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Peacebuilder Banquets – Stories of Great Peacebuilders Series
Each week during the Canadian School of Peacebuilding we invite the general public to join our students for a lunch banquet of great local food and inspiring speakers. This year we are hosting three such banquets. Each one has a different speaker. Each speaker has been asked to tell stories of people they think of as great peacebuilders. This is a time to gather a community of peacebuilders, to celebrate with great food and to be inspired by the stories of peacebuilders from around the world.
• Thursday, June 17, 2010, 12:15-1:30, Featured Storyteller: Chief Ovide Mercredi
Chief Ovide Mercredi is the former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada, current Chief of Misipawistik Cree Nation in Manitoba, and current Chancellor of the University College of the North.
• Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:15-1:30, Featured Storyteller: Marc Gopin
Marc Gopin is the Professor of Religion, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, and the Director of the Center on Religion, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution (CRDC) at George Mason University’s Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR). He is also an ordained Jewish rabbi and author of several books in peace and conflict.
• Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 12:15-1:30, Featured Storyteller: Howard Zehr
Howard Zehr is known as one of the grandfathers of the Restorative Justice movement. He is a Professor of Restorative Justice (Eastern Mennonite University), and the award-winning author of 10 books on restorative justice.
Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in advance. They can be purchased online or at CMU's North Shaftesbury campus reception desk. (Check back here later to purchase tickets online.)
Note: For CSOP students, the cost of the banquet is covered in the course fee for the week(s) of your class.
It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Albert Einstein