
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.
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
Zahra
Billoo censored.
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Good Friday
“This
Tax Day — What
doth the Lord
Require of
Thee?”
I
hope you were
able to join
us in this
beautiful,
powerful Good
Friday
Virtual
Livermore Lab
Interfaith
Worship and
Witness.
To view photos and videos, click: HERE
This year Good
Friday fell on
the first day
of Passover,
so we also
celebrate
exodus from
bondage,
always to be
hoped for, and
midst Ramadan,
which we
celebrate with
our Muslim
brethren.
Co-sponsored
by Ecumenical
Peace
Institute/Clergy
and Laity
Concerned
(EPI/CaLC)
and Livermore
Conversion
Project (LCP),
with the
assistance and
participation
of Tri-Valley
CAREs.
Our
guest preacher
was Rev.
Allison Tanner
with music
by Betsy
Rose, Rev.
Silvia
Brandon-Pérez
and
Daniel ben
Avrám, and
Sacred Dance
with Carla
De Sola and
Zara Anwar.
The event, for all
people of faith &/or good
will, included readings and
speakers from a variety of the
world’s spiritual traditions.
Marylia Kelley,
executive director at the
Livermore-based Tri-Valley
CAREs, also spoke from the gates
of the Lab. She offered an
update on the Livermore’s
nuclear weapons work with a
focus on the new warheads the
Lab is currently developing.
Janet Cordes
Gibson did the welcome. Isabella
Zizi offered a First Nation
honoring of the land and the
ancestors. Farha Andrabi Navaid
shared the Good Friday
invocation. Wynd Kaufmyn and
Rev. Max Lynn conducted the call
and response reading, and Carl
Anderson offered thoughts on
nonviolence and the war in
Ukraine. The program also
included Jim Haber, Mark Coplan,
Tony Scarr, clarinetist, and Fr.
Ivan Tou.
CLICK
HERE for a copy of the
program, including the call and
response readings.
HAGA CLIC AQUÍ
para leer la información en
espańol (Gracias a
Tri-Valley
CAREs y Raiza Marciscano-Bettis
por la
traducción.)
The
following
organizations
generously
sponsored our
Livermore Lab
Good Friday
2022
Interfaith
Worship and
Witness:
- Haiti
Action Committee
- Konko Church of San Francisco
- Lakeshore
Avenue Baptist Church
- N. CA
District, CPUSA
- N. CA
People’s World/Mundo Popular
- Newman
Nonviolent Peacemakers /
Bill O'Donnell Social
Justice Committee
- Niebyl-Proctor
Marxist Library
- Oscar
Romero and Simone Weil
Catholic Worker House,
Hayward
- St.
John's Presbyterian
Church, Berkeley
- Tri-Valley
CAREs
- Western
States Legal Foundation
- The Widow's
Mite d.b.a. Las Vegas
Catholic Worker

Carolyn
Scarr is
presented with
the 2022
Fr. Bill
O’Donnell
Social Justice
Award
on the 1st
Anniversary of
the
Ratification
of the
Treaty on the
Prohibition of
Nuclear
Weapons
Saturday,
January 22,
2022
A fabulous Webinar was held on Saturday,
December 18,
“Countering
the Lies about
Nicaragua”
This
informed look
at the recent
election,
against all
the
misinformation
that has been
spread, by
members of the
international
observation
team, is not
to be missed.
Here is a link to the recording, thanks to Mark
Coplan: Webinar
on Nicaragua.
The flier (seen below)
may be downloaded HERE)
Rick
Sterling,
who has spoken
at EPI events
in the past,
writes:
Here are a few
important
links:
*
Nica Notes
(weekly news
and analysis):
https://afgj.org/category/nicanotes
*
Julie
Varughese's
publication:
https://towardfreedom.org/
*
Task Force on
the
Americas:
http://taskforceamericas.org/
*
Mt Diablo
Peace &
Justice
Center: http://ourpeacecenter.org/
The
following is
also relevant:
1) A new
article
exposes the
facts
behind
the seven
imprisoned
"presidential
candidates". How Can Some Progressives Get
Basic
Information
About
Nicaragua So
Wrong?
2) Carolyn has
observed that
Nicaragua's
laws are no
stricter than
those in the
Foreign Agents
Registration
Act. https://www.justice.gov/nsd-fara
3) The 4
minute video
presented
during the
webinar is
here: Celebration of Nicaragua's
Sovereign
Election,
2021, "Bucking the Bully"
4)
Music!
Enjoy and save
these songs
from Daniel
Zwickel for
future use!
The first is
about the six
Jesuit priests
and their two
co-workers who
were killed in
San Salvador:
Lágrimas.mp3
The second is
about S. Brian
Willson: Brian.mp3
All the best
in 2022!
Cheers,
Rick



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