Fr Peter Dougherty

Fr Peter Dougherty

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Michigan Peace Team (MPT) provides speakers about peace teams, nonviolent peacemaking and specific violence reduction projects.
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The following individuals served on peace teams in the West Bank and Gaza of Israel/Palestine; in Chiapas, Mexico; and at the US/Mexico border and are available to speak to your group, church or organization.

July 29, 2005 06:14 PM zro@michiganpeaceteam.org

Fr Peter Dougherty

Peter, a 71 year old Catholic priest, has been a fulltime peacemaker for 27 years, and with Michigan Peace Team since its founding in 1993. He currently resides in Lansing, Michigan. He has been on peace teams in Bosnia, Haiti, Chiapas in Mexico, Iraq, and Palestine. He is an MPT nonviolence trainer. Peter coordinates the MPT Faith Community Peace Team Project. He has spent two years in jails for civil disobedience, mainly against nuclear weapons. Peter has worked for human rights and peace in the West Bank and Gaza on several teams.

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