KNOW EVENTS

Friends, we will be honored with a visit and presentation by Phyllis Bennis at Western Michigan University on October 22. Sponsored by the WMU Peace Center and KNOW, Ms. Bennis will share her insightful analysis of the Middle East with us. As you will see, we are in for a remarkable evening of reasoned and thoughtful perspectives which are not reflected in the main stream media.

Phyllis Bennis is a senior analyst with the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC, and fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She is a writer, policy analyst and activist on US foreign Policy and the United Nations. She is author of Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today’s UN (Interlink Publishing, 2000), Before and After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis (Olive Branch Press (September, 2002)), and Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict: A primer (Trans-Arab Research Institute, (2002). Bennis helped found the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, and she works closely with the anti-war coalition, United for Peace and Justice.

Some videos with Phyllis Bennis:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4667069945811649502#docid=4869304688668627410
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4667069945811649502#docid=-8784812599821812088
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4667069945811649502#

KNOW is having a fundraiser picnic on June 19th in Milham Park. We aim to have a lot of fun with games and good food. Our featured guest will be Kathy Kelly, who will share her experiences and thoughts on opposing the war in Afghanistan.

We are asking for a $10 donation ($5 students) to raise money for our peace initiatives this year.

For info: daniel_b_smith@yahoo.com

Where: India Cuisine at Saffron on West Main
What: eat a great buffet dinner(10.95) and then watch a movie(free)
When: Tuesday, April 14, eat at 6 pm, movie at 7:00 pm

Scarred Lands, Wounded Lives is a documentary which explores the environmental impact of war. Come and spend a wonderful Tuesday evening enjoying delicious Indian food at 6:00 pm, and stay for the movie, which is no charge.

Sponsored by the Be-in-the-KNOW film series and the Peace Center.

Of course, you can just come for the film if you like.

6 years of destruction for Iraq, 6 years of sorrow for US. A war based on lies, for the benefit of the oil companies and defense contractors. Its time to bring all the troops home, close all the bases and provide for the reconstruction of Iraq by Iraqis.

Please join in marking the 6th anniversary of the Iraq war and occupation. In Kalamazoo, on Thursday March 19th, we will march starting at 5:00 pm from the flagpoles in the middle of WMU campus. We will pick up a contingent of K-college students, and march downtown to the Federal Building at Park and Michigan. We will have some remarks there, then proceed to the Bronson Park.
At 7:00 pm there will be an interfaith service with speaker Bert DeVries, to be held at United Methodist Church on the Bronson Park. Refreshments before at the park, and afterwards at the church.

Dear Friends,

Stop the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, fund people’s needs- our voices on April 4.

Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War (KNOW) is sponsoring a bus to the national march on Wall Street in New York City on Saturday April 4. We will leave Friday evening and return Sunday morning. Please join us. If you can not attend, funds are urgently requested to help pay for the chartered bus. If you can go or wish to help in any way, please email daniel_b_smith@yahoo.com

Be-in-the-KNOW film series continues this Friday, March 6th, at 7:30 with the documentary feature “Occupation 101″. The film will be shown at Unity Church, 1204 Whites Road. Park and enter in the back.

The film is an eye-opener in terms of telling the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which you won’t see in the mainstream media.

The event is free and open to the public, donations accepted.

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Rob Anderson, longtime peace activist and inspiration to so many of us. The memorial service for Rob Anderson will be held Saturday, Feb. 21st, at 10:30 am, in the First Presbyterian Church downtown Kalamazoo. There will be an opportunity to share condolences with the family during a lunch to follow the service at the church.

To mark the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, KNOW will be working with other local peace organizations to sponsor events Thursday evening, March 19th, 2009, including a march from WMU and K-college to the Federal Building and an interfaith service.

Also make plans to attend the national mobilization in New York City for a peace economy, April 4th. Stay tuned for more details on transportation from Kalamazoo.

A collection of current film clips provides insight into the conflict in Gaza and includes eyewitness accounts by officials from various organizations such as the UN, UNRWA, Red Cross, and Human Rights. Discussion following. Free, open to the public. Co-sponsored by KNOW, the Peace Center, and the Arab Student Association.

7:30 pm Friday, 2/6/09 at Unity Church

What: Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and celebration of Barack Obama’s inauguration. A call to “Yes we can” cut the military budget, bring the troops home and put the resources to health care, education and jobs.

When: Sunday Noon, Jan. 18th, 2009

Where: Federal Building, Park and Michigan, downtown Kalamazoo