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. Welcome to the Plowshare Peace Center website! Plowshare Peace Center is a grassroots organization focused on working for peace and justice for all beings. We serve Southwest Virginia and link with groups in Virginia and across the nation. We began in 1973 as the Ecumenical Peace Fellowship, thus making us the oldest peace group in Virginia. Currently Plowshare has the following projects: a silent peace vigil; programs and speakers; death penalty vigils; !Presente! and Virginia Defender distribution; distant demonstrations carpooling; lobbying; the Democracy Now show; and Truth-in-recruiting. We encourage people interested in working on these issues -and other concerns that you might feel led to bring to us -to join us. Contact information for the committees and coordinators who work on these projects are below. Individual pages about these projects are to the left. We also have an office; email list; newsletter; phone tree; and website. Contact the Director for those projects; information is also below. Latest Website Features: Plowshare has working on getting the show "Democracy Now" to be broadcast on WVTF-FM. Please check out the page dedicated to this project. Pages for Peace Writing; the Virginia Peace Studies program; and the Virginia People's Assembly have also been added. Please check out our Plowshare Calendar page, too. We are an action-oriented group and feature several events and meetings on the page. Contributions, pledges and financial support for Plowshare
Plowshare Peace Center has purchased a number of Kroger Gift Cards. If you purchase one and use it at a Kroger store, Kroger will donate 5% of the money spent to Plowshare. Cost of the cards from us is $5. You can mail us a check made out to “Plowshare Peace Center” at Plowshare, PO Box 4367, Roanoke VA 24015. I will also try to bring them to Plowshare events, and you can buy one there. Kroger Gift Cards can be used for groceries, floral and gasoline purchases. Simply ask a cashier or service desk clerk to add money to the card. Plowshare also has Plowshare t-shirts for sale. One is blue with our name and a peace dove in white; sizes are available in adult small, medium and large, and youth small, medium and large. The other is white with people dancing on the front and “How to Build Community” and “Dance in the Street” as well as our name on the back and is available in adult large and extra-large. Cost is $10, plus $3 shipping, with the check made out to “Plowshare Peace Center” at the same address as above. I will also try to bring them to Plowshare events. I encourage you to purchase either or both of the above in our never-ending quest to keep Plowshare afloat financially. :) Plowshare is funded by contributions and pledges by the people of Southwest Virginia. Occasional contributions are deeply appreciated and may be sent to our office; address is Plowshare, PO Box 4367, Roanoke VA 24015. If you would like to join our pledge list, please contact Herb Beskar; he can be reached at 540-989-6875 or
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. We are a 501(c)03 organization, and contributions and pledges are tax-deductible. Upcoming Events
Tuesday, July 13 at 7:30 PM: Democracy Now committee meeting at Plowshare
office, Grandin Gardens, 1719 Grandin Rd. Contact Mike Bentley at 389-3752 or
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for more information.
Friday, July 16 at 4:30 PM: Democracy Now demonstration at WVTF-FM. Gather
behind the Red Lobster on Franklin Av. and walk over. Contact Mike Bentley at
389-3752 or
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information.
Saturday, July 17 from noon to 1 PM: Silent Peace Vigil in front of the City
Market building. Contact Mike Bentley at 389-3752 or
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more information.
Tuesday, July 27 at 7 PM: End Torture committee meeting at Plowshare office,
Grandin Gardens, 1719 Grandin Rd. Contact Kent Walton at 334-2008 or
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Also: First Fridays of every month, 5-6 PM: Blacksburg peace vigil in front of the Post Office on Main St. Also: Second Saturdays of every month, 2-3 PM: Vigil Against Torture at Johnson County Airport, near Smithfield, North Carolina. Plowshare is willing to coordinate carpools. Contact Herb Beskar at 989-6875 or
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This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it For more information generally go to www.stoptorturenow.net. Special Plowshare Projects:
As well, Plowshare has two special projects to which you may want to contribute. One is to place signs on the backs of city buses advertising Plowshare (with our name, "Work for Peace" and our website on it). $325 will pay for one month. The other is to place announcements on WVTF-FM that the day's programming is being sponsored by Plowshare. $200 will pay for one day (five) announcements. As many Plowshare supporters already contribute to WVTF-FM, this is a good way to redirect the contribution so as to to support Plowshare, too. You don't have to pay the full amount for either way of outreach for Plowshare; partial amounts will be sent in together. You can mail checks, earmarked "Bus Sign" or "WVTF-FM" and made out to Plowshare, to Plowshare, PO Box 4367, Roanoke VA 24015. Plowshare Calendar: As above, Plowshare is an action-oriented organization. We exist to encourage peacemaking. So please check out the Upcoming Events page to the left. You will find all our vigils, programs, speakers, committee meetings, etc., as well as like-minded peace group events. Visits by Plowshare: Plowshare loves to visit groups who would like to hear about our beliefs and projects. Call or email the Director; contact information is below. Plowshare Board: The board, also called the Steering Committee, is comprised of at least 12 elected members and usually meets on the first Thursday of each month at 7 PM at the Plowshare office, 1719 Grandin Rd in Roanoke. The president of the board is Manuel Dotson. If you would like to contact the board, call or email the Director; contact information is below. We are very interested in taking on new members. Service on the board includes attendance at the monthly meeting and participation as a coordinator or on a committee for one of our projects. Plowshare Interns: Plowshare takes on interns from high schools and colleges. It's an excellent opportunity if you want to learn to be an activist as well as to work for a non-profit. Contact the Director if you're interested; information is below. Director Contact Information: Gary Sandman: 540-989-0393; Plowshare, PO Box 4367, Roanoke VA 24015-mail; 1719 Grandin Rd., Roanoke VA 24015-office,
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Committee & Coordinator Contact Information:
Here are contacts for our projects: !Presente! & Virginia Defender: Gary Sandman, 540-989-0393,
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Peace Vigils: Mike Bentley, 540-389-3752,
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Programs: Gary Sandman, 540-989-0393,
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Death Penalty: Manuel Dotson, 540-344-3997; Gene Edmunds, 540-343-3100 Truth-in-Recruiting: Gary Sandman, 540-989-0393,
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Carpooling: Herb Beskar, 540-989-6875,
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Lobbying: Mike Bentley: 540-389-3752,
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Anti-torture: Kent Walton, 540-334-2008-
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Pledges: Herb Beskar, 540-989-6875,
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Newsletter: Gary Sandman, 540-989-0393,
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Democracy Now: Mike Bentley, 540-389-3752,
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Website: Gary Sandman, 540-989-0393,
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Interns: Gary Sandman, 540-989-0393,
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Phone tree: Gene Edmunds, 540-343-3100 |
