Antiwar Calendar for Orange County

Many repeating events, such as weekly and monthly vigils,
demos, and meetings, as well as special events,
can be found on the calendar at:
http://ocpeace.org/calendar.html
A quick list of repeating events to be found there is at the
end of this message.

An online version of this calendar can be found at:
http://ocpeace.org/Antiwar%20Calendar%20for%20Orange%20County.html
Archives of this calendar and other discussions can be found at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocpeacecoalition/
You can also subscribe to OCPC email announcements there.

A calendar of other events in Orange County mostly sympathetic to
but not necessarily directly related to the peace movement can be found at:
http://ocprogressiveevents.info

Please send announcements of peace events to
info@ocpeace.org
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CONTENTS:
(Page down for details on each item. For Orange County
transit information, try http://www.octa.net/justclick
or http://google.com/transit)

#1 Help keep San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant closed
Tuesday May 8th in Irvine

#2 OC Peace Coalition General meeting
Saturday May 12th, in Irvine

#3 Code Pink OC Annual Mother's Day Peace Vigil
Sunday May 13th in Orange

#4 Cousins Club
Tuesday May 15th in Irvine

#5 "The Arab Spring, Year 2"
Wednesday May 16th in Laguna Woods Village

#6 Israeli peace activist Miko Peled
Saturday, May 19th in Anaheim

#7 OC Peace Coalition General Meeting
Tuesday May 22nd, in Westminster

#8 OC-RAP leafletting
Thursday May 24th, in Cypress

#9 Senior Patriots for Peace: “TAKING CHANCE”
Thursday May 24th in Seal Beach

#10 Luminarias Memorial Service Honoring our Lost Teen Soldiers
Sunday May 27th, 4-9pm in Long Beach

#11 "Soldiers of Conscience"
Friday June 1st 7-9pm in Orange

#12 Arlington West Memorial (Vets for Peace)
Sunday June 3rd, 7:30am-5pm in Huntington Beach

#13 OC Peace Coalition General meeting
Saturday June 9th, 10am-noon in Irvine

#14 Medea Benjamin
Sunday, June 17th in Anaheim
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#1 Help keep San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant closed
Tuesday May 8th in Irvine

Tuesday, May 8th, at 6:00 PM
Help keep San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant closed

On April 27th, the Irvine City Council by a 5-0 vote, signed on to a
very strong letter regarding the operation of San Onofre and its safety.
The letter will go to everyone from the President on down to other
local city councils. But Council Member Agran does not plan to let
it end with merely a letter. He intends to continue to hold Edison's
feet to the fire. At Agran's request, Edison will be returning to
the council meeting to discuss their plans to get through the summer
without San Onofre. It will be interesting to see what they say in
light of information disclosed this week about trying to put Unit II
back on line June 1. Join us at to keep the pressure on.
Your attendance gives the council the political will to act our
behalf. We are asking that green is worn to the meeting. That way
the council can identify supporters in the audience.
Irvine City Hall is located at the corners of Anton and Harvard.
Look for the TALL clock tower. If you have questions, please call
Marion Pack at 949-922-3273, or email at marionpack1@gmail.com.
If you would like more information about San Onofre see
sanonofresafety.org
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#2 OC Peace Coalition General meeting
Saturday May 12th, in Irvine

10am-noon

WHERE:
The new Friends meeting house is at
2091 Business Center Dr, Suite 100, Irvine 92612

WHO:
Anyone interested in educating, organizing and changing US foreign policies
promoting illegal invasions and occupations, as well as stopping the
militarization of the U.S. (High School Military Recruitment, the
brutal treatment of undocumented workers, and the criminalization of
youth, especially those of color).
We do not support any specific party but do support anyone who is
working for Peace and Justice.
Breakfast and Coffee provided!
Bring your ideas and enthusiasm!
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#3 Code Pink OC Annual Mother's Day Peace Vigil
Sunday May 13th in Orange

“Arise then...women of this day!”

This is to let you know that we will be holding our 7th annual
Mother’s Day vigil for peace Sunday May 13th from 1-3 PM
at the Circle of Orange. Please plan to come and join us to show
the people of Orange County the power of Mothers and others to
finally end the war in Afghanistan!
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#4 Cousins Club
Tuesday May 15th in Irvine

P.O. BOX 5891, ORANGE CA 92863-5891, www.cousinscluboc.org

"Palestine/Israel - Where Are We Now, Where Are We Headed, and What Can We Do?"

Meeting: Tuesday, May 15, at 7:30 P.M.

Has the train already left the station for a two-state solution in
Palestine/Israel? What are the alternative scenarios, and what role
can the International Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
campaign play in protecting Palestinian human rights and pressuring
Israel to comply with international law?
Sherna Berger Gluck, an emerita faculty member at California
State University, Long Beach is the author of
An American Feminist in Palestine: The [First] Intifada Years.
She is the Southern California coordinator of the Israel
Divestment Campaign (IDC).

We meet at the Irvine Ranch Water District Offices,
15600 Sand Canyon Ave., between the 5 freeway and the 405.
Get off the 5 freeway at Sand Canyon and go south to Waterworks Drive.
Or exit the 405 freeway at Sand Canyon and go north to Waterworks Drive.

Annual Cousin Club dues are $10.
We would appreciate your support for 2012 if you have not already paid.
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#5 "The Arab Spring, Year 2"
Wednesday May 16th in Laguna Woods Village

Concerned Citizens of Laguna Woods Village The Arab Spring, Year 2
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
7 PM
Clubhouse 3, Dining Room 2

Speaker: Professor Mark LeVine

Mark LeVine, Ph.D., is a Professor of History at the University of
California, Irvine. He is widely regarded as an expert on the
history of the Middle East and the cultures and religions of the
modern Middle East. He is also a professional musician who studies
the role of music in political struggles.
Dr. LeVine has spoken in Laguna Woods Village on a number of
occasions, and is always enthusiastically received.
Please join us to hear the always enlightening views from this
educator, author, journalist, musician, and activist!

http://lagunawoodsvillage.com//images/lwlagunawoods/Concerned%20Citizens/May%202012.pdf
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#6 Israeli peace activist Miko Peled
Saturday, May 19th in Anaheim

at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation
511 S Harbor Blvd Anaheim 92805
3:00 p.m.

Miko Peled the son of Israeli General
Matti Peled, will speak. His new
book, "The General's Son," will
be available for sale. Mr. Peled
believes that Israelis and
Palestinians can live in peace as
equals in a shared homeland.
Come and learn more and share
your ideas on this important
issue.
Admission is free. but a freewill
offering will be requested.
Snacks at 2:45 p.m. This event is
co-sponsored by our local
chapter of UUJME (UUs for
Justice in the Middle East), and
other Orange County peace
groups.
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#7 OC Peace Coalition General Meeting
Tuesday May 22nd, in Westminster

7-9pm

WHERE:
Spires Restaurant,
13030 Goldenwest,
Westminster

We do not support any specific party but do support anyone who
is working for Peace and Justice.

Bring your ideas and enthusiasm!

web site: ocpeace.org
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#8 OC-RAP leafletting
Thursday May 24th, 7am in Cypress

OC-Recruitment Awareness Project will leaflet Cypress HS,
9801 Valley View, Cypress, CA 90630 on Thursday, May 24 at 7am.
It's located between Ball and Orange St.
There is plenty of residential parking.
This is our last high school for this school year, so please
join in for the last hurrah.
Pls contact Betsy Martin at BMartin125@comline.com
or Al White at 949-492-0571.
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#9 Senior Patriots for Peace: “TAKING CHANCE”
Thursday May 24th, 1pm in Seal Beach

As Memorial Day approaches, you are invited to view a FREE movie
hosted by Senior Patriots for Peace…

“TAKING CHANCE”

A remarkable true story of one soldier’s death in battle, another
soldier’s journey of discovery and a nation’s reverence and
gratitude toward its war dead.

After hearing of the heroic death of a young Marine in Iraq,
veteran officer Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl (Kevin Bacon) volunteers
to escort the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps back to his
home-town in Wyoming. Now on a trip across America’s heartland,
Strobl will find himself on an unexpectedly emotional sojourn
into the heart and soul of a country mourning not only Phelps,
but all of our country’s fallen service men and women.
When the Lt. Col. gives Phelps’ parents the watch, dog tags,
and wooden cross belonging to Chance, you can feel the deep
emotion they are experiencing.

This film is also a grim reminder for us of the human cost of war
–especially when we take this one incident and multiply it by
the 4,486 American fatalities in Iraq.

Thursday, May 24, 2012
Leisure World, Seal Beach
Seal Beach Blvd. at Golden Rain Rd.
1:00 p.m., Clubhouse 4

No admission charge. Running time: 78 minutes.

Sponsored by: Senior Patriots for Peace.
For further information call 562-430-1047

Persons living outside Leisure World, please call one day in
advance to leave your name for admittance (562-430-1047).
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#10 Luminarias Memorial Service Honoring our Lost Teen Soldiers
Sunday May 27th, 4-9pm in Long Beach

A Luminarias Memorial Service
Honoring our Lost Teen Soldiers
with crosses commemorating the 399 teen soldiers
lost in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars
A Path of Light Towards Peace
to honor these teens who have become
Symbols of the Ultimate Cost of war
Now going into its 11th year

the Luminarias and Crosses will be visible for eight blocks on
Bluff Park
Along Ocean Boulevard in
From Redondo Avenue to Kennebec Street
Near the Long Beach Museum of Art

REMEMBRANCE SERVICE BEGINS AT SUNSET
at Redondo and Ocean Boulevard

The memorial is sponsored by the Long Beach Area Peace Network,
Military Families Speak Out-Long Beach and Orange County Chapters,
Veterans for Peace Chapters 067 & 110 (Long Beach and Orange County),
Long Beach Recruiter Awareness Project, Local High School Peace Clubs,
Occupy Long Beach, Code Pink, Long Beach Iraq Veterans Against the War,
Long Beach Greens, Orange County Peace Coalition, and
Senior Patriots for Peace.

We urge you to join us this special evening. Please contact
Lisa Engelbrecht, Long Beach Area Peace Network, 562-598-5168;
Pat Alviso, Military Families Speak Out, 562-833-8035;
Richard Madeira, Veterans for Peace, 562-595-6042;
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#11 "Soldiers of Conscience"
Friday June 1st 7-9pm in Orange

A dramatic window on the dilemma of individual U.S. soldiers in the
Iraq War - when their finger is on the trigger and another human
being is in their gun-sight. Made with cooperation from the U.S. Army
and narrated by Peter Coyote, the film profiles eight American soldiers,
including four who decide not to kill, and four who believe in their
duty to kill if necessary. The film reveals all of them wrestling with the
morality of killing in war as soldiers experience it - a split-second decision
in combat that can never be forgotten or undone. This film tells a
story about human nature and war. As this film shows, every soldier is
inescapably a "soldier of conscience."

Event is Free of Charge
St. Joseph Center, Mother Louis Room,
480 South Batavia St, Orange 92868.
http://www.sistersofstjosephorange.org/OUR_MINISTRIES/justice/film-series.php
6:30-7:00 P.M.: Gathering & Refreshments
7:00-9:00 P.M.: Film & Discussion
RSVP: (714) 633-8121 Ext. 7716
Justice@csjorange.org
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#12 Arlington West Memorial (Vets for Peace)
Sunday June 3rd, 7:30am-5pm in Huntington Beach

We no longer have to load the crosses in the morning. Meet at the
beach at 7:30AM to help unload the trailer and setup the crosses.
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In spite of the many years and new administration in DC, we are as
dedicated as ever to doing what we can to keep the costs of these
conflicts in front of the public, to continue this display, forum
and venue, and to promote the cause of peace, while honoring those
that serve and particularly those that have been sacrificed.
This while also fighting for full and proper benefits and care for
our returning and past veterans. We cannot let the public forget
that many of our nation's sons and daughters, husbands and wives,
and even fathers and mothers, are still daily struggling and
risking life half a world away.

Please consider helping, or at least visiting, as we again setup
our memorial on the sands of Huntington Beach to give thanks to
and to honor those who have served our country and particularly
those that made the ultimate sacrifice. We must continue to
remind the public of this ongoing conflicts and their costs to
our nation and its families, and also to continue to talk to,
support and help the many Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, Veterans,
family members and concerned others that come by.
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Volunteers are needed and guests are always very much welcome.

As usual we will be at 6th Street (north of pier and of Main
Street) Huntington Beach on the beach. Display should be up from
8 to about 5PM. Please come visit and, if you can, PLEASE come
to help with setup and/or breakdown. In addition to the moving
display and great people and the beach itself, we will have a good
selection of peace supplies for small (or large) donations. We often
have many great people visiting and great conversations going on.

I need to know that we have enough veteran members willing to
staff it all day and enough help and transport to get it setup
and taken down. If you can help, please respond to this email
(jeff.mfso@earthlink.net) as soon as you can confirm your plans
for Sunday.

It is important that we hear from veteran members soon to know
what coverage we will have for the day. Please let us know what
hours you can expect to be present.

Volunteers:
We usually need the most help in the morning, though both morning
and evening are critical.

We meet up at the beach around/after 7:30 and start the setup of
the field of crosses and other items. Depending upon number of
helpers this can take 40 minutes or over two hours. Take down goes
much quicker than setup (at least for the beach portion). We are
back to our regular schedule for breakdown, so should start breakdown
about 5PM and hopefully have everything back in the trailer by 6:00.

Please let me know if you are coming this Sunday by replying to
this email or call me at 562-522-4241 Thanks Jeff
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#13 OC Peace Coalition General meeting
Saturday June 9th, 10am-noon in Irvine

WHERE:
The new Friends meeting house is at
2091 Business Center Dr, Suite 100, Irvine 92612

at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation
511 S Harbor Blvd Anaheim 92805
2:00 p.m.
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of
the national peace group, Code
Pink, and the human rights
organization, Global Exchange,
will speak about her new book,
"Drone Warfare: Killing by
Remote Control." The book will
be available for sale.
Refreshments will be provided.
Admission is free, but a freewill
offering will be requested.
This event is sponsored by the
UUCA Social Justice Committee
and several local peace
organizations
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*** REPEATING EVENTS ***
quick list of repeating events
Full details at
http://ocpeace.org/calendar.html

WEEKLY:

EVERY SUNDAY at noon: "Enough" demo at HB Pier

EVERY SUNDAY at 3pm: Food Not Bombs in Santa Ana

EVERY SUNDAY at 7pm: Peace Vigil at HB Pier

EVERY TUESDAY at 4pm: "Imagine Peace" Vigil in Tustin

EVERY WEDNESDAY at 3:30pm: Women in Black Silent Vigil for Peace in Laguna Woods [Suspended]

EVERY FRIDAY at 5pm: Orange County KPFK Support Group Demo at So. Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa

EVERY SATURDAY at 11am: Peace Demo in Laguna Beach

MONTHLY:

EVERY FIRST SUNDAY: Arlington West in Huntington Beach needs volunteers.

EVERY FIRST AND THIRD FRIDAY at 5pm: "Women in Black" in Costa Mesa

EVERY FIRST MONDAY: "Bring the Troops Home" Demo in Laguna Woods

EVERY THIRD MONDAY: INTERFAITH PEACE MINISTRY OF ORANGE COUNTY in Orange

EVERY THIRD TUESDAY: MFSO/Code Pink vigil in Orange

EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY: BROWNBAG LUNCH VIGILS at your local congressional office

EVERY LAST WEDNESDAY: [Temporarily Suspended] Seniors Patriots for Peace in Seal Beach