Who We Are ½ Mission ½ Vision ½ Pledge ½ Membership ½ News ½ Links ½ Contact

 

Who We Are

Grand Rapids Peace Team, an affiliate of Michigan Peace Team in Lansing, Michigan, is associated with the Institute for Global Education in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

  

Our Mission

To promote nonviolent solutions to conflict

  

Our Vision

Grand Rapids Peace Team exists to present nonviolence as a real alternative. We aspire to be a constructive, positive force, not simply a critical and reactionary one. We accomplish this through:

  • our visible presence in public actions and vigils
  • helping to plan and participate in local events
  • speaking engagements

  

Our Pledge

  1. My attitude will be one of openness and respect toward all people I encounter -- even those with whom I disagree.
  2. I will use no violence, verbal or physical, toward any person.
  3. I will refuse to retaliate with violence if threatened, but will seek nonviolent ways to deal with conflict.

  

Membership

Required:

  • Membership in the Institute for Global Education
  • Commitment to our three-point pledge

Recommended:

  • Michigan Peace Team training in nonviolence
  • Regular attendance at meetings

 

 

News

The following documents are available in PDF format and can be viewed only with Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not already have this software, you may download it for free here.

 

 

Related Links

  Grand Rapids Peace Presence

Readings in Nonviolence

West Michigan Justice and Peace Coalition

   

Contact Us

E-mail us

 

This web site last updated July 2, 2007