Please join us as the PARADE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE GATHERING FOR JUSTICE present the 2009 Week-long Nonviolence Summer Kick Off in Erie, Pennsylvania
For over 4 years, a coalition of leaders and community members of Erie, PA have met to address the rise of violence in their communities. This coalition, also instrumental in forming The Gathering for Justice in Erie, a chapter of a national movement reintroducing nonviolence as an organizing methodology, founded by Harry Belafonte, have held various events, rallies, gone door-to-door and have brought trainers from across the country to train young people in nonviolence. Today, they are requesting your support to promote nonviolence at a time when we are the most volatile. They are working hard with local and national organizations to promote a nonviolent summer and community.
Nonviolence summer will be a call for Erie to choose nonviolence and to remember the choice every community member has in creating a nonviolent community; however, it is not enough to call for a summer of positive peace. We must put tools in the hands of communities to support their exploration in choosing nonviolence.
The Gathering for Justice along with the City of Erie, Pennsylvania will be hosting week-long Level 1 Kingian Nonviolence Training for its 40 young people who attended the first 2-Day Core last year. The training will be the anchor in this kick off week and will be the catalyst for a nonviolence summer. These young people will become certified in nonviolence and continue to promote nonviolence in their communities for the summer.
Each evening a host of other trainings, workshops and events will be offered throughout the community. Evening dialogues in Nonviolence, Girl Circles/Empowerment, Man Talk, Kid’s Corner, etc, will also be offered so that families and young people can participate and engage in conversations about promoting safe communities and nonviolence.
Events such as Erie Sea Wolves Baseball Game and Praise in the Park will be hosted throughout the week and offered to families for free. Tabling will also be offered at designated locations so that families and young people can become familiar with the services that are offered throughout the city of Erie. The Gathering for Justice will also bring in national trainers and workshop facilitators to help highlight Erie and build momentum. Please come out to support the Erie Community and Pledge for Nonviolence.
NONVIOLENCE SUMMER PROGRAM
JUNE 22ND -27TH, 2009
MONDAY, JUNE 22ND
09:00-12:00 p.m.- Nonviolence Training for Community Activists
11:30-12:30 p.m.-Free Community Lunch, Abundant Life Ministries
06:00-08:00 p.m.-Praise in the Park, Perry Square Park Downtown Erie
TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD
10:00-11:00 a.m.-Youth Kingian Nonviolence Training, -at Careerlink 1309 French Street
0303:00-04:00 a.m.-Youth Kingian Nonviolence Training, -at Careerlink 1309 French Street
04:00-07:00 p.m.- Nonviolence Training for Community Activists
07:05 p.m.-Erie SeaWolves Baseball Game, Jerry Uht Park
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24TH
10:00-11:00 a.m.-Youth Kingian Nonviolence Training, -at Careerlink 1309 French Street
11:30-12:30 p.m.-Free Community Lunch, Abundant Life Ministries
03:00-04:00 a.m.-Youth Kingian Nonviolence Training, -at Careerlink 1309 French Street
04:00-06:00 p.m.- Nonviolence Training for Community Activists
07:05-Erie SeaWolves Baseball Game, Jerry Uht Park
THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH
09:00-11:00 a.m.-Nonviolence Training, Cafeteria-Careerlink at Lovell Place, 1309 French Street
12:05-Erie SeaWolves Baseball Game, Jerry Uht Park
03:00-04:00 a.m.-Youth Kingian Nonviolence Training, -at Careerlink 1309 French Street
04:30-06:00 p.m.-NEW VISIONS YOUTH GROUP Discussion: Girl’s Circle, Man Talk, Kid’s Corner-Abundant Life Ministries
FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH
07:00-11:00 p.m., - THE 99, a walkthrough theater production that graphically reenacts the five leading causes of death in teenagers and young adults. 654 Millcreek Mall, Erie, PA 16565
SATURDAY, JUNE 27TH
02:00-03:00 p.m.-“Health Care for the Mind, Body & Soul” Speaker: Dr. Janice Keen (Akron, Ohio) New Life & Spirit Fellowship Hall
06:00-08:00 p.m.-COMMUNITY PLAY, “No More Chains”, Abundant Life Ministries
07:00-08:30 p.m.-“An Evening of Poetry”-POETRY IN THE PARK, Frontier Park Amphitheater
07:00-11:00 p.m., - THE 99, a walkthrough theater production that graphically reenacts the five leading causes of death in teenagers and young adults. 654 Millcreek Mall, Erie, PA 16565
SUNDAY, JUNE 28TH
07:00-11:00 p.m., - THE 99, a walkthrough theater production that graphically reenacts the five leading causes of death in teenagers and young adults. 654 Millcreek Mall, Erie, PA 16565
Nonviolence summer will be a call for Erie to choose nonviolence and to remember the choice every community member has in creating a nonviolent community; however, it is not enough to call for a summer of positive peace. We must put tools in the hands of communities to support their exploration in choosing nonviolence.
The Gathering for Justice along with the City of Erie, Pennsylvania will be hosting week-long Level 1 Kingian Nonviolence Training for its 40 young people who attended the first 2-Day Core last year. The training will be the anchor in this kick off week and will be the catalyst for a nonviolence summer. These young people will become certified in nonviolence and continue to promote nonviolence in their communities for the summer.
Each evening a host of other trainings, workshops and events will be offered throughout the community. Evening dialogues in Nonviolence, Girl Circles/Empowerment, Man Talk, Kid’s Corner, etc, will also be offered so that families and young people can participate and engage in conversations about promoting safe communities and nonviolence.
Events such as Erie Sea Wolves Baseball Game and Praise in the Park will be hosted throughout the week and offered to families for free. Tabling will also be offered at designated locations so that families and young people can become familiar with the services that are offered throughout the city of Erie. The Gathering for Justice will also bring in national trainers and workshop facilitators to help highlight Erie and build momentum. Please come out to support the Erie Community and Pledge for Nonviolence.
NONVIOLENCE SUMMER PROGRAM
JUNE 22ND -27TH, 2009
MONDAY, JUNE 22ND
09:00-12:00 p.m.- Nonviolence Training for Community Activists
11:30-12:30 p.m.-Free Community Lunch, Abundant Life Ministries
06:00-08:00 p.m.-Praise in the Park, Perry Square Park Downtown Erie
TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD
10:00-11:00 a.m.-Youth Kingian Nonviolence Training, -at Careerlink 1309 French Street
0303:00-04:00 a.m.-Youth Kingian Nonviolence Training, -at Careerlink 1309 French Street
04:00-07:00 p.m.- Nonviolence Training for Community Activists
07:05 p.m.-Erie SeaWolves Baseball Game, Jerry Uht Park
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24TH
10:00-11:00 a.m.-Youth Kingian Nonviolence Training, -at Careerlink 1309 French Street
11:30-12:30 p.m.-Free Community Lunch, Abundant Life Ministries
03:00-04:00 a.m.-Youth Kingian Nonviolence Training, -at Careerlink 1309 French Street
04:00-06:00 p.m.- Nonviolence Training for Community Activists
07:05-Erie SeaWolves Baseball Game, Jerry Uht Park
THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH
09:00-11:00 a.m.-Nonviolence Training, Cafeteria-Careerlink at Lovell Place, 1309 French Street
12:05-Erie SeaWolves Baseball Game, Jerry Uht Park
03:00-04:00 a.m.-Youth Kingian Nonviolence Training, -at Careerlink 1309 French Street
04:30-06:00 p.m.-NEW VISIONS YOUTH GROUP Discussion: Girl’s Circle, Man Talk, Kid’s Corner-Abundant Life Ministries
FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH
07:00-11:00 p.m., - THE 99, a walkthrough theater production that graphically reenacts the five leading causes of death in teenagers and young adults. 654 Millcreek Mall, Erie, PA 16565
SATURDAY, JUNE 27TH
02:00-03:00 p.m.-“Health Care for the Mind, Body & Soul” Speaker: Dr. Janice Keen (Akron, Ohio) New Life & Spirit Fellowship Hall
06:00-08:00 p.m.-COMMUNITY PLAY, “No More Chains”, Abundant Life Ministries
07:00-08:30 p.m.-“An Evening of Poetry”-POETRY IN THE PARK, Frontier Park Amphitheater
07:00-11:00 p.m., - THE 99, a walkthrough theater production that graphically reenacts the five leading causes of death in teenagers and young adults. 654 Millcreek Mall, Erie, PA 16565
SUNDAY, JUNE 28TH
07:00-11:00 p.m., - THE 99, a walkthrough theater production that graphically reenacts the five leading causes of death in teenagers and young adults. 654 Millcreek Mall, Erie, PA 16565
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Civil rights and social justice organizations have come to understand that collective action on a national basis is required to stop child incarceration and challenge the immoral process which perpetuates an unjust justice system. These groups are working under extremely difficult circumstances and many of them with little or no resources. The Gathering is a national movement that creates a coordinated space to 1) fortify relationships between regional groups, 2) support local endeavors and 3) enhance the ongoing organizing of non-violent direct action training. Central to its mission is strengthening our moral environment.
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"The Gathering" is a project of Tides Center 501c3
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