This week on Love and Revolution Radio, we speak with Heart Phoenix and Jeffrey Weisberg of the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding in Gainesville, Florida about how to use peacebuilding, restorative justice and conflict resolution to help heal and strengthen our local communities.
"Peacebuilding is an amazing way to build the resilience of young people." - Heart Phoenix
"The antidote to despair is empowerment." - Jeffrey Weisberg
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About Our Guests:
Heart Phoenix is the president of the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding, an educator, activist and champion of environmental and animal rights, social justice, peacebuilding and gender equality. She is the cofounder of the Peace Alliance and the chair of the Peace Alliance Educational Institute.
Jeffrey Weisberg is the Executive Director of the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding, and serves as a Florida certified state mediator. He is a founding member of the Peace Alliance.
Related Links:
The River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding
http://centerforpeacebuilding.org/
Inaugural Community Peacebuilder Residential Immersion Training
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1108996851245&ca=caf22140-c139-4a25-9bb9-a31076f1306b
Paul K. Chappell on Love (and Revolution) Radio:
http://occupyradio.podomatic.com/entry/2016-01-19T21_00_00-08_00
The Cosmic Ocean by Paul K. Chappell
http://paulkchappell.com/the-cosmic-ocean/
Music by:
"Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org
"Chosely" by Crowfoot on the Nadajai CD http://www.crowfootmusic.com/
About Your Co-hosts:
Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline
Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/
