Fall 20121.8 MB PDF - Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict

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PO Box 276
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Students Explore Local “Culture of Peace”
Elise Boulding, a renowned Quaker
sociologist and peace researcher (and
Peace Lecturer here at Bethel College),
is credited with originating the concept
of “peaceableness” in society. She
argued that peace is much more than
the absence of war, and that if a peace
culture is to be built, we need to instill
a set of values, attitudes, and behaviors that promote right relationships,
constructive and creative responses to
conflict, and mutual understanding...all
applicable in interpersonal, environmental, community, education, and
governmental contexts. She writes,
“War is not inherent in human beings.
We learn war, and we learn peace.”
of our local area, twenty students in
the Bethel College Introduction to
Peace Studies class (taught by KIPCOR
staffer Jennifer Chappell Deckert) have
been asked to explore a local peacebuilding initiative as it relates to the
United Nations Declaration of a Culture
of Peace. http://www.undocuments.net/a53r243a.htm
Students have chosen to interview
local peacemakers on issues such as
sustainability, restorative justice, personal peace, local economic initiatives,
peacemaking and the arts, sexual
health, and local initiatives/responses
to poverty. Interviews are being conducted with pastors, artists, business
To learn about the “peaceableness” owners, community organizers, and
Managing Conflict in Ethnogeriatric End-of-Life Care
by Elizabeth Terry*
Editor’s Note: Ever since the Terri Schiavo case—which raged from 19982005—the shadow of heartbreaking strife has hovered over end-of-life care
decisions for individuals, families & care-givers. With an aging population
that is also growing more culturally diverse, conflict in this arena will only
intensify.
practitioners who work directly with
community initiatives involving peace.
The class is grateful to those volunteers who have agreed to be interviewed, without whom this very practical (and inspiring) study of peacebuilding would not be possible.
Inside this issue:
KIPCOR Aids Saline County Restorative
Justice Initiative .…………………….………….…...2
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What’s Happening at the Consensus
Council .…………………………...………….………..4
 Education and Training Calendar.......……….4
 Young Artist Behind “Structure of Peace” ...5
 Staff Transitions …...…….………………………..6
A Multi-cultural Geriatric Future
 Donations (July 2011-June 2012) ….....…..7
Decisions regarding end of life are complex. Choices such as
 Harley and Ruby Stucky Bequest .………..7
ventilators, artificial hydration and nutrition, and palliative sedation  Support Form .…………………….…….…………8
complicate and emotionally intensify family and client needs. Conflict is common among family, client, and health care staff and can lead to serious
ethical concerns involving issues of autonomy, beneficence, non-malfeasance, justice, and fidelity. Choices made also
affect the family grief and bereavement process after the loved one has passed.
Add to this the rate at which the face of older Americans is becoming ethnically diverse: by 2050, it is projected that
over 40% of the elderly will be from ethnic/cultural minorities. Within each minority group, there are language and cultural difference as well…increasing the potential for misunderstanding and conflict, and complicating the need for cultural sensitivity among care givers.
Social workers providing end-of-life care to culturally diverse populations are faced with complicated issues involving
medical advances and attitudes based upon western culture and practices.
(Continued on page 3)
*Elizabeth Terry is a 2012 Bethel College Social Work graduate . She also studied conflict resolution with Kirsten Zerger while at Bethel. This article is an
edited version of her Pre-Practice Seminar research paper titled Ethnogeriatrics and End of Life Care: Multicultural Training among Palliative Care Social
Workers. Elizabeth currently volunteers in client care at Hospice & Home Health Care of Reno County and with the “No One Dies Alone” program at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She also plans to go on a mission trip to the Amazon within the next few months.
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KIPCOR Aids Saline County Restorative Justice Initiative
victims are less likely to offend again,
and both victims and offenders have
found the process helpful.
Reaching kids sooner and teaching
them that actions have consequences
hopefully will get kids to choose a better path in the future, said Sheriff Glen
Kochanowski.
“I hope it works for all of us, really,”
he said. “If it stops one kid from reoffending, we’re that much further
ahead. We need to start turning young
Starting in September, a six-month
Peace and Conflict Resolution, which is people around and making them more
pilot program called the Salina Initiaaffiliated with Bethel College. The
responsible.”
tive for Restorative Justice (SRIJ) will
training is funded by a grant from the
Kochanowski said juveniles, and
offer a chance for
National Institute of
many adults, commit crimes without a
mediator-led diaCorrections.
thought to how it will affect the person
In a traditional court proceeding,
logue between
Gary Flory, director
from whom they stole or whose propa
juvenile
offender
rarely
has
to
crime victims and
of
KIPCOR,
said
the
erty they vandalized.
look the crime victim in the eye
youthful first-time
volunteers
received
and hear what harm his or her
misdemeanor ofZimmerman said that in a recent
12 hours of training
actions may have caused.
fenders, said Ann
mediated dialogue conducted in
in implementing the
Zimmerman, of EggTopeka, a group of juvenile offenders
process, which is
ers & Zimmerman Law & Mediation.
learned the effects on an elderly
sensitive to the needs of crime victims
woman who mailbox they destroyed
The restorative justice program will but is good for juvenile offenders as
with a baseball bat.
offer benefits to both crime victims
well.
and offenders, with the goal of enhancThe woman told them that because
In a traditional court proceeding, a
ing understanding and preventing reher mail couldn’t be delivered to her
juvenile offender rarely has to look the
peat offenses, Zimmerman said.
box, she didn’t receive her Social Secucrime victim in the eye and hear what
rity check and had no money to live on
The option of dialogue will be avail- harm his or her actions may have
for several days, which gave the ofable in property crimes, some battery caused, Flory said.
fenders a new understanding of the
cases and some school issues. It
“The victim-offender dialogues pull problems they had caused.
could potentially be used for first-time
those people together, and the juvenile
Zimmerman said one of them said,
substance abuse offenders as well.
hears about the hurt caused,” Flory
“We thought we just bashed a mailbox,
In preparation to begin the diasaid. “Very often the plan they come
but we messed up somebody’s life.”
logues, 23 volunteers—including eight up with as a group to repair the harm
professionally trained mediators and
is far more difficult than what a court
Excerpted from “Crime victims, offenders may
15 people from other backgrounds—
would do.”
use mediation,” Erin Mathews, Salina Journal 8received training [this August] conFlory said research shows juveniles
17-12; www.salina.com/Print/mediate-8-17-12.
ducted by the Kansas Institute of
who participate in dialogues with crime
“Looking at the Earth from afar
you realize it is too small for conflict and
just big enough for cooperation.”
— Yuri Gagarin
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(End of Life Care continued from page 1)
For example:
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Advance directives rely on an individual client’s
autonomy, but not all cultures hold individual autonomy as the most important aspect in making an endof-life decision. This can mean some clients are unwilling or even unable to make end-of-life decisions
without other members of their own social network
being intimately involved.
Some cultures, including the Navajo, avoid comments about death entirely because of the belief that
talking about it brings it to pass (Gorospe, 2006).
This may require both care givers and organizations
to forgo the normal required discussion of advance
directives or “Do Not Resuscitate” orders to provide
culturally-sensitive care.
Training for Palliative Care Providers
Working ethically within this context requires not only
sensitivity to the cultural and religious differences of a client or family, but also taking into consideration how the
social worker’s own beliefs and values might create conflict, clouding judgment and practice. Training is essential
to increase multi-cultural sensitivity: “one tenet that is pervasive in the literature on health disparities and cultural
competence with older adults is the need for the ongoing
education and training of professionals in gerontology” (Browne & Mokuau, 2008).
December 7, 2012
9:00am - 4:00pm
KIPCOR’s annual
CME / CEU SHORTS
Explore critical professional practice issues in mediation and conflict
resolution:

Considerations in Working with Military Families: Susan Kraus
reviews special issues/protocols to keep in mind when working with
military families (active duty, National Guard, Reserve).

Best/Worst Parenting Plans: Dr. Wes Crenshaw explains why some
parenting plans are better or worse for children depending upon age,
gender, sibling group, developmental stage, parental conflict, and
physical/mental health.

Making Money, Really???? Practical tips from Ronnie Beach on
setting up and maintaining a viable mediation/ADR practice.

What If We Started Over? Domestic cases aren’t settling… more pro
se litigants … business contracts with mandatory ADR… growing anger
with domestic case management. The Advisory Council on Dispute
Resolution is considering new directions. Art Thompson leads a
discussion on case management guidelines, parenting coordination,
mandatory civil mediation, neutral evaluation, facilitated plea bargaining,
vexatious litigants, and appellate mediation.
$85 if postmarked/emailed by Nov. 23; otherwise, $100.
Approved for CME and social work relicensure.
To register go to: www.kipcor.org or contact Sheri Allshouse
by phone 316-284-5217 or email: sallshouse@bethelks.edu
How prepared are Kansas social workers to work in endof-life care units with people from different ethnic, racial,
and religious backgrounds? I developed a quantitative study of 61 hospices and 158 hospitals in Kansas to find out.
Respondent palliative care social workers self-identified as white/Caucasian (85%), Hispanic/Latino (5%), Native
American (4%), and other (5%). Most (75%) worked in a Hospice setting, and the majority were educated at the Masters
level or higher. Results showed that 61% categorized their agency as being in a rural setting.
The client populations served were mostly white/Caucasian (75% or more), and 95% of respondents stated that they
had assisted in helping meet the spiritual/cultural needs of clients. However, only 68% of them felt adequately trained
to assess cultural/religious needs among all clients.
Further, most respondents (66%) felt that a minority client’s culture was the greatest barrier to quality care (e.g., culture discourages discussing dying, etc.). Forty-two percent felt that physicians needed to be better educated about endof-life care needs among ethnogeriatrics; 39% felt their own lack of education was a barrier in care-giving to ethnogeriatric clients; and 34% felt that other professionals needed to be better educated in this area.
To improve quality of life and better manage potential care-related conflicts for end-of-life clients in a culturally diverse
society, caregivers need to show multicultural sensitivity, offer dignity and respect, promote self-determination, and allow
the client to take part in the practices that are important to his/her religious, ethnic or cultural beliefs (Heyman &
Gutheil, 2010). Increased and on-going training for cultural competency is clearly a key necessity for social workers who
plan to work with the aging and/or end-of-life population.
References:
Browne, C., & Mokuau, N. (2008). Preparing students for culturally competent practice among ethnic minority elders. Educational Gerontology, 34(4), 306-327. Retrieved
5-10-11, from EBSCOhost.
Gorospe, E. (2006). Establishing Palliative Care for American Indians as a Public Health Agenda. Internet Journal of Pain, Symptom Control & Palliative Care, 4(2), 1-7. Retrieved
9-22-11, from Academic Search Premier.
Heyman, J. & Gutheil, I. (2010). Older Latinos’ Attitudes toward and comfort with end-of-life planning. Health & Social Work, 35(1). 17-26. Retrieved 4-12-11, from EBSCOhost.
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The Young Artist Behind “Structure of Peace” a colored pencil sketch by Audra Miller*
KIPCOR News has featured photographs of our home at Kaufman house
in earlier issues but perhaps none is
more striking than this colored pencil
drawing by Audra Miller that she entitles “Structure of Peace.”
Audra Miller
We asked Audra to share her journey
to becoming an artist and the inspiration behind this beautiful drawing.
I grew up in a small town so I had many opportunities to
participate in many fields of interest. Art classes were
very enjoyable for me and I took them whenever I could.
In high school I started taking senior portraits of people
on the side as a hobby. This has grown into a large interest of mine.
Doing graphic design for Bethel College and working at a
commercial photography internship in Chicago have
helped me realize that art is something I should consider for the future.
Audra’s talent as an emerging artist has been affirmed by
critics. She has received numerous awards that include
Best of Show, 37th Annual Prairie Arts Exhibition, spring,
2011 (drawing) and 1st Place Winner of Male Portrait CateI was asked to create a drawing of the KIPCOR house that
gory, Kansas Professional Photographers Winter Print Comreflected its mission. I knew they dealt with peace and
petition, 2011(photography).
justice and conflict studies. I also knew that sunsets are
We are very grateful for Audra’s contribution to the peacevery important to Kansas. I created these ever-present
swirls in the sky and the ground to show the constant
building efforts of KIPCOR. Expect to see Audra’s
difference this house and the people inside it are making. “Structure of Peace” on correspondence from us soon!
Art is something that I enjoy doing, but it is not my entire
life. I have many interests and I hope they will lead me
into a career in which I can make a difference.
*Audra is from Hesston, Kansas and is pursuing a triple major in art, communication arts and graphic design at Bethel College. She also works as the
publications assistant in Bethel’s Institutional Communications department.
KIPCOR’s Congregational Work featured in Leader magazine
The Fall 2012 issue of Leader Magazine—focusing on
the discernment, dialogue and consen“Crucial Conversations”—includes a feature article by KIP- sus processes…to actually be able to
COR’s Kirsten Zerger titled: “Wanted: skilled intervenapply them in the heat of conflict— retion—Leading others in significant conversations.” The
quires training, nurturing, and regular
article focuses on why it is so hard for people of faith to
practice.”
have conversations about differences regarding things
Kirsten’s article is a great place to
that matter… and then offers dialogue, consensusstart learning, as she outlines with clarbuilding, and communal discernment tools which KIPCOR ity the various aspects of each techhas successfully used to assist a wide
nique and includes
variety of congregations in crisis.
both resources and
“To actually be able to apply
Problem-solving tools highlighted in the article include:
these tools in the heat of con- real life anecdotes. It
 Dialogue techniques which can create safe space where flict requires training, nurtur- can be difficult to find
resources that invoke
ing, and regular practice.”
ALL voices may be heard, and
a sense of confidence
 Communal discernment as a contemplative, consensusthat says, “We can do
based process which, more than any other decision-making process, althat!”
But
you’ll
find that in this article,
lows the corporate body of Christ—the church—to communicate with itand
you
can
read
it on KIPCOR’s webself.
site at: http://kipcor.org/Downloads/
While these tools have aided congregations grappling with a wide variety of
KZ-Leader-Article.pdf
difficult and mundane issues, the article reminds that, “To become skilled at
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What's Happening at the Consensus Council? KIPCOR Calendar
The Great Plains Consensus Council is a KIPCOR program to design
and facilitate consensus-building processes that support development
and implementation of public policy agreements, and help public bodies and organizations resolve conflict.
Conflict Training Online
With so much of human interaction shifting to an electronic format, it is not surprising that conflict training is also moving in that direction.
At the invitation of the Institute for Civil Discourse and Democracy (ICDD) at Kansas State University, KIPCOR staff Gary Flory and Kirsten Zerger presented a
“Webinar” in September called Conflict and Community Coaching. Participants included coaches in seven states who had been trained as part of a study of the impact that a community coalition could make on reducing childhood obesity. Each of
the webinar participants works in one rural community coalition in her state. According to Myles Alexander, ICDD program coordinator, “the coaches’ role is not to actively intervene if conflict arises in the coalition but to coach the coalition in ways
that help the coalition manage and resolve conflict themselves. It is indirect or
hands-off work rather than active mediation.”
KIPCOR trainings and workshops are noted for focusing on participation and practice, so an online presentation (even though participants could ask questions online)
was a learning experience for KIPCOR staff.
For the past year, KIPCOR staff has also been preparing and planning to teach
Interpersonal Conflict Resolution as an online course for nursing students. Although
this is a new format, we recognize that online education/training has become a necessary part of the educational landscape, and we are actively readying ourselves to
be a part.
Judicial Administration Summits
For the past several years KIPCOR’s Consensus Council has been working with the
Kansas Office of Judicial Administration (OJA) to help communication among stakeholders in Children in Need of Care (CINC) cases, commonly known as foster care
cases. In this role the Consensus Council has worked with CINC stakeholders (such
as social services, prosecutors, judges, foster care providers, and law enforcement)
in Kansas Judicial Districts to identify and find solutions to communication gaps and
barriers, and the lack of resources, that negatively impact foster children.
This year we were asked by OJA to facilitate one-day summits in both Wichita and
Kansas City, with participants comprised of those Judicial Districts which had earlier
participated in the stakeholder process. The goal of the summit was to check the
progress Judicial Districts had made in implementing improvements in the CINC
process, and to focus specifically on addressing the educational challenges faced by
foster children in Kansas, where only about twenty percent of Kansas children in foster care graduate from high school.
December 7, 2012
CME/CEU Shorts
Continuing education for mediation
and social services professionals
9:00am - 4:00pm
Kaufman House
2515 College Ave
North Newton, Kansas 67117
January 8-11, 2013
Practical Skills for Managing Interpersonal Conflict (SSC 460)
Core mediation training; satisfies
classroom component for core mediation approval by Kansas Supreme
Court
8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Kaufman House
2515 College Ave
North Newton, Kansas 67117
January 14-25, 2013
Negotiation Theory and Practice
(SSC 4610)
9:00am - 12:00pm
Kaufman House
2515 College Ave
North Newton, Kansas 67117
January 29-30, 2013
Managing Difference & Disagreement within Faith Communities
(SSC 469)
8:30am - 5:00pm
Kaufman House
2515 College Ave
North Newton, Kansas 67117
The Judicial Summits were held the end of August, and KIPCOR staff was joined by members of the CINC team we organized when we first worked with OJA on the CINC project.
Restorative Practices in Schools
The Consensus Council received notice from the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) that the grant to develop and present workshops on restorative justice alternatives to school suspensions and expulsions would continue
for another year, although the amount of the grant was reduced by half from the previous year. During the current
school year we will be doing a one-day workshop as well as a two-day advanced training on the use of Restorative Practices in schools.
In addition to the work we are doing with KSDE, we will be working with Wichita West High School this year as they
implement a school-wide pilot program of Restorative Practices.
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Staff Transitions
Barbara Schmidt has given leadership to KIPCOR’s Community Mediation Center
We are excited to welcome Jennifer
(CMC) for the last 12 1/2 years. As she looks toward retirement from CMC, KIP- Chappell Deckert to KIPCOR. Jennifer
COR News sat down with Barbara to reflect on her time as manager.
is currently a half time staff member
and brings broad experience to KIPWhat brought you to KIPCOR?
COR.
I was director of a victim-offender mediation program in
Jennifer recently
Wichita from 1980-1990 and wanted to get back into
returned
from a
mediation on a regular basis instead of only using it in
three
year
Mennonconjunction with other responsibilities. In addition, I was
ite
Central
Commitfamiliar with KIPCOR and share its commitment to peace
tee
(MCC)
assignand justice issues.
ment in Bogotá, CoWhat were your goals when you came?
lombia where she
My primary initial goals were to do, and promote, mediaand her husband,
photo by Yolanda Kauffman
tion and to establish a positive working relationship
Aaron, worked with
victims of human rights violations. Her
within the legal community.
work included documenting the violaWhat has been the most gratifying part of your work?
tions, accompanying victims of political
In the 1980s, when someone heard that I was involved in mediation, they asked violence, and assisting internally disif I’d said “medication” or “meditation”. No one seemed to have the word
placed people.
“mediation” on their brain and most had never heard of it. Now, mediation is
Jennifer also co-led trainings for rural
accepted, expected and in general, appreciated and is integrated in the legal
church
leaders on the Caribbean coast
process for domestic cases that involve a conflicts regarding parenting issues.
in healthy group process and managing
One of the most gratifying aspects of mediation has been working with parents
group conflict.
who are sure they’ll never resolve their conflicts regarding parenting issues learn
Jennifer is not new to KIPCOR. Prior
to focus on what would be in their child’s needs instead of on what they each
to her leaving for service with MCC, she
want for themselves, to communicate in a more constructive manner and to
did work for KIPCOR as a court apcome to an agreement that is in their child’s best interest.
proved mediator and trainer in areas of
I have also really appreciated working with the staff at KIPCOR, our pool of mecore and domestic mediation. She will
diators, many attorneys and others in the legal/court system.
continue providing these services in
her new appointment.
Do you hear feedback on the impact of mediation in domestic cases?
Currently, Jennifer is teaching two
I’ve heard repeatedly that our domestic mediation program is one of the best in
Bethel
College courses: Human Behavthe state and parents have told me that they are actually talking with each other
ior
in
a
Social Environment and Introwithout fighting. A mother said that she wished her son could tell me directly
duction
to Peace Studies.
about how much better his life was now that his father and she weren’t fighting.
Jennifer lives in North Newton with
What are your hopes for CMC’s future?
her husband, Aaron, and their three
CMC’s emphasis has been on domestic mediation, and I would like to see more children.
growth in mediation in other areas including our ElderCare program and more
Welcome Jennifer! We are glad to
community/neighbor disputes.
have you back and look forward to the
How will your retirement impact CMC?
development of your work at KIPCOR.
Kirsten Zerger [KIPCOR’s Director of Education and Training] will assume my
responsibilities and leadership for CMC during the transition. Kirsten is an experienced mediator and was the CMC founding director, so she is well-equipped to assure its responsiveness and effectiveness.
Where are you headed in your life after KIPCOR?
To Wisconsin. Our son, daughter and their families live within two hours of each other and DuMont [Barbara’s husband]
and I have bought a house within easy driving distance of both. I’m looking forward to spending time with them and to be
a part of their lives on a regular basis as our grandkids are growing up. I also plan to do some volunteer work I haven’t
had time to do. I hope to continue doing some kind of mediation but not on a full time basis.
What advice do you have for anyone serious about getting into mediation?
That they, as a mediator, are responsible for the process but not for solving other people’s problems, not to be discouraged if a case did not get resolved as they’d wanted, but to understand that their help may have made a real difference in
people’s lives.
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Donations July 2011-June 2012 (including Gifts-in-Kind)
Anderson, Christopher & Susan
Fitzsimmons
Balzer, David & Kristina
Bartel, Floyd & Justina Neufeld
Bartel, Harlan & Grace
Bartel, PMC
Becker, Bob & Donna
Becker, Paul & Betsy
Bethel College Mennonite Church **
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Bohn, E. Stanley & Anita
Bremyer, Jay & Sara
Brown, Roland
Buhr, Bruce & Meribeth *
Buller, Diana *
Carroll, Barry & Nancy
Coy, Juan & Daagya S. Dick
Dechant, Steven & Mary Kay
Dell, Robert & Emilie
Dyck, George & Edna
Dyck, Margie
Epp, David & Sonja
Epp, Norman & Nadine Abrahams
Esau, John & Bernice
Esau, Nathan & Tswei Ying Huang
Faith Mennonite Church
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Goering, Jacob
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Graves, Jon & Susan
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Hiebner, Arlin & Margaret
Houser, Gordon & Theresa Jeanne
Ikenberry, Gilford & Nelda
Isaac, Gary & Jean
Jantz, Helen
Jantz, Jonathan & Sue Ann **
Janzen, David & Joanne
Juhnke, James & Miriam Nofsinger
Kansas West Annual Conference of
the United Methodist Church ***
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Klaassen, Melvin ***
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Kough, Arlene *
Kreider, Alice
Kreider, Robert & Lois
Lehman, Ralph & Evelyn ***
Leupp, Ronald
Linscheid, Ruth
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Loganbill, Wilma
Lynch, James *
Mathur, Balbir & Treva
Miller, Susan
Moorhead, Margretta
Moyer, J. Harold & Rosemary
Mueller, Ted & Berneil Rupp
Nagengast, Daniel & Lynn Byczynski
Nathan, Sanford & Kirsten Zerger
Neufeld, Kenneth
Olson, Erwin & Gertrude
Osborn, Philip & Suzanne
Penner, Al
Penner, Donald & Carolyn **
Platt, Dwight & Lavonne
Preheim, Marles & Norma
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Regier, Sara
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Rhoades, Keith & Susan
Rich, Margaret ***
Rich, Robert & Susan ***
Rich, William & Kathleen ***
Richards, Evan & Laura *
Ryan, William & Beverly
Schmidt, Alvin & Wilma
Schmidt, Archie & Kristin
Schmidt, DuMont & Barbara ***
Schmidt, Gordon & Christine
Downey Schmidt*
Schmidt, Hartzel & Ilene
Schmidt, Melvin & Charlotte
Schmidt, Randolph & Meribeth
Schrag, Dwayne & Sandra
Siemens, Richard & Frances
Seymour, Miner & Valetta
Smith, Duncan & Charlene Epp
Smith, Edwin & Mary
Stafford, Mary
Stauffer, Linda
Stucky, LaVern & Marilyn
Temple, Lawrence & Carol
Thiesen, John & Barbara
Thieszen, Carl & Louise
Toews, Jerry & Leann*
Unrau, Ruth
Unruh, Elva I.
Vogler Counseling & Consulting
Voran, Lois
Voth, Marvin
Voth, Orvin & Janet
Voth, Stanley & Viola
Voth, Timothy & Carolyn *
Voth Schrag, Samuel & Rachel
Waltner, Keith & Sharon
Weins, Ed & Twila
Wenger, Esther
Wiens, J. Wendell
Zehr, Marvin & Jeannie
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Thank you for your partnership with KIPCOR in all that has been accomplished.
Harley J. and Ruby Voth Stucky Bequest to KIPCOR
Harley J. Stucky
(1920-2005)
and his wife
Ruby Voth
Stucky (19202011), bequeathed a
generous donation to KIPCOR which was recently presented to us by their son, Frank
Stucky.
According to Frank, Harley and Ruby
were always deeply interested in justice and world peace, and it was their
strong commitment in these areas that
led to their desire to support the work
of KIPCOR.
Harley was a leading Mennonite historian, educator, and activist for peace.
He taught history and political science
at Bethel College (his alma mater),
Bethany College, and Central State
University (Ohio), and served as vice
president of academic affairs at
Friends University.
The Mennonite peace witness and
Mennonite history were the focus of
Harley’s academic research and writing, and his writing continues to appear in conversations about Mennonites, nonviolence, and the peace witness. See, for example, discussion of
Harley’s essay, The Doctrine of Love
and Nonresistance (N. Newton, KS:
Mennonite, 1955) in “American Mennonites and Nonviolence,” Landon
Fulmer, Direction Journal (http://
www.directionjournal.org/article/?
1333)
and conflict resolution, and for that we
are most grateful.
The bequest of Harley and Ruby
Stucky helps undergird the ability of
KIPCOR to continue its work in peace
However you choose to support our
work, please know that any support is
both needed and greatly appreciated.
How you can help.
KIPCOR needs annual gifts to help
support our immediate work, as well as
bequests and annuities to ensure our
continued presence in the peace and
conflict resolution arena in the future.
KIPCOR has a small endowment now,
and this has been critically important,
especially in helping us do work for
those who need help but who have
Ruby ‘s peace work focused on comlimited resources.
munity-building and service. She was
In the next week or two you will be
a registered nurse (graduating from
receiving a letter from us asking for
Bethel Deaconess Hospital School of
Nursing in 1944), served as a Deacon your help. Gifts to be used in our annual budget are welcome and necesin the Bethel College Mennonite
sary. But if you would like to discuss
Church, and volunteered for years at
ways to help ensure the long-term viThe Community Playschool, Prairie
View and the American Cancer Society. ability of KIPCOR through an annuity,
Ruby also coordinated Red Cross blood bequest, gift of appreciated property,
drives, worked with special needs chil- or some other method of giving,
dren, and conducted hearing testing in please contact Gary Flory at the
KIPCOR office.
Newton schools.
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PO Box 276, North Newton, KS 67117.
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