<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class="MsoBodyText2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Please send to others in your group or area. Thanks.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I REALLY HOPE YOU CAN COME TO THIS EXCITING DAY--Larry</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">**If you want to register and attend, you can just highlight the registration section below, fill in information, and email back to <a href="mailto:rosc@psouth.net"><font color="#1c00f0" style="color: rgb(28, 0, 240); "><u>rosc@psouth.net</u></font></a>.**</div></span></font></div><div class="MsoBodyText2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div class="MsoBodyText2"><span><span><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">16</span></a></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">th</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> Annual Gathering for<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"> </font>Changing Maine</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><b>"</b></font></i></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><b>Practicing Nonviolence in Our Daily Lives and in the World</b></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><b> "</b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><b><o:p></o:p></b></font></i></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><b>Saturday, 8:30 am-4 pm</b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><b><o:p></o:p></b></font></span></span></span></span></div><h1><span><span><span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">March 13, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></h1><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><b>(Snow date: March 14)</b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><b><o:p></o:p></b></font></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><b> </b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><b><o:p></o:p></b></font></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><b>Pine Tree State Arboretum,</b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><b><o:p></o:p></b></font></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><b>153 Hospital St., Augusta</b></font><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><span></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">(across from Riverview and state office buildings)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i>Why a Day to Learn about Nonviolence?</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">In a world filled with violence, how can we offer a different way to address problems and resolve conflicts?</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">Even though our ethical and religious or spiritual principles tell us not to use violence, it is the world norm. We have little knowledge of the history of nonviolence, from the abolitionists to women’s suffrage to the civil rights movement to today’s actions against </font></span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">oppression and the US war in the Middle East.</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText2"><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">We revere icons of nonviolence like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi, but we don’t practice what they taught. Nor do most of us have the awareness, education, and training to use nonviolent action consistently instead of violence.</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">The messages we get from governments, the media, popular culture, workplaces, schools, the military and sometimes even religion and the family is that it’s OK to use violence.</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">Our goals for this day will be to:</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">*help all of us broaden our views of how nonviolence can be a force for positive change and effective action;</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">*help us (re-)evaluate the role of nonviolence in our daily lives;</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">*identify nonviolent options to use in situations where violence seems to be the norm;</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">*help us to practice using nonviolence on a daily basis.</font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i>Schedule for the Day:</i></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">8:30 AM--registration, read materials, relax, get ready<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">9 AM--Introductions<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">9:30 AM—What is nonviolence and why is it important?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">9:40 AM--"Empathy for Activists"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">10:45—Break with “light n' lively”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">11 AM— “Communication Circles: an Exercise Exploring the Art of Talking and Listening”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; ">12 noon--Lunch (potluck, bring food to share)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">1:30 PM--Small groups looking at how to practice nonviolence in the world—Nonviolent Direct Action, Nonviolent Lifestyles, “Pro-Peace Messaging,” Nonviolence in Schools/Reducing aggression in children, Restorative Circles<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">3 PM--Break + light and lively<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">3:15 PM--Summary of highlights from small groups, sharing experiences, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">3:30 PM--Feelings about the day, where can we go from here, evaluation of the day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">4 PM--Finish and clean up</span></span></span></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><i>Some Facilitators (others to be added) of Small and Large Groups Include:</i></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">*Peggy Smith—Maine Nonviolent Communications Network</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">Peggy is the </font></span></span></span><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">first Mainer to be certified </font></span></span></span><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">by the Center for Nonviolent Communication (www.</font><span style="color: blue; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">CNVC</font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">) as a trainer; offering workshops, seminars, and coaching to individuals, organizations and businesses. </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">*Sue Rudalevige—Coordinator, Maine Alternatives to Violence Project</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">Sue believes there is no peace without justice and has been an advocate for change in the criminal justice field for over 30 years.</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">*Linda Coté-Small—Facilitator, Alternatives to Violence Project workshops</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">Linda volunteers for the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) in Maine prisons, and has facilitated many workshops, including ones on “being peace” and the Earth Charter.</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">*Wells Staley-Mays—Program Director for Peace Action Maine and Secretary, Maine Freedom Trails</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText2"><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">Wells is a fan of writers and practitioners such as Adin Ballou, Gandhi, King, Tolstoy, and Alice Paul and has studied nonviolent movements, particularly the abolition of slavery, labor history, and the struggle for women’s rights.</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">*Sally Breen—Action Committee, Peace Action Maine</font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">Sally is a long-time activist seeking to abolish nuclear weapons and all forms of war.</font></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">*Lynn Ellis – Former Coordinator, Maine Department of Peace campaign. </font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">Lynn began her journey toward living in peace in the early 90s with conflict resolution training.</font></font></font></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">*Chuck Saufler--Safe Schools for All</font></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">Chuck was the coordinator of the Maine Project Against Bullying (1997-2000) and is founding member of the International Bullying Prevention Association.</font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">*Bob St. Peter--Director, Food for Maine's Future</font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">Bob grows food and seeds with his family in Sedgwick and is editor of "Saving Seeds," Maine's food sovereignty journal.</font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">*Andrew Donaldson--Former Board Chair, Good Life Center</font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">Andrew lives on a small, non-electric homestead in Sedgwick.</font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"> </font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"> </font><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i>Registration Form</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Name________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">Address______________________________</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></span></span></span></div><h1><span><span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; 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font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Organization (if any)___________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">___Enclosed is $0-20 (any or no donation is OK) for the day $_______<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">___Enclosed is a registration to hold a space (make payment, if any, on March 13)<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">___I need a ride; contact me re: carpooling<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">___I can offer a ride; have riders contact me<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">___I need childcare, register by March 5<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Directions and handouts will be sent to pre-registrants. The location and bathrooms are fully wheelchair accessible. For special needs/requests, please state below or on a separate sheet:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Return this portion of the form to:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b>Resources for Organizing and Social Change, 161 Stovepipe Alley, Monroe, ME 04951, <a href="mailto:rosc@psouth.net">rosc@psouth.net</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Questions? 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