[lavplist] Please Join us for our 3rd Annual Peace Picnic in Palo Alto on Monday May 28th

Thu May 24 10:26:47 PDT 2007

An invitation for Los Altos Voices for Peace to attend.  Several of us plan
to go and wear our LAVP tee-shirts. The Raging Grannies will be singing and
the food (based on the past few years) is fabulous.  Hope to see you there.
(LAVP first met Samina Faheem during our planning for the Patriot Act Forum,
where she was one of our speakers.) 

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If We Grill It, Will You Come? 
for   <http://www.multifaithpeace.org/images/speck.gif> Our 3rd ANNUAL PEACE
PICNIC in Palo Alto.

When: MONDAY, May28th               

Time: 11am- 3:00 PM

Where: PINE GROVE PICNIC AREA of  MITCHELL PARK. East Meadow Dr, Palo Alto

Why: To get to know each other a little better, have fun, enjoy BBQ and
Pakistani food and to renew our commitment to build harmonious and peaceful
community. 

We will provide Pakistani food, drinks and food to BBQ. Please bring your
favorite salad, side dish or desert to share,  plates, cups and silverware
(if possible).

Activities: storytelling, face painting, games, puzzles, origami folding and
music.

Donations will be greatly appreciated.

We are looking forward to see all of you. 

Sponsored by 
American Muslim Voice
www.amuslimvoice.org
Multifaith Voices for Peace & Justice 
www.multifaithpeace .org

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Read <http://www.multifaithpeace.org/article.php?story=peace_picnic_news>
About our 2nd Annual Peace Picnic, May 2006

<http://www.multifaithpeace.org/images/articles/peace_picnic_news_1_original
.jpg> 
Check out the rest of this article to read about last year's picnic!

A funny thing happened at a park in Palo Alto the other day...... a rag-tag
group consisting of the wild diversity of our creator's creation gathered
together, shared food, told stories, laughed, performed acts of spiritual
cleansing, played board games, painted faces, and most of all, made new
friends.

Such were the activities of MVPJ's and American Muslim Voices' (AMV) second
annual peace picnic. NOTE:Click on the photos to see larger versions. 

<http://www.multifaithpeace.org/images/articles/peace_picnic_news_2_original
.jpg> Having reserved the area of the park, but knowing that folks without
reservations grabbed the spaces early, we sent our resident park-bench
monitor to the park very early on Monday (Memorial Day). Sadly, a few people
tried to snag the space anyway, and when told it was reserved, shared a few
choice and unprintable words and phrases with Sheriff Eric.

Fortunately, those were the last unkind words heard for the rest of the day!

Soon after wards, but still before the official picnic start time, a small
group of folks showed up who had heard about the picnic at the homeless
drop-in center. "Hi there Staff Sergeant Wiesner" yelled one of the men who
knew me from a meal we serve at First Presbyterian Church. He calls me that
because he also served in the Air Force. "Can we come to the picnic?"
another man asked. "Is it really free?" another woman wondered. The
interchange reminded me of the story Jesus told (Luke 14) of the rich man
who invited people to a grand party at his house. When he sent his servant
to let the invited guests know that all was ready for the banquet, each one
made an excuse as to why he could not come. "I've just bought a new field
and I have to go see it." one neighbor said. "I've just bought some oxen and
have to tend to them." said another. "I've just gotten married." said yet
another. 

When the wealthy man heard of all the excuses he told his servant to go out
and invite all the poor and disabled people of the town to come and enjoy
the feast. But still, there was room left at the banquet. Finally, the
servant was sent out to the roads leading into the town to invite any
strangers passing through to come and enjoy the wonderful party.

<http://www.multifaithpeace.org/images/articles/peace_picnic_news_5_original
.jpg> The picnic hadn't even started yet, but with that story in mind, we
already knew that the right folks were already starting to show up! And
starting at noon, so many did! We had members of the Raging Grannies, folks
from the Muslim community, Baptists and Catholics and Presbyterians, and
Unitarians, and Episcopalians, and Methodists, and Jews, and Spiritual
Healers, every color and ethnicity, rich and poor, young and old, a virtual
cornucopia of diversity!

The whole idea behind the peace picnic is to provide an opportunity for
people of all shapes, stripes, colors, and sizes to come together to
recharge our activist batteries. Yes, we all carry with us the memories of
those lost in wars past and in today's terrible wars. Yes, we're all
committed to working to bring an end to war and an end to the injustices
that lead to war. And yes, that is exactly what Memorial Day should be
about. But, we can't do anything if we don't have community and we don't
give each other support, love, laughter, food and music.

<http://www.multifaithpeace.org/images/articles/peace_picnic_news_3_original
.jpg> MVPJ provided about 125 hot dogs, 24 veggie burgers, gigantic pots of
Pakistani food (lentils, rice, veggies, and ohhhh soooo good -- thank you
Samina). MVPJ and American Muslim Voice also provided tons of soft drinks
and bottled water (thanks Eric!!). The miracle, though, is ALL the food that
simply showed up, brought by the nearly 175 people who graced us with their
participation.

But, that wasn't the only miracle!

Samina (AMV) had mentioned that the one thing missing at the event was
music. We had not arranged for anything. About a half hour after Samina's
lament, I suddenly heard a beautiful flute playing what sounded like some
kind of indigenous music. Turns out that one of the folks who planned to
come to the picnic invited her friend, who played Native American music, to
come along and play!

<http://www.multifaithpeace.org/images/articles/peace_picnic_news_4_original
.jpg> Sydney Brown, local activist and steering committee member, summed up
how we all felt at the end of the day when she said how wonderful it was
that we just threw together a picnic, did a little bit of publicity (truly,
not much), and still 175 folks showed up, tons of food appeared, music
materialized, and everyone had a wonderful time. OK, some of us worked
really hard to make it all happen, but by the end of the day, it really
didn't feel like that much. Why? We felt the energy of this wonderful group
of people, coming together from all walks of life, and some of us older
folks got the pleasure of seeing some of the youngest folks taking their
first activist steps, painting roadsigns on the path to peace.

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