Peace Iowa will be offering free training in nonviolent resistance on Saturday. “Last summer, we awarded a scholarship to Karen Nichols, so she could attend a week-long training program at the Satyagraha Institute,” Carole Winkleblack, a volunteer with the Iowa City-based nonprofit, told Little Village. “And she’ll be leading the program on Saturday to impart what she learned.”
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Iowa peace groups to host Armistice Day commemoration Saturday in Iowa City
Peace advocates in Iowa City will honor veterans and oppose the perils of war by commemorating Armistice Day this Saturday.
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Letter to the editor: Corn kernels in hand, Johnson County Fair-goers expressed concerns about a livable future
The midway is cleared and still. The ice cream is gone. The barns and buildings are closed. It was another great year for the Johnson County Fair. And so it was for the ever popular annual Corn Poll of the People’s Coalition (Iowa Physicians for Social Responsibility, 100Grannies for a Livable Future, Veterans For Peace and PEACE Iowa) in Building B. This year’s fairgoers were questioned about their concerns for a livable future.
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PEACE Iowa and the Family Folk Machine host benefit concert in Iowa City
PEACE Iowa Benefit, featuring the Family Folk Machine Old Brick — Saturday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. The Peace Education and Action Center of Eastern Iowa (PEACE Iowa) will host a benefit concert at the Old Brick Church in Iowa City (26 E Market St) on the evening of Feb. 18 at 7 p.m., with […]
