Peace Catalyst Podcast

Miroslav Volf and Hurunnessa Fariad - What it Means to Embrace the Other

Dr. Miroslav Volf and Hurunnessa Fariad, two of our first ever Rick Love Peacemaker Award winners, join our President, Martin Brooks, for this conversation about  the "why" and "how" of embracing 'the other.' The conversation is based around Dr. Volf’s book, Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation.   LINKS: Peace Catalyst International website: www.peacecatalyst.org Rick Love Awards: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/rick-love-award-recipients Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/ Miroslav Volf's books: https://www.amazon.com/Miroslav-Volf/e/B001IGJSHG?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_10&qid=1660078768&sr=1-10 Exclusion & Embrace book: https://amzn.to/3BPKNv3 Multifaith Neighbors Network: www.mfnn.org Edited by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla  

Steve Hackman - Peacebuilding in Hong Kong

Steve is a Hong Kong-based travel writer, educator, and speaker who has been the Head of Christian and Community Development at Yew Chung Education Foundation for more than a decade. Steve is an experienced adventurer, having completed numerous cross-country journeys including the 500 mile Camino de Santiago in Spain and the 1100 mile Via Francigena from England to Rome. He hosts the Beyond The Pale podcast, which explores living life and spiritual faith through the lens of pilgrimage.  LINKS: Beyond the Pale podcast Yew Chung Education Foundation Seeds of Hope program   Support the podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast Edited by Nicole Gibson Music: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla

Julia Bacha - Pay Attention to Nonviolence

Julia Bacha is a Peabody and Guggenheim Award-winning filmmaker, media strategist, and Creative Director at JustVision, an organization that fills a media gap on Israel-Palestine through independent storytelling and strategic audience engagement. She has strategically used documentary film and multimedia to foster constructive conversation on some of the most divisive issues of our times. Julia’s work has been exhibited at the Sundance, Berlin, and Tribeca film festivals; has been broadcast on the BBC, HBO, and Al-Jazeera; and has screened at widely diverse settings from refugee camps and villages to the halls of the American Congress and European Parliament. Her TEDTalk, “Pay Attention to Nonviolence,” was selected as one of the best talks of 2011 by the TED curators and has been viewed by over half a million people worldwide.    LINKS Julia’s TEDTalk "Pay Attention to Nonviolence": https://www.ted.com/talks/julia_bacha_pay_attention_to_nonviolence Julia’s TEDTalk "How Women Wage Conflict Without Violence": https://www.ted.com/talks/julia_bacha_how_women_wage_conflict_without_violence JustVision: https://justvision.org/ Julia’s films: https://justvision.org/films Christian Peacebuilding Network: https://www.facebook.com/groups/christianpeacebuildingnetwork Support the podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcastEdited by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla

Keith Giles - Jesus Unarmed

After serving as a licensed and ordained minister for over 20 years, Keith left his full-time pastoral ministry to start a house church that gave away 100% of the offering to help the poor in their community. After 11 years, Keith and his wife Wendy moved to El Paso, TX, where they now work as peacebuilders in their local community. Keith is also a prolific writer and the author of many books, including Jesus Unarmed: How the Prince of Peace Disarms Our Violence.    LINKS: Keith's website: www.keithgiles.com Second Cup With Keith podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/second-cup-with-keith/id1595608177   Support the Peace Catalyst Podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast Peace Catalyst website: www.peacecatalyst.org Edited by Nicole Gibson Music: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla  

Lisa Sharon Harper - Fortune: Race, Family History, and Collective Repair

Lisa Sharon Harper leads trainings that increase clergy and community leaders’ capacity to organize people of faith toward a just world. She’s a prolific speaker, writer, and activist as well as the Founder and President of Freedom Road U.S., a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by designing forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment, and common action. She’s the author of several books, including Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican or Democrat and the critically acclaimed The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right.    MORE LINKS: Connecting in Conflict course Lisa's newest book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World - and How to Repair It All  Freedom Road   Edited by Nicole Gibson Music: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla  Support the podcast at https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast

Peter Digitale Anderson - Equipping Christians for Peacebuilding

Based in Minneapolis, Peter leads trainings in conflict transformation, nonviolence, trauma awareness and healing, and community-based peacebuilding. Peter is Peace Catalyst's Director of Formation and Minneapolis Program Director. Together with his wife, Liz, he is equipping community peacemakers and collaborating with others specifically in the areas of racial justice and healing.   LINKS: Donate to help develop peacebuilding courses and trainings: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-skills-training Nonviolent Communication Course: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/nonviolent-communication Connecting in Conflict Course: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/connecting-in-conflict CPN (Christian Peacebuilding Network): https://www.facebook.com/groups/christianpeacebuildingnetwork   Edited and produced by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit AtillaSupport the podcast at www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast

Becca Tyvoll - Peacebuilding in Washington D.C.

Becca Tyvoll is Peace Catalyst Program Director in the Washington, D.C. area and our very own podcast host! Previously, we did a series interviewing Peace Catalyst staff, and today it's Becca's turn to talk about Peace Catalyst's work in D.C. Becca has a Bachelor's from American University and a Masters in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Learn more about Becca at https://www.peacecatalyst.org/beccapugh   Edited and produced by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla

Jud Hendrix - Interfaith Paths to Peace

Jud Hendrix is the Executive Director of Interfaith Paths to Peace in Louisville, KY, a grassroots community peacemaking organization that serves the community by bringing people of different faiths, races, cultures, traditions, and philosophies together for the purpose of interfaith understanding and social justice based on the principles of peace. Interfaith Paths to Peace: https://paths2peace.orgThe Global Human Project: http://www.globalhumanproject.net   Edited by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla