Plowshares Collaborative News & Events
Event 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 28, 2005 Carlos Muñoz, Jr.: The Struggle for a Multiracial Democracy in the 21st Century
Goshen College, Umble Center Sponsored by the Plowshares Project, Multicultural Affairs and Campus Health and Wellness Committee Free and Open to the Public Muñoz has played a prominent leadership role as a founder of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. He is currently active in the struggles for affirmative action and immigrant rights. He also co-founded Latinos Unidos, a grassroots community organization in Berkeley, California. Muñoz has authored numerous pioneering works on the Mexican American political experience and on African American and Latino political coalitions. His book, Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Movement won the Gustavus Myers Book Award for outstanding scholarship in the study of human rights in the Untied States.The book, in its 10th printing, was a major resource for the 1996 PBS television series Chicano!: History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement.Muñoz was the senior consultant for the project and was also featured in the series as well as in several other documentary films.
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.
September 4, 2005 Esperanza Gama: Faces of Early Latin America
Sept. 4, 2-4 p.m. in the Goshen College Library Gallery Sept. 4 to Oct. 9 works will be displayed in the Good Library Gallery Sponsored by the Plowshares Project, Multicultural Affairs and Campus Health and Wellness Committee Free and Open to the Public Drawings and paintings of early Mexico by Esperanza Gama (www.esperanzagama.com) in the Library's Art Gallery. Her works are symbolic representations of important people, events and emotions in late-medieval Mexico. Esperanza Gama received a Bachelor of Fine arts degree from the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. She has been a professor of painting and drawing ay Cabanas Cultural Institute Institute in Guadalajara. Gama's work has exhibited in Mexico, France, the United States and she has a permanent collection at the Mexican Fine Arts Museum in Chicago.
June 17, 2005 SUDAN -- Pain and Promise, Indianapolis, IN
7-8:30pm, Old Centrum, 1201 N. Central Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202 Admission: Free Contact: 317-908-8628 A panel of Indiana peace activists, along with a Sudanese refugee, will discuss the crisis in war-torn Sudan and how Hoosiers can help those caught up in a 22-year war that has ravaged the country and is causing people to starve by the thousands. “We are hoping to focus attention on a situation that is, by anyone’s definition, a travesty,” said Pastor Phil Baldwin Rieman, who helped organize the event and will serve on the panel. “Even the poorest of us in Indiana are blessed by comparison with the people of Sudan. Many Hoosiers are known for their willingness to help others, and we want our community to reach out.” International humanitarian efforts have yet to begin to correct the devastation in Sudan, where war atrocities are considered genocide by many national leaders as well as by peace activists. The political tumult has hampered desperately needed aid efforts. In one particularly stricken area, mothers have been stripping trees and boiling leaves for meals because there is no food. The event begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 17, 2005, at the Old Centrum, 1201 North Central Avenue in Indianapolis. Admission is free. Panelists will explore what the Sudanese have experienced in the past; their present situation and what the future holds for them. Those who attend will have an opportunity to ask questions of the panel and add their thoughts to the discussion. The panelists are: • Felix Lohitai – a Sudanese refugee o Lohitai recently immigrated with his family to the United States from East Africa o He is a Plowshares Peace Studies student at Manchester College in Manchester, IN • Dr. Julia Duany – A Bloomington resident, Sudanese activist and co-founder of South Sudanese Friends International, Inc. o SSFI is committed to peacemaking, advocacy for self-governance and community development in South Sudan • Louise and Phil Baldwin Rieman – co-pastors of the Northview Church of the Brethren o The Baldwin Riemans have continued to take part in missionary work in South Sudan and are former Church of the Brethren field staff workers o They have made four trips to continue their work in Sudan since 1996 • Drew Klatte – St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Deacon and frequent missionary to Sudan o The Plainfield church diocese partners with an Anglican diocese in South Sudan The Indianapolis Peace House and the Northview Church of the Brethren, Indianapolis, sponsor the panel discussion. The Indianapolis Peace House is part of the Plowshares Peace Studies Collaborative of Earlham, Goshen and Manchester Colleges. To learn more about the Peace House visit: www.indypeacehouse.org . To learn more about Northview Church of the Brethren visit: http://www.northviewcob.org .
April 14, 2005 Peace through Policing in Communities and in the World
Tobias Winright is a moral theologian, ethicist, and former law enforcement officer. Winright speaks and writes widely on issues of war, peace, policing, and capital punishment. Winright is a member of the Ekklesia Project. He speaks in Indianapolis on the issue of nonviolence in policing locally and the use of policing internationally as an alternative to military action. The Old Centrum, Central Avenue and 12th Street in Indianapolis. Admission Free.
April 12, 2005 Jackson Katz: “My Gun's Bigger Than Yours: Images of Manhood and Violence in the Media”
Goshen College - Location College Church Chapel Free and open tot he public! Jackson Katz will join the Goshen College community for an evening conversation about Manhhod and Violence in the Media. This slide-lecture is regularly updated with images from popular culture and is presented in an interactive style where the audience has the opportunity to participate in dialogue about the images presented. Subjects covered include professional wrestling, sports, Hollywood film, advertising, and music videos. Jackson Katz is the founder and director of MVP Strategies, an organization that provides gender violence prevention training and materials to U.S. colleges, high schools, law enforcement agencies, the U.S. military services, community organizations and small and large corporations. He is the creator of an award-winning video titled Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity. The video is available with versions for college and high school students and is a production of the Media Education Foundation, creators of the acclaimed videos Dreamworlds II and Killing Us Softly 3. In 1993, he co-created the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program at Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society. The multi-racial, mixed gender MVP Program is the first large-scale attempt to enlist high school, collegiate and professional athletes in the fight against all forms of men's violence against women. MVP has worked with more than 20,000 high school students, as well as 2,500 student-athletes at 35 colleges nationally. Katz and other MVP staff have trained coaches, players and front office personnel of the New England Patriots Football Club. Katz is the primary author of the program's innovative teaching materials. Since 1996, he has been directing the first worldwide gender violence prevention program in the history of the United States Marine Corps. He and his colleagues have trained thousands of Marines on a dozen bases in the U.S. and Japan. The United States Navy is currently piloting his program aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. He is a member of the U.S. Secretary of Defense's Task Force on Domestic Violence in the military. Since 1990, Katz has lectured at more than 500 colleges, prep schools, high schools, middle schools, professional conferences and military installations in 41 states. He has spoken and done trainings at numerous public schools and community organizations across the country. From 1988 to 1998, Katz was the chief organizer for Real Men, the Boston-based anti-sexist men's organization. Real Men leafleted at Fenway Park and Andrew Dice Clay concerts, provided speakers, sponsored debates and conferences, held fundraisers for battered women's shelters and produced and distributed literature. From 1998 to 2000, he served on the American Bar Association's Commission on Domestic Violence. He has consulted for several years with the Liz Claiborne Company's award-winning Women's Work campaign. He has published several academic articles on topics including educating college student-athletes in gender violence prevention, violent white masculinity in advertising, men's leadership in gender violence prevention education K-12, juvenile detention, masculinities in media and the male sports culture. Katz is widely quoted in the national print media. He has appeared on numerous national and local radio programs in the U.S. and Canada, as well as television programs such as Good Morning America, The Montel Williams Show, ABC News, 20/20 and the CBS Evening News. Katz is a former all-star football player who became the first man at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to earn a minor in women's studies. He holds a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where his research concentration was the social construction of violent masculinities through sports and media.
March 20, 2005 Open House at Indianapolis Peace House
Indianapolis Peace House is having an Open House on Sunday, March 20 from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. This is a perfect opportunity to meet the current students and tour the historic home in which they live. 1421 Central Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46202
March 19, 2005 Exercising Democracy: Midwest Peace Summit
Author Michael Parenti delivers the Plowshares keynote speech at the Midwest Peace Summit---Exercising Democracy. Parenti offers history and analysis of the war in Iraq and participates in a panel on media handling of the war. The summit will be held on the campus of IUPUI. The event is free of charge.
March 18, 2005 Midwestern Peace Summit: Exercising Democracy
March 18-20. Peace and justice organizations, civic groups, colleges and universities in the Midwest host a peace summit called Exercising Democracy. A host of speakers, workshop leaders, artists, musicians, and theatre troupes engage in discussion of issues, such as the war in iraq, conflict in the Middle East, environmentalism, the economy, and values. Plowshares is a supporter of the conference. IUPUI is the host. Watch the website for details.
March 11, 2005 Elena Featherston to speak at Transforming the Culture of Violence Against Women Seminar/Conference
Goshen College College-Mennonite Church March 11-12, 2004 Elena Featherston is a lecturer, workshop leader, writer, cultural critic and filmmaker. A political visionary, she has lectured on social theory throughout the United States and Europe since 1982. Her focus is varied: sexism, racism, reproductive rights, women’s spirituality, multicultural democracy, heterosexism, women’s rights, gender violence and multicultural alliance-building are some of the issues she address. An outspoken proponent for human rights, Featherston has appeared on radio and television in the U.S. and abroad. She has worked with the Green Party and ISD in Germany to end the neo-fascist violence there, coordinated the "Children Having Children" Conference with the National Council of Negro Women to address the fundamentals of teen pregnancy, devised diversity training materials for battered women’s shelters, and taught journal writing techniques as a form of narrative healing. Featherston’s writings have appeared in numerous magazines and journals and her book Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture & Identity was published by The Crossing Press in 1994. She is the producer/director of the award-winning documentary "Alice Walker: Visions of the Spirit." In 1988, Featherston co-founded REEL DIRECTIONS, a San Francisco-based film/video collective which fosters the creation of realistic and multi-dimensional images of women and people of color for cinema and television in countries around the world. In 1990, she co-founded Featherston and Associates, a group of cross-cultural lecturers, teachers and facilitators from diverse backgrounds who work to end all forms of oppression, particularly those based on race, ethnic or cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical ability and spiritual beliefs. Featherston is currently working on a children’s book on ethnicity and color entitled This is Me; a documentary film which explores interracial relationships, "Under Our Skins"; and a book that fuses art, politics and spirituality, Weaving Change: A Guide to Personal and Political Transformation". She is an adjunct professor at New College of San Francisco in the departments of psychology and literature, and a candidate for the Beatrice M. Bain Research Affiliated Scholars Program at the University of California, Berkeley. Memberships include: The African/Asian American Roundtable, Bay Area Committee on Reproductive Rights, Women Against Rape, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the National Writer’s Union, Comparative and International Education Society(CIES), Women Make Movies, National Women’s Studies Association, Black Women in Publishing, NAACP, Bay Area Video Coalition and the Film Arts Foundation.
March 2, 2005 The Globalization of Law
William Schabas teaches human rights law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and participates often in international human rights missions for groups such as Amnesty International. He has worked as a consultant on human rights with many foreign governments, including the Ministry of Justice of Rwanda. Schabas speaks on the International Criminal Court and the globalization of law and government. The Old Centrum, Central Avenue and 12th Street in Indianapolis. Admission free.
February 22, 2005 Crisis in Sudan
John Prendergast is one of the foremost experts on the crisis in Sudan and an advisor to the President of the International Crisis Group, an independent, multinational organization working to resolve deadly conflict. Seen and heard frequently on major news programs, Prendergast brings an update on the crisis and an application of the term "genocide" in the Darfur Region of Sudan. The Old Centrum, Central Avenue and 12th Street in Indianapolis. Admission free. Box lunch available ($7.50).
February 21, 2005 Crisis in Dafur
John Prendergast is one of the world's leading authorities on the 21-year war and humanitarian crisis in Sudan. He was a Special Advisor on the Horn of Africa in the U.S. State Department and Director of African Affairs at the U.S. National Security Council before joining the International Crisis Group. He has been seen on Nightline with Ted Koppel, the Charlie Rose show, and other media outlets speaking about the situation in Dafur, and he was invited observer for the recent signing of the Sudan Peace Agreement. Join us in Wampler Auditorium for this opportunity to gain a clear and insightful perspective on the hopes for peace and justice in Sudan. Wampler Auditorium. Admission free.
February 7, 2005 The Impossible Will Take a Little While
Paul Loeb calls out the hope that is within us in trying times and reminds us that ordinary people can change the world. His new book, "The Impossible Will Take a Little While," features the writings of many well known authors on the topic of hope. The Old Centrum, Central Avenue and 12th Street, Indianapolis. Admission free.
February 2, 2005 SHAY BANKS-YOUNG & JULIA JEFFERSON: Descendants of President Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings, his slave
Goshen College, Free and Open to the Public Genetic testing strongly suggests that Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson, one of our nation’s most respected Presidents, bore children with Sally Hemings, one of his slaves. This was shocking news for many historians, who for years had denied the possibility that Jefferson was capable of such "immoral" behavior. It was not, however, shocking to Julia Jefferson and Shay Banks-Young and their families, who have always been confident that their great-great-grandfathers, Eston and Madison, were, in fact, the sons of Jefferson and Hemings. The proof of this relationship, which seems to have lasted 38 years, leaves us with a great number of questions about race relations in the United States. Jefferson is a former educator turned businesswoman and her "new" cousin, Banks-Young, is a preventive health trainer and a poet who has hosted her own public affairs talk show. Jefferson is white and Banks-Young is black. Now, they are looking forward to their role as a focal point for what they hope will be an honest new dialogue on these very important issues we face as a society. In this unique presentation, the audience will have the opportunity to listen in on their conversation, hearing these articulate women discuss the many differences and similarities they share. They are anxious to engage the audience in their discussion which makes for a very interactive program. Together and separately, Banks-Young and Jefferson have appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, BET Tonight with Travis Smiley, and Sally Jesse Raphael, and have been interviewed by Time, U.S. News and World Report and People. Cosmopolitan named Banks-Young as one of their “Fun, Fearless Females” for her community building efforts. Anne Gordon-Reed, author of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy, said on The NewsHour with Jim Leher that "the thing this shows very clearly is that we're not two separate people, black and white; we are a people who share a common culture, a common land, and it turns out a common blood line, and this is something we haven't wanted to deal with openly."
January 16, 2005 Charlie King & Karen Brandow Performance
Goshen College - Java Junction Charlie King and Karen Brandow are musical storytellers and political satirists. Their repertoire covers a century and a half and four continents. They perform with the sweet and precise harmonies of life partners. They sing and write passionately about the extraordinary lives of ordinary people. "Two voices that complement each other beautifully & instrumentation that is spare, acoustic & just right" Victory Music Review. In Sept. 2003 they released their latest, live concert CD, SPARKS & TEARS. Other recent releases include: PUPPET TOWN (story, satire and hope for the new millenium) and REMEMBERING SACCO & VANZETTI: A LIVE PERFORMANCE. This musical and spoken word performance was selected from their 2001 Appleseed Recording, I STRUCK GOLD, which won rave reviews and extensive radio airplay. In addition to a full time career of concert touring, King and Brandow have sung in support of numerous groups working for peace, human rights, environmental sanity and alternatives to violence. Their central vision as entertainers is to leave audiences with a sense of optimism and possibility about the future. "We try to cover a broad emotional landscape in my concerts. The stories we collect and the songs we write take the listener on a journey of humor, heartache and hope. What we most value in a song is the way it helps us see an old reality in a totally new light." Charlie King has been at the heart of American folk music for over 40 years. His songs have been recorded and sung by other performers such as Pete Seeger, Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, John McCutcheon, Arlo Guthrie, Peggy Seeger, Chad Mitchell and Judy Small. Honors include an "Indie" award for one of the top three folk recordings of 1984. In May of 1998 the War Resisters League gave their Peacemaker Award to Charlie and to Odetta. Pete Seeger nominated Charlie for the Sacco-Vanzetti Social Justice Award, which he received in November 1999. Charlie has released a dozen solo albums since 1976. He has also released three albums with the touring ensemble Bright Morning Star, and numerous compilation albums with other artists. Charlie was born in 1947, and was raised in Brockton, MA. He cites as musical influences the folk music revival of the 1960's, the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War era. Folk legend Peggy Seeger says, "If we had more Charlie Kings in the world I'd be less worried," and Tom Paxton adds, "Luckily, we have him!" Karen Brandow has been performing with Charlie King since 1998. While doing human rights work in Guatemala from 1986-1994, Karen studied voice, performance and classical guitar. She performed at political and cultural events in that country as a soloist and was a founding member of the a cappella singing group, the Non-Traditional Imports. Karen was born in 1954 in Philadelphia, PA. She began singing and playing guitar as a teenager. While living in Central America, she broadened her repertoire to include Latin American music of the "Nueva Canción" or New Song Movement. She performs songs in English and Spanish.
January 14, 2005 National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati
Westmoreland is Senior Advisor at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and an expert on the Underground Railroad and historic preservation. He has been the curator of slave pens for the museum and speaks on racial cooperation and national and international freedom struggles. The Old Centrum, Central Avenue and 12th Street in Indianapolis. Admission free.
November 22, 2004 Linda Fox, Artwork of Social Protest in Chile
Manchester College Linda Fox, Artwork of Social Protest in Chile Dr. Linda Fox, associate professor of Spanish at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, will present the Chilean arpillera, a unique art form in Chile. The arpillera, a cloth collage of “scraps of Life,” details lives disrupted by the disappearance of family members under the Pinochet dictatorship.
November 12, 2004 Lessons Learned from My Grandfather
Indianapolis Arun Gandhi will share some of the empowering life lessons learned from his famous grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi. The simple formula for a full life built by his grandfather advocated avoiding wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principle. Gandhi's grandson will encourage the audience to take action to build their own lives based on the qualities of conscience, character, morality, humanity, sacrifice, and principle. Presented by Plowshares: A Peace Studies Collaborative of Earlham, Goshen, and Manchester Colleges and Indianapolis Peace House. The Old Centrum Center, 10:30 a.m. Questions? Call Peace House at 317-631-7322.
November 11, 2004 George "Tink" Tinker: "Indian Liberation Theology:Pointing Towards Peace, Health, Balance and Harmony"
Rieth Recital Hall, Music Center George E. (Tink) Tinker is Professor of American Indian Cultures and Religious Traditions at the Ilif School of Theology and earned his Ph.D. at Graduate Theological Union. "Tink" Tinker teaches courses in American Indian culture, history, and religious traditions; cross-cultural and Third-World theologies; and justice and peace studies. His publications include Missionary Conquest: The Gospel and Native American Genocide. An ordained Lutheran pastor, Dr. Tinker continues to work in the Indian community as (non-stipendiary) director of Four Winds American Indian Survival Project in Denver. He is past president of the Native American Theological Association and a member of the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians. Firmly committed to the ecumenical movement, he has been active in volunteer capacities with several denominations at the national level, the National Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches. He currently serves as an "Honorary Advisor" to IMADR, the International Movement against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism.
November 9, 2004 Yevgeny Yevtushenko, People’s Poet of Russia
Indianapolis Yevgeny Yevtushenko, People’s Poet of Russia Yevgeny Yevtushenko dared to criticize Stalin-era brutality and won the respect of the people and political leaders alike. Join Yevtushenko for a reading of his poetry and a lecture that comments on both poetry writing, and on the political context of poetry. Through passionate poetry, Yevtushenko builds in us a sense of our worth as humans and creates within us a sense of belonging to the family of humanity. He describes himself as "the voice of the voiceless," giving expression to the Jews of the Holocaust and Russians living under oppression. At the Old Centrum Center, Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m. Presented by Plowshares: A Peace Studies Collaborative of Earlham, Goshen, and Manchester Colleges and Indianapolis Peace House. Questions? Call Peace House at 317-631-7322.
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).
October 10, 2004 Ron Young, Director of the U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East
Manchester College Ron Young, Director of the U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East Young provides concise history on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and proposes a compelling plan for peace in the region. USICPME is a national organization of Jews, Christians, and Muslims dedicated to dialogue, education, and advocacy based on the deepest teachings of the three religious traditions. 10:00 a.m., Cordier Auditorium.
October 5, 2004 Hope not Hate Town Hall
A forum on U.S.-Islamic World Relations hosted by Americans for Informed Democracy at Goshen College. The event will be in Room 17 of the Newcomer Building. Free and Open to the Public. Featuring a distinguished panel of scholars and activists. Refreshments provided. Speakers include: Omar Heydar, former director of the Chicago Council of American-Islamic Relations Zaineb Istrabadi, associate director of the Middle Eastern and Islamic studies program at Indiana University http://www.hopenothate.org"
September 29, 2004 Howard Zinn to speak at Manchester
Cordier Auditorium Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, knows firsthand how war dehumanizes all involved, how the greatest evils can be done with the noblest of intentions. As a US bombardier in World War II, he flew sorties over France and Germany at a point in the war when it was clear that Germany would eventually lose. "As a moral act, I hadn't really questioned it," he says. "They were the bad guys, we were the good guys, and therefore nothing we did was wrong." One of those bombing raids, over the French town of Royan, is where Zinn remembers dropping the air force's new jellied-gasoline bomb and killing over a thousand cornered German troops, as well as a number of French civilians. Zinn is one of the most prominent figures of the anti-war movement, but it's not a new role for a man who has spoken out against every US military conflict since World War II. More recently, Zinn has challenged the assumption that Saddam Hussein's weapons stockpile is the most dangerous threat facing the world. "I would like to see inspection teams go into the laboratories of the United States," he says, in full flip-the-script mode. "I'd like to see what chemical and biological weapons the United States is storing." His anti-war stance---he takes pains to say that pacifism seems to him "logically indefensible," but sets the threshold for war higher than even "just war" proponents---stems from his own experience, and from knowing that the justifications for war often differ from the actual reasons nations go to war. In 2003 publisher HarperCollins sponsored a celebration of the sale of over a million copies of Zinn's seminal "A People's History of the United States."
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 17, 2004 Natya Dance Theatre
Manchester College Natya Dance Theatre is recognized as one of the finest Indian dance companies in the United States, seeking to sustain and develop the traditional art forms of India through teaching and performance. The Theatre promotes the values of Indian culture, preserves an ancient art form, and forges links among Indian, U.S., and other culture. 7:00 p.m., Cordier Auditorium
September 14, 2004 Jesus "Chuy" Negrete - Songs & Images of Mexican Labor
Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Music Center Public warmly welcome! Chuy Negrete, with guitar in hand, performs traditional "corridos," the folk music of his native Mexico. The son of migrant farmworkers who later settled in Chicago, Negrete went on to become one of the nation’s foremost musicologists and interpreters of Mexican and Chicano music. He’s the founder and Director of the Mexican Cultural Institute in Chicago and has performed at universities nationwide. Through concerts and workshops, Negrete takes you on a musical journey from Aztlan to the fields of Cesar Chavez, instilling in audiences an understanding and respect for the culture of his people.
September 11, 2004 Kim Phuc - “Love, Hope and Forgiveness”
Saturday, September 11th at 7 PM Shelton Auditorium at Christian Theological Seminary, 1000 West 42nd Street, Indianapolis,IN Free and open to the public. Donations to her Foundation will be accepted. On June 8, 1972, nine year old Kim Phuc ran from her napalm bombed village of Trang Bang, screaming from third degree burns to her skin. She is remembered as the “Girl in the Picture” which ultimately changed the way the world looked at the Vietnam War, and all wars. The photograph was transmitted around the world and later won a Pulitzer Prize. Today Kim Phuc lives in Toronto, Canada where she established the Kim Phuc Foundation whose mission is healing children of war. In 1997 she was named a Goodwill Ambassador for Peace. Kim Phuc’s lecture is sponsored by Plowshares and the Peace House, North Meadow Circle of Friends, Northview Church of the Brethern, First Mennonite Church, First Friends Meeting, Shalom Mennonite Church, Global Gifts, Veterans for Peace, Inc. Chapter 49, Hoosiers Concerned About Gun Violence, Christian Theological Seminary and Pip Printing and Document Services. For more information call 317-876-7278 .
September 7, 2004 Fence or Wall? Security or Apartheid: A Palestinian and an Israeli Perspective
Indianapolis - Co-Sponsored by Plowshares Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library auditorium, Marian College The Franciscan Center for Global Studies at Marian College presents: Global Studies Speaker Series Fence or Wall? Security or Apartheid: A Palestinian and an Israeli Perspective Tzvi Adelman is a member of the graduate faculty of the Rothberg School for Overseas Students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the on-line program of Hebrew College in Boston. He holds degrees in Jewish Studies from Cornell, the Jewish Theological Seminary, and Brandeis and has researched and written in the areas of Jewish history and culture, women in Jewish history, and early-modern Italian Jewry. Muhammed Abu Samra teaches contemporary Arab thought and Islam at David Yellin College of Education and the Bezalel School of Art and Design. He is a Palestinian citizen of Israel who holds degrees in Linguistics and International Relations specializing in Middle Eastern Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
September 6, 2004 An Israeli Jew and a Palestinian on Martyrdom
Manchester College An Israeli Jew and a Palestinian on Martyrdom Muhammed Abu Samra (Palestinian citizen of Israel) and Tzvi Adelman (Israeli Jew) discuss views of martyrdom in their respective traditions. 10:00 a.m., Cordier Auditorium.
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.
June 30, 2004 Ruby Sales, Civil Rights Veteran and Director of Spirit House to speak as a part of Transforming a Violent World: Sharing Resources, Tools and Visions
Transforming a Violent World: Sharing Resources, Tools and Visions June 27, 28 & 30. Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Free and Open to the Public. Civil rights veteran, Ruby Sales is a, historian and activist from Jemison, Ala. In the 1960s, while studying at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, Sales became involved with the state’s Freedom Summer voter registration drive. She currently serves as director of Spirit House, a nonprofit organization she launched in 2000 in Washington, D.C. Spirit House is focused on community organizing and spiritually based community building. Sales has also served as director of the Citizens' Complaint Center in Washington, D.C., director of Black Women’s Voices and Images and director of Women of All Colors. She has taught courses on the civil rights movement and African American women’s history at the University of Maryland. Sales has written several articles and has appeared as a commentator on national television programs.
June 28, 2004 Paul R. Loeb, author and associated scholar at Seattle’s Center for Ethical Leadership to speak as a part of Transforming a Violent World: Sharing Resources, Tools and Visions
Transforming a Violent World: Sharing Resources, Tools and Visions June 27, 28 & 30. Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Free and Open to the Public. Paul Loeb is an associated scholar at Seattle’s Center for Ethical Leadership and board chair of Peace Action of Washington state. Loeb has spent more than 30 years studying and writing about the psychology of social involvement. His most famous book, Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time, with 85,000 copies in print, explores what leads some people to get involved in larger community issues and what it takes to maintain commitment for the long haul. Loeb has written for such publications as: The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Psychology Today, Utne Reader, Redbook, Parents magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, Salon, the Village Voice, National Catholic Reporter, and the International Herald Tribune. In addition to Soul of a Citizen, he is the author of Generation at the Crossroads : Apathy and action on the American Campus, of Nuclear Culture, and of Hope in Hard Tiimes. His new anthology on political hope, The Impossible Will Take a Little While, will be published in August 2004 by Basic Books.
June 27, 2004 Rachel Harding, Director of The Veterans of Hope Project to speak as a part of Transforming a Violent World: Sharing Resources, Tools and Visions
Transforming a Violent World: Sharing Resources, Tools and Visions June 27, 28 & 30. Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Free and Open to the Public. Rachel Harding is the executive director of The Veterans of Hope Project at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colo. The Veterans of Hope Project documents the life stories of “Veterans” -- men and women from a variety of ethnic, cultural and religious communities who have been active for many years in movements for compassionate social change. Harding has also taught classes on religion and African-American studies at the Iliff School of Theology and the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is the author of A Refuge in Thunder: Candomblé and Alternative Spaces of Blackness, history of the nineteenth century development of the Afro-Brazilian religion. Harding is also an accomplished poet, with works published in Callaloo, Chelsea, Feminist Studies, The International Review of African American Art, Hambone, and in several anthologies.
April 19, 2004 Clyde Prestowitz, author of "Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions," to speak at Manchester
Cordier Auditorium. Clyde Prestowitz is the president of the Economic Strategy Institute in Washington and author of "Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions." As a former Reagan Administration trade negotiator he's one conservative who has doubts about the United States' ability to reap the benefits of globalization---and to find its role as the world's sole superpower. He asks, "Has America become a rogue nation?" He points out that, increasingly, America's closest allies---those with a great respect for the country---see the US as abandoning its commitment to global institutions and treaties, consensus building, and alliances in favor of a unilateralism that has little regard for the needs and goals of other nations. He argues that even US allies who had come to expect some US unilateralism are now taken aback by the level of unilateral actions today. Clyde Prestowitz was counselor to the Secretary of Commerce in the Reagan administration, and led trade delegations to Japan, China, Latin America, and Europe. Before joining the Commerce Department, he was a senior executive with American Can Company and Scott Paper.
March 31, 2004 Jim Wallis to speak at Goshen: "Prophetic Politics in an Election Year"
Jim Wallis will speak at 7:30 in Goshen College's Rieth Recital Hall. Jim is a Christian leader for social change. He is a speaker, author, activist, and international commentator on ethics and public life. Wallis was a founder of Sojourners - Christians for justice and peace - more than 30 years ago and continues to serve as the editor of Sojourners magazine, covering faith, politics and culture. In 1995, Wallis was instrumental in forming Call to Renewal, a national federation of churches, denominations, and faith-based organizations from across the theological and political spectrum working to overcome poverty. Wallis speaks at more than 200 events a year and his columns appear in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and other major newspapers. His most recent book is Faith Works: Lessons from the Life of an Activist Preacher (Random House, 2000). This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Joe Liechty at (574) 535-7802, or email joecl@goshen.edu
March 30, 2004 Judy O'Bannon Public Lecture and Reception
College Church Chapel, Goshen College Goshen College, the Plowshares Peace Studies Collaborative, & the Indianapolis Peace House present an afternoon lecture with Judy O’Bannon, the newly appointed Director of External Affairs of the Indianapolis Peace House. O’Bannon is former First Lady of Indiana and longtime member of southern Indiana’s Corydon United Methodist Church. Judy has spent her life as a community activist and volunteer, advocating for such issues as education, the environment, and community development. The event is free and open to the public. Following the lecture there will be a short reception.
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.
March 24, 2004 James Loewen to speak at Goshen
Wednesday, March 24 from 4-6 pm James Loewen, best-selling author of "Lies My Teacher Told me: Everything your High School History Textbook Got Wrong," will speak in Goshen College's NC17. This event is especially open to local educators and education majors. Loewen is a sociologist and author, who spent two years at the Smithsonian Institution surveying twelve leading high school textbooks of American history. He found them overwhelmingly full of bland optimism, nationalism, and plain misinformation. What lies might your social studies teachers have inadvertantly taught you? Loewen will also speak on Tuesday, March 23, at 7:00 pm in the Rieth Recital Hall and in chapel on the 24th.
March 24, 2004 James Loewen to speak at Goshen College Convocation
James Loewen will speak at Goshen College Convocation at 10:00 am in the college church chapel. Loewen is a sociologist and best-selling author, who wrote "Lies My Teacher Told me: Everything your High School History Textbook Got Wrong" and "Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong." Loewen spent two years at the Smithsonian Institution surveying twelve leading high school textbooks of American history. He found them overwhelmingly full of bland optimism, nationalism, and plain misinformation. What lies might your social studies teachers have inadvertantly taught you?
March 23, 2004 James Loewen, author of "Lies my Teacher Told me" to speak at Goshen
James Loewen will speak at Goshen College on Tuesday, March 23 at 7 PM in the Rieth Recital Hall. Loewen is a sociologist and best-selling author, who wrote "Lies My Teacher Told me: Everything your High School History Textbook Got Wrong" and "Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong." Loewen spent two years at the Smithsonian Institution surveying twelve leading high school textbooks of American history. He found them overwhelmingly full of bland optimism, nationalism, and plain misinformation. What lies might your social studies teachers have inadvertantly taught you? Loewen will also speak on Wednesday, March 24, in chapel and from 4 to 6 pm in NC 19.
March 22, 2004 Goshen College Alumni to report on sustainable tourism project
Two Goshen College alumni, Eric Kanagy and Marten Beels, will report on their project to promote sustainable tourism in Rio Limpio, Dominican Republic. The event will take place in Goshen College's WY 318 at noon on Monday, March 22.
March 18, 2004 Manchester College's A Cappella Choir to sing before embarking for Italy tour , bringing a message of "world peace"
Area audience will hear Manchester College's A Cappella Choir before it embarks for Italy tour The voices of Manchester College's A Cappella Choir will soar within some of the most famous cathedrals of Italy during spring break. But before leaving on its peace tour, this special 65-member choir of students and alumni will present its Italy concert at Manchester College on Thursday, March 18. The music for the tour is mostly American, including original compositions by Manchester College music faculty members. "Italian audiences particularly enjoy hearing American choirs singing American music," noted choir director, Dr. Debra J. Lynn, assistant professor of music. The A Cappella Choir, which performed in Carnegie Hall in 2001, also will sing in Latin for liturgies at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice and The Vatican in Rome. Besides liturgical participation, the ensemble will perform full concerts in Palestrina, Lucca and Assisi. "Because our tour will carry with it a message emphasizing Manchester College's mission regarding world peace, I felt it extremely important to include a concert at the upper Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi," said Dr. Lynn. "The Frescoes there are absolutely breathtaking. It is my hope that our music will be a perfect complement to the chapel's artistic ambiance." The Italy tour of the A Cappella Choir is comprised of 50 current Manchester College students and 15 choral alumni. Plowshares peace studies program, funded by Lilly Endowment Inc., is underwriting the tour. (Alumni are paying their own expenses.) The March 18 audience in North Manchester will hear compositions representative of a variety of American styles, from colonial to modern times. The program includes works by William Billings, Lowell Mason,Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin and two music department faculty members, Dr. Debora E. DeWitt and Dr. Lynn. Tickets are $3 for the 7:30 p.m. performance in Cordier Auditorium on the Manchester College campus. Call 260-982-5551 for reservations. Choir Personnel (alumni with year of graduation): Megan Allen, Lauren Bailey, Jaymie Baker, Jeffrey Ballard, the Rev. Douglas H. Barber '76, Alison Bever, Robert Bucher, Brian Carlisle '68, Ashleigh Casazza, Nicole Caltado, Jennifer Cornett, Katie Crosby, Lois Davis '50, Rone J. Davis '02, Torrance Dean, Alana DeWitt, Christopher DeWitt, Debora DeWitt, Suzanne Cook Garza '89, Michael Good, Jessica Hamlyn, Jennifer Hann, Meagan Harlow, Rachael Heath. And, Mitchell Herniak, Amy Hoffman, Carrie Hook, Allison Hoover, James Hutchings, Wendi Hutchinson, Larissa James, Krzysztof Kardaszewicz, Myra Kerch Katovich '60, Carey Konkle, Dennae Lytle, Joyce Mann '60, Wendy Matheny, Rachel McFadden, Christina McPherson, Courtney Moore, Kellie Mullin, Amanda Myers-Walls '03, Sarah Nolan, Sharon Osborne, Sayo Oshogwemoh, Matthew Overman, Kimberly Reuter, Nicholas Reynolds '03, Katie Schreck, Tyler Secor. And, Sherita Septiani, Michael Spaulding, Sandra Wilson Stock '77, Laura Stone, Riyanka Subrahmanyam, Andrew Suhre, Peggy Suhre '77, Ethan Terry, Julie Thompson, Laura Warnement '00, James Vincent, Megan Wenger, Frieda I. Wilson, Gordon N. Wilson '60 and John L. Wright '03. Brass Ensemble (for MC performance): Jim Kibby, trumpet; Jason Lucker, trumpet; Kimberly Reuter, horn, and Robert Lynn, tuba. Kristine Harris, trumpet, will join the Italy tour.
March 17, 2004 Pam Fitzgerald and Paul Dix "Witness for Peace in Nicaragua"
Come hear Paul Dix and Pam Fitzgerald share about their experiences in Nicaragua. Pam and Paul are two Quakers from Livingston, Montana, who have worked with Witness for Peace, a grassroots activist group. They have documented and photographed life in Nicaragua since the 1980s. This event will take place in Goshen College's Convocation from 10:00-10:30 am.
March 15, 2004 Sarah Weddington to speak for Women's History Month
Dr. Sarah Weddington, will speak at Manchester College for Women's History Month as part of the convocation series. Weddington will also be available for a brown bag lunch, and a media junket with student, local, and regional media. Weddington was assistant to President Jimmy Carter from 1978 to 1981 and she was lead attorney in the famous Roe v Wade case. She has been called "One of the Most Influential Lawyers of the 20th Century," One of "The Tallest Texans--Those who left their mark on Texas and the rest of the world in the 20th Century," "Texas Woman of the Century," And a "Face of the Century." She is one of Time Magazine's "Outstanding Young American Leaders" and was voted "Best College Lecturer" by the National Association for Campus Activities. For more information, please see: http://www.weddingtoncenter.com Weddington is a proven leader in government at the state and National levels. In 1973, she became the first woman from Austin to serve in the 150-member Texas House of Representatives, serving for three terms. In 1977, she was the first woman ever to hold the title of General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture where Dr. Weddington supervised more than 200 lawyers. From 1978 to 1981, she served as Assistant to President Jimmy Carter, directing the Administration's work on women's issues and leadership outreach. From 1983 to 1985, she was the first female director of the Texas Office of State-Federal Relations. A founding member of the Foundation for Women's Resources, Dr. Weddington has been integral to all of its activities, including the Leadership Texas and Leadership America programs. Moreover, she assisted in the creation of The Women's Museum in Dallas, Texas. In March 2001, Dr. Weddington returned to TWU for The Sarah Weddington Centennial Leadership Conference. She is currently working on her next book on the topic of leadership and self-renewal. In her first book, A Question of Choice, Dr. Weddington detailed the landmark Roe v. Wade case, which she successfully argued as a young attorney before the US Supreme Court in 1973. She is believed to be the youngest person ever to win a case before the US Supreme Court. Dr. Weddington has received numerous honors and awards. In 2000, Texas Lawyer named her "One of the Most Influential Lawyers of the 20th Century," and the Houston Chronicle named her as one of "The Tallest Texans - Those who left their mark on Texas and the rest of the world in the 20th Century." In 1999, she was honored as a "Texas Woman of the Century" by the Women's Chamber of Commerce of Texas and named a "Face of the Century" by the San Antonio (TX) Express-News. She is featured for her "Courage to Challenge" in Women of Courage: Inspiring Stories from the Women Who Lived Them by Katherine Martin. In 1998, Dr. Weddington was the recipient of Leadership America's Hummingbird award for contributions toward the advancement of women's leadership and McMurry University's Trailblazer award for "setting a Path for others to follow as servant leaders." In 1995, she was inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa Society, the national leadership honor society. She was given the 1993 Woman of Distinction award at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders. In 1990, she was named by the National Association for Campus Activities as "Best College Lecturer," and in 1980, she received the Planned Parenthood of America's highest honor, the Margaret Sanger award. Time Magazine named her one of the "Outstanding Young American Leaders." She has been selected as one of the ten "Outstanding Women in America." She has been featured in such publications as Working Women, People Magazine, and the Washington Post and has been a guest on such programs as The Today Show, Good Morning America, and CBS Morning News.
March 8, 2004 Containment: Life After 3 Mile Island - Screening with Directors Chris Boebel and Nick Poppy
Wampler Auditorium Directors Chris Boebeland Nick Poppy will join the Goshen College campus for a screening of their film Containment. Containment reconstructs the nuclear accident at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island power plant in 1979, retelling those terrifying, surreal events in the words of those who lived through them. This one hour documentary film examines the legacy of Three Mile Island through the lens of the nearby community of Middletown and explores the accident’s long-term effects on local residents, including the rise of anti-nuclear activism, psychological consequences, and the debate over health effects.
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.
February 25, 2004 "Legacy" showing and small group discussion
Showing at Goshen College in AD 28, "Legacy" is a documentary about the true story of a family from one of the worst Chicago housing projects. After the showing there will be small group discussions about the issues brought up in the movie. The showing will last from 7:00 to 9:30 pm.
February 16, 2004 "The Weather Underground" showing and panel discussion
Showing at Goshen College in Newcomer 17, "The Weather Underground" is a documentary that explores the rise and fall of The Weather Underground radical movement in the 1960's and '70's. It will be followed by a panel discussion. The event is supposed to last from 7:00 to 9:30.
January 19, 2004 C. T. Vivian, Civil Rights Leader
Come celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Study Day with Goshen College. Events start at 9:00 am and feature Civil Rights Leader CT Vivian.
January 9, 2004 A Slice of Rice, Frijoles and Greens
A Slice of Rice, Frijoles and Greens A dynamic mix of personal stories and provocative scenarios that takes you on a mind-expanding, heart-opening journey through the multicultural American experience. This powerful trio of solo performers will challenge, inspire and entertain you as they boldly leap across cultural borders. From outrageously funny to deeply poignant, A Slice of Rice, Frijoles and Greens will satisfy your appetite for meaningful fare. Featuring Shishir Kurup, Dan Kwong and Olga Loya. Come meet: * A newborn baby who talks like a cross between Barry Bonds and Karl Marx. * A woman who discovers that the complexity of identity politics is enough to split your head in three. * A man struggling to handle negative fall-out from The Patriot Act – and maybe make it as a mime. * An upwardly-immobile guy who grows up driving in the glamorous shadow of the Hollywood sign. * A footloose gal who dances her way past prejudice, ignorance and gangs to find her true community. This presentation is best suited for audiences 16 and over due to the mature contextual complexity surrounding issues of culture, racial stereotypes and relationships. We ask for your discretion while warmly inviting a diverse audience.
November 16, 2003 Ronald Young, US Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East -- A Local and International Dialog Among Muslims, Christians, and Jews
November 16, 4:00 p.m. North United Methodist Church, Indianapolis (IN) Free Young oversees the program of USICPME which brings together prominent leaders of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam for education and advocacy. Representatives of the three religious traditions will be on hand to respond to discuss.
November 12, 2003 "Fannie Lou Hamer: This Little Light..."
Sponsored by Goshen College Plowshares, Academic Affairs and Student Life Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Admission is free. Billie Jean Young is a veteran stage actress who brings Fannie Lou Hamer to life in all of Hamer’s Mississippi-born, sharecropping, freedom-fighting glory. In her captivating, award-winning one- woman show, "Fannie Lou Hamer: This Little Light..." Young recaptures the breadth and majesty of Hamer’s brave journey, from downtrodden field worker to victorious champion of civil and human rights. Audiences come away from the show imbued with new knowledge of the history of the Civil Rights movement. A prolific poet, activist and dramatist, Young’s many artistic endeavors include her poetry collection, My Name is Black.
November 12, 2003 Billie Jean Young (Poet, Activist and Dramatist) Speaks about her work and Fannie Lou Hamer"
Sponsored by Plowshares, Academic Affairs and Student Life College Church Chapel, Goshen College Free. Billie Jean Young is a veteran stage actress who brings Fannie Lou Hamer to life in her award-winning one-woman show, "Fannie Lou Hamer: This Little Light..." Young will speak about her life's work and her connection to Fannie Lou Hamer.
November 10, 2003 Betty Williams, Nobel Laureate -- Child Soldiering Around the World
November 10, 10:30 a.m. Old Centrum Center, Indianapolis (IN) Free. Williams is a Nobel Laureate from Northern Ireland and head of Global Children’s Foundation, an organization dedicated to the protection of children at risk in war, conflict, and poverty.
November 9, 2003 Jim Wallis, Betty Williams & Charles Johnson -- Remembering and Reconciling
November 9, 4:30 p.m. Clowes Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis (IN) Free tickets (contact Clowes Hall) Journalist and activist Jim Wallis, Nobel Laureate Betty Williams, and novelist Charles Johnson reflect on remembering and reconciling, the theme of this year’s Spirit & Place Festival. The discussion is moderated by Scott Russell Sanders, essayist.
October 17, 2003 Plowshares National Student Peace & Justice Conference
Oct. 17-19, 2003 Manchester College North Manchester, Indiana “We Are the Eyes of the World” Media: Seeking the Truth The first annual Plowshares Peace & Justice Student Conference will be held in North Manchester, Indiana, at Manchester College. The conference will examine the role of the media in world affairs with a focus on peace and justice. Students will make connections with journalists and media critics, and will be inspired by artists and political performers. Workshops held on Saturday morning and afternoon will address topics relating to media and peace on a national and international level. Students will come away from the weekend more critical of mainstream media, empowered to seek the truth and inspired to create positive change. Check out the conference schedule and descriptions of conference speakers. Please feel free to contact us by phone at (260) 982-5026, or e-mail JLGarber@manchester.edu
October 13, 2003 Michael Moore, writer/filmmaker
October 13, 7:30 p.m. Clowes Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis (IN) Free tickets (contact Clowes Hall) Moore makes provocative films and writes humorous books on critical social issues. His films include Bowling for Columbine on gun violence in America, and Roger and Me, a humorous look at the auto industry in Flint, Michigan, Moore’s hometown. He is also the author of Stupid White Men and Downsize This.
October 13, 2003 Public Interest and Community Service Fair
October 13, Christian Theological Seminary, 1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. Free. Students in various stages of career planning can meet with employers from organizations and businesses that serve the common good, such as Peace Corps, Church World Service, Doctors without Borders, the Sierra Club, and American Civil Liberties Union.
October 8, 2003 Howard Zinn Cancelled
Historian and political analyst Howard Zinn has cancelled his appearance at Manchester College, October 8. Poor health has forced the high demand speaker to cancel all engagements this fall. In a personal note, Zinn expressed regret about the cancellation and hoped that the event could be rescheduled at Manchester for the 2004-05 academic year.
September 29, 2003 Zia Mian, Nuclear Physicist and Global Security Expert
September 29, 10:00 a.m. Manchester College (Cordier Auditorium) Free Mian, a native of Pakistan, is one of the world’s leading nuclear physicists and outspoken proponent of arms control. Currently teaching at Princeton, Mian speaks widely on national and international security issues.
September 25, 2003 Sweet Honey in the Rock
October 25 Goshen College, Sauder Concert Hall More information coming soon.
September 18, 2003 Michael McDaniel and Anita Heiss of the Wiradjuri Nation, Australia -- The Rights of Indigenous Peoples
September 18, 2:00 p.m. Old Centrum Center, Indianapolis (IN) Free. McDaniel is Associate Professor and Director of Warawara Department of Indigenous Education at Macquarie University. Heiss is a novelist and writer and advocate for Aboriginal affairs, having established a highly successful Indigenous Mentorship program, the first national mentorship program for Indigenous writers.
