THE LIVONIA CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY
32777 Five Mile Road –
Livonia, MI 48154 - 734-466-2490
The Citizens for
Peace is sponsoring their second annual Peace and Conflict Discussion Series to
celebrate the Season for Nonviolence*.
The discussion group will meet on the first Thursday of February, March,
and April 2013 in the MICHIGAN ROOM in the Livonia Civic Center Library Atrium
from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. It is FREE
and open to the public. PLEASE read the
selected books prior to the session.
Books may be purchased or borrowed through your local library network or
through MelCat. You may have to ask your
librarian for assistance.
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Thursday,
February 7 – COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS, a discussion led by Henry
Ford Community College professor Grant Shafer, Ph.D., Near Eastern Studies,
University of Michigan; M.A, Theological Studies,
Harvard University; B.A., History, Wayne State
University.
DISCUSSION
FOCUS: The commonalities within
world religions.
Thursday,
March 7: – MUHAMMAD: A PROPHET FOR OUR
TIME, by Karen Armstrong, publisher: HarperCollins, 2006. Armstrong, an author, scholar, and journalist, is
among the world’s foremost commentators on religious history and culture. Facilitator: Suzanne
Kaplan, Schoolcraft College Professor Emeritus.
DISCUSSION
FOCUS: What made Muhammad a prophet
nearly
1400 years ago?
Thursday,
April 4, – THE THIRD SIDE: WHY WE FIGHT
AND HOW WE CAN STOP by William Ury, publisher: Penguin
Group, 2000.
Dr.
Ury is co-founder of The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School where he directs a
research project on the prevention
of destructive conflict. Facilitators:
Carole Kersten and Rosemary Doyle, Citizens for Peace.
DISCUSSION
FOCUS: It takes two sides to fight
but a third to
stop—how does one get to the third side?
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* To honor the 2013
Season for Nonviolence, co-founded by the M.K. Gandhi Institute for
Nonviolence and The
Association for Global New Thought which focuses attention on the philosophy of
attaining peace through nonviolent action as demonstrated by Gandhi and Martin
Luther King, Jr. It was launched in
1998.
SPONSORED BY THE
CITIZENS FOR PEACE
www.citizensforpeace11.blogspot.com
A nonprofit nonpartisan community
organization whose mission is to create a culture of peace.
For further questions contact 248-476-0791 or
rdoyle@cheerful.com
