The Class of Nonviolence CANCELLED

Eight Thursdays, 10:00 until noon, starting February 19th at the Rock House [MAP]

Over the course of eight weeks we will read 48 essays about peace, justice & nonviolence by classic thinkers and practitioners such as Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dorothy Day. Through hands-on exercises, discussion, reflection and film, we will deepen our understanding of nonviolence and connect theory to current events. All of the readings are available free online at http://peacecenterbooks.com/the-class-of-nonviolence-index/; a limited number of printed books will be for sale during the first session for $10.

Facilitators:
Karen Ball, a Mediator, is a native to North Western Pennsylvania. Her mediation focus has been in school-based peer mediation and utilizing conflict resolution practices within community policing, court mediation, and victim-offender mediation. When Karen moved to San Antonio with her family, she began volunteering with community organizing, the Catholic peacemaking with justice movement of Pax Christi, and the peaceCENTER. She has a passion for building interfaith relationships for a just society through nonviolence.

Susan Ives is the webmaster for the peaceCENTER, where she also develops curriculum and facilitates classes about nonviolence, especially the history of peace and justice movements. Susan is a native of Bucks County, PA; she has a degree in Political Science from Drew University in Madison, NJ. In prior incarnations she has been a unionized sandwich and salad maker, a canoeing instructor, an advertising copywriter, an army officer (and Gulf War veteran) and a newspaper columnist.