by G. Scott Brown | Apr 21, 2023 | Active Peace, Active Peace Blog, immigrant restorative justice, Restorative Justice
Part of the inspiration for this post is a recent CNN special report about the migration of people from South America through the treacherous Darién Gap at the Columbia/Panama border. It seems that nearly all of them are making their way to the U.S. border. It’s a...
by G. Scott Brown | Nov 2, 2022 | Active Peace Blog
To the tune of Mr. Roger’s theme song: It’s a paradoxical day in the neighborhood, a paradoxical day in this neighborhood, the weather is fair but wounds are laid bare the leaves are pretty, some scrunchy, some quaking, but bullies and violence leave the whole world...
by G. Scott Brown | May 24, 2022 | Active Peace Blog
I was on friendly terms with Wynn Bruce, the Boulder, CO man who burned himself to death as an act of climate protest in front of the Supreme Court on Earth Day this past April. I knew him as a kind hearted person with a passion for photography, whose empathy for...
by G. Scott Brown | Apr 11, 2022 | Active Peace, Active Peace Blog, Restorative Practices
Strengthening Relationships/Healing Divisions A child dies in detention. A young, unarmed black man is killed by a white police officer, another is racially profiled and comes dangerously close to serious harm. A woman is sexually assaulted. And another. Many more...
by G. Scott Brown | Apr 4, 2022 | Active Peace, Active Peace Blog, Restorative Practices
Welcome to Spring! As the energy started to build toward the Equinox I recalled a story I heard a long time ago about a council of all beings where the humans had forgotten their purpose. That’s all I remembered of the story and the freshness of spring inspired me to...
by G. Scott Brown | Feb 13, 2022 | Active Peace, Active Peace Blog, Nonviolence, Peacemaking, Restorative Practices
You may have already offered your own farewell to Thich Nhat Hanh and Desmond Tutu, and, if you’re a student of Nonviolent Communication perhaps Robert Gonzalez as well. I recently caught myself too caught up in myself to pay proper tribute to these great peacemakers....
