The Heartbeat of Peace Festivalin in Lenox 9.23.2007

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Campaign for a US Department of Peace
www.thepeacealliance.org
www.madop.org

Also: The Heartbeat of Peace Festival
set for Sunday, Sep 23, 11:00 - 7:00 at Aspinwell in Lenox, (the old Lenox House Shops). Rt 7

This Festival is an all day informational and entertainment event with live music interspersed with short 5 - 10 minute talks from representatives of the various groups who will be tabling their information and soliciting donations. There will also be a Speaker’s Forum where speakers will be giving longer talks on topics relating to peace and social justice with questions and discussion to follow.

This first annual Festival promises to be a large, well attended event on busy Rt 7. Our purpose is to allow any and all peace, justice and outreach groups to set up information about their organizations and bring their message to the public. The Peace Collaborative's mission is to form an organizational network of groups aligned in spirit and working for the common good, and for sharing events such as this one.

Peace is a grand word, but we achieve it only by hard work in the streets where it is needed. Some of those hard working groups that have committed so far are:

MaDoP (Mass Campaign for a US Dept of Peace)
Women of Color Giving Circle
CET, the Center for Ecological Technology
Progressive Democrats of Berkshire County
Berkshire Citizens for Peace & Justice
911 Truth Commission
Elizabeth Freeman Center
Project Native
Pathways to Peace
Manos Unidas
Northern Berkshire Community Coalition
Southern Berkshire Interfaith Committee
Railroad Street Youth Project
Berkshire Vegetarian Network
Columbia County School of the Americas Watch Coalition
Jimmy Massey from Iraq Veterans Against The War



At the Speakers Forum we have so far, Michael Johnson from Pathways to Peace, a non governmental organization housed at the United Nations; myself, speaking on Spirit and the Peace Movement; Don Lathrop from Berkshire Citizens for Peace and Justice; Paul Deslauriers, author and national chair of the 911 Truth Commission; Matt Kelly of the Berkshire Vegetarian Network; Bob Feuer of the Berkshire Coalition for Impeachment and John Hockenberry, NPR commentator and author, Jimmy Massey from Iraq Vets Againzt the War ( IVAW) . More to come as this event builds.

More info at [e-mail] or 413-229-3263