11/21/22 WFS 2022: Session Six: Friends Peace Teams with Nadine Hoover, Deb Wood & Tom Martin

 

 

 

Session Six: Friends Peace Teams

 

Music: Patti Smith, Stewart Copeland and Choir, "People Have the Power" Link to Site

 

Essential Questions:

• What are the Friends Peace Teams?

• Where do they operate?

• How do they apply nonviolence in their work?

• What impacts have they had on local communities?

 

Welcome and Introductions; (all)

 

 

Agenda Preview: 

 

 

Gathering: "A question that I have for the speakers is..."

 

 

Rick’s Rap: (homework, News of the day, community sharing)

 

 

 

Speakers: Nadine Hoover, Deb Wood, Tom Martin, Friends Peace Teams      

                        

Readings:

• video, "the Power of Visiting," Friends Peace Teams, Asia West Pacific, Link to site

• "About Us," and "Our Work" sections, Friends Peace Teams  Link to Site

• Turtle MacDermott, "Ukranian Power of Goodness Facilitators Attend Training in Lithuania,"

Friends Peace Teams, Link to Site

• "English Story Collection," Power of Goodness, Friends Peace Teams, Link to Site

 

 Resources:

• Conscience Studio Link to Site

 

 

"Power should be in the hands of the people, not people in the hands of power," 

graffiti written on the side of the town hall, Prijedor, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1998

" The only recognizable feature of hope is action."

                                                Grace Paley