Peacedocs | Calendar of People, Places, Events

PeaceDocs | Calendar | Israel’s Shministim

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:22:39 -0500

A year ago today, tens of thousands demanded the release of Israel’s youngest prisoners of conscience, the Shministim, or Israeli conscientious objectors.
These 12th graders chose prison time over serving in the occupying Israeli army, and became heroes to the Israeli peace movement.
Last Chanukah, just one day after Tamar Katz was released from solitary confinement, the young Shministim gathered to celebrate and to decide how to thank the 20,000 (and counting) Jewish Voice for Peace members who wrote letters, attended rallies, and wrote articles on their behalf.
Watch a Video.

PeaceDocs | Calendar | Rev. Billy at Christmas

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 16:42:17 -0500

Reverend Billy and the Church of Life After Shopping believe that Consumerism is overwhelming our lives. The corporations want us to have experiences only through their products.
Our neighborhoods, “commons” places like stoops and parks and streets and libraries, are disappearing into the corporatized world of big boxes and chain stores. But if we “back away from the product” – even a little bit, well then we Put The Odd Back In God!
The supermodels fly away and we’re left with our original sensuality. So we are singing and preaching for local economies and real – not mediated through products – experience.
Join the Reverend and the Peace on Earth Holy Rolling Blow-out at locations in Brooklyn, in Troy, and in Greenfield, MA, this “shopping” season.

PeaceDocs | Calendar | CodePink Calls for Change

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:51:41 -0500

CodePink talks — and walks — with courage, imagination and grace. When they speak, we listen. Is this the hope we voted for? Sign the Women Say No to Escalation petition, and sign on for CodePink’s Action alerts.

PeaceDocs | Calendar | ArchPeace Visual Essay

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:18:29 -0500

Architects for Peace is a forum for architects, urban designers, engineers, planners, landscape architects and environmentalists, seeking urban development based on social justice, solidarity, respect and peace. This year they’ve sponsored an ArchPeace Visual Essay Gallery to attempt to envision what such an architecture might look like in all its various modes. Please have a look at the results.

PeaceDocs | Calendar | Tikkun Daily

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:02:53 -0500

Everyone knows there is a Religious Right, and its concerns are well known. But how many know there is a religious and spiritual Left? How many realize that it embodies an intellectually deep, challenging, and widely shared response to the world? The spiritual Left is not the secular Left in religious garb; rather, it poses a major challenge to traditional left-wing practice and priorities. Tikkun Daily aims to serve as a central hub on the Web where people interested in a spiritual progressive perspective on politics, art, religion, and activism can go to put their finger on the pulse of an interfaith spiritual progressive response to the world.