Peace Conference

“Ending Wars: New Practical Ways for Peace-Building” is the theme of the 7th annual peace conference to be held on Sunday, March 27th from 2:30 – 5:30pm at Unitarian Universalist Church West, 13001 W. North Ave., Brookfield. The conference is free and all are invited to attend. The featured speaker is Dr. Sharon Welch, Professor of Religion and Society at Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago. Welch is a member of the International Steering Committee of Global Action to Prevent War and is the author of four books including Real Peace, Real Security: The Challenges of Global Citizenship. Respondents include Julie Enslow, Milwaukee Community Peacemaker at Marquette University Center for Peacemaking and Dr. Gareth Shellman, former intelligence analyst for the U.S. Army Security Agency. All those attending will be invited to engage in a Deliberative Dialogue, a form of discussion aimed at finding the best course of action. Deliberative questions take the form "What should we do?" The purpose is not so much to solve a problem or resolve an issue as to explore the most promising avenues for action.

Major conference sponsors are Unitarian Universalist Church West, Candlelight Coalition, School Sisters of Notre Dame-Global Justice & Peace Commission.

Co-sponsors:  Catholics for Peace and Justice; Peace Action - Wisconsin; Peace Seekers of Washington County; Veterans for Peace; Marquette University Center for Peacemaking, Plowshare Center, Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice; Waukesha Catholic Worker; Voces de la Frontera; Peace Program at UWM