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Goals of the Collaborative

We are committed to joining together in a new effort—the Plowshares Collaborative—to strengthen peace studies on our campuses, in Indiana, and across the United States. Over a four-year grant period, we propose to demonstrate that we can develop programs that will mutually reinforce one another:

We will strengthen our campus peace studies programs with:

1. Faculty Development
2. Grants for Students
3. On-Campus Special Events
4. Library Resources
5. Support for Campus Programs

We will develop courses on each campus that can be taken by students on the other two campuses, including:

1. "Smart" Classrooms
2. Instructional Materials for Electronic Classrooms.

We will initiate Peace House, a residential program in Indianapolis for students, and:

1. Provide an opportunity for our students and those from other colleges and universities to extend their work in peace studies, especially where field experience intersects with classroom learning
2. Offer a place to develop new approaches to the study and practice of peace and justice in cooperation with other Indianapolis organizations that share such commitments

From a base at Peace House, we will lay the groundwork for continuing conflict resolution work in metropolitan Indianapolis by:

1. Resources for Community Outreach
2. Host a National/International Peace Organization

We will provide opportunities in peace studies for faculty and students at other colleges and universities, including:

1. Undergraduate Conferences
2. Visiting Students to the Three Colleges
3. Peace Academies

We will strengthen dialogue among the three peace church denominations

We will draw attention to the three colleges and to Indiana as significant sites for peace studies, by:

1. Public Events in Indianapolis.

We will draw nationally recognized scholars/teachers to lead our peace studies programs