Beyond Violence Peace Convening

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Violence is rising in the United States and elsewhere, drawing on a prevailing narrative is that it is ubiquitous, inevitable and impervious to improvement. Nevertheless, numerous persons, groups, and organizations are successfully engaged in peace work. Now is the time for us to convene across this great, varied network of people committed to peace and collaborate on establishing a sustainable working vision for the generation of a peace culture. To do this, we must (1) share successes, and (2) examine patterns to discern which approaches can be paired with others to achieve even greater impact.

Beyond Violence: Creating a Culture of Peace is dialogue based convening of representatives of the various peace and nonviolence movement networks.

The convening will be held at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago IL on the afternoons of Saturday, August 12 & Sunday, August 13, 2023.

The convening seeks to provide a collaborative listening space in which we learn and share our methods and results in peace and violence-interruption work. The intention in creating this space is to welcome the emergence of a narrative that could help reset society to a peace culture. This convening hopes to lay out a template that can be used for future local and regional convenings. The convening welcomes all faith, religious, spiritual, and social peace & justice groups which focus on peace work. We use the term peace work as a very broad category.

When
August 12th, 2023 1:00 PM to August 13th, 2023 6:00 PM
Location
126 E Chestnut St
Chicago, IL 60611
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Donation
Participant Donation $25.00
Hospitality Sponsor $250.00
Dialogue Sponsor $500.00
Convening Sponsor $1,000.00