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Buddhist
Peace Fellowship
2006
Peace and Justice Calendar
2006
Focus: Cultivating Peace, Dismantling War
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= indicates event or project sponsored or co-sponsored by BPF
Updated 2/1/06 |
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Jan. 15: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a
means by which we arrive at that goal." |
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Feb. 28: Losar (Tibetan New Year) |
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March 5: “Being Peace in a Time of War,” Benefit for BPF with Robert Thurman and Bhante Suhita Dharma, San Francisco.
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March 19/20: Worldwide events to
commemorate the 3rd Anniversary of the War on Iraq and Global Call to Nonviolent Civil Resistance. See www.aglobalcall.org/
BPF also endorses actions planned through United
for Peace and Justice. |
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May 27: 100th Anniversary of Ajahn Buddhadasa’s birthday, socially engaged Thai Buddhist monk and founder of Suan Mokkh. |
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May 12: Vesak
Celebrating the birth, death, and enlightenment of Buddha.
"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love. This
is the eternal rule."
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June 3: Change Your Mind Day (U.S.). Sponsored by Tricycle magazine. |
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June 22-25: BPF Membership Gathering at the Garrison Institute, NY |
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June 25-July 1: Teen Retreat, offered by BPF's Youth Program, in Cazadero, CA |
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July 4: Interdependence Day
"Our lives extend beyond our skins, in radical interdependence
with the rest of the world."
— Joanna Macy |
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July 6: Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. |
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end of July: BPF/FOR Delegation to Colombia (tentative) |
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61st Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki. For ideas on organizing an event in your local area, click here. |
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Aug. 4-8: Nevada Test Site
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Aug. : Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Lab, CA
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Launch of new BASE groups |
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BPF's Labor Day Resource Packet on Economic Justice will be ready for use by Buddhist communities and sanghas |
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Oct. 2: Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
"We must become the change we want to see." |
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October : National Weekend of Faith in Action
Amnesty International invites faith communities, interfaith groups, and human rights activists to devote this weekend to the death penalty issue. BPF will help to organize Buddhist events and responses. For more information, see Amnesty USA's website and BPF's Prison Program pages. |
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Dec. 10: Human Rights Day
Visit BPF's website for events and resources: www.bpf.org. |
Please visit www.bpf.org
for updates to this calendar and more resources throughout the year.
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
PO Box 3470, Berkeley, CA, 94703, 510/655-6169
Wisdom and compassion for social change
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