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 Please Note: The information below is from Cheri's September 14, 2008 email. Read about the Los Angeles PeaceStorming in a blog about the event written by participants.
We recently mentioned a new direction for the Peace Project, tying together the practice of peace through service with our working meditation retreats. It began when I had a vision of going around doing evening talks in some of the smaller cities I rarely get a chance to visit. Usually people have to come to us, and I wanted to turn that around as much as possible by dividing up the country into several sections and touring the medium-sized cities in each section: barnstorming. That then became Peacestorming when we combined the visits with a working meditation retreat in one of the locations, doing whatever service project the community wanted us to do. (This is inspired by St. Francis who would go from town to town assisting in whatever projects needed doing in exchange for food and using that connection as an opportunity to further spiritual awareness and practice.)
As things magically and mysteriously unfold, Beyond Shelter, a non-profit in Los Angeles devoted to ending homelessness (and our future partners in providing low-income housing in Ndola, Zambia), came forward to suggest L.A. as our first Peacestorming endeavor. Perfect. They know what needs to be done, L.A. is close to home, they’re very well connected in the larger community, can help us with accommodations for the retreatants, a big enough room for evening groups, and so forth. So, that’s our plan. We are waiting to hear exact dates but are looking at somewhere in the first two weeks of December. We thought this would be a good time as people often think of service work around the holidays, and we could bring energy and focus to some really important work that’s being done. We’ve decided to make this an annual event, at least for this year and 2008. Next year, we will pick a location in the south, possibly around New Orleans. More information coming your way soon.
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