On Thursday, August 30th the Canadian government ordered U.S. Iraq war resister Kimberly Rivera, her husband Mario and their four young children deported to the United States. Kimberly served in Iraq in 2006, and sought refuge in Canada in 2007…
Location: Project Peacemakers Office, 2nd Floor, Westminster United Church, 745 Westminster Avenue (2nd entrance west of Maryland St.) Peace Alliance Winnipeg meets monthly to plan our activities. Everyone is welcome.
Book launch: Para-militarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti, authorJeb Sprague Location: McNally-Robinson Bookstore atrium, Grant Park Mall, Winnipeg Co-sponsors: McNally-Robinson and Winnipeg Haiti Solidarity Group
Book launch: Paved With Good Intentions, author Nik Barry-Shaw Locations: University of Manitoba, 409 Tier Bldg (Noon to 2:00 pm) Exchange District, Radical Book Fair (presentation time TBA Co-sponsors: Fernwood Publishers Winnipeg Haiti Solidarity Group
by Paul S. Graham The underlying premise of CHALK 4 Peace might best be summed up in a statement attributed to Mahatma Gandhi in 1937: “There is no way to peace; peace is the way.” CHALK 4 Peace is an…
Location: Vimy Ridge Park, Winnipeg C4P is a FREE peaceful event in which participants come together and explore peaceful topics artistically with chalk art while enjoying music from local musicians. Donations collected for War Child Canada. Enjoy local musicians: THE…
By Shane Nestruck August 6, 2012 was important for me – my father’s 93rd birthday and the 67th anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima. I was fortunate to be asked to provide the music for the Winnipeg Peace Alliance…
The second annual Winnipeg Peace and Justice Festival and the 31st annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace were held June 16, 2012. Participating organizations included Peace Alliance Winnipeg Project Peacemakers Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba Winnipeg Chapter for the National Committee for…
Annually, citizens of Winnipeg commemorate the suffering and the deaths of the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused by the atomic bombing of those cities in Aug. 6 and 9, 1945 respectively. Lanterns for Peace is sponsored by the Manitoba…
By Glenn Michalchuk, Chair, Peace Alliance Winnipeg Sixty-seven years ago the world witnessed a new and even more deadly to consequence to war as atom bombs fell on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Thousands of citizens still suffer the…
