Peace and Justice Center - Calendar of Events

Peace and Justice Center Calendar of Events 2011-12

Date	Event
August 25 - 31 Todd Wehr Hall lobby	Free Trade Exhibit This special display is co-sponsored between the Peace and Justice Center, Old St. Joseph's Parish Office and the St. Norbert College Bookstore. The exhibit will include information from Catholic Relief Services on fair trade both locally, as well as internationally.
September 10-30 Godschalx Gallery Bush Art Center	Through the Viewfinder: Poverty, Dignity, Hope Exhibit and photographs by Drew Van Fossen, Director of Communication and Design at St. Norbert College.
Wednesday, Sept. 21 Fort Howard Theater 6:30 p.m. Wine & cheese reception 7:15 p.m. Ambassador of Peace Award Ceremony 7:30 p.m. Lecture	International Day of Peace and St. Norbert Ambassador of Peace Award George A. Lopez will be honored as the recipient of the 2011 Ambassador of Peace. There will be a public lecture following the reception and award ceremony. Power-point presentation from Sept. 21st lecture.
Monday, Oct. 3 6:00 p.m. show Walter Theatre Abbot Pennings Hall of Fine Arts	Haunted by God: The Life of Dorothy Day Haunted by God is a one-woman play about Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement. Hailed in Sojourners magazine as a “wonderfully uplifting theater experience” this dramatic portrait tells the story of the woman the New York Times eulogized as a “nonviolent social radical of luminous personality.” Dorothy Day (1897-1980) was a powerful woman of immense conviction who found herself jailed many times when witnessing her beliefs, including women’s suffrage. In New York in 1933, she and a French-born itinerant philosopher Peter Maurin co-founded the Catholic Worker, a living movement that has been responsible for feeding and housing the homeless while maintaining a monthly, nationally-read newspaper. Today, there are over 100 Catholic Worker houses in the United States and around the world, including communities in Toronto and Oxford, England. Lisa Wagner Carollo, the actress will be performing the show.
Tuesday, Oct. 4 6:00 p.m. Cofrin Hall, Room 11	"Understanding Poverty in Brown County and Beyond" What does the face of poverty look like in our community? How might we miss it? How might we help? Robert A. Pyne, ThD. and Director of the Peace and Justice Center, will present this lecture.
Tuesday nights from Oct. 11 - Nov. 8	Women, War & Peace Women, War & Peace is a bold new five-part PBS mini-series challenging the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain. A co-production of THIRTEEN and Fork Films, Women, War & Peace places women at the center of an urgent dialogue about conflict and security and reframes our understanding of modern warfare. Featuring narrators Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Geena Davis and Alfre Woodard, the series reveals how the post- Cold War proliferation of small arms has changed the landscape of war, with women becoming primary targets and suffering unprecedented casualties. Simultaneously, they are emerging as necessary partners in brokering lasting peace and as leaders in forging new international laws governing conflict.
Thursday, Oct. 20 Walter Theatre, Abbot Pennings Hall of Fine Arts 7:00 p.m. Lecture	The Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding "Beyond Tolerance" Gustav Niebuhr is Associate Professor in Religion and the Media at Syracuse University. A journalist for more than 20 years with The Washington Post, The New York Times, and other newspapers, he is a leading voice on religion in American public life. Elie Wiesel said of Niebuhr’s book, Beyond Tolerance, “Anyone involved or at least interested in dialogue among communities, individuals and nations will benefit from its wisdom and humanity.” This event is part of the Miller Lecture.
Friday, Nov. 11 Ft. Howard Theater, Bemis International Center 3 - 4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion	Veteran's Day This panel discussion will include vets from every war, with the focus being on the military's peacekeeping activities.
Nov. 14 - 18	International Education Week
Monday, Nov. 14 St. John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter 4 - 4:35 p.m.	New Volunteer Orientation and Training at St. John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter All current volunteers and those interested in learning about volunteer opportunities at the shelter are invited to attend a volunteer orientation. Would you prefer to volunteer with someone you know? Please consider inviting friends, neighbors, co-workers or family to get involved! Everyone has talents that can contribute to the success of the shelter! Pre-registration for the training is not required. Please call the shelter at 436-9344 x 203, or email rderenne@gbdioc.org with any questions. Park in the lot accessible from the 400 block of South Jefferson Street.
Tuesday, Nov. 29 Cofrin Rm 11 St. Norbert College 3 - 4:30 p.m.	New Laws for Voting: Learn How to Exercise Your Right to Vote in Wisconsin Governor Walker has signed Act 23 requiring voters to show a photo ID at polling places, and making other changes to election law affecting residency and straight-party voting. Two members of the Government Accountability Board will be on-campus to provide Information about the Voter Photo ID Law and answer your questions.
Jan. 13 -21, 2012	SNC Students Visit Dominican Republic First conceived by PJC intern Amber Duerwaechter and now led by PJC intern Morgan Johnson, this service trip to the Dominican Republic will focus on micro-lending and micro-business through a fabulous organization called Esperanza, International (http://www.esperanza.org/). See the TRIPS page for more information: http://www.snc.edu/trips/destinations.html
Feb. 2012	Black History Month
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 3 - 4:30 p.m. Peace and Justice Center Michels Commons	Peace and Justice Center Open House Please join us in celebrating our newly remodeled location in Michels Commons. We will be hosting a wine and cheese reception.
Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 7:00 p.m. Fort Howard Theater Bemis International Center	Film Documentary on Argentina's Dirty War - Los Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and the Search for Identity Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo in Argentina is committed to finding their lost grandchildren, stolen, they believe, by the government of their country some 30 years ago. At least 10,000, and, some estimate, as many as 30,000 dissidents of the military dictatorship were kidnapped, tortured and killed during Argentina’s Dirty War (1976-1983). They became known as Los Desaparecidos—the disappeared. Some of the women were pregnant or were new mothers when they were captured, and the infants ended up in the homes of government officials and others sympathetic to the regime. Those new parents changed the babies’ names, birth dates and everything about them. Today, Las Abuelas has located more than 100 of the missing grandchildren, many of whom had no knowledge of their past nor of their true identities. Some 400 still remain.
Monday, March 26, 2012 6:00 p.m. Fort Howard Theater Bemis International Center	Donna Freitas "Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance and Religion on America's College Campuses" Donna Freitas has been a professor at Boston University and most recently, at Hofstra University in New York. Her nonfiction books include Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance and Religion on America's College Campuses from Oxford University Press, and her novels include The Survival Kit from FSG, just out in the fall of 2011. She has written for many newspapers, magazines, and webzines, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post. She lives in New York City.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:30 p.m. Fort Howard Theater Bemis International Center	The Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding "Unlearning Racism: Confronting Apartheid in our Hearts" From fighter to peacemaker: The last 30 years have taken Sean Callaghan from the battlefields of Africa to conflict resolution in Iraq. En route he has worked for sustainable peace and justice not only in his native South Africa, but also across the world. This event is part of the Miller Lecture.