Peace On Podcast by The Peace Alliance

March 2021 National Monthly Action Call

Teachers' work has taken on new dimensions this past year, from elevated health risks to expanded technology skills to coping with students' and colleagues' pandemic stresses.

Join us this Tuesday and connect with a panel of leading-edge educators, facing these challenges with a new generation of powerful peacebuilding tools and strategies. 

Linda Ryden is the creator of the Peace of Mind curriculum series - combining social-emotional learning, conflict resolution, and social justice education for elementary and middle school students.

Kelli Love is a global leader in the Mindfulness in Education field - a trainer, mentor, and filmmaker promoting yoga and mindfulness in schools.

And, E.J. Anderson is the Executive Director of On Track Greenville (SC), at the United Way of Greenville - bringing his distinguished experience as an educator embracing mindfulness into efforts at addressing poverty and ensuring student success.

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Our presenter for this panel is our Council Lead for Peacebuilding in Schools - Jelena Popovic - a highly accomplished educator and trainer in her own right!

Hope Story Circle with Bill Strickland - February 27, 2021

Bill Strickland has enjoyed many careers, from botany to performing as a dancer/singer/actor, to becoming a lawyer working in the banking and philanthropic sectors. He shared two stories with a common thread about how something that was once an irritant became a gem, a pearl. The inquiry was to reflect on what irritants we may have, and what gem do they bring to us? How does empathy shift our perceptions? 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 Lois Anne - February 13, 2021

Lois Anne is an artist and poet, and later in life is pursuing her Masters of Fine Arts, to be completed in July despite several hurdles. She is also a two-time cancer survivor. Her story has many threads, including Buddhism and laughter — at one moment, brought together in joy! The inquiry was all about how we bring together our relationship to change and learning. What matters most shows up - and how do we react? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at our next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

February 2021 Action Call

After September 11th, 2001, our human family will never be quite the same.  We have been adjusting to this new world ever since.

Join us and connect with Nancy Meyer, whose younger brother lost his wife on one of those planes on that fateful day.  Nancy has transmuted some of the damage done to her family, and created waves for new ways of being with each other.  She has raised her voice and borne witness from New York to Hiroshima to the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba where suspects implicated in the 9/11 attacks are still awaiting some form of justice. 

Learn how we may join Nancy, and the September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, in weaving our sorrows into the world we wish for!!

Hope Story Circle with Rob Graydon - January 23, 2021

Rob Graydon, filmmaker, joined us today to tell a powerful story about a piece of a painting that he discovered when visiting with Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. This discovery has led to a journey of his lifetime, to create a film about putting these pieces together, with the artist Franz Trenk. More is yet to come on this journey. The inquiry for everyone present was this: what piece of the picture do you carry? The strategic and tactical peacebuilding that is being done every day around the world isn’t clearly seen by many. How will each of us work to re-brand peace into something that people will understand, and that will excite people? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at our next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

January 2021 Peace Alliance Monthly Action Call

The chasms we experience, from family disconnections to workplace conflicts to political divides, may seem un-bridgable.  While each of us must choose for ourselves which bridges need building, we offer the possibility of grounded inspiration, and tools for your journey.

Join us tonight and connect with Jo Berry - the founder of "Building Bridges for Peace."  16 years after Jo's father was killed by an IRA bomb, she met with the man responsible - Pat Magee.  Their hundreds of conversations since then are at the core of an international movement for healing and understanding.

Hope Story Circle with Judy and Joel Kimmel - January 9, 2021

Judy Kimmel, Board Chair of the Peace Alliance, joined her husband of 50 years to share her part of the story that Joel had shared in previous Hope Story Circles. Having been married only 7 months, Joel had a very serious skiing accident. In a dream, Judy experienced a vision that provided deep confirmation that he would recover. She didn’t know what form it would take, or how - but she knew that he would survive and be okay. The lessons they both took from the long experience of healing related to surrendering, holding vision and intention, and out of this came the perception of the distinction between doing and being. We are all familiar with 'to-do' lists on the doing side. On the being side, they shared the tool of writing 'have happened' statements. ‘Have happened’ statements state the vision, and the purpose it serves — and then they are released, and we allow them to become. 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 Dee Shanti - December 19th, 2020

Dee Shanti, the new Managing Director of the Peace Alliance joined us to share her very personal journey of understanding racism. As a descendant of prominent Confederate leaders, her understanding grew more specific and current with the 2015 massacre at Mother Emanuel Church in her town of Charleston, SC. She shared her reckoning of the truth of what black people in this country have lived in, every day, and how she has taken on the awakening for racial inequity as a white person. There isn’t an end, no certificate of completion - it’s a journey. She shared a poem written after the murder of George Floyd earlier this year. The inquiry was for people to remember moment that caused a shift in understanding about race in the United States, and what that meant. Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at our next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

 

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Hope Story Circle with Mike Robbins - December 12th, 2020

Mike Robbins joined us once again, telling the story of how he was directed to write his most recent book, We’re All In This Together. He had published his fourth book in 2018, and was simply not interested in writing another book. His family wanted him to take a break, and he had no intention of embarking on writing another book at that time. His download was relentless, and he finally gave in — even having to fight for the title with his publisher. He dug in and wrote the book in 2019, and it was released in the spring of 2020 just as the pandemic  — and all that it brought  — was taking hold. The title became all the more important at this tender and fragile time. The inquiry is about understanding the wisdom that is flowing through you, and determining whether those messages are yours or are coming from external forces. How do we each hear the wisdom, and how do we distinguish what is important to act upon? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at the next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!