ATTENTION: NEWS DESK

19 September 2001
Contact: Janet Gilmore
(510) 642-5685
jeg@pa.urel

WHAT:
"Beyond Violence: Exploring Alternatives to War," a public forum to be held by the University of California, Berkeley's Peace and Conflict Studies program and the University Religious Council, an interfaith council of campus ministries.

In light of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a group of scholars, authors, activists and others will gather to discuss recent developments and alternatives to war. Student poets and musicians will perform.

WHEN:
Tomorrow night, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (Thursday, Sept. 20)

WHERE:
Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley campus

WHO:
Speakers will include:

UC Berkeley Professor Michael Nagler
Chair, Peace and Conflict Studies

Rabbi Michael Lerner
Editor, San Francisco-based Tikkun magazine

Joanna Macy
Berkeley-based activist and Buddhism scholar

BACKGROUND:
For more information call Dena Shupe at the campus's Institute of International Studies,
(510) 642-2472.