by daisy | Oct 27, 2023 | Peace & Service
The violence in Israel and Palestine has entered its third week. Israeli troops have begun conducting raids inside Gaza, and the threat of a ground invasion looms larger. More than 6,700 Gazans have been killed, and the lives of millions of...
by daisy | Sep 22, 2023 | Peace & Service
Yesterday, Sept. 21, marked the International Day of Peace. It is a date designated by the United Nations as a time of nonviolence and universal cease-fire. Peace Day coincides each year with the meeting of world leaders at the United Nations General...
by Francis Billy Raposas | Sep 16, 2023 | Peace & Service
On Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data showing what we had feared: a devastating rise in U.S. poverty. In 2022, 15 million more people lived in poverty in our country than in 2021. Shamefully, the number of children living in poverty more than...
by daisy | Sep 9, 2023 | Peace & Service
September has begun, and lawmakers are back at work. President Joe Biden traveled today to New Delhi for the annual gathering of the Group of 20 nations. For its part, Congress has returned from its August recess to tackle a busy legislative calendar focused...
by daisy | Sep 6, 2023 | Peace & Service
The Westheimer Peace Symposium was established in 1991 by an endowment from Charles and May Westheimer, with four rotating themes: Peace and Nonviolence; Peace and Social Justice; Peace and the Environment, and Peace and the Nature of War. It is held annually at...
by Amy Solis | Aug 24, 2023 | Peace & Service
When Poughkeepsie Friend Meeting member Maureen Derasmo answered a recent email from the Pleasant Valley Library asking “Is there any interest in starting a community garden?”, she said Yes! The Pleasant Valley Community Garden, located at Helen Aldrich Park in Salt...