About the 2001 Quaker Peace Roundtable:
M
ore than 120 people from seventeen states registered for the 2001 Quaker Peace Roundtable, held April 6-8 at the State College Friends School, State College Pennsylvania.Sponsored and organized by the State College Friends Meeting, the
Roundtable was meant to be a time for Friends to come together to share our varied concerns and projects, seek mutual support and encouragement, find new information and insight.Participants joined in fellowship, worship, networking and study. Our hope was that together in the Spirit, we might find renewal of energy, greater resolve and deeper grounding for our continuing labors. The theme for the event was: "Continuing Four Centuries of Religious Peace Witness."
The Roundtable featured speakers, panels and workshops on numerous issues. Among the speakers was a UN diplomat attached to the Security Council, a faculty member from the U.S. Army War College, international affairs scholars, lobbyists and activists.
(A complete schedule is here.)
Among the many topics which were the focus of workshops and plenaries were:
• Major conflicts in various parts of the world, including Africa,
the Middle East,
Colombia, and others; and
• The status and prospects of international "peacekeeping" missions,
• How to deal with war crimes and massive human rights violations,
• The outlook for war/peace issues facing the new administration in Washington.
Work for peace has been part of Quaker religious witness for 350 years.
(For some online resources about Quaker
peace witness, click here.)
Roundtable Participants came to State College, PA for this Quaker Peace Roundtable from as
far away as California, Oregon, Kansas, Iowa, North Carolina, New York, Vermont and Maine,
as well as central Pennsylvania.
The Quaker Peace Roundtable was a project of State College (PA) Friends Meeting. It was endorsed by Upper Susquehanna Quarterly Meeting and Baltimore Yearly Meeting, with grant support from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
For Questions and more information: E-mail: [email protected]
To the Roundtable Schedule, with Papers and Notes