POETS FOR PEACE

The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center (JRPC), the UM Students for Peace and Justice (SPJ), the UM Excellence Fund and the Associated Students of the University of Montana present: POETS FOR PEACE, an evening of music and readings from the heart for peace in the world, March 19, 2008 at 7:00 PM in the Wilma Theater.

POETS FOR PEACE will be a fundraiser for the Montana Military Family Relief Fund (see below for details). Tickets will be $5.00 at the door.

Music from Singer-songwriter Amy Martin and musician John Floridis will start off the event. 30 Montana poets will read their work, including: Greg Pape (Poet Laureate of Montana and University of Montana Professor) and Ed Lahey (2008 winner of the Governor’s Award for a lifetime achievement in literature). The other POETS FOR PEACE are:

Judy Blunt
Vic Charlo
Sandra Alcosser
Marnie Prange
Chris Dombrowski
Joanna Klink
Brandon Shimoda
Prageeta Sharma
Rob Schlegel
Sheryl Noethe
Mandy Smoker
Zan Bockes
Melissa Kwasny
Robert Lee
Mark Gibbons
Michael Revere
David E. Thomas
Janet Zupan
Mary Jane Nealon
Jennifer Greene
John Holbrook
Joe McGeshick
Deborah Slicer
Roger Dunsmore
Casey Charles
Philip Burgess
David Dale
Heather Cahoon

The Montana Military Family Relief Fund (MMFRF), signed into law in 2007 by Governor Brian Schweitzer provides monetary grants (see below) to families of Montana National Guard and Reserve Component members who on or after April 28, 2007, are on active duty for federal service in a contingency operation.
MMFRF grants are intended to help Montana families defray the costs of food, housing, utilities, medical services, and other expenses that become difficult to afford when a wage-earner has temporarily left civilian employment to be placed on active military duty.
http://dma.mt.gov/familyrelieffund.asp


Contacts:

Sean Gibbons, organizer, coordinating council member for the JRPC and president of the SPJ
sean.gibbons@umontana.edu
Phone: (406) 721-4166

Greg Pape, organizer, Poet Laureate of Montana
greg.pape@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406) 243-4563

Sheryl Noethe, organizer, poet
snoethe@montana.com
Phone: (406) 721-5856

Mark Gibbons, organizer, poet
marcogibbo@yahoo.com
Phone: (406) 721-4166