“Getting along is not the absence of conflict, but the strenuous processing of conflicting needs and interests.” Steps to win-win solutions have become a centerpiece in my own workshops to train peace activists. Ury and Roger Fisher’s 1981 book, Getting to YES: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, put this process together in such a clear… Read more »
Category: North America
DOROTHY DAY (1897-1980)
“We will not be drilled into fear. We do not have faith in God if we depend upon the Atom Bomb.” Dorothy Day was once a Communist who became a leading voice for radical nonviolent Christianity in the United States. She lived a life of voluntary poverty, cared for the homeless, and published The Catholic… Read more »
WAYNE TEASDALE (1945-2004)
Wayne Teasdale’s spiritual career began as a Trappist monk at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Massachusetts. After 10 years under the direction of Abott Thomas Keating, founder of the centering prayer movement, Teasdale received an invitation that changed the direction of his spiritual journey. He was invited to study in India at the Benedictine ashram of… Read more »
FRITZ EICHENBERG (1901-1990)
Fritz Eichenberg was born in 1901 in Germany to a assimilated non-religious Jewish family. He studied art and became a wood engraver. He used his art to highlight moral and social convictions, including producing many anti-Hitler cartoons. When the Nazis came to power Eichenberg emigrated to the United States. The tragic death of his wife… Read more »
PEDRO REYES
Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes received guns, rifles and pistols disabled by the Mexican army. He melted them down and forged them into mechanical musical instruments which can be played by computer. He also collected over 1,500 guns and forged them into 1,500 shovels used to plant trees around the world. Reyes said, “It’s basically the… Read more »