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Feelings differ on peace interestBy Anno Mon# lux Go/etfe StaffThlt;slt;* who seek peace are feel mg again thai they can make a difference\cross the nation is a renewed interest in peace There have been more grass roots efforts to make a statement ol some kind said Lynda Meyer of the Janes ville VWC'A viho works with the YYV * PeacemakersF*urpose of the small group is to make YU members and the cum munity aware of peace activities Peacemakers began in I9H5 when the YWCA was dedicated as the first peace site in the state*We wanted to create a place where one can come to actively work toward peace mediate or study The building is used by a variety of groups if their acttvi ties are directed toward peace or mediation Meyer saidThere was a time between the oos and the 80s when thinking about peace may not have been as popular Now people individu ally are feeling they can make a differenceIn southcentral Wisconsin alone are at least a dozen peace groups some with ties to state national or international organi/ations and some with ties to churchesI think more and more people are realizing that war is not a vi able option anymore said Judy Rockwell of Walworth Comity Cit izens for PeaceThe group started about five years ago to exchange informa tion about peace issues and to provide educational programsThe group isn't large but it's very committed Rockwell said I believe there s a renewed in terest in peace Part of it is hav mg Gorbachev the leader in Rus sia People are more hopeful that what they do will have some ef feetl^ons Dame row of Beyond War an international peace movement, said the interest is just beginning because it is imperative The world is getting scarier and scar icr and more polluted How longcan you sit there and take it Your response is to hole up or to speak outBut not all peace activists are as hopefulInterest in peace has been in a steady decline since the 1960s The numbers are diminishing rather than growing I don’t think people feel the sense of urgency they felt in times past said Ren ick Ross of Rock County Citizens for PeaceMilitaristic thinking is promoted by movies. TV and the media in general and racism is on its way back to where it was in the mid '20s. he saidThere are a lot of concerned groups showing up and 1 think there are more of those than there have ever been but as far as numbers and commitment from larger numbers. I don’t know I don’t see tTHE DEGREE THAT MEANSBUSINESSTHE DEGREE THAT MEANS MORE!It you thought ot obtaining a business degree but tel* that youf job location age ot tamily mode that impossible then consider the Extended Degree Program ot the University ot Wisconsin Plqtteville The program is availoble to
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Janesville Sunday Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Sun, Feb 12, 1989
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