The Ashland Center for Nonviolence's student group at Ashland University will join other colleges and universities by participating in the "Barefoot Challenge" that will take place on Tuesday, April 10.
The Barefoot challenge is a national campaign sponsored by TOMS Shoes to create an awareness of the impact that a pair of shoes can have on a child's life. Ashland University students and Ashland community members are encouraged to go "One Day without Shoes" to support the campaign.
Because millions of children live without proper footwear exposing them to injury and disease every day, ACN students at Ashland University also will be collecting during the week of April 16-20 new and "gently used" shoes for local charities that work with Ashland County families.
Students, faculty, staff and community members are being asked to drop off shoe donations at designated locations in the Rec Center and the Ashland University Bookstore during the week of April 16-20.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
A Look at the Emerging Local Food Economy and What It Means For Ashland
Tonight -- February 14th
Brad Masi, former executive director of the New Agrarian Center, will speak on dealing with the impact of the local food economy on Ashland, Ohio, at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Center Auditorium. This lecture is sponsored by the Ashland Center for Nonviolence and is part of the 2012 "Creating a Caring Community" Symposium. This talk, which will include presentations from people who are producing food locally, observing health growing practices, and connecting healthy foods to local citizens, is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by: ACN
Event date: Feb. 14th
Location: Student Center Auditorium
Event cost: FREE
Brad Masi, former executive director of the New Agrarian Center, will speak on dealing with the impact of the local food economy on Ashland, Ohio, at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Center Auditorium. This lecture is sponsored by the Ashland Center for Nonviolence and is part of the 2012 "Creating a Caring Community" Symposium. This talk, which will include presentations from people who are producing food locally, observing health growing practices, and connecting healthy foods to local citizens, is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by: ACN
Event date: Feb. 14th
Location: Student Center Auditorium
Event cost: FREE
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Center for Nonviolence to Show Documentary Film
"Pray the Devil Back to Hell," a documentary film of the astonishing story of the Liberian women who took on the warlords and regime of Dictator Charles Taylor in the midst of a brutal civil war, will be shown on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at both 7 and 9 p.m. in the Student Center Auditorium. The free event is sponsored by the Ashland Center for Nonviolence and Office of Institutional Diversity at Ashland University.
Liberia's Nobel Peace Prize laureates Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Leyman Gbowee were instrumental in capturing the emotion and passion of their fellow activists. "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" chronicles the remarkable story of the courageous Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country in 2003.
Thousands of women - ordinary mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters, both Christian and Muslim - came together to pray for peace and then staged a silent protest outside of the Presidential Palace. Armed only with white T-shirts and the courage of their convictions, they demanded a resolution to the country's civil war. Their actions were a critical element in bringing about an agreement during the stalled peace talks.
"This film epitomizes the impact of persistence and determination... it's awe-inspiring to see these women making a difference," said Dottie Collura, assistant director of the Ashland Center for Nonviolence.
A story of sacrifice, unity and transcendence, "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" honors the strength and perseverance of the women of Liberia. Inspiring, uplifting, and most of all motivating, it is a compelling testimony of how grassroots activism can alter the history of nations.
For more information about these events, or to learn more about the Ashland Center for Nonviolence, email ACN at acn@ashland.edu, or visit ACN online at www.ashland.edu/acn and/or www.facebook.com/acn.
Liberia's Nobel Peace Prize laureates Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Leyman Gbowee were instrumental in capturing the emotion and passion of their fellow activists. "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" chronicles the remarkable story of the courageous Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country in 2003.
Thousands of women - ordinary mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters, both Christian and Muslim - came together to pray for peace and then staged a silent protest outside of the Presidential Palace. Armed only with white T-shirts and the courage of their convictions, they demanded a resolution to the country's civil war. Their actions were a critical element in bringing about an agreement during the stalled peace talks.
"This film epitomizes the impact of persistence and determination... it's awe-inspiring to see these women making a difference," said Dottie Collura, assistant director of the Ashland Center for Nonviolence.
A story of sacrifice, unity and transcendence, "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" honors the strength and perseverance of the women of Liberia. Inspiring, uplifting, and most of all motivating, it is a compelling testimony of how grassroots activism can alter the history of nations.
For more information about these events, or to learn more about the Ashland Center for Nonviolence, email ACN at acn@ashland.edu, or visit ACN online at www.ashland.edu/acn and/or www.facebook.com/acn.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Speech to Center on 'Peace is Possible'
In case you missed it in Campus Connections:
Bridget Moix, Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) Legislative Secretary, is speaking on "Peace is Possible: Shifting from War Making to War Prevention." The talk is Monday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ronk Lecture Hall at Schar College of Education.
This lecture is sponsored by the Ashland Center for Nonviolence and the College of Arts and Sciences Symposium "Against Global Indifference: Awakening to Action." This presentation is free and open to the public.
Moix will discuss the process of implementing peace on a global level. She believes it is possible for peace to be the first option in a conflict situation, rather than having nations immediately default to a state of conflict. Peace becomes a viable option when it is encouraged through specific peaceful tactics. Strategies for facilitating peace include working to combat poverty, placing an emphasis on human rights and safety, and allocating resources fairly.
Strategies to uphold peace over conflict will lead to a more secure global environment that reinforces human rights and offers security to all persons. Peaceful prevention is a fairly recent movement, but one that will be essential as the global climate continues to change and global resources become more limited.
Moix leads the Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict program and has worked for more than 12 years on peace and conflict issues within the U.S. and international policy arenas. She began her career with FCNL as an intern in 1996 and worked as a legislative secretary from 2002-2006. She returned to FCNL in September 2008.
Previously she worked with Oxfam America as a policy adviser on Sudan (2005), the Quaker United Nations Office in New York under a New Voices fellowship (2000-2002), the World Policy Institute's Arms Trade Resource Center (1998-2000), the Quaker Peace Center in Cape Town, South Africa (1999), and as an intern with the American Friends Service Committee during college. She returned to Washington, D.C. after spending over two years in Mexico City where she directed the Casa de los Amigos, a small Quaker peace and hospitality center.
Moix holds a master's of International Affairs from Columbia University, where she focused her studies on human security and international conflict resolution. She received her undergraduate degree in Sociology and Nonfiction Writing from Ohio Wesleyan in 1996.
While in Ohio, Moix also will be speaking on the same topic at the Unitarian Universalist Church located at 3186 Burbank Road in Wooster. This presentation, sponsored by the Ashland Center for Nonviolence and the Unitarian Universalist Church, will be given at both the 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. services on Sunday, Oct. 16, and is free and open to the public.
When: October 17th at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Ronk Lecture Hall at Schar College of Education
Sponsored by: ACN and the College of Arts and Sciences
Event Cost: FREE
Bridget Moix, Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) Legislative Secretary, is speaking on "Peace is Possible: Shifting from War Making to War Prevention." The talk is Monday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ronk Lecture Hall at Schar College of Education.
This lecture is sponsored by the Ashland Center for Nonviolence and the College of Arts and Sciences Symposium "Against Global Indifference: Awakening to Action." This presentation is free and open to the public.
Moix will discuss the process of implementing peace on a global level. She believes it is possible for peace to be the first option in a conflict situation, rather than having nations immediately default to a state of conflict. Peace becomes a viable option when it is encouraged through specific peaceful tactics. Strategies for facilitating peace include working to combat poverty, placing an emphasis on human rights and safety, and allocating resources fairly.
Strategies to uphold peace over conflict will lead to a more secure global environment that reinforces human rights and offers security to all persons. Peaceful prevention is a fairly recent movement, but one that will be essential as the global climate continues to change and global resources become more limited.
Moix leads the Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict program and has worked for more than 12 years on peace and conflict issues within the U.S. and international policy arenas. She began her career with FCNL as an intern in 1996 and worked as a legislative secretary from 2002-2006. She returned to FCNL in September 2008.
Previously she worked with Oxfam America as a policy adviser on Sudan (2005), the Quaker United Nations Office in New York under a New Voices fellowship (2000-2002), the World Policy Institute's Arms Trade Resource Center (1998-2000), the Quaker Peace Center in Cape Town, South Africa (1999), and as an intern with the American Friends Service Committee during college. She returned to Washington, D.C. after spending over two years in Mexico City where she directed the Casa de los Amigos, a small Quaker peace and hospitality center.
Moix holds a master's of International Affairs from Columbia University, where she focused her studies on human security and international conflict resolution. She received her undergraduate degree in Sociology and Nonfiction Writing from Ohio Wesleyan in 1996.
While in Ohio, Moix also will be speaking on the same topic at the Unitarian Universalist Church located at 3186 Burbank Road in Wooster. This presentation, sponsored by the Ashland Center for Nonviolence and the Unitarian Universalist Church, will be given at both the 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. services on Sunday, Oct. 16, and is free and open to the public.
When: October 17th at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Ronk Lecture Hall at Schar College of Education
Sponsored by: ACN and the College of Arts and Sciences
Event Cost: FREE
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
ACN in the News
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| John Stratton |
Dr. John Stratton, executive director of the Ashland Center for Nonviolence, had a guest column titled “Don't confuse vengeance with justice when glorifying killing of bin Laden” printed in the Sunday, May 8, edition of the Mansfield News Journal.
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011105080319
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Child Assault Prevention Week!
Recognizing & Preventing Child Abuse
Gain information about child abuse and tools for prevention in this campus-wide speaking event given by Pam Bugara, Child Assault Prevention Program Coordinator for Ashland County and for the Ohio’s Regional Training Center.
WRIST BAND Together for Healthy Kids SALE at Student Center Tables
--Mon. April 18-----11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
--Tues April 19----10:40 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
--Wed. April 20-----11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Donate $2 to support the Ashland County Center for Child Assault Prevention and receive a child assault prevention wrist band!
When: Monday, April 18th, 7:00pm
Where: Faculty Room, Upper Convo
Sponsored By: Ashland Center for Nonviolence
Event Cost: Free
Contact: Sara acn@ashland.edu
Gain information about child abuse and tools for prevention in this campus-wide speaking event given by Pam Bugara, Child Assault Prevention Program Coordinator for Ashland County and for the Ohio’s Regional Training Center.
WRIST BAND Together for Healthy Kids SALE at Student Center Tables
--Mon. April 18-----11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
--Tues April 19----10:40 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
--Wed. April 20-----11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Donate $2 to support the Ashland County Center for Child Assault Prevention and receive a child assault prevention wrist band!
When: Monday, April 18th, 7:00pm
Where: Faculty Room, Upper Convo
Sponsored By: Ashland Center for Nonviolence
Event Cost: Free
Contact: Sara acn@ashland.edu
Friday, April 1, 2011
Center for Nonviolence Asks, 'Who is My Neighbor?'
A forum among members of several of the world’s major faiths will focus on the question, “Who Is My Neighbor?” at a panel discussion sponsored by the Ashland Center for Nonviolence. The panel discussion will be held Tuesday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ridenour Room of the Dauch College of Business and Economics located on Ashland University campus. The event is free and open to the public. “Who Is My Neighbor?” was originally scheduled to be the opening program of the “Creating a Caring Community” symposium but was canceled due to weather conditions.
The hour-and-a-half long program will feature four panelists: Rabbi Joan Friedman of The College of Wooster; Hameem Habeeb, president of the Islamic Society in Mansfield; David Sherwood, lead pastor of the Five Stones Community Church in Ashland; and Father Joseph Hilinski, director of Ecumenical and Interfaith Activities for the Diocese of Cleveland.
Dr. David Aune, associate professor of religion at Ashland University, will moderate the discussion. Aune describes the symposium as an opportunity to explore ways for people of different faiths to work together, while acknowledging their differences and overcoming history of conflict in the name of religion.
“Community,” according to John Stratton, executive director of the Center for Nonviolence, “is a word that is tossed about casually. Sometimes it refers to the people who happen to live around us, the people on our block or in our town or county. Other times it refers to the group of people who share deep feelings and values, such as a church group or a group of co-workers.”
The challenge in thinking about community, according to Stratton, is bringing the two realities of community together. In materials prepared for the symposium, he asks, “How do we create a sense of community with the people who happen to be living in our town or our county? How do we create a sense of community among the people who happen to live near each other? Do we want to?
Are we required to?”
“The community of people living around us is much more complex than we would like to admit. Some of our neighbors may have lost their jobs, or been evicted, but others are very comfortable with good jobs and a stable home life. Some of the people in our community abuse their spouses or their children; others work as volunteers in hospitals. They may be the same people because each of us is more complex than the statistics that define us in a single way.”
Sponsored by: Center for Nonviolence
Event date: 4/5/11 - 7:30pm
Location: Ridenour Room, Dauche College of Business and Economics
Cost: FREE
The hour-and-a-half long program will feature four panelists: Rabbi Joan Friedman of The College of Wooster; Hameem Habeeb, president of the Islamic Society in Mansfield; David Sherwood, lead pastor of the Five Stones Community Church in Ashland; and Father Joseph Hilinski, director of Ecumenical and Interfaith Activities for the Diocese of Cleveland.
Dr. David Aune, associate professor of religion at Ashland University, will moderate the discussion. Aune describes the symposium as an opportunity to explore ways for people of different faiths to work together, while acknowledging their differences and overcoming history of conflict in the name of religion.
“Community,” according to John Stratton, executive director of the Center for Nonviolence, “is a word that is tossed about casually. Sometimes it refers to the people who happen to live around us, the people on our block or in our town or county. Other times it refers to the group of people who share deep feelings and values, such as a church group or a group of co-workers.”
The challenge in thinking about community, according to Stratton, is bringing the two realities of community together. In materials prepared for the symposium, he asks, “How do we create a sense of community with the people who happen to be living in our town or our county? How do we create a sense of community among the people who happen to live near each other? Do we want to?
Are we required to?”
“The community of people living around us is much more complex than we would like to admit. Some of our neighbors may have lost their jobs, or been evicted, but others are very comfortable with good jobs and a stable home life. Some of the people in our community abuse their spouses or their children; others work as volunteers in hospitals. They may be the same people because each of us is more complex than the statistics that define us in a single way.”
Sponsored by: Center for Nonviolence
Event date: 4/5/11 - 7:30pm
Location: Ridenour Room, Dauche College of Business and Economics
Cost: FREE
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Ashland Center for Nonviolence - Paid Internship!
From AU Eagle Mail:
Ashland Center for Nonviolence
*2011-12 Program Internship
*8-10 hours per week
*Paid
*Academic Credit Possible
The Program Intern provides programming that creates an intellectual and social environment in which students can learn about and engage in issues and practices in nonviolence. You may earn academic credit for this position.
Specific Duties:
-Works with student members to
--Explore, develop and present programming
--Publicize activities through posters, handouts, social media, etc.
--Cultivate a diverse learning community
--Develops and sustains an online community using social media, including Facebook
--Helps develop and deliver programming for general ACN membership (when applicable)
--Researches and develops materials for distribution that explore ACN issues and supports upcoming programming
--Responsible for collaborating with community and campus individuals or organizations (as needed)
--Maintains file of contacts and procedures for this position
Qualifications
-Understand and support ACN and its mission
-Minimum sophomore status
-Minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average
-No level I, II judicial or academic integrity violations.
-Have demonstrated ability to guide a student organization
Contact ACN at ashland.edu or visit the Ashland Center for Nonviolence (Bixler 108) for an application. Application reviews start Friday, April 1st with interviews to follow the next week. Return completed applications to the Ashland Center for Nonviolence, Bixler 108.
Sponsored By: Ashland Center for Nonviolence
Website: http://www.ashland.edu/acn
Event Cost: Free
Contact: acn at ashland.edu
Ashland Center for Nonviolence
*2011-12 Program Internship
*8-10 hours per week
*Paid
*Academic Credit Possible
The Program Intern provides programming that creates an intellectual and social environment in which students can learn about and engage in issues and practices in nonviolence. You may earn academic credit for this position.
Specific Duties:
-Works with student members to
--Explore, develop and present programming
--Publicize activities through posters, handouts, social media, etc.
--Cultivate a diverse learning community
--Develops and sustains an online community using social media, including Facebook
--Helps develop and deliver programming for general ACN membership (when applicable)
--Researches and develops materials for distribution that explore ACN issues and supports upcoming programming
--Responsible for collaborating with community and campus individuals or organizations (as needed)
--Maintains file of contacts and procedures for this position
Qualifications
-Understand and support ACN and its mission
-Minimum sophomore status
-Minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average
-No level I, II judicial or academic integrity violations.
-Have demonstrated ability to guide a student organization
Contact ACN at ashland.edu or visit the Ashland Center for Nonviolence (Bixler 108) for an application. Application reviews start Friday, April 1st with interviews to follow the next week. Return completed applications to the Ashland Center for Nonviolence, Bixler 108.
Sponsored By: Ashland Center for Nonviolence
Website: http://www.ashland.edu/acn
Event Cost: Free
Contact: acn at ashland.edu
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