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Power, Trauma, Stories, and the Struggle for Peace

Here's one from the grad school archive, written after a class on nonviolent protest movements that culminated in a trip to Dharamshala in India, where the Tibetan government in exile operates. We met with countless community members and community groups, listened to the Dalai Lama speak, and I spent three weeks working with the Center for Living Buddhist Art reading and analyzing Jataka stories that will eventually be turned into a mural illustrating all the previous lives of the Buddha. ISL Dharamshala: Tibet and the Power of Nonviolence Three weeks in a Tibetan community in India has a powerful effect on both understanding and empathy. It's not long enough, but it's never long enough. Two years and change wasn't long enough in El Salvador, a year wasn't long enough in Georgia, six months wasn't long enough in Chile. I get a little glimpse and think I've learned a lot, then know it's not even the tip of the iceberg. Even so, it is one thing

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