Happy New Year! Let 2010 be peaceful!
We are excited to share with you all the great things we have planned for the first part of the year.
We will start 2010 with a 2-week Nonviolence Media Exhibit starting on January 25 in AMU. The very next day is the Peacemaker of the Year presentation at 4 p.m. in Cudahy 001. On February 2 is the Szymczak Peacemaking Fellows Presentation at 7 p.m. in AMU 252. Students will present their projects that put nonviolence into action. On March 4 at 4 p.m. at Cudahy 001 is the Faculty Symposium with Dr. Franco Trivigno. April will be busy and exciting. We have the honor to welcome Nomfundo Walaza as the Peacemaker in Residence. Walaza is the director of the Desmond Tutu Peace Center in Cape Town, South Africa. She will stay at Marquette from April 7 to April 10. She will share her experience and views on peace and nonviolence in an open presentation on April 8 at 7 p.m. in Cudahy 001. An interdisciplinary faculty panel on Motherhood and Peacemaking and (M)other, one woman play, will stir the spirits on April 15 from 5:30 p.m. in the Wasler Auditorium. Individuals, who have devoted their lives and efforts to peacemaking will be recognized at the Center for Peacemaking Awards Ceremony on April 25 at 5 p.m. in AMU 252. We will finish the semester with our nonviolent study groups and the departure of the Israel-Palestine Group on May 15. Don’t forget our Undergraduate Nonviolent Study Group meets the second and fourth Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the center and the Graduate Student Faculty Nonviolent Study Group meets the first and third Thursday of the month (check schedule for locations). Check our calendar for more events and application deadlines.
This year we are committed to making communication with us as easy as possible.
We have a new and easy to navigate Web site that provides news and information about events and programs. It also has links to helpful resources.
You can sign up for our bimonthly newsletter.
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You can check out our pictures on Flickr.
Of course, you can read this blog, which we promise to update every week, and share your thoughts and opinions.
We have plans for Pecha Kucha presentations, but more information on that later.
Of course, you can also reach us the old-fashioned way: via e-mail at peacemaking@mu.edu and phone at 414 - 288 -8444.
So get in touch! Share your ideas, thoughts, opinions, suggestions and concerns! Ask questions! Become part of our peacemaking and nonviolence community!
