UPCOMING 2007 AREA PEACE EVENTS

Sun, Feb 18, 9 to 10 AM, NSP members and peace activists and teachers, Tony Langbehn and Nancy Fayer, speak on Conflict and Reconciliation at "Shalom, Salaam, Peace" a class comparing compare Jewish, Muslim and Christian views on Peace at Saint John the Evangelist United Methodist - Presbyterian (USA) Church.
LOCATION: Wilde Lake Interfaith Center (WLIFC), 10431 Twin Rivers Road, Columbia, MD 21044, 410-730-0137, SJU Room II.
All are welcome and invited to join in.

Sun, Mar 4, 3 to 5 pm, Military Recruitment in our Schools- What students (and parents) need to know before enlisting! Speakers: John Judge, a founding member of the National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) and currently promoting a Military Reform Caucus in Congress and Pat Elder is a co-founder of the Montgomery County Coalition on Recruitment Issues (MCCRI).
LOCATION: Oakland Mills Interfaith Center -The Meeting House, Room 201
5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia, MD 21045
See flyer here.

Sun, Mar 4, 6:30pm-8:30pm - VA Open Houses of Faith Program includes the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) open house at Sterling, VA mosque.
Tours, Islamic Art, Refreshments, Questions & Answers. There will be a short talk about Islam, Muslims & the ADAMS Center. Ask questions you may have.
Where: 46903 Sugarland Rd, Sterling, VA 20164
Directions: http://www.adamscen ter.org/Content. asp?ID=26.
Contact: rullah@gmail. com 703-622-8984

Fri Mar 16, 7pm Christian Witness for Peace starting with a service at the Washington National Cathedral and optional candlelit procession to the White House. Then a prayer vigil and optional nonviolent civil disobedience .
REGISTION is required. To register click here. Those who may engage in nonviolent civil disobedience will take nonviolent training workshops on Thurs Mar 14 and Fri Mar 15 and the info on this nonviolence training is here. The list of other workshops on peace and activism on Fri Mar 16 is here. See info on Sat Mar 17 gatherings of various groups that participated in the Fri evening Witness here. See the invitation to Interfaith Partners here and here.

Buses for the Christian Witness for Peace leave from Baltimore on Fri, March 16 at approximately 5pm. You can reserve a space on the bus (cost about $20) if you act by Thurs. March 1 - See contact information on this flyer:
http://home.comcast.net/~songsforpeace/BaltimoreFlyer3-4-07.pdf

Thurs, April 12, 7-9:15 PM - Free and Open to the Public
Program: International Cooperation: The Path to Global Poverty Reduction
Where: Merrick Hall, Dorsey Center, Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Balt MD
Featured Speaker: Gillian Sorensen, Senior Advisor at the UN Foundation
Three distinguished panelists will focus on how the United States can improve its trade, foreign assistance, and financing policies so as to more effectively promote poverty reduction in developing countries.
Sponsors: League of Women Voters of Baltimore County and the League of Women Voters of Baltimore City - Partner Organization: United Nations Association of Maryland

Sun, Apr 15 (and all weekend Apr 13-15), the Network of Spiritual Progressives celebrates Generosity Day/weekend by asking that our tax dollars be used to support caring for other human beings by eliminating poverty workwide and at home instead of by waging war. For information on this campaign click here.
See flyer here.

Sat, Apr 28 8 Am to 5 pm, Maryland United for Peace and Justice Conference at Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church in Adelphi, Maryland. Workshops include the Network of Spiritual Progressives, the Department of Peace, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Sharing Jerusalem and many other topics.

Sat, May 5, FAITH AND FREEDOM CONVOCATION: An inquiry on Torture and Just Treatment by the Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture
at All Souls Church, Unitarian, at 1500 Harvard St. NW, Washington, DC

May 6-8, 2007, Middle East Peace Advocacy Conference in Washington, DC. See flyer here. Website is here. See also the website for a related DC area group, Sharing Jerusalem here.