Neighborhood Peace Teams: Building Skills to De-escalate Violence

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with Michigan-Meta Peace Team trainer Kim Redigan about the remarkable work being done by peace teams both internationally and domestically, and how we might be able to use peace team training in our neighborhoods to reduce violence and create safe conditions under which conflicts and grievances can be aired, addressed, and hopefully resolved. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Kim Redigan is a nonviolence trainer for Michigan-Meta Peace Teams. She has served on both international and domestic peace teams in a wide range of conflict situations. She is a teacher, writer, and water activist living in Detroit, Michigan. Related Links: Michigan-Meta Peace Teams http://www.metapeaceteam.org/ Write Time For Peace by Kim Redigan http://writetimeforpeace.com/ Meta Peace Team http://www.metapeaceteam.org/ Peace Zones for Life http://detroitcoalition.org/ About Shanti Sena http://www.markshep.com/peace/GT_Sena.html Metta Center on Shanti Sena Network http://mettacenter.org/shanti-sena/about-the-shanti-sena-network/ CEASE Fire http://cureviolence.org/partners/illinois-partners/ Elizabeth Murray Interview on Love (and Revolution) Radio http://occupyradio.podomatic.com/entry/2016-08-16T14_00_00-07_00 Nonviolent Peaceforce http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/ Peace Brigades International http://www.peacebrigades.org/ Narayan Desai and Shanti Sena http://www.markshep.com/peace/GT_Sena.html Music by: This week's featured music is "Reflections" by Shawn Mercer from the album by the same title. You can find more of his music at www.shawnmercer.com "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org 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/