Women, War & Peace challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men's domain. The series reveals that women have become primary targets in today's armed conflicts and are suffering unprecedented casualties; yet, they are simultaneously emerging as necessary partners in brokering lasting peace and as leaders in forging new international laws governing conflict.
Dr. Grace Edwards is Professor Emerita of Appalachian Studies and English at Radford University in Radford, Virginia. She talks with Blue Ridge PBS about the strength of Appalachian women and their ability to deal with conflict and create harmony.
Three women hold the title of 2019 Peace Laureates in San Antonio: . Rebecca Flores, who has spent most of her adult life championing for worker’s rights; Nickie Valdez, who works for the LGBTQ community in the Catholic Church; and Patricia Castillo, who has tackled domestic violence issues for decades. All three had to learn to lead and make a difference.
The daughter of a World War I veteran and the wife of a World War II veteran, Mary Jane Wysor of Wytheville, Virginia, is 93 years young. Blue Ridge PBS talks with this Appalachian elder to find out her views on building long lasting peace.
Eman Abdelrahman grew up in Egypt and is now a Masters student in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. She shares with Blue Ridge PBS what peace means to her and how it is different for older generations.
Egyptian native and single mom Mai Dahshan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. She shares her thoughts with Blue Ridge PBS on living in peace with yourself and others.
The road to peace is built by teachers of peace, and one of those teachers is Sister Martha Ann Kirk, CCVI, a professor at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. Kirk teaches peace based on theology, and speaks from her own decades of peace building around the world.
Sister Denise LaRock is a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul and has been working in San Antonio since January 2016. She works with the Interfaith Welcome Coalition (IWC), greeting asylum-seekers at the bus station and providing backpacks with donations from churches. She bases her work on the words of the Bible regarding foreigners.
Linda Dickerson has served as a Presbyterian pastor for 30 years. She shares her definition of peace with Blue Ridge PBS.
Sue Ellerbrock is the Director of Religious Education at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Blacksburg, Va. She shares her views with Blue Ridge PBS on helping others and her dream for peace.
Seven years after the original debut of the award-winning series, Women, War & Peace II premieres at a critical political moment where women are calling for a seat at the table. In uncovering untold histories of those who have made that possible, the series reveals their transformative power and the long road ahead for contemporary peacebuilders around the world.
Discover how some of the biggest recent international events have been shaped by women in a showcase of four, female-directed films that tell never-before-told stories about women who risked their lives for peace, changing history in the process.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the astonishing story of the Liberian women who took on the warlords and regime of dictator Charles Taylor in the midst of a brutal civil war, and won a once unimaginable peace for their shattered country in 2003. Featuring Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee.
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