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11.17.07
PEACE TALKS

A FORUM OF WORKSHOPS DESIGNED FOR COLLEGE, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN AND INVOLVED WITH PEACE!

8:30 A.M. - 1 P.M. at the Peace Abbey
All are welcome: Come talk about peace and how we can take ourselves to it.

WORKSHOPS:

• PEAK OIL
PRESENTATION BY NANCY LEE WOOD, BRISTOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

• LIMITS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS AND INTEGRITY OF THE LEFT
PRESENTATION BY GORDIE FELLMAN, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY

• FACULTY FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE
YOAV ELINEVSKY

• SOMALIA: PAST & PRESENT
SAMAR HASSAN

• INTRODUCTION TO THE PEACE ABBEY
DOT WALSH

• THE ROLE OF SPIRITUALITY IN PEACE
ERIC MATEZ

• SPEAKING OF PEACE
GREENFIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS

Download Workshop descriptions (PDF)

Forum fee: $20, $5 students

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.

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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
Regis College

Eric Matez, Secretary
Oddysey School

Dot Walsh, Treasurer
The Peace Abbey

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