Peace Catalyst 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

Jason Porterfield - Fight Like Jesus

Jason Porterfield is a peacemaker and author of the book, Fight Like Jesus, which explores the radical vision of peacemaking that Jesus embodied throughout Holy Week. The book takes the reader through each day of the week, unpacking the peacemaking principles and practices that might be commonly glossed over in our accounts of the week leading up to Jesus’s death and resurrection.
 
Edited and produced by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit AtillaSupport the podcast at www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast
 

Sarah & Jonathan Nahar - Planting a Sustainable Environment and Wellbeing For All

Sarah and Jonathan Nahar specialize in nonviolent action training. Sarah is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Syracuse, NY, focusing on ecological regeneration, community cultivation, and spiritual activism. Sarah was a 2019 Rotary Peace Fellow and worked at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta, GA. She has been the Executive Director of Community Peacemaker Teams, which is an organization doing third-party nonviolent intervention in areas of lethal conflict worldwide. Jonathan has also been a leader in Community Peacemaker Teams and has been active in Palestinian liberation activism and countering Christian Zionism.
 
LINKS:
Community Peacemaker Teams: https://cpt.org
Stir Up Peace video series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL93LFx-9e_ygNKEibtFEaQUnIya3SYulW
Salim Munayer podcast interview (Episode #7): https://peacecatalystpodcast.podbean.com/e/salim-munayer-reconciliation-in-israel-palestine/
Telos: https://www.telosgroup.org
 
Edited and produced by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla

Jeanelle Austin - Preserving George Floyd’s Memorial

Jeanelle Austin is a racial justice coach with over 15 years of experience facilitating group conversations on race, designing racism and multicultural educational programs, mentoring individuals, and supporting institutional leadership as they think through strategies to take seriously diversity, inclusion, and integration. Jeanelle is also the lead caretaker of the George Floyd memorial and, along with George Floyd’s family, co-founded the George Floyd Global Memorial, an organization dedicated to preserving the offerings left at the memorial and the story of the uprising. Jeanelle has a Masters in Intercultural Studies and a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary.
 
LINKS:
George Floyd Global Memorial: https://www.georgefloydglobalmemorial.org/?msclkid=4dbd1fbda97d11ec9f17d4ab5548b351
Austin Health Commons: http://austinhealthcommons.org/
Clifton Strengths Finder: https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/home.aspx
Peace Catalyst Podcast interview with Justice + Equality Founder Devin Turner: https://peacecatalystpodcast.podbean.com/e/devin-turner-justice-equality-and-reimagining-community/
Justice Resolution 001: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1imey1mzBoCnmhaV1JhQ5GPy1dfqeTEL8/view
 
Produced and Edited by Nicole GibsonMusic: Shesh Pesh by JR Tundra and Soulmates by Yigit Atilla 

Jon Huckins - Building Peace Across Borders

Jon Huckins is a pastor and Co-Founding Director of The Global Immersion Project, a peacemaking training organization helping individuals and communities move toward conflict equipped to heal rather than to win. He has a Masters from Fuller Theological Seminary in Theology and Ethics; and he writes for publications such as USA Today, Red Letter Christians, Sojourners, and Relevant. He is also the author of Mending the Divides: Creative Love in a Conflicted World, Thin Places: Six Postures for Creating and Practicing Missional Community, and Teaching Through the Art of Storytelling. 
 
LINKS
The Global Immersion Project: https://globalimmerse.org
Christian Peacebuilding Network:https://www.facebook.com/groups/christianpeacebuildingnetwork/
Everyday Peacemaking Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyday-peacemaking/id1531330038
Edited and produced by Nicole GibsonMusic: Shesh Pesh by JR Tundra
 

Julie Ethan - How to Connect With Your Political Opposite

Julie Ethan is an writer, speaker, and peacemaker pursuing conflict resolution through the power of story. Through friendships with her political opposites, she learned the power of empathy and connecting with those who think and believe differently from her. Julie has a Masters in Peace and Justice Studies from the University of San Diego, and she is the author of How Can Half the Country Be So Stupid?: A Memoir and Guide to Friendship Between Political Opposites.
 
LINKS
Peace Catalyst's Salim Munayer event video:https://www.peacecatalyst.org/blog/2022/2/8/an-evening-with-salim-munayer
 
Peace Catalyst Podcast episode with Salim Munayer:https://peacecatalystpodcast.podbean.com/e/salim-munayer-reconciliation-in-israel-palestine/
 
How Can Half the Country Be So Stupid? by Julie Ethan: https://www.amazon.com/How-Can-Half-Country-Stupid/dp/B08JDYXNYF/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6R2542P5D1Y9&keywords=julie+ethan&qid=1645499169&sprefix=julie+ethan%2Caps%2C162&sr=8-1
 
Braver Angels:https://braverangels.org/
 
The Global Immersion Project:https://globalimmerse.org/
 
Edited and produced by Nicole GibsonMusic: Shesh Pesh by JR TundraSupport the podcast at www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast

Ja’mel Armstrong - Realizing the Beloved Community in the Church

Ja'mel Armstrong is a change-maker and a leader in his church and the wider community of Louisville, KY, faithfully advocating and working towards the realization of the "beloved community." A native of Louisville, from a young age Armstrong observed the ongoing socio-economic and racial injustices that painted reality for many in his community. His upbringing influenced him to pursue the beloved community in Louisville and beyond. 
 
LINKS:
New Horizon Baptist Church, Louisvillehttps://mynewhorizon.church
The Post-Black and Post-White Church: Becoming the Beloved Community in a Multi-Ethnic World by Ephraim Smithhttps://www.amazon.com/Post-Black-Post-White-Church-Community-Multi-Ethnic/dp/1506463479/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+post+black+and+post+white+church&qid=1644272867&sprefix=the+post+black+and%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-2
The Center for Neighborhoodshttps://www.facebook.com/centerforneighborhoodslouisville/
Parting the Waters: America During the King Years by Taylor Branchhttps://www.amazon.com/Parting-Waters-America-Years-1954-63/dp/0671687425/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=parting+the+waters+america+in+the+king+years&qid=1644273152&sprefix=parting+the+waters%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-1
The King Centerhttps://thekingcenter.org
More about Josiah Royce and the Beloved Communityhttps://thekingcenter.org/about-tkc/the-king-philosophy/
 
Edited and produced by Nicole GibsonMusic: Shesh Pesh by JR Tundra