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Weekly sidewalk vigil: Thursdays
5:30-6:30
Federal Building, 125 South State Street, SLC Bring signs!
(Some signs provided) (Inclement weather: Please be sure to bring your own sign should you decide to vigil in rain or snow.)
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A $20 refundable deposit will be required to borrow a film.
If you would like to borrow a film, contact Films
Property is being provided by private property owners in the middle of Salt Lake Valley for a Peace House Center. These individuals share the following vision of the space:OUR VISION
--Our Vision is to make the Utah Peace House a culturally diverse center for personal growth and intellectual understanding that offers hope to humanity by providing education and positive alternatives to violence and wasteful practices.
--Our dream is to create a hub of activism for a variety of organizations that promote the principles of a more peaceful world, the development and implementation of alternative energy, and the practice of reducing, reusing and recycling.
--We plan to offer special welcomes to activists, media, and representatives from far and wide who visit Salt Lake.
The Utah Peace House will be a center for peace and justice and will serve our local and regional communities by:
• Serving as a model for practices of a more peaceful world, including non-violence, alternative energy, and the reduction of waste through actual practice.
• Holding a global awareness and understanding of the needs of peace and environmental issues, acting locally to provide an avenue for individual and group participation of achieving peace and an improved environment.
• Providing education, being a resource and creating vehicles of peaceful, direct action for social change justice and environmental sustainability PURPOSE
The Utah Peace House will be a locally based space provided by private individuals for providing space for organizations promoting peace and justice.
We recognize the essential unity of all life.
Operating from principles of non-violence and compassion, we will explore ways in which people can live cooperatively with one another and with the earth.
The Utah Peace House will provide an avenue for groups and individuals to participate in social change for peace with justice.
The UtahPeace House will serve as a center for education, outreach and action. While holding a global consciousness we will choose to act on a local level. We will provide our community with a resource center and serve as a communication link between individuals and groups. Property has been secured in the middle of Salt Lake Valley by private property owners who will be providing space for our peace house center. Now the work begins! We are continuing to accept grants and support for the development our programs and outreach at the peace house center. Please let us know how you can help. Look for a list soon of ways help is needed.
(Note that contributions to the property itself are welcomed, but not tax deductible. Tax deductible donations are accepted for costs towards running the space provided at the Utah Peace House and for the programs developed by PPJ.)
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Yes, there IS a peace community in Utah - the reddest U.S. State!
About me: Stop the Killing - No More Atrocities - Protect Civil Liberties
1. We condemn the terrorists who committed the atrocities of September 11. We're against violence and all forms of terrorism, including war.
2. We defend the rights of all people living in the United States, including those who appear Middle Eastern, to be free from harassment, racial profiling and racist violence.
3. U.S. policy in the Middle East primarily serves the interests of multinational corporations, especially the U.S.-based international oil companies. We advocate a U.S. foreign policy that's in the interest of both the American and Middle Eastern peoples.
4. At this time of crisis and war, it is crucial that we defend the Constitutional Rights and civil liberties that are fundamental to a democratic society. We invite you to join us in exercising our rights to freedom of speech and assembly as we work for peace and justice in Afghanistan and the Middle East, in the United States, and around the world. People for Peace and Justice of Utah is a program of Blue Sky Institute. Myspace Contact Tables, hosting by Imgdump.net
Who I'd like to meet: Everyone who wants peace and justice in our world!
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Dear People for Peace and Justice of Utah: Thank you for YourFriendship. My eight-year-old-peace-activist son Axil Kollist's quest for World Peace Before 2021 is gaining momentum! I'm so proud of him. Please embrace him AND his song "World Peace Before 2021" which he performs beautifully. His performance can be seen on MySpace, his webpage www. worldpeacebefore2021. com and/or YouTube (by searching his name Axil Kollist.) It is my intention to post a new video of him singing his song every few months so people can watch his talent grow as impressively as the momentum for his quest! I'm sharing two photos with you. The first is of my son distributing his free world peace bumperstickers and the second photo is of him singing his song “World Peace Before 2021” at Maui's Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Day Festivities in January 08. By all means, email Axil if you’d like him to mail you one of his free “World Peace Before 2021” bumpersticker or if you’d like to invite him to sing for your function. His email address is worldpeacebefore2021@hawaii.rr.com .Very best regards, Axil's mom
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