Blues singer Willie King will perform in Birmingham Thursday, Jan. 18, at the Church of the Reconciler, 14th Street and 2nd Avenue North, beginning at at 7 p.m. The free concert is sponsored by the Birmingham Peace Project as part of a series of events held every third Thursday to support the mission of the Peace Project - to bring peace to all in a time of war.

For more information on Willie King, check out his Web page at AlabamaBlues.Org.

For more on the Birmingham Peace Project, go here.

The Birmingham Chapter of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression is having its Annual Banquet Friday Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, 1133 Tuscaloosa Ave. Southwest.

The cost is $20.00 per person, and the funds are used to support the victims of our society (none are used for staff or expenses). Contact the Rev. Jack Zylman if you can attend at (205) 933-7678.

First in it’s new series, “Music for Peace and Justice,” the Birmingham Peace Project presents a new concept in popular musical entertainment: Birmingham bands and singer songwriters are invited to perform compositions centered around Peace and issues of Social Justice. Peace is this month’s performance topic and will feature bands, including Looney Mill, Wall Street Traitors, Rickie Castrillo and Tommie Joe White, Carlito of the Deep End
Reconciler Praise.

The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available. Donations will be accepted.

The series will continue on third Thursdays. Next month’s topic will be “Economic Justice.” Concept of the series is developed by Birmingham attorney Thomas Diasio in collaboration with the Birmingham Peace Project and the Church of the Reconciler.

Links:
bhampeace.atspace.org
churchofthereconciler.org

The Birmingham Press Project is planning a press conference Saturday, July 12 to respond to Alabama Gov. Bob Riley’s comments supporting President George W. Bush on the Iraq war.

The press conference will begin at about 4:15 at the Birmingham Festival Theatre, at 1901-1/2 11th Avenue South. From there, a peace vigil will proceed to the Five Points South fountain.

At a news conference last Tuesday, Gov. Bob Riley said: “I’ve never talked to a person in the military yet who didn’t say we ought to stay and we ought to win the war.”

According to the peace group’s press release, the Birmingham Peace Project is “unable to remain silent before this blatantly ill-informed assertion.”

In cooperation with Pax Christi, the group has invited Gov. Riley to meet Iraq veteran and creator of the one-man show “The Eyes of Babylon,” former U.S. Marine Jeff Key, along with former Navy recruiter Susan Mims, Veteran for Peace leader David Waters and others who will afford him the opportunity to meet military personnel who, for many reasons, condemn the Iraq War.

Also, the group condemns the ongoing war in Lebanon.

“Israel rains terror upon those least able to defend themselves, the helpless civilian populations who are unable to flee, cutting off humanitarian aid channels with funds and arms supplied by the U.S.,” the group says. “The Birmingham Peace Project stands in solidarity with International ANSWER in demanding that the people of the United States reject the quest for wider wars and the ‘reorganization’ of the oil-rich Middle East to serve the interests of the already bloated energy companies, and instead spend these public funds on those things the people of this country need, including education, jobs and rebuilding of the Gulf Coast.”