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Ecumenical
Peace Institute / Clergy And Laity
Concerned (EPI/CALC) is a prophetic
voice and witness, embracing all
faith and earth-based traditions
bringing to life universal values as
we seek truth, work for justice,
nurture compassion and courage, reach
out to each other and to our larger
communities of faith and tradition,
bridge the divisions that wound the
human family, transform ourselves and
our world through dedication to
nonviolence in education, advocacy,
witness and action.
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El Instituto
Ecuménico por la Paz / Clérigos y
laicos involucrados (EPI / CALC) es
una voz profética y testigo,
abarcando todas las tradiciones
religiosas y terrestres que le dan
vida a los valores universales a la
vez que buscamos la verdad, trabajamos
por la justicia, fomentamos la
compasión y la valentía, nos
conectamos los unos con los otros y
con nuestras comunidades mayores
religiosas y de la tradición,
construimos puentes entre las
divisiones que hieren a la familia
humana, nos transformamos a nosotros
mismos y a nuestro mundo a través de
la dedicación a la no violencia en la
educación, en la defensa, en el
testimonio y en la acción.
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| Source:
The above text was adapted from
the Mission Statement of the Mt. Diablo
Unitarian Church in
Walnut Creek. The author(s) will
be credited when their name(s)
is/are learned. ¡Gracia! a
Silvia Brandon-Pérez for
the translation to Spanish. |
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 Since the 1980s (at least) Ecumenical
Peace Institute / Clergy and Laity Concerned
(EPI/CALC), a 501 (c) 3 organization,
has continued to provide vital resources and a
history of experience and understanding to the
community of people working for peace with
justice.
EPI’s newsletter, Planted by
the Waters provides information and
analysis on a range of subjects. Current and
archived issues are posted here on our
website.
In
last November, 2021, at our virtual Fall
Gathering we heard speakers from four
countries, representing crises in regions
often forgotten and/or left behind, while we
are focused on fires closer to home. Often
thought of as et cetera countries
which suffer from U.S. driven crises, they are
20 or 30 down the triage list. It was an
exciting gathering from around the world. Rev.
Naim Ateek spoke on Palestine; Pierre
Labossiere spoke on Haiti; Gloria La Riva
spoke on Venezuela and Lorenzo Cañizares spoke
on Cuba. You can watch a video of their talks
here: https://youtu.be/7RpZgZ6X99k,
or here in high
def: https://youtu.be/B229JU4J0tM.
Regrettably we have had to
discontinue the monthly Living Graveyard, due
to the dangers of the COVID-19 virus.
Over
the years we continue to collaborate with
other dedicated groups, including Haiti Action
Committee, Jewish Voice for Peace, Friends of
Sabeel, East Bay Peace Action and Berkeley
Women in Black and with East Bay Sanctuary
Covenant working in support of refugees here
in California.
The
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
was signed by its fiftieth nation and entered
into force January 22, 2022. On that day EPI
organized a vigil at the West Gate of the
University of California, Berkeley,
celebrating this treaty and calling on UC to
cease research and design of these weapons.
While,
since the COVID-19-era, our gatherinngs have
been largely virtual, we encourage on-site
attendance, if possible, masked and distanced,
of course.
EPI
will continue its mission until the Doomsday
Clock will cease to be needed.
Board of Directors
Daniel Zwickel,
Unitarian Universalist and Mark Coplan,
Presbyterian Church USA, co-presidents;
Carolyn Scarr, secretary & program
coordinator, Trinity Fellowship of Berkeley; Nancy
Taylor, treasurer, United Church of
Christ; Marilyn Jackson, office
coordinator, Lutheran, ELCA;
Gloria Escalona, Roman Catholic; Sally
Juarez, Presbyrerian; Pierre
Labossiere, United Church of Christ; Vivian
Zelaya, Roman Catholic.
Advisory Board:
Diana Bohn,
Berkeley Peace & Justice Commission;
Rev. Nobuaki Hanaoka
United Methodist; Annette Herskovits,
Jewish, Buddhist; Steve Kelly, S.J., Roman
Catholic; Rev. Ron Stief, United Church of
Christ; Lonnie Voth, Mennonite.
This, from
our Board Retreat February 6, 2017,
left to right: Mark Coplan
(Videographer and co-president of
the Board), Nelly Quinonez (not
currently on our board), Nancy
Taylor (Financial Secretary), Daniel
Zwickel (co-president and
webscribe), Marilyn Jackson (Office
Coordinator), Janet Gibson (no
longer with us), Vivian Zelaya, and
Carolyn Scarr (Secretary &
Program Coordinator). You may click
on the photo to view full-size..
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