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UPCOMING EVENTS

Northeast Regional
Department of Peace Conference
March 28 - 30, 2008

Being The Change:
Creating Peace at Home and in the World
www.northeastdopconference.org

WHEN
The conference will begin at dinner on Friday at 6:30 pm and end around 3 on Sunday. Check-in will be from 4-6 pm on Friday.

WHERE
The Conference will take place at Canonicus Camp & Conference Center, 54 Exeter Road, Exeter, Rhode Island. It is an easy drive from NYC, NH, MA, ME, and CT. The closest airport (16.5 miles) for those flying in is TF Green in Warwick. We will be coordinating transport to/from airport as needed. Check out the website at www.canonicus.org

PROGRAM
The weekend agenda will include keynote speakers: Dot Maver, Educator and Peacebuilder who will speak Friday night on "Being the Change & the Global Peace Movement" and Dr. Ed Tick, author of "War and the Soul" and Executive Director of Soldier's Heart, will speak on "Healing the Soul Wounds of War" on Saturday morning. His wife and Administrative Director of Soldier's Heart, Kate Dahlstedt, will also join us for the weekend. Ed and Kate will offer a workshop Saturday afternoon. Workshops will include: NVC, Restorative Justice Practices, Unraveling the Patriarchy of Peace. Breakout sessions will occur throughout the weekend to address the DOP legislation, state strategy and planning, and the student peace alliance.

FAMILY ORIENTED CONFERENCE
A Children's Program will run throughout the weekend and families are encouraged to bring their children.

LODGING
There are three lodges for our use over the weekend. The main lodge and primary meeting space accommodates 44 people in rooms with private bathrooms in the room, with shared space (3 or 4 twin beds per room). The main lodge (Pierce-Meadowwood) has several handicap accessible rooms. Two smaller lodges (Green & Rathbun) are about a 1/4 mile walk away and feature rooms with shared baths (in the hallways) with 3 or 4 twin beds as well as a few bunk beds. These lodges also feature a small kitchenette and living room area.

FOOD
The camp is known for it's good food and will include meat offerings as well as vegetarian or vegan options. Please let us know if you have any other dietary restrictions.

REGISTRATION
A complete registration form is attached.
EARLY REGISTRATION offers a $15 discount on the program fees. Please send half your total registration (program fee + accommodation fee by January 31st).
Balance will be due at check-in on Friday, March 28th.
All registrations are needed by March 15th to reserve space at the conference.
LATE REGISTRATION: A $25 late registration fee will be added after March 15th.
Please click here to open the registration form. The registration form requires the free Adobe Acrobat reader.

Look forward to seeing you all there as we continue to weave a tapestry of peace...

Children's Tapestry of Peace

The Tapestry was created by a group of eight children, ages 4-12, from Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Liam and Adrian Coyle; Trees, Hope, Race and Arden Lewis-Taylor; and Julien and Connor White (and their baby brother Graham) attended the first Northeast Regional Department of Peace Conference in Massachusetts, June 2-4, 2006. They participated in the weekend children's program, facilitated by Shelley Schweizer, state co-coordinator of the Maine Campaign for a U.S. Department of Peace & Nonviolence. The program looked at peace through the eyes of the children. The tapestry represents what peace means to each participating child. For one, peace meant a quiet place in nature. For another, it was the caretaking of the earth's animals. For others, peace is captured through the graceful flight of a dove or the joy of a colorful rainbow.

The tapestry will be traveling throughout the country and will be displayed in places of worship, museums, and community centers. It was displayed in New York City for the Mahatma Gandhi: 100 Years of Nonviolence celebration on September 11, 2006. It has also traveled to Marblehead & Concord, Massachusetts and will go to D.C. for the national U.S. Department of Peace Conference Feb. 3-5, 2007 and then on to Connecticut. Our hope is that this traveling tapestry will encourage others to speak with children about what peace means to them and how peace and nonviolence can be an essential and ongoing part of each of our lives.

The Northeast Regional Department of Peace Conference explored building a cultural framework for peace through which the principles of peace and nonviolence can be woven into the practices of our everyday lives. The conference was one in a series of conferences held across the country in support of the campaign for the creation of a U.S. Department of Peace, for which legislation is currently pending in Congress. For information about the campaign in Maine go to www.mainedop.org and nationally, go to The Peace Alliance website at www.ThePeaceAlliance.org

For more information on the tapestry or to reserve it for a viewing in your community or at your event, contact Shelley Schweizer at 632-6751 or email shellbell@gwi.net.

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