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URL:https://sites.udmercy.edu/campusconnection/events/pax-christi-michigan
 -conference/
SUMMARY:Pax Christi Michigan Conference
DESCRIPTION:The 43rd annual Pax Christi Michigan State Conference will be h
 eld at Detroit Mercy\, Saturday\, April 18\, in the Student Union Ballroom
  on the McNichols Campus. The theme of this year's event is "Be Not Afraid
 : Living in Hope and Resistance\," and features keynote speaker Charlene H
 oward\, national director for Pax Christi USA.\n\nRegistration opens at 8:
 30 a.m.\, and the event will run until approximately 4 p.m. \n\nThrough h
 umor\, storytelling\, music and innate wisdom\, Howard will advise confere
 nce participants in the courage and resiliency needed to confront racism\,
  violence and greed with Gospel-based nonviolence and effective activism.\
 n\nA discussion will follow Howard's call to action in which a panel of ex
 perts will offer insights and specific ways to effectively resist today’
 s culture of violence.\n\nPanel experts include:\n\n 	Elly Jordan: Advocac
 y for immigrants\n 	Andrea Pierce: Advocacy for the environment and Indige
 nous cultures\n 	Saeed Khan: Advocacy for Gaza\, the West Bank and Middle 
 Eastern cultures.\n\nHoward received her master's in Religious Education a
 nd Catechesis from the Catholic University of America and has been a teach
 er\, school principal and a religious department chair. In July 2024\, she
  became the executive director of Pax Christi USA.\n\nPax Christi Michigan
  promotes peace locally\, nationally and globally through prayer\, study a
 nd action. Rooted in spirituality\, the organization is dedicated to exami
 ning issues of justice from the perspectives of all involved and promotes 
 peace with justice through nonviolent conflict resolution.\n\nA continenta
 l breakfast and lunch will be provided.\n\nCost for attendance:\n\n 	Early
  registration $65 (includes breakfast and lunch). Registration after April
  10 is $70.\n 	Student rate $25\n 	Conference scholarships are available.\
 n\nMore information and register online here.
LOCATION:Student Union Ballroom\, McNichols Campus\, 4001 W. McNichols\, De
 troit\, MI\, 48221\, United States
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