events

• Global Mourning Protest for Fallen Victims in Iran
  Thursday, June 25, 2009
  7:00pm - 8:30pm
  Near the fountains, Pedestrian Mall Downtown - Washington St, Iowa City
  Contact The Copy Exchange <info@copyexchange.net> for contact information.

  Please wear black if applicable. Stop by for just 5 minutes or the duration of the event. Your company will be seen as a blessing by local Iranians. The opposition in Iran has asked the globe to join them in remembering those brave souls like Neda who have been brutally murdered at the hands of the government. Please join us in Iowa City and show your support for those Iranians who have sacrificed all for the cause of freedom and those who will continue to risk their lives for justice in Iran. We will be near the water fountains in the Pedestrian Mall. This can be an opportunity to discuss the latest events with local Iranians and also sign our petition calling on state reps not to recognize the results of the election. We will have a candle light vigil towards the end of the event. Water will be provided.
  
  

• "AS HUMAN BEINGS, OUR GREATNESS LIES NOT SO MUCH IN BEING ABLE TO REMAKE THE WORLD AS IN BEING ABLE TO REMAKE OURSELVES. YOU MUST BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD."

  Mahatma Gandhi
  With this in mind, there will be an opportunity to prepare and sustain ourselves for personal and global peacemaking by meeting with like minded folks to meditate once a week for 9 weeks. We will have a brief introduction followed by 20 minutes of centering meditation. The method used will focus our intention toward the Source of All Being while disengaging our thoughts.
  

  A continuing opportunity at PEACE Iowa ...
  CENTERING MEDITATION SESSIONS
  Every Thursday until further notice
  You may attend one or all of the sessions. Newcomers welcome each week. Free.
  5:00 - 5:30 PM at PEACE Iowa
  Old Brick Common Room, lower level
  26 E Market Street, Iowa City
  Guide in this process: Bryson Dean, PEACE Iowa volunteer
  For more information, contact: PEACE Iowa at 319-354-1925
  
  

Women for Peace Iowa Announcements

Contact information is at www.womenforpeace-iowa.org/contact_us.htm

• Video: Taxi to the Dark Side
  Friday, June 26th
  6:30pm - Community Potluck
  8:00pm - Film and Discussion
  Paul Engle Center 1600 4th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids
  Free and Open to the public.
  

  Taxi to the Dark Side is a 2007 documentary film directed by American filmmaker Alex Gibney, and produced by Eva Orner and Susannah Shipman, which won the 2007 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. The film focuses on the murder in custody of an Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar, who was beaten to death by American soldiers while being held in extrajudicial detention at the Bagram Air Base.

  Taxi to the Dark Side also goes on to examine America's policy on torture and interrogation in general, specifically the CIA's use of torture and their research into sensory deprivation. There is description of the opposition to the use of torture from its political and military opponents, as well as the defense of such methods; the attempts by Congress to uphold the standards of the Geneva Conventions forbidding torture; and the popularization of the use of torture techniques in shows such as 24. The film is said to be the first film to contain images taken within Bagram Air Base.
  

• Knitters for Peace meet twice a month.
  The 2nd Tuesday morning of each month, 9:30 to 11:00 AM
  Prairiewoods, 120 E. Boyson Rd., Hiawatha, IA
  and The 4th Tuesday evening of each month, 7:00 to 8:30 PM
  Marion Public Library, 1095 6th Ave., Marion, IA
  Click HERE for more information.
  

• Vigil every Friday until the wars are over.
  4:30-5:30 pm
  1st Avenue & 1st Street NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Across from the Federal Building at the Tree of Five Seasons
  Let President Obama know how you feel in a public way. Bring a sign or use one of ours. Contact Dr. Bob at 319-360-5119 for more information.