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The Great Basin Peace and Justice Network (GBPJN) is your portal to northern Nevada groups and individuals participating in peace and social justice activism.
This site serves as an information clearinghouse where we can gather to network our energies.
All groups and individuals that are listed here and members of the network are asked to respect and use non-violent communication.
All events and actions advertised here are non-violent.
For more information please email us at info@renopeace.org.
~ Network Groups ~
(Click on a group to be redirected to their website.)
Alternative Transportation Club, EAA
Conscious Community and Business Network
Great Basin Community Food Cooperative
HOME, Healing Ourselves and Mother Earth
International A.N.S.W.E.R, Reno
No New Mushroom Clouds Over Nevada, or Anywhere Coalition
Peace Action 2008
Reno AntiWar Coalition (RAWC)
Reno First United Methodist Church
Reno Free Store
Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace (SIAP)
Voices for Peace
World Can't Wait, Reno chapter
Youth Militarization Awareness Project (Y-Map)
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~ EVENTS - Take Action NOW! ~
Nonviolent events, campaigns, & actions sponsored by individual groups or coalitions of groups.
Click <HERE> for the Great Basin Peace & Justice Network CALENDAR.
(Events section last updated 8/15/08. Calendar is maintained by the public.)
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~ Peace Action 2008 ~
Next Meeting:---
Monday, September 1, 6:15 PM at the
First United Methodist Church
(209 West First Street).
Click <HERE> for details.
~ International Day of Peace Fair: ~
Growing Communities of Hope, Creating a Culture of Peace
Sunday, Sept. 21, 11-4pm
East Wingfield Park, along the beautiful Truckee River in downtown Reno!
Area organizations are being invited to have booths to promote involvement in community, and there will be musical entertainment throughout the day. If your organization would like to have a booth (it's free!), or would like to be a cosponsor of the event, contact 232-2823 or 513-7523.
Learn more <HERE!>
Sponsored by PeaceAction2008
Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace
Catholic Life, Peace, and Justice Coalition
Social Justice Council of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
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~ Ongoing Meetings and Doings ~
Click <HERE> for the Great Basin Peace & Justice Network Public CALENDAR (Calendar is maintained by the public. Please report broken meeting links and incorrect meeting dates <here>.)
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Peace Action 2008
Peace Action 2008 is a coalition of peace activists who are processing ways to influence elected officials and others to end the war in Iraq. Please review the meeting notes for more information on the process. You may also contact Peace Action 2008 coordinator, John Hadder, at 775.284.6234 or email him at hadder"AT"gbis"DOT"com.
Next Meeting:
Monday, September 1, 6:15 PM at the
First United Methodist Church
(209 West First Street).
* Peace Action 2008 - Statement to End the War and Occupation of Iraq *
The US/British war and occupation in Iraq has burdened us all for five years. No end is in sight. Costs of all kinds are staggering – billions of public dollars, thousands of combat dead and wounded, hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties — emotional and psychological costs to veterans, families, social services, congregations, communities – displacements of millions of Iraqis without infrastructure and security to go about normal living.
As social workers, mechanics, warehouse workers, teachers, businesspersons, cooks, etc. who live and work in Reno and Sparks, we are compelled to see this war not just as a political issue. We address it as a deeply personal and social issue of our common health and well-being. It is an issue for all who have been hurt directly by the war. It is an issue for all who have watched on helplessly and hopelessly to stop it. It is an issue for all who have fought the war. Our very characters as persons, nations and faith traditions hang in the balance.
With imperfect but growing clarity and conviction, we say, this war and this occupation must end now! We call for no more funding of military pursuits in Iraq -- no more arms, no permanent installations. We call for funding only to remove our troops and to rehabilitate Iraq. We call for bringing our military personnel home to be healed as quickly as possible. We call for renewed commitment to national humility and international cooperation.
Cost to us for 2008: taxpayers in Congressional District 2 (Heller) will pay $455.9 million for proposed Iraq War Spending for FY2008. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:*
• 103,949 People with Health Care OR
• 413,991 Homes with Renewable Electricity OR
• 10,848 Public Safety Officers OR
• 9,940 Music and Arts Teachers OR
• 139,845 Scholarships for University Students OR
• 35 New Elementary Schools OR
• 2,434 Affordable Housing Units OR
• 156,551 Children with Health Care OR
• 51,849 Head Start Places for Children OR
• 9,940 Elementary School Teachers OR
* Figures from the National Priorities Project- http://nationalpriorities.org
Join the Peace Action 2008 organizing listserv - Click Here!
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Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace weekly Peace Vigil, Reno, Mondays
You're invited to join area peaceniks every Monday evening at 5:30 PM in front of the Bruce R. Thompson Federal Building & Court House at the corner of Virginia and Liberty Streets in downtown Reno.
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Voices for Peace, weekly Peace Vigil, Carson City, Mondays
Voices for Peace are people witnessing publicly for peace and justice. The back drop is the war in Iraq, but it is also a nation that seems to have a need to be reminded that acting as caring, merciful, and fair minded individuals is what we are made for. Many, but not all, attend the First United Methodist Church in Carson City. We would love to have more people join us. We meet in front of the Nevada State Legislature every Monday at noon.
Contact: Ed Skudlarek, 882-1847, epskud"AT"aol"DOT"com
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Molly Ivins Pots ‘n’ Pans Brigade, Tuesdays
Every Tuesday (starting February 6) between 11:00 and 11:30am, Bruce R. Thompson Federal Building, at Liberty and S. Virginia. We will be on the public sidewalk, where our Congressional representatives maintain offices, to raise a little hell with implements of cooking to end the war in Iraq. The late columnist, Molly Ivins, suggested this tactic in her last column in January. More here.
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Food Not Bombs, Sundays
Food Not Bombs - Free Vegan Meals - Serving times and location: Every Sunday, Noon at Fisherman's Park I, Galetti Way at Kietzke, and 3pm at Bicentennial Park (1st & Ralston) by the water.
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Weaver Gatherings, 2nd Monday of each month
Group intention: I am here for mutual support to practice the universal Virtues of Love, Integrity, Courage, Service, and Respect as a way to grow spiritually and to become a catalyst for the emergence of a new society. I connect from my heart, to share my personal stories of inspiration and challenges in living the virtues everyday an d learn from others as they share theirs. We gather to support each other's passions to make a better world and weave the good already happening in our communities into a more unified power for change.
Orientation for new people is at 6 PM. Contact 775-851-2993. For details follow this link: Conscious Community.
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Poetry, Peace and Music, 1st & 3rd Fridays of each month
Poetry Peace and Music happens from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. the first and third Fridays of each month at Dreamers Coffeeshop on the first floor of the Riverside Artists Lofts in downtown Reno. Music is provided by Lee Dazey, Kim Elise and Chris Good, and the microphones are open for you to perform, too. Call Chris at 843-8026 for more information.
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The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime,
1st & 3rd Sundays of each month
WCW - Reno chapter will hold 2 meetings per month
WHEN: 1st & 3rd Sundays from 2:00 - 3:30 PM
WHERE: Reno Public Library on Peckham St. - Old Towne Mall, just west of S. Virginia St.
We ARE NOT a single-issue impeach group, although we do support that noble effort. Our agenda is to move from protest to resistance. We need as many bodies to show up at as many actions as possible. Fight the Fear!
ACTIONS:
Picketing recruitment stations whenever possible (a minimum of 3 people at any one time would be desirable, all with cameras and/or sound recording devices).
Rush hour sign displays, banner drops over I-80.
Welcoming home veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan with Conscientious Objector and other war resistance information. The "backdoor draft" and sending our shell-shocked soldiers back to battle MUST STOP!
CONTACT:
Rich Haber, jpom22[AT]yahoo[DOT]com, 746-5720
Paul Lenart, palan80[AT]hotmail[DOT]com, 775-513-7523
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Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace meetings, monthly
The Sierra Interfaith Action For Peace is a network of peacemakers whose mission is to listen, respond, and work together for justice and peace. Sierra Interfaith Action For Peace has been serving our community for nearly twenty years and is an affiliate of Fellowship for Reconciliation. For more information, please call Patsy Gehr at 775.326.4739.
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Reno AntiWar Coalition meetings
Call 775.232.2823 for more information.
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Youth Militarization Awareness Project (Y-Map) meetings
For more information please contact Lee Dazey, 775.324.4027.
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RAWC Presents, Reno AntiWar Coalition television show
The Reno AntiWar Coalition does programming on Reno's community Access Television, Sierra Nevada Community Television, cable channel 16. Most of these shows are a two sided discussion of peace and justice issues. You can find air dates by going to The Media Center's website at http://sncat.org. Click on the Programming Guide, and look for RAWC Presents. If you have any ideas for upcoming shows, let us know by calling Lisa at 775.232.2823.
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~ Keep in Touch ~
For those who like to interact, post news stories, and generally discuss and debate please join the Washoeantiwar list. With this option you may receive several emails per day.
<< Click HERE for more information or to join! >>
For those who wish to be altered to local peace events and meetings please join the Peace Presence list. With this option you will generally receive less than one email per week.
<< Click HERE for more information or to join! >>
For those who wish to help organize local "Peace Action 2008" events, please join the following listserv.
<< Click HERE for more information or to join! >>
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~ Data from a Wasteful & Violent Society ~
For updated coalition forces casualty counts click > HERE <.
To see more details on how your tax dollars are spent click > HERE <.
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~ Links ~
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Act Now to Stop War & End Racism
Antiwar.com
Culture of Peace News Network
Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace
Non-intervention.net
Not In Our Name
Peace Action West
Peace Resource Project
Peace.protest.net
Poets Against the War
Quakers: Religious Witnesses for Peace
The Truth About War
The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime
United for Peace & Justice
War Resisters League
Woman's International League for Peace and Freedom
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