Tim Franzen presented with the Ed Arnold Award

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Tim Franzen receives the Ed Arnold Award    Ed Arnold

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May 27th, 2010, Tim Franzen (center) was presented with the Ed Arnold award at the UUCA in Atlanta by Renee Vorbach (left) and Sven Lovegren (right), both of the UUCA Peace Network.

Tim Franzen is the Peace Building Program Director at the American Friends Service Committee.

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Ed Arnold was a longtime Atlanta peace activist and member of the UUCA (Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta)

JANUARY 22nd, 2010 marked seven years of war protest on the Marietta Square

Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 16:39

 7th Year Anniversary Rally

 

In January of 2003, during the build-up of the Iraq invasion, several concerned Cobb County Citizens decided to gather every Friday from 12-1pm in front of the courthouse on the Marietta Square to demonstrate against the war. This gathering became Citizens for Peace, Cobb County (CFP).

 

Peace Vigil on Marietta Square

Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/08/2009 - 13:34

 Every Friday, from noon to 1pm, Cobb For Peace holds a Peace Vigil on the Marietta Square.

Peace Vigil on Marietta Square

The group has been there every Friday since 2003.

Over the years, the response to the vigils has changed drastically.  During the early times of the Iraq war, a large percentage of the reactions were negative.

Cobb For Peace is located in Cobb County, Georgia.

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/13/2009 - 19:17

Our goal is to promote non-violent conflict resolution.

 

The Wasteful War Machine

Submitted by admin on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 10:55

How we throw money away with the military-industrial-congressional complex.

http://www.newdeal20.org/2010/06/24/the-wasteful-war-machine-13230/ 

 

Watching the Protesters

Submitted by admin on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 16:26

How the military infiltrates and spies on peace activists.

http://www.seattleweekly.com/2010-06-09/news/watching-the-protesters/1 

The cost of war passes $1 Trillion

Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 13:40

To date, the total cost of war that has been allocated by Congress is $1.05 trillion, with $747.3 to Iraq and $299 to Afghanistan.  

$33 billion budget proposal for the war in Afghanistan

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 22:12

The Senate Appropriations Committee today marked up H.R. 4899, providing emergency supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010. The Chairman’s mark, which is equal to the President’s request, provides funding for ongoing military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, including funding to support the addition of 30,000 military personnel to Afghanistan. 

Bush Insider Reveals Guantanamo Deception: Hundreds of Innocents Jailed

Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 23:36

Colonel Lawrence B. Wilkerson, Chief of Staff to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, provided shocking new testimony from inside the Bush Administration that hundreds of the men jailed at Guantanamo were innocent, the top people in the Bush Administration knew full well they were innocent, and that information was kept from the public.

Grim Milestone: 1,000 Americans Dead

Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 14:47

On Tuesday, the toll of American dead in Afghanistan passed 1,000, after a suicide bomb in Kabul killed at least five United States service members. 

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