Memphis Peace & Harmony Days 2011

Janice Vanderhaar has dedicated her life to working for peace and justice, and is a member of Pax Christi, the International Catholic Peace Movement. She was a founding member of the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center and the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. She serves on the board of the World Cataract Foundation, and is chair of the Vanderhaar Symposium at Christian Brothers University which she established in memory of her late husband, Gerard Vanderhaar. Dr. Vanderhaar was a vocal and well known advocate for non-violence.

Janice has received many awards for her work in the field of peace and justice and among them are the Bishop Carroll T. Dozier Peace and Justice Award, the Catherine of Sienna Award, 50 Women Who Make a Difference and the Muslims of Memphis Award for her work in promoting interfaith relations.

She has served as a secondary school teacher, a social worker for MIFA, and as Director of Adult Education for the Diocese of Memphis.

She and her husband, Edwin Wallin, are currently serving together on the steering committee for the Shelby County Veterans whose mission is to build care home for elderly and disabled veterans.

She and her husband are members of the Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit. She believes in the power of active nonviolence through building personal relationships in the Spirit of the Nonviolent Christ.



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	Janice Vanderhaar has dedicated her life to working for peace and justice, and is a member of Pax Christi, the International Catholic Peace Movement. She was a founding member of the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center and the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. She serves on the board of the World Cataract Foundation, and is chair of the Vanderhaar Symposium at Christian Brothers University which she established in memory of her late husband, Gerard Vanderhaar. Dr. Vanderhaar was a vocal and well known advocate for non-violence. Janice has received many awards for her work in the field of peace and justice and among them are the Bishop Carroll T. Dozier Peace and Justice Award, the Catherine of Sienna Award, 50 Women Who Make a Difference and the Muslims of Memphis Award for her work in promoting interfaith relations. She has served as a secondary school teacher, a social worker for MIFA, and as Director of Adult Education for the Diocese of Memphis. She and her husband, Edwin Wallin, are currently serving together on the steering committee for the Shelby County Veterans whose mission is to build care home for elderly and disabled veterans. She and her husband are members of the Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit. She believes in the power of active nonviolence through building personal relationships in the Spirit of the Nonviolent Christ.







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