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News and Events
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ONGOING - Global Peace initiatives offers free Peace Hikes
in Indianapolis, rain or shine. Meet at 5 p.m. Tuesdays in the parking
lot of the Garfield Park Conservatory, 2450 Shelby St. Meditation hikes
start at 5 p.m. Thursdays from the Efroymson Family Entrance pavilion
at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Rd. Details: 317/222-1556
or www.globalpeaceinitiatives.net
Midwest
Pages to Prisoners Project strives to encourage self-education among prisoners,
aid in the rehabilitation process and stimulate critical
thinking behind bars. Volunteers collect reading materials such
as dictionaries, thesauri, law books, westerns and history books for free
distribution to prisoners who request titles. A Bloomington group meets
Sundays at 2 p.m. and Mondays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. at Boxcar Books,
118 S. Rogers, Suite 2. Call 812/339-8710 or write to boxcar@boxcarbooks.org;
www.boxcarbooks.org.
The National
Priorities Project is a nonpartisan nonprofit education and advocacy organization
that details how your tax dollars are being spent.
The project’s Web site is a running total of expenditures in Iraq with
options to find out how the money could be used on other programs such
as housing, education and health care. http://costofwar.com
Networking
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Bloomington
The
Bloomington Peace Action Coalition meets from 6 to 7 p.m. the first Monday
each month in Room 1-C of the Monroe County Public Library. Current
activities include supporting U.S. House Concurrent Resolution 35, which
calls for an end to the occupation by developing and implementing a plan
for immediate removal of U.S. forces from Iraq. The full text of the resolution
and related literature can be downloaded at www.BPAC.info.
Details: Timothy Baer, BPACpeace@hotmail.com,
or 812/988-1917.
A
peace vigil and demonstration against war is held every Wednesday from
5 to 6 p.m. on the steps of the Monroe County Courthouse, organized
by the Bloomington Peace Action Coalition. www.BPAC.info.
Columbus
The
Columbus Peace Fellowship meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each
month in the Laws Room of First Presbyterian Church, 512 Seventh St. Information:
Jo Lucas, 812/342-4850.
Fort
Wayne
Fort Wayne Peace Action holds a
vigil the first Saturday of every month from noon to 1 p.m. on Clinton
St. between Main and Berry to protest the continued U.S. occupation of
Iraq, and to demand that the president bring the troops home now!
http://www.fwagitator.org/.
Indiana
Equality is a statewide coalition working to amend Indiana's Civil Rights
Law to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected
classes.
Details: http://www.indianaequality.org/.
The
Agitator is a weekly update of Fort
Wayne Peace Action Coalition's activities
and a roundup of the week's news, published by longtime activist Dave
Lambert. Read it online at http://www.fwagitator.org/
Indianapolis
The
Women in Black
group in Indianapolis gathers rain or shine for silent protest on the
first Friday of each month from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the north
side of Monument Circle. WIB seeks to educate and energize the community
by focusing on what they believe the government should do to promote a
lasting peace in Palestine and Israel and by exposing the community to
the disastrous effects that current and historical policies have had on
Palestinians and Israelis. The group is committed to nonviolence and holds
silent vigils dressed in black as a way to make their position and sorrow
visible. Women are invited to join the protests. 317/846-3982; judith_a_king@hotmail.com.
Indianapolis Peace & Justice Center
meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Broadway United Methodist
Church, 609 E. 29th St. IPJC members hold a vigil for peace Fridays from
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the northwest corner of Michigan and Pennsylvania
Sts. 317/920-1510 or 317/926-4318; ronjane@igc.org.
South Bend
The Michiana Peace and Justice Coalition
offers a brochure entitled “The Costs of War” that was compiled by Patti
Sayre, of the Peace Not War group at Saint Mary’s College. Download a
copy from www.michianapeacejustice.org.
Terre
Haute
Terre Haute Stop War on Iraq
meets Mondays at United Ministries, 321 N. 7th St., on the ISU campus.
The group is involved in organizing local teach-ins and in circulating
a Women to Women letter, initiated by Women’s nternational League for
Peace and Freedom from U.S. women to Iraqi women. For more information:
stopwaroniraq@yahoo.com.
West
Lafayette
The Lafayette Area Peace Coalition
meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Sunday each month at the Unitarian Universalist
church, 333 Meridian St. (enter through doors on Smiley Street). www.lafayettepeace.org.
Peace Studies Programs in Indiana
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GRADUATE DEGREES
Associated
Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart)
M.A. in Peace Studies
http://www.ambs.edu/academics/degree-programs/master-of-arts-peace-studies
The purpose of the Master of Arts: Peace Studies (MAPS) program is to provide
the environment for a deepening understanding of and commitment to
the biblical vision of peace and justice and its embodiment in the
world.
Bethany Theological Seminary Graduate School of Theology (Richmond)
M.A.Th. or M.Div. in Religion with concentration in Peace & Justice
(with Earlham School of Religion)
http://www.bethanyseminary.edu/academics_programs/peace_studies
In 1971, Bethany Theological Seminary became one of the first academic
institutions to offer peace studies at the graduate level. The program
is grounded within the life of faith community that has been a historic
witness to peace.
Earlham School of Religion (Richmond)
Peace and Justice Studies
M.Div/M.Min. in Religion with concentration in Peace & Justice
(with Bethany Theological Seminary)
http://esr.earlham.edu/academics/peacejustice.html
This long-established program has a goal to make the world more peaceful
at every level — a world in which there is respect for the dignity
of human life and where nonviolent means are increasingly used in
the resolution of conflict.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (near Terre Haute)
and White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
M.A. in Earth Literacy
http://http//www.smwc.edu/academics/departments/graduate_studies/earth_literacy/index.php
Earth Literacy is interdisciplinary
learning that fosters the capacity to understand the world in order to
promote sustainability of the planet as a habitat for life. The Sisters
of Providence ministry of peace and justice is one of education, advocacy
and nonviolent resistance to the root causes of injustice.
University of Notre Dame (South Bend)
The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
M.A. in Peace Studies
http://kroc.nd.edu/programs/masters
Ph.D. in Peace Studies
http://kroc.nd.edu/programs/phd
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
DePauw
University (Greencastle)
B.A. in Conflict Studies (interdisciplinary)
http://www.depauw.edu/acad/conflict/index.asp
Because of its ubiquity and significance in human life, the study
of the process and resolution of conflict is increasingly claiming a central
place in the study of development in general and peaceful change in particular.
The Plowshares Collaborative
http://www.plowsharesproject.org/index.php
The Plowshares Collaborative was formed in 2002 by Earlham College, Goshen
College and Manchester College. Funded by a grant from the Lilly
Endowment, this institutional collaboration seeks imaginative new ways
to address the problems of violence and related challenges that confront
the world today. The Indianapolis Peace House Program is a Plowshares
initiative to provide an opportunity for critical engagement with issues
of peace and justice in Indiana, especially within Indianapolis, through
student internships.
Earlham College (Richmond)
B.A. in Peace and Global Studies
http://www.earlham.edu/pags/
Students develop competencies in fields contributing towards peace and
social transformation.
Goshen College (Goshen)
B.A. in Peace, Justice & Conflict Studies
with concentration in community and organization conflict or in peace
and justice
www.goshen.edu/peace
The goal of the Peace Studies major is to move students’ vision of peace
beyond war so they understand violence issues in daily life.
Manchester College (North Manchester)
Peace Studies Institute
B.A. in Conflict Resolution
http://www.manchester.edu/Academics/departments/Peace_Studies/index.htm
Established
in 1948, Manchester College has the distinction of being home to
the nation’s first peace studies program.
University of Notre Dame (South Bend)
The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Supplementary major or interdisciplinary minor in Peace Studies
http://kroc.nd.edu/programs/undergraduate
UNDERGRADUATE MINOR
PROGRAMS
Ball
State University (Muncie)
Center for Peace & Conflict Studies
Minor in Peace Studies
http://www.bsu.edu/cpcs/
The coursework addresses the sources of war, social oppression and violence
and the challenges of promoting peace and justice. Students receive
extensive training in negotiation, mediation and arbitration. They
learn how conflict can provide opportunity for growth and change and
be a potential source of creative energy.
DePauw University (Greencastle)
Minor in Conflict Studies (interdisciplinary)
http://www.depauw.edu/acad/conflict/index.asp
Goshen College (Goshen)
Minor in conflict transformation studies
Minor in peace and justice studies
Certificate in Conflict Transformation for Teachers
http://www.goshen.edu/peace
The
Peace Studies minor supports students completing professional programs
in nursing, social work and education.
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Certificate in Peace & Conflict Studies
http://users.ipfw.edu/moorj/Library/index.html
Students study issues of war, sexism, racism and poverty, nonviolent initiatives
for social change, and conflict resolution.
Manchester College (North Manchester)
Peace Studies Institute
Minor in Conflict Resolution
http://www.manchester.edu/Academics/departments/Peace_Studies/index.htm
Marian College (Indianapolis)
Minor in Social Justice
http://www.marian.edu/PeaceAndJustice/Pages/Minor.aspx
Students
study American social policy, legislation and philosophy to develop motivation
for the resolution of economic, political and social injustices.
Purdue University (West Lafayette)
Minor in Peace Studies (interdisciplinary)
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/peace-studies/
The
Committee on Peace Studies also offers an annual symposium on peace as
well as various guest speakers and an annual video series on topics related
to the study of peace.
Valparaiso University
Minor in Peace & Social Justice Studies (interdisciplinary)
http://www.valpo.edu/academics/peace.php
Students focus on social responsibility by examining nonviolent means
of conflict resolution.
RESEARCH PROGRAM
Indiana
University (Bloomington)
School of Public & Environmental Affairs
Indiana Conflict Resolution Institute
http://www.spea.indiana.edu/icri/
Dedicated
to the understanding and expansion of conflict and dispute resolution
in public and private arenas.
COMMUNITY EDUCATION
Fort
Wayne Center for Nonviolence
http://www.centerfornonviolence.com/
Founded
in 1981 as “Men for Nonviolence,” the Center works to end domestic and
other forms of violence in Allen County through programs and outreach
based on the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Separate sessions for men, women, children and the LGBT community are
provided in English and Spanish.
Peace Learning Center (Indianapolis)
http://www.peacelearningcenter.org
• The
Peace Learning Center offers Peace Education, a comprehensive curriculum
incorporating peaceful living and conflict management skills, to groups
from throughout Central Indiana.
• A
one-day program for 4th-graders engages students in a comprehensive curriculum
teaching conflict resolution, communication, outdoor education and Safe
Escape (a nonviolent physical escape technique).
• Heading
Toward Harmony provides a trained AmeriCorps member as a Harmony Coordinator
for one full school year. The Harmony Coordinator works closely with school
staff to implement 'Random Acts of Kindness,' Peer Mediation, Peace Clubs
and Conflict Management Curriculum.
• Peace
Learning Camp immerses 6th-graders in a multifaceted conflict resolution
and character education curriculum that includes interpersonal communication,
leadership development, diversity appreciation and outdoor environmental
awareness. Campers spend 3 days and 2 nights at the Indiana FFA Leadership
Center in Trafalgar, Ind.
• The
AmeriCorps program hosts classes of national volunteers through a year
of service. PLC’s AmeriCorps members help implement innovative peace education
programs and lead workshops on peer mediation and diversity.
Take Ten (South Bend)
Robinson Community Learning Center
http://www.nd.edu/~taketen/index.html
Take
Ten’s mission is to reduce and prevent violence and teach children positive
alternatives to it through a special curriculum designed for schools.
