Season for Non Violence 2010 Events

Monday, January 18, 2010 5:30pm
Event: Martin Luther King Day Dinner
Location: Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Speaker: Rev. LaDelle Brooks, Minister Asbury United Methodist Church
Bring a covered dish and join us in celebration of the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7:00 pm
Event: First of 8 Tuesday night classes: The I of the Storm
Location: Unity in Frederick
Facilitator: Rev. Toni Fish, Minister, Unity in Frederick
This class will explore the principles of peacemaking and how they may be applied in our lives. We will look at how to dismantle those things that look and feel against us.

Throughout the month of January:
A photographic exhibit, "Love Makes A Family", focusing on family diversity of all types, is on loan to Unitarian Universalist Congregation for the month of January by Family Diversity Projects.

March 5, 2010 7:30 pm
Event: Share the Shabbat with Kol Ami Congregation
Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick

February 6, 2010         8:00am-5:00 pm
Event: Workshop - Creating A Culture of Peace
Location: Evangelical Lutheran Church
Facilitator: Daniel Frasier
Explore community peacemaking using a popular education approach which values an individual’s experience and wisdom. The approach uses 5 modules-violence, nonviolence, community building, forgiveness and project planning.   Registration fee: $10 - registration forms and information available on line at www.unityfrederick.org/SNV2010.html

February 27, 2010     2:00pm-4:30 pm
Event: Walking in the Light: the Quest for Unshakable Peace and Harmony in Our Daily Lives
Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick
Speaker: Bhante Sujatha, ordained Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka
This presentation blends traditional Buddhist teachings with American culture to teach bringing peace and balance into our lives. The workshop will include an introduction to sitting and walking meditation and time for questions and answers. Registration is not necessary, but is encouraged: email enrichment@frederickuu.org or phone the church at 301-473-7680.

January 31, 2010 4:00pm-6:00 pm
Event: Peace in Your Mind, Peace in Your World
Location: All Saints Episcopal Church – Great Hall
Speaker: Reema Datta – Founder of Usha Yoga Foundation
Sponsor: Be Well Frederick
Reema will present Ancient Indian and Tibetan Perspectives on the Creation of Peace and the End of Violence, addressing the questions: What is violence? Why do we see it in our world? How do we create it in our minds? How do we end it?
Reema combines her life with the love of yoga, music, writing, and running the Usha Yoga Foundation, which brings yoga to marginalized communities worldwide. The foundation supports yogis to teach in battered women’s shelters, drug rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, hospitals, nongovernmental organizations, clinics for eating disorders, and remote areas around the world.
There will be an exhibit of the life of Mahatma Gandhi available for viewing before and after the presentation.

February 14, 2010 4:00pm-6:00 pm
Event: True Leadership
Location: All Saints Episcopal Church – Great Hall
Speaker: Dr. Alex Cavalli
Sponsors: Frederick Area Ministerial Association: Unity in Frederick; Friends of First Church of Christ, Scientist
From Alex Cavalli: “….unselfed love leads no matter how hard it is…. my philosophy of leadership is that all true leadership is based on unselfed love…. Love, based on God’s Love, is the most fundamental aspect of good leadership"
Dr. Cavalli is a thought leader on the Physics of Business. He is also an accomplished actor, presenting solo performances based on the Gospel of John and the life of Paul.

February 21, 2010 4:00pm-6:00 pm
Event: Respect for Others as One Path toward Peace
Location: Unity in Frederick
Speaker: Ms. Jody Olsen
Sponsor: Friends of First Church of Christ, Scientist
Mutual respect is essential to peace, whether the respect is with a next door neighbor or a community in China. We gain respect by walking, talking, sharing with, and learning from another, all without judgment. How that happens and its applications to all of us at work, at church, and at home will be the focus of Jody Olsen's remarks.
Jody is a former Peace Corps Volunteer (Tunisia), and recently retired agency wide Peace Corps Deputy Director and Acting Director. She is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Maryland, School of Social Work.

February 28, 2010 4:00pm-6:00 pm
Event: Panel Discussion and Workshop - Blueprint for Peace: Bringing Peace to Afghanistan
Location: Frederick Friends Meetinghouse
Sponsor: Peace and Social Concerns Committee, Frederick Friends; Women in Black, Frederick
The goal of the program will be to lay out an actual "blueprint" for peace in Afghanistan, focusing on several key areas: economics, stable Afghan governance, Pakistan's role, anti-Americanism, the War on Terror, Afghanistan's importance in global energy. Panelists confirmed at the time of this printing are: Ellen Barfield, an activist and member of Veterans For Peace and Fahima Vorgetts, Afghan native and board member of the human rights group Women for Afghan Women.

March 7, 2010 4:00pm-6:00 pm
Event: Panel Discussion - What We Don’t See in Our Community
Location: Unity in Frederick
Sponsors: National Council of Jewish Women, Frederick Section; Unity in Frederick
Panelists will include Shari Ostrow Scher with Children of
Incarcerated Parents Partnership (COIPP), Joey Hoffman with National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Program, and Chief Kim Dine, Chief of Police, City of Frederick.
Each panelist will help us understand the needs of the group he/she represents and how we often don’t “see’ them or the impact we have on them and they on us.

March 14, 2010 4:00pm-6:00 pm
Event: CALM Conflict Resolution
Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick
Sponsor: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick
This program focuses on “Conflict Resolution,” and is
presented by Community Alternative Mediation, Inc. or CALM. The demonstration and role play will show how those in conflict can be empowered to resolve their conflicts creatively. Come see how community mediation is being effectively used in Frederick County.

March 21, 2010               4:00pm-6:00 pm
Event: From Other to Brother
Location: Frederick City Youth Center, 413 Burck Street
Speaker: Tod Ewing
Sponsor: Baha'i Faith, Frederick; NAACP of Frederick
Race issues in this country CONTINUE to evoke strong emotions not only because of history but also because of ongoing day to day realities. We must honestly face those realities but through a transformation of consciousness that will allow us to do so by tapping our “high road" or more noble selves.
Mr. Ewing is the author of Seeing Heaven in the Face of Black Men.   He is also a 20-year partner with the human resources consulting firm Hanna, Ewing & Associates in Washington, DC

March 28, 2010 4:00pm-6:00 pm
Event: "Come Walk in My Shoes"
Location: Unity in Frederick

The Season for Peace and Nonviolence draws to a close, but the call to “Get in the Way” lives on.

Our closing event for the Season for Peace and Nonviolence will include a screening of “Come Walk in My Shoes,” a documentary journey of Rep. John Lewis’s congressional trip to the sites of the civil rights movement in Selma, Birmingham, and other southern cities. This phenomenal film should not be missed. It includes archival footage from the heart of the civil rights movement, the heart of the movement to bring about justice through rigorous and sacrificial “getting in the way” of the status quo of injustice. All achieved with nonviolent sacrifice.

Come share the closing of our formal season and be invigorated to move forward throughout the coming year to “Get in the Way” when injustice lives in our community.