Northeast Ohio AFSC

Upcoming Events

WAGE PEACE CAMPAIGN
American Friends Service Committee
Northeast Ohio Office
www.afsc.net

Washington DC and Akron Antiwar Actions on March 19-20, 2010
Ride the Bus from Cleveland, stopping in Akron, to Washington, DC
Date: Saturday, March 20
Price: $50
Depart: Saturday, 12:30 am
Return: Sunday am
Sponsored by Northeast Ohio Antiwar Coalition (NOAC)
Information: (216) 736-4716/ noacinfo@aol.com

Washington DC: Reserve Seat on Bus to Mass Antiwar DC March and Rally on March 20
Reserve a seat at www.madjackalmedia.com/clevelandbus.htm

Past Events

Witness to War & Hope in Palestine/Israel -

AFSC Panel Discussion

Past Events (2008-2009)

December 1-2, 2009 - Peace Vigil/ Demonstration Against the US Troop Escalation in Afghanistan

Location: The Akron Federal Building (Downtown Akron) from 4-6PM on Dec. 1st & The Cleveland Federal Building (Downtown Cleveland) from 4:30-6:30PM on Dec. 2nd.

Monday, September 7th, 2009 - Eyes Wide Open Ohio Exhibit

Location: Labor Day Cleveland Peace Show (Willard Park, Cleveland)  

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 - Eyes Wide Open Ohio Exhibit

Location: The Violence Free Zone Rally/ Moutain of the Lord Fellowship (Copley Rd., Akron)

Saturday, July 18th, 2009 - Eyes Wide Open Ohio Exhibit

Location: Buchtel Neighborhood Group Community Festival (Lawton Community Center)

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 -"The Future of the Anti-war & Peace Movements," with Cindy Sheehan, an American anti-war activist whose son was killed during his service in the Iraq War on April 4, 2004. Sheehan was one of the nine founding members of Gold Star Families for Peace, an organization created in January 2005 that sought to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq, and provides support for families of soldiers killed in Iraq.

Location: Akron-Summit County Public Library Auditorium/ 60 S. High St./ Akron, OH 44326

Saturday, May 16, 2009 - Eyes Wide Open Ohio Exhibit

Location: West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in Rocky River (Cleveland)

Friday, May 15 th, 2009 - Luncheon Lecture with Phyllis Bennis, Director of The New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, "Understanding America's Role in the Contemporary Conflicts of the Middle East:Iraq, Iran & Israel/Palestine."

Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron

May 4, 2009 Eyes Wide Open Ohio Kent State University 39th Annual May 4th Commemoration

April 16 - 18, 2009- Eyes Wide Open Ohio Exhibit

Location: College of Wooster (Wooster, OH)

March 16, 2009 - Public Request to Provide Information on "Truth-in-Recruitment & Alternatives-to-Recruitment" to Cuyahoga Falls High School students. Public request presented by Serena Hanna (AFSC).

Location: Cuyahoga Falls Board of Education (CF High School Library)

February 19 - March 4, 2009 - Eyes Wide Open Ohio Exhbit

Location: Shaker Heights Christian Church

January 31, 2009 - Witness to War & Hope in Israel-Palestine: Panel Discussion

Panel Presentation & Discussion with AFSC 2008 Olive Harvest Delegates, Ruth Tracy and Sr. Liz Lavelle, and Global Exchange's Middle East War & Displacement Delegate, Don Bryant.

Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron

October 13, 2009 - Speak for Peace Tour

Panel Dicussion with Raed Jarrar, AFSC Iraqi Political Analyst, and Eugene Cherry, an American veteran of the Iraq war who currently educates youth and public on the consequences of military service.

Location: West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in Rocky River

April 9-10, 2008 - Speak for Peace Tour

Panel Dicussions with Tyler Zabel, a soldier from the Army National Guard whoapplied for conscientious objector status; Patty McCann, a former member of the National Guard and veteran of the Iraq war; and Raed Jarrar, AFSC Iraqi Political Analyst.

Location: Akron-Summit County Public Library & Kent State University