The 36th annual Coalition for Peace Action Conference and Interfaith Service will be held Sunday Nov. 8 in Princeton from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
PRINCETON - The 36th annual Coalition for Peace Action Conference and Interfaith Service for Peace will be held on Sunday in Princeton. This year's focus is on "New Horizons for Peacemaking and Equality."
The event will bring 33 religious and civic groups together to discuss various topics that focus on global issues, such as the "No War, No Warming Campaign," said the Rev. Robert Moore, executive director for the Coalition for Peace Action in Princeton.
"A lot of people don't know that the climate crisis is a cause for many wars," Moore said. "It's a pre-cursor to what is going on in Syria right now."
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He said another topic of discussion will be the "militarization of the police" and "mass incarceration."
"In Ferguson, when I saw on television police coming out dressed in military garb, I thought 'what country do I live in?'" Moore said.
Other topics will include gun-violence prevention and drone warfare.
The Interfaith Service - led by the Rev. Dr. Susan Thistlewaite - begins at 11 a.m. at the Princeton University Chapel and is free to the public.
The conference will be held from 1:30-5 p.m. at the Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton. Admission is limited to 130 people. Registration can be completed at the Coalition for Peace Action website or by calling 609-924-5022.
To kick off the conference, Allentown High School student Bianca Allen - also a member of the NAACP Trenton Chapter Youth - will perform a song.
Moore said Allen is an "accomplished young singer" who recently performed at the open of the NAACP Trenton Chapter Freedom Fund Awards Gala.
The conference is free for students, $20 for people of limited income, $30 for coalition members and $40 for non-members, Moore said.
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