Religious Action for Peace and Justice
Channel: Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee
Date: 23/03/2021

On March 22, 2021 VPCC organized a webinar on the role of the religious community in the Vietnam antiwar movement and in current struggles for economic and social justice. Speakers in order of appearance are

* Terry Provance, organizer, Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee

* Doug Hostetter, moderator,  Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee

* Rev. Dick Fernandez, UCC, CALC director, breadth and depth of interfaith movement 

* Rev. Carol Jensen, ELCA, religious opposition at the local level

* Rabbi David Saperstein, Reformed Judaism, Religious Action Center, Jewish and interfaith opposition

* Marie Dennis, Pax Christi, Catholic institutional experience, Berrigan brothers and radical resistance

*  Rev. Canon Petero A. N. Sabune,  Africa Partnership Officer for the Episcopal Church.

The peace movement to stop the US war in Vietnam was composed of numerous sectors of civil society.  It included students, women, labor, soldiers, journalists, professors, elected officials, Black, Brown, Chicano and Indigenous, youth, and religious, pacifist and interfaith organizations.  The Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee welcomes you to an online webinar to discuss how religious groups were organized, what they did and lessons from that multi-year experience.  We will also look at how faith-based organizations are confronting today’s challenges, and explore what can be learned from the dialogue across the decades. You will hear panelists from Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish groups from both national and local perspectives.

For speakers' bios and other resources:  https://vnpeacecomm.blogspot.com/2021/02/dialogue-webinar-on-religious-action.html

For further information:  Terry Provance    terryprovance@gmail.com

Tax deductible contributions to support this and other programs are welcome here  https://tinyurl.com/forVPCC

Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee (VPCC)
www.vietnampeace.org