Tag: peace

  • MAYDAY! Conference Focuses on How We Imagine Peace…

    “Imaging Peace” is the topic of the 30th annual MAYDAY! Peace Conference to be held Wednesday, April 28, 2010, on the college campus. Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, an assistant professor of justice and peace studies at the University of St. Thomas and a nationally recognized writer, public speaker, and activist committed to nonviolent social change, will open…

  • Martin Luther King Day Events at Gustavus

    The Diversity Center is sponsoring two events in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking at Chapel on Monday, Jan. 18 will be C. T. Vivian, a minister, author, and close friend of Martin Luther King, Jr. during the American Civil Rights Movement. Daily chapel will begin at 10 a.m., with Rev. Vivian speaking from…

  • MAYDAY! Peace Conference on April 29

    “Tiananmnen + 20 Years” is the topic of the 29th annual MAYDAY! Peace Conference on Wednesday, April 29. Andrew Nathan, Ph. D., a leading expert on Chinese affairs and politics and professor at the Columbia University, opens the daylong conference in Christ Chapel at 10 a.m. The afternoon keynote speaker is Yang Jianli, Ph.D., human…