First Friday Events

The Peace Center of Delaware County continues its decades-long tradition of hosting FREE events on the first Friday of each month at its location at Springfield Friends Meeting, 1001 Old Sproul Road in Springfield, PA. To help ensure the safety of all guests, the Peace Center requires facemasks and contact-free temperature checks.

Movies or talks focused on issues of peace and justice begin at 7:00 PM and are followed by a discussion period. Doors open at 6:30 PM for light refreshments. There is no charge for the events, but donations are welcome.

Is there a speaker or a film focused on issues of peace and justice that you would like to hear or see? See the Contact Us page to send your suggestions for First Friday Events.

• “The Man Who Saved the World”
  Friday, October 7, 2022, 7:00 pm, at Springfield Friends Meeting, 1001 Old Sproul Road. Doors open at 6:30 pm. The Man Who Saved the World is a 2013 Danish documentary about Stanislav Petrov of the Soviet Air Defense Forces and his role in preventing a nuclear holocaust when the Soviet early warning system twice reported
• “Angel and the Badman” (1947)
  Friday, April 1, 2022, 7:00 PM, at Springfield Friends Meeting, 1001 Old Sproul Road. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Movie runtime: 100 minutes. Angel and the Badman, a classic western with a surprise twist. By the movie’s end, renegade John Wayne has been won over by Quaker Penelope and converted to a peaceful life of
• CANCELLED Due to Speaker’s Illness: “Flying through Life – From Fighter Pilot to Peace Activist”
  Friday, December 3, 2021, 7:00 PM, at Springfield Friends Meeting, 1001 Old Sproul Road. Doors open at 6:30. Richard Moody, Quaker and longtime member of Princeton, NJ’s Coalition for Peace Action, recently published his autobiography, “Flying through Life – From Fighter Pilot to Peace Activist”. Richard will join us at December’s First Friday event to
• “The Camden 28”
  Friday, October 1, 2021, 7:00 PM, at Springfield Friends Meeting, 1001 Old Sproul Road. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Movie runtime: 83 minutes. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan called the trial of 28 activists who broke into a federal office in Camden, New Jersey, to destroy draft records “one of the great trials of the