![]() ![]() ![]() He went underground when he was sentenced to three years in prison. 19-21 at Cornell University.Ĭoordinated by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy (CRESP) at Cornell, the weekend includes a festival of music that includes Michelle Shocked, Stephan Smith, and Bread and Puppet Theater on the Arts Quad, a debate on the role of direct action and voting in political discourse, and remarks and a sermon by Berrigan.īerrigan, an American Jesuit priest as well as a poet, playwright, teacher and civil disobedience activist, was chaplain at Cornell in 1970 when he carried out nonviolent resistance to the Vietnam War by burning draft registration records. ![]() Jack Lewis, who led Cornell United Religious Work (CURW) during the tumultuous anti-Vietnam War era, a weekend of festivities titled "Celebrating Peace Activism: America Is Still Hard to Find" and a visit from Berrigan are slated for Sept. To raise awareness about social justice and peace movements and to reflect on the work of peace activist Father Daniel Berrigan and the late Rev. ![]()
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