[Peace-discuss] Re: Religious Voices for Peace

[karen medina]

Bryan,

I'll call in the troops (the Peace list) for some ideas. Albert Einstein 
was mentioned last night.

-karen medina
Miller, Bryan wrote:
> Right now the readings available are Christian-biased and Gandhi, but My
> understanding is we want multiple cultures and historical eras and
> multiple readers. Are looking to UofI Theater Dept for volunteers, too.
> Peace speeches are harder [for me] to find than I expected.  We need
> more suggestions. Time is passing. Ideas??  
> Bryan 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: karen medina [mailto:kmedina at uiuc.edu] 
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:30 AM
> To: Miller, Bryan
> Subject: Religious Voices for Peace
> 
> Brian,
> 
> Is there any way individual members of AWARE can help out with the 
> upcoming event?
> 
> By the way, if you can add to this (our current understanding is in 3d 
> below), we might be able to help out more. The main concern is that it 
> seems to be entirely Christian (for and by Christians). While this 
> doesn't bother individuals, it does cause a problem for AWARE as a
> whole.
> 
> -karen medina
> 
> ============== from last week's minutes ========
> 3d. co-sponsor "Religious voices for Peace"
> "Religious Voices for Peace" is sponsoring an evening of Historical 
> Readings on Peace and Justice Issues. Brian Miller (from the Mennonite 
> Church) contacted Durl Kruse to see if AWARE would be interested in 
> co-sponsoring the event (no money, just put our name on it). The event 
> is in honor of Mother's Day (Mother's Day was used historically to 
> encourage mothers to rally for peace, since mothers bore the loss of 
> human life more harshly than anyone else (- according to 
> http://mothers-day.123holiday.net/ ). Durl will look in to it more, but 
> encourages AWARE members to volunteer to read for the event. Brian 
> Miller is the person to contact: bgmiller at eiu dot edu.