NCC LogoNorthampton Community College (NCC) will hold its third annual Peace and Justice Conference on Tuesday, March 26 and Wednesday, March 27 at the Lipkin Theatre, Kopecek Hall, Main Campus, 3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem Township. 

Charles Eisenstein, the keynote speaker, will discuss “Money and the Turning of the Age.”  He is the author of three books: Sacred Economics, The Ascent of Humanity and The Yoga of Eating. 

The schedule for the conference is as follows:

Tuesday, March 26:

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.  Community groups/student presentations
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  Keynote talk: Money and the Turning of the Age. 
12:45 – 1:45 p.m.  Charles Eisenstein workshop I: The Eyes of the Gift: Empowering the Change Agent. 
2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Charles Eisenstein workshop II
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.  Q & A
3:30 – 4:15 p.m.  Meditation led by Dr. Harold Weiss, professor, philosophy

Wednesday, March 27:

Screening of Half-the-Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.  Half-the-Sky is a PBS documentary based on the book of the same title by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.  Segments of the film include:

9:10 – 9:50 a.m. “Gender-based Violence”
10:10 – 10:50 a.m.  “Sex Trafficking”
11:10 – 11:50 a.m. “Education
12:10 – 12:50 p.m. “Maternal Mortality”
1:10 – 1:50 p.m. “Forced Prostitution
2:10 – 2:50 p.m.  “Economic Empowerment”

The conference is free and open to the public. 

For more information contact Ken Burak, associate professor of philosophy, 610-332-6128, or Kiki Anastasakos, associate professor of political science, 610-861-5568.