Peace Action Maine's Mission:
We are a voice of education and a center for people committed to disarmament and creative responses to conflict.

Peace Action Maine's Mission:
We are a voice of education and a center for people committed to disarmament and creative responses to conflict.
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Days before President Trump again joins  Kim Jong-Un for a summit, this time in Vietnam, we will hold a Vigil for Peace. We will meet at Monument Square in Portland at 12 Noon, on Monday* February 25 for 1/2 hour. Come join us or vigil in place and share your photo.  We have some signs or bring your own. #KoreaPeaceNow! (*weather permitting). We call it a "Pre-Summit Candlelight Vigil" in homage to the Candlelight Revolution of South Korea. Share our FaceBook event with your friends.

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  • Declare an end to the Korean War and start negotiating for a new era of peace.
  • Establish a peace process towards the signing of a peace agreement which includes civil society, especially womens' groups.
  • The negotiating process should be a step for step approach, the only way to have a realistic chance of making progress.
  • US declare permanent end to war game exercises in Korea
  • US accede to civilian opening for rail lines and other civilian contacts between North and South Korea, which those two already agreed to but which the US is blocking to date.
    (many thanks to CFPA, KPN, and PA, OhMyNews:photocredit)

 

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Update and next steps in Yemen

Yemen is a humanitarian disaster. Peace Action Maine remains focused on what Maine's Congressional Delegation can do to end this crisis. In the Senate: After discussion and several votes, the Senate voted 64-41 to pass S.J. Res 54, Here is the statement from Peace Action. This is the roll call. Today Peace Action Maine…
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Medea Benjamin at Peace Action Maine's Annual Meeting

Highlights, Updates and a November Request for Warm Winter Apparel PAM's Annual Meeting was held on Oct 27. It was a successful and a memorable event. Keynote speaker Medea Benjamin spoke about the travesty of Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, the resulting humanitarian crisis, how the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has…
Hyun Lee, panelist “Current State of Affairs”, June 11, 2018, Korea Peace Network Advocacy Days, Washington, DC

Armistice to Peace Treaty: The Path to Peace on the Korean Peninsula

Sunday Oct. 14 at 2:00 PMCurtis Memorial Library in Brunswick.Free and Open to the public. A talk by Hyun LeeHyun Lee is a New York City-based writer and activist.She is a member of the Solidarity Committee for Democracy and Peace in Korea. She is also a Korea Policy Institute fellow and a member of Nodutdol for Korean…
4th Annual Peace Fair

4th Annual Peace Fair

Saturday, August 4, 2018 10:00 AM 3:00 PM Brunswick Green 208 1/2 Maine Street Brunswick, ME, 04011 United States Peace Action Maine invites you to join PeaceWorks event on August 4 Source:: http://www.peaceworksbrunswickme.org/peacefair.html
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Sister Megan Rice, guest speaker

Sunday, July 29, 2018 6:00 PM 7:00 PM The Woodfords Club 179 Woodford Street Portland, ME, 04103 United States The new documentary “The Nuns, The Priests, and The Bombs” by Helen Young will be viewed in portions, followed by guest Sister Megan Rice- one of the anti-nuclear weapons activists who appears in the documentary.…
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Film Series: Imagine A World Without Nuclear Weapons

Friday, July 13, 2018 6:00 PM Friday, July 27, 2018 8:00 PM Curtis Memorial Library 23 Pleasant Street Brunswick, ME, 04011 United States (map) Google Calendar ICS "#PeaceFair Prelude" Film series on July's final Fridays.July 13 6:30 Curtis Memorial Library Brunswick "Dr. Strangelove"July 20 6:30 Curtis Memorial Library…

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