Our Mission

The mission of the Plowshares Peace Studies Collaborative of Earlham, Goshen and Manchester Colleges is to be a beacon of light in a world marked by violence, through:

• continuing the peacemaking traditions of the Society of Friends, Mennonite Church and Church of the Brethren;

• creating opportunities for dialogue and for learning about peacemaking for students at the undergraduate level;

• further strengthening the academic Peace Studies programs of our institutions, and creating models for others to learn from and emulate;

• establishing Peace House, an academic and experiential program in an urban setting through which students can learn about the roots of conflict and the strategies and methods of peacemaking;

• creating a national and international resource base for education in Peace Studies; and

• learning to collaborate together as three colleges, sharing resources, courses, faculty and students.