Every day we are bombarded with news of murder, death, rape, crime and
war. Only rarely do we hear stories about people rising above violence and
hatred to resolve conflicts. PEACETALKS is changing that.
PEACETALKS creates radio programs about people finding unique, creative and uplifting
ways of moving beyond violence. It will explore in-depth issues, ideas and
practices that are at the heart of the global struggle for peace and justice.
PEACETALKS creates inspiring,
thought-provoking and perhaps disturbing radio about the horrors of hatred
and victories of peace. It tells the stories of people who have
overcome violence and found the courage to make peace in their lives and
in their communities.
Radio is a powerful tool that has
the ability to reach a wide audience in a very personal way. It has
the power to create compelling "theater of the mind". It
moves us. PEACETALKS believes that it can be a persuasive tool for
social change and for personal transformation. PEACETALKS will
travel the world to bring to public radio the best stories large and
small, of people struggling to move beyond
violence.
We
need a counterpoint to the news emphasis on violence. We need to
show our children that there are non-violent ways of resolving bitter
conflicts, and we need to shift our thinking, shift our listening, and
shift our perspective.
• From The Peaceable Kingdom
Playground in Pennsylvania ... to Pollsmoor Prison, South Africa
• From confronting domestic
violence at INFOTEKA in Bosnia ... to the
Network of Victim Assistance
in the United States
• From a listening project in a
maximum security prison ... to efforts to abolish landmines worldwide
• From a women's
credit-and-savings project in Vietnam ... to a forgiveness play in El
Salvador
PEACETALKS explores the
alternatives to violence and expands the listener's sense of the
possibilities for peace in the world today whether in the field of business,
education, politics, homemaking, or the arts.