Safe Water, Not War. Water is Life. Friday, April 15, 2016 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (speakers at 5:00 pm) Peaceful Tax Day vigil to protest military spending and call for safe, drinkable water to be prioritized as a human right. Meet on the sidewalk on 3200 block of Stadium […]
2015 KNOW sponsored or co-sponsored activities/events: Sunday vigils 1st Saturday vigils at Battle Creek ANG base Jan. 29 – Flying paper – film about kids in Gaza Feb. 28 – Give pizza chance – letter writing party Mar. 22 – Interfaith service for peace Mar. 27 – Soup fundraiser April […]
Soup Dinner Fundraiser for KNOW Friday, March 23, 2018 @ 6:00 pm (doors open @ 5:30) St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 247 Lovell, downtown Kalamazoo Fellowship Hall – lower level – elevator available Free Parking Delicious, hearty soups, breads and desserts! Larry (Pun) Plamondon will provide traditional Odawa storytelling MUSIC – […]
Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War (KNOW) annual retreat Join us on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at Skyridge Church, 394 South Drake Road – on the corner of Skyridge & Drake – Kalamazoo, MI. We will gather at 9:30 am and spend the day making plans for the year, meeting old […]
Vigil, film, climate action, and more News from KNOW – Dec. 2, 2015 ** Drone Vigils Going Strong ———————————————————— Join The Peace House & Battle Creek Voices for Peace and other community peace advocates for the monthly protest against drone warfare at the Battle Creek Air National Guard Base this […]
It seems that during this time of year, the town is abuzz with ways for you to learn about what is going on in the world. In the Kalamazoo area you can express your opinion and take part in many movements for a more peaceful and just world. In this […]
“The morality of avoiding another needless and horrible war is more important than politics.” (AlterNet, August 10, 2015) This statement comes from Danny Goldberg, whose father fought in five bloody battles against the Nazis in Normandy and helped liberate the Buchenbald concentration camp in Germany. He believes that his father, […]
Reminder: Tax Day protest vigil is Wednesday, April 15 4pm-5:30pm, on Westnedge in Portage near Target parking lot message: Cut the war budget, fund human needs! A lot is happening in town this Spring. A sampling in this issue of News from KNOW: Amos Gvirtz, Israeli Peace Activist- May 3 […]
Join us in an April 15th Tax Day Protest. We have some new banners with the above message, and also a very long banner illustrating the discrepancy between our war budget and human needs budget. Over 50% of US discretionary budget goes to war profiteers, while education, roads, bridges, healthcare, […]
News from KNOW – peace service, soup dinner, and more Sunday, March 22, 2015, 5:00 pm Interfaith Service for Peace Location: First United Methodist Church, downtown Kalamazoo Keynote Speaker: Most Rev. Paul J. Bradley, Fourth Bishop, Diocese of Kalamazoo. Keynote Address: A Message of Hope for Palestine and Israel. Followed […]