Mike Yarrow Peace Fellowship
by Bruce Pruitt-Hamm The WWFOR has launched the Mike Yarrow Peace Fellowship (MYPF), a $1,000 grant for a year-long Fellowship that includes a week-long training intensive for high school and college students. The Peace Fellows for 2015-16 have been selected. The MYPF launched its second annual cycle in late June of 2016. Applications for 2017 must be received by June 1, 2017. There are 3 ways to get your application: 1) You can view and save the application form as a MYPF Application-PDF or 2) download it as a Word document with this link: MYPF Application-Word or 3) use our contact form to request that we email you the application. Call Janis Pruitt-Hamm at 206-466-2924 or email jpruitthamm@gmail.com for further information or to submit your application (by June 1, 2016).…
Seabeck Conference — Logistics & More Information
SEABECK CONFERENCE CENTER Seabeck is on beautiful Hood Canal, fifteen miles west of Bremerton, Washington. Bedding and towels are provided to guests at the Conference Center. Sleeping in RVs is not permitted. Family style meals will be served from Thursday dinner through Sunday lunch. Vegetarian meals will be served, with meat available at some meals. If you have special dietary needs, please indicate this on the registration form. Recreation opportunities include swimming, row boating on the lagoon, tennis, horseshoes, ping-pong, volleyball, basketball, hiking, music, and crafts. Bring swimwear and comfortable shoes. Be prepared for wet, dry, warm, or cool weather. ACCOMMODATIONS Seabeck Conference Center’s website www.seabeck.org/ provides descriptions of each housing building and floor plans. Except for 10 single rooms…
Seabeck Conference
FOR 55th Annual Northwest Regional Seabeck Conference Thursday July 4 – Sunday July 7, 2013 “Harnessing Outrage & Compassion: Awakening the Power of Nonviolence” Keynote Speakers Kazu Haga: Bay Area coordinator for Positive Peace Warrior Network where he offers Kingian nonviolence trainings to prisoners, youth, and community activists, founding member of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb: author, storyteller, activist, co-founder of Muslim-Jewish Peacewalk, co-coordinator of FOR’s Interfaith Peacewalks, Mural Arts in Palestine Delegations and Young, Pacifist, and Proud Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm: FOR National Council member, Kingian NonViolence Trainer, Seattle Chapter Coordinator of CISPES, artist activist with Student Debt Noise Brigade Come join us for three days of work and fun as we explore the power of nonviolence—how…
Seabeck Conference — Directions
The Seabeck Conference Center is at 15395 Seabeck Highway NW, Seabeck, WA 98380. From Canada and Points North via EDMONDS-KINGSTON FERRY: After departing the ferry follow Highway 104. Continue straight onto Bond Road (follow signs to Bremerton/Poulsbo). At the Bond Road-Highway 305 stoplight turn right onto Highway 305 and follow the signs to Highway 3 southbound. Exit Highway 3 at the Newberry Hill Road exit and turn Right onto Newberry Hill Road. When you come to a “T” in the road, turn right onto Seabeck Highway. Follow the signs to Seabeck Conference Center. (Estimated travel time from Kingston: 45 min) From Seattle Area SEATTLE-BREMERTON FERRY: After departing the ferry turn right on Warren Avenue, left on 6th Avenue, and continue…
Seabeck Conference — Schedule of Events
Thursday, July 4th 4:00 Registration (till 9:30) 5:30 Continuous Soup & Salad Bar 7:00 Drop By & Meet Children’s Leaders 7:30 Welcome, Orientation, & Intro to Workshop Leaders 9:30 Youth Group Meet & Plan 9:30 Workshop Sign-Up, Social Time Friday, July 5th 7:00 Nature Walk & Meditation 8:00 Breakfast 9:00 Sing-Along and Announcements 9:30 Keynote: Kazu 11:00 Break 11:15 Religious Peace Fellowship Panel 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Workshop I 2:30 Break 2:45 Workshop II 4:15 Break 4:30 Remembrances 5:00 Ad Hoc Groups 6:00 Dinner 7:00 IFOR coordinator: Francesco Candelari 7:45 Live Auction 9:15 Ad Hoc Groups & Social Time Saturday, July 6th 7:00 Nature Walk & Meditation 8:00 Breakfast 9:00 Sing-Along and Announcements 9:30 Keynote: Lynn & Kaeley 11:00 …
Seabeck Conference — Children’s Program and Youth Program
The Children’s Program The Children’s program for 3 to 10 year-olds will be led by Nora Walsh. Activities will be geared to the needs and interests of the individual children, and will develop a sense of community through play and mutual problem-solving. We celebrate and explore our beautiful surroundings with walks and outdoor games. We rely on adults and youth attending the conference to volunteer their time and talents to assist us. Beyond Seabeck, Nora teaches art with young people in a variety of settings. Youth Program Youth are invited to participate fully in all conference activities and to organize additional activities around their individual ideas and interests. Amanda Starnes and a colleague will facilitate initial orientation and peer group…
Seabeck Conference — Workshop Descriptions
1 An Introduction to Kingian Nonviolence. Kingian Nonviolence is a philosophy developed out of the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King and the strategies of the Civil Rights movement. This mini-workshop will include lectures, role-plays and small group activities. Kazu Haga and Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm. 2 Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights: Sumud, Intifada and Nonviolent Struggle in the Movement to End Israeli Occupation. A conversation with two committed activists about alliance building in the context of the current struggle. Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb and Amin Odeh. Amin is originally from Israeli Occupied Palestine. He was born in a UN administered refugee camp near the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank. He lived with his family at that camp until he moved…
Seabeck Conference — Keynote Speakers
Kazu Haga on “King’s Final Marching Orders: Institutionalizing Nonviolence” Kazu Haga is a trainer in Kingian Nonviolence and currently serves as Operations Director & Bay Area Coordinator for the Positive Peace Warrior Network. He also sits on the board of PeaceWorkers, the One Life Institute, and Communities United for Restorative Justice (CURYJ), of which he is a co-founder. He has been active in various social change movements since he was 17, when he embarked on an 18-month journey with Nipponzan Myohoji, studying nonviolence and social change throughout the United States and South Asia. He has 10+ years of experience working in progressive philanthropy, where he served as Program Director for the Peace Development Fund and a founding Steering Committee member…
Bring Our Billion$ Home
The Bring Our Billion$ Home campaign is a grassroots effort to shift our tax dollars from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to our children, our sick, and our elderly. We need good jobs and we need to protect our environment. On February 20 (President’s Day), the campaign organized a “Die-In and Sing-In” in which people marched into the capitol rotunda, “died” to represent the “casualties of war on all fronts” – from those who are dying from lack of healthcare because of budget cuts to those who are dying abroad in Afghanistan. They then sang themselves back to “life” with a different take on the national anthem, “America, the Beautiful.” They sang “America, America, for true security, please fund…
Seabeck Conference 2015
Fellowship Of Reconciliation 57th Annual Northwest Regional Conference July 2-5, 2015 “Peace, Justice and Sustainability: Strengthening the Links” (flyer) Online registration is available through our partner Oregon FOR at: http://forseabeck.org What links will we strengthen? Sometimes the links involve values more than anything else: reverence for the dignity of all humans underlies our efforts whether we are working to end CIA torture, improve education, raise the minimum wage, or end police racial profiling. Sometimes the links involve methods: Cannot street theater and other joyful protest help stop wars and foster racial understanding? Sometimes the links involve our philosophy of life, as we apply nonviolent words and methods to our daily interactions as well as to our global solutions. Sometimes…
