Tuesday, September 13, 12:45-2:10 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Foreign Policy Issues for the Next President
Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies speaks on foreign policy in the Middle East.
Sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement and the International Scene Lecture Series, PeaceActionMatters@Hofstra, and LI Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library
Admission Free – Open to the Public
Info: 516-463-5595
August 3, 2016
Annual Commemoration of Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
“KNOW WHERE YOU STAND AND STAND THERE”. Fr. Daniel Berrigan
STAND FOR A WORLD WITHOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS!
STAND FOR A WORLD WITHOUT WAR!
STAND FOR PEACE!
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 7 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock
48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset NY
And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they learn war. Isaiah 2:4
Speakers: Kate Alexander, PANYS; Margaret Melkonian, LI Alliance; Emilie Beck, Hofstra Peace Fellow; and Sister Jeanne Clark, Homecoming. Moderator, Shirley Romaine, Great Neck Sane/Peace Action; with Welcome by Rev. Paul Johnson, Senior Minister of UUCSR. Music with Farah Chandu and acapella women’s choir WILLOW.
Program is dedicated to the memory of Father Dan Berrigan and his relentless work with the Ploughshares and his nonviolent resistance to end war, nuclear weapons and poverty. Several of Father Dan’s poems will be read.
We will have petitions for nuclear abolition treaty and for a freeze in funding modernization of nuclear weapons. Program will include call to action to Congress and President to ban nuclear weapons.
Sponsored by Great Neck Sane/Peace Action, LI Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives and Social Justice Committee of Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock.
“Know Where You Stand and Stand There”. Father Daniel Berrigan S.J.
Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
www.longislandpeace.org – (516) 741-4360
Please join us as we remember the victims of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Wednesday, August 3 at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset.
We are dedicating the program to Fr. Daniel Berrigan for his relentless work in pursuit of a world without nuclear weapons, war and poverty. There will be a call to take action for a treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
Saturday, May 28, 2016: Annual Jones Beach Peace Vigil
Please join us on Saturday, May 28 at Annual Memorial Day Vigil at Jones Beach
We at Pax Christi Long Island believe that Memorial Day is supposed to be about prayerful remembrance of those who have lost their lives in the nation’s wars—from a war of national survival, World War II, to controversial wars such as Vietnam and Iraq. Whatever we think of the war, we pray with equal fervor for those died in any of them.
Memorial Day should not be about future wars. It should not be about a celebration of military hardware, like the hugely expensive, not terribly useful F-35 fighter that will be flying over Jones Beach. It’s a weapons system that even Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a staunchly pro-military legislator, has called “both a scandal and a tragedy.” And Jones Beach on Memorial Day should not be a venue for military recruiters to sign up young people for future wars.
Those beliefs are what impel us every Memorial Day weekend to show up at the beach and hold a vigil to remember the dead—especially those from Long Island. This is our 13th annual vigil. We hope you’ll think about joining us.
The vigil begins with a prayer service at 10 AM on Saturday, May 28, in the plaza near the “needle” tower. After the service, we’ll walk along the beach, starting at 10:45. Along the way, we’ll be handing out flyers to explain what our vigil is all about.
If you’re planning to come, try to get to Parking Field 4 early, because it fills up fast. We recommend that you arrive by 8:30. The parking fee is $10.
Weather Note: If the weather looks threatening, and you want to find out whether we’re still going ahead with the vigil, please check this website’s events page before setting out for Jones Beach.
We hope to see you there, but if you can’t make it, please pray for those who have died in war, and pray for peace. And if you agree with us that a military air show is not the best way to commemorate the dead, please think about writing a letter to the folks at Bethpage Federal Credit Union, who sponsor it.
For more info, Email: catholicpeaceli@gmail.com
A Deliberative Dialogue on
Racism, Islamophobia and the 2016 Elections
at Hofstra University on April 13 at 7 p.m. Axinn Library, 10th floor
Brief remarks by panelists:
Rev. Mark Lukens – Pastor, Bethany Congregational Church
Seemi Ahmed – Muslim Chaplin, Hofstra University
Rev. Natalie Fenimore – Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock
Rabbi Michael White – Temple Sinai in Roslyn
Each of the speakers will give a brief (5 minute) statement from their religious perspective, followed by deliberative dialogue conducted by Professor Michael D’Innocenzo
Wednesday April 13th, 2016
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Hofstra University 10th floor library
** Refreshments will be served **
Co-sponsored by: The Center for Civic Engagement, The Interfaith Alliance of L.I., Hofstra’s Honors College, The Peace Fellows Program at Hofstra and The long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives.
For more information:
Professor Martin Melkonian, Hofstra University – 516-463-5595
Rev. Mark Lukens – 516-599-5768
he Center for Civic Engagement at Hofstra University
presents
A full day of panels, screenings and performances focusing on how global conflict, migration, environment and food security continue to both divide
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9:35 am – 11:00 am A screening and discussion about genetically modified organisms and their global impact. |
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11:10 am – 12:35 pm He Named Me Malala is an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. |
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12:45 pm – 2:10 pm This panel will assess the current state of war reporting in an environment where sensationalist campaign coverage seems to be the only game in town, and features investigative journalist Bob Hennelly and Phyllis Bennis, director, New Internationalism Project at Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C. and a writer, activist and analyst on Middle East and UN issues. |
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2:20 pm – 3:45 pm Phyllis Bennis is director of the New Internationalism Project at Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C. and a writer, activist and analyst on Middle East and UN issues. Co-sponsored by the Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives and Long Island Teachers for Human Rights. |
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4:30 pm – 5:55 pm Personal stories and media representations from the global struggle for LGBTQIA rights. Students speak about their experiences of the global struggle for LGBTQIA justice. Co-sponsored by the Documentary Filmmakers Club, Hofstra University. **** In conjunction with Globalization Day, the Hofstra Cultural Center, Women Studies Program, and the Department of Drama and Dance will present Mariposa & the Saint, a play starring Julia Steele Allen, inspired by the true experiences of Sara (Mariposa) Fonseca, a woman incarcerated in Northern California and held in solitary confinement for three years. The free performance, which encourages dialogue about prison reform and the ethics of solitary confinement, will be at 2:20 pm at The Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center. For more information contact Jack Costello jcoste11@pride.hofstra.edu, CCE graduate assistant, or Prof. Aashish Kumar aashish.kumar@hofstra.edu, co-director, CCE. |
Peace Fellows Spring 2016 Program at Hofstra Univiersity starts on February 25.
What is the LI Alliance/CCE Peace Fellows program?
The LI Alliance Peace Fellows Program is a peace education and issue advocacy program, in collaboration with Hofstra’s Center for Civic Engagement. It focuses on peace, nonviolence and alternatives to war and conflict in the context of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows will examine The US Role in the World – by exploring the issues of peace, nonviolence, human security, and the global challenges of conflict, nuclear proliferation, poverty and climate change that we face. Through dialogue, Peace Fellows will Reimagine a U.S. Foreign Policy for the 21st Century and Beyond. Peace Fellows will engage in training to facilitate deliberative discussions on campus about current policies and possible alternatives. Fellows will participate in issue advocacy and organizing training. The semester-long ten-week program will include readings, weekly meetings with briefings and discussions, lectures, training in deliberative dialogue techniques, and an assessment of the program.
International Scene Lecture Series
Foreign Policy Challenges in the 2016 Elections
at Cultural Centre Theater, Axinn Library, Hofstra Library
The Iraq War: A Veterans Perspective
Wednesday February 10th, Matt Howard
2:45pm – 4:15pm co-director, Iraq Veterans Against the War
Refugee Crisis: What can be done?
Tuesday March 1st David Wildman
2:20pm-3:45pm Author, Executive Secretary for Human Rights, United Methodist Church
Wednesday March 9th Civil War in Syria: Is there a way out?
2:45pm-4:15pm Patrick Lawrence
Writer and Columnist, Salon.com, The New Yorker
Question-and-answer period to follow each lecture: ADMISSION IS FREE
Series Co-Directors:
Dr. Carolyn Eisenberg
Dr. Linda Longmire
Prof. Martin Melkonian (516) 463-5595
Sponsored byHofstra’s Departments of Economics, History and Sociology in cooperation with The Center for Civic Engagement, Long Island Teachers for Human Rights and The Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives