Posts Under Work without war Category
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Rena Guay
The annual Peace Festival, organized by the Oklahoma City Peace House, is always a great opportunity for our outreach efforts. We see lots of people we know of course, but what really thrills us each year are the new connections we make with folks who want to know what’s happening in central Oklahoma to help stop war, support resisters and…
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Rena Guay
If you are the parent or guardian of an 11th- or 12th-grader enrolled in public school, please read on. If you know a parent (or student) that can use this info, please pass it on. According to the No Child Left Behind Act, your school must release your child’s contact information on demand to military recruiters. But if you act…
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We are very excited to be hosting a workshop on teaching peace in Oklahoma public schools, and with that workshop kicking off a program to provide alternatives to the pro-war messages and limited options offered to young people by recruiters in schools, malls and just about everywhere they go these days. Here’s the text of our invitational flyer:
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The Oklahoma Center for Conscience has added the film American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver to its library and will show it free to the public on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7pm at Joy Mennonite Church, 504 NE 16 St., Oklahoma City. Following the film will be an informal discussion period. The film depicts the early years of the…