Category: Cross-Posts
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Memories Dedicated to the Victims and their Families of 9/11
We pause to honor the memory of those we lost. May their legacies inspire us to reach across divides, comfort those who mourn, and work tirelessly toward a future defined by compassion, reconciliation, and enduring peace.
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Grieving Sister Responds to 9/11 Attacks in Nonviolence
Cross-posting episode #88 from Fr. John Dear’s The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast (source): I speak with my friend Colleen Kelly, who lost her brother in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. A few years earlier, I had baptized Colleen’s daughter at a very happy family event… On September 11th, Colleen’s brother Bill was…
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25 years after 9/11, peace still eludes us
In this cross-post from the National Catholic Reporter, John Stowe and Charlene Howard reflect on the last 25 years and renew their commitment to promoting nonviolence and human dignity.
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US Leaders Must Call for De-Escalation and Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Cross-posting this August 24, 2026 opinion piece from Common Dreams, written by Cathi Choi and Austin Headrick (Source): Events are transpiring rapidly in US-Korea relations. The Pentagon announced recently that the 11-day Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military exercises with South Korea would be cut in half a few days after President Donald Trump’s social media…
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Sarah’s Story: Get to Know One Beneficiary of TRAID’s Food Distribution Program
Sarah’s experience is personal, and it should not be assumed that every Sudanese person experiences war in the same way. But her story sits within a much wider crisis affecting women and girls across Sudan. #Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan #Refugees #IDPs #Women
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Healing Harms: From Trauma to Everyday Resilience (online small group), Sept-Oct 2026
This weekly interactive course led by trauma-sensitive peacebuilders runs in September and October and is designed for everyday people who want to navigate difficult experiences with greater awareness and care.
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Trump Moves to Scale Back US War Drills in Korea. We Should Support That.
While any diplomatic overture from Trump should be viewed with skepticism, Christine Ahn argues we should welcome a chance to advance peace. #Korea #Peace #EndTheKoreanWar #Trump #WarDrills #DPRK
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Hope for a New Season of Engagement with the DPRK
Joy Yoon speaks from experience on the human impact when political relationships in Korea deteriorate and hopes for renewed people-to-people engagement to build peace.
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Introduction to Christian Peacebuilding (online courses), Sept-Oct 2026
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.” Join this 6-week, online small group beginning next month for an introduction to peace-oriented theology, conflict transformation & peacebuilding skills.
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Resist ICE, 7/23 or 7/25 or 8/18 or anytime!
ICE is out of control. If you disagree, read a non-exhaustive list of their abuses here and find more ways to learn, mourn, and resist.
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