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Ithaca Remote

October 7, 2020 by johnnoltner

Over the past few weeks, I’ve produced a series of remote portraits with Ithaca College and gathered stories around the question, “What does community and belonging look like for you in this time of pandemic and protests?” It’s something I’ve thought of a lot lately, as we all learn new ways of navigating the world. As Karen and I leave our home of 20 years. As we put physical distance between us and the relationships we cherish. What does it […]

Categories: Blog • Tags: belonging, black and white, community, connection, Ithaca College, photography, portrait photography, storytelling

Civil Discourse

April 16, 2018 by johnnoltner

In Washington DC last week, A Peace of My Mind set up a studio at the Joint Counsel of Extension Professionals’ Public Issues Leadership Development Conference. The theme of the gathering was Cultivating Civil Discourse, and we asked participants, “How have you cultivated civil discourse in the past year?” Given the tone of our national debate, and tuning into media outlets, my mood can be troubled, but spending time with a center full of people doing good work, I was […]

Categories: Blog • Tags: 4h, civil discourse, civility, connection, dialogue, extension, hope, peace, youth

Do they cry?

October 20, 2017 by johnnoltner

She walked right up to me. I think she was in 8th grade. “Can I ask you a question?” she wondered. Of course. “Do they cry? These people you interview?” Often, I told her…and so do I. There is something powerful about an open and honest exchange. When you give someone your full attention and make it clear that what they have to say is important, it can be a moving experience. “I’m Syrian,” she said, “and sometimes when I […]

Categories: Blog • Tags: Alaska, connection, cry, Holocaust, human, listen, stories, Syria, together, tradition

Laura Patey

October 11, 2016 by johnnoltner

Laura Patey has been with her partner, Leigh, for 30 years. They have been married since 2004. Together, they adopted two adolescent boys out of the foster care system who are now in their 20s. She has always been interested in advocating for the marginalized in society. She recalls her own struggles of not quite fitting in as she was growing up, and she believes that experience has led her to be a protector of and an advocate for the […]

Categories: Podcast • Tags: adoption, advocacy, Connecticut, connection, foster care, GLBTQ, identity, peace, relationship, stories, vulnerable

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Do they cry?

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