[Peace] Speaker on Trip to West Bank

[Dan Schreiber]

Note that Char will also be speaking tonight at the Mennonite Church at 7:00
pm as well.  It is good to see there are multiple opportunities to hear her!



> -----Original Message-----
> From: peace-bounces at lists.chambana.net
> [mailto:peace-bounces at lists.chambana.net]On Behalf Of Charlotte Green
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 8:40 PM
> To: peace at lists.chambana.net
> Subject: [Peace] Speaker on Trip to West Bank
>
>
> Char Smith will give a talk on Sunday, February 6,
> 2005 on her trip last summer with the Christian
> Peacemaker Teams (CPT) to Israel/Palestine.  Chars
> talk, My Damascus Road Experience as a Peacemaker,
> will begin at 1 PM at the U-C Friends Meetinghouse,
> 1904 E. Main Street, Urbana following a potluck dinner
> at 12:30 PM.
>
> Char Smith is a member of the East Bend Mennonite
> Church in Fisher.  She spent one month In August and
> September, 2004 in Hebron, a city in the West Bank.
> Hebron is a particularly volatile area due to several
> Jewish settlements within the boundaries of the city.
> Some of the activities of the Christian Peacemaker
> Teams in Hebron include escorting Palestinian children
> to school, documenting human rights issues, giving
> nonviolence trainings, and joining Palestinian and
> Israeli peace groups in campaigns to expose the face
> of the Occupation.
>
> Christian Peacemaker Teams are supported by the
> Mennonite Church, Church of the Brethren, and Friends
> United Meeting as well as other sponsoring groups.
> CPTs mission is to offer an organized, nonviolent
> alternative to war and other forms of lethal
> inter-group conflict.   Donations on behalf of CPT
> will be accepted following Chars presentation.
>
> The public is invited to the presentation as well as
> the potluck.  Childcare will be provided.  If
> childcare is needed, please RSVP to Charlotte Green
> (phone, 367-5720 or email chgreen48 at yahoo.com).
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