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Join Us - Calendar of Events
Spring Events
We meet at the Friends Meeting House, 931 N. 5th Ave. When parking, please leave curb space free north of the
Meeting House. CHILD CARE PROVIDED if requested in advance. (please call ahead…791-9535)
January 16: 2 pm. “Mickey Mouse Monopoly” Do you ever wonder how much influence Mickey Mouse and his
cohorts have in the development of the world's children. Join the discussion facilitated by Jenise Porter, doctoral
candidate at the University of Arizona in the department of Language, Reading and Culture.
February 20: 2 pm. “Haiti” The intersection of education and human rights in Haiti in the 21st Century presented
by Dr. Deborah Dimmett, educational researcher and Tucson public school teacher.
March 27: 2 pm. “Human Rights, Equal Rights and Unequal Wrongs” Wingspan speaker will present an
update on life and pending legislation in the civil and military communities, affecting us all. Wingspan's mission is to
promote the freedom, equality, safety and well-being of LGBT people. (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and Transgender)
April 17: 2 pm. “Inside the Prison-Industrial-Complex” Rev. Alison Harrington, Pastor, Southside
Presbyterian Church, former chaplain at Santa Clara County (CA) Jails, and her husband, Bryan Smith, former
prisoner, currently an Addiction Counselor and speaker on Victim Offender Reconciliation and Restorative Justice.
Both will relate personal experiences of the waste of human lives in the prison ware-housing business, and advocate
for prison reform with specific ideas leading to personal transformation.
May 15: 1 pm. Pot Luck Luncheon, Program 2 pm “Successes of the Ethnic Studies Programs, and why it is
Under Attack” Join Dr. Augustine Romero, TUSD Ethnic Studies Department and Dr. Julio Cammarota from the
University of Arizona for a discussion of the successes of the Ethnic Studies program and why it is under attack by
the Arizona Superintendent of Education.
Special WILPF Events
WILPF is attempting to select issues of current interest which also impact our lives, and by collective action to really
Make A Difference! Please read the sections below and PLEASE JOIN US…WE NEED YOU!
Israel-Palestine Film Series & Discussion, 7 pm each 2nd Wednesday. This film showing will be held at the
Sonora Cohousing Common House, 501 E. Roger Rd. (3rd driveway west of 1st Ave., north side of Roger) The
series is organized by Mohyeddin Abdulaziz, Dina Afek, Racheli Gai, Betts Putnam-Hidalgo and sponsored by
WILPF. For more information, contact Racheli at racheli@sonoracohousing.com or 407-1432 See www.wilpf.
org/wcusp (Women Challenge U.S. Policy: Building Peace on Justice in the Middle East.) for actions WILPF WCUSP
has taken and advocates.
Want to be an actor in this Important Play? "Seven Jewish Children" is a very short but provocative play
that is neither about nor for children. Written by well-known British author Caryl Churchill following the 2008-2009
Israel military strike on Gaza, it addresses the human effects on the Palestinians. It has seven scenes spread over
70 years. It has been produced by small groups throughout the U.S. WILPF/Tucson is planning to do so as well.
We have an experienced director, we are now seeking participants, and believe we will be ready to show in mid-
February. Please call Nancy at 908-9252.
Join WILPF’s Annual Tax Day Leafleting Thursday, April 15 WILPF members and friends give leaflets to postal
patrons telling taxpayers how our tax monies are spent and how we think they SHOULD be spent. Sun Station Post
Office on Speedway, east of Campbell from 9 am to 5 pm; Main Post office (Cherry Bell Station) from 5 pm to
midnight. To participate, Call 312-9988.
Do you wannabe a Raging Grannie? WILPF’s outrageous singers invite new members! Call 885-3908.
CHILDREN’S AWARD-WINNING BOOKS DONATED TO TUCSON SCHOOLS. WILPF, through its educational
affiliate, the Jane Addams Peace Association, has each year since 1953, selected outstanding children’s books for
use in our communities. The panel guidelines include: promote the cause of peace, social justice, world community
and equality of the sexes and all races, as well as meeting conventional standards for excellence. This past year our
Branch bought two sets of six books and donated one set each to the Hohokam Middle School library and the
recently inaugurated Pima County Juvenile Detention Center library. We encourage you to read about these
excellent books via the JAPA web site: www.janeaddamspeace.org.
Community Events
FREE COMMUNITY SING IN MEMORY OF DR MARTIN LUTHER KING, Sunday, January 17, 2 to 4 pm,
St Mark’s Presbyterian Church, Calvin Room, 3809 E. 3rd St. We will revisit the living legacy of the Civil Rights
Movement through songs crafted and bequeathed us from those who cared and dared and made those days to
share. No songbooks or instruments needed. For more information: Ted Warmbrand – 623-1688.
"Songs gave them the courage to believe they would not fail" -PETE SEEGER in "Take it from Dr. King".
Martin Luther King, Jr. March & Rally, Monday, January 18 At 8:30 a.m., gather at Old Main on the U of A
Campus, and march to Reid Park for the 10 a.m. rally at the amphitheater in Reid Park (entrance on Country Club
north of 22nd Street). Check newspapers for many other events happening that weekend.
Monday Evening Film-Discussion series continues: Voices Against War, Racism and Oppression will resume
on Monday, February 15, 2010, with a visit from award-winning Mexican filmmaker Luis Argueta and excerpts from
his new film, "Abused: The Postville Raid." The film documents the brutal, expensive US Immigration Customs
Enforcement raid in Postville, Iowa, and its effects on migrants. We have also invited Dahr Jamail back for a
presentation in conjunction with the UA Festival of Books in March. This popular series is held at the U of A, AME
Building at Speedway & Mountain, Auditorium S – 210. Convenient free parking is available on E.Helen St adjacent
to AME.
Annual Peace Fair Saturday, Feb. 27. Special…Cindy Sheehan to be at the Fair, for book signing and for other
local events. Don’t Miss this Great Annual Event 10 am to 4 pm at Reid Park Band Shell. Come hear WILPF’s
Tucson Raging Grannies! Help at the WILPF booth! Enjoy this Fun Day! Call 791-9535 for further info.
Ongoing Weekly (or Monthly) Protests: For info, parking, etc., on protests, call 319-2281.
Wednesdays: 8 to 9 am at Recruitment Center, 2302 E. Speedway; Stop Militarization of Our Culture.
Thursdays: 5 to 6 pm at the Federal Building, 300 W. Congress. To Oppose U.S. Intervention Everywhere.
Fridays: 5 to 6 pm at Euclid & Speedway, opposing violence in Middle East & Everywhere (Women in Black).
Once a month at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Golf Links & Craycroft entrance.
Once a month at Raytheon Missiles Factory, Nogales Hwy, 3rd light south of Valencia.
We meet at the Friends Meeting House, 931 N. 5th Ave. When parking, please leave curb space free north of the
Meeting House. CHILD CARE PROVIDED if requested in advance. (please call ahead…791-9535)
January 16: 2 pm. “Mickey Mouse Monopoly” Do you ever wonder how much influence Mickey Mouse and his
cohorts have in the development of the world's children. Join the discussion facilitated by Jenise Porter, doctoral
candidate at the University of Arizona in the department of Language, Reading and Culture.
February 20: 2 pm. “Haiti” The intersection of education and human rights in Haiti in the 21st Century presented
by Dr. Deborah Dimmett, educational researcher and Tucson public school teacher.
March 27: 2 pm. “Human Rights, Equal Rights and Unequal Wrongs” Wingspan speaker will present an
update on life and pending legislation in the civil and military communities, affecting us all. Wingspan's mission is to
promote the freedom, equality, safety and well-being of LGBT people. (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and Transgender)
April 17: 2 pm. “Inside the Prison-Industrial-Complex” Rev. Alison Harrington, Pastor, Southside
Presbyterian Church, former chaplain at Santa Clara County (CA) Jails, and her husband, Bryan Smith, former
prisoner, currently an Addiction Counselor and speaker on Victim Offender Reconciliation and Restorative Justice.
Both will relate personal experiences of the waste of human lives in the prison ware-housing business, and advocate
for prison reform with specific ideas leading to personal transformation.
May 15: 1 pm. Pot Luck Luncheon, Program 2 pm “Successes of the Ethnic Studies Programs, and why it is
Under Attack” Join Dr. Augustine Romero, TUSD Ethnic Studies Department and Dr. Julio Cammarota from the
University of Arizona for a discussion of the successes of the Ethnic Studies program and why it is under attack by
the Arizona Superintendent of Education.
Special WILPF Events
WILPF is attempting to select issues of current interest which also impact our lives, and by collective action to really
Make A Difference! Please read the sections below and PLEASE JOIN US…WE NEED YOU!
Israel-Palestine Film Series & Discussion, 7 pm each 2nd Wednesday. This film showing will be held at the
Sonora Cohousing Common House, 501 E. Roger Rd. (3rd driveway west of 1st Ave., north side of Roger) The
series is organized by Mohyeddin Abdulaziz, Dina Afek, Racheli Gai, Betts Putnam-Hidalgo and sponsored by
WILPF. For more information, contact Racheli at racheli@sonoracohousing.com or 407-1432 See www.wilpf.
org/wcusp (Women Challenge U.S. Policy: Building Peace on Justice in the Middle East.) for actions WILPF WCUSP
has taken and advocates.
Want to be an actor in this Important Play? "Seven Jewish Children" is a very short but provocative play
that is neither about nor for children. Written by well-known British author Caryl Churchill following the 2008-2009
Israel military strike on Gaza, it addresses the human effects on the Palestinians. It has seven scenes spread over
70 years. It has been produced by small groups throughout the U.S. WILPF/Tucson is planning to do so as well.
We have an experienced director, we are now seeking participants, and believe we will be ready to show in mid-
February. Please call Nancy at 908-9252.
Join WILPF’s Annual Tax Day Leafleting Thursday, April 15 WILPF members and friends give leaflets to postal
patrons telling taxpayers how our tax monies are spent and how we think they SHOULD be spent. Sun Station Post
Office on Speedway, east of Campbell from 9 am to 5 pm; Main Post office (Cherry Bell Station) from 5 pm to
midnight. To participate, Call 312-9988.
Do you wannabe a Raging Grannie? WILPF’s outrageous singers invite new members! Call 885-3908.
CHILDREN’S AWARD-WINNING BOOKS DONATED TO TUCSON SCHOOLS. WILPF, through its educational
affiliate, the Jane Addams Peace Association, has each year since 1953, selected outstanding children’s books for
use in our communities. The panel guidelines include: promote the cause of peace, social justice, world community
and equality of the sexes and all races, as well as meeting conventional standards for excellence. This past year our
Branch bought two sets of six books and donated one set each to the Hohokam Middle School library and the
recently inaugurated Pima County Juvenile Detention Center library. We encourage you to read about these
excellent books via the JAPA web site: www.janeaddamspeace.org.
Community Events
FREE COMMUNITY SING IN MEMORY OF DR MARTIN LUTHER KING, Sunday, January 17, 2 to 4 pm,
St Mark’s Presbyterian Church, Calvin Room, 3809 E. 3rd St. We will revisit the living legacy of the Civil Rights
Movement through songs crafted and bequeathed us from those who cared and dared and made those days to
share. No songbooks or instruments needed. For more information: Ted Warmbrand – 623-1688.
"Songs gave them the courage to believe they would not fail" -PETE SEEGER in "Take it from Dr. King".
Martin Luther King, Jr. March & Rally, Monday, January 18 At 8:30 a.m., gather at Old Main on the U of A
Campus, and march to Reid Park for the 10 a.m. rally at the amphitheater in Reid Park (entrance on Country Club
north of 22nd Street). Check newspapers for many other events happening that weekend.
Monday Evening Film-Discussion series continues: Voices Against War, Racism and Oppression will resume
on Monday, February 15, 2010, with a visit from award-winning Mexican filmmaker Luis Argueta and excerpts from
his new film, "Abused: The Postville Raid." The film documents the brutal, expensive US Immigration Customs
Enforcement raid in Postville, Iowa, and its effects on migrants. We have also invited Dahr Jamail back for a
presentation in conjunction with the UA Festival of Books in March. This popular series is held at the U of A, AME
Building at Speedway & Mountain, Auditorium S – 210. Convenient free parking is available on E.Helen St adjacent
to AME.
Annual Peace Fair Saturday, Feb. 27. Special…Cindy Sheehan to be at the Fair, for book signing and for other
local events. Don’t Miss this Great Annual Event 10 am to 4 pm at Reid Park Band Shell. Come hear WILPF’s
Tucson Raging Grannies! Help at the WILPF booth! Enjoy this Fun Day! Call 791-9535 for further info.
Ongoing Weekly (or Monthly) Protests: For info, parking, etc., on protests, call 319-2281.
Wednesdays: 8 to 9 am at Recruitment Center, 2302 E. Speedway; Stop Militarization of Our Culture.
Thursdays: 5 to 6 pm at the Federal Building, 300 W. Congress. To Oppose U.S. Intervention Everywhere.
Fridays: 5 to 6 pm at Euclid & Speedway, opposing violence in Middle East & Everywhere (Women in Black).
Once a month at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Golf Links & Craycroft entrance.
Once a month at Raytheon Missiles Factory, Nogales Hwy, 3rd light south of Valencia.
