[Peace-discuss] “Rethinking Diplomacy: A Nonviolent Approach to Relations with Iran” this Friday 2/1 noon, YMCA
Stuart Levy
slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu
Wed Jan 30 15:16:08 CST 2008
[Karen already passed along a shorter version of this message --
here's the full announcement from the Y...]
Please Announce and Forward Widely:
Mark C. Johnson, Executive Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation,
will be speaking this Friday, February 1 at 12:00 (noon) at the University
YMCA’s Friday Forum series on “Rethinking Diplomacy: A Nonviolent
Approach to Relations with Iran.”
The talk is free and open to the public and is in the University Y’s
Latzer Hall. Lunch is available through the Y Thai Eatery for $6.00 for
non-students and $3 for students (school ID is required). Lunch
reservations are strongly encouraged. You can make a lunch reservation by
calling Johanne at 337-1500 by 5 p.m. on Thursday, January 31.
For more information about the other talks in this series, please visit us
online at: http://www.universityymca.org/friday_forum.html
Talk Description:
Join Mark Johnson as he recounts his experiences with FOR’s Iran
Initiative, a series of peace missions designed to build people-to-people
relationships between the people of the United States and the people of
Iran, and to develop a community of grassroots civilian diplomats in North
America as an alternative to the current political standoff between the
U.S. and Iranian governments.
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Kasey Umland
Program Director
University YMCA
1001 S. Wright Street
Champaign, IL 61820
217-337-1514 - office
217-337-1533 - fax
www.universityymca.org - online
kasey at universityymca.org - e-mail
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