Wednesday, April 2, 2008

2008 Midwest Peace and Justice Summit: FRIDAY & SATURDAY

The Fourth Annual Midwest Peace and Justice Summit will take place in Indianapolis on Friday, April 4, 4:30-9:30 p.m.

at the IUPUI Campus Center, Michigan and University Blvd. and Saturday, April 5, 8:00 a.m -8:00 a.m. at the IUPUI Informatics Building, Michigan and West.

There will be more than a dozen free workshops, panels and lectures as well as three plays, an art exhibition, and a public peace demonstration (see schedule below).

Numerous peace and justice organizations will be tabling about their ongoing activities.

Discussion sessions will include: "Next Steps to End the War in Iraq"

A featured event is Prof. George Wolfe of Ball State University speaking on Saturday at 6:30 pm on "Non-Violence as a Spiritual Path:

How to Become More Dangerous Dead than Alive." Wolfe was the target of Fox news pundit David Horowitz, who accused him and the Ball State Peace Studies program of being anti-American and supporting terrorism.

For more info, visit http://mpjs.org

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