8th Annual Peace Picnic

Monday, May 27, noon to 3:00 pm

Central Riverside Park – by the Gazebo

People of Faith for Peace and the Peace & Social Justice Center invite you to a real Memorial Day commemoration! Bring a picnic lunch, lawn chairs and FRIENDS! We’ll go to a local church if it rains.

Peace, Music & more...

    The Harder Family 12 - 1 pm

    Delores and the Pickin’ Fretter  1 – 2 pm

    Native American Flute – Carl Williams   2 – 3 pm

    Remembering our peace friends who have gone before us...

    Moonwalk for kids

BUDRUS

Palestinians and Israelis Working Together Against the Separation Wall

Thursday, May 30, 7:00 pm
Peace & Social Justice Center, 1407 N. Topeka (at 13th St. N)

Budrus is an award-winning feature documentary about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel’s Separation Wall. His 15-year-old daughter, Iltezam, launches a women’s contingent that moves to the front. Struggling side by side, father and daughter unleash an inspiring, yet little-known, movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.  See the trailer here:  http://www.justvision.org/ budrus/watch/budrus

The Promised Land: According to the Bible

The Very Reverend Dr. Paul Tarazi is Professor of Old Testament at St. Vladimir's Seminary in Crestwood, NY, where he teaches courses in Old and New Testament, Biblical Hebrew and Greek, and Academic Arabic. Dr. Tarazi will discuss the nature of God's promises in the Hebrew Bible, with special emphasis on The Promised Land. Free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by the Palestine Study Group and the Peace Committee of Lorraine Ave. Mennonite Church.

Rachelle Coba performing at the Ice Cream Social

Saturday, June 15, 7-9 pm at the Peace Center

Join us for a fabulous evening with blues singer and guitarist Rachelle Coba.

We’ll serve ice cream (and a non-dairy variety) with delicious organic toppings and homemade hot fudge!

My Name is Rachel Corrie

Friday, June 28, 7:00 pm, at Hope Mennonite Church, 868 N. Maize Rd.

A play based on the diaries and emails of Rachel Corrie, edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner. Rachel was an American Evergreen State College student and member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who traveled to the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada. She was killed by a Caterpillar armored bulldozer operated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) while protesting against the destruction of a house by the IDF in the Gaza Strip. Performed by Renee Reimer, a Bethel College senior. See http://www.bethelks.edu/news- events/news/post/4767    

Harvest of Empire the Untold Story of Latinos in America

We are looking forward to showing this film again, with Spanish subtitles (as soon as it arrives). Time and place to be announced. Sign up above for our email calendar for weekly notices.

******Events from Other Groups******

March Against Monsanto

Saturday, May 25, 11 am, Old Town Farm and Art Market,

(corner of First and Mosley) March to Old Town Square at 2nd & Mead

In solidarity with food safety activists across the globe, Wichita, Kansas will march against Monsanto. Mark your calendars now. Monsanto is poisoning our food and our government has proven that they support protecting Monsanto's profit margins over the safety of the American people. Join the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ events/594393820573193/

Save Southeast

The Wichita Board of Education (BOE) will be voting on whether to keep Southeast High at Lincoln & Edgemoor or to move the students to build a brand new costly school at rural area at E.127th and Pawnee. The next BOE meetings are June 10, 17 and finally on June 24, when the old BOE will vote on Southeast, just before the newly elected members are installed in July. Make your voice heard. Save Southeast asks that you call your BOE members at (973-4000-information) and take the BOE survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/ s/southeastreview

Immigration Education Workshop

Saturday, May 25, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Finney County Public Library, 605 E Walnut, Garden City, KS

Sponsored by the Racial Profiling Citizens Advisory Board of Wichita

Panel Presenters: Antonio Reyes, Immigration Attorney • Rebecca Escalante, State Representative • Auturo Ponce • Local Law Enforcement • Other Community Representatives

Questions and concerns? Contact Sheila Officer at scofficer@prodigy.net or 316-806-5569 or Beatrice Ledezma at beatriz@opinionnewspaper.com.  

Enrollment still open for summer youth program

Need a kid-friendly activity this summer? The Ulrich Museum will offer tours and art activities for kids' groups of 10 or more (ages 5-12) during the Summer Youth Program. June's program is "LOVE is…," which begins outdoors with Robert Indiana's "LOVE" sculpture, and continues inside with a special make-it/take-it art project. This 90-minute tour and art project is $3 per child (adult registration is free) and requires pre-registration. To register, call Aimee Geist, curator of education, at (316) 978-7116 or email aimee.geist@wichita.edu. For more info about July's activity, "Masterpiece Mash-up," visit www.ulrich.wichita.edu/summer.

KIPCOR Summer Institute

Practical Skills for Managing Interpersonal Conflict

June 4-7, 8:30 am - 5 pm each day

Kaufman House Training Facility, 2515 College Ave., North Newton, KS

Approved by the Kansas Supreme Court as core mediation training. Certificate of attendance to be provided for social workers for re-licensure. Register at:  www.kipcor.org/Registration/ Practical-Skills-2013/  or call (316) 284-5217 for more information.

Old Fashioned Lawn Party to Benefit the Dunbar

Saturday, June 15, 2013, 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Power CDC, 1802 N. Hydraulic, Wichita

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE HISTORIC DUNBAR THEATRE FUNDRAISER

Rebuilding the Dunbar Theatre is bringing the best of the past alive. Come join in the fun with a Community Line Dance. Music provided by DJ Doug Lockett. Bring Your Own Lawn Chairs and Checkbook help make restoring the Historical Dunbar Theatre a reality for the Community.

Recognitions for:  Senator Oletha Faust-Goudeau, Representative Gail Finney and former Representative Melody McCray-Miller. For more information contact: James Arbertha 316-267-3036 or Mary Dean 316-371-2253.

Occupy Wichita

Protest WPD Violence, Excessive Force and Shootings

Every Tuesday, Noon, City Hall, (south plaza off 3rd & Main)

We protest at City Hall, every Tuesday at noon.  General Assemblies--Saturdays at noon, at Central Library, 223 S Main, 3rd Floor. We encourage you to participate in the activist movement for peace, economic and environmental justice and civil liberties. Please ask to join our open group on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ groups/111020435711342/

Internet/Telephone Action Items

1. Close Guantanamo Now! With inmates on a 100-day hunger strike and massive calls for Obama to act, our president has been pushed to respond with a major speech about the prison. If enough of us demand a plan -- he could free the prisoners already cleared for release, and appoint a White House official with one mission: close Guantanamo down!   close_Guatanamo_now!