The Glendale Peace Vigil gathers 5-7 pm each Friday on the corner of Broadway and Brand to distribute educational materials, talk about current events with neighbors and peacefully demonstrate for ending the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan and for improving other unacceptable U.S. policies. We also sponsor educational programs involving peace and justice issues. Everyone welcome!

Glendale Peace Vigil’s December 2009 screening of “The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil"


Audience members at the Glendale Central Library raise their hands before the film as moderator Lisa Lubow asks where they heard of the event.

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Glendale Peace Vigil's December 2009 event


Volunteers Ted Nagy, Dick Seeley and Sharon Weisman speak to audience members at information tables for the California Fair Elections Act, Population Connection and Glendale Education/Social Justice Advocates. There were also tables for Another Mother for Peace, Converging Storms Action Network, radio station KPFK, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition and Veterans for Peace.

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The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

Film and Audience Discussion 12/4/09


When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis, which they call "The Special Period." The film opens with a short history of Peak Oil, a term for the time in our history when world oil production will reach its all-time peak and begin to decline forever. Cuba, the only country that has faced such a crisis – the massive reduction of fossil fuels – is an example of options and hope.

Friday, December 4, 2009
Doors open at 7:00 pm
Glendale Central Library
222 E. Harvard Street, Glendale, CA 91205

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Glendale Peace Vigil


Fridays at Broadway & Brand
(May 2009 photo)

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Montrose Peace Vigil Bed-In March 27, 2009

Below is our local newspaper's article about a special event at the nearby peace vigil in Montrose.

Glendale News-Press

Antiwar activists invoke John Lennon, Yoko Ono’s peace message of 40 years ago.

By Veronica Rocha
March 28, 2009

Demonstrators took turns lying on an inflatable mattress at the corner of Honolulu Avenue and Ocean View Boulevard on Friday while others passed out daisies and sang songs of peace in commemoration of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 40th anniversary Bed-In for peace.

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Our March 2009 event


MARCH 13, 2009 "GAZA STRIP" DOCUMENTARY SCREENING WITH SPECIAL GUEST DON BUSTANY AND COMMUNITY GROUP INFORMATION TABLES

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More photos of the March 2009 event


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GLENDALE PEACE VIGIL IN THE NEWS

Glendale News-Press 8-23-08 front-page article and photo about Glendale Peace Vigil

PHOTO CAPTION: Glendale Peace Vigil members Julianne Spillman, center, and Nancy Kent protest Friday at Broadway and Brand Boulevard. (Tammy Abbott/News-Press)
[NOTE: Henry, who is quoted in the article, is also in this photo.]

Area reacts to Iraq news

Anti-war protesters are out again, but a planned date to bring more troops home excites many.
By Jeremy Oberstein


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ADDITIONAL PHOTO FROM THE 8-23-08 GLENDALE NEWS-PRESS ARTICLE

Richard Johnson gets a pedestrian at Broadway and Brand to sign a postcard to Congressman Schiff to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq now.

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Contact Us

Contact the Glendale Peace Vigil:

- by email at nnbbkk@att.net
Include "GLENDALE PEACE VIGIL" in the subject line of your email.
Please do not send attachments. They will not be opened.

- by phone at 818-242-4320 or 818-484-5635

- by visiting us on the corner of Brand and Broadway any Friday 5-7 pm.

Welcome to the Glendale Peace Vigil Website!

The Glendale Peace Vigil was established in 2002 by community members of Glendale, California. We have met every week on the corner to voice our opinions and distribute educational materials about various peace and justice issues, including our objections to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the PATRIOT Act and the militarization of our schools.

In addition, we have put on programs for the community, bringing films and speakers, drawing hundreds of neighbors to our events.

Please join us on the corner!