Hofstra Cultural Center, The Office of the Provost, Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs
and Institute for Peace Studies at Hofstra present:
REV. DR. WILLIAM J. BARBER II
POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN: A NATIONAL CALL FOR MORAL REVIVAL
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 – 6:30 PM
Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus, HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
Rev. Dr. WILLIAM BARBER is President and Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach and Co-Chair, Poor People’s Campaign: a National Call for Moral Revival. The Poor People’s Campaign renews Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s challenge to confront racism, militarism and poverty. Dr. Barber is the architect of the Forward Together Moral Monday Movement and former president of the North Carolina NAACP, 2006-2017.
In collaboration with Center for Civic Engagement; Hofstra NAAP Chapter; Hofstra College of Liberal Arts School;Hofstra University’s Departments of Economics, History and Sociology; Frank Zarb School of Business;Honors College, Center for “Race”, Culture and Social Justice; LI Teachers for Human Rights; and The Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
For further information: Prof. Melkonian, Economics (516)463-5595 or email: martin.melkonian@hofstra.edu
www.hofstra.edu/cce or Hofstra Cultural Center (516)463-5669 – RSVP
COMMEMORATIONS ON AUGUST 6, 2018 IN MANHASSET & BELLPORT
The Annual Commemoration of the U.S. Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will take place on Monday, August 6 at 7:30 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset, NY 11030.
In Suffolk County, South Country Peace Group will hold their annual World Peace Vigil at 7:15 with a silent procession from sidewalk adjacent to Woodland Cemetary, Station Road, Village of Bellport.
Long Islanders will gather together to mark the anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and mourn the loss of so many lives and the consequences of that decision in 1945.They will call on United States to sign the 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
For information: 1-516-741-4360 or longislandpeace@gmail.com
Call NY Senators and Reps. Tell them to speak out against US bombing of Syria.
CONGRESSIONAL SWITCHBOARD 202-224-3121 or LI offices:
Senator Gillibrand, 631-249-2825
Senator Schumer, 631-753-0978
Rep. Zeldin (CD1), 631-289-6500
Rep. King (CD2), 516-541-4225
Rep. Suozzi (CD3), 631-923-4100 or 718-631-0400
Rep. Rice (CD4), 516-739-2973
See statement from LI Alliance below opposing US bombing of Syria.
Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
April 14, 2018
Margaret Melkonian, 516-741-4360 (cell)
LI ALLIANCE CALLS ON CONGRESS TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST BOMBING IN SYRIA
Before the expected arrival of the experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to investigate a possible chemical attack (and to determine who was responsible), Trump ordered the bombing of Syria.
This use of military force is a violation of international law and will have dire consequences for the people of Syria. The risks of a wider war are extremely dangerous for the United States, for the Middle East and for the world.
Congress must hold the Trump Administration to account. Our Constitution states that only Congress has the power to authorize war, not the President.
“ Who decides to go to war? The Congress or The President?”, asks Margaret Melkonian, Director, LI Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives. “ Congress must not abdicate its responsibility when a President uses military force with disregard for international law and the Constitution”.
“The people must make their voices heard and speak out against war. The LI Alliance strongly urges people to call their representatives and express their opposition to the Administration’s action”, says Melkonian.
The Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives is a non-profit educational, 501(c) (3) tax-exempt organization, founded in 1985, to provide information and to encourage dialogue about U.S. peace and national security issues and America’s role in the world. Our work focuses on promoting citizen education, responsibility and action for determining national priorities and policies about peace, war and nuclear disarmament. The LI Alliance is committed to the next generation of peace and social justice advocates through our Peace Fellows Program at Hofstra University.
2017 has been a year of turmoil for our country and world and of challenge for the peace movement. In the midst of endless war and escalation of U.S. military involvement in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere, there has been strong and sustained resistance and work to change U.S. foreign policy, to ban nuclear weapons and to stop war.
For the LI Alliance, there also has been deep sadness with the loss this year of our beloved board members, Megan O’Handley and Greg Maney, who provided vision and inspiration to our work for peace and a better world.
So, we honor them in our year-end appeal and we say, “Presente!”
The priority of the LI Alliance in these last few years has been to engage and educate the next generation of peacemakers. The Peace Fellows Program at Hofstra, funded by the LI Alliance with your support, honors that commitment. For the last five years, over seventy students have participated and the establishment of the Institute for Peace Studies, the new academic course this fall, Intro to Peace Studies, and the PeaceActionMatters@Hofstra student club are due in large part to the feedback from these Peace Fellows.
Students and community members have attended the 2017 Hofstra lecture series, cosponsored by the LI Alliance. Speakers included: Norman Solomon, Phyllis Bennis, Dean Baker and Medea Benjamin.
As we look toward 2018, we ask you to make a contribution to the Peace Fellows Program. Please make check payable to LI Alliance, with Peace Fellows in the memo and mail to LI Alliance, P.O. Box 301, Garden City NY 11530. Thank you.
We are very grateful for your continued support and action. If you have suggestions or questions, please email us at longislandpeace@gmail.com.
The Hofstra community is saddened by the passing of Gregory Maney, PhD, the University’s Harry H. Wachtel Distinguished Professor for the Study of Nonviolent Social Change. He was a professor of sociology and director for active citizenship and off-campus partnerships at the Center for Civic Engagement. Professor Maney passed away on September 2, 2017, after a long battle with brain cancer. He had served on the Hofstra faculty since 2001.
“Greg Maney was a true artist, one who worked with hands, head, and heart to sculpt and bring life to each community he created or touched. He was a model of the scholar/teacher/activist who taught critical thought, nonviolence and caring in all aspects of life,” said Dr. Linda Longmire, Professor of Global Studies and Geography. “He knew how to speak truth to power, but he also knew how to empower the truth in each person. He was passionately, tirelessly committed to social justice and human rights, both in and for each person and in each institution. Though he is no longer with us, he will now dwell everywhere and always within the hearts of those who knew and loved him.”
The work of Dr. Maney far transcended the boundaries of the Hofstra campus. His advocacy and research for peace led to collaborations with the LifeWay Network to conduct a study of human trafficking in the New York metropolitan area; the Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives on creating local peace institutions; the Long Island Immigrant Alliance, on preventing and responding to hate crimes; and the Workplace Project on the human rights issues for day laborers.
Professor Maney’s installation as the Wachtel Distinguished Teaching Professor
He served on the boards of the Central American Refugee Center and the Long Island Immigrant Alliance. He also was a member of the Social Services Committee of the Irish American Society of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens, and the Irish (Easter Rising) Monument Committee of Nassau County.
He was a co-founder of the Greater Uniondale Area Action Coalition, which advocated for residents through the foreclosure crisis and community development issues. Dr. Maney’s work with the Coalition resulted in his being named to Long Island Press’ 13th annual Power List in 2015, which highlights the region’s 50 most influential people.
Dr. Maney held a number of academic leadership positions, including chair of the peace, war and social conflict section of the American Sociological Association. He had been the recipient or co-recipient of research grants from several foundations, including the American Association of Colleges & Universities, the American Sociological Association, the National Science Foundation, the Sociological Initiatives Foundation and the United Station Institute of Peace. The findings of his research appeared in leading peer-reviewed journals and books published by academic presses.
In 2015 Dr. Maney was installed as Hofstra’s second Harry H. Wachtel Distinguished Teaching Professor for the Study of Nonviolent Social Change. The professorship is named for the Long Island corporate lawyer who for many years acted as a confidant and legal counsel to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In 2009 he and Maureen Murphy, Professor Emerita of Teaching, Learning and Technology, launched an Irish Studies program that has given Hofstra students a unique opportunity to delve into Ireland’s past through various in-depth subjects such as history and politics, the Irish diaspora and its culture and social relations. The program added a minor in Irish studies to Hofstra’s academic offerings and also developed a film series, a lecture series and community partnerships.
Long Island Wins, a nonprofit communications organization that focuses on immigration issues, ran an article about Dr. Maney in 2013 titled “Local Heroes.” In the piece, Dr. Maney explained what drew him to the field of sociology:
“’… more than any other discipline, sociologists point out when society falls short of its aspirations, why this is the case and what can be done about it.’ As a teenager growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he saw the unequal treatment of blacks and Latinos in his own community and he wanted to understand it and change it. His mother encouraged him to think beyond the inequities he was presented with. He also began reading about the conflict in Northern Ireland, and he realized that people who looked like him could also be considered minorities and discriminated against. ‘I wanted to understand systems of oppression,’ he says. ‘We need a common framework to understand this, and that framework is international human rights,’ he concluded.”
Dr. Maney is survived by his wife, Mary Coyle, son Enzo, his parents Betty and John, and a brother, George. Funeral services are private. However, there will be an on-campus memorial and reception that is open to the community on Monday, October 23, from 3-6 p.m. It will take place at The Helene Fortunoff Theater and the Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Center on the 10th Floor of the Axinn Library. More details will be announced on the Hofstra website.
Please join us on
October 5th Annual Gandhi Commemoration Inaugurating The Center for Civic Engagement’s Institute for Peace Studies at Hofstra University with Rev. Mark Lukens and performance of songs from HAIR by students from the Drama Department.
Multipurpose Room, Student Center, 6-8 p.m. Refreshments.
RSVP: IPS@hofstra.edu
International Scene Fall Lecture Series – Hofstra University
Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New Internationalist Project at the Institute for Policy Studies
Thursday, October 5, 2017, 4:30-6 p.m.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theatre, Axinn Library
Following the lecture, there will be Annual Gandhi Commemoration on Nonviolence and Reception Inaugurating the Center for Civic Engagement’s Institute for Peace at Hofstra University.
RSVP to IPS@hofstra.edu.
For info: Martin Melkonian, Economics (516)463-5595
Lecture sponsored by:
Hofstra’s Departments of Economics, History and Sociology
in cooperation with The Center for Civic Engagement, Institute for Peace Studies, Long Island Teachers for Human Rights, PeaceActionMatters@Hofstra and the The Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives Present:
Sponsored by The Social Justice Committee of Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, Great Neck Sane/Peace Action, and LI Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives ask you to join us at
CHOOSE PEACE. CHOOSE LOVE. CHOOSE LIFE.
WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND A TREATY TO BAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS!
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock
48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset NY
IT IS TWO AND A HALF MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
We are running out of time. The dangers of using nuclear weapons continue to increase as global and regional tensions rise. According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists the world needs to step back from the brink of nuclear catastrophe. People are demanding a treaty to ban nuclear weapons now!
Speakers: The Rev. Ned Wight, Interim Senior Minister of UUCSR; Michael D’Innocenzo, Emeritus Professor Hofstra University; Margaret Melkonian, LI Alliance; Emilie Beck and Lola Solis, Hofstra Peace Fellows; Seemi Ahmed, Islamic Center of Long Island; Shirley Romaine, Great Neck Sane/Peace Action
Music: Acapella Women’s Choir WILLOW and Farah Chandu, Director
The 2017 Program is dedicated to the memory of Alliance Board Member Megan O’Handley and to all those who have worked relentlessly to end war, nuclear weapons and poverty and who have been our drum roll majors in pursuit of peace and human security.
