Democracy For the Heart of America

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Being a peace activist can be frustrating, depressing, enraging. An activist may beecome the target of counter protesters' anger and frustration and find it difficult not to respond in kind.

Being an effective activist for peace can also be infinitely rewarding and can transform the activist's life in deeply meaningful ways.

Being an effective activist means we must deal with angry people and deal with our own anger. Anger can be a source of energy, but it can also be a force which causes us to lose control and prevent us from accomplishing our goals.

The workshop will help participants understand their own and other's anger and introduce tools to deal with anger constructively.

The training and presensations will help: How can we best deal with verbal abuse by supporters of war or by soldiers or their families and friends who fear for their loved ones well being? How can we deal with our own anger and frustration over the continued loss of life and still be an effective force for peace. How can we maintain our focus and be effective activists for peace!
The workshop will be presented by

Evan Ash

Evan has been a domestic mediator in Kansas' Tenth Judicial District since 1995, and serves as supervisor for its clinical mediation programs. His mediating experience began informally as a chaplain, and later with the Wichita Neighborhood Justice Center. He has taught mediation course at Johnson County Community College and Missouri Western State University, made numerous presentations and written articles on mediation, grief, anger, and other related topics.

This event is sponsored by the KC Iraq Task Force and the American Friends Service Committee. For more information call 816-931-5256.