[Peace] “Rethinking Diplomacy: A Nonviolent Approach to Relations with Iran” this Friday 2/1 noon, YMCA

[Stuart Levy]

[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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