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Let us not tire of preaching love: it is the force that will overcome the world. Let us not tire of preaching love.
Though we see that waves of violence succeed in drowning the fire of Christian love, love must win out; it is the only thing that can.
—Archbishop Oscar Romero, July 23, 1978

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If you wish, you may send us your donation the old-fashioned way, and send us a check (Quelle Idée!) to: EPI/CALC, P. O. Box 9334, Berkeley, California. 94709

Our next Living Graveyard will be on
Monday the 24^thof February,
due to a Federal holiday.

“We who believe in freedom cannot not rest. We who believe in justice shall not rest until it’s won.”
—From “Ella’s Song” by Bernice Johnson Reagon, of Sweet Honey in the Rock (modified by DBZ)

GOOD FRIDAY IS HAPPENING!

April 10, 7:00 am on the corner of Vasco and Patterson. We have a most excellent speaker, Ken Butigan, a theme: “For the Healing Of the Nations,” which will be expanded to address repair, reconciliation, transformation, in reference to the Tree of Life and with emphasis on ongoing, sustained actions against nuclear

weapons. The service and action will feature the sacred dance of Carla DeSola, and the music of Betsy Rose and Michael Sullivan.

We launched our end-of-year Appeal! You may view our letter by clicking HERE.
Downloadable Flier, Click HERE. It's never too late to give.

In Memory of Dr. Hisham H. Ahmed

Greta Thunberg
A Common Word Between Us and You

Links

[Download PDF here; 2-up here]

Check our website regularly for other new events!

Ecumenical Peace Institute
Autumn Gathering

Sunday, October 27, 2019

We hope you were able to attend our spectacular Fall Dinner, featuring legendary folksinger Betsy Rose and our powerhouse double-header, Allcia Jrapko and Paul Larudee.

Photos and videos by Mark Coplan:

Photos: flickr.com/photos/54922368@N07/albums/

Alicia Jrapko: https://vimeo.com/369627802

Paul Larudee: https://vimeo.com/369656329

Q and A: https://vimeo.com/369726890

Alicia Jrapko – Task Force For the Americas; Resumen LatinoAmericano in English

Paul Larudee – Wikipedia

(Clicking on Betsy’s photo below to link to her website,
read about her, listen to her songs, and purchase her CDs!)

Downloadable PDF flier Daniel’s adaptation of De colores, “De colores del otoño”

Pastor Will’s sermon, “Keeping Faith in the Face of Empire”

Mark Coplan’s Good Friday, 2019 Photos:
Interfaith Worship & Witness

Civil Disobedience

Videos:
Good Friday Service at Lawrence Livermore Lab 2019 (1 hr 23 minutes)
Good Friday Action at Lawrence Livermore Lab 2019 (11 minutes)

Thank you to all who participated!

In Memory of Dr. Hisham H. Ahmed
(1 January, 1963–7 July, 2019)

You are invited to read remembrances by
Vivian Zelaya and by Suzi Weissman

Click on the image above to watch Greta Thunberg’s speech
on climate change before the United Nations.
Or you may listen to the mp3: Speech mp3.

A must-read: Time to break the silence on Palestine, by Michelle Alexander. There has been
a sea-change at the New York Times, and Ms. Alexander is a significant bellwether.
To learn more, read here: Israel just “lost Cronkite” the struggle for Palestinian rights at
the New York Times.

A country is not permitted to use military force for purposes of retaliation, vengeance, and punishment.â€Â
(From the United Nations Charter Regarding the Use of Military Force.)

A Common Word was launched on October13th, 2007 as an open letter signed by 138 leading Muslim scholars and intellectuals to the leaders of the Christian Churches and denominations all over the world. Over the last year since its launch the A Common Word Initiative has become the world’s leading interfaith dialogue initiative between Christians and Muslims specifically, and has achieved historically unprecedented global acceptance and traction as an interfaith theological document.

On Interfaith Dialogue between Muslims and Christians: The Common Word

Links to connect with other prophetic voices: 350.org ^ Christian Peacemaker Teams
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant ^ Friends of Sabeel ^ Haiti Action Committee ^ Haiti Relief ^ Jewish Voice for Peace
Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center ^ Tikkun ^ Tri-Valley CAREs

Prophetic Voices Past: Abe Zwickel ^ Jean Zwickel ^ Father Bill ^ Joan McIntyre ^ Pastor Lee Williason
Esther Ho ^ Diane Thomas

Come join our Working Group and help EPI become even more vital and exciting!

Home page postings are archived: 2017–2019 ^ 2015–2016 ^ 2012–2014 ^ 2010

You may order our book of poetry, On the Edge of Peace here:

Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC
P. O. Box 9334 • Berkeley, CA 94709
E-mail: epicalc@gmail.com; epicalc@lmi.net
(510) 990-0374 or 510 99 00 EPI.

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In Memory of Dr. Hisham H. Ahmed (1 January, 1963–7 July, 2019)

Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC P. O. Box 9334 • Berkeley, CA 94709 E-mail: epicalc@gmail.com; epicalc@lmi.net (510) 990-0374 or 510 99 00 EPI.

In Memory of Dr. Hisham H. Ahmed
(1 January, 1963–7 July, 2019)

Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC
P. O. Box 9334 • Berkeley, CA 94709
E-mail: epicalc@gmail.com; epicalc@lmi.net
(510) 990-0374 or 510 99 00 EPI.