2008
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| Bess Klassen-Landis and a representative from Ohioans To Stop Executions
Short presentation and songs from Bess about how the murder of her mother shaped her opinions on forgiveness and the death penalty.
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| Mike & Judy White, Discussion on Israel/Palestine Conflict
Short film & discussion; best way to contact legislators. Please contact ACN if you are interested in obtaining any handouts.
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| Sister Helen Prejean, Author of Dead Man Walking
Sister Prejean spoke at Ashland University in connection with a performance of the play based on her book.
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| Artist Lecture: Lou Jones
An author and photographer, Lou presented a lecture drawing from his book, Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row. Art events coordinated by Cynthia Petry.
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| Art Exhibition: Prognosis of Death
A collection of artists from Chicago to Paris exhibit their interpretations of the death penalty.
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| Invisible Children
For the past 22 years, Northern Uganda has not seen peace. Invisible Children is working to change that. Invisible Children improves the quality of life for war-affected children by providing access to quality education, enhanced learning environments, and innovative economic opportunities for the community.
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| Prosecutorial Perspective on the Penalty of Death
Speaker Robert P. DeSanto is the former Ashland County Prosecutor.
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| The Ohio Innocence Project
Melinda Elkins, whose husband was wrongfully convicted of the brutal murder of her mother and rape of her niece, gave a lecture detailing the seven years in which she fought for - and eventually achieved - justice. Coordinated by Mike Barrett.
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| Can Justice Repair the Harm?
Howard Zehr, Professor of Restorative Justice, Eastern Mennonite University
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| Restoring Relationships: A Workshop for the Helping Professions
Howard Zehr, Professor of Restorative Justice, Eastern Mennonite University. The workshop was open to the general public, but especially designed for counselors, social workers, pastors, probation officers, and others in the legal and helping professions.
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| Israel and Palestine: Personal Reflections on Hope and Hopelessness
Speakers Mike and Judy White were part of a 23-member multi-national Peacemaker’s Delegation sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee and the Interfaith Peace Builders. The delegation spent slightly more than two weeks on a cultural and educational tour of Palestine and Israel in early December 2007.
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2007
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| Freedom Isn't Free - The Nonviolent War on Terror in Mississippi, 1963-1967
Speakers George and Louise Smith, former workers for CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), were civil rights activists who worked in Meridian, Mississippi.
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| Ashland Center for Nonviolence Open House
The Ashland Center for Nonviolence celebrated its formal affiliation with Ashland University on Saturday, October 13.
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| The Power of Forgiveness
Understanding the Amish Response to the Nickel Mines School Shootings with a speaker from the Amish community
Tuesday, February 20
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| Forgiveness Teachings and Practices in Islam
Isam Zaiem, Chairman of the Cleveland branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. CAIR is America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, with regional offices nationwide and in Canada.
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Peace in Ourselves; Peace in the World - The Power of Forgiveness
Gayle L. Reed, Forgiveness Recovery Program
Thursday, March 22 |
Resolving Anger, Restoring Hope: A Workshop about Forgiveness for the Helping Professions
Gayle L. Reed, Forgiveness Recovery Program
Friday, March 23 |
Integrating Forgiveness into a Counseling Practice
Gayle L. Reed, Forgiveness Recovery Program
Friday, March 23 |
Resolving Anger, Restoring Hope: The Power of Forgiveness in Daily Life
Gayle L. Reed, Forgiveness Recovery Program
Saturday, March 24
Gayle Reed is an RN and Licensed Counselor who holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology. She has been active in counseling, research, and teaching involving forgiveness.
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2006
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Connecting Faith, Politics, and Action
A symposium with Jim Wallis
More information about Wallis’ work to overcome poverty, AA Covenant for a New America,@ here and at .
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Prophetic Advocacy 101
A workshop about confronting poverty in our communities - Co-Sponsored by Wooster Area Interfaith Partnership |
Faith into Action
Local people motivated by faith to confront poverty and related social issues
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Focus on Reconciliation in the Season for Nonviolence
- In a world focused on revenge and violence, how does reconciliation come about?
- How do people move from the desire for revenge to the desire to live and work together?
- How do people decide to work together even though they have not resolved all their differences?
- How do people decide to work together even though they do not have closure, even though “others are getting away with something”?
- How do we move from seeing the others as a group to be feared and hated to seeing the individuals of the group, some of whom are to be loved and some of whom are to be feared?
- What do we lose when we give up our hatred?
- Reconciliation — is that what we mean by “closure”?
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Telling Truth and Creating Reconciliation Experience in South Africa
Andres Fourier, Barbara Lehman, Daniel Lehman |
An Evening of Gospel Song and Personal Reflection
One Church Gospel Choir |
Can the Political Process Redeem Religious Failure, Northern Ireland
Becky Fulmer |
2005
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Nonviolence as a Way of Life
Yolanda King
Higher Ground Productions |
Workshop in Nonviolence - Changing Ourselves, Our Relationships, and Our Society
Cleveland Nonviolence Network |
Listening Through the Hatred, part of Against Indifference, a Symposium on Terrorism
Religious Interfaith Council for Peace in the Middle East |
2004
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Nonviolence in a Violent World
Arun Gandhi
M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence |
Peace Patrol at Taft School
Jan Rinehart, Professional Instructor, Ashland University |
Workshop on Parenting
Deb Spandikow, Director of Ashland Parenting Plus |
Christian Peacemaking Teams
Jim Satterwhite, Professor Political Sciences, Bluffton University |
Nonviolence in the Christian Scriptures
Dale Stoffer, Professor of New Testament, Ashland Theological Seminary |
Non-Angry Responses to Anger
David Ross, Director of Planning and Evaluation at the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Ashland County |
Nonviolent Family Relationships
Deb Spandikow, Director of Ashland Parenting Plus |
