THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO JOINED FROM AROUND THE WORLD AUGUST 6-8, 2020. TOGETHER, WE ARE CREATING A NONVIOLENT WORLD!
Speakers on August 8, 2020
For those who purchased a ticket to the in-person event in Albuquerque before the conference moved online, you have several ticket options. Please see the options here and fill out the form to let us know your preferences.
SPEAKERS
Rev. Richard Rohr
Richard Rohr is one of the world’s best-known theologians and religious leaders. A Franciscan priest, his many books include the recent best-sellers The Universal Christ and The Divine Dance. He is the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation.
Kazu Haga
Kazu Haga is the founder of the East Point Peace Academy and author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm. He teaches various aspects of nonviolence, restorative justice and mindfulness. Born in Tokyo, Japan, he now works to empower incarcerated communities, young people and activists around the country. He currently resides in Oakland, CA.
La Vaida Owens-White
La Vaida Owens-White serves as Faith Community Nurse for the 9th Ward Interfaith Clergy Coalition in the City of Wilmington, and coordinates the Delaware Region Health Ministries Network. Ms. Owens-White is an advocate for health and social justice policies at the national, state and local levels as consultant, mentor, and community activist. La Vaida is a member of the Movement for a Culture of Peace which is a broad-based coalition of faith, nonprofit, and community groups, and founders of Peace Week Delaware and the Nonviolent City Wilmington project
Robin Wildman
Director of Nonviolent Schools Rhode Island, a nonprofit, training teachers, school staff, and administrators in Kingian Nonviolence.
Sherri Mitchell
Sherri is the Executive Director of the Land Peace Foundation. She was born and raised on the Penobscot Indian reservation (Penawahpskek). She speaks and teaches around the world on issues of Indigenous rights, environmental justice, and spiritual change.
Roshi Joan Halifax
Joan Halifax is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, and pioneer in the field of end-of-life care. She is the Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Institute and Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Sr. Andrea Koverman
Formerly, on the staff of the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, now currently working on the border near El Paso, TX. Sr. Koverman is a member of the Sisters of Charity community whose mission is to strive to live Gospel values by acting justly, building loving relationships, sharing resources with those in need and caring for all creation. She has Masters' degrees in curriculum and administration.
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr.
President and CEO of Hip Hop Caucus—a national, award-winning organization that engages young people in elections, policymaking, and service—Rev. Yearwood is a minister, community activist and organizer. One of the most influential people in Hip Hop political life - he was named one of Utne Magazine’s “50 Visionaries” - he lives in Washington, DC with his family.
Ira Helfand, MD
A member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon, ICAN, the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, and co-President of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. He is also co-Founder and Past President of Physicians for Social Responsibility, IPPNW’s US affiliate.
Henry Cervantes
Henry is the program manager of Peace Exchange. He is also an artist, educator, and organizer who focuses on nonviolence and restorative justice and has trained activists from Asia, the Middle East, Central and South America.
Rivera Sun
Author/Activist Rivera Sun is the Editor of Nonviolence News, a nationwide trainer in strategy for nonviolent movements, and the author of many books and novels, including The Dandelion Insurrection and The Way Between. She serves on the Advisory Board of World Beyond War and Backbone Campaign. Rivera was the Programs Coordinator and Social Media Coordinator for Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence for three years. She currently co-facilitates Pace e Bene online courses with Veronica Pelicaric. www.riverasun.com
Eric Stoner
Eric is the co-founding editor at Waging Nonviolence and an adjunct professor at Rutgers University. His articles have appeared in The Guardian, Mother Jones, Salon, The Nation, Sojourners and In These Times.
Veronica Pelicaric
Veronica Pelicaric is Pace e Bene’s Nonviolence training coordinator and the co-author of the book, Engaging Nonviolence. She has led Pace e Bene nonviolence workshops in Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Haiti, Australia, Britain, and the Netherlands. A Zen Buddhist, she is conversant in six languages. She lives in Montreal, Canada.
Dr. Ken Butigan
Dr. Ken Butigan is a leading teacher, advocate and strategist of nonviolence. He has worked for decades with many social change movements and currently is Pace e Bene’s chief strategist for its Campaign Nonviolence National Week of Action. He teaches in the Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies Program at DePaul University in Chicago, and has published several books, including most recently Nonviolent Lives.
Dr. Erica Chenoweth
Erica Chenoweth is one of the world’s leading social scientists and scholars on nonviolence and co-author of the ground-breaking work, Why Civil Resistance Works. She is on the faculty of Harvard University.
Dr. Kit Evans-Ford
Dr. Kit Evans-Ford has led many Pace e Bene workshops and directed the outreach for Campaign Nonviolence Action Week since 2014. She earned a Doctor of Ministry degree and has served in the Peace Corp and Teach for America. A founder of Testimonies of Hope, she lives in Davenport, Iowa with her family.
Daniel Hunter
Daniel is a trainer and organizer with Training for Change, which practices a direct education style rooted in popular education. He is also the author of “Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow.”
Brother M
Brother M (aka Mapumba) is a singer, songwriter and producer based in Cape Town, South Africa. Much of his music is inspired by his early years growing up in the Congo, a time marked by the beauty of family and nature, but also by war and displacement. Through it all, music was an enduring presence, painting a picture of love and joy no matter the circumstances. Over the last 20 years, he has created seven artist albums, available on Bandcamp, iTunes, and Spotify. Brother M will be sharing several of his songs during the conference.
Stephanie Van Hook
Executive Director of Metta Center for Nonviolence Education. Co-author of Nonviolence Daily: 365 Days of Inspiration from Gandhi (with Michael Nagler), and author of Gandhi Searches for Truth: A Practical Biography for Children.
George Martin
A leading justice, peace and climate organizer, educator, and trainer, George Martin has worked with more than 100 organizations. He has served as a national co-chair of United for Peace and Justice and was the recipient of the Peace and Justice Studies Association’s Social Courage Award. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Rev. John Dear
John Dear is a priest, activist, and author of 35 books including The Nonviolent Life, The Beatitudes of Peace, They Will Inherit the Earth, and Radical Prayers. He is on the staff of Pace e Bene. He lives in Big Sur, California.
Hosted by the New Mexico 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki Committee and Pace e Bene
The August 8th Conference will be translated live in Spanish on a separate audio channel through zoom.
Thank you Hilda Murillo & Elsa Muñoz!
WHAT:
The Campaign Nonviolence National Conference
Embracing the Nonviolent Shift
MARKING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF the u.s. bombing of HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
In this time of great transition ushered in by a worldwide crisis, nonviolence offers us what we need right now: a vision, strategies, and practices that will equip us to live and lead in the direction of personal and societal transformation.
At this conference, you will experience the wisdom of nonviolence visionaries, scholars and practitioners who will share their expertise from a wide variety of fields. They will offer concrete pathways to build the transformed world our hearts long for, a world free from the violence of racism, poverty, war and the environmental crisis. Join us in embracing the nonviolent shift, connecting with each other and committing to creating a just, healthy and sustainable world for all.
FEATURING: Rev. Richard Rohr, The Center for Action and Contemplation. Dr. Erica Chenoweth, Harvard University. Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., Hip Hop Caucus. Dr. Ira Helfand, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Kazu Haga, EastPoint Peace Academy. Henry Cervantes, Peace Exchange. Robin Wildman, Nonviolent Schools Rhode Island. Daniel Hunter, Training for Change. Rivera Sun, Nonviolence Now. Sherri Mitchell, Land Peace Foundation. George Martin, Peace Action. Eric Stoner, Waging Nonviolence. Sr. Andrea Koverman, a member of the Sisters of Charity. Roshi Joan Halifax, Upaya Zen Center. Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch New Mexico. Brother M, South African singer songwriter. Stephanie Van Hook, Metta Center for Nonviolence, and the Pace e Bene Team, Dr. Kit Evans-Ford, Veronica Pelicaric, Dr. Ken Butigan, & Rev. John Dear.
WHEN:
Thursday, August 6, 2020 - Hiroshima and Nagasaki COMMEMORATION online at 8 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Pacific. Learn more here.
Friday, august 7, 2020 - nonviolence training online 3 p.m. eastern / 12 p.m. pacific
saturday, august 8,2020 - conference online beginning at 12 p.m. Eastern/9 A.m. Pacific
WHERE:
The previously scheduled in-person CONFERENCE in Albuquerque and Los Alamos VIGILS is NOW ALL ONLINE
Did you purchase a ticket to the in-person event?
For those who purchased a ticket to the in-person event in Albuquerque before the conference moved online, you have several ticket options. Please see the options here and fill out the form to let us know your preferences.
COST:
August 6, online Hiroshima and Nagasaki COMMEMORATION is free. Register for it separately here if you’d like to be notified about it. If you register for August 7 or 8 we will register you for august 6 automatically.
august 7, online nonviolence training is $20.
August 8, online conference is $50.
special student price!Take 50% off the conference and training with discount code “STUDENT” at checkout.
Other scholarships are available for those in need. Please email us if you have a request.
LOGISTICS
Since each days events will now be online, make sure you have access to a computer and internet. We will send out more information about accessing the events as the date approaches.
QUESTIONS:
Contact info@paceebene.org or call 510-268-8765
Hosted by the New Mexico 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki Committee and Pace e Bene
Thank you to Pace e Bene partner Contemplative Interbeing
Inspiring a shared commitment to create meaningful lives in loving presence with the whole of human civilization.
