Are you a Marquette student interested in discussing peace and nonviolence with fellow students? Email jenna.harb@marquette.edu for event notices. These events are open to all Marquette students, even if you are not a Peace Studies major or minor.
Inspired by the 鈥渞oundtable discussions鈥� of Peter Maurin and the Catholic Worker Movement, Soup with Substance is a noontime presentation on an issue related to social justice over a simple meal of soup and bread. View the schedule. .
Tuesday, Nov 12 | 2-3 pm | AMU Lunda Room
One year after testifying to the United Nations Security Council on why facilitating weapons transfers into conflict areas is a detriment to peace, Col. Ann Wright will give an update on how the military-industrial complex continues to undermine international diplomatic efforts to achieve peace. Her UN testimony specifically drew attention to the United States鈥� role in prolonging conflicts by undermining ceasefire talks and supplying weapons in Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Gaza.
Wright will share insights from her decades of involvement in conflict areas, first as a military official, later as a U.S. diplomat, and now as a peace activist. She will explain why she believes diplomacy is our best hope for peace鈥攁nd what we can do when powerful forces conspire to derail diplomatic efforts.
Ann Wright served 29 years in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves, where she retired as a Colonel. She was U.S. diplomat for 16 years, serving in U.S. Embassies in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan, and Mongolia. In 2003, she resigned from the U.S. government in opposition to the U.S. war on Iraq. Her anti-war activism over the past 20 years has spanned from Washington D.C. to Gaza, Israel, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Yemen, Cuba, and North and South Korea. She serves on the boards of CODEPINK, Veterans For Peace, International Peace Bureau, World BEYOND War, Gaza Freedom Flotilla, NO to NATO, Hawaii Peace and Justice, Pacific Peace Network, and Women Cross DMZ. She received the US Peace Prize by the US Peace Memorial Foundation in 2017. She is the co-author of 鈥淒issent: Voices of Conscience鈥�.
Friday, Apr 4 | 糖心传媒
糖心传媒 will host the 2025 WIPCS Student & Faculty Conference. More details including the theme, call for proposals, and registration information will be posted when it is available.
