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Category Archives: Upcoming Events
George Houser Virtual House Party on July 24th
Friday, July 24, 2020 @ 7:00 PM
You are invited to a “Virtual Book Party” for sneak preview of Sheila D. Colllins’ new book “UBUNTU: George M. Houser and the Struggle for Peace and Freedom on Two Continents” and learn the meaning of UBUNTU.
Author Sheila Collins will discuss the historical influences on Houser’s life and his dedication to the networking that bridged cultures and two continents. Houser co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in 1942 with James Farmer and Bernice Fisher in 1942. With Bayard Rustin,he co-led the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation to the South which became the model for the 1960’s Freedom Rides. With other activists, he initiated the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) and made over 30 trips to Africa to support independence movements. He was a key player in laying the groundwork to end racial segregation in the United States, colonialism in Africa and apartheid in South Africa.
George Houser’s history as an ally of the black liberation movements from the 1940’s until his death, at age 99, in 2015, is a teachable moment for today.
Ms. Collins will be joined by her activist husband Rev. John Collins and long-time Westchester County civil rights and peace activist Joanne Robinson.
Current members of Peace Action New York State receive a special discounted ticket price, and all attendees become a Peace Action New York State member with the purchase of a ticket.
Frances Perkins Virtual House Party on May 29
On Friday evening, 7pm-8:30pm, May 29, there will be Frances Perkins Virtual House Party to celebrate the inspiring legacy of the first woman in the U.S. Cabinet. As FDR’s Secretary of Labor from 1933-1945, she brought us social security, minimum wage, unemployment compensation and more. We could use more of those kind of big changes now!
We are hoping that House Party attendees will take the time (at their leisure) to view filmmaker Mick Caouette’s wonderful one-hour documentary – “Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare.” As an attendee, you will receive instructions on how to view the film and also support the work of Peace Action New York State. Then, on May 29th, you are invited to join the Virtual House Party for a lively discussion with filmmaker Mick Caouette, Blanche Wiesen Cook (Eleanor Roosevelt’s biographer), and renowned labor historian and Columbia Professor Alice Kessler Harris.
Current members of Peace Action New York State receive a special discounted ticket price. We also welcome new members. If you are not a member yet, you become a Peace Action New York State member with the purchase of a ticket. Click here to get your ticket!
Support the Iran Deal Rally in Melville
I SUPPORT THE IRAN DEAL!
Tell Senator Schumer that he should too. Thank Senator Gillibrand for her support of a deal that is strong, verifiable and long-term.
RALLY TO SUPPORT IRAN DEAL at Senator Schumer’s Melville office at noon.
or CALL 1-631-753-0980 AT NOON ON AUGUST 26TH. Thanks.
Join me and other progressives as we speak up and support diplomacy with Iran.
Can you you attend? Let us know at longislandpeace@gmail.com
Celebrating Religious Liberty Event
Come hear Alliance board member Martin Melkonian speak next Wednesday at Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock (UUCSR) for “Celebrating Religious Liberty and Tolerance in America” ! Hofstra Student Chris Reilly will perform.
Memorial Day Vigil 2015 at Jones Beach
MEMORIAL DAY VIGIL 2015
JUST SAY NO TO ENDLESS WAR!
10 A. M. Saturday, May 23
JONES BEACH
(Rain date on Sunday)
Memorial Day 2015
“There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
On May 23 of Memorial Day weekend, thousands of Long Islanders will flock to Jones Beach for the Bethpage Air Show which demonstrates military airpower and weapons.
On that same day, peace activists from Long Island will gather for their Eleventh Annual Peace Vigil to remind beach-goers that Memorial Day is a sacred day dedicated by our nation to mourn the loss of American lives killed in war. Remember all who have died. End War.
- · Come to distribute flyers explaining the true meaning of Memorial Day.
- · Come to reflect upon the victims of wars, still suffering in mind and spirit.
- · Come to honor the fallen.
- · Come to call for an end to all wars.
Park at Field 4 – Come early for best parking space!!! Fee $10
Assemble by the plaza near the “needle” tower.
Weather alert May 23 7 AM www.paxchristilongisland.org
Further details: Email paxchristili@aol.com
To help distribute, please arrive by 9 a.m.
PLEASE WEAR A BLACK T SHIRT OR TOP
The 11th Annual Memorial Day Peace Vigil is organized by Pax Christi LI, the Catholic peace organization, in partnership with Dominican Sisters of Amityville –Justice & Peace Committee; LI Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives; LI Code Pink Women for Peace; LI Food not Bombs; LI Move- On; LI School of Americas Watch;LI Veterans for Peace; LI Women in Black; North Country Peace Group; Round Table for the Common Good Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal RC Church Wyandanch; Peace Action NY; Sisters of St. Joseph NY-Social Justice and Non-violence Committees; South Country Peace Group
For further information, email paxchristili@aol.com
Mobilization to Ban Nukes in NYC 2015
MOBILIZATION FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE, PEACEFUL, JUST AND SUSTAINABLE WOLRD. BAN NUKES!
Please join us on Sunday, April 26 to call for abolition of nuclear weapons. Bring signs that say Long Island supports nuclear abolition. BAN NUKES!
Meet us at 1 p.m. at Union Square.
March to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (47th St.& 2nd Ave.) begins at 2 p.m.
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Schedule for April 26 Mobilization, New York City 11-12:30: Interfaith Convocation for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (Tillman Chapel of the Church Center at the United Nations, 777 First Avenue)
1pm: Rally at Union Square North (East 17th St, between Park Avenue South and Broadway New York, NY 10003) 1:20: Launch the Global Wave from the Rally at Union Square. The Wave will then move westward to cities and capitals around the world. More information on the rally speakers is available here.
2pm: March (Beginning at Union Square North, arriving at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at around 3pm) 3pm-6pm: Peace Festival at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (East 47th Street, 2nd Ave New York, NY 10017) 4pm: Together with Genuikyo (Japan Council Against A- and H-Bombs), we will present millions of petition signatures calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons to Ambassador Taous Feroukhi and UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane. Performers will be listed soon!
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Hiroshima 69th Commemoration
69th Commemoration of Hiroshima
Wednesday August 6, 2014
7:30 p.m.
“It is Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons,
Climate Change and War”
A CALL TO CONSCIENCE!
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock
48 Shelter Rock Rd. Manhasset, NY 11030
Music by Willow
SPEAKERS:
HON. MICHELLE SCHIMEL
New York State Assemblywoman
MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO
Professor of History & Harry Wachtel Distinguished Teaching
Professor for the Study of Non Violent Social Change at Hofstra
REVEREND MARK LUKENS
Bethany Congregational Church, Chair Interfaith Alliance
MARGARET MELKONIAN
Executive Director Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
SHIRLEY ROMAINE
Actress, Co-chair Great Neck SANE/Peace Action
This program is dedicated to the memory of JONATHAN SCHELL:
writer, teacher, anti-nuclear activist, author of Fate of the Earth.
SPONSORS: Great Neck SANE/Peace Action,
The Social Justice Committee of UUCSR and
The Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives present
SUPPORTERS:The Interfaith Alliance LI; Pax Christi LI; Islamic Center of Long Island; Reach out America; The North Country Peace Group; Suffolk Peace Network; Peace Action New York State; Womanspace
Info: UUCSR, 516-627-6560, www.uucsr.org – Great Neck SANE/Peace Action, 516487-3786 –
LI Alliance, 516-741-4360 – www.longislandpeace.org – longislandpeace@gmail.com
Memorial Day, A Time to Remember and Mourn
Statement of LI Alliance for Memorial Day 2014
Margaret Melkonian, Executive Director, LI Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, 516-741-4360
Memorial Day, A Time to Remember and to Mourn the Victims of War
Since the end of the Civil War, the American people have dedicated Memorial Day as a time to mourn the victims of war. It has become a nationwide day of remembrance and reconciliation.
On May 24th, on the tenth Pax Christi LI’s Memorial Day Vigil, Long Islanders will gather at Jones Beach for a solemn march remembering and grieving for all those lost and wounded in wars.
This is a stark alternative to the Bethpage Federal Credit Union’s Air Show. It is regrettable that Bethpage Federal Credit Union and other sponsors have transformed this sacred day of mourning into a demonstration of military machinery and a vehicle for recruitment. The solemn peace march, in contrast, seeks to draw in persons no matter what their politics, by calling on our common humanity in an act of remembrance and mourning.
Memorial Day is a time to reflect on the consequences of war, to commit ourselves to end the cycle of violence, and to the return all those in harm’s way to their loved ones. Memorial Day is a sacred day of loss and remembrance and hope for a world without war. It is not the beginning of summer, a day for sales and for military demonstrations. Memorial Day is a sacred day.
The LI Alliance and LI peace partners call on Bethpage Federal Credit Union and other sponsors and also the NYS Parks Commission to forego military demonstrations at Jones Beach in the future. Instead, we ask them to remember why we grieve as a LI community on Memorial Day for all those lives lost in wars and why we hold close all those who we could not bear to lose.