BRANDYWINE PEACE COMMUNITY

P.O. Box 81, Swarthmore, PA, 19081

(610) 544-1818

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UPDATED February 8, 2010

A New Decade:

Brandywine Peace Community Needs Your Help!

2010!  A decade passed, another begins.  For the Brandywine Peace Community, 2010 marks the continuation of our fourth decade in peace organizing and nonviolent resistance to war and the war-makers.  We begin the new decade with an appeal to you, our friends and supporters.

A year ago, a new president promised a change from eight years of Bush and war. A sigh of relief had barely occurred when we were reminded of just how all-consuming war is, not only in lives and resources, but in the very possibility and expectation for the future.  Presidents change, but the reality of war continues as does the central role of the Pentagon, the weapons builders and war profiteers - Lockheed Martin being the world's largest war profiteer – and, without question, the dominance of militarism in our society, culture, and economy.

We are reminded of something else, though, that lies in the very bones of the Brandywine Peace Community’s decades of nonviolent action organizing: real hope is in the commitment that emboldens us all to act for justice and struggle for peace.  And that hope, a radical hope, all depends on you.

In these difficult financial times, we know it is hard to give. We know because while the Brandywine Peace Community has continued without pause, there has been a severe, deeply felt drop in donations that has put the future of the Brandywine Peace Community in question. You know of the Brandywine Peace Community’s experienced peace organizing and facilitation of peace work throughout the Delaware Valley.  You know of the peace demonstrations and the protests, civil disobedience. You know of the campaign of nonviolent resistance to Lockheed Martin, to the continuing wars, and the war-torn economy that affects us all.
 
We haven't stopped nor paused in our commitment. We need, however, a "surge" of our own, a surge in financial support and contributions from you, our supporters.   It isn't easy to ask, but we must. Please give now as generously as you can, knowing that anything you can give goes a long, long way. Help us to continue the work of nonviolence and peacemaking.  Help us to continue the work of nonviolence and peacemaking.

Make checks payable to the Brandywine Peace Community. Tax deductible contributions of $25.00 or more can be made out to: New Society Education Foundation and memo the check "for Brandywine." Please mail your contribution to: Brandywine Peace Community, P.O. Box 81, Swarthmore, PA 19081, and do it as soon as you can.

Thank-you

Calendar Winter/Spring 2010

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Solemn Vigil for Peace - Next working day after 1,000th U.S. military death in Afghanistan 5p.m., Phila. City Hall west side, 15th & Market  more

Sun, Feb14, 4:30p.m. - Monthly Brandywine Potluck 1959 - 2010 - Cuba Over Our Time multi-media presentations  more

Sat, Feb 20, 11:30a.m. – Monthly Vigil to Close the Army Experience Center at the Franklin Mills Mall, more

Fri, Mar 5 - Free Film Showing at the Peace Center of Delaware County –THE HURT LOCKER, http://www.delcopeacecenter.org/

Sun, Mar 14 4:30 pm- Monthly Brandywine Potluck What Now Health Care Reform and the Future of Universal Health Care, Dr. Walter Tsou. more

Sat, Mar 20, 11:30a.m. – Monthly Vigil to Close the Army Experience Center at the Franklin Mills Mall. more

Friday, April 2, Noon - Lockheed Martin, Good Friday Stations of Justice & Peace.

April 2010 – 35^th Anniversary of the end of the U.S. war in Vietnam

Fri, Apr 2, 7p.m. - Free Film Showing at the Peace Center of Delaware County – HEARTS & MINDS.  http://www.delcopeacecenter.org/

Sun, Apr 11 4:30 pm – Monthly Brandywine Potluck The Legacy of Vietnam Today . more

Saturday, April 17, 11:30a.m. – Monthly Vigil to Close the Army Experience Center at the Franklin Mills Mall.more

April 8 – 29, Walk for Nuclear Abolition, Washington, D.C to NYC Non-Proliferation Treaty Review -- April 19 - 22,  Philadelphia Area, Nuclear Free Earth Day demonstration. more

Area Programs and On-going Vigils for Peace

Anti-War Memorial Protest & "Die-in" Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Photo: Christine Gradel

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Read about Past Brandywine Events

30 Years of Brandywine Action

Mon, Jan 18, Noon - Make War No More! Martin Luther King Day of Nonviolent Resistance more Read about other Brandywine MLK events

Christmas Vigil and service at Lockheed Martin photos by Melissa Elliott

Human Postcard for Peace Wed., November 25 photos by Melissa Elliott and Harvey Finkle

Wednesday, October 7, 5p.m. - Anti-War Memorial Protest Phila City Hall. See photos by Melissa Elliott here

August 6 & 9 Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (more)

July 3, 2009 demonstration - And Now, DECLARE PEACE...handgun to H-bomb (more)

May 20 Demonstration at Phila. Inquirer Protests Hiring of Bush Legal Counsel and "Torture Scribe". more

April 23 Demonstration at Lockheed Martin Shareholders Meeting in Philadelphia. (REPORT)

Good Friday Report

April 3 - Beyond War: A New Economy is Possible Memorial to Dr. King and to Justice (REPORT)

Walk for A New Spring & Events Commemorating the 6th Anniversary of the U.S. War and Occupation of Iraq (REPORT)