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Holiday Party with ACPJ!
‘Tis the Season! Welcome! Lift a Glass! Extend a Hand to Peace and Good Cheer! ACPJ and WAND invite you to enjoy nibbles, spirit, festive fruit punch and great company at our Holiday Party on Sunday, December 16, 2018 from 5 to 7 pm, 2510 Hidden Valley Drive, Little Rock. No charge and no reservations required. Let us wage peace together in 2019! Carpool if you can – parking is limited.
Pizza, Peace & Politics
Tuesday, November 27th at 6p.m.: Get ready for the upcoming legislature! This month, Bill Kopsky, Executive Director of the Arkansas Public Policy Panel, will discuss what to expect and how to prepare for it.
“The Arkansas Public Policy Panel advances social and economic justice through respect for human dignity, diversity, empowerment and an inclusive, fair and transparent political process. The Panel provides hands-on experience in civic participation by helping community groups organize, create infrastructure, set goals and develop action plans to reach those goals.” – http://www.arpanel.org/
Poet Makes Nuclear Disasters Personal
We have a post-election treat! Poet, Molly Bess Rector, will share her interest in nuclear issues and read some of her award-winning poetry. Molly’s current work is aligns wonderfully with WAND’s interests and goals. You don’t want to miss this one!
Molly lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas where she co-curates the Open Mouth Reading Series—a community-based poetry series that hosts monthly readings by visiting writers. Molly grew up in Little Rock, attended Parkview High School and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. She is a fellow of the Edward Albee Foundation, where she was admitted to the summer residency program in 2016. She earned her MFA in poetry from the University of Arkansas and currently works as project editor for the University of Arkansas Press. She has received many honors for her poetry and has been awarded a grant by the Artists 360 program to write poems exploring the human elements of nuclear technology.
Molly will complete a poetry collection that examines the human relationship with nuclear science as it is used in both energy production and armament. These poems will personify the results of nuclear disasters and work to create a concrete and intimate connection between individual people and this powerful technology.
Bring a dish to share
Bread and Drinks provided
All are welcome!
Tuesday, November 13th, 6:30 p.m.
2510 Hidden Valley Drive, Little Rock
Pizza, Peace & Politics
Pizza, Peace and Politics for October is coming up! Come and learn from attorney LaTonya Laird Austin about the issues that will be on the ballot in the upcoming election:
- Arkansas Issue 2, Voter ID Amendment
- Arkansas Issue 3, State Legislative Term Limits Initiative
- Arkansas Issue 4, Casinos
- Arkansas Issue 5, Minimum Wage Increase Initiative
See you at US Pizza in Hillcrest on Tuesday, October 23rd from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
October Pot Luck
Diane Haven, former Arkansas WAND president, will share WAND news from DC where she is currently attending the national board of directors meeting. In addition to meeting WAND’s new Executive Director, Nancy Parrish, Diane is getting acquainted with WiLL members from around the country. She will share national’s “New Directions” and how we might respond here in Arkansas.
Why does the U.S. military budget matter to Arkansans?
Will spending a trillion dollars on smaller nuclear weapons make us safer?
What impact have U.S. drones made by killing innocent women and children in far off lands?
These are big questions being crowded out of the headlines these days, but they have a big impact on our peace and security. Come join the discussion on these questions and how we can more effectively support peace candidates in the coming election.
All are Invited!
Bread and Drinks Provided
Bring a Guest
Pizza, Peace & Politics
We hope you can make it to Pizza, Peace and Politics on Tuesday, September 25th at 6p.m. to learn about Ballot Issue One! Attorney Jess Mallet will be there to lead the discussion. This amendment asks voters to approve changes to four parts of Arkansas Constitution. We will be at US Pizza in Hillcrest as usual.
Info on Peace Week at Next Potluck
Peace Week is coming!
School has started and Peace Week is approaching. Let’s make it the best ever by volunteering to help and encouraging our friends and co-workers o attend at least one of the many activities planned during the week of September 16 to 23 in Arkansas.
Arkansas WAND is sponsoring a week-long exhibit of the Drones Quilt Project in Pulaski Heights Methodist Church vestibule with a reception on Monday, September 17 at 5:30 p.m.
For more on these activities, come to our
SEPTEMBER POT-LUCK
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 6:30 pm
2510 Hidden Valley Drive
Bob Estes, Chair, will give us an overview of the exciting events (Yes, Peace can be exciting!) culminating in a full day Saturday that includes a Youth Summit for students from middle school through college in the gym at Central High School.
Come with your ideas about how to involve our whole community in this Celebration of Making Peace the Natural State in Arkansas (and the world).
Bread and Drinks Provided
All are Welcome!
Drones Quilt Project
WAND is sponsoring an exhibition of 6 quilts from the Drones Quilt Project in memory of the victims of drone warfare.
Location: Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, Gathering Hall.
4823 Woodlawn, Entrance 1
Time: The quilts will be on display from Sunday, Sept. 16 through Sunday, Sept. 23.
Opening hours:
Sunday from 8:00 am – 6:00 pm.
Monday through Friday from 8:00 am – 8:00 pm.
Exhibition is closed on Saturday.
Reception: There will be an opening reception in the Gathering Hall at PHUMC on Monday, Sept. 17 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm.
Our featured speaker will be Michael Vaughn, an Army veteran, who worked with the drone program while in the military.
We will also show a short video, Moral and Safe?, developed by the Interfaith Network on Drone Warfare.
Light refreshments will be served.The project is sponsored by Arkansas WAND. For more info, contact Anneliese Maus at [email protected] or
Jean Gordon at [email protected]
Kim Roxburgh at August Pot-Luck
August Pot Luck
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
6:30 p.m.
2510 Hidden Valley Drive, LR
Breaking the cycle and giving hope to women. It’s what Hope Rises is all about. This small transition house provides holistic services to previously incarcerated women to improve their health, and provide opportunities for personal growth.
Co-founder and Executive Director of Hope Rises, Kim Roxburgh, featured in the May issue of Soiree, will be our speaker at the August pot-luck. Kim’s work began in 2010 when she and co-founder, Christine Mills, partnered with Come Back Mission to create a holistic women’s empowerment center in Johannesburg, South Africa. The experience inspired them to create a program for women back in the Arkansas.
Hear more from Kim about this exciting program which has broad community support and has won several awards for outstanding service to the women and to the community.
Bread and Drinks provided
All are welcome!
To read the article in Soiree, click here?
https://www.littlerocksoiree.com/post/121833/hope-rises-party-with-a-heart-join-forces-for-recovering-women
https://www.littlerocksoiree.com/post/121837/when-hope-steps-in-women-share-stories-of-recovery
“Peace is not what you find, it is what you make.” – Center for Non-violence