Peace Activities at Earlham
News Archive
February 25, 2008
Former QUNO head Jack Patterson to Speak
Jack Patterson, former head of the Quaker United Nations Office in New York, will provide a discussion opportunity to consider the role of the international community and its response to protect victims of atrocities on at noon on Monday, February 25th in Landrum Bolling Center #208.
October 20, 2007
Priscilla Hayner wins Outstanding Alumni Award
Priscilla Hayner '85 is co-founder of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), an organization that assists countries pursuing accountability for past mass atrocity or human rights abuse. Hayner is the author of Unspeakable Truths, a study of "truth commissions" in more than 20 countries worldwide.
October 18, 2007
Chemical Weapons Dumping Presentation
Nadine Abdallah, Class of 2008, presents on chemical weapons dumping
September 27, 2007
Lee H. Hamilton discusses "War on Terror"
One of America's leading voices on foreign policy and terrorism is coming to Earlham College as a part of its Artist and Lecture Series. Lee H. Hamilton, the co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group and the vice-chairman of the 9/11 Commission, presents "War on Terrorism," on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. in Goddard Auditorium.
September 25, 2007
Healing and Restoring Cambodia through the Arts
International human rights leader Arn Chorn-Pond will share the story about how music saved his life and how it led him to help others recover from the trauma of war during Earlham College's first Artist and Lecture Series event of the semester.
September 24, 2007
New Online Journal Goes Live
Journal of Religion, Conflict, and Peace goes live at www.religionconflictpeace.org
December 21, 2006
Plowshares to revise curriculum guide
The Plowshares Collaborative will publish the 7th edition of Peace and World Security Studies: A Curriculum Guide. The guide is a valuable tool for colleges and universities in the US and abroad who are designing peace studies programs or updating courses.
September 22, 2005
In Solidarity: Engaging Empire
Kelli Yoder Next month, Goshen College will be hosting the third annual Plowshares Student & PJSA National Peace & Justice Conference, entitled “In Solidarity Engaging Empire.” This weekend event will be packed with 60 workshops, panel discussions, films, speakers, and strategy sessions. Participants will tackle topics such as dismantling systems of oppression, strategies for overturning empire, racism, white supremacy and white privilege, nonviolence and more. The event takes place October 6-9, leaving students plenty of time to become involved.
September 12, 2005
Mary Lind Appointed Associate Director of Indianapolis Peace House
Indianapolis, IN, September 8, 2005. Mary Lind of Portland, Oregon, was appointed Associate Director of Indianapolis Peace House. Her duties will begin October 1.
September 21, 2004
Open house dedicates Indianapolis Peace House
Peace House opens its first semester with a gathering of the Collaborative's colleges and friends.
February 15, 2004
Former first lady accepts position promoting peace and justice studies
FORMER FIRST LADY TAKES POSITION AS PLOWSHARES DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
January 7, 2004
Plowshares Names Associate Director for Indianapolis Peace House
Ruth Hill, a specialist in peace and justices studies, has been appointed associate director of the new Indianapolis Peace House, a component of the Plowshares project of Earlham, Goshen and Manchester colleges. Her appointment is effective Monday, January 12.
November 2, 2003
Three Plowshares Students in Conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Kashish Shrestha (Nepal), Hussein Yussuf (Somalia), and Fadi Elsalameen can speak first hand of the effects of war on young people in their countries. These students from Manchester, Goshen, and Earlham Colleges respectively come from areas of the world where military and paramilitary conflicts involve children and youth.
August 15, 2003
Miller Farm Students Cultivate Community Supported Agriculture Effort
In a program called Community Supported Agriculture, several Earlham students have joined with Richmond area consumers to create a new option for growing and receiving vegetables this summer.
August 1, 2003
Plowshares brings three experts in conflict resolution
A groundbreaking Indiana-based peace education project funded by a $13.8 million Lilly Endowment Inc. grant has selected its three keystone professors. They are a Dublin-based world authority on bigotry and reconciliation, an expert in Islamic issues and civilization and a former theologian who has lobbied Congress and the United Nations on peace issues.
February 4, 2003
The Rewards of Simplicity to be the Focus of Earlham Conference from February 28 - March 2
In a world that often seems insane with striving and busyness, people can wonder whether they are losing touch with something more fundamental, more important.
January 1, 2003
Quakers and Peace: The Spirituality of Peacemaking By Jay Marshall
Hardly any American has escaped the task of pondering responses to acts of terrorism in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. While many voices advocate for military action, not all are convinced. Members of historic peace church groups have been adamant that alternatives to violence are the best response to brutal acts of terrorism.
January 1, 2003
David Leeper to Direct Earlham's Plowshares Peace Projects
Earlham has hired David Leeper, an attorney, pastor, mediator, and educator to direct the College's portion of the Plowshares Peace Project.
January 1, 2003
Earlham to Strengthen Peace Programs with Sharing of $13.88 Million Lilly Endowment Grants
Earlham and two other Indiana colleges are collaborating together to strengthen peace, justice and conflict studies on the three campuses, in Indianapolis, and across the nation and world, thanks to a $13.88 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
