The Journey’s Path

June 21st, 2010

The People’s Journey – Part I

Beginning June 2, 2010 in San Francisco, CA

6-8 pm  Sacramento St. Co-Housing Community, 2220 Sacramento St. @ Allston Berkeley, CA 94702

Los Angeles, CA  6/3

7 pm  Iman Center on 3376 Motor Ave., 90034. Talk is followed by Q&A.

San Diego, CA  6/4-5

- 4th 7 to 9 pm  Casa Blanca Clubhouse located at 9404 Twin Trails Drive, San Diego.

Phoenix, AZ 6/6

Albuquerque, NM  6/7

7 pm  Albuquerque Peace and Justice Center, 202 Harvard Drive SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106

Oklahoma City, OK 6/8

6:30 pm  Mayflower UCC, OKC 3901 Northwest 63rd Street

Little Rock, AR  6/9

6 pm  Village Commons Little Rock, 1423-C South Main St

Asheville, NC  6/10-12

- 12th 6:30 pm  Simpson Lecture Room, AB Technical College (event poster: view or download)

North Carolina  6/13,14

- 13th 7:30 pm  Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 4907 Garrett Road, Durham, NC.  (event poster: view or download)

- 14th 1:00 pm Carol Woods Retirement Community, Assembly Hall 750 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NC  (event poster: view or download)

- 14th 7:00 pm Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh 3313 Wade Avenue, Raleigh, NC.  (event poster: view or download)

Washington D.C.  6/15

5:30-6:30 pm Potluck at 9510 Hale St. Forest Glen, MD (event poster: view or download)

7:30-9:30pm Busboys and Poets (5th and K) (event poster: view or download)

Baltimore, MD 6/16

7 pm  Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse, 2640 Paul St., Baltimore, MD redemmas.org/event/2061/ (event poster: view or download)

Philadelphia, PA  6/17

7 pm  Project H.O.M.E. 1515 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, PA  (event poster: view or download)

New York City, NY  6/18-19

-18th  6:30 pm   St. Mary’s Church  521 W 126th St. New York, NY 10027 (event poster: view or download)

-19th  1 pm  The Cup Cafe, 388 Van Duzer Street, Staten Island, NY  (event poster: view or download)

Pittsburg, PA  6/20

7 pm  1804 El Paso Street  Pittsburgh, PA

Cleveland, OH  6/21

West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd.,  Rocky River  OH (event poster: view or download)

Detroit, MI  6/22-25

US Social Forum

Chicago, IL  6/26

6:30 pm Wellington Ave UCC, 615 W. Wellington Ave, Chicago (event poster:  download)

Omaha, NE  6/27

6 pm   First United Methodist Church, 7020 Cass St, Omaha, NE (event poster: view or download)

Denver, CO  6/28

7 pm  First Unitarian Church of Denver, 1400 Lafayette Street
Denver, CO (event poster: view or download)

Boise, ID  6/30

6-8 pm  Shangri La Tea House, 1800 W Overland Rd.  Boise, ID (event poster: view or download)

Portland, OR  7/1

6:30 pm First Unitarian Church, Portland OR  (event poster: view or download)

Seabeck, WA 7/3

8:30 pm  FOR Seabeck Conference, Seabeck, WA (event poster: view or download)

Olympia, WA 7/5

8:30 pm Traditions Fair Trade & Cafe 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia, WA  (event poster: view or download)

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Voices from war-torn lands join their call for peace

May 26th, 2010
Two Iraq War vets and an Iraqi refugee will begin The People’s Journey on June 2, 2010 from San Francisco.  They will speak to groups about their experiences each day as they travel across the US and will be joined by three women from Palestine two weeks later in Washington DC.  The group of six then travel to all speak in New York City, then in Detroit at the US Social Forum, reaching the Pacific Northwest by the fourth of July.   Their messages is positive about the possibility of peace, and does not point a finger at a set of “wrong-doers.”

Josh Stieber, Conor Curran, and Salam Talib, two Iraq War veterans and their Iraqi refugee friend respectively, have joined forces to spread a message of peace.  For them “The People’s Journey,” forms a continuation of a trek Stieber completed last year which he called the “Contagious Love Experiment.” Stieber and Curran, who joined Josh in the middle of that first cross-country trip, met Talib during their final stop, in the San Francisco Bay area where they became  friends.

The People’s Journey was conceived by an inspiring group of youth from Afghanistan as a result of their conversations with Josh and other young people in Afghanistan, the US, Israel/Palestine and Iraq.  It became very clear that when people truly listen to one another that they want to hear more and soon get to know each other.  This direct communication – hearing each others voices, their stories of life during war, and everyone’s yearning for peace – led to a level of caring, or love, that will no longer allow for harm.   The People’s Journey to a Peace Beyond Dismissal is posted here and is available to all who attend the tour presentations.
The tour route and dates is here:

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