Faith Works

Opportunities For August and September From the Social Justice Council

Witness:
Attend Peace Action and Education's Vigils for Peace; Sundays, August 29 and September 5, 12, 19, and 26; noon - 1 pm at East Ave. and Goodman St.

Listen:
Come to the first fall meeting of the Rochester Committee on Latin America and hear Joseph Sorrentino speak on "What Drives Mexicans to Risk Death Crossing the Border? (and How the Exodus Has Led to the Feminization of Rural Mexico)" 7 pm Wednesday, September 1, at Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St.

In a Time of War, Stand for Peace:
Join the Bring Them Home vigils:

7:30 - 8:30 am Thursday, September 2, at Park Avenue and Culver Rd.
4:30 - 5:30 pm Tuesday, September 14, at church, 220 S. Winton Rd.
7:30 - 8:30 am Wednesday, September 15, at Park Avenue and Culver Rd.

Read:
Join members of the Moving Beyond Racism Book Group in a discussion of Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez, 7 pm Monday, September 13, in the Community Room at Barnes and Noble Pittsford Plaza.

Be Silent:
Join members of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship at a silent vigil for peace, noon - 1 pm Monday, September 13, in front of the Federal Building, 100 State St. Bring a chair or groundcover if the ground is wet.

Think About Justice:
Hear Dominic Barter discuss the development of the restorative circles model in Brazil and its movement as a social change model around the world in the Thomas Castellano Memorial Lecture, 7 pm Tuesday, September 14, at the Baptist Temple, 1101 Clover St., Rochester. Sponsored by the Rochester Institute of Technology Department of Criminal Justice. Information about other events during Restorative Rochester Week is available at www.gandhiinstitute.org/restorative.html.

Hear:
Listen to Deborah Hughes, Executive Director of the Susan B. Anthony House, speak about the separation of church and state in "There are Snakes in Those Muddy Waters," 7 pm Thursday, September 23, at church, 220 S. Winton Rd. Ms. Hughes will highlight the work of Matilda Joslyn Gage, 19th Century suffragist and advocate for church/state separation.

Learn:
Hear Col. Ann Wright (Ret.) speak on "Afghanistan: the Need to Dissent" 7 pm Friday, September 24, at church, 220 S. Winton Rd. The Peace Advocates Task Force is one of the sponsors of this presentation. For details of the rest of Col. Wright's visit to Rochester, see www.rochesterunitarian.org/peaceadvocates_events.html#AnnWright.

August 22 2010