Editing Alliance for Peaceful Action

Alliance for Peaceful Action is going to save the world someday if they ever get around to it.

== History ==

APA was founded in [[2001]] in opposition to military action by the [[United States]] in [[Afghanistan]].  The first APA meeting was held in the [[Gizmo]].  Founding members included [[Miriam Timmer]], [[Lisa Knisely]], [[Rebecca Kuglitsch]], [[Bastian Underwood]], [[Jessica Ramos]], [[Dan Lieberman]], [[Sean Dowdy]], and [[Emily Smith]].  In its infancy, APA also held a Hunger Banquet to raise poverty awareness and campaigned against landmines.  APA's initial faculty adviser was [[Yvonne LaSalle]] from the [[AnSo]] department.

During its second year, APA campaigned against the [[PATRIOT Act]], holding a series of non-partisan meetings on the issue in [[GDH]] and distributing information at polling places in [[Galesburg]] during the 2002 elections. APA members traveled to [[Chicago]] to view [[Bowling for Columbine]]; [[Chris Storey]] made a detour on the way in order to [[piss]] on a [[Ronald Reagan]]-related historical marker.  APA also began to protest the [[Iraq]] war during this year, often in conjunction with the [[Knox County Anti-War Peace Coalition]]. Unfortunately, APA was unable to prevent the US from deploying troops to Iraq.  [[Chad Broughton]] became APA's faculty adviser in 2002, although other faculty including [[Steve Cohn]], [[David Amor]], [[Duane Oldfield]], and [[Karen Kampwirth]] provided important advice and support.

Recent APA activities have included continued activism against the Iraq war, as well as the first and second annual [[Fair Trade Fair]].

== Links ==
* [http://deptorg.knox.edu/apa APA official site]
* [http://peace.knoxcnty.com/ Knox County Peace and Justice Coalition]

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