Monday, February 23, 2009

[SDCPJ] REMINDER - Study Gandhi with Nonviolent Peaceforce San Diego and more!

 

Nonviolent Peaceforce San Diego invites you to join us in celebrating the Season for Nonviolence 2009

 

Gandhi King Chavez Season for Nonviolence, January 30 - April 4, is a national 64-day educational, media, and grassroots campaign dedicated to demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform, and empower our lives and our communities. Inspired by the 50th and 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this international event honors their vision for an empowered, nonviolent world. 

 

"A Force More Powerful – Nashville Counter Sit-In"   NPSD and community members are invited to attend a showing and discussion of the Nashville Counter Sit-In portion of the film "A Force More Powerful" on Thurs. Feb. 26, 4-5:30 pm in building S5 Room 106 on the Miramar College campus.  "A Force More Powerful" is a 2000 PBS documentary that investigates nonviolence movements that have succeeded around the world. 

 

Directions:  Please allow extra time for getting lost.  Construction is changing the parking situation and access every day.  Corrie Ort is organizing this for students and interested community members.  You can call Corrie on her  cell phone (760-822-8655) to let her know you are coming (or to let her know you are lost) and she will get you visitor's parking permit .

Take I-15 north to Carroll Canyon Rd. and turn west (left) on Carroll Canyon. Go to Black Mountain Rd. and turn right. >From Black Mountain Road, turn east on Hillery. Hillery Drive is a street just north of the main entrance to the campus. You'll drive behind Home Depot. Go through a light, and then turn right before the apartment buildings. That's the back entrance to Miramar College. You'll see a pink, two story building on the right. That's the S5 Building. There will be a right turn into a parking lot in front of the S5 Building. Park anywhere there is a parking space. At that time of the day there shouldn't be a problem. Room 106 is at the far north-east corner of building S5. 

Study Gandhi with NPSD   We invite you to join us on Saturday, March 7 for a study/discussion session "Living Nonviolence – The Wisdom of Gandhi (in his own words)", 1:15 pm, Library, St. David's Episcopal Church, 5050 Milton, San Diego (Clairemont neighborhood). 

 

Or we invite you to host your own study/discussion session "Living Nonviolence – The Wisdom of Gandhi (in his own words).  We encourage you to invite friends to come to your home or sponsor a session at your church or community center.  Attached is a packet of materials to guide you.  You do not have to have studied Gandhi to lead this group.  If you cannot join us or organize your own session we invite you to study the materials on your own!  Also we would love to hear from you if you did use these materials on your own or in a group.

 

   

Co-sponsor or participate in Nonviolent Conflict Intervention Training   Last year NPSD co-sponsored six one-day Nonviolent Conflict Intervention (NCI) trainings with local churches and community organizations.  We are looking for co-sponsors again this year. If you are interested in attending a training (we will put you on a contact list) or are part of a group that might be interested in being a co-sponsor, please contact us.  We also offer a practice/introduction NCI session after our monthly meetings held the first Saturday of every month (see previous section for time and directions).  You do not have to have attended NCI Training to participate.

 

About Nonviolent Peaceforce  NP was conceived in 1999 as a continuation of Gandhi's vision of a "Shanti Sena", or peace army. NP recruits, trains and financially supports civilians from around the world who deploy in areas of conflict. NP teams are nonpartisan and unarmed. NP peacekeeping forces apply proven nonviolent strategies to protect human rights, deter violence, and help create space for local peacemakers to carry out their work. More, information about the Nonviolent Peaceforce can be found at www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org.   NPSD supports international activities through community education, training, and fund-raising.

 

NPSD looks forward to working with the San Diego community to celebrate, study, and practice nonviolence during 2009 and in the coming year(s).  We invite you to become an NPSD member or volunteer.  We need volunteers to help with community outreach (tabling, speaking about NP, and telephone follow-up) and organizing NCI (Nonviolence Conflict Intervention) Trainings.  We will train and support you. 

 

For information about NPSD contact me, carrollboone@yahoo.com, 619-697-3223; Debby Park, rayandeb@gmail.com, 858-270-59768; or Gloria Joyce, Gloria@NPSanD.org, 619-276-5232.

           


 

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