Events
Events listed are not necessarily endorsed or organized by UFPJ. This calendar is maintained as a resource for the entire peace and justice movement. For further information about any event listed, please click on the event listing and contact the person and/or email address listed as the contact for the specific event.
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The Gift of Peace Project
Multi-Day Event, Daily through 2/2 then 2/28th
Tuesday, January 30th 2007 8:00p.m.
New Orleans, LA USA
Peace Plays Well with Others
With a world premiere performance and cross country tour of the play, The Gift of Peace, celebrities, activists, and a documentary film crew come together to educate people nationwide about the non-partisan bill to create a US Department of Peace and Nonviolence.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
[January 27, 2007]
Los Angeles – Kicking off a cross-country tour on January 26th, 2007, The Gift of Peace will educate and inspire audiences from Los Angeles to Washington DC to support non-partisan legislation currently in Congress to create a national, cabinet-level Department of Peace.
“The idea for this series of monologues grew from my belief that a Department of Peace is exactly what this country needs,” said playwright Stacey Martino. “Regardless of one’s politics, religion or race we have all experienced a moment when a deeper calling for a more peaceful world arose within us, even if only for a moment. I wrote The Gift of Peace to remind each of us to see part of ourselves in everyone, so that perhaps that moment might be extended and sustained.”
The Department of Peace and Nonviolence will be a vital part of the U.S. Federal Government that American leaders have been calling for since 1792. The primary function of the Department of Peace will be to research, articulate and facilitate proven nonviolent solutions to domestic and international conflict. The bill currently has 75 cosponsors in Congress and its proposed budget is the equivalent of two percent of the Department of Defense budget.
The touring troupe will consist of accomplished local Los Angeles actors, who will be directed by Valentino Ferriera and will travel across country performing the play en route to the Department of Peace Annual Conference in D.C. Stops will be made be in Phoenix, Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Dallas, New Orleans, Atlanta and Lynchburg with a final performance kicking off the Department of Peace Conference on Friday evening, February 2nd.
The Gift of Peace tour will culminate in a Los Angeles show on February 28th with a group of high-profile performers, including Sandra Oh, Frances Fisher, Wendie Malick, Sandra Oh, Dan Lauria, Esai Morales, Amy Smart, Shiri Appleby, George Coe, Kent McCord, Barbara Bain, Peaches Johnson, Paul Herman, Ed Asner, Shohreh Agdashloo and Wynter Daggs, with direction by Tony Award winner John Rubenstein. Parts of the tour documentary will be previewed that night as we welcome home the touring production. The Greenway Court Alliance will host the evening, which will raise awareness, funds and media attention for the project.
The entire process will be documented by Emmy nominated, DGA Award winning director Tasha Oldham. The film will explore whether everyday people can inspire a change in the direction of our country at this time in American history. A separate short film will be presented to all members of Congress during the National Department of Peace Conference.
Video Press Release Clips are available on the website under clips.
The Gift of Peace is scheduled to play in the following cities with local contacts following:
January
Date Time City Contact
26th 7:30 PM Phoenix, AZ
Creative Living Fellowship
6530 N. 7th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85014 Colleen ODonnell - Email
27th 8:00 PM Albuquerque, NM
The Friends Meeting House
1600 5th St. NW
Albuquerque, NM Jodee Oyas - Email
28th 7:00 PM Oklahoma City, OK
Mayflower Church
3901 NW 63rd St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
405 842-8897 Lydia Polley - Email
29th 12:20 PM Dallas, TX
Performance Hall
Richland College
Fannin Building
12800 Abrams Rd.
Dallas, TX 75243 J Kendel Johnson - Email
30th 8:00 PM New Orleans, LA
The Three Ring Circus
1638 Clio St.
New Orleans, LA Polly Waring - Email
31st 8:00 PM Atlanta, GA
Push Push Theater
121 New Street
Decatur, GA 30030 JoAnna Daniel- Email
Sherri Balzer - Email
(404) 226-0217
February
Date Time City Contact
1st 7:30 PM Lynchburg, VA
Hopwood Auditorium at Lynchburg College
1501 Lakeside Dr.
Lynchburg, VA 24501-3199 Anne Gibson - Email
Tom Gerdy - Email
Ron Mohl Sr. - Email
2nd 8:45 PM Washington, DC
Westin Arlington Gateway
801 N Glebe Rd.
Arlington, VA 22203 Presented as part of the Peace Alliance National Conference
See www.ThePeaceAlliance.org
28th 8:00 PM Los Angeles, CA
Greenway Court
544 N. Fairfax Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036 Stacey Martino - Email
For more information about the Department of Peace, please visit www.ThePeaceAlliance.org.
For further information:
Stacey Martino or Tova Epp
Email Phone: (323)547-1984
Location:
New Orleans, Atlanta, Lynchburg, Washington, D.C.-Please see website and Los Angeles New Orleans LA
Contact:
Tova Epp
thegiftofpeace@gmail.com
323-547-1984
Sponsored By:
The Peace Alliance
www.thepeacealliance.org http://thegiftofpeace.org
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