Important Oil Train update

Important Oil Train update at the League of Women Voters meeting tonight

 6 pm 850 Palmetto potluck 

The Womens' March

We were among the thousands that turned out for the Womens' March in Chico.

Back to the Farmers' Market

For the first time this season, the Peace Panel Project was back under the old Magnolia tree at the Farmers' Market.  Last Saturday, 12/17/16, we unveiled two new Panels!!  "Why is the US ranked 41st in Freedom of the Press?" for the new book from Project Censored, Censored 2017, and a Panel for Breaking Through Power, Ralph Nader's new book. 

We are offering both books at 30% off retail.  Contact Charles (530-518-1417) to reserve your copies.
We got a lesson in religion from my Indian friend Pamie, who brought me a cup of tea. 

We reminded folks that Safe Space needs volunteers.  It was a good day.

Do you remember what happened on this day in1963?

It's important.
Learn the new information.

Why is the U.S. ranked 41st in Freedom of the Press?

Get your copy of the latest from Project Censored at 27% off retail from the Peace Panel Project.

Armistice Day Action

The original Armistice Day was about the end of war.  Check out the Veterans For Peace statement where in they remind us that in the U.S., now, it has been changed to Veterans' Day and the glorification of war.  Thanks to Chris we met in the Downtown Plaza to read the VFP statement and enjoy some community and solidarity.  We had a sequential message for the traffic going south on Broadway.  "We're Bombing 5 Counties Now",  A Lot of Your Taxes Make War", How Much of your Time Makes Peace?", "Support Your Local Peace Group".  That's what Howard Zinn said.

The Sunday Before

What were you doing on the Sunday morning before the election?  Izeck and I accomplished a goal I've had for years today!  We set up our "essential sequential seven" Peace Panels on the Esplanade just before you get to the Church on the Esplanade.  We had the Burma Shave peace message going on for the Sunday morning traffic .  From about 10 am to 11 am driving north on the Esplanade it read on your right, "We're Fighting 5 Wars Now!, How Many More Massacres..., Do You Want to Pay For?,  A Lot of Your Taxes Make War,  How Much of your Time Makes Peace?,  (we put a 16" x 14" post-it-note, with Remember written on it, on) Thou Shalt Not Kill,  and finally, Support Your Local Peace Group".  

Then we swapped  out the "We're Fighting 5 Wars Now" Panel for a new hand painted Panel that read, "We're Bombing 5 Countries Now!"  We thought it was a stronger statement. 

Then we sat and watched.  And it seemed like, to us, that cars were slowing down to read the Peace Panel Project (PPP) exhibit.  People were smiling and giving us the thumbs up.  Except for one guy who angrily shook his fist as he hung out the window and shouted, "That's illegal use of City property.  I'm calling the cops!"  It was a pretty conspicuous exhibit.

About 11 am the church crowd was thinning out, so Izeck and I started packing it up.  We got about 60% done and a reporter from KHSL Action News came up to me and asked if he could get a few words on camera.  So we put a few Panels back up and did a little TV interview that he said would be on the evening news.  What a bonus!

We finished packing up the PPP exhibit and I turned to Izeck and said, "Wouldn't it be great if a few actions like this actually perked up the peace movement in Northern California?  He agreed.