I've got an entertaining and informative new schtick about Mark Twain's peace and justice writing that I'd love to share with your school or group. I can squeeze it down to a half hour but you'll be happier if you give me 40 minutes and if you've got longer I'll let you ask some questions and will even try to answer them. Suitable for high school and older. Drop me a line!
You can catch me nattering on about Twain at The Comal County Unitarian Universalist Society, 135 Alves Lane in New Braunfels, TX on October 5 at 7:00 pm. I understand they'll even give you a cup of coffee!
I'll be speaking about human rights at the Let's Get Loud Rally Against Bullying, Saturday, October 1st at HemisFair Park, 10:00 am-3:00 p.m. Being cruel is not cool!
I'm part of the team organizing an interfaith dialogue about the death penalty. 7:00 pm at Trinity University, Laurie Auditorium on October 24. Free and open to the public. It's being hosted by the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty; more info on the TCADP Web site.
I'm honored to be a panelist at the St. Mary's University President's Peace Commission Fall program. The overall theme is “Ten Years of War” and my panel is “In the midst of war: Honoring the human person.” It's free and open to the public, Thursday, October 27 from 11:10 am to 12:25 pm in the University Center, Conference Room A. More info on the program is on the St. Mary's Web site.
About Susan
Susan Ives is on the Staff of the San Antonio peaceCENTER, where, since 2007, she has been the driving force behind peaceCENTER books. She also facilitates classes about nonviolence, especially the history of peace and justice movements. She was honored as the San Antonio Bar Foundation Peacemaker of the Year in 2005.
Susan is a native of Bucks County, PA; she has a degree in Political Science from Drew University in Madison, NJ. In prior incarnations she has been a unionized sandwich and salad maker, a canoeing instructor, an advertising copywriter, an army officer and a newspaper columnist.