Beryl Smith and Herbert Fischer, congregants at St. Marks Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, on present “Great Decisions” a series Monday nights from 7:00-8:30, starting January 25th and continuing through March 14th. The forum is open to the public at: St. Marks 2200 San Joaquin Hills Rd, Newport Beach.

During the second half, Ali Shakeri, Iranian-American peace activist comments extensively on how far recent pursuits have come bringing parties together along the Iranian and American divide. He speaks from his experience in detention at Evin Prison in 2007, as a board member of U.C. Irvine’s Center for Citizen Peace Building, and over 30 years of local and international promotion of democratic processes.