Seminar on Iran to feature recent local delegates

WHAT:
 A JustPeace Seminar: “TWO WEEKS INSIDE IRAN.” The second seminar in a series on “CHANGING COURSE WITH IRAN”

WHEN:
Jan. 26, 2008.  8:30 a.m.-noon.

WHERE:
LVD Concert Hall, at the Old Bag Factory, 1100 Chicago Ave., Goshen, Ind.

SPONSORS:
Seniors for Peace and Goshen College Peace, Justice & Conflict Studies Department

PROGRAM:
Three panel presentations by members of the most recent Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) delegation (returned Jan. 14) to Iran:

        I.    Stories and Photos

        II.   Women and Culture

        III.  Religion and Politics

        Members of the recent delegation who will be presenting:

• Bertha Beachy, member of Assembly Mennonite Church and retired missionary in Somalia

• James Cooper, Indiana University student

• Rebecca Fast, Goshen College student

• Gwen Gustafson-Zook, Regional Associate, MCC Great Lakes

• Richard A. Kauffman, Senior Editor, The Christian Century

• Paul Shetler, Goshen College student

Since the release of the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) clarifying the nature of Iran’s nuclear energy effort, the context of Iran’s international relations has significantly changed. This seminar provides fresh insights into a variety of Iranian perspectives observed on location during the first half of January.

Goshen College Professor Emeritus of English Ervin Beck will moderate the presentations; he spent time in Iran in the 1960s and participated in a 2003 MCC delegation to the country.

COST:
$15 for participation, materials and refreshments. (Students $3.) Payment at the door.

REGISTER:
By phone at (574) 533-3014 or e-mailing johnjf@goshen.edu.

NEXT SEMINAR IN SERIES:
March 15, “NATIONAL ELECTION ISSUES” about the U.S. election in 2008, Iran’s in 2009 and ways to be heard.

PREVIOUS SEMINAR IN SERIES:
Dec. 1, 2007, “THE CURRENT CRISIS.”

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