Walpole PnJ Events for March

Below is a schedule of Walpole Peace and Justice Group Events for March as well as a talk at Blessed Sacrament by Sheila Provencher on her first hand experiences in Baghdad.

March 3, 2007: Walpole Peace and Justice Group Vigil on the Walpole Common to protest the Iraq war, 10:00 to 11:00 AM

March 4, 2007: Sheila Provencher will speak about her experiences working in Baghdad with Christian Peacemaker Teams. Sponsored by Blessed Sacrament Church, the talk will be held in the Blessed Sacrament School Auditorium, Route 27, Walpole, starting at 7:00 PM. Christian Peacemaker Teams is an ecumenical organization dedicated to the reduction of violence and to human rights in areas of armed conflict around the world.

March 6, 2007: Walpole Peace and Justice Group Speaker Series - "Venezuela - What a Real Democracy Looks Like" by Paul Peckham. Paul, a member of the group, has just returned from a Global Exchange Reality Tour and will report on his first hand view of Venezuela and the Hugo Chavez presidency. While the Bush administration has been critical of Venezuela, the Chavez administration has embarked on a program to improve the basic social services for people. Paul’s talk will describe the major areas of social reform such as universal health care, free college education, government support for coops and small businesses, and land reform. He will describe what Venezuelans call "participatory democracy" in which the average citizen is involved in all levels of government, from the local to the national. He will also cover the Bush administration's involvement in the coup in 2002 to oust Hugo Chavez as President and the ongoing campaign by the Bush administration to discredit Chavez’s administration. The public is invited.

March 17, 2007: Walpole Peace and Justice Group Vigil on the Walpole Common marking the 4th Anniversary of the war in Iraq. 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon AM. We will be protesting this disastrous war by observing the 4th anniversary of the start as well as commemorating the American and Iraqi dead.

For the Walpole Peace and Justice Group
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