PeaceSmiths How-To End The Wars and Create a Non-Violent Society Forum. Friday, January 16, 2009. This is one section of the evening. Audience member Maxwell Corydon Wheat, Jr. (Nassau County Poet Laureate) presents his thoughts on the Mimetic Theory of Rene Girard. His thoughts are responded to by a panel of artists: Charlotte Koons, Steven Schmidt, and Sonny Meadows. More on Mimetic Theory is at: http://preachingpeace.org More info about PeaceSmiths, Inc. community organization for peace and social justice is at :http://www.peacesmiths.org. PeaceSmiths will utilize this same format for their next forum: Thursday, April 16, 2009: "How-To Save The Earth in Two Minutes". Audience members may bring their 2 minute presentation, poem, treatise, or song on the subject and a panel of artists will respond. MC of this event, and PeaceSmiths interim Coordintator: Kimberly Wilder.