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This is the Home Page for the Peace and Justice Section
There will be pictures, drawings, of general peace and justice interest
There will be a list of Our Favorites.......Our Recommendations....for Books, Movies, Music about Peace and Justice issues, topics, etc...concerns to be addressed..
There will be WebLinks and Contacts of Peace and Justice Groups that connect with us.
There will be no posting of messages, or articles on this page.........................
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artwork by Judy Gosz
"Dear Friends: Imagine a world living together in peace and justice for all creation in a loving harmony on the Mother Earth... The Peace and Justice Festival had a few moments this year when that seemed like more then just a dream by our Helfenstein Soup Council, family at our gathering this year at the Green Bay Library. My special moment was when everyone joined me in singing the In The Light poem to music which Keith Watt had composed. I was able to imagine a peaceful harmony with real justice in the world listening to my friends, family, HSC. members speaking, delivering poetry, sharing music, and the presentation of the PeaceOWL award to Dennis Gonzales were all moments that can be remembered as our HSC. dreams become that reality. Namasta: Jim,PeaceOWL"
PeaceOWL Award to Dennis Gonzalez
Dennis Gonzalez, 31 years old, is an eastern band Cherokee Native Indian, artist, poet, storyteller, and social justice activist for prisoner rights and prisoner reform. His insightful drawings and poetry have graced the pages of our HSC newsletter.
Schedule for Peace & Justice Festival...Sept 24, 2006
Noon--- Festival set-up at Brown County Library, 515 Pine St Green Bay, WI
12:30 PM Greeting Kim Diaz , facilitator, Spiritual Opening "A Circle of Friends--The Serenity Prayer" by Rev. Elaine Thomas, M.C., Angels of Hope Metropolitan Community Church, Green Bay
1:00 Storytelling by Jim Olmsted "HSC History-Our Past" Storytelling by Kim Diaz "The Stone Soup Story and Our Future"
1:30 Peace Activist Speaker Jill Busiere, Green Bay, candidate for State Senate
1:45 Social Justice Activist Speaker Dennis Gonzalez "Prisoner Rights-Prisoner Reform"
2:00 Music by Keith Watt with invited friends: Zomar Aaron, Gumby, and DL featuring the "In the Light" poem by PeaceOwl
2:30 Poetry by Sandy Sullivan, with invited friends, featuring poems from Sandra Butterfly Woman.
3:00 PeaceOwl Award received by Dennis Gonzalez, presented by Jim Olmsted, Tim Torrez, and Marty Slavek.
3:30 Closing at Library to gather for the "Welcome Home" Pot Luck/Picnic at Christa McAuliffe Park, 3100 Sitka Road, Green Bay. Directions:
4:30 "Welcome Home" Picnic/Potluck at Christa McAuliffe Park, please bring a dish of food to pass, your own plates and beverages. Bring off-the-grid musical instruments, candles, incense and loving energy to share. This is an alcohol-drug-free gathering. Activities: plenty of room for sports, a close playground, trail to follow, conversation and friendship.
7:30 Clean-up/recycle If you don't disturb the environment to begin with, you don't have much to clean up later.
Sunset Medicine Wheel, "Circle of Friends Ceremony" Tim Torrez and Kim Diaz
Farewell Safe Journey Peace and Joy along the Road
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER INQUIRY
2005 Peace and Justice Festival
PeaceOWL Award to Martin Slavek
Letter from Jim Olmsted.....
"Congratulations to the Board of Directors and HSC members in the nomination of the PeaceOWL award to be presented to Mr. Marty Slavek. I want to thank everyone for the nominations made of other people, the names of all those who were suggested deserved to be honored and we are blessed to have so many dedicated people to the causes of the peace and social justice movement."
"The gentle nature which freely is expressed from Marty in his everyday activities is why he has been selected to be the first one to receive this award. He is first a Grandparent and a son full time to his family whenever needed. To those of us in the recovery community we are forever benefited from the service to the AA newsletter that he volunteers for as the Editor and by that example of how one can overcome fear and find love in return. The personal commitment to the peace movement and community based on values of social justice for all truly makes him a "peaceowl" who we are grateful to have as our friend in the HSC. CONGRATULATIONS Marty! "
"Namaste", Jim Olmsted, 2005
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Our Favorite Books, Movies and Articles
Please send us your recommendations, reviews and thoughts. Send to info@soupcouncil.org or aromamora@tds.net
(book) The History of in Tibet,
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion, Ten years in the making, this feature length documentary was filmed during nine remarkable journeys throughout Tibet, India and Nepal. Taking viewers to the long forbidden "rooftop of the world" with an unprecedented righness of imagery, the film powerfully chronicles the dark secrets of Tibet's recent past throgh interviews, personal stories and archival imagaes. Martin Sheen narrates, Susan Sarandon and Ed Harris provide voice overs.
Zinn, Howard: DVD You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train. Author of the pivotal (A People's History of the United States historian and activist Howard Zinn has been at the fore front of progressive thought in America for decdes. Through archival materials, interviews with Noam Chomsky, Marian Wright Edelman, Daniel Ellsberg, Tom Hayden and Alice Walker, and commentary from Zinn himself, this documentary chronicles the influential thinker's inspiring commitment to social change. Matt Damon narrates
CONTACTS AND WEBLINKS
peace activist... Marc Olmsted email at marcdolmsted@cosast.net or www.marolmsted.com/blog
Contacts:
Larry Dooley, Co-chair, Four Lakes Green Party, danger_dooley@hotmail.com,
608 260-8696,
Annette Eisner, Co-chair, Four Lakes Green Party, 608 217 5510
Ruth Weill Co-Chair, Wisconsin Green Party,
spokesperson@wisconsingreenparty.org 414 350-2107
Ron Hardy, Co-chair, Wisconsin Green Party,
spokesperson@wisconsingreenparty.org 920-292-8129
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