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February 2023

George Lakey Book & Speaking Event
When: Monday, February 13 2023 @ 06:00 pm - - 07:30pm
Event Type: Sponsored Events
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Where: First Presbyterian Church Lounge
1140 Cowper St
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Description: George Lakey, a long time peace activist and Quaker, will be speaking and sharing from his recent memoir, "Dancing with History." LIVE STREAM AND IN-PERSON EVENT Event sponsored by Reach and Teach, Multifaith Voices for Peace & Justice, First Presbyterian Church and the Peninsula Peace & Justice Center. Join Quaker Activist and Master Storyteller George Lakey as he shares vignettes from his life at the center of history-making events as one of the world's most effective practitioners and teachers of nonviolent resistance, from Vietnam to El Salvador and Boston to Bolivia, he has danced through history and taught tens of thousands of others to dive into that dance. From the personal to the political, intimate, difficult, at times painful and other times joyful, come along on that dance and leave at the end of the evening empowered and hopeful.