On June 22 at noon, peace activist and author Art Gish will be at Lunch With Books at the Ohio County Public Library to lead a dialogue on nonviolent peacemaking in the Middle East. Mr. Gish has been active in peace and social justice work for the past fifty years, beginning with work as a conscientious objector. He worked in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, and has actively opposed United States involvement in wars since his youth. He has been working with Christian Peacemaker Teams in the Middle East since 1995. Gish is the author of Beyond the Rat Race (1972), Living in Christian Community (1979), and Hebron Journal: Stories of Nonviolent Peacemaking (2001). He also operates Dutch Creek Community, an organic farm in Athens, Ohio. Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch and free beverages are provided. Please call the library at 304-232-0244 for more information.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Peacemaking and Organic Farming
On June 22 at noon, peace activist and author Art Gish will be at Lunch With Books at the Ohio County Public Library to lead a dialogue on nonviolent peacemaking in the Middle East. Mr. Gish has been active in peace and social justice work for the past fifty years, beginning with work as a conscientious objector. He worked in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, and has actively opposed United States involvement in wars since his youth. He has been working with Christian Peacemaker Teams in the Middle East since 1995. Gish is the author of Beyond the Rat Race (1972), Living in Christian Community (1979), and Hebron Journal: Stories of Nonviolent Peacemaking (2001). He also operates Dutch Creek Community, an organic farm in Athens, Ohio. Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch and free beverages are provided. Please call the library at 304-232-0244 for more information.
Quote from Wheeling News-Register, August 1, 2010 by Linda Comins, e-mail: Comins@news-register.net
ReplyDeleteA representative of Ohio Valley PEACE related that internationally-known peace activist Art Gish - who made a controversial appearance at the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling Tuesday, June 22 - died in a tractor accident at his Athens County, Ohio, farm Wednesday, July 28.
According to an article in the Columbus Dispatch, Gish, 70, was operating a tractor on his farm when it flipped over. "Gish was trapped beneath the tractor, which then caught fire. He was pronounced dead at the scene," the newspaper report stated.