Creatively Building Peace
Within Ourselves, Our Relationships, & Our Communities

Peace Bridge, LLC is locally based in State College, Pennsylvania, USA - but it has a national and international focus. The purpose of all the programs, locally and beyond, is peacebuilding and healing through the arts. Some of the main goals are to develop compassion, empathy, and understanding between diverse groups of people, and to promote mental health and well-being for ourselves.

Peace Bridge services build on my doctoral research about the power of sharing our stories with each other, the narrative approach to mediation, my training in Restorative Practices and Restorative Circles, as well as my extensive experience with the arts. The arts provide an alternative path for dialogue, opening doors for communication in a way that language alone may not.

No artistic experience is necessary. The arts-based workshops use various artistic mediums as the tools for communication, healing, and connection - and they can be tailored to your group's needs. Some artistic mediums that work well are: creative writing, visual arts, music, theatre/drama activities, and intuitive dance. 

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