Conscience Studio

The Conscience Studio creates space for people to develop, articulate and witness to their conscience. We believe peace is possible when communities practice:

Conscience
Discernment
Nonviolence
Trauma Healing
Developmental Play

We encourage you to listen to your conscience and try writing a statement of conscience. If you’re a conscientious objector to war, you may sign the Declaration of Conscience about Paying for War.

Through Friends Peace Teams to Indonesia we work with friends around the world to seek approaches to peace that are universal to us all.

Please feel free to browse our publications or to volunteer to get involved in discerning your conscience and connecting communities of conscience.

Residents of Barak Induk, N. Sumatra, displaced by the war in Aceh, volunteer to run Tunas Baru Preschool, here with Nadine and Autumn from New York: (left to right) Parti, Ati, Katini, Nadine, Dita, Ani, Sri, Autumn, Ida and Mislan.<br/><br/>Warga dari Barak Induk, Sumatra Utara, diusir dari Aceh jaman perang, sukarelawa mengalolah TK Tunas Baru, disini sama Nadine dan Autumn dari New York (kiri ke kanan) Parti, Ati, Katini, Nadine, Dita, Ani, Sri, Autumn, Ida and Mislan.

The first all Indonesian Alternatives to Violence Project Basic Workshop build community and skills, enacting triumph the helps us all do better as we take our new skills into daily life. <br /><br />Kegiatan2 Pelatihan Hidup Tanpa Kekerasan membangun bersaudaraan dan ketrampilan, menjalankan keberhasilan yang membantu kami membawa ketrampilan baru ke dalam hidup sehari-hari.

First steps to peace when Javanese, driven from Aceh in 2000, met Acehnese at an Alternatives to Violence Project Basic Workshop in North Sumatra December 2006. <br /><br />Langkah2 pertama ke perdamaian sa'at orang Jawa, diusir dari Aceh tahun 2000, ketemu orang Aceh di Pelatihan Hidup Tanpa Kekerasan di Sumut Desember 2006.

Acehnese, North Sumatrans and New Yorkers come together to practice peace through Alternatives to Violence Workshops in Langsa, East Aceh in 2007. <br /><br />Orang2 Aceh, Sumatra dan New York berkumpul untuk melatih perdamaian melalui Pelatihan Hidup Tanpa Kekerasan di Langsa, Aceh Timur tahun 2007.

Alternatives to Violence Project new apprentices in 2007... half of them are still facilitating workshop in 2010. <br /><br />Hidup Tanpa Kekerasan pemagang baru 2007... setengah darinya masih fasilitasi pelatihan pada tahun 2010.

Alternatives to Violence are Key in Successful Preschools: Nadine Hoover visited preschools begun in Aceh, North Sumatra and Central Java and learned a few key lessons. First, teachers at the schools we have supported lead complicated lives. Most of...
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Upcoming Events: Roch Activists
Friday Jun. 28th, 2013
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Christ Unity Church on Prince St.

First Fri
Friday Jul. 5th, 2013
7:30pm to 9:30pm
Mustard Seed Inn and Bed and Breakfast, 13 East Center Street, Andover, New York

New York Yearly Meeting (Quakers)
Sunday Jul. 21st, 2013
Silver Bay Assn, Lake George, NY