Peacemaking Forum features Zimbabwe’s Victor Nakah
How would you like to live in a country with an inflation rate of 231 billion percent? This year’s Peacemaking Forum speaker, Victor Nakah, lives and works in Zimbabwe, where an uncontrolled rate of inflation is only one of the problems that have to be faced on a daily basis. Nakah is a college president and pastor and will be speaking at a number of the forum events Monday and Tuesday, March 9-10.
Monday, March 9
10:40-11:30 a.m.
“The Greatest Commandment,” Victor Nakah
Chapel, Bauman Auditorium
12:45- 3:45 p.m.
“The Imprint of Colonialism in Zimbabwe,” Victor Nakah
Portland Center, American Church History class
1:40-2:30 p.m.
“Beyond Our Differences,” DVD and discussion led by Kendra Irons (Religious Studies)
Hoover 206, World Religions class
3-4 p.m.
“Building Peace on a Full Stomach,” Deborah Scott, Mennonite Central Committee
Stevens 101
6-7 p.m.
Informal meal With Victor Nakah, $5, Bruin Den Annex
R.S.V.P. to Center for Peace and Justice, ext. 2685
7:30-9 p.m.
The Woolman Lecture: “Jesus, the Ancestor of Peace,” Victor Nakah
Calder Lecture Hall, Lemmons 8; reception following
Tuesday, March 10
2:45-4 p.m.
“Possibilities for Peacemaking in Zimbabwe,” Victor Nakah
Stevens 109, International Conflict and Peace class