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Peace Action Maine – Americans Who Tell the Truth and Shetterly Exhibit – Nov 21 2024

Peace Action Maine – Americans Who Tell the Truth and Shetterly Exhibit – Nov 21 2024

For the second time ever the entire collection of Americans Who Tell the Truth portraits will be on display from November 15 to December 15. This special exhibition at the Bates Mill features over 270 portraits of American figures—ranging from historical icons to contemporary activists—who have acted to confront injustice and advocate for change. Exhibit opening event will be on Friday, November 15, 5:00-7:00 p.m., at the Bates Mill, 35 Canal Street, Lewiston, ME. All are welcome. Program,...

Peace Action Maine – Americans Who Tell the Truth Honors Dr. Lown – June 2024

Peace Action Maine – Americans Who Tell the Truth Honors Dr. Lown – June 2024

This episode of Peace Action Maine was recorded on June 7th, 2024. It is a new portrait unveiling of Lewiston’s Dr. Bernard Lown. The event was hosted by Americans Who Tell The Truth and was held at the Bates Mill Atrium in Lewiston, Maine on what would have been Dr. Lown's 103rd Birthday. The Peace Bridge between Auburn and Lewiston is named after Dr. Lown, amongst other honors.

Peace Action Maine – Focus on Palestine – February 2024

Peace Action Maine – Focus on Palestine – February 2024

Recorded Sunday, February 18, 2024 Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, includes Musicians, Palestinians and (non) Citizenship, Fateh Azzam, Maine Poet Gary Lawless reads 4 Palestinian Poems and Excerpts from The Gaza Monologues.

Peace Action – Close Guantanamo – Jan 2023

Peace Action – Close Guantanamo – Jan 2023

ME Pax Christi's: Close Guantanamo 2024 (recording of entire program) Vigil and Rally was well attended again this year. A lawyer who represents a prisoner has returned this year to teach at Colby, and he’s organized an event like this every year for three years.

Peace Action – Artificial Intelligence – April 2023

March 23, at 12:30 p.m., Professor Gray Cox will present a Zoom program that promises to be lively, engaging, significant, and entertaining. His program is entitled "From Smarter Planet to Wiser Earth: Re-envisioning Relationships Between AI Technologies, Human Society, and the Natural World." Please share this with interested individuals, students, classes, community groups, calendars, and other networks.

Peace Action – The Guantánamo Bay Prison – Dec 21 2022

Introduction by Mary Kate Small of Pax Christi Maine Frank Panopoulos is a human rights attorney. His work includes representing prisoners held at the Guantánamo Bay Prison, and in Florida state prisons; foreign individuals in proceedings to delist them from the terrorist list maintained by the U.S. government; and refugees and stateless persons held in detention camps in the Northeast Autonomous area of Syria.

Peace Action Maine – How the Pentagon Fuels Climate Chaos

Peace Action Maine – How the Pentagon Fuels Climate Chaos

With Devon Grayson-Wallace facilitating, Lisa Savage, land acknowledgement, and on "What is COP26?". Maine Natural Guard, Janet Weil on How the Military Fuels Climate Crisis, Veterans for Peace, Climate Crisis and Militarism Project David Swanson on Military-Climate impacts and more, World Beyond War

Peace Action Maine – Tax Day 2021

Peace Action Maine – Tax Day 2021

It was organized by a few groups: Maine Poor People’s Campaign, Maine Veterans For Peace, Peace Action Maine, PeaceWorks of Greater Brunswick, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom_US_ME. It focuses on US discretionary tax dollars, how over 53% of these funds are spent on the military. What does it mean when a primary security threat to us in Maine this past year has been the Covid-19 virus.

Peace Action Maine – Colonel Wilkerson – May 2019

Peace Action Maine – Colonel Wilkerson – May 2019

Pat Taub of Peace Action Maine interview Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson Distinguished Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy at The College of William & Mary. Positions he has held outside teaching include—in the military—special assistant to General Colin L. Powell when the General was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and—in civilian life—chief of staff to Powell when he served as U.S. Secretary of State.