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THREE FANTASTIC BOOKS FOR THE DECADE

The Decade of Nonviolence has six principles that urge all of the world's citizens to embrace. All six of these principles are encompassed in three books: Within These Walls: Memoirs of a Death House Chaplain by Rev. Carroll Picket, Detour to Death Row by Houston's own Dave Atwood, and The Challenge for Africa by Nobel Peace Laureate, Wangari Maatha. The principles that these books urge us to look at concern human life and the Earth. Anti-death proponents, Rev. Pickett and Dave Atwood, believe in the sanctity of all life. They recount their experiences about the death penalty and its ill-advised use to combat crime, but also as a bad use of the penal system. The principles of the Decade they employ are "Respecting life," "Rejecting violence," and "Listening to Understand." Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathi employs the use of the other three principles in her book "The Challenge for Africa" of "Sharing With Others," "Preserving the Planet," and "Contributing to Our Communities." She offers up her work "in the trenches with others to find ways to break the wall that separate the peoples of Africa from justice, wealth, peace and respect." All three books will be auctioned off on December 12, 2009 at the Houston Mennonite Church, 1231 Wirt Road (North of I-10) at the Decade Event. Each book is signed by the authors. For more information contact either Judith Hoffhein at 713-863-8708 or P.K. McCary at 713-893-1304. You can offer a bid for any or all of the books by emailing us at info@thepeacehour.org. Please note which book or books and your auction bid.

REMEMBER, PEACE IS AN ART FORM

Remember that you can also bid on fantastic art at this Decade event. Houston artist Chuck Ivy offers as an auction item "Wife/Lover," a 20x30 print facemounted on plexiglass. Chuck Ivy is another Houston artists who work can grace your home. Bids for art pieces start around $100 and are for a good cause to support the work of the Decade's work in 2010.

Again, for more information, contact Judith Hoffhein at 713-863-8708 or P.K. McCary at 713-893-1304. Each piece will be at the event on December 12, 2009. You can also email us at info@thepeacehour.org.