Women & War Retreat at Agape

Some pictures to share from our time at the retreat:

  Lauren and Smith's Acapella group

 Traditional dance of the Burundi (and cute children!)

 Burundi women share their story of time spent in refugee camps and struggles for survival

 Suzanne, co-founder of the Agape community

 We found Kathleen, a Stonehill alum... who lived in Rehoboth!

 Singing and dancing :)

 A tree planted in the memory of an Iraqi woman. Her two children and husband were present

 At the hermitage

 Campfire!

Lots of good resources:

Agape Community

http://www.agapecommunity.org/

School for International Training CONTACT Program (Conflict Transformation Across Cultures)

http://www.sit.edu/graduate/6708.htm

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding

http://www.karunacenter.org/

Photographer and Blogger, Skip Schiel

http://skipschiel.wordpress.com/

Interfaith Peace Builders

http://ifpbdel.org/

The Center for Nonviolent Solutions
http://nonviolentsolution.org/

War Resisters League
http://www.warresisters.org/

Iraq Veterans Against War
http://www.ivaw.org/

Interview with Robynn Murray,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI45tHE5o7M

Documentary, Pray the Devil Back to Hell
http://www.praythedevilbacktohell.com/

Women in Black
http://www.womeninblack.org/en/about

Warrior Writers
http://www.warriorwriters.org/

Documentary, The Most Dangerous Man in America
http://www.mostdangerousman.org/