by G. Scott Brown | Apr 2, 2024 | Active Peace Blog, immigrant restorative justice, Nonviolence, Restorative Justice
The grave danger is to disown our neighbors. When we do so, we deny their humanity and our own without realizing it. — Pope Francis Immigration seems like a big fat litmus test. At the root of that test is the way immigration brings us face to face with “the other”...
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....
by G. Scott Brown | Mar 4, 2021 | Active Peace, Active Peace Blog, Activism, Nonviolence
I’m updating this earlier post here in the wake of Trump’s 2024 reelection. I revisit it because it’s so essential to attend to our foundations, especially when we’re shaky, especially when it keeps getting clearer that our shared predicament...
by G. Scott Brown, MA | Aug 2, 2015 | Active Peace, Nonviolence, Peacemaking
This is a blog post that goes back nearly ten years. I’m revisiting here on the cusp of 2025 and adding some additional thoughts. The Great Turning is a beautiful way to describe the historical moment we find ourselves in. I first came across the phrase in the...
