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March 12, 2012

Kony 2012 and children in armed conflict

Posted 3:59pm

by Jessica Hawkinson Millions of viewers have tuned in to the KONY2012 video and campaign, recently released by the organization Invisible Children. The campaign encourages public support for the arrest of Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), who is wanted for trial by the International Criminal Court. Kony is charged for,… Read more »

December 2, 2010

Referendum Tension Builds in Sudan — Nonviolent Peaceforce Takes Action

Posted 4:00am

The Nonviolent Peaceforce is at work in Sudan in these days before the referenda in Southern Sudan and Abyei. Recognizing the potential for wide-scale dislocation that would force people from their homes with little food and scarce access to basic…

Nonviolent Peaceforce at 30th Anniversary Celebration

Posted 5:31pm

Mel Duncan, founder and special projects director of the Nonviolent Peaceforce, speaks at the 30th Anniversary Celebration of Peacemaking: The Believers’ Calling sponsored by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program during the 219th General Assembly (2010). The Nonviolent Peaceforce received a small…

Celebrating 30 years of peacemaking

Posted 4:40pm

Peacemakers of all ages gathered for a dessert to mark the 30th anniversary of Peacemaking: The Believers’ Calling at the 219th General Assembly (2010) in Minneapolis. As long as there have been Presbyterians, there been Presbyterian peacemakers – Presbyterians who…

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