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In 2007, Peace Action turns 50!50th Anniversary Logo
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Upcoming Events:

Preventing War
with Iran
a teach-in featuring
Prof. Noam Chomsky
Prof. Fatemeh Keshavarz
and Niki Akhavan

Tuesday, May 8th at 7:30 PM
MIT, Building 26, Room 100
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA (Kendall T)

Suggested donation: $10
($5 MIT students)

The Medical and Social Consequences
of the War in Iraq:
Strategies to Promote
True Security

One-Day Conference 
Saturday, May 19th
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Old South Church
645 Boylston Street
(Across from Boston Public Library - Near Copley MBTA)
To reserve a seat, contact LDMartin@fas.harvard.edu.

Peace & Pizza

Mass Peace Action'

Monthly Meet-Up
Monday, May 28, 2007
6:30 - 9:00 PM, 11 Garden St.
Cambridge, MA (Harvard T)

All are welcome to attend and bring new friends - come have fun build the movement!
Contact us for more info.

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Peace Action National Network

Massachusetts Peace Action is the state-wide affiliate of the Peace Action national network.
Massachusetts
Peace Action
is also member of united for peace and justiceproud to be a member of the United for Peace and Justice national coalition and the
Greater-Boston United for Justice with Peace
local coalition
Thanks to all who joined us on April 28th to celebrate
Peacemakers Across the Decades!

Our deepest thanks to all who made this celebration so special:
our performers, honorees, speakers, guests, friends, volunteers,
community sponsors and individual supporters!
We hope you will enjoy this sampling of images from the event.

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From left: Representative Alice Wolf shares a citation from the State Legislature congratulating Mass Peace Action for "decades of service to the cause of peace"; Cathy Hoffman, Director of the Cambridge Peace Commission, and Steven Brion-Meisels, Mass Peace Action Board of Directors; Julia Esty (our oldest honoree at 96 years young!) helps blow out the candle on our 50th birthday cake.
 
rep. brownsberger sapps
From left: Rep. William Brownsberger greets the crowd and welcomes us to Belmont, his home district; Shelagh Foreman, Program Director of the Massachusetts Peace Action Board, presents an award to Iraq veteran Andy Sapp and his wife, Anne, an activist wth Military Families Speak Out.

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From left: Shelagh Foreman presents an award to longtime Newton activist, Kathy Knight; comedian and honoree Jimmy Tingle entertains the crowd with his political humor; Angela Kelly, Mass. Peace Action Outreach Coordinator, presents the student activism award to Kaveri Rajaraman, a Harvard activist and youth organizer working on many intersecting peace and social justice issues.

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The Foundation Movement inspires the crowd with their powerful hip hop and spoken word performance.

chix arredondos
From left: The Cello Chix keep spirits high with their jazzy music; Carlos and Melida Arredondo receive their award and speak out about their peace activism in the wake of losing their son, Marine Lance Corporal Alexander Arredondo, during his tour of duty in Iraq.

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More than 75 of our members and friends gathered to share in the celebration - thank you!

Click here to learn more about Peace Action's 50th anniversary,
and our history of action for peace, justice and disarmament.
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