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Interfaith Center
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Peace and Justice
P.O. Box 3134
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0752
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Please send items for the calendar to calendar@icpj-gettysburg.org Interested in past events? Click here to view previous calendars. April 2004 Tuesday, April 6: ICPJ Board Meeting, 7:00 p.m. Location: Gettysburg YWCA.. Saturday, April 10 (and every second Saturday): 11:00 am to 12:00 noon. Peace Vigil at Gettysburg National Military Park, Steinwehr Ave. (opposite train museum). Bring your own signs. Park on nearby streets. Contact: Jan at jpowers@gettysburg.edu Sunday, April 11 and
Sunday, April 25 (and every second and fourth Sunday): Unitarian
Universalists of Gettysburg meeting. 3:00 pm, Trinity United Church
of Christ, at the corner of S. Stratton and E. High Streets in Gettysburg.
There is a children's religious education program. Everyone is welcome.
For more information, call (717) 334-5141 or visit www.uugettysburg.org. Monday, April 26: Peacemaker Award Ceremony, 7 p.m., Eisenhower Room, Adams County Library, Gettysburg Tuesday, April 27: Heritage Festival Planning Committee meeting, 7 p.m., Gettysburg YWCA. Friday, April 30 - Sunday, May 2: Mediation & Conflict Resolution Training. Gettysburg Hospital. Mediation Services of Adams County, a not-for-profit organization providing mediation services and training, will offer a 22-hour Mediation and Conflict Resolution Training. Dispute resolution skills are useful in the workplace, family, service organizations, municipalities, and community agencies. Professionally trained and certified mediators from Mediation Services of Adams County will conduct all sessions. For further information, call (717) 337-6790 or (717) 334-7312. Selected local events from the Justice
and Peace Calendar for the Central PA area by ChoosingPeace.com. Weekly events Friday, April 2 (and every Friday): 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm. Weekly Peace and Justice Vigil. Continental square in downtown York (Market and George Streets). Sponsored by People for Peace and Justice- York. Friday, April 2 (and every Friday): 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Harrisburg Food Not Bombs Serving. 2nd St between Walnut and Market. Serving every Friday night at the CAT bus stop. Cooking on Sunday mornings at 11:00am, rotating locations, call for details. Contact: Ashlee (717) 234-3033 or email yourlocalfnb@yahoo.com Saturday, April 3 (and every Saturday): 11:00 am - 12:00 noon. Lancaster Vigil for Peace. Steps of the Old Courthouse, East King Street, Lancaster, except second Saturday of the month, Penn Square, Lancaster. Contact: Millicent B. Holzinger, c-mholz@juno.com. Wednesday, April 7 (and every Wednesday): 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm. Women In Black Lancaster Vigil. On the old courthouse steps, Lancaster. Contact: Sarah at sarahc405@aol.com. Monthly events Saturday, April 3 (first Saturday of the month): 11:00 am. First Saturday Peace Vigil at front entrance of the Carlisle War College. Rt. 11 (North Hanover St.) Bring your own signs, nurture the youth of nonviolence. Women in black among others urged to be visible. Those who can will gather following the vigil at Friends meeting, 252 A St., Carlisle. Contact: Elayne McClanen at kemcc@peoplepc.com, (301) 260-7447 or Ben Price, BenGPrice@aol.com. Other events Friday, April 2: 8 am - 4 pm. Adults and Children Together Against Violence. Wellspan Human Resource Center, 1135 S. Edgar St., York. Training Program for professionals who work with children and families. Featured Speaker: Allan Miller. Contact: (717) 851-6463. Friday, April 2, and Saturday, April 3: 48th Annual Mennonite Central Committee Pennsylvania Relief Sale. Farm Show Building, Harrisburg. Great food, quilts, etc. Proceeds go to MCC relief work in the U.S. and around the world. Saturday, April 3: Gender and Sustainability. Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA. Annual Central PA Consortium Women’s Studies Conference. Contact: Karen Freese, (717) 245-1515, cpc@dickinson.edu. Saturday, April 3: 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Criminal Justice Reform Group. Harrisburg Area Community College. Contact: Kathleen Kennedy, RoseLima616@aol.com. Monday, April 5: 12:00 noon 1:00 pm. Peace Vigil. 3rd & Walnut Sts., Harrisburg. Contact: Mary, (717) 545-6964. Tuesday, April 6: World Vision in the West Bank and Gaza. Frey Academic Building, Room 110, Messiah College, Grantham. Brian Duss, a '98 Messiah alum will tell about his experiences working with World Vision in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Contact: Becca at rc1199@messiah.edu. On Tuesday and Wednesday night Messiah students will be camping out on Eisenhower Lawn to pray for and raise awareness about people living as refugees around the world, particularly Palestinians suffering from home demolitions. Tuesday, April 6: 7:30 pm. Technology and People Meeting Global Demans of Oil and Gas. Dana Hall 110 , Dickinson College. Suzanne Kairo: A scientist's perspective on how cutting-edge technology and a well-educated, diverse, creative workforce will be required to meet the increasingly difficult challenge of finding and producing oil and gas under complex economic, political, social, environmental and geologic conditions. http://www.clarkecenter.org/events/events.cfm Thursday, April 8: 7:30 pm. Middle East Justice & Peace Group. Friends Meeting House, 1100 N. Sixth St. Contact: Ruth Seitz, (717) 238-7878 or ruthseitz@mindspring.com. Thursday, April 8: 7:30 pm. Globalization, Religion, & Politics. Stern Center, Great Room, Dickinson College, Carlisle. James Gelvin, Professor of Middle East History, UCLA. The author of a new interpretation of modern Middle East history explains the growing influence of Islamic political movements as a response to global economic and political trends since the 1970s. Friday, April 9: 10 am - Noon. Walking the Way of the Cross for Peace & Justice. Walk will begin at 10 am the Dauphin Co. Courthouse (corner of Market & Front Sts. in Harrisburg) Rain or Shine. Sponsored by Jubilee Pax Christi, Harrisburg. Contact: A.M. Judson, (717) 737-7211 or Sr. Suzanne Duzen (717) 564-1760. Thursday, April 15: 5:30-7:30 pm. Black Male Summit & Development Meeting. Ngozi Inc. Studio 933 Rose, Midtown Market District, Harrisburg, Pa. Contact: (717) 234-7724 or (717) 232-8803 or email: ngoziinc@mail.comThursday, April 15: 7:30 pm. The White Rose, a play. Rafters Theater, Dutcher Hall, Millersville University. The play, which is about students at the University of Munich who protested the atrocities of the Nazis in 1942-43, holds stirring and thought provoking messages for living in 2004. Evening performances on April 15, 22, and 29 begin at 7:30 p.m. Performances on April 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and May 1. Two Sunday matinees on April 18 and 25. The April 17th performance is a special fundraising event for the Theater of the Seventh Sister. Ticket cost for that evening includes an informal reception prior to the play, a discussion following the performance, plus some additional attractions. Contact: Sarah at (717) 393-5042 for tickets on the 17th. Contact (717) 396-7764 for other performances. Thursday, April 15: 7:30 pm. Moral Experience & Ethical Deliberation: an Anthropological Perspective on Bioethics. Stern Center, Great Room, Dickinson College, Carlisle. Arthur Kleinman, Author of “The Illness Narratives” and “Social Suffering”. Co-sponsored by the Carlisle Regional Medical Center Biomedical Ethics Committee and The Ethics Project of Dickinson College. http://www.clarkecenter.org/events/events.cfm Saturday, April 17: 9:00 am. Socioeconomic Rights in China: Health Care & Poverty. Wan Yanhai, Beijing Institute of Health Education; Suyun Hu, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Stern Center, Great Room, Dickinson College, Carlisle. For more information & related events: http://www.clarkecenter.org/events/events.cfm Saturday, April 17: 11:00 am - 1:00pm. Central Pennsylvanians to Abolish the Death Penalty Action Group. Kline Branch of Dauphin County Library, 29th St., Harrisburg. Contact: Kathleen, RoseLima616@aol.com or Andy, emcee_a@yahoo.com. Sunday, April 18:
2 pm and 7 pm. Workshop and Concert by Singer and Songwriter David
Rovics. Monday, April 19: 8:00 pm. A Land Twice Promised, by storyteller, Noa Baum. Climenhaga Fine Arts Building, Miller Auditorium, Messiah College, Grantham. Storyteller Noa Baum, an Israeli who began a heatfelt dialogue with a Palestinian woman while living in the United States, weaves together their memories and their mothers‘ stories. Visit her website at www.noabaum.com. Admission is free. Saturday, April 24: 11:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. Second Chance Workforce Summit: Ex-offenders Town Hall Meeting. William Penn Campus/William Penn A.C.T.S. Program, 2915 North Third St., Harrisburg; Community at large encouraged to attend. Topics: Housing, Voting Rights, Drivers License, Apprenticeship, Employment/Training Resources. Free to the public. Register by April 2 at (717) 703-0400 or (717) 255-3060. Contact: Kathleen Kennedy, RoseLima616@aol.com. Sunday, April 25: 10:00 am. March for Women's Lives. National Mall (between 3rd St. and 14th), Washington, DC. Morning rally, 10:00 am, march at noon. National Mall rally,1-4 p.m. Bus info: http://www.ppsv.net/sign%20up.pdf. March info: http://www.marchforwomenslives.org/ Monday, April 26: 7:00 pm. Art & Peggy Gish CPT Experiences. Lancaster Church of the Brethren, 1601 Sunset Avenue (behind Eat N' Park, near the Lancaster Shopping Center). Art and Peggy Gish, who have served with Christian Peacemaker Teams in Hebron and in Baghdad for several years, will speak about their first-hand experiences. CPT offers an organized, nonviolent alternative to war and other forms of lethal inter-group conflict. Tuesday, April 27: 7:00am - 8:00 pm. PRIMARY DAY, VOTE! Tuesday, April 27: 7:00 pm. Pax Christi Meeting. Cardinal Keeler Diocesan Center, 4800 Union Deposit Road, Harrisburg. Contact: (717) 737-7211 for information. Wednesday, April 28: 7:00 pm. MCC in Iraq. Room 120, Kline, Messiah College, Grantham. J. Daryl Byler, head of Mennonite Central Committee's Washington office, has recently returned from Iraq where he met with Iraqi people of all walks of life, as well as soldiers & the coalition administration. Daryl will discuss the current situation in Iraq. Free and open to the public. Contact Becca, rc1199@messiah.edu. Wednesday, April 28: 7:00 pm. The Proof, a film. Bates Auditorium of the Lancaster Public Library,125 N. Duke St. Part documentary, part campy action thriller. Based on ongoing research from several reputable authors, news sources, and web sites, The Proof reveals what the media refuses to talk about: the hidden relationship between 'terrorists' and the most secretive and corrupt political family of our time. An informal reception shall follow the movie at Square One Coffee located at 145 N. Duke St. next to the library. Part of a new cultural series of the Lancaster Peace and Justice Coalition. Contact: screechowl@paonline.co through May 1: Of Exile and Return. Seitz Gallery, 1010 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg. Art exhibit by Palestinian artist Zahi Khamis continues until May 1. Contact: (717) 232-7944.
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