Women Against Military Madness

Marshal Training
2023-08-02 17:30 - 18:45 (America/Chicago) | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Marshal Training
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 @ 5:30 PM
4200 Cedar Ave S in Minneapolis
We are always needing more help to keep our protests safe. Learn how to volunteer at a protest/march. This training will have a focus on how to deescalate with counter protesters. Sponsored by Minnesota Peace Action Coalition

Say No to Nuclear War - Say No to World War III
2023-08-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Lyndale Avenue South and Vineland Place in Minneapolis, Vineland Place and Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55403
Say No to Nuclear War – Say No to World War III
Anti-War Protest
Saturday, August 5, 2023
1:00 PM
Lyndale Avenue South and Vineland Place in Minneapolis
Minneapolis
On the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:
Say NO to Nuclear War
Say NO to World War 3
Stop U.S./NATO proxy war with Russia in Ukraine!
Not one more dollar for war in Ukraine, negociation, not escalation

No War with China
Stop Endless U.S. Wars – No New Wars: Syria, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Korea, Palestine – Everywhere
Funds for human needs, housing & health care, not the war machine

On the 78th anniversary of the only use of nuclear weapons in war, we remember that the U.S. detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, killing 129,00 and 226,00 people.
The world today is at great risk of a new world war, a nuclear war.

Commemorative Tea Ceremony 2023
2023-08-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Commemorative Tea Ceremony
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Time of Remembrance 2023
Saturday, August 6, 2023 at 6:00-7:00 pm
Lyndale Park Peace Garden
4124 Roseway Rd in Minneapolis
The Yukimakai Tea Study Group will perform a commemorative tea ceremony at the Lyndale Park Peace Garden near Lake Harriet in Minneapolis. Two honored guests will be served tea and sweets in the traditional chado fashion. This event occurs at the same time that commemorative ceremonies in Hiroshima are taking place. Bring your own lawn chair.
Sponsored by the Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee.
Support from Veterans for Peace Chapter 27, Women Against Military Madness, Back from the Brink and the Saint Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Committee
FFI: Saint Paul – Nagasaki Sister City Committtee, MSPHNCC@gmail.com, 952-261-3891

Hiroshima Ceremony of the Cranes 2023
2023-08-06 07:30 - 09:00 | Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hiroshima Ceremony of the Cranes
Sunday, August 6 at 7:30 am
Lyndale Park Peace Garden
4124 Roseway Rd in Minneapolis
The CEREMONY OF THE CRANES (HIROSHIMA COMMEMORATION) has been held at the Lyndale Park Peace Garden since 1985. It begins with music at 7:30 am and pauses for a moment of silence at 8:15 am, the time the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Larry Johnson and Elaine Wynne will tell the story of Sadako, the young runner who folded a 1,000 paper cranes for peace. John LaForge of NukeWatch is our keynote speaker. Roger Cuthbertson has composed a new piece, which the “Stringbeans” will perform. Veterans for Peace will ring their bells 11 times to mark the moment of silence.
Please bring your own chair.
Sponsored by the Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee.
Support from Veterans for Peace Chapter 27, Women Against Military Madness, Back from the Brink and the Saint Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Committee
FFI: Saint Paul – Nagasaki Sister City Committtee, MSPHNCC@gmail.com, 952-261-3891

Nagasaki Commemoration 2023
2023-08-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Global Harmony Labyrinth in Como Park, 1360 Lexington Ave, Saint Paul, 55103, United States
Nagasaki Commemoration
Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 7:00 pm
Global Harmony Labyrinth
Como Park in St. Paul
Greetings from Nagasaki and St Paul City Hall
A Bowl of Peace
Healing Meditation led by Nancy Hyvarinen
Sensei Yonsei Kai dancers
Minnesota Peace Ribbon
Please bring your own chair.
Sponsored by the Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee.
Support from Veterans for Peace Chapter 27, Women Against Military Madness, Back from the Brink and the Saint Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Committee
FFI: Saint Paul – Nagasaki Sister City Committtee, MSPHNCC@gmail.com, 952-261-3891

A Force More Powerful movie
2023-08-14 19:00 - 21:00 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
WAMM SECOND MONDAY MOVIES PRESENTS
A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
Monday, August 14, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. 4200 Cedar Ave. So., Minneapolis

A Force More Powerful: A Century of Non-violent Conflict is a two part documentary that reveals how one of the 20th Century’s most important, but least understood stories, and tells how millions chose to battle the forces of brutality and oppression with non-violent weapons and won. Tracing how the movements inspired, borrowed from and built on each other, Episode 1 chronicles how Gandhi refines and expands the nonviolent weaponry he discovered in South Africa as he leads India’s campaign for full independence from Britain in the 1930s. It also reveals a new angle on the American Civil Rights Movement in 1960, then returns
full circle to South Africa in the 1980s as activists help dismantle apartheid.

Directed by Steve York
WETA (PBS) | US | 2000 | 84 mins
Masks and social distancing by choice.

Connecting the dots…discussion
Always FREE and open to the public
ALL ARE WELCOME! Free refreshments!
Sponsored by the WAMM Movie Committee

WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org, a 501(c)3 nonprofit 612.827.5364 general@wam

Middle East Peace Now Potluck and Picnic
2023-08-16 16:00 - 21:00 | Roslind Park Picnic Shelter, 4300 W. 66th Avenuue, Edina, MN, 55435, United States
Middle East Peace Now Potluck and Picnic!
Wednesday, August 16, 2023- Rain or Shine!
4:00 – 9:00 p.m. Program begins at 5:00 PM
Rosland Park Picnic Shelter
4300 West 66th Street, Edina, MN 55035
Reflections from the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Presented by Jenny Hartley and Fred Rogers
Fred Rogers and Jenny Hartley are active with Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel. Recently they returned from an extended visit in Palestine. They were there during a time of escalating Israeli military attacks and settler violence in the Occupied Territories. Presentation will be followed by general discussion and sharing.
Sample a Middle Eastern dish
Win a gift certificate for dinner
Bring a dish to share.
Water provided.
2 Free Drawings:

$50 gift certificate for Mediterranean Cruise Café Restaurant In Burnsville – Live entertainment
$50 gift certificate for Hummus House Restaurant & Bakery Uptown on Lyndale Avenue – new opening!

Parking:
The Rosland Park pavilion is at the Edina pool off of Valley View road. There is parking in front of the pool as you enter and if you follow the small road around (running along the freeway) to the back, there is more parking and it is closer to the pavilion.
RSVP with an email to mepn@mepn.org, and please forward this announcement to your friends and connections! RSVP preferred but not required.
Sponsored by Middle East Peace Now

Open Streets Cedar Riverside
2023-08-20 11:00 - 17:00 | Cedar and Riverside Aves on the West Bank in Minneapolis, Minneapolis
Open Streets Minneapolis
Sunday, August 20, 2023
11 am to 5 pm
Cedar Avenue from S 3rd St to 6th St & Riverside Ave from Cedar Ave to S 19th Ave in Minneapolis 55454

This event is FREE to attend. Walk, bike, roll and stroll through car-free city streets, while enjoying entertainment, programming and vendors for an activity-packed day of neighborhood fun.

If you can join us to staff WAMM’s table, please call or email the office at 612-827-5364 or admin@wamm.me

Join WAMM in our effort to do outreach and grow the anti-war movement! We’ll be hanging out with the Anti-War Committee and Veterans for Peace Chapter 27. Feel free to top by if you’re there and get some literature, buttons and get a sticker. FFI: 612-827-5364.

August Cuba Bannering in St. Paul
2023-08-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Snelling Ave and Midway Parkway, St. Paul
August Cuba Bannering in St. Paul
Sunday, August 27, 2023, 1:00-3:00 pm
Main Gate of the MN State Fair, Snelling Ave and Midway Parkway, St. Paul.
NOTE THE NEW LOCATION – IN ST. PAUL!!

Not a caravan but a Bannering for Cuba!
Since the Great Minnesota Get Together is happening today, we are going to gather to hold a banner, flags, signs and pass out information at the main gate entrance located on Snelling Ave and Midway Parkway, St. Paul.
Bring your banners, signs, flags and join us!

Background: Miami-based Puentes de Amor (Bridges of Love) to show our love for Cuba has nationwide monthly caravans and was the first to organize them.
-End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba-Take Cuba off the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism
We focus on ending the 60 year U.S. blockade on Cuba and the continuation of Cuba on the list of nations that the U.S. designates as “terrorist.”
More than 10,000 people and 100 progressive advocacy groups have signed an open letter urging President Joe Biden to end the Trump administration’s terrorism designation for Cuba and to reinstate Obama-era policy for the island.
The international outcry against the U.S. intentional starvation blockade of Cuba is growing. These actions powerfully refute the claims by anti-Cuba Senators Marco Rubio, Robert Menendez and Ted Cruz.
Now in their third year, the public bike and car caravans that started in Miami, and led by Cuban-Americans, have broken up that myth

Sponsored by Solidarity Committee of the Americas and the MN Cuba Committee.

Coffee Hour: Cuba eyewitness report back on unions
2023-09-09 10:00 - 12:00 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Coffee Hour: Cuba eyewitness report back on unions
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2023 AT 10 AM – 12 PM, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN
Join us in person at 4200 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN. If you’re able to come to the coffee hour in person, coffee, bagels and donuts will be served.
If you can’t make it in person, join us on this Facebook page or on Zoom: (to come)
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Hear from Aminah and Joe’s experiences from their recent trips to Cuba.
Aminah Sheikh
Joe Callahan, MN Cuba Committee
More info to come.

WAMM FUNdraiser
2023-09-10 16:00 - 19:00 | New Branches Church, 5011 S 31st Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55417
WAMM FUNdraiser
Sunday, September 10, 2023 AT 4 PM – 7 PM
New Branches Church in Minneapolis
5011 S 31st Avenue in Minneapolis 55417
• Join us at WAMM’s fall FUNdraiser to thank Kristin Dooley who is retiring as WAMM Director.
• Welcome our new director, Robyn Harbison, as we start a new chapter of work to make the world a better place.
• Enjoy music by WAMM musicians, with a little Irish dancing called by Mike Whelan.• Join a new-fashioned cake, book and wine walk.• Bid at a mini silent auction.• Please bring a dish to share if able. WAMM will provide main dish and beverages.• Suggested donation is $4 to $41 to honor WAMM’s 41st year.
Save the date for a FUN FUNdraising event for Women Against Military Madness in September. Details to come. FFI: 612-827-5364.

The Power of Personal Courage in an Era of Mass Censorship
2023-09-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Hook and Ladder Theater and Lounge, 3010 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
The Power of Personal Courage in an Era of Mass Censorship
Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:00pm
Reception begins: 6:00 pm
Talk begins: ~6:30/7 pm
LOCATION UPDATE: Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge, 3010 Minnehaha Ave in Minneapolis 55406
Former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan and “War on Terror” anti-torture whistleblower Craig John Murray will lead a discussion on the defense of Julian Assange and Freedom of Press/Speech. Mr. Murray speaks not only politically and ideologically about the Assange case and its ramifications for maintaining freedom and democracy but with the passion of his personal friendship with Julian Assange and the Assange family.
Murray is a Scottish author, human rights campaigner, journalist, and former diplomat. After “9-11 changed everything,” (exactly 22 years ago this date!) and while Murray was the British ambassador to Uzbekistan, he exposed extremely serious violations of human rights taking place in that country.
Sponsored by Tackling Torture at the Top (T3) action group of Women Against Military Madness

Middle East Peace Now September Forum
2023-09-16 10:00 - 11:30 | MINNESOTA
Saturday, September 16, 2023, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Online event, clink link here to register
Co-sponsored event sponsored by Middle East Peace Now (MEPN).
US Policy Toward Israel At a Turning Point, with Mitchell Plitnick, President, ReThinking Foreign Policy
The perception of Israel in the United States, in virtually every corner except the halls of Congress, has undergone a radical transformation in 2023. Ongoing and escalating violence by settlers, while not new, has reached unprecedented heights and the involvement of Israeli military and security forces in those attacks has gotten more exposure than ever before. Israel’s own radically right-wing government has escalated military attacks as well, with the attack on Jenin in June highlighting a growing understanding that Israel is, at best, disregarding Palestinian lives. Yet despite Israel’s escalating violence and its de facto annexation of much of the West Bank, mainstream congressional Democrats have doubled down on their support for Israel while the Biden administration has accelerated efforts to broker a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. I will discuss the implications of all of these factors and how they are connected.Mitchell Plitnick, a political analyst and writer, is the president of ReThinking Foreign Policy. He is the author, with Marc Lamont Hill, of Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics. Mitchell’s previous positions include vice president at the Foundation for Middle East Peace, Director of the US Office of B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, and Co-Director of Jewish Voice for Peace. His writing has appeared in Ha’aretz, the New Republic, Mondoweiss, Responsible Statecraft, The New Arab, Middle East Report, LobeLog, the San Francisco Chronicle, +972 Magazine, and other outlets. He has spoken all over the country on Middle East politics and has regularly offered commentary in a wide range of radio and television outlets including PBS News Hour, the O’Reilly Factor, i24 (Israel), Pacifica Radio, CNBC Asia and others. Plitnick graduated with honors from UC Berkeley in Middle Eastern Studies and wrote his thesis on Israeli and Jewish historiography. He earned his Masters Degree from the University of Maryland, College Park’s School of Public Policy. You can find him on Twitter @MJPlitnick.Thank you to our forum sponsors, Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel, Women Against Military MadnessPlease email mepn@mepn.org with any questions.

Open Streets West Broadway
2023-09-16 11:00 - 17:00 | West Broadway Avenue from Penn Ave N to Lyndale Ave N
Open Streets Minneapolis
Saturday, September 16, 2023
11:00 am – 5:00 pm
West Broadway Avenue from Penn Ave N to Lyndale Ave N –
Our booth will be located at the intersection of: N Logan Ave & W Broadway Ave, in front of the YMCA

This event is FREE to attend. Walk, bike, roll and stroll through car-free city streets, while enjoying entertainment, programming and vendors for an activity-packed day of neighborhood fun.

If you can join us to staff WAMM’s table, please call or email the office at 612-827-5364 or admin@wamm.me.

Join WAMM in our effort to do outreach and grow the anti-war movement! Feel free to stop by if you’re there and get some literature, buttons and get a sticker. FFI: 612-827-5364.

Camp Ripley Peace Vigil
2023-09-17 10:00 - 14:00 | Camp Ripley, 15000 Highway 115, Little Falls, Minnesota
Camp Ripley Peace Vigil
Sunday, September 17, 2023 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Camp Ripley
15000 Highway 115, north of Little Falls
Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace (BACP) and Brainerd Lakes Area Democratic Socialists of America (BLA DSA) will hold a peace vigil outside of Camp Ripley on Sunday, September 17.
The vigil is scheduled to last from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the time Camp Ripley hosts Open House Day. Vigil participants can join all or part of the peace vigil.
Signs, banners, and flags are available for vigil participants or vigil participants can bring signs to the vigil.

Camp Ripley is located at 15000 Highway 115, north of Little Falls. Vigil participants may park along the right-of-way.

The vigil seeks to increase public awareness of the devastation drone warfare causes by protesting against Camp Ripley’s drone pilot training program. Camp Ripley does not fly drones overseas, but the training it provides enables pilots to use killer drones.)

The vigil will demand the termination of drone warfare, the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces from the Middle East, and a complete end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s brutal war on Yemen.

The vigil supports a ceasefire and a peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine to end the Ukraine War. The vigil opposes the U.S. arming, funding, and training the Ukrainian military as these actions prolong the Ukraine War and risk a catastrophic war between the U.S. and Russia. The vigil calls on the U.S. to support every diplomatic effort to end the Ukraine War.

The vigil opposes the U.S. sanctions regime and regime change operations. The vigil supports the U.S. peacefully resolving disputes with other nations through diplomacy based on international law, the right to self-determination, and respect for national sovereignty.

The vigil will be in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. The vigil supports the Black Lives Matter movement’s demand to demilitarize the police force. (Camp Ripley is a major trainer of state and local police forces.)

The vigil’s pro-peace message will counter the pro-war propaganda Camp Ripley spreads at Open House Day, the biannual event when Camp Ripley invites the public to visit the base.

Everyone is welcome to join the Camp Ripley peace vigil. Please join us

September Cuba Car Caravan
2023-09-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Griggs Midway Building, 1821 University Ave, St. Paul, Minnesota
September Cuba Car Caravan

End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba! (Poner fin al bloqueo estadounidense de Cuba)
Take Cuba off the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism! (Sacar a Cuba de la lista de Estados Patrocinadores del Terrorismo de EE.UU)

Sunday, September 24, 2023, Gather at 1:00 pm
Griggs-Midway Building in St. Paul, MN1821 University Ave W, St Paul, MN 55104(gather in the parking lot)
Car caravan details:
1:00 pm: Line up and add signs and flags to cars at Griggs-Midway. Signs and car flags will be available or bring your own. Caravan sponsors will make brief remarks.1:30 pm (sharp): Caravan begins – Drive on University Avenue to the State Capital and back then return to Griggs-Midway.

During the caravan join us on ZOOM! See QR code.
2:30: Brief closing rally at Griggs-Midway Building parking lot.Contact 612-437-0222 for more information or if you’re joining late.We join the nationwide monthly caravans first organized by Miami-based Puentes de Amor (Bridges of Love) to show our love for Cuba.
This month we’re focusing on the continuation of Cuba on the list of nations that the U.S. designates as “terrorist” and the recent FBI questioning when people visit Cuba.

Come to hear speakers that have experienced FBI questioning and/or FBI raids. We need to stand up and speak out against any form of U.S. government repression against the people of Cuba and their supporters.
More than 10,000 people and 100 progressive advocacy groups have signed an open letter urging President Joe Biden to end the Trump administration’s terrorism designation for Cuba and to reinstate Obama-era policy for the island.We are still organizing to end the US’ 60+year Blockade on Cuba:The international outcry against the U.S. intentional starvation blockade of Cuba is growing. These actions powerfully refute the claims by anti-Cuba Senators Marco Rubio, Robert Menendez and Ted Cruz.Now in their third year, the public bike and car caravans that started in Miami, and led by Cuban-Americans, have broken up that myth.

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Únase a SCOTA, el Comité Cuba de Minnesota y otros en nuestra caravana mensual contra el bloqueo estadounidense a Cuba. Encuéntrenos en el edificio Griggs-Midway (St. Paul) (estacionamiento inferior) o MÍRELO EN VIVO en la página de Facebook.Este mes nos enfocamos en la continuación de Cuba en la lista de naciones que los EE.UU. designa como “terroristas”.
Más de 10,000 personas y 100 grupos progresistas han firmado una carta abierta urgiendo al presidente Joe Biden a revertir la designación de terrorismo de la administración Trump para Cuba y restablecer la política de la era Obama para la isla.
El clamor internacional contra el bloqueo con intención de causar hambre intencionado de Estados Unidos contra Cuba es cada vez mayor. Estas acciones refutan poderosamente la afirmación estadounidense de que la campaña contra Cuba de Marco Rubio, Bob Menéndez y Ted Cruz nos representa.
Ahora en su tercer año, las caravanas públicas de bicicletas y automóviles que comenzaron en Miami y son lideradas por cubano-americanos han roto ese mito.
Initiated by: Solidarity Committee on the Americas & the MN Cuba Committee
Facebook event and watch live if one can’t make it to the caravan: September Cuba Car Caravan (Griggs-Midway Building in St. Paul)!

Haiti Justice Committee Political Education Night
2023-09-28 18:30 - 20:00 | 3547 Cedar Ave S, 3547 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Thursday, September 28, 2023, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
3547 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis (Law Offices of De León & Nestor)

Sponsored by: Haiti Justice Committee, Haiti Justice Community (Northfield), Haiti Connection. Co-Sponsors: AntiWar Committee, Women Against Military Madness (WAMM), Minnesota National Lawyers Guild.

YES TO HAITIAN REPARATIONS, NO TO FOREIGN INTERVENTION!
For over two hundred years the Haitian people have struggled for liberation and independence from foreign rule. Today, the former slave-holding powers of the United States and France continue to seek to control Haitian affairs, propping up the illegitimate government of Ariel Henry amid a wave of internal violence and warfare among gangs controlled by Haitian business and political elites. Join us for a night of political education, Haitian food, and camaraderie in support of the Haitian people and to raise money to support legal training for Haitian women attorneys combatting sexual violence and grassroots educational groups working to bring accessible education to Haitian women and children.
For more information contact: Rebecca at 612-388-2542, rebacramer@gmail.com

Meet Author Marcie Rendon
2023-09-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Becketwood Cooperative, 4300 W. River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
Thursday, September 28, 2023
7:00 p.m. Gathering, Light Refreshments and Reading by Marcie Rendon at the Becketwood Cooperative 4300 W. River Pkwy., Minneapolis 55406 (Parking in lot near Chapel)
Marcie R. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation, author, playwright, poet, and freelance writer. She is an award-winning author of a fresh murder mystery series, and also has an extensive body of fiction and nonfiction works.
On September 28, Marcie will read from Sinister Graves, the latest in her series of mysteries solved by a young Native woman, Cash Blackbear, whose engaging life is centered in Northwestern Minnesota. Other books in the mystery series are Girl Gone Missing and Murder on the Red River.
Marcie is giving her time as a fundraiser for WAMM (Women Against Military Madness). Your friends are welcome, and a basket will be passed for donations to WAMM.
For further information, contact WAMM at 612-827-5364.

Walk for Peace and Justice
2023-09-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River, 4998-4800 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Walk for Peace and Justice and Hands Across Mississippi for Clean Water, Clean Air and Clean Land,, Saturday, September 30, 2023. Schedule below.

We are calling on all Minnesotans to participate in these inspiring events!

Challenged by our experiences of violence across the Twin Cities in recent years, Friends for a NonViolent World (FNVW), in collaboration with Twin Cities Nonviolent (TCNV) and many other peace and justice groups, are organizing a Walk for Peace and Justice on September 30, 2023.

The walk takes place on Day 10 of Twin Cities Nonviolent annual 12 Days Free from Violence. Brackett Park in Minneapolis is the kick-off location. We will walk to the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Peace Bridge for a Hands Across Mississippi: Clean Water, Clear Air and Clean Land ceremony sponsored by TC Nonviolent and Vote Climate.

WAMM’s End Military Madness Against the Earth and Veterans for Peace Chapter 27 will be walking the 1/2 mile walk. PLEASE JOIN US We would like both WAMM and VFP members to JOIN US and ALL walkers for peace and justice ARE WELCOME. WAMM and VFP will take the 1/2 mile walk to the bridge for ceremonies. We will have signs available.

As you can see on the schedule, the 1/2 mile walk starts about 11:15. You can come earlier and socialize. The festivities begin with coffee and meet and greet at Brackett Park beginning at 10:00 am. Address: 3800 E.28th St., Minneapolis.

Together we will uplift the vision of a world beyond violence and a culture rooted in nonviolence as we create collaborative communities.

Find out more here: http://fnvw.org/walk4peace

Endorsed by Women Against Military Madness

In addition these events will be listed on the Peace in Ukraine Coalition website that is asking for a focus on Peace in Ukraine from September 30 to Oct. 8, 2023 and is calling for an Immediate Ceasefire with Diplomacy. More information is available about this Global coalition of over 100 groups at PeaceinUkraine.org. WAMM and Veterans for Peace are both coalition members and cosponsors of Peace in Ukraine.

Schedule:
10:00 am Gathering at Brackett Park, 3800 E. 28th St.. Minneapolis11:15 am Gather at Brackett Park for walk to Lake Street/Marshall Ave Peace Bridge.
12:00 Noon Hands Across Mississippi ceremony on the Peace Bridge

See you there!

ICE Vigil (No More I.C.E.)
2023-10-03 07:30 - 08:30 | Fort Snelling LRT Station, Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory, MN, 55111, United States
Every Tuesday morning from 7:30 am – 8:30 am on Minnehaha Ave next to the Fort Snelling LRT Station in Minnesota

Weekly vigilers gather outside the ICE entrance every Tuesday morning 7:30 – 8:30 on Minnehaha Ave next to the Fort Snelling LRT Station in Minnesota. Deportation vans enter there with detained individuals to detention/immigration court which takes place in the Bishop Whipple Building.

Join together with others as we witness and stand in solidarity with immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Signs provided or bring your own.

On the second Tuesday of the month, the ICOM (Interfaith Coalition for Immigration) vigil takes place in the shadow of the Bishop Whipple Building in person and on zoom. Check their fb for info.

The Bombing of Cuban Flight 455 and Why it Matters Today
2023-10-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Blegen Hall, 269 19th Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, United States
Thursday, October 5th @ 7 pm @ Blegen Hall, Rm 155
269 19th Ave. S, West Bank, U of MN, Mpls

On October 6, 1976, Cubana Flight 455 took off from Barbados en route to Jamaica. Two explosive devices placed on the airplane detonated, and the plane was ripped apart and plummeted into the ocean below. Innocent men, women, and children lost their lives, including the entire Cuban Olympic fencing team. A new informative and well-researched documentary, Cubana 455, details the ties between the CIA and Cuban exile terrorists. In this extraordinary documentary, it is clear that the Cuban terrorists have no remorse and consider civilian deaths as only collateral damage in their campaign against Cuba. Join us to learn about this tragic event and to demand that the US State Department remove Cuba from the SSOT (State Sponsors of Terrorism) The presence of Cuba on this list is particularly outrageous because it has been a victim of terrorist acts over the past 60 years, not a perpetrator of them. Organized by Minnesota Cuba Committee.
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Open Streets Lyndale
2023-10-08 11:00 - 17:00 | MINNESOTA
Open Streets Lyndale
Sunday, October 8, 2023 from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm,
Lyndale Ave S from W 22nd St to W 42nd St, Minneapolis, MN

Booth Location between W 26th St and W 27th St
This event is FREE to attend. Walk, bike, roll and stroll through car-free city streets, while enjoying entertainment, programming and vendors for an activity-packed day of neighborhood fun.

If you can join us to staff WAMM’s table, please call or email the office at 612-827-5364 or admin@wamm.me.

Join WAMM in our effort to do outreach and grow the anti-war movement! Feel free to stop by if you’re there and get some literature, buttons and get a sticker. FFI: 612-827-5364.

Pipeline Blues Vigil
2023-10-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Minnesota Governor’s Residence, 1006 Summit Ave, St Paul, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Every Monday from 4:00-5:00 pm.
Pipeline Blues Vigil
Minnesota Governor’s Mansion
1006 Summit Avenue in St. Paul 55105
WAMM and Veterans For Peace are sponsoring a regular “Stop Line 3!” vigil in solidarity with Water Protectors outside the Governor’s Mansion, 1006 Summit Ave., St. Paul.
All are welcome. Bring Signs. Spread the word!
Sponsored by Women Against Military Madness, Climate Justice Committee and Veterans for Peace Chapter 27.
FFI: Women Against Military Madness 612-827-5364

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Pipeline vigils began on November 8, 2021.

The Sacred Sundance Movie
2023-10-09 19:00 - 21:00 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
WAMM SECOND MONDAY MOVIES PRESENTS
The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony
Monday, October 9, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. 4200 Cedar Ave. So., Minneapolis (on Indigenous Peoples’ Day)
The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony, chronicles Mi’kmaq director Brian J Francis’ journey into the traditions of North American indigenous spirituality. The Sundance is new to the Mi’kmaq people of Eastern Canada and is brought to them from the west by elder William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First nation…The Sundance itself cannot be filmed, but through the preparations for the ceremony and the words of its participants, we are left an understanding of the healing power it has brought to communities who traditionally did nor practice it. The film offers a model for indigenous people reclaiming their heritage and embracing traditions- and with them, hope for the future.
Director: Brian J. Francis 2008/Canada/1 hour 9 minutes
Masks and social distancing by choice.

Connecting the dots…discussion
Always FREE and open to the public
ALL ARE WELCOME! Free refreshments!
Sponsored by the WAMM Movie Committee

FFI: 612.827.5364 or general@wamm.me

I Surrender, a Memoir of Chile's Dictatorship
2023-10-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Avenue, St Paul, MN, 55105, United States
Wednesday, October 11, 6:30 pm, Carondelet Center
1890 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul, MN
Two years after a CIA-assisted coup overthrew the democratically-elected president of Chile, Kathleen Osberger, a Notre Dame graduate and lay volunteer, went to Santiago to teach in a Catholic grade school. Upon arrival she was told a secret: the religious she would live with sheltered dissidents targeted by Pinochet’s secret police. Soon events crescendo, and Osberger is handed a blindfold, a warrant, and must go on the run. Join us for this author’s reflection on the inspiring witness to the Chilean people, the Catholic Church and the modern human rights movement.

Books can be purchased from Orbis Books or can be purchase with cash at the event.

FFI: CSJ Justice Office —mroers@csjstpaul.org
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Protest: Unwelcome Lockheed Martin
2023-10-12 16:30 - 17:30 | MINNESOTA
Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 4:30 pm
Gateway Park, Raymond Ave & Energy Park Dr, St. Paul, MN

Lockheed Martin is the world’s largest military company. It manufactures multiple weapon systems that are routinely used in war crimes around the world. Lockheed Martin is opening a new site in St Paul. Join us to unwelcome them to the Twin Cities and say no to US militarism!
Initiated by MN Peace Action Coalition, co-sponsored by WAMM.

Stand with Palestine Emergency Response
2023-10-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Corner of Summit & Snelling in St. Paul, Corner of Summit Ave and Snelling Ave, St. Paul, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Friday, October 13, 2023, from 4:00 – 5:00 pm
At the corner of Snelling and Summit Avenues in St Paul, MN
Join WAMM’s Middle East Committee this Friday for their weekly vigil to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine in light of recent events. Meet us at the corner of Snelling and Summit Avenues in St Paul at 4:00 pm.
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE!

March for Palestine
2023-10-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Bryant Square Park, 3101 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 3:00 pm, Gather at Bryant Square Park
Join us to stand with Palestine in light of recent events
Bring signs and/or flags
Organized by the Anti-War Committee, American Muslims for Palestine MN, and Students for Justice in Palestine UMN, sponsored by WAMM

Stand with Palestine Rally
2023-10-18 17:30 - 18:30 | Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, St Paul, MN, 55155, United States
Wednesday, October 18th @ 5:30 pm @ MN State Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, St. Paul, MN
Governor Walz is leading the charge in MN to rally people to stand with Israel while being silent on the 75 year occupation of Palestine, and on the war crimes Israel is committing right now. Israel’s leveling of Gaza and the use of white phosphorus are horrible atrocities and need to be stopped. Join us for a rally to stand with Palestine and to challenge the narrative that Israel’s crimes are justified.
Organized by Anti-War Committee, American Muslims for Palestine MN and Students for Justice in Palestine – UMN. Endorsed by WAMM.

Let Gaza Live! Free Palestine - Rally and Bannering
2023-10-20 16:00 - 17:00 | Corner of Summit & Snelling in St. Paul, Corner of Summit Ave and Snelling Ave, St. Paul, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Friday, October 20, 2023 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm

At the corner of Snelling and Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN
Initiated by Women Against Military Madness

Join WAMM’s Middle East Committee this Friday for their weekly vigil dedicated to Palestinian solidarity. Meet us at the corner of Snelling and Summit Avenues in St Paul at 4:00 pm. Feel free to bring signs and flags!
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE!
