Our special guest-speaker is Mel Duncan, Executive Director of Nonviolent Peaceforce, an international unarmed nonpartisan peacekeeping group presently with field teams in Sri Lanka and Mindanao Philippines. He’ll discuss proven methods of nonviolent peacekeeping as well as share personal stories from the field.
Dr. Ann Frisch, returned peacekeeper from the Nonviolent Peaceforce team in Guatemala, will also be participating.

Events listed below are illustrated presentations unless otherwise noted.

Nonviolent Peaceforce was founded in 2002. Its unarmed peacekeepers protect people in areas of violence around the world by working with local groups in applying effective and proven approaches to peacekeeping that deter violence and protect human rights. NP provides one-on-one accompaniment and community presence serving to: listen to and witness people’s experiences living in conflict, provide protection to people and communities and serve as a non-partisan bridge to understanding and conflict resolution.

* Wednesday May 28 7 p.m. Portage Park Center for the Arts,
3914 N Menard Ave
SW Corner of Menard Ave (5800W) & Dakin St (3950N) in
Chicago. Sponsored by: Chicago Chapter Nonviolent
Peaceforce. For information call
Dorothy Werner 773 338 8330.

* Thursday May 29 Listen in! World View WBEZ Nonviolent
Peaceforce on Chicago Public Radio 91.5 FM at 12 noon;
repeated at 9 pm.

* Thursday May 29 7 p.m. Joliet Public Library 395 Black Road ,
Joliet IL. 60431 Sponsored by Potluck Democracy. For more
information contact Bob Braam <braamer (at) krausonline.com>
815 478 5595

* Thursday May 29   7 p.m. Sing out for Peace with Anna Stange
and Dorothy Werner Unitarian Universalist Church
70 Sycamore Dr., Park Forest
(just off Western Ave., south of Steger Rd.) Cosponsored by
 Southsiders For Peace;St Liborius Peace and Justice Group;
Rev. Rod Reinhart; World Sabbath; Earth Healers; St. Joseph
and St. Aidan Episcopal Church, Blue Island, IL; St. Clement's
Episcopal Church, Harvey, IL; and Generations for Peace (G4P)
for more information <glimmersham (at) sbcglobal.net>

* Friday May 30 7 pm Regents Park apartment building. 5050 S
Lake Shore Dr (Directions: From South Lake Shore Dr exit at
Hyde Park go straight, at 2nd STOP sign make a left and within
500 feet is Regents Park apartment building. Park any where
around the building or in the building for $ 4).For more
information contact Hema and Manda Pokharna RSVP by Email:
<hemapokharna (at) hotmail.com> or  call 773 955 2414

* May 31 8 a.m Heartland Café Saturday. Join us for breakfast
with Nonviolent Peaceforce at the Heartland Café 8 a.m.
Broadcast at 9. The Heartland Cafe
7000 North Glenwood
Chicago, IL USA,
Planet Earth, 60626
Phone: 773-465-8005
More information on Nonviolent Peaceforce at
<http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/>