- Peace Week Events!

Peace Week at the Pacific School of Religion
September 17-21, 2007

Coordinated by PSR students and PSR Peace Particles
(Seminarians to End War and Sow Peace, a.k.a. SEW Peace)
All events are free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact sewpeace <at> gmail.com.

Schedule of Events for Education, Witness, and Action

All Week Growing Art Piece on PSR Quad

Monday

12:30 pm – Mudd Building Consecration of the Art, with music and free peace T-shirts

Tuesday
PSR Chapel Service 11:10 am, PSR Chapel — Luke 16:1-13, “Drop the Debt, not Bombs” – Robyn Morrison, preaching

Wednesday
Taize Worship 7:30 pm, PSR Chapel

Thursday
Healing Prayer Worship Service 6:30 pm, PSR Chapel — Psalm 79

Thursday-Friday
24-Hour Peace Pray-in Buckham Chapel – 6:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Friday – International Day of Prayer for Peace
Peace Teach-in – all workshops take place in the Mudd Building
10:30 am – Workshops:
1. Pastoral Care for Veterans, with VA Hospital Chaplain Carolyn Talmadge
2. Peace for Israel and Palestine, with the Network of Spiritual Progressives’ Nichola Torbett
3. Rebecca Ann Parker sermon, “Theological Education in a Time of Wars,” podcast and discussion
1:30 pm – Workshops:
1. Veterans for Peace, with Ted Arrindal and other PSR veterans
2. Creative Writing for Peace, led by Christina Hutchins
3. ENGAGE Training, with Pace e Bene trainers Ryan Baum and Robyn Morrison (session runs 1:30-4:30 pm)
3:00 pm – Workshops:
1. Peace Pilgrim – movies and discussion, led by Sheryl Butler
2. “Ground Truth” – movie about the Iraq war, hosted by James Leveque

Public Panel 6:30 pm – PSR Bade Museum, “Resisting Imperial Peace: Theological Reflections”

Worship Service 8:30 pm – PSR Quad, Preaching by Lynice Pinkard of First Congregational Church of Oakland, “There is a Balm in Gilead”
Party for the Peaceful 9:30 pm – Mudd 100

- Week of Peace!

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PEACE WEEK at PSR!

September 17-21, 2007

…and other peace & justice actions!

Coordinated by PSR students and PSR Peace Particles

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- Working for Peace in Haiti

from Ari, Carla, and Djalòki, in Haiti

We just found your website today from a Google Alert and I just wanted to let you all know how very encouraging your blog is, especially to know that Christian leaders as you say are going forward with their eyes open to the system of the world and how it uses and sucks up the countries that it has pillaged!

We live in Haiti and have a vision for healing. The transatlantic slave trade was one huge event that has left its scars as well as the genocide of the native peoples. All this is infected our societies and threatens our future as humans on this planet.

We hope to come to San Fransisco this fall with our historical drama/mime with a complete soundtrack that we toured with last spring 2006 to universities. It is a play that describes the brutal history and possible scenarios for healing. It is our fear that keeps us going after wars, until we confront this fear, this ancient fear, we will keep going to war and keep fueling the machine for war because of our western arrogance that masks in a horrible way this fear. Love
casts out all fear. The miracle is that the healing responsibility is in the heart of the African people and they have proven that!

We are looking for universities to perform our play and talk about this vision of healing. If you think that this would be something the seminar at Berkeley would be interested, we have a committee in SF that is helping to set up our fall tour. Just let us know, but we would be honored if you would look at the blogs too.

Here are our blogs about our vision for healing the rascism that is based on the principle of Jesus, incarnation in order to know another’s pain, to relive another’s history in order to understand and bring healing.

http://nasonje.blogspot.com
http://memoryvillage.blogspot.com
http://3innocents.blogspot.com

Hip-Hop takes on the War in Iraq

A Rally on Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley. Wednesday, April 11. 12 noon – 2 pm. Performances by Bay Area and National Hip-Hop Artists. Peace Activists and Iraq Veterans to speak. Emceed by Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. and DJ Chela. FREE Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream. Hosted by: The Hip Hop Caucus and Berkeley Stop the War Coalition, www.hiphopcaucus.org. More at www.myspace.com\makehiphopnotwar.

GOOD FRIDAY: Dismantling Empire Creating a Culture of Peace

When: Friday, April 06, 2007  6:45 AM
Where: Corner of Vasco and Patterson Pass Road, Livermore

For many decades, people of faith and others concerned about nuclear weapons have gathered on Good Friday for prayer and witness outside the Livermore Lab. You’re invited. Please join us on Good Friday, April 6, at the corner of Vasco Road and Patterson Pass Road in Livermore. We will gather at 6:45 AM for a service at 7:00 AM, followed by a procession to the gates of LLNL where there will be an opportunity for nonviolent civil disobedience. The principal speaker will be Rev. Michael Yoshii of Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda. Rev. Yoshii has returned recently from a fact-finding mission to the Philippines, to learn about recent extra-judicial killings. Rev. Yoshii has also been deeply involved in the work to support military resister Lt. Ehren Watada. Following the action there will be a community gathering from 10 AM to noon at 5720 East Avenue, Livermore where we will can share our concerns and talk about our other activities, and get a chance to just get together. Light refreshments will be provided.

More Info: 510-655-1162 or 925-443-7148