Suggested Donation Living Gandhi Today $5.00 A publication of The 19th Annual GANDHI PEACE FESTIVAL Hamilton, Ontario, Canada A status of Gandhi at McMaster University Mills Library, donated courtesy of Consul General of India (Unveiled October 3, 2011) Towards a culture of nonviolence, peace and justice 2011 Theme: No to Fear – Yes to Peace Saturday, October 1, 2011 Sponsored by Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University The India-Canada Society, Hamilton www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/gandhi The 19th Annual Gandhi Peace Festival Saturday, October 1, 2011 A Word of Welcome ................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Mahatma Gandhi Peace Festival Sponsors ............................................................................................................................ 4 Message from Mayor Bob Bratina........................................................................................................................................... 5 Mahatma Gandhi Lectures on Nonviolence ............................................................................................................................ 6 Themes of past Gandhi Peace Festivals ................................................................................................................................ 7 The Gandhi Peace Festival ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 Community Service Award 2011 ............................................................................................................................................. 9 No to Fear, Yes To Peace ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 We will miss you Jack ........................................................................................................................................................... 11 Wangari Maathai ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 No to Fear Yes to Peace ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 A Climate Change Reading Group ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Aung San Suu Kyi‘s Freedom without Fear .......................................................................................................................... 16 Peace and Spirituality ........................................................................................................................................................... 18 Peace and Harmony with Nature: ......................................................................................................................................... 20 A Peace Song ....................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Gandhi's letters to 'Dear Friend' Hitler inspire film ................................................................................................................ 30 Rising from the Ashes ........................................................................................................................................................... 32 PEACE, SOCIAL JUSTICE and COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ..................................................................................... 33 Centre for Peace Studies ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Culture of Peace Hamilton .................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Peace Week at McMaster University .................................................................................................................................................... 35 The Malhar Group ................................................................................................................................................................................ 35 Peace Café ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 The Hamilton Dialogue Group .............................................................................................................................................................. 36 Peace Medal Breakfast ........................................................................................................................................................................ 37 Project Ploughshares ........................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Physicians for Global Survival .............................................................................................................................................................. 38 International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons .......................................................................................................................... 38 The Children’s International Learning Centre (CILC) ........................................................................................................................... 39 Department of Peace............................................................................................................................................................................ 39 Amnesty International ........................................................................................................................................................................... 40 KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives ............................................................................................................................... 40 The United Nations Association in Canada - Hamilton Branch ............................................................................................................. 41 The Theatre of Liberation Community Project! ..................................................................................................................................... 41 Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) ....................................................................................................................................... 42 Act Locally – Local Events Information ................................................................................................................................................. 42 Community-based Interfaith, Peace and Cultural Groups .................................................................................................................... 43 The India-Canada Society of Hamilton and Region .............................................................................................................................. 45 Hindu Samaj Women’s Outreach Group .............................................................................................................................................. 46 Seniors Seva Mandal of Hamilton and Region ..................................................................................................................................... 46 South Asian Heritage Association ........................................................................................................................................................ 47 Hamilton Malayalee Samajam .............................................................................................................................................................. 48 Women for Women .............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 Friends of the Festival – Thank you! ..................................................................................................................................... 49 2011 Gandhi Peace Festival Committees and Volunteers ................................................................................................... 50 Memories of 2010 Gandhi Peace Festival ............................................................................................................................ 51 Programme 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Back Cover For more information please contact: Dr. Rama Shankar Singh Marisa Rosato, Administrative Coordinator Gandhi Peace Festival Committee Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 905-525-9140 Ext. 24378 Phone: 905-525-9140 Ext. 23112 Gandhi Peace Festival 2011 2 www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/gandhi A Word of Welcome Dear Friends: We welcome