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Book Launch: “Create Space For Peace”

Book Launch: “Create Space For Peace: Forty Years of Peacemaking” Gene Stoltzfus (1940-2010) Location: Crossways in Common, 222 Furby at Broadway, Winnipeg. Gene Stoltzfus was the founding director of Christian Peacemaker Teams whose vision for engagement in violence reduction in…

Mauro Centre Lecture

St. Paul’s College University Affiliation Lecture Featuring Rev. Dr. Johnston McMaster from Trinity College Dublin Lecture: Recovering an Abrahamic Peace Ethic for a Threatened Planet: The 21st Century Global Imperative Location: Father Jensen Theatre, 100 St. Paul’s College, 70 Dysart…

Israeli Apartheid Week Winnipeg

Locations: University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg More information: A schedule of events can be found here. Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an annual international series of events held in cities and campuses across the globe. The aim of…

Tibet Solidarity Rally

Where: Manitoba Legislature Sponsor: Students for a Free Tibet Canada Please bring flags, placards and candles. Background: March 10, 1959 is the day in which the Tibetan people rose up against their Chinese oppressors who for so many years and…

Rally: Stop US drone attacks on Pakistan

Location: U.S. Consulate, 201 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg Organizer: ACTION 1:21 Background: We are a Christian group that believes following Jesus involves working for justice and peace. Our name is derived from Phillipians 1:21, a Bible verse “for me, to live…

No Military Intervention in Libya

Statement from the Canadian Peace Alliance The Government of Canada has announced that it will send HMCS Charlottetown to Libya to join the US aircraft carrier fleet led by the USS enterprise. This is part of a much larger NATO…

Reels for Libya

Where: U of M, Engineering Complex (building 3) Rm E3-270 Movies Night, Discussion and Fund Raising Event 5 -8 pm  – Movie: Lion of the Desert (starring Anthony Quinn) 8-9 pm  – Discussion: Humanitarian situation in Libya Suggested Donation: $5/person…

Libya Solidarity Rally

Where: Manitoba Legislative Building, 450 Broadway, Winnipeg THIS IS A NATION-WIDE EVENT. Other cities across Canada will be having peaceful rallies on this day. Please come and show your support! Please come and join the peaceful rally in at the…