Focused on the vision of God's peace, the peaceCENTER supports the learning of peace in our lives and the demonstration of peace within our community
February 15-17 2009
Trinity University
Free and Open to the public
The Walls Symposium is a critical conversation about the dynamic of physical and metaphysical walls in our culture, politics, economics, landscape and relationships. For academics, activists and students. Get more information here.
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The weekly VIGIL FOR PEACE, every Thursday, 4-5 pm, now takes place at the corner of Flores and Commerce Streets, one block west of Main
Plaza / Plaza de las Islas.
Sunday, February 1: Women of Bible Lands, A Pilgrimage to Compassion and Wisdom . Sr. Martha Ann Kirk shares dramatic stories, music, and symbol remembering ancient Jewish, Christian, and Muslim women from the 19th Century BCE to the 9th Century CE. Music by Covita Moroney of SAVAE.
6:30-8:30 pm, Sanctuary of University Presbyterian Church, 300 Bushnell, Reception, 5:30-6:30 pm. Tuition $25 before, $35 after deadline January 26.
Saturday, February 7: VDAY (a global movement to end violence against women and girls) Benefit Concert. 8:00pm at Casbeers, 1150 South Alamo Street. Cover: $10. Come out and eat, drink, and listen to Azul, Crissy Flatt, Rachel and Jana Laven, Carly and Terry Garza. $265.00 SPURS Tickets to Raffeled off to the highest bidder!! For more information, call the P.E.A.C.E. Initiative at 210-533-2729.
Sunday, February 8: V-DAY Read My Lips - Poetry Reading.
At the The Lighthouse Café in Olmos Park, 4212 McCullough, 12:00 noon - 3:00pm. Come and share your poetry, short stories, and artwork with both men and women who stand up against violence against men, women, and children. Free and open to the public.
Tuesday, February 10: In Judaism, Christianity and Islam, how do people pray in different seasons of life and in different seasons of the year? 6 to 8:30 pm., Library Special Collections Room, University of the Incarnate Word. You are invited to a supper with discussion and presentations led by Rachel Walsh, Barbie Gorelick, Narjis Pierre, Rolla Alaydi, Sylvia Maddux, and Sister Martha Ann Kirk. The supper includes foods of the Holy Land. Please RSVP Bemoral1@uiwtx.edu or 210-829-3854 with how many persons will attend. Free and open to the public, but donations for food are welcome.
February 12: In preparation for Valentine's Day, Bexar Audubon Society's chapter meeting will be on the topic "Reproductive Strategies (of Wildlife)." Richard Heilbrun, one of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's local urban biologists, will offer an informative and lighthearted presentation on the sometimes tumultuous love lives of wild animals. Selfish genes, nest parasitism, and explosive breeding strategies are par for the course! At Trinity University's Cowles Life Sciences Bldg., Rm. 149. Assembly is at 6:30 p.m., announcements at 6:45 p.m., and program at 7 p.m. Call Patty at 210-824-1235 if you need directions. Free and open to the public.
Thursday, February 12: V-DAY - Until the Violence Stops documentary film screening (and talk-back afterwards.) At the The Alamo Drafthouse, 1255 SW Loop 410 in San Antonio. 6:00pm, tickets $5. Please come out and view: The Clothesline Project, The Silent Witness Project and this amazing documentary.
Valentine's Day: Teachers! Participate in the National Valentine's Day of Action by teaching Global Exchange's innovative, new, interdisciplinary Fair Trade curriculum by available at www.globalexchange.org/cocoa.
February 16 and 17: V-DAY - The Vagina Monologues at the
Jump-Start Performance Co., 108 Blue Star, San Antonio, 7:00pm. Admission: Individual tickets are $15 or 2/$25. Go to www.rapecrisis.com to purchase or call 210-208-5750. For both performances you may purchase at the door while supplies last.
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