Velma Shearer reads a poem at OFP 2002
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Initiating Sponsors:
Baker Peace Fund of Bethany Theological Seminary and On Earth Peace
Lead sponsors:
Earlham School of Religion, the Plowshares Peace Studies Collaborative
of Earlham, Goshen and Manchester Colleges, and Peace Studies at
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Registrations Still Available
There are still spaces available at Organizing for Peace 2003. Please
come to the Bethany Seminary building for registration when you arrive
in Richmond. The registration table will be staffed throughout the
entire weekend. |
Organizing for Peace: Arts, Activism, and Spirituality
Thursday evening to Sunday, March 13-16, 2003 |
- What is the intent of this event?
- Explore the connections between art, activism, and spirituality
- Learn tangible skills in organizing for peace
- Equip participants with specific skills in nonviolence
- Nurture gathered community of students and church members
- Who are the participants?
- Church members and leaders from Brethren, Mennonite, and
Quaker traditions and ecumenical friends; college and seminary students
from peace church schools and beyond; artists, dancers, musicians; YOU.
- Who is the program leadership? (Updated February 14, 2003)
- Spiritual Coordinator: Melissa Bennett (Goshen, IN)
- Plenary facilitators: Matt Guynn (Richmond, IN) & Erika Thorne (Minneapolis, MN)
- Artist-in-Residence: Paul Grout (Putney, VT)
- Special Music (Thursday, Saturday): Joseph Helfrich (Bradford, OH)
- Special Guest, Friday March 14: Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of the School of the
Americas Watch
- At Organizing for Peace, you will have a chance to:
- Integrate diverse styles of worship, silence, prayer, visual art, music and dance into your work for social change
- Explore the connections between Christian faith and social
change work, and strengthen your own rootedness in faith and
spirituality
- Explore the connections between art and justice work
- Build your ideas for activism into a plan that involves and inspires
- Learn methods for successful small group organizing and facilitating
- Network with other college students and church members who are interested in building a nonviolence movement
- You will leave with:
- Relationships and networks for continuing your ongoing work for social change
- Ideas for integrating arts and organizing
- Perspectives on strategic nonviolence
- A spirit refreshed from a time of celebration and community
- How the organizers will achieve this intent:
- We will design and deliver sessions that get people DOING—skill-building, arts, analyzing, organizing
- We will use constructive and creative facilitation models that can translate outside of conference
- We will cultivate an environment where people can feel free to be themselves
- We will employ a spiritually attentive facilitation
model—incorporating the deeper resources that are available to us in
our sessions (prayer, silence, song)
- We will share in opening and closing worship each day
- We will use music and art in the whole conference, as well as,
in ‘open' spaces such as breaks, décor, and the physical environment
- We encourage all participants to participate fully in order to meet your own goals for the weekend
- Format:
- Interactive large and small group sessions, pre-planned
workshops and open space for guerrilla (spontaneous, participant-led)
workshops, one-on-one and spontaneous interactions.
- Childcare will be provided (be sure to note your need in the appropriate space on the registration form).
- Initiating Sponsors:
- Baker Peace Fund of Bethany Theological Seminary and On Earth Peace (a Church of the Brethren peace education organization)
- Lead sponsors:
- Earlham School of Religion, the Plowshares Peace Studies
Collaborative of Earlham, Goshen and Manchester Colleges, and Peace
Studies at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
- Location:
- With the exception of a few sessions, Organizing for Peace:
Arts, Activism, and Spirituality will take place at West Richmond
Friends Meeting, 609 W. Main St (the corner of 7th and W. Main),
Richmond, IN 47374. Click here for a map.
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| Joanne Afshar, Richmond, IN |
Earlham Sch. of Religion; First Baptist Church, Rockville, Maryland |
| Sarah Batto, Richmond, IN |
Earlham College |
| Melissa Bennett, Goshen, IN |
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| Irene Beltran, La Verne, CA |
La Verne COB |
| Shalom Black, Silver Spring, MD |
Beaver Creek (MD) COB & Washington City COB |
| Father Roy Bourgeois, Columbus, GA |
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| Steve Brady, Lebanon, OH |
Cincinnati COB |
| Julie Bringman, Richmond, IN |
Earlham College |
| Judi Brown, North Manchester, IN |
Manchester COB |
| Jim Buckles, Richmond, IN |
Richmond COB |
| Marissa Buckles, New Carlisle, OH |
Manchester College / New Carlisle COB |
| Susan Buckles, New Carlisle, OH |
New Carlisle COB |
| Kelly Burk, Richmond, IN |
Richmond COB |
| Stephanie Callahan, Pomona, CA |
COB Pacific Southwest District |
| Aine Casey, Richmond, IN |
Earlham College |
| Lois Clark, South Bend, IN |
Prince of Peace COB |
| Jena Corbin, Pomona, CA |
COB Pacific Southwest District |
| Beth Cox, Richmond, IN |
Waynesboro (PA) COB |
| Stephanie Crumley-Effinger, Richmond, IN |
Earlham School of Religion |
| Christina Cruz, Goshen, IN |
Goshen College |
| Barb Davis, Richmond, IN |
Bethany Theological Seminary |
| Al Digiovanna, Pomona, CA |
COB Pacific Southwest District |
| Carrie Eikler, Richmond, IN |
Bethany Seminary |
| John J. Fisher, Goshen, IN |
Seniors for Peace |
| Pauline C. Fisher, Goshen, IN |
Seniors for Peace |
| Megan Fitze, North Manchester, IN |
Manchester College |
| Sally Forrester Rich, North Manchester, IN |
Eel River Community Church of the Brethren |
| Sadie Forsythe, Richmond, IN |
Earlham College |
| Dena Gilbert, Claremont, CA |
COB Pacific Southwest District |
| Amy Gomez, Cleveland Heights, OH |
Lee Heights Community Church |
| Anna Lisa Gross, Richmond, IN |
Richmond COB/Earlham College |
| Bob Gross, North Manchester, IN |
On Earth Peace/Manchester COB |
| Heidi Gross, Elgin, IL |
Church of the Brethren |
| Rachel Gross, North Manchester, IN |
Manchester COB |
| Paul Grout, Putney, VT |
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| Kathy Guisewite, Mineral, VA |
West Richmond (VA) COB |
| Matt Guynn, Richmond, IN |
On Earth Peace / Richmond COB |
| Meagan Harlow, North Manchester, IN |
Manchester College / Salem COB |
| Elizabeth Heiks, Goshen, IN |
Goshen College |
| Joseph Helfrich, Bradford, OH |
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| Bryan Hissong, Washington, DC |
Happy Corner (OH) COB |
| Esther Ho, Hayward, CA |
Fremont Fellowship in Christ |
| Katherine Jaramillo - Richmond, IN |
Hopewell Friends Mtg./Earlham School of Religion |
| Dean Johnson, Goshen, IN |
Goshen College/Plowshares Peace Studies Collaborative |
| Steve Kinzie, La Verne, CA |
University of La Verne/La Verne COB |
| Basil Khalaf, Richmond, IN |
Earlham College |
| Evelyn Kreider, Goshen, IN |
Seniors for Peace |
| Laura Kreider, Washington, DC |
Decade to Overcome Violence |
| Sandra Costen Kunz, Princeton, NJ |
St. Joseph's Univ; Princeton Seminary |
| Adrienne Landis, Goshen, IN |
Goshen College |
| Marcella Leath, Richmond, IN |
Earlham College |
| Ben Leiter, N. Manchester, IN |
Manchester College/Union Bridge COB |
| Adele Liechty, Goshen, IN |
First Mennonite of Indianapolis |
| Dave Lippman, Chapel Hill, NC |
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| Skip Londos, Richmond, IN |
Friends of Peace (Waco, TX) |
| Rachel Long, North Manchester, IN |
Crest Manor COB |
| Laura Lovelace, Chino Hills, CA |
Pomona Fellowship COB |
| Myra Martin-Adkins, North Manchester, IN |
Manchester College |
| Erin McCourt, North Manchester, IN |
Manchester College |
| Cindy Megill, Huntingdon, PA |
Juniata College |
| Aaron Nell, Richmond, IN |
Earlham School of Religion |
| Shelley Newby, New Castle, IN |
New Castle First Friends/ Earlham School of Religion |
| Gloria Newton, Pasadena, CA |
Center for Anabaptist Leadership / Pasadena Mennonite Church |
| Bonnie Nicholson, Richmond, IN |
American Friends Service Committee |
| Eric Nisly, Goshen, IN |
Goshen College |
| Paul Nurre, Upland, CA |
University of La Verne |
| Jay O'Hara, Richmond, IN |
Earlham College |
| Rachel Peterson, New Windsor, MD |
On Earth Peace |
| Anke Pietsch, Lebanon, OH |
Cincinnati COB |
| Travis Poling, Hagerstown, MD |
Hagerstown COB |
| Prinz, Richmond, IN |
Lutheran (ELCA) |
| Richard Reha, Tiskilwa, IL |
Plow Creek Mennonite |
| Elissa Salas, La Verne, CA |
University of La Verne |
| Erica Schatz, La Verne, CA |
University of La Verne/La Verne COB |
| Jamie Risser, Richmond, IN |
Bethany Theological Seminary |
| Barb Sayler, New Windsor, MD |
On Earth Peace / Glade Valley COB |
| Rosemary Schmalz, S.P., Indianapolis, IN |
Sisters of Providence, St. Mary of the Woods (IN) |
| Jacquelynn Schroeder, Richmond, IN |
Earlham School of Religion |
| Carol Sexton, Richmond, IN |
Earlham College |
| Velma M. Shearer, North Manchester, IN |
Manchester COB |
| Betty Shenk, Goshen, IN |
Seniors for Peace |
| J.B. Shenk, Goshen, IN |
Seniors for Peace |
| Vera Smucker Shenk, Goshen, IN |
Faith Mennonite |
| Tim Showalter, Washington, DC |
Mennonite |
| Paul Sparks, Pomona, CA |
La Verne COB |
| Laura Stone, North Manchester, IN |
Kokomo (IN) COB |
| Mark Stosberg, Richmond, IN |
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| Kim Stuckey, New Windsor, MD |
On Earth Peace |
| Erika Thorne, Minneapolis, MN |
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| Emily Tulli, Washington, DC |
COB Washington Office |
| Lonnie Valentine, Richmond, IN |
Earlham School of Religion |
| Holly A. White, Richmond, IN |
Bethany Seminary |
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