Upcoming Events

Saturday and Sunday, May 19 and 20, Conflict Resolution Training for Trainers, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. each day, Fan Free Clinic Auditorium, 1010 N. Thompson St., Richmond 23230. email rpec@rpec.org of call 232-1002 to register.

Thursday, May 24, 5:30 p.m., Annual Membership Dinner, Ginter Park Presbyterian Church, 3601 Seminary Ave., Richmond VA 23227
Honoring RPEC's 2012 Peacemakers of the Year:
Andrew Goddard and Lori Haas.
Free for RPEC Members: Please RSVP to rpec@rpec.org or call 232-1002 to let us know you're coming. And please plan to stay for . . .

Thursday, May 24, 7:15 p.m., Peace Perspectives on Iran: Why Military Intervention is Not the Answer, Public forum/panel discussion, Ginter Park Presbyterian Church, 3601 Seminary Ave., Richmond VA 23227, Free and open to the public. Download a list of possible actions concerned citizens can take.

Tuesday, June 5, Adrian Niyongabo, founder of Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities (HROC), lecture/discssion, Richmond Friends Meeting, 4500 Kensington Ave., 6:30-8 p.m.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

Friday, August 3, 7 p.m. John McCutcheon in Concert!, VCU Singleton Performing Arts Center, 922 Park Ave. $25; $10-students; email tickets@rpec.org or call 232-102 for reservations.

Saturday, November 10, RPEC annual fundraising auction and dinner, Troutman Sanders Bldg., 1001 Haxall Point, Richmond 23219.

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RPEC staff/HROC trainer Santa Sorenson with Happy, son of a participant in a three-day HROC workshop in a Burundian refugee camp--Aug. 2011
Learn About HROC: Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities, an initiative to heal trauma resulting from acts of genocide.
Information from the African Great Lakes Initiative Website and
Read about the experiences of African participants

Video: Kathy Kelly "Eyewitness for Peace" talk in Richmond, 4/14/2011
If you couldn't attend, here's your chance to hear this heroic peacemaker
Thanks to David Martin for recording the event and posting it on YouTube
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

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Eyes Wide Open-Virginia Project

A display of combat boots and civilian shoes in silent commemoration of the lives lost in Iraq. These posters documenting the cost of the war in Iraq are part of the Eyes Wide Open-Virginia exhibit that RPEC co-coordinates statewide with Midlothian Friends Meeting and Richmond Friends Meeting. Download EWO Poster
To host Eyes Wide Open-Virginia in your own community, contact rpec@rpec.org.

Pursuing Our Mission

We pursue our mission by providing schools, religious institutions, local governments, community groups, businesses, and individuals in the Richmond area with

A wide range of training and educational programs promoting non-violent conflict resolution educational resources for teachers, students, and others on topics related to justice, peacemaking, and nonviolence.
A bi-monthly newsletter providing articles of local interest related to nonviolence and peace.

We have been engaged in this work since 1980. Join us as we seek to lower the levels of violence in our community and to create a more peaceful world.

Download our 2010 Annual Report
Download our 2010 IRS Form 990
Download our 2010 Program Expenses report

Most recent update 5/6/2012