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Bellingham City Council Resolutions:
Troops Home! Resolution: October 9, 2006 http://www.whatcompjc.org/files/signedres.pdf
No War Against Iran: July 14, 2008
http://www.whatcompjc.org/files/7-14.pdf
Troops Home! Resolution: October 9, 2006 http://www.whatcompjc.org/files/signedres.pdf
No War Against Iran: July 14, 2008
http://www.whatcompjc.org/files/7-
Contact
Whatcom Peace & Justice Center
100 E Maple Street
PO Box 2444
Bellingham, WA 98227
(360) 734-0217;
Whatcompjc@fidalgo.net
www.WhatcomPJC.org
100 E Maple Street
PO Box 2444
Bellingham, WA 98227
(360) 734-
Whatcompjc@fidalgo.net
www.WhatcomPJC.org
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VOSN program support from The Posel Foundation, Dr. Robert Olson, and your donations.
VOSN program support from The Posel Foundation, Dr. Robert Olson, and your donations.
Board of Directors
Peter Drewes, President
Anjali Englund, Vice President
Holly Folk, Treasurer
Jaci Nicolai, Secretary
Rev. Joel Lohafer
Sarah Covert-Bowlds
Marie Marchand, Executive Director
Anjali Englund, Vice President
Holly Folk, Treasurer
Jaci Nicolai, Secretary
Rev. Joel Lohafer
Sarah Covert-
Marie Marchand, Executive Director
Our Mission Statement
The Whatcom Peace & Justice Center promotes lasting peace, social justice, and a culture of nonviolence at home and worldwide. We accomplish this through partnerships, education, and direct action.
Our Vision Statement
The Whatcom Peace & Justice Center works to create a voice for peace and social justice in Whatcom County through partnerships with local community and religious organizations, direct action, public witness, and education on alternatives to violence and war. We call on our government and society to disavow policies of violence and seek a culture of peace.
The Whatcom Peace & Justice Center promotes lasting peace, social justice, and a culture of nonviolence at home and worldwide. We accomplish this through partnerships, education, and direct action.
Our Vision Statement
The Whatcom Peace & Justice Center works to create a voice for peace and social justice in Whatcom County through partnerships with local community and religious organizations, direct action, public witness, and education on alternatives to violence and war. We call on our government and society to disavow policies of violence and seek a culture of peace.
Bellingham is home to the longest-running weekly peace vigil in the nation started in 1966. The Whatcom Peace & Justice Center provides educational programming; leadership on legislative advocacy; and opportunities to resist injustice through public protest, writing, media reform, & organizing. Since opening in 2002, WPJC has become a voice at the table of community stakeholders and policymakers, bringing consciousness of U.S. foreign policy into the local sphere. WPJC has hosted Amy Goodman, Rev. John Dear, Dahr Jamail, Dr. Vincent Harding, Lt. Ehren Watada, Camilo Mejia, Ray McGovern, Elizabeth de la Vega, Dr. Dahlia Wasfi, Kathy Kelly, and others.
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Our Funding
50% of our income comes from individual donors. Thank you! In addition, WPJC received funding from the following foundations and congregations in 2009 and/or 2010:
The Dudley Foundation • RESIST • The Posel Foundation • Community Food Co-Op • Abe Keller Peace Education Fund • United Church of Christ Neighbors in Need • Pacific NW Conference United Methodist Church • Angel Fund of the Whatcom Community Foundation • Pride Foundation • AJ Muste Memorial Institute • Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia • Bellingham Friends Meeting (Quakers) • First Congregational Church • First Christian Church • St. James Presbyterian Church • Christ the Servant Lutheran Church • Garden Street United Methodist Church • Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship • Assumption Catholic Church • United Church of Ferndale
50% of our income comes from individual donors. Thank you! In addition, WPJC received funding from the following foundations and congregations in 2009 and/or 2010:
The Dudley Foundation • RESIST • The Posel Foundation • Community Food Co-
International Day of Peace
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 • 6:30 PM
Assumption Church, 2116 Cornwall Avenue
(Peace March leaves Maritime Heritage Park at 5:45)
From War to Peace: Iraq Veteran Paul Chappell
Co-sponsored by WPJC, Veterans for Peace & Bellingham Friends Meeting
Thursday, September 30, 2010 • 7:00 PM
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut Street
Mayor Dan Pike proclaims September 21st
‘International Day of Peace’ in Bellingham!
Read Proclamation Here!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 • 6:30 PM
Assumption Church, 2116 Cornwall Avenue
(Peace March leaves Maritime Heritage Park at 5:45)
From War to Peace: Iraq Veteran Paul Chappell
Co-
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut Street
Mayor Dan Pike proclaims September 21st
‘International Day of Peace’ in Bellingham!
Read Proclamation Here!