1. Peace Displays at Olean Public Library: posters, books and more. From Sept. 1- Oct. 2.

2. Wednesday, September 18: “We Do Peace.”

Join EMVi members Darlene Goetzman & Mike Blumenthal for a potluck @ 5:30 to explore the ways we already create peace. And then together let’s name one small or big (additional) thing that each of us will do the following week during Campaign Nonviolence (Sept. 21- Oct. 2). Bring your ideas and a dish to pass, and we’ll supply beverages and lots of welcomes! RSVP by Monday, Sept. 16 to Darlene Goetzman (darlene@blumenthals.com)

3. Presentation on “Making Peace in a Society at War” at Olean Public Library

OLEAN — Love in Action Cattaraugus County is hosting a special presentation titled Making Peace in a Society at War at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Olean Public Library, 134 N. 2nd St. This event is free, open to the public, and will include light refreshments. Reservations are required; please call (716) 372-0200 or text (716) 379-3351 to reserve your spot.

As conflicts rage across the globe, including in Ukraine and the Middle East, the question of how to foster peace feels more urgent than ever. In this thought-provoking presentation, Dr. Jean-François Godet-Calogeras will explore the historical context of Europe eight hundred years ago and examine how Francis of Assisi and his companions actively worked to bring peace in their time.

4. Olean Public Library to Host Film Screening on Unity and Division

OLEAN — Love in Action Cattaraugus County is pleased to invite the community to a special screening of the film Divided We Fall: Unity Without Tragedy at 7 p.m., Oct. 2 at the Olean Public Library, 134 N. 2nd St. The event is free and open to the public, with light refreshments provided. Reservations are required; call (716) 372-0200 or text (716) 379-3351 to secure your spot.

In a time marked by increasing division, Divided We Fall brings together people from diverse backgrounds to explore what it truly means to be American and how we can bridge the divides that hold us back. The film, running approximately one hour, captures the voices of ordinary Americans who are hungry for connection and unity. The film originally ran on PBS in 2020. Learn more about the film here: https://www.dividedwefalltv.org/. 

Following the screening, attendees are invited to participate in a brief, low-key discussion to share their reflections and insights on the themes of the film. 

This screening is just one of several local events Campaign Nonviolence Action Days, which runs from Sept. 21 to Oct. 2. This international campaign aims to build a culture of peace free from war, poverty, racism, and environmental destruction. Learn more about the campaign here: https://paceebene.org/campaign-nonviolence. 

About Love in Action Cattaraugus County

Love in Action Cattaraugus County is a community group dedicated to promoting nonviolence, education, and community building in the greater Olean area. Through events, workshops, and outreach, the group seeks to foster a culture of peace and understanding.

Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/loveinactioncattarauguscounty.

Chalk It Up For Peace - International Day of Nonviolence

Event Description: Chalk It Up For Peace - Celebrating International Day of Peace
Saturday, Sept 21, 10:00 – 11:30am, held at All Peoples Unitarian Universalist Church, 4936 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, KY 40222

How can we cultivate a culture of peace? We invite kids of all ages (adults too!) to engage with artistic expression of what peace looks like, learn peacebuilding stories, and watch others building peace.

Family Friendly event includes Peace-Story Corner, Cloth Bags for the Earth, Envisioning Peace – Post Cards, Chalking for Peace – outdoors and at home. Free but Registration Requested: https://dgcec.wildapricot.org/event-5862346 or 502-614-5616. This is the opening event of DGCEC’s 10th annual Twelve Days Toward Peace that begins with International Day of Peace and concludes with International Day of Nonviolence. We are happy to collaborate with Pace e Bene's Campaign Nonviolence Action Days.

Morning Practice for Nonviolence

Event Description: MORNING PRACTICE FOR NONVIOLENCE: Daily, September 21 - October 2, 7:30-8:00am ET, via Zoom. Set an intention to expand nonviolence in your heart and actions each day, guided by a community peacemaker. Registration required for the link: https://dgcec.wildapricot.org/event-5863292 or call 502-614-5616.

In conjunction with Campaign Nonviolence Action Days, Sept 21-Oct 2 Dee Wernette will be offering a 3-part workshop on conflict and conservation.

In this workshop we will define and discuss conflict and cooperation, various conflict resolution options, and identify issues underlying conflicts. We will discuss and apply concepts and communication techniques to conflict examples. Participants will be encouraged to bring other examples of conflicts to subsequent classes, for application of the conflict options. Limited role-playing opportunities will be offered to practice and apply skills/techniques in the context of the participants' examples.

Dee taught a sociology of conflict course at the university level for 25+ years, and trained federal staff on conflict management/resolution techniques at a Dept. of Energy national laboratory. Healso published articles in related peer-reviewed journals.

Number of class meetings, length of time: 3 classes, 1.5-2 hours each

This workshop is part of the Campaign Nonviolence Action Days, Sept 21-Oct 2, 2024, to build a culture of peace and active nonviolence, free from war, poverty, racism, and environmental destruction. Learn more here: https://paceebene.org/action-days

How We Win: Organizing for Environmental and Climate Justice

September 27, 7 - 9 pm CDT

From his first arrest in the Civil Rights era to his most recent during a climate justice march at the age of 83, George Lakey has committed his life to a mission of building a better world through movements for justice. Lakey's life and vast experience with nonviolent social change organizing reminds us how to find hope in even the darkest times through strategic, joyful activism. Through a panel conversation with local organizers, Lakey will guide us in an exploration of what it takes to organize successful campaigns that create environmental and climate justice in our community.

Organizer Nazir Kahn will discuss the Minnesota Environmental Justice Table's campaign to shut down the HERC Trash Burner. Joe Vital will share insights from East Phillips Neighborhood Institute's campaign around the Rooftop Depot site. George Lakey will weave in lessons learned from campaigns he's organized and share stories from his involvement in struggles for peace, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, labor justice, and environmental and climate justice. This is an event not to be missed!

Lakey is visiting the Twin Cities as a part of his Dancing with History: a life for peace and justice book tour. His book How We Win! will also be available.

Join this event virtually:
Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 825 2369 0843
Passcode: 817454

http://fnvw.org/georgelakey

Justice Unbound with George Lakey

How do we successfully work together across differences to fight for racial and economic justice? How does polarization create surprising new possibilities? How do we show up for one another and build power together without burning out by spreading ourselves too thin?

Join nonviolent activist, professor, and movement elder George Lakey and Director of Communications ISAIAH MN, Minister JaNaé Bates on September 28th as they discuss these questions and more. Historian Peter Rachleff will moderate this special event taking place as a part of George Lakey’s Dancing with History: A Life for Peace and Justice international book tour. George Lakey’s life and life and vast experience with nonviolent campaign organizing reminds us how to find hope in even the darkest times through strategic, joyful activism.

Good Trouble, the songleading duo made up of mixed Asian songleaders Liz Digitale Anderson and Conie Borchardt, will open the event with community singing that creates space for justice, fun, and healing.

Subtext Books will have copies of Dancing with History available for purchase at this event along with another of Lakey’s books, How We Win!

The event will be followed by a book signing. Light refreshments provided.

REGISTER online at: https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/events/justice-unbound-building-race-and-class-solidarity/. This event is free and open to the public, but we encourage registration to help us plan. For virtual attendance, registration is required in order to receive the Zoom link.

Walk for Peace and Justice

Challenged by our experiences of violence across the Twin Cities in recent years, Friends for a NonViolent World (FNVW), in collaboration with Twin Cities Nonviolent (TCNV) and many other peace and justice groups are organizing a Walk for Peace and Justice on September 30, 2023. We are calling on all Minnesotans to come out and participate in this great event. This Walkathon is a fundraiser for FNVW’s peace programs in our communities. Brackett Park in Minneapolis will be the kick-off location. We will walk to the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge for a Hands Across the Mississippi Ceremony followed by food, music and speakers at the Danish American Center. Together we will uplift the vision of a world beyond violence and a culture rooted in nonviolence. We invite all individuals, groups and organizations in Minnesota that promote nonviolence, peaceful conflict resolution and equitable justice to partner with us. Click "More Details" to learn more.

https://fnvw.org/walk4peace

Fantastic Fridays Crafts ~ Nonviolence Week Edition

Nonviolent Seaford volunteers will present some books about nonviolence, then we will design and paint a special kindness rainbow project.

Little Jays Peace Story Time

Nonviolent Seaford volunteers will read a special peace themed book and help preschoolers paint a peace sign to take home.

DGCEC’S 9th Annual TWELVE DAYS TOWARD PEACE 2023: September 21 – October 2
Neuroscience has confirmed that when we hear or see stories of real people generating goodness, we are much more likely to do the same. Do you need some encouragement and companionship on the path of nourishing an attitude of compassion and nonharm? Join us during these 12 Days.

International Day of Peace, Thursday, Sept 21, 10am, In-person, via Zoom, and Facebook Live – Join us in setting an intention for nonviolence and peacemaking during these 12 Days Toward Peace. Tibetan Buddhist prayer and readings from peacemakers to set us on a solid path. Register to get the Zoom link HERE https://dgcec.wildapricot.org/event-5424130

Morning Practice for Nonviolence, Daily from 7:30-8am – Set a ground for awareness of nonharm with these morning meditations led by local peacemakers. Register to get the Zoom Link https://dgcec.wildapricot.org/event-5412592

Peacemaker Conversation – Rivera Sun and Cory Lockhart: Saturday, Sept 23, 12 – 12:45pm, via Zoom and Facebook LIVE. Join us for a conversation with nationally known author, catalyst, and activist, Rivera Sun. Register to participate on Zoom.

Peacemaker Conversation – Roxy Manning and Cory Lockhart: Monday, Sept 25, Noon, via Zoom and Facebook LIVE. Join us for a conversation with author Roxy Manning to explore a lived application of the Beloved Community. Watch for info.

24-Hour Vigil for Nonviolence: Tuesday, Sept 26, 8pm to Wednesday, Sept 27, 8pm, In-Person at DGCEC. Each hour is hosted by a different group and marked by meditation, song, poetry or prayer. Join at any time you are able.

Peacemaker Conversation – Johnny Alse and Cory Lockhart: Wednesday, Sept 27, Noon, via Zoom and Facebook LIVE. Join us for a conversation about the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. Register to participate on Zoom. https://dgcec.wildapricot.org/event-5422777

Compassion and Gratitude - Tools of NonHarm: with Anne Walter: Thursday, Sept 28, 11:00 – 12:30pm, via Zoom. Expand your tool kit for practicing engaged compassion. Register Here: https://dgcec.wildapricot.org/event-5417173

International Day of Nonviolence Interfaith Service, Monday, Oct 2, 7pm, In-Person and via Zoom – Join us for interfaith wisdom on nonviolence, honoring the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and other great peacemakers, and as a dedication of all efforts of the 12 Days Toward Peace 2023. Register Here: https://dgcec.wildapricot.org/event-5422788

“International Day of Peace - Virtual Day of Prayer”
Thursday, September 21, 2023, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

The Sisters of St. Francis, Clinton, Iowa and the Franciscan Peace Center are excited to invite you to participate in a special virtual program to commemorate the International Day of Peace on September 21. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace.

As people of faith, we understand the profound significance of fostering peace and justice in our world. In solidarity with the global community, we are organizing a day of prayer dedicated to various important topics that align with our Laudato Si’ values.

The program entails dedicating time to silent prayer to reflect on specific subjects. Each individual, community, or organization is invited to hold their own event, at a location and time which is most convenient to you. We have designed the program with a suggested schedule that will commence at 8:00 AM and conclude at 4:00 PM, allowing each of us to participate at a convenient time within this duration.

• 8:00 AM Immigration Reform

• 9:00 AM Care for the Earth

• 10:00 AM Abolition of the Death Penalty

• 11:00 AM Nuclear Disarmament/Ending War

• 12:00 PM Racism

• 1:00 PM An End to Human Trafficking

• 2:00 PM Reducing Gun Violence

• 3:00 PM Basic Human Rights

To aid you in your prayer, we have prepared an hourly guide to lead you through the day, including

• a brief prayer for each hour's topic to serve as a starting point (However, we encourage you to spend additional time in personal contemplation, offering your own intentions, petitions, and reflections on the specific subject.),

• a list of additional resources to learn more about the issues of each hour,

• suggested actions you can take to help bring about the change needed in the world, and

• a reflective video for each hour’s topic.

We believe that our collective prayers can ignite transformative change, manifesting God's love and compassion in our world. The power of prayer knows no bounds, and by participating, we join hands in creating a ripple effect of peace that extends beyond our immediate community.

https://clintonfranciscans.com/international-day-of-peace-2023

Just Living Festival
Sunday, October 1, 1-4pm

The Just Living Festival will be a fun multi-generational outdoor event to promote dignity, respect,
care for the environment, and social and economic equity for all neighbors. At this event,
community organizations will join together to celebrate diversity, foster unity, and inspire positive
social change and sustainability.

The Just Living Festival is organized by the Franciscan Peace Center, a ministry of the Sisters of St.
Francis, Clinton, Iowa. The Sisters of St. Francis are dedicated to a mission of active nonviolence
and peacemaking. In 2021, the Clinton Franciscans signed on to the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, a
global initiative to enact the goals and vision expressed in Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’: Care for Our Common Home. The Clinton Franciscans’ Laudato Si’ Action Plan attends to seven areas of ecological and social concern: ecospirituality, care for creation, immigration, income inequality and basic human rights, human trafficking, nuclear disarmament, and the abolition of the death penalty. The Just Living Festival seeks to highlight social and ecological justice efforts in each of these areas.

https://clintonfranciscans.com/news--events/event-calendar/event/2023/10/01/just-living-festival

Book Club to Prepare for a Season of Nonviolence

Wednesdays, Sept. 20-Oct. 11, 6:30-8 pm

Do you want to learn how to live in peace in today’s chaotic world? Are you inspired by reading about successful nonviolence movements? Three Ashland organizations are co-hosting a promising book club that will address these questions and shed light on possibilities for peace activism. Peace House, South Mountain Friends Meeting, and Southern Oregon Pachamama Alliance invite you to join a 4–week book club meeting at Peace House, 543 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland, OR.

This unique reading group is part of Peace House’s 40th anniversary “Season of Nonviolence” and Pace e Bene’s “Campaign Nonviolence Days of Action,” an annual international campaign dedicated to “working to end war, poverty, racism and environmental destruction—and building a nonviolent culture.” This local reading group features three different books, each with a different perspective. Participants will explore together what it means to shift into a culture of peace and build a community of nonviolence.

Learn more about the books being discussed here: https://southernoregonpachamama.org/2023/07/30/prepare-for-a-season-of-nonviolence/.

Prior to the first meeting you’ll receive a reminder from book club organizers. Please locate the book of your choice and read the first week’s assignment for that book by the first meeting on Sept. 20.

2022 DAYS OF ACTION (Tentative Calendar):

The first night of the the Days of Action, the One Human Race project will host a 6:30-8:00 p.m. watch party for Slavery by Another Name at St. James’ Episcopal Church, Austin. Contact: Teresa Turner

Next, for several months I (Jim) have led a weekly Zoom call on Thursday nights, doing a study of We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign. Our discussion from 6:00-6:45 Central time is followed on the same link by a 7:00-8:00 p.m. Action Hour of petitions, calls, and plans for future actions hosted by the Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry. All interested folks are welcome to the study and the action hour, and no prep is required. Here’s the link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3330426480 .

On Friday, Sept. 23, we will have our regular vigil in front of the State Capitol, 4-5 p.m., with the day’s theme, “School Strike Solidarity & Intergenerational Climate Action.” Between now and then, we will reach out to students and teachers, inviting them to join us. That evening, at St. James’ Episcopal Church, Austin, Jazz at St. James’ is presenting a poetry reading with music, 7:30-9:00, open to the public. Here’s the link: https://stjamesaustin.org/calendar/voices-in-verse-a-tribute-to-loretta-diane-walker/

Saturday, Sept. 24, the North Austin Good Neighbor Fest (https://www.atxneighborfest.com/) is a perfect fit with our theme of “Mutual Aid, Neighborhood Potlucks, and End Poverty Actions.” It is hosted by (and the brainchild of) Nonviolent Austin member Eric Shaughnessy. I (Jim) will be manning a booth there, promoting nonviolence training and the remaining events of the Days of Action. The same day, others of our group are involved in a film festival focussed on the death penalty in Texas: https://austinfilmschool.org/upcoming-events/2022/8/24/a-day-of-art-amp-film .

Finally, again at St. James’ Episcopal Church, One Human Race will hold a workshop 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Contact: Teresa Turner

On Tuesday, Sept. 27, Interfaith Action of Central Texas (I-ACT) will host one of its Red Bench discussions, this one on “cancel culture,” at the Friends Meeting of Austin: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzthVCjTGn2MZ5Mgb__JHLYOVyjEKlWRcZDWEgFF-QnaQSdA/viewform

Nonviolent Austin is in the process of putting together a combination watch party (of the Texas gubernatorial debate) and panel discussion on gun safety on the night of Sept. 30, to go along with our theme for the “Day of Action to End Gun Violence.”

Finally, on Oct. 2, the final day, we have planned a five-hour outdoor concert (in keeping with Nonviolent Austin’s history of honoring Austin’s love of music!). It will be on a beautiful backyard stage in South Austin, hosted by our active member, Lisa Rogers of the Therapy Sisters. The line-up of half-hour acts from 1 to 6 p.m. is David Clauss, Jon Dee Graham, Parker Woodland, Jonathan Horstman, Paul and Sharon Finley, Steve Brooks, Francisco Chavez, Stuart Hampton, Chip Bach, and The Therapy Sisters. We will have tables including art for kids (folding peace cranes), voter registration, and flyers for Nonviolent Cities and nonviolence training.

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE CELEBRATION
SEPTEMBER 21 AT 6:30PM

Join with people around the world to celebrate peace. Meet at the front steps of the Prescott Courthouse plaza on the Gurley side. Bring long scarves if you have them which will connect us, battery candles and PEACEFUL signs. The UN theme this year is End Racism. Build Peace. That is our theme as well. We will have speakers, poetry from children, music and a candlelit moment of silence.

120 S. Cortez Street; Gurley St. side of Prescott Courthouse plaza, Prescott, AZ 86313 United States

UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE-END RACISM. BUILD PEACE. SPEAKER FORUM
SEPTEMBER 29 5-7PM

September 29th from 5-7 PM in the Founder’s Room of the Prescott Library will be a Speaker Forum with three distinguished speakers from our community. Manuel R. Lucero IV is the Director for the Museum of Indigenous People. Ernesto Todd Mireles, MSW, PhD is the Coordinator for the Frantz Fanon Community Strategy Center at Prescott College. Reverend Anthony Mtuaswa Johnson is the minister at the Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. They will each share their perspectives about the UN International Day of Peace theme: End Racism. Build Peace.

Prescott Library, Founder's Room, 215 E. Goodwin St., Prescott, AZ 86303 United States

Contact: Leslie Grady

Contact Full Name: Bekky Baker

Event Description: Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center and Third Way Peace Fellowship are hosting a Peace Potluck. There will be a pot of chili provided and you are encouraged to bring a dish to share with other folks but it is not required for attendance. In addition to sharing food with one another, there will be a discussion and activity centered on nonviolence. All of the leftovers from the meal will be donated to the free fridge located at the building.

Event Start Date: 9/29/2022

Event End Date: 9/29/2022

Time of event: 6pm - 8pm

Event Website: https://ijpccincinnati.org/event/peace-potluck/

Event Description: We are launching our Strategic Nonviolence for Peace Advocacy Certificate series to coincide with CNV and the International Day of Peace. The purpose of the certificate program is to provide participants with a broad overview of nonviolence. The certificate program is designed to introduce participants to the philosophy and strategic theories that undergird nonviolence while also providing practical tools to enable participants to engage in nonviolence on a personal, interpersonal, and community level. You can attend all of the sessions to earn a certificate or pick which ones are most salient to you.

Event Start Date: 9/14/2022

Event End Date: 11/16/2022

Time of event: 6pm - 8pm

Event Website: https://ijpccincinnati.org/event/strategic-nonviolence-for-peace-advocacy-session-2-people-power/

Daily vigil in front of the Capitol, at 11th St. and Congress Ave., noon to 1:00! We will have a different musical act and a different issue or theme each day, and make good use of the new posters by Rosie from Campaign Nonviolence!

Saturday the 18th -- Paul Finley -- Health Care
Sunday the 19th -- Alex Coke and Elaine Barber -- Gun Violence, Racial Justice, and Restorative Justice
Monday the 20th -- Parker Woodland -- Housing and Living Wage
Tuesday the 21st -- Steve Brooks -- World Peace Day
Wednesday the 22nd -- Walt and Tina Wilkins -- Voting Rights
Thursday the 23rd -- Dave Madden -- Ecology
Friday the 24th -- The Therapy Sisters -- Inclusion
Saturday the 25th -- Francisco Chavez and Family -- Immigration
Sunday the 26th -- Earthman Lanny Smith -- All of the above!

In addition, we will take part in the Texas Poor People's Campaign's Moral Monday at 5 p.m. on the 20th, and support other events through the week of both the Poor People's Campaign and our friends at the Austin Justice Coalition, making those events known as they pop up.

Each day during Campaign Nonviolence Action Week, Sept 18-26th, we will post one of our Nonviolence Means ... posters on Facebook and Twitter, to connect the dots between issues and show how structural/systemic/cultural nonviolence means restorative justice, renewable energy, housing for all, migrant justice, racial justice, and more. We encourage EVERYONE to share/retweet these posts in a virtual demonstration to build a culture of active nonviolence.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CampaignNonviolence
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CampaignNV
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/campaignnv/
These posters can also be downloaded from our website: https://paceebene.org/nonviolence-means

Everyone is welcome to download them, print them, put them on protest signs, hang them up in offices/zoom spaces, post them in their communities, circulate them in their newsletters, and more.

Spread nonviolence by sharing our visionary poster series "Nonviolence Means", which shows how nonviolence is structural/systemic/cultural and includes restorative justice, migrant rights, renewable energy, peace, housing for all, and more. We will be posting one/day during Action Week Sept 18-26th.

https://www.pbmr.org/