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Phillip Schladweiler

May 30, 2016 by johnnoltner

Phillip Schladweiler is a military veteran who served two tours in Iraq. On February 22, 2006…6 years to the day of his enlistment…he was wounded in an IED attack and lost the vision in his right eye. Now an art student, Phillip has photographed the shrapnel that was removed from his body (the doctors saved it for him) as part of his journey of healing himself and others. I don’t know, peace to me means safety and sacrifice. This is […]

Categories: Podcast • Tags: a peace of my mind, APoMM, art, dialog, exhibits, memorial day, peace, photography, stories, veteran, war

Acknowledgement

May 24, 2016 by johnnoltner

This spring my exhibit was at Wilmington College, a Quaker school, and home to the Peace Resource Center. At the core of the PRC’s collection is the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Memorial Collection and I had time to visit with the director Tanya Maus and look through their extensive files. I am a photographer, so I was drawn to the many photos in their archive. There were original photos with hand-written captions on the back and I wondered about the people […]

Categories: Blog • Tags: a peace of my mind, atomic, Hiroshima, Japan, Jim Reynolds, Nagasaki, Nuclear bomb, nuclear nonproliferation, peace, Peace Resource Center, Quaker, restorative justice, Tanya Maus, war, Wilmington College, world war 2

Donnie Phillips

May 2, 2016 by johnnoltner

Donnie Phillips lost his sight when he was 21 years old. He is a disability awareness trainer in Boston, Massachusetts, and also a poet who goes by the stage name of Uncle Third Eye. His spoken word piece called “Blind” is below in text, and in video. “Shhhh, shhh… don’t look now but you know there are none so blind as those who will not see of ignorance they’re guilty and so they will not be free from rumors lies or […]

Categories: Podcast • Tags: a peace of my mind, APoMM, art, Blind, Boston, Disability, diversity, peace, photography, Poetry, Spoken Word, stories, Uncle Third Eye, Visual Impairment

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Our #americanstories exhibit will remain in the ballroom @longwooduniversity through Sunday morning. Catch it while you can!

"How will you work toward social justice?"

#Repost @heatherlynmusic with @get_repost ・・・ Im interviewing John Noltner of @apommstories in May. Check this out!! This will be an evening LIVEcast event on Facebook LIVE and on HeatherlynMusic.com/live AND for the very first time, we'll have a LIVE studio audience in Denver!! You are not gonna want to miss this very special Storydwelling Music & Conversation Episode!! If you're in the Denver area, join us and be a part of our LIVE studio audience! WHERE? Holiday Theater Lobby also know as @hchurchdenver DOORS 6:30PM PRESENTATION & LIVEcast at 7PM No cover charge, but please RSVP to reserve your spot! Donations gratefully accepted to support A Peace of My Mind and Heatherlyn Music's Storydwelling LIVE Online with Heatherlyn series. If you're not in the Denver Area, join us for the LIVEcast Music & Conversation! TIME ZONES - . 6PM Pacific . 7PM Mountain . 8PM Central . 9PM Eastern . Read John Noltner’s bio below and you’ll see why he’s the perfect guest for STORYDWELLING! John Noltner has been telling stories with words and images for twenty years for national magazines, Fortune 500 companies, and non-profit organizations. His work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Forbes Magazine, Midwest Living, and the New York Daily News, among other publications. Throughout his career, Noltner has managed logistics for editorial and commercial clients, both nationally and internationally, having worked on three continents. Noltner carefully arranges details and builds relationships with his clients, using humor, understanding, and compassion to craft compelling and insightful stories. Since 2009, Noltner has been asking people the simple (or not so simple) question, “What does peace mean to you?” for his multimedia arts project, A Peace of My Mind. He has driven 40,000 miles across the country, meeting with diverse subjects, photographing them, and recording their personal stories exploring the meaning of peace. He has included the voices of Holocaust survivors, the homeless, undocumented immigrants, convicted criminals, political refugees and others. The series has been produced as two award-winning books and four exhibits that travel the country....

@longwooduniversity @lancerpro stop by the dining hall lobby today to share your story about how you will work toward social justice. We are here until 4 today. #shareyourstory #peace #justice #whatsyourpart #communication #education #apeaceofmymind

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