Friday October 10 - next Just Views 
   Sunday October 12 - next DPTJC planning meeting
   Sunday October 19 - next Honk for Peace
   New DPTJC Maillist

 

  DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition  

A Citizens' Group based in DuPage County in the Western Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois

The purpose of the DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition is multifaceted: to promote nonviolent solutions to terrorism, to call on members of Congress to protect civil liberties, and to provide a public forum to present alternatives to war and education on cross cultural issues. The Coalition is made up of people from diverse ethnic, racial, religious and cultural backgrounds united in their belief that war is not the answer to terrorism. For more information about the past or planned activities of the Coalition, please contact the DPTJC coordinating committee at:
This above email address is not the DPTJC mail list.  To make general announcements related to peace and justice issues and events, see DPTJC mail list below:

DPTJC Mail List (New list using Yahoo Groups)

You are invited to subscribe to the DPTJC (DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition) Mail List


Become a DPTJC Member or Donate:   An Invitation to Join DPTJC

Visit our allies at The Confederation of Northern Illinois Peace Groups and Illinois Coalition for Peace and Justice


Coalition Activities

Regularly Scheduled Activities:

  1. Second Friday of each month; JUST VIEWS Video Viewing and Sharing; (7pm to 9pm just for July showing at IIT) usually 7:20 PM
  2. JUST VIEWS is open to the public and free: Films about vital peace-and-justice issues are shown on second Fridays monthly. Join us to view and then share views from various vantages with citizens and invited resource persons. Each night is an informal, stand-alone experience. Feel free to bring friends. College and high school students are welcome to join the adults from many walks of life who participate. Give suggestions to JV Director Stephanie Hughes 630/420-4233. Mark your calendars ahead now!
    DuPage Unitarian Church, 4S535 Old Naperville Road, Naperville IL 60563.

    JUST VIEWS -- Upcoming Free Films & Archives: Next Just Views Program
    PRINTABLE FLYER for current JV event: Click here to open pdf
    NEW! GENERIC PRINTABLE FLYER: Click here to open pdf

     

  3. Second Sunday of each month; Planning meeting; 7:00-9:00 PM
  4. WHAT: Help with the vital work of making the coalition effective.
    WHERE:The York Center Church of the Brethren, 1S071 Luther Avenue, Lombard, Illinois

     

  5. Third Sunday of each month; Honk for Peace Rally in Glen Ellyn
  6. Members of the DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition (DPTJC) and others hold a "honk for peace" rally from 2:00-3:30 p.m. It takes place along Roosevelt Road in front of Trader Joe’s (Map for Pickwick Plaza Shopping Center, 680 Roosevelt Rd). Please join us with signs and banners calling on motorists to "honk for peace" in support of ending the U.S. occupation of Iraq and bringing the U.S. troops home now.
    PRINTABLE FLYER: Click here to open pdf

News and Upcoming Special Events:

 

IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY DUPAGE

 

COMMITTEE

OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE, ORGANIZE AND UNIFY THE COMMUNITY IN SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANT, REFUGEE AND WORKER RIGHTS

MEETING: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 6PM GLENSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 25 EAST FULLERTON, GLENDALE HEIGHTS

MOBILIZE!

CRISTOBAL CAVAZOS 630 545 0373 RAFAEL VIEYRA 630 545-0373

THIS EVENT IS SPONSERED BY LULAC (LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS) COUNCIL 5253 GLENDALE HEIGHTS IL


 

Other Activities:

Recent Past Activities

 

Bands Not Bombs DuPage Concert 4 Peace, September 15, 2007

 

Saturday March 17 - WEST SUBURBAN REGIONAL PEACE RALLY, MARCH and VIGIL

Recent news coverage

Photos of this event are included in the photo gallery at: http://chicagofreespeechzone.com/

March 30-31, Urbana, 2007 ICPJ Statewide Conference - "Stopping War - Seeking Justice"

Information and Registration

March on Washington January 27, 2007 and local bus to DC

News articles

Photos (link to DAWN site)

Labor Day Weekend 2006 Immigrant Workers Justice Walk

Over Labor Day weekend, thousands of immigrants and their allies will take part in a historic, multi-day, multi-city event:  the Immigrant Worker Justice Walk.  The "March 10 Movement," which helped bring together the massive mobilizations in Chicago this spring, has called for this Walk from Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood to US House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office in Batavia.

For DuPage County information about the walk, click here.
Further information see: http://www.icirr.org/ or here.

Daily Herald News Article Aug 17: Batavia preparing for Labor Day immigration march
Daily Hearald News Article Sept 5: Immigration march ends

 

November 7 2006 Referendum on Iraq (joint activity with DAWN and others)

Although the 8200+ signatures were not sufficient to get the referendum on the
ballot, this was a success in keeping the dialog on peace alive.

Download Petition

Instructions, Caveats and Circulating Script

Petition Instructions

Daily Herald News Article May 24: Peace activists want war item on fall ballot

August 6 2006 Hiroshima Day Commemoration

Karla Vescovi will discuss the justification and effects of the bombing and how Japan has moved forward since.   She will discuss the damage caused by the atomic bomb, including "atomic bomb disease" and environmental destruction, as well as sharing how the Japanese people have continued on their road to recovery, which includes the construction of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Hiroshima's other projects to promote peace.  The event will be at The First United Methodist Church of Downers Grove, 1032 Maple Ave., Downers Grove.  Please join us for refreshments at 6:30 and for the commemoration at 7:00 PM.

Related Links:

Sadako  - learn about the legend of 1000 paper cranes
Printable Flyer
Hiroshima Peace Website
Satellite Image of Hiroshima Peace Park - the A-bomb epicenter
Google Map link for the A-bomb Dome - the A-bomb epicenter (broadband internet needed)

Other Past Activities

NWRC Chicago Area Events Calendar:

(Hint: Search for "630" (the area code) to locate Coalition events).

Coalition Education

Peace and Justice News and Information


  •  The DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition is not responsible for the content of any linked site.