By Dr. Kathie Malley-Morrison   

Photo by Aaron Tang. Used under CC Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

By Dr. Kathie Malley-Morrison

As of this writing, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the "second suspect" in the Boston Marathon tragedy, is still alive. We should all pray that he recovers. We need to hear his story. He needs to tell his story.

By guest author Mbaezue Emmanuel Chukwuemeka   

Women engaged in nonviolent protest in Jos

Indigenous African dispute resolution mechanisms include efforts to utilize elders in resolving disputes peacefully. In Rwanda, where the Gacaca system predominated in efforts to resolve issues relating to the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, the traditional role of elders known as Iyangamugayo was emphasized.

The Iyangamugayo were men possessing great wisdom, altruism, and political and economic influence. They encouraged dialogue rather than violence among disputants. The Gacaca system, which was the only justice system in Rwanda before the days of... Read more... 

Review of Thomas F. Curran's Soldiers of Peace: Civil War Pacifism and the Postwar Radical Peace Movement.  

By guest author Edward Agro      

I'd long been anxious to read Soldiers of Peace, hoping it might shed light on successes as well as missteps in the current-day antiwar movement. And so it has.

The main character in Soldiers of Peace is Alfred H. Love, who was possessed of the idée fixe that the only way to peace before, during, and after the Civil War was to rebuild government and civil society on a Biblical model.

Kids Love Peace - Icy And Sot - Iran - Tabriz

Children can be peace builders. Thousands of children around the world work for peace.  

One way they do this is through painting and other forms of artwork.

See, for example, Peace Crafts and Children and the Art of Peace.   

Learn how to make art projects that promote peace and learn what  

you--and your school or community--can do to join the international effort to be part of children working together for peace through painting.