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Shalom Conference 2005: Dorothy Cotton, "TOLERANCE - Lessons from the Past, Visions for the Future" Friday, February 11, 2005 • 7:00 pm About the Shalom Conference
The 2005 SHALOM Conference theme of Tolerance invites people of various ethnic, faith traditions and lifestyles to take a closer look at how we relate to each other in our daily lives. Dorothy Cotton will deliver the keynote address on Lessons from the Past, Visions for the Future. We hope to challenge our own acceptance of intolerance toward others to make the future be one of more tolerance of our differences. All persons are welcome and invited. The Friday evening session is open to the public without registration. An offering toward conference expenses will be received. For the Saturday conference events, registration is required. The Conference Location Lancaster Church of the Brethren is located at 1601 Sunset Avenue, which is near the Lancaster Shopping Center and behind the Eat n’ Park Restaurant south of US Route 30. Turn onto Butler Avenue from the Oregon Pike (Route 272) side of the Lancaster Shopping Center. At the first stop sign, turn right onto Sunset Avenue. The church is located in the next block, on the left. Ample parking is available. About the Keynote Speaker DR. DOROTHY COTTON worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the turbulent 60"s as Education Director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Dr. Cotton helped to design the Citizenship Education Program empowering disenfranchised citizens in the South to promote social change using nonviolent strategies. As Vice President for Field Operations of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, Georgia, Dorothy Cotton served as senior trainer in nonviolence and empowerment for leadership. Between 1982 and 1991, Dr. Cotton was Director of Student Activities at Cornell University. Under the Carter Administration she served a the Southeastern Regional Director of ACTION, the Federal Government’s agency for volunteer programs. Dorothy Cotton has traveled extensively conducting and participating in workshops in the former Soviet Union, The People’s Republic of China, Europe, Africa, and Vietnam. She accompanied Dr. King when he received the Nobel Prize for Peace in Norway. Today Dr. Cotton resides in Ithaca, New York, and continues to answer the call to be workshop leader and guest speaker sharing stories of her vast experience. At the Shalom Conference 2005, Dorothy Cotton will help participants focus on tolerance with her Lessons from the Past, Visions for the Future. Conference Schedule Schedule for Friday, February 11 7:00 pm Opening Worship - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Schedule for Saturday, February 12 8:00 to 9:00 am Registration / Continental Breakfast / Browse Resource Tables Resources and Displays Include:
Workshops and Leaders Two 1-1/2 hour workshop sessions are planned, one on Saturday morningand one in the afternoon. Choose one workshop to attend during each time period. Saturday Morning Workshops Meeting the Wholistic Needs of a Community in Transition Anti-Racism, Crucial to the Journey for Justice: An Initial Conversation Lancaster: A Hispanic Perspective Living as a Member of the Homosexual/GLBT Community in Lancaster County A Salam Aleikum - Aleikum Salam: Harvesting Bread and Roses - Tolerance and Intolerance in the Middle East Saturday Afternoon Workshops Experiences in Multi-cultural Cooperation Anti-Racism, Crucial to the Journey for Justice: An Initial Conversation The Future of Islam in America Living as a Member of the Homosexual/GLBT Community in Lancaster County A Salam Aleikum-Aleikum Salam: Harvesting Bread and Roses - Tolerance and Intolerance in the Middle East
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The Shalom Conference is an ecumenical gathering devoted to exploring the church’s call to peacemaking. It is sponsored by participating church denominations and organizations, including the Church of the Brethren, Episcopal, Mennonite, Presbyterian, the United Church of Christ, the United Methodist Church, Every Church a Peace Church, and other denominations and faith traditions. The conference is held in the Lancaster area biennially in the early part of the year.