The strongest security does not come from guns, police, armies or control, but from vulnerable and honest relationships. Richmond's Conflict Resolution Center contributes to these relationships throughout our community through working with suspended and expelled youth, mediating teen-parent and landlord-tenant conflicts, and teaching a depth and breadth of conflict resolution and restorative justice skills. CRC's Program Director Aaron Nell will share about this work at Peace Forum on October 9 at noon. Free, delicious lunch provided. Located in the Earlham School of Religion Dining Room on the campus of Earlham College in Richmond.

How do the members of a community deal with harm or hurt between one another? Please join Adrien Niyongabo, Molly Slothower, and the Conflict Resolution Center of Richmond in an exploration of how justice, healing, and reconciliation work is being practiced in communities around the world and in our own.

Saturday, March 29th 2008 from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM in the Dining Room at the Earlham School of Religion. For more information, contact the Conflict Resolution Center at 765-973-8511.

The Earlham School of Religion is hosting its annual Spirituality Gathering on Saturday, March 1st on the Richmond campus. Seeking Simplicity: Listening to the Spirit will feature keynote speaker Catherine Whitmire, author of Plain Living: A Quaker Path to Simplicity. Whitmire will share her thoughts on simplicity as “a matter of spiritual intent, or an aim of the heart”, and how a simpler and more meaningful life is awaiting us.  continue reading »

The Division of Humanities and Fine Arts at Indiana University East and Earlham School of Religion is pleased to announce that writer Dan Wakefield, an Indiana native, will be in Richmond on Thursday, March 29th and Friday, March 30th He will offer a series of writing workshops, and give a reading from his work. Friday, March 30th, from 1:30 to 4:00 in Whitewater 132 on the I.U. East campus, Wakefield will screen New York in the Fifties, a film based on his memoir of the same name, and lead a question and answer period following the film. Friday, March 30th at 7 p.m. in Vivian Auditorium on the I.U. East campus, Wakefield will read from his book Returning: A Spiritual Journey. All events are free and open to the public.  continue reading »