How I Learned We Need to Fund the World We Want to Live In
As we close our six-month deep focus on defunding the police and the eight-week Praxis Circles to understand this call, we are publishing reflections from PPFers on what they’ve learned through this process. This one comes from Deanna Hollas,…
What Humans Can Learn From Trees
As we close our six-month deep focus on defunding the police and the eight-week Praxis Circles to understand this call, we are publishing reflections from PPFers on what they've learned through this process. This one…
El rincón de Germán 1
"El rincón de Germán," which means "Germán's Corner" in English, is a new series of reflections from Germán Zárate Durier, a Colombian peacemaker. We share his reflections here in the original Spanish. A partir de…
Introducing the Inventory of Conscience Survey
Have you ever stopped to consider what you actually believe about war and violence? We are all bombarded (pun intended) with the use of violence on television, in movies and on the news. Most of…
Endorsement of “De-Policing the Gun Violence Prevention Movement Policy Playbook”
The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid,the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6-9 Presbyterian Peace Fellowship (PPF) is…
It’s past time for a new way – Defund the police reflection
This reflection comes to us from Ashley Bair, who is working for PPF during our deep focus on defunding the police. Contact Ashley: ashley@presbypeacefellowship.org Ashley Bair It’s past time for a new way. That was…Defund the Police Reflection – from Jennifer Soule-Hill
As we continue our deep focus on defunding the police, we're sharing reflections from the PPF community about learning and action around abolition, police, and policing. This reflection comes to us from PPF Executive Committee…Hope Must Not Die / La Esperanza no debe morir
Update from Germán Zárate-Durier - Colombia Coordinator for PPF Accompaniment Program Español abajo / Spanish below. The global crisis caused by the Coronavirus (COVID 19) has led to changes in the daily life of all…
Barstow-Driver 2020: Honoring Linda Eastwood
The Barstow-Driver Award was created in 2014 by the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship in order to specifically honor those who are over sixty years old and have taken significant risks for the cause of nonviolent peacemaking.…
Defund the Police
Today is Juneteenth - a day that honors Black freedom and Black resistance, and centers Black people’s unique contribution to the struggle for justice in the U.S. And this Juneteenth, we are in the midst…