[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 25 (Friday, February 13, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E211-E212]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING THE TUCSON PEACE CENTER'S 33RD ANNUAL PEACE FAIR & MUSIC 
                                FESTIVAL

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                         HON. RAUL M. GRIJALVA

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 13, 2015

  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I wish to recognize the Tucson Peace 
Center's Peace Fair and Music Festival on its 33rd Anniversary next 
Saturday, February 28, 2015.
   The Tucson Peace Center is an umbrella organization for 150 of 
Tucson's local peace, social justice, environmental, and labor groups. 
Regular Peace Fair participants include the Women's International 
League of Peace and Freedom (WILPF, celebrating their 100th anniversary 
this year), Move to Amend, Veterans for Peace, the American Civil 
Liberties Union, AZ4NORML, Jobs With Justice, Nuclear Resister, 
Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Watershed Management Group 
among many others. Newly formed organizations like $15 Now, Arizonans 
for Gun Safety, Tucson United for Climate Action (TUCAN), and Friends 
of Rosa will also be on hand.
   The Peace Fair and Music Festival is an opportunity for residents to 
learn what is happening in their community while you catch up with old 
friends and make new ones. There are free activities for the kids like 
a labyrinth, face-painting, and a whimsy parade. The Culture of Peace 
Alliance will offer hands-on activities to entertain young fair-goers.
   This year's theme is challenging poverty. Growing income inequality 
and stagnating working-class wages place many friends and neighbors in 
precarious financial positions. As a community, we seek answers to the 
structural problems that exacerbate poverty. We also offer an 
opportunity to enrich our lives through meaningful engagement and re-
envisioning what constitutes true wealth on a planet undergoing massive 
ecological changes.
   I want to acknowledge all of the dedicated workers from the 150 
local peace, social justice, environmental and labor groups who 
volunteer their time to make the Peace Fair and Music Festival happen 
every year.
   Congratulations and best wishes to the Tucson Peace Center's Peace 
Fair and Music Festival as we join to celebrate its 33rd year of 
expanding peace in the Tucson community.

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