[KWPeace-groups] Next KW Peace Meeting: June 16, 6-8pm

[CROSS CULTURES]

Hi Bob,

I confirmed membership to the group THANK YOU for adding me (hope I did 
this correctly)

if nothing comes up I will be attending tonight ..

Gehan


On 16/06/2016 8:27 AM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> Hi Everyone: I just wanted to send Emily's reminder to the KWPeace
> Groups mailing list about tonight's potluck dinner for organizers of
> Kitchener-Waterloo peace and social justices organizations.  My
> apologies if this is a duplicate message...
>
> http://kwpeace.ca/kw-peace-meeting-thursday-16-june-2016-6-8pm/
>
> --Bob Jonkman
> KW Peace Web & Mailing List Admninistrator
>
>
> On 2016-06-15 03:36 PM, Emily Mininger wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Last minute reminder that our potluck is tomorrow! If you haven't already,
>> let me know if you can make it. If you can't make it but would be
>> interested in being involved in our "Perspectives on Peacemaking" event
>> (described below), let me know that as well.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Emily
>>
>>
>> *From:* Emily Mininger [mailto:e.mininger at gmail.com]
>>>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 04, 2016 9:48 AM
>>>> *Subject:* Next KW Peace Meeting: June 16, 6-8pm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello All!
>>>>
>>>> The next KW Peace potluck meeting will be June 16th from 6-8 pm in the
>>>> Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church's Peace and Justice room (different room
>>>> than before).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please bring a dish to share!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you haven't been posting your events to the KW Peace calendar, please
>>>> consider checking it out! We want to advertise the KW Peace calendar to the
>>>> public, so it'd be ideal to have lots of events posted. If you need help
>>>> with the website, please contact Bob Jonkman - bjonkman at sobac.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At our last KW Peace Potluck meeting, we had discussed holding a one day
>>>> conference event, hosted by the members of this group and open to other
>>>> group members as well as members of the public. This would be a unique
>>>> opportunity to work together each other and share our work and ideas! We're
>>>> really excited about this idea, and hope that you'll be excited too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The focus of this event would be "Perspectives on Peacemaking," and we
>>>> invite groups to share about how they are making peace in our local or
>>>> global community. We define peace in the broad holistic sense, so any work
>>>> that improves our community and contributes to social justice is included.
>>>> The main purpose of the event would be highlighting the great work that
>>>> goes on in our community, learning from each other, as well as giving
>>>> people practical ways to get involved and make a difference.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tentatively we are thinking our event would include longer presentations
>>>> (30 mins to 1 hour), round table discussions, and short (2-5 min)
>>>> presentations. During the longer presentations, a group or speaker might
>>>> share an issue that is relevant to our community, how they address the
>>>> issue, and how people can get involved. The round table discussion would
>>>> have pre-selected questions that you discuss with people around you, in
>>>> order to facilitate sharing of ideas and information. The short
>>>> presentations would give a group an opportunity to just briefly say some
>>>> kind of announcement or message they want to get out to this audience. We
>>>> would also have table space available for displays or other types of
>>>> publicity materials (brochures, business cards, etc)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please let us know if you are interesting in helping with the planning
>>>> and facilitating of this event, presenting a long or short presentation, or
>>>> having table space for materials.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, if you are not interested in participating in the KW Peace
>>>> initiatives, please let me know and I can take you off the list.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Emily
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Emily Mininger
>>>>
>>>> PeaceQuest KW Affiliate Facilitator
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Email: e.mininger at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> Phone: 519-568-3879
>>>>
>>>> Twitter: @PeaceQuestKW
>>>>
>>>> Facebook: facebook.com/peacequest.ca
>>>>
>>>> Website: peacequest.ca
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Emily Mininger
>>> PeaceQuest KW Affiliate Facilitator
>>>
>>> Email: e.mininger at gmail.com
>>> Phone: 519-568-3879
>>> Twitter: @PeaceQuestKW
>>> Facebook: facebook.com/peacequest.ca
>>> Website: peacequest.ca
>>>
>>
>>
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