by G. Scott Brown, MA | Jan 11, 2017 | Peacemaking
Welcome to a new year that promises to be filled with rich opportunities for peacemakers the world over. And we sure do need the peacemakers now! I want to share a model for coming together that we’re using in Boulder, CO in case it might inspire you to do something...
by G. Scott Brown, MA | Dec 21, 2016 | Activism, Peacemaking
By A Season of Nonviolence, I’m referring less to Christmas/Solstice/Hannukkah than I am to our engaged citizenship in the opening months of 2017. The energy we bring to our activism (our way of being) is much more important than what we do, and how we engage early on...
by G. Scott Brown, MA | Nov 10, 2016 | Activism, Peacemaking
While there’s no shortage of post-election opinionating, I want to offer my own, Active Peace oriented response. As I was flying back to the U.S. yesterday from Canada, I opened up my passport and noticed a quote on one of the inside pages by Dwight D. Eisenhower:...
by G. Scott Brown, MA | Mar 7, 2016 | Peacemaking, Restorative Practices
I’m so grateful to John Ehrhart for suggesting and being lead manifester for our podcast series, Restoration Dialogues. As it says in the introduction to the show, “Welcome to Restoration Dialogues, where ideas and the felt experience of being human come together to...
by G. Scott Brown, MA | Feb 4, 2016 | Activism, Peacemaking, Restorative Justice
I’m so happy to be going live with the Active Peace website and I invite you to check it out. It only recently dawned on me that my work in the world is now about nothing less than ending all war forever. By that I mean all the different kinds of wars we fight:...
by G. Scott Brown, MA | Oct 5, 2015 | Peacemaking, Restorative Justice
As I’ve scanned the web over the past few years for writing on the link between restorative justice and activism, looking for allies and information, there has always been a surprising void. There still is, but I feel that’s about to change. Any and all of the various...
