Advocacy
and Activism
CFP: Peace:
On the Frontiers of Non-Violence
Special Issue of Reflections: A Journal of Writing,
Community Literacy, and Service-Learning
http://reflections.syr.edu
While the past six years has been marked by a "war on
terror," alliances of university faculty, community
residents and students have been creating classrooms,
publications, and programs based upon peace and
non-violence. Although the immediate cause of such work
might be seen as the Iraq War, there is a much longer and
richer tradition of peace and non-violence work than can be
captured by the current moment. Nor is "peace" a concept
linked only to war. Communities must also respond to gun
violence, hate crimes, and internal conflicts. Working for
peace, then, can also stand for the overarching struggle to
overcome violence and build harmonious neighborhoods. With
this issue, we hope to explore the nature and significance
of such work and to explore the obstacles of openly taking
on unpopular or contentious conceptions of community. In
addition, this issue of Reflections will work to represent
the ways in university faculty, community members, and
students worked together under the banner of "peace." For
this reason, the issue welcomes personal narrative, academic
analysis, community writing, photography, and artwork.
Submissions: Electronic submissions are preferred.
Manuscripts (10–25 double spaced pages) should conform to
current MLA guidelines for format and documentation and
should include an abstract (about 100 words). Attach the
manuscript as a Word or WordPerfect file to an email message
addressed to Steve Parks (sjparks@syr.edu).
Project based material, such as student work or art
work should be sent as PDF files and should include a brief
explanation of the nature of the work submitted.
Rolling Deadline.
For more information, please contact: Steve Parks, Editor,
Reflections at
sjparks@syr.edu
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