Peace Activities at Earlham
Events Archive
February 5, 2008 Carter Peace Lecture
Dr. John Paul Lederach, Professor of International Peacebuilding, University of Notre Dame, presents the Carter Peace Lecture. Lederach has done extensive work in conflict transformation around the globe and has written widely on conflict resolution and mediation. Loose Lecture Hall, Bolling Center. Sponsored by the Carter Peace Lecture Fund.
November 10, 2005 A Discussion on the Israel-Palestine Conflict with Palestinian and Israeli Scholars
Tal Litvak-Hirsch and Muhsin Yusuf will lead a discussion on the Israel-Palestine conflict via interactive webcast. Litvak-Hirsch is an Israeli scholar and Yusuf is from Palestine. Both are currently teaching at Earlham College where they are part of the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence program. Yusuf teaches a course entitled ?Historical Context of Current Conflicts in the Middle East," while Litvak-Hirsch teaches "?Social Psychology of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.? Come join us for the conversation!
October 8, 2005 Rebecca Walker
Goshen College, Music Center Free and Open to the Public - No tickets required (Also a part of the In Solidairty Conference) Rebecca Walker is the author of the international bestseller Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self (Riverhead Books) and the editor of What Makes a Man: 22 Writers Imagine The Future (Riverhead Books) and To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism (Anchor/Doubleday), which has been in print for ten years and is required reading in universities throughout America and abroad. Her work has appeared in Harper's, Salon.com, Interview, Vibe, Essence, SPIN, Glamour, and Buddhadharma, and her essays are widely anthologized. She is the recipient of the Alex Award from the American Library Association, and fellowships from Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony. In 1997 Rebecca co-founded the Third Wave Foundation , the only national, philanthropic organization for women aged 15-30. Since its inception, Third Wave has contributed over $750,000. to individuals and organizations that support young women's health, education and activism. For her leadership, Rebecca has received numerous awards, including the Paz y Justicia Award from Vanguard, and the Women Who Could Be President Award from the League of Women Voters, among others. When she was 25, Time Magazine named Rebecca one of fifty future leaders of America. Rebecca has lectured at over 300 universities including Harvard , Oberlin, MIT, and Stanford, addressed dozens of organizations including the Northwest Women's Law Center, and acted as a consultant to Sony Music, Microsoft and JP Morgan Chase. She has presented work at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others, and made appearances at the Harlem Book Fair, The Los Angeles Book Fair, and dozens of renowned bookstores across the country. Rebecca has been interviewed by Terri Gross, Charlie Rose, and been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show . Rebecca grew up in New York and San Francisco and graduated with honors from Yale University. She currently hosts a series on new masculinity on Pacifica Radio, and in 1997 made her acting debut in Primary Colors, a Mike Nichols film. She sits on GenderPAC 's Parenting Advisory Council and the advisory board of the environmentalist organization Save the Bay . Rebecca is also currently at work on a second memoir and a third anthology, and divides what time she has left after giving birth to her son Tenzin between New York City and Northern California.
October 6, 2005 In Solidarity: Engaging Empire in Activism, Education and Community Strategies
Goshen College, Goshen, IN, October 6-9, 2005 A Peace and Justice Studies Association and Plowshares National Student Peace & Justice Conference In a post-911 world powered by a global matrix of multinational corporations, media outlets, renegade governments and military forces, where does one begin the processes to dismantle the systems of domination and oppression? What are the strategies, tactics and discourses for overturning the Empire? How can one effectively change the meta-narratives of imperialism and colonization? How does one engage racism/white supremacy/white privilege? What political options are available? What are the implications of Empire at home and abroad? What role does nonviolence play? How does one build local communities of solidarity and cultivate the grassroots culture? How does one connect with the world-wide solidarity movement? Through a series of workshops, speakers, panel discussions, strategy sessions and films we hope to address many of these questions. Please join us as we hear about: *Post Colonialism through the eyes of a Native American *Post Conflict Social Changes in Latin America and Iraq *Strategies and Tactics of Non-violent Direct Action *Privileges of Race and Gender *Sudan and the Realities of Darfur *Watch “The Weather Underground” and hear from members For more information see the conference website: http://www.plowsharesproject.org/php/InSolidarity.php
September 8, 2005 Seeking Peace Conference
Sept. 8-11, 2005 — Indianapolis, Indiana A gathering hosted by the historic peace churches, held in partnership with the Plowshares Peace Studies Collaborative, Christian Peacemaker Teams, Every Church a Peace Church, Mennonite Central Committee Great Lakes, Mennonite Church USA Peace Advocate and Peace and Justice Support Network, On Earth Peace Assembly and Quaker House-Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg NC. As a multi-faceted and intergenerational gathering, the conference will provide opportunities to build mentoring relationships and explore practical and intellectual approaches to peace and peacemaking for members and friends of the Church of the Brethren, Mennonite Church USA , The Society of Friends, and all who embrace peacemaking as an integral Christian discipline. For more information please see the conference website: http://www.plowsharesproject.org/php/HistoricPeaceChurchConference.php.
October 29, 2004 “Peru Negro: Cultural Ambassadors of Black Perú”
Earlham's Artist and Lecture Series Presents: “Peru Negro: Cultural Ambassadors of Black Perú” - Friday, October 29, 2004 at 7:30 pm - Founded 30 years ago to preserve Peru’s African heritage, Peru Negro has become the national standard for other bands. This group’s melodic guitar and passionate singing illustrates the heart of Afro-Peruvian music.
October 22, 2004 Plowshares National Student Peace Conference
Earlham College Oct. 22-24 - Plowshares National Student Peace Conference - "Bringing our Pieces Together - Peacebuilding Through Intercultural Dialogue" - Aaron Miller, the Director of Seeds of Peace, Ilyssah Shabazz, daughter of Malcom X, Eugenia “Jennie” Kiesling, a professor of military history at the United States Military Academy, and 2 concerts (a group that toured with FOR's Drop Beats not Bombs, and a multicultural group called Funkidesi. For more information goto http://www.plowsharesproject.org/php/featured.mediaconference.2004.php.
October 21, 2004 Public Interest and Community Service (PICS) Fair
Indianapolis Oct. 21 - Public Interest and Community Service (PICS) Fair - The Career Centers of Earlham College, Goshen College, Manchester College, the Plowshares Peace Studies Project, the Indianapolis Peace House, and the College Career Center Consortium (Anderson, Butler, DePauw, Franklin, Hanover, Marian, IUPUI, St. Joseph’s, Taylor, University of Indianapolis, Wabash) are excited to host the second annual Public Interest and Community Service Fair, (PICS). This years PICS Fair will take place in the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown from 1-4 p.m. We will join local, national and international employers with students and career service professionals from the states of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan. PICS is an incredible opportunity for students who seek ways to fulfill their personal commitment to service to find ways they may become involved. For more information regarding this fair please contact Megan Gallagher at careerdevelopment@earlham.edu.
October 13, 2004 Rashid Khalidi - "Resurrecting Empire"
Wednesday, October 13, 1:00 p.m. Earlham College, Goddard Auditorium, Carpenter Hall “Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America’s Perilous Path in the Middle East," Rashid Khalidi, Director, Middle East Institute, Columbia University
October 12, 2004 “Face to Face: Middle America and the Muslim World” dialogue series
Earlham College Teleconference with students from a Muslim college - The “Face to Face: Middle America and the Muslim World” dialogue series will involve students at three universities in “Middle America” in videoconference dialogue with students at three universities in the “Muslim World.” The “Face to Face” dialogues are being held as part of a broader series of events called The People Speak 2004, an initiative spearheaded by the UN Foundation, Open Society Institute, and other partners to involve Americans in conversation about the future of U.S. foreign policy (see www.thepeoplespeak.org).
September 29, 2004 Fabiola Letelier del Solar - “Justice: A Possible Dream”
Earlham College, Goddard Auditorium, Carpenter Hall - Sept. 29, 1pm “Justice: A Possible Dream” Fabiola Letelier del Solar, Co-Founder of the Corporation for Defense of the Rights of the People (CODEPU) and Memoria y Justicia
September 3, 2004 Training for Change Strategy Workshop for activists
Earlham College Training for Change Strategy Workshop for activists who see a need for change in the world but who aren't sure how to get from here to there. This is a free event. Visit http://www.earlham.edu/~pags/strategy_workshop1.pdf for more information.
March 25, 2004 "From Russiaville to Ramallah: The Roots and Witness of an Everyday " Peace Lecture by Max Carter
"From Russiaville to Ramallah: The Roots and Witness of an Everyday" Betty Carter Peace Lecture by Max Carter Thursday, March 25 Loose Lecture Hall, Landrum Bolling Center Earlham College A chance encounter with a survivor of the August 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima changed Max Carter's life. Raised Quaker but leaning towards military service in the early years of the war in Vietnam, Max heard the survivor's testimony and determined that he could not be a part of any system that made such devastation possible. becoming a conscientious objector and doing alternative service at the Quaker Schools in Ramallah, Palestine, he was further convinced that the Christian peace witness is not irrelevant, even in the midst of such a coflict as that in the Middle East. Max will share the roots of his Christian peace witness as a Quaker, ways it has been challenged and affirmed in his ongoing work with the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and lessons he has learned for "everyday peacemaking." A first cousin of Betty Lynn Carter, in whose memory the Betty Carter Peace Lecture is named, Max is looking forward to honoring her legacy by sharing the common background they shared in rural, pastoral Hoosier Quakerism. Max is the director of Friends Center and campus ministry coordinator at Guilford College, where he also teaches in Quaker studies. With his wife, Jane, he leads student work-study trips back the Middle East on a regular basis engaging participants with Israelis and Palestinians working for a just and lasting peace. Free admission. For more information, call 765/983-1373.
February 28, 2004 Screening of "Hidden in Plain Sight" and Visit with Co-Producer Andrés Thomas Conteris
Come to see a screening of "Hidden in Plain Sight" and to visit with Co-Producer Andrés Thomas Conteris, EC '84 (Peace And Global Studies) in LBC 105 - Loose Lecture Hall, Earlham College "Hidden in Plain Sight" is a feature-length documentary that looks at the nature of U.S. policy in Latin America through the prism of the School of the Americas (renamed, in January of 2001, the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation), the controversial military school that trains Latin American soldiers in the USA. Featured speakers in the film include: Sandra Alvarez, Hector Aristizabal, Rep. Sanford Bishop Jr.(D-Ga.), Maj. Joseph Blair, Father Roy Bourgeois, Noam Chomsky, Rep. Mac Collins (R-Ga.), Ana Chavez Fisher, Eduardo Galeano, Christopher Hitchens, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Ca.), Maj. Gen. John LeMoyne, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Ma.), Sister Dianna Ortiz, Michael Parenti, and Col. Glenn Weidner. Andrés has promoted human rights throughout Latin America for 25 years. He has traveled throughout the Americas as a human rights advocate, meeting with both rebel leaders and government officials. In January of 2001 he was presented with an award by human rights organizations in Honduras for his advocacy work. He is currently co-producing a documentary about the U.S. bombing of Vieques. Presented by the Peace And Global Studies Department at Earlham and the Plowshares Peace studies Project. For more information visit www.hiddeninplainsight.org or call Julie Bruns, PAGS/Plowshares, 765-983-1305, LBC 218.
