As soon as I returned to Africa from the US (EMU/CJP) I went through three intense months in the Congo and the Great Lakes Region of Africa (throughout Congo, to Uganda and Kenya). Most of the time, I volunteered with different organizations, all focusing on different aspects of human rights (Justice Plus), monitoring of the electoral process (UN Mission’s Gender division), Early warning (FEWER International). Then we planned for me to attend a conference in Winnipeg on Child soldiers’ issues.

On my way to Kinshasa, I got stuck in Eastern Congo because there was insecurity and fighting in Kinshasa between the two winners of the first round of the presidential elections. I left the country, leaving behind all my stuff in Kinshasa. I was still hoping to reach Winnipeg in time for the conference when, on my way, I experienced consecutive long layovers. I finally got to Montreal on the last day of the Winnipeg conference, having missed my Montreal to Winnipeg flight.

I am currently based in Montreal, waiting for the unknown next step, and enjoying being with my family.

10/07
Since graduating CJP in the spring of 1999, I have continued my work as a mediator, trainer, and group facilitator. From 1999-2003 I lived in the Atlantic coast region of Canada. (We moved there so my wife, Tammy, could pursue her dream of studying fine arts.) During these years I worked in close collaboration with the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Initiative, leading training seminars for victim-offender mediation agencies around the region.  I also worked closely with a federal program called Circles of Support and Accountability which was geared towards helping high-risk, sexual offenders safely reintegrate into society following the completion of their prison terms.  The program's watchword is: “No More Victims.”

We returned to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (prairie region) in 2003. Although continuing to do some work in restorative justice applications, the bulk of my focus has shifted to applications in workplace conflict.  I work as a facilitator and mediator primarily under the auspices of two agencies: Mediation Services, a non-profit program with a Certificate Training Program (www.mediationserviceswpg.ca), and Facilitated Solutions, a Winnipeg-based consulting firm specializing in workplace conflict transformation (www.fscanada.org).

Beginning In 2006, Mediation Services and Facilitated Solutions jointly undertook a significant redevelopment of the mediation model we were teaching in our programs.  The goal was to better reflect new developments in our mediation practice, particularly relating to innovative workplace-based techniques pioneered by Facilitated Solutions.  This process, which I am leading and which is still underway, includes the production of a video (completed) and a forthcoming book.  I and my colleagues at both organizations are excited about the potential of sharing our approach more broadly.  If you want to reach me to learn more, feel free to email me at dcdyck@mts.net or ddyck@fscanada.org.

Most days, this work still feels like a labor of love and only occasionally a pain in the rear!  It also continues to bear fruit in my life, particularly as it relates to my ongoing journey into realizing the divisions and wounds in my own heart that need healing!  Regardless, I continue to feel privileged to share this journey with both wonderful colleagues and courageous clients who offer me a sacred gift of trust in allowing me to walk alongside them with their own conflicts.  My hope is that as we walk together, despite my own always more obvious shortcomings, I can serve as something of a 'wounded healer.'

Last year Nyambura moved from Kenya to Toronto, Ontario.

“It's been way harder to settle here than I had ever imagined! Getting a job in the peace and justice field felt like trying to enter the field of rocket science! Anyway, it was a good and necessary hardship period as it made me aware that East or West (or North or South) home is best! So now at the back of my mind I hope to go back home and contribute to peacebuilding within my region!

“Currently, I'm with the United Church of Canada working in their Africa, Middle East and Emergency Response departments. It feels good to be working with African issues and partners once again, but a bit strange not being on the implementation side of things! I guess I do miss the dynamism of actually being out there living the issues and working with the people. But I believe there are valuable lessons to be learned in order to be> able to contribute more effectively when I do go back home!   “I often miss EMU and the open way we used to discuss issues. There was so much of a safe space and opportunity to grow and use different lenses. I hope that is something I do not lose.

November 06:

After returning from Sri Lanka , where I worked for CARE as the director of several projects that focused on integrating peacebuilding within development initiatives, I completed a number of consultancies, such as designing a peacebuilding communication skills curriculum (for World Vision Asia Pacific) and developing peacebuilding glossaries for development workers in conflict zones (for CARE).   I am currently the Program Manager of the Child Protection in Emergencies Unit of Save the Children Canada. Right now we are funding or implementing about 13 emergency responses around the world. This includes a large drought relief program in Kenya, child education interventions in Sudan and Pakistan, flood relief in Ethiopia, and a range of other programs aimed at assisting children affected by conflict and disaster.   When I am not traveling, I live with my husband in beautiful Calgary, Alberta, between the Rocky Mountains and the prairies.

I am working with a restorative justice agency called Community Justice Initiatives (CJI) in Kitchener, Canada.  The Revive program, where I am one of the Service Coordinators, works with people who have offended sexually, as well as survivors of sexual abuse.  Primarily we use a support group model where we train volunteer facilitators to guide peer-driven groups, where participants are encouraged to share their stories and to take responsibility for their healing.  Part of my role is also to coordinate our facilitated dialogues program, which brings together, in safe and respectful ways, people who have been harmed with the person who caused harm in the area of sexual abuse.  Often these conversations also branch out to include entire families.   

Prior to coming to CJI, I worked with a Mennonite Central Committee project called Circles of Support & Accountability--a restorative reintegration project that works primarily with men who have committed sexual offenses.

I am also keenly interested in using the arts to do peace work.  Presently, I am working on a project that will bring together a number of community agencies (and the clients they serve) that will use art to explore the impacts of sexual abuse on people who offend, on people who have been victimized, and on the community.

I’m working as Student Life Coordinator at the University of Manitoba . I've been working in this position for nearly a year now, but have had numerous other job offers, mostly because of the Masters from CTP and experience!

I got married last August to a great guy named Jonathan Barg, a lawyer. Yes, we do have some 'heated' debates between his law degree and my conflict transformation perspective...!

I had the pleasure of taking my theory class with Jayne Docherty. Let me clarify 'pleasure' - after a Wednesday afternoon in Jayne's class, I needed
to lie down in a dark room to get my brain back into some kind of functional order. Jayne had the audacity to demand an academic rigor from her students
and I really appreciated that.

However, what melted my brain (more than trying to remember the many theories of social change) was the oft-asked question "So what?" Jayne was
practical enough to know that theories don't change the world, people change the world. She challenged us to make real what we learned in the classroom.
My two years at EMU were extremely pleasurable and I miss the Shenandoah Valley terribly. I could have debated the merits of certain theories all day
with colleagues who blew me away with their intellect. However, it is my responsibility and duty to take my acquired knowledge and be where God would have me share it with others.


When I married Emily Stanton in 2003, (Emily is a graduate of the CTP class of 2000) we agreed that EMU was a good fit for me, not least because we
could be in the United States, close to Ems' mom and friends. We remain in the US for those reasons and also because I needed a challenge to my
professional peacebuilding work that I may not get by returning to my native Northern Ireland.

Since graduating in 2006, I have had the pleasure of
working for Catholic Relief Services based in Baltimore, Maryland. CRS is the humanitarian aid and overseas development agency of the Catholic church in the United States. I still smile at the irony of a bitter and twisted Northern Irish protestant working for one of the biggest Catholic agencies in the world! CRS is an agency that is seriously tackling the questions of how we incorporate the notion of peacebuilding into our work and indeed into
our very being. We ask difficult questions of ourselves such as what is the use of providing food and shelter to the internally displaced in Darfur if
we choose to do nothing about the conflict which made refugees of them in the first place.

As part of my work with CRS, I have had the pleasure of traveling throughout the US sharing something of the vision CRS has for peacebuilding. However, more and more I am asking myself the question "So what?" What does what I learned about peacebuilding tell me about the world in which I live and the world in which I want our little boy Liam to live. Granted I have many fine-sounding theories of social change. But what difference can I make.

The point is I can make a difference. I needed to spend two years in Harrisonburg, Virginia to remind me that change can happen and that it starts with me and with the many, many wonderful and talented people I met at EMU and meet through Catholic Relief Services. Learning more about theories of social change and asking the "so what" question has made me more aware of the difficulty of the task of creating a world that is safe and secure for all of us. However, knowing the difficulty of the task has made
me wiser and no less determined to make this a world in which we can all live in peace.

2/1/07

I am in the final year of my doctoral program at Fuller Theological Seminary. The focus of my research is on The Application of Biblical Principles of Conflict Transformation in Ethno-religous Situations, with Specific Reference to Jos and Kaduna in Nigeria .  

While at EMU, I did my practicum January-February, 2003, under MCC in Jos, Nigeria, where Gopar Tapkida was heading the peace program. It seemed to me that Gopar was faced with a daunting task, and I really wondered how long it would take before we saw the fruit of his labor. Well, I had the privilege of going back there for my doctoral research last summer, 2006, and I was truly amazed at how effective and widespread the trainings in peacebuilding had been. There was a remarkable difference in just three years.  

There is plenty of hope for peacebuilders. I am eager now to get my studies over and done with, so I can go out there where the real learning takes place!

February 2008

Mennonite Central Committee/MCC

My address is: HC 69 Box 48 , Sapello, New Mexico , 87745 USA  

I do consulting work in conflict resolution, mostly internationally. I have worked in the Caucuses, Central Asia and several locations in Sudan .  

Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2007.

Elaine Zook Barge is the Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR Program) Director. The past 20 years she has worked with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in the U.S. and in Central America. Most recently she served as the Latin America/Caribbean Connecting Peoples Coordinator and the East Coast Peace Associate from the MCC office at EMU. From 1984-1998, she worked with MCC in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala, all countries experiencing the trauma of war, poverty and violence. In addition to serving as MCC Guatemala country director, Elaine listened to the stories of widows and displaced persons, accompanied those suffering human rights abuses and facilitated experiential learning tours to promote relationship building and social change.

Director of Intake Cente
Harrisonburg City Public Schools

Nathan's assignment is registration and assessment of all new students moving into Harrisonburg who speak a language other than English.

Since Harrisonburg is currently experiencing rapid growth of immigrant populations, this work offers Nathan challenges and opportunities to assist children in making transitions.

In addition to his work with the schools, Nathan volunteers as vice-president of the board for Gemeinschaft Home, a transitional program for ex-offenders. He is also a Virginia Supreme Court Certified Court Mediator volunteering at the Community Mediation Center.

Nathan and Elaine Zook Barge are the parents of two daughters, the older of whom, Rebecca, plans to study at EMU in ’05-’06.

1126 Waterman Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22802
E-mail: nbarge@harrisonburg.k12.va.us
H. 540-438-0219 W. 540-433-3644

Senior Program Manager, CDR Associates

I have worked as a facilitator, mediator and trainer for CDR Associates, Boulder, Colorado, for the past 8 years. My professional area of focus is environmental streamlining and negotiation in the water and transportation sector. I design and facilitate multi-stakeholder collaborative processes to address public policy disputes.

In the transportation arena, I work with both transit and highway projects, facilitating ‘streamlining’ processes with federal, tribal, state and local agencies. An exciting project that I am currently working on is the joint Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) workshops on “Linking Planning and NEPA.” These workshops, with transportation and planning agencies, focus on bringing human and natural environmental considerations earlier in the transportation planning phase, and making ‘decisive decisions’ during planning so that efforts are not duplicated in the environmental phase (NEPA).Internationally, I have consulted with the Korean and Japanese governments on the implementation of two controversial highway projects, discussing various approaches to stakeholder engagement and negotiation.

In the water sector, I work with Western US states on water allocation issues, focusing on conjunctive management (surface and groundwater). While Western water disputes are numerous and growing, as an increased number of water users vie for limited supply, collaborative problem solving efforts have helped to develop agreements among water users to manage this resource. I facilitate the Nebraska Water Policy Task Force, which includes 49 diverse water users, and has resulted in passage of new law for managing and addressing surface and groundwater conflicts. The Task Force is now addressing the issues and challenges of implementing this new water law. Another controversial project that I am facilitating is the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA) management plan in Idaho . This multi-year stakeholder negotiation process is working to best manage hydrologically connected surface and groundwater.

Outside of work I love to ski, run and bike with my family in the mountains of Colorado . Juliette and I have two children Justin (5) and Gabriella (3) that keep us focused on the ‘real’ priorities of life – storytelling, laughter and meaning!

Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board and Area Agency on Aging, Quality Analyst

“Being a Dad is definitely at the top of the list. I like it a lot,” writes Michael Bischoff . Michael and his wife Jenny are the parents of Isaiah, born in 2002, and Grace born in 2005.  

I ' m still working at the Council on Crime and Justice (www.crimeandjustice.org), and my job is managing our prison reentry and victim advocacy programs. In 2005, I facilitated a prison-based restorative justice project called Citizens, Victims, and Offenders Restoring Justice--where offenders, victims of severe crimes, and other community members took turns sharing their stories of how crime has impacted their lives and how they ' ve lived with that impact. A part of my work focus is integrating the needs and perspectives of crime victims into offender reentry. I’m interested in prisons being places of restoration, and I also look forward to seeing the elimination of racial disparities in the criminal justice system in the United States .  

I ' m also still doing freelance work through my consulting business, Clarity Facilitation (www.clarityfacilitation.com). In 2005, I taught a continuing education class about how leadership has worked in nonviolent movements since 2000 in Eastern Europe and Asia . I ' m interested in what the "Gandhis" of 2005 look like.  

Another passion of mine is making movies—such as short documentaries about social change initiatives, or fun movies with kids that tell silly stories. Some of the movies are on-line at: www.clarityfacilitation.com/movies .

I am currently Assistant Professor of Religion and the Director of Peace and Conflict Studies at Bluffton University, Bluffton, Ohio. This is my third year and I am enjoying being gainfully employed and using my degrees.  

I am very interested in being in touch with CJP folks as potential resources to assist my work here.

Currently I am living in Oregon and working for a software development company as I slowly inch my way out of debt from my graduate school loans. 

I am also looking for volunteer opportunities although I have yet to find something that offers a good fit for me.  That’s really about all that I am doing these days, actually.  (I live in the Portland area and am finding that I don't enjoy commuting everyday! )

I am Senior Pastor at Otterbein United Methodist Church in Harrisonburg.  

During 2006 I was a member of the Coordinating Committee for Standing with Our Neighbors (SWON), along with Earl Martin and some others. We felt called to stand with four Kurdish men who had been arrested by the FBI and charged by the Federal District Attorney with illegally sending funds overseas without the proper licenses. This cultural practice, “hawala,” is an informal means of getting funds to relatives in need of medical care, etc. This practice was deemed a threat to the security of the United States and they were charged with felonies.  

With the community intervention and support from SWON, the men were given lighter sentences and fines and did not have to face the possibility of deportation. Our interfaith/grass roots political intervention and support was reported on the front pages of the Washington Post and the Richmond Times Dispatch,and I was interviewed on National Public Radio (NPR.  

Otterbein UMC has hosted an interfaith Peace Festival and has hosted a number of events for Jewish, Muslim and Christian children as we strive to build a model for peacemaking and interfaith community here in Harrisonburg.

I am also the Virginia Annual Conference Coordinator of the United Methodist Church for Church Enhancement. In that capacity I assign Bridgebuilder consultants to churches in conflict. We also offer training in Healthy Congregations.   In many roles, I am constantly making use of knowledge and skills I acquired through CTP.

Since graduating in December ’06, I am continuing to volunteer in different organizations, and I’m now infusing the Circle Process in my activities.

1. LAVORP ( Lancaster, PA, Area Victim Offender reconciliation Program):

My goal is to create spaces to speak about racial justice in a deep way.

* Kay Pranis came to Lancaster and I assisted her in a Circle Process training where I invited representatives of the diverse ethnic backgrounds in the city.

*Cases assigned to me now include Circles instead of just the VORP facilitation.

*I assisted Barbara Toews with a segment of diversity training for LAVORP.

*Letters and communication with city mayor and other leaders (YWCA, Social Equity at Millersville University, HHRR) to educate in the importance of other processes, such as Circles.

2. With YWCA of Lancaster:

*5 years ago the YWCA accepted my idea of celebrating Day of Commitment, having groups of three people from diverse ethnic backgrounds to share a meal during that day. (2007 will be the 5 th year!) I am trying to revise it and infuse it with the inspiration from CJP’s “Coming to the Table.”

*Continue as co-chair of the YWCA Day of Commitment. I invited 15 leaders with different backgrounds for a preliminary meeting to plan this event, Amish, Muslim, Native American, Chinese, Hispanics, African American, etc. Circle process was used and the response was very positive.

3. With Human Relations Commission of Lancaster County:

* I am educating the members of the board and executive director about using Circles in our process.

*I am speaking with Mayor of Lancaster, as well as City Council members who happen to be my friends, to make them aware of other ways to address crime, for instance, using Circles. I have invited them for a meeting to share with them the Circle process.

4. With NPR:

* I worked with David Rush, developing stories targeted to the Anglo community about the Latino community in Georgetown, Delaware. I interviewed many and translated the interviews. We received an Award from the Associated Press for this series.

5. With Witness for peace:

* I participated in a delegation to Venezuela to see the effects of USA policies.

* Facilitating holistic approach used in Witness for Peace/Mid-Atlantic region’s retreat.

6. With SACA (Spanish-American Civic Association):

* Shifting from interviewing Latina women as role models to telling stories of restorative justice. I am applying for a one-year grant for this project, however I am starting this project right away—regardless of funding.

After graduating from the Conflict Transformation Program, I became a Family Therapist. In that position, I continued to work with adolescents, families, local public and private agencies and organizations, and communities to transform conflict, to attempt to heal mental illness, and to bring positive change to human systems. Currently, I am working as a Family Therapist and a Clinical Supervisor and completing my Residency in Marriage and Family Therapy. Eventually, I hope to continue to research the causes of family and child violence and mental illness.

A copy of the thesis I completed as a student in the Conflict Transformation Program can be found at www.familytherapyresources.net.

My wife, Heather, and I live with our dog, Ruthie, in Richmond.

My work in the field of Restorative Justice (RJ) covers multiple areas. I started in 2003 as a volunteer in the RJ Program of the Office of Dispute Resolution in Prince William County Justice Court, Virginia, co-facilitating encounters between victims, juvenile offenders, and members of their families and community. Most of my co-facilitations involve people who are from Spanish-speaking backgrounds who are not fluent in English.

Since 2004 I have been regularly giving presentations on RJ for the Washington Semester Program and the School of Public Affairs of American University in Washington, D.C., where I also serve as the campus Baptist Chaplain.

I have also become an international consultant and trainer on RJ issues. In September/October ‘06 I provided three weeks of consulting work and trainings on Restorative Justice in Mexico for USAID/Mexico and the organization ProDerecho. My work with USAID in support of the organization ProDerecho was requested because in some of the Mexican States an approved judicial reform had included the possibility of using restorative justice processes. My task was to train some of the people working in the judicial system who will be using RJ in those States, and some key people from human rights organizations and other community organizations who should be sustaining the process. I lead four days of training (6 hours per day) in two of those States (Chihuhaha and Oaxaca ) and another four days of training in one State (Jalisco, in the city of Guadalajara , where the reform has not been approved yet).

The other part of my task in Mexico was to give conferences in various settings, to educate people on the principles and benefits of RJ: Universities of Laws, Tribunals, Congress, with audiences of law professors, magistrates, judges, attorneys, the president of the university, the president of the tribunal, and State Attorney Generals. (This part of the work included Mexico City as well). I also gave press conferences, interviews for television and newspaper in all the States.

Another Mexican organization, PROTEJA, who is also supported by USAID, and is focused on helping the Congress to pass laws to criminalize human trafficking and smuggling in Mexico, has requested my expertise in RJ. The State of Chihuahua has recently passed a criminal reform to consider people's trafficking and smuggling a crime against people to be sanctioned. I was called to return to Mexico in mid - January ’07 to participate, as a speaker and a panelist, in a two-day conference that would celebrate the criminal reform and would educate the public and the media on the issue. Dr. Luis C. de Baca, Special Litigation Counsel of the Human Trafficking Criminal Section of the US Department of Justice, was also one of the speakers and panelists. The conference was very well attended, with more than 500 people from different sectors of society. In showing the close connection between RJ and Conflict Transformation models and approaches, my role was to stimulate the audience in getting engaged in the struggle against trafficking.

I have already been invited to speak at a similar conference in Acapulco at the end of March, because the State of Guerrero has also just approved a similar criminal reform.

Another part of my RJ work is in collaboration with the anti-mafia movement in Sicily, Italy. In May ‘05 I conducted a workshop on restorative justice during the National Conference," Finding Ways to Overcome the Culture of Mafia,” held in Palermo, Italy. Since then, I have been collaborating with the anti-mafia movement in Sicily, and have been training some of their members on RJ. I have also been researching about the possible contribution of RJ as a tool for social change in the context of a protracted conflict, and the challenges posed by organized crime to the restorative justice practice. I presented part of this ongoing work at the National Conference of the Association of Conflict Resolution, Philadelphia, Pa., October ‘06, when I conducted the workshop on Restorative Justice and Organized Crime.

In May ‘06 I assisted Prof. Howard Zehr and Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz in their Restorative Justice course at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute at EMU, and I have also written various articles on RJ issues for national and international publications.

February 2008:

I am now working at Ameriprise Financial as an Associate Financial Advisor, and my work email is marisol.cruz@ampf.com

I am Mexican-American born on La Frontera (the border) in Laredo, Texas . As an ordained minister of the Mennonite Church U.S.A., I served Houston Mennonite Church and as a chaplain for hospice. I have worked for various non-profit agencies, especially around peace and justice issues.

While working on my MA in the conflict transformation, I continued employment with MennoniteCentral Committee as Director of Peace and Justice Ministries. That position has taken me to Central America, Mexico, Australia, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel/Palestine and Africa in relationship to justice issues.

As of January 14, 2007, I will be working for Mennonite Church USA as Director of Intercultural Relations.This will give me continued opportunity to work for social change within organizations, dismantling racism and internalized racist oppression.

My published works are as follows:

Finding Balance and Harmony in our Wandering ; The Conrad Grebel Review; Winter 2005

Set Free--A Journey Toward Solidarity Against Racism; Herald Press, 2001

I am married to Leo Hartshorn and we have three adult children and one grandson.

Anne Dickey ‘06

I'm currently working as Program Coordinator for the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville--lots of scientists, lots of free food. 

I've also been taking classes to go to nurse practitioner or osteopathic medical school, probably in psychiatry, so stay tuned for updates!

I have been working on several different small projects. I have recently finished my book, Compassionate Honesty that will be published sometime in early 2007. I also just started a bi-monthly E-Newsletter on compassionate honesty. If you would like to be included on my list, please sign up at www.accesswisdom.com.

In 2007, I plan to write a short book, Self Care for the Child Abuse Prevention Home Visitor, which may apply to self care of the peace builder as well.  

I still do some work with couples, but I have been limiting my work to 4-5 Couples Retreats a year.  

In Staunto , VA I created and am co-leading a weekly group on Anger Awareness for people who have been court ordered with domestic violence assault and battery charges.  

I have the privilege of working with David Brubaker on an organizational project with Yogaville, which is a spiritually based intentional community. And, in Sperryville, VA, I belong to a group of friends who work with energy and hands on healing with people in the community who have a serious illness.  

Lastly, I am a used car sales man. Well, sort of? I buy and sell good quality used Volvo’s, Subaru’s Saab’s and BMW’s. I have a mechanic who checks them out, fixes whatever needs fixing and then I sell what I consider to be a good car at a good price and make a little bit of money.  

Other than that I have been watching movies, trading healing sessions with friends, listening to music, dancing, traveling, enjoying great meals with friends and family, and night-hiking with my dogs. 

Pulication:

Transformative Love ""A Healing Guide
for Intimate Relationships"

Upon the completion of my program at EMU, I started working at the American Islamic Congress in  Washington, DC, as the DC Program Director. It is very interesting to notice the transition between being a student in the US and moving into the labor force, because there is a lot to learn on both sides. In my current job, I have the opportunity to better understand the dynamics of US-Islamic relationships and have a hands-on experience on what actions and steps should be taken to empower interfaith communities to create a culture of dialogue, understanding and tolerance.

Matt Ellingson works for the relief and development organization Food for the Hungry as the Director of Relief.  This role takes him from various disaster settings such as the mountains of Pakistan’s troubled Kashmir Province to the arid, dusty and troubled Darfur, and many points between. 

The Relief Unit of Food for the Hungry aims to implement and administer programs that meaningfully serve a disaster affected community with excellence and thus be an accurate and glorifying reflection of our God who taught us to love our neighbors.

View recent accounts of the work of the Food for the Hungry Relief unit at:  www.fh.org/relief

For over 20 years I have been offering community support in Mind/Body healing with Process Oriented Bodywork. The modalities I work with include Cranial Sacral Therapy, Visceral Manipulation, Zero Balancing, Continuum, Buddhist meditation and Zapchen and Mediation/Transformation/JustPeace.

I teach self-care to individuals and groups so we can best serve others. I have a special interest in working with infants and children. I am involved in the local HIPP (Help Increase the Peace Program—an international Quaker based organization) and help facilitate potent workshops teaching peacebuilding and sharing our stories. Recently, I had the good fortune to teach youth and adults in India and Ecuador.