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Lancaster Interchurch Peace Witness (LIPW) is a grassroots association of Lancaster County Christian laity, clergy and congregations dedicated to promoting biblical values of justice, peace and nonviolent solutions to conflict.
LIPW ANNUAL MEETING Keynote Speaker: Rev. Michele Armster. Reviewing the past year's work and visioning the next. All are welcome.
Spring Peace Forum with Dr. Trita Parsi
PUBLIC ADDRESS BY DR. GARY DORRIEN Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary. Details forthcoming.
SEMINAR FOR CHURCH LEADERS & SOCIAL ACTIVISTS Led by GARY DORRIEN. Details forthcoming.
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ACTION ALERTS Join our e-mail list Sustain the Work of LIPW A Christian Call for Forgiveness of Haiti's Debt Please sign this petition as a way of showing your support of debt relief for Haiti. Visit the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good website now. Calls to Prayer & Action for Colombia & Honduras Join the calls to prayer and action for Colombia and Honduras. Go to Prayer & Action for Colombia. Or go to Prayer & Action for Honduras. Support the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act S416/HR 981 legislation would greatly restrict the use of cluster bombs by the United States. For information on this campaign, new DVD clips, news stories and the MCC cluster bomb photo exhibit, visit mcc.org/clusterbombs. Middle East Peacemaking On Earth Peace lists a multitude of ways to Support Middle East Peacemaking. Join AFSC & President Carter in a Stand for Peace President Jimmy Carter has made an important call for peace in his recent book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. Tell Congress that you stand with President Carter in his belief that the United States has an important role to play in working to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by supporting human rights, international law and diplomacy. Take action here. National Religious Campaign Against Torture We encourage you to consider the NRCAT's statement on "Torture is a Moral Issue." Find out how you can join over 10,000 people who have already endorsed this statement here. Take Action to End the US War and Occupation in Iraq! Sign the Declaration of Peace.
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Dr. Trita Parsi will present an assessment of US-Iranian Relations on April 8, 2010.
The title for Dr. Parsi's address will be "Between War and Democracy – Iran, Israel and the US." Dr. Parsi is founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian politics, and the balance of power in the Middle East. He is the author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press 2007), for which he conducted more than 130 interviews with senior Israeli, Iranian and American decision-makers. Treacherous Alliance is the silver medal winner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.