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UMass Extension/Earth Connection 02 invite the UMass campus and surrounding communities to join us for a lecure and discussion on Friday evening, March 29:

LIVING WITH CONVICTION IN A CYNICAL TIME
How can you make your voice heard and your actions count?

PAUL ROGAT LOEB
Author of SOUL OF A CITIZEN and GENERATION AT THE CROSSROADS: APATHY AND ACTION ON THE AMERICAN CAMPUS

Friday, March 29
7:00 p.m.
UMass Campus Center Auditorium
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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What leads some citizens to get involved in larger issues while others feel overwhelmed and uncertain? What does it take to maintain commitment for the long haul? How can all of us live with greater courage and integrity?

"A powerful prescription for the cure of the insidious disease of cynicism." Ralph Nader

"Tells wonderful stories and offers powerful lessons about how citizens of all ages have engaged themselves in their communities and worked for a more just world in a variety of ways." Youth Service America

"The voices Loeb finds demonstrate that courage can be another name for love." Alice Walker

"Paul Loeb is one of the finest spokespeople I know for a spiritually based citizen activism." Marianne Williamson

For more information on Paul Loeb and his ideas, visit his web site at http://www.soulofacitizen.org

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This lecture and discussion is a part of the Earth Connection,
an action conference for the environment at UMass

Sponsored by UMass Extension

ALL ARE WELCOME!

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