Peacemaking Workshops are ecumenical gatherings held each year in Lincoln, Nebraska to share perspectives and foster discussion and action on peacemaking, justice, and conflict transformation.
2011 - Immigration
January 16. Influencing Immigration Legislation will be the focus. How can people of faith can be a strong voice for positive immigration reform while countering a proposed Arizona-type law in Nebraska?
2011 - Jane Goodall
Don't miss Jane Goodall's Lincoln appearance sponsored by the Peacemaking Workshop. She will be at Nebraka Wesleyan University's O'Donnell Auditorium on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. as part of her "Gombe 50" tour.
2010 - Stewardship of Creation
March 26-27. Using his photographs and experiences, internationally-renowned wildlife photographer and conservationist, Joel Sartore, will direct our attention to what we all can do, both locally and globally, to care for the earth and its resources.
Sartore, a Lincoln resident, has done more than two dozen stories for the National Geographic Society. His presentations will be: "Witnessing Change: A Call to Action" and "Grounded: A Reflection on the Use of Life and Land."
2009 - Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories and Photos
April 3-4. Anna Baltzer presents stories and slides recounting first-hand experiences with the conflict while living with Palestinians in the West Bank.
Baltzer is a 29 -year-old Jewish American Columbia graduate, Fulbright scholar, author, and the granddaughter of Holocaust refugees. She documents human rights abuses in the West Bank and supports Palestinian-led nonviolent resistance to the occupation. She is the author of Witness in Palestine: A Jewish American Woman in the Occupied Territories
2008 - Four Terms that Stand Together: Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Restorative Justice, Community
April 3-5. Rodney Peterson says that building cultures of reconciliation implies a process that begins with recognizing the origins of conflict. It often means learning to see the structural violence that lies just beyond the horizon of our own interests - and learning to deal with practices and attitudes that contribute to conflict rather than mutuality.
Building cultures of reconciliation means developing proactive attitudes and practices of forgiveness, reconciliation, restorative justice, that make community possible.
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