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Peace

24 Dec 2020

My Annual Christmas Eve Post for 2020

Many of my friends here in Vermont see winter as a time to pull out the skis, the sleds, the toboggans and hit the hills. Not me. Over the past few decades, I’ve come to see winter as a time … Read More

Christmas eve truce, Christmas in the trenches, Janet Givens author, Peace
24 Dec 2014

A Day When Enemies Stopped Fighting

Here’s a repeat of last year’s Christmas season blog. I thought it was particularly timely this year. and as I put it together, a quote from Margaret Mead came to mind: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, … Read More

1914, Dec 14, Janet Givens, Janet Givens author, Peace, Peace Corps medical clearance, The Christmas Eve truce
18 Dec 2013

Christmas in the Trenches

   December 25, 1914 One day when enemies stopped fighting New Year’s Eve 2012, I was privileged to be in the audience when a small group of performers offered a song I’d never heard. Christmas In the Trenches so moved me, I … Read More

Christmas in the trenches, Janet Givens author, Peace, The Christmas Truce 1914, World War I Christmas truce
25 Jan 2013

Friday’s Friend: Ronny Edry

  When I was in the non-profit, fund-raising world, we had a saying, “Every good idea has been stolen from someone else.” It was’t that we thought there were no original ideas. It was more that every creative, good idea … Read More

Friday's Friend, Iran and Israel, Israel and Iran, Janet Givens author, Peace, Ronny Edry
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LEAPFROG: How to hold a civil conversation in an uncivil era

“Janet’s LEAPFROG describes— in an accessible and fun way— the nuts and bolts of how to have a civil conversation…”

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At Home on the Kazakh Steppe:A Peace Corps Memoir

Praise from Kirkus Review

“…she writes engagingly … a sharp-eyed journalist. A worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in humanitarian work.”

At Home on the Kazakh Steppe, A Peace Corps Memoir, by Janet Givens
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