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    War and Peace

    Posted on June 2, 2011 by pkc

    No, this isn’t about Leo Tolstoy’s novel, it’s about the quest for peace and the wars that tend to create and perpetuate violence—and the search for ways to promote and practice peace and nonviolence instead of war.

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    Social Research | Social Justice Conference

    Posted on April 6, 2013 by Peter Crownfield

    A unique and excellent addition to the Lehigh Valley’s offerings, the Social Research Social Justice Conference began in 2003 as a collaboration between faculty and students in the Department of Media and Communication at Muhlenberg College, with the goal to … more →

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    Afghanistan Today

    Posted on September 27, 2012 by Peter Crownfield

    Following is an article from In These Times that gives a detailed picture of conditions the people of rural Afghanistan face. [You can read it online, but I’m posting the full article because I don’t know how long it will … more →

    Posted in The World, Violence Against Women, War & Peace |

    Social Research | Social Justice 2012 – Student Presentations

    Posted on April 8, 2012 by pkc

    April 13, 2012, Moyer Hall (Muhlenberg College) More information 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Mendham Gallery 9:30 – 10:40 a.m. RESEARCH SESSION I PANEL ONE: Framing Discourses of Popular Media: Gender and Sexuality [Moderator: Kate Richmond, Muhlenberg College] Melissa Pieller, … more →

    Posted in Advocacy & Activism, Arts & Culture, Childhood obesity, Democracy, Diversity & Heritage, Economic Justice, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Food for Health, Human Rights, Industrial Food Production, Justice System, Media, Militarism, Minority Rights, Nonviolence, Resource Extraction, School Food, Shale gas, Sustainability Education, Sustainabilty & Health, Sustainable Growing, Violence Against Women, War & Peace, Youth Development |

    MLK: Breaking the Silence

    Posted on January 7, 2012 by pkc

    Dr. King gave this talk nearly 45 years ago, but it seems remarkably applicable today if you replace the name Viet Nam with Iraq, Iran, or the Middle East. And despite our ast resources, we have made little progress against … more →

    Posted in Community – Empowerment, Democracy, Discrimination, Economic Justice, Economy, Business, & Money, Human Rights, Learning & Schools, Militarism, Militarism in schools, Minority Rights, The World, War & Peace | Tagged

    Afghanistan – Ten Years of War

    Posted on October 8, 2011 by pkc

    Following is a message from Afghan activist and former member of the Afghan parliament Malalai Joya: Message on the Tenth Anniversary of NATO’s War and the Occupation of Afghanistan I would like to thank all supporters and anti-war movements around … more →

    Posted in Advocacy & Activism, Human Rights, Militarism, The World, War & Peace |

    Statement from the NYC General Assembly

    Posted on October 5, 2011 by Peter Crownfield

    Following is the first collective statement from the New York City General Assembly, issued October 5 2011. As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. … more →

    Posted in Advocacy & Activism, Banking & Financial, Building Community, Civil Liberties, Community – Government & Rights, Democracy, Discrimination, Economic Justice, Economy, Business, & Money, Environmental Justice, Human Rights, Justice System, Militarism, Minority Rights, Nonviolence, Privatization, Rights of Nature | Mother Earth, Systemic Approaches, Violence Against Women, War & Peace | Tagged

    Conscientious Objection

    Posted on August 1, 2011 by Peter Crownfield

    When a person refuses to participate in war or other hostilities on moral grounds, he or she is a ‘conscientious objector’, or ’C.O.’. It is not for those who are afraid of being hurt or killed, it is for those who have … more →

    Posted in Human Rights, Militarism, Militarism in schools, Nonviolence, War & Peace |

    School of the Americas

    Posted on July 15, 2011 by pkc

    The School of the Americas, renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, is located at Fort Benning, Georgia. For decades it has operated as a combat training school for soldiers from Central & South America, training Latin American soldiers in … more →

    Posted in Human Rights, Militarism, Nonviolence, The Americas, War & Peace |

    What Is the Military Doing in Your School?

    Posted on July 11, 2011 by pkc

    Schools are supposed to help children learn, but too many schools simply reinforce unquestioning obedience and respect for the powers that be—and some schools support the military recruiting machine against the educational and personal interests of their students. Recruiters in … more →

    Posted in Learning & Schools, Militarism, Militarism in schools, Nonviolence, Students' Rights, War & Peace |

    Culture of Peace Initiative

    Posted on June 3, 2011 by Martin

    From the Culture of Peace Initiative’s website (accessed 6/2/2011): In the spirit of the original vision that brought forth the Charter of the United Nations, the [Culture of Peace] Initiative was inaugurated in 1983. The purpose of this global/local Initiative … more →

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