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DoP Campaign – Third Wednesday Call 12-15-21

Hope Story Circle with Sandie Behrens - December 11, 2021

Sandie Behrens figured out the truth that she had been adopted at a very young age. After considering pursuing her real family several times over the years, she decided at the turn of the year she would turn 50, that this milestone warranted taking action - and she did. She found her mother, grandmother, two brothers and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and more. The lessons she learned were about forgiveness, grief, and nature vs. nurture. While Sandie’s story is unique to her experience, we all can ask the question - who am I? What have I experienced in life that brings me joy, and what have I experienced that brings me grief? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at our next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

 

DoP Campaign – Third Wednesday Call New Strategy Group and More 11-18-21

Hope Story Circle with Victoria Moore - November 13, 2021

Victoria Moore was raised by a single Mom who taught tap dance, and she took that mantle when her Mom was injured at just age 17, continuing with a career as a professional dancer touring with Broadway musicals, and then returning to teaching. A single performance inspired her to make tap dance available to people with disabilities, or elderly people to inspire them and improve their cognitive abilities. She took her Mom’s choreography and created a book that is being published, called Tap Dance for All - Adapting Instruction for Disability and Mobility Impairment. The inquiry focused on purpose, and access — was there something your heart felt drawn to do, and you were able to do it? Or you don’t know what it is, and you find access? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at our next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

National Monthly Peacebuilders Call - Compassionate High-Impact Dialogues in Sexual Violence

Hope Story Circle with Marita Fridjhon - October 23, 2021

Marita’s story began in her childhood growing up in a rural farm in South Africa, during Apartheid. From the separation of people of color, and the image held in her memory of people of color encircling the cemetery when her father was being buried when she was twelve years old, her life of work has been to bring people together with deepening understanding. The story continued to the last couple of years, when Covid has led to isolation. Yet, Marita shared an expression of connection with people in small ways that have a larger and long-lasting impact. What can each of us do to impact those around us, even if it might seem in small ways of support, connection, and joy? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at our next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

 

 

DoP Campaign – Guest Speaker Congressman McGovern (MA) – 10/20/21

National Monthly Peacebuilders Call

Hope Story Circle with Bunmi Emenanjo - October 9, 2021

Bunmi Emenanjo shared a story of personal growth, as a child born in the United States, moving back to Nigeria with her parents and older brother at age 2. Returning with her brother to the United States to go to college at age 16, she had to figure things out on her own, from her first job at McDonald’s to getting her first car, finishing undergraduate and then going to Law School. She just wrapped up a six-month assignment at the White House, working in the office of Science and Technology — a true dream come true, from dreams that began with a core group of friends at that first McDonald’s. Her company, Atlas Book Clubs  provides books delivered to children that educate about different countries and cultures, believing ’that kids exposed to different cultures develop global awareness and a perspective that can increase their empathy, compassion, acceptance and celebration of cultures unlike their own.’ Her own personal story focused on finding joy, and the joy that she has experienced all along the way of her journey. The inquiry was to ponder joy, and explore how each of us brings joy to our interactions in our lives. Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at our next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

Hope Story Circle with Christine Elliot - September 25, 2021

Christine Elliot, a long-time friend and supporter of the Peace Alliance, shared a story about her personal journey of waking up to her whiteness. Growing up in Canada where everyone was white, she was taught to be color-blind, to live by the golden rule and treat others as she would like to be treated. Moving to the United States and meeting her husband, who had been an activist focused on social justice and world events, she began a learning journey. Campaigning for Obama in 2008, they went to five states to go door to door, and met a beautiful black woman who, seeing their Obama t-shirts and buttons, came out of her home to hug Christine, saying ‘if he wins, we won’t have to be separated anymore.’ This was the beginning of a deeper path led by the minister at her church in San Diego first with black congregants, and then with white ones of which Christine was one, of education about the truth about racism in America. The Anti-Racism Institute that was born out of that exploration, and Christine is fully engaged as a member of the Board, sharing this education with others who want to understand, and who want to help make the changes needed. How can we begin to be comfortable being uncomfortable, as we learn and grow together? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at our next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!