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Peace arts workshops: Poetry, songs, posters, buttons, comics

6/30/2016

 
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“Culture is the space in our national consciousness filled by music, books, sports, movies, theater, visual arts, and media. It is the realm of ideas, images, and stories -- the narrative in which we are immersed every day. It is where people make sense of the world, where ideas are introduced, values are inculcated, and emotions are attached to concrete change. Cultural change is often the dress rehearsal for political change. Or put in another way, political change is the final manifestation of cultural shifts that have already occurred.”

-Jeff Chang


​About the instructors:
Susan Chase-Foster
Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor
Mike McLeod
Geof Morgan


August 3, 2016 update: Our scheduled workshops have now concluded. Watch our Facebook page and e-newsletter for news about future workshops.

​Open to everyone age 10 and above. Workshops will be held at Whatcom Peace & Justice Center.

Why artwork about peace?

Rather than imagining war and violence only as far-off realities, we want to bring light to the ways that war and violence affect us locally.

The health of our people and environment are traded for war budgets that line the pockets of military contractors. Recruiters in our high school cafeterias sell teenagers the idea that their best shot at a life of dignity and purpose is enlisting in the military. Families bombed by the U.S. and its allies are not our enemies or strangers -- for many people in Whatcom County, they are relatives and friends.

Still, through taxes, we all pay for war and violence to be waged around the world. For Department of Defense in FY2015, taxpayers in the United States paid $505.28 billion, not including the cost of war. Instead, those tax dollars could have provided:


  • 5.98 million Head Start Slots for Children for One Year for 10 Years, or
  • 4.89 million Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year for 10 Years, or
  • 674,809 Elementary School Teachers for One Year for 10 Years, or
  • 15.21 million Scholarships for University Students for One Year for 4 Years, or
  • 8.75 million Students Receiving Pell Grants of $5,775 for 10 Years, or
  • 21.65 million Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for 10 Years, or
  • 56.92 million Households with Renewable Electricity, Wind Power for 10 Years, or
  • 14.42 million People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year for 10 Years

Donation drive to support Syrian refugees kicks off June 20

6/6/2016

 
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The Whatcom Peace and Justice Center and Voices for Peace in the Middle East will sponsor a donation drive this summer to support refugees stranded in Europe. Goods collected will be traded for funds to support humanitarian and medical aid for people affected by conflict and natural disaster in the Middle East.
 
Since March 2011, an estimated 9 million Syrians have fled their homes to escape war. Most are internally displaced within Syria, while over 4 million are in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt. One million have applied for asylum in Europe. The United States has pledged to accept at least 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of September; to date, 4,700 people have been approved by U.S. Homeland Security.
 
Refugees migrating to Europe from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan cross the Mediterranean Sea, arriving on beaches in the Greek isles. Locals scramble to provide them with food, water, and emergency supplies before they continue on to UN refugee camps. The Salaam Cultural Museum in Seattle is collecting and distributing aid to these areas in Greece.
 
Potluck on June 20th

Rita Zawaideh of the Salaam Cultural Museum will speak about the crisis and show photos of relief work happening in Greece at a Bellingham organizing meeting and potluck on June 20, 2016. This kickoff for the donation drive will be held at the Community Food Co-op Connections Classroom (405 East Holly Street) at 6 p.m. 

Parking: Please park in the lot behind the Bakery building or along the street. Handicap parking spots are in the front of the building.

Donation drive: How it works

Items donated will be collected on a to-be-announced date and location in August and delivered to Value Village in Bellingham.

Value Village will pay 20 cents per pound of soft goods, which include clothing, shoes, hats, scarves, undergarments, jewelry, accessories, bags, wallets, bedding, towels, curtains, tablecloths and other cloth materials.

Value Village pays 5 cents a pound for hard goods, which are toys, small household goods and appliances, books, CD's and DVD's.

Items that will not be accepted are weapons, hazardous materials, construction materials, flammable products, automobile parts, damaged furniture, beds, bedding parts, televisions, computer monitors, infant car seats, cribs and other infant products restricted by law. Also, swing sets, food, pets, large appliances, marine vessels, swimming pools, vehicles, cash and intangible property are not accepted.

Value Village publishes this list here: https://www.valuevillage.com/donate/what-we-take


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  • Home
  • Who we are
    • Blog
    • Press
    • Video
    • Archive of Newsletters
    • Financials
  • What we do
    • Learn with us
      • Alternatives to Violence Workshop
    • Alternatives to Military Service
      • College opportunities
      • Opt-out of military recruitment
    • Whatcom Civil Rights Project
    • Resources for Community Use
    • Library
  • Get involved
    • Volunteer
  • 2022 International Day of Peace
    • Sponsor International Day of Peace
    • Peacemaker Awards
      • Nomination Forms
  • Donate
    • Become a monthly donor
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