Peace Activities at Goshen
News Archive
September 24, 2007
New Online Journal Goes Live
Journal of Religion, Conflict, and Peace goes live at www.religionconflictpeace.org
December 21, 2006
Plowshares to revise curriculum guide
The Plowshares Collaborative will publish the 7th edition of Peace and World Security Studies: A Curriculum Guide. The guide is a valuable tool for colleges and universities in the US and abroad who are designing peace studies programs or updating courses.
September 22, 2005
In Solidarity: Engaging Empire
Kelli Yoder Next month, Goshen College will be hosting the third annual Plowshares Student & PJSA National Peace & Justice Conference, entitled “In Solidarity Engaging Empire.” This weekend event will be packed with 60 workshops, panel discussions, films, speakers, and strategy sessions. Participants will tackle topics such as dismantling systems of oppression, strategies for overturning empire, racism, white supremacy and white privilege, nonviolence and more. The event takes place October 6-9, leaving students plenty of time to become involved.
September 12, 2005
Mary Lind Appointed Associate Director of Indianapolis Peace House
Indianapolis, IN, September 8, 2005. Mary Lind of Portland, Oregon, was appointed Associate Director of Indianapolis Peace House. Her duties will begin October 1.
June 27, 2005
Goshen College students study civil rights era during May term on storied soil
GOSHEN, Ind. – In Memphis, Tenn., in front of the Lorraine Hotel where Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot, Molly Moyer had an experience that she couldn’t have had by reading a textbook or even watching a documentary. After reading and hearing about the civil rights movement, the feeling of standing in the exact spot of such a historic event was emotionally overwhelming.
June 27, 2005
Bearing witness, conveying relevance:Goshen journalism students report on response of Swaziland Christians to AIDS
GOSHEN, Ind. – Seated on a reed mat against the wall of a concrete hut, Anna Groff’s notes were sparse as she and fellow Goshen College student Kimberlee Rohrer (Sr., Orrville, Ohio) interviewed Phumile, a young Swazi mother. Like nearly 40 percent of the population of her country, she has contracted HIV; like the two students, she is in her early 20s.
October 21, 2004
Practicing Peace
An interview with Erin Williams, Goshen College junior and Peace House resident, in preparation for a visit from Williams and Ruth Hill, associate director of Peace House, to the Goshen College Campus. See for pdf documents of the newspaper.
September 21, 2004
Open house dedicates Indianapolis Peace House
Peace House opens its first semester with a gathering of the Collaborative's colleges and friends.
September 2, 2004
Peace House begins first semester
The Goshen College Record reports on the start of activities with the Indianapolis Peace House, and interviews the students.
February 15, 2004
Former first lady accepts position promoting peace and justice studies
FORMER FIRST LADY TAKES POSITION AS PLOWSHARES DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
January 7, 2004
Plowshares Names Associate Director for Indianapolis Peace House
Ruth Hill, a specialist in peace and justices studies, has been appointed associate director of the new Indianapolis Peace House, a component of the Plowshares project of Earlham, Goshen and Manchester colleges. Her appointment is effective Monday, January 12.
November 2, 2003
Three Plowshares Students in Conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Kashish Shrestha (Nepal), Hussein Yussuf (Somalia), and Fadi Elsalameen can speak first hand of the effects of war on young people in their countries. These students from Manchester, Goshen, and Earlham Colleges respectively come from areas of the world where military and paramilitary conflicts involve children and youth.
August 1, 2003
Plowshares brings three experts in conflict resolution
A groundbreaking Indiana-based peace education project funded by a $13.8 million Lilly Endowment Inc. grant has selected its three keystone professors. They are a Dublin-based world authority on bigotry and reconciliation, an expert in Islamic issues and civilization and a former theologian who has lobbied Congress and the United Nations on peace issues.
May 5, 2003
Liechty appointed Plowshares peace studies professor at Goshen College
Joseph Liechty, scholar, peace practitioner and mission worker in Ireland for 23 years, has been named Goshen College Plowshares associate professor of peace, justice and conflict studies.
In a world filled with discord – whether personal, societal or global – three Indiana colleges will form an extraordinary alliance to help promote positive responses to the conflicts that affect individuals each day.
January 1, 2003
Goshen College dedicates Peace Pole Nov. 13 as part of Plowshares initiative
More than 150 people gathered on November 13, 2002 to dedicate a Peace Pole on Goshen’s campus.
