Put on a mustache and bring your running shoes for a great day in the park at this year's Mustached Turtle Dash!

Click here to register and use the code TURTLES5 for $5 off.

The Mustached Turtle Dash will include:

• Fair Trade chocolate courtesy of Endangered Species Chocolate 
• Complimentary post-race massages courtesy of Harrison College 
• Zumba warm-up with certified instructor Demetrees Hutchins 
• Complimentary recovery station with drinks and snacks provided by Georgetown Market 
• $50 Go Ape! zip line gift certificates for the winners in each category
• Turtle racing and activities for kids
• There will also be a giant gorilla and banana participating in this year's race!

Many thanks to our other sponsors:  TLS Custom Furniture, State Representative Cherrish Pryor, Indy Parks, Concept Prints, Nuvo, Attorney Paul T. Fulkerson, Creative Converting, and Liberty Mutual agent Avery Preddie 

 

Upcoming Focus 2020 Workshops

 

 All Focus 2020 workshops are offered at no cost to you and by attending you will become eligible to apply for a $500-$5,000 Community Action Grant, but

preregistration is required.   

 

Orientation:  Peace Learning Center

November 20, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Click here for additional information and to register

 

Creating a Culture of Peace:  Peace Learning Center

October 14, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

December 11, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Click here for additional information and to register

 

Our Choices, Our Community, Our Environment:  Peace Learning Center

October 15, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Click here for additional information and to register

 Do you have an idea about how to help Greater Indy become a more peaceful, welcoming, and engaged community?  

Campaign Nonviolence is a new, long-term movement to build a culture of peace and nonviolence and to foster a world free of war, poverty and the climate crisis.  We

have joined this nationwide effort-and we invite you to join also! To launch this new movement for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world, Campaign Nonviolence is organizing nonviolent marches, rallies, and public demonstrations in hundreds of cities across the United States during Campaign Nonviolence Week, September 21-27. To learn more, click here.  

 

 

World Peace Day: Labyrinth Tour  

Sunday, September 21, 1:30 pm  

 at the labyrinth behind the Indiana Interchurch Center, 1100 W. 42nd Street

On this tour, bike and/or drive to 5 labyrinths. A map will be provided to guide you along the 8 mile route. To RSVP or for more information contact Lisa Boyles at 317.372.6983 or by eamil at basilheart@gmail.com.

 
 

 Jerome Ringo: The New Color of Green, Race, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice  

presented by Earth Charter Indiana   

September 25, 7 pm at the Athenaeum

To register or for more information contact Jim Poyser at jposyer@earthcharterindiana.org. 

We are happy and excited to welcome two new Youth Development Facilitators to our team at Peace Learning Center! They will be very busy this year serving more than 30 school partners.  Damarius is serving at the PLC as an AmeriCorps volunteer through the Center for Interfaith Cooperation. In addition to serving at PLC, his primary responsibility will be helping connect local immigrants to healthcare resources. 

Melita Carter

1. What is your favorite quote about peace?

"Peace is the solution to inward violence, andthe answer to outward viole

nce." 

2. What do you love about Peace Learning Center?

 The peace, love, and unity the company embodies.

3. What is your favorite thing to do outside of work?
I like to work on crafts. I like to scrapbook, and paint whenever I have the time. I love bike riding. 

Damarius Johnson

What is your favorite quote about peace?

For additional information PLC's youth programs, please contact Kristina at 317.327.7144 or email of KHulvershorn@peacelearningcenter.org 

VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH  

Thank you Cora for everything you have done for our organization.  We are very grateful to have had you on our team!

RACE AND CULTURAL RELATIONS IN INDIANAPOLIS

Last week, I had the chance to accompany Rev. Harold Good during public  presentations about his life's work.   He is a Methodist leader from Northern Ireland who was a key figure in that country's peace process. During the late 1960's he lived in Indianapolis studying at Christian Theological Seminary and pastoring at Riverside Methodist.

Preaching to an all black congregation the Sunday after Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated, he said he felt inadequate to address the audience but they convinced him otherwise through their encouragement and gentle spirits. It changed his life.

When he left Indy for Northern Ireland to pastor in inner-city Belfast, he was amazed by the hateful speech between Protestants and Catholics, and recognized similar patterns in American racial strife. He quickly realized sectarianism and racism are on either side of the same coin.

THE MINDFUL PATH - INTRODUCTION

This is one of the weekly blog Mindful Path posts written by our guest blogger Lisa Robinson. Be sure to visit our blog every Tuesday to read the newest post to learn how to incorporate more mindful practices into your daily life!

Hello, my name is Lisa Robinson.  I'm pleased to be a guest blogger for Peace Learning Center, where my posts will highlight the relationships between the practice of mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and social and emotional learning (SEL).  However, the most important part is that I'll present resources to help adults and children to benefit from enhancing their use of mindfulness.  Through my posts, my hope is that you will find tools and support to travel a mindful path that resonates with you.