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The quarterly Newsletter, serving IPJ Shareholder Members and the PPJN and FAVAN networks, offers families, schools, faith communities, and local organizations practical ways of living and sharing the Pledge of Nonviolence and/or responding to some aspect of violence challenging our communities, nation, and world. Each issue focuses on a specific component of the Pledge or aspect of violence, helping all of us find more effective ways of addressing violence, its roots, and the implications of the Pledge for society as well as for families.Excerpts from Recent Issues Winter 2004 Newsletter: The Legacy of Dr. King – Challenging Materialism This is the second of our four part series of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This issue focuses on the “extreme materialism” that King identified as one of the societal evils that must be overcome if we as a country are to move from being a thing-oriented culture to a people-oriented one. We have tried, however, to focus on the positive, with articles, reflection questions, and suggestions that help empower individuals and families to become more intentional about their lifestyle. Following are links to two articles from the Winter 2004 Newsletter: Families Challenging Materialism Still Trying... After All These Years Spring/Summer 2003 Double Newsletter: The Legacy of Dr. King -- How It Still Challenges Us" Click here for entire Spring/Summer 2003 Issue is available in PDF version. See below for information about using Acrobat Reader. Excerpts from the Summer 2002 Newsletter -- Preschool Pledge of Nonviolence Excerpts from the Spring 2002 Newsletter -- What Is Hate Violence? Excerpts from the Winter 2002 Newsletter -- Patriotism, Parenting and Peacemaking Excerpts from the Fall 2001 Newsletter -- Domestic Violence Excerpts from the Summer 2001 Newsletter -- The Pledge of Nonviolence Spreads to Prisons All articles from the May 2001 Newsletter -- Media Violence that Affects Our Children's Lives The following Circles of Peace, Circles of Justice newsletter is provided here as an example of the 'look' of a full newsletter. Sample Issue of the Circles of Peace, Circles of Justice Newsletter (Acrobat Reader) To access the sample newsletters you will need a
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