Welcome to Plowshare – Working for Peace & Justice

Plowshare is a non-profit organization in Roanoke working to educate and collaborate for peace and justice for all beings.  You are invited to come to a peace vigil, a death penalty vigil, a climate change vigil, a lobbying visit, a demonstration, a workshop, a program or the many other opportunities we offer.  You are invited to participate on our committees.  (See the page “How to Get involved in Plowshare” or click on How to Get Involved in Plowshare).

 

Please check the Committees and Coordinators page to see a page for each of our ten committees and coordinators or click on Committees and Coordinators.  Please check the Plowshare Events page for our major events of the year or click on Plowshare Events.  Please check photos below of our many projects and events!

 

Teen Peace Jam – Spring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silent peace vigil – every third Saturday of the month

 

 

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Plowshare Open House- fall event

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death Penalty vigil

 

Peace in the Park -every September

 

Plowshare program

 

Demonstration at Senator Warner’s Roanoke office

 

Carpooling to inaugural protests in Washington DC

 

Marching in annual Thanksgiving parade

 

Distributing alternative newspapers

 

Working to get “Democracy Now!” on WVTF-FM

 

Outreach at festivals

 

Supporting Pastors for Peace

 

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Lobbying visit to Senator Warner’s Office, Summer 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nagasaki/Hiroshima Commemoration fall 2014