Peace and the Biden-Harris Administration: Opportunities and Challenges
Peace@ThePub HOME Tuesday, January 12th view program here – passcode P@PBiden2021 P@PBiden2021The new administration presents both opportunities and challenges for Peace Action’s advocacy work. While there’s reason for optimism, realism suggests there will be some difficult work ahead. Join us for a dialogue on the prospects for 2021 and beyond. Panelists: Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director, Policy and Political Affairs, National Peace Action Pete Moore, M.A. Hanna Associate Professor of Politics, Case Western Reserve University
Election Dissection: Peace@ThePub HOME
Tuesday, November 10th view program here – passcode P@PElection2020 Our panel and the audience discuss the prospects and opportunities for our peace/anti-war agenda and the larger implications for our community. Guest panelists: Harriet Applegate (Executive Secretary, North Shore Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO) and Cassandra McDonald (founding President of Euclid NAACP), with Cleveland Peace Action’s Don Bryant and Francis Chiappa.
Peace@ThePub HOME: Black History, Injustice and Reparations & Police Militarization
Tuesday, October 13th view program here – passcode P@P13Oct2020 Black History, Injustice, and the Need for Reparations, with Dave Patterson, author of The First 400: The color of profit, persecution, and perseverance Police Militarization, with Gary Daniels, chief lobbyist of the ACLU of Ohio
Live from Palestine with Sam Bahour
Cleveland Peace Action and Jewish Voice for Peace invite you to join us for Another Israeli Annexation (Version 2020), a stimulating and interactive presentation with Sam Bahour (Originally from Youngstown, Ohio) on Zoom, Wednesday August 12th at Noon, on Zoom. Click here to attend On location in Al-Bireh/Ramallah, Sam Bahour, prominent journalist, diplomat, businessman, and editor will describe the current situation in Occupied Palestine under Israel’s announced illegal annexation plan to continue ethnic cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity. The Israeli plan isto “annex up to one-third of the West Bank to become part of the Israeli state. This land…
Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki
view program here – passcode #^kqg5Vg Sunday, August 9th – 75th Anniversary Observance with words, images, music, poetry, lights, meditation and inspiration Featuring: Rev. Nozomi Ikuta, Doug and Jani McWilliams with music from the 1986 Great Peace March, Rev. Joe Cherry, and the poetry of Philip Metres and the late Daniel Thompson.
Never Again!
Observance of the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Thursday, August 6th at 7:00 pm – Film screening and discussion of new documentary, The Vow From Hiroshima – details soon Sunday, August 9th at 3:00 pm – 75th Anniversary Observance with words, images, music, poetry, lights, meditation and inspiration – register here In the interest of public health, events will be held virtually, on Zoom. All are welcome. On August 6th, 1945, a small nuclear weapon was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. A second bomb exploded over Nagasaki on August 9th. At least 129,000 to 226,000…
Annual Membership Meeting 2020
Kevin Zeese: “Declining U.S. Empire and the Peace Movement’s Role” Friday, July 24th, 2020 at 7:00 pm Join us on Zoom: Register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Kevin Zeese is the co-director of Popular Resistance. He was a co-founder of the Venezuelan Embassy Protectors Defense Collective and was prosecuted in federal court in Washington, DC for protecting the Venezuelan embassy. The trial resulted in a mistrial because jurors could not unanimously agree on a verdict.
Peace@ThePub HOME – Philip Metres’ Shrapnel Maps
We’ve been missing our monthly rendezvous at the pub and we hope you have too. Plotting how to meet virtually during the pandemic, we’ve settled on ZOOM meetings. On Tuesday June 9th, Philip Metres will read some poetry from “Shrapnel Maps,” talk about the role of the arts in peace and justice work, and reflect on his 25-year personal journey, seeking a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis. DOORS OPEN AT 6:45 – MEETING STARTS AT 7:00 PM We’ll do our virtual best to provide “interesting conversation and camaraderie,” as always. As for food and drink, it’s BYO…