Time |
Location | Workshop Topic | Presenter(s) |
Period 1
9:15 to 10:30 | Hearth Room (upstairs) | Nonviolence Workshop: an introduction to the reconciliation process | Jackson Tiffany |
Youth Ministry Center | The Place of Music in Peace-building and Activism | Rosalind Woodward/ Mary Mullen/ Dan Proud |
St. Martin de Porres | Islam is a Way of Peaceful Life with All God's Creatures | Salwa Rashad/ Mrs. Najat Fraigoon |
Senior Center | Every Church a Peace Church | Lois Swenson |
Period 2
10:45 to 12:00 | Hearth Room (upstairs) | Nonviolent Intervention in Violent Conflict
| Tom Benevento/ Kathryn Kingsbury |
St. Martin de Porres | Stories from Ainaro: Sistering with a War-Torn
Community in East Timor | Tom Foley & Diane Farsetta |
Senior Center | Peace and Justice from the Pulpit | Rev. David Couper/ Rev. Cecil Findley |
12:00 to 1:30 | Lunch & panel, Friary basement |
Interfaith Panel: Joining Our Voices for Peace | To be announced (introduced by Frank Paynter) |
Period 3
1:45 to 3:00 | Hearth Room (upstairs) | Wellstone, Kucinich, and the Politics of Peace and Justice | Midge Miller |
St. Martin de Porres | Peace and Resolution in Palestine-Israel | Nasser Abufarha |
Senior Center | Ending War with International Law | Robert Reuschlein (World Federalists Association) |
Period 4
3:15 to 4:30 | Hearth Room (upstairs) | Behind the Scenes in Mediating International Conflicts | Joseph Elder |
St. Martin de Porres | Forgiveness as Peacemaking: the role of forgiveness in healing and preventing conflict | Amy Owen |
Senior Center | Impunity and it's Impact on Justice | Angie Hougas (Amnesty International) |
4:30 to 5:30 | Interest Group Discussions, 7 Parish House locations
| Following the last workshop period there will be an hour for informal interest group discussions. Interest groups may center on one of the following interest areas or others suggested by participants. Look for the signup sheets on the registration table.
Social justice committees
Development of sermon topics
Peace curriculum ideas for religious education
International affairs awareness raising
Local chapters of humanitarian or peace advocacy groups
Nurturing the connections established by this conference (next steps)
|
5:30 to 6:15 | Hearth Room (upstairs) |
Gathering for quiet reflection - interfaith readings alternating with periods of meditation | Coordinated by Cecil Findley |
6:30 to 8:30 | Dinner and speakers, Friary basement |
Iraq: Alternatives to War | Rep. Tammy Baldwin and Ken Hannaford-Ricardi |