Category Archives: peace

Peacebuilding presentation

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

There isn’t a lot of text, but here is what I presented at the annual meeting of the Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center yesterday. https://docs.com/jeff-kisling/3889/peacebuilding

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Peace

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

There are a number of reason why I’ve been thinking about peace lately. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is facing severe financial problems.  As a result, the long term Iowa Peacebuilding program is being terminated, so available resources can … Continue reading →

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Nazi Salutes

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

A photo of students in a German class at an Indianapolis High School giving the Nazi salute is horrible in so many ways. There are two different possible scenarios. One is that the students were ignorant of what that salute … Continue reading →

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A Call to Peacebuilding

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

September 2014 Peace has been a central concept of the faith and practice of Friends from our earliest days.  Unfortunately our country’s recent history has been a widening and deepening practice of violence, to the extent that we grow weary … Continue reading →

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Weekly Peace Vigil

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Every Friday 4:30-5:30 pm, a few people gather for the peace vigil in front of the Federal Building in the 500 block of N. Pennsylvania St, downtown Indianapolis.  Gilbert Kuhn, from North Meadow Friends, and Debbie Peddie are the regulars, having … Continue reading →

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Scattergood and the Vietnam War

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

by Jeff Kisling Don Laughlin and Roy Knight signed the Epistle to Friends Concerning Military Conscription. IMPORTANT NOTE:  Below I include some quotations from the Journal I kept at the time.  It was not correct when I wrote “I knew neither of … Continue reading →

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