J.E. McNeil's new book, Peace-Work Quilt, draws on the many stories & experiences from the 12 years she has served as Executive Director of the Center on Conscience & War. The stories are vivid and the thoughts and analysis penetrating - and the spirit is deep.
Spirit in Action
Each week, Spirit In Action brings you stories of people living lives of fruitful service, of peace, community, compassion, creative action and progressive efforts. We will trace the spiritual roots that support and nourish them in their service. Above all, we will seek out Light, Love and Helping Hands, being shared between our many neighbors on this planet, hoping to inspire and encourage you to sink deep roots and produce sacred fruit in your own life.
Spirit In Action is an hour of interviews with those providing leadership in peace, justice and "good works", interspersed with relevant music. The theme music is "The Turning of the World" performed by Sara Thomsen (written by Ruth Pellham).
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Welcoming LGBT and the Other - Equality Wisconsin Voices of Faith Project
Lizzi Dahlk, Voices of Faith Coordinator of Equality Wisconsin, works to unite people of faith in making Wisconsin a more welcoming & just place for LGBT folks and all folks who get treated as "Other". Today she's joined by David Huber of Plymouth UCC and Scott Miller of First Lutheran Church, both in Eau Claire.
Dancing Peace in Cuba & Around the World
The Friendly Folk Dancers have been "Dancing the World Together" through international folk dance since 1986, and they toured in Cuba in 2010, Rwanda in 2008, Kenya in 1996, and many other place in other years. With a ministry of peace and connection, they've prayed with their full bodies and learned with each step. This program was recorded in Cuba in November 2010.
Curing Affluenza: The Happiness Initiative
Exploration of The Happiness Initiative through a visit with John de Graaf & Laura Musikanski. Laura is Executive Director of Sustainable Seattle. John has created 15 PBS documentaries including the well-known Affluenza. He is Executive Director of Take Back Your Time.
Bringing Water And Oneness to Tanzania - It Can Be Done Africa
Barbara Joye is co-founder of It Can Be Done, a project to address the Tanzanian crisis brought on by climate change. Working with the Uru people at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, It Can Be Done has helped create a miracle well and is working to free women & children to worthy work.
A Gay Childhood in Apartheid South Africa: The Jack Bank by Glen Retief
Glen Retief paints vivid pictures and addresses vital questions of identity & social justice in The Jack Bank: A Memoir of a South African Childhood. His stories deal with race, apartheid, homosexuality and homophobia, physical violence, sexual abuse - and much more - and he leads us on a journey of discovery and insight. And I learned that Post-Apartheid South Africa was the first country to protect the right of same-sex marriage.
On the Ground in Afghanistan - Santwana Dasgupta
Santwana Dasgupta is Director of the Partnership for the Education of Children in Afghanistan (P.E.C.A) for the past 2 years, working from Kabul. The path to Afghanistan grew from her youth in India, the events of 9-11 and from her work with Friends for a Non-violent World (FNVW).
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Come to School Afghani girls - Atai Sheery
Black Fire: African American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights
The topic is race, racism & religion, both within Quaker meetings and in America at-large. Paul Kriese co-ediited Black Fire: African American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights, and he draws on his experience growing up in a black neighborhood and his academic formation in Political Science and Peace Studies to shine the Light on race relations.
Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change And The New Geography of Violence
Christian Parenti is the author of Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change & the New Geography of Violence, a powerful analysis of the historical, military, economic & other forces which combine with climate change to move us toward catastrophic convergence. Chistian is a contributing editor at The Nation with a Ph.D. in sociology.
Activating Kansas - Laura Dungan & Aaron Fowler
Aaron Fowler & Laura Dungan are Kansas natives seeking to organize and improve their state, through their work, musical and non-musical.