<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Forwarded message:</div><div><br></div><div>This looks like a really cool event!<br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br></div>Below is the agenda for the upcoming Leadership Workshop with<span style="background-color:rgb(159,197,232)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style=""></span></span> Paul K. <span style="background-image:none;background-repeat:repeat">Chappell</span></span>, Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in CA.<br>

<br></div>I have attended several of Paul's workshops and speak from personal experience when I say his trainings are trans-formative.  It's not just about learning skills, it's also about character development.  Peace skills are life skills.  What kind of a world do we want to live in and how to live accordingly?<br>
<br></div>I'm not a natural-born activist.  And, I don't come from a peaceful upbringing.  My education at Greenfield Community College through the guidance of Abbie Jenks helped blow my mind wide open to social and environmental justice issues.  But, it's been my trainings with Paul (and reading of his books) that have helped me connect the dots, so to speak, with the importance of doing the 'inside' work in order to the 'outside' work.  <br>

<br></div>Let's face it, this world deals out a lot of disappointment and heartbreak.  It can feel like the deck is stacked against you (truth is, it IS!)  This kind of training helps one learn to deal with the uphill battles, whether it be personal, at work, at home, in a protest, or within groups and organizing meetings.  It's not 'if' conflict will arise, it's when and how one chooses to deal with it that matters.<br>

<br></div>Please help us get the word out with this final push!  I get that there's a lot of other events and things going on and it's hard to get heard through the clutter.  But, take the time to really check this out and check out Paul's website at <a href="http://www.paulkchappell.com/" target="_blank">www.paulkchappell.com</a> to see what he's all about.  It's worth your time and effort.<br>

<br></div>And, let's make an extra effort to get the word out to younger people and those new to organizing and activism.  This would be especially beneficial to them.<br><br></div>Much Thanks,<br><br></div>Mary McCarthy<br>

</div>Traprock Center for Peace & Justice<br></div>Climate Action NOW! MA<br></div>American Friends Service Committee<br><br></div>Workshop Agenda.......<br><br><p style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:center;line-height:18pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Leadership
Training with</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> PAUL K. CHAPPELL </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(<a href="http://www.peacefulrevolution.com/" target="_blank">www.peacefulrevolution.com</a>)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></b></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:12pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">University of Massachusetts, Herter Hall,
October 11&12, 2013 <br></span></b></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:12pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sponsored by The Traprock Peace
Education Center at Greenfield Community College</span></b></p><p style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Supported by the U.S. Institute
of Peace Public Education for Peacebuilding Support Initiative</span></p><p style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Contact/Registration Info</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">:<span> 
</span><b>Mary McCarthy</b>, Event
Coordinator, email: </span><a href="mailto:traprockpeacejustice@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">traprockpeacejustice@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:92%"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Abbie Jenks</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">, <span>Program Advisor of the Peace, Justice & Environmental Program at
Greenfield Community College at <a href="tel:413-775-1127" value="+14137751127" target="_blank">413-775-1127</a></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center;line-height:92%" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">*Full Student Scholarships Available – Please
Inquire* ($95 for 2-Day Event)</span></b></p>

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<div><p style="text-align:center;line-height:11pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span> </span>DESCRIPTION</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify;line-height:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Paul K. Chappell’s Leadership Training
program teaches the skills needed to resolve small and large-scale conflicts,
create global change, and further the causes of peace and justice.<span>  </span>Participants will acquire skills that promote
progress and positive change in communities, countries, and the world. Chappell’s
emphasis is on the form of leadership that Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and
Susan B. Anthony practiced. Chappell graduated from West Point in 2002, was
deployed as a Captain to Baghdad, and served in the army for seven years in
numerous leadership positions. Chappell, who currently serves as Peace
Leadership Director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (<a href="http://www.wagingpeace.com/" target="_blank">www.wagingpeace.com</a>)
has found that much of his West Point training can be applied to peace, human
rights, conflict resolution, and global change. Peace leadership skills are
also life skills; participants not only gain an understanding of how to resolve
conflict and wage peace in a global sense, but also in their communities,
families, and personal lives. </span></p><p style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:center;line-height:12pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">CONTENT</span></b></p><p style="margin-top:6pt;line-height:11pt;text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Friday 9:30 AM</span></b></p><p style="line-height:11pt;text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Registration
</span></b></p><p style="margin-top:3pt;line-height:11pt;text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Friday 10 AM-1 PM</span></b></p><p style="line-height:11pt"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Session I: The Foundation & Skills of Peace Leadership</span></b></p><p style="margin-left:0.25in;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Attendees
develop an understanding of:</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">what
leadership is and how it can be practiced as an art and science.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">what makes
peace leadership unique, and why it is essential in the Twenty-First Century.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how peace
leadership is an act of service.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">the three
methods of conveying respect.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how to
utilize listening and respect as persuasive techniques.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how to calm
people down.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">the three
elements that create a calm tone of voice.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">understanding
warning aggression and how it arises from fear </span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how to
communicate in a way that is less likely to make people become defensive.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how to
create an atmosphere of respect in a workplace or social movement.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">about how
psychological wounds and trauma can lead to bullying and violence.</span></p><p style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center;line-height:11pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">LUNCH: 1-2 PM (facilities onsite)</span></b></p><p style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center;line-height:11pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Friday 2-5 PM</span></b></p><p style="line-height:11pt"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Session II: Conflict Resolution & How to Build Hope</span></b></p><p style="margin-left:0.25in;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Participants
explore:</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how social
norms and laws can prevent and resolve conflict (the force of law)</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">about
deflection – a form of defense that exists between violence and waging peace.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how to
confront injustice</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how to
resolve personal and workplace conflict (role-playing).</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">why every
conflict is an opportunity to arrive at greater </span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">understanding, and how to speak in a way that
deescalates conflict.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">why
realistic hope is so essential not only in life, but also in a social movement.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how to build
more realistic hope in our everyday lives, and how to communicate this hope
with others.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how
cynicism, despair, and hopelessness make it more likely that people will resort
to violence.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">the history
of nonviolence from a strategic perspective.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">the
fundamental differences between waging war and waging peace, and the strategic
advantages that waging peace has over violence (video: strategic nonviolence in
the civil rights movement)</span></p><p style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center;line-height:11pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"> </span></b></p><p style="margin-top:6pt;line-height:11pt;text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Saturday 9:30 AM</span></b></p><p style="line-height:11pt;text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Registration
</span></b></p><p style="margin-top:3pt;line-height:11pt;text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Saturday 10 AM-1 PM</span></b></p><p style="line-height:11pt"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Session III: How to Combat Deception & Be Persuasive</span></b></p><p style="margin-left:0.25in;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Chappell
explains:</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how systems
of oppression are built upon simple myths.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">the secrets
of how propaganda works (e.g. dehumanization), why it is so effective, and how
to combat the deception of various propaganda systems – especially the
war-system. </span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how
worldviews work, and how much we have in common despite our different
worldviews.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how to go
beyond preaching to the choir.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how to
dialogue with people who have opposing viewpoints in a way that does not
alienate them.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">the tools of
persuasion (role-playing).</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">the five
steps of persuasion.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how to tie a
new idea to an existing worldview.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">the three
universal ideals that can make us more effective when discussing controversial
issues. </span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how to frame
a talk, action, or protest around hope (e.g., the importance of perspective,
respect, and empathy). </span></p><p style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:11pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">LUNCH: 1-2 PM (facilities onsite)</span></b></p><p style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center;line-height:11pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Saturday 2-4 PM</span></b></p><p style="margin-left:0in;line-height:11pt"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Session IV: The Strategies & <a name="1417afb2c9148d76__GoBack"></a>Tactics of Effective Action</span></b></p><p style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Wagers of peace learn:</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">the
difference between Tactics, Strategy, and Grand Strategy.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">the three
forms of democratic pressure (e.g., political, economic, and judicial) and how
they allow social movements to apply the kind of pressure that leads to
positive change.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how to
develop a strategically sound tactic (e.g., framing, appearance, etc.)</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how to avoid
pitfalls that make a tactic likely to alienate people.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">how
appearances can hurt or help a movement.</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:11pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">the
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