Both the attitudes and organiz-
ing skills behind Peace Month impressed Michael Heller, head of Roanoke’s peace and justice pro- gram. “It was an act of love and friendship, of caring about mak- ing the world a better place, and of activism,” he said. Planning started midyear, Heller
said, when it’s usually diffi cult to get much participation and budgets are already fi xed. “T e students called a meeting with the dean and several professors and the campus event planners, and the money needed— about $12,000—just came in” from various departments, he said. Nassar and Lidd’s eff orts began
just before spring break. T ey met to compare notes over coff ee one day in Jerusalem, together with Weinstein. All three were spending the break in the Middle East. Nassar, fulfi lling an honors program, was conducting interviews with negotia- tors in the Israel/Palestine confl ict. Lidd and Weinstein were volunteer- ing in Israel.
‘Something special’ Aſt er the break, “Peace Month came to life extremely fast,” Weinstein said. “Mathilda and Shaina had a vision that this would be something special for the college. T ese speak- ers and discussions were going to challenge opinions and, hopefully, bring people together.” Peace Month, Heller said, “grew
out of friendship and the women’s desire for our campus to be more aware of possibilities for peace- ful resolutions to confl icts in the Middle East. And it gave a boost to
Author bio: Hafften, a writer and editor, is a member of Messiah Lutheran Church, Weatherford, Texas.
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our peace and justice program.” Heller hopes for more such events.
Carrying that responsibility for now is Weinstein. Working with a Pales- tinian student yet to be identifi ed, she will organize Peace Month 2016. Both Lidd and Nassar have
graduated from Roanoke as interna- tional relations majors and continue to keep in touch. Lidd is moving to Jaff a, Israel,
where she will work in predomi- nantly Arab communities toward Jewish/Arab coexistence and peace.
As for Nassar, she will spend the
next year in the West Bank. She is interested in getting involved with the ELCA’s Peace Not Walls campaign. “I want us, the two peoples, to
be able to grow up without fear or uncertainty,” Nassar said.
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