Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College

08/15/2026

The International Network for Museums for Peace triennial conference flew by in an instant but the relationships will last. What a beautiful event, with deep gratitude to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the INMP organizers. I’m honored to serve on the INMP Executive Board and be part of this organization for peace.

08/13/2026

“Difficult emotions [in museums] should not be avoided but addressed with care.” Sierra McKinney, Universite de Montreal

08/13/2026

This week, we are at the triennial conference of the International Network of Museums for Peace in Winnipeg, Canada. As I tour the museum I can’t help but wonder how our culture of peace would change if we had a nationally funded museum for human rights In every state in the United States? ’twait Wilmington College

07/06/2026

‘26 alumni’ Bradley Brown is currently serving as an intern at the Asian Rural Institute in northern Japan, an experience made possible by donors of the Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College Bradley writes: “This week has offered a lot, from working with goats (getting to milk them too!) to receiving a crash course on the importance of biodiversity and soil management. We completed this months deep dorm cleaning, and making some strides in the admissions office. I’ve also volunteered to take on a temporary role in the men’s dorm committee! We’ve also had some very interesting morning gatherings, people sharing their personal stories and experiences with nature.” Bradley, we are cheering you on, and hope that you and all those at ARI are able to rest and relax after many long days of hard work.

06/11/2026

05/09/2026

Mother’s Day originated as an anti-war message of peace.

In the 1800's, Julia Ward Howe, original advocate for “Mother’s Day” and writer of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” nursed and tended the wounded during the civil war. She worked with the widows and orphans of soldiers on both sides of the war, and realized that the effects of the war go...

04/30/2026

04/30/2026

04/30/2026

The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance Collection is now live! https://www.wilmington.edu/news/peace-resource-center-receives-oak-ridge-environmental-peace-alliance-archives

You can view the collection at: https://library.wilmington.edu/c.php?g=1043302&p=10854876

From 1944, the Y12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, TN, secretly developed and produced enriched uranium for the nuclear weapons that the U.S. military dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, during the last days of World War II. The atomic bomb devastated the city, killing as many as 1...

04/22/2026

Part two of Nuclear Ohio- Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant! These slides talk about the community effects of the plant and different ways community members are affected to this day.