[Peace] "Y" Friday Forum this Spring

[Szoke, Ron]

Dear Friends,
The YMCA Friday Forum series is right up our alley (and UCFM is a co-sponsor)!  I hope you will be able to attend the ones that interest you!   - Dottie

RESIST: Building a Culture of Nonviolence – Spring 2019

The spring series will take place on Fridays from February 15 through April 19.  Lectures will feature individuals, programs, and initiatives who will address topics ranging from foreign policy issues to immigration concerns, and care for the environment.

Speaker highlights will include Father John Dear (activist and prolific author, most recently “They Will Inherit the Earth: Peace & Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change”), Krys Chupp (Christian Peacemaker Teams), anti-war activist Kathy Kelly , and Jennie Belle (Church World Service, speaking March 1st on the current Sanctuary Movement in collaboration with a community-wide symposium on immigration on Feb. 28th).  Here's the schedule so far:

February 22 – Tamar Manasseh, Mothers Against Senseless Killings (Chicago)

March 1 – Jennie Belle, Church World Service, Immigration and Sanctuary issues

March 8 – Elaine Shpungin, Conflict 180 (on Restorative Justice practices)

March 15 – Kryss Chupp, Christian Peacemaker Teams

March 29 – Michael Metz, author, Radicals in the Heartland

April 5 – Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence

April 12 – Father John Dear, activist and author, They Will Inherit the Earth: Peace & Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change

    ** For more information, go to Friday Forum<https://universityymca.org/friday-forum/>
<https://universityymca.org/friday-forum/>

Friday Forum
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