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Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek

Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek

By: Avis Kalfsbeek
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Peace Is Here explores global peace light-hearted touch and a scholar’s heart. Join Avis Kalfsbeek, writer of environmental fiction, for a layperson's curriculum of peace. She explores peace treaties, nature’s quiet wisdom, and the down-to-earth creativity required for #TheGreatDisarmament. From deep-dive series on peace heroes to fiction stories and personal riffs, Avis looks beneath the surface to see the peace that is already here.

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Episodes
  • Ep 241 Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - Bayard Rustin (Class 9)
    Apr 13 2026

    Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - Bayard Rustin: The Invisible Professor (Class 9)

    We recover the history of Bayard Rustin, the master strategist of the Civil Rights Movement. We explore non-violence not as a sentiment, but as a logistical and technical science that requires immense discipline and preparation.

    Homework
    1. Look up the Nashville Sit-in workshops or Bayard Rustin's "Manual for Organizers" and find one specific instruction given to the participants about how to maintain their composure.
    2. Write down one question about any of this episode’s topics. If you don’t have a question, write “no question.”
    3. Optional: Think about a project or a goal you have. How much of your energy is going into the "speech" (the public-facing idea) versus the "logistics" (the actual preparation and discipline needed to make it work)? What would it look like to treat your personal peace as a technical problem to be solved with preparation?

    Learning Topics: The Logistics of Peace: Organizing the 1963 March on Washington; Sociodramas and simulations: Building muscle memory for non-violence; Strategic Sacrifice: Navigating identity and orientation for the movement; Bayard Rustin as the "Policy Translator" of Gandhian principles in America; The organizational manual as a blueprint for living architecture

    • Get the book Peace Stuff Enough: AvisKalfsbeek.com/peace-stuff-enough
    • Join the Community / Get the Books: www.AvisKalfsbeek.com
    • Podcast Music: Javier Peke Rodriguez “I am late, madame Curie” https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
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    8 mins
  • Ep 240 Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Class 8)
    Apr 6 2026

    Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Class 8)

    We explore a case study in horizontal peace. By examining the 1914 Christmas Truce, we see how proximity, shared ritual, and the refusal of abstraction can temporarily dismantle the machinery of war.

    Homework
    1. Look up the letters of soldiers from the 1914 Christmas Truce and find one description of a conversation between a British and German soldier.
    2. Write down one question about any of this episode’s topics. If you don’t have a question, write “no question.”
    3. Optional: Think about a situation in your life where you have been told to see someone as an opponent or an enemy. How much of that is based on a war map given to you by someone else? What would happen if you ignored the map and looked at the horizontal reality of that person’s life?

    Learning Topics: Horizontal Peace: When lateral connections overrule vertical authority; Proximity and the dissolution of the enemy image; Ritual as a communication protocol: The role of music and shared food; The institutional reaction: Why high command feared the truce; The lesson for peace scholars: Faces vs. Abstractions

    • Get the book Peace Stuff Enough: AvisKalfsbeek.com/peace-stuff-enough
    • Join the Community / Get the Books: www.AvisKalfsbeek.com
    • Podcast Music: Javier Peke Rodriguez “I am late, madame Curie” https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
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    8 mins
  • Ep 239 Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - Indigenous Peace Traditions (Class 7)
    Mar 30 2026

    Peacewarts: Dept. of Chronicled Courage - Indigenous Peace Traditions (Class 7)

    Episode Summary: We deconstruct the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace as a masterclass in constitutional design. We examine the 1142 CE founding, the role of Jigonhsasee, and how the Seven Generations principle created a system where peace was the operational norm.

    Homework:

    1. Look upthe Women's Nomination Belt (part of the wampum records) and find out how it protected the power of the Clan Mothers.
    2. Write down one questionabout any of this episode's topics. If you don't have a question, write "no question."
    3. Optional: Think about a decision you have to make this week. If you applied the Seven Generations principle to that decision—asking how it would affect your descendants 200 years from now—how would your choice change?

    Learning Topics: The 1142 Founding: Breaking the "Mourning War" cycle through legal reform; Jigonhsasee and the Clan Mothers: Structural gender-balancing and the power to depose aggressive leaders; The Great Law of Peace: A participatory democracy that influenced federalism; The Eagle on the Tree: Peace as an early warning and diplomatic buffer; The Seven Generations Principle: Moving from short-term reaction to long-term stewardship.

    • Get the book Peace Stuff Enough: AvisKalfsbeek.com/peace-stuff-enough
    • Join the Community / Get the Books: www.AvisKalfsbeek.com
    • Podcast Music: Javier Peke Rodriguez “I am late, madame Curie” https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
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    8 mins
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