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Allentown Morning Call
March 9, 2018
International peace activist Kathy Kelly addressing a rally. Kelly will be the keynote speaker at the annual Lepoco dinner March 17. (Contributed photo/Lepoco). Daniel Patrick SheehanContact ReporterAbout the Valley. The swords-to-plowshares people are out there still, laboring in parts of the world where daily life makesÃâà...
Northwest Georgia News
March 9, 2018
Recognizing that there is no single silver bullet fix, we should always look to that vision of the kingdom of God to which Isaiah pointed: And he shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword againstÃâà...
KALW
March 1, 2018
The weather did not stop housing leaders from gathering under a muddy tent to celebrate. “Thanks for coming out in the rain,” said Michael Blecker of Swords to Plowshares, the veterans' services organization. “And, of course the folks who will be living here will be out of the rain.” This project came togetherÃâà...
Ukiah Daily Journal
February 28, 2018
Since temporarily stopping evening meal service last month, board and staff members at Plowshares Peace and Justice Center in Ukiah have been developing a plan for the future. Executive Director Traci Boyl said the board this week will begin a series of “strategic planning meetings to assist with theÃâà...
Hartford Courant
February 11, 2018
His work with the Plowshares Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to non-violent conflict resolution and founded by Evans and his wife, was nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize for contributing to the end of apartheid. The Rev. Dr. Robert A. Evans, 80, died Jan. 25 of pulmonary fibrosis.
Ukiah Daily Journal
February 10, 2018
Also at its Tuesday meeting, the TEC will be considering a request from Traci Boyl, the executive director of Plowshares at 1346 S. State St., that the city “establish a no-parking zone along the entire frontage of Plowshares.” “The southbound lanes of South State Street merge from two lanes to one along theÃâà...
Ukiah Daily Journal
February 10, 2018
While crisis can be opportunity in work clothes, I disagree that in this instance, the interruption of dinners at Plowshares is an opportunity for improvement. I see it as at least poor judgment and at most abandoning its singular mission; “That no one in our community go hungry.” Who counts as being “in” ourÃâà...
Stars and Stripes
February 8, 2018
“This does give us more confidence,” Leon Winston, chief operating officer of Swords to Plowshares, said of the memo. Swords to Plowshares is a nonprofit organization that helps house veterans in Northern California. It was clear in January during a hearing of the House Committee on Veterans' AffairsÃâà...
Ukiah Daily Journal
December 31, 1999
Plowshares. Soon after reading that, in a casual conversation, I learned some of what brought about those changes. My understanding is that it has become increasingly difficult to find the skilled volunteers needed to perform the more sensitive duties of safe food preparation. On top of that, there has been aÃâà...
