at the 218th General Assembly
San Jose, California

Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 6:45 am
(Followed by Ecumenical Worship at 8:30am, at which Bishop Elias Chacour is preaching)

(Jonathan Kuttab is unable to attend GA, Read More)

Mubarak Awad co-founded the Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence in 1984 in Jerusalem. Awad contends that all traditions and religions can discover and embrace nonviolent approaches to social change, justice and peace. He helped to start the Palestinian activist tradition of planting new olive trees to replace trees destroyed by Israeli bulldozers in the expansion of the Israeli occupation and in areas of proposed settlements. His other nonviolent strategies include boycotts of Israeli goods, encouraging the use of Palestinian products and the non-payment of taxes, as well as education for cross-cultural dialogue among youth and adults in Israel-Palestine. His advocacy for nonviolence over nearly three decades has included his translation of key books on nonviolence in Arabic and Farsi.

Commissioners & Advisory Delegates, bring your pre-purchased ticket and your official name badge to the Peace Breakfast to receive a $10 CASH REBATE at the door. It’s a full breakfast, serving at 6:45 am.

Location:
Fairmont Hotel San Jose
170 S Market St,
San Jose, CA 95113

Please Buy Tickets ($21.00) by SUNDAY ....at the Peace Fellowship booth #301 or at the Office of the General Assembly Ticket Sales Office

Also:

Don Beisswenger will be at the Peace Breakfast for booksigning,
and Cokesbury will be selling his book there,

Locked Up: Letters and Papers of a Prisoner of Conscience,
by Don Beisswenger
published by Upper Room Press $15.00

Don will also do a booksigning at the Cokesbury Store in the Exhibit Area later in the morning Wednesday (approximately 10:30 to 11:30)