The theme for September - October 2010: A
continuation of this popular theme. Nature
pleases, attracts, delights, merely because it is nature. A few minutes ago
every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling,
tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though
to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.
Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling
like harp strings, while incense is ever flowing from the balsam bells
and leaves. No wonder the hills and groves were God’s first temples, and
the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the
farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself. In the garden the
door is always open into the “holy” — growth, birth, death. Every flower
holds the whole mystery in its short cycle, and in the garden we are never
far away from death, the fertilizing, good creative death. . . . Everything
that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into
the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. Deadline
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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. Networking
(return to top of page) Bloomington
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 Fort
Wayne
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/ Terre
Haute West
Lafayette Peace Studies Programs in Indiana (return to top of page)
GRADUATE DEGREES
Associated
Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart) DePauw
University (Greencastle)
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)
The Peace Studies minor supports students completing professional programs in nursing, social work and education.
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Students study American social policy, legislation and philosophy to develop motivation for the resolution of economic, political and social injustices.
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. RESEARCH PROGRAMIndiana
University (Bloomington) Dedicated to the understanding and expansion of conflict and dispute resolution in public and private arenas. COMMUNITY EDUCATIONFort
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.
• 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’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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