Meeting and Lecture Feb 9th, 2012

Lecture: The Climate Reality Project (Al Gore)

Speaker: Alexis Weaver.

Date: Thursday, Feb 9

Time: pizza buffet and business 6pm

Lecture and discussion: 6:30

Venue: Poppa Rollo's Pizza, Westbank room

703 N. Valley Mills Drive, Waco

Fee: free.

Alexis Weaver is Director of Community Affairs for the Greater Waco Chamber of
Commerce, the first LEED-certified chamber building in America. Mrs. Weaver has
a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies & Economics from Baylor
University and a master's degree in Community & Regional Planning from the
University of Texas at Austin. In 2008, Mrs. Weaver was part of the first class
of faith presenters trained by Al Gore for The Climate Project.

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Lecture and Meeting, January 2012.

DATE: Thursday, January 12, 2012

TIME: Business and free pizza buffet 6p.m.

Lecture and discussion 6:30p.m.

VENUE: Poppa Rollo's Pizza Westbank Room

703 N. Valley Mills Drive, Waco

LECTURE: CITIZEN LOBBYING: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER.

SPEAKER: Elizabeth (Liz) Yeats, FCNL board

member.

AUDIENCE: All welcome.

FEE: All free.

Why Lobby?

Congressional staff say
as few as 10 letters or emails from constituents can make a difference. The
impact is even greater if you begin to climb the ladder of congressional
engagement by raising your issue in a letter to the editor in your local
newspaper or even meeting with the local staff of your members of
Congress.

Want to know the key
steps in being an effective citizen lobbyist? Join us at Poppa Rollo's January 12th.


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Liz Yeats decided to be a peace and justice educator at the age of
19, after having been active in the civil rights and peace movement in high
school and college. She has done paid and unpaid peace and justice advocacy with
the Congress of Racial Equality, American Friends Service Committee, Friends
Committee on National Legislation, National Sanctuary Movement, National Council
of Churches, Texas Conference of Churches and the Austin Center for Peace and
Justice. She presently serves on the boards of Friends Committee on National
Legislation, a Washington DC Quaker lobby in the public interest, and Texas
Impact, a statewide religious grassroots network working for justice. She is a
writer, editor, website developer and personal historian.

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December 8, 2011: Meeting and Progressive Documentary

TITLE: OCCUPY EVERYWHERE: Michael Moore,

Naomi Klein on Next Steps for the Movement

Against Corporate Power.

DATE: Thursday, December 8, 2011

TIME: 6pm, pizza buffet and business.

6:30 film and discussion.

VENUE: Poppa Rollo's Pizza Westbank Meeting

Room.

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TDOR---November 20, 2011

The Waco Friends of Peace supports this

important event and encourages all members, friends and colleagues to attend.

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Progressive Film Series: November 2011

TITLE: THE END OF POVERTY
GENRE: Documentary.
DATE: Thursday, November 10,2011
TIME: 6pm pizza and business
6:30 film and discussion
VENUE: Poppa Rollo's Pizza West-
bank meeting room, 703
N. Valley Mills, Waco.
PARKING: Free.
RATING: NR, but acceptable for all
ages.
AUDIENCE: All welcome.
RUN TIME: 104 minutes.
RELEASE DATE: 2010.
FEE: pizza buffet and film FREE.

"The END OF POVERTY is a daring, thought-provoking and very timely documentary by award-winning filmmaker, Philippe Diaz, revealing that poverty is not an accident. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land and other natural resources as well as in forced labor. Today, global poverty has reached new levels because of unfair debt, trade and tax policies--in other words, wealthy countries exploiting the weaknesses of poor, developing countries.
The END OF POVERTY asks why today 20% of the planet's population uses 80% of its resources and consumes 30% more than the planet can regenerate? Can we really end poverty under our current economic system? Think again."

*OFFICIAL SELECTION, CRITIC'S WEEK, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL*
*OFFICIAL SELECTION, 25+ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS*
"Excellent, ****"---Kam Williams, NewsBlaze.com
"A sort of An Inconvenient Truth for global economics..."---Charles Masters, The Hollywood Reporter.
"Powerful and upsetting."---Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
"should be required viewing by every politician in the world."---Eric Monder,Film Journal International.

We cordially invite you to this event. Don't miss the opportunity to learn from this well documented and detailed film. As we call for economic justice with the Occupy movements, this film speaks to economic justice on the global level. Your opinions and input on the documentary and on items of business are vital. Enjoy fellowship with other progressives in this truly unique forum in Central Texas. Thanks for your continued support, interest, and actions for peace and justice.

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Ad in Waco Tribune-Herald, October 22, 2011

The Friends of Peace action on the 10th anniversary of the Afghanistan war received minimal press coverage.

It seems clear that the powers that be are frightened by the growing strength of the peace movement and the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Together actions across the country.

So the FOP did a paid ad in the Waco Trib, which appeared opposite the Opinion page. We have not had the manpower to occupy Waco, but we did occupy the Op-Ed page that day. Our support of the OWS movement, and call for ending senseless wars, healing the planet, and healthcare for all were clearly broadcast with this ad. (Many thanks to Harrison, Kay, and Carmen for their support, work and talent in helping produce this document).

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Afghanistan Occupation 10th Anniversary Protest

The Waco Friends of Peace took a stand for peace on Thursday October 6, tenth anniversary of the US occupation of Afghanistan. We stood in solidarity with the www.october2011.org movement in Wash. DC and around the country. And in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement which is growing across the nation as well. Thanks to FOP veteran Harrison Ward for leading this action and the 15 or so other folks with courage to witness for peace. I can't remember all the names so I thank everyone in unison. The quotation from Rev. King on back of the FOP t-shirt says it all: "There comes a time when silence is betrayal." The Waco Friends of Peace will not keep silence as long as the military industrial congressional complex wastes lives and trillions of dollars.

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