Posted by on 07 Aug 2009 by
Rena in
Uncategorized,
war
We are very excited to be hosting a workshop on teaching peace in Oklahoma public schools, and with that workshop kicking off a program to provide alternatives to the pro-war messages and limited options offered to young people by recruiters in schools, malls and just about everywhere they go these days.
Here’s the text of our [...]
An open letter to the OKC Council & mayor:
Dear Oklahoma City Council members and Mayor Mick Cornett:
“Pity the members of the Oklahoma City Council.” Thus began an editorial, stunning in its contempt for democracy, published today in The Oklahoman, which decreed that the location of the Crosstown is a done deal, and it’s a waste [...]
If you can’t see the slideshow, go to this page.
Posted by on 02 Jun 2009 by
Rena in
Oklahoma,
Peace action,
war
With apologies for the last minute nature of this event, you are invited to join us to support an Oklahoma man who is one of the Iraq war resisters in Canada who is facing deportation. Let’s show support for one of our own.
[And please pass this info on if you have time in the short [...]
Posted by on 31 Jan 2009 by
Rena in
Localism & sustainability,
Oklahoma
This sounds like an interesting project:
During the January ice storm, Twitter served as a powerful reporting tool – crowdsourced news. What if we had used it to find people who needed help, then organized to help them? So, I’m proposing that Central Oklahoma Twitter-ers think about how we can make our own “service club.” We [...]
Posted by on 24 Jan 2009 by
Rena in
Just life,
Oklahoma,
Peace action
I had two meetings today, have two paying (!) jobs on my plate, one of them with a tight deadline, and Mom is feeling better and want to get back to car shopping. So don’t be surprised if I don’t post much for the next few days — if I do, it probably means I’m [...]
Posted by on 22 Jan 2009 by
Rena in
Oklahoma,
Peace action,
war
Join us to celebrate release of war resister Daniel Sandate on his release from Ft. Sill & welcome him to OKC, Thursday, Jan. 22 at 6 pm (after 5 pm press conference)
The Oklahoma Center for Conscience and Joy Mennonite Church would like to invite you to help us celebrate the release of war resister Daniel [...]
Can you help out a local activist whose home was completely lost to a fire two days before Christmas?
This note from local peace activist Moses and Sadie Mast explains.
Here’s a chance for you to help a local activist for peace and justice.
The evening of December 23, Camille Landry’s house burnt to the ground. There [...]
All sides should stop the violence and meet to work out a diplomatic and political compromise. But aggression, oppression, invasion, killing and wounding of civilians cannot be allowed and must be condemned.
Pray, if you pray. Contact your representatives, and especially President-Elect Obama. I’ll post analysis and action alerts later.
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Announcement: There will be a [...]