Merrimack
Valley People for Peace
Serving the communities of the Merrimack Valley
2022 Highlights (see
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| November 2022 |
We met live at Masoods's house for the Stone Soup Supper, and greatly enjoyed eachother's company and food. |
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| October 2022 |
Keep Space for Peace vigil at Raytheon, Oct. 6
We learned the
state had placed refugees in Methuen, without warning the town.
We looked into helping and donated some toys for the kids. We later
decided to donate to the International Institute to help the refugees
settle in. |
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| September 2022 |
The Bread and
Roses festival was held indoors due to heavy rain.
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| August 2022 |
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| July 2022 |
Our table at
the Lowell folk festival could not have a roof (rules), but we survived
very well. |
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| June 2022 | We
celebrated 12 more countries having ratified the TPNW, the UN Treaty
on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, total now 66, |
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| May 2022 | Members
contributed to the Veterans for Peace Memorial Day commemoration at
Boston Common. Masood and Allan joined with church representatives and MAPA meeting with Rep. Moulton's office. |
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April 2022 |
We
talked about the celebration of the life of Jim Todd, three days before
our meeting. We were moved by this witness of Jim's family and friends. Phil made several great new signs for the Raytheon vigil. Boryana participated at the Good Friday vigil in Reading to abolish the death penalty. |
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| March
2022 |
Members
attended MAPA demonstrations before and after the invasion of Ukraine,
urging diplomacy, not military escalation. |
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| February
2022 |
Several
MAPA members joined us for two of the Raytheon vigils, so both times
there were 14 participants holding signs and giving out leaflets to
Raytheon employees, encouraging them to become 'whistleblowers.' many
actually took the leaflets. An Andover Patch article included a photo
of the sign, "Raytheon - good people, bad products" which
replicates one of Arthur Brien's original signs |
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| January
2022 |
We
changed the Thursday morning Vigil at Raytheon to 2:15 pm, when a
long stream of employees is leaving the facility. |
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___________________________________________________ Click for highlights in 2002 - 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, |
Merrimack Valley
People for Peace meets monthly, on the fourth Tuesday,
at 7:30 pm, at
North Parish Church, North Andover.
(NOT DECEMBER)
Contact
Merrimack Valley People for Peace (978) 685-1389
P.O. Box 573
North Andover, MA 01845
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