Current Events and Actions


Protest that endures . . . is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence. - Wendell Berry

The Traverse Area Progressives meeting on Friday, May 9th -

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Memorial Day Peace Portrait -- May 26, 2008


Peace Portrait 2003Planning is underway for another Peace Portrait. The first Peace Portrait took place January 11, 2003 when we were opposing War with Iraq. We will gather starting at 11:00AM at the Traverse City Government Center, 400 Boardman. After the portrait we will walk to the open space to the Veterans for Peace honoring Michigan soldiers killed in the Iraq War (photos from last Memeorial day)

Please help spread the word - download a flyer for posting -

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Next Planning Meeting - Thursday, May 1, 6:00PM


Traverse for Peace and Justice Meeting Public Welcome -- Come help plan Memorial Day Peace Portrait and other events. Meeting at Grace Episcopal Church Hall 341 Washington St., Traverse City

Billboard's For Peace


We are also raising money for a billboard for the month of May that will carry the Peace Portait message. Please send checks to the Neahtawanta Center. For more information email: center@nrec.org, call 1 800 220-1415
May Billboard

The May billboard will be on Cass street south of 14th Street, west side facing north.

The Campaign Against Torture

Torture is Wrong Sign

TORTURE IS WRONG Yard Signs Now Available


The Campaign Against Torture Committee has been working hard on increasing public awareness of our government's use of torture against detainees in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. In a national television interview on ABC News, President Bush directly admitted that the White House was deeply involved in decisions about the CIA’s use of torture. Recent reports indicate that members of the Bush administration including Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and George Tenet met regularly and approved the CIA’s use of “combined” “enhanced” interrogation techniques -- tactics that amount to torture. The ACLU has demanded that our members of Congress support strenuous efforts, including the appointment of an independent prosecutor, to hold President Bush, Vice-President Cheney and other high-ranking officials accountable for their role in crafting torture policy.

To help further raise awareness on this issue, place a TORTURE IS WRONG sign on your yard

For signs:

The next regular meeting is Wednesday, May 7th at 7PM at Horizon Books in Traverse City.
Plans for June Torture Awareness Month and upcoming Talking About Torture workshops are on the agenda.