PeaceQuest 2016

Photo credit: jennlvs2smile
When:
May 21, 2016 @ 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
2016-05-21T08:00:00-07:00
2016-05-21T16:30:00-07:00
Where:
Olympia Friends Meeting House
3201 Boston Harbor Rd NE
Olympia, WA 98506
USA
Cost:
$20 / 16 and under free
Contact:
David Zarembka

Join peace activists from all over the world to learn and celebrate peacemaking techniques! Interactive workshops will run in four tracks: Personal, Local, Global and Parent/Child.

Keynote address: “Letting our Lives Speak – Near and Far.” Nancy Irving, former General Secretary Friends World Committee for Consultation – World Office
Nancy has had three careers: with business trade associations, as a lawyer, and in management of Friends World Committee for Consultation. She is multi-lingual in Friends’ languages. Presently, she lives in Lacey, Washington and is a member of North Pacific Yearly Meeting and serves as clerk of the 11th Pacific Northwest Quaker Women’s Theology Conference [2016].

Agenda:
8:00 to 9:00 AM — Registration, coffee and bagels.
9:00 to 9:30 AM — Meeting for worship
9:30 to 10:45 AM — Keynote Speaker, Nancy Irving
10:45 to 11:00 AM — Break
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM — First series of workshops
12:30 to 1:30 PM — Simple lunch included in registration fee
1:30 to 3:00 PM — Second series of workshops
3:00 to 3:15 PM — Break
3:15 to 4:30 PM — Peacemaking panel/Closing

Registration:
Registration fee is $20. No charge for children up to 16 years of age (and childcare will be provided for those who pre-register them). Scholarships are available, and we will endeavor to assist with accommodations for visitors to Olympia. To register contact David Zarembka at dave@aglifpt.org
Workshops:

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