The 2016 Veterans Day parade in Auburn is the largest west of the Mississippi.  --  After marching for the tenth straight year with the Tacoma Chapter of Veterans for Peace on Saturday, Kristi Nebel wrote up her reflections for the UFPPC website.[1]  --  "I think a parade is a very curious event," she said.  --  "I consider it to be a very elemental thing, an almost primitive display of people just walking in front of other people.  --  Yet it evokes such a powerful response.  --  A quiet little thunderbolt erupts in some of them as their eyes alight on the words 'Veterans for Peace.'"  ...  

On Fri., Sept. 4, four representatives from Tacoma Voice for Peace and United for Peace of Pierce County visited Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA 6th) to urge him to support the Iran nuclear deal.  --  As Sallie Shawl reports below, "When we arrived, he told us he'd made his decision:  he is going to support it.  --  And he gave each of us a copy of the press release."[1] ...

A new film on the life and work of James Lawson will be shown at 4:00 p.m. on Sun., Jun. 14, 2015, at the Friends Meeting House in Tacoma.  --  Adam Nolan, who was the research and project director for the film, will be on hand to present and discuss the film.  --  All are welcome.  --  There will be a potluck following the film, at 5:30 p.m.  --  See below for details.[1] ...