Calendar of Events

October

31:  2:00 p.m.  Community Entertainment Production Inc. presents: "The Arts". Featuring poetry, dancing, singing, martial arts, and guest speakers. The theme is "Stop The Violence."

Where- Rosehill Community Center- 19 Lambsons Lane, New Castle, Delaware 19720

Cost- Free will offering- Proceeds benefit Omar Rashada’s talk shows on community news and the local arts which air live on Comcast Channel 28 at 11:30AM.

Contact- omarrashada@yahoo.com 302-743-2067

November

1:  Deadline for Ordering Wreath for Peace for $30.  For more info, call 302-656-2721.

1:  Non-violence parenting class begins.  Click here for details.

5:  Book Discussion of Part One of The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins at 7 pm in the First Floor Lounge at 1304 N. Rodney St., Wilm., DE 19806.  Sponsored by the Peacemakers’ Project for the Planet and all are welcome.  For more info, call 302-656-2721.

7:  7 – 9:30 pm, Halina Wind Preston Memorial Lecture, “The Search for Major Plagge: How Can One German Soldier’s Moral Courage During the Holocaust Guide Us Today?” Michael Good, M.D., and Joerg Fiebelkorn, Retired German Army Officer, will tell the story of Karl Plagge, a Nazi who saved the lives of some 250 Jews in Vilna (Vilnius, Lithuania), including those of Good’s mother and her family.  Good’s book, The Search for Major Plagge: The Nazi Who Saved Jews(2006), will be available for purchase and signing by the author. Co-sponsored by Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth, the Jewish Fund for the Future at the Jewish Federation of Delaware and the Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Committee in cooperation with Temple Beth El and Congregation Beth Emeth. The program will be held at Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth, 4412 Washington Blvd., Wilmington. Admission is free and refreshments will be served.  Please reserve seats through AKSE, (302) 762-2705 or via email at office@AKSE.org.  See a flyer for the event at www.depaceminterris.org

8:  Showing of “Keeping the Peace” at 7:15 pm, preceded at 6:30 pm by dessert, in Grace Hall at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1506 W. 13th St., Wilm., DE 19806.  Free.  Sponsored by the Building a Peace Community program of Pacem in Terris. For more info, call 302-475-0407.

9:  An Evening of Music, Film & Discussion about the ongoing War in Iraq, from 6 – 9:30 pm at the Hearts and Minds Film Community Screening Room at the Riverfront, 960 Justison St., Wilm., DE 19801.  Showing of the Neil Young’s documentary film, “CSNY/Déjà vu” about Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, “Freedom of Speech Tour” which also features Iraq War veteran Josh Hisle.  After the film, Josh Hisle and Michael G. Ronstadt who form the music duo Lost in Holland will perform.  Free, but you need to register in advance at 

www.heartsand mindsfilm.org   Sponsored by Hearts and Minds Film with the co-sponsorship of DE Pacem in Terris.  For info, visit the website given above.

11:  “An Evening with Attorney Craig Karsnitz” – the Annual Meeting of Delaware Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty (DCODP), from 7 – 9 pm, in the new Annex at Camden Friends Meeting, 122 E. Camden Wyoming Ave., Camden, DE 19934.  Free.  Sponsored by DCODP which is a restorative justice project of Pacem in Terris.  For more info, go to www.enddethpenaltyde.org  or call 302-656-2721.

11:  DE Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty Annual Meeting

Delaware Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty will hold its Annual Meeting on Wednesday, November 11, from 7 – 9 pm in the new Annex at the Camden Friends Meeting House, 122 E. Camden Wyoming Avenue, Camden, DE 19934.  

Following a brief business meeting, Craig Karsnitz, one of the lawyers who represented Linda Charbonneau at the capital murder trial in downstate Delaware, will give a presentation on fairness and restorative justice.  Mr. Karsnitz was successful in getting Mrs. Charbonneau’s sentence overturned, so he has many insights to share about the way the death penalty is applied in the State of Delaware. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer period. 

Located just south of Dover, Camden Friends Meeting House was recently renovated to use solar panels, bio-thermal energy, and other green features. The changes reflect the Friends commitment to being good stewards of the earth. Join us in this earth friendly environment. 

This program is free and open to the public.  Delaware Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty is a restorative justice project of Pacem in Terris.  For more information go to www.enddeathpenaltyde.org or call 302-656-2721.

15:  Deadline for Ordering Wreath for Peace.  For more info, call 302-656-2721.

15:  Ulster Project Delaware Informational Session for Prospective Teens & Parents, 2 – 4 pm, Grace Hall, Westminster Presby. Church, 1506 W. 13th St., Wilm., DE 19806.  Teens should be between the ages of 14 – 16.  There will be a discussion about UPD and the application process for UPD 2010.  Applications for UPD 2010 will be available then.  For more info, call Ann Zappaterrini, Chair of Host Recruitment, 302-559-7906 or the UPD office at 302-656-2721.

20:  “Race: The Power of an Illusion” from 12 noon – 2 pm at the YWCA Delaware, Home-Life Management Center, 709 Madison St., Wilmington, DE 19801.  Film & discussion facilitated by  George Turner & Sally Milbury-Steen.  Bring a brown bag lunch.  Free. Sponsored by the Racial Justice Brown Bag Lunch Workshop Program of the YWCA.   For more info, call  Faye Bonneau, Racial Justice Program Director of the YWCA Delaware at 302-655-0039, ext. 227.. 

December

5:  Distribution of Wreaths for Peace, 9 am – 2 pm at two locations: North – St. Paul’s U. Meth. Ch, 1314 Foulk Rd., Wilm., DE 19803 and South – Newark U.Meth. Ch., 69 E. Main St., Newark, DE 19711.  For more info, call 302-656-2721.

24 – 27: The Pacem in Terris office will be closed for the holidays.

27:  First Annual UPD Reunion, from 4 – 8 pm, at Father Sheehy Hall, St. John the Beloved Catholic Church, 907 Milltown Rd., Wilm., 19808.  Food, music, Skype conversations with Northern Ireland, penne pasta dinner, & Chinese Auction.  Admission is $10 for 21 and over, $5 for 11 – 20 year-olds, and children 10 and under are free.  For more info, call 302-656-2721.

30 – Jan. 6:  Wish We Could Bring You Along.  Sally & John Milbury-Steen will be visiting their daughter Blythe in Paris.

January

15:  Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on this day in 1929.  Think about him and his effective use of nonviolence.

19:  Martin Luther King National Holiday, please attend one of the many commemorative events in your area or nationally via TV, radio, or internet.