Recent Events

January 2008

_Martin Luther King Junior_ __Symposium__

Saturday, January 26, 2008
The MLK Symposium was a weekend long conference sponsored partially by the CPGC to celebrate Martin Luther Kind Day by coming together to discuss and to better understand the legacy left by the noble civil rights activist. The speakers were energized and interested in focusing on the implications of MLK's work and the Civil Right Movement in general for present day, and particularly college campus activism. The speaker's included students, organizers, clergy and activists.

 
 

If you are interested in learning more about the speakers visit:
http://www.haverford.edu/news/symposium/
Also check out the Bico-news coverage of the event at:
http://www.biconews.com/article/view/6461

Break-out sessions gave participants the opportunity to discuss these issues in a more intimate setting. The four breakout sessions were: The Politics and Economics of Globalization; Creating the Beloved Community: Peace Building and Social Change; Crossing the Intersections: Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality and Faith; and Justice Here and There: Connecting International and Domestic Identities through Activism.

 

 

  

 

Februrary 2008

 

 _The Nitty-Gritty of Working_ _____for Social Change_____

A workshop presented by Heather Brutz from the Friends Committee on National Legislation, the largest peace lobby in Washington, DC. This workshop focused on developing strategies to effectively organize for social change. Several Haverford students participated in a interactive workshop with Heather, bringing the issues they are concerned with as activists into the workshop activities.

Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is a great resource for activists. It was founded by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and has a ton of opportunities to get involved in peace activism. Check out their website for details and info on current projects: http://www.fcnl.org
   
___Barry Carr___  
Dr. Barry Carr is the director of the Institute of Latin American Studies at La Trobe University in Australia. He came to Haverford to share the historical and activist work he has been doing that concerns Latin American workers and issues of immigration into the US.
Dr. Carr arugues that in order to really understand Globalization, we have to recognize a process which he names "Globalization from below."

Focusing on this grassroots force of globalizatation, Dr. Carr believes, can help to reform the process of globalization and open space for organization and social moevments to reach accross boarders and build global strength and transnational consciousness.

Dr. Carr spent an evening at EHAUS (Haverford's student enviornmentalist cooperative living residency) with dinner and discussion, he also participated in a CPGC Talks du Jour and gave a talk to the Haverford community called "The Rise of the 'Pink Tide' in Latim America, II."
He has spent six months teaching in Mexico, and is now touring universities in the USA to share his experience and inisght.

 
For more info visit: www.latrobe.edu/au/history/ilas

 

  
__Drew Arata__

 

Drew Arata joined the CPGC and Haverford Community at Talks du Jour. He spoke about the store he and his wife own in downtown Media, PA.The store, Earth & State, is stocked with pottery and crafts, 25% of which come from local artists. The Arata's focus on encouraging the development and growth of fair trade organizations accross the world by selling their products in the store.

Arata enagaged in a conversation with our community about the broader issues of fair trade, and how his store aims to make a small, but important difference.

For moreinformation see the Earth & State website:
http://earthandstate.com/main/main.htm

or go visit the store
Earth & State
23 W. State Street
http://earthandstate.com/

 

 

 

 

April 2008
  __Peace Garden__
Jen Weitz (Haverford, ’08) came up with the idea to install a Peace Pole at Haverford College after doing a CPGC sponsored internship at the Peace Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

Jen and Parker Snowe, the CPGC director, came up with the words "May Peace Prevail" to inscribe on the four sides of the pole, in four languages: English, Spanish, Chinese and Swahili.
The Peace Pole Project is part of a global movement started by the World Peace Society. Right now there are 200,000 Peace Poles in 180 countries around the world.
The dedication took place on April 4thc and Jen, Parker and Swarthmore senior and Peace Week founder Brandon Lee Wolff all spoke. The dedication was followed by a ceremony in the CPGC cafe featuring a performance by folk singer and peace activist Tom Mullian.
 
 
 

 
 

 

_Education in Prison_

  
     
     

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