PEACE HOUSE WEBSITE

http://www.peacehousetulsa.org/
Some parts are still under construction, but the calendar is up to date.
Check it out!

MOURNING MOTHER'S WISDOM

"That casket contained the remains of my son. This is not a video game with scores on it. These are real people dying, and we're responsible for it in part, because we don't know how to make peace."

Jean Durgin of Henniker, NH whose son Russell was killed in Afghanistan on June 13, 2006

Read more and see photos at http://www.michaelmoore.com/

HAPPINESS HOUR EVERY WEDNESDAY

Peace House is open every Wednesday from 5 until 7.
Stop in. Meet new people. Enjoy the company of others who want peace and are willing to work for it.
BRING YOUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, REALTIVES TO LEARN HOW WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD THROUGH PEACEFUL PRACTICES. Together.

ANOTHER CHANCE TO SEE Sir, No Sir

NEWS FROM JON CANTRELL OF OK VETERANS FOR PEACE

Thanks to some very generous donations from OK Veterans For Peace members and
friends, I am very happy to announce that we have 3 public screenings scheduled for
"Sir, No Sir!" www.sirnosir.com .

Start spreading the word!

1) Mayflower Congregational Church
3901 Northwest 63rd Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73116
Thursday, August 31 at 6:30pm

2) Peace House Tulsa
306 South Phoenix at Charles Page Blvd (3rd Street)
Tulsa, OK 74127
Tuesday, Sept 5 at 7:00pm following Oklahoma Veterans For Peace meeting.

3) Oklahoma City University
Watson Lounge (downstairs from the chapel)
2501 N Blackwelder
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
Thursday, Sept 14 at 6:30pm

I am also working on a screening and OK VFP meeting in Lawton for October.

Jon Cantrell
(405)317-8826
Shalom, Salaam, Peace
www.oklahomacityvfp.bravehost.com

DARE TO DREAM OF PEACE

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY - PROCEEDS FROM THIS WORKSHOP WILL HELP SUPPORT THE WORK OF OCCO (Oklahoma Committee for Conscientious Objectors)
(a printable version of this flyer can be downloaded from
www.okobjector.org/literature/visioningpeace.rtf )


DARE TO DREAM OF PEACE

Every human being has within the capacity to create peace. You will learn to
follow the guidance of your heart while creating a road map to peace through
collage and using Creative Journaling. No artistic talent is required.

VISIONING(r) PEACE

Saturday August 26th, 2006
12:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.
St. Charles Catholic Church
5024 N. Grove, OKC

Workshop based on the Visioning(r) method originated by Dr. Lucia Capacchione, author of Visioning Ten Steps to Designing the Life of Your Dreams.

Facilitated by Vicki L. Muir, L.C.S.W Certified Creative Journal Expressive Arts Facilitator & Visioning(r) Candidate

Cost: $25 per person before August 18th. Space is limited.

Please bring: poster board 18 x 24, a set of 12 (or more) colored felt tip
markers, magazines, glue sticks, and an unlined journal.

Refreshments will be provided.

Proceeds will benefit the Oklahoma Committee for Conscientious Objectors
Register by mailing your check to:
Inner Circle
1901 Bella Vista Dr.
Edmond, Oklahoma 73013
(405-359-4878)

PEACE HOUSE TULSA TELEPHONE NUMBER & other news

Peace House Tulsa's new phone number is 918-231-2514.
Thanks to Glenn we also have a video projector and screen!
Our SIGN will be ready from the printer on Friday at 4:00. If you'd like to join the crew for the sign-raising call PHT at our new number or just show up to pitch in Saturday morning August 12 at 10:00. If you have a really long ladder bring that too!

Schedule:
W August 16 5-7 Happiness Hour 5 - 7 (open house introduction to PHT)
Sa August 19 10 - 12 Crosbie Hts Neighborhood Assoc.
Sa August 19 1 - 5 ORCRC Board retreat (private event)
Su August 20 1 - 5 ORCRC Board retreat (private event)
M August 21 7 - 9 PHT hosts Tulsa Interfaith Alliance for their Third Monday Meeting (open to all)
Tu August 22 7 - 9 "Engage" nonviolence study circle (newcomers welcome)

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! GRAND OPENING is set for Saturday September 23 from 1:00 - 8:00 p.m.

If you can't make it to a Wednesday night Happiness Hour open house, call us at 231-2514 to find out how you can get involved.

PEACE HOUSE NEWS

Wednesday “Happiness Hours” continue from 5 – 7 p.m.---this is a time to drop in, meet others interested in a more peaceful world and to learn about (and shape) the Peace House Tulsa
agenda.

GRAND OPENING
The date is set for SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24 from 1 – 8 p.m.
Volunteers are needed!
First, for the organizing team to get all of the details covered (several people are already taking on some tasks— thanks!).
Second for the day of the event to welcome the visitors (hundreds surely!!) likely to stop by.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN HELP: valmapack@valornet.com.

WISH LIST UPDATE
-Recycling bins (or a designated donation to purchase some)
-Deep bookshelves for displaying magazines
-Wheeled TV cart—tall one, like the ones used in schools.
-Two narrow folding tables
-Someone to volunteer on Wednesdays to help kids with craft and art projects.
-A tent for holding outside events.
-A volunteer to arrange and staff a PH booth at the Reggae-fest in Jenks Septemeber 17 (call me for details: 231-2188)

THANKS TO
-Donna V. and the Peppermint Dragon for the donated herbs which earned us $200 in donations at the herb sale and generated good will with the neighbors when we gave away the leftovers!!!
-Joan and Jim for the DVD player (I promise to pick it up soon!)
-Keeshi and her family for the donation of a poster from the Tom Lee exhibit (still going on at Living Arts Space—don’t miss it!)
-Bill A, for rescuing a sturdy office credenza from the trash and repurposing it for PH, for installing a new handle on the screen door, re-hanging the mailbox, placing a secure keybox.

peace,
Valerie

Call for UN General Assembly: Immediate Ceasefire in Lebanon

I signed the petition mentioned below. I hope you'll consider signing it also.
peace,
Valerie

Dear Supporter of Peace and Diplomacy,

The most recent news at this writing is that the Israeli Security Cabinet has approved a "widening of the ground offensive" and that Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon would resume "in full force" after the expiration of the partial suspension that followed the massacre in Qana.

As you know, under international law the UN Security Council is supposed to act to stop crimes against peace, but cannot do so in this case because it is paralyzed by the veto of the Bush Administration, which opposes an immediate cease-fire and is backed in this position by the United Kingdom. However, under Resolution 377, "Uniting for Peace," the UN General Assembly can act when the Security Council fails to do so (see "A Road to Peace in Lebanon?" Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith, July 27, 2006, http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0727-27.htm.) This procedure has been used 10 times in the history of the UN, often at the initiative of the United States.

Please join us, therefore, in circulating the following petition, calling for the UN General Assembly to act to bring about an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon, Israel, and Gaza. Even a significant movement towards the convening of the General Assembly to consider an immediate, unconditional cease-fire will put significant pressure on the major powers to support an immediate cease-fire.

To: United Nations General Assembly
Cc: Non-Aligned Movement

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/justforeignpolicy.org/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=326

Tulsa Islamic Society Request

Sandra Rana from the Islamic Society called to request Peace House supporters' participation in a PEACEFUL rally.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4
5 - 6 pmNorthwest corner of 71st and MEMORIAL
Positive peaceful messages and behavior only. The rally is to call for a ceasefire by all sides in the conflict in Lebanon.

I plan to be there.

Thanks,
Valerie

PEACE-RELATED ART OPENING

History Repeats & Earth Beneath
by Tom Lee & Derek Stoops

2 Outstanding Exhibits at Living ArtSpace
Opening this Thursday, August 3, 5-8pm
with gallery talk by the artists at 6:30pm

History Repeats, by Tom Lee of Oklahoma City, is a photography exhibit of
quotations about politics and war; no mention is made of current
politicians. The point of this exhibit is that the nature of politics and
war does not change. When we forget the lessons of history we will repeat
the same mistakes over and over. Some observations seem to stand the test
of time such as Socrates’ quotation from 399 B.C. that, “All wars are fought
for money” or Jim Morrison’s assertion in 1969 that, “Whoever controls the
Media, controls the mind”. History is rich with practical lessons that apply
today. The challenge with this exhibit is to express a thought visually
without simply spray painting it on a wall.

The photographs in this exhibit are made with a Leica rangefinder camera and
a normal lens. I use black and white negative film; the images are printed
on silver gelatin archival rag paper. I did not use Photoshop or darkroom
tricks. What you see in the print is what was there. I made the signs, put
them in place and photographed them. The signs may not have been up for a
long time but they were in plain view.

Earth Beneath, by Derek Stoops of Kansas City, Mo., is a seven channel video
installation that explores the presumable segregated relationship between
media, religion and the viewer. Footage from the artist’s local news and
televangelists programming are used in a rapid montage style to create an
oppressive glossolalic audio immersion while the partially obscured visual
content of the seven monitors all facing the ground tempts the viewer to
kneel down so as to gain access to the corresponding visual content.

Living ArtSpace is located at 308 S. Kenosha Ave. Tulsa, Ok.
Check out the website for images: www.livingarts.org
These exhibits continue through Thursday, August 24.
Gallery Hours: Saturdays 1-4pm, Thursdays 5-8pm
or by appointment - 585-1234.

BUILDING THE CULTURE OF PEACE

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR REGIONAL PEACE GATHERING

“Building The Culture of Peace: A Conference for Groups and Individuals Who Work For Peace” 
We’re looking forward to meeting others for whom peace in the world is a primary concern. 
We look forward to sharing our successes and concerns, and coming away with renewed energy and broadened perspectives.
In thinking about issues that face you and your group in relation to peace, what is the ‘short list’ of the problems that face you? 
Are the most challenging issues ideological (what position can we agree on for this crisis?}, relational (conflict on some level within a group), or mundane (how do we pay the phone bill this month?)  
If you’re like us, all those come into play. 
Would you mind jotting down three to five of the things that you’d label the biggest “challenges” from the past year?  
As you think about them, what’s the relationship of your greatest challenges, and things you see as your greatest strengths?
If you see interesting relationships, I’d love to hear about them.

Registration deadline for “Building The Culture of Peace” is August 25. 

“Building The Culture of Peace: A Conference for Groups and Individuals Who Work for Peace”

September 8-9, 2006

St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, AR

Registration begins at 4:00 pm
$40. per person, scholarships available

For information reply to Gladys Tiffany: gladystiffany@yahoo.com
479-973-9049