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10.18.08
Building a Sustainable Future: Peacemaking in the 21st Century

A conference for students, professors and community members who are stakeholders in creating the next step.

9 am - 4 pm at the Peace Abbey
All are welcome: Come talk about peace and how we can take ourselves to it.

9:00 - 9:30 am: Registration and Coffee

9:30 - 10:30 am: Key Note Speaker: Frances Moore Lappe'

10:30 - 11:45 am: Workshops

11:45 - 1:15 pm: Lunch, Group Meetings for students and educators, Tour of the Peace Abbey

1:15 - 3:00 pm Workshops:
David Arond: Beginning Anew
Bob David: Restorative Justice
Joe deRivera: Unifying the Peace Movement
Randy Kehler: Active Non-violence
Gloria Lopez: The Impact of Policy Decisions on Health, the Environment, and Women
Nancy Lee Wood: Peak Oil

Conference fee: $25, $10 students

Download a Conference poster in Word format (.doc)

For information, please contact Dot Walsh at 508.655.2143 or email Dot.

Past NEPSA events have included a special tribute to Elise Boulding; conferences on the United Nations Decade for the Children of the World 2001 - 2010; regional gatherings at Clark University, Tufts University, Brandeis University, and Assumption College; as well as regular meetings, day-long retreats, and workshops at the Peace Abbey.

In January 2002, NEPSA received the annual GANDHI AWARD from Promoting Enduring Peace, Inc., in New Haven, CT.

New England Peace Studies Association
NEPSA

NEPSA is an affiliation of teachers, students, activists, and researchers, involved in and dedicated to peace and nonviolence.

NEPSA sponsors forums and distributes materials, information and syllabi.

NEPSA is housed at the Peace Abbey in Sherborn, MA.

NEPSA cooperates with the Peace & Justice Studies Association (PJSA), the International Peace Research Association (IPRA), the Boston Research Center for the 21st Century (BRC), as well as other regional, national, and international organizations building cultures of peace.

NEPSA Officers:
Gordon Fellman, Co-Chair
Brandeis University

Abbie Jenks Greenfield, Co-Chair
Greenfield Community College

Eric Matez, Secretary
Odyssey School

Dot Walsh, Treasurer
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