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The Art of Nonviolence: Community Healing and Transformation

Date:
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Time:
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
Lauren
Location Details:
St John's Episcopal Church 40 Fifth St, Petaluma

Lily Yeh, artist and peace activist, is most noted for transforming a derelict inner-city neighborhood in North Philadelphia into The Village of Arts and Humanities. Recently returned from Palestine, Yeh has traveled to Rwanda, and Haiti as well as other conflict zones, and has recently published her first book, Awakening Creativity, on the transformation of a Beijing school through cooperative art. Yeh will discuss the "Art of Nonviolence: Community Healing and Transformation" in an event co-hosted by the Metta Center for Nonviolence, New Village Press and St John's Episcopal Church.
Added to the calendar on Fri, Oct 7, 2011 2:34PM
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