-eight-point-brief-for-lev-lesser-evil-voting/ He was interviewed on electoral politics by PASI board member Daniel Falcone: https://dissidentvoice.org/2017/11/electoral-politics-in-america-noam-chomsky-and-the-core-commitments-of-the-enlightenment/
Brittany DeBarros is an Army Reserve CPT and a member of About Face: Veterans Against the War and the PASI board. After giving a gut-wrenching speech about U.S. militarism and the war economy, and publishing facts about the military on social media, she is now under investigation by the Army. https://www.facebook.com/peaceactionstatenisland/posts/1054687338042086
Doors will open at 5:00pm for socializing and light potluck refreshments. Program begins at 5:30pm.
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.
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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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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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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.
#YemenCantWait: Rally Against War
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
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.
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.
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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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.
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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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.
Join the People’s Climate March
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Get Tickets to DC at http://bit.ly/MarchBuses
Can’t go to DC? You can march here at home!
Meet at NOON on the Boardwalk
Father Capodanno Blvd. and Lincoln Ave., Staten Island
On April 29th, Sustainable Staten Island, Move Forward Staten Island, and a broad coalition of labor unions, immigration rights groups, environmental justice and other community organizations, including Peace Action of Staten Island, from throughout New York City, will stand together in solidarity to demand climate action now on the federal, state and local levels.
The Staten Island March will symbolically be held in an area heavily impacted by Super Storm Sandy in remembrance of the 53 New Yorkers who lost their lives during the storm.
If you can’t make it to the national People’s Climate March in DC, taking place the same day, please join the Staten Island People’s Climate March on us on April 29th at 12pm at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk on Staten Island.
Contact: Steve Lawton at Slawton74@gmail.com, 9176827049 or Julienne, at info@moveforward.nyc. For tickets to DC go to http://bit.ly/MarchBuses and for more info go to: https://newyork.peoplesclimate.org/.
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.)
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.
PASI General Meeting and Potluck Dinner
Saturday, April 1, 5-7 PM
Unitarian Church of Staten Island, 312 Fillmore St.
Peace Action of Staten Island will announce the slate of candidates for the next PASI board. Current members who are present can ask to add their names to the slate.
We will also be forming committees to work on issues. Bring your concerns and knowledge. Help PASI plan our future while enjoying food and fellowship.
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US and European Union Militarism
and the Risk of Nuclear War
in the Trump Era
A talk by Joseph Gerson and Reiner Braun
Monday, March 27, 7-9 PM
College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Blvd.
Williamson Theater, Center for the Arts, Bldg. 1P
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Join Peace Action of Staten Island at a talk by
foreign correspondent Reese Erlich:
A Reporter's Perspective: The Failure
of US Syria Policy and What We Can Expect in the Trump Era
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 7-9 PM
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore St.
(a block from Snug Harbor)
Reese Erlich, who has reported from the frontlines along the northern Iraq-Syria border, will discuss the growth of Syrian extremist rebel groups, the status of the Assad regime, foreign intervention and the failure of US policy. He provides up to date analysis and what President Trump will face in one of the world's major crises.
Erlich is a Peabody winning journalist and author of Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect, with a foreword by Noam Chomsky.
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PASI General Meeting and Potluck Dinner
Saturday, April 1, 5-7 PM
Unitarian Church of Staten Island, 312 Fillmore St.
Peace Action of Staten Island will announce the slate of candidates for the next PASI board. Current members who are present can ask to add their names to the slate.
We will also be forming committees to work on issues. Bring your concerns and knowledge. Help PASI plan our future while enjoying food and fellowship.
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US and European Union Militarism
and the Risk of Nuclear War
in the Trump Era
A talk by Joseph Gerson and Reiner Braun
Monday, March 27, 7-9 PM
College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Blvd.
Williamson Theater, Center for the Arts, Bldg. 1P
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Join Peace Action of Staten Island at a talk by
foreign correspondent Reese Erlich:
A Reporter's Perspective: The Failure
of US Syria Policy and What We Can Expect in the Trump Era
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 7-9 PM
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore St.
(a block from Snug Harbor)
Reese Erlich, who has reported from the frontlines along the northern Iraq-Syria border, will discuss the growth of Syrian extremist rebel groups, the status of the Assad regime, foreign intervention and the failure of US policy. He provides up to date analysis and what President Trump will face in one of the world's major crises.
Erlich is a Peabody winning journalist and author of Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect, with a foreword by Noam Chomsky.
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The People OR Trump: A Teach-In
How will Trump's militarism affect our communities?
Saturday, February 11 from 10 am to 3 pm
St. Joseph's College
245 Clinton Ave. between Willoughby and Dekalb
BROOKLYN
Sponsored by Brooklyn for Peace
Click here for more information
St. Joseph's College
245 Clinton Ave. between Willoughby and Dekalb
BROOKLYN
Sponsored by Brooklyn for Peace
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Join PASI at
Sustainable Staten Island's
Runaway Inequality Training
CWA Local 1102 Union Hall
3950 Amboy Rd.
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Join us to
Rally on Human Rights Day
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2:00-4:00pm
On the steps of Staten Island Borough Hall
10 Richmond Terrace
(facing the Ferry Terminal)
“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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SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 5 PM - 8PM
Unitarian Church of Staten Island, 312 Fillmore St.
(at Clinton Ave.)
Join Peace Action of Staten Island on the 5th Anniversary of Occupy Wall St. as we host Sustainable Staten Island and Adam Weissman of Trade Justice Alliance to discuss the TPP and the threat that it could be rammed through Congress after the November elections.
The TPP will push jobs overseas, as NAFTA has done, by exploiting low wages. It will legally protect profits for corporations, who will be able to sue against laws that affect their profits, at the expense of workers, our health, and the environment. All are welcome
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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College of Staten Island professor and Pakistani scholar, Dr Saadia Toor
Thursday, June 9, 6:30 PM - 9 PM
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore Street @ Clinton Ave
(doors open at 6 PM)
Since the drone attacks began in Pakistan in 2004, much
of the focus has been on the technology. And, although the borderlands
between Pakistan and Afghanistan are endlessly debated and declared upon
by journalists and pundits, the ordinary people who actually live there
are rarely heard from. WOUNDS records the voices of those who have been
either labeled “militants,” or summarily dismissed as “collateral
damage.”Saadia Toor is a long time anti-war feminist activist and educator at the College of Staten Island. Her book State of Islam: Culture & Cold War Politics in Pakistan was published in 2011 by Pluto Press and chronicles the role played by the US in marginalizing the Left and strengthening the various forces of the Right in Pakistan from the early 1950s onwards.
Please join us for this important discussion on US drone wars and the history of intervention in Pakistan.
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Presidential Primaries Forum
& PASI Board Elections
Peace Action Annual Meeting
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore Street @ Clinton Ave
(doors open at 6 PM)
6:30 PM: PASI Annual Meeting
PASI will hold its annual election for board members. All Peace Action of Staten Island members in good standing will be eligible to vote.
7:00 PM: Presidential Primary Forum
Representatives from Democratic and Republican presidential candidates will present their candidates' positions and answer questions, ahead of the New York State primaries, which will be held April 19.
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)
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
Shut_Down_Indian_Pt_Forum_2-18-16.pdf
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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.
At the last PASI General Meeting, held on Jan. 14, 2016, Peace Action of Staten Island's membership voted toendorse a resolution in support of the Palestinian civil society call for boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel.
The resolution in support of the BDS movement, prepared by a committee formed after the November 12th informational presentation on the BDS by Riham Barghouti and Hani Ghazi of Adalah-NY, is as follows:
The officers and membership of "Peace Action of Staten Island," in response to the call from Palestinian Civil Society (which lives under the control of the Israeli state) for a worldwide boycott, divestment and sanction of all Israeli products including cultural, educational and entertainment activities, do hereby resolve to give our support to the non-violent action of the "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions" movement. We give this support in an effort to bring peace and justice to the Palestinian people by encouraging an open dialogue with the State of Israel.
Click here for the full text of the BDS call. More information about the BDS movement can be found athttps://bdsmovement.net/.
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PASI Planning Workshop
Plus BDS Vote
At the next PASI General Meeting
Thursday, January 14, 2016 6 to 8:30 PM
Unitarian Fellowship Hall
312 Fillmore St. (at Clinton Ave.), S.I.
Peace Action of Staten Island will be holding an important meeting on Thursday, January 14th where members will vote on whether to endorse a resolution in support of the Palestinian civil society call for boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. There will also be a planning workshop to discuss PASI’s priorities for 2016.
The following resolution in support of the BDS movement was prepared by a committee formed after the November 12th informational presentation on the BDS by Riham Barghouti and Hani Ghazi of Adalah-NY.
The officers and membership of "Peace Action of Staten Island," in response to the call from Palestinian Civil Society (which lives under the control of the Israeli state) for a worldwide boycott, divestment and sanction of all Israeli products including cultural, educational and entertainment activities, do hereby resolve to give our support to the non-violent action of the "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions" movement. We give this support in an effort to bring peace and justice to the Palestinian people by encouraging an open dialogue with the State of Israel.
Click here for the full text of the BDS call. More information about the BDS movement can be found at https://bdsmovement.net/.
In order to be eligible to vote, according to PASI bylaws, members must have paid their 2015-16 dues by December 14th, at least 30 days in advance of the vote. The newsletter mailing label will indicate whether your membership is paid up or needs to be renewed. Please contact pasi.contact@gmail.com if you have any questions about your membership.
The 2016 planning workshop will be facilitated by PASI board members Ilya Jalal and Ghanim Khalil, along with PASI chair Eileen Bardel. 2016 is a key election year locally and nationally. How can we together best advocate for peaceful resolutions to conflict through PASI? To prepare for the planning workshop, please read the background article about ISIS in the January 2016 newsletter.
Peace Action of Staten Island welcomes everyone to come to its meeting. New faces are very welcome. Doors will open at 5:45 pm. Light refreshments will be served.
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INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY FERRY FLIERING
Join us on Thursday, December 10
between 7:00 and 10:00 AM at St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, 1 Bay Street, STATEN ISLAND
between 4:00 and 7:00 PM at Whitehall Terminal Ferry Terminal in Manhattan, 4 South Street, MANHATTAN
Come with Statue of Liberty crown and/or a Human Rights message.
On International Human Rights Day, we call on on President Obama and Congress to End the Syrian Civil War with Diplomacy NOT Bombs
• Take immediate steps to end the Syrian civil war and resolve the humanitarian crisis it spawned.
• Reject calls for military escalation including bombing, arms transfers and imposition of a "no fly zone.
• Implement a ceasefire.
• Engage without preconditions all involved parties, including Russia and Iran, in ending the Syrian civil war with a political agreement
• Fully fund UN refugee programs to help Syrian refugees.
• Significantly increase the number of Syrian refugees allowed to come to the U.S.
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Sanctions for Israel?
312 Fillmore Street, Staten Island NY 10301
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.
Artwork by Mohammad Saba'aneh
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Honoring Staten Island Peace Makers & Advocates
Gwen Carr, Eric Garner's mother
Patricia Kane, RN, NY State Nurses Association
Occupy the Block Staten Island
Staten Island Against Racism and Police Brutality
Olivet Presbyterian Fellowship Hall
97 Myrtle Ave, Staten Island, NY
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1-2:30 PM
312 Fillmore Street, Staten Island NY 10301
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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
UPCOMING: Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemorations
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 7-9 PM
Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1
A Film by Adam J. Horowitz
http://www.nuclearsavage.com/
Staten Island Museum
75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island, NY 10301
Featuring recently declassified U.S. government documents, survivor testimony, and unseen archival footage, Nuclear Savage uncovers one of the most troubling chapters in modern American history: how Marshall Islanders, considered an uncivilized culture, were enrolled as human subjects in the top-secret Project 4.1 to study the effects of nuclear fallout on human beings. The film follows the islanders today as they continue to fight for justice and acknowledgement of what was done to them.
Suggested donation $5. Light refreshments.
This screening is part of the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the A-bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, sponsored by Peace Action of Staten Island and Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church of Staten Island.
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For more information contact pasi.contact@gmail.comor leave a message at 718-989-2881.
Sunday, August 9th, 11 AM
70th Anniversary
Hiroshima-Nagasaki
Honoring the Hibakusha
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore Street, Staten Island
Interactive Learning Stations for Adults and Children
Music by Young Musicians of Staten Island
Participatory Stories of the Hibakusha (the Survivors)
Light refreshments
Child care available
Sponsored by Peace Action of Staten Island, Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church of Staten Island, ISLA
To volunteer or for more information email pasi.contact@gmail or call Sally 917-362-0897
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Next Generation Activism: A Panel Discussion
Plus: Update on Shutting Down Indian Point Nuclear Plant
Peace Action of Staten Island Meeting
Thursday, June 11, 6:30 pm
Unitarian Fellowship Hall
312 Fillmore Street (at Clinton Ave), Staten Island
The toolkit of organizing has been turned on its head in the last few years. Politics and lobbying has been infused with larger and larger sums of big corporate financing. Our problems of income equality, immigration reform, and endless wars have dug in deep. On Election Day, we can measure the ranks of the disaffected and unengaged. Meanwhile, we see the streets filled with new voices determined to make change in the Black Lives Matter movement.
What does this all mean for the next generation of activism? How will organizations like Peace Action and other social justice organizations face the challenges ahead?
Come hear a panel of young activists discuss the challenges that face them on Thursday, June 11th at 6:30 pm at the next meeting of Peace Action of Staten Island, to be held at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 312 Fillmore Street, on Staten Island.
Download flyer here.
Panelists:
Dulce Chuva, Director of Programs and Advocacy, El Centro del Inmigrante
Naflan Doole, Staten Island Immigrants Council, Communities United for Respect & Trust, EyeOpeners Youth Against Violence
Ilya Geller, Peace Action of Staten Island, Sandy recovery volunteer, community activist
Rev. Karen Jackson, Minister for Social Justice at Project Hospitality
Ghanim Khalil, Iraq Veterans Against the War
Katie Robbins, Executive Director of the NY Metro Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Plan
Krystal Sanchez, Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
Catherine Vidos, Food and Water Watch
Moderator: Michael Santangelo, Peace Action of Staten Island
This program is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Doors open at 6:15 pm. The program will start promptly at 6:45 pm.
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Ebola: Where do we go from here?
Peace Action of Staten Island’s Annual Meeting
Saturday, May 9, 2015, 5:45 pm at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall
312 Fillmore Street (at Clinton Ave), Staten Island
Ebola has claimed the lives of 26,611 people, mostly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
Last week, no new cases were reported in Liberia and about 30 in Guinea and Sierra Leone.
3,000 American troops went to Liberia (100 remain). The United States military officially ended a mission to build treatment facilities in February
Is the Ebola crisis in West Africa finally petering out?
How would we evaluate the international response to the Ebola crisis?
What is needed to build up the shattered health systems in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone?
What is the connection between the Ebola crisis and the concerns of Peace & Justice?
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Peace and the Planet Mobilization
FRIDAY-SATURDAY - International Conference
SUNDAY, APRIL 26 - March, Rally & Festival
Staten Islanders! Catch the 12 NOON Ferry
1 PM Rally at Union Square
2 PM March to the United Nations
3 PM Peace Festival at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at E. 47 St and 1st Ave
The Ukraine crisis and the simulated U.S. nuclear attacks against North Korea remind us that the threat of nuclear war and annihilation didn’t end with the Cold War. 2015 will mark 70 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; still, the nuclear powers possess nearly 17,000 nuclear weapons. We demand that when the world’s nations gather in New York for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference they mandate the beginning the good faith negotiations to eliminate the world nuclear arsenals, as required by the Treaty. Peace Action is part of an International Planning Group organizing an international conference, interfaith service, rally, march, youth and student programs and a global peace wave on April 24-26, preceding the NPT conference. For more information, please visit us at www.PeaceAndPlanet.org, “Like us” on Facebook at Peace & Planet, or e-mail us at info@PeaceAndPlanet.org.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 7-9 PM,
PEACE & PLANET Mobilization Meeting
Speaker: Kevin Martin, Executive Director
National Peace Action
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore Street @ Clinton Ave
Organize!
Download Peace & Planet Flyer Here.
Download Peace & Planet Petition Here.
Kevin Martin has been the Executive Director of Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund since 2001. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, and many other major publications. He has appeared on CNN, National Public Radio, Fox News, MSNBC, BBC-TV and radio, and many other local, national and international radio and television outlets. Kevin has traveled abroad representing Peace Action and the U.S. peace movement on delegations and at conferences in Russia, Japan, China, Mexico and Britain. He is married, with two children, and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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The Eric Garner Case
and the Movement for Racial Justice:
A Panel Discussion
Thursday, January 15, 7 to 9 pm
Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place
In a change of time and venue, the next Peace Action of Staten Island meeting will be held on a Thursday night and will take place at the Staten Island Museum auditorium at 75 Stuyvesant Place, one block from the St. George Ferry Terminal. On the agenda is a panel discussion on the Eric Garner case and the potential of a new movement for racial justice in the U.S. The meeting is open to the public.
Mr. Chase Madar is a journalist and lawyer who writes about over-policing and over-criminalization. He has written for a wide range of publications, including The Nation, Urban Latino, TomDispatch, Jacobin, Le Monde diplomatique and the London Review of Books. He is a former staff attorney at Make the Road New York and the author of a book about Chelsea Manning, the Wikileaks whistleblower.
Mr. Josmar Trujillo is an activist and organizer with New Yorkers Against Bratton.
(Mr. Alex Vitale, who originally planned to be on the panel, is unable to attend due to unforeseen changes in his schedule.)
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Celebrate the Centennial of the Christmas Truce
with poetry and music at the Culture Lounge
Saturday, December 20, 2:30 PM
Culture Lounge
St. George Ferry Terminal
Peace Action of Staten Island will host a commemoration of the Christmas Truce of 1914 at the Culture Lounge, inside the St George Ferry Terminal, on the afternoon of December 20th, starting at 2:30 PM.
The Christmas truce was a series of widespread, unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas 1914, during World War I. The truce is often seen as a symbolic moment of peace and humanity amidst one of the most violent events of human history. It was a moment when war was all but put to a halt by joy and song, shared culture and mutual respect.
As part of the program, we'll watch a short documentary and have a variety of musical and spoken word performances. Performers will include Occupy Guitarmy and Day de Dada,
The Culture Lounge is run by Staten Island Arts, our borough's local arts advocacy organization.
Peace Action of Staten Island (PASI) is a grassroots organization dedicated to promoting the non-violent resolution of conflict and the abolition of nuclear weapons, as well as to halting the global spread of conventional arms, building a human rights culture and promoting an economy rooted in human needs instead of militarism. Go to www.peacesi.org to learn more and become a member.
For inquiries concerning the event please contact Ilya Jalal at 646-474-4713.
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A Millions March NYC is planned for Saturday beginning at 2 pm at Washington Square Park in Manhattan calling for justice for Eric Garner, Michael Brown and others killed unjustly by the police. This is a grassroots-organized peaceful protest with contingents coming from neighborhoods all over the city. For details go to the following website:
http://www.millionsmarchnyc.org/.
Peace Action supporters have been invited to join Staten Island Against Racism and Police Brutality made up of College of Staten Island students, faculty and community members at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal at 12:15 pm on Saturday to catch the Ferry to Manhattan for the protest.
Staten Island Against Racism and Police Brutality is also planning a demonstration tomorrow, Thursday, December 11th at 2:30 at the College of Staten Island at the Fountain in pack of Building 1P.
Friends, please feel welcome to be part of this movement.
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College of Staten Island
Students for Justice in Palestine present the Professor Steven Salaita on Academic Freedom
On Tuesday, November 18 at 2:00 in building 1S Room 116Professor Steven Salaita will be speaking on academic freedom, the silencing of marginalized communities and dissident ideas in the academy and university campuses in an event titled "Silencing Dissent: Hear Steven Salaita". During the recent Israeli slaughter of over 2,100 people in Gaza, Professor Steven Salaita bravely spoke out against this barbaric assault and in defense of Palestine on twitter.
For this, the University of Illinois Board of Trustees purged him from his tenured position due to pressure from donors, in direct violation of basic norms of academic freedom.
Now Professor Salaita is going on the offensive – against academic censorship, and against the continuing colonial domination of the Palestinian people that this censorship covers for. More information can be found on the Facebook event page.
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College of Staten Island
Students for Justice in Palestine present "Soldier and Refusenik: Gaza 2014 Chronicle of a Death Foretold"
On Tuesday, November 11th 2:30 - 4:30 in building 1S Room 116 for our "Soldier and Refusenik: Gaza 2014 Chronicle of a death foretold" event to meet and hear guest speakers Maya Wind and Eran Efrati, two conscious Israelis who will be sharing their experiences of Palestinian-Israeli struggle for justice and equality. They will discuss the events in Gaza and Jerusalem over the summer, direct action and protest in the West Bank and their efforts to educate the Israeli public about the occupation. They will also share their experiences of growing up in segregated Jerusalem and of their Zionist and militaristic education. More information can be found on the Facebook event page.
College of Staten Island address: 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island NY 10314
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PASI GENERAL MEETING
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
REFLECTIONS ON THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE 1914
Speakers: Bill Gilson of NYC Chapter of Veterans for Peace and Ghanim Khalil of Iraq Veterans Against the War
at the Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore Street at Clinton Ave.
from 5:45 pm - 8 pm
By Bus: Take the S40 from the Staten Island Ferry
The Christmas truce was a series of widespread, unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas 1914, during World War I. The truce is often seen as a symbolic moment of peace and humanity amidst one of the most violent events of human history.
Meetings are free and open to the public.
Light Refreshments.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
LIGHT THE SHORE
2nd Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy
Two years ago Hurricane Sandy made landfall causing devastation throughout NYC and the eastern seaboard. The Staten Island Long Term Recovery Organization will host the second annual "Light the Shore event." All are welcome as we remember our losses, recognize our ongoing struggles, and honor how our community has come together.
4 pm – Resiliency Walk on the Boardwalk (Sand Lane & Fr Capadonna Blvd by Dophins)
5 pm – Community Supper (Picnic Area at Midland & Lincoln Ave)
6:30 pm – Service of Remembrance (Picnic Area at Midland & Lincoln Ave)
7:45 pm – Light the Shore Vigil ((Picnic Area at Midland & Lincoln Ave or waterfront closest to your home)
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LIGHT THE SHORE ART BUILD
Sunday, October 26th, 3 pm to 8 pm
MakerSpace,450 Front Street, Unit B, SI, NY 10304
In preparation for the 2nd anniversary events and to keep the spotlight on Staten Island and the families STILL struggling with rebuilding, community members throughout the Island are invited to attend a facilitated Art Build @ SI MakerSpace on Sunday, October 26th, 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM.
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SATURDAY, October 18, 2014, 5-8 PM
Make Food Not War Dinner
Honoring Staten Island Peace MakersOran Brown, Peace Action of Staten Island
Ira and Joyce Malerba Goldstein, Staten Island Creative Community
Mike May, Peace Action of Staten Island
Beryl Thurman, North Shore Waterfront Conservancy
Click to view the Journal
97 Myrtle Ave., Staten Island, NY 10310
(at Broadway, one block north of Forest Ave.)
By Bus: Take the S44 or S48 from the Staten Island Ferry
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
NEW YORK CITY
Take the 9:30 am Ferry with PASI!
With our future on the line and the whole world watching, we’ll take a stand to bend the course of history. We’ll take to the streets to demand the world we know is within our reach: a world with an economy that works for people and the planet; a world safe from the ravages of climate change; a world with good jobs, clean air and water, and healthy communities.
To change everything, we need everyone on board.
Sunday, September 21 in New York City. Join us.
at the Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore Street at Clinton Ave.
One block east of Snug Harbor Cultural Center
from 5:45 pm - 8 pm
By Bus: Take the S40 from the Staten Island Ferry
Organize Staten Island for People's Climate March
Come to a Peace Action meeting TO BUILD for the March. HEAR Staten Islanders talk about the effects of climate change here on our island. HELP organize phone calls. DO AN ARTBUILD for the march. ORGANIZE TO HAND OUT FLYERS at the ferry. TELL your friends.
We will be joined by Judy Bankman
People's Climate March Field Organizer | Avaaz
Download a Staten Island flier here.
This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Doors open at 5:30 pm.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2014, 11 AM
Staten Island and the Bomb
Marking 69th Anniversary of the A-Bomb attack
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hear the story of Staten Island’s connection to the Atomic Bomb
Beryl Thurman of the North Shore Waterfront Conservancy
Mary Hernandez, Holistic Health Counselor
Music by WaFooand the Staten Island Young Musicians
Unitarian Church of Staten Island
312 Fillmore Street, Staten Island, NY 10301
(1 block east of Snug Harbor Cultural Center)
By Bus: Take the S40 from the Staten Island Ferry
Learn more about the connection between Staten Island and the Atom Bombs that dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014, 5:45 to 8 PM
PEACE ACTION MEETING
Candidates Forum
Please note new location:
Olivet Presbyterian Hall97 Myrtle Ave., Staten Island, NY 10310
(at Broadway, one block north of Forest Ave.)
By Bus: Take the S44 or S48 from the Staten Island Ferry
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Thursday, June 12, 2014, 6 -8 pm
Unitarian Church of All Souls, 1157 Lexington Ave, Manhattan
Honoring Jonathan Schell
1943-2014
Journalist, Truth Teller, Nuclear Abolitionist
Author of the books and articles that changed the way we think about war and peace
in the Nuclear Age
The program will include Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, Cora Weiss, United Nations representative of the International Peace Bureau, historian Van Gosse from Franklin & Marshall College, former Organizing Director, Peace Action, and Guy Quinlan, Chair of the All Souls Nuclear Disarmament Task Force. Musical tributes will be performed by singer Peter Yarrow, formerly of the trio Peter, Paul and Mary, as well as by WaFoo, the Japanese jazz ensemble
Saturday, June 7, 2014, 10 am to 3 pm
Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 312 Fillmore Street, Staten Island
The Expo will feature the work of pro-environmental and food consciousness groups, such as Food and Water Watch, The Blue Belt of S.I., Protectors of Pine Oak Woods, Sane Energy Project, and S.I. Council for Animal Welfare, and North Shore Waterfront Conservancy. Other exhibitors will include Physicians for a National Health Plan, Move to Amend, and Occupy Staten Island. Food counselor Mary Hernandez will offer information about intentional eating.
The award-winning documentary, “Bidder 70”, will be screened at 1:00 p.m. The film tells the story of Tim DeChristopher who raised his Paddle #70 to bid more than $1.7 million on 22,000 acres land with money he did not have. His bold direct action de-railed the auction and saved the public lands at the cost of two felony convictions and a two-year jail sentence.
Sponsored by the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church of Staten Island (UCSI) and Peace Action of Staten Island (PASI)
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Dirty Wars Screening
& PASI Annual Meeting
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Please note new location:
312 Fillmore Street at Clinton Ave.
One block east of Snug Harbor Cultural Center
from 5:45 pm - 8 pm
By Bus: Take the S40 from the Staten Island Ferry
Peace Action of Staten Island will be screening the award-winning documentary Dirty Wars at its annual meeting on Saturday, May 10th. Everyone is invited.
Last year, Jeremy Scahill released his newest book, Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield. The book immediately hit the New York Times bestseller list and received critical praise. Just two months later, the film Dirty Wars, directed by Rick Rowley, was released by IFC Films throughout North America. You can watch a trailer at http://dirtywars.org/. Part political thriller, part detective story, the film follows an intrepid reporter as he investigates the activities of a secret army, known as JSOC, who "find, fix, and finish” their targets. No target is off limits for the “kill list,” including U.S. citizens.
Before the screening, Peace Action of Staten Island will hold elections for new officers and board members. Light refreshments will be served.
Global Day of Action Against Military Spending (GDAMS)
April 15 Tax Day
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MARCH 29, 2014
PEACE ACTION NYS ANNUAL MEETING
Peace Action NYS will hold it's 2014 Annual Meeting in NYC this year. Contact Alicia at PANYS at 646-723-1749.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2014, 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)
Fund our Communities!
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.
PEACE ACTION MEETING
Staten Island Museum Auditorium
75 Stuyvesant Pl., Staten Island, NY 10301
(1 block up from Staten Island Ferry)
Money Out of Politics Forum
On Saturday, January 11th, Peace Action of Staten Island
will hold a forum regarding the campaign now underway to amend the
constitution to end corporate personhood as it now exists under US law.
As Affiliate Coordinator for the NYC chapter of Move to
Amend movetoamend.org, Reed Perkins has been working with area members
to broaden awareness of the issue and reaching out to other
organizations with an interest in cleaning up the corruption of big
money in our political process. Currently MTA NYC is supporting the New
York for Democracy Coalition in getting NY State Senators on the record
with their positions on an amendment resolution.
The Move to Amend campaign began because of the 2010 U.S.
Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
prohibiting the government from limiting political expenditure by
corporations, associations or labor unions because it would violate the
right of free speech, thus equating corporations to persons. This
decision has led to an unprecedented amount of money flowing into
elections at all levels of government.
Move to Amend asks its supporters to take the following
pledge: “We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S.
Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United and other related cases, and
move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not
speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to
constitutional rights.”
On the agenda for the evening is also the selection of 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.
Peace Action of Staten Island will flier at the Staten Island Island Ferry Terminal the week of January 6th 2014 from 6 am to 9 am to encourage our fellow Staten Islanders to come to the January 11th forum (see below), listen to Reed Perkins and the Move to Amend campaign, and discover ways they can support reforming our democracy. A stronger democracy is part of building a more peaceful and just world. Would you like to help? If you have never handed out a flyer before, let this be your first courageous act of 2014! Contact Rich Greve at 347-277-2697 to volunteer.
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SATURDAY, NOV. 9, 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)
"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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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
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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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Peace Walk for a New Spring from MA to DC will be in Staten Island! www.newenglandpeacepagoda.org
Parent-Teacher Conference Leafleting
to distribute information to parents and their students on Non-Military Options After High School. Email: bharris21@nyc.rr.com.
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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.
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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 10th 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.
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!-------------------
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 8th, 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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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.
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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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 FestivalMarch 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 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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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)
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.
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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4th 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--------------------
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
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
