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<p><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:red'>PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Chris Young,</span></font><font
size=2 color="#222222" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#222222'> <a href="mailto:chrisyoung@berkeley.net"
target="_blank"><font color="#3333ff"><span style='color:#3333FF'>chrisyoung@berkeley.net</span></font></a> </span></font><font
size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>or </span></font><font size=1 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Rachel Chodorow-Reich,</span></font><font
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Arial;color:#222222'> <a href="mailto:+rcr@berkeley.net" target="_blank"><font
color="#3333ff"><span style='color:#3333FF'>rcr@berkeley.net</span></font></a></span></font><font
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font-family:Arial'>Dear BHS Parents and Community Members,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Rachel Chodorow-Reich and I started designing a new course
last year called "Nonviolence: Theory and Practice".  We hope to
run a section or two of it for the 2013-2014 academic year.  It is an
elective social science course.    <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If you know a student who might want to make the most of
such a course, please send us her or his name.  We will send an
introductory letter to the student you suggest inviting her or him to a
lunch meeting to learn more.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We are very excited about the potential impact of this
course, and would like to personally recruit a strong and diverse cohort.
 While we would like students to have some high school history and writing
courses under their belts, we gladly welcome any students you think are ready
to benefit from critical thinking, discussion about and<font color=black><span
style='color:black'> </span></font>practicing <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>ahimsa</span></i> (nonviolence) and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>satyagraha</span></i> (soul force) in their
lives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We will challenge students to understand more deeply the
history of nonviolence and the different types of violence and peace we see in
our daily lives and in global issues.  They will have the opportunity to
connect with and partner with local nonviolence leaders and organizations
carrying out social or environmental activism.  Students will carry out
nonviolent action projects of their own design, taking on a personal, community,
or global issue important to them.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>To learn more about the course, visit its webpage at: <a
href="https://sites.google.com/a/berkeley.net/nonviolence/" target="_blank"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>https://sites.google.com/a/berkeley.net/nonviolence/</span></font></a>.
 If you have ideas, resources, or other contributions to make towards the
development of our new course we are also happy to receive those!  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thank you for your interest and support,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Chris and Rachel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Diane Douglas, Marguerite Fa-Kaji and Lisa
Sibony are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the etree; please direct any
questions to them at </span></font><font color=black><span
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