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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.

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For more information, please contact: Steve Parks, Editor, Reflections at sjparks@syr.edu