A Community Nonviolence Conference and Youth Leadership Summit

Welcomes the

Living Legends of Nonviolence to San Jose

Thursday, April 19
8:00 PM

 San Jose Diridon Train Station
65 Cahill Street, SJ, Near the Areana[map]

 
This note came to me from Pattie Cortese our Carry the Vision event chair. 
 
Background:   There is a Living Legends of Nonviolence conference taking place the day before our conference.  The two are linked by the Youth Leadership component.  The Youth are attending both, & some of you may be attending both.  http://www.agnt.org/peacetrain.htm
 
Yolanda King, our key note speaker is participating in the Living Legends event.  The Living Legends are members of the King, Chavez and Gandhi families who will arrive via the "Peace Train" in San Jose this Friday.
 
The Opportunity: Welcome this special group of people to San Jose!  Please read on...
 
 
~~~~~~~~~~ Pattie's Note ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I am getting very excited as the Carry the Vision Conference approaches. It's going to be a rich, full day. We have some late-breaking opportunities to let you know about, in the hopes that some of you leaders feel moved to make the most of them
 
First, Devin Sodt from the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment has agreed to organize a candle-light greeting for the Living Legends when their train arrives into town Thursday night.
 
With the events of this week, how important to take our grief to a place where it can meet hope.
 
And we want to send a message to those who have given their lives to finding nonviolent solutions to violence, "San Jose welcomes you and appreciates what you are doing."
 
The gathering will be at the San Jose Diridon Station, 65 Cahill Street, SJ, 95110 at 8:00 pm on Thursday, 4/19.
 
Here are the ways you can participate:
 
1) Show up and bring your friends.
2) Help us get the word out to other groups who might be interested.
3) Help make banners and posters that can be used to greet the Living Legends.
 
If you are planning on attending, have questions, or want to help, please contact Devin at devin@csecenter.org or 408-761-6596.
 
Thank you for the stand that you are taking for creating a nonviolent future for our world.
 
peace and all good,
Pattie Cortese
 Carry the Vision Community Nonviolence Conference
Event Chair
 

 

 

                 

"With the events of this week, how important
to take our grief to a place where it can meet hope. "  -- Pattie Cortese

 
Yolanda King, the eldest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and
who's mission is
to "Educate, Empower and Entertain; inspiring individuals to passionately
create peace in their own lives thereby encouraging the same within their families, communities and across the globe."  For more information, please refer to the following websites:  http://www.yolanda-king.com/index2.htm
and http://www.yolanda-king.com/Yolanda-King.htm

 

  Building a Culture of Peace in our Families, Our Community, and Our World

"Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political moral questions of our time."
~Martin Luther King Jr.