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Pax Christi Michigan's 30th
Annual State Conference:
Fr. Peter
Dougherty....
Building the New in the
Shell of the Old
PAX CHRISTI
MICHIGAN is
thrilled and honored to present Father C. Peter Dougherty as the keynote
speaker for our 30th Annual State Conference. Peter is a
Catholic priest with the Diocese of Lansing. He has been a full-time peacemaker
for over 35 years, as an educator, nuclear disarmament and
human rights activist, and advocate for the poor. He has been arrested and
jailed many times for civil resistance actions, most often to end the madness of
nuclear weapons. Peter is a founder and the Outreach Coordinator for Michigan
Peace Team. He is a skilled, engaging nonviolence trainer, and has been a part
of innumerable MPT violence reduction peace teams - locally, nationally, and
around the world. Peter has served on teams to Bosnia, Haiti, Chiapas Mexico,
Iraq, and regularly to Palestine/Israel and the Gaza Strip, as well as in
Michigan and around the United States.
Peter has received several awards in recognition of his peacemaking. In 1993, he
was PCM’s Purple Ribbon for Peace recipient and in 2002, he was named Pax
Christi USA’s distinguished Teacher of Peace. Last year, Peter travelled to
India where he received the Jamnalal Bajaj International
Award for “fostering Gandhian values outside India.” - a distinct and esteemed
honor.
Along with all his other gifts, Peter is an accomplished story-teller and
singer/guitarist, using the power of words and music to convey his mission of
peace. Above all else, Peter is known as a man who “walks his talk”. What an
honor for us to have him as the keynote speaker at our 30th Annual State
Conference.
Date/Time: Saturday, March 26th, 2011
Location:
St. Mary Magdalen Church;
2201 South Old US 23 Hwy. - Brighton, MI 48114
To REGISTER,
Download the Conference Brochure here!
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Workshops Will Include:
“A Force More Powerful in Palestine: Creative Nonviolence on the March,”
Mary Hanna & Kim Redigan, PCM State Council members, Nonviolence Trainers, and
International Peace Team members with Michigan Peace Team.
“Immigration – What’s Happening with ICE Detention in Michigan,” Fr.
Wayne Dziekan, Director, Secretariat for Justice and Peace, Diocese of Gaylord.
“Connecting the Dots: Immigrant Workers and Food Justice,” Patrick
Crouch, Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s Earthworks Urban Farm.
“The Politics of Food and Healthy Eating," Kati Garrison, former intern
with Michigan Peace Team, former member of PCM State Council, and this year’s
Young Adult Peacemaker.
“Using Alternative Media in Your Peace Activism,” Tom Rico, Co-Chair of
the Peace Education Center in East Lansing, MI.
“Creating Public Space for Building Community,” Elena Herrada, Director
of Centro Obrero de Detroit and Adjunct Prof. in the Master of Social Justice
program at Marygrove College.
“A Revolution of Values: Biblical Resources for a New Economics,” Rev.
Bill Wylie-Kellermann, author, nonviolent community activist, and pastor at
Detroit St. Peter’s Episcopal.
“What is the future of Pax Christi’s Young Adult Movement: Let’s Make a
Plan,” Lydia Wylie-Kellermann, Coord.of Pax Christi MI’s Young Peace
Activists and co-founder of the Jeannie Wylie Catholic Worker Community in
Detroit.
“Power, Privilege, and Oppression,” Pax Christi MI’s Young Peace
Activists: Sarah Fentin, Jackie Wilke, and Isabelle Larson.
“Witness And Word: Discipleship, Scripture and the Practice of Solidarity,”
Johnny Zokovitch, National Field Operations Director for Pax Christi USA.
Lunch Workshop Options
1. “Building New Local Pax Christi Groups: Solidifying the Catholic Peace
Movement for Future Generations!” Joan Tirak, Pax Christi Michigan
Coordinator.
2. “PCM Young Peace Activists Lunch Caucus,” Lydia Wylie-Kellermann,
Coordinator of Pax Christi Michigan’s Young Peace Activists
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