Campaign Nonviolence Mounts Nationwide "Week of Actions" September 16-24, 2017

Thousands will be participating in Campaign
Nonviolence’s “Week of Actions” from September 16-24, 2017. This
unprecedented nationwide campaign of grassroots activism calls for an
urgent unifying peace that is free from racism, war, poverty, and
environmental destruction.

“People across the United States are taking
Campaign Nonviolence to the streets to immediately end violence and
injustices, and begin peacemaking,” said Dr. Ken Butigan, cofounder of
Campaign Nonviolence and professor at DePaul University. “This unified
voice calls for policy shifts to build peace, economic justice, and
environmental healing.”

Campaign Nonviolence has grown from 230 events in its inaugural year of 2014, to more than 1,000 events today.

Campaign Nonviolence is sponsored by Pace e
Bene, a non-profit organization building a culture of peace through
active nonviolence and shared understanding and partnerships that
protect human rights, abolish war and nuclear weapons, end poverty,
challenge injustice, heal the planet—and meet today’s profound spiritual
task: to create a just, peaceful and nonviolent world. True to the
vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Campaign Nonviolence teaches how
to resolve conflicts peacefully at home and abroad.

“Americans need a positive vision of hope and
peace for our country and our world,” said the Rev. John Dear, the
nationally known peace activist and cofounder of Campaign Nonviolence
who is Nobel Peace Prize nominee and author of 35 books. “During this
week of national actions, we are mobilizing local grassroots initiatives
to end today’s culture of violence, greed, and war. We are engaging the
vision and tools for nonviolent change that Mohandas Gandhi, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., and many others have activated for personal and
global transformation.”

Following are a sampling of planned events.

• Delaware Peace Week will hold more than 60 events from vigils and teach-ins to meetings statewide.
• Raleigh and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, have declared “Campaign Nonviolence North Carolina Week,” with events that will advance a peace free from racism and discrimination, poverty, war, and environmental destruction.
• The Chicago area will host 100 events in support of nonviolence and the environment.
• To date, 1,000 people are expected to join the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Peace Fest in Binns Park on Sunday, Sept. 24. Featured will be four bands and speakers that include the Rev. John Dear.
• Marches, prayer services, vigils, workshops, teach-ins, and rallies nationwide will include major events in Little Rock, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennessee; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Clinton, Iowa; Huntington, Indiana; Bangor, Maine; Lansing, Michigan; and Erie, Pennsylvania.

For a list of peacemaking rallies, with states and cities, descriptions, organizations and contact information, please visit: actions.campaignnonviolence.org.

Campaign Nonviolence is sponsored by Pace e
Bene, a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1989 by the
Franciscan Friars of California. Campaign coordinators Ken Butigan and
Father John Dear teach that nonviolence most effectively characterizes
Jesus’ way. “It is a way that combines both the unmistakable rejection
of violence, and the power of love and truth in action for justice,
peace, and the integrity of creation.”

For more information please visit: http://www.paceebene.org/about.