Related Projects of Interest
Emerald Valley Playback Theater is delighted to offer a performance in conjunction with Realms of Forgiveness at Grace Chapel, 1166 Oak Street on Friday, March 7 at 7:30pm. For information, contact Allen. Playback Theatre will take up the theme of forgiveness and craft their improvised responses and audience participation to explore this complex subject.
Eugene Mennonite Church will show the film "Journey Toward Forgiveness" on March 2, 10:45am at the Eugene Mennonite Church, 3590 W. 18th Ave, Eugene. This is a one hour documentary made for ABC-TV last year. It includes six stories of people and families who had confronted anger and forgiveness in the face of violent or wrongful death; near death from racial injustice; death of ancestors by genocide; and terminal illness. See www.journeytowardforgiveness.com for complete descriptions. Everyone is invited.
LIFE (Life Institute of Faith and Education) presents
Faith & Forgiveness: Multiple Perspectives
Sunday March 2, 2008; 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
First Congregational Church (1050 E. 23rd Ave., Eugene)
Cost: Suggested donation $5.00
Presentations and round-table conversation on forgiveness and faith.
If possible, please view in advance of this presentation The Forgiveness Project exhibit at the Fenario Art Gallery (881 Willamette St., Eugene), starting February 22nd (also available at www.theforgivenessproject.com). Other events in conjunction with Realms of Forgiveness may be found at http://conflict.uoregon.edu/forgivenessproject.html.
Presenters:
- Ruthann Duncan, raised up by Brethren and Evangelical United Brethren, left the church in college, converted to existentialism, became a born again pagan, and joined the Presbyterians after her midlife crisis, during which she learned how to stay Jung and not be a Freud. Forgiveness is a big topic in her work with adult sex offenders.
- Jerry Kendall, a board member of Lane Interfaith Alliance, was raised Catholic, but now finds himself most at home with Zen and Taoist perspectives.
- Ibrahim Hamide, a Muslim born in Bethlehem, has been President of the Eugene Middle East Peace Group and has served on Eugene's Human Rights Commission and the board of Lane Interfaith Alliance. He is also co-founder of the Inter-Religious Committee of Peace in the Middle East.
An address by Dr. Tetsuden Kashima at the University of Oregon School of Law Saturday, February 23, as part of the Eugene Day of Remembrance 2008 Annual Japanese-American Internment remembrance gathering. The talk will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 175, William W. Knight Law Center, 1515 Agate Street. The event is free and open to the public.
"Peace & Democracy" Conference at Lane Community College February 29 to March 1, 2008, as part of the new establishment of a Peace Center at Lane Community College. Information at http://www.lanecc.edu/peacecenter
"Nonviolence as a Way of Life" conference in Sept. 2008. Information at http://www.nonviolentliving.org/
Restorative Gentrification Listening Project. Information at http://www.uoregon.edu/~cdr/restorative.html
