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Global Peace Initiatives offers free Peace Hikes at various times and locations, rain or shine. Meditation hikes start at 5 p.m. Tuesdays from Garfield Park, 2505 Conservatory Dr.; 5 p.m. Wednesdays from Spades and Brookside parks, meeting at the Spade Park branch library, 1801 Nowland Ave.; and Thursdays from the Efroymson Family Entrance Pavilion at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Rd., Indpls. In months with a fifth Saturday (such as Dec. 29), take an all-day hike within Indiana (reservations required). 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, 310-A S.
Washington. Call 812/339-8710 or write to boxcar@boxcarbooks.org;
www.boxcarbooks.org.
Networking
(return to top of page) 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,
an affiliate of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, meets at 7 p.m. the second
Monday of each month in the Laws Room of First Presbyterian Church, 512 Seventh
St. Information: Sarah Kramer, 812/342-3443, skramer@hsonline.net. Fort
Wayne
Fort
Wayne Peace Action holds a weekly 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/ 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; timothy_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. 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 International 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 Wesley Foundation, 435 W.
State St. Look online for schedule updates: www.lafayettepeace.org. Peace Studies Programs in Indiana (return to top of page)GRADUATE
DEGREES
Associated
Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart)
Bethany
Theological Seminary Graduate School of Theology (Richmond)
Earlham
School of Religion (Richmond) Saint
Mary-of-the-Woods College (near Terre Haute) University
of Notre Dame (South Bend)
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREESDePauw
University (Greencastle) The
Plowshares Collaborative
Earlham
College (Richmond)
Goshen
College (Goshen)
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)
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) UNDERGRADUATE MINOR PROGRAMSBall
State University (Muncie)
DePauw
University (Greencastle) Goshen
College (Goshen)
The Peace Studies minor supports students completing professional programs in nursing, social work and education. Indiana
University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Manchester
College (North Manchester) Marian
College (Indianapolis)
Students study American social policy, legislation and philosophy to develop motivation for the resolution of economic, political and social injustices. Purdue
University (West Lafayette)
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 RESEARCH PROGRAMIndiana
University (Bloomington)
Dedicated to the understanding and expansion of conflict and dispute resolution in public and private arenas. COMMUNITY EDUCATION Fort
Wayne Center for Nonviolence
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)
• 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)
Take Ten’s mission is to reduce and prevent violence and teach children positive alternatives to it through a special curriculum designed for schools.
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