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FACE TO FACE WITH REFUGEES by Helen Horn & Peggy Gish
This summer Peggy Gish spent two months working with Christian Peace Maker teams, first in Kurdistan–northern Iraq–and then on the refugee-jammed island of Lesbos in Greece. The team in Kurdistan is spending considerable time...
Young Mens’ Discussion Association by Talcon Quinn
Across the globe and particularly in rural, midwest America, young men struggle with what mainstream western culture dictates as healthy masculinity. Current cultural trends promote the idea that men are to be strong, dominant,...
Sexual Assault Prevention Program Works with Athens City Schools on Health Curriculum Review By Talcon Quinn
In the late winter, early spring of last year (2015); APJN’s Sexual Assault Prevention Program started meeting with faculty of Athens City Schools to collaborate on revising the Health Curriculum for grades K-12. We...
ART GISH PEACEMAKING FUND NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
HAVE YOU BEEN WANTING TO TAKE A FIRST STEP TO WORK FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE? DOES YOUR GROUP HAVE AN EXCITING PROJECT FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE THAT YOU CAN’T FIND FUNDS FOR? A LIMITED...
Update on Sexual Assault Prevention Programming in Local Schools. We’ve increased programming for the 2015-2016 school year and there’s still room for more! By Sarah Fick
Athens High School: We have proposed starting a Men of Strength Club that would meet during the school’s Academic Coaching period. The MoSt Club is an evidence-based curriculum created by an organization in Washington...
Democracy Over Corporations (DOC) Update by John Howell
Two projects have been the main project areas of DOC this past year. The Bill of Rights Committees, both of Athens county and of Meigs county, grew out of DOC. Following the adoption of...
“We who believe in freedom cannot rest…” by Peggy Gish
If you feel discouraged and overwhelmed with all the wars and problems in our society, join the crowd…of people who care! It’s disturbing to know that African American youth fear for their lives when...
Support APJN through the Kroger Community Rewards Program and smile.amazon.com
You can now support APJN by registering or re-registering (you have to re-register every April) online for the Kroger Community Rewards Program at kroger.com/communityrewards and entering APJN’s number: 32060. Once you register, a portion...
HOLLABACK APPALACHIAN OHIO! RENAMED PEOPLE’S JUSTICE LEAGUE By Sarah Fick
The former organizers of Hollaback Appalachian Ohio! are pleased to announce that they are officially cutting ties with Hollaback! and are now continuing their work to end street harassment in Southeast Ohio under the...
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