[*Organizing meeting for Tibet demonstration is this Thursday, April 3 at 7pm at 6050 University Avenue at Dalhousie, Room 142 (Teaching Lab 3) to plan and to make a banner.]
Peace Pavilion in Dartmouth, on the waterfront (Near Alderney Landing)
3:30-4:30 Join us for our 4th Annual Peace Day Ceremony that will include greetings from the Hakodate Friendship Society, Poetry, Music, Singing and a Dedication of Catlinite Stone used to make Sacred Peace Pipes by Mi'kmaq Elder Bill Lewis.
Speakers include: Dr. Thomas Turay (Centre for Development and Peace Education Sierra Leone), and Andrea Hill-Lehr (author of "A Mother's Road to Kandahar").
5-6:30 (Helen Creighten Room, Alderney Public Library): Free Film Screening "Hope for the Future" with Students for Teaching Peace.
Last Thursday of the Month, 7pm Next Meeting: July 3, 2008 (6050 University Ave, Rm 142)
Help us plan upcoming events and actions. For those used to the weekly meetings, we have decided to reduce the frequency of the full meeting to something more managable: Once a month. Between that, those working on event planning can meet online or in person to get things going and tell us about their progress at the monthly meetings.
Saturday, April 5 1:00-2:00pm Spring Garden Public Library
Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition, Students Coalition Against War, and others.
Find out more: TEAM TIBET "Bring Tibet to the 2008 Olympics" http://teamtibet.org/ Join the strugge of a freedom loving people to have their voices heard by supporting Team Tibet.
[*Organizing meeting for Tibet demonstration is this Thursday, April 3 at 7pm at 6050 University Avenue at Dalhousie, Room 142 (Teaching Lab 3) to plan and to make a banner.]
Thursday,
March 13, 2008 7:30
- 9:00 PM Room
104, Weldon Law School, 6061
University Avenue, Halifax
Scott
Taylor, a former professional soldier, has been editor and publisher
of Esprit de Corps, an Ottawa-based magazine since 1988. Since
January 2007, Scott Taylor has made two unembedded trips into
Afghanistan. In
the course of those visits he has interviewed former warlords,
Please join the Halifax Peace Coalition and the Agora Church for a free film screening of "View from a Grain of Sand". Followed by a discussion with Scott Taylor of Esprit de Corps magazine.
Friday March 14 7pm Sharp. 2730 Fuller Terrace (corner of Ontario St & Fuller Terrace)
The Halifax manifestation of the cross-Canada demonstration in support of War Resisters who have requested asylum in Canada rather than be forced to fight in the illegal occupation of Iraq is being organized by SCAW (Students Coalition Against War). They will be showing either "Let Them Stay" or "Yes Sir, No Sir".
Thursday, November 8, 2007 7:00pm - 9:00pm Scotiabank Theatre, McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building, Dalhousie University, 6135 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia
and
Friday, November 9, 2007 7:00pm - 9:00pm New Glasgow Public Library
Malalai Joya is a former member of Afghanistan's Parliament. A women's
rights advocate who has been dubbed "the bravest woman in Afghanistan",
she rose to prominence nationally and internationally in 2003, after
publicly denouncing the inclusion of "warlords" within the current
NATO-supported government of Afghanistan.
Friday, October 12, 2007 Noon-1pm Lawn of Spring Garden Rd Public Library (corner of Spring Garden Rd. and Grafton St.)
No to the NATO/Canadian combat operation in Afghanistan. No bombing of Iran. No more killing, no more violence, and no more wars. No more military spending. Yes to justice, yes to nuclear disarmament and yes to the earth.
Join VOW this Friday for their monthly vigil as we stand for peace!
Tuesday, October 9 8:30-9:30 PM Room 303, Dalhousie Student Union Building 6136 University Ave. Halifax
A free public showing of an important film for International Keep Space for Peace Week. "Arsenal of Hypocrisy" features Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space Coordinator Bruce Gagnon, Noam Chomsky and Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell
Wednesday, October 10 7:30-9:00 PM Room 303, Dalhousie Student Union Building 6136 University Ave. Halifax
Mines Action Canada will host a free public forum on citizen action against cluster bombs in the lead up to the negotiations of a new treaty on these weapons by 2008.
Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:00 Farmers' Brewery Market, Lower Water St.
Featuring speakers, musicians, drummers. This will be a child-friendly march. Bring your friends, family and noisemakers.
Featuring former US Marine and current War Resister Dean Walcott, and other artists and community activists against the war.
Organized by the Students Coalition Against War, the Halifax Peace Coalition and NSPIRG.
HPC acts on Canadian policy that fosters
inequity or injustice, root causes of violence. Living in the shadow of
empire, we want a foreign policy that promotes justice, equity, and
peace. We are currently working on Canada's involvement
in:
Students Coalition Against War
(SCAW)