Fall/Winter 2011 Over 30 Years of Peacemaking OALITION Founded 1980 40 Witherspoon Street C for Peace Action Princeton, NJ 08542 (609) 924-5022 www.peacecoalition.org
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Worki ng for the global abolition of nuclear weapons, a peace economy, and a halt to weapons trafficking
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Peace Events Joan Baez in Concert
October 19 – Monroe Township Monthly Meeting: 10:00 – 11:30 AM at the Monroe Township Municipal building with guest speaker the Rev. Robert Moore, CFPA Executive Director
October 24 – Deadline for Early Bird Registration for Annual Conference for Peace
November 4 – Final Deadline for Registration for Annual Conference for Peace
November 11 – Joan Baez Concert: 8:00 PM at the McCarter The Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) has a limited number of tickets for the Theatre; the remaining tickets for performance by music icon Joan Baez on Friday, November 11 at 8:00 PM at this nearly sold out show are world-class McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, in Princeton. All tickets available only through CFPA! (See available directly through McCarter are sold out, so these are the only ones left! reservation form on p. 2)
These tickets are part of a fundraiser for CFPA, so cost is $75 ($30 tax November 12 – Diwali Festival: deductible) for CFPA members and $90 ($45 tax deductible) for non-members. 7:30 PM at the Princeton University The post-concert Reception is now full, so remaining tickets entitle Chapel (see p. 2) purchasers to a seat for the concert only. November 13 – Annual Conference To order tickets make an online payment through our secure website, and Interfaith Service for Peace: The www.peacecoalition.org (preferred), or mail the coupon on the next page to the Interfaith Service at 11:00 AM at the CFPA office. If you order tickets through postal mail, please call the CFPA Princeton University Chapel; office at 609-924-5022 first to be sure that tickets are still available. Conference from 1:30 – 5:30 PM in McCormick 101, Princeton University (See p. 3, 4) Joan Baez is an iconic folk musician as well as a committed social activist and voice for peace. In 1965, she founded the Institute for the Study of Non-Violence December 12 – Annual Holiday and was heavily involved in the draft resistance movement. She later helped to Gathering: 5:00 PM Vigil in Palmer found Amnesty International USA, and has traveled around Latin America to Square; 6:00 PM Potluck Supper; 7:00 – speak out against human rights abuses. She continues to be involved with the non- 9:00 Program at Nassau Presbyterian violence movement by strongly protesting the Iraq War and supporting peace Church (p. 2) candidates.
Don't miss the opportunity to hear this legendary voice of peaceful music!
JOAN BAEZ CONCERT RESERVATION FORM
Please call the CFPA office first to be sure seats are still available. If yes, then clip and return with check payable to: Peace Action Education Fund (PAEF) 40 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 www.peacecoalition.org (609) 924-5022 [email protected] PLEASE PRINT
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Enclosed is $______for _____ tickets @ $75.00 each per Coalition for Peace Action member ($30 tax deductible) for the Friday, November 11 Joan Baez Concert. Enclosed is $______for _____ tickets @ $90.00 each per non-member ($45 tax deductible) for the Friday, November 11 Joan Baez Concert . I cannot attend, but enclosed is my tax-deductible donation of $______------Annual Peace Vigil, Potluck & Holiday Party
Monday, December 12 5:00 PM Vigil at Palmer Square, Princeton; 6:00 PM Potluck Supper;
7:00 – 9:00 PM Program
Nassau Presbyterian Church
61 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ
Join CFPA for a night of peace witness, food, music and celebration! This year’s party will include a th celebration of the Rev. Robert Moore’s 30 year as CFPA Executive Director. We hope to see you there!
Diwali Festival
Saturday, November 12 7:30 PM Princeton University Chapel
CFPA is happy to co-sponsor the Princeton University Hindu Life Program’s annual Diwali festival as part of our November 11-13 Peace Weekend! The festival will include sacred music, dance and reflections on peace.
nd 32 Annual Conference & Interfaith Service for Peace
Smart Security: Reducing Military Spending to Fund Urgent Needs at Home
Sunday, November 13
11:00 AM Interfaith Service for Peace, Princeton University Chapel * The Interfaith Service is free and open to the public; a free will offering will be received
Preacher: Swami Tattvavidananda Saraswati* Swami Tatvavidananda Saraswati teaches at the Arsha Vidya Gurukulum, Institute of Vedanta and Sanskrit. He holds PhDs in Sanskrit and Chemistry and has recently completed a translation of the Bhagavad Gita. * will also participate in the afternoon Conference
Confirmed Speakers for Conference, McCormick 101, 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Dr. Gordon Adams, Professor of Foreign Policy, American University; Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center; former senior White House official for national security and foreign policy budgets
Jo Comerford, Director, National Priorities Project; Adjunct Faculty, Smith College of Social Work
Judith LeBlanc, National Field Director, Peace Action; Former National Co-Chair, United for Peace and Justice
Dr. Prasannan Parthasarathi, Professor of Global History, Boston College, Founder of the 25% Solution, Member of the Sustainable Defense Task Force Co-Sponsors (as of 9/29/11; list in formation):
All Saints Episcopal Church, Princeton Arab-American League of Voters of NJ Christ Congregation, Princeton, NJ Church World Service, NJ/NY Metro Region Community Presbyterian Church of the Sand Hills, Kendall Park, NJ Divine Word Missionaries, Bordentown, NJ East Brunswick Congregational Church Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Brunswick, NJ Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, NJ Synod Fellowship in Prayer, Princeton, NJ First Presbyterian Church of Ewing Isles, Inc., Trenton, NJ Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministries, Trenton, NJ Monmouth Center for World Religions and Ethical Thought, Monmouth County, NJ Nakashima Foundation for Peace National Peace Action, Washington, DC Network of Spiritual Progressives, Northern NJ Chapter New Jersey Citizen Action, Highland Park New Jersey Council of Churches The Peace Center, Princeton, NJ Princeton Clergy Association People's Organization for Progress, Newark Philadelphia National Writers’ Union Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility Princeton Friends Meeting Princeton Middle East Society Princeton University Office of Religious Life & of the Chapel Princeton University Program on Science and Global Security Project on Nuclear Awareness, Philadelphia, PA St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church, Lawrenceville, NJ St. Anthony of Padua, Hightstown, NJ Setauket Presbyterian Church, Setauket, NY Shop the World at the Salty Dog, Princeton, NJ Social Witness Committee, New Brunswick, NJ Trinity Church, Princeton, NJ Sierra Club of New Jersey UN Association of Trenton and Princeton Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cherry Hill Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Jersey Shore United Church of Christ National Office Justice & Witness Ministries United Christian Church, Levittown, PA Westminster Presbyterian Church, Trenton, NJ Yardley Friends Meeting
To register and/or co-sponsor the Conference, use response form on the back page
NOVEMBER 13 AFTERNOON CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & CO-SPONSOR FORM
Reservations may be made by phone, mail or on our secure website, www.peacecoalition.org. Without advance registration, we cannot guarantee seating the day of the conference. Those who register will be sent confirmation with further details.
PRINT PLEASE EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION Name (MUST BE RECEIVED BY OCTOBER 24)
RESERVE ______spaces @ $20 per Address member or $35 per non-member = $ ______TOTAL.
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$100, less or more welcome). RESERVE ______spaces @ $25 per member or $40 per non-member = $ Name of ______TOTAL. Organization:______ RESERVE ______spaces @ $15 Signature of person authorizing listing of organization: FOR FIXED INCOME = $ ______TOTAL.
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Make checks payable to Peace Action Education Fund (PAEF) (MONTH/YEAR)______
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