Programs

Peacemaker in Residence

Each year the Center for Peacemaking invites an internationally recognized nonviolent theorist/activist to stay for one week as Marquette University's Peacemaker in Residence. The Peacemaker in Residence gives a presentation open to the University and to the wider community. In these presentations, the Peacemakers in Residence share their theories of nonviolence and stories of their involvement in the struggle for peace. During the week, the Peacemaker in Residence visits Marquette University classes, student groups, co-curricular organizations, and university programs. 

We greatly appreciate all of the Peacemakers in Residence for their commitment and willingness to share their knowledge and experience to advance the cause of nonviolence.

This year's Peacemakers in Residence are Sara Terry, filmmaker and former correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, and Libby Hoffman, international peacemaker and founder of Peace Discovery Initiative and Catalyst for Peace. They will visit Marquette during the Spring 2012 semester from March 27 through March 30, 2012.

S. Terry L. Hoffman

 

 

On Wednesday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union, Room 163, they will host a screening and discussion of Fambul Tok, their new, award-winning documentary.

 

 

In Fambul Tok, victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leone's brutal civil war come together for the first time since the conflict to commit an act that is as astonishing as it is simple: they forgive one another.

Reviving an ancient, traditional practice called fambul tok ("family talk"), the Sierra Leonean communities portrayed in Fambul Tok build sustainable peace at the grass-roots level, succeeding where international efforts have failed.

Peacemakers in Residence include: 

  • Sara Terry and Libby Hoffman (2011-12)
  • Jim Douglass (2010-11)
  • Nomfundo Walaza (2009-10)
  • Christopher Ahrends (2008-09)
  • Kathy Kelly (2007-08)

Visit the Peacemaker in Residence Archive to learn more about the past Peacemakers in Residence.