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Voices of Peace 2007
A Benefit Concert,
Silent Auction, and Live Auction
Friday, August 10, 2007
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Tickets available at the door, while they last.

Join us for a special, inspirational benefit concert with internationally-known artists, combining their talents in the Voices of PEACE. This event will be held on Friday, August 10th, from 7:00-10:00p.m. at The Unity Center, 8999 Activity Road, San Diego. Proceeds of this event will support the Americans For A Department of Peace (AFDOP) as well as the national campaign organization, The Peace Alliance.

Just Added for the Live Auction: Heaven on Kauai, and LaDainian Tomlinson-autographed Football!
Bid on a “Heavenly” week on earth in Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii at Hululani private estate, donated by Hululani's generous owner and DOP supporter, Mr. Larry Day. Hululani sleeps 8-10 people, features a private pool & hot tub, plus many luxurious amenities, with panoramic views of the mountains, Bali Hai and Hanalei Bay. Valued at $4,500, the bidding on this item starts at only $2,500! Hululani has four master bedrooms, so get a group of your friends together and collectively bid on this wonderful opportunity to experience Kauai in luxurious surroundings! If you're the winner, you choose any vacant week at Hululani. The net proceeds of the Concert, Silent Auction, and Live Auction go directly to support the campaign to create a Department of Peace, at both the national and local level.
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Are you a football fan? Then you'll love this Live Auction item: a Super Bowl XLI NFL football autographed by LaDainian Tomlinson of the San Diego Chargers, and Reggie Bush of the New Orleans Saints!

OUR FEATURED ARTISTS:
Please visit their websites lisetd below to hear audio clips

Singer-songwriter Karl Anthony writes anthems for life and Jeanne Anthony interprets Karl’s meaningful lyrics with an alluring Sign Language performance. This dynamic husband and wife team use their talents as a vehicle to connect people to their spirit. Together they received the 2007 Gandhi/King Season For Nonviolence Peace Hero Award for their humanitarian efforts and uniting music. Their careers have taken them to Spain, China, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Japan and Russia, where Karl performed for the Gorbachevs. These international musicians use music, humor and captivating sign to stir your soul!
Learn more at www.karlanthony.com

Barry CAHILL & DELENE St. Clair are a husband and wife team of singer-songwriter-musicians who compose and perform a varied and intricate tapestry of musical styles. Breaking boundaries of genre, and speaking to the human condition, their performances are provocative, inspiring, and fun! Their debut CD, Songs For Humanity, has received consistent praise from the San Diego music press. Delene plays guitar and dulcimer, while Cahill plays keyboard, saxes and flute. Both of them are accomplished vocalists, and are in demand for a variety of other people's projects, as well as their cover music band "Hot Pursuit". Learn more at www.cahillanddelene.com

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Joe Rathburn is a lifetime musician. Joe has gained recognition for his deft guitar work, emotive voice, as well as his fine songwriting abilities and wry sense of humor. Always the Don Quixote, Rathburn continually jousts at the windmills of the status quo, his music instilling in the listener a belief that we can all evolve out of our current earthly woes and into a better world together. It’s not an agenda, it’s just a way of life for Joe. Joe’s music is likened to the singer/ songwriters of the 1960s and ’70s. Joe has his own quality and brings a fresh optimism and less cynicism to the fore.
Learn more at www.joerathburn.com

Singer-songwriter-guitarist Peter Bolland, along with bassist Billy Fritz and drummer Danny Cress, form the core of The Coyote Problem. Their new album California finds the band exploring deeper themes of loss, rebirth and transcendence. Bolland's songs use the heartfelt forms of alt-country and Americana to explore the ancient notion that peace is an inside job. If all politics is local, then all local politics is personal. Personal transformation is not only a radical political act, it is a sacred duty. Goal #1: Being the change we want in the world. The rest will follow. Learn more at www.thecoyoteproblem.com

Questions about this event or special needs, please contact via e-mail: voicesofpeace@afdop.org

Please Save the Date ~ Friday, August 10, 2007

We thank and acknowledge the following corporate donors for supporting the Voices of Peace Benefit Concert and Silent Auction.

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Americans for the Department of Peace (AFDOP) is a citizens’ group advocating passage of the Bill to establish a cabinet level U.S. Department of Peace.
We are the Southern California chapter of the national organization to advocate for this Bill, “The Peace Alliance”: www.the peacealliance.org