Upcoming
Peace Events February 26-April provided by the IJPC
Cincinnati
Ongoing
Weekly Events:
Mondays
Women in Black Vigil
5-6pm
The island in Central Pkwy near Vine St.
Contact the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center for more details!
513-579-8547
Tuesdays
& Thursdays
Vigils for Peace
the second and fourth Tuesday evenings
6-8 p.m. (Feb. 25, March 11, March 25)
and the third Thursdays 12-2 p.m.
(Feb. 20 and March 20.)
Northern Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
460 Fleming Road Cincinnati, Ohio.
All are welcome.
Thursdays
Interfaith Prayer Vigils for Peace
7-9 pm
Grailville, 932 O'Bannonville Road, Loveland
(513)683-2340.
All are welcome!
Sundays
Holding Hands for Peace
2-3pm
beginning at the Coffee Emporium
3316 Erie Avenue, Hyde Park
Contact Bev Palmer for more info at bevpalmer@fuse.net
Weekly Events Specific to February:
Fridays
UC Anti War coalition
RALLY AGAINST THE WAR IN IRAQ !
4:00 pm
Corner of Clifton Ave. and Calhoun St.
Near U.C. Law School
For
more information, call 241-7899 or email nogood@one.net
**Rally every Friday through the end of February**
Other Events
"Credo"
Art show of drawings with anti war social and political commentaries.
UC's Edwards Center gallery, on the 6th floor of Edwards Center 1, off
Jefferson, across from
University plaza Walgreens, and behind St Georges church on Calhoun.
The show is going on until march 7; the hours are monday to friday 10
to 5.
REPEAL
THE WHITE HOUSE'S WAR MANDATE‹CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
ON FEBRUARY 25 & 26, 2003
Feb
26
Virtual March on Washington
In October the US Congress passed resolutions giving President Bush
the authority to invade Iraq. Now some courageous Members of Congress
are calling for a new vote before the White House can launch a war in
the Middle
East. Please take a few minutes to call, fax, email or visit your Senators
and Representatives and urge them to repeal the White House's mandate
for war. You can join Win Without War's ³Virtual March on Washington²
or do it on your own. For info. on the Virtual March, go to http://www.moveon.org/winwithoutwar/.
For more information on lobbying, see http://www.dawndc.net/lobby.htm.
February
26 & 28
Hungry for Peace
Students are participating in a 3-day fast to protest war in Iraq
Support them in their fast for peace by joining in lunchtime meditations
and readings in front of the NKU University Center
12pm
For more info, contact Cameron Cochran at camcochran@insightbb.com
February
27
War Tax Resistance Potluck & Meeting
6pm
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
For more info, contact John and Carol Krehbiel at krehbiel@one.net
or Ray Woodruff at hrwoodruff@igc.org
February
27
Interreligious Leadership Service about Peace
7pm
at St. Peter's UCC on Ridge rd ( ½ block from Montgomery..)
March
1
Leaf-letting
9-11am
Findlay Market
Meet at the outdoor parking lot near the local produce stalls
Stay tuned for a possible location in the Eastgate area!
For more info, contact IJPC at 513-579-8547
March
1
Mom and Dads for Peace Meeting
10 am
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
For more info, contact Elizabeth Cochran at elimarie@insightbb.com or
Kristen Barker at 513-579-8547
March
3
Reading of Lysistrata
(Theatrical Project of Dissent)
7:30pm
Gallagher Center Theater
Xavier University
$5 (Benefitting IJPC)
For more info, contact 513-604-8545!
March
3
Postcards for Peace Exhibit opens
at Dicere Gallery, 5827 Bramble Ave. Cinti
www.postcardsforpeace.homestead.com
March
5
Weapons Study Group Meeting
7pm
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
We will be showing a film "Building Bombs," about the Savannah
River Plant in South Carolina, where the hydrogen bombs were built and
massive contamination of the environment occurred
Everyone welcome! Contact: Carol Rainey 232-5053
March
5
POPE DECLARES ASH WEDNESDAY A DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING FOR PEACE
March 5 to Be Set Aside Especially for the Middle East
March
5
NATIONAL YOUTH AND STUDENT STRIKE AND NATIONAL MORATORIUM TO STOP THE
WAR ON IRAQ ON MARCH 5, 2003, NO SCHOOL, NO WORK, NO BUSINESS AS USUAL
Show
your determination to stop this war! Not In Our Name, the National Student
and Youth Peace Coalition, United for Peace and Justice, and many other
groups are encouraging people to engage in large and small acts of courage
on March 5. You could call in sick or close your business. You could
walk out of school (if you're a student) or cancel your classes (if
you're a professor). Just please do something! For more ideas on the
student and youth actions, go to http://www.unitedforpeace.org/students.
For ideas on the national moratorium, go to http://www.notinourname.net/call_for_the_moratorium.html
March 6
IJPC General Peace Committee
All are welcome!
7pm
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
513-579-8547
March
8
Holly Near and Chris Williamson Concert
at UC's Zimmer Auditorium
8PM
The concert is sponsored by Cincinnati Pride Committee and
Tri-State Womonfest.
March
15
Emergency Convergence at the White House
organized by International ANSWER
March
19
Weapons Study Group Meeting
7pm
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
Everyone welcome! Contact: Carol Rainey 232-5053
March 20
IJPC General Peace Committee
All are welcome!
7pm
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
513-579-8547
March 29
Anti-war on Iraq Teach-in
Ursuline High School
Children's activities for ages 2 and up (charge $2)
Charge for Teach-In: $7
12:15 registration Begins
1pm-Workshops Begin
Speaker: Mary Schoen
Workshop topics Include:
Nonviolent Alternatives
Military Spending vs. Social Needs
Connections: Violence at Home and Abroad
Fear: Psychology of War
Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
Should Nuclear Weapons be Abolished?
Islam 101
Draft Resistance and Counter Recruitment
War Tax Resistance
Civil Disobedience
Just War
March
29-30
Demonstration at the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Production Plant in Oak
Ridge, Tennessee
This is the last full scale nuclear bomb
production plant in the country; Bush's mini-nukes are being built there.
Join a nationwide movement to close the Oak Ridge facility. For more
information see www.stopthebombs.org.
For information about transportation
from Cincinnati contact Charlie Schott at 481-3770.
FEBRUARY
Mondays
WOMEN IN BLACK VIGIL
5-6pm
Grassy island on Central Pkwy near Vine St.
513-579-8547
Thursdays
PRAYER VIGILS FOR PEACE
7-9pm
Grailville
513-683-2340
FEB
1
RACIAL HEALING: A DAY OF REFLECTION ON CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
10am-3pm
Mt. St. Joseph Motherhouse
513-347-5449
$5-10
FEB
1
RALLY TO STOP EXECUTION OF RICHARD FOX (TENTATIVE DATE)
2-3:30pm
Governor’s Mansion in Columbus
Car pools from IJPC
513-579-8547
FEB
5
RALLY LED BY THE COALITION TO STOP KILLING KIDS
12pm
Capitol Rotunda; Frankfort KY
502-585-2895
FEB
6
IJPC’S PEACE COMMITTEE MEETING
7pm
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
513-579-8547
FEB
8&9
MUSE CONCERT “LET IT SHINE, LET IT SHINE”
8pm Saturday, 4:30pm Sunday
Nast Trinity United Methodist Church 513-221-1118
FEB
9
PATRICIA WILLIAMS author of Seeing a Colorblind Future: The Paradox
of Race
7:30pm
XU: Cintas Center
513-745-3722
FEB
11
PRAYER FOR PEACE
7:30-8:30pm
Earth Connection (370 Neeb Rd)
FEB
11
OHIOANS TO STOP EXECUTIONS—CINCINNATI CHAPTER MEETING
7pm
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
513-579-8547
FEB
12
EXECUTION OF RICHARD FOX
Expected time: 10am
Lucasville
513-579-8547
Car pools will be departing from IJPC at 6:30 a.m. Call for confirmation.
FEB
16
SITTING AND WALKING MEDITATION
3pm
Grailville
513-683-2340
FEB
20
IJPC’S PEACE COMMITTEE MEETING
7pm
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
513-579-8547
FEB
20
EVENING PRAYER EXPERIENCE: A SEASON OF ANTICIPATION
7-9pm
Mt. St. Joseph Motherhouse
$5-10
513-347-5449
FEB
21
“LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING!” Evening of Song and Prayer with
Elliot Wimbush
7-10pm
$10
Sponsor: Spirituality Center of SNDdeN
513-679-8191
FEB
26-Mar 2
LISTENING TO YOUR SPIRIT IN A TROUBLED WORLD: WOMEN’S HOLISTIC
DIRECTED RETREAT
Come 2 or more days
Fee: $65-95/day
Location: Moye Center
Facititator: The Center Within
513-681-8881
FEB
27-MAR 3
LECTURE & ZEN RETREAT WEEKEND BY ROSHI KEIDO FUKUSHIMA
Sponsor: Brueggeman Center for Interreligious Dialogue Xavier University
