PEC Establishes Tom Schneider Peacemaker Award
The Peace Education Center (PEC) of Greater Lansing has announced the establishment of the Tom Schneider Peacemaker Award, to be given annually to a graduating mid-Michigan high school senior who has acted to promote peace and justice, and who seeks to further those values in the world. The PEC plans to present the inaugural award [...]
An Evening with Award-Winning Author, Anti-Nuclear Activist Cecile Pineda on March 14, 2013 at 7 p.m.
This is an evening with award-winning author and anti-nuclear activist Cecile Pineda, who will stop in East Lansing during her current tour of the Midwest. Cecile, author of DEVIL’S TANGO: HOW I LEARNED THE FUKUSHIMA STEP By STEP, will give her stirring insight of the nuclear industry and update us on the consequences of the [...]
Youth Organizations Invited to 3rd Annual “World Friendship Day” on March 16, 2013
The Peace Education Center and local community organizations will hold the third annual “World Friendship Day,” a free, fun-filled educational event for Mid-Michigan middle school students on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in East Lansing. The event will provide an opportunity for youth to connect with people of diverse backgrounds while exploring issues of peace, diversity, [...]
Independent Media, Independent Book Stores: A Celebration
Thursday, December 6, 2012, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. “A Celebration of Independent Media and Bookstores, with a Special Tribute to Everybody Reads Books & Stuff” Special Guest Includes Voices from the Underground Editor Ken Wachsberger LOCATION: The Avenue Cafe, 2021 E. Michigan Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48912 The evening will honor the underground press and independent [...]
Consider This Before You Enlist: THE INVISIBLE WAR
The Peace Education Center will host two free showings of the award-winning documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers in the U.S. military. There will be a screening in East Lansing on the Michigan State University (MSU) campus on Wednesday, Nov. 28. 2012, at 7 p.m. There will be another screening the next day in Lansing [...]





