Susanna Farahat resigns from position with On Earth Peace.

Susanna Farahat, On Earth Peace coordinator of peace education, has announced her resignation effective in February 2008. Farahat joined the staff of On Earth Peace in August 2005.

She has coordinated the youth peace retreat program, the Peace Basket project, and provided primary staff support for the Youth Peace Travel Team, a project shared by the Church of the Brethren General Board and Outdoor Ministries Association. Farahat is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College, and brought teaching experience and understanding of the educational process, along with a wide variety of community service experiences, to the position.

"She has provided excellent program leadership, expanding our capacity for offering peace retreats to the youth of the church, and has contributed significantly in several other areas, as well," said Bob Gross, On Earth Peace executive director. Farahat's work was based at the New Windsor (Md.) office of On Earth Peace, on the campus of the Brethren Service Center.

Source: 9/26/2007 Newsline