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24-March-1998 
98100 
 
    Entertainers Add Glitz to Peacemaking Conference 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Continuing its tradition of mixing pleasure with business, 
the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program has lined up a star-studded array of 
entertainment for the 1998 Peacemaking Conference, July 15-19 in Los 
Angeles. 
 
    Featured guests will be Jennifer Delora, who has appeared in more than 
20 films as well as on television and on the Broadway stage, and Mike 
Farrell, who played B.J. Honeycutt on the hit television program "M*A*S*H." 
 
    Other entertainment will be provided by Hispanic opera singers "The 
Three Tenors," the Hanmi Presbytery Pastors Choir and - in line with the 
conference's focus on human rights -  a group of Hollywood performers in a 
one-time musical revue, "Hollywood Entertains for Human Rights." 
 
    Delora, in addition to acting, is director of the Bridges Sign Choir, 
an all-deaf children's sign language choir that has performed live 
throughout southern California and on network television.  She has also 
served as a consultant, adviser and teacher for a number of motion pictures 
and television shows.  She has taught sign language to such performers as 
JoBeth Williams, Ann-Margaret, Kris Kristofferson, Kellie Martin and Ellen 
DeGeneres. 
 
    Farrell, one of Hollywood's most prominent social activists, will not 
perform but will share his experience and involvement in human rights 
issues. 
 
    He has also hosted numerous conservation and wildlife programs for the 
Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and has appeared in many public service 
announcements on behalf of the sanctuary movement, the ethical treatment of 
animals, encouraging kids to stay in school, women's shelters, handgun 
control, alcohol and drug prevention, and a host of other social issues. 
 
    Farrell is currently co-chair of Human Rights Watch in California, 
president of Death Penalty Focus, a member of the advisory board of the 
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, a member of the board of 
advisers of the Cult Awareness Network and a founding board member of Peace 
Studies ATV, an inmate-developed alternatives-to-violence program at the 
Augusta Correctional Center in Virginia. 
 
    After a trip to Bosnia and Somalia on behalf of the United Nations 
(U.N.), Farrell was named Good Will Ambassador for the U.N. High 
Commissioner for Refugees.  He has also traveled to Cuba, Rwanda, Kenya, 
Zaire, the Middle East, Mexico, El Salvador, Paraguay and Chile in support 
of various relief, refugee and human rights groups. 
 
    More information about the 1998 Presbyterian Peacemaking Conference is 
obtainable by writing to Conference Registrar, Presbyterian Peacemaking 
Program, 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, KY 40202, or by calling 
1-800-338-4987. 

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