Olive Branch Peace Meals


Date, Time and Location	Event
Mondays: Sept. 9, Sept. 30, Oct. 21, and Nov. 11 2024 Cassandra Voss Center	Olive Branch Peace Meals Olive Branch Peace Meals offers a path forward to build community and understanding across lines of divisions – from religion, race, culture, political affiliation, gender, and other aspects of identity – by gathering at the common table for food, friendship, and hospitality.
Monday, Sept. 9, 2024 Cassandra Voss Center	Session One: Intro to Peace Meals Peace Meal Peeps, that is, students who were nominated by faculty/staff and accepted into the program, will gather to learn about skills of authentic dialogue.
Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 Cassandra Voss Center	Session Two: Bridging Political Divides Ben Cominos, host of the morning show “Outside the Box” on WHBY, will share his personal and professional story and engage students in conversation about bridging political divides.
Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 Cassandra Voss Center	Session Three: Humanizing Immigration Amanda Garcia, SNC alum and Director of Casa Alba Melanie, will share her personal and professional story and engage students in conversation about immigration.
Monday, Nov. 11 Cassandra Voss Center	Session Four: Interreligious Encounter SNC's own Dr. Andrew O'Connor will share his personal and professional story and engage students in conversation about interreligious encounter and dialogue.

Date, Time and Location

Event

Mondays: Sept. 9, Sept. 30, Oct. 21, and Nov. 11 2024

Cassandra Voss Center

Olive Branch Peace Meals

Olive Branch Peace Meals offers a path forward to build community and understanding across lines of divisions – from religion, race, culture, political affiliation, gender, and other aspects of identity – by gathering at the common table for food, friendship, and hospitality.

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Monday, Sept. 9, 2024

Cassandra Voss Center

Session One: Intro to Peace Meals

Peace Meal Peeps, that is, students who were nominated by faculty/staff and accepted into the program, will gather to learn about skills of authentic dialogue.

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Monday, Sept. 30, 2024

Cassandra Voss Center

Session Two: Bridging Political Divides

Ben Cominos, host of the morning show “Outside the Box” on WHBY, will share his personal and professional story and engage students in conversation about bridging political divides.

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Monday, Oct. 21, 2024

Cassandra Voss Center

Session Three: Humanizing Immigration

Amanda Garcia, SNC alum and Director of Casa Alba Melanie, will share her personal and professional story and engage students in conversation about immigration.

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Monday, Nov. 11

Cassandra Voss Center

Session Four: Interreligious Encounter

SNC's own Dr. Andrew O'Connor will share his personal and professional story and engage students in conversation about interreligious encounter and dialogue.

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About Peace Meals

A four-part small group dialogue program with dinner is held each semester. Open to all St. Norbert students, but because space is limited, application (by nomination) and registration is required.

Across cultures and religious traditions, sharing a meal around the table is commonplace. Who we invite – or choose not to invite – to the table holds meaning. Today, when people do not know each other, broad assumptions and judgments are made, often based on minimal truth and little understanding. As a result, individuals and communities can become disconnected and suspicious of one another.