Peace Catalyst Podcast

Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery - Katerina Gea

Katerina Gea is an organizer with The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery and coordinates the Repair Network. She also is the pastor of Wild Church in Fresno, CA, where she currently lives in the traditional homelands of various Yokuts and Mono nations on whose lands her Russian Mennonite ancestors settled.
We talk with her about what the Doctrine of Discovery is, how damage done to indigenous populations is still an ongoing problem, and what Christians can do about it today and live out Jesus's command to love our neighbors.
 
Edited by Nicole Gibson
Music: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla
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Young Innovators in Peacebuilding - Haleemah Ahmad and Alexander Lutz

On this episode we talk with the 2022 Rick Love Young Innovators in Peacebuilding Award winners. We presented these awards to two young peacebuilders in honor of our late Founder Rick Love, who cared deeply about young people and wanted a new generation of peace builders to be raised up after him. Each winner received a financial award to help fund their work and provide them with a path to living out peace in the way modeled by Rick Love.
Learn more about the awards and all four Rick Love Award recipients at www.peacecatalyst.org/rick-love-award-recipients
Edited by Nicole Gibson
Music: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla
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The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization - Peter T. Coleman

Peter Coleman is Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University and Director of the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution. He's a renowned expert on constructive conflict resolution and sustainable peace, and among many other things, he's also the author of over 100 articles and chapters, as well as multiple books, including The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization.
 
LINKS:
The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization book:https://www.amazon.com/Way-Out-Overcome-Toxic-Polarization/dp/0231197411/ref=sr_1_1?crid=320NUI2UB5TM&keywords=the+way+out+peter+coleman&qid=1675118327&sprefix=the+way+out%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-1
 
Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution: https://icccr.tc.columbia.edu/
 
Peter Coleman TIME Magazine article: https://time.com/6222633/second-civil-war-us-how-to-avoid/
 
The Abortion Talks docuseries: https://whatisessential.org/the-abortion-talks
 
Finding The Way Out Political Courage challenge:https://www.startswith.us/findingthewayout
 
Edited by Nicole Gibson
Music: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla
Support the podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast
 

Tips for Interfaith Dialogue Inspired by Rumi

Today we talk with Ibrahim Anli and Mehmet Saracoglu, leaders of the Rumi Forum, an organization dedicated to fostering interfaith dialogue and intercultural understanding. 
Rumi Forum website: https://rumiforum.org/
 
Edited by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit AtillaSupport the podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast

Mae Elise Cannon - Churches for Middle East Peace

Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon is the Executive Director of Churches for Middle East Peace. She is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church and the author of several books, including Just Spirituality: How Faith Practices Fuel Social Action, Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps for a Better World, Beyond Hashtag Activism: Comprehensive Justice in a Complicated Age, and Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith. She holds a Ph.D from the University of California Davis and a D.Min from Northern Theological Seminary.
 
LINKS:
Churches for Middle East Peace website: https://cmep.org
Just Spirituality: How Faith Practices Fuel Social Action https://www.amazon.com/Just-Spirituality-Practices-Social-Action/dp/0830837752/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=mae+elise+cannon&qid=1664848010&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=mae+elise+cannon%2Caps%2C254&sr=8-3
Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps for a Better World https://www.amazon.com/Social-Justice-Handbook-Better-Bridgeleader/dp/0830837159/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mae+elise+cannon&qid=1664848010&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=mae+elise+cannon%2Caps%2C254&sr=8-1
Beyond Hashtag Activism: Comprehensive Justice in a Complicated Age https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Hashtag-Activism-Comprehensive-Complicated/dp/0830845895/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=mae+elise+cannon&qid=1664848010&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=mae+elise+cannon%2Caps%2C254&sr=8-2
Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith https://www.amazon.com/Forgive-Us-Confessions-Compromised-Faith/dp/0310515963/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=mae+elise+cannon&qid=1664848010&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=mae+elise+cannon%2Caps%2C254&sr=8-5
A Land Full of God: Christian Perspectives on the Holy Land https://www.amazon.com/Land-Full-God-Christian-Perspectives/dp/149829880X/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=mae+elise+cannon&qid=1664848010&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=mae+elise+cannon%2Caps%2C254&sr=8-4
Our podcast episode with Greg Khalil and Todd Deatherage from Telos: https://peacecatalystpodcast.podbean.com/e/greg-khalil-and-todd-deatherage-reconciling-seemingly-intractable-conflict/
Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East: https://neme.network/about/#:~:text=The%20Network%20of%20Evangelicals%20for%20the%20Middle%20East,Jews%2C%20Christians%2C%20and%20Muslims%20in%20the%20region.%20Vision%3A
Mike Pence speech before Israel’s Knesset: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Full-transcript-of-Pences-Knesset-speech-539476
 
Edited by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit AtillaSupport the podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast

Czeslaw Kusmider - Ukrainian Refugees Come to Poland

This week we’re talking with Pastor Czeslaw Kusmider from the town of Przemysl, Poland, just west of the border with Ukraine. Pastor Kusmider was called by his local community & government leaders at the beginning of the Ukraine crisis to help with the refugees that were coming from Ukraine into Poland, and he ended up converting his entire church into a refugee care center. In this episode, he tells us what that has been like and what we can all do to help.
Edited by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit AtillaSupport the podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast

Andy Larsen - A Surprise Meeting With Iraqi Muslim Leader Ali al-Sistani

Andrew Larsen, a devoted peacemaker and long-time friend of Peace Catalyst, joins us to talk about a recent trip to Iraq and an unexpected personal meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, as well as his own approach to bridge-building in the Middle East and the U.S.
Andy has worked as a consultant to churches and nonprofit groups seeking to understand “the other,” particularly Muslims. He empowers peacemaking initiatives through photography, personal relationships, and building a network among Muslim, Christian, and advocacy groups to build bridges between divergent communities.
 
Edited by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit AtillaSupport the podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast

Greg Khalil and Todd Deatherage - Reconciling Seemingly Intractable Conflict

Today we talk with Greg and Todd, Co-Founders of fellow peacemaking organization The Telos Group. 
Before founding Telos, Greg lived in Ramallah, the West Bank, where he advised the Palestinian leadership on peace negotiations with Israel. He’s lectured widely on the Middle East and has been published by outlets like the New York Times, and he’s also an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s graduate school of journalism.
Todd spent 16 years in senior positions in the Executive and Legislative branches of the U.S. government, and from 2005-2009 he was Chief of Staff in the Secretary of State’s Office of Policy Planning. He also spent two years as Senior Advisor in the Department’s Office of International Religious Freedom, where he specialized in religious freedom in the Middle East, and worked for 10 years in the U.S. Congress.The Telos Group: https://www.telosgroup.org/
 
Edited by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit AtillaSupport the podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast