Hi <<First Name>>,
I hope you enjoy the updates below. As always, we hope to see you at our upcoming events. Peace,
Patrick Kennelly, Director
In the News
Peace Works program featured on CBS 58 Morning News
In early February, Kate Chappell of CBS 58 Morning News visited the Center for Peacemaking's Peace Works program in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) Behavioral Reassignment (BR) schools. In these schools, the Peace Works curriculum helps students who have been expelled from traditional MPS schools learn how to manage their emotions and resolve conflicts nonviolently.
Marquette University program proving struggling students can find redemption | CBS 58
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Faculty publication featured in Marquette Magazine
“I thought I knew my religion.” — That type of dawning can make a teacher sing. It was vocalized by a student in Dr. Irfan Omar’s Theology, Violence and Nonviolence class and expresses volumes about what Omar and faculty colleague Dr. Michael Duffey set out to achieve in their book, Peacemaking and the Challenge of Violence in World Religions... Continue reading at the link below.
On the bookshelf: religions + relevance | Marquette Magazine
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Marquette, Near West Side Partners announce 'Grocery Challenge'
Marquette University and the Near West Side Partners (NWSP) are partnering on a challenge project to bring a grocery store to the Near West Side. This initiative is one of many focused on community engagement and positive economic development that have launched in recent years. Included among these initiatives is Promoting Assets and Reducing Crime (PARC).
More than 160 Marquette University students, faculty, and staff have been involved in the PARC initiative and Patrick Kennelly, director of the Center for Peacemaking, is the project's primary investigator.
Marquette, Near West Side Partners team up for 'Grocery Challenge' | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service |
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