Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center

Is there a place for nonviolent action in our world? The 2012 Lake Junaluska Peace Conference, "Love in Action: The Transformative Power of Nonviolence," will draw upon the lessons of nonviolent campaigns and their leaders who discovered a force that can change the world. Participants will explore the principles and learn the applications of nonviolence as taught by Gandhi, King, and many spiritual leaders who offered this alternative paradigm for resolving conflict, achieving justice, and building peace.

2012 Speakers include: 

• Leymah Gbowee, Liberian Peace Activist and Nobel Peace Prize Winner
• Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr., Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, Candler School of Theology
• Michael Nagler, President of the Metta Center for Nonviolence
• Alan Storey, Central Methodist Mission in Cape Town, Africa
• More to be announced.

The 2011 Lake Junaluska Peace Conference
The fourth annual Lake Junaluska Peace Conference, “Poverty, Abundance, and Peace:  Seeking Economic Justice for All God’s Children,”  will lift up some of the systemic causes of poverty and economic disparity to help participants better understand these issues and to be equipped as change agents to work for alleviating these causes of poverty for a more just and peaceful world.

Resources: 

• Rebuild Sudan - Building a foundation, educating the future, promoting peace
• What Does God Want From Us  (PDF) - Rabbi Mordechai Liebling; November 14, 2011
• Where Children Sleep - A photo journal illustrating abundance and poverty.
• "Economic Struggles in Virginia - Becoming involved in your community" - Blank Street documentary film
• Blank Street film project NPR Interview Segment