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<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(55,55,55)">The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center presents “</span><strong style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(55,55,55);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Seeing the Elephant: Why Does My World Look Different From Yours?</span></strong><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(55,55,55)">” a daylong “un-conference”<span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday, June 9, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm</span></span><span> </span>at University Congregational Church, 405 University Avenue.<span> <span> </span></span>Our world is changing rapidly.  It demands that we learn to cut through the mounting divisions that keep us separated to meet the unquestionable challenges of the emerging future together. When divisions dominate—whether politics, economics, cultures, issues, or opinions—we remain stuck in a worldview that is destined to fail. We are calling attention to the age-old parable of the blind men who each "see" different parts of the elephant and believe it to be the truth. There are many things that contribute to our different visions -- the blindfolds we wear, the culture we live in, and the politics, religion or other perspectives we believe in.  We ask you to join us as we search for the courage, compassion, and respect to learn new skills, build these new connections, and see beyond our own perspectives. </span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(55,55,55)">The event is free and open to the public; lunch, snacks, and evening reception included. Donations accepted. For more information contact:<span> </span></span><a style="color:blue;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(39,134,194);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;text-decoration-line:none">peace@jrpc.org</span></a><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(55,55,55)">.</span>

<br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" size="4"><b style="color:rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="2"><br></font></b></font><div style="text-align:center"><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Betsy Mulligan-Dague, Executive Director</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Jeannette Rankin Peace Center</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">...working to build a world that is nonviolent, socially just and environmentally sustainable...</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">519 S. Higgins</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Missoula, MT 59801</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Phone: 406-543-3955</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Fax:  406-541-3997</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:peace@jrpc.org" target="_blank">peace@jrpc.org</a></span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.jrpc.org" target="_blank">www.jrpc.org</a></span></div></div></div>
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