MPT Spring 2011 Newsletter

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THEME: The Power of Nonviolence

In this newsletter we lift up the power of nonviolence and celebrate the growing number of nonviolent movements around the planet that are seeking social change. At the same time we acknowledge that Earth Community is facing some of the most serious economic, social, and political problems imaginable. As people increasingly experience their lives being stressed by violence, unemployment, eviction, debt, and malnutrition, our responsibility to help them understand the power of nonviolence and the possibilities of nonviolent action becomes ever more important.

Writers include Emily Barone, Kellie Brandt, John Dear, Paula Marie Deubel, Peter Dougherty, Peter Kalleward, Tom Lumpkin, Jasiu Milanowski, Barbara Nolin, Kim Redigan, Julie Slowik, Annette Thomas, and Liz Walters.

MPT Fall 2010 Newsletter

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THEME: Children and Peace
Our families, extended families, neighborhoods, and the wider community, give us the blessing of children in our lives, and as members of the human family we are related to every child on Earth. We love our children and want the very best for them. In this issue we explore together one of the greatest gifts we can give our children - to raise them in a culture of peace.

MPT Spring 2010 Newsletter

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THEME: My Greatest Peace Teacher
Here our newsletter invites MPT writers to respond to the question, who or what informs you, inspires you, and encourages you to work for peace?

MPT Winter 2010 Newsletter

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THEME: Peace Team Work
In this newsletter we share both challenges and positive experiences in peace team work. When we work together using simple nonviolent tools, we are finding that nonviolence works event in the most violent places on Earth.

MPT Fall 2009 Newsletter

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THEME: Art and Activism
In this issue, we invite friends of MPT to imagine what is possible when art is partnered with activism. It's no secret that a poem, a painting, a story, a song can move hearts and minds in profound ways. During tense situations, the playful possibilities of art often afford people the opportunity to seek creative rather than violent responses to unjust situations.These can also disorient and disarm those who perpetuate injustice.

MPT Summer 2009 Newsletter

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THEME: The Nonviolent Tools of Peace Teams
When invited by local communities, MPT Peace Teams bring the tools of Third Party Nonviolent Intervention (TPNI) to situations of armed conflict and to situations of potential violence. The immediate TPNI goal is to reduce violence and keep people out of harm's way. Another is to create the safe space that local or societal nonviolent social change movements need for creative problem solving, and for taking nonviolent action in the direction of their hopes and dreams. This edition explains Third Party Nonviolent Intervention, and describes concrete TPNI experiences.

MPT Spring 2009 Newsletter

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THEME -- Peace Teams and Empowerment
This newsletter edition focuses on peace teams and nonviolent intervention. Writers encourage us to grow in the belief that nonviolence is power and they urge us to exercise this power. MPT invites everyone to participate in a nonviolence training, and to join the MPT peacemaking mission. Be the change you hope for!

MPT Fall 2008 Newsletter

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THEME: Nonviolent Intervention
This newsletter lifts up nonviolent intervention. Michigan Peace Team and other nonviolent groups around the planet take this vision and other leading edge ideas to places of serious conflict and war. Our peace team members are well trained, disciplined, committed and filled with nonviolent love. The goals are to reduce violence and bring hope. We build relationships, make new friends, and the movement continues to grow.

MPT Summer 2008 Newsletter

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Theme: Peace Teams in the Field
Sometimes dancing, sometimes crying, the work of peace unfolds.