A more detailed account of Fr. Vitale's arrest at Fort Huachuca can be found here .

Father Vitale will speak in Santa Rosa on Sunday, September 7, at 7:00 pm. at the  Christ Church United Methodist, 1717  Yulupa, Santa Rosa. For further information about the event, call 707-575-8902. A $10 donation is suggested, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds. To learn more about the "No to Torture, Yes to Peace" campaign, click here .The event is co-sponsored by the Sonoma Couty Network of Spiritual Progressives, the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County , and numerous other local groups involved in peace and social justice issues.

Pace a Bene is a organization dedicated to "fostering a just and  peaceful world through non-violent education, community-building and action."  Their history is published here .

A traveling half-scale replica of the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial from

Washington D.C. is visiting Santa Rosa for a few days,

eliciting memories, mourning and emotion.

"The Wall That Heals" is a project of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.

The United Veterans Council of Sonoma County took the lead inbringing the wall to Santa Rosa.

Below is an aerial view of the full size Viet Nam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.

Click on the logo to link to a schedule of convention speakers.

Each eveningthis week, KRCB News Director Bruce Robinson will be talking with columnist Susan Swartz and writer and media critic Norman Solomon, about events as they unfold in Denver. You can hear those full reports here .

To hear previous work by Susan Swartz on KRCB, click here .

To read more about Norman Solomon’s work,

click here .

Not long after Neil Armstrong took his giant step, John Francis also began taking some purposeful strides of his own:

John Francis has documented his history and his travels in a newly published memoir, which is available directly from his website .

Francis explains his belief that how we relate to to each other as human beings also has an effect on the environment in the following adudio clip: