{"id":75270,"date":"2024-09-12T16:30:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T20:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/?p=75270"},"modified":"2024-09-18T16:58:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T20:58:05","slug":"honoring-50-years-of-peace-and-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/news-events\/honoring-50-years-of-peace-and-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring 50 years of peace and justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Founded in 1974 by the late Howard Richards, Caroline Higgins (formerly Richards) and Tony Bing, Earlham\u2019s Peace and Global Studies major stands as one of the pioneering academic peace programs in the U.S and is celebrating 50 years at Earlham this year. The program focuses first and foremost on questions of justice and analyzing violence in all its forms\u00a0including: war, militarism, colonialism, institutionalized racism and gender-based and economic violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlhamites are invited to honor 50 years of peace and justice on campus with various programming opportunities for students, faculty\/staff and alums. Events will be held from Friday, September 27 to Saturday, September 28.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday\u2019s events include a panel on Palestine at 4 p.m. in Landrum Bolling Center 105, featuring Basil Farraj \u201914<\/strong>, Professor at Birzeit University, and Hashem Abu Sham\u2019a \u201917<\/strong>, professor at Oxford University. Farraj is the author of \u201cGlobal Palestine: Fortifying Our Collective Struggle Against Oppression,\u201d while Abu Sham\u2019a wrote \u201cA Map Without Guarantees: On Palestinian Imaginaries for Liberation.\u201d Dinner will conclude Friday\u2019s activities at 6 p.m. in the Friends Room of the dining hall with various alumni speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May-Crossen Commons in Runyan Center will kick off Saturday\u2019s festivities with an alumni mixer and gathering from 10:30 a.m. to noon. PAGS will then host a tree planting ceremony and drum circle at 2 p.m. in honor of late program founder Howard Richards. Follow crowds to the east side of Campus Drive at the intersection of S.W. D Street and look for the green space next to the Office of Public Safety.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The question \u201cwhat can you do with a PAGS major?\u201d will be answered for all at 4 p.m. In addition to keynote speaker Caroline Higgins, who will appear virtually via Zoom, panelists include: Rev. Rebecca Voelkel \u201991<\/strong>, current pastor for Justice Ministries and director of the Center for Sustainable Justice at Lyndale UCC and adjunct faculty at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities; Jason Shenk \u201906<\/strong>, member of the nonviolent Medicaid army; Anita De Le\u00f3n \u201915<\/strong>, union organizer and Ph.D. candidate at University of California, Davis specializing in contemporary Latin American literature of plants, animals, and affective relationships; and Sierra Mohamed \u201917<\/strong>, who works with Relief International (Belfast) and the New York City chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Saturday\u2019s activities will conclude with an open mic full of poetry, spoken word, and truth telling, also at May-Crossen Commons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t miss out on these festivities\u2014reach out to professor Swanger at swangjo@earlham.edu<\/a> to get involved or give a last minute RSVP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jay Kibble, writer\/editor for Earlham’s Office of Marketing & Communications<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Earlham College <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlham College and Earlham School of Religion foster a collaborative learning community that inspires and motivates students with transformative opportunities and experiences so they can become catalysts for good in a changing world. Located in Richmond, Indiana, Earlham is one of U.S. News & World Report\u2019s Top 100 national liberal arts colleges and offers one of the top 20 classroom experiences in the nation, according to the Princeton Review.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brian Zimmerman<\/strong>
Assistant vice president of strategic communications
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Email: zimmebr@earlham.edu
Phone: 765.983.1256<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n