Say No! to the NATO/G8 Wars and Poverty Agenda A Conference to Challenge the Wars of the 1% Against the 99% Abroad and at Home. Say No! to the NATO/G8 Wars and Poverty Agenda A Conference to Challenge the Wars of the 1% Against the 99% Abroad and at Home. A Conference to Challenge the [...]
Summer Symposium: Religion and Environmental Stewardship, June 5-7 This environmental symposium —aimed at clergy, lay leaders, and seminary faculty—will engage experts from Yale and across the country to address topics such as the greening of seminaries and churches, curricular initiatives in eco-theology, climate change, environmental justice, and preaching and liturgical approaches to environmental stewardship. The [...]
We are nonviolent. We are relentless. There is now an Occupy Peace House in Washington, D.C., and it needs our help and participation: http://www.occupypeacehouse.org We’re also needed here: Feb. 15-16, 2012, Washington, D.C., Forensic Evidence in the Fight Against Torture Feb. 17-19, 2012, Berkeley, CA Occupy the Truth: Whistleblowers Conference Feb. 23, 2012, Fort Meade, [...]
On the heels of the recent Global Zero Summits in London and Los Angeles, Global Zero will bring together more than 250 outstanding students from around the world for Reaching Zero, the Global Zero Student Summit at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, February 18-19, 2012. Register Now! The program, hosted in partnership with President [...]
APPROACHES TO MITIGATING GLOBAL WARMING Dates: February 27-March 30, 2012 Location: Online course Conducted by: Earth & Peace Education International Course fees: $25 for persons from OECD countries and $10 for persons from non-OECD countries NPA Certificate Points: 2 certificate points / 1.4CEUs In this online course, students will explore the following questions: 1) What [...]
Najla Saïd will perform her one-woman play “Palestine” on Saturday, March 3 at 2 p.m., Southern Connecticut State University, Engleman Hall C112. This is the first time her play will be seen in Connecticut. The event is sponsored by the SCSU Women’s Studies Program 64 Days of Nonviolence and the Middle East Crisis Committee. Tickets: $25/ $10 for [...]
NEW HAVEN — Egyptian Ambassador Sallama Shaker and poet and human rights activist Rose Styron will be among the guest speakers at the annual New Haven area dinner parties Feb. 29 to support LEAP (Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership). The dinners, to be held at 7:30 p.m., will be preceded by a cocktail reception [...]
Poet Remi Kanazi and activist professor J. K?haulani Kauanui will be at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 20 Forest Street , Stamford , on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. Remi is a poet who has performed in Connecticut a few times in the past five years http://poeticinjustice.net/. Prof. Kauanui is an Associate Professor of American Studies [...]
“Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.“ – Gandhi?? The Peace Alliance encourages you to join the 2012 15th annual celebration of A Season for Nonviolence! This 64-day educational, media and grass roots campaign has spread to [...]
The 20th Annual Women’s Studies Conference “Women and Labor: At Home, At Work, Around the Globe” To be held on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21 Keynote speakers: Dolores Huerta, Lilly leDbetter Dolores Huerta’s feminist seed was planted by her mother’s independence and entrepreneurial spirit. Huerta’s mother, [...]
