Programs

Szymczak Peacemaking Fellowship Program

The Szymczak family provides the Center for Peacemaking with a generous annual donation to fund student projects that put nonviolence into action. Students have the option to work for an established organization or to create their own project. Upon their return, Szymczak Peacemaking Fellows present their work to the community in a formal presentation designed to showcase the different ways Marquette students are engaging in the struggle for peace and justice through the practice of nonviolence.

Szymczak Peacemaking Fellowships foster the development of nonviolent peacemakers by providing students the opportunity to put nonviolence into practice. Fellowships support individuals as they work to transform structures and relationships to provide for the the wellbeing of all.

Elizabeth Bailey and Kathleen Scott are working with youth in Cape Town, South Africa, as part of the Szymczak Peacemaking Fellowship program. They produced the video on the following link to share the work of the Peace Action and Community Activism (PACE) program that they developed: http://www.vimeo.com/15781203.

Szymczak Peacemaking Fellows Summer 2012 Application Information

Application Deadline: February 17, 2012

The Marquette University Center for Peacemaking is offering $200 to $2,000 grants for full-time Marquette students to explore the power of nonviolence. Fellows are encouraged to develop a proposal in which they will work independently or with existing peacemaking and/or development NGOs.

Download the application and application procedures here.

Past Szymczak Intern Projects

2011
  • Katie Hansen - Finding a Means for Peace in the Home
  • Emily Hoffmann - Hitting Home: Addressing the Issue of Domestic Violence through Nonviolence Education
  • Nora Kennelly - Peacemaking in Palestine
  • Sean O'Reilly - Hope for Kakuma
  • Vincent Stevenson - Violence as Felt: An Analysis on the Subjectivity of the Victimizer
  • Leah Todd - Ahimsa: Perspectives on Today's India by a Backpack Journalist
 
2010
  • Elizabeth Bailey and Kathleen Scott - expanded YCCP in to PACE, a nonviolent conflict resolution program in Cape Town, South Africa
  • Colleen O'Connor - started a library in Kenya
 
2009
  • Elizabeth Bailey, Elizabeth Benninger, and Kathleen Scott - created the Youth Cultural Connection Program (www.yccp.weebly.com) in Cape Town, South Africa
  • Emma Cotter - nonviolent activism in Israel - Palestine
  • Amanda Griedl - internship with the Social Change Assistance Trust in Cape Town, South Africa
  • Christopher Jeske - produced a documentary on race relations in Kirkwood, Mo
  • Lovette Merchant - internship with the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission
  • Molly Ryan - photography in New Orleans, LA (www.mollyelizabethryan.com)
 
2008
  • Stewart L. Cloer, II - research nonviolent solutions to Iran's perceived nuclear threat at the University of Chicago
  • Katie Coldwell - internship with Casa Maria (Milwaukee Catholic Worker)
  • Becky Goossen - internship with the Milwaukee Urban Ecology Center
  • Christina Klose - worked on Center for Peacemaking website
  • Erin Kuecker - internship at the Genocide Intervention Network in Washington D.C.
  • Theresa Lauer - internship with Finca del Nino in Trujillo, Honduras
  • Kerry McGrath - wrote a paper comparing the peace process in Northern Ireland and South Africa
  • Adam Prom - internship with Catholic Relief Services
  • Annie Weiler - internship with the Center for Peacemaking