Are you confused about what's happening in Iraq? Are you tired of reading body counts? Do you really understand the difference between Sunni and Shia? Do you feel overwhelmed by the threat of war with Iran? Do you want to know how to respond to this incredible sorrow?

Cliff Kindy has spent much of the past five years in Iraq with Christian Peacemaker Teams and will share stories and respond to your questions on Thursday evening, May 22 at 7pm. Please join us in the Newlin Center/Virgina Cottage, next door to Bethany Seminary. Contact Anna Lisa Gross for more information: grossan@earlham.edu or 914.2973.

Cliff Kindy, from Christian Peacemaker Teams, will share about his experience in Iraq. Cliff has spent much of the past five years working in Iraq with CPT, and will talk particularly about his work with Muslim Peacemaker Teams.

Join us for the last Peace Forum of the semester at noon in the Earlham School of Religion Dining Room. Free, tasty lunch and delicious conversation will be provided.

Contact Anna Lisa Gross for more information: grossan@earlham.edu or 914.2973.

Noah and Natalie Baker Merrill, who just returned from a 4-month visit living and working among Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan, are traveling to cities across the country offering first-hand observations of the crisis. The couple will also discuss ways the U.S. could become "honest brokers for reconciliation," including setting a concrete timeline for the removal of all U.S. troops, bases and mercenaries from Iraq, allowing the country to begin the long work of building a peaceful future. Natalie and Noah are participating in the American Friends Service Committee Iraq speakers bureau.

The Iraqi Refugee Crisis and Why It Matters
A presentation by Noah and Natalie Baker Merrill
Date: Thursday, November 8, 2007
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Loose Lecture Hall, Landrum Bolling Center 105, on the campus of Earlham College

This event is sponsored by the Newlin Center for Quaker Thought and Practice.

On Fri. March 9, a candle display will be set up around The Heart on the Campus of Earlham College followed by a service/ worship in remembrance of Tom Fox, American CPT member who was killed one year ago in Iraq. Come help with candles, starting at 4 p.m. on the Heart, and join us for the service afterwards at 7 p.m. in Stout Meetinghouse.

From the Richmond Peaceful Response group: Friday, 26 January, 8:30-9:00 p.m. : Media-publicized rally to send off the Hoosier bus to D.C. for the March on Washington on the 27th (calling for an end to the U.S.A. war in Iraq). Please come pray, sing, cheer, and wave us off. If you are not going to DC, here is your chance to participate locally! A busload of Hoosiers will pick up four people from Richmond in the First Friends Meeting parking lot, 2010 Chester Boulevard (also Route 27). We expect the bus to arrive some time between 8:30 and 9:00 p.m. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A LETTER DELIVERED TO ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR YOU, bring it with you to this rally.