Peace Action at Beale Air Force Base, May 30th

Inspired by the presence of Cindy Sheehan and others, the Peace Panel Project arrived at Beale AFB just outside of Marysville at 6am last May 30th.  I unveiled a new panel and was video taped by Elsa Rassbach, a film maker from Germany.  Look for her films "We Were Soldiers" and "The Killing Floor".

Limitations of Major Media

One of the biggest things to happen to major media in my lifetime was the overturn of the "Fairness Doctrine".Adopted in 1949 and upheld by the Supreme Court in 1967 the "Fairness Doctrine" just said that if you are going to have something controversial on, then you need to allow some time for the other side.  It was called "the most important requirement of media operation".  In 1987 Ronald Reagan packed the FCC and they threw it out.  Now, if you buy a quart of milk at Safeway, you have no way of knowing if carcinogenic growth hormone is in it or not.  In Canada and Britain you can buy milk in major stores and know that it is free of hormones.  They have a "Fairness Doctrine", they found out about it and banned it.    Sign our petition at change.org  to reinstate the "Fairness Doctrine".

Tax Day Action with Chico Peace & Justice Center

The Project was in the Downtown City Plaza for the CPJC Tax Day Action.  Steve and Tammy got opinions from the citizens on the ways our tax dollars are spent.  A press release will detail the results of their survey.

Connecting the Dots Conference

The Project was well received at the Connecting the Dots Conference Saturday, April 14th in Chico.  We sold a few books, peace buttons, stickers and enjoyed encouraging comments from the crowd.

Pancakes For Peace 2012

The Peace Panel Project exhibit at the Chico Peace & Justice Center's annual Pancakes For Peace fundraiser breakfast went well.  It was the first time we had the full compliment of the 30 - 2' x 4' panels (many newly revised) all out locally since we took on the  Better World Shopping Guide by Jones, and Driving Slower Saves Soldiers.  We didn't offer any books for sale because we didn't want to compete with CPJC sales.  The event was well attended and the exhibit attracted attention.  We used our new brochure holders (with "Take One" labels), for our 911 Truth hand outs, "Reinstate the Fairness Doctrine", and CPJC's new brochure and membership flyer.  Also we got to use the new petition clipboard holder attachments and we got many signatures on our two petitions.  We collected signatures to (1) Cut the military budget in half and (2) to Reinstate the Fairness Doctrine.  You can sign those petitions today at change.org .  Check it out!

Two New Panels

We are now offering the Better World Shopping Guide by Jones, at 10% off the marked price of $9.95.

It is fun to see which corporations always get "F"s! 

Time to look into bio fuels and electric cars.

CSU Stanislaus Exhibit 2012

April 5th 2012 saw the Peace Panel Project at CSUS or "turkey tech" as some called it in it's early years.  No kidding now, the campus is very impressive, ponds and fountains and an inviting campus layout. We were set up in the shade of the campus "Peace Tree".  It was a windy day so we had to lower the panels again and position them carefully into the wind.  We had a great exhibit, many visitors and good book sales.  Dr. Elenie Opffer, Ph.D. came by and we had a fascinating discussion of the origins of Nonviolent Communication.  John Lucas a videographer, and Board Member of the Modesto Peace/Life Center, came by and interviewed me and made a video of the exhibit.  We distributed literature of the local peace group.  Hopefully getting them more volunteers.