Teaching Real Peace
Dear friends,
For as long as I can remember, JRPC has held a “Kid’s Night” in December, an opportunity for our youngest folks to shop and learn about fair trade. I will miss this part of our holiday tradition. It was hard work, but the rewards were many -- faces lit up with joy at finding that perfect gift, the care taken to wrap each one just right and the pride as each gift was carried home to the tree. This year will require some adjustments, but hopefully we can find ways to keep the magic because we all need that. I don’t have children but I do appreciate my relationship with my grown step-son and my young nieces and nephews and all the love and lessons I cherish with them. It strikes me that all of us with young people in our lives have the greatest opportunity to be keepers of peace and justice because we are role models, and the holidays present us with opportunities to practice and teach what we believe. We give gifts to express our love and affection. But how wonderful it is when our gifts also serve others, protect our planet and its people and express our values. Challenge accepted!! Thank you for keeping and modeling the peace this holiday season by buying local, choosing fair trade and making donations to JRPC and the many local nonprofits that serve our community. Molding responsible future citizens is a daunting task, but one that is critical for all of us as a community...Betsy
"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war,
we shall have to begin with the children."
Mahatma Gandhi
Getting Wild With Wild Game
Join Chef Mark Loparco for this 3 part cooking class benefiting the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center.
Chef Loparco is offering three 45-minutes information-packed cooking classes via Zoom. He will offer tips, suggestions, cooking techniques, and recipes in this on-line format. In the first class, he will feature red meats such as deer, elk, or antelope. He will demonstrate recipes that use ground meat. The second class will be dedicated to whole muscle cuts and recipes. Session three will either be based on requests by participants or may feature non-traditional cuts such as neck roast, shanks or jerky.
This makes a great holiday gift for the hunters and chef's in your family! The class date is still TBD but tickets are on sale now. Reserve your space today with the button below.
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Winter Hours
Monday - Saturday 11-6 ish
Sunday 12-4
Practicing strict social distancing?
Contact us about private shopping options!
December Read, Watch, & Listen List
Have you read a life changing book or viewed a powerful film/documentary? We want to hear about it! Email your suggestions to programs@jrpc.org.
Read
- As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock By: Dina Gilio-Whitaker
- Evicted: Poverty & Profit in the American City By: Matthew Desmond
- We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, & Sikh Immigrants Shape our Multiracial Future By: Deepa Iyer
- One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying our Democracy By: Carol Anderson
- Between the World & Me By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The End of Nature By: Bill Mckibben
- We Should All Be Feminists By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches By Audre Lorde
- Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions By Valeria Luiselli
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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Behind The Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Act & Support
- Join the Missoula Advocacy Team, Contact Carol (programs@jrpc.org) for details!
"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. "
John Steinbeck
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Jeannette Rankin Peace Center has been in Missoula since 1986, working to build non-violence, social justice and sustainability. We are pleased to be a member of the Montana Shares Network, a partnership of Montana-based nonprofit groups devoted to improving the quality of life in communities throughout the state. Give to JRPC through your workplace. www.montanashares.org
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