Table of Contents
Introduction: The Choir's Gotta' Know How to
Sing
Rachel M. MacNair, with Neil Wollman
Part
1. Peace Workers: Getting Yourselves Together
1. Building Confidence for Social Action
Barry Childers
2. Cultivating Inner Peace
Christina Michaelson
3. Improving Your Personal Appeal
Neil Wollman
4.
Overcoming Anger and Anxiety
Helen Margulies Mehr
5. Overcoming Helplessness and
Discouragement
Gerald D. Oster
6. Overcoming Burnout
Christina Maslach and Mary E. Gomes
7.
Dealing with the Distressed
Rachel M. MacNair
8. Parenting in the Peaceful Home
Susan M. Sisk and Larissa G. Duncan
9. Peace Within, Peace Between, Peace Among
Miriam L. Freeman
10. Working for Peace and Social
Justice? Who's Watching?
Robert E. Alberti
Part
2. Peace Groups: Getting Organized
11. Motivating Others to Work with You
Neil Wollman
12. Effective Group Meetings and Decision
Making
Donelson R. Forsyth
13. Changing Within to Bring Change Outside:
Promoting Healthy Group Dynamics
Shawn Meghan Burn
14. How
to Know When It's Not Time to
Get Discouraged
Rachel M. MacNair
15. Storytelling: A Workshop for Inspiring
Group Action
Niki Harré, Pat Bullen, and Brad Olson
16. Three Examples of Successful Social
Action Groups
Susan M. Koger, Carol J. Merrick, John W. Kraybill-Greggo,
and Marcella J. Kraybill-Greggo
Part
3. Peacemaking: Transforming Conflict into Creativity
17. Using Conflict Constructively
Robert Pettit
18. Promoting Peaceful Interaction
Paul W. Keller
and Charles T. Brown
19. Nonviolent Communication
Roxanne Manning and Jane Connor
20. Resolving Conflict from the Third Side
Carolyn Gellermann and Kurt C. O’Brien
21. Conflict Transformation Skills for Left
and Right Wings
Rachel M. MacNair
22. Moving from the Clenched Fist to Shaking Hands:
Working with Negative Emotions Provoked by Conflict
Deborah Du Nann Winter
23. Preparing for Nonviolent Confrontations
George Lakey
Part
4. Peace Work: Getting the Message Out
24. Effective Media Communication
Matt Keener
25. Attracting an Audience:
The Psychology
of Layout and Design
J. W. P. Heuchert
26. Adding Peace to the Curriculum:
Preschool through College
Linden
L. Nelson
27. Parenting for Peace
Rita Sommers-Flanagan and John Sommers-Flanagan
28. Regrets, Realizations, and Resolutions
of an Online Activist
Scot Evans
Part
5. Peaceful Persuasion: Changing Attitudes
29. Creating a "Peaceful Climate" for Peace
Work
Jo Young Switzer
30. Principles of Opinion Change
Neil Wollman and John Keating
31. Techniques of Behavior Change
Christopher S. Grundy and Richard Osbaldiston
32. Dialogs Across Differences
Susan Hawes
33. Using the Mind's Drive for Consistency
Rachel M. MacNair
34. Humor for Peace: Finding Laughing
Matters
Gary A. Zimmerman
Epilogue
Anne Anderson
About the Authors
Resources
Index
