Winnipeg, June 22, 2019: Peace Alliance Winnipeg and the Council of Canadians - Winnipeg Chapter held the 38th annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace. The purpose of this year's event is to call upon the Canadian government to promote peace and international cooperation and development, objectives that are sorely lacking in Canada's foreign policy.
CHALK 4 Peace is an annual event that has spread to hundreds of communities world-wide since its inception in 2003 in Arlington, Virginia. The objectives, according to chalk4peace.org are:
- To promote the arts by coordinating assemblies of young artists of all ages to draw their vision of peace in public and private spaces with sidewalk chalk as a scheduled worldwide event;
-To advocate for peace in a non-partisan manner such that all people may share their visions and messages of peace without regard to their nationality, ethnicity, or political beliefs;
- To encourage relationships between municipalities and artists so that communities around the world become united in supporting the expression of peace.
Winnipeggers celebrated their 6th annual CHALK 4 Peace on August 25, 2012 in Vimy Ridge Park. Kisa MacIsaac, one of the organizers of the Winnipeg event, explains how this coming together of arts, music and people contributes to a more peaceful world.
Links
CHALK 4 Peace: http://www.chalk4peace.org
CHALK 4 Peace Winnipeg: http://www.facebook.com/c4p.winnipeg
Winnipeg Community TV: http://wcommtv.org
Video Production: Paul S. Graham, http://paulsgraham.ca
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Tracy Thor is a regional representative with the Prairie Region of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. Here she is addressing the 2012 May Day march in Winnipeg about the draconian attack of the Harper government on public service workers. To learn more about the PSAC, go to http://prairies.psac.com.
Video production: Paul S. Graham, http://paulsgraham.ca
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Renowned economist Dr. Michael Hudson spoke at the 14th Forum of the World Association for Political Economy, held in Winnipeg in July 19-21, 2019. The conference was entitled Class, State and Nation in the 21st Century.
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Winnipeg, Oct. 22, 2022 -- Peace Alliance Winnipeg held an information picket at the intersection of Osborne Street and River Avenue in Winnipeg to call on Canada to play a constructive role in finding a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine, and to demand that Canada withdraw from NATO.
The action was part of a cross-Canada week of activities by the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network to insist that Canada #FundPeaceNotWar.
More information:
Peace Alliance Winnipeg
https://peacealliancewinnipeg.ca
Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network
https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/fundpeacenotwar/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q-h1ND8dME
June 13, 2015: The theme of this year's Winnipeg Peace and Justice Festival was "Vote for Peace." With a federal election expected this October and a Prime Minister who never saw a war he didn't like, the theme is timely.
SPONSORS
Council of Canadians (Winnipeg Chapter)
http://canadianswinnipeg.org
Peace Alliance Winnipeg
http://peacealliancewinnipeg.ca
Project Peacemakers
http://www.projectpeacemakers.org
CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATIONS
Common Sense Storehouse
Islamic Social Services Association
Institute for International Women's Rights (Manitoba)
Solidarity Committee for Ethiopian Political Prisoners
Unemployed Youth Africa
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Assiniboine Credit Union
Fernwood Publishing
United Church of Canada (Conference of Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario)
VIDEO PRODUCTION
Paul S. Graham
http://paulsgraham.ca
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmiDCEur8H4
Each year, the Winnipeg Labour Council observes May 1st, International Workers Day, with a parade through downtown Winnipeg. You can learn more about the Winnipeg Labour Council at http://winnipeglabour.ca.
Video Production: Paul S. Graham, http://paulsgraham.ca
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Winnipeg, April 11, 2014: Speaking at the Fort Garry Hotel, Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May explains why Canada needs an energy policy that is good for Canada's economy and its environment. Reflecting on the Conservative governments short-sighted determination to sell off the Alberta oil sands, regardless of the environmental and economic harm, she challenges Canadians to begin to "think like a country." This public forum was sponsored by the Boreal Forest Network.
More information:
Boreal Forest Network: http://www.borealforestnetwork.com/
Video Production
Camera: Ken Harasym, http://imageinn.ca
Camera and Editor: Paul S. Graham, http://paulsgraham.ca
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Aug. 6, 2019: Winnipeggers held their annual Lanterns for Peace Ceremony to commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945. Their aim is to help keep the memory of these attacks alive so that current generations understand we must never allow nuclear weapons to be used again.
Sponsors: Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba, Council of Canadians-Winnipeg Chapter, Winnipeg Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Video Production
Paul S. Graham
https://paulsgraham.ca
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVLmVWcxPJo
Winnipeg, April 4, 2024: Members of Peace Alliance Winnipeg marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with an information picket in the Osborne Villlage neighbourhood of Winnipeg.
More Information
Peace Alliance Winnipeg
https://peacealliancewinnipeg.ca
Videography
Paul S. Graham
https://paulsgraham.ca
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ3XI3e_dOo