Meet Rabbi Lerner on Jan 27 and Attend Peace Events

RABBI LERNER at the UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE (UPJ) WEEKEND IN DC

Fri, Jan 26 , 7-9:30pm
"Peace in Our Hearts, Peace in the World:"
A Meditation and Teach-In with Bhante Suhita Dharma and David Loy
Foundry United Methodist Church, 1500 16th St. NW
(at P St, near the DuPont Circle Station on the Red Line)
Sponsored by the Buddhist Peace Delegation

Sat, Jan 28 at 9am- 10:30 AM Rabbi Lerner, NSP and others
Preparing Ourselves for Peace Work: An Interfaith Service
The Lutheran Church of the Reformation
212 East Capitol Street, NE Washington D.C.
Directions to the church are at: http://www.reformationdc.org/ctg.htm

10:30am - NSP/TIKKUN and others at the Interfaith Service
Process from the church to the rally on the Mall

11am - United for Peace and Justice March on the Mall
Spiritual practice and celebration - Rabbi Lerner & others will open the UPJ rally
LOCATION - National Mall between 3rd and 7th Streets
(the Mall is between Constitution Ave NW and Independence Ave SW)

1pm - The March will kick off after the opening rally - more details soon at http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ For the schedule click here.

7pm - Casual NSP gathering for snacks, socializing, strategizing
RabbI Lerner will give a short talk! Meet NSP people from around the country.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church Parish Hall
3rd and A Streets SE in Washington, DC - Behind the Library of Congress
For directions click here.
After the march, have a nice dinner on Pennsylvania Avenue on your own, and then pick up a snack item to bring to the event to share. Rabbi Lerner and Nichola and other NSP'ers look forward to seeing you there!

Sun, Jan 28 - UPJ Workshops and Trainings and Preparation for Lobbying on Jan 29
9 AM to 4:30 PM at Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School, 4301 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD - Cclose to the Bethesda Metro on the Red Line. For the schedule click here.

Mon Jan 29 - UPJ Congressional Advocacy Day in DC
For details and to register to participate click here.

Fri, Feb 2 - Songs of Peace concert at St. Marks Episcopal on Capitol Hill at 8pm. David Wilcox and Nance Pettit perform mystical poems about peace from St. John of the Cross and Rumi and others. For detail click here.

Feb 3-5, 2007, the Department of Peace Conference in Arlington VA (near Ballston Metro) For details, click here.

March 16, 7pm Christian Peace Witness Service at the Washington National Cathedral. For web site click here. See flyer here.

Save Sat, April 28 for the Maryland United for Peace and Justice Conference at Paint Branch UU Church in Adelphi, Md. See MUPJ Peace Calendar here, and click here for the Jan. 07 calendar.

And for excellent area Nonviolent Communication (NVC)classes/workshops and to learn more about NVC see: www.capitolnvc.org/ and www.dcnvc.com.