Storytelling
Standing for Peace
Monday, July 8, 7:30pm
(This event has been canceled.
Please sign up on our mailing list to find out about other events. )
When the NATO bombings of Kosovo began in April 1999, John Gallery and a group of other Quakers began a prayer vigil for peace on Independence Mall, which has continued each Sunday since.
For 25 years Bob Smith and the Brandywine Peace Community have conducted regular peace demonstrations and civil disobedience against militarization and weapons-producing corporations at Lockheed Martin in Valley Forge (formerly GE Aerospace).
Gallery and Smith will share their stories of unwavering commitment to act for peace. Founder of the city’s Office of Housing and Community Development, Gallery served as its first director and currently consults to non-profits who seek neighborhood transformation through low-income affordable housing. Founder of the Brandywine Peace Community, a faith-based peace activist group committed to war resistance, Smith and others have been arrested and jailed for acts of nonviolent resistance many times over the past three decades.
* * * * * * *
Storytellings
Storytelling night provides the opportunity to hear the life stories of a variety of peoples and gives voice to underrepresented groups such as ex-offenders, senior citizens, gays, youth, immigrants and homeless people. They also provide a forum to exchange perspectives at a personal level on experiences such as war, civil rights marches, parenting issues, and illness.
Optional à la carte dinner at 6pm is followed by storytelling at 7:30pm. Reservations recommended (215) 386-9224. Open seating at bar for drinks, snacks or desserts. Singles welcome at group tables.
Return to Storytelling Listings
