Plowshares
Craftsfair
Program & Craftsperson Directory
Admission $2.00
Craftsperson Directory
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5 ELEMENTS COLLECTIVE
ANN CANASTRA
MELESA FALEY & HILDE
COOPER
BARRY GORDON
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GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
KATHY HAENDLE
SUSAN KNOBEL
ROBERT LEVY
MICHAEL MOODY
JIM NELSON
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BRENDA OCAMPO
DAVID REYEN
NOELLE UEBELE
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Plowshares is a community marketplace of handmade crafts including clothing,
jewelry, rugs, bowls, art work, books, useful and fanciful objects and more.
Music, food, and a spirit of camaraderie create a weekend of commerce, grassroots-style;
a wonderful opportunity to connect at year's end and share in the life and
culture of a regional marketplace that has no corporate headquarters. Our
Central New York tradition is the collective effort of many peace and justice
workers creating a once-a-year community.
SPC was founded in 1936 as an anti-war
organization. For 69 years the Peace Council has been inspired by its vision
of a world in which war, violence, and exploitation in any form will no longer
exist. Over the years we have grown from a group with a few members working
out of their homes to an organization with many people sharing a full program
of activities to educate, agitate and organize. We have outgrown our home
of 30 years and are looking for new space for our peace and justice work.
We believe that social injustices cannot be understood in isolation from each other, nor can they be overcome without recognizing their economic and militaristic roots. Included in our vision of a better world is an economic system that places human needs above monetary profit.
Our political values and personal lives shape and reflect each other. In both we are committed to nonviolent means of resolving conflict and to a process of deliberation and decision-making that responds to the needs of all.
Peace and social justice struggles
have reached unprecedented levels around the globe and constant
organizing is taking place around these struggles. Many people, some who are
traditionally seen as part of the mainstream, are adding their voices and
energy to the work. We believe that we can all be part of the global struggle
for progressive change and that one voice can make a difference. For more
information about the Syracuse Peace Council,
stop by the SPC table, located in the
cafeteria.
THE
PEACE NEWSLETTER (PNL)
The PNL is one of the main educational
projects of SPC, strengthening communication
in our community. Published 11 times per year, the PNL
serves as an internal newsletter as well as an alternative/critical voice
on local, national, and international issues. The monthly calendar lists progressive
events in the region to help encourage participation in diverse community
activities.
Our advertisers are a steady source of support and we hope that you will support them in turn. Since publishing criticism of the powers that be isn't the easiest way to raise money, we rely on PNL subscribers to keep this important voice strong. We don't only want your money (one-year subscription is $15); articles, artwork and letters to the editor are greatly desired.
PEACE
IS PRECIOUS AND DOESN'T COME FREE
The Plowshares Craftsfair and Winter
Peace Festival is SPC's largest
fund-raising event each year. All profits support the resolute ongoing work
to educate, agitate, and organize for a peaceful and just world.
Imperialism - wearing the cloak of free trade or antiterrorism - is expensive. The bill is paid with money taken from healthcare, education, housing, services for youth, seniors, the poor and the hungry. As the need for peace and justice work continues, so too we must ask for money and other kinds of support. The admission cost is $2 for those who can afford this, and we hope that you will give more if you can. No one will be turned away.
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And
they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning
hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. |
In addition to the Peace Newsletter, check out
our website. There you can sign
up for a low-volume email list featuring a weekly e-newsletter of upcoming
events. Feel free to visit us at the house at: 924 Burnet Ave., Syracuse,
NY 13203 315.472.5478 spc@peacecouncil.net
www.peacecouncil.net
