Peace Advocates: Events
Bring Them Home Vigils
Witness against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at our church
will take place on the second Tuesday of each month from
4:30 to 5:30 PM. Come and leave as it fits your schedule. The
goal is to bring an awareness of the war into our daily
lives, call for our troops to come home and witness for
another approach to healing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We encourage the wider community to hold vigils in front of their places of worship, or work, or neighborhood, etc. – so that vigils will be all across the greater Rochester area at the same times each month. Let us know if your faith community will work with us in this effort.
Others have already joined us in scheduling vigils. We welcome friends to join First Unitarians at our vigils or to join in one of the other listed vigils; signs will be provided.
Events List:
- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, August 22, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, August 29, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Bring Them Home Vigil
Thursday, September 2, 7:30 - 8:30 AM
Park Avenue & Culver Road
- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, September 5, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, September 12, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Bring Them Home Vigil
Tuesday, September 14, 4:30 - 5:30 PM
First Unitarian Church, 220 S. Winton Road
- Bring Them Home Vigil
Wednesday, September 15, 7:30 - 8:30 AM
Park Avenue & Culver Road
- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, September 19, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, September 26, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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Diplomat-Turned-Activist Colonel Ann Wright (Ret.) is coming to Rochester!!
Colonel Ann Wright (Ret.) is one of the highest ranking officers and diplomats to have resigned from government service in protest of the Iraq war. Recently Wright was with the Freedom Flotilla that was overtaken by Israeli troops when bringing supplies to Gaza and was subsequently detained.
She will be speaking in Rochester September 23-24, sponsored by Military Families Speak Out; Peace Advocates of First Unitarian Church; the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence; and nine other community groups. Each talk will be followed by a book sale and signing: DISSENT: Voices of Conscience - Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq, co-authored with Susan Dixon.
Her talks in Rochester are part of an Upstate NY “Voices of Conscience” tour.
- Thursday, September 23:
12:00 PM - Interview (live) with Bob Smith on WXXI 1370 AM Connection
2:00 PM - Interfaith Center, 11 Franklin Street, Geneseo
"What are we doing in Iraq and Afghanistan? How does it affect Iraqi, Afghan, and U.S. women?"
7:00 PM - Rochester Institute of Technology, Bamboo Room, Campus Center, 1 Lomb Memorial Drive
"Gaza Flotilla Survivor Tells Her Story" - Friday, September 24:
12:30-1:20 PM - Nazareth College, Medaille Hall, 4245 East Ave.
"Costs of War"
7:00 PM - First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Rd. S.
"Afghanistan: The Need to Dissent"
Other cities on the tour include Albany on September 22, Ithaca on September 23, and Syracuse on September 25.
All of the above talks are open to the public. Donations gratefully accepted.
- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, October 3, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, October 10, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Bring Them Home Vigil
Tuesday, October 12, 4:30 - 5:30 PM
First Unitarian Church, 220 S. Winton Road
- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, October 17, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Bring Them Home Vigil
Wednesday, October 20, 7:30 - 8:30 AM
Park Avenue & Culver Road
- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, October 24, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, October 31, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Bring Them Home Vigil
Thursday, November 4, 7:30 - 8:30 AM
Park Avenue & Culver Road
- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, November 7, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Bring Them Home Vigil
Tuesday, November 9, 4:30 - 5:30 PM
First Unitarian Church, 220 S. Winton Road
- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, November 14, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Bring Them Home Vigil
Wednesday, November 17, 7:30 - 8:30 AM
Park Avenue & Culver Road
- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, November 21, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, November 28, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Bring Them Home Vigil
Thursday, December 2, 7:30 - 8:30 AM
Park Avenue & Culver Road
- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, December 5, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, December 12, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Bring Them Home Vigil
Tuesday, December 14, 4:30 - 5:30 PM
First Unitarian Church, 220 S. Winton Road
- Bring Them Home Vigil
Wednesday, December 15, 7:30 - 8:30 AM
Park Avenue & Culver Road
- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, December 19, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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- Peace Action and Education Vigil
Sunday, December 26, Noon – 1:00 PM
East and Goodman
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August 22 2010