COMPASSION, PEACE AND JUSTICE
TRAINING DAY
March 21, 2014
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Theme: Presbyterians Resisting Violence, Building
Peace
8:00 Registration (Foyer – Main
Level)
Coffee
and light breakfast (Radcliffe Room – Main Level)
8:30 Welcome and Worship (Main
Sanctuary – Second Level)
Sermon: Drop Your Rock!
Rev. J.
Herbert Nelson, II, Director for Public Witness
9:20 –
10:35 Panel Discussion: Presbyterians
Resisting Violence, Building Peace-Hopeful Alternatives in Situations of
Violence (Main Sanctuary – Second
Level)
Moderator: Carl Horton
Linda Eastwood
Herman Kumara
Marsha J.
Shoushtari
Farah Tanis
10:45 - 12:00 Workshops:
Session 1
Nonviolent Responses to the
Occupation
George
Meek, Ecumenical Accompanier, Ecumenical
Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel; Mark Koenig, Director, Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations
(Lincoln
Parlor – Main Level)
Empowered: Victims No More
Farah Tanis,
Co-Founder and Executive Director of
Black Women’s Blueprint, and transnational feminist and human rights activist.
(John
Quincy Adams Room – Main Level)
Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Bryce Wiebe, Associate
for Enough for Everyone, Presbyterian Hunger Program
(Park
Level Main- Basement Level)
Is Poverty a Form of Violence?
Ruth Farrell,
Coordinator, Presbyterian Hunger Program
(Main
Sanctuary – Second Level)
Tapestry: The Fabric of Community after Public Violence
Laurie Kraus,
Coordinator, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance; David Barnhart, Producer and Director, Presbyterian Disaster
Assistance
(Lincoln
Chapel – Main Level; no food or drink permitted in Chapel)
12:10 –
1:10 LUNCH and Panel Discussion: Presbyterians on Gun Violence
and the Peace Discernment Process (Radcliffe
Room – Main Level)
Moderator: Sara Lisherness
Jim Atwood
Shaya Gregory Poku
1:20 – 2:35 Workshops: Session 2
Non-violent
Direct Action 101
Roger Scott
Powers, pastor of Light Street Presbyterian Church in Baltimore and
co-moderator of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.
(Main
Sanctuary – Second Level)
Budget Violence: Ways to
Challenge the Institutionalized Violence Created by our Spending Choices
Leslie
Woods, Representative for Domestic Issues, Office
of Public Witness, PCUSA
(Radcliffe
Room – Main Level)
The Presbyterian Response to
the Conflict in Syria
Sara
Lisherness, Director, Compassion Peace and Justice
Ministry, PCUSA; Rev. Laurie Kraus,
Coordinator, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
(Lincoln
Parlor – Main Level)
Righteous Anger: Crafting a Peaceful World
Bryce Wiebe,
Associate for Enough for Everyone, Presbyterian Hunger Program
(Park
Level Main- Basement Level)
Drones and their Consequences
for Peace
Chris Iosso, Coordinator,
Social Witness Policy; Ginna Bairby, Managing Editor, Unbound,
Social Witness Policy.
(John
Quincy Adams Room – Main Level)
Ending Violence against Women
Rev.
Kerri Allen, Advocacy Committee for Women's Concerns,
PhD Student, Theology, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary; Shannon Beck, Reconciliation Catalyst,
World Mission;Dr. Deborah Blades,
National Leadership Team, Presbyterian's Against Domestic Violence; Jill Bolander Cohen, Member at Large,
Justice & Peace, Presbyterian Women in the Synod of South Atlantic;
Moderator: Mark Koenig, director,
Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations
(Lincoln
Chapel – Main Level; no food or drink permitted in the chapel)
2:45 – 4:00 Workshops: Session 3
Israel/Palestine and the
Boycott of Settlement Products
Bill
Somplatsky-Jarman, Coordinator, Social Witness Ministries and
MRTI; Carl Horton, Strategic
Planning and Program Facilitator, Presbyterian Peacemaking Program; Catherine Gordon, Representative for
International Issues, Office of Public Witness, PCUSA
(Lincoln
Parlor – Main Level)
When the Earth is Destroyed:
Structural and Spiritual Violence, and Ways to Peace
Ruth Farrell,
Coordinator, Presbyterian Hunger Program; Rev.
Ashley Goff, Minister for Spiritual Formation, Church of the Pilgrims,
PCUSA
(Park Level Main- Basement Level)
When the Global Market Gets
Violent
Alexa Smith,
Associate for Joining Hands Presbytery and Congregational Support, Presbyterian
Hunger Program; Herman Kumara, internationally recognized organizer in the
fisheries sector and a prominent voice for human rights in Sri Lanka; Susan Saudek, board
member of Salvadoran Enterprises for Women (SEW), an NGO that provides grants
to rural women interested in starting small business.
(Lincoln
Chapel – Main Level; no food or drink permitted in the chapel)
Confronting Intimate Partner
Violence through the Lens of Justice
Dr.
Deborah Blades member of the National Leadership Team of
the Presbyterians against Domestic Violence Network providing advocacy and
resources for the prevention of and healing from societal and domestic
violence.
(John
Quincy Adams Room – Main Level)
Faith Communities Working
Together to Prevent Violence
Christine
Hong, Associate for Theology: Interfaith
Relations; Mark Koenig, Director,
Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations
(Radcliffe
Room – Main Level)
4:10 – 4:30 Sending (Main Sanctuary – Second
Level)
