Inheritance of Peace

Ambassador of the Future This is Inheritance of Peace and I’m Amy Shimshon-Santo. Today we meet with Adnan Jaber, a distinguished technology expert, polyglot, and peace builder who recently presented at the Global Nobel Peace Summit. Born and raised in Jerusalem, he credits his love for bringing people together to his mother, and his fascination with technology to his father. He explains his commi...

Service as a Peace Practice Amy Shimshon-Santo (AS²): This is Inheritance of Peace and I’m Amy Shimshon-Santo. In this episode, we enjoy a conversation with Pranidhi Varshney. She is a mother of three, and the founder of Yoga Shala West , an accessible Ashtanga Yoga space, where people seek balance through the daily practice of “skill in action.” Having immigrated to the midwestern U.S. as a child...

APPRECIATION & MUTUAL RESPECT Amy Shimshon-Santo (AS²) : This is Inheritance of Peace. I’m Amy Shimshon-Santo. In this episode, we speak with Leonora Simonovis — poet, editor, professor, and mother. Simonovis traces her Inheritance of Peace to early life lessons of ingenuity and gratitude that she learned during her childhood in Venezuela. Her stories reveal deep empathy for human and more than hu...

Reunification as Inheritance of Peace Amy Shimshon-Santo (AS²) : This is Inheritance of Peace. I’m Amy Shimshon-Santo. We’re back with a fresh series that aims to create a culture of peace as a personal and global endeavor. In this episode, just in time for Earth Day, we connect with Deike Peters, a German-American educator, urban planner, and environmentalist. Her parents were children of World W...

PROTECTING PEACE AT HOME Creating a culture of peace can begin with the first people we know — our family. Today’s episode with Paul and Michaela Paulette Shirley focuses on familial love and support as an Inheritance of Peace . Michaela’s significant work in Indigenous Planning is shaping what is possible in community development, educational policy, and ethical research. She’s the daughter of tw...

WALKING IN PEACE DURING WAR How can ancient Persian history reveal enduring legacies of peace — even during a time of war? In this episode, we listen to Dr. Mahnaz Motayar, an Iranian-American writer and neuropsychologist with nearly 50 years of experience innovating creative therapeutic processes and guiding mental health education. Memories of her homeland provide a sense-memory of peace through...

PEACE AS ENDURANCE How does one go about creating a culture of peace when we grow up inside social systems we did not author that are often violent or unfair? In this episode, we hear from Beah Batakou — a poet and attorney based in Accra, Ghana. Peace making requires qualities that she learned from her mother and grandmother like “steadiness” and “strategic calm.” For Batakou, creating an inherit...

[PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT] LA ÉTICA BIOCÉNTRICA DE MARGARITA LEÓN “La ternura es la forma más modesta de amor. No tiene emblemas o símbolos especiales. Aparece cuando miramos de cerca y con cuidado a otro ser, a algo que no es nuestro ‘yo’ pero donde nos descubrimos a nosotros mismos.” - Olga Tokarczuk Amy Shimshon-Santo (A): Hola. Estoy aquí hoy con la fabulosa Margarita León , p...

INHERITANCE OF PEACE with Amy Shimshon-Santo. I want to be a sanctuary, even in times of chaos or corruption. I learned this from my father and grandmother. They gave me an inheritance of peace. This series highlights the inheritance of peace of survivors — everyday people from different generations and various walks of life. Poets. Researchers. Shepherds. Healers. Tune in to Inheritance of Peace...