Professional Documents
Culture Documents
March 2016
Celebrating Peacemaking:
The 2015 Gandhi Birthday Celebration
Archie Archuleta
Peace is the absence of purposeful violence. The most destructive form of anti-peace and violence
is still war. But the little acts of
war/violence produced by all of us
feed into bigger wars. For instance,
the violence of Racism (now also
anti-immigrant); Sexism (anti-gay
and women's rights); and Classism
(anti-poor and middle class).
Until we all learn to Respect
and Accept each other as human
beings, and until we all automatically work for and insist upon Justice
and Opportunity for all, we will
continue to repeat the mistakes of the
past. So, Gandhi Peace Foundation,
and the rest of us, we have a lot of
work to do. Do not be lulled by fastmoving current events and personal
problems, but continue the struggle
for world peace, and always, always
carry in your heart and actions Love
and Respect for All.
by Catherine Kreuter
Omid Safi is a professor of Islamic Studies at University of No. Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the editor
of Progressive Muslims: On Justice,
Gender, and Pluralism , which offers
an understanding of Islam rooted in
social justice, gender equality, and
religious and ethnic pluralism.
Dr. Safi will speak on Martin
Luther King's Vietnam speech and
death on April 4 at Salt Lake Community College. He will also speak
on April 5, 10 a.m., Library Lecture Hall, Utah Valley University
(UVU), and April 6, noon, Hinckley Institute of Politics. Other
lectures are also planned.
Fania Davis has been a force in
civil rights, Black liberation, and the
women's, prisoners', peace, anti-
University of Montana.
Allan remarked, I really
enjoyed my 13 years on the
board and working with
like-minded people who
think there is a better way
to settle differences.
Joe Watts has been on the
board for four years, Deb
noted. "He has been so
helpful with all our programs and did everything
that was asked of him.
They will both be missed
and we wish them well.
Joe had been the Executive Director of the Utah Allan Smart with Deb Sawyer
Golf Association for 20
hope to return. It is a marvelous
years before joining the board.
organization.
Upon leaving the board Joe said,
Upon Allan's departure, Kristen
I've never been on a board where so
Rogers-Iversen
was recruited by
few got so much done. It was a joy
board
member
Sharon
Odekirk and
to serve and to meet so many good
and
has
assumed
responsibility
for
people, and when my time permits I
the newsletter.
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