Newsletters, articles and events for Kitchener-Waterloo's Peace and Social Justice activists
There will be vendors of homemade goods, information tables for community groups, music in the gazebo, food, and games for kids (with prizes!).
Join us for this celebration of Diversity, Peace, and Social Justice, held yearly since 2005!
If you’re on Facebook let us know you’re going!
The Nonviolence Festival is one of many Peace and Social Justice organizations in the KW Peace Collective.
You can visit community group displays to learn about positive things happening in the Kitchener Waterloo community. There will also be local artists and vendors, live music by local artists, food with vegetarian friendly options, and a children’s activities area.
It’s a great way to engage with the community and spend a wonderful Saturday afternoon in the park.
The Nonviolence Festival has been celebrating diversity, peace, and social justice since 2005, making this year’s festival the 12th annual Day in the Park celebration. In a world where we struggle against violence and fear, the Nonviolence Festival focuses on positive ways we can engage with those around us, working for peace and positive relationships. They define Nonviolence as ‘treating others the way you wish to be treated’ and when that principle is applied to our relationships at home, workplace and the world, we build the kind of world in which we want to live.
The Nonviolence Festival’s Day in the Park is one of multiple events held by the group throughout the year that are guided by nonviolence principles. Visit their Facebook page to stay up to date – https://www.facebook.com/The-Non-Violence-Festival-8613247145/.
Contact nonviolencefest@gmail.com for more information.
Join us for a evening of reflection and planning as we highlight the positive forces in our world.
Music ⌇ Speakers ⌇ Discussion
Monday January 18, 2016 7:00 p.m.
Kitchener City Hall Rotunda
Free Admission
Donations Welcome: Articles of clothing and non-perishable food donations towards Waterloo Region Welcome Refugees
Supported by:
City of Kitchener 
Nonviolence Festival 
KW Peace
Facebook event: Infinite Hope: Discovering Inspiration in Ourselves and Others
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Saturday, 13 July 2013 was a wonderful Day in the Park, an event of the Nonviolence Festival.
Who: Nonviolence Festival
What: 9th Annual Day In The Park
When: Noon to 5:00pm, Saturday, 13 July 2013
Where: Victoria Park Island [map]
Read more, or request a table for your group, at http://www.nonviolencefestival.com/
In her latest newsletter, Eleanor Grant writes of several local events, followed by a number of petitions on federal issues as Canada Day approaches ….
ACTION: Are you sick of scandals and secret deals in Ottawa? Democracy Watch has launched 2 campaigns for better ethics rules:
Government Ethics Campaign | Democracy Watch
and Stop Fraud Politician Spending | Democracy Watch
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ACTION: Tell Harper to support the G8 plan on closing Tax Havens: Canada Must Support the G8 Tax Haven Action Plan | Canadians for Tax Fairness
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ACTION: “Fix the Bill” on banning Cluster Bombs. Canada has ratified a Convention to ban cluster bombs, but the bill to implement it, Bill S-10, is full of loopholes: Petition at Mines Action Canada. There is also a write to your MP tool on Mines Action Canada’s website tailored to the Bill S-10 issues. From the group that brought the ban on Landmines.
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ACTION: NO to Genetically Modified Alfalfa: GM Alfalfa has now been Registered for use in Canada. CBAN says, “Our government is siding with multinational companies against the best interests of farmers and our food system. I do not accept this. Do you?” Email your MP instantly from Stop GM Contamination: Stop GM Alfalfa / Take Action – Canadian Biotechnology Action Network – CBAN
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And don’t forget the MultiCultural festival next weekend June 22-23, and the Nonviolence festival Sat July 13 – both in Victoria Park.
Eleanor Grant writes a semi-regular e-mail newsletter on social justice issues. You can contact Eleanor at eleanor7000@gmail.com
From Eleanor Grant’s newsletter:
And looking ahead:
MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL
Sat June 22 and Sun June 23
Victoria Park map 1
more at:
http://www.kwmc.on.ca/content/multicultural-festivalNonviolence Festival’s 9th annual
DAY IN THE PARKSat July 13 from noon to 5
on Victoria Park Island map 2
Read more, or request a table for your group, at
http://www.nonviolencefestival.com/* * * * * * * * * * *
Thanks to all the good folks who are working to organize these events.
Eleanor Grant writes a semi-regular e-mail newsletter on social justice issues. You can contact Eleanor at eleanor7000@gmail.com
