Join The Interfaith Peace Working Group of Wisconsin’s Spring 2026 conference, Nonviolence in Action: An Interfaith Conversation on Building the Beloved Community. Schedule for the day includes two keynotes speakers and multiple opportunities to engage in workshops.

Keynote Speakers

• Revolutionary Love: Healing the Wounds of Violence
  Shane Claiborne heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks who are committed to living “as if Jesus meant the things he said.” Shane’s faith has led him to jail advocating for the homeless, and to places like Iraq and Afghanistan to stand against war. He has worked to end the death penalty and help stop gun violence.

• Courage for Peace, Not for War
  Kathy Kelly is Board President of World BEYOND War. A peace activist, she co-founded Voices in the Wilderness in 1996, a group which bore witness to the suffering of Iraq due to US/UN-imposed sanctions. From 2005 to 2020, she worked with Voices for Creative Nonviolence, which opposed U.S. economic and military warfare in the Middle East and drone warfare.

Workshops

• Alternatives to Militarism

• Criminal Justice Reform

• Gun Violence Prevention & The Peace of God

• Immigration/Know Your Rights

• Nonviolent Action For Our Climate

• Poor Peoples Campaign for Economic Justice

• Protecting Our Democracy

• Visions of a Just Peace between Buddhists & Israelis

Schedule
8:00 AM to 3:15 PM Keynotes and Workshops
3:15-5:15 PM Action at the Capital (Optional)

$20 Registration (scholarships available upon request) includes lunch

Conference Co-sponsors: Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes, Fellowship of Reconciliation USA, Flame of Hope International, Friends of Sabeel North America, Friends Meeting of Madison, Holy Wisdom Ministry Social Justice Committee, Madison Mennonite Church, Mennonite Action Madison, Midvale Lutheran Church, Pax Christi Madison, Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice, Wisconsin Poor Peoples’ Campaign and World BEYOND War