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Nationally Known Journalist and
Peace Activist to Speak at Maryknoll Colman McCarthy: “How to be a Peacemaker in a Time of War” May 5, 2003 7-9 P.M. Ossining, N.Y. |
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Colman McCarthy, director of the Center for Teaching Peace in Washington, D.C., will present a workshop, entitled, “How to be a Peacemaker in a Time of War.” The event, which will be held on Monday, May 5,, 7-9 p.m. at the Maryknoll Society Center (55 Ryder Road, Ossining, N.Y.), is free of charge and open to the public, with a special invitation to college-age students and campus ministers from the New York metropolitan area.
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| McCarthy, 65, a syndicated columnist and editorial page reporter for The Washington Post, is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a course entitled “Solutions to Violence.” He is founder and director of the Center for Teaching Peace, a nonprofit organization that helps schools establish peace studies programs. His book, I’d Rather Teach Peace, published by Maryknoll’s Orbis Books, grew out of his experience teaching in six schools, where he challenged and inspired students with his belief that if we don’t teach our children peace, someone else will teach them violence. “I am a journalist for one reason,” said McCarthy, “to use whatever skills I have to ease suffering in the world.” A graduate of Spring Hill College, in Mobile, Ala. (1960), McCarthy was born in Old Brookville, N.Y. His essays have appeared in magazines ranging from The New Yorker to Reader’s Digest to The Progressive, which has called him “an active-duty troublemaker…constantly reminding us that we could and should be doing better.” For more information or to pre-register online, go to www.maryknoll.org/peacemaker.htm or call 914-941-7636 x2426. |
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