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By
Captain Paul K. Chappell, U.S. Army
Author of The End of War
Paul K.
Chappell graduated from West Point in 2002. He served in the army for
seven years, was deployed to Baghdad, and left active duty in November
2009 as a captain. He is the author of Will War Ever End? and
The End of War. He is working on his third
book, Peaceful Revolution. See his website here.
August 2009: 1000 origami cranes
for Hiroshima/Nagasaki Remembrance
Co-sponsored by Long Beach
Area Peace Network, Unity and Diversity Council, LA Area Nuclear
Disarmament Coalition, Military Families Speak Out, Global Voices for
Justice, Long Beach Greens, Office of the Americas, Nuclear Age Peace
Foundation, Progressive Christians Uniting, Southern California
Ecumenical Council, CSULB Center for Peace and Social Justice, Orange County Peace Coalition, LB
Recruiter Awareness Project, OC Recruiter Awareness Project, Code Pink
Orange County, Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach, and South
Coast Interfaith Council.
First Congregational Church - 241
Cedar Avenue - Long Beach, California 90802
562-436-2256 - Fax: 562-436-3018 - E-mail: office@firstchurchlb.org
Please stop
by the OCPC table to particpate and plan in future and present actions!
Look for the Peace Flag!
The Walk
for Hope is a reminder of the things that matter most in life. The
purpose of the entire event is to spread more love in the world. The
entire 3.5 kilometer route (2.2 miles) is decorated with inspiring
quotes, all of them hand-made. You can also expect to find activity
stations along the walk route.
The Walk for Hope is free, there is no registration fee. The entire
Walk for Hope is our gift to the community.
According to Amnesty International, Over 70,000 people are believed to have
lost their lives since the Darfur conflict erupted in February 2003.
Systematic human rights abuses have occurred, by all parties involved
in the conflict, but primarily by the Sudanese government and
government-backed Janjawid militia. Read More»
The Orange County Peace Coalition is a
broad-based group of diverse individuals and organizations (See List of Coalition Partners).
We
are multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-political volunteers united
for peace. We’ve come together because national leaders are propelling
the United States into a war that will destabilize the world and
threaten our civil liberties.
We refuse to be a party to war.
We refuse to give up our right to our hard
won civil liberties, our right to question and dissent.
How about you?
We,
the people, are not yet powerless. If you are willing to resist the
machinery of war and repression already in motion—please join us. Our
coalition may be the vehicle of empowerment you have been seeking. Click here to see how you can get involved.
