CALENDAR: Cost of War Hits Home rally & march -- Tacoma, Sun., Mar. 19 @ 1:30pm
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On Sunday, March 19, at 1:30 p.m., faith and secular communities in Tacoma will join in a rally and march to call attention to how the cost of war is hitting social programs American communities need. -- Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s Apr. 4, 1967, statement that "A nation that continues to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death," the Cost of War Hits Home march will converge on Peoples Park Tacoma, Martin Luther King Way & S. 9th St., Tacoma, for a rally with speakers and music. -- The Cost of War Hits Home march and rally are sponsored by Fellowship of Reconciliation-Tacoma, Miles Memorial CME Church, Pax Christi Tahoma, People for Peace Justice & Healing, Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War (SNOW), South Sound Peace and Justice Center of Associated Ministries, St. Leos Peace & Justice Commission, Tacoma Catholic Worker, Tacoma First United Methodist Church, Tacoma Veterans for Peace #134, Washington State Jobs with Justice, United for Peace of Pierce County, and Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace, and will bring people from Pierce, King, and Thurston counties together for a powerful demonstration of public concern. -- Make plans to be there! ...
LOCAL NEWS: Study circle on 'America's Core Values at Risk'
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On Monday evening, Feb. 27, UFPPC's Digging Deeper XIV will begin a study circle of five recent books addressing the question: How can Americans best defend their endangered core values....
CALENDAR: Tickets available for ongoing UFPPC salon series in Tacoma -- Mar. 12 @ 1pm
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Tickets are now available for the third of UFPPC's Salon Society Second Sunday Series on Mar. 12. -- Each of the previous two salons have sold out and tickets are limited, so don't wait too long....