PHASE ONE: Starting Destination
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NOTE: Please see this WARM-UP PAGE for the gatherings of PATH that were held up to the start of our Phase One, including the "send-off" event of this speaking tour in Colorado Springs, Colorado that was held on Earth Day, Mon. April 22, 2024.
Wyoming
Casper, WY -- GATHERING HELD
Wed. April 24, 2024 (5:30 to 7:00 PM)
- PATH's Main 2-h Presentation (see above)
Host: Wyoming Quakers
(Friends) Meeting, Casper Group (in development)
Main Branch of the Public Library in Casper--Crawford Room--AND ON ZOOM
307 E. 2nd Street, Casper, WY 82601 (307) 577-7323
// Contacts: ronhutch53@gmail.com ***
moji.agha@gmail.com
Sheridan, WY -- GATHERING HELD
Thurs. April 25, 2024 (6:15 to 8:30 PM -- Coffee or potluck starts at 5:30)
- PATH's main presentation (see above), followed by an interfaith "hard conversations" peace-building community dialogue regarding Gaza, Iran, etc. (see Missoula--May 3rd--below)
Host: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Sheridan
Co-host: Wyoming Quakers (Friends) Meeting, Sheridan Group
1950 East Brundage Lane, Sheridan, WY 82801
Montana
Billings, MT -- BOTH GATHERINGS HELD
Fri. April 26, 2024 -- 6 to 8:30 PM ("breaking bread" potluck begins at 5:30)
TOPIC: An interfaith "hard conversations" peace-building community dialogue regarding Gaza, Iran, etc.
310 N. 27th Street, Billings, MT 59101 - 406) 245-6477 • info@firstchurchbillings.org
Sat. April 27, 2024 (6 to 8 PM)
- PATH's Main 2-h Presentation (see above)
Host: Billings Friends (Quakers) Meeting
2032 Central Avenue, Billings, MT 59102 -- (406) 652-1893 * uubillings@gmail.com
Bozeman, MT -- BOTH GATHERING HELD
Sun. April 28, 2024 (10:00 AM) Part of the Sunday Service
Pilgrim Congregational UCC -- Bozeman, Montana
- Brother Moji's sufi-informed "un-sermon" presentation (see above)
TOPIC: Spiritual and moral/ethical dimensions of nonviolent "civility" activism and sacrifice
2118 South 3rd Ave, Bozeman, MT, 59715 -- (406) 587-3690 * mail@uccbozeman.org
Mon. April 29, 2024 (6:30 to 8:30 PM)
- PATH's Main 2-h Presentation (see above), and an interfaith "hard conversations" community dialogue regarding Gaza, Iran, etc. (see Missoula--May 3rd--below)
Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellowship of Bozeman https://uufbozeman.org/
325 N. 25th Ave. Bozeman, MT 59718 -- (406) 586-1368 * admin@uufbozeman.org
Helena, MT -- BOTH GATHERINGS HELD
Tues. April 30, 2024 -- 6:30 to 8:30 PM ("breaking bread" potluck begins at 6)
TOPIC: An interfaith "hard conversations" peace-building (promoting nonviolence) community gathering on Gaza, Iran, etc. -- See below, May 3rd, Missoula
Co-host: Montana Jewish Labor Bund--an affiliate of the Jewish Voice for Peace
ST PAUL’S United Methodist Church (UMC) of Helena
512 Logan Street, Helena, MT 59601
Wed. May 1, 2024 (6 to 8 PM)
- PATH's Main 2-h Presentation (see above)
HOST: Montana Jewish Labor Bund--an affiliate of the Jewish Voice for Peace
Helena Public (Lewis & Clark) Library -- Large meeting room
120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601 (Phone: 406-447-1690)
moji.agha@gmail.com ** brandiswingley@gmail.com
Missoula, MT -- GATHERING HELD
Thurs. May 2, 2024 (4 to 6 PM), followed by a "breaking bread" community potluck.
Peace And Truth Heals (PATH) main presentation (see above) and extensive Q & A, including a hard conversation about Gaza and Iran:
TOPIC: Iranian Nonviolence (Un-demonization Clubs), Native/American Truth and Reconciliation (NATR Tents), and Intersectional Circles (Chambers of Compassion) initiatives.
University Congregational Church (UCC)
405 University Avenue, Missoula, MT 59801
Fri. May 3, 2024 (Noon to 2:30 PM) -- GATHERING HELD
A special interfaith peace-building "hard conversations" (about Gaza, Iran, etc.) campus and community dialogue session, including a talk about PATH -- during a lunch offering
Emmaus Lutheran Campus Ministry (at the University of Montana, Missoula)
532 University Avenue, Missoula, MT 59801
(406) 549-7821 ** office@emmausmontana.org
Fri. May 3, 2024 -- 3 to 4 PM -- GATHERING HELD
PATH-related guest-lecture by brother Moji at the Hellgate High School
Fri. May 3, 2024 (5:30 to 8:30 PM) -- GATHERING HELD
PATH's 3-h Teach-in/workshop (see above)
Emmaus Lutheran Campus Ministry (at the University of Montana, Missoula)
532 University Avenue, Missoula, MT 59801
Kalispell, MT -- GATHERING HELD
Sat. May 4, 2024 (2:30 to 5:00 PM)
TOPIC: An abbreviated presentation of PATH (see above) followed by an interfaith peace-building "hard conversations" community dialogue about Gaza, Iran, etc. -- Perhaps with a community potluck, before or after.
HOST: Mountain View Mennonite Church in Kalispell, Montana, a Congregation of Mennonite Church, USA
795 Mennonite Church Road, Kalispell, MT 59901
406.755.8772 ** info@mountainviewmennonite.org
Missoula, MT -- GATHERING HELD
Sun., May 5, 2024 -- 10 AM -- Part of the Sunday Service
UCC, Missoula -- See address and contact info above
TOPIC: A spiritually informed interfaith "Abrahamic Religions" conversation (and Q & A) about the moral/ethical dimensions of nonviolent "civility" activism, especially where it may involve sacrifice. Brother Moji's sufi-informed "un-sermon" (using his lived experience--see above) will be the "Islamic" part of this peace-building session, in which he will mention PATH's "Our Worship, Your House" ambitious dream.
Washington (state)
Spokane, WA -- GATHERING HELD
Sun. May 5, 2024 (6 to 8:30 PM -- Potluck at 5:30 PM)
TOPIC: An abbreviated presentation of PATH (see above) followed by an interfaith peace-building "hard conversations" community dialogue about Gaza, Iran, etc.
Host: Veterans For Peace Chapter 35, Spokane
Co-Host: Shalom Mennonite/United Church of Christ, Spokane
Community Building (Lobby) 35 West Main Avenue, Spokane, WA 99201
Contact: rustereo@hotmail.com ** moji.agha@gmail.com
Pullman, WA -- GATHERING HELD
Mon. May 6, 2024 (6:00 to 8:30 PM)
TOPIC: An abbreviated presentation of PATH (see above) followed by an interfaith peace-building "hard conversations" community dialogue about Gaza, Iran, etc. -- Perhaps with a community potluck, before the event.
Community Congregational ("Progressive Theology") United Church of Christ
525 NE Campus St., Pullman, WA 99163
(509) 332-6411 ** office@pullmanucc.org
Wenatchee, WA -- GATHERING HELD
- Tues. May 7, 2024 (6 to 8:30 PM)
- PATH's Main 2-h Presentation (see above), and an interfaith peace-building "hard conversations" community dialogue about Gaza, Iran, etc. -- Perhaps with a community potluck, before the event.
Co-host: Cascade Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Perhaps at the Sunnyslope Church of the Brethren UCC)
1550 Sunset Highway, East Wenatchee, WA 98802
CANADA
Greater Vancouver / Coquitlam / Abbotsford area, BC
(Arriving to the area May 8, 2024)
>> These 2 presentations are hoped-for and appropriate if possible venues for them will be explored:
Sun. May 12, 2024
Offering >> The Sunday service-type "un-sermon" if possible
(see above)
Tues. May 14, 2024
Offering >> If possible >> Introduction to PATH's 2-h main presentation--emphasizing NATR (see above)
Vancouver, BC
- Wed. May 15, 2024 -- To be explored
Offering >> Introduction to PATH's 2-h main presentation If possible >> (see above)
See possible Canadian venues below (including the ones above)
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The PATH speaking tour will travel, as follows, in the Greater Vancouver Region (including Abbotsford), British Columbia, Canada
Offering in Canada
All 3 of PATH's presentations, as possible (see above)
- Until mid-May, 2024 (Phase 1)
- Latter half of May, last days of June, and possibly first half of July, 2024 (Phase 2)
- First Half of December, 2024 (Phase 3)
NOTE: The exact dates on which Moji Agha hopes to speak at several of the PATH-interested Unitarian Universalist (UU) or other open-minded congregations (or civil society groups) in the Greater Vancouver region of the British Columbia Province of Canada are to be determined in time.
Specific dates and host venues will be noted/updated here in this (Phase One) page, and in the pages for the Phase 2 and Phase 3 of PATH. Such open-minded congregations would hopefully include several of the following UU churches or fellowships--hosting as many of the speaking tour's 3 presentations by brother Moji as it is possible:
New Westminster/Coquitlam, BC
Kelowna, BC
North Vancouver, BC
Surrey, BC
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