SEATTLE JOURNAL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Vol. 3, Issue 2, Spring/Summer 2005 By Michael Shank The Transforming Social Justice section of this issue explores what social justice is, what the social justice movement has accomplished, and whether the movement should transform itself to confront today’s most pressing issues effectively. Mr. Noam […]
SEATTLE JOURNAL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Vol. 3, Issue 2, Spring/Summer 05 By Michael Shank Podcast of the Article FOREWORD BY HOWARD ZINN* When I think of the relationship between artists and society – and for me the question is always what it could be, rather than what it is – […]
UN News Centre 09/10/2004 Ministers from around the world meeting at the United Nations today discussed how to use the arts to spread peace, as the World Culture Open, a new international non-profit organization working to promote reconciliation, held its inaugural conference. Secretary-General Kofi Annan hailed the gathering, which this […]
New York Times 09/09/2004 By Randy Kennedy sk anyone at City Hall: bringing the Olympics to New York City is not an easy job. A group of ambitious businessmen and social activists have discovered that the same thing applies not only to the kind of Olympics that feature pole vaulting […]
THE MENNONITE Vol. 7, No 11, June 04 By Michael Shank When a financial services firm such as Mennonite Mutual Aid (MMA), a company committed to socially responsible investing, makes investment decisions, they rely on a philosophy of stewardship for guidance. The firm’s philosophy is guided by a set of […]
Daily News-Record 04/14/2004 By Jeff Mellot Michael Shank, a graduate student at Eastern Mennonite University, felt encouraged, even heartened, after a 90-minute meeting Tuesday at the campus. EMU President Loren Swartzendruber called the forum to take questions and hear comments about the campus’ church-based, community lifestyle commitment agreement that critics […]
Richmond Times-Dispatch 04/14/2004 By Calvin R. Trice The Mennonite Church has the right to discriminate against homosexual conduct based on its beliefs, says the president of a church college here. Eastern Mennonite University President Loren E. Swartzendruber emphasized, however, that bigotry, name-calling and vilification are unacceptable at the school. Swartzendruber […]
Daily News-Record 01/24/2004 By Melvin Mason City Protest Calls For Free Elections In Occupied Nation Friday’s cold temperatures could not deter a group of protesters asking for elections in the newly liberated Iraq. Members of JustVoices, a group of local college students and residents, protested on Court Square at noon. […]
PEACE NEWS No. 2450, March-May 03 By Michael Shank “So how was Pakistan?” Friends eager to know more about my recent work in the Islamic Republic have had to wait patiently as I search my vocabulary for the appropriate words. My silence surprises me as well. Usually words do not […]
PEACE NEWS No. 2450, March-May 03 By Michael Shank “You can take as much time as you’d like, Michael. We’ve got the place reserved until 6pm,” whispered one of the organisers of Focus on South Asia, the peace conference recently held in Lahore, Pakistan for delegates from India, Pakistan, Sri […]