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 | Oct 4, 2023 | Active Peace, Active Peace Blog, Activism, Restorative Justice
Denali was a spiritual teacher and friend (now crossed over) whose teaching was all about truth, love, and innocence. This was his Holy Trinity and Innocence was the union of masculine and feminine and the very essence of being. As soon as I first heard that emphasis...
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 | Apr 23, 2020 | Active Peace Blog, Activism, Restorative Justice
Restorative Justice Unleashed Foundations for Healing Justice using Active Peace Circles Five Wednesdays / May 6 – June 3 6:00 – 7:15 pm (Mountain time) Empower yourself with core principles and practices that support personal, interpersonal, and...
by G. Scott Brown | Feb 3, 2020 | Active Peace Blog, Activism, Life Coaching, Restorative Justice
Here’s the second in a series on forgiveness inspired by my holiday reflections. At the end of Part One I promised to get to the heart of why forgiveness is so challenging and explore the shift in perspective that makes true forgiveness possible in hurtful times when...
by G. Scott Brown, MA | Nov 25, 2019 | Peacemaking, Podcasts, Restorative Justice, Restorative Practices
Welcome to Restoration Dialogues, where ideas and the felt experience of being human to come together to support personal and collective healing – the restoration of ourselves and our society; with your hosts John Ehrhart and Scott Brown....