Gandhian Forum for Peace & Justice

11/10/2020

The Gandhian Forum for Peace & Justice at WPUNJ invites you to our Fall 2020 program this coming Friday, November 13, at 3:00 pm, via Zoom. The meeting ID and Passcode are in the poster. Please join us!

04/11/2019

Students and faculty packed the Cheng Library Auditorium today for the Spring 2019 Gandhian Forum for Peace and Justice program. We welcomed Dr. Nazia Kazi, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Stockton University, who gave a very timely talk on "Anti-Muslim Racism, White Supremacy, and U.S. Empire."

11/02/2017

For those who were unable to attend our Fall Program, the Gandhian Forum for Peace and Justice is pleased to announce that a video-recording of Dr. Martha Livingston's talk, "Health Care for All: A Social Justice Issue and a Window on the Social Wage," is now available. We invite you to view Dr. Livingston's most interesting and thought-provoking talk on a major justice issue of our time.

Health policy is headline news again. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "Obamacare," remains highly controversial. Since 201...

04/15/2016

NJ Peace Action will be having its 59th Annual NJPA's 59th Annual Dinner honoring Peace Action Executive Director Kevin Martin and Hiroshima Maiden Shigeko Sasamori with the Dorothy Eldridge Peacemaker Award. NJPA will also honor Peace and Planet with the Sylvia and Oscar Ackelsberg Peace Award and Litsa Binder with the Peace Action Person of the Year award.

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03/01/2016

Following that discussion will be a panel discussion about the Syrian refugee crisis from 3:30pm-4:45pm

Panelists include:
Jeanne LoCicero - ACLU NJ
Mahmoud Mahmoud - Church World Service
Professor Amber Horning Ruf - WPU Dept. Sociology
Nancy Sadek (Class of 2011) - Charity Navigator
Domenick Stampone (Class of 94) - Mayor of Haledon

Moderator: Professor F***y Lauby - WPU Dept. Political Science

02/29/2016

On Tuesday March 29th, the Gandhian Forum will be hosting a discussion about Syria with authors Samer Abboud and Robin Yassin-Kassab

Time: 2:00pm-3:15pm

Place: University Commons Ballroom C