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DESCRIPTION:How do we relate with individuals and countries that believe differently 
 than we do? How do we deal with our so-called enemies? Is torture morally 
 acceptable? How do we respond to terrorism?\n\nFather Louie Vitale, a 
 76-year-old Franciscan priest, has been grappling with these and other 
 related questions for nearly half a century, since he began his journey as 
 a young man with a conversion to nonviolence after leaving the U.S. Air 
 Force.\n\nSince his release from jail last year, "Father Louie" has given 
 more than 50 talks across the United States and in Canada. On June 28, his 
 2009 "Circle of Peace Speaking Tour" will stop in San Mateo. \n\nThe 
 Oakland-based Fr. Vitale is a veteran of civil disobedience. His police 
 blotter spans nearly 40 years and well over 200 arrests. He served 3- and 
 6-month sentences for crossing the line at the School of Americas in Fort 
 Benning, GA, where the U.S. trains Latin American soldiers in torture 
 techniques. He also served 5 months for crossing another line at Fort 
 Huachuca, Arizona, where our country's military trains intelligence 
 officers in "enhanced interrogation" tactics such as waterboarding. The 
 Nevada nuclear Test Site, Vandenberg Air Force Base, and more recently 
 Nevada's Creech AFB (where remote-control "pilots" operate unmanned drone 
 aircraft conducting airstrikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan) have all been 
 targets of Fr. Vitale's efforts. \n\nFr. Vitale's topic will be "Love Your 
 Enemies: Transforming Us vs. Them Thinking." He will focus on the 
 importance of dialoguing with our enemies instead of warring against 
 them.\n\nHe recently returned from Iran as part of a Civilian Diplomacy 
 Delegation to dialogue with its government and people. He will discuss his 
 experience there, along with developments around the forging of new 
 relationships with that country. He will elaborate on possible next steps, 
 including building people-to-people ties with Iranians, as well as 
 advocating for our government to talk with their government.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/15/18601825.php
SUMMARY:Fr. Louie Vitale: 'Transforming Us vs. Them Thinking'
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez\nSan Mateo, CA 
 94401\n\nhttp://www.uusanmateo.org/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/15/18601825.php
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