Issue 396 - July/August 2009
Tenth Annual Pat Farren Lecture
Peacework’s annual Pat Farren Lecture, honors the work of activists whose medium is the written word.
This year we were pleased to welcome James Carroll, a Boston Globe columnist and author of many books on anti-war activism, US history, pacifism, and faith. James Carroll was also Pat Farren's draft counselor, and an early contributor to Peacework.
In this tenth year of the Pat Farren Lecture we celebrated 37 years of Peacework’s print edition, which ended with the September 2009 issue. Please also see info on past Pat Farren Lectures. We also announced the launch of a new project, emerging from Peacework’s rich history. Proceeds from the event support this new online incarnation of Peacework and the ongoing work of the American Friends Service Committee in the New England Region.
Learn moreIn This Issue
 Telling the truth is frequently unpopular, but it is an important way to help communities survive and grow, and heal the wounds opened by war. |
 While The Sneetches taught about the interaction between discrimination and capitalism, Horton Hears a Who is Dr. Seuss' exploration of genocide. |
An overview of recently published resources working against the militarization of our young people. |
| From the Editor's Desk | ||
| The Immigration System: Maybe Not So Broken | Why do we so rarely hear the views of the people most directly affected -- the millions of undocumented immigrants themselves? | |
| Warlords at Home and Abroad: Learning from US Mistakes in Central Asia | "Everywhere I went after 9/11...I urged that warlords should not be empowered, that disarming the militias was a priority task for US forces, and that developing Afghan agriculture to ward off poppy cultivation should be a priority…." | |
| With Sadness, Myers Center Closes: Announces Awards for Outstanding Titles in Human Rights | May our relationships and commitment to building a just and equitable future continue, for in the struggle for justice is the hope of the future. | |
| Cultures of Peace: Reflections on the UN Declaration's First Decade | ||
| Worker Solidarity After the Work is Gone: The Story of Fuerza Unida | "I remember when we had our first protests we used to hide our faces behind the poster boards because we were nervous and embarrassed." | |
| Potato Chip Assisted Learning: The Quest to Return Literature to Teens | When literature is negated from a community, young people lose an important means of creating and carrying their own tools of success, and imagining their own future. | |
| Freedom Summer: A School for Young Community Organizers | Youth conduct power analyses of policies and institutions that specifically affect people of color and poor communities. | |
| Unlocking the Gates: An Introduction to the Prison Book Program | "The children's books are for my 9-year-old daughter. Something short that I can read to her on the phone, but long enough not to be childish. She is a smart and beautiful girl." | |
| International Conscientious Objector Month: South Korea | ||
| Bits & Peaces |
