Louisville Peace Community

(Altered Nick Anderson cartoon)	PEACE BULLETIN: THE LOUISVILLE PEACE ACTION COMMUNITY LPAC is dedicated to peace, justice and world community. Our goals are to educate ourselves and to impact public opinion through creative non-violent action, the use of technology and lifestyle changes. We strive to build local and national coalitions in order to restore participatory democracy and to act as an outlet for alternative voices in order to promote human rights, economic justice and self-determination for all people. We have no monthly meeting at this time, but communicate via this web site, facebook, e-mail and the Tennessee-Kentucky Peace Through Justice Network. *Check the Combined Peace & Justice Calendar for many other important meetings & events! CLICK HERE FOR RELATIVELY 'COMPLETE' LIST OF PROGRESSIVE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS**
*In Memoriam* photo courtesy of Courier Journal. Click image to purchase copy. George Edwards 1920-2010 See Statement by George Morrison Anne Braden 1924-2006 Sources:KET interview. Common Dreams *Henry Wallace Yacoub E. Yacoub* 1915-2006 1936-2008 Court house steps 3/19/09	The Louisville FOR’s 2010 Peace Essay Contest winners, all from Dupont Manual High School in Louisville, are: 1st place, Conor Fitzpatrick 2nd place, Sarah Wang 3rd place, Elizabeth Penava 4th place, Mary Richardson Students in Jefferson County high schools were invited to write about the crises in Afghanistan, Liberia or Somolia. READ THEM ALL IN THE JUNE 2010 ISSUE OF FORSOOTH ELI FOSL'S WINNING VIDEO from the 2009 contest LEAVE MY CHILD ALONE! MATERIALS (AGAINST PRIVILEGED ACCESS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INFORMATION BY MILITARY RECRUITERS ____________________________________ Sign up for peace & justice e-mail alerts! PCunity e-mail list END U.S. WARS WE'VE HAD ENOUGH EVENT REMINDERS: 6/6/10: Monthly Peace Vigil. Sunday, June 6, 5-6 p.m. at Douglass Loop and Bardstown Rd. Bring a candle and your signs. A memorial service is planned for George Edwards at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, 2010 in the Caldwell Chapel at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1044 Alta Vista Road. A reception in the Winn Center will follow. Contributions in his loving memory may be sent to: Central Presbyterian Church, 318 W. Kentucky St., Louisville, KY 40203, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, 1044 Alta Vista Road, Louisville, KY 40205, The Justice Resource Center, 115 Steedly Dr., Louisville, KY 40214, The Fellowship of Reconciliation, 2236 Kaelin Ave., Louisville, KY 40205 (or Box 271, Nyack, NY 10960). LOUISVILLE PEACE ACTION COMMUNITY’S PEACE PLEDGE FOR DEMONSTRATION PARTICIPANTS ***Check the Combined Peace & Justice Calendar for many other important meetings & events!

COMMUNITY NEWS Protesting the long war March 2008	Town Meeting Against the War at Frazier Hall 8/28/07 *Silence Over Thunder 4/18/09. 6th Anniversary of the US Invasion of Iraq: CJ 3/20/09; Kate Cunningham and Judy Munro-Leighton's OpEd CJ; Johanna Kamenisch interview on WAVE-3. . Press Conference re: James Burmeister Hillbilly Reports 6/21/08 Silence over Thunder CJ 4/13/08 3/19/08: 5 YEAR Commemoration CJ3/20;CJ; Hillbilly Reports * KENTUCKY AT WAR IN THE NATION 10/1/2007 ISSUE *State Fair "Fair is Fair---End the War" Protest August 2007 on Youtube. Fourth of July Protests: Protest at McConnell Luncheon in Buckner KY, 7/2/07; July 4th Protest at McConnell's house. Bush at St. Vincent---a local letter in the National Catholic Reporter; protest coverage 5/12/2007 4th Anniversary of the Beginning of the Iraq War Memorial on the Great Lawn, Waterfront Park. Youtube & Hillbilly Report Video; TV coverage: WAVE; WHAS; WLKY. Kentucky anti-war protestors in DC 3/17/07: youtube Bush Campaign Visit to Louisville 2/3/2007 Video link of protest Doug Johnson's Iraq Trip with Voices in the Wilderness 2,000 Too Many! Friday 10/28, 2005. Pictures of the demonstration. **DC protest 2005
RESOURCES ON THE WEBSITE & ON THE WEB	*Public Health: In One Generation Amnesty International "First 100 Days" campaign; War on Terror campaign; The Louisville Green Guide Civilian Casualties in Iraq Military Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan: Casualty Count & Casualties in Iraq How Much This War is Costing Us Active duty military: APPEAL FOR REDRESS. You are on the front lines in this fight too and we are even more dependent on your courage in this theater of action. National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Email service that allows you to contact officials about progressive causes. The People's Health Movement Locate your Legislators. Also see our Contact Government page. Protesting McConnell-led Filibuster of War Amendments 9/21/07 After the last tree has been cut down, After the last river has been poisoned, After the last fish has been caught Only then will you find That money cannot be eaten. Cree Prophecy 'A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reforms. It does not haggle over expenditures on armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain.' ---Anatole France *Please help Louisville Peace Action Community: How to donate to help with various initiatives.